October 3, 2025 • 26 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:37):
All right, Uncle Bill. You have all three of us here.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
If there's any point of.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
This, get to it, will you. Uh? None of you
has ever been subtle and his dislike from.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Me anyhow, I'm sure you don't think much more of
us than we think of you.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
We understand each other perfectly, don't they.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
I think we do love, Uncle Bill.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
If you have anything to say to us, say it.
Will I have a date?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I apparently have a date too, and someone who wants
to kill me. As you all have been very pleased
to know, I have received several anonymous telephone calls threatening
my life. So what I can imagine how you three
must feel since my death means that you will inherit
my entire estate.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
It is still in the minions, isn't it, Uncle, More
missions than you.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Can imagine, And it is still left entirely to us, really,
because I have no choice in the matter. The condition
under which I inherits it from my father stipulates that
I must leave it all to you. Well, when you
see your father, which should be soon, say thanks for us.
Uh huh. I have taken it upon myself to add
something to my will, John, Will you stop playing with
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that toy?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
It's not a toy, it's a magic trick. Huh.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Now you see the current.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Nither put your magic tricks away while I'm talking. I've
stated in my will and in the event that I'm murdered,
not one cent will be given to any of you
until my murder is solved. Really, yes, all of you
not only hate me, but you hate each other, two
of you with profit immensely. If one of you were
convicted of killing me.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
It amuses me, sir, picture each.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Of you scrambling madly to blame my death. I'm one
of the others.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
If you really think someone's trying to kill you, why
don't you notify the police.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I'm going to even be on the police, my dear Papa.
I'm going to Boston, Blackie.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
And I'll meet Richard Calmer.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Is Boston Blackie. Enemy to those who make him an enemy,
friend to those who have no friends.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Give me one of those dames. Know what I like
about you, Blackie, O the quaint places you take me
to eat?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I said, well, you know what I like about you?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
No me, Oh spal call for you, mister Blackie.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Thanks.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
One thing I don't like about you, you always.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Want it on the phone. Excuse me, I'll just be
a moment.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
I'll be back in time for dessert.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Will you.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I'll be back to sue. Excuse me there, ride over
in your boots?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Uh? Right there?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Thank you. Well it's the Boston Black Beas. Yeah. I'm
William Blaze.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yes, I've received several telephone calls in the past week
threatening my life.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So so I'm hiring you to protect me. Ooh, that's
very nice of you, but I'm not interested. You don't
seem to know who I am. Sure I do you,
William Blame.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I expect you to accept the job.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Ooh you do.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
I'm not a customed to be refused.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Well, let's say I'm breaking you in. I insist that
you take the job. If you want protection, call the police.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
You'll become my bodyguard for the next few days, or I'll.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Ruin you a black heap. I don't ruin easily, Blaine.
And besides, I have a job entertaining a lovely lady
at lunch. Goodbye?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
How are you? Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Hi there, honey, miss me?
Speaker 4 (03:48):
How could I have such an interesting menu?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
The read how apply It's good.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Is bo especially the chapter called roast rind and Beef
and potatoes any style.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Uh, just a fella name Bill Blaine. Well right now,
he's a guy who's still looking for a bodyguard.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Oh I black in this minute? Hi, miss wasn't here.
I gotta see Blacky.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Oh come in, Geordy two.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Where's Blackie? I gotta see what proble?
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Will you be here in a minute?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
It down?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Oh she's nice?
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Anything the matter?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Oh plenty?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Oh he should be here any minute.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Oh she muss.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
You sure are a beautiful game.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Oh, Shorty your wonderful.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Gosh, this was too big, so I'm most certain they do.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Oh oh he's Blacky now?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Sure? Oh I hope so, cause I ain't got a
minute to lose.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Hi, honey, all such it?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Surety put into words what you seem to be saying
in that rio.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Surety? Do I have a rival? Ah? Your boys?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Boys, look, I got you.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I got troubles.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I can fix them up between now and dinner time.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I don't know, boys, it's pretty bad.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Oh well it's he'll be bad tomorrow morning. He'll be
worsh alright, what's happened? Boys? Look?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Do you remember the rat that you got me out of.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Six years ago? That's dead, short one. But that's it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
It ain't dead enough.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Sam Daniels, all of a sudden's gonna send me up
for those four checks.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
You face.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
It wouldn't wait back when I did it.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
He promised he wouldn't do nothing to me if I
went straight.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
How do you know Daniels is going to prosecute? Call
me up and told me so. Hm, Well, don't worry
about a short one. I'll go out and have a
talk with Daniels. I'll be back married.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
What comes first? If he a blacky business?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Of course? If this means what I think it does, Honey,
this business is going to be a pleasure at all.
Racks it out. I can stand Blaine, but not for
what you're doing. I just left Sam Daniels. How did
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you find out he could send Shorty to jail for fordery?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
That a man has unlimited problems. He can find out
a great many things.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Alright, what's the deal?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I want you to set the job I offered, draw
on the telephone. That's now? Or what all your friends?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Shorty goes to jail?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
What do I have to do?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
I have received several telephone calls from someone who affecting
to kill me.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I want you to protect me, and what about Chorley.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
If you do as I say, I'll not force Daniel
to prosecute your friends. Uh, I get what I want?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Don't right, you're getting the wrong man from bodyguard missus Blaine,
because frankly, I'd just as soon see you dead. Uh.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
And you and my family should get along famously. Yeah,
they feel the same way.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Ooh, I'm to move in.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I expect to occupy your full time.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Uh huhuh wait till Mary. Here's her by face.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I'll call my family to comes out, and I'd like
you to meet them.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
You're the boys, but introduce me as uh old John Jones,
your mind, I don't die?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Uh, excuse anyway? Oh, you're going.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
To hello?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Hello? Hello?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Hello?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Hello? Is that another friend?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yes, obviously the last one.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
The voice just said you're going to be killed, right.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Al see, you have arrived just in time for the fun.
Did you recognize the voice?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Oh it was disguised.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Oh that's fine. It wasn't one of your family.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Was it. That's impossible. They're here in the house.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
We have only one outside line.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Better call him down so they can be sure.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Well. Oh, mopa, Now this is uh John Jones, my
bodyguard it's Jones. This is my niece Bapa.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Oh, how do you do?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
How are you? Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Uh tell your brothers to come here?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
At what bodyguard?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
H Oh? This should be very amusing.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Robert John.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Ah, I'm John's upstairs, are right?
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Oh? John? Yeah, come on down for a laugh. Uncle
Bill John and bought himself a bodyguard.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Tell it pleasant family you have mister Blaine.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Eh, don't I. Oh, this is Robert, my nephew, Robert.
Mister John Jones.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
How do you do, mister Jones? How do you do?
Hope you're getting a high fee, mister Jones, cause you
might have to.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Oh, hey, let's see the body guard is he huh?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Well he's uh, he haunts him And it's Jones, who've
now met my entire family? Uh uh, this is John
John Jones.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Oh I am mister Jones.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I think you'd better guard Uncle Bill from us too.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
We don't love him or has he told you? If
he hasn't I know it By now Your uncle just
received another of those telephone calls. Your being here is
the only thing that keeps me from thinking one of
you made the call just now.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
But I think we should call the police, So do I, Uh,
it'll mean nothing but nasty publicity.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I I don't think the police are necessary.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I do.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
I say, let's get a lot of them and make
absolutely sure.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Well, I know the PLA Police commissioner.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
He'll send us all the policemen we want. Well, mister blame,
at least two thirds of your family show concern for
your life.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Don't let them fool you, mister Jones.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
They don't want me to live. They're daring me too.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Alright, alright, don't have a little organization here now, I'm
stay in this from 'em and blame.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Uh. Well, I be safe here. I don't know why not.
You have two policemen in here with him. Now that's
what I call protection.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Well you're doing over there, mister Jones.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
It's just bying the windows A lock good and tight? Oh,
just checking.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
I don't age checking. Take 'em out?
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Wrong?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Okay, but I'm out outside.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Well, what's like I'll have to tuard you from a distance,
mister Blane. Okay, everybody out. You're toots.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Then you're sure we shouldn't all stay in here?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Are as ordis?
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Everybody outside? All right? There, Olans, lock the door?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Yes it your dolly now?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I was hope, sir, you're behind the locked doors and
windows sprayed and you got two caps right beside you.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
See, and there's nothing to worry about.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Uh wish I were as sure as you are.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I don't worry.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
You won't let anybody put your hand on your head, not.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Even if he wants to do is combing. Why don't
you go to sleep, mister Blaine? How can I do anything?
And I feel like an animal in a cage? Can't
you open a window?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Just a crack for air?
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Hot and door?
Speaker 3 (10:19):
And the windows stay locked?
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Tight? The door is locked. I where everything stayed?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Because if the only way you're safe.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
And your plenty safe in here?
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Uh, sippy, I'm uncomfortable at that.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Hey, iybouty gave it gins?
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, got cats? Are your voices?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
When you want?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
I think I'll try to read afay s.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
What the what the frain happens?
Speaker 1 (10:42):
What do you think happened to him? No? Noise was
not backed fire?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Look at him?
Speaker 1 (10:46):
I was a shut Huh get him?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah he did?
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Shut in the sealed room two with us practically sitting
beside him, call fire and a quick How will I
tell him?
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Tell him? It? Codn't happened, but it did. Now back
to our story. When the wealthy Bill Blaine received strange
telephone calls threatening with death, he forced Boston Blackie to
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become his bodyguard by digging up some old evidence against
Shorty Blackie's friend. When Blaine heard that he was to
be killed last night, Blackie called in the help of
the police to put Blaine in the locked room and
stood guard over him. Then the police insisted that Blackie leave,
and shortly thereafter Bill Blaine was shot and killed. As
we returned to our story, Inspector Faraday is at the.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Scene of the crime.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
What do you mean no glass is broken? If the
shot didn't come from inside the room, it came from outside.
We've caught over every pane of glass, Inspector.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
There isn't even a crick anywhere.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
The windows are still locked. This is crazy, this is impossible.
We know it all right, the shot came from inside
the room. Then you've gone over all the pictures, the molding,
the fireplace. Every day.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
We've inspected every inch of fourboard to him.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
We haven't found the thing. It's crazy, it's impossible. Yes,
sat there a fire couple of cops you are, where's
the dead guy's family upstairs. All right, Bot, you go
up there and get him, yes, hope, Oh why not?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
For good?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
And who's that out there? Frankie?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Well, inspect the Faraday. The danger must be over. You've arrived.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
What are you doing here?
Speaker 2 (12:38):
I'm not here, live here, Sure, I'm Bill Blaine's bodyguard.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
We'll get over there and got the body.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Say he looks a little bit dead.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
He's been dead for forty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Then, I don't suppose you recover who shot him one
of your men.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I not only don't know who shot him, I don't
even know how he was shot.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Don't know how.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Nothing inside this room fired a bullet. And there's not
a uh pane of glass broken in any of the
windows which were locked. What where were you forty five
minutes ago?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Well that's hard to say. I didn't look at my watch.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Where have you been?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Sorry, pal, that's a secret.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
As long as you keep your secret, I'll keep you.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Don't let me call inspector put away that guy.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Oh I will after I've put you where you belong
in jail.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Now you know I didn't kill this guy.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
I don't say you did. But you're plenty mixed up
in this You live here in this house, your this
guy's body God, and yet you want God. And on
top of it all, you disappear when the guy gets killed,
and you won't tell me where you were. I can well,
I'm holding you was a material witness.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
I won't be very good material. And besides, I know
how Blaine was killed. Put away that gun and I'll
show you.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
I'll hold a gun and you'll still show me.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
All right, Okay, now if you mind if I opened
one of the windows, why to show you how it
was done? Go ahead, thanks, spect.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
No tricks now, and make it snappy. I don't have
all day.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
I'll I'll have to climb out on the flagstone walk.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
That's where the killer stood, blankie.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
If this is a worrying about, You've got a gun on.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Me and I can shoot straight too.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Okay, okay, I'm all sacked.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
How is it done?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Now? I'm the killer?
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Now come over here and put your arm across the window.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Still okay, but no tricks. I've got my gun right
in your face.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
You wouldn't shoot a pile, would you?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
A hell?
Speaker 2 (14:30):
No?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Come on, come on, how is it done? Or like this?
Speaker 2 (14:33):
The killer stood here?
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Yeah? Wise guy. The window wasn't open, it was closed.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Oh that's right, I forgot. Then maybe i'd better close it.
You are breaking my arm and you're breaking my heart.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Dropping flanks, pal, I'll throw the book a trip.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Well, make it a good book with the inspector, because
while you're trying to catch up with me, I'd like
to catch up on my reading.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Yeah, yeah, I can. I'll say you can come in.
I wanna talk to you, Miss Wesley, Well, I wanna
talk to you. Who what about?
Speaker 4 (15:09):
How about this story in the newspapers?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
What about it?
Speaker 4 (15:11):
It says that you're looking for Boston black here's the
material wit and to the murder of William Blaine. So
so maybe you'll change your mind when I tell you
where Blackie was when mister Blaine was killed?
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Where with me? That's now alibi in my book? Where
were you?
Speaker 4 (15:24):
The newspaper says, mister Blaine was killed at nine forty
five last night, at nine forty five, I was in
Sam Danger's office helping Boston Blackie crack a safe.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Miss Blackey, okay, kid, I rated your ice box, shorty.
I hope you don't mind.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Ah, boys, you can have anything I got you know that.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Uh did you get the information I wanted on Blaine's family?
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Yeah? Sure it is boss, Oh Rick don nice and
meet what uh boss Mary's in jail?
Speaker 2 (16:05):
What uh?
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Faraday check Daniels when she said that you and her
Robbie saved last night at nine forty five, Daniels said
it wasn't robbed.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
So Faraday's holding Mary jee. I let's work fast. Eh.
What dope he begun on the Blame family.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
H just the usual stuff. Not am monitor much except
that robbit Blane m he got rich. It's all rit Donnie,
you're ridal kid.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Well let's see mm John worked in a drug store,
shoe store, but never for long.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
I y, I've got a lot of dope on his Robbins.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Yeah, I can see. Then remember of the stock exchange
on the board of directions of the local Red Cross,
president of the Margo Country Club. He does alright? And
what about Martha's the sister.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Eh, you're just the dame boss.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
You know she worked three different times spock a long
time to each job too, versus the secretary went to
the telephone company. Then there's a Byron and department store,
married twice too.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
It really could be that this is gonna be very
full shorty. Oh geez, well, I'm glass and now here's something.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
For you cheap. Of course, these are the checks. How
you forger, mister Daniels.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
That's right, they're yours now you made given to me Mary,
and I took them last night. But Daniels wouldn't tell
Paraday that. Well, I've got to go, shorty, boss to
the Blaine house. That's the first step in getting Mary
out of jail and putting a murderer in.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
John, Well, what are you doing sleeping around the hall?
Why wouldn't be surprised that you killed Uncle Bill?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
A fun? Oh you'd like that?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Wouldn't kill be very profitable for two of us if
one of us did? Do you care which one? As
long as I'm not the one.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Maybe you shoulda thought about that too.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
You uh thinks the police will find out who you
killed Uncle Bill? They have to find out good.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
How are you afraid they will? We get no money
until they do.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Don't look at me. Don't look at me. I'm gonna dead, hm,
cause hasn't dreams they'll be so generous. I should be
rich enough to be very generous, fool, matter off. I
can help it, sister there right, What dumb jake turned
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out the lights?
Speaker 2 (18:30):
This dumb jake? Who's there? The dumb jake who turned
out the lights? Wait, I'll turn 'em on again. Joe,
What are you doing in my role looking for a
clue to what your uncle's murny? Well, you won't find
it here, No, not now, because I already have. Look.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
I didn't do it.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
I didn't say you did you do?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
What are you found it here?
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Events of what that?
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (18:51):
You're a somewhat of a magician, But.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
What if I am.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
It's a hobby of mine. I'm just an amateur.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Well, your amateur standing as a magician may solve a
semi professional murder. How nd if I use your phone
the right ahead for your calling the police for there
are three policemen downstairs, but I want the top man, Inspector.
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This is Blackie. Blackie, you're gonna look, Inspector. Tell your
cops to come home. All is forgiven because I've not
only found out how Blaine was killed, I know who
killed him.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
I don't fall for the same gag fight flagging. You
turn yourself over to the nearest policeman or Mary stays
in jail for the rest of our life.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
In that case, I guess I'll just go downstairs where
right in Blaine's house, and your cops downstairs have got
me right where I want them. Come on up, Inspector.
The party's on me, all right, blacking here we all
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are in Blaine's bedroom.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
I no tricks. I'm not the only one with a gun.
Even crab drumlins do that, rawlins I'll keep you busy.
If you have anything to say before I run you in,
say it not lacking? Will you listen for some dumb
reason or other I always do, But no tricks.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Oh sorry, Inspector, but this time there has to be
a trick, a magic track.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
See this little gadget I have here in my hands?
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah, what is it?
Speaker 2 (20:22):
A paine of what seems to be ordinarily played glass
in a wooden frame. If the glass is solid, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (20:28):
It is?
Speaker 1 (20:29):
So? What?
Speaker 2 (20:29):
So I placed this metal ball on top of the glass, gus, Yeah,
Now you don't think it's possible for the metal ball
to pull through the glass and hit the top of
the table below, do you?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Of course not?
Speaker 2 (20:40):
You are so wrong, Inspector. What hey, it did go
right through the glass without breaking inspector a course, if
you wish to inspect. But how did you do it?
I pressed on the side of the wooden train and
the glass moved to one side fall not for the
metal ball to drop through.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Look at this, yeah, I saw.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Give the windows in this room another going over and
you'll find a paine of glass constructed to do exactly
the same thing.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Rolin Smith. Start looking, So that's how it was done.
A trick pane of glass. Huh?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You catch you on quick, Paraday? Where'd you get that
trick in John Blaine's room?
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yes, in my room, But that doesn't mean anything, does
And then I don't know about that. If we find
out of glass in the winter, that's just like the
glass that gadget, So it doesn't mean anything. Huh. All right,
I admit that magic belongs to me. It wasn't my role,
but that's no proof I killed Uncle Bill.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Well maybe this is black. Where'd you get that gun
John Blaine's room? And if you check, I think you'll
find this the gun that killed Uncle Bill.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Okay, come on, you've done a headquarter?
Speaker 2 (21:48):
No no, no, no, wait a minute, inspect it?
Speaker 1 (21:50):
What for I've got this taste wrapped up and pink
and blue ribbon.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Better outside the ends at Paraday because John didn't kill
his uncle.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Look, when you face the evidence, you got a can
and can do.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
And about face, there's the little item of the telephone calls.
Blaine got a call from the murderer when John and
Martha and Robert were all in the house. John didn't
make that.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Call, m but I know who did, well, I know
who didn't. No member of the family. Those were outside calls.
There's only one phone.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
When you jump to conclusions like that, inspected trying not
to land in your head. The one thing that had
me baffled about this whole thing was if one of
the family killed the uncle, how is that telephone they'd
ring while all the family.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Were in the house, an accomplished.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Outside Yes, I thought of that ruled without us too risky.
Some information about John, Robert and Martha Blaine surely got
for me. Gave me the right answer. Yeah, Martha Blaine,
is your killing h Why.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
Mister Jones, here's no dashing, OK.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Is this gonna be another fairy story?
Speaker 2 (22:53):
You worked for the telephone company for several years, didn't
your mother so what when telephone linemen repair out of
order phone, they dial a certain number that causes the
telephone to ring.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Well, that general knowledge. Everyone in this room.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Knows that, but the number of the linemen dial is
a closely guarded secret. You are the only one in
this room who could possibly know that number. Right, that's it.
I anytime you wished, you could just go to one
of the several extension phones in this house, dial the
callback number and cause every phone in the house to ring.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Okay, lady, you're going down a headquarter, grab a voice. Okay, okay,
take her out.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Are you happy now, Inspector?
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Yeah, but you're not gonna be You're not completely out
of this. Did you tell me where you were at
the time of the.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Murder cracking Sam Daniels safe.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
That's not so because I checked on that and Daniel
said his safe hadn't been touched.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Then why did you put Mary in jail? She told
me she helped you crack the safe. I had to
hold her paraday. Okay, holding Mary is my exclusive privilege.
Let's go get her out. Are you a jail bird?
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Black he ah, black hair?
Speaker 3 (24:18):
You all right?
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Sure? And now I'm letting you out where did you
get those twos on Friday? But how don't worry any
He gave them.
Speaker 4 (24:30):
To me, honestly, of course, my home, what cluty yours?
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Aren't you coming out?
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Still coming in?
Speaker 2 (24:40):
But why alright here I am? Are you by any
chance locking us in?
Speaker 4 (24:49):
I am gonna keep Why give them to me?
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Okay? Here are Oh?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
This is much better.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Oh, I know we can't get into trouble.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Well, why
All right, Uncle Bill. You have all three of us here.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
If there's any point of.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
This, get to it, will you. Uh? None of you
has ever been subtle and his dislike from.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Me anyhow, I'm sure you don't think much more of
us than we think of you.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
We understand each other perfectly, don't they.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
I think we do love, Uncle Bill.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
If you have anything to say to us, say it.
Will I have a date?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I apparently have a date too, and someone who wants
to kill me. As you all have been very pleased
to know, I have received several anonymous telephone calls threatening
my life. So what I can imagine how you three
must feel since my death means that you will inherit
my entire estate.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
It is still in the minions, isn't it, Uncle, More
missions than you.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Can imagine, And it is still left entirely to us, really,
because I have no choice in the matter. The condition
under which I inherits it from my father stipulates that
I must leave it all to you. Well, when you
see your father, which should be soon, say thanks for us.
Uh huh. I have taken it upon myself to add
something to my will, John, Will you stop playing with
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that toy?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
It's not a toy, it's a magic trick. Huh.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Now you see the current.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Nither put your magic tricks away while I'm talking. I've
stated in my will and in the event that I'm murdered,
not one cent will be given to any of you
until my murder is solved. Really, yes, all of you
not only hate me, but you hate each other, two
of you with profit immensely. If one of you were
convicted of killing me.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
It amuses me, sir, picture each.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Of you scrambling madly to blame my death. I'm one
of the others.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
If you really think someone's trying to kill you, why
don't you notify the police.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I'm going to even be on the police, my dear Papa.
I'm going to Boston, Blackie.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
And I'll meet Richard Calmer.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Is Boston Blackie. Enemy to those who make him an enemy,
friend to those who have no friends.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Give me one of those dames. Know what I like
about you, Blackie, O the quaint places you take me
to eat?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I said, well, you know what I like about you?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
No me, Oh spal call for you, mister Blackie.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Thanks.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
One thing I don't like about you, you always.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Want it on the phone. Excuse me, I'll just be
a moment.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
I'll be back in time for dessert.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Will you.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I'll be back to sue. Excuse me there, ride over
in your boots?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Uh? Right there?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Thank you. Well it's the Boston Black Beas. Yeah. I'm
William Blaze.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yes, I've received several telephone calls in the past week
threatening my life.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So so I'm hiring you to protect me. Ooh, that's
very nice of you, but I'm not interested. You don't
seem to know who I am. Sure I do you,
William Blame.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I expect you to accept the job.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Ooh you do.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
I'm not a customed to be refused.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Well, let's say I'm breaking you in. I insist that
you take the job. If you want protection, call the police.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
You'll become my bodyguard for the next few days, or I'll.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Ruin you a black heap. I don't ruin easily, Blaine.
And besides, I have a job entertaining a lovely lady
at lunch. Goodbye?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
How are you? Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Hi there, honey, miss me?
Speaker 4 (03:48):
How could I have such an interesting menu?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
The read how apply It's good.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Is bo especially the chapter called roast rind and Beef
and potatoes any style.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Uh, just a fella name Bill Blaine. Well right now,
he's a guy who's still looking for a bodyguard.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Oh I black in this minute? Hi, miss wasn't here.
I gotta see Blacky.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Oh come in, Geordy two.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Where's Blackie? I gotta see what proble?
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Will you be here in a minute?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
It down?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Oh she's nice?
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Anything the matter?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Oh plenty?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Oh he should be here any minute.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Oh she muss.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
You sure are a beautiful game.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Oh, Shorty your wonderful.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Gosh, this was too big, so I'm most certain they do.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Oh oh he's Blacky now?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Sure? Oh I hope so, cause I ain't got a
minute to lose.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Hi, honey, all such it?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Surety put into words what you seem to be saying
in that rio.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Surety? Do I have a rival? Ah? Your boys?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Boys, look, I got you.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I got troubles.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I can fix them up between now and dinner time.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I don't know, boys, it's pretty bad.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Oh well it's he'll be bad tomorrow morning. He'll be
worsh alright, what's happened? Boys? Look?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Do you remember the rat that you got me out of.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Six years ago? That's dead, short one. But that's it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
It ain't dead enough.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Sam Daniels, all of a sudden's gonna send me up
for those four checks.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
You face.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
It wouldn't wait back when I did it.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
He promised he wouldn't do nothing to me if I
went straight.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
How do you know Daniels is going to prosecute? Call
me up and told me so. Hm, Well, don't worry
about a short one. I'll go out and have a
talk with Daniels. I'll be back married.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
What comes first? If he a blacky business?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Of course? If this means what I think it does, Honey,
this business is going to be a pleasure at all.
Racks it out. I can stand Blaine, but not for
what you're doing. I just left Sam Daniels. How did
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you find out he could send Shorty to jail for fordery?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
That a man has unlimited problems. He can find out
a great many things.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Alright, what's the deal?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I want you to set the job I offered, draw
on the telephone. That's now? Or what all your friends?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Shorty goes to jail?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
What do I have to do?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
I have received several telephone calls from someone who affecting
to kill me.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I want you to protect me, and what about Chorley.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
If you do as I say, I'll not force Daniel
to prosecute your friends. Uh, I get what I want?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Don't right, you're getting the wrong man from bodyguard missus Blaine,
because frankly, I'd just as soon see you dead. Uh.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
And you and my family should get along famously. Yeah,
they feel the same way.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Ooh, I'm to move in.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I expect to occupy your full time.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Uh huhuh wait till Mary. Here's her by face.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I'll call my family to comes out, and I'd like
you to meet them.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
You're the boys, but introduce me as uh old John Jones,
your mind, I don't die?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Uh, excuse anyway? Oh, you're going.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
To hello?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Hello? Hello?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Hello?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Hello? Is that another friend?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yes, obviously the last one.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
The voice just said you're going to be killed, right.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Al see, you have arrived just in time for the fun.
Did you recognize the voice?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Oh it was disguised.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Oh that's fine. It wasn't one of your family.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Was it. That's impossible. They're here in the house.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
We have only one outside line.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Better call him down so they can be sure.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Well. Oh, mopa, Now this is uh John Jones, my
bodyguard it's Jones. This is my niece Bapa.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Oh, how do you do?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
How are you? Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Uh tell your brothers to come here?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
At what bodyguard?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
H Oh? This should be very amusing.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Robert John.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Ah, I'm John's upstairs, are right?
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Oh? John? Yeah, come on down for a laugh. Uncle
Bill John and bought himself a bodyguard.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Tell it pleasant family you have mister Blaine.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Eh, don't I. Oh, this is Robert, my nephew, Robert.
Mister John Jones.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
How do you do, mister Jones? How do you do?
Hope you're getting a high fee, mister Jones, cause you
might have to.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Oh, hey, let's see the body guard is he huh?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Well he's uh, he haunts him And it's Jones, who've
now met my entire family? Uh uh, this is John
John Jones.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Oh I am mister Jones.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I think you'd better guard Uncle Bill from us too.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
We don't love him or has he told you? If
he hasn't I know it By now Your uncle just
received another of those telephone calls. Your being here is
the only thing that keeps me from thinking one of
you made the call just now.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
But I think we should call the police, So do I, Uh,
it'll mean nothing but nasty publicity.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I I don't think the police are necessary.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I do.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
I say, let's get a lot of them and make
absolutely sure.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Well, I know the PLA Police commissioner.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
He'll send us all the policemen we want. Well, mister blame,
at least two thirds of your family show concern for
your life.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Don't let them fool you, mister Jones.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
They don't want me to live. They're daring me too.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Alright, alright, don't have a little organization here now, I'm
stay in this from 'em and blame.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Uh. Well, I be safe here. I don't know why not.
You have two policemen in here with him. Now that's
what I call protection.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Well you're doing over there, mister Jones.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
It's just bying the windows A lock good and tight? Oh,
just checking.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
I don't age checking. Take 'em out?
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Wrong?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Okay, but I'm out outside.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Well, what's like I'll have to tuard you from a distance,
mister Blane. Okay, everybody out. You're toots.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Then you're sure we shouldn't all stay in here?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Are as ordis?
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Everybody outside? All right? There, Olans, lock the door?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Yes it your dolly now?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I was hope, sir, you're behind the locked doors and
windows sprayed and you got two caps right beside you.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
See, and there's nothing to worry about.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Uh wish I were as sure as you are.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I don't worry.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
You won't let anybody put your hand on your head, not.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Even if he wants to do is combing. Why don't
you go to sleep, mister Blaine? How can I do anything?
And I feel like an animal in a cage? Can't
you open a window?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Just a crack for air?
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Hot and door?
Speaker 3 (10:19):
And the windows stay locked?
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Tight? The door is locked. I where everything stayed?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Because if the only way you're safe.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
And your plenty safe in here?
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Uh, sippy, I'm uncomfortable at that.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Hey, iybouty gave it gins?
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, got cats? Are your voices?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
When you want?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
I think I'll try to read afay s.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
What the what the frain happens?
Speaker 1 (10:42):
What do you think happened to him? No? Noise was
not backed fire?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Look at him?
Speaker 1 (10:46):
I was a shut Huh get him?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah he did?
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Shut in the sealed room two with us practically sitting
beside him, call fire and a quick How will I
tell him?
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Tell him? It? Codn't happened, but it did. Now back
to our story. When the wealthy Bill Blaine received strange
telephone calls threatening with death, he forced Boston Blackie to
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become his bodyguard by digging up some old evidence against
Shorty Blackie's friend. When Blaine heard that he was to
be killed last night, Blackie called in the help of
the police to put Blaine in the locked room and
stood guard over him. Then the police insisted that Blackie leave,
and shortly thereafter Bill Blaine was shot and killed. As
we returned to our story, Inspector Faraday is at the.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Scene of the crime.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
What do you mean no glass is broken? If the
shot didn't come from inside the room, it came from outside.
We've caught over every pane of glass, Inspector.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
There isn't even a crick anywhere.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
The windows are still locked. This is crazy, this is impossible.
We know it all right, the shot came from inside
the room. Then you've gone over all the pictures, the molding,
the fireplace. Every day.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
We've inspected every inch of fourboard to him.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
We haven't found the thing. It's crazy, it's impossible. Yes,
sat there a fire couple of cops you are, where's
the dead guy's family upstairs. All right, Bot, you go
up there and get him, yes, hope, Oh why not?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
For good?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
And who's that out there? Frankie?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Well, inspect the Faraday. The danger must be over. You've arrived.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
What are you doing here?
Speaker 2 (12:38):
I'm not here, live here, Sure, I'm Bill Blaine's bodyguard.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
We'll get over there and got the body.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Say he looks a little bit dead.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
He's been dead for forty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Then, I don't suppose you recover who shot him one
of your men.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I not only don't know who shot him, I don't
even know how he was shot.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Don't know how.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Nothing inside this room fired a bullet. And there's not
a uh pane of glass broken in any of the
windows which were locked. What where were you forty five
minutes ago?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Well that's hard to say. I didn't look at my watch.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Where have you been?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Sorry, pal, that's a secret.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
As long as you keep your secret, I'll keep you.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Don't let me call inspector put away that guy.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Oh I will after I've put you where you belong
in jail.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Now you know I didn't kill this guy.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
I don't say you did. But you're plenty mixed up
in this You live here in this house, your this
guy's body God, and yet you want God. And on
top of it all, you disappear when the guy gets killed,
and you won't tell me where you were. I can well,
I'm holding you was a material witness.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
I won't be very good material. And besides, I know
how Blaine was killed. Put away that gun and I'll
show you.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
I'll hold a gun and you'll still show me.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
All right, Okay, now if you mind if I opened
one of the windows, why to show you how it
was done? Go ahead, thanks, spect.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
No tricks now, and make it snappy. I don't have
all day.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
I'll I'll have to climb out on the flagstone walk.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
That's where the killer stood, blankie.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
If this is a worrying about, You've got a gun on.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Me and I can shoot straight too.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Okay, okay, I'm all sacked.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
How is it done?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Now? I'm the killer?
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Now come over here and put your arm across the window.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Still okay, but no tricks. I've got my gun right
in your face.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
You wouldn't shoot a pile, would you?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
A hell?
Speaker 2 (14:30):
No?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Come on, come on, how is it done? Or like this?
Speaker 2 (14:33):
The killer stood here?
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Yeah? Wise guy. The window wasn't open, it was closed.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Oh that's right, I forgot. Then maybe i'd better close it.
You are breaking my arm and you're breaking my heart.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Dropping flanks, pal, I'll throw the book a trip.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Well, make it a good book with the inspector, because
while you're trying to catch up with me, I'd like
to catch up on my reading.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Yeah, yeah, I can. I'll say you can come in.
I wanna talk to you, Miss Wesley, Well, I wanna
talk to you. Who what about?
Speaker 4 (15:09):
How about this story in the newspapers?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
What about it?
Speaker 4 (15:11):
It says that you're looking for Boston black here's the
material wit and to the murder of William Blaine. So
so maybe you'll change your mind when I tell you
where Blackie was when mister Blaine was killed?
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Where with me? That's now alibi in my book? Where
were you?
Speaker 4 (15:24):
The newspaper says, mister Blaine was killed at nine forty
five last night, at nine forty five, I was in
Sam Danger's office helping Boston Blackie crack a safe.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Miss Blackey, okay, kid, I rated your ice box, shorty.
I hope you don't mind.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Ah, boys, you can have anything I got you know that.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Uh did you get the information I wanted on Blaine's family?
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Yeah? Sure it is boss, Oh Rick don nice and
meet what uh boss Mary's in jail?
Speaker 2 (16:05):
What uh?
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Faraday check Daniels when she said that you and her
Robbie saved last night at nine forty five, Daniels said
it wasn't robbed.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
So Faraday's holding Mary jee. I let's work fast. Eh.
What dope he begun on the Blame family.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
H just the usual stuff. Not am monitor much except
that robbit Blane m he got rich. It's all rit Donnie,
you're ridal kid.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Well let's see mm John worked in a drug store,
shoe store, but never for long.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
I y, I've got a lot of dope on his Robbins.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Yeah, I can see. Then remember of the stock exchange
on the board of directions of the local Red Cross,
president of the Margo Country Club. He does alright? And
what about Martha's the sister.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Eh, you're just the dame boss.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
You know she worked three different times spock a long
time to each job too, versus the secretary went to
the telephone company. Then there's a Byron and department store,
married twice too.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
It really could be that this is gonna be very
full shorty. Oh geez, well, I'm glass and now here's something.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
For you cheap. Of course, these are the checks. How
you forger, mister Daniels.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
That's right, they're yours now you made given to me Mary,
and I took them last night. But Daniels wouldn't tell
Paraday that. Well, I've got to go, shorty, boss to
the Blaine house. That's the first step in getting Mary
out of jail and putting a murderer in.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
John, Well, what are you doing sleeping around the hall?
Why wouldn't be surprised that you killed Uncle Bill?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
A fun? Oh you'd like that?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Wouldn't kill be very profitable for two of us if
one of us did? Do you care which one? As
long as I'm not the one.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Maybe you shoulda thought about that too.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
You uh thinks the police will find out who you
killed Uncle Bill? They have to find out good.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
How are you afraid they will? We get no money
until they do.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Don't look at me. Don't look at me. I'm gonna dead, hm,
cause hasn't dreams they'll be so generous. I should be
rich enough to be very generous, fool, matter off. I
can help it, sister there right, What dumb jake turned
(18:29):
out the lights?
Speaker 2 (18:30):
This dumb jake? Who's there? The dumb jake who turned
out the lights? Wait, I'll turn 'em on again. Joe,
What are you doing in my role looking for a
clue to what your uncle's murny? Well, you won't find
it here, No, not now, because I already have. Look.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
I didn't do it.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
I didn't say you did you do?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
What are you found it here?
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Events of what that?
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (18:51):
You're a somewhat of a magician, But.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
What if I am.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
It's a hobby of mine. I'm just an amateur.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Well, your amateur standing as a magician may solve a
semi professional murder. How nd if I use your phone
the right ahead for your calling the police for there
are three policemen downstairs, but I want the top man, Inspector.
(19:17):
This is Blackie. Blackie, you're gonna look, Inspector. Tell your
cops to come home. All is forgiven because I've not
only found out how Blaine was killed, I know who
killed him.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
I don't fall for the same gag fight flagging. You
turn yourself over to the nearest policeman or Mary stays
in jail for the rest of our life.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
In that case, I guess I'll just go downstairs where
right in Blaine's house, and your cops downstairs have got
me right where I want them. Come on up, Inspector.
The party's on me, all right, blacking here we all
(19:55):
are in Blaine's bedroom.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
I no tricks. I'm not the only one with a gun.
Even crab drumlins do that, rawlins I'll keep you busy.
If you have anything to say before I run you in,
say it not lacking? Will you listen for some dumb
reason or other I always do, But no tricks.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Oh sorry, Inspector, but this time there has to be
a trick, a magic track.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
See this little gadget I have here in my hands?
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah, what is it?
Speaker 2 (20:22):
A paine of what seems to be ordinarily played glass
in a wooden frame. If the glass is solid, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (20:28):
It is?
Speaker 1 (20:29):
So? What?
Speaker 2 (20:29):
So I placed this metal ball on top of the glass, gus, Yeah,
Now you don't think it's possible for the metal ball
to pull through the glass and hit the top of
the table below, do you?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Of course not?
Speaker 2 (20:40):
You are so wrong, Inspector. What hey, it did go
right through the glass without breaking inspector a course, if
you wish to inspect. But how did you do it?
I pressed on the side of the wooden train and
the glass moved to one side fall not for the
metal ball to drop through.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Look at this, yeah, I saw.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Give the windows in this room another going over and
you'll find a paine of glass constructed to do exactly
the same thing.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Rolin Smith. Start looking, So that's how it was done.
A trick pane of glass. Huh?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You catch you on quick, Paraday? Where'd you get that
trick in John Blaine's room?
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yes, in my room, But that doesn't mean anything, does
And then I don't know about that. If we find
out of glass in the winter, that's just like the
glass that gadget, So it doesn't mean anything. Huh. All right,
I admit that magic belongs to me. It wasn't my role,
but that's no proof I killed Uncle Bill.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Well maybe this is black. Where'd you get that gun
John Blaine's room? And if you check, I think you'll
find this the gun that killed Uncle Bill.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Okay, come on, you've done a headquarter?
Speaker 2 (21:48):
No no, no, no, wait a minute, inspect it?
Speaker 1 (21:50):
What for I've got this taste wrapped up and pink
and blue ribbon.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Better outside the ends at Paraday because John didn't kill
his uncle.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Look, when you face the evidence, you got a can
and can do.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
And about face, there's the little item of the telephone calls.
Blaine got a call from the murderer when John and
Martha and Robert were all in the house. John didn't
make that.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Call, m but I know who did, well, I know
who didn't. No member of the family. Those were outside calls.
There's only one phone.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
When you jump to conclusions like that, inspected trying not
to land in your head. The one thing that had
me baffled about this whole thing was if one of
the family killed the uncle, how is that telephone they'd
ring while all the family.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Were in the house, an accomplished.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Outside Yes, I thought of that ruled without us too risky.
Some information about John, Robert and Martha Blaine surely got
for me. Gave me the right answer. Yeah, Martha Blaine,
is your killing h Why.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
Mister Jones, here's no dashing, OK.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Is this gonna be another fairy story?
Speaker 2 (22:53):
You worked for the telephone company for several years, didn't
your mother so what when telephone linemen repair out of
order phone, they dial a certain number that causes the
telephone to ring.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Well, that general knowledge. Everyone in this room.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Knows that, but the number of the linemen dial is
a closely guarded secret. You are the only one in
this room who could possibly know that number. Right, that's it.
I anytime you wished, you could just go to one
of the several extension phones in this house, dial the
callback number and cause every phone in the house to ring.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Okay, lady, you're going down a headquarter, grab a voice. Okay, okay,
take her out.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Are you happy now, Inspector?
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Yeah, but you're not gonna be You're not completely out
of this. Did you tell me where you were at
the time of the.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Murder cracking Sam Daniels safe.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
That's not so because I checked on that and Daniel
said his safe hadn't been touched.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Then why did you put Mary in jail? She told
me she helped you crack the safe. I had to
hold her paraday. Okay, holding Mary is my exclusive privilege.
Let's go get her out. Are you a jail bird?
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Black he ah, black hair?
Speaker 3 (24:18):
You all right?
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Sure? And now I'm letting you out where did you
get those twos on Friday? But how don't worry any
He gave them.
Speaker 4 (24:30):
To me, honestly, of course, my home, what cluty yours?
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Aren't you coming out?
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Still coming in?
Speaker 2 (24:40):
But why alright here I am? Are you by any
chance locking us in?
Speaker 4 (24:49):
I am gonna keep Why give them to me?
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Okay? Here are Oh?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
This is much better.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Oh, I know we can't get into trouble.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Well, why
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