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A journey into the round of thestrain and teify I hope you will enjoy
the champ that it will thrill youa little and kill you a little.
So settle back, get a goodgrip on your nerve. Where are we
going? You will find out whenwe get there. All right, black
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eye A nice to see me,did y'all? What goes here? This
is? This is Blackie's apartment.Somebody called a little while ago and said
Blackie wanted me to bring a canaryfrom my shop up here. So you
yeah, guilt and stay thank yousah. So I'm glad with his girlfriend
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had to be your shot, hada date with him, said I'd buy
his apartment. You made the callbecause I wanted to hear. So,
look, I don't want nothing todo with you. I told you happened
my shop yesterday. You know thatmaybe it had sense enough to change your
mind. Well I didn't show Ican make a fortune using the back room
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in a pit chapter again and joint. I told you once nothing doing.
I've been in trouble with the lawbefore, but no more, no more
for me, Bob. I'm runninga pet stop, honest, and nobody's
gonna sell me on nothing else theydid say. Eh, that's so I
got the idea of using Blacky's placeto convince you. Nobody's gonna say yeah
and so what you said, butyou didn't say nothing. He's gonna say
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that this gun prince very away cameon a quick, Joe, you're with
me, no, And I'm goingstraight to our cops and tell them you
figure on operating in this town.Give me that gun. I'll come on,
I'll take it. I do comein it. Ga. Nah,
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nice thinking be cops and Boston Blackie'sa bun. Think I pick up this
canary and I'm inspective Friday and thengot it a day and now on to
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Dick Calmer as Boston Blackie. Enemyto those who make him an enemy,
friend to those who have no friend. Oh black he looked that cock Banuel
still in the window. Yee,I guess your friend mister Nelson really meant
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what he said when he told usto come back this morning. Mary,
My friend mister Nelson, or shouldI say the former number eighth four seven,
eight nine four nine, has alwaysmeant what he said, including the
time he said he'd robbed the fourof the Avenue Bank well, now,
Blackie, don't be too hard onhim. After all, he has reforms.
He got out of jail. He'srunning this pet shop now, and
that's certainly behaving himself, isn't.If he's running this shop, he's doing
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it in a strange way. Youcan count on the he's not only were
in safe Nelson? Hello, HelloNelson, Hey Nelson, Blackie. That
doesn't mean to be anyone here.Maybe he's in the bank. Hey Joe
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Joel Melson. They have the phone, Blacking. If you can't bring this
Nelson out, that phone should Mary. There's no one in the back of
the shop. Part that's funny.I wonder if it's funny, ha ha
ha, funny peculiar somebody else todo it, So I'll answer fun Well,
is it someone asking about that targetSpaniel? Tell them it's so Mary,
you want to be ashamed to yourself? Hellos and blacking? Yes,
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this is black us this and hey, wait a minute, how did you
know? I was here? Alot of things, Blackie. Oh,
and you want to tell me youwant to do it? And man,
the way you can find Joe Elson? You don't when you're a butt in
my apartment? What's he doing there. Just find nice and still and are
you on, Blackie? Just gofirioday and don't in the rush a dead
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too. You called Farady? Whatfor Joe Elson? Smell with an electient.
He's dead and murder. I imagineFarady wants to see you. That's
what for Faraday. If I killedJoe Nelson, you know I wouldn't leave
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his body right here in my apartment. I didn't say you killed him,
Blackie, even in self defense.Why would I kill him? Even in
self defense? You got the toparm, but send up to prison guys
like Nelson here. Get a littlepeeved at guys who do that to them.
But Nelson wasn't sore. I sawhim in his pet shop yesterday and
he told me so. You sawhim in his pet shop yesterday, and
today he turned up in your apartmentdead. That doesn't look good for you,
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Blankie. It doesn't mean a thing, Fairy, except that Joe's killer
saw me and Joe's pet shop andsaw a good chance to commit this murder
and frame me. That's the onlyexplanation with that phone call too. I
know, I know. The phonecall you get clears you you are being
framed, Blackie. I'm convinced tothat. I just wanted to tease you
for a while. Uh huh,where you got your laugh? Where do
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we go from here? Well?I and what's that raiser player doing on
the floor? Well? Oh,oh that's mine? What do you do
with your all rays of blades?Blackie? Just pass him on the rug?
This blade is a lot sharper thanyou are, pal and a whole
lot less rusty. I suppose you'reso sharp you're gonna tell me who killed
this guy? I sure, justgive me time, Friday. I'll give
you the somebody who made a deadbody out of Joe Nelson? Yes?
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Are you Frank Nelson? Yes?Talking a bunch of I want to talk
to you, and I want toget more than a yes out of you
too. What do you want first? I want to close this door behind
me, please, whoever you are, I don't want me trouble out.
I had enough trouble already. Youmean your cousin's death is trouble to you?
Think how much trouble it was tohim? Are you? Are you
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a policeman now? I'm Boston,Blackie. My cousin's body was fun in
your apartment. I heard it Iheard it on the radio. The radio
was right, But once you gatherfrom what you heard is wrong. I
didn't kill him. What? Infact, I am here to investigate his
death. You care who killed him, But do you want to set my
cousin to jail? You sent him? Sure, I did when he was
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wrong, but he was all rightafter we got out. And I don't
like to see this happen to anybodywho killed him. You know the radio
said you might have killed him.I heard it. Do you think I
did? Oh? No, no, of question. I wouldn't think of
anything like that. Murder r.Please go away. I have set him
enough over my cousin's death. Please, honey, as I recall it,
you weren't even speaking to him.No, we weren't. We never really
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have, except to say hello,but but not speaking to somebody and murdered
that Two different things, Yes,one's fatal. Look Nelson, don't fall
apart from fright just because I paya social call and ask you a few
simple questions. You are Joe Nelson'snext of kin. Yes, I'm well,
you don't know who killed your cousinor why? No? No,
I don't, I don't, Idon't know Okay, Now I think maybe
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he won't meet again, So goodbye? Who you? Yes? Me?
Who are you? But I neversaw you before, but your cousin saw
me, send me just before Ikilled him. You killed him, did
a nice job, if it doit? Don't you think? Leaving his
body in black his apartment and allthat? Why did you do it?
Why did I kill a cousin?Or why did I dump his body where
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I did? Why did you killhim? What had he done to you?
If he didn't do me a favor? Didn't let me use the back
room of his pet shop for littlebusiness i'd like to be in, wouldn't
sell the shop to me, didn'twant to cash in on his pet shop?
So I cashed him? And wheredid you come from? What do
you want with me? Came inthe back way? It was about to
chim with you when I actually talkingto black like the way you handle a
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guy. Thank you and me?Or you all right together? What do
you mean? I mean? Thepet shops yours with Joe dead? Yes,
joined me are going in a businesstogether in the back room, mostly
running a little games. Nobody wouldsuspect we'd be running a game in the
petcho Oh, no, no,no, we're not. I don't want
any part of that now. No, well maybe you want all of that's
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only his Sam. But what happensto if you don't do what I say?
Gotta do what I say? Gottado it? Man? Hello?
Hello, So I want to speakto Barston black you please figuring blackness?
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Fright now? I'm find I'll killmy cousin when you tell me he'll be
in trouble. Who is it?I don't dare talk off the phone me
here? Sure? But where's here? My home? Could come right away
quickly? Will you can get yourjust on Frank and keep that tip on
ap till I get there. We'llcome in black Hello? Fright? Did
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I get here? It's gonna Ithink you wouldn't come at home? What's
the matter with you? Are youafraid of everything? Well? You said
you knew who killed Joe? Nowhold what he did? Didn't I say?
I think he got even a bigat all? Right? I got
him here so he could knock himout. Now you're through with me?
Now? Will you leave me alone? But that's that's no, No,
we're not that's again. I noway. What do I have to do
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now? He muffle. You mighthave killed him in you know, just
knocks him out. I'm gonna finishthe job. Do you have to do?
Yeah, you're gonna What are yougonna do? It's something I'm done
to a guy for years. Nicehands, nice feet, nice hands and
feet together and put him in afew weights in a gunny's sack and does
him the river Bob Nold, whynot? I gets Getty in the beam
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when he wakes up in a sackat the bottom of the rebble, but
not so light edit he floats,Well, what is it? Well?
What is it? Is it?I'll tell you what it is? You
Buster Reverence. Yeah, I'm Michael'shomicide department. I'm supposed to bring you
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in a headquarters. They were fouror a little matter of murdering a crazy
jacket. Say he had a bustup with Joe Nelson and vot You were
in press show. But that wasthree years ago. I know, I
know. But Nelson has been murderedand that was yesterday. So in Spector
Faraday wants to see him. Yeah. Yeah, and he's rounding up everybody
who might have had him over tokill Nelson. Then you're pretty high on
the list. Lady, did Iever attend you? How wonderful I am.
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I'm gonna take you out of ajoint like this. You'll be singing
in a class A spot when I'mdoing you. I am to bias.
That's right, who are you playing? Omoside the part? Shout up you?
He's gotten me? Well, whatis it? Flat put? You
and Joe Nelson never got on?Did you? What about it? He's
dead and inspect the Farady wants tosee you at headquarters. He wants to
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see everybody who didn't like Joe Nelsonon the kind of Nelson's dad. Get
your hand, Okay, I'll beout in an hour, honey, Yeah,
I guess you could wait another routtill I fix up your career for
you. Can't. You shouldn't mademe come along, Bob. You shouldn't.
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I'm not, lady, and helpme dump Black his body? Ell,
but it did. By where weare now? Black, you're still
sleeping, Frank, I don't know. I'm not sure. I think maybe
I saw the sack move once.Oh man, anything got the man?
Huh, Bob, let's turn backBlack. He's still alive, So okay,
Yeah, Black ain't lacking away maybemaybe maybe he stead you can hit
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him awful hide got a hide in? Tell you something, black ink its
engage your away. Well, I'llstop it. We gotta do this.
Let's do it and get out ofhere. I'm scared. I'm at it.
Frank, get this, black eak. This is what happens to guys
in us too much. They're outon the river, my aout, nice
night, nice night for a swim, tied up like a roast. Thank
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you. Let's see how nice youcan batter. Let's get it over.
Okay, think a man happy?Yes, he's still alive. Alight by
what? And now back to Boston. Blackie Joe Nelson, pet shop owner
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and ex convict, is found deadin Boston. Blackie's apartment. Joe was
killed by a man who wanted Joe'spet shop as a front for a gambling
house and who tried to throw theblame on Blackie. Frank Nelson, Joe's
weakling cousin, knows this, butis forced by fear to work with Bob,
and with Frank's help, Bob knocksoff Blackie, ties him up,
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puts him in a sack, anddumps him into the river. As we
return to our story. It isseveral hours later and Mary Wesley is in
Black the Paraday's office. Have tohelp me fund Blackie. It's his own
fall and they got himself in ajam. It's Bresley. He stuck his
nose into this case. Sector Hedidn't. He was forced into this.
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All he did was go to thatpitch up when we look at the conquer
Spaniel. The next thing he knewhe was involved in the murder. I
know it, missus Wesley. Iknow he couldn't avoid getting messed up in
this. And I'm as worried asyou are. I have in every suspect
and the Nelson murder, picked upand grilled Nolock. Everybody's got an alibi.
Are you sure Blackie went to seeFrank Nelson. He said he was
going. Nobody said he puned mein an hour, and that was six
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hours ago. I don't have toguess he's run into trouble. If I
know he has, well then dosomething infect the Paraday. I think I
don't want to do something, butwhat I don't know where he went.
Maybe Frank Nelson led black into atramp. He kind of trapped the closes
and stays closed you don't think hedid, do you? They killed Joe
Nelson. We can't do them anymore harm for two murders, and we
can't, for one think he didanybody missing he Wait, wait a minute,
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don't get so close until I canget into some dry clothes. Like
you're soaking wet? Where'd you been? Not in a dry place? Faraday
had Joe Nelson's killer at Bay.So they dumped me into the river and
then a sack to a sack.Well, how don't you get out?
And a guy doesn't get put ina sack and toss in the river and
lift the talent. It's not onlyin the sack, but my hands and
feet were tied together. But animagination that guy's got. How did you
get out? Blackie? Well,you know I'm loaded with trick gadgets.
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Mary saved my life a dozen times. Someday one of them won't work and
I'll be a happy man. Inspectit please. You're the one that helped
me get away this time. Remindme to apologize to myself. How did
I help? You? Remember therays of blade you saw on the rug
in my apartment this morning? Yeah, well it had come from the heel
of my shoe. It's a trickheel hollow that in my apartment. The
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blade probably slipped out, so Islipped it back in, and then when
I got dumped out of the boatinto the river, I slipped it out
of the heel and that saved mylife. You cut your way out of
that sack on the underwater with arazor blade. It was tough, but
not too tough. Mary. Myhands were tied to my feet, but
my fingers were free. Yeah.I slipped the heel of my shoes side,
got out, the blade, gotthe rope binding my hands and feet
together, ripped open the sack andswam ashore. Sorry I'm so late.
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Oh sorry, you're late. OhBlack we thought you were dead. When
I swallowed those first few gults ofwater, I thought I was too married.
Faraday, I know Joe Nelson's killhim? Yeah, who is it?
All I know about him is thathis first name is Bob and that
he's working with Frank Nelson, Joe'scousin. Hooray. You want us to
pick up every guy named Bob inthe city. No, in fact,
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I don't want you to do anything. You see right now, I can't
prove he's the guy who killed Joeand try to kill me. But I
still think that I can find him, and when I do, I'll make
him talk. Blackie. How areyou going to do it by forcing Joe's
cousin to tell you where this Bobcan be found? Forcing him, Mary,
Yeah, that wouldn't be quite possible. I think No, he'd be
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too scared to tell me about Bob. You know, Bob would kill him.
No, Mary, it's got tobe much cute than that, and
it also has to provide the proofI need of him. That sounds like
a pretty tough one of blanking maybefor him. You heard, Inspector,
I'm a pretty tough character. Bunchthe time in a little pust to the
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wall and Frank Bob, I can'tdo it any more. Tonight, I
got a feeling that shut out timefor feeling he's gonna get this room ready
for business. I was You'm oundat the table's kind of I sent word
around to the list that you gaveme that we'd be open for business tomorrow
night. But do you think thatman to sound could open the night?
Room is ready? The other guyswho want a gamble so away when our
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black is when how long he's beendead? We have to talk about as
I want to be quick like asmart guy. I kicked up a fuss
like a hear he was unconscious whenwe threw him over butter. I don't
think even knew what happened to him. Make it did well? He usually
wakes a guy. Yeah, that'sabout a second. A guy. I'm
dumbing him out of the drink.Here's a guy in surprise, like a
gag at a bottle. Can't talkabout something else. If you'll be hearing
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about months happen a person black andnobody'll ever know. I'm not so sure.
Oh wouldn't duck get the cops putthey eat on you? Which you
think? Oh no, no,no, bubba, I won't know what
thing. I wouldn't know what.Don't make it if you did, I
don't talk about it. I'm justwatching this thing as you are. Now,
are you good? Thing? Youknow that? What if the cops
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do get to us? What ablack? He doesn't stay the bottom?
And there's something about that sack thatleads into us what a nothing about this
sack or anything that leave them doeswhat anything? Though? See what it
said on that saying No, Ididn't pay any attention. I didn't have
seen what it said. Right,give you a laugh, said contents parishiple,
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keeping cool, right, Please hyour head on a chair, Mary,
I'm going to be work and you'regonna watch. Seems to me that's
all I've done tonight. What youcome back from the dead and watch Frank
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Nelson's house just now to see thathe got home. He's hormonies alone.
That's all I care about. Iwas supposed to be unconscious in that sack.
I heard this character Bob talk.I think I can ever say this
phone now, what good will thatdo? I imagine you gotta call Frank.
Why can't you say to him overthe phone that will eather lead you
to Bob or give you the proofyou say you need. Wait and see,
lady, just wait and see.I can follow Frank and get him
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to lead me to Bob eventually,but this way is better faster. Listen.
I've got Frank's home number here.It is in the goal one five
six one. Once we took himinto telling me where Bob can be reached.
Hello, Frank, Yeah, gottatalk to you now. This is
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what's a matter more trouble no,and there ain't gonna be any's first of
all, So my old phone numberaway, Yeah, not's gonna work with
my from my place anymore? Onefrom now on called Hillside three two six
seven. Got it? Wait aminute, I'll write it down. Here's
your old number in my book.What number did you have for me?
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I'm making six seventy four, Yeah, making six seventy four. That this
cross it off and put the No. One in Hillside three two six seven.
That's if you want me from now? Okay, I get this.
I want you to meet me rightaway Lincoln Park. I want to see
your entrance to Lincoln Park. Thisalper Bobby want He left me a half
a hour ago. What's wrong withit? Is it? Blank? You
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stucky? You'll know we got ridof him like it did you get?
Yeah? Sure, I know,but I can imagine what the couble is
that I can meet me and findout. That's all right away? Come
I well, Mary, and Ido Blank. You are wonderful and you
got Bob's vote number. It wasone of the reasons for the call.
Now I'm calling Bob pretending to beFrank, and I'll get the tool that
I'm out of Lincoln Park, Lincolnsix seventy eight four. But Bob,
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I'm really scared. You've got tomeet me right away. Scared? Yeah,
what you scared? It? Butwhat we're like ghosts? That's all
we gotta worry about. Frank,you gotta beat right away. I gotta
talk to that to shut up?How many knows I n act? Have
you cutting that? Blacky? Let'ssee why I see you, Bobby.
Bobby may be right away. Igo to the police that kids better Major
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better meet you right away too.What about at Lincoln Park, Holly,
I've been here. Don't you worryabout that? Well, Marry did.
Gotta called Faraday and get him toLincoln Clark so we can link those two
guys to murder. Thank you,Frank, Sure it's meet Bob shure you
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I got it? And what's allthis about being scared and going to the
cups about meet killing your cousin?What are you talking about? I don't
say it to my face? Game? What what was to yellow? Huh?
Kid? You're not going any cupsnow? I never like you're not
talking to anybody. No, no, Bob, nobody didn't finish. Eh.
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Well, let's swell. I don'tthink this will finish you. Also,
party, he's through it. He'sall yours. Okay, I'll take
care of him. I want tosee our bad Frank is hid? Frank
Frank, how did you get away? Never mind about that? Now where
did the bullet catcher? It wasside. I don't think it's too serious.
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I hope not. I wouldn't wantto cheat the state out of the
fun of putting you on trial.Oh lord, look, black you look
at the cute cockage daniel in thewindow. I want it now. You
know what happened the last time wewent dog shopping Mary, I still didn't
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get the dog. That's all Iremember. And Blackie, if I remembered
anything else, I didn't know tomake you promise me you'd never fool with
infective Faraday's murder cases. Would youlike that? No? No, I
can't know. Well, if yourheart said I'm having a Cocu spaniel,
let's go in the start? Ohthanks, come on in, Blackie doesn't
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mean to be anybody here. Ohdon't tell me this is starting all over
again. Hey, hey, somebody, Blackie, we're jinks something wrong here
too. Let's get out there.We're sticking to something. Hey, why
I want to find out what?Hey? Anybody here? Anybody? If
you want something? Home? Misteram I glad to see you as I
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can do for you. We'd likethat black coca spaniel the window what's his
name? Or the black window?Hush his name? Blackie? What else
for the tea? Blackie? Oh? No, I just gotta happen.
He's very playful, miss. Helikes nothing so much as you're chanking.
Cats have a tree hold by allmeans, and there let's happened. He'll
remind you of me when I'm notaround. Well, he's much And besides,
just because he tases things up atree, why should that remind me
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of you? Or Mary? Isn'tthat where I generally have paraday? Blackie
A journey into the round of thestrain and teify I hope you will enjoy
the champ that it will thrill youa little and kill you a little.
So settle back, get a goodgrip on your nerve. Where are we
going? You will find out whenwe get there. All right, black
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eye A nice to see me,did y'all? What goes here? This
is? This is Blackie's apartment.Somebody called a little while ago and said
Blackie wanted me to bring a canaryfrom my shop up here. So you
yeah, guilt and stay thank yousah. So I'm glad with his girlfriend
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had to be your shot, hada date with him, said I'd buy
his apartment. You made the callbecause I wanted to hear. So,
look, I don't want nothing todo with you. I told you happened
my shop yesterday. You know thatmaybe it had sense enough to change your
mind. Well I didn't show Ican make a fortune using the back room
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in a pit chapter again and joint. I told you once nothing doing.
I've been in trouble with the lawbefore, but no more, no more
for me, Bob. I'm runninga pet stop, honest, and nobody's
gonna sell me on nothing else theydid say. Eh, that's so I
got the idea of using Blacky's placeto convince you. Nobody's gonna say yeah
and so what you said, butyou didn't say nothing. He's gonna say
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that this gun prince very away cameon a quick, Joe, you're with
me, no, And I'm goingstraight to our cops and tell them you
figure on operating in this town.Give me that gun. I'll come on,
I'll take it. I do comein it. Ga. Nah,
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nice thinking be cops and Boston Blackie'sa bun. Think I pick up this
canary and I'm inspective Friday and thengot it a day and now on to
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Dick Calmer as Boston Blackie. Enemyto those who make him an enemy,
friend to those who have no friend. Oh black he looked that cock Banuel
still in the window. Yee,I guess your friend mister Nelson really meant
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what he said when he told usto come back this morning. Mary,
My friend mister Nelson, or shouldI say the former number eighth four seven,
eight nine four nine, has alwaysmeant what he said, including the
time he said he'd robbed the fourof the Avenue Bank well, now,
Blackie, don't be too hard onhim. After all, he has reforms.
He got out of jail. He'srunning this pet shop now, and
that's certainly behaving himself, isn't.If he's running this shop, he's doing
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it in a strange way. Youcan count on the he's not only were
in safe Nelson? Hello, HelloNelson, Hey Nelson, Blackie. That
doesn't mean to be anyone here.Maybe he's in the bank. Hey Joe
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Joel Melson. They have the phone, Blacking. If you can't bring this
Nelson out, that phone should Mary. There's no one in the back of
the shop. Part that's funny.I wonder if it's funny, ha ha
ha, funny peculiar somebody else todo it, So I'll answer fun Well,
is it someone asking about that targetSpaniel? Tell them it's so Mary,
you want to be ashamed to yourself? Hellos and blacking? Yes,
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this is black us this and hey, wait a minute, how did you
know? I was here? Alot of things, Blackie. Oh,
and you want to tell me youwant to do it? And man,
the way you can find Joe Elson? You don't when you're a butt in
my apartment? What's he doing there. Just find nice and still and are
you on, Blackie? Just gofirioday and don't in the rush a dead
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too. You called Farady? Whatfor Joe Elson? Smell with an electient.
He's dead and murder. I imagineFarady wants to see you. That's
what for Faraday. If I killedJoe Nelson, you know I wouldn't leave
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his body right here in my apartment. I didn't say you killed him,
Blackie, even in self defense.Why would I kill him? Even in
self defense? You got the toparm, but send up to prison guys
like Nelson here. Get a littlepeeved at guys who do that to them.
But Nelson wasn't sore. I sawhim in his pet shop yesterday and
he told me so. You sawhim in his pet shop yesterday, and
today he turned up in your apartmentdead. That doesn't look good for you,
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Blankie. It doesn't mean a thing, Fairy, except that Joe's killer
saw me and Joe's pet shop andsaw a good chance to commit this murder
and frame me. That's the onlyexplanation with that phone call too. I
know, I know. The phonecall you get clears you you are being
framed, Blackie. I'm convinced tothat. I just wanted to tease you
for a while. Uh huh,where you got your laugh? Where do
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we go from here? Well?I and what's that raiser player doing on
the floor? Well? Oh,oh that's mine? What do you do
with your all rays of blades?Blackie? Just pass him on the rug?
This blade is a lot sharper thanyou are, pal and a whole
lot less rusty. I suppose you'reso sharp you're gonna tell me who killed
this guy? I sure, justgive me time, Friday. I'll give
you the somebody who made a deadbody out of Joe Nelson? Yes?
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Are you Frank Nelson? Yes?Talking a bunch of I want to talk
to you, and I want toget more than a yes out of you
too. What do you want first? I want to close this door behind
me, please, whoever you are, I don't want me trouble out.
I had enough trouble already. Youmean your cousin's death is trouble to you?
Think how much trouble it was tohim? Are you? Are you
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a policeman now? I'm Boston,Blackie. My cousin's body was fun in
your apartment. I heard it Iheard it on the radio. The radio
was right, But once you gatherfrom what you heard is wrong. I
didn't kill him. What? Infact, I am here to investigate his
death. You care who killed him, But do you want to set my
cousin to jail? You sent him? Sure, I did when he was
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wrong, but he was all rightafter we got out. And I don't
like to see this happen to anybodywho killed him. You know the radio
said you might have killed him.I heard it. Do you think I
did? Oh? No, no, of question. I wouldn't think of
anything like that. Murder r.Please go away. I have set him
enough over my cousin's death. Please, honey, as I recall it,
you weren't even speaking to him.No, we weren't. We never really
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have, except to say hello,but but not speaking to somebody and murdered
that Two different things, Yes,one's fatal. Look Nelson, don't fall
apart from fright just because I paya social call and ask you a few
simple questions. You are Joe Nelson'snext of kin. Yes, I'm well,
you don't know who killed your cousinor why? No? No,
I don't, I don't, Idon't know Okay, Now I think maybe
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he won't meet again, So goodbye? Who you? Yes? Me?
Who are you? But I neversaw you before, but your cousin saw
me, send me just before Ikilled him. You killed him, did
a nice job, if it doit? Don't you think? Leaving his
body in black his apartment and allthat? Why did you do it?
Why did I kill a cousin?Or why did I dump his body where
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I did? Why did you killhim? What had he done to you?
If he didn't do me a favor? Didn't let me use the back
room of his pet shop for littlebusiness i'd like to be in, wouldn't
sell the shop to me, didn'twant to cash in on his pet shop?
So I cashed him? And wheredid you come from? What do
you want with me? Came inthe back way? It was about to
chim with you when I actually talkingto black like the way you handle a
(08:26):
guy. Thank you and me?Or you all right together? What do
you mean? I mean? Thepet shops yours with Joe dead? Yes,
joined me are going in a businesstogether in the back room, mostly
running a little games. Nobody wouldsuspect we'd be running a game in the
petcho Oh, no, no,no, we're not. I don't want
any part of that now. No, well maybe you want all of that's
(08:50):
only his Sam. But what happensto if you don't do what I say?
Gotta do what I say? Gottado it? Man? Hello?
Hello, So I want to speakto Barston black you please figuring blackness?
(09:13):
Fright now? I'm find I'll killmy cousin when you tell me he'll be
in trouble. Who is it?I don't dare talk off the phone me
here? Sure? But where's here? My home? Could come right away
quickly? Will you can get yourjust on Frank and keep that tip on
ap till I get there. We'llcome in black Hello? Fright? Did
(09:37):
I get here? It's gonna Ithink you wouldn't come at home? What's
the matter with you? Are youafraid of everything? Well? You said
you knew who killed Joe? Nowhold what he did? Didn't I say?
I think he got even a bigat all? Right? I got
him here so he could knock himout. Now you're through with me?
Now? Will you leave me alone? But that's that's no, No,
we're not that's again. I noway. What do I have to do
(09:58):
now? He muffle. You mighthave killed him in you know, just
knocks him out. I'm gonna finishthe job. Do you have to do?
Yeah, you're gonna What are yougonna do? It's something I'm done
to a guy for years. Nicehands, nice feet, nice hands and
feet together and put him in afew weights in a gunny's sack and does
him the river Bob Nold, whynot? I gets Getty in the beam
(10:20):
when he wakes up in a sackat the bottom of the rebble, but
not so light edit he floats,Well, what is it? Well?
What is it? Is it?I'll tell you what it is? You
Buster Reverence. Yeah, I'm Michael'shomicide department. I'm supposed to bring you
(10:41):
in a headquarters. They were fouror a little matter of murdering a crazy
jacket. Say he had a bustup with Joe Nelson and vot You were
in press show. But that wasthree years ago. I know, I
know. But Nelson has been murderedand that was yesterday. So in Spector
Faraday wants to see him. Yeah. Yeah, and he's rounding up everybody
who might have had him over tokill Nelson. Then you're pretty high on
the list. Lady, did Iever attend you? How wonderful I am.
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I'm gonna take you out of ajoint like this. You'll be singing
in a class A spot when I'mdoing you. I am to bias.
That's right, who are you playing? Omoside the part? Shout up you?
He's gotten me? Well, whatis it? Flat put? You
and Joe Nelson never got on?Did you? What about it? He's
dead and inspect the Farady wants tosee you at headquarters. He wants to
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see everybody who didn't like Joe Nelsonon the kind of Nelson's dad. Get
your hand, Okay, I'll beout in an hour, honey, Yeah,
I guess you could wait another routtill I fix up your career for
you. Can't. You shouldn't mademe come along, Bob. You shouldn't.
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I'm not, lady, and helpme dump Black his body? Ell,
but it did. By where weare now? Black, you're still
sleeping, Frank, I don't know. I'm not sure. I think maybe
I saw the sack move once.Oh man, anything got the man?
Huh, Bob, let's turn backBlack. He's still alive, So okay,
Yeah, Black ain't lacking away maybemaybe maybe he stead you can hit
(12:22):
him awful hide got a hide in? Tell you something, black ink its
engage your away. Well, I'llstop it. We gotta do this.
Let's do it and get out ofhere. I'm scared. I'm at it.
Frank, get this, black eak. This is what happens to guys
in us too much. They're outon the river, my aout, nice
night, nice night for a swim, tied up like a roast. Thank
(12:43):
you. Let's see how nice youcan batter. Let's get it over.
Okay, think a man happy?Yes, he's still alive. Alight by
what? And now back to Boston. Blackie Joe Nelson, pet shop owner
(13:30):
and ex convict, is found deadin Boston. Blackie's apartment. Joe was
killed by a man who wanted Joe'spet shop as a front for a gambling
house and who tried to throw theblame on Blackie. Frank Nelson, Joe's
weakling cousin, knows this, butis forced by fear to work with Bob,
and with Frank's help, Bob knocksoff Blackie, ties him up,
(13:50):
puts him in a sack, anddumps him into the river. As we
return to our story. It isseveral hours later and Mary Wesley is in
Black the Paraday's office. Have tohelp me fund Blackie. It's his own
fall and they got himself in ajam. It's Bresley. He stuck his
nose into this case. Sector Hedidn't. He was forced into this.
(14:11):
All he did was go to thatpitch up when we look at the conquer
Spaniel. The next thing he knewhe was involved in the murder. I
know it, missus Wesley. Iknow he couldn't avoid getting messed up in
this. And I'm as worried asyou are. I have in every suspect
and the Nelson murder, picked upand grilled Nolock. Everybody's got an alibi.
Are you sure Blackie went to seeFrank Nelson. He said he was
going. Nobody said he puned mein an hour, and that was six
(14:33):
hours ago. I don't have toguess he's run into trouble. If I
know he has, well then dosomething infect the Paraday. I think I
don't want to do something, butwhat I don't know where he went.
Maybe Frank Nelson led black into atramp. He kind of trapped the closes
and stays closed you don't think hedid, do you? They killed Joe
Nelson. We can't do them anymore harm for two murders, and we
can't, for one think he didanybody missing he Wait, wait a minute,
(15:00):
don't get so close until I canget into some dry clothes. Like
you're soaking wet? Where'd you been? Not in a dry place? Faraday
had Joe Nelson's killer at Bay.So they dumped me into the river and
then a sack to a sack.Well, how don't you get out?
And a guy doesn't get put ina sack and toss in the river and
lift the talent. It's not onlyin the sack, but my hands and
feet were tied together. But animagination that guy's got. How did you
get out? Blackie? Well,you know I'm loaded with trick gadgets.
(15:22):
Mary saved my life a dozen times. Someday one of them won't work and
I'll be a happy man. Inspectit please. You're the one that helped
me get away this time. Remindme to apologize to myself. How did
I help? You? Remember therays of blade you saw on the rug
in my apartment this morning? Yeah, well it had come from the heel
of my shoe. It's a trickheel hollow that in my apartment. The
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blade probably slipped out, so Islipped it back in, and then when
I got dumped out of the boatinto the river, I slipped it out
of the heel and that saved mylife. You cut your way out of
that sack on the underwater with arazor blade. It was tough, but
not too tough. Mary. Myhands were tied to my feet, but
my fingers were free. Yeah.I slipped the heel of my shoes side,
got out, the blade, gotthe rope binding my hands and feet
together, ripped open the sack andswam ashore. Sorry I'm so late.
(16:07):
Oh sorry, you're late. OhBlack we thought you were dead. When
I swallowed those first few gults ofwater, I thought I was too married.
Faraday, I know Joe Nelson's killhim? Yeah, who is it?
All I know about him is thathis first name is Bob and that
he's working with Frank Nelson, Joe'scousin. Hooray. You want us to
pick up every guy named Bob inthe city. No, in fact,
(16:30):
I don't want you to do anything. You see right now, I can't
prove he's the guy who killed Joeand try to kill me. But I
still think that I can find him, and when I do, I'll make
him talk. Blackie. How areyou going to do it by forcing Joe's
cousin to tell you where this Bobcan be found? Forcing him, Mary,
Yeah, that wouldn't be quite possible. I think No, he'd be
(16:51):
too scared to tell me about Bob. You know, Bob would kill him.
No, Mary, it's got tobe much cute than that, and
it also has to provide the proofI need of him. That sounds like
a pretty tough one of blanking maybefor him. You heard, Inspector,
I'm a pretty tough character. Bunchthe time in a little pust to the
(17:15):
wall and Frank Bob, I can'tdo it any more. Tonight, I
got a feeling that shut out timefor feeling he's gonna get this room ready
for business. I was You'm oundat the table's kind of I sent word
around to the list that you gaveme that we'd be open for business tomorrow
night. But do you think thatman to sound could open the night?
Room is ready? The other guyswho want a gamble so away when our
(17:37):
black is when how long he's beendead? We have to talk about as
I want to be quick like asmart guy. I kicked up a fuss
like a hear he was unconscious whenwe threw him over butter. I don't
think even knew what happened to him. Make it did well? He usually
wakes a guy. Yeah, that'sabout a second. A guy. I'm
dumbing him out of the drink.Here's a guy in surprise, like a
gag at a bottle. Can't talkabout something else. If you'll be hearing
(17:59):
about months happen a person black andnobody'll ever know. I'm not so sure.
Oh wouldn't duck get the cops putthey eat on you? Which you
think? Oh no, no,no, bubba, I won't know what
thing. I wouldn't know what.Don't make it if you did, I
don't talk about it. I'm justwatching this thing as you are. Now,
are you good? Thing? Youknow that? What if the cops
(18:19):
do get to us? What ablack? He doesn't stay the bottom?
And there's something about that sack thatleads into us what a nothing about this
sack or anything that leave them doeswhat anything? Though? See what it
said on that saying No, Ididn't pay any attention. I didn't have
seen what it said. Right,give you a laugh, said contents parishiple,
(18:40):
keeping cool, right, Please hyour head on a chair, Mary,
I'm going to be work and you'regonna watch. Seems to me that's
all I've done tonight. What youcome back from the dead and watch Frank
(19:00):
Nelson's house just now to see thathe got home. He's hormonies alone.
That's all I care about. Iwas supposed to be unconscious in that sack.
I heard this character Bob talk.I think I can ever say this
phone now, what good will thatdo? I imagine you gotta call Frank.
Why can't you say to him overthe phone that will eather lead you
to Bob or give you the proofyou say you need. Wait and see,
lady, just wait and see.I can follow Frank and get him
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to lead me to Bob eventually,but this way is better faster. Listen.
I've got Frank's home number here.It is in the goal one five
six one. Once we took himinto telling me where Bob can be reached.
Hello, Frank, Yeah, gottatalk to you now. This is
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what's a matter more trouble no,and there ain't gonna be any's first of
all, So my old phone numberaway, Yeah, not's gonna work with
my from my place anymore? Onefrom now on called Hillside three two six
seven. Got it? Wait aminute, I'll write it down. Here's
your old number in my book.What number did you have for me?
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I'm making six seventy four, Yeah, making six seventy four. That this
cross it off and put the No. One in Hillside three two six seven.
That's if you want me from now? Okay, I get this.
I want you to meet me rightaway Lincoln Park. I want to see
your entrance to Lincoln Park. Thisalper Bobby want He left me a half
a hour ago. What's wrong withit? Is it? Blank? You
(20:30):
stucky? You'll know we got ridof him like it did you get?
Yeah? Sure, I know,but I can imagine what the couble is
that I can meet me and findout. That's all right away? Come
I well, Mary, and Ido Blank. You are wonderful and you
got Bob's vote number. It wasone of the reasons for the call.
Now I'm calling Bob pretending to beFrank, and I'll get the tool that
I'm out of Lincoln Park, Lincolnsix seventy eight four. But Bob,
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I'm really scared. You've got tomeet me right away. Scared? Yeah,
what you scared? It? Butwhat we're like ghosts? That's all
we gotta worry about. Frank,you gotta beat right away. I gotta
talk to that to shut up?How many knows I n act? Have
you cutting that? Blacky? Let'ssee why I see you, Bobby.
Bobby may be right away. Igo to the police that kids better Major
(21:22):
better meet you right away too.What about at Lincoln Park, Holly,
I've been here. Don't you worryabout that? Well, Marry did.
Gotta called Faraday and get him toLincoln Clark so we can link those two
guys to murder. Thank you,Frank, Sure it's meet Bob shure you
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I got it? And what's allthis about being scared and going to the
cups about meet killing your cousin?What are you talking about? I don't
say it to my face? Game? What what was to yellow? Huh?
Kid? You're not going any cupsnow? I never like you're not
talking to anybody. No, no, Bob, nobody didn't finish. Eh.
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Well, let's swell. I don'tthink this will finish you. Also,
party, he's through it. He'sall yours. Okay, I'll take
care of him. I want tosee our bad Frank is hid? Frank
Frank, how did you get away? Never mind about that? Now where
did the bullet catcher? It wasside. I don't think it's too serious.
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I hope not. I wouldn't wantto cheat the state out of the
fun of putting you on trial.Oh lord, look, black you look
at the cute cockage daniel in thewindow. I want it now. You
know what happened the last time wewent dog shopping Mary, I still didn't
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get the dog. That's all Iremember. And Blackie, if I remembered
anything else, I didn't know tomake you promise me you'd never fool with
infective Faraday's murder cases. Would youlike that? No? No, I
can't know. Well, if yourheart said I'm having a Cocu spaniel,
let's go in the start? Ohthanks, come on in, Blackie doesn't
(23:18):
mean to be anybody here. Ohdon't tell me this is starting all over
again. Hey, hey, somebody, Blackie, we're jinks something wrong here
too. Let's get out there.We're sticking to something. Hey, why
I want to find out what?Hey? Anybody here? Anybody? If
you want something? Home? Misteram I glad to see you as I
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can do for you. We'd likethat black coca spaniel the window what's his
name? Or the black window?Hush his name? Blackie? What else
for the tea? Blackie? Oh? No, I just gotta happen.
He's very playful, miss. Helikes nothing so much as you're chanking.
Cats have a tree hold by allmeans, and there let's happened. He'll
remind you of me when I'm notaround. Well, he's much And besides,
just because he tases things up atree, why should that remind me
(24:03):
of you? Or Mary? Isn'tthat where I generally have paraday? Blackie
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