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Original Release Date: March 27, 2013
Today's Mystery: The Rangers join a statewide manhunt for an escaped felon who killed a police officer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1952
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Today's Mystery: The Rangers join a statewide manhunt for an escaped felon who killed a police officer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1952
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Sam speede The original ironate August seventh, nineteen forty nine and the title is
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you called Why. I don't know, Sam? Was it a good case?
Then I didn't like it? Whoare you, Mark, Sam Matselle?
Oh? Somebody killed? Yes?Do you know who did it?
Yep? That's good. Oh that'sbad bad. Believe it or not.
Half, I wish I didn't knowwho killed who? I don't understand.
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I didn't understand it either. Stopthat really, after all this time,
you think I'd bet acclimatized to allkinds of human storm. I've got
my pencil already. Let myself again. I'm ready, Sam Sam Date date
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August seventh, nineteen forty nine,two to whom Sam Jack Mannelly two Detective
Littenant Mannelly. I'm a detailed Sammateo police from Samuel State license MB went
to seven five nine six. Areyou listening, sir? Subject to Champion
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Caper, Jim Mannelly, you werethere for the end of it, and
I was there at the start ofit, which is in the reception office
of Elliott Champions Brokerage House in samMateo and where I've first met Melbourne Champion.
Remember that old save how a womanin love is always beautiful. When
I went in, I had noideas she was in love, and no
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ideas she was beautiful, not becauseshe had lately been crying, but her
sallow face without makeup framed, andher whisp of blond hair wasn't flattered by
the shapeless black dress, cotton stockings, and low heeled shoes she was wearing.
Certainly not the going idea of beauty. Nor did her conversation revealing anything
to indicate love. Oh yes,may I help you, mister Elliott Champion.
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My name's Spade. Spade. Youdon't have to write it. He's
expecting me your business, mister,stay private. I have to have a
little more than that. I'm afraid. Always this hot here, mister Champion
can't stand for ash year obvious.That's what makes it so warm in here.
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I'm sorry, Yeah, it ishot. To just flip the sweach
and tell him I'm here. Well, on is it, Mildred? I
was just going out. Mister Spadeis here, says you're expecting him,
But I don't find him listed inyour appointment book. Don't be an idiots.
Any means anyman. You may goin now, mister Spade, he
always liked that. He's nice today. Sorry, momen, that's your naming.
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His office is first on the right. Don't bother. I'll find him,
Thank you. I'll just go tolunch. Mister Champion, Well,
don understand there, Come in andshut the door. What I have to
discuss with you is private. Idon't want that snoopy niece of mine listening
to our conversation. She's not thelyn stile, But does she listen?
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Then? Often all the time?Why she didn't know who I was?
I out smarter to there. Icalled him from the drug store on the
corner. I don't want anyone toknow who you are while you're here.
Oh where did I put that lightbehind the yank? Well? Oh yeah,
I'm a dangerous man to play gameswith. Josephs found that out once,
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and if he keeps his business up, he's going to find it out
again. No, games. You'redangerous. Say are you mocking me?
Spade? Just running what you're talkingabout? I just told you you got
ears, haven't Just? Jo Josephsis back in town and I'm not going
to fool around with him. Mildontold me you were nice today. Oh
she did, did she? Well? Mildred talks too much. That's what's
the matter with her. She talkstoo much and you'd fire unless she's r
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nissy. You'd have to pay somebodyelse three times, which you pay her
to take everything she has to take. Get about a buy office? Oh
no, no, wait a minute, Spade, it's just hot. I
guess I who has turned on theheat. It's Joe Josephs. He was
released from sam quintin this week andI've been receiving telephone calls from him telling
me to be wearing, to watchout, and a lot of other nons.
What was he doing at sam Quintontwo to five on an embezzling encounter?
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He's done. Grateful scoundrel, that'swhat he is. I took him
into my office as a junior executive, and six months later you got time
out of the twenty dollars a weekyou were probably paying him a decided to
dip into the bin. Only hedid a bad job, got caught,
You testified against him. Now he'sout and he's sare and he's threatening.
And every time he yelled clup aroundthis town there's always some snoopy reporter hanging
around the sergeant's desk. That's thetruth. Listen, spade. I've got
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a half a million dollars tied upin this business, and I don't want
anybody thinking I might get knocked overby some looney with a grunt. And
that's sway didn't sell the police.Don't you believe me? It'll do for
now. You'll think of something better. I'll see here. Impertinence is twenty
five a day, and no,that'll be forty five a day and expenses.
I want you to find Joe Joseph'sand bring him to me. No,
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swarn't more than that. I've gotenough stuff in that desk draw to
sending back to Quentin. If Ihave to, oh, what kind of
stuff left over from his trial,it'll be grand loss in me this time.
And they don't stop at five yearsfor that kind of thing. You
withheld evidence, I withheld us.Get on my factor is only eight feet
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the window, and it came throughfrom the other building across the court.
Silence or either ruined the marshman's amorywas just a bad shot because out of
six tries he didn't connect with thething but the desk clamp and a waste
basket. At that time, Championand I were both on the floor,
Champion on top of me. Ikicked out to get loose, and he
kicked me back. I gave thatup and pusted it around for my gun.
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Across the court, the window wasopen about six inches, one fronner
of which was full of a darksleeved hand and a gun arm. I
fired at it from what was knownas number six position. It didn't getting
fraid. What do you think Ihired from four? I didn't bother the
answer, and I went through thewindow, out of the fire escape and
over to the next building. Idid more. I went in that building,
which was apparently vacant, down thestairs and started out the back enfance.
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Hey, he came out of thisbuilding. Which way he goes?
Building this building right here just asecond ago? Yeah, him, the
guy who just ran down? Whatdo you look like? Who? What?
Where? Thanks? Don't fishing itclearly anytime. I couldn't tell her
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what he looked like because I hadn'tseen him. After a careful search of
the building, which was build nothing, I decided my suspect that eluded me
for good, and I returned tothe office of Elliott Champion. He was
sitting on his green leather chair wearingan expression the match missed him. Hushpade,
what does Joseph's look like? Oh, I've got a couple of snapshots
here somewhere. Oh, yes,here, let's have a look. I
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was later to regret having those snapshotsin my person. They showed a tall,
thin faced, haunted looking guy,an old looking twenty eight, good
faced shock of black hair and darkeyes. I've seen plenty of cons and
Bezeler type, and he wouldn't havebeen cast on a part in my movie.
There's nothing about him to indicate thateven bezeled two thousand dollars. I
use a silence around a gun.I dug two thirty eight slugs out of
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Champions Wall and went down to thestreet. Spade. He was a heavy
set man in a dirty white panamahat and see a sucker suit that didn't
fit him around the middle. Justa minute, Spade, just a minute.
He crawled out of a black sedan, jammed a cigar in his mouth,
and began sweating. He needed ashave. He'd always need a shave.
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Hot afternoon, need it? Yes, sure it's hot. Sure,
he's a hot afternoon. Here herein my card, lemm you will dragger
confidential investigations. Yes, I shouldout to have some new ones printed up.
Huh. I guess you should outa Lamb and change the name.
I added, didn't the commissioned abunch of nine years ago for rolling a
pack before you did the booking.Oh, let buy guns, be buy
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guns, Spade. I'm in businessfor myself now it's business, Lamb,
Punk, try another racket, Lamband Spade. You've been in to see
old man Champion. Maybe maybe Iwas just going to go in to see
him myself. When I spot youpull up, I recognize using the pictures
and paper as I figured maybe youand me how to talk. What did
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you figure you and maybe ought totalk about? Lamb? Oh, you
make it tough for a guy,Spade. We're in the same business.
You know. What did you gosee him? By? So long?
Lamb? Hey, wait a minute, I'm an old gum boot. Huh
that old gumboo who couldn't get atrick as a house people are tailing the
punk is that is? Okay,spade, Okay, you're full of vinegar
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now, But just you keep mycard. You don't want to see Lamb
grigger before it's all tied up.You want to see me scroll Lamb.
But he was right. I didwant to see him, because when I
got down at the chronicle office andlooked up a morgue on the Joe Joseph's
trial, the first thing that jumpedout at me was the name Leammue,
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Old Drigger, Lemmue, old Trigger, private detective who had been employed when
mister Champion had becomes suspicious of Joseph'saccount of regularities, and who together was
mister Champion caught Joseph's red handed,and who willingly offer this testimony the same
at the trial which convicted Joe Joseph'sto Sam Quentin for five years. The
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file also gave a name of Joseph'slawyer, a man named Anthony Spiezer.
The phone book showed an apartment address. I'm Gary, thank you, Aggie.
Hold on a minute. I'm justtrying to get dinner over before you
showed up. But I guess I'mlate to before you, mister speezing.
My name Spade. I'm a privateinvestigator. I am trying to locate a
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former clienty years, a man namedJoseph. So in, come in.
I was expecting Aggie, but comein. Thanks. I always fixed moon
dinner, poached egg and half andhalf ulcers named Speed. Yeah what an
egg? No thanks, I'm onduty mine of five finish. It's up
to you. Who's your client,Speed, Elliot Champion Joe Josephs is back
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in town and he's been making telephonethreats and throwing thirty eighths around thirty eighth
you know where he is. Joewas a nice kid, but a calendar
job born with one war going ona depression on deck and another war in
the whole difference. The calendar gothim. Everything was against him with the
trial too. I couldn't do anything, he thought, I let him down,
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told me so. He got realsore when they read the book at
him, threatened Champion and that privatedick trigger Trigger and everybody else said he
was railroaded yours at turning I knownobody didn't have a chest in the minute
him beating that rap. He thoughtI rated when I took the guilty plea
in court's mercy all for a lousytwo grand Well, he's done his time
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and he's out now. He hasn'tgotten him tests with he Nope, no
threats, Hope, have a rightto you from prison? Any idea where
he'd be in time? Is it? Possibly as a mother? And I
guess I leave you to Aggie.We play records. Aggie used to be
a violinist. Promise up to herSpade, Spade, if you find Joe,
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tell him where I live. I'dlike to see him. Why,
Oh no, maybe I just wantto see what five years and the pandos
to a kid like that? Yeah, I'll bet you do. Yeah.
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Is this you, mister Spade?Who is this Miss Mildred Champion? Remember
me in my uncle's office. Iremember it, Just Spade. You're looking
for Joe, aren't you. Iknow you are. You don't have to
answer me. I think I canhelp you find him. I must talk
to you right away before something terriblehappens. Please come out to the house
before something terrible happens. It's rightin the corner. I got out to
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my house as fast as I could, but not before something terrible had happened.
Hey. Hey, the front doorwas open and all the lights were
on him. Eliot Champion was lyingat the front of the stairs in the
front hall, holding his palace ifit would get away from him to don't
try to move me. It's inmy lung sophere. I never thought it
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didn't look like there'd be much use, but I beat it up the stairs
to the hall phone to call emergencyambulance. Hello, this is Joel So
you hired a private eye and lookme up? Will You'll never find me,
but I'll find you. Yeah,mister Champion, I'll be seeing you
real soon. I didn't get itthen, but I got it a second
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later. I grabbed for the banister, missed and hit the top railing.
A pair of hands held me uplong enough to go through my pockets and
then let me go. And that'sthe last thing I remember. The makers
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with Sam Speede. The neighbors hadcomplained of gunshots, which was fortunate for
me. I still might have beenlying at the bottom of those stairs and
champions hustle, Lieutenant, if youhadn't walked in, applied first aid,
asked me my name, and listenedto my story. You considered the threatening
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phone call after my client's death isa cover up and promptly sent out a
general alarm. I'm Joe Joseph's.I took an aspen and a taxicab for
home. Halfway uptown, I discoveredthe pictures of Joe jose Us We're missing
from my wallet, and that iswhy I was absent at the Medical Examiner's
inquest this morning. Instead of goinghome, I went out to San Mateo
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Jimmy the lock of Champion's office andfileted City Ordnance and number three fifty two
B. My dead client's desk revealedone important item, an income tax voucher
dated August seventeen, nineteen forty four, Notingham delinquin. Then I found another
important item, same for nineteen fortythree. The secretary's desk was even more
interesting, but I found there ledme to one call her home result no
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answer, and two to revisit attorney'sspeezer. I found him coaching another Egg.
All right, all right, I'mhere. It's lady. What's the
idea unless it's made over? Iknow, Spade, you have a show.
Yeah, left early, has towork tomorrow. It's too good.
Watch. Will you still looking forJoel? Yep, and he leads if
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I could help his Spade. ElliottChampion was shot and killed in his home
tonight. No, that all youhave to say, You'll do it.
Maybe you don't seem scared for amouthpiece. Joe didn't like. If you
mean, should I be next?No, I'm not scared. Speed.
The kids should realize at this timeI liked him and did all it could.
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You've been here all evening, Aggie. Could you prove it? Yeah?
You may have to. Did youknow Mildred Champion was married to Joe
Joseph's Yeah, how'd you know?The secret I found this marriage last is
in a dusk drawer. I foundsomething else. Champion didn't pay his income
taxes all the time. A lotof people are like that. Spade Dreggor
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testified against Joe at the trial.So the Champion Noe had worked in the
office, but she didn't testify.Wife can't testify against husband. Real good
stories fade. But what about Joe? Champion had something on lam Dreggor,
and Dreggor had something on Champion.Joe's in between. You tell me,
huh huh, all right, I'lltell you. It's all about a green
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kid hired into brokerage firm to beframed on a phony embezzling charge to cover
up a tax delinquency. You wantto finish it. I can't. I
don't know what you've got ideas though, Yeah, yeah, Spade, You're
right, I've got ideas, andall of them make me sick inside.
That kid stood there and told mehe was innocent. He said it a
million times if he said it once, And he told me he thought Champion
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was short with the income tax people, and the Champion was short. He
could phonny up a book and geta one out private detective like Dreggor to
testify that they'd been a fraud,and Joe takes the rap. If that's
what happened, they did it prettygood. Did you mention anything like this
at the trial? Surmise is notadmissible. There was no way to investigate
it, no way to prove it. Joe was a nice kid, Spade
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and he told a good story.I've been fooled a lot of times.
What do you think I haven't methim yet. All right, he's done
his five years. He came outnow. They wanted him for killing the
man, his n him up.His whole life's gone, and for one
spade. I hope you don't findhim. I hope nobody ever finds him.
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But we did find Joe Joseph's withthen it. He was right under
ound noses all the time, andI called you. You told me to
come on down to the morgue ofthe county hospital. We both stood and
looked at Joe Joseph's. It's afunny thing, Sam. We had an
alarm out for an hour on thisguy. We've been looking all over for
him, and he turns up righthere and he's dead. He's been dead
since last night, about seven seven, same time Champion was killed. TB
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just got the whole story. Hadan awful bad in prison on a sick
quarter's last two years, wanted out, awful bad. When his time was
up last week he made him releasehim, but he wanted up here.
Died in hospital. He looks awfulyoung to be a coroninal I don't know,
Sam. He's just a kid,isn't he. I've been tiln you
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had some kind of case against JoeJoseph's on the medical examiner reported that my
client have been shot to the thirtytwo. The rest of it began to
fall into place. Lem Brigger's officewas a dirty room over a shoe repair
shop on Mission Street. The glasson the door hadn't been washed in five
years, and neither than anything else. You can hardly tell where the office
left off. And Limb began.Oh hello, Spade, I have been
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waiting for you. Don't you'd getover for some talk talk? What makes
you think that? Limb? Youhear? Ain't you all right? Let's
make talk talk? Did the silencea ruined your gun? Come on?
Come on, I want it onHey your phone to night after Champion was
killed. You've been phoning him rightalong, saying it was Joe. Just
a minute, Spade, we're inthe same rope. Shot at him with
a silence or on your thirty eighththis afternoon and make it look real good.
You can't prove anything. I didn'tkill one slug out of your gun.
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On match set up, every copcarries the thirty eight. You were
a cop once, so Spade.You got this wrong then, because you
thought he'd called you in for protection. He'd called you in once on another
job. Listen, I know whatyou're thinking. But this was so bad
you had to drum it up,didn't you. Jose's was released from president.
It was a natural. Only itdidn't work. Champion called me instead,
and you tried to shake me down. I only thought we could kind
of work together, you know,make it a good thing. You're one.
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You should try another racket, butyou didn't take my advice. Now
you're gonna have to What do youmean, because your license will be revoked
pretty quick. You got into alot of trouble about two minutes from now.
I did. I was right here. What do you try to sut?
To complaint on it? For assaultand batter? Hey wait a minute,
I ain't done nothing to you.Champions dead and I'll show you dead.
Lamb. You tried to strike meand I had to defend my leg,
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and I did my guy to complaint, Lieutenant, I phoned your office
and two of your men were ontheir way out to pick him up.
When I heard a footstep outside thedoor. I knew who was there and
what she was there for, andI did the only thing I could think
of at the moment, and itwas lucky. I did it. Her
own thirty two was in her handwhen she came in the door. She
looked at me and lamb smoking gunin my hand, looked at him,
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stressed out on the floor. Thenshe looked back at me. The gun
fell from her hand and she'd beganto cry, Hello, Ma, I
wanted to do it. I camehere to do it. I know.
Why Why did you stop you?Why my bullets went over the sailing.
He's just knocked out. No,no, he ought to be dead.
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No no, no, not anymore. You tricked me. You knew I
was coming here, and you knowhe should die. You know it.
I won't bring Joe back. Howmany real tramps have you met in your
life, mister Spade and Simon whojust thought they were Well, you met
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the genuine product yesterday. My uncle, for example, he stole money from
himself and made it look like Joedid it. I know about that and
this one. Why didn't you letme kill him too? Why I went
over to see him in the hospitalof the first time I knew he was
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dying. Yeah, they look inhis eyes helpless, and he knew what
they'd done to him, and hecouldn't do anything about it. But you
figured that you could, so youkilled your uncle. When you found out
Joe dying, he came here tokill him. They killed him. They
killed Joe, and they sent himto prison. Five years I waited for
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him to get out of that awfulplace. I waited to hold him in
my arms and tell him it wasall over. Five years. I waited
to help him forget his hate,my hat. Five years. I loved
him so much every day, andthen he came back to me. The
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waiting. Those pictures were all Ihad left of him after five years of
waiting loving him. Now he's dead. What can you or I or anybody
do about what they've done to him? Look at me, mister speed,
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go ahead, look at me.I'm not what you'd call it beautiful.
I'm not even very pretty. Nobodywould ever look at me twice, But
Joe looked at me, and heloved me. Now he's dead and I'm
dead inside. I'm dead inside.Now be glad when I'm dead outside.
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Very at In a report, therewas no one happy. Yeah, I
had a notation, though I won'tbe around for the corners in question this
report when denynter I should be admissibleas testimony. I want to get out
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didn't make any mistakes. Crush,you didn't. Are you really serious about
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much with you, Hussam Effie.I know it's potres Sam, and it
seems kind of appropriate right now.I don't care if she did kill those
two men up, you'll sorry forwhat's that got to do with justice?
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Why did she dress the way shedidn't? In a black dress? Oh?
He form of penance morning absence ofher missing lover. And look,
look, you'll have to type itall over if you keep that up.
But Sam, it's also beautiful,and you watched it all happen with you,
understand. I'm so proud of you. Oh Sam, Come on,
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Welcome back. Well an understandably downbeatcase for Sam and from Martin Graham's book
gr A M S. So norelation. It does appear that Sam's next
case took him to the mountains,so that part was accurate. I did
like the little touch of humor theyworked in after the shooting attempt on Champion
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in the first half of the program. Those moments of levity do tend to
I think, increase the impact ofthe more serious moments, provided you don't
throw in the serious moments after alot of levity. And it should be
noted that this is a script thatgot used a lot. E Jack Newman
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first used it the previous year onJeff Reagan, then it went to Sam
Spade. Then they did two separateJohn need all Our half hour episodes based
on this, and then they dida five part Johnny Doller episode. Oh,
like last time, It's going tobe a bit until we get to
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that. So I wouldn't consider thisto be too big of a spoiler issue
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What are you talking about? Shehad plans of her own, plans
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That smile of hers, you couldtake two ways, and the look
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walked out on me, and I'llbet all I'm found out the same thing.
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August seventh, nineteen forty nine,two to whom Sam Jack Mannelly two Detective
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Caper, Jim Mannelly, you werethere for the end of it, and
I was there at the start ofit, which is in the reception office
of Elliott Champions Brokerage House in samMateo and where I've first met Melbourne Champion.
Remember that old save how a womanin love is always beautiful. When
I went in, I had noideas she was in love, and no
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ideas she was beautiful, not becauseshe had lately been crying, but her
sallow face without makeup framed, andher whisp of blond hair wasn't flattered by
the shapeless black dress, cotton stockings, and low heeled shoes she was wearing.
Certainly not the going idea of beauty. Nor did her conversation revealing anything
to indicate love. Oh yes,may I help you, mister Elliott Champion.
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My name's Spade. Spade. Youdon't have to write it. He's
expecting me your business, mister,stay private. I have to have a
little more than that. I'm afraid. Always this hot here, mister Champion
can't stand for ash year obvious.That's what makes it so warm in here.
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I'm sorry, Yeah, it ishot. To just flip the sweach
and tell him I'm here. Well, on is it, Mildred? I
was just going out. Mister Spadeis here, says you're expecting him,
But I don't find him listed inyour appointment book. Don't be an idiots.
Any means anyman. You may goin now, mister Spade, he
always liked that. He's nice today. Sorry, momen, that's your naming.
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His office is first on the right. Don't bother. I'll find him,
Thank you. I'll just go tolunch. Mister Champion, Well,
don understand there, Come in andshut the door. What I have to
discuss with you is private. Idon't want that snoopy niece of mine listening
to our conversation. She's not thelyn stile, But does she listen?
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Then? Often all the time?Why she didn't know who I was?
I out smarter to there. Icalled him from the drug store on the
corner. I don't want anyone toknow who you are while you're here.
Oh where did I put that lightbehind the yank? Well? Oh yeah,
I'm a dangerous man to play gameswith. Josephs found that out once,
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and if he keeps his business up, he's going to find it out
again. No, games. You'redangerous. Say are you mocking me?
Spade? Just running what you're talkingabout? I just told you you got
ears, haven't Just? Jo Josephsis back in town and I'm not going
to fool around with him. Mildontold me you were nice today. Oh
she did, did she? Well? Mildred talks too much. That's what's
the matter with her. She talkstoo much and you'd fire unless she's r
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nissy. You'd have to pay somebodyelse three times, which you pay her
to take everything she has to take. Get about a buy office? Oh
no, no, wait a minute, Spade, it's just hot. I
guess I who has turned on theheat. It's Joe Josephs. He was
released from sam quintin this week andI've been receiving telephone calls from him telling
me to be wearing, to watchout, and a lot of other nons.
What was he doing at sam Quintontwo to five on an embezzling encounter?
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He's done. Grateful scoundrel, that'swhat he is. I took him
into my office as a junior executive, and six months later you got time
out of the twenty dollars a weekyou were probably paying him a decided to
dip into the bin. Only hedid a bad job, got caught,
You testified against him. Now he'sout and he's sare and he's threatening.
And every time he yelled clup aroundthis town there's always some snoopy reporter hanging
around the sergeant's desk. That's thetruth. Listen, spade. I've got
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a half a million dollars tied upin this business, and I don't want
anybody thinking I might get knocked overby some looney with a grunt. And
that's sway didn't sell the police.Don't you believe me? It'll do for
now. You'll think of something better. I'll see here. Impertinence is twenty
five a day, and no,that'll be forty five a day and expenses.
I want you to find Joe Joseph'sand bring him to me. No,
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swarn't more than that. I've gotenough stuff in that desk draw to
sending back to Quentin. If Ihave to, oh, what kind of
stuff left over from his trial,it'll be grand loss in me this time.
And they don't stop at five yearsfor that kind of thing. You
withheld evidence, I withheld us.Get on my factor is only eight feet
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the window, and it came throughfrom the other building across the court.
Silence or either ruined the marshman's amorywas just a bad shot because out of
six tries he didn't connect with thething but the desk clamp and a waste
basket. At that time, Championand I were both on the floor,
Champion on top of me. Ikicked out to get loose, and he
kicked me back. I gave thatup and pusted it around for my gun.
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Across the court, the window wasopen about six inches, one fronner
of which was full of a darksleeved hand and a gun arm. I
fired at it from what was knownas number six position. It didn't getting
fraid. What do you think Ihired from four? I didn't bother the
answer, and I went through thewindow, out of the fire escape and
over to the next building. Idid more. I went in that building,
which was apparently vacant, down thestairs and started out the back enfance.
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Hey, he came out of thisbuilding. Which way he goes?
Building this building right here just asecond ago? Yeah, him, the
guy who just ran down? Whatdo you look like? Who? What?
Where? Thanks? Don't fishing itclearly anytime. I couldn't tell her
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what he looked like because I hadn'tseen him. After a careful search of
the building, which was build nothing, I decided my suspect that eluded me
for good, and I returned tothe office of Elliott Champion. He was
sitting on his green leather chair wearingan expression the match missed him. Hushpade,
what does Joseph's look like? Oh, I've got a couple of snapshots
here somewhere. Oh, yes,here, let's have a look. I
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was later to regret having those snapshotsin my person. They showed a tall,
thin faced, haunted looking guy,an old looking twenty eight, good
faced shock of black hair and darkeyes. I've seen plenty of cons and
Bezeler type, and he wouldn't havebeen cast on a part in my movie.
There's nothing about him to indicate thateven bezeled two thousand dollars. I
use a silence around a gun.I dug two thirty eight slugs out of
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Champions Wall and went down to thestreet. Spade. He was a heavy
set man in a dirty white panamahat and see a sucker suit that didn't
fit him around the middle. Justa minute, Spade, just a minute.
He crawled out of a black sedan, jammed a cigar in his mouth,
and began sweating. He needed ashave. He'd always need a shave.
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Hot afternoon, need it? Yes, sure it's hot. Sure,
he's a hot afternoon. Here herein my card, lemm you will dragger
confidential investigations. Yes, I shouldout to have some new ones printed up.
Huh. I guess you should outa Lamb and change the name.
I added, didn't the commissioned abunch of nine years ago for rolling a
pack before you did the booking.Oh, let buy guns, be buy
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guns, Spade. I'm in businessfor myself now it's business, Lamb,
Punk, try another racket, Lamband Spade. You've been in to see
old man Champion. Maybe maybe Iwas just going to go in to see
him myself. When I spot youpull up, I recognize using the pictures
and paper as I figured maybe youand me how to talk. What did
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you figure you and maybe ought totalk about? Lamb? Oh, you
make it tough for a guy,Spade. We're in the same business.
You know. What did you gosee him? By? So long?
Lamb? Hey, wait a minute, I'm an old gum boot. Huh
that old gumboo who couldn't get atrick as a house people are tailing the
punk is that is? Okay,spade, Okay, you're full of vinegar
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now, But just you keep mycard. You don't want to see Lamb
grigger before it's all tied up.You want to see me scroll Lamb.
But he was right. I didwant to see him, because when I
got down at the chronicle office andlooked up a morgue on the Joe Joseph's
trial, the first thing that jumpedout at me was the name Leammue,
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Old Drigger, Lemmue, old Trigger, private detective who had been employed when
mister Champion had becomes suspicious of Joseph'saccount of regularities, and who together was
mister Champion caught Joseph's red handed,and who willingly offer this testimony the same
at the trial which convicted Joe Joseph'sto Sam Quentin for five years. The
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file also gave a name of Joseph'slawyer, a man named Anthony Spiezer.
The phone book showed an apartment address. I'm Gary, thank you, Aggie.
Hold on a minute. I'm justtrying to get dinner over before you
showed up. But I guess I'mlate to before you, mister speezing.
My name Spade. I'm a privateinvestigator. I am trying to locate a
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former clienty years, a man namedJoseph. So in, come in.
I was expecting Aggie, but comein. Thanks. I always fixed moon
dinner, poached egg and half andhalf ulcers named Speed. Yeah what an
egg? No thanks, I'm onduty mine of five finish. It's up
to you. Who's your client,Speed, Elliot Champion Joe Josephs is back
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in town and he's been making telephonethreats and throwing thirty eighths around thirty eighth
you know where he is. Joewas a nice kid, but a calendar
job born with one war going ona depression on deck and another war in
the whole difference. The calendar gothim. Everything was against him with the
trial too. I couldn't do anything, he thought, I let him down,
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told me so. He got realsore when they read the book at
him, threatened Champion and that privatedick trigger Trigger and everybody else said he
was railroaded yours at turning I knownobody didn't have a chest in the minute
him beating that rap. He thoughtI rated when I took the guilty plea
in court's mercy all for a lousytwo grand Well, he's done his time
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and he's out now. He hasn'tgotten him tests with he Nope, no
threats, Hope, have a rightto you from prison? Any idea where
he'd be in time? Is it? Possibly as a mother? And I
guess I leave you to Aggie.We play records. Aggie used to be
a violinist. Promise up to herSpade, Spade, if you find Joe,
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tell him where I live. I'dlike to see him. Why,
Oh no, maybe I just wantto see what five years and the pandos
to a kid like that? Yeah, I'll bet you do. Yeah.
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Is this you, mister Spade?Who is this Miss Mildred Champion? Remember
me in my uncle's office. Iremember it, Just Spade. You're looking
for Joe, aren't you. Iknow you are. You don't have to
answer me. I think I canhelp you find him. I must talk
to you right away before something terriblehappens. Please come out to the house
before something terrible happens. It's rightin the corner. I got out to
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my house as fast as I could, but not before something terrible had happened.
Hey. Hey, the front doorwas open and all the lights were
on him. Eliot Champion was lyingat the front of the stairs in the
front hall, holding his palace ifit would get away from him to don't
try to move me. It's inmy lung sophere. I never thought it
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didn't look like there'd be much use, but I beat it up the stairs
to the hall phone to call emergencyambulance. Hello, this is Joel So
you hired a private eye and lookme up? Will You'll never find me,
but I'll find you. Yeah,mister Champion, I'll be seeing you
real soon. I didn't get itthen, but I got it a second
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later. I grabbed for the banister, missed and hit the top railing.
A pair of hands held me uplong enough to go through my pockets and
then let me go. And that'sthe last thing I remember. The makers
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with Sam Speede. The neighbors hadcomplained of gunshots, which was fortunate for
me. I still might have beenlying at the bottom of those stairs and
champions hustle, Lieutenant, if youhadn't walked in, applied first aid,
asked me my name, and listenedto my story. You considered the threatening
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phone call after my client's death isa cover up and promptly sent out a
general alarm. I'm Joe Joseph's.I took an aspen and a taxicab for
home. Halfway uptown, I discoveredthe pictures of Joe jose Us We're missing
from my wallet, and that iswhy I was absent at the Medical Examiner's
inquest this morning. Instead of goinghome, I went out to San Mateo
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Jimmy the lock of Champion's office andfileted City Ordnance and number three fifty two
B. My dead client's desk revealedone important item, an income tax voucher
dated August seventeen, nineteen forty four, Notingham delinquin. Then I found another
important item, same for nineteen fortythree. The secretary's desk was even more
interesting, but I found there ledme to one call her home result no
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answer, and two to revisit attorney'sspeezer. I found him coaching another Egg.
All right, all right, I'mhere. It's lady. What's the
idea unless it's made over? Iknow, Spade, you have a show.
Yeah, left early, has towork tomorrow. It's too good.
Watch. Will you still looking forJoel? Yep, and he leads if
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I could help his Spade. ElliottChampion was shot and killed in his home
tonight. No, that all youhave to say, You'll do it.
Maybe you don't seem scared for amouthpiece. Joe didn't like. If you
mean, should I be next?No, I'm not scared. Speed.
The kids should realize at this timeI liked him and did all it could.
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You've been here all evening, Aggie. Could you prove it? Yeah?
You may have to. Did youknow Mildred Champion was married to Joe
Joseph's Yeah, how'd you know?The secret I found this marriage last is
in a dusk drawer. I foundsomething else. Champion didn't pay his income
taxes all the time. A lotof people are like that. Spade Dreggor
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testified against Joe at the trial.So the Champion Noe had worked in the
office, but she didn't testify.Wife can't testify against husband. Real good
stories fade. But what about Joe? Champion had something on lam Dreggor,
and Dreggor had something on Champion.Joe's in between. You tell me,
huh huh, all right, I'lltell you. It's all about a green
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kid hired into brokerage firm to beframed on a phony embezzling charge to cover
up a tax delinquency. You wantto finish it. I can't. I
don't know what you've got ideas though, Yeah, yeah, Spade, You're
right, I've got ideas, andall of them make me sick inside.
That kid stood there and told mehe was innocent. He said it a
million times if he said it once, And he told me he thought Champion
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was short with the income tax people, and the Champion was short. He
could phonny up a book and geta one out private detective like Dreggor to
testify that they'd been a fraud,and Joe takes the rap. If that's
what happened, they did it prettygood. Did you mention anything like this
at the trial? Surmise is notadmissible. There was no way to investigate
it, no way to prove it. Joe was a nice kid, Spade
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and he told a good story.I've been fooled a lot of times.
What do you think I haven't methim yet. All right, he's done
his five years. He came outnow. They wanted him for killing the
man, his n him up.His whole life's gone, and for one
spade. I hope you don't findhim. I hope nobody ever finds him.
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But we did find Joe Joseph's withthen it. He was right under
ound noses all the time, andI called you. You told me to
come on down to the morgue ofthe county hospital. We both stood and
looked at Joe Joseph's. It's afunny thing, Sam. We had an
alarm out for an hour on thisguy. We've been looking all over for
him, and he turns up righthere and he's dead. He's been dead
since last night, about seven seven, same time Champion was killed. TB
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just got the whole story. Hadan awful bad in prison on a sick
quarter's last two years, wanted out, awful bad. When his time was
up last week he made him releasehim, but he wanted up here.
Died in hospital. He looks awfulyoung to be a coroninal I don't know,
Sam. He's just a kid,isn't he. I've been tiln you
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had some kind of case against JoeJoseph's on the medical examiner reported that my
client have been shot to the thirtytwo. The rest of it began to
fall into place. Lem Brigger's officewas a dirty room over a shoe repair
shop on Mission Street. The glasson the door hadn't been washed in five
years, and neither than anything else. You can hardly tell where the office
left off. And Limb began.Oh hello, Spade, I have been
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waiting for you. Don't you'd getover for some talk talk? What makes
you think that? Limb? Youhear? Ain't you all right? Let's
make talk talk? Did the silencea ruined your gun? Come on?
Come on, I want it onHey your phone to night after Champion was
killed. You've been phoning him rightalong, saying it was Joe. Just
a minute, Spade, we're inthe same rope. Shot at him with
a silence or on your thirty eighththis afternoon and make it look real good.
You can't prove anything. I didn'tkill one slug out of your gun.
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On match set up, every copcarries the thirty eight. You were
a cop once, so Spade.You got this wrong then, because you
thought he'd called you in for protection. He'd called you in once on another
job. Listen, I know whatyou're thinking. But this was so bad
you had to drum it up,didn't you. Jose's was released from president.
It was a natural. Only itdidn't work. Champion called me instead,
and you tried to shake me down. I only thought we could kind
of work together, you know,make it a good thing. You're one.
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You should try another racket, butyou didn't take my advice. Now
you're gonna have to What do youmean, because your license will be revoked
pretty quick. You got into alot of trouble about two minutes from now.
I did. I was right here. What do you try to sut?
To complaint on it? For assaultand batter? Hey wait a minute,
I ain't done nothing to you.Champions dead and I'll show you dead.
Lamb. You tried to strike meand I had to defend my leg,
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and I did my guy to complaint, Lieutenant, I phoned your office
and two of your men were ontheir way out to pick him up.
When I heard a footstep outside thedoor. I knew who was there and
what she was there for, andI did the only thing I could think
of at the moment, and itwas lucky. I did it. Her
own thirty two was in her handwhen she came in the door. She
looked at me and lamb smoking gunin my hand, looked at him,
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stressed out on the floor. Thenshe looked back at me. The gun
fell from her hand and she'd beganto cry, Hello, Ma, I
wanted to do it. I camehere to do it. I know.
Why Why did you stop you?Why my bullets went over the sailing.
He's just knocked out. No,no, he ought to be dead.
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No no, no, not anymore. You tricked me. You knew I
was coming here, and you knowhe should die. You know it.
I won't bring Joe back. Howmany real tramps have you met in your
life, mister Spade and Simon whojust thought they were Well, you met
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the genuine product yesterday. My uncle, for example, he stole money from
himself and made it look like Joedid it. I know about that and
this one. Why didn't you letme kill him too? Why I went
over to see him in the hospitalof the first time I knew he was
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dying. Yeah, they look inhis eyes helpless, and he knew what
they'd done to him, and hecouldn't do anything about it. But you
figured that you could, so youkilled your uncle. When you found out
Joe dying, he came here tokill him. They killed him. They
killed Joe, and they sent himto prison. Five years I waited for
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him to get out of that awfulplace. I waited to hold him in
my arms and tell him it wasall over. Five years. I waited
to help him forget his hate,my hat. Five years. I loved
him so much every day, andthen he came back to me. The
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waiting. Those pictures were all Ihad left of him after five years of
waiting loving him. Now he's dead. What can you or I or anybody
do about what they've done to him? Look at me, mister speed,
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go ahead, look at me.I'm not what you'd call it beautiful.
I'm not even very pretty. Nobodywould ever look at me twice, But
Joe looked at me, and heloved me. Now he's dead and I'm
dead inside. I'm dead inside.Now be glad when I'm dead outside.
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Very at In a report, therewas no one happy. Yeah, I
had a notation, though I won'tbe around for the corners in question this
report when denynter I should be admissibleas testimony. I want to get out
of town for a few days,sour ragged, and now listen to this
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didn't make any mistakes. Crush,you didn't. Are you really serious about
getting out of town for a fewdays? I am. The world's too
much with you, Hussam Effie.I know it's potres Sam, and it
seems kind of appropriate right now.I don't care if she did kill those
two men up, you'll sorry forwhat's that got to do with justice?
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Why did she dress the way shedidn't? In a black dress? Oh?
He form of penance morning absence ofher missing lover. And look,
look, you'll have to type itall over if you keep that up.
But Sam, it's also beautiful,and you watched it all happen with you,
understand. I'm so proud of you. Oh Sam, Come on,
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Welcome back. Well an understandably downbeatcase for Sam and from Martin Graham's book
gr A M S. So norelation. It does appear that Sam's next
case took him to the mountains,so that part was accurate. I did
like the little touch of humor theyworked in after the shooting attempt on Champion
(31:26):
in the first half of the program. Those moments of levity do tend to
I think, increase the impact ofthe more serious moments, provided you don't
throw in the serious moments after alot of levity. And it should be
noted that this is a script thatgot used a lot. E Jack Newman
(31:49):
first used it the previous year onJeff Reagan, then it went to Sam
Spade. Then they did two separateJohn need all Our half hour episodes based
on this, and then they dida five part Johnny Doller episode. Oh,
like last time, It's going tobe a bit until we get to
(32:09):
that. So I wouldn't consider thisto be too big of a spoiler issue
listener comments and feedback now, Carlwrote, along with his Zell donation,
congrats on going pro and thanks well, Thank you Carl. And then we
have a new review in the Applepodcast Store. Missus kke Right's fun distracting
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me while I do dishes and houseworkwell, so glad to be of assistance
and thank you for listening. Thatis a time honored thing that radio drama
is good for. Now it istime to thank our Patreon supporter of the
day, and I want to goahead and thank Ben. Ben's been one
of our Patreon supporters since September twentytwenty two, currently supporting us at the
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shaw must level of Ford dollars ormore per month. Thanks so much for
your support, Ben, and thatwill actually do it for today. If
you are enjoying this podcast, pleasebe sure to follow it to make sure
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please be sure to write and reviewit wherever you download it from. It
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definitely helps us we're all and encouragesother people to give us a try.
We'll be back next Monday with anotherepisode of Sam Spade, but join us
back here tomorrow for the start ofa new Johnny Dollar Cereal where I don't
misunderstand me Dollar. She was areal sweet girl, but there was something
(33:37):
about her hand. I hope youfind it. Well, maybe I don't.
What are you talking about? Shehad plans of her own, plans
she never told me about. Look, I was in practice three years when
she came to work for me,fresh out of high school. With all
of it, she still made mefeel like a little boy in neat pants.
(33:58):
That smile of hers, you couldtake two ways, and the look
that went with it. I'm sureshe's met a lot of men since she
walked out on me, and I'llbet all I'm found out the same thing.
What's that if they've been taken?You mean money? Oh, it
wasn't the watch or the necklace ofthe loans. Every now and then it
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was being taken worse, you know, being used and knowing you're being used.
I don't quite get it, andI'll make it clear that sweet,
fresh, beautiful little girl was outto do everything and everybody for all she
could get. I hope you'll bewith us then. In the meantime,
do send your comments to Box thirteenat Great Defectives dot and net, follow
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