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Members of an opera company are being blackmailed by someone called the Black Panther.
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00:03:22Well, all right, go on in and see for yourself. I got to get home. Wait a minute. Just a minute. Hey Lou come here
00:03:34There it is right there
00:03:38That's some of your work, but that portrait
00:03:41Yes, but it doesn't do it justice really it doesn't why she was the best cook in the world
00:03:55You should have tasted a pancake. They just melt in your mouth and her pineapple upside down. All right. All right
00:04:01Let's get back to the thousand dollars. Hmm. Oh
00:04:06There's the wallet
00:04:12It's empty why of course it's empty just before I climbed over the wall
00:04:17I looked back and I saw a figure glide out of the shadows over there pick up the wallet take out the money drop the wallet and
00:04:24Disappear in that direction didn't find the footprints over there Lou
00:04:32Well here some
00:04:38What's your foot in there?
00:04:41I
00:04:43Guess they're mine. Yeah funny ain't it?
00:04:48Is that a sign over on this side? Oh, that doesn't surprise me
00:04:52No, no you think he didn't walk you just seem to fly
00:04:57Oh, he did, huh? Oh, yeah
00:04:59Well suppose you and me and Lou just glide down to headquarters headquarters
00:05:03Yeah, well, I haven't any business at headquarters
00:05:06Yeah, well, you didn't have any business in here either. No, no, wait a minute
00:05:09That's all right
00:05:09Officer, wait
00:05:10Joe Morgan
00:05:12Alias Joe the Lug
00:05:13Alias Dippy Joe
00:05:14Alias Kane store Morgan
00:05:15Four arrests, four convictions
00:05:17Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore, Yonkers, September the 5th
00:05:20I was in St. Louis
00:05:21Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstores, Brooklyn, September the 12th
00:05:25I was in St. Louis
00:05:27Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore, Astoria, September the 19th
00:05:30I was in St. Louis
00:05:32Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore, St. Louis
00:05:36September the 26th
00:05:37I was in Chicago
00:05:39Get down
00:05:41All right
00:05:45Now
00:05:47Stand there
00:05:49They got your hat
00:05:51Everett P. Bigberry
00:05:52No previous record
00:05:53Suspicion of robbery
00:05:55Suspicion of robbery?
00:05:57Well, I'm the one that was robbed
00:05:59Quiet
00:06:01No previous record
00:06:02Suspicion of robbery
00:06:03Suspicion of robbery?
00:06:04Well, I'm the one that was robbed
00:06:05Quiet
00:06:07I will not be quiet
00:06:09I'm a respectable citizen
00:06:11I pay my taxes
00:06:12I've got two nephews in the Navy
00:06:14And I'm buying a government bond every month
00:06:16And these lights are blinding
00:06:20And it's not a bit funny
00:06:22Quiet, I said
00:06:23And I said I won't be quiet
00:06:25Okay, Flanagan, hold it
00:06:27What's all it's about?
00:06:28At one o'clock this morning he was picked up
00:06:30Sneaking out of St. Margaret's Cemetery
00:06:32Well, what are you doing there?
00:06:34What were you doing there?
00:06:35What were you doing there?
00:06:36What were you doing there?
00:06:37That's all I've heard since one o'clock this morning
00:06:38And I'm getting sick and tired of answering
00:06:41And besides, who are you and what business is it of yours?
00:06:44Never mind who I am
00:06:45Answer the question
00:06:46I will not
00:06:48Answer the question
00:06:49No
00:06:50Not till you come out here where I can see you
00:06:53What will I do with him, Cat?
00:06:54I'll let him alone
00:06:55Wait a minute
00:06:56Well, that's better
00:06:57Is it?
00:06:58Yes, now
00:06:59If you just take these lights out of my eyes, everything will be fine
00:07:01You wouldn't care for a cup of tea or something, would you?
00:07:02Oh, no, thank you
00:07:03I only drink tea at night
00:07:04I wouldn't drink it then
00:07:05Only coffee keeps me awake
00:07:06What cup you awake until one across this morning?
00:07:07I had to put the money on Aunt Katie's grave as the letter said
00:07:09As what letter said?
00:07:10The Black Panther's letter
00:07:11The Black Panther?
00:07:12Well, yes
00:07:13Did you get one of those letters, too?
00:07:14Two?
00:07:15What do you mean, two?
00:07:16Two?
00:07:17Two?
00:07:18Two?
00:07:19Two?
00:07:20Two?
00:07:21What do you mean, two?
00:07:22Did you get one?
00:07:23Give me the commissioner
00:07:24The fact that none of you has received any further threats seems to indicate that this is just another one of those unfulfilled
00:07:29One of those
00:07:36Unfunny jokes by some nitwit
00:07:37I don't think you need worry
00:07:41However, if you should receive any further threats I want you to communicate with this office at once
00:07:48Is that understood?
00:07:50Excuse me,Inter bottom Flynn
00:07:52Here is my number one
00:07:53Excuse me,il Conservatives
00:07:54Captain Flynn
00:07:55Something new in the selbst
00:07:56First time
00:07:57Captain Flynn something new in the panther case
00:08:00Pardon me yes, Glenn
00:08:04When
00:08:06All right bring him right up
00:08:10Our little Panther Club has a new member
00:08:15In fact, I think we should make him president. It's already cost him money
00:08:22This puts a new slant on the cage, which is very interesting
00:08:27Might be something to it after all
00:08:32Come on
00:08:33Commissioner busy Mike
00:08:35It's all right. He's expecting us
00:08:38Here he is Commissioner. You're welcome to him
00:08:46Everett
00:08:48Hello
00:08:49Well
00:08:51This is a relief. I haven't seen anything but blue uniform since one o'clock this morning
00:08:56Why ever you did not tell me you were mixed up in here and no, I didn't tell anybody that is not till this morning
00:09:01Since then that's all I've been doing telling it to the cops
00:09:05Now I suppose I'll have to tell it all over again to the Commissioner. My name is Everett P. Dickberry. I'm a wig maker
00:09:10I got a letter from the panther demanding a thousand dollars
00:09:13I paid it got arrested and here. I am and I want to go home. I'm Commissioner Colt. How do you do I?
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00:09:20What?
00:09:21I said I'm Commissioner Colt
00:09:23Oh
00:09:24My name is Everett P. Dickberry. I'm a wig maker. I got a letter. Yes, yes, I know. Where is the letter?
00:09:30I haven't it with me. It's at my apartment
00:09:34Is it anything like this?
00:09:36Hmm?
00:09:51Why yes, just exactly even for the panther's claw
00:09:56Only on mine it was in the other corner. When did you get it? About two weeks ago. Why didn't you notify the police?
00:10:01Because it said not to
00:10:04You see right there
00:10:07And then it said to wait for further instruction. Did you receive them? Yes, three days ago
00:10:12My phone rang at four o'clock in the morning. I'm Commissioner Colt. Do you mind? Oh?
00:10:17My phone rang at four o'clock in the morning. What we out of a sound sleep and a very gruff voice
00:10:23Way down here
00:10:24Told me to get a thousand dollars in small bills and go to the cemetery Sunday
00:10:28I have three aunts buried there aunt Lizzie, aunt Gussie and Katie
00:10:31And I would put the money on the middle grave
00:10:34That was antique
00:10:35Why did you do all that without consulting the police?
00:10:38Well, Commissioner, I have a wife and five daughters
00:10:41Luckily, they're up in Maine visiting my wife's brother, Charlie
00:10:44Otherwise, I'd have six nervous breakdowns on my hands
00:10:47So I thought the simplest thing to do was to pay it and get it over with before they got back
00:10:51You see I'm expecting them the end of the week
00:10:54Can you afford to throw away that much money?
00:10:56Well, no
00:10:57But I'd sooner do it than have six hysterical women on my hands
00:11:01Have you ever tried handling six hysterical women with one of them weighing 180 pounds?
00:11:06Well, frankly, no
00:11:07Well, I did once
00:11:08When our little Pekingese dog was lost
00:11:10And I don't want any more of it
00:11:11No, not for $5,000
00:11:13Yeah, I can understand that
00:11:17Who made the arrest?
00:11:18Murphy and Rovinsky
00:11:19Get me a copy of their report
00:11:20Yes, sir
00:11:21What bank did you draw the money from?
00:11:23The Yonkers Savings Bank
00:11:25I live up there
00:11:26Only my house is closed right now while the family's away
00:11:29I'm staying at a little apartment on 64th Street
00:11:31Bring in your bank book
00:11:33Yes, sir
00:11:34Uh, can I go home now?
00:11:35Oh, not yet, sir
00:11:36Do you mind?
00:11:38I understand that several of you are personally acquainted with Mr. Diggory
00:11:41Oh, yes, I've known Everett for several years
00:11:43He makes all my speech with
00:11:45He also makes, uh, several things for me
00:11:47Beers and stash and so forth
00:11:49Yes, as, uh, as Madame Pulitzer's manager
00:11:51I naturally have had dealings with him
00:11:53Then all six of you who have received these letters are connected in one way or another with the opera company, is that right?
00:11:59Yes, indeed
00:12:00And it's a natural deduction that the writer of the letter is also connected with the opera company, or at least you're familiar with it
00:12:06Now is there someone who might have a grudge against any or all of you?
00:12:11No
00:12:12I can't think of anyone
00:12:15I, I don't think I have any enemies
00:12:17Hey, how about that crazy bariton that give you so much trouble that you have to fire?
00:12:23Oh, you mean Lombardi?
00:12:24Yes, that thing
00:12:25Yes, he's crazy enough alright to do a thing like this
00:12:28Now that you mention him, I've had a little trouble with him
00:12:32Yes, he is a trifle over romantic
00:12:35Matter of fact, I had to throw him out of Madame's dressing him twice
00:12:39He might have resented my taking his place
00:12:42I see
00:12:45Did you ever make any wigs for this, uh, what's his name?
00:12:48Lombardi
00:12:49Lombardi?
00:12:50Why, no
00:12:51He always did business with a second-rate wig maker named Wilkins
00:12:54And believe me, his wigs look terrible
00:12:57But where is this Lombardi now?
00:12:59Has anyone seen him lately?
00:13:01I saw him only last week
00:13:03He looked pretty broke
00:13:04He had the nerve to ask me for $5
00:13:07He has pulled my apartment several times when I was out
00:13:11Come to think of it, he is about the same height and weight as the man who took the money in the cemetery
00:13:17Have this Lombardi picked up
00:13:19Right
00:13:20What's his first name?
00:13:21Enrico
00:13:22Enrico, thanks
00:13:23I won't detain you any longer
00:13:25Oh, uh
00:13:26Can all of this be kept quiet, Commissioner?
00:13:28At least my part in it
00:13:29You know, the wife and daughters and his family
00:13:32I can't promise
00:13:33It will be alright for me to leave town
00:13:35Yes?
00:13:36You see, at the close of the opera season, I always go away
00:13:40I have planned to sail to South America
00:13:42Tomorrow
00:13:43Tomorrow?
00:13:44I'll be here, Commissioner, to represent Madame if anything further develops concerning her
00:13:49Well, in that case, it'll be alright
00:13:50Oh, thank you, Commissioner
00:13:52Commissioner
00:13:53You're quite welcome, Madame
00:13:54Good day
00:13:55Bye
00:13:59I want the rest of you to be available if I should need you
00:14:01Certainly, sir
00:14:02We miss you
00:14:03Good day, gentlemen
00:14:04Good day, Monsieur
00:14:05Good day, sir
00:14:06Good day, sir
00:14:07Thank you
00:14:08You want to speak to me about something?
00:14:09Oh, no
00:14:11Just a minute
00:14:13No
00:14:16Just a minute now am I going to have some more trouble with you? Let him go for it. Yes, sir. Thank you. Goodbye
00:14:26good-bye
00:14:33Everything else commissioner. Yes, I want to see you a minute. All right, sir
00:14:36Now Tony these letters were obviously written on the same typewriter notice how the eight is out of line
00:14:45judging by the spacing
00:14:47The writer used the hunt and pick system
00:14:51It's a very ordinary brand of paper
00:14:53No watermark gonna be very difficult to trace and what's the type?
00:14:57I judge it was written on a portable typewriter. I think you're right
00:15:01All we have to do is to find someone who's got a portable typewriter with the H out of line
00:15:05A thousand dollars in small bills in his pocket and a pet panther with ink on its feet. That's about it
00:15:11Flynn
00:15:12Get the boys busy on these have the paper reduce its chemical formula and contact the manufacturers. Yes, sir
00:15:24Detective Bureau
00:15:29Hello
00:15:30Abbott speaking
00:15:31Commissioner wants a guy named Enrico Lombardi brought in
00:15:36Yeah
00:15:37Used to be with the New York Opera Company
00:15:40You can probably get a line on them at the Opera House
00:15:44Yes
00:15:46Yes, that's all
00:15:51You know you'd never think it to look at digberry would you Tony think what and he had a hundred and eighty pound wife and five daughters
00:16:05No, dude
00:16:06That's all
00:16:22miteinander
00:16:28Oh
00:16:30Oh
00:16:31well hello Homer did you smell that cooking all the way up there well if
00:16:52that mistress of yours ever catches me feeding you it'll be just too bad for
00:16:56both of us well I I have a few things to attend to before the boat leaves but
00:17:01I'll be back in time to take this here don't bother everybody and I should go
00:17:05with him meet you there I don't know whether I'll be able to stand till the
00:17:08boat leaves that I have an important appointment at nine well that would be
00:17:12all right well I'll see you later bye bye bye and don't worry
00:17:24there you are you may send off the madame's bags in about half an hour yes
00:17:29I hope everything has been satisfactory and we're looking forward to having
00:17:32madam with us again next season I think you will she's been more than satisfied
00:17:35with everything thank you
00:17:47good evening my little Amina good evening in your Lombardi we've been my best upon
00:17:57boys you wish oh thank you they're lovely and now now what's the meaning of this
00:18:06that's for the most ridiculous thing I ever hear Lombardi maybe sometimes is a good temperamental and we
00:18:26drink a little vino in a fight to make it but never you see a crook well then who say Lombardi
00:18:33do this well you see here mr. Dick Barry the man who lost the money really said he
00:18:42saw someone resembling you pick it up I don't know this is a very how can I write to him a letter you
00:18:49see I really haven't I know why should I threaten you Lombardi no threat in the women he's not and
00:18:57especially you my beautiful one always I have a lot of you now Enrico we have been
00:19:03through all this before I know and I'm going to keep on the door with you and
00:19:06so you'll believe me please Enrico please please always please Enrico please well Enrico don't please you
00:19:16hear me I love you I love you coming hello Nina oh I hope I'm not intruding oh no not yes you are
00:19:31enthroned and who is you my name is digberry digberry digberry digberry digberry so you are the one
00:19:41how do you do how do you do and you're the truck of the life after you you're lying are you on the
00:19:50count you love bodies of every newspaper a group four hours to stay in the police station answer a thousand
00:19:57questions about property we should know nothing about it I'll let you go
00:20:01Enrico Enrico Enrico let me go you're talking to me what did you rely a bottle of body
00:20:10you get out of here all right call the police now get out of here you're even more beautiful and
00:20:25clever when you're mad you don't you dare strike her oh you hello give me the police hello
00:20:39and no forget Lombardi love you and if he can't have you nobody else I will
00:21:07excitable chap isn't it
00:21:31Homer I could tell you something doesn't make your eyes pop out you can never get it in your life
00:21:36no nothing all mine about her too
00:21:43now what have I done please to send me up for your bank book oh is that all well come on in oh
00:21:58oh yes the bank book
00:22:05bank book
00:22:07now let me see where did I put that
00:22:11where did I leave that
00:22:15honey it should be right here
00:22:22I forget my head if it wasn't tied on to me oh I sit down sergeant uh oh you're not a sergeant are you I forgot well sit down anyway
00:22:43anyway
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00:25:43just a moment please
00:25:54oh
00:25:56hello
00:25:58yes this is digberry
00:26:00huh
00:26:02what's it about
00:26:04huh
00:26:06say who's this talking
00:26:08but but i don't
00:26:14but what's that got
00:26:17all right
00:26:18i'll be there
00:26:2438th street and 8th avenue
00:26:27i don't know anyone on 38th street and 8th avenue
00:26:38i don't know you
00:26:41so
00:26:50the
00:26:51yeah
00:27:02yeah
00:27:08I
00:27:13Thought you said he was in
00:27:15Not the captain I just said he didn't go out
00:27:19You got a key for this yes, sir open it then
00:27:38Oh
00:27:46Mr.. This what I mean they are thanks the panther. I'll eat my hat
00:27:55Tony copy one of those path the letters on that machine over there, right?
00:28:08I
00:28:20Know what I'm trying to say to top it exactly Tony. I want to check on that age, right?
00:28:38I
00:28:49All right, all right, who's your horses own company?
00:29:02That does it just about it Murphy see if you can find the passage
00:29:08Yes, they put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put put
00:29:15Yeah
00:29:22Why mr. Big Barry I thought you was going out. Yes, I am. I know what you want
00:29:26I'll see you when I come back. I'm late
00:29:33Ready now
00:29:38That's perfect
00:29:40That's perfect
00:29:42Thanks, oh
00:29:47All right, Tony bring the typewriter and don't forget that ink pad if I had a few more hands. Oh, I'll take you
00:29:54That's a big help
00:29:56Give me the panther
00:29:59Murphy you wait. It'll dig break them. Okay, okay ready Tony right?
00:30:03Let's go
00:30:11You know this by the curious things going on on your platoon. Okay. I don't know
00:30:17When I was upstairs in the
00:30:23There was cops in his room, but he don't know it
00:30:28Talk on a man can't even hold a secret discussion. I'll be right back and tell you all about
00:30:47Oh
00:30:49Come on big day come on
00:30:57You you know they flashed the badges one of them had a gold bag solid though
00:31:03And they made me open the door to mr. Big Barry's apartment
00:31:09Oh, mr. Big Barry, I'm a big bag. Did you know this?
00:31:12Tony does
00:31:15Do you know he sure is acting funny tonight, but wait till he find them coppers up there?
00:31:21I've got to tell you just which I'll be back here
00:31:23Yeah, Tony
00:31:29You hold this panther. I'm getting full of hair and ink
00:31:33Give me a fancy
00:31:36What do you think is behind it all commissioner?
00:31:38Well, I'm not quite sure
00:31:41There's no question, but the big Barry wrote the letters and that he drew a thousand dollars out of the bank the bank book shows that
00:31:46How about that cemetery part?
00:31:49It's always sounded fishy to me. I don't believe it
00:31:52He probably intended to shake down the others
00:31:56After he'd established himself as a victim to divert suspicion
00:32:00Well, he didn't do a bad job for an amateur
00:32:03Not bad at all. I'll admit he fooled me
00:32:08Good evening, Mr. Big Barry
00:32:11Good evening
00:32:16You know Mr. Big Barry sure has got something on his mind tonight
00:32:21He ain't been doing nothing but popping in and out of here all the evening
00:32:25Seems every time I look up he's either going out or coming in
00:32:28He has been acting kind of strange
00:32:31Yeah, but wait till he get upstairs, that's all
00:32:33He has been acting kind of strange
00:32:35Yeah, but wait till he get upstairs, that's all
00:32:37That's all
00:32:47Oh, getting in
00:32:48Getting in
00:33:02Hello
00:33:04Oh, did you come back for your pen?
00:33:07Nope, for you
00:33:09Huh?
00:33:10The commissioner wants to see you
00:33:12Tonight?
00:33:13Right now
00:33:14Let's go
00:33:16Alright
00:33:21Dear dear, what a day, what a day
00:33:23What a day
00:33:32This show is mighty funny, Mr. Stevens
00:33:37Boy, can't come again
00:33:46Is he arrested?
00:33:51And he's Santa Claus walking alongside of him
00:33:54Using the United States Post Office for the purpose of blackmail is a federal offense, Mr. Big Barry
00:33:55But Mr. Colt, I didn't blackmail anyone, really I didn't
00:33:56You've admitted writing the letters
00:33:58Yes
00:33:59That's blackmail
00:34:01But I didn't intend to ever go any further with it, I just wanted an alibi for something
00:34:04Alibi?
00:34:05Yes
00:34:06For what?
00:34:07Well, you know about my wife and five daughters
00:34:08Yes, yes, I know all about them
00:34:09Well, they're coming home soon
00:34:10I know all about that, too
00:34:11What's that got to do with it?
00:34:12I had to cover up that thousand dollars that I drew out of our joint savings account while they were gone
00:34:13So...
00:34:14So...
00:34:15So you blackmailed yourself out of it?
00:34:16Yes
00:34:17Oh, that's blackmail
00:34:18But I didn't intend to ever go any further with it, I just wanted an alibi for something
00:34:20Alibi?
00:34:21Yes
00:34:22For what?
00:34:24Well, you know about my wife and five daughters
00:34:27Yes, yes, I know all about them
00:34:28Well, they're coming home soon
00:34:30I know all about that, too
00:34:31What's that got to do with it?
00:34:33I had to cover up that thousand dollars that I drew out of our joint savings account while they were gone
00:34:38So...
00:34:39So you blackmailed yourself out of it?
00:34:42Yes
00:34:47Oh, but it's really no laughing matter
00:34:50You don't know my wife
00:34:51What did you do with the money?
00:34:53Well, I loaned it to a friend
00:34:56Who?
00:34:57I'd really rather not say
00:34:59It doesn't matter, does it?
00:35:01No
00:35:02Pappert speaking
00:35:07Who?
00:35:09Just a minute
00:35:11Commissioner
00:35:12Flynn
00:35:14Yes, Flynn
00:35:17Where?
00:35:20West 64th Street
00:35:23Yeah, the woods were down
00:35:25She had gray hair and was about 50 years old, I guess
00:35:28And then about an hour
00:35:29And then going through the place, what do you think they found?
00:35:31And a picture of our friend, Digberry
00:35:36Who?
00:35:37Digberry
00:35:38And it was signed affectionately yours ever
00:35:49I see
00:35:55All right, Flynn, I'll be right over
00:36:01You know anyone intimately at the Whitewood Arms Apartments?
00:36:02Hmm?
00:36:03Why, no, no, I...
00:36:04I've just lived there since my family went away
00:36:19I just go in and out
00:36:22Did you ever visit any of the other apartments?
00:36:24No
00:36:26No
00:36:27No
00:36:28What was his name?
00:36:30Mrs. Nora Pelton
00:36:32She's only been here a short time
00:36:34Kept in her rooms quite a lot
00:36:36Have any visitors lately?
00:36:38Well, several nights ago a man called on her
00:36:41Said he was her husband
00:36:42They had a terrific route
00:36:44Some of the tenants complained of the noise
00:36:46And I had to let them call the police
00:36:48Yes
00:36:49Is she friendly with any of the other tenants here?
00:36:51No
00:36:52With the exception of Mr. Digberry
00:36:54She was very friendly with him
00:36:56In fact, he was the one who engaged at the property for her
00:36:59Oh
00:37:00And this is his thing
00:37:01That's him, all right
00:37:03Shot from the left castle
00:37:05Close-range powder burns on her
00:37:07Good bottom now
00:37:09Want to have a look at her before we move her?
00:37:11Oh, yeah
00:37:12Here's the bullet, Commissioner
00:37:17Looks like a .32
00:37:23Yeah
00:37:25Where'd you find it?
00:37:26Right here in the stage
00:37:34Probably seated in this chair
00:37:36Hits forward on the floor
00:37:37Where there's stains on
00:37:38And carried to that couch
00:37:41Murderer
00:37:43Crept in through this door
00:37:44Hid behind this chair
00:37:47It has to be left-handed for that
00:37:49Left-handed?
00:37:50Yes, far standing behind that chair
00:37:51Where you can't be seen
00:37:52And touch the left temple with your right hand
00:37:58I'll buy that
00:37:59That's pretty obvious
00:38:00That's pretty obvious
00:38:22Nina police?
00:38:23That's one on me
00:38:28Yeah, she must have been in an awful hurry to get back to that gin rummy game
00:38:30Well, she went to South America
00:38:31So did everyone else
00:38:32To take her
00:38:33Watch stopped at 8.10
00:38:34That established at the time of the murder
00:38:36Stopped at the time of the murder
00:38:37Stopped at the time of the murder
00:38:38Stopped at the time of the death
00:39:06Take care of this one all right, partner
00:39:21Come on
00:39:27Yeah, I won't need a police department located and brought in also a manager waters and that's the Lombardi character
00:39:35Yes, sir. Big Barry still in there?
00:39:38No, he went out for a cup of coffee or tea I think it was. Oh, he did. Murthy with him? Sure. Murthy probably needed the tea. Well, send him in when they get back. Yes, sir.
00:39:49You don't think Big Barry can get it to you? Candidly, no. Is he right or left-handed? Did you notice? No, I can't say I did.
00:39:56Well, get me the ballistic report on this bullet. Let me know if the boy's turned up any fingerprints. Let me know as soon as you can. Right.
00:40:10Well, Mr. Big Barry, the commissioner wants to see you right away. Oh, he does, huh? Yeah.
00:40:16Come in. Can I go home now, commissioner? I've got to get up early in the morning, you know. I have to open my shop at 8.
00:40:31Sit down. Huh? Sit down.
00:40:34What are your relations with Madame Felicia? Why, she's one of my best customers. Do you give all of your customers autographed pictures? No. Have you heard from her since she left for South America?
00:40:52Oh, I mean, yes. What's the street's all about? What's her address down there?
00:41:00Address? Uh, I just don't remember offhand. It wouldn't be Wedgwood Arms Department 211, would it?
00:41:10I don't know. Wedgwood Arms. It's on 64th Street.
00:41:17Wedgwood Arms. Oh, so you found her already, huh? Yes. We just came here.
00:41:26I thought I was so clever. Why, even her manager didn't know she got off the boat just before it sailed.
00:41:33Oh, that's too bad now. I bet it'll be in all the papers. Doesn't she look different in a gray wig? That's my work. I made that for her.
00:41:47When did you see her last? Only this evening. I drop in every day. What time this evening? About 6.30, I think it was.
00:41:56Anyone else there? No. What was she doing? She was sitting in an armchair by the door reading. She didn't even hear me come in. She's a little hard of hearing. She won't admit it, but she is.
00:42:08Opera singer, a little hard of hearing. How long did you stay? Just a few minutes. A last of seven? No. Sure. Certainly. I was at the corner of 38th Street and 8th Avenue just at 7th.
00:42:22What were you doing there? I wasn't doing anything. Just waiting. Waiting for what? Well, I don't quite know. You see, about 6 o'clock, I think it was, my phone rang and someone I didn't recognize the voice told me to be at the corner of 38th Street and 8th Avenue at exactly 7 o'clock.
00:42:40She said it was something about Madame Polizia and it was very important that I be there. So, I went. What was it? It wasn't anything. Nobody showed up to tell me, so after waiting about 15 minutes, I went home.
00:42:55Did you see Madame Polizia when you got back to the apartment? No, I didn't see her. You can ask Madame Polizia. I went straight to my apartment and there was Murphy and we came here and here I am.
00:43:08This sounds like a third degree in one of those movie whodunits, doesn't it?
00:43:15Mr. Bigberry, you're either very clever, a victim of circumstance, or just plain crazy.
00:43:23What do you mean by that, Commissioner? Madame Polizia is dead.
00:43:28Dead? You mean you're dead?
00:43:32Found dead tonight, shot through the head.
00:43:35No. No.
00:43:38No.
00:43:42Indeed.
00:43:45Who would do such a thing and why?
00:43:49That's what I intend to find out.
00:43:55You want a gun?
00:43:58Certainly not.
00:44:05Do you know of anyone who might have threatened Madame Polizia?
00:44:17I don't.
00:44:19Oh, yeah.
00:44:21That fellow along by.
00:44:25And she once told me her ex-husband.
00:44:27What's the color of her husband's hair?
00:44:40Gray.
00:44:42About the same shade as mine.
00:44:46About like this?
00:44:47Yes.
00:44:48That's real hair, isn't it?
00:44:52Yes, but it's out of a wig.
00:44:53I thought so.
00:44:54But how do you know?
00:44:55By the tiny north at the end.
00:44:56Well, that's that.
00:44:57It's probably out of her own wig.
00:44:58I know, sir, I made this wig.
00:45:00But there's no such cheap hair as that in it.
00:45:01And it looks like it was made by that faker Wilkins.
00:45:04How can you tell?
00:45:06By the north one wig maker can usually tell another's not.
00:45:10Oh, no, no.
00:45:11I'm not.
00:45:12I'm not.
00:45:13I'm not.
00:45:14I'm not.
00:45:15I'm not.
00:45:16I'm not.
00:45:17I'm not.
00:45:18I'm not.
00:45:19I'm not.
00:45:20I'm not.
00:45:21I'm not.
00:45:22I'm not.
00:45:23I'm not.
00:45:24I'm not.
00:45:25I'm not.
00:45:26I'm not.
00:45:27I'm not.
00:45:28I'm not.
00:45:29I'm not.
00:45:30I'm not.
00:45:31I'm not.
00:45:32But then left for California at 830 tonight.
00:45:34830.
00:45:35Yes, sir.
00:45:36No report on Lombardia.
00:45:38Have that husband picked up and brought back immediately.
00:45:41Yes, sir.
00:45:45Well, he's been.
00:45:47We have work to do.
00:45:49And the district attorney will hear him probably want to go without bail.
00:45:53But since he isn't here, and if you promise me you will not leave the city,
00:45:57city thank you if there's anything I can be sure I'll call on you at once good
00:46:04night
00:46:16I'm afraid you have to cancel your engagement for tonight Tony we have work
00:46:19to do no surprise to me I haven't able to keep a date in months when you're in
00:46:24the army but there's over 40 hour week doesn't mean a thing to mr. Wilkins
00:46:39good evening gentlemen welcome to the oldest motor I will which up in the United
00:46:44States or committee this is Commissioner Colt oh I want some information have you
00:46:52made any gray wigs lately yes I need a couple I think for whom well I'll have
00:46:59to look in my book oh just a minute you know a wig maker named digberry yeah that
00:47:05take a little professional jealousy let me have that envelope you recognize these
00:47:11coming from one of your ways yes it could come from one can you tell which one
00:47:23you know I might
00:47:53ah here we are what did you find well right here i have
00:48:06i didn't listen to my care well according to my book i made one for a new customer
00:48:12a man by the name of frank gallery 724 west 41st year i'm only here some time ago i made one for
00:48:21an opera singer by the name of lombardi now those hairs could come from either of them is that all
00:48:28yes very few people want gray weight much less gray hair except in well thank you i may need you
00:48:35later oh commissioner i have some other mistakes which i think would suit your face
00:48:42oh oh i'm sorry no if i want one i i think i'll get it in the old-fashioned way goodbye goodbye
00:48:51go on go on read it read it and we that's a fine bunch of publicity to throw at anybody
00:49:14look thanks election is coming on and i need a conviction in a big case like this if i'm going
00:49:18to say district attorney of this bird i know you do bill but i better have somebody to convict first
00:49:23do you mind what about dickberry we've got enough on him right now to send him to the chair
00:49:28i cannot understand why you let that fella go why did you because i don't think he did it that's why
00:49:35he doesn't think he did it he doesn't think he did it look back it's an open and shut case
00:49:40he got mixed up with spent money on probably fell madly in love with her and finally she threw him
00:49:45it down so he shot just simple as that that's formula 146a in the bottom drawer but it doesn't fit this
00:49:51case why not because he's not the type even if she was yes madame police's manager is here and wants to
00:50:01see the commissioner all right send him in there's a lot more to this case than meets the eye though
00:50:08well i must be blind because i can't see it commissioner uh i just read about madame in the
00:50:13papers why what happened who did it and why what happened who did it and why we don't know yet
00:50:19oh now come on oh captain walters this is district attorney doherty captain walters is madam police's
00:50:24manager how do you do how do you do why mr dowdy this is terrible you imagine the shock for me i
00:50:29i thought she was on the way to south america so did everyone else except this digberry
00:50:34digberry digberry digberry i wonder why certainly digberry it's a french oh take it easy will you keep
00:50:42the shirt off oh fact sometimes you make me score keep your shirt on of all the stupid idiot
00:50:51commissioner i'd like to offer a thousand dollars reward for the arrest of the murderer
00:50:55that's your privilege captain walters will you take charge of it certainly
00:51:03yes the report on those two names wilkins give you lombardi's out of town and there's no such
00:51:10person as frank galloway at 724 west 41st street because there's no such address that number would be
00:51:16in the middle of the hudson river i thought so thanks that's it get me wilkins on the phone you are
00:51:22commissioner thank you take care of this tony oh uh would you write your address on here for me
00:51:29captain walters my certainly case i just want to get in touch with you
00:51:37just a minute please welcome
00:51:42hello mr wilkins this is commissioner colt uh there's no such address as 724 west 41st street
00:51:49you sure you gave it to us correctly oh you are sure what does this friend galloway look like
00:51:58do you think you'd recognize him if you saw him again i see i wish you'd come to my office at nine
00:52:05o'clock tomorrow morning i may have several people here i want you to look at thank you very much
00:52:10good luck here you are commissioner oh thank you it's fine likely to be done oh you won't be leaving
00:52:19town for a while yet will you uh captain walter oh no no not until this is settled anyway fine oh by the
00:52:26way where did you first meet madame police in paris just before the war started she was in a jam over
00:52:33her passport and credentials she's hungarian by birth you know yes i know i had some very influential
00:52:38friends over there and i straightened things out for her i've been handling her affairs ever since
00:52:44you're an american are you why yes of course i was wondering about the accent oh may i ask what the
00:52:50captain is for i went over to uh france for the fighting 69th in the last war and uh i stayed there for
00:52:5620 years the fighting 69 great outfit that yes it is i know uh colonel donovan well is that so yes in
00:53:07fact uh while bill and i were all the boys together by the way commissioner i'd like to go over to madame's
00:53:14apartment and check things over if i may last week she took one of her largest insurance policies out of
00:53:19the deposit box and i'd like to find it i think that would be all right tony telephone the office in
00:53:26charge would be all right didn't miss captain walter yes thank you commissioner is there uh anything
00:53:31else you want of me no no that'll be all well goodbye and uh i'll be standing by for your call goodbye
00:53:56well anyway they got it have to already follow that through
00:54:01yep send lombardi in right
00:54:11take him in come on come on you come on away all right come on come on come on well lombardi
00:54:17no wonder come on somebody no wonder come on get up on your feet where's it going now
00:54:26i don't like it just pushing around all the time shut up there he is commission
00:54:33oh how'd i do who's to you i'm gonna see you before do i shut up
00:54:39i saw him now shut up come on it's all i hear shut up come on come on shut up
00:54:50you shut up sit down
00:54:56you're a gentleman you see gentlemen say sit down
00:55:01go home go home where did you find it in an alley back at 28th street he had this on him when we
00:55:14picked him up one shell has been fired
00:55:20this is yours lombardi yes i think it's all what were you doing with it
00:55:25i don't know well were you anywhere near 64th street last night i don't know now think where were you
00:55:45how do i know where i was the last of my church not the before night
00:55:50i don't even know why i watched him now
00:55:56just lock him up till he finds out where he is come on why don't you go home here we go again
00:56:03come on straight up we go up
00:56:20hello
00:56:34hello yes oh hello mr abbott have you found out who did it to you no but commissioner colt wants you
00:56:43here at nine tomorrow morning he thinks wilkins will be able to identify the murder wilkins
00:56:50oh i remember the gray hair all right i'll be good-bye
00:57:03oh
00:57:14oh
00:57:16oh
01:00:48Come over here, 8-Bowl.
01:00:51Uh, yes, Captain.
01:00:53Were you on duty the night of the murder?
01:00:55Yes, sir.
01:00:56Did you see Mr. Digberry that night?
01:00:58Yes, sir, four or five times.
01:01:00What was he doing?
01:01:01Oh, he was acting awful funny.
01:01:03He just kept popping in and out of the latest apartment all night.
01:01:06Popping in and out?
01:01:08Yes, sir, just popping in and out.
01:01:10Did you hear any shots?
01:01:11No, sir, sure didn't.
01:01:13Get his name, Tony.
01:01:14Right.
01:01:15What's your name?
01:01:17Uh, Nicodemus J. Brown.
01:01:19You can most always get me, right here.
01:01:21Okay.
01:01:22Uh, yes, sir.
01:01:23Okay.
01:01:24I'll be on.
01:01:25Okay.
01:01:30I don't see anything in here, Bill.
01:01:32You haven't looked in the drawers yet.
01:01:34Well, you look, Bill.
01:01:35Maybe you can find something.
01:01:36Okay.
01:01:47Well, there's a missing insurance policy.
01:02:08Signed over to Digberry, too.
01:02:09Twenty.
01:02:10Thousand dollars.
01:02:11That gives him another motive.
01:02:12Yes, and that's the first one I can't dispute.
01:02:13I'll admit it looks bad.
01:02:14Commissioner, look here.
01:02:15Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:02:17You can't.
01:02:18You're not, sir.
01:02:19I can't.
01:02:20Look what!
01:02:21You can't go to Digberry, too.
01:02:22Twenty.
01:02:23A thousand dollars.
01:02:24That gives him another motive.
01:02:25Yes, and that's the first one I can't dispute.
01:02:26I'll admit it looks bad.
01:02:28Commissioner, look here.
01:02:32Look here.
01:02:44Luger.
01:02:46The right caliber, too.
01:02:48Well, now will you arrest Bigberry?
01:02:51I still have him till 9 o'clock tomorrow morning,
01:02:53do you mind?
01:03:02Where did you get this?
01:03:09From Rina.
01:03:10What for?
01:03:12Well, you remember my $1,000?
01:03:14Yes.
01:03:15Well, I loaned it to her.
01:03:17And she insisted I keep that as security.
01:03:20Why should she borrow $1,000 from you?
01:03:23She was a very wealthy woman.
01:03:25That's what everyone thought that she wasn't.
01:03:27In fact, she was nearly broke.
01:03:29That's why she went into hiding here after the opera season.
01:03:32She couldn't afford to go away like she used to,
01:03:34and she also couldn't afford to have the truth known.
01:03:36It would have hurt her career.
01:03:38And you were the only one who knew where she was?
01:03:41Yes.
01:03:45Is this yours?
01:03:47I know.
01:03:48You found it right here in the store.
01:03:50You did?
01:03:55That's funny.
01:03:56I never thought before in my life.
01:03:59Oh, come on.
01:04:00That's for wasting time.
01:04:01I insist you put this man under arrest at once.
01:04:03Under arrest?
01:04:04Yes.
01:04:05Well, you can't do that.
01:04:06My wife and daughters are coming in at 11.48 tomorrow morning.
01:04:08I've got to meet them at the station.
01:04:10You're going to be much too busy at that time.
01:04:11Come on.
01:04:12Now, wait a minute.
01:04:13Mr. Bigberry.
01:04:16What suit were you wearing at the time of the murder?
01:04:18Suit?
01:04:19Well, I...
01:04:21I don't know.
01:04:22Now, wait a minute.
01:04:23Let me think.
01:04:24Was it this way?
01:04:25Uh, no.
01:04:26No, my light.
01:04:27Yes, that way.
01:04:28Where is it?
01:04:29Right in there.
01:04:30Get it, Tony.
01:04:31Right.
01:04:39You never saw this before?
01:04:40I give you my word.
01:04:41I never saw my light.
01:04:43Is this it?
01:04:44Yes.
01:04:45What's that...
01:04:46Let's go.
01:04:47My coat, sir.
01:04:48Right.
01:04:58The elevator boy says he saw you go in police's apartment wearing that suit.
01:05:02Is that right?
01:05:03Yes, I did.
01:05:04Our chemists have found traces of Madame Polica's face powder on the lapels and shoulders of the coat.
01:05:09That happened when you moved the body from where it fell.
01:05:12But I turned you...
01:05:13Stop interrupting!
01:05:14This gun has been tested and proven to be the same gun used in both cases.
01:05:19And it was found in your apartment.
01:05:21But it isn't mine.
01:05:22So the motive for your actions is perfectly clear.
01:05:24This policy would bring you $20,000 at Madame Polica's death.
01:05:30This is the missing policy, isn't it, Captain Wolters?
01:05:33Why...
01:05:34Why, yes.
01:05:35That's it.
01:05:37So you see, Mr. Digberry, I have enough evidence to convict you of both crimes.
01:05:42Just a minute, Bill.
01:05:45I'd like to ask Mr. Digberry a few questions, if you don't mind.
01:05:48Why, certainly.
01:05:49Go ahead.
01:05:53Mr. Digberry, are you sure this is your suit?
01:05:57Why, yes.
01:05:58Certainly.
01:05:59Would you swear to it?
01:06:04Yes, that's where I bought it.
01:06:06Take a good look.
01:06:13Is that funny?
01:06:14No, this isn't my suit.
01:06:17That button was off my suit.
01:06:19I was waiting for my wife to come home and throw it off.
01:06:22Of course it isn't your suit.
01:06:25And, uh, this isn't one of your wigs either, is it?
01:06:30No, indeed.
01:06:31Not with that Wilkins label in it.
01:06:33Glenn?
01:06:34Yes, sir.
01:06:35And the gun wasn't yours?
01:06:36Absolutely not.
01:06:38You see, Bill, this wig makes it very clear why the upper part of Digberry's picture was found in Wilkins.
01:06:43Wilkins was using it to match Digberry's head for Galloway.
01:06:49Yes, but what about the gun that was found in Digberry's apartment?
01:06:54Well, this is the way I see it.
01:06:56This Galloway, perfectly disguised as Digberry, with the wig, the suit, and the hat, killed Madame Polica,
01:07:04after first getting Digberry out of the house with a fake telephone call.
01:07:08Now, we have scientifically established the fact that her death occurred no later than 7 o'clock,
01:07:15even though the watch on her wrist, the one with the broken crystal, stopped at 8.10.
01:07:21See, this murderer was a very clever man.
01:07:23He set this watch forward more than an hour, and then he stopped it by depressing the mainspring.
01:07:28This, of course, was done to ruin Digberry's alibi, because Digberry could prove that he was not in the apartment at 7 o'clock when the murder actually occurred.
01:07:37Then, knowing that Wilkins was the only one who could identify him, Galloway disposed of Wilkins.
01:07:45And then he planted the murder gun in Digberry's apartment.
01:07:50Then Galloway went to his own apartment, his real address, not the one in the Hudson River.
01:07:56And he wrapped the coat, the suit, and the wig up in a package, planning, of course, to dispose of him.
01:08:00But he delayed just a little too long. He felt quite safe.
01:08:05Now, this proves conclusively that Galloway was the murderer.
01:08:09Doesn't that sound plausible to me?
01:08:12Well, yes, in a way.
01:08:17What do you think about it, Captain Walters?
01:08:20Why, uh, yes, uh, I think so.
01:08:23Well, you ought to know, Galloway.
01:08:27Mr. Plank, Galloway.
01:08:28Well, uh, uh, what is this, uh, a joke?
01:08:39Far from it.
01:08:41You can't, uh, you can't prove anything so ridiculous.
01:08:45A moment ago, it sounded quite plausible to you.
01:08:47But if you're still not convinced, I'll give you a few more facts.
01:08:50We can prove that you bought the hat and the suit.
01:08:53The wig speaks for itself.
01:08:54And as for the guns, the Paris police informed me that it was purchased by you in Paris.
01:08:59They very readily identified your fingerprints that you so kindly gave me when you wrote after that.
01:09:04Why, why, this is preposterous.
01:09:07Why should I kill Madame Pulitzer?
01:09:09Because you'd stolen her money.
01:09:11You knew she'd cancelled a trip to South American was having you investigated.
01:09:15Yes, that's why she borrowed $9,000.
01:09:18Exactly.
01:09:19It's too bad for you, you didn't destroy the wig and the suit.
01:09:21It might have been a perfect time.
01:09:22Have you been following me, Bill?
01:09:25Well, all right, sure.
01:09:28All right, Glenn.
01:09:30Incidentally, I knew you never belonged to the Fighting Six tonight.
01:09:35We didn't have any rats in that outfit.
01:09:37Oh, come on.
01:09:41Well, this is very confusing.
01:09:43We still have a blackmail charge against you, Mr. Digberry.
01:09:47But since you're identifying the gray hairs was the most important step in solving this crime, I think the reward should be yours.
01:09:56You've made yourself $1,000.
01:09:58Well, thanks.
01:09:59That makes you even.
01:10:00And if you can legally collect the insurance policy, you'll be $20,000 a head.
01:10:04In that case, I think you'll have to tell your wife.
01:10:07My wife?
01:10:08My wife?
01:10:09Oh, dear, there's a trade.
01:10:1111.38.
01:10:12I'll never be able to make Graham Central Station in 10 minutes.
01:10:15You'll make it, all right.
01:10:16Don't he put him in my car.
01:10:17Right.
01:10:18Come along, Everett.
01:10:19Okay.
01:10:20You've saved my life.
01:10:21Tell Flanagan to use both sirens.
01:10:28See, Bill, what happens when a button comes off?
01:10:48Oh, that's not good.
01:10:49I said to Valkyrie.
01:10:50Oh, and one hour here.
01:10:51Right.
01:10:52There's an absolute very happy Трачường alle pesos.
01:10:53I put what happens when a button comes off.
01:10:55Oh, and two parts come off.
01:11:00Ooh.
01:11:01Oh, sorry.
01:11:02Oh, sorry.
01:11:03Oh, sorry.
01:11:04How tired is that?
01:11:05Oh, sorry.
01:11:06When was your wife?
01:11:08My wife?
01:11:09I gently filed those dollars to do with me.
01:11:12Oh, sorry.
01:11:14Oh?
01:11:15Oh, sorry.
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