A fighter about to face the champion dies in the ring; a district attorney (Neil Hamilton) investigates.
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02:06Won't you sit down?
02:08You'll need more than mirror tricks now, Burdock.
02:11I guess you're right, Krim.
02:13How'd you know it was me?
02:15A good detective never forgets a voice.
02:20But you didn't think I'd come back, did you?
02:23Yes, I did, Krim.
02:25Again, your voice gave you away.
02:28I knew that was you who phoned tonight.
02:31Only, uh, you're 30 minutes earlier than I expected.
02:36That's where a good detective made a fatal mistake.
02:43I'm afraid you made the fatal mistake, Krim.
03:08I'm afraid you made the fatal mistake, Krim.
03:10Oh, pardon me.
03:12May I have a light?
03:14Why, certainly.
03:16Certainly.
03:17How did you like the play?
03:20I thought it was a massive tripe.
03:22Well, I thought it was pretty good.
03:24That's because you know nothing about criminology.
03:26And neither does the fellow who wrote that night now.
03:29Imagine.
03:30Imagine the detective recognizing the murderer by his voice.
03:33Well, what's wrong with that?
03:34Well, the man only spoke ten words before the final scene.
03:38You, uh, wouldn't remember mine in a week from now, could you?
03:41Certainly.
03:42Bet you five dollars you couldn't.
03:43It's a bet.
03:45And whose money will I have the honor of taking?
03:48Oh, um, oh, I'm Bill Devins.
03:52I'm not the district attorney.
03:53I'm afraid so.
03:54This is going to be a pleasure.
04:00And now, guests and fellow members of the Pen and Pencil Club,
04:04how would you like to hear a few words from the author
04:08whose play you have just witnessed?
04:11How would you like to sneak out again and go someplace where there's music, eh?
04:14Before old pickle-puss starts spouting?
04:16Well, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a great pleasure to present to you
04:22the celebrated mystery author, Paul Ward.
04:28That's it, Bill.
04:33Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
04:36Instead of making a speech, I'm going to ask a man who has an authority on crime
04:40to criticize my play.
04:42I'm referring to your eminent district attorney, Mr. William Devins.
04:50Because of a previous engagement, I must rush away.
04:53And I'm terribly sorry I won't be able to hear your speech.
04:56Good night, everyone.
05:08Ladies and gentlemen.
05:12Took you long enough to get you wrapped.
05:13Now we're going to be late for the fight.
05:15Now, Jake, don't talk like a husband.
05:16Remember, you're only my agent.
05:18Polly, that's a great idea.
05:20Will you marry me?
05:21You could save my 10%.
05:23Yes, and you'd get my 90%.
05:25No, thank you.
05:32This is a sticker.
05:34Reach for it.
05:36Don't try any yellow if you know what's good for you.
05:40Sure.
05:41Sure, be a sport, Jake.
05:42After all, you two are in practically the same business.
05:45Only he uses a gun.
05:47Yeah?
05:47What's his racket?
05:49He's my agent.
05:50I ought to let you have it, you rat.
05:52Don't shoot.
05:54Here's my wallet.
05:55All right.
05:56Get over against that wall.
05:59Hold it.
06:04Mr. Devins.
06:06Why, didn't you know it was me?
06:07I thought you'd recognize my voice.
06:10Pretty clever, aren't you?
06:11Not nearly as clever as the detective in your play.
06:14Do I get the five?
06:20You know this is very cheap for a lesson in criminology.
06:25Have you a permit to carry this?
06:27Certainly.
06:34You ought to be ashamed of yourself holding up people at the point of a gun.
06:40Don't you know it's only a matter of time before an officer will come up behind you and say...
06:43Don't move.
06:44You're under arrest.
06:45Take it easy, old timer.
06:47I'm the district attorney.
06:48Yeah, and I'm the governor.
06:49Hold out your hand.
06:50No, just a minute.
06:52Tell him who I am.
06:53He's a dangerous criminal officer.
06:54Do your duty.
06:55You're dang tootin' a will.
06:56I guess I know a crook when I see one.
06:59Handcuff me to him, lady, while I keep him covered.
07:01With pleasure.
07:01Now, wait a minute.
07:02Hold out your hands, please.
07:03I will not.
07:04My trigger finger is just a itching, young fella.
07:06You better do what she says.
07:09Whoa.
07:12There.
07:13And let this be a lesson to you, my man.
07:15Crime does not pay.
07:18Right, huh?
07:20Come on, get out.
07:22I don't see why we can't just go in and enjoy the fights like anyone else.
07:27Publicity.
07:27Famous authorists picked the winner.
07:29There'll be photographs of the both of you shaking hands all over the sport pages.
07:32Or the comic sections.
07:35Well, here we are.
07:50I told you to stay out of here.
07:52But I've got to see Ace coming.
07:54You can see him after they're fine.
07:55And if I catch you sneaking around here anymore, I'll have you a person.
07:58Now, go on and scram.
08:10Ace is a sensation in the ring.
08:11Won his last ten fights by knockouts.
08:13Should be a great bout.
08:15I've been carrying me tough for 20 years.
08:18And you're the first crook I ever put him on.
08:20I mean, first time I've used him.
08:28Funny, ain't it?
08:29Me arresting the district attorney.
08:31Very.
08:32Come on, get busy.
08:35Hold still.
08:38There she is.
08:40Here.
08:44Well, I'll be danged.
08:46You must have filed the wrong bracelet.
08:48Give me that toy.
08:50Give me that file.
08:51Put him up there.
08:52This is Nick Nichols, your sports commentator, broadcasting from Hollywood Stadium, where
08:56the semi-wind-up is just about to start.
08:58Here comes another celebrity.
08:59It's that well-known mystery writer, Polly Ward.
09:02Or in private life, Miss Pauline Ward.
09:05Nick.
09:18Miss Pauline, want to say hello to the radio audience?
09:22Hello, everybody.
09:23I wish you could all be here tonight.
09:26I'll bet.
09:30What a final, good a finish.
09:32Just a minute, I'll let you hear from the winner.
09:36Say a few words in the mic, Tony.
09:38Oh, yeah.
09:38Hello, Ma.
09:40Never leave that club on me.
09:43That was Tony Antonio, folks, winning the semifinal here at the stadium.
09:46Ah, there's lovely Althea Ames, region picture star, sitting with flats keep.
09:51Say, you ain't fooling me.
09:53I think there's more to this than publicity.
09:55I'll bet you're going soft on him.
09:56Ah, you're just sore because he's going to beat you, fighter, tonight.
09:59Maybe he is, and maybe he ain't.
10:03Here comes Ralph Porter, a He-Man star, and he's still wearing dark glasses.
10:06You see, Ralph and Ace Cummings were doing a fight scene for a picture the other day.
10:09Ralph didn't pull his punches, so Ace let him have one that gave him the prettiest shiner I've ever seen.
10:16Hello, Ralph.
10:17Who are you betting on tonight?
10:18Chance.
10:19But Ace is a three-to-one favorite.
10:20I'm still betting on the chance.
10:22Uh, that's nothing to do with that black eye, has it?
10:24That's fine.
10:26Hey, listen, what kind of stake did you use on it?
10:28Run along, Nick.
10:28You're not being funny.
10:30Oh, come on, tell us.
10:30What is the star of you?
10:31Billy Mignone or just plain round sticks?
10:35This is Nick Nichols broadcasting from the back of his deck on the floor where Ralph Porter just pushed him.
10:40Ralph seems to be a little touchy about that black eye, but I guess I can't blame him.
10:43Everybody's been ribbing him about it.
10:46Here comes Champ Madison when Ace Cummings is out.
10:48Won't be long now.
10:50At least, let's give him a good fight and may the best man win.
10:54There ain't no question in your mind who the best man is, is there?
10:58Oh, I hope you kill him, Champ.
11:00Come on, Nick.
11:09If Champ Madison can beat Ace Cummings tonight, his title should be secure for a long time because Ace is
11:14his only threat.
11:18Hello?
11:20Hello, this is Nick.
11:22What?
11:23Oh, that's too bad.
11:26Sorry to do it.
11:29Oh, that's too bad.
11:30Oh, that's too bad.
11:37Ladies and gentlemen, I have some sad news for you.
11:43A few minutes ago, in a New York hospital, that great heavyweight fighter of yesterday, Joe McHugh, passed away.
11:52In reverence to that great fighter, friends and gentlemen, I'm going to have the house like them while we count
12:02Joe McHugh out for the first and last time.
12:32What happened?
12:34There's somebody over there.
12:39What's the matter?
12:40Somebody grabbed me by the leg.
12:42Well, don't look at me, lady.
12:44Oh, it does me again!
12:56Hey, that's funny smelling perfume you're using.
12:59Yeah, you liked it well enough last night.
13:03What is that peculiar odor?
13:06Say, this is a four-bit cigar.
13:11Ladies and gentlemen, get him out.
13:16This is the main event of the evening, ten rounds of boxing.
13:19Introducing the champion at 198, Tommy Madison.
13:29And in this corner we have at 201, the challenger, Ace Tommy.
13:36Take him out.
13:38Take him out, Ace.
13:41Take him out, Ace.
13:45Dr. Carly! Dr. Carly!
13:58And Cummings is still on the canvas, folks, for the first time in his career as a fighter.
14:02Oh, it looks bad.
14:03Just a minute, we'll try to find out what happened.
14:05Come on, we want to get out of here.
14:09Wait, folks, wait a minute.
14:11Yes, I just got a nod from the doctor here.
14:13Ace Cummings is dead, and it looks like murder.
14:17Quiet, please! Keep your seat!
14:19Quiet, please! Keep your seat!
14:28Not so fast, sister.
14:30But I've got to get out. I've got to!
14:31No, not till the police come, you don't.
14:33Come on, go on back to your seat now.
14:36Stay tuned to this station, friends, for scooped news on the stadium murder.
14:39This is Nick Nichols, your sports commentator.
14:41You going down there?
14:42I am not.
14:43You supposed to?
14:46I'm not going anywhere until I get rid of these handcuffs.
14:48Oh, shut up.
14:50I kind of thought I might get in on the excitement.
14:53Never mind the excitement.
14:55Here, file a while.
14:56Here's the latest on the stadium murder case.
14:58Captain Filsom of the homicide squad has taken the office upstairs and is trying to get to the bottom of
15:02things.
15:03But doctor!
15:04All right, I know it sounds crazy, but that man was killed by powdered poison being thrown in his face.
15:09Yeah, but what that caused...
15:10The moment he touched the mucous membranes of mouth and nose, he went out like a lake.
15:15Ah, this is a pretty mess.
15:20And 2,000 suspects down there that they can't hold much longer.
15:25I'd better call the DA.
15:29Flash, the Hollywood Stadium.
15:31Miss Polly Ward, one of our celebrities of the evening, has just been arrested and taken up for questioning.
15:35I don't know what they have on her, but stay tuned in and I'll find out.
15:40Grab that hatchet.
15:43All right, smash it.
15:45Come on, come on, come on.
15:47What are you waiting for?
15:47Well, I can't see very good without my reading glasses.
15:50Which one's your wrist?
15:51Give me that hatchet.
15:53Where are you going?
15:54The stadium.
15:55Hello, Mr. Devens.
15:56I'm glad you're here.
15:57So am I. Remember me?
15:58I don't believe I do.
15:59Sure you do.
16:00Well, that's the lady.
16:01Oh, yes, of course.
16:02That's Miss Ward, isn't it?
16:03How are you?
16:04Very fine, thank you.
16:05Say, is this guy a suspect?
16:07Say, you can't pin this murder on me.
16:09I've got an ironclad alibi.
16:12He's a friend of ours.
16:13Rather a close friend, isn't he?
16:16Oh, all these.
16:18I was showing him how to put them on in a hurry.
16:20We found he'd lost the key.
16:22Think any of the boys will have a key that will fit them and fill them?
16:24Ah, Mason, see what you can do there.
16:26Did you say you put the handcuffs on him?
16:29Careful, Miss Ward, you're a murder suspect.
16:31And anything you say will be used against you.
16:32You've got me there, Mr. Devon.
16:34None of these keys will work.
16:35They're pretty old handcuffs.
16:37Well, I guess you'll have to file them off.
16:39Maybe I can open them for you.
16:41You...
16:41Another five says I can.
16:43It's a bet.
16:44Right here, please.
16:48All right.
16:59There you are.
17:01I'll take my five dollars back, please.
17:06And now shall we continue with the investigation?
17:10Hey, Mason, take my hat and go.
17:13You don't have to worry about Miss Ward, Filson.
17:15But she knew that Ace was poisoned before the doctor did.
17:19Ah, she ought to.
17:20She's written enough about the acrid odor of bitter almonds.
17:23The acrid odor of bitter almonds.
17:25Say, that sounds all right.
17:26You should have been a writer.
17:29Give that to Dan, Toby, will you, please?
17:31Acrid odor.
17:32Come on.
17:36And you, my brave man, may go home.
17:39Home?
17:40Nothing doing.
17:40I'm going to solve the murder for you.
17:42I know a crook when I see one.
17:44I dare say.
17:48Well, what do we do now?
17:50Find the murderer.
17:51Standing around here.
17:52Well, how would you go about it?
17:53I?
17:54Well, first I'd tell the crowd the doors are locked
17:56and will stay locked until the guilty person's caught.
17:58Hmm, hmm.
17:59And you and the city would be swamped with lawsuits
18:00for false arrests.
18:02I can't legally hold 2,000 people.
18:04You can't let them go.
18:05The murder is among them.
18:06Just, uh, just about where, would you say?
18:09In a seat near the ringside.
18:10Check.
18:12Listen.
18:15Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
18:19I've just been authorized to announce
18:21that you can all go home.
18:25Excepting the people in the first three rows.
18:39I want to order something to eat.
18:41Eat?
18:42Yes.
18:43Yes, sir.
18:43I was so absorbed in your play that I forgot all about my dinner.
18:46Hey!
18:47What do you expect us to do?
18:48Stay here all night?
18:49Well, keep quiet.
18:50We'll let you all go home as soon as we can.
18:52Come on, friends.
18:53Let's make the best of it.
18:54Oh, I see, uh, Smiley Burnett, the motion picture comedian down here.
18:59How about a little entertainment, Smiley?
19:06You got a microphone?
19:08Right here, sir.
19:08Well, thank you very much.
19:09Well, I didn't bring any instrument with me tonight to sing for you, but I'm going to do the next
19:12best thing.
19:13I want to tell you about the Indianapolis Speedway.
19:16There was a fellow there at the races the other day.
19:18He had one of these microphones up in the balcony, and he was broad-scattered and sounded something like this.
19:23Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
19:24Here we are at Indianapolis, Indiana for the big Speedway Classic of the year.
19:27Yes, sir, there's 50,000 or 60,000 people out here in the stands.
19:29I wish all you folks out there in the air could be here to see this gigantic classic.
19:32Yes, it's going to be a fine race.
19:33The car's just warming up now.
19:34I want to make a few commercial announcements.
19:36Oh, I haven't got time.
19:36Here comes car number 61.
19:40That's certainly a fact.
19:40Here comes number 35.
19:43Here comes two cars at once.
19:45So don't get the number now.
19:48There's a couple of...
19:49Oh, I wish you could see.
19:50Here comes a little midget car by the standout.
19:56Why not a cute little fella?
19:57Well, it looks like the race ought to be off here any minute now.
20:00Yes, sir, they're up to the northwest part of the corner of the track.
20:01Ladies and gentlemen, check the flags out here in front.
20:03Here they go by the standouts.
20:08There's one I bet on.
20:12Ladies and gentlemen, because of the many phone calls,
20:14the station has received,
20:15this broadcast will continue throughout the evening,
20:17bringing you the latest developments in this unusual murder case.
20:20Stay tuned to this station for last minute news flashes.
20:37I think our little lunch is going to be interrupted.
20:39By whom?
20:40By a man in dark glasses.
20:44There is something I can't figure out.
20:46What?
20:47Whether your eyes are blue or violet.
20:50You'd better stick to your murder case.
20:57Say, what is this?
20:58Dragging me up here like an ordinary criminal?
20:59This fellow just came up to me and...
21:01I know, officer.
21:03Tried to bribe you to let him go.
21:05Why don't you hurry, Mr. Mortimer?
21:06Well, I've got to be at the studio at 7 o'clock in the morning.
21:08I want to get some sleep.
21:09Are you sure that's your reason?
21:11You don't think I killed Ace Cummings, do you?
21:15You got pretty excited tonight
21:16when Nick Nichols kidded you about that black eye.
21:18Why shouldn't I be?
21:20It's all I've heard for a week.
21:21It's getting on my nerves.
21:22Now, if you don't mind, I'm leaving.
21:24If you want me, you know where you can find me.
21:26Yes, at the ringside.
21:28But I've got to get some sleep, I tell you.
21:30You can sleep in your seat.
21:32You haven't heard the last of this, Mr. District Attorney.
21:45If you're going to start that again, I'm leaving.
21:48Wait a minute.
21:50You know?
21:52You know, I believe your eyes are blue.
22:14They told me to tell you the captain wants to see you in the office upstairs.
23:01What are you doing in here?
23:02Sneaking, huh?
23:03So you're the one.
23:04You killed him.
23:05You killed Ace.
23:06Why you?
23:06You're dead.
23:07Shut up.
23:07I won't shut up.
23:08You killed him.
23:13Here, what is this?
23:15Who are you?
23:16I'll tell you who she is.
23:16She's Edna Mayberry, a cast-off girlfriend of Ace's.
23:19She killed him because she was jealous of him.
23:21That's a lie and she knows it.
23:22She came to his apartment last night and threatened us both.
23:24I caught her in here going through that cabinet.
23:26She was the one Ace threw over.
23:27He was going to tell the newspapers about it.
23:29And she wanted to stop him.
23:31You thought being turned on by a price fighter might hurt your career, Miss Ames?
23:35It's absurd.
23:36Well, then what were you doing in this room?
23:38Well, I followed her in here.
23:40She was snooping around, looking for something.
23:43Well, suppose you tell us what you were looking for?
23:45Nothing.
23:46Take charge of her.
23:48I'm sorry I made a scene, Mr. Devins.
23:50I was only trying to help.
23:52You see, I love Ace.
23:54We were to be married soon.
23:56That's funny.
24:00You may go, Miss Ames.
24:05Have some candy?
24:06No, thanks.
24:07All you men think about is eating.
24:11Where'd you get this?
24:12Well, I don't know.
24:13I never saw it before.
24:15Where were you when they turned off the lights?
24:17Well, I was down at the ringside.
24:18Right at the corner.
24:19Which corner?
24:20The champ's corner.
24:21I remember I had my setting on the floor of the ring.
24:24Come on.
24:24I want you to help me.
24:32There's no fingerprints on this.
24:35Captain.
24:36Oh, please, Miss Ward.
24:38You know, we've got work to do here.
24:40The doctor said that Ace...
24:42I tell you, that gun killed Ace.
24:43I know it.
24:51So you did threaten to kill Ace.
24:53I didn't mean it.
24:53To be honest, I didn't.
24:54I was half crazy when I wrote that letter.
24:56Now, look, Miss Mayberry.
24:57If you did do it,
24:58why not get it off your mind?
25:00Smarter people than you
25:01will try to get away with murder,
25:02but it can't be done.
25:03You know that.
25:04I didn't.
25:04I tell you, I didn't.
25:06Are you going to make it tough for yourself?
25:07After all, you did write this letter.
25:09And you did come here to get it
25:11in order to destroy it.
25:12You realize that that's going to look in court?
25:13Yes, yes.
25:15Oh, I don't know what I'm saying,
25:16but I didn't kill him.
25:18Bring him up to the office.
25:27Here's that kid that called me out of the dressing room.
25:29Yeah?
25:29Bring him along.
25:31You know you can read all about this thing
25:33in the papers tomorrow morning.
25:34I'll excuse your rudeness,
25:35but not your ignorance.
25:37Now, you watch closely,
25:38and I'll show you how the murder was committed.
25:44Oh, I'm so sorry.
25:45I was just demonstrating how Ace was killed.
25:48Huh?
25:48Oh, don't be alarmed.
25:49It's only face powder.
25:51Where'd you get that gun?
25:52In his basket.
25:53I didn't put it there.
25:54I never saw it till she found it.
25:56Well, they'll soon find out.
25:57Book him, too.
25:57No, you can't.
25:58He didn't have anything to do with it.
26:00I did it.
26:01Don't you believe him, mister?
26:02She's just trying to protect me.
26:03She's my sister.
26:04Well, now we're getting somewhere.
26:06Go on, go on.
26:06Well, after what Ace did to her,
26:08I shot him.
26:10I see.
26:11You both killed him.
26:13Now, let's have the truth.
26:14The truth is neither one of them did it.
26:16I didn't ask you.
26:16I'm telling you.
26:17I have a theory.
26:18I see.
26:19Miss Ward, would you step outside?
26:21You folks with excuses, please?
26:23Yes.
26:32Polly, will you marry me?
26:34Marry you?
26:34Yes.
26:35Then I'd have the legal right to box your ears.
26:37Oh, a wife beater.
26:39No thanks, Mr. Devon.
26:42But I'll give you a solution of this crime if you'll listen to me.
26:45Oh, got it all figured out, eh?
26:47Yes.
26:47Champ Madison dropped that gun in the candy tray to get rid of it.
26:50Oh, you think the champ killed Ace?
26:52Well, who could have had a better reason?
26:53I don't know.
26:54With Ace out of the way, his title was safe for another year anyway.
26:56Mm-hmm.
26:57See anything unusual about these pictures?
27:01No, except they're not very good likenesses of the champ.
27:04The girl with him isn't bad.
27:06These pictures weren't developed by a camera shop.
27:08They were done at home.
27:09See the champ's initials there?
27:10What, uh, what does that prove?
27:12Listen, Mr. District Attorney, Ace was killed with a poison that's a little difficult to buy.
27:16Mm-hmm.
27:16They use it in developing pictures.
27:18Mm-hmm.
27:19Well, to make it very clear for you, if the champ does his own developing,
27:22he's likely to have that poison.
27:24Does that suggest anything?
27:26Hmm, well, it might, yes.
27:28But the champ couldn't possibly have killed Ace.
27:31He could, too.
27:32I'll prove it to you if you'll let me reenact the crime.
27:40Right!
27:49Bill!
27:50Mr. Devins, the lights!
27:51Turn on the lights!
27:54What's the matter, Polly?
27:55I can't pull the trigger with the boxing gloves on.
27:58I knew that all the time.
28:00Then why'd you let me make a fool of myself?
28:02For five dollars.
28:03Oh!
28:04You got the pictures, boys?
28:06Let me see them as soon as they're developed.
28:12Uh-huh.
28:14Look at that.
28:15He was getting ready to shoot somebody.
28:16Get slats keep.
28:18Yes, sir.
28:28And there's my permit to carry it.
28:35Get in the air when you joke, quick.
28:40Listen carefully, ladies and gentlemen,
28:42and you'll hear an actual police third degree
28:43brought to you with considerable danger by your favorite sports reporter.
28:49What are we going to do with that gun, Keefe?
28:51Help you guys if you needed it.
28:53Thanks.
29:03You don't get out of here, Nick.
29:05I'll run you in.
29:06Ah, I'm only doing my job, Phil.
29:08There's a couple of million people sitting up to hear this.
29:09Well, then this time a couple of million people went to sleep.
29:12Now go on.
29:12Beat it.
29:13All right.
29:16Say, if you guys think that I was jealous of that monk prize fighter,
29:19you're all wrong.
29:21And another thing.
29:21If I was going to kill a man, I wouldn't use poison.
29:25How did you know it was poison?
29:26Well, he wasn't shot, was he?
29:28And he wasn't stabbed.
29:30You holding back something, slats?
29:32Oh, am I?
29:33Maybe you'll talk in jail.
29:35Take him down and lock him up.
29:36Yeah, but I got a problem.
29:37Yeah, I know.
29:37You can call your lawyer in the morning.
29:38Hey, if you think I'm going to spend the night in the can, you're crazy.
29:48Hey!
29:49Hey, you come on, open the door!
29:51Open the door!
29:52Come on, open the door!
29:54Come on, open the door!
29:56Let me out of here!
30:01Slats got away!
30:03Don't let him get out of the stadium!
30:48Albert Keefe, Elias Schlatz Keefe, has just escaped from the Hollywood Stadium.
30:52Yeah, he's wanted on suspicion of murder.
30:54No, send out a general alarm.
30:56Hey, here's a description.
30:58Well, folks, it looks as though this case will be closed when the police find Slats Keefe.
31:02This is Nick Nichols, your sports commentator, signing off.
31:05Good night.
31:10How about letting the boys get a picture of you two together?
31:12Picture?
31:12Sure, publicity. Mystery writer helps district attorneys solve stadium murder.
31:16Why, it'll sell more books than our publishers can print.
31:18Do you mind?
31:18Not at all!
31:19We got something. Come on, boys, over here, wait for the crowd.
31:22Ah, this is perfect. Stand right here.
31:24Oh, Mr. Devins, on this side, please.
31:25Yes, this is it, boys. Ready?
31:28Shoot!
31:30Oh, look!
31:52This is the only way he could have got down there.
31:55All right, let some union men come with me.
31:57I'm coming, too.
31:58You are not. You stay up here.
32:03Brrrr, too many murder. I'm gonna get out of here and I ain't coming back.
32:08Say, that guy ain't a slug nutty as I thought he was. I'm gonna get out of here. Come on,
32:11Polly.
32:11I'm staying.
32:12All right, I'm going. Good night.
32:15All right.
32:15Catch up.
32:17He was stabbed in the back.
32:23Here's what was used.
32:25A sliver of glass.
32:27Pretty clever.
32:29His rag protected the murder from cutting his hand at the same time kept him from leaving any fingerprints.
32:32Yeah, but look. He did leave a lot of footprints there. Don't look at that.
32:36Shh. Shut off your lights.
32:37Somebody's moving over there.
32:58I got him.
33:02Polly.
33:03She's fainted.
33:05Polly.
33:05Polly, it's all right. Look, it's me. It's Bill.
33:07There you are.
33:09Oh, Bill.
33:10The murderer frightened me so when he grabbed me.
33:13It was I who grabbed you, Polly.
33:15You?
33:15Yeah.
33:16Well, the very idea. What do you mean jumping on me, you big bully?
33:18Well, how did I know it was you?
33:20Well, it might be a good idea to look before you leave.
33:21Might be a better idea if you'd stay out of places when I tell you to.
33:24Look.
33:24There's a man over there by the body.
33:36Pull up your hands. Reach.
33:39It's only me, Devins. Don't shoot.
33:41This is Nick Nichols, ladies and gentlemen.
33:42Standing on the exact spot where someone stabbed Slat's keep with a sharp piece of glass.
33:46I thought I told you to keep out of this investigation.
33:48Oh, I'm not hurting anything?
33:49No?
33:50No.
33:50Look what you've done to the murderer's footprints, dragging that cord all around.
33:53Now, get out. Get out fast.
33:55Okay.
33:58That is the gentle voice of the district attorney, ladies and gentlemen.
34:01He's a very pleasant fellow.
34:09Devins! Devins! Come here, quick! Look!
34:15Devins!
34:15Back in the back.
34:17Not dead.
34:18He just knocked unconscious from a blowin' the head.
34:20She's coming, too.
34:22Don't... Don't hit me!
34:23You're all right, now.
34:25What happened?
34:26There were two men, and...
34:27he stabbed him.
34:29Did you see who did it?
34:30No. I was too dark!
34:32I ran, and...
34:33and he hit me!
34:34Are you sure you didn't see?
34:35How could you, when he hit her from behind?
34:37Yes, but she was stuck on the forehead, you see?
34:39She may have a skull fracture.
34:41You better take her to the hospital and stay with her.
34:42Why not take her up to my apartment?
34:43I can have my doctor look after her.
34:45Sorry, but she's under arrest.
34:49Better call the coroner.
34:52You mean you don't believe her story?
34:53About the two men?
34:55Of course not.
34:57Here's what knocked her out.
34:58She ran into it after stabbing Slat's keep
35:00in revenge for the murder of her sweetheart.
35:01Well, that girl's as innocent as a baby.
35:03You can't arrest her.
35:04She's already arrested.
35:06Those devils, I hate you.
35:07I never want to see you again.
35:09You know perfectly well she wouldn't do
35:11a terrible thing like that.
35:15Good morning.
35:16What brings you around so early?
35:18Mind the innocence, you know what I'm here for.
35:20Toast and coffee?
35:21No.
35:23Edna Mabry.
35:28Well, good for Edna.
35:29I wonder where she went.
35:35I wonder...
35:37Well, if you think she's here,
35:38you're welcome to search the apartment.
35:39You haven't seen her?
35:40Cross my heart.
35:42All right, I'll take your word for it.
35:44Well, now that that's settled,
35:45how about having some toast and coffee?
35:46That's a swell idea.
35:50On second thought,
35:51maybe it isn't such a good idea after all.
35:53You see, the maid just left for the day.
35:55Oh, don't let that worry you.
35:56You're looking at the greatest little coffee
35:57and toast maker in the country.
35:58Come on, show me where the stuff is.
36:00Oh, Bill.
36:00Then stay out of my way.
36:02Oh, Bill, wait.
36:04Maybe I'd better tell you the truth.
36:06You see, I already have a breakfast date
36:07and I haven't much time to get dressed.
36:09Oh, no, this is fine.
36:10How do you do?
36:10Inviting me to breakfast in one breath
36:12and taking it back in the next.
36:13Oh, well, I'm sorry.
36:14How about a rain check?
36:15I'll settle for two.
36:16Okay.
36:23Just, uh, just who is this fellow
36:25you're having breakfast with?
36:25Now, don't act like a house detective.
36:27You run along and find Edna, if you can.
36:31Why?
36:36He's gone, Edna.
36:38Oh, please forgive me,
36:39but the back door was open
36:40and I just had to see you.
36:42Oh, don't let them put me in prison.
36:43Everybody thinks I did it, but...
36:45Oh, what am I going to do?
36:47What am I going to do?
36:48Oh, there, there.
36:48Don't cry.
36:50I'll help you, but you must help me too.
36:52Here, sit down.
36:54Now, try to think.
36:56You said you saw two men
36:57under the stadium, remember?
36:59Yes.
36:59Now, the second man,
37:00the one that was following Keith,
37:01can you describe him?
37:02No, it was too dark.
37:04Well, was there anything unusual about him?
37:06Did he walk funny or limp
37:08or hold his head in an odd way?
37:10Oh, think hard.
37:12Well, yes, there was.
37:13He, uh, he...
37:14Oh, I can't remember.
37:16Makes my headache when I try to think.
37:18It'll make my headache if you don't.
37:22Oh, I remember one thing.
37:24I saw Sleight's Keith
37:25split that Ames woman an envelope.
37:26When was that?
37:27Why, it was when a policeman
37:28was taking him to the dressing room.
37:30I remember.
37:31Now I was hiding.
37:32Well, fear Ames.
37:35Now, you stay here
37:36and don't answer the phone
37:37or the doorbell.
37:37Oh, don't leave me alone, please.
37:39Well, there's nothing to be a friend of.
37:40I know, but Mr. Devons
37:41and the police might come
37:42and, oh, please take me with you.
37:43If you don't, I'll jump out of the window.
37:45That's what I'll do.
37:46I mean it.
37:47All right, all right,
37:48but you can't go this way.
37:49Somebody will recognize you.
37:51Here, come upstairs.
38:05Now, remember,
38:06you're my maid
38:07and your name's Caroline.
38:08Yes, Miss Ward.
38:08Oh, what did I tell you
38:09about that southern drawl?
38:10Now, listen.
38:11Yes, Miss Ward, yes,
38:13and I won't forget,
38:14sure enough.
38:15Yes, Miss Ward,
38:16but I won't forget,
38:17sure enough.
38:18That's better.
38:22Will you all tell me
38:23where I can...
38:24Oh, pardon my southern accent.
38:27I'd like to see
38:27Miss Althea Ames, please.
38:29Have you an appointment?
38:30No, but this is very important.
38:31It's about the stadium murder case.
38:33I'm sorry,
38:34Miss Ames won't see anyone.
38:37Oh, Jake.
38:38Hello, Polly.
38:38Can you get me in the studio?
38:40Why, honey,
38:40I can even get you a screen test.
38:42Okay, Ed, friend of mine.
38:43Come on.
38:43Come along, Caroline.
38:44Yes, Mom?
38:45You wait here.
38:46I'll be right out.
38:49Okay.
39:14I'll be right out.
39:38Yeah.
39:39What about?
39:41This is Polly, Bill.
39:43Are you busy?
39:46Well, of course I'm busy.
39:48Where are you?
39:49I'm in Althea Ames dressing room at the Regent's studio.
39:52Yes.
39:53What would you give for a clue to the stadium murder?
39:56I'd give you a great big kiss.
40:00Polly.
40:01Polly.
40:03Polly, what's the matter?
40:06Then I saw this figure in the mirror and screamed.
40:09And then he hit me and threw me in the closet.
40:11Sav, you're right.
40:12Do you know what was in the envelope?
40:14No, I was going to open it in your presence as soon as I had the time to call you.
40:17Get to the studio gate.
40:18No one leaves the lock without being searched.
40:20We've got to find that envelope.
40:22Pilsom, you and your men round up everyone you can find in those hooded outfits.
40:31Did you get that letter?
40:33Sure, how'd you know?
40:35Never mind, just give it to me.
40:44Why, this is from a fight promoter.
40:47Yeah.
40:48He's given me a chance for a comeback.
40:50I'm the guy with the iron jaw.
40:52Here's another one I found.
40:54Take off your hood, please.
41:00Well, this is a surprise.
41:06Take her down to the station and lock her up.
41:08And this time I mean lock her up.
41:09Oh, have a heart, Bill.
41:10The girl didn't do it.
41:11You know that.
41:12Now, listen, Polly.
41:14You're a great girl.
41:15A wonderful girl.
41:16And I'm crazy about you.
41:19But if you don't stop interfering in my business,
41:21I'll break your neck.
41:29Oh, I'm so sorry.
41:34That's all right, lady.
41:35I'll pick them up.
41:39Oh, wait a minute, boy.
41:42I'm looking for a certain envelope.
41:43One that's been folded.
41:45Have you there?
41:45I don't know.
41:49Is this there?
41:50Yes, can I have it?
41:51Oh, no.
41:52It's against the law.
41:53This is the mail.
41:54Well, then give me the address from it.
41:58Box 255.
41:59I don't know.
42:13I don't know.
42:14I don't know.
42:14I don't know.
42:16I don't know.
42:17I don't know.
42:17I don't know.
42:18I don't know.
42:18I don't know.
42:18I don't know.
42:24The End
43:06What do you want?
43:07I want to see you, Nichols.
43:09Oh, sorry, boys. I'm busy. You'll have to come back later.
43:11Yeah? All right, boys.
43:13Bust it open.
43:20All right, now, where's that envelope?
43:22What? It's in there, but...
43:23Watch him!
43:31Hello there.
43:31How did you get here?
43:33Oh, Nick told me.
43:34Sure. As soon as I read the letter, I knew it was important.
43:37Is there a clue?
43:39Were there anything you print on this?
43:40Hmm?
43:50Gun hidden where nobody suspects.
43:52I wonder where that could be.
43:53Can't you guess?
43:54Do you know?
43:55Sure.
43:57It was you who gave me the idea.
43:59I? When?
44:00Well, remember when you tried to pull the trigger of the murder gun with the boxing gloves on?
44:04Yes.
44:04Hmm.
44:05But it didn't occur to you that the gun might have been inside?
44:08Just as in my play with the man's arm in the sling.
44:10One of the gloves might have had a hole in it.
44:12The chap knew he'd be washed up as soon as they slicked him, so he took this way out.
44:16Oh, no.
44:17But I looked at the gloves when I put them on, and I know there was nothing wrong with either
44:20of them.
44:20Yes, but how do you know that those were the real gloves?
44:23By that time, he'd have had plenty of opportunity to substitute others.
44:26Well, I guess that's that.
44:27Anyway, by the time you get down to your office, I'll have the champ in jail.
44:32No thanks, cigarette.
44:34No thanks.
44:45I've got a plan that'll make up for all the mistakes I've made.
44:48Let the champ keep his fight date Friday, and before the fight's over, I'll point out the killer to you.
44:53You promise?
44:54Yes.
44:55If I fail, you can still arrest the champ.
44:57And as a forfeit, I'll go dancing with you anywhere you say, and pay the check.
45:01Anywhere?
45:01Mm-hmm.
45:02You're on.
45:04But, uh, what makes you so cocksure the champ didn't do it?
45:09Well, a person doesn't usually chew gum and whistle at the same time, does he?
45:14No.
45:15I don't follow you.
45:16Well, the champ always chews gum.
45:18And I just remember that the man who grabbed me in Althea's dressing room whistled softly, half to himself, like
45:24this.
45:33That's it.
45:34I remember now.
45:35The man in the cellar.
45:36He whistled that way.
45:37Hmm.
45:38Well, I think maybe you've got something here.
45:39What you gonna do with it, I don't know.
45:41You wait till the fight's tomorrow night.
45:42I'll show you.
45:55Watch Mortimer closely.
46:08This is the main event of the evening.
46:10Ten rounds of boxing.
46:12Introducing at 198 pounds, champ Madison.
46:25And two-handed, butch, Sandy.
46:59The champ seems to be in good shape tonight.
47:01Butch is trying to bore in for infighting, but the champ ties him up nicely.
47:05The referee breaks him apart.
47:31Hello, Max.
47:32What are you doing here?
47:33The champ gave me a seat.
47:35He and me are waking in the same picture.
47:37Well, that's fine.
47:38Want a program?
47:38No, thanks.
47:39I've got one.
47:54Oh, Miss Ward, we're going not playing this thing so many times.
47:58Never mind.
47:58Play it again.
48:08Here's news, ladies and gentlemen.
48:10Even though champ Madison won his fight, he's still a loser.
48:13Because I just learned the DA is going to arrest him for last week's murder.
48:16Oh, I guess that settles the stadium murder case and ends our broadcast.
48:20This is Nick Pickle speaking.
48:21Good night.
48:24He didn't hit song.
48:25All right.
48:26You go home with your brother.
48:31Any luck?
48:32No.
48:33No?
48:33Well, don't feel too bad about it.
48:35It's not as easy to pull rabbits out of a hat as you think it is.
48:38Come on, Phil, sit.
48:39We'll get down to the dressing room when the rest of the chair.
48:41Bye.
48:59Stop that man.
49:00He's a murderer.
49:00Don't let him get away.
49:02Oh, have another drink, Judy.
49:04Oh, don't let him get away.
49:05Help me, somebody.
49:08What's the matter here?
49:10Trust Nick Nichols.
49:10He's a murderer.
49:11Who said so?
49:12Oh, I did.
49:12I just found out.
49:13Arrest him.
49:14Nothing going.
49:15I just picked up the champ for that killing, and that's good enough for me.
49:19Oh.
49:26Bill.
49:27Mr. Devon.
49:30Shut up and come with me.
49:34You're a very clever young woman, Miss Ward.
49:36Too smart for your own good.
49:43There I go again.
49:44I've got to break myself of that habit.
49:46It might get me into trouble sometime.
49:48Why did you kill Ace Cummings?
49:51Because I won 40% of the champ's contract from Slats in a poker game.
49:54I see.
49:55If Ace had won the fight, the contract wouldn't have been worth a nickel.
49:58That's right.
49:59Cigarette?
50:00No, thanks.
50:01I suppose Slats' keep was another person too smart for his own good.
50:06He knew I killed Ace.
50:09Blackmailed me into giving him back the contract.
50:11So that's what was in that envelope.
50:13It was until I saw you at the post office.
50:22Come on, get a pencil and paper.
50:27You're going to write a letter to the district attorney.
50:30Come on, come on, come on.
50:31Hurry up.
50:32Now, then write what I tell you.
50:34Dear Bill, I am the murderer you have been looking for.
50:41As I look back on it now, I realize I must have been crazy.
50:49Goodbye and forgive me.
50:54Now sign that Polly Ward.
50:56Come on, sign it.
51:02That's right.
51:06That's the finest confession I ever dictated.
51:12Nick, you don't intend to go through with this.
51:14Don't I?
51:25Oh, Bill.
51:27Well, that's the finish of Nick Nichols.
51:29It was almost the finish of Polly Ward.
51:32Not as close as you think.
51:35We followed you and Nick here from the stadium.
51:38Followed us?
51:39Yeah.
51:40That's suspicious when I saw him throw that program in your lap.
51:43Coupled with the fact that I found that when he told Dan Tobey about Joe McHugh dying
51:46and had him turn the lights out, that McHugh wasn't even dead.
51:48Matter of fact, he didn't die for nearly an hour later.
51:51So I figured that Nick must have had some reason for wanting to put the lights out when he did.
51:54Why didn't you grab him in the stadium?
51:56And lose my bet with you.
51:58I should say not.
51:59No, sirree.
52:00Remember, you were going to point out the killer or take me dancing anywhere I wanted to go
52:04and pay the check.
52:07Where do you want to go?
52:09The Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Honolulu.
52:15Good night, dear.
52:16Good night.
52:25Oh, for goodness sake.
52:32All right, go ahead.
52:33Go ahead and laugh.
52:34I'm going to open these things if it takes from here to Honolulu.
52:37Not on my honeymoon.
52:41Come on.