October 17, 2025 • 28 mins
Solve crimes with the great detective in "Sherlock Holmes Short Stories." Featuring classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, this podcast brings you the brilliant deductions and thrilling adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the world of Holmes, these timeless mysteries will keep you captivated.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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our old friend doctor Watson's ready for us, so let's
go in and enjoy it. Good evenings at eating doctor
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till the puppies seemed very happy tonight.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Tonight, yes, but you should have seen him this afternoon,
our doctor for two more frightened little dogs in the whole.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Of California, Puffy Control. What happened? Doctor, Well?
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I took him for a walk on the beach. Has
been scrambling around the rocky Point. A seal popped his
head up the water, quite close to us.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Where the puppy is dead.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Oh, both of them baked at it furiously, and the
seal blew a few bubbles.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
And then barked right back. And know what the world's
speed record is for short lag dogs. I'm sure they
broke it, you know I can.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
I'll have to join you on one of those afternoons
strolls of yours. You always seem to be having such
exciting adventures. Oh, and talking of that, how's about the
night's new show?
Speaker 5 (02:24):
I calmed her.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I'm already for you, my boy. In fact, I was
looking over my notes on the case before you arrived.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
This is another story in which Shrlock Holmes's elder brother, Microft,
take important part.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Microft Holmes was seven years older than Shutuck.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
And some said it is superior in pars of observation
and deduction.
Speaker 6 (02:41):
That sounds like heresy darted.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
No, no, no, young fellow Holmes himself was the first
to admit it. In fact, if it hadn't been.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
For a securable laziness, Microff would have been a formidable
rival to his younger brother.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
However, my Croft he held a position of considerable importance
of the Foreign Office, and it was there that the
Night's story begins.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
It was in the winter of eighteen hundred and ninety
nine and Microft Holmes, after gourmet's lunch with reclining full
length on a leather settee.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
His eyes were closed, his hands.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Were falling across his stumpach and his breath came rhythmclere.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
The cynic would have recared that Microff Holmes was taking it.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
After lunesome snooze that mister Holmes secretary jumped him by
the name of God knows the realist. He tapped on
the door discreetly. Then he leaped on it, and still
there was no response. So he opened the door and entered.
After a moment he gave what he thought was a
discreet column.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Microft. Holmes opened his eyes and polded his hands.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
And said, founded gardener, must you come in here and
bark at me?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
So soon after lunch? And say, mister Holmes, thought you thought.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
That I was lying down with my eyes closed, that
I must be bored? And soon you came galloping in.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Ooh, well, what do you want?
Speaker 7 (04:03):
There's no lady outside, sir, She insists something you personally.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I've tried to get rid of her.
Speaker 5 (04:07):
But what's her name?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Missus Hudson, Sir, Missus Hudson. Show her in, Gardner, show
her in, very good, sir.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Undoubtedly a message from young Sherlock.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
How are you, missus Hudson.
Speaker 8 (04:21):
Good day, mister Holmes.
Speaker 7 (04:22):
I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I want to cut
much of good time.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Sit down? Won't you don't leave us? Gardner? I may
need you in a.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Few minutes, very good, sir. Now, missus Hudson, what's the message?
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Message?
Speaker 9 (04:34):
Sir, My brother sends you with some message that he
was afraid to intrustate the ordinary channel.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
He's almost so confounded, a dramatic.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Oh, bless your heart.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
No, sir, I've come to you with a little problem
of my own. I didn't like to bother mister Sherlock
Homes with it. He's been so busy lately, and and
he's looking very tired, So you came to me.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
I'm delightful.
Speaker 7 (04:56):
I thought you wouldn't mind, Sir. You've always been so
nice and.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
Afraid of pure laziness. It is less effort to keep
an old friend than to make a new enemy.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
But tell me your problem.
Speaker 7 (05:07):
Well, it's really my sister's problem, sir. She keeps a
boarding house at fourteen Kensington Gardens Square in Beeswaters, and
she's convinced one of her boarders, a man who has
a room on the first floor back. She's convinced that
he's a birdman.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
And what in Heaven's name is a bird man?
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Do you know, gardener? No, sir, I can imagine.
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Oh, it's like overdwolf, gentlemen. It's scept that the man
turns into a bird.
Speaker 6 (05:32):
Oh, come now, missus has Oh.
Speaker 7 (05:34):
I know it sounds daft, but my sister's in a
dreadful state. Of course, I've been with your brother long
enough so to know that such things are nonsense.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
But how can I prove it to her other?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
What reason does your sister give for holding a strange belief?
Speaker 7 (05:47):
She keeps finding pigeon feathers in the room. No, the
man doesn't he keep pigeons, Sir. My sister knows that.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
For a fact.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Has she found any traces of scattered food on the window.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
Ledge, nonsir, No signs of any pigeons except the feathers.
My sister's a wee bit fee, mister Holmes. She's the
seventh daughter of a seventh daughter.
Speaker 10 (06:06):
And you know what that means.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
It's the same.
Speaker 7 (06:08):
She's not imagining thing, sir. She shown me the feathers herself.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Where were they, Missus.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
Hudson, Somewhere on the floor at the end of the
bed stage, Sir. I brought some along with me here, sir,
and we've rung some more in a gentleman's cover.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
But it keeps his.
Speaker 10 (06:23):
Clothes by George.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I wonder what is it, sir?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
I'll tell you in a moment, Gardner.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Missus Hudson, this.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Matter will require a little private investigation.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
May return to your sister and tell her not to worry.
Speaker 9 (06:34):
I shall get in touch with you as soon as
my inquire.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Is a completed.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Good day to you.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
Good day, sir, and I'm very much obliged to you.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Well, Gardner, what do you make of it?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
An old wive's tale, Sir? You're not treating it serious,
there are you?
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
One of these feathers shows evidence of having had a
string titaned round it.
Speaker 5 (06:53):
That suggests a captive third.
Speaker 9 (06:55):
Now, a captive bird smuggled into an obscure boarding house
will point to something of the greatest talk us to us.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Gardener by George, Sir, you mean heerry your pigeons exactly.
Speaker 9 (07:05):
And remember that we're at war under the Boers have
obtained several important and highly confidential suit stars.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Lately. We know there's e leak somewhere.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
This requires an active investigator.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Who could work with discretion.
Speaker 9 (07:16):
Now I could work with discretion, but I don't feel
too active.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
At the moment. Ah, I have it.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
I should write this letter to my brother. This guy's
your hand us playing cheap notepaper and don't sign the letter.
He won't be able to resist that combination. Are you ready, gardener, Yes,
very well then, my dear mister Sherlock Holmes. We know
of your proposed investigation of the tenant and the first
floor back at fourteen Kensington Gardens Square.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
We warn you, as you value your life, heap away
from it.
Speaker 8 (08:00):
We warn you, as you value your life, to keep
away from the case. And that, my dear Watson, is
why we.
Speaker 10 (08:06):
Are driving towards fourteen Kensington.
Speaker 8 (08:08):
Gardens Square, disguised as Building inspectors of the London County Council.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Well, I must say a bed a challenging letter, homes unsigned,
I've written on cheap notepaper and in a disguised hand.
Speaker 10 (08:19):
There's no clue that I'm afraid.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Oh, we're entering the square home.
Speaker 8 (08:24):
I stop the cab here you can drop a see
a Kebby rock you up cap here you've seen a
look in congruous in these costumes supposed to arrive in
a cab.
Speaker 10 (08:36):
You are Kebby.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
Oh thank you.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Govinor supposing this mysterious turne to the first floor back should.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Be in his room when we get there.
Speaker 8 (08:45):
We must hook about his guys as we're convincing wits
about this and this may be a tramp.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
It's just what I was going to say.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
After all, you've never heard of forteen Kensington guns Span
who you received an unsigned letter to hours ago wanting
you to keep away from it.
Speaker 8 (08:57):
I don't like the look of him. We are a
number fourteen. I suggest that you let me do most
of the talking.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Lords. My CuPy accent doesn't compare with you.
Speaker 10 (09:11):
Do you want to say we're from the London County Council.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
We are.
Speaker 10 (09:14):
We've had complaints about a legal guests yet in the
first gold bet Oh.
Speaker 7 (09:18):
That's mister Green's room.
Speaker 10 (09:20):
Ain't don't, madam, my dear. We'll go ahead and take
a look.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Come on, Bertie, you are ELpH.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
What need to show you the way?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Miss?
Speaker 10 (09:29):
Thanks Jerry Bertie, can't, can we?
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Buddy? Of course we don't look at him laughing?
Speaker 10 (09:38):
Come on, Bertie, I do not baby side to see
side there. I do not babysider. Say not that, Bertie,
it yourself not that's complete?
Speaker 8 (09:54):
Do knock the b beside the same side there? I
do not a babysider. Yeah, first full beck that I
make sure the blow came down.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Oh, I ain't down, ralfy h.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Now all mus go in.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
So this is the mysterious roomy looks perfectly ordinary.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Yes, the pressing example of the squirrel recording house by
a fellow, once it's on the.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Bedspread, has to come out of all. He's a pigeon
step this whole chap.
Speaker 10 (10:28):
Look at watson attached to the bed rail.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
That's only a piece of strange thing.
Speaker 8 (10:31):
Yes, but a small metal ring on the end of
the rings, such as is used to place around a
homing pigeon's lakes.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Why should someone keep carrying pigeons and an obscure boarding
house like this white deep.
Speaker 8 (10:41):
Indeed, the answer could be that the tenant of this
room is engaged in some sinister activity that requires the
use of carrier pigeons and sending messagers.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
There's no evidence of the birds being kept here.
Speaker 5 (10:51):
Answer to a hello, that's true, and.
Speaker 8 (10:52):
Possibly the owner of this room is given to they're
given a pigeon by one of his superiors, brings it here,
fixes his message, and releases the Why.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Couldn't you just take the message to where they keep
the birds?
Speaker 8 (11:03):
In that way, he would run the risk of being
picked up with the injurious and incriminate incriminating messages on
what cans, clay rolls, the use.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Of carry fisions.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
You spoke we're at war with the boys in South Africa, Watson?
Speaker 8 (11:13):
What could be more logical than that the spy in
their page should be using this smuggled important information out
of the country eye Jovius.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Holmes, I wouldn't mind. Who are you? What the devil
you think you're doing in my room? Well, my name's DeMar.
Come you to look at your guest parts. Don't lie
to me? Who are you? It's not also captain my
names but themar come from the landing cal.
Speaker 10 (11:36):
Canc Very well, then you won't tell me the truth?
Perhaps this revolve will make you change.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
What's right? Homes? Where were you?
Speaker 10 (11:48):
And I slipped behind the doors? This gentlemen opened it?
Speaker 8 (11:50):
Yeah, me say, your overcot seems extraordinarily well filled with chests,
doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
We're not slip it off.
Speaker 10 (11:55):
It's a bit warm in here.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Let me roll, So you were right? Holmes had pitch
it under his coat.
Speaker 10 (12:01):
Yes, if you can't catch.
Speaker 5 (12:02):
The bird, when he will come right here?
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Come come up, come on, come along, here he comes
that's it.
Speaker 10 (12:08):
Look at the little fellow snaggled up on my arm.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
When the little fellow's knee.
Speaker 8 (12:13):
Yes, I took out Watson, the gentleman's reparbing on to
night to get it up.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
A beautiful upper columns.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
I'm uh and i'm heid. He'll be unable to talk
to us some time. How fortunate he told us where
the mess was hidden before we indulged in. This little
said to me anything about a message?
Speaker 10 (12:32):
No, not verbally.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
When I was watching his reflection in the mirror as
he entered the room, and his eyes first glanced at
this top draw on the dress ache here to see
if we touched it.
Speaker 10 (12:41):
It was obviously's important spot in the room.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Let's see.
Speaker 10 (12:45):
Ah, here we are a message already rolled up and
in its container.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Oh what does it say?
Speaker 5 (12:51):
It's in code, which is.
Speaker 8 (12:53):
Not surprising, but I don't think it will be a
very difficult to be sniper. Yes, And when you've done that, then,
my dear fellow, I shall compose a code sage of
my own and persuade this pigeon to read us to
its master. I can see your puzzled expression, Watson, that
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you're wondering why I brought to the Dexter's Music Hall
in the role.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Well, I must confess I confuse homes first before we
go to Baker Street, and you'll spend hours poring over
some obscure book and you right out a message attached
it to a pigeon. Let it loose. Now you bring
me here. I hate to question you when you're working,
but I steak sad who give us some idea? What's
going on?
Speaker 4 (13:43):
I've got it, Old Chap.
Speaker 8 (13:44):
At times I'm a seeming confounded in the serious I'm
sure here's the situation. The obscure book I've been studying
was the table of ciphers. I was trying to decode
the message we found in the room on the first BLOTB.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
So you succeeded or we wouldn't be here.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
Yes, the key word was Lewis, the name of the
poor leader. A message was a report on the number
of troops. Now I'm training at all. The shots, then,
you were right, were mixed up with the ring of
anima agents. Obviously, Old Chap, So I kept the original
message and composed another using the same code and dispatched.
Speaker 10 (14:14):
It by carrier pigeon.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Well, what did you say in your message?
Speaker 8 (14:17):
Meet me at tonight eight o'clock till number three at
Dexter's Music Hall.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
What made you choose this place as a role.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
I happened to know that it's a common meeting place
for our world characters.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
And which is table number three?
Speaker 5 (14:36):
I went over there in the corner.
Speaker 10 (14:38):
I reserved it, and why don't we.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Go and sit down there instead of standing it here? Back?
Speaker 8 (14:41):
And I thought, I think you did our visitor the
opportunity of showing his hand first. He won't be expecting Sherlock,
Colms and doctor Watts night an good lord?
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Look at this woman coming on the stings. You ever
seen some in his sers? You have a good night?
Okay home? Look up a man just sitting.
Speaker 8 (15:15):
Down his table number praise, said Timber, said Timber, who's
he dangerous criminal? Who wents left for the Marioti gang?
He's caught a price pitching weapon said? Have you got
a lot of handy old japp undoubtedly can recognize them.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
I hope you're able to keep you a pikeman sat.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Sir Lock home a crap. I'm trying to pick a
dog on Hermola headson.
Speaker 7 (15:50):
I'll do like this time over your face and.
Speaker 9 (15:56):
Watch him.
Speaker 10 (15:57):
He didn't suit him, did you?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
No? No, you knocked my hands on. I'm oh the
shot went world.
Speaker 8 (16:01):
I heard it that stocking of the wound. I don't know,
powder burns, shot as fire from some distance.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
Home Homesase he's dead. Out of the way, please, how
they what's going on here?
Speaker 10 (16:15):
I'm comfortable this Madison too, Yes, but.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
It's easy to see who did it well.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
I didn't get comfortable vests of thinking, Oh, why are
you spending here with the smoking revolver in your ends?
Speaker 5 (16:24):
Come on you you're under arrest, but.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
You got arrest.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Now I've got to Washington. This is the Shelock Holmes.
Speaker 9 (16:28):
I don't care if you're the King of Siam and
the Bishop of London himself. You're under arrest and I'm
taking you both to Scotland Yard.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
You hear the rest of doctor Watson's story in just
a second, and if you don't mind, I'll take that
second to say just one word to the ladies, and
that word is musket tape.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Pattere California must tell.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I want you women to know about it, because Petrie
Musker Tell is one wine that practically every woman likes,
maybe because it's.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Such a beautiful color like well, like pale gold.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
But I guess really because Petrie musketell brings you the
wonderful flavor of luscious sun ripe and muscat grapes. And
that's a flavor fried Patrie musketel. After dinner or anytime
there's a change from petri port, have.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
A bottle of each on hand.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
When you buy Petrie wine, don't buy one by two. Remember,
if it's a Petrie wine, you know.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
It's a good wine.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Doctor Watson, that was really one for the books. So
you got yourself arrested on.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
A murder chart.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Yes, it's humiliating experience. I was taking off the Scottland
Yard and the Black Mira. It's like any common criminal
like it. Constable wouldn't listen to words that I'm gonna.
Speaker 10 (17:51):
Say, Well, Sherlock Holm's wrong with you.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Of course we arrived at.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
Scottland Yard, my modification was complete, and I found the
divers legend the presence of our old friend in Specialstard
Holmes spoke to him at some length. But I could
see from the Stard's expression, now I can see what
it is, mister Oones.
Speaker 11 (18:15):
You see, I know you both, But I must say
there are lots of an ear at the yard's death,
like what they called your eye and its method.
Speaker 10 (18:22):
But the personal likes or dislikes have nothing to do
with it.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
And of course I haven't You're amount of evidence.
Speaker 11 (18:27):
Well, I know that doctor Watson and the Constable's evidence
was as clear as the nose on your face. The
dead man was shot through the head and you were
standing in front of the body with a drawn redvolver.
Speaker 10 (18:38):
On my yellow my dearest dard. There were no powder
burns on the wound.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Yeah, that's what you tells me, mister Olones.
Speaker 11 (18:45):
But I'll have to wait for the official report on that.
The police surgeon's examining the body. You know, you understand, gentlemen.
I'm not saying I'm sorry that said Trimble is dead.
He's been a falling outside for it for many years.
Speaker 6 (18:59):
In fact.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
Oh here's the pretty certain now, Doctor Hendicks. This is
mister shrlock Holmbs and doctor Watson.
Speaker 8 (19:07):
How do you do it?
Speaker 9 (19:07):
How do you do?
Speaker 10 (19:08):
Gentlemen?
Speaker 8 (19:08):
I'm a great admirer of your boat, and I'm sorry
to see you in such a very unfortunate play.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Not for your all findings, Doctor Hendrix.
Speaker 8 (19:17):
Well, I've just extracted the bullet lastra and I'm very
much afraid it's the same making caliber as the one
missing from Doctor Watson's reform.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Yes, but doesn't prove that I fired the paper shot.
For if I have coached a very common weapon, doctor
it doos nothing.
Speaker 8 (19:30):
And Doctor Hendrickson, as I was just saying to mistake
to La Star before you came in, the only tent thhore,
my friend guilty would be powder burns on the wound,
thereby giving proving the bullet had been found from close rate.
I entirely agree with you, mister h then, as there
were no powder burns. But are powder burns, mister one,
very distinct ones too, Lord, I well, I just I
(19:52):
don't understand. I'm sorry, gentlemen, a pair of bad tidings
that I have my duties to perform.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yea, and I'm sorry too, Dr Wat.
Speaker 11 (20:00):
I'm afraid I I'm not going to be able to
let you leave here because you miss consider yourself under wrists.
Speaker 4 (20:19):
Home as I never felt more pondsible life chat, how
can I locked up in a prison cell?
Speaker 3 (20:25):
That's if I might in love the yellows.
Speaker 10 (20:27):
Not whony once and you'll be out of here, before
the night is over, I promise you will.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
It was the fellowst couple. As you do.
Speaker 8 (20:32):
Are you proposed to do it all with the aid
of a little hard thinking?
Speaker 4 (20:35):
Thinking won't unlocking his soul doors?
Speaker 8 (20:38):
Thinking, Willow Fellow, it's not be if someone's deliberately trying
to incriminate us, it's trying to be instruct feeling logically. M. S.
Trimble was a member of an espionage ring. I sent
him a false message after she'd left keep the appointment,
and his colleagues trailed him to the music hall and
killed him before he could be betray anything to us.
Speaker 10 (21:00):
Yes, yes, that's undoubtedly the.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Way it happened. The powder burns homes, how do you
come for them?
Speaker 10 (21:05):
That a none?
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Just after the shop has fired.
Speaker 10 (21:06):
We know that, and yet doctor.
Speaker 8 (21:08):
Hendrix assures us, but there are very distinct powder burns. Now,
will we come in, gentlemen, says of course you can,
Doctor Hendrix.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Oh God, I thought we'd come in the check with you.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
Doctor.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
That's very nice of you, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Eh, not a bit of it, Doctor Harry. It hurts
me to see you in here, and that's a fact.
Speaker 8 (21:29):
And I can't better see a fellow medical in such
flight outcoming against us.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
What I can do to help Watson?
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Eh, you are very quiet, Missterones.
Speaker 10 (21:37):
And Manstralla is thinking you see er, what's the chap
have it?
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Have?
Speaker 10 (21:41):
What the answer?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
You will sleep in fakeasy to night after all, mister Jones,
what are you talking?
Speaker 8 (21:46):
And I heard her of said tumble incriminating powder burns
were obviously faked, Watson, and I know that, whither you
and doctor Hendrix believe it or not, The question is
how were they faked?
Speaker 10 (21:57):
I think I have the answer, a doctor Hendrix.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Yes, mister Owns.
Speaker 8 (22:02):
If a blank cottage were fired at the wound after death,
it would produced power burns, wouldn't undureedly.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Yes, who could have done that?
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Mister?
Speaker 5 (22:09):
That's the pointless stride?
Speaker 10 (22:10):
Who had the opportunity?
Speaker 3 (22:11):
The constable who got the body here?
Speaker 5 (22:13):
So jam also you doctor Hendrix, that's perfectly true.
Speaker 11 (22:17):
Well, I had the opportunity to mister Oones, I spent
off an hour in the morgue alone with the body
when it first came in.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Well you narrowed it down to three suspect terms. I
hope I don't hang before you find the real killer Watson. Why,
that's very simple astride. The powder burns was certainly five
blank cartridge. Now, if a blank cottage fired into a wound,
the wadding would have penetrated and distorted the wounds.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
The person had removed the wadding from the black mister Oones, it's.
Speaker 8 (22:45):
Effect would still be a quite a palent to the
police surgeon who removed the bullet.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
Am I correct, Doctor Hendrix?
Speaker 8 (22:51):
Entirely the surgeon could not fail to identify the Marsilists exactly,
and there were only one person could have fired that
blank cartridge without detection, the same person who made the
decision necessary to remove the cartridge, but also remove all
traces of the shot.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
You yourself, doctor Hendrickson?
Speaker 3 (23:07):
Who Holmes? I believe you're right?
Speaker 5 (23:09):
A Falencine theory homes surely a joking, am I?
Speaker 8 (23:13):
And how do you account for the thinkers feathers on
the collar of your coat?
Speaker 3 (23:18):
The devil with you? Home?
Speaker 10 (23:19):
Here here, come back here, talky sible.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Gout Scott and yard itself harboring an enemy agent on
my soul. You've done it again. I must say you've
got shot eyes. I didn't see those pigeon feathers on
on Hendrick's collar.
Speaker 8 (23:38):
Confidentially my dear fellow needed to die, but Hendrick's guilty
conscience knew they might be there. It was a shot
in the dark and I had to take it. If
you would spend the night in a prison, sair Iesha
never heard the end of it.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
I'm sure never.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
I want to see mister microft hoons please before me,
Missus Hudson.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
He's expecting you, sir. Oh, there you are, Missus Hudson.
Come and sit down.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
Thankishness. I got your message to him over right away in.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
The first laces.
Speaker 9 (24:17):
Hudson, you may tell your sister that she needn't worry anymore.
I'm sure she'll find no more pigeon fellers in her
room on the first floor.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
There no, sir, thank you, but she knows the fact
because the good man left her yesterday for good. Some
strange men came and took him away, and today she's
led the room to a nice young commercial traveler. I'm
really sorry to have bothered you with her.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Trouble, sir.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
I'm very lad you did, Missus Hudson. Thanks for your information.
Speaker 9 (24:44):
An enemy espionage ring has been broken, and the British
government is deeply grateful to you.
Speaker 7 (24:50):
You're always one for a joke, can't give mister Oones. Well,
if I'm glad you're not angry with me, I'll be
going loser.
Speaker 5 (24:57):
Just one more fever I'll last before I go anything.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
Missus Hudson, what is it?
Speaker 7 (25:02):
Please don't tell your brother about this set. He'd be
sure I'd be with me for wasting your time.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Well, doctor, that was really a swell story to night,
although it was a bit unexpected for you to have
been arrested.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
When you're a detective like Holmes or a doctor like myself,
you've got to be prepared to meet the unexpected every
once in a while, I suppose, so of course you
wouldn't know about things like that being a wine expert yourself.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Oh no, wait a minute, doctor, And the whey you
talk you think I spent every waking moment in a
nice cool wine cellar, tasting wine from morning till night.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
Whoa don't you, doctor?
Speaker 2 (25:58):
I know more a wine expert than you are. All
I know about wine is that it either tastes good
or it doesn't. And I know that Petree wine does
taste good, and that's because the Petrie family took time
to make good wine generations of time by the Petrie
family has been making wine ever since they started the
Petree business way back in the eighteen hundreds, and since
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business has always been family owned and operated, they've been
able to hand on down from father to son, from
father to son.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
All they've ever.
Speaker 6 (26:28):
Learned about the fine art of turning.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Luscious sun ripened grapes into fragrant, delicious.
Speaker 10 (26:33):
Wine, and they've learned plenty.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
So no matter what wine you want for any occasion,
you can't go wrong with a pet Tree wine because
Petree took time to bring you good wine.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Well, doctor Watson, what story do you have lined up
for us next week?
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Well, now, next week it's about till I'm going to
tell you a weird adventure that Chul Holmes and I
had an East End of London.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
It concerns the most unusual stage place, the frightened actor
and the bludstain razor. I call it the Strange Case
the Demon.
Speaker 6 (27:08):
Barber Tonight Sherlock.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
Holmes adventure was written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher
and was suggested by an incident and the Arthur Conan
Doyle story.
Speaker 5 (27:26):
The Greek Interpreter.
Speaker 6 (27:28):
Music is by Dean Fossler mister.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Rathborne appears through the courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayor and
mister Bruce through the courtesy of Universal Pictures, but they
are now starring in the Sherlock Holmes series.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
The Battery Wine Company.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Of San Francisco, California invites you to tune in again
next week, same time, same station. Sherlock Holmes comes to
you my Hollywood studio. This is Harry Bartell saying good
night for the Petrie family for a solid hour of
exciting mystery dramas. Listen every Monday on most of these
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same stations at eight o'clock to Michael Shane, followed immediately
by Sherlock Holmes.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
This is the Mutual Broadcasting Sys
Petree Wine brings you Lazo Rockbone and Nigel.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Bruce and the New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Petrie family,
the family that took time to bring you good wine.
Invite you to listen to doctor Watson tell us another
exciting story about his good friend, that master Detective Sherlock Holmes.
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And I'd like to tell you something that maybe you
already know the fact that America's favorite wine is port wine.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Did you know that? Look you didn't.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
You'll know white Fort is the way out front favorite
if you'll just sample some Petree California Fort. You just
look at that Petree Port and you know it's good,
that wonderful, deep rich red color. And Petreport is so clear.
Well just hold it to the light and you can
sort of see right through the glass. But what you
really want to know about a wine is hot as
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it taste. Can I'll tell you something I've never yet
been able to find the adjective that will do pet
Report justice. It's wonderful, honest, you just got to taste
it for yourself and find out for yourself you love
that pet Report. In the evening after dinner, when you're
sitting around listening to the radio. And it's perfect to
serve your friends when they come over. And you can
show that Petree label too. In fact, you can show
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it proudly because the name Petrie is the proudest name
in the history of American wine. And now I'm sure
our old friend doctor Watson's ready for us, so let's
go in and enjoy it. Good evenings at eating doctor
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till the puppies seemed very happy tonight.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Tonight, yes, but you should have seen him this afternoon,
our doctor for two more frightened little dogs in the whole.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Of California, Puffy Control. What happened? Doctor, Well?
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I took him for a walk on the beach. Has
been scrambling around the rocky Point. A seal popped his
head up the water, quite close to us.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Where the puppy is dead.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Oh, both of them baked at it furiously, and the
seal blew a few bubbles.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
And then barked right back. And know what the world's
speed record is for short lag dogs. I'm sure they
broke it, you know I can.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
I'll have to join you on one of those afternoons
strolls of yours. You always seem to be having such
exciting adventures. Oh, and talking of that, how's about the
night's new show?
Speaker 5 (02:24):
I calmed her.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I'm already for you, my boy. In fact, I was
looking over my notes on the case before you arrived.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
This is another story in which Shrlock Holmes's elder brother, Microft,
take important part.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Microft Holmes was seven years older than Shutuck.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
And some said it is superior in pars of observation
and deduction.
Speaker 6 (02:41):
That sounds like heresy darted.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
No, no, no, young fellow Holmes himself was the first
to admit it. In fact, if it hadn't been.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
For a securable laziness, Microff would have been a formidable
rival to his younger brother.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
However, my Croft he held a position of considerable importance
of the Foreign Office, and it was there that the
Night's story begins.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
It was in the winter of eighteen hundred and ninety
nine and Microft Holmes, after gourmet's lunch with reclining full
length on a leather settee.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
His eyes were closed, his hands.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Were falling across his stumpach and his breath came rhythmclere.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
The cynic would have recared that Microff Holmes was taking it.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
After lunesome snooze that mister Holmes secretary jumped him by
the name of God knows the realist. He tapped on
the door discreetly. Then he leaped on it, and still
there was no response. So he opened the door and entered.
After a moment he gave what he thought was a
discreet column.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Microft. Holmes opened his eyes and polded his hands.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
And said, founded gardener, must you come in here and
bark at me?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
So soon after lunch? And say, mister Holmes, thought you thought.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
That I was lying down with my eyes closed, that
I must be bored? And soon you came galloping in.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Ooh, well, what do you want?
Speaker 7 (04:03):
There's no lady outside, sir, She insists something you personally.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I've tried to get rid of her.
Speaker 5 (04:07):
But what's her name?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Missus Hudson, Sir, Missus Hudson. Show her in, Gardner, show
her in, very good, sir.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Undoubtedly a message from young Sherlock.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
How are you, missus Hudson.
Speaker 8 (04:21):
Good day, mister Holmes.
Speaker 7 (04:22):
I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I want to cut
much of good time.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Sit down? Won't you don't leave us? Gardner? I may
need you in a.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Few minutes, very good, sir. Now, missus Hudson, what's the message?
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Message?
Speaker 9 (04:34):
Sir, My brother sends you with some message that he
was afraid to intrustate the ordinary channel.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
He's almost so confounded, a dramatic.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Oh, bless your heart.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
No, sir, I've come to you with a little problem
of my own. I didn't like to bother mister Sherlock
Homes with it. He's been so busy lately, and and
he's looking very tired, So you came to me.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
I'm delightful.
Speaker 7 (04:56):
I thought you wouldn't mind, Sir. You've always been so
nice and.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
Afraid of pure laziness. It is less effort to keep
an old friend than to make a new enemy.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
But tell me your problem.
Speaker 7 (05:07):
Well, it's really my sister's problem, sir. She keeps a
boarding house at fourteen Kensington Gardens Square in Beeswaters, and
she's convinced one of her boarders, a man who has
a room on the first floor back. She's convinced that
he's a birdman.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
And what in Heaven's name is a bird man?
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Do you know, gardener? No, sir, I can imagine.
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Oh, it's like overdwolf, gentlemen. It's scept that the man
turns into a bird.
Speaker 6 (05:32):
Oh, come now, missus has Oh.
Speaker 7 (05:34):
I know it sounds daft, but my sister's in a
dreadful state. Of course, I've been with your brother long
enough so to know that such things are nonsense.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
But how can I prove it to her other?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
What reason does your sister give for holding a strange belief?
Speaker 7 (05:47):
She keeps finding pigeon feathers in the room. No, the
man doesn't he keep pigeons, Sir. My sister knows that.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
For a fact.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Has she found any traces of scattered food on the window.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
Ledge, nonsir, No signs of any pigeons except the feathers.
My sister's a wee bit fee, mister Holmes. She's the
seventh daughter of a seventh daughter.
Speaker 10 (06:06):
And you know what that means.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
It's the same.
Speaker 7 (06:08):
She's not imagining thing, sir. She shown me the feathers herself.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Where were they, Missus.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
Hudson, Somewhere on the floor at the end of the
bed stage, Sir. I brought some along with me here, sir,
and we've rung some more in a gentleman's cover.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
But it keeps his.
Speaker 10 (06:23):
Clothes by George.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I wonder what is it, sir?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
I'll tell you in a moment, Gardner.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Missus Hudson, this.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Matter will require a little private investigation.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
May return to your sister and tell her not to worry.
Speaker 9 (06:34):
I shall get in touch with you as soon as
my inquire.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Is a completed.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Good day to you.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
Good day, sir, and I'm very much obliged to you.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Well, Gardner, what do you make of it?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
An old wive's tale, Sir? You're not treating it serious,
there are you?
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
One of these feathers shows evidence of having had a
string titaned round it.
Speaker 5 (06:53):
That suggests a captive third.
Speaker 9 (06:55):
Now, a captive bird smuggled into an obscure boarding house
will point to something of the greatest talk us to us.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Gardener by George, Sir, you mean heerry your pigeons exactly.
Speaker 9 (07:05):
And remember that we're at war under the Boers have
obtained several important and highly confidential suit stars.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Lately. We know there's e leak somewhere.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
This requires an active investigator.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Who could work with discretion.
Speaker 9 (07:16):
Now I could work with discretion, but I don't feel
too active.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
At the moment. Ah, I have it.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
I should write this letter to my brother. This guy's
your hand us playing cheap notepaper and don't sign the letter.
He won't be able to resist that combination. Are you ready, gardener, Yes,
very well then, my dear mister Sherlock Holmes. We know
of your proposed investigation of the tenant and the first
floor back at fourteen Kensington Gardens Square.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
We warn you, as you value your life, heap away
from it.
Speaker 8 (08:00):
We warn you, as you value your life, to keep
away from the case. And that, my dear Watson, is
why we.
Speaker 10 (08:06):
Are driving towards fourteen Kensington.
Speaker 8 (08:08):
Gardens Square, disguised as Building inspectors of the London County Council.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Well, I must say a bed a challenging letter, homes unsigned,
I've written on cheap notepaper and in a disguised hand.
Speaker 10 (08:19):
There's no clue that I'm afraid.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Oh, we're entering the square home.
Speaker 8 (08:24):
I stop the cab here you can drop a see
a Kebby rock you up cap here you've seen a
look in congruous in these costumes supposed to arrive in
a cab.
Speaker 10 (08:36):
You are Kebby.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
Oh thank you.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Govinor supposing this mysterious turne to the first floor back should.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Be in his room when we get there.
Speaker 8 (08:45):
We must hook about his guys as we're convincing wits
about this and this may be a tramp.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
It's just what I was going to say.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
After all, you've never heard of forteen Kensington guns Span
who you received an unsigned letter to hours ago wanting
you to keep away from it.
Speaker 8 (08:57):
I don't like the look of him. We are a
number fourteen. I suggest that you let me do most
of the talking.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Lords. My CuPy accent doesn't compare with you.
Speaker 10 (09:11):
Do you want to say we're from the London County Council.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
We are.
Speaker 10 (09:14):
We've had complaints about a legal guests yet in the
first gold bet Oh.
Speaker 7 (09:18):
That's mister Green's room.
Speaker 10 (09:20):
Ain't don't, madam, my dear. We'll go ahead and take
a look.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Come on, Bertie, you are ELpH.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
What need to show you the way?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Miss?
Speaker 10 (09:29):
Thanks Jerry Bertie, can't, can we?
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Buddy? Of course we don't look at him laughing?
Speaker 10 (09:38):
Come on, Bertie, I do not baby side to see
side there. I do not babysider. Say not that, Bertie,
it yourself not that's complete?
Speaker 8 (09:54):
Do knock the b beside the same side there? I
do not a babysider. Yeah, first full beck that I
make sure the blow came down.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Oh, I ain't down, ralfy h.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Now all mus go in.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
So this is the mysterious roomy looks perfectly ordinary.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Yes, the pressing example of the squirrel recording house by
a fellow, once it's on the.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Bedspread, has to come out of all. He's a pigeon
step this whole chap.
Speaker 10 (10:28):
Look at watson attached to the bed rail.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
That's only a piece of strange thing.
Speaker 8 (10:31):
Yes, but a small metal ring on the end of
the rings, such as is used to place around a
homing pigeon's lakes.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Why should someone keep carrying pigeons and an obscure boarding
house like this white deep.
Speaker 8 (10:41):
Indeed, the answer could be that the tenant of this
room is engaged in some sinister activity that requires the
use of carrier pigeons and sending messagers.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
There's no evidence of the birds being kept here.
Speaker 5 (10:51):
Answer to a hello, that's true, and.
Speaker 8 (10:52):
Possibly the owner of this room is given to they're
given a pigeon by one of his superiors, brings it here,
fixes his message, and releases the Why.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Couldn't you just take the message to where they keep
the birds?
Speaker 8 (11:03):
In that way, he would run the risk of being
picked up with the injurious and incriminate incriminating messages on
what cans, clay rolls, the use.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Of carry fisions.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
You spoke we're at war with the boys in South Africa, Watson?
Speaker 8 (11:13):
What could be more logical than that the spy in
their page should be using this smuggled important information out
of the country eye Jovius.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Holmes, I wouldn't mind. Who are you? What the devil
you think you're doing in my room? Well, my name's DeMar.
Come you to look at your guest parts. Don't lie
to me? Who are you? It's not also captain my
names but themar come from the landing cal.
Speaker 10 (11:36):
Canc Very well, then you won't tell me the truth?
Perhaps this revolve will make you change.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
What's right? Homes? Where were you?
Speaker 10 (11:48):
And I slipped behind the doors? This gentlemen opened it?
Speaker 8 (11:50):
Yeah, me say, your overcot seems extraordinarily well filled with chests,
doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
We're not slip it off.
Speaker 10 (11:55):
It's a bit warm in here.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Let me roll, So you were right? Holmes had pitch
it under his coat.
Speaker 10 (12:01):
Yes, if you can't catch.
Speaker 5 (12:02):
The bird, when he will come right here?
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Come come up, come on, come along, here he comes
that's it.
Speaker 10 (12:08):
Look at the little fellow snaggled up on my arm.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
When the little fellow's knee.
Speaker 8 (12:13):
Yes, I took out Watson, the gentleman's reparbing on to
night to get it up.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
A beautiful upper columns.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
I'm uh and i'm heid. He'll be unable to talk
to us some time. How fortunate he told us where
the mess was hidden before we indulged in. This little
said to me anything about a message?
Speaker 10 (12:32):
No, not verbally.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
When I was watching his reflection in the mirror as
he entered the room, and his eyes first glanced at
this top draw on the dress ache here to see
if we touched it.
Speaker 10 (12:41):
It was obviously's important spot in the room.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Let's see.
Speaker 10 (12:45):
Ah, here we are a message already rolled up and
in its container.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Oh what does it say?
Speaker 5 (12:51):
It's in code, which is.
Speaker 8 (12:53):
Not surprising, but I don't think it will be a
very difficult to be sniper. Yes, And when you've done that, then,
my dear fellow, I shall compose a code sage of
my own and persuade this pigeon to read us to
its master. I can see your puzzled expression, Watson, that
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you're wondering why I brought to the Dexter's Music Hall
in the role.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Well, I must confess I confuse homes first before we
go to Baker Street, and you'll spend hours poring over
some obscure book and you right out a message attached
it to a pigeon. Let it loose. Now you bring
me here. I hate to question you when you're working,
but I steak sad who give us some idea? What's
going on?
Speaker 4 (13:43):
I've got it, Old Chap.
Speaker 8 (13:44):
At times I'm a seeming confounded in the serious I'm
sure here's the situation. The obscure book I've been studying
was the table of ciphers. I was trying to decode
the message we found in the room on the first BLOTB.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
So you succeeded or we wouldn't be here.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
Yes, the key word was Lewis, the name of the
poor leader. A message was a report on the number
of troops. Now I'm training at all. The shots, then,
you were right, were mixed up with the ring of
anima agents. Obviously, Old Chap, So I kept the original
message and composed another using the same code and dispatched.
Speaker 10 (14:14):
It by carrier pigeon.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Well, what did you say in your message?
Speaker 8 (14:17):
Meet me at tonight eight o'clock till number three at
Dexter's Music Hall.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
What made you choose this place as a role.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
I happened to know that it's a common meeting place
for our world characters.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
And which is table number three?
Speaker 5 (14:36):
I went over there in the corner.
Speaker 10 (14:38):
I reserved it, and why don't we.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Go and sit down there instead of standing it here? Back?
Speaker 8 (14:41):
And I thought, I think you did our visitor the
opportunity of showing his hand first. He won't be expecting Sherlock,
Colms and doctor Watts night an good lord?
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Look at this woman coming on the stings. You ever
seen some in his sers? You have a good night?
Okay home? Look up a man just sitting.
Speaker 8 (15:15):
Down his table number praise, said Timber, said Timber, who's
he dangerous criminal? Who wents left for the Marioti gang?
He's caught a price pitching weapon said? Have you got
a lot of handy old japp undoubtedly can recognize them.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
I hope you're able to keep you a pikeman sat.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Sir Lock home a crap. I'm trying to pick a
dog on Hermola headson.
Speaker 7 (15:50):
I'll do like this time over your face and.
Speaker 9 (15:56):
Watch him.
Speaker 10 (15:57):
He didn't suit him, did you?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
No? No, you knocked my hands on. I'm oh the
shot went world.
Speaker 8 (16:01):
I heard it that stocking of the wound. I don't know,
powder burns, shot as fire from some distance.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
Home Homesase he's dead. Out of the way, please, how
they what's going on here?
Speaker 10 (16:15):
I'm comfortable this Madison too, Yes, but.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
It's easy to see who did it well.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
I didn't get comfortable vests of thinking, Oh, why are
you spending here with the smoking revolver in your ends?
Speaker 5 (16:24):
Come on you you're under arrest, but.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
You got arrest.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Now I've got to Washington. This is the Shelock Holmes.
Speaker 9 (16:28):
I don't care if you're the King of Siam and
the Bishop of London himself. You're under arrest and I'm
taking you both to Scotland Yard.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
You hear the rest of doctor Watson's story in just
a second, and if you don't mind, I'll take that
second to say just one word to the ladies, and
that word is musket tape.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Pattere California must tell.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I want you women to know about it, because Petrie
Musker Tell is one wine that practically every woman likes,
maybe because it's.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Such a beautiful color like well, like pale gold.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
But I guess really because Petrie musketell brings you the
wonderful flavor of luscious sun ripe and muscat grapes. And
that's a flavor fried Patrie musketel. After dinner or anytime
there's a change from petri port, have.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
A bottle of each on hand.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
When you buy Petrie wine, don't buy one by two. Remember,
if it's a Petrie wine, you know.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
It's a good wine.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Doctor Watson, that was really one for the books. So
you got yourself arrested on.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
A murder chart.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Yes, it's humiliating experience. I was taking off the Scottland
Yard and the Black Mira. It's like any common criminal
like it. Constable wouldn't listen to words that I'm gonna.
Speaker 10 (17:51):
Say, Well, Sherlock Holm's wrong with you.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Of course we arrived at.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
Scottland Yard, my modification was complete, and I found the
divers legend the presence of our old friend in Specialstard
Holmes spoke to him at some length. But I could
see from the Stard's expression, now I can see what
it is, mister Oones.
Speaker 11 (18:15):
You see, I know you both, But I must say
there are lots of an ear at the yard's death,
like what they called your eye and its method.
Speaker 10 (18:22):
But the personal likes or dislikes have nothing to do
with it.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
And of course I haven't You're amount of evidence.
Speaker 11 (18:27):
Well, I know that doctor Watson and the Constable's evidence
was as clear as the nose on your face. The
dead man was shot through the head and you were
standing in front of the body with a drawn redvolver.
Speaker 10 (18:38):
On my yellow my dearest dard. There were no powder
burns on the wound.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Yeah, that's what you tells me, mister Olones.
Speaker 11 (18:45):
But I'll have to wait for the official report on that.
The police surgeon's examining the body. You know, you understand, gentlemen.
I'm not saying I'm sorry that said Trimble is dead.
He's been a falling outside for it for many years.
Speaker 6 (18:59):
In fact.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
Oh here's the pretty certain now, Doctor Hendicks. This is
mister shrlock Holmbs and doctor Watson.
Speaker 8 (19:07):
How do you do it?
Speaker 9 (19:07):
How do you do?
Speaker 10 (19:08):
Gentlemen?
Speaker 8 (19:08):
I'm a great admirer of your boat, and I'm sorry
to see you in such a very unfortunate play.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Not for your all findings, Doctor Hendrix.
Speaker 8 (19:17):
Well, I've just extracted the bullet lastra and I'm very
much afraid it's the same making caliber as the one
missing from Doctor Watson's reform.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Yes, but doesn't prove that I fired the paper shot.
For if I have coached a very common weapon, doctor
it doos nothing.
Speaker 8 (19:30):
And Doctor Hendrickson, as I was just saying to mistake
to La Star before you came in, the only tent thhore,
my friend guilty would be powder burns on the wound,
thereby giving proving the bullet had been found from close rate.
I entirely agree with you, mister h then, as there
were no powder burns. But are powder burns, mister one,
very distinct ones too, Lord, I well, I just I
(19:52):
don't understand. I'm sorry, gentlemen, a pair of bad tidings
that I have my duties to perform.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yea, and I'm sorry too, Dr Wat.
Speaker 11 (20:00):
I'm afraid I I'm not going to be able to
let you leave here because you miss consider yourself under wrists.
Speaker 4 (20:19):
Home as I never felt more pondsible life chat, how
can I locked up in a prison cell?
Speaker 3 (20:25):
That's if I might in love the yellows.
Speaker 10 (20:27):
Not whony once and you'll be out of here, before
the night is over, I promise you will.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
It was the fellowst couple. As you do.
Speaker 8 (20:32):
Are you proposed to do it all with the aid
of a little hard thinking?
Speaker 4 (20:35):
Thinking won't unlocking his soul doors?
Speaker 8 (20:38):
Thinking, Willow Fellow, it's not be if someone's deliberately trying
to incriminate us, it's trying to be instruct feeling logically. M. S.
Trimble was a member of an espionage ring. I sent
him a false message after she'd left keep the appointment,
and his colleagues trailed him to the music hall and
killed him before he could be betray anything to us.
Speaker 10 (21:00):
Yes, yes, that's undoubtedly the.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Way it happened. The powder burns homes, how do you
come for them?
Speaker 10 (21:05):
That a none?
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Just after the shop has fired.
Speaker 10 (21:06):
We know that, and yet doctor.
Speaker 8 (21:08):
Hendrix assures us, but there are very distinct powder burns. Now,
will we come in, gentlemen, says of course you can,
Doctor Hendrix.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Oh God, I thought we'd come in the check with you.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
Doctor.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
That's very nice of you, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Eh, not a bit of it, Doctor Harry. It hurts
me to see you in here, and that's a fact.
Speaker 8 (21:29):
And I can't better see a fellow medical in such
flight outcoming against us.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
What I can do to help Watson?
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Eh, you are very quiet, Missterones.
Speaker 10 (21:37):
And Manstralla is thinking you see er, what's the chap
have it?
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Have?
Speaker 10 (21:41):
What the answer?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
You will sleep in fakeasy to night after all, mister Jones,
what are you talking?
Speaker 8 (21:46):
And I heard her of said tumble incriminating powder burns
were obviously faked, Watson, and I know that, whither you
and doctor Hendrix believe it or not, The question is
how were they faked?
Speaker 10 (21:57):
I think I have the answer, a doctor Hendrix.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Yes, mister Owns.
Speaker 8 (22:02):
If a blank cottage were fired at the wound after death,
it would produced power burns, wouldn't undureedly.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Yes, who could have done that?
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Mister?
Speaker 5 (22:09):
That's the pointless stride?
Speaker 10 (22:10):
Who had the opportunity?
Speaker 3 (22:11):
The constable who got the body here?
Speaker 5 (22:13):
So jam also you doctor Hendrix, that's perfectly true.
Speaker 11 (22:17):
Well, I had the opportunity to mister Oones, I spent
off an hour in the morgue alone with the body
when it first came in.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Well you narrowed it down to three suspect terms. I
hope I don't hang before you find the real killer Watson. Why,
that's very simple astride. The powder burns was certainly five
blank cartridge. Now, if a blank cottage fired into a wound,
the wadding would have penetrated and distorted the wounds.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
The person had removed the wadding from the black mister Oones, it's.
Speaker 8 (22:45):
Effect would still be a quite a palent to the
police surgeon who removed the bullet.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
Am I correct, Doctor Hendrix?
Speaker 8 (22:51):
Entirely the surgeon could not fail to identify the Marsilists exactly,
and there were only one person could have fired that
blank cartridge without detection, the same person who made the
decision necessary to remove the cartridge, but also remove all
traces of the shot.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
You yourself, doctor Hendrickson?
Speaker 3 (23:07):
Who Holmes? I believe you're right?
Speaker 5 (23:09):
A Falencine theory homes surely a joking, am I?
Speaker 8 (23:13):
And how do you account for the thinkers feathers on
the collar of your coat?
Speaker 3 (23:18):
The devil with you? Home?
Speaker 10 (23:19):
Here here, come back here, talky sible.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Gout Scott and yard itself harboring an enemy agent on
my soul. You've done it again. I must say you've
got shot eyes. I didn't see those pigeon feathers on
on Hendrick's collar.
Speaker 8 (23:38):
Confidentially my dear fellow needed to die, but Hendrick's guilty
conscience knew they might be there. It was a shot
in the dark and I had to take it. If
you would spend the night in a prison, sair Iesha
never heard the end of it.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
I'm sure never.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
I want to see mister microft hoons please before me,
Missus Hudson.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
He's expecting you, sir. Oh, there you are, Missus Hudson.
Come and sit down.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
Thankishness. I got your message to him over right away in.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
The first laces.
Speaker 9 (24:17):
Hudson, you may tell your sister that she needn't worry anymore.
I'm sure she'll find no more pigeon fellers in her
room on the first floor.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
There no, sir, thank you, but she knows the fact
because the good man left her yesterday for good. Some
strange men came and took him away, and today she's
led the room to a nice young commercial traveler. I'm
really sorry to have bothered you with her.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Trouble, sir.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
I'm very lad you did, Missus Hudson. Thanks for your information.
Speaker 9 (24:44):
An enemy espionage ring has been broken, and the British
government is deeply grateful to you.
Speaker 7 (24:50):
You're always one for a joke, can't give mister Oones. Well,
if I'm glad you're not angry with me, I'll be
going loser.
Speaker 5 (24:57):
Just one more fever I'll last before I go anything.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
Missus Hudson, what is it?
Speaker 7 (25:02):
Please don't tell your brother about this set. He'd be
sure I'd be with me for wasting your time.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Well, doctor, that was really a swell story to night,
although it was a bit unexpected for you to have
been arrested.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
When you're a detective like Holmes or a doctor like myself,
you've got to be prepared to meet the unexpected every
once in a while, I suppose, so of course you
wouldn't know about things like that being a wine expert yourself.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Oh no, wait a minute, doctor, And the whey you
talk you think I spent every waking moment in a
nice cool wine cellar, tasting wine from morning till night.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
Whoa don't you, doctor?
Speaker 2 (25:58):
I know more a wine expert than you are. All
I know about wine is that it either tastes good
or it doesn't. And I know that Petree wine does
taste good, and that's because the Petrie family took time
to make good wine generations of time by the Petrie
family has been making wine ever since they started the
Petree business way back in the eighteen hundreds, and since
(26:19):
business has always been family owned and operated, they've been
able to hand on down from father to son, from
father to son.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
All they've ever.
Speaker 6 (26:28):
Learned about the fine art of turning.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Luscious sun ripened grapes into fragrant, delicious.
Speaker 10 (26:33):
Wine, and they've learned plenty.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
So no matter what wine you want for any occasion,
you can't go wrong with a pet Tree wine because
Petree took time to bring you good wine.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Well, doctor Watson, what story do you have lined up
for us next week?
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Well, now, next week it's about till I'm going to
tell you a weird adventure that Chul Holmes and I
had an East End of London.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
It concerns the most unusual stage place, the frightened actor
and the bludstain razor. I call it the Strange Case
the Demon.
Speaker 6 (27:08):
Barber Tonight Sherlock.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
Holmes adventure was written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher
and was suggested by an incident and the Arthur Conan
Doyle story.
Speaker 5 (27:26):
The Greek Interpreter.
Speaker 6 (27:28):
Music is by Dean Fossler mister.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Rathborne appears through the courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayor and
mister Bruce through the courtesy of Universal Pictures, but they
are now starring in the Sherlock Holmes series.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
The Battery Wine Company.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Of San Francisco, California invites you to tune in again
next week, same time, same station. Sherlock Holmes comes to
you my Hollywood studio. This is Harry Bartell saying good
night for the Petrie family for a solid hour of
exciting mystery dramas. Listen every Monday on most of these
(28:08):
same stations at eight o'clock to Michael Shane, followed immediately
by Sherlock Holmes.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
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