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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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By the Whistler.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
I am the Whistler, and I know many things.
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For I walk by night.
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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.
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And now for the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler's Strange story.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The return.
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Doctor Sheridan's car screeched to a stop before the heavy
stone steps of the wide porch, and the doctor rushed
up to the door of the Denton Townhouse, clutching his
medical kills. There was confusion inside, the servants rushing this way,
enact and relatives barking orders, all of them clearing a
path through the stairs to permit the doctor to dash
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hurriedly up towards the big master bedroom where Ellen Denton
lay breathing heavily. And then outside the room there was
the awesome state of suspense, worry, fear for Ellen's life
until it last. Doctor Sheridan stepped out into the hall
nodded reassuringly to Ellen's brother in law.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
You mean she's all right, Doctor, I found her in time.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yes, yes you did, but just in time.
Speaker 6 (02:12):
Oh, thank Heaven. I can't tell you how grateful we
are that you got here so quick quickly, Doctor Sheridan.
You see, Doctor Granger, our family doctors away, and.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
I'm I'm glad I could make it. What I can't
understand is why a relatively young woman like missus Denton
would try to kill herself. Why she took enough sleeping films.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
He's still in love with her husband.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Doctor.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
You see, Missus Denton lost her husband about eight months ago.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Doctor.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Oh, that's too bad.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Was it sudden?
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Well, Jeffrey just disappeared, ran away.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
I guess ran away.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
That seems odd under the circumstances.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
What do you mean by a circumstances, Well.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
You say Missus Denton was deeply in love with her husband.
And I understand she's quite wealthy, but it worth quite strange.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
One day last winter, Ellen of Missus Denton, that is,
drove down from the country with the maid to open
up the townhouse here. Jeffrey stayed up at the Dentons
and State in Parisville. He was supposed to drive down
the next day, but no one's hurried from him.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Soon.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I see.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Ellen's done everything she could to find him, told the
police all about him, hired private detectives.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
That's so far she's drawing a blank.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
It's been terribly hot on Ellen. We're all worried about
her and tried to do everything we could for her.
And now this overdoseph sleeping.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Well, you'd better watch missus Denton quite closely for a while.
Speaker 7 (03:36):
Don't you worry about that, Doctor Sheridan. We'll watch Ellen
every minute.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
You say you were missus Denton's brother in law.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 7 (03:43):
Ellen and my brother Jeffrey were married nearly fifteen years ago. Valerie,
here's my wife.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
I see.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Well, if you lead me before doctor Grainger returned, we'll.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Call on you. Doctor, I assure you, And thanks again
for coming over so quickly. Now, Valerie, we better.
Speaker 7 (03:57):
Go inside, yes, dear, and careful what you say to
keep her mind.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Of course, you lean back on your pillows, don't you, Ellen,
and listen as the doctor leaves, and a moment later,
Charles and Valerie slip into your room, softly whispering. So
was not to disturb you. You know, the correct thing
would be the thank Charles for saving your life. But
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it doesn't seem the time for correct things, does it,
You know, don't.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
You, Charles.
Speaker 8 (04:32):
It'll be a long time for giving you for this.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I'd never have forgiven myself if I haven't found you
in time, elim.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
Just like him at Jeffrey time. Consider it unfortunate, girl.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
I think so.
Speaker 8 (04:49):
Oh, but you must get your rest, Ellen, rest and
try and what forget what you were going to say?
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Why?
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I never mind, Valerie, I'll meet you downstairs here. Ellen,
let me search your fellow.
Speaker 8 (05:02):
Please, child, leave me alone. You stop me prevented me
from doing the one thing I could do that would
make forgetting.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
A possible alone.
Speaker 8 (05:11):
That seems to be the way the world wants me
all alone.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
There are hurt looks on their faces as they leave. Ellen.
You've never been exactly gentle with them, have you.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Perhaps because Charles.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Does remind you so much of Jeffrey. But a week
later in the garden, you'll do your best to appear civil.
You're almost in good spirits until you have a visitor.
Speaker 6 (05:39):
There's some one to see you, Ellen, Dear, I hope
it's all right over here, mister Nathan.
Speaker 8 (05:47):
Red Nathan, Well, it's been long enough.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Oh yeah, I'm sorry, Missus Demmon.
Speaker 8 (05:54):
Three months to be exact, three months since you assured
me that if my husband were alive, you, the finest
private investigator in the business, could find him.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Well, well, I haven't, Missus Denton. No, but I sort
of got sidetracked a case in Sacramento. It was quite
by accident, you see that I stumbled under some rather
exciting information.
Speaker 8 (06:16):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
While I was working on the Sacramento job, I ran
it to somebody, lady who manages a boarding house. She
said that a man answering the description of Jeffrey Denton,
your husband, showed up there short while ago.
Speaker 8 (06:26):
What.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah, She was pretty definite about it, said he, well,
acted strange, sort of like maybe an amnesia victim.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
I can't be.
Speaker 8 (06:37):
Can we see this man? Can we talked to him?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
He left the boarding house about a week ago, but
I brought something along, something he left behind him. Let
me unwrap him here.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
Ye are it's a sportscast. At the same time, Jeffrey
was wearing the last time we saw him.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Yeah, I figured that is an interest missus Denton.
Speaker 8 (06:59):
Interest me what? Nathan? I I don't know what you're here.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Don't do that. Give me a hand here, lady, Yes,
it's spland it.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Oh well, that's all right, Ellen. You're in your room,
mister Nathan and Valerie. They carried you off, but you fainted.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
It was the jacket Jeffrey's sport code when mister Nathan
showed it to it.
Speaker 8 (07:28):
I remember, now, Valerie, where is mister Nathan. I'd like
to talk to it.
Speaker 7 (07:33):
I have had quite enough for one day. You almost
have to center the doctor again. You can see Nathan
another time. He'll be back.
Speaker 8 (07:40):
Yes, yes, I suppose you will.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
What isn't it wonderful?
Speaker 9 (07:43):
Ellen?
Speaker 6 (07:44):
At least you know now that Jeffrey's alive.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Yes, oh I know, Ellen, knew this.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Lie back rest.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
We'll see you at dinner.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Come along, well, Ellen. It's a shock, isn't it. Jeffrey alive?
That's what Fred Nathan said. But you don't believe him,
do you, Because you're certain your husband Jeffrey was wearing
that same sport coat the night you killed him. Everything
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had been going so well, hadn't it, Ellen, Yes, you've
been playing the role of the grief stricken wife to perfection.
The apparent suicide attempt, carefully planned and carried out, was
a convincing performance, wasn't it just the right touch? But
now your private investigator, Fred Nathan is back, and it's
entirely possible he'll ruin everything you wonder about Fred Nathan and.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
What he's up to.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
You decide to do a bit of investigating on your own,
and the very next day you drop into the tailor's
shop where you used to go so often with Jeffrey
when he selected his suit materials. Well, yes, yes, missus didn't.
Speaker 10 (09:00):
And now that you mention it, there was a gentleman
in asking for that pattern. Come to think of it,
he even mentioned your late husband's name. It's how we
found the material.
Speaker 8 (09:11):
And you made up a sport code for him.
Speaker 10 (09:14):
Well yes, dead, Please sorry if you object. We never
allow duplications, of course, but in this case with your husband.
Speaker 8 (09:21):
Never mind. And this man what was his.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Name, Nathan?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Yes, that's the name.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
He gave Fred Nathan.
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Speaker 3 (11:27):
It's a terrible feeling, isn't it, Ellen, And you wonder
what Fred Nathan is up to? This private investigator you
hired yourself to make it look as if you were
interested in finding your dead husband, Jeffreys. You thought it
was a safe move, didn't you, Ellen, perfectly safe with
Jeffrey buried in the dahlia beds of your country estate
nearly eight months ago. What is Fred Nathan? He's up
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to something and you can't understand his approach at all.
You wonder if he's trying to track you, realize that
you must be on your guard as you wait for
his next move. And then, finally, on a day when
you and Valerie are paying a visit to a fashionable
dress salon, you receive another shot.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
Now Here, ladies, we see.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
The new off shoulder drake for somemmerware a smart you
designed by bubet.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Oh Darling, how crazy I lost her?
Speaker 8 (12:21):
Model, Miss Arnold?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
To stop closer so that you may observe the fine
texture of the material, the superior works.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Preterial on sh what'd you say, Ellenson?
Speaker 8 (12:32):
Oh? Nothing? Oh?
Speaker 6 (12:33):
I like the dress?
Speaker 8 (12:34):
Don't you getting a headache? I didn't want to mention
it work?
Speaker 6 (12:38):
Could we go?
Speaker 5 (12:39):
Well?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Of course? Alm it one.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
The headache is an excuse, isn't it Allen a lie
to get you outside out of sight of that model,
Miss Arnold. Kitty n she was the girl in the case.
Wasn't she the other woman the reason that you Ellen
Denton killed your husband in a jealous rage. As you
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and Valerie drive on to the house, the memory of
that night eight months ago and got you that night
when you sneak back to the estate, saw Kitty leave
at the side door the quarrel, and then finally Jeffrey
lying dead at your feet. And now Kitty Arnold, who
is supposed to be in New York, she's here, and
you wonder if it has anything to do with the
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private detective Fred Nathan. You're still thinking about it when
you arrive at the house there, Charles has some news
for you.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Fred. Nathan was here, Ellen le just a moment ago. Oh,
wanted to see you. I told him I didn't know
when you'd be back.
Speaker 8 (13:44):
What is it about Jeffrey?
Speaker 7 (13:47):
Yes, said he'd run across another lead. Told me to
tell you that he's taking the eight o'clock plain to
Los Angeles. He seemed to be quite excited about the
whole thing.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
I wonder what Jeff is doing in Los.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Angeles, Valerie, We aren't, certainly.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Nathan seems to think so, oh, yes, why it's John.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Well, I don't know.
Speaker 7 (14:05):
Nathan didn't go into that, Ellen, that's entirely possible. You
know Jeff was in business there years ago, knows the
city has friend.
Speaker 6 (14:13):
Yes, yes, cool, oh, Ellam, I just know Jeff will
turn up soon. Of course we'll come along. Did we
better fresh up before dinner? Charles, dear Darling.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Sees the cocktails with you already taken care of that now.
Speaker 6 (14:26):
Well, I hope you remembered. I told the cook we're
having an early dinner.
Speaker 7 (14:29):
Of course, he's been sunking around the house ever since.
You know how she hates to have a routine destoyed
early dinner.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
What is all this, Valerie.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
Well have you've forgotten, dear? We're going up to Ferrisville
for the weekend. Charles is going there tonight to get
things in order.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
Oh oh, yes, I had forgotten.
Speaker 6 (14:44):
Als I suppose we could all go tonight for that
matter and help Charles.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
You know neither that I could manage.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
No, I couldn't go, not tonight. Oh no, you see,
well as I said it, he completely slipped my mind.
I made several appointments here in town for tomorrow morning.
Speaker 6 (14:58):
Oh you couldn't cancel them? I supp not very well.
Speaker 8 (15:02):
You run along with Charles. I'll drive up sometime tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I'm nonsense. I'll stay here with you, Dear. You can
manage to.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Country, Charles, I said I could.
Speaker 8 (15:09):
Though, Well, of course you can.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
It's all settled in.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
You lied to them, didn't you. Element There are no appointments,
but you do have a good reason for staying in
town overnight. Now that reason is Fred Nathan. You've made
up your mind to have a talk with him before
he goes to Los Angeles and find out if you
can what is up to dinner over. Hurry up to
your room, change your clothes before leaving. You decide to
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call him to make certain he's in. Then as you
pick up.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
The phone, let Nathan, I can't talk with you now.
Ellen's have to be down at a minute or so.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
I just wanted to see how she took the sports
code of the.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
LA and you're doing the trick.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
It's just what I wanted. Good, want me to take
up a few more leaves.
Speaker 7 (15:57):
Not right away, you got them moved cautiously. She might
get on to us, you know, Okay. Well, oh, and
by the way, Nathan, don't forget I had rather my
wife's Valerie didn't know about this.
Speaker 4 (16:10):
It's just between the two of.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Us, right. Fine.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
You can't believe what you've heard, can you, Ellen. But
as you replace the receiver, the whole picture becomes clear
to you.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Charles.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
He's in on it with Fred Nathan. You realize he
suspected you all along, and now he's trying to track you,
expose you as his brother's killer. Downstairs again, you find
him getting ready to leave for your estate at Ferrisville. Charles,
your dear devoted brother in law, always so concerned for
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your welfare, so anxious to help you during the dark
days of your grief, and now you're sure that all
the time he's been planning to trick you, revealed you
as a murderess. And then suddenly a thought strikes you.
Charles never did get along with his brother, and you
wonder if perhaps there's something else on his mind, decide
trying to trap you as his brother's killer blackmail? Ellen,
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That could be It couldn't. Charles doesn't really have much
money of his own. It would be a perfect opportunity
for him to get his hands on your fortune a
little at a time.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
Penny for your thoughts of h oh, I'm not ready
to shove off station where I can outfront Bell.
Speaker 9 (17:30):
Kevin's already waiting for you.
Speaker 8 (17:33):
Charles.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
You will drive Canty lunch.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
Sure, Hell see you ladies.
Speaker 9 (17:37):
Marlmon sometime in the afternoon by dear oh uh and Ellen, Yes,
don't worry now that we have Nathan on the job.
Speaker 7 (17:47):
I'm sure everything's going to turn out all right. We'll
find Jeffrey soon, very soon.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
I have a feeling.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
He's clever, isn't the element? And as you watch the
station wagon drive away, you wonder how close child is
to the truth, don't you Ellen, what he really meant
when he said Jeffrey would be found soon. Long after
he's gone, you pace the floor of the library. Valerie
has gone upstairs to bed, and you're glad she's out
of the way so you can slip over the sea, Nathan.
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A half hour later, you park your car in front
of a small apartment house uptown. Hurry upstairs to apartment
three oh four.
Speaker 8 (18:45):
Why, missus Dent here I can in, mister Nathan.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Or sure, sure, thank you. This is an unexpected pleasure,
Missus Dent.
Speaker 8 (18:57):
I heard you were at the house.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Is that an Yeah, that's right, may sure, thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:06):
Charles.
Speaker 8 (19:08):
My brother in law tells me that you have a.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
New lead Yeah, that's right, new lead tankets your drink.
Speaker 8 (19:15):
Missus Denton, thank you. What makes you think my husband
is in Los Angeles?
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Well, I I've had a friend of mine checking a
few things for me, Missus Denton. Follow up on that
Sacramento lead, I see, send him your husband's photograph. He's
been showing it around in La Nurse in one of
the emergency hospitals down there, thought she's yes. Only some
man tapped by a not always It turned out he
wasn't seriously heard. It was released the day after.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
The accident, and you know where he is now?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
No, now you see the address he left turned out
to be a phony. Yeah, oh that's why I thought
I had better run down there myself.
Speaker 8 (19:54):
Take over of course, and your spay and Eric Spain.
I'm a wealthy woman, Nathan. I can afford to pay
your time whatever it is.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
I I know that we'll find your husband. Don't worry
about that. Of course, it might take a little longer
than we expect.
Speaker 8 (20:15):
I'm prepared. I'll make it well with your words. Sure,
we haven't discussed your fee yet, have we?
Speaker 2 (20:25):
No hurry, I'm a pretty reasonable guy when it comes
to finances.
Speaker 8 (20:29):
Perhaps we could talk it over now.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Well, sure, but I really don't have much time, you know.
I got to catch that eight o'clock playing to well a.
Speaker 8 (20:36):
Oh, of course I've forgotten.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Leave it to me, missus Denton. Just leave it to Fred, Nathan.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
He's lying about going to Los Angeles, isn't the alem that?
You're almost certain? Yet you're a little puzzled as you
leave his apartment, not quite sure what he's up to. Yeah,
it strangely didn't he when you mentioned money, his fee,
your willingness to pay his price. It was an opening
for him, but he didn't take it. Perhaps he wants
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more time to think it over. But there was something
he said, Ellen that gave you a good idea of
what was on his mind.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
We'll find your husband, don't worry about that. Of course,
it might take a little longer than we expect.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Eh, you're certain now it's blackmail, But it's not going
to be called that, not at the beginning. Now the
investigation will drag on and on. There will be more
faked leads, more trips, and for each there will be
a fee, special expenses. He and Charles could make a
good thing of it for years and years, couldn't they.
But it isn't going to happen, is it, Ellen. You've
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made up your mind of that. You hurry out into
the streets, slip in behind the wheel of your car,
and sit there to think things out. Your thoughts are
interrupted that you see a cab pull up in front
of Nathan's apartment. A moment later, he hurries out of
the building, steps inside the cab As it moves away.
You decide to follow.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
Water. That train just pulling out Is that the one
in Los Angeles?
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Norman?
Speaker 5 (22:25):
That's the norm Greenpoint, Bellytown, there's.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
Nell, Ferrisville. I see, thank you.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Now.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
You know Fred Nathan lied about going to Los Angeles,
don't you.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Ellen.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
He's taking the train to Ferrisville, your estate there, and
you wonder why, and then suddenly you remember Charles, he'll
be there. Yes, probably Charles's idea, wasn't it to drive
up to the estate tonight and meet Nathan there. They're
up to something, aren't they. Ellen. As you drive away
from the station and swing onto the highway and race
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into the night toward Ferrisville, you wonder if they know
where Jeffrey is buried. It's almost midnight when you reach
the deserted railroad station at Ferrisville. Reach it less than
a minute before the train from the city pulls in.
A single passenger gets off, Red Nathan. As the train
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starts to roll again, you see Nathan walk across the platform,
then into the waiting room. We move along the platform,
keeping well in the shadows, and then stop near an
open window. Yeah, you can hear him inside talking on
the phone.
Speaker 11 (23:42):
Yeah, huh, yeah. I think we better make sure where
we stand before we make another move. No, no, tell
you about it, lady, Yeah, okay, I'll wait for you.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
They're going to make sure, aren't they. You know what
that means, don't you. You step back into the shadows.
As Nathan comes out of the waiting room, walks past you.
You watch him as he stops at the edge of
the platform, lights a cigarette. He glances up the track
the fast approaching southbound express. You stare at the headlight
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of the approaching train coming closer and closer, Then at
Nathan on the platform, standing near the tracks, his.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Back towards you.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
You know just what you have to do, all right,
mister Nathan. It's your tech.
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Speaker 3 (26:13):
The railroad station at Ferresville was no longer deserted. Curious
passengers from the southbound Express milled about the platform talked
excitedly about the tragedy which had just occurred. A few
of the more curious had wandered inside the waiting room,
where police Lieutenant Annesley listen to a witness tell his story.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
By telling a lieutenant, I could swear she was trying
to push me right into the path of that train.
Speaker 7 (26:38):
What do you think of that, mister Dan Suddenly ridiculous Nathan,
and you know it?
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Okay, Okay. All I know is I'm standing there when
I hear somebody come up behind me, I turn and
she goes right past, falls off the platform, right in
front of that train.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
It couldn't have been anything but an accident. I tell you,
Why in the worlds would Ellen want to push you
in front of that train? Why would you want to
kill you, Nathan?
Speaker 2 (26:56):
I don't know. She acted kind of funny at my
apartment tonight. Why I came down to see you. I
got the idea she knew what we were up to,
thinking we'd better make sure before we made another move.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
And just what were you up to, mister Nathan.
Speaker 7 (27:10):
Perhaps i'd better explain, Lieutenant. You see, my brother, Jeffrey,
her husband, disappeared about eight months ago. Poor Ellen took
it very hard when all the pieces even tried suicide.
That's so my wife and I had the devil's own
time after that, keeping our eye on her. We were
afraid she'd try it again unless well. That's when I
got the idea to hire mister Nathan to do what
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I hired mister Nathan to pretend to dig up some
information on Jeffrey his whereabouts, things like that.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
Faked.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Of course, I see.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
We did it for Ellen's.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
Sake, Lieutenant, to give us something to live for, some
hope that Jeffrey was alive.
Speaker 12 (27:49):
Ah, poor girl, she was so certain that her husband
was dead. Well maybe she was right. If she was,
they're together again.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Now.
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