August 9, 2025 • 28 mins
The Whistler was a suspenseful mystery anthology that ran from 1942-1955. A character known only as the Whistler was the host and narrator of the tales, which focused on crime and fate and had a suspenseful and eerie tone, always ending with a twist. The Whistler was later adapted to television.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And now stay tuned for the mystery program that is
unique among all mystery programs, because even when you know
who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the
final curtain. In the Signal Oil Program, the Whistler signal,
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the famous go Farther Gasoline invite you to sit back
and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I am the Whistler, and I know many things. For
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who have stepped
into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
And now for the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler's Strange
Story Rebound.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
It was early evening and the offices of Rogers and
Bowmen Investment Counselors had been closed for nearly two hours.
The rows of desks were deserted, and the only light
slanted in through the frosted grass partition from the outer
reception room. But at the rear of the office, Henry
Hutton kneeled in front of an open safe, shuffling hurriedly
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through a sheaf of papers spread out before him. Finally,
he selected three negotiable bonds of thousand dollars denomination replaced
the and after closing the safe, started out through the
open door to the reception room.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
And then, oh, mister Hutton, huh Charlie, what are you
doing here? Worked late? I was just leaving, but I
saw you leave at five. Oh. It just went down
and grab a sandwich, came back, finished up the filing. Oh,
I see what. That's very commendable. See you in the morning, Charlie. Sure,
mister Hutton. Oh, mister Hutton, A yes, did you lock
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the safe?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Naturally good. Just wanted you to be sure.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
I'm glad you're so careful, Charlie. But everything's okay. I
just came back to pick up a couple of bonds
my aunt's. We handle her accounting, though she wants to
use them in a little real estate deal in the morning.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
See night, Good night, Charlie.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Charlie worries you. Doesn't he Henry? You wonder if he
accepts your explanation of it is true, of course they
are your aunt's bonds, but you took them for yourself
to cover today's wrong guess on the stock market, just
as you've done many times before. Charlie presents a problem
to you, and your thoughts are on him as you
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hail a taxi and ride out to the party you're
attending this evening. In these expensive surroundings, you hope to
forget the problem of Charlie's sudden intrusion at the office
and the pressure of continually losing your aunt's money on
the stock market. As you take a drink from the
buffet table, you see a beautiful reason to forget your troubles. Hello.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Hello, nice party, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Well, all of a sudden, it seems very nice. I
never seen you before, have I? I mean, I've been
to lots of parties out here.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
I just came out from the East.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Hole on vacation. No, I'm going to stay here.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I've taken a house.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
Your husband here with you.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Mary.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Oh well, that takes a load off my mind. I
don't think I've ever recovered if you had been. My
name is Hutton, Henry.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Hutton, Lisa Morrel, Lisa. That's nice. That's very nice, dance, Lisa.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
I'd love to Henry.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Lisa's just the girl you've been waiting for, isn't she? Henry,
and you manage to spend most of the evening in
her company. Finally, as the party draws to a close
and you're about to phone for a taxi cab, Lisa
stops you. She has her own car, and when you
slide under the wheel of her cream colored convertible, a
posted with leopard skin, you're even more impressed. Then, several
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minutes later, you pull the car to a stomp in
front of the palatial residence she's taken in Northbridge.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
It's so late, Henry, I think you better take my car.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I'll have my shoulder pick it up tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
Oh no, no, that's too much trouble you. So there's
an all night taxi stand a couple of blocks from here.
I'll just walk down get one.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
There are You're welcome to the comment?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Sure I am. It's not necessary, Lisa. How about dinner
tomorrow night? Or am I a little quick?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I'd have been disappointed if you hadn't as well.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I'll pick up around seven.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
I'll be waiting. Well, Henry, you've found an answer to
your dreams, haven't you. If you can only marry Lisa
Morrel and her money, your problems will be over. And
during the next couple of months you do everything you
can to impress her. You take her everywhere, using money
from your aunt, bonds as often as necessary, and finally
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your efforts are rewarded. Lisa agrees to marry you, and
you're sure your worries are over. Then a few days later,
on your return to the office following the luncheon him.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Mister Hutton, Charlie, you just missed seeing your aunt. Oh
she was here. Yes, I had quite a chat with her.
She went to lunch with mister Rogers. How long ago?
They leave?
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Just after you left?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh? Do do you know what they went?
Speaker 7 (06:00):
No?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
But I heard your aunt say something about going to
her attorneys after lunch.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Her attorneys. What about?
Speaker 5 (06:07):
How would I know?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I only talked with her a couple of minutes. Well,
she loves to talk, Charlie. What did you have to say?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Oh, nothing in particular, just kind of rambled out politics
mister Rogers and stuff like that. You know something, Charlie,
you're a pretty smart guy for your age. You know
how to handle people. I'm going to see that you
get a raisin salary. You can count on it's going
through too.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
See, that'll be swimming. Only I don't quite see.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I think, for instance, the night you saw me pick
up those bonds in the safer. A lot of guys
your age would have teld somebody in the office about it,
but well, it wasn't any of my business. You're the
office manager, exactly, but between you and me, it could
have been a little embarrassing. You see, I had forgotten
about it. I was supposed to take care of the
matter of a couple of days earlier. And well, my
aunt and mister Rogers too, they like promptness. You see
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what that means.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Yeah, sure, mister Hutton, I see what you mean. Good good.
I thought you wouldn't. And about that, raised Charley, you
can count on it.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
You're upset and uneasy, aren't you, Henry, But as the
afternoon passes, you're sure your fears are groundless. Charley thanks
you several times for your efforts. In his behalf tries
desperately to please you in every way, and when he returns,
mister Rogers is his usual self. Yes, you're sure you're
safe for a while, but until you're married to Lisa
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and your aunt's bonds are replaced, your situation is increasingly dangerous.
You decide you must marry quickly. Late that night, after
another long evening of dancing and night clubs in the
luxurious library of Lisa's palatial house. You carefully make the
move you're certain will dissolve your problems and insure your future.
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And as you were sure it would be, It's a successful,
isn't it, Henry? Would it make you awfully happy? Henry?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Oh? Yes, it would. It would happier than you know. Well,
to tell you the truth, I guess I'm as impatient
as you are. Am I shameless? Oh? No, you wonderful Lisa.
We'll be married Friday.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Then we can fly to Humor and fly back to
some nice spot near the ocean, say Monterey, and spend
a couple of days there, then come back to town
and maybe it we'll take a real honeymoon.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Any time you say diying happiness.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
I guess I'm the happiest guy in California.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Well, Henry, your problem is solved, isn't it. Once married
to Lisa, you'll have everything you've dreamed of. You're sure
she loves you. Her every action has shown you that,
and you're certain that you'll never let the question of
a few thousand dollars worth of bonds stand between her
and happiness. For the next few days at the office,
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things move along as smoothly as usual. You approach mister
Rogers regarding the rays you promised Charlie Rockwell. He listens
attentively and agrees to grant it. When you tell Charlie
the good news, his gratitude is obvious. That raise was
a master touch, wasn't it, Henry. Just before the office closes,
your aunt phones and asks you to have dinner with
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her at home.
Speaker 8 (09:26):
You seem preoccupied, Henry, mm oh, no, no, I was
just enjoying the chicken out either.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
No one can fix chicken quite like you, Hanada.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Sure you haven't anything on your mind? Of course not,
I think you have.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
I don't know what you mean either.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
I know about the buns, Henry.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
The bonds. What bonds you've taken.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Eleven thousand dollars of my bonds? Henry? What have you
done with them?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Are you wrong? Aunt? Tier? Where did you ever get
the idea?
Speaker 8 (09:57):
You shouldn't have tried to bribe that young man in
your office with a raise in salary. He thought nothing
of your being at the safe that evening, but when
you were so anxious, no one should know of it.
And then offered to get his salary raised. He became suspicious,
felt it his duty to speak to Fred Rogers.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Mister Rogers, I just left him, and he.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Doesn't know, Henry.
Speaker 8 (10:17):
When he phoned me to come in the night before
last and listed the bonds which were missing, I told
him you'd made several transactions for me and that everything.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Was probably all right.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Then he doesn't know.
Speaker 5 (10:29):
No one knows yet. I wanted to give you a
chance to tell me your side.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
You have one more I do, and I'd believe me,
you see, I am well. I got to tip on
a stock from one of our biggest customers.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
It's his own company, you see.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
He assured me it would be worth double the market
in a few weeks.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
I wanted to surprise you.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
What's the stock, Henry?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
It's international television.
Speaker 8 (10:52):
I see very well, Henry. I want that stock by
twelve o'clock tomorrow. But that either that twelve o'clock, Henry,
and I hope you're telling me the truth.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
If not, you'll have to pay the penalty.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 8 (11:03):
I mean that I'll have to report the loss to
mister Rogers. Ever since your parents died, I've tried to
do the best I could for you. I secured your
position with mister Rogers, but you're a bonded employee in
a position of trust. I can't abide dishonesty, even in.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
A relative.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Hurry, hurry, hurry. Just four more days left to enter
Signals Big ten thousand dollars contest. That's right, Thursday, June
fifteenth is the last day to mail your entry that
may win you a new buwing of one of two
hundred valuable prices. So if you haven't gotten an entry
blank yet, hurry, hurry, hurry to your nearest signal station
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and get one free, completely free, no purchase requires. Then
here's all you do. You know those signal cartoon billboards
that show an angry bride waiting at the church door
for the groom who was just arriving.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Late because he ran out of gas.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You can just imagine where that bride is probably shouting
at the groom something like mother warned me you were dumb,
but I thought you at least knew enough to use signal.
Go farther gasoline. Well, just right on your enfry, blank
what you think she's shouting in twenty five words or less,
and then hurry hurry, hurry, get it in the mail
so it'll be postmarked no later than this Thursday, June fifteenth.
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Winners will be selected on the basis of originality in humor,
aptness and suitability in advertising signal products, and your chances
of winning are good because only Enfrey's mailed on official
Enfrey blanks from the six signal states California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada,
and Arizona are eligible to win. So act quickly your
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entry may still win one of two hundred big prizes
worth ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Well, Henry, things aren't going so well, are they. Your
marriage to Lisa Morrel is only a few days away,
but now you're threatened with disgrace, loss, a position, imprisonment.
You decide you must do something right away. As you
glance around the room, you notice the electric clock on
the wall. It's a little past seven, and you wonder
if Lisa is at home. You'll have to turn to
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her now with you, Henry, find some way to explain
your sudden need for quick cash. It's not the way
you'd hoped it would go, but it seems the only
way out, So you hide your concern and smile as
you turn.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
To your aunt.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Don't worry, I'd ida you'll have your stock by noon tomorrow.
Speaker 8 (13:55):
I'm glad to hear you say that, Henry. That will
make me very happy, happier than you know.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
I'm sure it will land Eida. Now, if you'll excuse me,
I think I'll drive over to Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
I want to pick up some pipe tobacco a couple
of other things. I'll be back before long.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You sawned her out of the house, but once in
your car, you don't waste any time, heading out over
the past toward Lisa's house in Northridge. All the way
out you debate just what to say, and finally the
side on the story that you're sure will go over
you push the buzzer and Sedgey, the butler will greet
you at the door.
Speaker 7 (14:35):
Good evening, mister Hutton.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Good evening, essentially is miss Morrell in Miss Morrell has
left left you mean left town, Yes, sir, this morning.
I don't get it, since she didn't say anything.
Speaker 7 (14:48):
But it was rather sudden, sir. You see, the Hawthorns
arrived unexpectedly yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Who are the Hawthorns?
Speaker 2 (14:55):
The people who.
Speaker 7 (14:55):
Bought this house her employers.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Her employers.
Speaker 7 (15:00):
Miss Morrell was secretary to the Hawthorne that mis to happen.
They sent her out here with the rest of the
staff to get things in order.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
But that can't be true.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
You have none, or you must be mistaken, Sage. It
is true, mister Hatton, Well, I can't believe it. Why
she led me to believe that she was wealthy, that
all of this was hers. I'm afraid miss Morrell had
set her cap for you. She was trying to impress you,
to make you think that she was as wealthy as yourself, sir.
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The Hawthorns were quite angry when some friends and Miss
Morrell dropped over unexpectedly and they discovered this deception.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
They insisted she leave.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
Town suchly it seems she just wanted to marry me
for my money.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Yes, sir, well, Henry, your vanity has played a cruel
joke on you, hasn't it. Never once did it occur
to you that the charming Lisa was anything but what
she seemed. You were outing on her financial assistance, too,
and now that she's gone, there's no chance to get
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the money for the stock your aunt expects by noon tomorrow.
As you drive back home. You know you'll have to
do something quickly, and you know what it is, don't you, Henry?
Your aunt must die tonight. Once you accept that thought
of plan, a very simple plan begins to form in
your mind, and as you near your home, a comforting
thought strikes you. Unpleasant is killing your aunt. May be
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there will be some financial game the remainder of her
bonds about twenty thousand dollars. You can go away, Henry,
and forget about everything. Here's Henry. You're convinced that this
is the one way out. If you put your car
in the garage, you know exactly what you're going to do.
When you enter the house, you find Missus Martin, your
next door neighbor, completing a visit with your aunt.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
Oh hello, Henry, I was just going home.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
You're not leaving on my account, I hope, Missus.
Speaker 5 (16:54):
Markham certainly not. But I must run along now. Really,
Henry will be glad to walk home with you, Margaret.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Of course I will no need for that at all.
Speaker 5 (17:01):
It's only next door.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
I'm just the same. I walk you over. You won't
have to wait long, Aunt, Idam, I'll just be a
few minutes.
Speaker 8 (17:09):
All right, Henry, good night, Margaret's good night, Ida.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
You don't have long to wait, do you, Henry. But
as you say good night to missus Martin at her door,
you're sure your plan can't fail. It's so simple, so final,
you're certain it'll work. Once you're back home, you go
up to your room and dress for bed, leaving your
aunt downstairs at her reading. When you come back downstairs,
you're ready to put your plan into action.
Speaker 8 (17:40):
Not going to sleep yet, Henry, I thought you'd gone
up to bed.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
I just remembered something I wanted to check down in
the basement.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I noticed something the other day. It won't take long.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
You turn on the basement light and start down the stairs.
You must move rapidly, Henry. You stop at the third
step with deft fingers as you stretch a thin wire
across the step, which you've taken from your room. Make
certain it's taut and rappet securely at each side. Turn
out the basement light very quietly, slip down the rest
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of the stairs. You're breathing heavily as you reach the
basement floor. This next move is all important, Henry. You
must be calm, and you are. You sound quite normal
as you call upstairs and.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Ida, Yes, Henry, did you call?
Speaker 6 (18:30):
Henry?
Speaker 3 (18:32):
The basement lights are out. Can you bring me a fuse? Please?
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Just a moment, you hear her footsteps overhead. She's gone
for the fuse. You stand there in the basement waiting.
Very shortly you hear her light footsteps approaching the door
at the top of the stairs.
Speaker 5 (18:50):
Where are you, Henry, I can't see a thing.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Just come down a few steps and Ida, I'll meet you.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
All right, Henry, It's done, isn't it, Henry? Your aunt
lies quite dead at the foot of the basement stairs.
You stand there for a few moments, and then slowly
make your way up the stairs again, stopping at the
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fateful third step to remove the now broken wire that
you take back to the basement tool box. Within a
few minutes, you're back upstairs in your own bedroom. You
rumple a bedclothes and open a book on the nightstand.
It's all part of the plan, isn't it, Henry, Part
of the convincing story you must tell. In a very
few minutes, then you place a call to your aunt's doctor,
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the one who's looked after her for years. It'll be
coming shortly Henry, and finally you place another hurried call.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Hello, Missus Martin. Yeah, yes, this is Henry. Can you
come quickly? Hits that Ida, something horrible has happened. She's dead.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
The next few minutes flash past. Missus Martin arrives first,
and you tell her your story. The doctor arrives a
short time later, and because it's an accidental death, the
doctor called the police. You play the grief stricken nephew
to perfection Henry, and then finally you're telling your story
to the lieutenant.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
And then you say you were reading in your room,
mister Hutton.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
I left hand either reading downstairs. I was in my
room upstairs reading. Suddenly the lights went up. Hughes must
have blown.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Well.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
I called down to aunt Either that I'd be right down,
but she didn't hear me. When I started downstairs to
her in the.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Darkness, I heard her scream in the fall. When I
reached her, she.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Was dead.
Speaker 6 (20:54):
I know this is very difficult for you, mister Hutton.
Just one more question now, yes, how long would you say.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
The lights were off? Right about five minutes? I guess yes.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
I replaced the fuse, called the doctor and Missus Martin,
and later we we called you.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
That's all you see.
Speaker 6 (21:15):
Well, mister Hutton, I'm sirling. I'm sure your aunt mister
Footing and fell down the stairs. It seems the only
way it could have happened.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
And Lieutenant, I'm sure you understand that i'd I'd rather
not stay here tonight.
Speaker 6 (21:25):
Yes, of course I understand, mister Hutt.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
I'll just go up and throw a few things in
the bag. I won't be long.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
You're welcome to leave whenever you like, mister Hutton.
Speaker 9 (21:32):
I have no further questions.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
There's no limit to the number of times you can
enter Signals Big ten thousand dollars contest, in which the
first prize is a buick.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
So if you've.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Already sent in one entry, double your chances of winning
by sending in another. But hurry, hurry, hurry, because this Thursday,
June fifteenth is the last day your last chance to
win one of two hundred Big prizes, including an Apex
three piece automatic laundry, one of six packered Bell television sets,
one of two O'Keefe and Merit gas ranges, a frigidaire refrigerator,
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electric range or home freezer, one of ten solid gold
case wristwatches by Helbros. One of five Haliburton makeup cases
filled with Anato Robin's cosmetics, one of ten Packard Bell radios,
one of ten Westinghouse vacuum cleaners, or one of fifty
Westinghouse pop up toasters. Imagine winning prizes like this for
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just writing in twenty five words or less what you think.
The bride on the signal billboard is shouting at the groom,
and entry blanks are free at any signal station, So hurry, hurry, hurry,
get your entry blank quick, because Thursday, June fifteenth is
closing day in this easy, easy signal contest, in which
you may win a buick or one of two hundred
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big prizes.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Well, Henry, it's over at last. For the first time
in months, you can breathe easily, secure in the knowledge
that no more questions will be asked about your aunt's
missing bonds. Downstairs, the lieutenant and this man are completing
their routine examinations. But as you pack your bag, you
feel certain there will be only the formalities, and then
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what's left of your aunt's holdings will be yours, not
a great amount, but enough to let you get away
and forget all that has happened. You're not even too
angry about Lisa anymore, are you, Henry. You can almost
smile now as you realize that Lisa was after your
money just as you were after hers, and you're still
thinking about her a few minutes later, as you move
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down the stairs and into the living room where Lieutenant
Ames is talking with Missus Martin and the doctor.
Speaker 6 (23:55):
Oh, Hutton, nerd come in.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Come in, William, Yes, Lieutenant, I was talking with the
doctor here.
Speaker 6 (24:02):
I understand that you're with Rogers and Bowman, the firm
that handles your aunt's finances.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Well, yes, Lieutenant, I am, but I don't.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Quite what's an accidental death. Was quite convenient for you,
wasn't it, Hutton.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
I don't know what you mean.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
I made those bonds you stole from your aunt. About
eleven thousand dollars were stole.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Well, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
I handled my ant's affairs.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
It's no use, Hutton.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
While you were upstairs, the doctor.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Here phoned your aunt's attorney to tell him of her
unfortunate accident. Then I spoke with him. He told me
the whole story, Hutton. She told him yesterday she was
going to expose you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Oh well, she.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Didn't really mean that.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
My ant and I were on the very best of terms,
won't be missus Martin.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
I'm sure she was quite fond.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Of you, Henry.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
Yes, her lawyer told me that, but he said she
was a stickler for honesty too.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Your aunt thought more of them of you than you realized, Hatton.
When she came to see me a few days ago
and I I had to tell her that she had
only a few weeks to live, she told me she
was going to turn over her entire fortune to you
while she was still alive in a few weeks.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
You've been a very wealthy man, wealthy doctor. My aunt
wasn't wealthy.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Her holdings exceeded a quarter of a million dollars, Henry.
She thought you might accomplish more if you were unaware
of No.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
No, no, you must be wrong. She never spent anything
she didn't have to. She wanted you to have it all, Henry.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
She used to laugh about how surprised you were going
to be.
Speaker 6 (25:28):
I'm sorry, Hutton, but I'm going to have to arrest
you for the murder of your ramp.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Arrest me. You can't tie me into that.
Speaker 6 (25:36):
I think we can. Fifteen minutes ago, I was prepared
to accept your story of an accidental death. But since
she went upstairs, my men have turned up two or
three very interesting things. Oh well, this for example.
Speaker 8 (25:49):
Why it's just an ordinary piece of wire.
Speaker 6 (25:52):
That's right, missus Martin. We found it coiled up on
a tool box down in the basement. But we found
some other things too, Hutton, marks on the posts of
the basement stairs, marks made by this same piece of
wire stretched across where your aunt tripped. Particles of rust from.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
The wire too. You stretched that piece of wire across
the stairs. I whah, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
Tell me how long were the lights out? Hutton?
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Well? There five minutes? Or uh?
Speaker 6 (26:20):
How do you know it was five minutes? Did you
check the time?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Of course not.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
After I heard aunt i'd a fall. Everything else went
out of my mind. I wasn't thinking about clotton. No,
I suppose not too bad for you.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
You weren't, though.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
Will you step in here a minute, Utton, I want
to show you something.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Ha What is it up there on the wall?
Speaker 3 (26:43):
The clock?
Speaker 6 (26:43):
An electric clock?
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Hutton?
Speaker 6 (26:45):
Well, is this the room where your aunt was reading?
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Yes, I told you the lights were never out?
Speaker 6 (26:51):
In here, Hutton, What do you mean? Come here, I'll
show you. I'm going to pull the plug that leads
to that clock.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Here.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
You are see that red dot in the face of
that clock. That's what happens when the current goes off.
If the current had ever been off in here tonight,
that red dot would have been there.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Well it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
I'm away there. You've been lying.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Come on, we better go down to headquarters.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
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Speaker 2 (01:31):
It was early evening and the offices of Rogers and
Bowmen Investment Counselors had been closed for nearly two hours.
The rows of desks were deserted, and the only light
slanted in through the frosted grass partition from the outer
reception room. But at the rear of the office, Henry
Hutton kneeled in front of an open safe, shuffling hurriedly
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through a sheaf of papers spread out before him. Finally,
he selected three negotiable bonds of thousand dollars denomination replaced
the and after closing the safe, started out through the
open door to the reception room.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
And then, oh, mister Hutton, huh Charlie, what are you
doing here? Worked late? I was just leaving, but I
saw you leave at five. Oh. It just went down
and grab a sandwich, came back, finished up the filing. Oh,
I see what. That's very commendable. See you in the morning, Charlie. Sure,
mister Hutton. Oh, mister Hutton, A yes, did you lock
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the safe?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Naturally good. Just wanted you to be sure.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
I'm glad you're so careful, Charlie. But everything's okay. I
just came back to pick up a couple of bonds
my aunt's. We handle her accounting, though she wants to
use them in a little real estate deal in the morning.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
See night, Good night, Charlie.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Charlie worries you. Doesn't he Henry? You wonder if he
accepts your explanation of it is true, of course they
are your aunt's bonds, but you took them for yourself
to cover today's wrong guess on the stock market, just
as you've done many times before. Charlie presents a problem
to you, and your thoughts are on him as you
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hail a taxi and ride out to the party you're
attending this evening. In these expensive surroundings, you hope to
forget the problem of Charlie's sudden intrusion at the office
and the pressure of continually losing your aunt's money on
the stock market. As you take a drink from the
buffet table, you see a beautiful reason to forget your troubles. Hello.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Hello, nice party, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Well, all of a sudden, it seems very nice. I
never seen you before, have I? I mean, I've been
to lots of parties out here.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
I just came out from the East.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Hole on vacation. No, I'm going to stay here.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I've taken a house.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
Your husband here with you.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Mary.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Oh well, that takes a load off my mind. I
don't think I've ever recovered if you had been. My
name is Hutton, Henry.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Hutton, Lisa Morrel, Lisa. That's nice. That's very nice, dance, Lisa.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
I'd love to Henry.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Lisa's just the girl you've been waiting for, isn't she? Henry,
and you manage to spend most of the evening in
her company. Finally, as the party draws to a close
and you're about to phone for a taxi cab, Lisa
stops you. She has her own car, and when you
slide under the wheel of her cream colored convertible, a
posted with leopard skin, you're even more impressed. Then, several
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minutes later, you pull the car to a stomp in
front of the palatial residence she's taken in Northbridge.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
It's so late, Henry, I think you better take my car.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I'll have my shoulder pick it up tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
Oh no, no, that's too much trouble you. So there's
an all night taxi stand a couple of blocks from here.
I'll just walk down get one.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
There are You're welcome to the comment?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Sure I am. It's not necessary, Lisa. How about dinner
tomorrow night? Or am I a little quick?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I'd have been disappointed if you hadn't as well.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I'll pick up around seven.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
I'll be waiting. Well, Henry, you've found an answer to
your dreams, haven't you. If you can only marry Lisa
Morrel and her money, your problems will be over. And
during the next couple of months you do everything you
can to impress her. You take her everywhere, using money
from your aunt, bonds as often as necessary, and finally
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your efforts are rewarded. Lisa agrees to marry you, and
you're sure your worries are over. Then a few days later,
on your return to the office following the luncheon him.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Mister Hutton, Charlie, you just missed seeing your aunt. Oh
she was here. Yes, I had quite a chat with her.
She went to lunch with mister Rogers. How long ago?
They leave?
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Just after you left?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh? Do do you know what they went?
Speaker 7 (06:00):
No?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
But I heard your aunt say something about going to
her attorneys after lunch.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Her attorneys. What about?
Speaker 5 (06:07):
How would I know?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I only talked with her a couple of minutes. Well,
she loves to talk, Charlie. What did you have to say?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Oh, nothing in particular, just kind of rambled out politics
mister Rogers and stuff like that. You know something, Charlie,
you're a pretty smart guy for your age. You know
how to handle people. I'm going to see that you
get a raisin salary. You can count on it's going
through too.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
See, that'll be swimming. Only I don't quite see.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I think, for instance, the night you saw me pick
up those bonds in the safer. A lot of guys
your age would have teld somebody in the office about it,
but well, it wasn't any of my business. You're the
office manager, exactly, but between you and me, it could
have been a little embarrassing. You see, I had forgotten
about it. I was supposed to take care of the
matter of a couple of days earlier. And well, my
aunt and mister Rogers too, they like promptness. You see
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what that means.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Yeah, sure, mister Hutton, I see what you mean. Good good.
I thought you wouldn't. And about that, raised Charley, you
can count on it.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
You're upset and uneasy, aren't you, Henry, But as the
afternoon passes, you're sure your fears are groundless. Charley thanks
you several times for your efforts. In his behalf tries
desperately to please you in every way, and when he returns,
mister Rogers is his usual self. Yes, you're sure you're
safe for a while, but until you're married to Lisa
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and your aunt's bonds are replaced, your situation is increasingly dangerous.
You decide you must marry quickly. Late that night, after
another long evening of dancing and night clubs in the
luxurious library of Lisa's palatial house. You carefully make the
move you're certain will dissolve your problems and insure your future.
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And as you were sure it would be, It's a successful,
isn't it, Henry? Would it make you awfully happy? Henry?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Oh? Yes, it would. It would happier than you know. Well,
to tell you the truth, I guess I'm as impatient
as you are. Am I shameless? Oh? No, you wonderful Lisa.
We'll be married Friday.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Then we can fly to Humor and fly back to
some nice spot near the ocean, say Monterey, and spend
a couple of days there, then come back to town
and maybe it we'll take a real honeymoon.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Any time you say diying happiness.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
I guess I'm the happiest guy in California.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Well, Henry, your problem is solved, isn't it. Once married
to Lisa, you'll have everything you've dreamed of. You're sure
she loves you. Her every action has shown you that,
and you're certain that you'll never let the question of
a few thousand dollars worth of bonds stand between her
and happiness. For the next few days at the office,
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things move along as smoothly as usual. You approach mister
Rogers regarding the rays you promised Charlie Rockwell. He listens
attentively and agrees to grant it. When you tell Charlie
the good news, his gratitude is obvious. That raise was
a master touch, wasn't it, Henry. Just before the office closes,
your aunt phones and asks you to have dinner with
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her at home.
Speaker 8 (09:26):
You seem preoccupied, Henry, mm oh, no, no, I was
just enjoying the chicken out either.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
No one can fix chicken quite like you, Hanada.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Sure you haven't anything on your mind? Of course not,
I think you have.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
I don't know what you mean either.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
I know about the buns, Henry.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
The bonds. What bonds you've taken.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Eleven thousand dollars of my bonds? Henry? What have you
done with them?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Are you wrong? Aunt? Tier? Where did you ever get
the idea?
Speaker 8 (09:57):
You shouldn't have tried to bribe that young man in
your office with a raise in salary. He thought nothing
of your being at the safe that evening, but when
you were so anxious, no one should know of it.
And then offered to get his salary raised. He became suspicious,
felt it his duty to speak to Fred Rogers.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Mister Rogers, I just left him, and he.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Doesn't know, Henry.
Speaker 8 (10:17):
When he phoned me to come in the night before
last and listed the bonds which were missing, I told
him you'd made several transactions for me and that everything.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Was probably all right.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Then he doesn't know.
Speaker 5 (10:29):
No one knows yet. I wanted to give you a
chance to tell me your side.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
You have one more I do, and I'd believe me,
you see, I am well. I got to tip on
a stock from one of our biggest customers.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
It's his own company, you see.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
He assured me it would be worth double the market
in a few weeks.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
I wanted to surprise you.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
What's the stock, Henry?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
It's international television.
Speaker 8 (10:52):
I see very well, Henry. I want that stock by
twelve o'clock tomorrow. But that either that twelve o'clock, Henry,
and I hope you're telling me the truth.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
If not, you'll have to pay the penalty.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 8 (11:03):
I mean that I'll have to report the loss to
mister Rogers. Ever since your parents died, I've tried to
do the best I could for you. I secured your
position with mister Rogers, but you're a bonded employee in
a position of trust. I can't abide dishonesty, even in.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
A relative.
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Speaker 3 (12:07):
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Speaker 2 (13:16):
Well, Henry, things aren't going so well, are they. Your
marriage to Lisa Morrel is only a few days away,
but now you're threatened with disgrace, loss, a position, imprisonment.
You decide you must do something right away. As you
glance around the room, you notice the electric clock on
the wall. It's a little past seven, and you wonder
if Lisa is at home. You'll have to turn to
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her now with you, Henry, find some way to explain
your sudden need for quick cash. It's not the way
you'd hoped it would go, but it seems the only
way out, So you hide your concern and smile as
you turn.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
To your aunt.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Don't worry, I'd ida you'll have your stock by noon tomorrow.
Speaker 8 (13:55):
I'm glad to hear you say that, Henry. That will
make me very happy, happier than you know.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
I'm sure it will land Eida. Now, if you'll excuse me,
I think I'll drive over to Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
I want to pick up some pipe tobacco a couple
of other things. I'll be back before long.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You sawned her out of the house, but once in
your car, you don't waste any time, heading out over
the past toward Lisa's house in Northridge. All the way
out you debate just what to say, and finally the
side on the story that you're sure will go over
you push the buzzer and Sedgey, the butler will greet
you at the door.
Speaker 7 (14:35):
Good evening, mister Hutton.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Good evening, essentially is miss Morrell in Miss Morrell has
left left you mean left town, Yes, sir, this morning.
I don't get it, since she didn't say anything.
Speaker 7 (14:48):
But it was rather sudden, sir. You see, the Hawthorns
arrived unexpectedly yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Who are the Hawthorns?
Speaker 2 (14:55):
The people who.
Speaker 7 (14:55):
Bought this house her employers.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Her employers.
Speaker 7 (15:00):
Miss Morrell was secretary to the Hawthorne that mis to happen.
They sent her out here with the rest of the
staff to get things in order.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
But that can't be true.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
You have none, or you must be mistaken, Sage. It
is true, mister Hatton, Well, I can't believe it. Why
she led me to believe that she was wealthy, that
all of this was hers. I'm afraid miss Morrell had
set her cap for you. She was trying to impress you,
to make you think that she was as wealthy as yourself, sir.
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The Hawthorns were quite angry when some friends and Miss
Morrell dropped over unexpectedly and they discovered this deception.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
They insisted she leave.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
Town suchly it seems she just wanted to marry me
for my money.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Yes, sir, well, Henry, your vanity has played a cruel
joke on you, hasn't it. Never once did it occur
to you that the charming Lisa was anything but what
she seemed. You were outing on her financial assistance, too,
and now that she's gone, there's no chance to get
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the money for the stock your aunt expects by noon tomorrow.
As you drive back home. You know you'll have to
do something quickly, and you know what it is, don't you, Henry?
Your aunt must die tonight. Once you accept that thought
of plan, a very simple plan begins to form in
your mind, and as you near your home, a comforting
thought strikes you. Unpleasant is killing your aunt. May be
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there will be some financial game the remainder of her
bonds about twenty thousand dollars. You can go away, Henry,
and forget about everything. Here's Henry. You're convinced that this
is the one way out. If you put your car
in the garage, you know exactly what you're going to do.
When you enter the house, you find Missus Martin, your
next door neighbor, completing a visit with your aunt.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
Oh hello, Henry, I was just going home.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
You're not leaving on my account, I hope, Missus.
Speaker 5 (16:54):
Markham certainly not. But I must run along now. Really,
Henry will be glad to walk home with you, Margaret.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Of course I will no need for that at all.
Speaker 5 (17:01):
It's only next door.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
I'm just the same. I walk you over. You won't
have to wait long, Aunt, Idam, I'll just be a
few minutes.
Speaker 8 (17:09):
All right, Henry, good night, Margaret's good night, Ida.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
You don't have long to wait, do you, Henry. But
as you say good night to missus Martin at her door,
you're sure your plan can't fail. It's so simple, so final,
you're certain it'll work. Once you're back home, you go
up to your room and dress for bed, leaving your
aunt downstairs at her reading. When you come back downstairs,
you're ready to put your plan into action.
Speaker 8 (17:40):
Not going to sleep yet, Henry, I thought you'd gone
up to bed.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
I just remembered something I wanted to check down in
the basement.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I noticed something the other day. It won't take long.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
You turn on the basement light and start down the stairs.
You must move rapidly, Henry. You stop at the third
step with deft fingers as you stretch a thin wire
across the step, which you've taken from your room. Make
certain it's taut and rappet securely at each side. Turn
out the basement light very quietly, slip down the rest
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of the stairs. You're breathing heavily as you reach the
basement floor. This next move is all important, Henry. You
must be calm, and you are. You sound quite normal
as you call upstairs and.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Ida, Yes, Henry, did you call?
Speaker 6 (18:30):
Henry?
Speaker 3 (18:32):
The basement lights are out. Can you bring me a fuse? Please?
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Just a moment, you hear her footsteps overhead. She's gone
for the fuse. You stand there in the basement waiting.
Very shortly you hear her light footsteps approaching the door
at the top of the stairs.
Speaker 5 (18:50):
Where are you, Henry, I can't see a thing.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Just come down a few steps and Ida, I'll meet you.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
All right, Henry, It's done, isn't it, Henry? Your aunt
lies quite dead at the foot of the basement stairs.
You stand there for a few moments, and then slowly
make your way up the stairs again, stopping at the
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fateful third step to remove the now broken wire that
you take back to the basement tool box. Within a
few minutes, you're back upstairs in your own bedroom. You
rumple a bedclothes and open a book on the nightstand.
It's all part of the plan, isn't it, Henry, Part
of the convincing story you must tell. In a very
few minutes, then you place a call to your aunt's doctor,
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the one who's looked after her for years. It'll be
coming shortly Henry, and finally you place another hurried call.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Hello, Missus Martin. Yeah, yes, this is Henry. Can you
come quickly? Hits that Ida, something horrible has happened. She's dead.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
The next few minutes flash past. Missus Martin arrives first,
and you tell her your story. The doctor arrives a
short time later, and because it's an accidental death, the
doctor called the police. You play the grief stricken nephew
to perfection Henry, and then finally you're telling your story
to the lieutenant.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
And then you say you were reading in your room,
mister Hutton.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
I left hand either reading downstairs. I was in my
room upstairs reading. Suddenly the lights went up. Hughes must
have blown.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Well.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
I called down to aunt Either that I'd be right down,
but she didn't hear me. When I started downstairs to
her in the.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Darkness, I heard her scream in the fall. When I
reached her, she.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Was dead.
Speaker 6 (20:54):
I know this is very difficult for you, mister Hutton.
Just one more question now, yes, how long would you say.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
The lights were off? Right about five minutes? I guess yes.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
I replaced the fuse, called the doctor and Missus Martin,
and later we we called you.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
That's all you see.
Speaker 6 (21:15):
Well, mister Hutton, I'm sirling. I'm sure your aunt mister
Footing and fell down the stairs. It seems the only
way it could have happened.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
And Lieutenant, I'm sure you understand that i'd I'd rather
not stay here tonight.
Speaker 6 (21:25):
Yes, of course I understand, mister Hutt.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
I'll just go up and throw a few things in
the bag. I won't be long.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
You're welcome to leave whenever you like, mister Hutton.
Speaker 9 (21:32):
I have no further questions.
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The bride on the signal billboard is shouting at the groom,
and entry blanks are free at any signal station, So hurry, hurry, hurry,
get your entry blank quick, because Thursday, June fifteenth is
closing day in this easy, easy signal contest, in which
you may win a buick or one of two hundred
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big prizes.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Well, Henry, it's over at last. For the first time
in months, you can breathe easily, secure in the knowledge
that no more questions will be asked about your aunt's
missing bonds. Downstairs, the lieutenant and this man are completing
their routine examinations. But as you pack your bag, you
feel certain there will be only the formalities, and then
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what's left of your aunt's holdings will be yours, not
a great amount, but enough to let you get away
and forget all that has happened. You're not even too
angry about Lisa anymore, are you, Henry. You can almost
smile now as you realize that Lisa was after your
money just as you were after hers, and you're still
thinking about her a few minutes later, as you move
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down the stairs and into the living room where Lieutenant
Ames is talking with Missus Martin and the doctor.
Speaker 6 (23:55):
Oh, Hutton, nerd come in.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Come in, William, Yes, Lieutenant, I was talking with the
doctor here.
Speaker 6 (24:02):
I understand that you're with Rogers and Bowman, the firm
that handles your aunt's finances.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Well, yes, Lieutenant, I am, but I don't.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Quite what's an accidental death. Was quite convenient for you,
wasn't it, Hutton.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
I don't know what you mean.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
I made those bonds you stole from your aunt. About
eleven thousand dollars were stole.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Well, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
I handled my ant's affairs.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
It's no use, Hutton.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
While you were upstairs, the doctor.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Here phoned your aunt's attorney to tell him of her
unfortunate accident. Then I spoke with him. He told me
the whole story, Hutton. She told him yesterday she was
going to expose you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Oh well, she.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Didn't really mean that.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
My ant and I were on the very best of terms,
won't be missus Martin.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
I'm sure she was quite fond.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Of you, Henry.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
Yes, her lawyer told me that, but he said she
was a stickler for honesty too.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Your aunt thought more of them of you than you realized, Hatton.
When she came to see me a few days ago
and I I had to tell her that she had
only a few weeks to live, she told me she
was going to turn over her entire fortune to you
while she was still alive in a few weeks.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
You've been a very wealthy man, wealthy doctor. My aunt
wasn't wealthy.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Her holdings exceeded a quarter of a million dollars, Henry.
She thought you might accomplish more if you were unaware
of No.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
No, no, you must be wrong. She never spent anything
she didn't have to. She wanted you to have it all, Henry.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
She used to laugh about how surprised you were going
to be.
Speaker 6 (25:28):
I'm sorry, Hutton, but I'm going to have to arrest
you for the murder of your ramp.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Arrest me. You can't tie me into that.
Speaker 6 (25:36):
I think we can. Fifteen minutes ago, I was prepared
to accept your story of an accidental death. But since
she went upstairs, my men have turned up two or
three very interesting things. Oh well, this for example.
Speaker 8 (25:49):
Why it's just an ordinary piece of wire.
Speaker 6 (25:52):
That's right, missus Martin. We found it coiled up on
a tool box down in the basement. But we found
some other things too, Hutton, marks on the posts of
the basement stairs, marks made by this same piece of
wire stretched across where your aunt tripped. Particles of rust from.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
The wire too. You stretched that piece of wire across
the stairs. I whah, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
Tell me how long were the lights out? Hutton?
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Well? There five minutes? Or uh?
Speaker 6 (26:20):
How do you know it was five minutes? Did you
check the time?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Of course not.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
After I heard aunt i'd a fall. Everything else went
out of my mind. I wasn't thinking about clotton. No,
I suppose not too bad for you.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
You weren't, though.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
Will you step in here a minute, Utton, I want
to show you something.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Ha What is it up there on the wall?
Speaker 3 (26:43):
The clock?
Speaker 6 (26:43):
An electric clock?
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Hutton?
Speaker 6 (26:45):
Well, is this the room where your aunt was reading?
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Yes, I told you the lights were never out?
Speaker 6 (26:51):
In here, Hutton, What do you mean? Come here, I'll
show you. I'm going to pull the plug that leads
to that clock.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Here.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
You are see that red dot in the face of
that clock. That's what happens when the current goes off.
If the current had ever been off in here tonight,
that red dot would have been there.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Well it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
I'm away there. You've been lying.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Come on, we better go down to headquarters.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Let that whistle be your signal. Each Sunday for the
Signal Oil program the Whistler, and remember this Thursday, June
fifteenth is the last day of Signals ten thousand dollars
contest with two hundred valuable prizes, including a Buick super
So hurry, hurry, hurry, ask any signal dealer for a
free entry, blank free, no purchase required. Featured in Tonight's
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story were Bill Foreman, John Dayner, Georgia Ellis, and Gloria Gordon.
The Whistler was produced and directed by George w Allen,
with story by Georgia Martin, music by Wilbur Hatch, and
was transmitted to our troops overseas by the Armed Forces
Radio Service. The Whistler is entirely fictional, and all characters
portrayed on the Whistler are also fictional. Any similarity of
names or resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Remember,
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at the same time, next Sunday, another strange tale by
the Whistler, Marvin Miller speaking for the Signal Oil Company.
This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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