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In the name of the law,we bring you another of the thrilling stories
in this exciting series, taken fromactual Bully case files. Our story begins
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near midnight on November fourth, nineteenthirty five. Heavy rain riding the wings
of an early November gale, flashesdown on the sleeping cit Oh. Oh,
I take your pardon. I washolding my arms all down in several
wind and rain, and I'm afraidyou didn't see you all I said what
I was doing. I'm afraid Ididn't see you, missus Holton. Oh
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why did you sailor? Oh?Is it? Is it good? Or
genes? I never taste the calortwins apar well? If part of tell
anybody in the storm, I'm rude. I never thought twinds so much alife.
So you're rute the one that worksin the bank, Yes, And
that's just what I've been doing,working in the bank at this time of
night. By it that's mine.I'm a car. So this idea of
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bankers hours is a myth sometimes whenthey have facial statements and things like that
to get up. My goodness,this storm is terrible and also night to
be out. Here's a split oflike rivers, a roof a rook?
Is that a king's speak? Car? I can't see in the rain nor
road car light. I'm afraid we'reboth out the way here, let's get
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out of this store on. Yes, well we're out of the storm under
here. Say that, especially thepity umbrella you're carrying. How I like
bright colors, That's why I gotthis red one. Tell me how's Jimmy?
Jimmy? That boys twice beside ofeighty five year old? Oh what
a lad I've given my love.I will indeed be proud. You haven't
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a lovely girl asking for it?My roots? Even under this arling,
I can see why they keep puttingthe tailor grint pictures in the paper.
Hall. Well, that's because ofmy SI, I know. And I
just bet i'll see a picture ofyou in that office green coat, dark
skirt and that blue sweater. Don'twait till Jimmy gets a little older.
Oh I think this is your carcoming? Oh no, it's car,
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it's miner. I'm sad it happenedto be a long at Oh I don't
find I only have a short wayto pall been hold about you? Aren't
you afraid to walk? From thecar line along that dark to me.
Oh no, I'm not afraid.Good night, A good night. I
don't worry about me. What's happen? Gee Bill? Some stormway of nice.
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You're worse. Look, no,I'm done. On the ravine.
There's a big maple tree blowing down. Gee Bill, this reveals creepier than
ever, like something in a smisterystory. But saying, Arm, what's
that red thing farther down the slopethere? See? Looks like an umbro
Never saw one that color of redbefore, so bright. I'm going to
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get it home on I'm coming,saying arm. That umbrella's a butte,
hardly broken at all, just afew ribs. Swell, let's play parachute.
My turn first, I'll jump first. Wait my turn first, I
thought first. All right, HereI go down the hill. W hollo,
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bad boy burn some climb up thatslope. Wonders whose umbrella this was?
Looks new, don't know, lookslike a girl here you are,
watch me, I'm going her realrides. That's just halfway down like you
did, but all the way tothe bottom. Give me a push off,
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ready, go see s What isit? What's the matter? I'm
coming. What is it, narwhat's the matter? Oh, gee,
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bill a look look over there,there, there there, dear, it's
a girl. She's dead. Girls. Oh yes, her claws are all
torn and her head. Look,this is terrible. Let's run for help.
Yeah, come on help. Wellwait, how long has you been
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dead? Sergeant? About eight dollars? That say inspected horrible death. Fiend
was murdering? Uh take that clothoff her head, sergeant, Yes,
and expect it mean the saints havemercy? Bring the poor girl. Four.
Head is completely crushed. Yes,looks like the blows just about thrush
that pretty head. What a brutalcrime. She was a young, lovely
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young body. But what a fiend? Yes? About all they can recognize
is that blue sweater. Blue sweater. Hey, look there's a skirt over
here. Yeah, dark blue.Yeah. Here's a great clothe, Yeah,
nice clothes. Once they look overthere, sergeant, what's that?
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Yeah? It's a pocketbook? Seatopen it? H money's still hit.
Wasn't robbery? No, it wasn'trobbery. Or is there any name in
that, perse m. There's aname on the paper, Ruth Ruth Taylor.
H poor Ruth Taylor. Name issome Manigua. Not face all covered
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with dirt and blood. There,Sergeant, this girl must have been murdered
after eleven o'clock. These clothes areall wet. It's ride, inspector.
Didn't start to rain until eleven lastnight. The rain has probably washed away
any clues. I don't know.Rain sometimes makes clues. You've got to
get this and let her beat atlarge now, yes, and he may
strike again like this tonight. Oh. I've got a daughter at home too.
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It's about this girl. Come on, sergeant, pull yourself together,
Get the corners photographer to hurry upout here. Yes, it all up.
Here's the pocket bust respector wait justa minute. Ruth Taylor, Groover's
trust company. Why sure, sergeant, I know what what inspected by that
face? This is Ruth Taylor,one of the tailor twemens. That safe?
Shudye? That can't? Oh,yes it is, sergeant. What's
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tragedy? And if the coroner whoputs her picture on the front page this
time good morning, doctor, wellsyour case bad as this? Eh?
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Sooner we get this murder, thebetter, inspector what clues? Well,
I've had the police combing the spotsince the body was found there wasn't much
a way of clues. Footprints,funny mud sizeable man made these footprints,
Inspector, I went faster a pairof molds made of these. I kept
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them clean for here, for thatpurpose, doctor good And look at the
birds, nice sticky birds all overthe place. And these maple leaves and
oak leaves too. You can them'sclue? Oh yeah, leaves of a
white oak. Put that over there, Uh, piece of concrete, I
guess, a bloody piece of conI miss my guess. Would you say
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that was the murder weapon? Doctor? And cover the poor girl's head,
and maybe I can answer, Inspector, Oh, right there. You are
incredible that one body could be somutilating. But one thing is sure.
Yes, that piece of boddy concreteis not the murder weapon. It's too
blunt. You mean that the poorgirl's skull was factored by a sharper instrument.
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They've got to find that, allright now. Put the men on
the job. Bright away, doctor, They'll break every leaf in this ravine,
dig up the earth. Save acouple of leaves for me, Inspector,
What four I may need them tofind the man who murdered this girl?
Oh, right, doctor, you'rea criminologist, man, just a
cop. You try your way,I'll try mine, all right. Maybe
we'll catch two murders that way.Don't forget the tailor girls were twins.
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Now you say, miss Gene,that your sister Ruth had no enemies.
Oh, no, Ruth was sokind, inspected, so wonderful. Everybody
loved Ruth. Well, miss Gene, have you an enemy? Maybe the
murderer was hunting you? Oh Iwish a head with me. Remember you
and you're a sister or identical twins? Looked alike, you dressed alike.
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Is anyone a mistaken Ruth for you? Anyone jealous? Well? Ruth and
I we both had boyfriends. Sometimesthey would get jealous, you know,
like boys do. And who arethese boyfriends? Oh? Tom Pittman,
he liked Ruth a lot. Shewas worth like him. I loved her.
She was a part of me.I worked without us. When did
Tom Pittman see your sister last?Well, it was last night. He
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took her out to dinner downtown.He was really jealous. He was afraid
she wasn't working last night. Hewas afraid she was going out with Jim
Larkin, who's Jim Larkin. Well, I suppose you call him a real
sporty. He sells cars, ownsof the Red Ropes, and spend,
spend lots of money. He wascrazy about the room. Oh please,
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please, Miss Jean, try tocollect yourself. You know we need your
help. It was crazy about Ruth, but you didn't like him. He
sworeried killer before any other man shouldhave. Us were still laugh thinking he
was fooling. But to me,what's Larkin's address? I don't know where
he lives, none of the sevenwedding. That's strange. Well, where
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does he work at the National AutoSales Company? Nationally? Miss Jean,
don't want to ever try to molestYou're a sister coming home at night.
Well, once in a while shethought someone was following her. The man,
Yes, Ruth wasn't sure, butshe thought he wore a long gray
Ulster tall man. She said,gray Ulster did the only show up on
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rainy nights. Well, yes,but Rusey laughed about it the next morning,
and we'd start a kidder about theshadow in the gray Ulster. Shadow
in the gray Ulster. Miss Jean, we'll talk to Pittman and Larkin.
We'll bring that shadow and the grayulster out in the daylight. Margeant,
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we've questioned all the suspect brought inso far. I'd better talk to that
motiment now he's right outside and inspected. We'll bring McSorley and then, oh,
just a minute, you look upPittman and Larkin. Yes, just
gnarling at each other already. Iput addictive on the still I can tell
me, and he's doing that pairbe at each other's boat. And then
maybe does kill the truth. Idon't know, Sergeant, This case is
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getting tougher and tougher. Well.Bringing the motor Yes, oh, yes,
come in, McSorley. You're themotument of a death car. Are
you death curt oh? Ruth Taylormet her death a few moments after she
stepped off that car into the rain, didn't she? Oh yes to Masora,
Yes, I could take my motorman'shandle of the man who committed that
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murder. Yes, yes, mccharley. Tell me you who was on
your car that night, beside thegirl, A lot of people. It
was a hockey special inspector. We'llrun em on nights. They'd play hockey
in town. You remember the girlwho'll let her do sir, and we'll
she rode with me every day almostWhere'd she get off at the corner of
Gerard Norwood Road? At what time? And I have to look at my
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record book, sir, all right, m I I got there at the
corner it she got off, sirat eleven forty three, eleven forty three?
Tell him sorry? Do you knowany of the people who were on
that that car way? Yes,sir, there was a lot of hockey
fans from the game, and JohnDennison and his missus and miss Mary Graham
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and ohay she Hasten. On theback of the car was Tom Pittman.
Who Why Tom Pittman? I've oftenseen him take Miss Taylor aim at night
and I was wondering why he wason the back of the car and or
a front near me? Pitman getoff on the telegram? Nay, sir,
but another man did? What day? When Miss Taylor got off?
Another man got off wheeler? Washe tall? Ye? And did he
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wear a gray off the way?Yep? That he did. Did you
get a look at his face?It's kind to look. Yeah, he
had his collar turned up. Well, take a look at these pictures.
Who rooks gallery? Eh, yes. Do you recognize the man any of
them? No, not this one. No if they're wait no, no,
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no, yes, here that's him. Are you sure I could swear
that's the man that George? AngelFace? You canon burg Larie Teddy,
large and assault Sergeant arrest Angel Face? Yes, round up every man woman
who was on that death car lastnight. But I want angel face first?
Yes, what about it? Sergeant, inspect your angel faces? Yelly,
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he's a better actor than laws.He didn't spill a thing. You
see, hello on me that firsttime too. Bring him in again,
all right, Jack, oh,hello, doctor, come in Julie,
just having good count of him forsome more question. I have a question
to asking too, just one,that's one. Why come on down,
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Kennon. What were you doing onNorwood Road last night? I told you
walking walking in that rain? Youexpect the jury to believe that that's the
truth records against you, Angel Face, I was on Norwood Road, but
I didn't tell that there. Allright, all right, just hang yourself,
Angel Face. You had her newspaperpictures in your pocket, So why
I often collect pictures from the paper. Just another twist in the news,
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Angel Face, Oh, doctor Herby, here has a question to ask you.
All right, doctor, yes,the ken Yeah, I take this
spencil and write your name on hispad. That's my name, yes,
just right it. What can Ilose? Yeah? Yeah, all right,
anything else, that's all, Inspector. Thank you, coming away,
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sergeant, whenever you already to confessangel face, just let me know I
didn't do it. I'll tell youI didn't do it. Come on,
come on, well, doctor,have you got your man? I don't
know yet that angel face is notthe murder? What? Why? But
how you? Canon wrote with hisright hand the murder of Bruce Taylor was
left handed. Steenie's photographs of herhead. Ye, those blows came from
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above into the right, delivered bya left handed man, medium height,
i'd say, from the angle andthe leverate you had on the murder weapon.
What was the murder weapon? Theshort about the size of a monkey
range for these blows with a wrenchwould have blooded her head. Oh my
doctor, go ahead, Are yougoing to give me a picture of the
murderer? Not yet, but whenyou find him, his Scotch flat overcoat
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will be wept, covered with mudand birds. But suppose you come over
to my laboratory. This is myprivate laboratory, inspector. I've never allowed
anyone in here before. This tailorcase deserves the owner. Doctor. What
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all the task of the footprints?The murder wears a number ten shoes,
rubber heels. Hmm, what's thisrabbitaire? Rabbitaire? Yes, I can't
tell any more about it now,but it may hang a man. The
sooner the better. Oh will hebe about twenty five? I'll have a
slight limp and the clean shaven.My test prove it. But how I
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analyze every my new particle found underthe dead girl's nails. She put up
a desperate fight. He torre's coat. That's the plaid she clawed the man.
Those enlargements are the stubbles beard reddishbrown. You'll find the scratch on
the murderer's hand too, the tallScotch plaided limph twenty five clean, mister
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o'donald, i'd brought the baby.Oh thank you, nurse. Hasn't my
husband come here? Why no?But don't worry. He'll be here hospital
in a minute. But he's anhour late, and he didn't come yesterday
all day. You don't upset yourselfit's all most time to nurse the baby,
and you'll make yourself sick and skinand then try put him here ride
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in my arm there. Oh isn'the sweet? Uh? Happy, I'd
be if only Harry we're here.Well, Harry is here, the boy
him? Oh, Harry, Harry, I worry. So when you're late?
Well do you know it is Mary. We've been so busy at the
grind. I take during to lookat the beef. Oh sure, suh,
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he's a cute little dag. Oh, nurse, say you're not leaving.
I'll be not, lady mister Donald. Mm first then huh, well
I must go down that you're leavingalready. Well, I promise, Ma'm
probably drop buy for something tonight.Well, all right, come back tomorrow.
You will come back tomorrow. Imissed you so today, suh.
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I'll come every day. Glad youand the kidder so well? We have
done well. Little Harry is onlythree days old, but you can see
he's exactly like his father, exactlylike you, Harry Dolling kiss me.
Hey, uh, hell y'all seetomorrow. Good bye, dear. Why
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aren't you wearing you heavy overcoat?Rains so hard last night and it's cold
outside. I know if you weredying, you'd worry about me. I
probably would. You're so tall andhandsome and good Harry, good h Good'll
see tomorrow. Goodbye, darling,goodbye? What's all the worker outside?
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Man? They're hunting for the murderof his tailor m He's searching houses,
stores, everything, looking for atall young man where the Scott's plaid overcoat.
Oh well, I hope they'll findthem. But one day though,
he'll probably be short, fat fromwar and kills. Good by, good
band through Donald. What can wedo for you? Off the time?
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Listen to you keep a grocery store. And you know everybody in this neighborhood,
don't you? Well, hin,it's a good neighborhood too. Yeah,
I know, I know that,and that's what they tell me everywhere.
But this is murdered? What heis? That Ruth Taylor case.
We're hunting a young man, tall, wearing a Scott's plaid overcoat. He's
clean, shaven, walh with alimb. He's left handed to and it
can't be no, can't be whatwell, I know the man you describe,
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but he can't be a murderer.Who is he why can't he be
Please Harry o'donald and my young husbandwife, dup the baby reckon? I
fight him quickly? Where the endof the holman? What's feed you?
You'll get normal to ride? Buthe never killed Ruth Taylor. I'll how
are your Donald? Get there?I'll my name. I'd like five gallons
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of gas? What's your name?Uh? My customers don't usually ask name.
I'm another usual customer. Come on, what's your name? I?
Uh, my name is o'donald.How are o'donald? Hold out your hands?
Oh left hand today? Turn itover? What is this? I
may say? The bank of thathand? I'm inspector police. Come on,
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what scratchy? How'd you get it? I'm working here on this gas
pumped. Let me have that tireiron? So this is what you clubbed
her with? Donald? You're wantedfor the minor Ruth Tailor. I've never
heard of a an never slore exceptthe newspapers. Any man who can laugh
over a fate like that? Iwas laughingent, I was loving a dud,
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thinking I have n't do with this. Prosecuting attorney will proceed with the
witness Eeshurana out of curve. Iassure you this photograph, hey, the
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ex him at twenty five, Canyou identify it? Yes, sir,
it's the composer photograph live styves ofthe man which all my laboratory tests show
is the murder of Ruth Taylor.Jack detection over the rules to see how
was this man and the photograph reconstructed? Doctor, His height and weight were
determined by footprints found the scene ofthe crime. Her feet were not muddy.
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Therefore, the murderer carried this girl, who weighed one hundred and twenty
pounds, from the road down theravine. In doing so, he left
tracks that indicated the limb some slightdefect in the right foot. Those tracks
also showed a certain type of rubberheel that them ask. Yes, those
shown in the insect and the soleswere hand zones and newly repaired. These
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photographic enlargements of the footprints and themud showed that clearly. I also indicated
that birds and maple leaves would befound in the murder's clothing, as the
facts proved, and the color ofthe hair, Doctor, how did you
arrive at fast? These photographs aregiant enlargements of the tiny particles of flesh
and hair found under the murdered girl'sfingernails. They show one the stumbles a
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man's beard stretched from his face inthe struggle, and two the fine hair
from the back of the hand.The color of both his reddish brown,
same color hair and beard of thedefendant, Harry O'Donnell, Yes, exactly.
I show the curious states. Theyexhibit twenty seven Franky saven. Is
this more of doctors laplosoni rubbish psecutingattorney? Were for seeds you, honor.
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This is the final piece of evidencethe state will present. Doctor eb
I show you the sellipan envelope.One of the contains rabbit hairs. Rabbit
hair, yes, sir. Inthat envelope a two hundred and thirty four
blue rabbit hairs blue. Where didyou get them, doctor? We found
them on the overcoat and on thesuit of the defendant, Harry o'donnald.
The pendant's wife recently had a baby. Doctor for those rabbit hairs come from
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baby garments. No baby garments inthe Odonald home contained rabbit hairs of this
type. These are known as Belgianrabbit hairs. Those on the baby's garments
were argonna, doctor eb I showyou a game, they thank simmth number
one. Will you identify it again, please? It's the sweater worn by
Ruth Taylor on the night she wasmurdered. What color is the sweater?
Sky blue rabbit hair dyed sky blue, The same kind of blue rabbit hair
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as the two hundred and thirty fourblue rabbit hairs pound on the clothing of
the dependent o'donald, Yes, sir, exactly the same, Yes, sir.
Science proves without a doubt that theblue clues found in the sweater and
on the defendant's clothing are twins.They do tennern o'donald. Alright, Cheff?
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Is the news really? It wouldthe news, is suggested, Chef.
Is there anything to say or Donaldor me? That I love my
wife and baby boy, that I'minnocent, I'm sorry for my wife and
baby, my father and mother,my wonderful wife, all my regrets for
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them. Is that? All?That's all you ever moved on the media?
The trap door spring, it bewithers again when truth and gusted triumph
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in the name of the law,
In the name of the law,we bring you another of the thrilling stories
in this exciting series, taken fromactual Bully case files. Our story begins
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near midnight on November fourth, nineteenthirty five. Heavy rain riding the wings
of an early November gale, flashesdown on the sleeping cit Oh. Oh,
I take your pardon. I washolding my arms all down in several
wind and rain, and I'm afraidyou didn't see you all I said what
I was doing. I'm afraid Ididn't see you, missus Holton. Oh
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why did you sailor? Oh?Is it? Is it good? Or
genes? I never taste the calortwins apar well? If part of tell
anybody in the storm, I'm rude. I never thought twinds so much alife.
So you're rute the one that worksin the bank, Yes, And
that's just what I've been doing,working in the bank at this time of
night. By it that's mine.I'm a car. So this idea of
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bankers hours is a myth sometimes whenthey have facial statements and things like that
to get up. My goodness,this storm is terrible and also night to
be out. Here's a split oflike rivers, a roof a rook?
Is that a king's speak? Car? I can't see in the rain nor
road car light. I'm afraid we'reboth out the way here, let's get
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out of this store on. Yes, well we're out of the storm under
here. Say that, especially thepity umbrella you're carrying. How I like
bright colors, That's why I gotthis red one. Tell me how's Jimmy?
Jimmy? That boys twice beside ofeighty five year old? Oh what
a lad I've given my love.I will indeed be proud. You haven't
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a lovely girl asking for it?My roots? Even under this arling,
I can see why they keep puttingthe tailor grint pictures in the paper.
Hall. Well, that's because ofmy SI, I know. And I
just bet i'll see a picture ofyou in that office green coat, dark
skirt and that blue sweater. Don'twait till Jimmy gets a little older.
Oh I think this is your carcoming? Oh no, it's car,
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it's miner. I'm sad it happenedto be a long at Oh I don't
find I only have a short wayto pall been hold about you? Aren't
you afraid to walk? From thecar line along that dark to me.
Oh no, I'm not afraid.Good night, A good night. I
don't worry about me. What's happen? Gee Bill? Some stormway of nice.
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You're worse. Look, no,I'm done. On the ravine.
There's a big maple tree blowing down. Gee Bill, this reveals creepier than
ever, like something in a smisterystory. But saying, Arm, what's
that red thing farther down the slopethere? See? Looks like an umbro
Never saw one that color of redbefore, so bright. I'm going to
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get it home on I'm coming,saying arm. That umbrella's a butte,
hardly broken at all, just afew ribs. Swell, let's play parachute.
My turn first, I'll jump first. Wait my turn first, I
thought first. All right, HereI go down the hill. W hollo,
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bad boy burn some climb up thatslope. Wonders whose umbrella this was?
Looks new, don't know, lookslike a girl here you are,
watch me, I'm going her realrides. That's just halfway down like you
did, but all the way tothe bottom. Give me a push off,
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ready, go see s What isit? What's the matter? I'm
coming. What is it, narwhat's the matter? Oh, gee,
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bill a look look over there,there, there there, dear, it's
a girl. She's dead. Girls. Oh yes, her claws are all
torn and her head. Look,this is terrible. Let's run for help.
Yeah, come on help. Wellwait, how long has you been
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dead? Sergeant? About eight dollars? That say inspected horrible death. Fiend
was murdering? Uh take that clothoff her head, sergeant, Yes,
and expect it mean the saints havemercy? Bring the poor girl. Four.
Head is completely crushed. Yes,looks like the blows just about thrush
that pretty head. What a brutalcrime. She was a young, lovely
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young body. But what a fiend? Yes? About all they can recognize
is that blue sweater. Blue sweater. Hey, look there's a skirt over
here. Yeah, dark blue.Yeah. Here's a great clothe, Yeah,
nice clothes. Once they look overthere, sergeant, what's that?
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Yeah? It's a pocketbook? Seatopen it? H money's still hit.
Wasn't robbery? No, it wasn'trobbery. Or is there any name in
that, perse m. There's aname on the paper, Ruth Ruth Taylor.
H poor Ruth Taylor. Name issome Manigua. Not face all covered
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with dirt and blood. There,Sergeant, this girl must have been murdered
after eleven o'clock. These clothes areall wet. It's ride, inspector.
Didn't start to rain until eleven lastnight. The rain has probably washed away
any clues. I don't know.Rain sometimes makes clues. You've got to
get this and let her beat atlarge now, yes, and he may
strike again like this tonight. Oh. I've got a daughter at home too.
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It's about this girl. Come on, sergeant, pull yourself together,
Get the corners photographer to hurry upout here. Yes, it all up.
Here's the pocket bust respector wait justa minute. Ruth Taylor, Groover's
trust company. Why sure, sergeant, I know what what inspected by that
face? This is Ruth Taylor,one of the tailor twemens. That safe?
Shudye? That can't? Oh,yes it is, sergeant. What's
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tragedy? And if the coroner whoputs her picture on the front page this
time good morning, doctor, wellsyour case bad as this? Eh?
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Sooner we get this murder, thebetter, inspector what clues? Well,
I've had the police combing the spotsince the body was found there wasn't much
a way of clues. Footprints,funny mud sizeable man made these footprints,
Inspector, I went faster a pairof molds made of these. I kept
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them clean for here, for thatpurpose, doctor good And look at the
birds, nice sticky birds all overthe place. And these maple leaves and
oak leaves too. You can them'sclue? Oh yeah, leaves of a
white oak. Put that over there, Uh, piece of concrete, I
guess, a bloody piece of conI miss my guess. Would you say
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that was the murder weapon? Doctor? And cover the poor girl's head,
and maybe I can answer, Inspector, Oh, right there. You are
incredible that one body could be somutilating. But one thing is sure.
Yes, that piece of boddy concreteis not the murder weapon. It's too
blunt. You mean that the poorgirl's skull was factored by a sharper instrument.
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They've got to find that, allright now. Put the men on
the job. Bright away, doctor, They'll break every leaf in this ravine,
dig up the earth. Save acouple of leaves for me, Inspector,
What four I may need them tofind the man who murdered this girl?
Oh, right, doctor, you'rea criminologist, man, just a
cop. You try your way,I'll try mine, all right. Maybe
we'll catch two murders that way.Don't forget the tailor girls were twins.
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Now you say, miss Gene,that your sister Ruth had no enemies.
Oh, no, Ruth was sokind, inspected, so wonderful. Everybody
loved Ruth. Well, miss Gene, have you an enemy? Maybe the
murderer was hunting you? Oh Iwish a head with me. Remember you
and you're a sister or identical twins? Looked alike, you dressed alike.
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Is anyone a mistaken Ruth for you? Anyone jealous? Well? Ruth and
I we both had boyfriends. Sometimesthey would get jealous, you know,
like boys do. And who arethese boyfriends? Oh? Tom Pittman,
he liked Ruth a lot. Shewas worth like him. I loved her.
She was a part of me.I worked without us. When did
Tom Pittman see your sister last?Well, it was last night. He
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took her out to dinner downtown.He was really jealous. He was afraid
she wasn't working last night. Hewas afraid she was going out with Jim
Larkin, who's Jim Larkin. Well, I suppose you call him a real
sporty. He sells cars, ownsof the Red Ropes, and spend,
spend lots of money. He wascrazy about the room. Oh please,
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please, Miss Jean, try tocollect yourself. You know we need your
help. It was crazy about Ruth, but you didn't like him. He
sworeried killer before any other man shouldhave. Us were still laugh thinking he
was fooling. But to me,what's Larkin's address? I don't know where
he lives, none of the sevenwedding. That's strange. Well, where
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does he work at the National AutoSales Company? Nationally? Miss Jean,
don't want to ever try to molestYou're a sister coming home at night.
Well, once in a while shethought someone was following her. The man,
Yes, Ruth wasn't sure, butshe thought he wore a long gray
Ulster tall man. She said,gray Ulster did the only show up on
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rainy nights. Well, yes,but Rusey laughed about it the next morning,
and we'd start a kidder about theshadow in the gray Ulster. Shadow
in the gray Ulster. Miss Jean, we'll talk to Pittman and Larkin.
We'll bring that shadow and the grayulster out in the daylight. Margeant,
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we've questioned all the suspect brought inso far. I'd better talk to that
motiment now he's right outside and inspected. We'll bring McSorley and then, oh,
just a minute, you look upPittman and Larkin. Yes, just
gnarling at each other already. Iput addictive on the still I can tell
me, and he's doing that pairbe at each other's boat. And then
maybe does kill the truth. Idon't know, Sergeant, This case is
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getting tougher and tougher. Well.Bringing the motor Yes, oh, yes,
come in, McSorley. You're themotument of a death car. Are
you death curt oh? Ruth Taylormet her death a few moments after she
stepped off that car into the rain, didn't she? Oh yes to Masora,
Yes, I could take my motorman'shandle of the man who committed that
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murder. Yes, yes, mccharley. Tell me you who was on
your car that night, beside thegirl, A lot of people. It
was a hockey special inspector. We'llrun em on nights. They'd play hockey
in town. You remember the girlwho'll let her do sir, and we'll
she rode with me every day almostWhere'd she get off at the corner of
Gerard Norwood Road? At what time? And I have to look at my
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record book, sir, all right, m I I got there at the
corner it she got off, sirat eleven forty three, eleven forty three?
Tell him sorry? Do you knowany of the people who were on
that that car way? Yes,sir, there was a lot of hockey
fans from the game, and JohnDennison and his missus and miss Mary Graham
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and ohay she Hasten. On theback of the car was Tom Pittman.
Who Why Tom Pittman? I've oftenseen him take Miss Taylor aim at night
and I was wondering why he wason the back of the car and or
a front near me? Pitman getoff on the telegram? Nay, sir,
but another man did? What day? When Miss Taylor got off?
Another man got off wheeler? Washe tall? Ye? And did he
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wear a gray off the way?Yep? That he did. Did you
get a look at his face?It's kind to look. Yeah, he
had his collar turned up. Well, take a look at these pictures.
Who rooks gallery? Eh, yes. Do you recognize the man any of
them? No, not this one. No if they're wait no, no,
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no, yes, here that's him. Are you sure I could swear
that's the man that George? AngelFace? You canon burg Larie Teddy,
large and assault Sergeant arrest Angel Face? Yes, round up every man woman
who was on that death car lastnight. But I want angel face first?
Yes, what about it? Sergeant, inspect your angel faces? Yelly,
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he's a better actor than laws.He didn't spill a thing. You
see, hello on me that firsttime too. Bring him in again,
all right, Jack, oh,hello, doctor, come in Julie,
just having good count of him forsome more question. I have a question
to asking too, just one,that's one. Why come on down,
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Kennon. What were you doing onNorwood Road last night? I told you
walking walking in that rain? Youexpect the jury to believe that that's the
truth records against you, Angel Face, I was on Norwood Road, but
I didn't tell that there. Allright, all right, just hang yourself,
Angel Face. You had her newspaperpictures in your pocket, So why
I often collect pictures from the paper. Just another twist in the news,
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Angel Face, Oh, doctor Herby, here has a question to ask you.
All right, doctor, yes,the ken Yeah, I take this
spencil and write your name on hispad. That's my name, yes,
just right it. What can Ilose? Yeah? Yeah, all right,
anything else, that's all, Inspector. Thank you, coming away,
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sergeant, whenever you already to confessangel face, just let me know I
didn't do it. I'll tell youI didn't do it. Come on,
come on, well, doctor,have you got your man? I don't
know yet that angel face is notthe murder? What? Why? But
how you? Canon wrote with hisright hand the murder of Bruce Taylor was
left handed. Steenie's photographs of herhead. Ye, those blows came from
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above into the right, delivered bya left handed man, medium height,
i'd say, from the angle andthe leverate you had on the murder weapon.
What was the murder weapon? Theshort about the size of a monkey
range for these blows with a wrenchwould have blooded her head. Oh my
doctor, go ahead, Are yougoing to give me a picture of the
murderer? Not yet, but whenyou find him, his Scotch flat overcoat
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will be wept, covered with mudand birds. But suppose you come over
to my laboratory. This is myprivate laboratory, inspector. I've never allowed
anyone in here before. This tailorcase deserves the owner. Doctor. What
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all the task of the footprints?The murder wears a number ten shoes,
rubber heels. Hmm, what's thisrabbitaire? Rabbitaire? Yes, I can't
tell any more about it now,but it may hang a man. The
sooner the better. Oh will hebe about twenty five? I'll have a
slight limp and the clean shaven.My test prove it. But how I
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analyze every my new particle found underthe dead girl's nails. She put up
a desperate fight. He torre's coat. That's the plaid she clawed the man.
Those enlargements are the stubbles beard reddishbrown. You'll find the scratch on
the murderer's hand too, the tallScotch plaided limph twenty five clean, mister
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o'donald, i'd brought the baby.Oh thank you, nurse. Hasn't my
husband come here? Why no?But don't worry. He'll be here hospital
in a minute. But he's anhour late, and he didn't come yesterday
all day. You don't upset yourselfit's all most time to nurse the baby,
and you'll make yourself sick and skinand then try put him here ride
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in my arm there. Oh isn'the sweet? Uh? Happy, I'd
be if only Harry we're here.Well, Harry is here, the boy
him? Oh, Harry, Harry, I worry. So when you're late?
Well do you know it is Mary. We've been so busy at the
grind. I take during to lookat the beef. Oh sure, suh,
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he's a cute little dag. Oh, nurse, say you're not leaving.
I'll be not, lady mister Donald. Mm first then huh, well
I must go down that you're leavingalready. Well, I promise, Ma'm
probably drop buy for something tonight.Well, all right, come back tomorrow.
You will come back tomorrow. Imissed you so today, suh.
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I'll come every day. Glad youand the kidder so well? We have
done well. Little Harry is onlythree days old, but you can see
he's exactly like his father, exactlylike you, Harry Dolling kiss me.
Hey, uh, hell y'all seetomorrow. Good bye, dear. Why
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aren't you wearing you heavy overcoat?Rains so hard last night and it's cold
outside. I know if you weredying, you'd worry about me. I
probably would. You're so tall andhandsome and good Harry, good h Good'll
see tomorrow. Goodbye, darling,goodbye? What's all the worker outside?
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Man? They're hunting for the murderof his tailor m He's searching houses,
stores, everything, looking for atall young man where the Scott's plaid overcoat.
Oh well, I hope they'll findthem. But one day though,
he'll probably be short, fat fromwar and kills. Good by, good
band through Donald. What can wedo for you? Off the time?
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Listen to you keep a grocery store. And you know everybody in this neighborhood,
don't you? Well, hin,it's a good neighborhood too. Yeah,
I know, I know that,and that's what they tell me everywhere.
But this is murdered? What heis? That Ruth Taylor case.
We're hunting a young man, tall, wearing a Scott's plaid overcoat. He's
clean, shaven, walh with alimb. He's left handed to and it
can't be no, can't be whatwell, I know the man you describe,
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but he can't be a murderer.Who is he why can't he be
Please Harry o'donald and my young husbandwife, dup the baby reckon? I
fight him quickly? Where the endof the holman? What's feed you?
You'll get normal to ride? Buthe never killed Ruth Taylor. I'll how
are your Donald? Get there?I'll my name. I'd like five gallons
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of gas? What's your name?Uh? My customers don't usually ask name.
I'm another usual customer. Come on, what's your name? I?
Uh, my name is o'donald.How are o'donald? Hold out your hands?
Oh left hand today? Turn itover? What is this? I
may say? The bank of thathand? I'm inspector police. Come on,
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what scratchy? How'd you get it? I'm working here on this gas
pumped. Let me have that tireiron? So this is what you clubbed
her with? Donald? You're wantedfor the minor Ruth Tailor. I've never
heard of a an never slore exceptthe newspapers. Any man who can laugh
over a fate like that? Iwas laughingent, I was loving a dud,
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thinking I have n't do with this. Prosecuting attorney will proceed with the
witness Eeshurana out of curve. Iassure you this photograph, hey, the
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ex him at twenty five, Canyou identify it? Yes, sir,
it's the composer photograph live styves ofthe man which all my laboratory tests show
is the murder of Ruth Taylor.Jack detection over the rules to see how
was this man and the photograph reconstructed? Doctor, His height and weight were
determined by footprints found the scene ofthe crime. Her feet were not muddy.
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Therefore, the murderer carried this girl, who weighed one hundred and twenty
pounds, from the road down theravine. In doing so, he left
tracks that indicated the limb some slightdefect in the right foot. Those tracks
also showed a certain type of rubberheel that them ask. Yes, those
shown in the insect and the soleswere hand zones and newly repaired. These
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photographic enlargements of the footprints and themud showed that clearly. I also indicated
that birds and maple leaves would befound in the murder's clothing, as the
facts proved, and the color ofthe hair, Doctor, how did you
arrive at fast? These photographs aregiant enlargements of the tiny particles of flesh
and hair found under the murdered girl'sfingernails. They show one the stumbles a
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man's beard stretched from his face inthe struggle, and two the fine hair
from the back of the hand.The color of both his reddish brown,
same color hair and beard of thedefendant, Harry O'Donnell, Yes, exactly.
I show the curious states. Theyexhibit twenty seven Franky saven. Is
this more of doctors laplosoni rubbish psecutingattorney? Were for seeds you, honor.
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This is the final piece of evidencethe state will present. Doctor eb
I show you the sellipan envelope.One of the contains rabbit hairs. Rabbit
hair, yes, sir. Inthat envelope a two hundred and thirty four
blue rabbit hairs blue. Where didyou get them, doctor? We found
them on the overcoat and on thesuit of the defendant, Harry o'donnald.
The pendant's wife recently had a baby. Doctor for those rabbit hairs come from
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baby garments. No baby garments inthe Odonald home contained rabbit hairs of this
type. These are known as Belgianrabbit hairs. Those on the baby's garments
were argonna, doctor eb I showyou a game, they thank simmth number
one. Will you identify it again, please? It's the sweater worn by
Ruth Taylor on the night she wasmurdered. What color is the sweater?
Sky blue rabbit hair dyed sky blue, The same kind of blue rabbit hair
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as the two hundred and thirty fourblue rabbit hairs pound on the clothing of
the dependent o'donald, Yes, sir, exactly the same, Yes, sir.
Science proves without a doubt that theblue clues found in the sweater and
on the defendant's clothing are twins.They do tennern o'donald. Alright, Cheff?
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Is the news really? It wouldthe news, is suggested, Chef.
Is there anything to say or Donaldor me? That I love my
wife and baby boy, that I'minnocent, I'm sorry for my wife and
baby, my father and mother,my wonderful wife, all my regrets for
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them. Is that? All?That's all you ever moved on the media?
The trap door spring, it bewithers again when truth and gusted triumph
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in the name of the law,
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