Red_Dugan_Murder

Episode Transcript

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The same, please headquarters. What'sthat? That's the second door connected with

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homicide? Homicide Captain York. RobDougan has just been killed. Yeah,
what did it happen? Tom Katsonaro'sgiant? Who is this talking? Ryan
on the officer on the beat?Okay, Ryan, don't let anyone out
of the joint? Do I getthere? Okay? Get a car round

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to the front and a couple ofmen from the Detective Bureau sending a general
call to surround Tom cuttson airs wasjoint and hold any suspicious looking who's that
try to slip through? Rob Duganhas just been dumped off yet there?
All right, all right, comeon, I'll get back there on the

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sidewalk. Come on, get thosepeople out of that door. Come on,
open up here, open up?Where's he? Ryan in the backroom?
Captain, he's dead. Where's katsonairashe's back there too. Well,
don't let him slip out. Thiswill be just about the last gang killing
in his place, the old mansaid, the pad lock him. If
anything else happened down here here,let me shut to this door. Come
on, help me here, Comeon, get back there, Come on,

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back out, back up there,Come on, there. Stay on
the door, Ryan, say,what's this bunch of rats doing here?
You told me to haul them?Captain. Oh, so they're the guys
that were here when Dugan was killed. Eh, A fine looking bunch.
All right, just keeping where theare of the wagon gets here, we'll
sift him out. Donard headquarters,Yes, sir, who calls you in
from the beach catching airas? Okay, I'll stroll in the backroom and just

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see what's going on. Whoa,Captain York Eh, I'm glad you're here.
Yeah, I'll bet where's Dugan?Why? Right there behind the tap
knife from the back? Eh?Who did it? I don't know,
Captain York. Right. One ofthe waiters came back here and found it.

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Was he back here alone? Oh? Nick Denesko? Was we him?
That dirty little snake? Eh?When did he get out of prison?
I don't know, Captain, No, I suppose not. How long
was Nick with him? WHOA boughtone hour? And then Nick left?
Yeah? Anybody see duging alive afterNick left him? No, Captain,
this knife has Nick Denesco's initials onit? Is it his? Wow?

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Looks very much like it. Captain? Know any reasons for Nick killing him.
I don't know. I'll listen,cutting errors. I've got orders to
pat like you're dump. The nexttime there's trouble down here, you'd better
give us your help on this case. Come on now, maybe the old
man is so easy on you.Well, I want to do what's all
right, Captain. I don't wantthe boys chilling one another in my place.

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I'm trying to run a nice place. They can't run a nice place.
Seven liquor to a bunch of rats. What reason would Nick denasc Go
have for killing Dougan? Well,maybe it was over Nick's old girl,
Yes see, Captain. After Nickwent to prison, Dugan stole his girl.
So when Nick got out, helooked Dugan up and knifed him on
the back. Eh. Yeah,what nobody saw him do it? Don't

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make any difference. Where this gallive is name city. She's living with
Big Jim Diamond right now. Soshe bounced Dugan too, Eh, going
in for heavy money, playing aroundwith Big Jim Diamond. Eh. Well,
we look her up. Unless Imiss my guess, we'll find Nick
hiding around somewhere near Yes, sir, I've got a hunch that Nick beat

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it right to sadies place and wantsher to frame up. M heyde,

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heyde let me in. Who isit? It's me Nick? There after
me, heady. Can't you understand? There after me? Along? Oh,
set me inside. Tod Tom Yorkis right behind me. I killed
the man, said I too him. You kill the man who jug dugan?
Nick? Why you'll know why Ikilled him. I slipped up on

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him. He was half drunk.I slipped up on him and drove back.
Damn. So you were still inlove with him? Man? No,
I never loved anyone but you Nick. You know that. You can't
put that line over on me.You stand with Jim Diamond right now.
I know that, but I don'tcare. Said they've got hide me?
You gonna hide me? Do youhear? I can't hide your Nicks?

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Time me Oker come up here thefirst thing. I know that, But
you gotta give me an alibi.You gotta tell Captain Yorke that I've been
right here playing cards since eleven o'clock. You go through, Why Sady you
got your bags packed? Yeah?I'm leaving Jim Nick. He beats me.
He beats me something terrible. Looklook at these rudre Okay, can

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you give me an alibi, Sady, And when things blow over, we
go away together. See, yeah, we'll go away together. Me and
I don't be rough, little storepigeon. I'm not so bad, Sadie.
And I've always loved your honest Yeah, Shady, you've got a gun on
the table. Why why there's waterit's been lying on the radiator. Well,
it's just been fired. Smell thepowder, Sady. I'll tell you

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the truth. Nick. Jim camehome tonight and tried to beat me up.
Hid up this gun to scare him. You you killed him? Now,
I just scare and that's all.Chase me into the next room there
and last, I have two shotsover his head through the window. He
got scared and left. I gottaget out of here before he comes back.

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That's tom me, all kady,Oh you'll get me, sure God
it give me that alibi? Allright. Listen to me a little last
What time did you kill Dugan?About half an hour ago? At twelve
thirty? It's one now, anybodysee you do it? No but my
knife. They'll find that. Sure, that's all right. You can tell
him you lost that. Yeah,yeah, that's it. I lost it.

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And listen to me. You've you'vebeen here since eleven o'clock tonight.
Yeah, yeah, I've been heresince eleven o'clock tonight. I'll tell Tom
yor except that I called you overhere that I was afraid of Jim,
but I wanted you to protect me. Yeah, that's it. That'll be
a good story. That'll give youan alibi. Yeah yeah. But Tom
will find this gun and you'll wantto know about it. Yeah, I

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got it. We'll tell him thatI was afraid of Jim and I called
you over here to protect me.Why you were here. Jim came in,
he was drunk, and you firedtwo shots through the window in the
next room to scare him. Yeah, that'll stop me. Get anybody calls
now if you up here in aminute, Captain, your tat no fool
faiddie. You'll have to go easywith him. I know how to handle

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him up right now. All right, you've got to act like nothing has
happened. Get out in the kitchenand start making some sandwichies. Don't come
in this room till I call you. I'll handle the captain, okay,
all right, Mack, seat itto the kitchen, all right, all
right, keep your shirt on Hello, Sadie. Hello, flat Foot.

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Mind if I come in, Sadie, help yourself, Copper, the door
is open. Getting kind of richiesince you've been associating with Jim Diamond.
Eh oh, I've been doing allright. Sure, leave it to you,
Sadie. Leave it to you,all right, flat Foot, Stop
beating on the bush. What doyou want? Sit down, Sadie.
Don't get so huppy. We're gonnahave a nuh long talk. All right,

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Captain you better sit down too.I know what you want to talk
to me about, and I'll giveyou the lowdown on the whole thing.
Nick came up. Oh so that'sthe way it was. Eh. All
right, Sadie, you can go, thanks, Captain. They can come

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out now, Nick. Ladies toldme all about it. Oh hello,
Captain. I was wondering if wasout here with Sadie. Where is she?
She took her bags and left.Told me all about it though,
Eh, all about what all about? Where you was all evening and what

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you was doing? H what's wrong? I was just about to make a
mistake, Nick, a terrible mistake. Eh. Yeah, you know,
Nick, I was just about tomake the mistake of trying to pin the
killing of out of you on me. Yeah, funny, isn't it.

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And Sadie tells me you've been heresince eleven o'clock. Yeah, that's right,
and Dugan wasn't bumped off until abouttwelve thirty. Yeah. Yeah,
I almost pulled a boet of thattime, Nick. Yeah. Sadie tells
me she called you over here tonightto protect her from Jim Diamond. Yeah

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that's right, Captain. She tellsme that Jim beat her up. Yeah.
Did she show you the bruises?Yeah? He must have beat her
up something terrible he does. Ishouldn't imagine that you'd like it, Nick,
seeing as how you're stuck on Sadie, I don't. Sadie tells me
Jim came up here tonight. Yeah, that's right. How was he feeling?

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Oh he was drunk. Sadie says, you and him had some trouble.
Yeah. He starts getting tough andI told him to get out.
He didn't want to go, soso I I got to say the gun
just to scare him, and tellshim I'm going to kill him if he
don't beat it. And what didhe do? He got tough and I
bust a couple of caps right overhis head, just to scarey him.

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I see, And what did Jimdo? He beat it out the door,
running like blazes. Oh I see. Oh by the way, Nick,
where are the bullets from your gun? Go? Eh? H through
an open window? It was inthe next room, this room over here.
Yeah, come over here, Nick, I want to show you something.

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Eh what's that? Look? Lookwho's lying on the bed ship Jim
Dang sure wrots Jim Diamond. Andhe's dead, kid, you hurt me.
He's dead, killed by bullets fromthat gun. You killed him because
he was beating up on your girl. Oh no, I didn't. Actually,

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I didn't own the light up here, Dorty rats, I didn't.
I wasn't even here. I wasn'teven here. Don't know where were you
I was? Oh? Oh mygod? Please head quarters? Okay,

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Captain hello, Tim, cancel atpick up on Dick denasco for that Dugan
killing he just confessed. Captain York, Please head quarters. St.