The_Milano_Brothers

Episode Transcript

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Citizens of America. Mister District Attorney, this is the night all of us
will long remember. I congratulate you, the people, for electing as mister
District Attorney, a man who doesn'tknow the word fear. All the citizens

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have elected a man who will prosecuteand convict the guilty, regardless of their
standing in power. I present toyou, mister District Attorney. Thank you.
No title which could be conferred uponme could ever mean more to me

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than the one which has given metonight, mister District Attorney. I'm not
going to make a speech. Justlisten for one minute. Then I promise
action. Every year, crime,corruption, and rackets take fifteen billions of
dollars from you, the American people. I pledge myself to go up to

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the tops the higher ups who areresponsible for this corruption. And I don't
care how big they are. Thesurest way to smash corruption and rackets is
to expose them to the public,and that's just what we intend to do.
There isn't one of you people listeningwho doesn't pay and pay plenty to

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organize crime. The laundry racket alonecost the citizens of this city over one
million dollars last year, poultry costsmore, profound face is higher, false
weights and measures are used in manystores. Over one hundred and fifty different
rackets are being practiced in this city. And this extra cost is passed on
to you, all of you.Why this very moment, the less time

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I'm mourning, you're to pay upfor your protection. I won't pay you
a cent. Listen, wise guy, you're gonna cough up one hundred bucks
a month for protection or else Idon't have to pay you for protection.
We've got a new district attorney inthis town, and I'm relying on him
for all the protection I need.Oh yeah, well tell the new DA
about this. Oh, good morning, miss Phillips. Is my evening ready?

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Yes, yes, miss Phillips,it cleans duty free. Looks like
a new girl. Yes it does. Well, I'll take it along with
me. Yes, sir, areyou Vanado? Yes? You own miss
cleaning Joint? Yes I do.You haven't paid your dues to the Cleaner's
Protective Association? Well, I'm alltrue with your outfit. The new district

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attorney says he's going to run yourcloud out of town. Oh yeah,
well, maybe this will teach youa lesson. Yes, you've ruined all
my clues and your new ta andaffect my fire. So that poultry dealer
didn't pay up. I threw usout. Other people of this town are

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pet up on rackets. Well here'sthis place now slow down. Sure you
boys know what to do, Surewe know what to do. Let her
go, kid, And these aremy last words to you people gathered here

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tonight. This extra cost is passedon to you. All of you.
You, the citizens, are thereal victims. I pledge to you that
tomorrow morning, I shall be inmy office, acting as your representative,
as your voice, and I willsmice the rackets and those concerned, regardless
of who they are. Good morning, mist Diistrict Attorney. Good morning,

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miss h How do you feel afteryour first day in office? Well,
to tell you the truth, Ifeel a responsibility stronger than ever. Telegrams
a congratulations have been coming in foryour old as this one on the doctor
has arrived from mister Jayed Garhoub.Oh thank you. They have Bernard Dickman
of Saint Louis and Police Commissioner Louisja Valentine of New York also same congratulations.
Well that's splendid. I am certainlygrateful to these gentlemen. There's an

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Italian woman in the outer office.She's been begging all morning to see you,
sir. Send her in. Yes, sir, right this way,
if you will. I want tosee attorney. Pleita. I want to
see the district attorney. Won't yoube seated? Thank you? What can
I do for you? My nameis a Missus Milano. I came from

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Italy, but my three boys areall born in this country. There are
men now I saw your name isMilano. Yeah, my boys are in
the hostel of food business. Aman come and say that a rocketyers in
a food business, but that hecan't give my boys protection. He telling
my boys they got a one hundreddollars a month for protection. I can
tell you the rest, Missus Mallano. They didn't pay for the protection,

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so the man came back several times, and then a truckoad of their food
products was overturned. Then the mancame back again, and they still wouldn't
pay, and then there was anexplosion and their whole whole house was badly
damaged. No no, no,no, that it was set on fire
and he burned to the ground.You know, no, but I've heard

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plenty of other stories just like it. Well, my boys buy another warehouse.
This time they pay the money tobe left alone. But this is
he's not so good, so theyain't paid all the time. They are
threatened, and they get some ofthe other wholesale houses to promise not to
pay too, and they they getlet us tell, they mighty be killed.

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I know something's gonna happen my boys. Please, mister district attorney,
please do something. It isn't assimple as all that, Missus Millano,
I only wish it were. That'sa big, oldized racket, probably one
way or another, one hundred andfifty men involved in it, the underlings,
bosses, several crooked lawyers, anda man who gets them protection,

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a high official in the city.Oh you mean a big boss. Huh.
Yes. I could probably name twentymembers of this racket. But proving
all the facts in court beyond areasonable doubt is another thing. My officer
has got pages and pages of facts. Some we can prove, some we
can But Missus Milano, I promiseyou we'll do everything we can and spare

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nobody. Thank you, mister DistrictAttorney. I didn't know who else to
come to. I'm glad you came. We'll give your boys every protection we
can and try to get to thebottom of this. Thank you, mister
District Attorney. I know what abraven man you are and the work you
do before you get electics. Thankyou, sir, Thank you. I
promise you I'll do everything I can. Thank you. I'm as Rand like

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you come in from minutes. Yes, sir, Rand the food racket again.
I have spected it. Have thedetected Wallace and Harrington come in to
see me right away. I'm goingto have them cover the Milano boys.
And I'm not into anybody. Didyou contined off its? Chief Thomas,
that's the moment. Chief of Policeses, hello, Chief, what's up?

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Murder? Where almost the Western restaurantabout twenty minutes ago? Three men
will line up with shot three men. Yes, I have a feeling and
has something to do with the foodrecord. Thanks, I'll go right over.
Three men murdered, miss Rand.I wonder if it has any connection
with the three sons of Missus Millanowho was just in here. That would
be terrible. Three brothers murdered.Chief Thomas thinks it has something to do

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with the food racket. If that'strue, Miss rand I know the guilty
parties without even getting up from thisdesk. But try and prove it in
court. Awre you going over there? Yes, but that won't tell me
anything more than I already know.Rounding up the actual men who committed the
murders is up to the police.But we've got to get their bosses and
the big shot back of all thisand then convict him. Get the car

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fired. Here comes the district attorney. Yes, fired, everybody. These
are the three bodies, mister,district attorney uncovered him. Oh they look
alike. They brothers, Yes,the Milano brothers. Yes. You two

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men were waiters in here, Youtwo men. I'm speaking to you two
with the white coach. You waitersin here. Yes, what do the
killers look like? I don't know, sir. I was out in the
kitchen and you maybeck was turned.I didn't see a thing, and you
people who were eating in here,we didn't see anything, Sir. There

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was some short and then everything wasall over. You all saw it happen,
and you know it, and sodo I. You're frightened because you
think this murder had something to dowith the rackets. You're the people who
can help me. Have courage andtell me what you know. All right,
your witnesses, Lieutenant, Yes,it's useless to question them here.

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I've been through this too many times. Yes. Oh, here's a piece
of paper we found lying next toone of the bodies. Huh. I
guess that's your first threat. Onlybeen in office nine hours and I get
my first threat. You don't wasteany words, do they to the new
district attorney. Investigate this and you'llbe a corpse too. And these murders

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are part of the rackets. Allright, soon, Harrington, I don't
need any evidence on the scene,or any fingerprints or anything like that to
tell me who pulled this. Itwas Zara, the wholesale produce man,
Laura. I'm positive he wasn't herehimself, but he planned it. And
what a perfect alibi you'll have.You'll find he's playing poker with friends right
now and didn't leave the room.But Zara is the real killer. Go

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to his home, Harrington, he'llbe there. Tell him. I'd like
to have him drop into my officethe first thing tomorrow morning. I always
say, my friend that there's nothinglike a racing cocktail after a good day's
work. Yes, you're absolutely right, Sarah. Are you sure it was
a good day's work? Not positive? A little job you want it done

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this afternoon has been carried out toperfection. Well, let's bring to it.
Certainly. He is to you andanything that you want done. Thank
you, Sarah. You know you'regetting more valuable to me every day,
and getting more valuable to myself.He collected ten thousands last week. Well

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at that rates, are you'll beable to make a vacation soon. It's
too bad these Milano brothers couldn't seethings our way. Yeah, we've got
to stick to our rules. Theydon't pay up. We've got Well,
rather not talk about that anymore,if you don't mind. I don't want
to bring it. What's that someoneat the door expecting anyone? No,

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whoever it is. I certainly can'tafford to be seen here. Suppose I
can in the next moment, goodidea, Just step this way. I'll
depend on you. I don't worryat the moment. Good evening, are
you, Zarah? That's right?Who are you? I'm from the District

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Attorney's office. District attorney. That'sright. I'm going a message for you,
I see and once they come in. Now, thanks, I thought
you'd like a little drink. No, all I'm here for is to tell
you the DA wants you to dropinto his office the first thing tomorrow morning.
Well, I've redlighted. Yeah andI are good friends. Yes,

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Dah and I are very good friends. This to at Journey's office. Yes,
yes, thought Helen. Good night, Detective Harrington, say yes,
he said, Zara will be hereto see you tomorrow morning. Good friend,
You've had a busy day. Youmust be tired. You're the one

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that's tired. Can I get yousomething to eat? No? Thanks,
miss Ryan. I have a pressconference in a few minutes and a lot
more work on this case. Anythingelse for me, Yes, sir?
This Department of Justice report, itdoesn't seem possible. I can hardly believe
it myself. What is it,sir? This first paragraph? Yes,

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bis friend, did you know thatlast year the total cost of crime and
rackets was fifteen billion dollars? Fifteenbillion dollars. It's unbelievable. You know
that that's ten dollars a month outof the pockets of every man and child
in America. Think it our job? The job of every district attorney is
not only to break up the rackets, but to make the people realize what

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rickets cost them, make them realizehow much they pay in tribute to organized
racketeers. Then the people will actpeople like those witnesses in the restaurant where
the Milana brothers were murdered. They'llnot be afraid to work with me.
They'll help me, and we canstamp out this menace once and for all
and put these criminals in prison.You mean men like Zarah exactly, Miss
Wren. There are thousands of Zarasof this country. I don't want to

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sound like an orator, but thepeople elected me district Attorney to smash Zara
and others like him, and sohelp me. I'll not stop until it's
done. You have just heard thefirst episode of Mister District Attorney, dramatized
by Philips H's Lord from facts furnishedby public prosecutors throughout the entire nation.

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Mister District Attorney will reveal the amazinginsights story of the hundreds of rackets flourishing
in America, rackets which will beexposed on this program. Listen in tomorrow
night and find out the startling seriesof events behind the brutal murder of the
three Milano brothers, Ladies and gentlemen, Mister District Attorney will be with you

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again tomorrow night,