Narcotics_in_the_Trunk

Episode Transcript

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Yeah, in the name of thelaw, we bring you another of the
thrilling stories in this exciting series.Take him from actual fully case file.

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Our story begins on a pier inLos Angeles, California, and I please,
I have a ray, please giveThe people are canceling. Get all
you know. I think you asas you tend to China. I wontory
medals. You have one. Allthe passengers that cleared the customer til stand
back. Then I'll fill your baggageto stamp line like officer. I must

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get the little chance to have yourbaggage checked. First man with a red
tape. You have to go throughhere, all right? Next? Please,
this is my trunk office. Allright, this is strange. Yeah,
I see your passport. Please mysecondly, I win Chin. I

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don't know mis went, but I'llhave to ask you to come along with
the customs office. Is that amistake on my past port? No?
Your papers appear to be an order, but you're drunk. It's constructed very
oddly. I'll have to bring itin. Oh, broken, broken,
bring this trunk into the office.Yes, a right, heaha, did
you come with me? Flee?Oh? Set it down right back broken

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yeaes sir, I'll get you powersplease, right, sir, No,
miss, we have to wait formister Power. Mister Powis who is he
at? Customs? Ane of us? Michael Trogn's what you wanted me?
Yes, this is Miss went Chief. Here's her passport is how do you
do? It's about our curent irregularconstruction. All the drawers have corners cut

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off, and I thought you'd wantto examine it yourself. Yes, says
m that's it. Yeah, that'sit does look unusual. But you get
this trunk Mis went Well in theshop in China, Shanghai. Is there
anything the matter with it? Idon't know. Yes, as soon as
I get all these drawers out ofsea, yeah, I'll just reach in
here them. Hm, there issomething there, feel there Michael huh yeah?

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Feels make some cloth tacked onto theback? Shall I pull it off?
My all names? Gosh Chief,look bags, dozens of them?
Func is right? Michael? Goodheaven? Let me see those, Miss
Winter sacks of narcotics that I don'tknow my business narcotic heroin worth a hundred

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thousand dollars if it's worth a penny? How did they get there? I
can't imagine, huddle. That's whatwe're going to find out, Miss Winton.
Until we do, we'll have tothat is you. She's painted chief
and a doctor, all right.She's not fooling here is the doctor.

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No, no fear of that.This Wind is a very thick woman,
and she knows it well. Onyour advice, I assigned her to a
hotel instead of keeping her here inour house of detention. How long before
she'll be well? Doctor? AndI can't say in her condition, well,
there's no way of telling when shemay be strong enough to leave.
She's strong enough to be questioned,jeep powers. Miss Wind is very ill.
She's emotionally upset. If you submither to a rigid examination, she

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may faint again. Now let's gointo a room. I want to ask
her a few questions. I don'tadvise the chief. Yes, yes,
I know, but I've got tosolve this smuggling, all right. This
is her role, isn't it.Yeah? Nine twenty one. The one's
on either side. Nine twenty threeand nine nineteen are occupied by Inspectors Riley
and Graham. You don't take anychances, do you not? If we
can help it, come on,oh, I s all right, I

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guess oh, Miss wender're awake feelingbetter? Yes, thank you. I'd
like to ask you a few questionsof her name. I I'll help you
all I can. Miss Wensher toldus earlier that you don't know where those
sacks of heaven come from? Isthat right? Yes? You're here in
business, Miss Wendo a pleasure.I was commissioned to bring a patient back
to Shangha. I'm a nurse atthe Poland Hospital in China. What's his

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name? Whose name? A patient? Where does he live? It's a
woman? Missus Enders is the name. I'm supposed to meet you in this
hotel? Am I gonna call adesk and get missus Ender's room. I
wanna speak right now. Okay,you were hello, brought your trunk abroad,
didn't you? In China? Youdon't know how that batch of narcotics
got him there? Absolutely not,oh jee, If you're not rightistered here,

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I have no reservation for her either. Hmm. That makes it a
little more confusing, doesn't it confusing? What do you mean by that?
You see? If you're an innocentjupe the smuggling ring, we can't let
you go until well until I'm convincedthat you're innocent. But I am innocent.
I tell you I don't know anythingabout that that counterbait. I don't
think you ought to continue Geane.All right, doctor, we'll leave it.
Amics went, but we'll be backlater. Come on, Michael and

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miss wood gout. Will you comehere in a moment please? Certainly,
I want to talk to you outside. What is the chief? Cars?
Riley and Graham are in adjoining rooms. If you went to leave the room
for even a moment, be surethe door is locked, and be sure
you tell them that you're leaving.I can't make this woman out yet.
She's guilty. She's a great actress. Well, I'm going to uncover the

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ring that she's working with if it'sthe last thing I do. Come on,
Michael, our work starts now whereTouchie headquarters. Let's see those receipts

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again, Michael him are a chief? HM post the receipts made out to
Maria Wint for let us from Shanghaimail to what is this name? Anyhow?
Let's see looks like runfl Hosts,Brand Stutter Palace, Hotel Naples,
Italy. HM, what'd you say? You found these in the suitcase.

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Have you hear this? Man brandstutter? No? Do you like it either?
I just checked that. And let'ssee how our friend miss Winter is
feeling today. She ought to beable to tell us who he is and
what she nails when she ought to. But will she I'll come on,
we will find that out too.That you will find anything else in her

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baggage just some papers that seem prettynormous. Oh, say, Chief,
I didn't learn something that may beinteresting? What's that? Her father is
European? Her mother's Chinese? Hm? She does look kind of a antel,
doesn't she? Right? She suredoes? You know? I thought
she was Chinese, but I couldn'tfigure out that name. Then there's the
hotel? Yeah, yeah, Whatdid happen with a time? Go hang

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out? Hang up? There's theelevator, I go hang up the alright?
I go s elevators waiting? Comeon? Sorry, I help you.
By saw some boys named the chiefand uh line place? What'd you
see? Two Chinese women over atthe desk? Oh? I heard one
ask for missus inbres Did she hangpaw place? Go hang out? We

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get off here? Chief? Right? Well? Uh tell me? Did
she ask for missus Enders. No, it was another name, but it
sure sounded like andres Hm had mefrightening for a minute, and I said,
I thought she said Enders, Waita minute, there's the room nine
twenty one. It's a funny Woodcockdoesn't answer. Maybe she forgot the signal.

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That's her. She's one of thebest agents we have MM and this
it's strange. I'll try it.No, it's locked, all right,
get out your skeletal ty. Okay, alright here it is, uh this
wood cat almost whining? Say what'sgoing on here? Hey, somebody's in

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there? Chief, I hear theshower. Oh that's why they don't hear
me. I guess, damn,miss wood Pot, what pot open up
that with him? That must bedeaf or something. Chief, open that
door, Michael, I don't carewho's in there. Hey, chip with
Jehosi, but she's going. Butthere's nobody here. Chief, showers running,
but there's nobody here. Try itoff on the world that you get

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out of here. The windows inthe bathroom. That's when there faces a
court. What happened in the woodcut? I don't know, but I'm
I'm here's someone at the door.I decline, Chief Power, What are
you doing here? Don't mind whatI'm doing? Where were you? I?
I? I just went down forthe lotty. Just see my brother
for a moment. Why is anythingwrong? Where's Missus went? Where is

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is she gone? Miss Woodcock?Tell us the truth? Where is miss
Win? For goodness? Sleep?Chief? I don't know. I tell
you I wasn't gone more than fiveminutes. Maybe Riley knows what happened?
Did you tell him you were leaving? Of course I did. Get Riley
here immediately, Michael, Yes,sir, you know what this means,
don't you? I I can't makeit our Chief Powers? How did she
get away? I locked the doorwhen I left. It was locked when
I arrived too. Oh, here'sworthy, Chief, I keep plenty.

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What were you doing next door?Sleeping? Before I wants there? Sleep?
I know I would want had greathelp Riley, both you and Woodcot.
All you have to do is watcha sick woman. What happens?
She walks out on you, righton your nose? What found the world?
Never mind that stuff? Tell medid you know Woodcock was leaving here?
I did about ten minutes ago totea. Really, then, what
happened to miss Wade call him ina did you take a day of shower?

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How did she know you were nextdoor? I figured one of you
tolder. Well, I've seen someagents before, but you take the cake
Riley, She asked if she couldtake a shot. Well, I heard
the water running. I figured youfigured you figured you couldn't figure one and
one. Come on, Michael,we're going back to the office. You
ride in, you would get busyand see if you can find out what
happened to this went woman? Yes, sir, all right you Michael,

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call the office and have them sendsomeone. Make a cruger. I want
a tailor. Ride in Woodcock,taking no chances. When you're through,
come back to headquarters and we'll getto work. I'll get an idea.
Yes, sir, you see ayoung woman about so tall and Chinese looking?

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Leave this hotel. Mister Ray ain'thad a fast and the Chinese built
the Great Wall? Did the youngChinese one come through here? I can't
tell you, ma'n. Thousands ofchanks pass here. Did you tell any

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railroad tickets to young women? Millionsof'em? What you look like?
Can where you're going? I don'tknow where it headn't but it's five Chinese
kind away? Fine? About fivepige troon waighs about hundred. Now do
you tell him? Turn? Howlong have you been in front of the

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hotel? About half an hour later, is he a Chinese woman? Leave
out the hotel? No, lady, I didn't say what that man ask
say what? Ain't hurry? Ihaven't gone all the day with the asker
wan? Did I know if Isaw some lady chink come out of that
hotel? I told him I ain'thow I pad him say, Hey,

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what the idea of the way?That way? You have women? When
I just went away? Yeah?What you got one of them? A
Chinese cal came this way up?I think I see nuts in my day,
but I never in the young Chineserumors? You gi me a tin?

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Look if you do the young one? Hello, okay, what'd you

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find? They are? Right?M Well, let's looking to them?
What I see? Yeah? Howmany? Hm? You know if they
got any leads? Don't look thatway? All right? No? No,
you can come back? Yeah,goodbye? What a Kruger reports?

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Oh? Nothing? Iday would cockher old care? I guess did they
get me? Dope? Brother?Wind girl? No? Mm looks like
she sure flew the coop. Allright, what flew the coop? Heh,
Well, maybe you're right, Michael, Hello cheap powers. Wait Cunningham,
Yeah, hello, hello cunning In. There's the powers. Listen.

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Put this on the air immediately.I wanted central all planes, particularly that
I was heading east to New York. Here it is, Look for young
women attractive hype about five feet two, wait about one fifteen, Chinese Hello

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four two one Hello four to one. Look for young women Chinese high five
feet two wait one fifteen the hairdark Hello Falcon, Hello Falcon calling Falcon
water by customer department. Chinese womanyoung attracted high five p two weight one

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fifteen calling the fourteen calling C fourteenHello C fourteen. Report if you have
young Chinese woman passenger high five ptwo wait one fifteen. If our young
bird is flying, we'll get upbefore long. What next, Chief,

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Michael? You remember that postal receiptthat you found in Wentz baggage, That
one from Shanghai to a man inNaples named Brandstetter. Mmmm, we're going
to try to find Maria went throughhim. I don't get you. Well,
if that woman is innocent, thechances are the brand setter is only
a friend. But if when isa member of a smuggling ring, the
chances are the brand setters one two. I see what you mean. Now

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I'm going to try to find outwhere a brand stutter is. I'm going
to get went when she tries tomeeting. My guess is she's heading his
way. Now you're a little optimisticgarringer. No, just determined. Come
on, where to the wireless room. We're going to take a little trip
around the world. Oh oh righty, No luck, chie, But take
every cab driver around the hotel.Everyone we could try. None of them

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saw anyone that even looked like thegirl. Yeah, I know, you
know. How did you find ourchief? Finding out? Is my job
woodcock? Yours is losing. Iguess. Come on, Michael, if
anyone wants us, we're in thewireless room, why the chief? Yes,
I may need you. You're sortof rubbing it into Allian Woodcock,
aren't you, Yes, I am. But they deserve it, all right.
There's not often we get one ofthese birds redhanded like this, but

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when we do well, we liketo keep them. Awhile that girl must
be laughing at her sleeve. Iwon't learn how she did out of that
room. That was easy. Shejust turned down the shower and Riley wasn't
able to hear her open the door. Who's the wireless room? Chief?
Hello? Chief? Suppose you wantto know what we've got on that radio
place airline? Hearing anything yet?Not yet, Cullingham. I've got something

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that must go on immediately. Huh. We found two postal receipts in Mario
Wentz bag for letters sent to aman named Now, get this down.
Yes, laffel Holts Brand Stuffer,lafful Holt Brands. That's right. Okay,
Now we don't know who this fellowis, but I have a hunch
that went may try to contact him. If she does, we'll nab.
If this man is mixed up insmuggling dope too, well that'll be fine,

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I understand, cheef. Hey,if we got to tell him the
letters will mail the Naples chief.Yes, that's right, all right,
Cunningham, get going send a wirelessto Naples and try to locate this man.
We'll stand by here. Let's seeour office there is uh yeah,
it is four three seven Naples orthree seven Naples four three seven The United

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States Customs Calling Information required lawful Holtsbrand Stetter presiding Naples. When did he
live that chief the receipts of datedJanuary nineteen thirty six and Palace Hotel right
residing Naples, Pallas Hotel, Januarynineteen thirty six. Reply immediately these US

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Los Angeles one eight eight US LosAngeles one eight eight. Oh how much
longer do you think? We're left? A wait counting in? Yeah,
not long yell. I hope theyget a line on them. If they
do, you advise arst No,I want them tailed until we pick up
a trailer of medical went the waitas the end Pallas Hotel report. Lafel

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hosts Brandy Steady sailed for the UnitedStates s s El August seventh for these
go a sport of call New YorkCity. No other information at hand,

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And well, hey, cheap,looks like brand Steada is heading for New
York right in your lap. Comeon, we're playing the New York Thanks
coming an not at all? AndMichael, here's sir get Riley Woodcock,
come along, make it stap it. I'll arrange for a plane. I'll
pick you up about ten minutes.Michael, we land in New York.

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You and I are going to patwith Helena before she docks. Hugh Riley
and you Woodcock hang around the pier, mingle with the crowd and look for
wind. If you spot her,don't let her take another shower, see
you? Yeah, there it isss Helena. Oh Brand still to be

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surprised when he meets this reception.Yeah, all right, captain, pull
him alongside him with him? Thereshe is seven. Hold on now,
be careful. We can make it. Hall we are, oh, Michael,
right behind you, sir, righthere we are, Yes, sir.

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Are you chief following? Yes,sir, and you are captain large
lead, Yes, sir. Ireceived your message right this way. You
know. I don't think so.His captain is on this deck right there
there thirty one? Is he inthere now? I believe so, sir?
Thank you, Captain. Will youneed any help? I don't think
so. I think we can handlethem all right, all right, son,
I'll go one day. We're darkingin a few minutes. Brian Stetter.

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Anybody in here, here's someone,Michael, go your gun. I've
got it ready. Open this door. Open this door, Brian Setter,
break it out of it out suresomeone where's the captain? Would get his
key. He went up. Well, they went to break this door in
come one two way out there.I'm all right, chief here, Well,

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what do you think? Dead stone? Dead shot right over the head.
I want the way he shut himself. He'll never tell us, and
don't forget innocent men don't kill themselvesthis way here? You want me to
search this room? Chief? No, not yet. Well the door guard
and stand by. It's quit mewhat now? She's ducking? Now?
Chief? I wonder if Friday awoodcock have had me luck. I hope

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so. I'll bet they do too. I'm a gang banks down, Yeah,
the chief? What is it there? Look through that porthole. I
don't see Wait, it's Marry youwent there on the pier. See right
here we talk around. I can'tmake up crowds moving around, So come
on, hey, you are youthe steward? Yes, sir, stat
in front of his door, anddon't let anyone enter until we return.

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Here's my bad us customers depoping climbMike, give me hind me, Mike,
keep going, keep going, keepin my eye. Chee, yes,
you're you're standing with that. Followme right there, Jimney sick,
she's going, Chief, she's standingright there by that pool, slip right
through our fingers. That's the secondtime she must have seen this come down
the gangplank. She slipped away,which we could have had a hand team

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had a surprised by. I hadyour bread. But what you find it?
Oh? I spotted to the miniatureguy here, got anything the same
as when plenty of people went throughwith you. Come on, we're going
to a nice class place without showerswhere we can talk. Here we go,

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All right, this went? Sitdown over there, I'll tell us
where'd you get that dough? Iguess there's no use now, absolutely not.
You know, sent women don't escapefrom custoday. You might as well
tell us everything that went. Sure, what's the difference. I'm sick.
You know that. The doctor saidI won't live another year. I'm sorry
your sickness went, but you willhave Yes, Yeah, I'm I'll have

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to take the consequences just the same. Well, I don't know how I
got away with it as long asI did. You've been smuggling dope for
a long time, A long time. Sure years. I thought I'd never
be caught till I met you.Where'd you get that? Heroine? In
Shanghai. It was stolen from thehospital. Which one? What difference does
it make which hospital it's went?Pauland hospital got that, Michael? Yeah

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right, gee, that's right.Our us gave from that hotel that.
That was easy. I turned onthe shower. Then I found a friend
of the hotel that came up andopened my door, So that was on.
Yeah, well it was your friend, a Chinese woman that I met.
Did you stop at the desk onyour way out? Sure? For
a moment I thought I'd die.You didn't recognize me in no sunny clothes,
did you? M s So thatthat was you? Hm? Hms

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went who's told the narcotics of thefallen hospital? I don't know. I
received my instructions from someone, RyanStutter. Yes, how did you know?
But you won't perceive any more instructionsfrom him. You arrested him.
Better than that. He's dead.He's dead. You killed him. No,
he shot himself. He's shot him. Oh no, you killed him?

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You killed him? Mm. Lookat this trial chief Us versus Muriel.

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Remember that case? Remember it?How can I have her? Forget
it? You know? The chief? She was lucky to be deported,
lucky, I don't know about that. She won't live another year. What
difference does it make where she's buried? Yes, you're right, Remember how
she start when you told the brandsthat have killed himself? Why not didn't
she admit later she was gonna marryhim? She certainly was head over heels

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and love of him. But that'ssure was a big price to people love
all right here, that love affairwith a little smuggling on the side,
cost two lives, maybe a third. Brian Stetter and the superintendent that Shanghai
hospital killed themselves when they knew theywere court and our shipboard beauty who almost
got away with it is probably deadby now. Three lives for smuggling dope.
See gives me the shivers to eventhink of it, like a cold

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shower. Seem be with us againwhen truth and justice triumph in the name

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of the law.