July_Fourth_Picnic

Episode Transcript

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In the name of the law,we bring you another of the thrilling stories
in this exciting series. Taken fromactual police case file. Our story begins

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on a perfect Fourth of July morningin Fortsmouth, Arkansas, as a happy
family prepares for picnic to the accompanimentof sputtering firecrackers. Shoe shoe, help
shooting. Not those firecrackers. Youcome and help me. What you want,
Julie, Bring those in that hamout here on the porch where I

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can pack him in the basket.All right, I'm bringing them. Oh
gosh, I hate these for theJuly picnic, like a bare I hate
honey. I hate him, andI'll put those fright chickens here on the
bench. Those chickens look good.Naughty man stinks. What do you think
I'll find him for now? Marrythe others will be there any minute.

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We got to hurry if we wantto get the big clear crieck in time
for dinner. But with the cloudson the road, Oh gosh, Julia,
I'd rather eat my vettels here athome on the porch, set out
where the ants begin. That's whatyou always say, Joe Barrett. But
we couldn't keep you away from apicnic. Lett we put in the street
ch just the fugitive from a picnic. That's mell. Here you are.

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Here's the ham ham and the cheeseand the jelly and the coffee and the
hey, hey, where's the tomatoesin your hand? Joe? As usual
rack them up with wax paper.Mary just loves nice ripe tomatoes. Oh
see, how about me? Marywon't even think about food today. The

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girl's in love with grand Just thinkMary and Harry engaged. I've known them
ever since they were babies. Marrythe mighty fine girl you and Harry's a
fine young man. But oh,Julia, Mary's young. She's only fifteen
and in the thing to marry anyway. Well, Mary's older in her ways
most girls are fifteen. I'm gladshe's marrying a good boy like Harry.

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Where are my heart boiled? Now? You know you shouldn't eat them.
It's a make out the chicken andhand the chocolate cake. Shucks. You
can't have a picnic without heart boiledegg? You know how I like him?
Oh? No, Julia, youknow I like him? And they
got anything wrong? What do youknow? Hi? Well? Well,

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well, grad y'all, Mary,you look pretty, johny the jusus can
I have to ji? No SaintsMary leading cana minute, y'all? Yeah
yeah, sit down and rest yourrapture. I'll shake you up a cocktail.
How about it, Harry? Well, whatever they able to say,
it goes from me. Make thisup one file before the July only comes

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once a year. What do yousay, Alex? Get it right?
We all left one. Take itup, Joe the victim, mayory,
the bride to see and the hair. Yeah yeah, with one thing in
the ceremony, Harry hard boil legson picnics or no wedding. Thank you,
Joe. I'll sure see the laft. Yeah, boy, drink here

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to a forty ride. I'm gonnableat you sm s. Yeah, I
bet that mortorcagle riding food. Brotheryours, Harris, best problem you stay
of walking for I got to driveready, Come on, Dusty Diny time.
What's the honest part? Hello article, Thanks Joe you here's to my

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brother's girl, the sweetest girl ofthe state of Arkansas. Dusty, I'm
happy today. Come on, folks, let's bring up quick and get on
the road. Yeah all right,folks, already it's getting the car Joe.
You make to ask Mary, nowyou bring the glassy and alice.

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You look EFFI yeah, Wait aminute, anybody want to ride in the
back of my motorcycle high today thinkingthat the arm can all right? Well,
just for that, your happy,my dust right up the big clare
clean boy. Hey you you whatabout my heart? Boily? You im
hard TOI. Oh, Mary,it's it's wonderful to have you out here

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in the country more alone. Otherwell, things to stop today, heavy,
no time, no anything, justyou and me and the flowers looking
there, prettiest and and all ofyou. Mary, Oh your lovely Oh
heaven, look at the water doesn'tlook cool? Uh huh h did so
warm? Now? I wish Iwere in it? What the post of

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July was? Out of swim?Or you're such a kid? Married?
I wish I had no baby sit. I ducked right in that water.
Mary, l man, You're soimpulsive Sometimes I I get scared. Oh
it's scared of what scared? Somethingwill happen before before we get married.
Oh Mary, kiss me, holdme, then I'll be sure you're really

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here? Then where does that convinceyou? Oh? Sure? That?
Honey? Alright? Well? Iyes, missus barber. Will you and
marry cake this suck it and getsome water? Will? We're glad to
ny? Hasn't he turned hot?Yeah? Man was talking about us wear.
Uh uh, don't be too long, Joe's yelling free. Dido was

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already. Are brought him some eggsand I'll be boiling as soon as I
get that water. Else you'll neverstop for Wait, Harry, wait there
and wait for day. I'll wait, Alice, I'll wait here, Vlitary
you you get the water for Julieyourself? All right, chee later,
honey, alright, but thanks forwaiting there. Oh isn't there huh?

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Well? I wish we could goin bathing? Why can't we? Well
we didn't bring anything. What doesthat matter? We go in? You
our step in? Ooh, Idon't know. Somebody might see. Oh
there's nobody around here and really locksthe bathing suits and just like step in,
Come on, Alice, let's go. Well, there goes my dress.
Well, then here goes my rightflipper, Marion. If I had

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a figure like Yea's, I'd bein Hollywood right now. Big Glear Creek
and Coffee County ikons a good enoughfor me? Well, here I go
into the wallet. Oh geez,come on in a mot well is it
verry dee? Oh no, it'snothing, deeply cool, head awful cold.
Come on in, Allen, Ohall right, come on, tell

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as I get the dress off here, y'all come who Okay, I'm gonna
swim up the creek. Come along, not me. I'm not that good
a figure. You mind if Iswim up around the bend. No,
I'll thank you all right, Alice, see you made? Why hell are

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you on even the thing? Andif i'd just chicken especially for you,
Junia, I'm just waiting till Marygets man. I wonder why she analys
us alone. It just imagine aman not able to eat case his gale.
Ain't the pats the hand? Pleasewait, you've been married as long
as Julian me, Harry, youdon't lose your appetite. Hand? Please

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the heck? Than's Dusty? Isuppose I am foolish. Chicken here's good,
Julia? Tell you boy? Isit? And you'd better hurry up
on your share? Harry, andDusty won't leave anything. He's fitting it
in just like it with head.You're Roy. My brother's loves his appetite.
But nothing's the matter with mine.Oh, my wish. We waited

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for Mary and Alice. He's kindof unsociable. Like to start dinner without
unsociable. My eyes. We waitedhalf hour. That's one thing I like
about a picnic. All our houserules, don't hold. Wonder where Mary
and Alice are? I think i'dbetter go hunt over there? All right,
hell as it doesn't pass from thecreek down here, you might miss

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him. Don't be so nervous.All right, all right, trusty,
But wait the harlor were marry tohurried Mary? Why why isn't May here
nor helens? Where'd you leave?Mary? Well, you must be here.
She left me long ago, saidshe was coming right back. Oh

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where'd you leave her? She?I didn't leave her, She left me.
We were swimming, swimming, Yes, it was so hot. We
went in in our set land sea. While we were in, they re
started swimming up the creek. Iwaited a while, got dressed, and
walked through the woods. I thought, where you're going here? I'm gonnahunt

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Mary. Something may have happened toher. Harry, Wait a minute,
I'm here. We'll find up.Oh, we'll find a helly no,
dudn't worry about her. I'm comingalong, Joe. Oh, Dusty,

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I'm sure Mary is drunk. I'msure of it. No, no,
and I don't take on. Sowe'll find that she's all right. Oh
no, I'm sure she's drumk Youand I sets both sides of the creek.
Joe and Roy beat in the woods. Now she fell asleep. Oh,
she's seeing a joke on it whileMary is full of joke. Yes,
Roy, what is it? I'mcoming? What is it? Roy?

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Look? Look by that rocket.Mary's clothes. It's a dress.
Poor kid. She's drawn and he'sa slip every there, slip. Oh,
she's been drawn. I know she'scall the police. I'll go call
the Chriff's office. Tufty, youstay here and do what you can.
Sure, sure will Roy, nahnah hair. We'll find her. She'll

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be all right. Over boot somethingfor you know, Mary always up to
something. We'll find her. We'llfind her, sure le. Let's look
along the creek here, Oh,Mr Burr, Gee, marma's pretty here.

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Look at that creek and the bigrocks and up marm. Yes,
how the water is lovely. Thisis called deep Clear Creek. The water
comes we down from the Ozer theozar geez. I thought I would only
read about them in books. Mama, I'm sure glad we could leave New

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York and have occasion here vacation Auto. It was good of your father to
send us ear all this distance toArkansas for a visit. Look, Mom,
look at that walk around the bendwhich rock? Oh? I see
now the one way of the girlhad taking it some bath. She can't

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be taking a sun bath, Mom. Her head's in the water. Why
some so it is that is strange? Her? Her fear in the water
on the other side too, Yes, and around flung up that way?
Oh mom? She she ain't fellhardly any clothes on, but she has
on her underwear. Let's walk outin the creek on these rocks. Ge

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Mom, what's the matter yet?You look pale? Oh? Oh she
did fall? It did? Mymother? What a fear anymore? Don't
look? Don't look sun the poorpoor down hell come come quick and I'm

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dead, Oh Mary, Oh mydarling. What if I don't? You
don't want him meeting her? I'msorry, Harry, Yeah, wrap this
raincoat around. I won't be carryingshaw No, I'll tell you a lord,

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give me the raincoat. I'll takein my arms. I'll carry Oh
Mary marry, my dollar, mypoor Why have they student, Jeff?

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The corner of the jury isn't satisfiedthat Mary Mea was drowned. Oh,
neither of my own heel. Accidentaldeath. When the girl's body was falling
on a rock six inches all thewater, there isn't enough current and big
clear creek at that spot to bringa body up on the rock that high.
Yeah, that's my dear, O'Neil. How far down the creek today?
Find her four hundred yards down thestream from where she was last seeing

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bathing. The current isn't that strong? Oh, you bet it's not.
She was carried there. What didthe corner say, Well, he says,
the poor girl's neck was broken atthe third vertebrae. She could have
been diving. Uh, it wasfrom a terrific blow with a club or
a rock. It crushed her spine. That girl was dead when she was
put on the rocks with any waterand the lungs none. You you're going

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to earn your money as deputy.Now this is murder, Jeff. I'm
ready. I saw the body.Yes, you saw the body. The
girl was only fifty, beautiful,happy, a bride defeat. I know
that's what makes it more horrible,just the child and yet old woman.
One of who. I want youto get together. All the people who

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are on that picnic or our chef. You don't suspect any one of them,
do you? They were all thereand me house friend, a friend
or no friends. One of themcould have murdered Mary Mayhew. Shame he'd

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been Assumer's possible as everybody present,only you, yes, chef, here
are your picnickers, all of them, our folks. You know what we're
here for. I reckon a girlwas murdered one of your party. I'm
going to find out how it happenedand who did it. I'm sure anxious
to help your shriff, but Ithink you're barking up the wrong trees together
when this this thing happened, you'reall the last to see marry me all

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live. That's why you're hear I'llhave any of you anything to tell me?
How must I do the talk allnight? How can we hear?
So that's it? Eh? Allright? Then I'll do some questioning which
of you saw her alive last?I did I guess I was in swimming
with her. Tell us the wholestory. Well, it was warm,

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so Mary and I went in.Mary swam around the bin, and after
a while I dressed and came back. That's all I know. I guess
the last time you saw Mary thenwas when she swam around the bin.
Yes, that's the last time.What did you do? Then? I
went back to the crowd. Theywere eating, and then they asked me
where Mary was. I told themwhat I told you. Yes, yes,

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I know, missus Gray. MisterGuilford, here is your your friend,
isn't he Roight? Sure, he'smy friend. I've known him for
years. Why didn't you went swimmingwith him? What? I've just never
thought all of it. That's whythat ain't the reason you had a date
with someone? Didn't you you metsomeone at that creek? Now? Did

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you did? Not? Almost sixblind? Miss Gray? Who you meet
when you went in swimming? Nobody? I can you. I was there
with Mary, nobody else. Youdidn't see anybody else there either, No
nobody. Where were you, gilPuddy? What do you mean? You
know what I mean? Where wereyou when the girls were in swimming?
I was with the other Oh,no, not all the time you were.

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Where did you go? Talk,Gilphid, Come on, tell the
truth. I didn't go any place. Yes, you died. You were
away for a half hour before missusGrey returned. Now where'd you go?
I? Oh? Yes, Iremember. I went for some wood.
That's right. We were going tobuild a fire and we needed some twigs,
and it took you half an hourto find a few twigs. You
expect us to believe that, well, I don't care if you believe it

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or not. It's the truth.You like miss Mayha, didn't you,
gildford O, no more than Idid many other girls. You liked them
more than you did Miss Gray?Didn't you? My did? But that
makes no No, I didn't Mar. It was Harry's girl. That didn't
make any difference to you, nowdid it? What do he mean,
Chriff? Ask your friend here whatI mean. He'll tell you. I

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don't believe him, Harry, he'sonly trying to make trouble. We're only
trying to find out who killed Maryand Maha. Now tell us what you
know, gilhud Or. We'll tellyou a few things and you may not
rock that form. Not all Ihave to say is that I didn't kill
Mary, and I don't know whodid. About that other thing. I
did go out with Mary once ortwice. I don't see what that has
to do with solving this case.You went out with Mary? Why didn't

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you tell me? Roy? Well, it was nothing, Alice. Oh
picture for that. Roy, You'llbe sorry. You're messed around my girl.
How about you, mister Barrett?What were you doing while the girls
were in swimming? I can answerthat chair. My husband here was interfering
with everyone on ACCOUNI those hard boydays. Hard. Oh, you don't
understand. Relay the moon. Joe'scrazy about him and he wanted to make

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some sorry him right in the middle, upset in the t I see,
I see. Did you leave theparty at all? Barrett? No?
But I should have so. Carldown for the July picnics. Give me
a pin? Uh? You gaveMary Mayhaw drinking toxicate and liquor before you
went on this picnic, didn't you? What in the world are you driving
at You don't think I had anythingto do with it, do you?

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So happens that I'm the sheriff here, Barrett, and I'm asking the questions,
not you all right, sheriff,Yes, marry me. I had
a drink before she left. Buttold did we all? What about it?
I say, we ain't getting anywhere, folks. A man Jornan?
Which one you? Me and mybrother? You the other one who was
engaged to marry aren't you? Yes? When was the last time you saw?

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When she went in swimming? Didyou see her go into the water.
No, she said she'd like togo in alone. The Missus Barrett
called me to do something. LaterI found out she went in with Alice.
You found out, yes, fromAlice. She came back and when
we asked where Mayor was she shesaid she thought Mayor had come back.
Then you were the last one seemarry me? Are alive, miss greg

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I guess so outside of the onewho killed her, Missus Barrett, who
was missing besides these two girls?Well, I can't stay for sure,
but near that I can remember HarryJordan here was the only other one.
He went for some water. I'llsend me all the others were there?
It was you, I think so, but I can't be sure. Share

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jol here was making such a fussat water about Gilbert. Oh he was
there? Oh yes, yes,Later he left for a little while.
They get some twigs, he said, yeah, he said, or Jordan's
misha on on on up this timeyour brother and now Dusty, Yes,
a chair. What is it?Were you away from the party at any
time while these girls were swimming?Not that I remember. Well, that's

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it, yes, you were,come to think of it, I was
for a little while. I wentfor some water. Oh so you went
for some water too, Yes,mister Barrett here one of some hard so
I figured i'd surprise him and getsome water. And but missus Bird sent
me for the water. Yes,I know. That was after I had
gone out just a minute, andyou went before your brother. Did I

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don't know that is I might have. I really don't remember. You went
for water? What do you expectto carry them? I had the only
bucket. I but why you remember, Hay, I had a canvas bucket
in my motorcycle. Kid, Iwas going to get this, I remember
now, I remember, Nomber.What what's the matter, miss Greg I
just recalled something, something that mightbe important. Well, well, come

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on, what is it? Wait? You remember asking me if I saw
anybody when they and I went inswimming. Yes, I remember, now,
did you. No, I didn'tsee anybody. Well, i'll be
they. What's the idea you playingwith us or something? No, but
I heard something, something that Ijust thought we did. Well, come
on, tell us what was it? Well, when Mary swam around the

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bend, I heard a motorcycle comingdown the road. It's out. And
then I heard a boe A man'sboy. They must be funny toss and
then he said something else, butI couldn't understand what it was. That's
they ride the motorcycle. But myway running away. You can kill my

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own brother, you'll kill my girl. I'm a killful man. How I
read a minute. I didn't meanit. I didn't mean to kill her.
It was an accident. I wason Jordan's Talk and Talk straight.
Well, I knew the girls wasgoing for a swim. I had them
talking about it. So I tookmy motorcycle and I rode up to the

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bend in the tree. Oh mybitness, fun, it's so cool.
The doctor's doing. What do thiscool? Kipps shocked, Yes, tis

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what are you doing here? Oohway, I haven't any business suit.
Must be fun of the amosphere.Why a cigarette? You're tell't me one
cause alright, yeah, got it? Okay, I got it? Your
girl? Yeah yeah, What whatgood does a cigarette without a man?
Well? Uh, come and getone. I dare you, Oh will

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not. Don't be silly. I'mgonna sing right here behind this bus.
Oh come on, I dare you. What are you afraid of? It?
Right? All right, you don'tmind, I don't oh come on,
yeah, here is Mary gives alittle kitten. No, we'll not.
Don't please, don't doubt it.I wish I hadn't come out.

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Come on, give r o.No, don't please, don't come.
We're talking abound the news. Youhaving my head. I'll come hair in
the dorm. Crid Jordans, youhave heard the verdict of the jury guilty

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of manslaughter in the first degree manslaughterof the girl your own brother intended to
marry. Hereby sends you to sevenyears in state prison. Be withers again

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when truth and justice triumph in thename of the law.