WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:19.920 Crime and Peter Chambers. 00:19.920 --> 00:29.480 Created by Henry Kane, transcribed and starring Dane Clark. 00:29.480 --> 00:38.520 A well-known investigator, duly licensed and duly sworn, Peter Chambers. 00:38.520 --> 00:46.320 You're a private eye, that's your business. Anything else? That's for laughs. 00:46.320 --> 00:51.080 This one figures for a lot of laughs and you're being paid for it which adds a rare quality to the laughter. 00:51.080 --> 00:56.760 You're at the apartment of a jeweler, George Reiner, and you're being 00:56.760 --> 01:01.760 invited to a masquerade party at the Riverdale mansion of a famous or is it 01:01.760 --> 01:07.040 infamous millionaire Robbie Tamville and who hasn't heard of Robbie Tamville and 01:07.040 --> 01:11.560 I'd like you to get there before I do mr. Chambers all the arrangements have 01:11.560 --> 01:17.120 been made what will you wear I don't quite know mr. Reiner you sprung this on 01:17.120 --> 01:21.520 me rather quick like a man of your resourcefulness come now mr. Chambers 01:21.520 --> 01:27.600 think of your reputation yeah I'm thinking tonight eight o'clock well let 01:27.600 --> 01:32.440 me see now well I've got an idea something's that's never been done before 01:32.440 --> 01:39.960 yes pirates costume go no patch over the eye very good and just so that I'll be 01:39.960 --> 01:45.300 sure don't wear a sword then I'll know for certain that you're my pirate okay 01:45.300 --> 01:50.160 mr. Reiner I'll be your pirate no cutlass no patch now let's get back to the 01:50.160 --> 01:56.120 business end of the deal please well sir you've heard of the Opal of Ramsey's 01:56.120 --> 02:02.960 well yes owned by King Ramsey's and a priceless of J.D.R. only wasn't supposed 02:02.960 --> 02:06.280 to have brought hard luck to this ancient Egyptian king and hard luck to 02:06.280 --> 02:11.200 everyone that's owned it since it was dug up oh sure mr. Chambers superstition 02:11.200 --> 02:16.520 pure baseless superstition so how come Robbie Tamville is so anxious to get rid 02:16.520 --> 02:21.240 of it well he's had a run of bad luck now that it is offered for sale I have the 02:21.240 --> 02:26.320 opportunity to purchase yeah you and this what's his name William Zucko and 02:26.320 --> 02:30.000 good old eccentric Tambo makes it a bidding contest between you and this 02:30.000 --> 02:34.560 William Zucko I'm to come dressed as a clown there there's the costume you like 02:34.560 --> 02:38.840 it yeah it's peachy a William Zucko is coming dressed as a Persian prince 02:38.840 --> 02:43.760 anyway one way or another tonight Robbie Tambo gets rid of the ring yes he'll 02:43.760 --> 02:47.760 have the opal there tonight at the party first he'll interview Zucko and then 02:47.760 --> 02:52.120 he'll interview me whoever bids highest that one gets the ring there'll be 02:52.120 --> 02:55.840 contracts to sign and then the cash is to be deposited with his bankers tomorrow 02:55.840 --> 03:01.720 how much is that thing worth oh about a quarter of a million I know a collector 03:01.720 --> 03:06.600 right now who'd pay two hundred thousand and my job to accompany me back to town 03:06.600 --> 03:10.960 as bodyguard and to remain with me as custodian of the Opal until I can reach 03:10.960 --> 03:15.200 my office tomorrow and where proper transfer roles of insurance can be 03:15.200 --> 03:22.520 executed okay I'll see you tonight I'll be there PD the pirate afternoon mr. 03:22.520 --> 03:28.080 Reiner and remember you know the costume I'm the clown 03:33.640 --> 03:38.840 so that evening you're living it up amongst the swells everybody's wearing 03:38.840 --> 03:43.080 masks and everybody's wearing costumes but your client the clown hasn't shown 03:43.080 --> 03:49.040 up yet meanwhile you've latched on to a female with a lush and lovely figure 03:49.040 --> 03:54.240 incongruously attired as a witch you've danced you've chortled you've chuckled 03:54.240 --> 04:02.040 but now you're dying of curiosity so you waltz her off to a corner yes my 04:02.040 --> 04:08.040 dashing Buccaneer pray what wish you of the witch a mask a witch else this pirate 04:08.040 --> 04:12.560 walks the plank if anything is prosaic as a plank and he found in his diamond 04:12.560 --> 04:17.960 studded shack will you unmasked too because I'm just bursting with curiosity 04:17.960 --> 04:24.920 you take your mask off and she follows suit and brother you hit the jackpot blue 04:24.920 --> 04:29.880 eyes tiny nose dimples and a wicked little smile that just verges on being 04:29.880 --> 04:39.400 seductive like oh I love good because I like what I see too so let's get 04:39.400 --> 04:44.960 acquainted my name is Patricia home Peter chambers what do you do well I'm 04:44.960 --> 04:51.920 a detective of sorts detective how very interesting you look like an actor a 04:51.920 --> 04:57.280 leading man type you know and you like an engine oh say what do you do I'm a 04:57.280 --> 05:04.880 doctor a doctor well now disappointed I'm flabbergasted for further information 05:04.880 --> 05:11.680 over 21 and unmarried specialized in fluoroscopy and x-ray look doc I got a 05:11.680 --> 05:19.600 small pain that hurts me here see I conduct my examinations at my office I'd 05:19.600 --> 05:26.400 love to visit you may at that I combine my office and my apartment for 41 Park 05:26.400 --> 05:32.960 I didn't take my car I was driven here by a group of friends so if you've a car 05:32.960 --> 05:39.440 I have well mr. chambers after this party I'd admire to have you take me home and 05:39.440 --> 05:47.160 there isn't a thing in the world that I'd admire more doctor well thank you 05:49.400 --> 05:54.960 but all the while you're talking some jokers jostling you from the rear true 05:54.960 --> 05:58.640 enough to join his crowders but that crowded it ain't and finally you're 05:58.640 --> 06:03.400 whirl on the guy who's wearing the toga of a Roman senator sorry Mac it's a 06:03.400 --> 06:09.640 little crowded wait a minute buster it's not that crowd real sensitive our dear 06:09.640 --> 06:14.800 old private up to can is it because he's engaged in conversation with so 06:14.800 --> 06:19.640 beautiful a damn 06:19.640 --> 06:25.960 detective lieutenant Louie Parker New York City Police Department fine cop good 06:25.960 --> 06:30.680 companion and great friend you introduced him to the lady good to know 06:30.680 --> 06:34.680 you miss home likewise hey what are you doing here Louie well I got a hunch it 06:34.680 --> 06:42.800 approximates your reasons being here I'd like to talk to you Pete that means that 06:42.800 --> 06:44.960 the courteous lieutenant would like to talk to me alone but in the 06:44.960 --> 06:50.720 circumstances he finds it difficult to express your beauty in this home makes 06:50.720 --> 06:55.880 it even more different hey hey you like most gallant lieutenant if you promise 06:55.880 --> 07:00.400 not to keep mr. chambers away too long I promise good enough then I'll see you 07:00.400 --> 07:07.560 later she cute Louie listen Pete I'll tell you why I'm here 07:07.560 --> 07:17.400 develops Tamville isn't too eccentric after all but with carrying that Opal 07:17.400 --> 07:20.680 ring around in his person he invites Parker to his party so as you can have 07:20.680 --> 07:25.440 some Lauren order around the house just in case you give Louie the dope on why 07:25.440 --> 07:30.000 you're present which means that outside of you and me and Tamville the only ones 07:30.000 --> 07:34.200 who know that this ring is here tonight a George Reiner and this William Zuko 07:34.200 --> 07:41.160 that's straight from the horse's mouth which is tamper now Pete hey look you 07:41.160 --> 07:45.640 look and you see the Persian prince strolling out of the garden he looks hot 07:45.640 --> 07:50.240 he's taking off his mask let's go join him Petey just for the heck of it huh 07:50.240 --> 07:56.040 yeah it's cooler out there uh-uh mustn't forget the bottle oh we mustn't this is 07:56.040 --> 08:07.080 Parker's night for relaxation you bring a bottle and three glasses out to a table 08:07.080 --> 08:11.680 in the garden the Persian prince is nearby and mask off you call him over 08:11.680 --> 08:17.760 introduce him and offer a drink William Zuko is a tall guy whose black eyes give 08:17.760 --> 08:21.880 off about as much expression as a couple of shuttered windows in an empty house 08:21.880 --> 08:26.160 you're about to hand him his glass when it slips to the ground well you can't 08:26.160 --> 08:29.400 hand the Persian prince a dirty glass so you pick it up wipe it clean with a 08:29.400 --> 08:33.960 handkerchief and you try again then you pour for the three of you and you all 08:33.960 --> 08:42.120 drink ah good that hits the spot as they say thank you mr. Chambers would you 08:42.120 --> 08:47.760 like another as they say oh no no thank you you know you look real right 08:47.760 --> 08:53.760 handsome as a Persian prince mr. Zucko oh no no no not really that was Robbie 08:53.760 --> 08:59.440 Tambele idea and you don't cross Tambele not when you intend to do a little 08:59.440 --> 09:19.280 business with him you were intending to do business with mr. Tambele just then a 09:19.280 --> 09:24.360 butler comes out and tells Zucko that Tambele is ready to see him you all go 09:24.360 --> 09:28.640 back into the house and the butler opens an oak door for William Zucko you can 09:28.640 --> 09:33.840 see inside it's a big room with wide French windows and the far side opening 09:33.840 --> 09:38.920 to another garden Tambele's inside the only guy at the party not in costume 09:38.920 --> 09:47.400 Zucko goes in and the door closes you lose Parker and you find Patricia home 09:47.400 --> 09:52.600 again and you keep her with you finally Zucko comes out and goes up a flight of 09:52.600 --> 09:58.040 stairs and then not five minutes later your client the clown appears you wave 09:58.040 --> 10:03.200 to him but he doesn't wave back he proceeds directly to the oak door goes 10:03.200 --> 10:09.760 in and then the shots are from Campbell's room and you and Parker 10:09.760 --> 10:13.880 bust in there fast the French windows are wide open there's no one in the room 10:13.880 --> 10:18.920 except Tambo and he's very dead all right all right everybody out of here 10:18.920 --> 10:22.720 I'm detective Parker police now get them out please everybody out come on you 10:22.720 --> 10:34.400 stick around pity nice huh yeah real nice whoever pulled it beat it through those 10:34.400 --> 10:39.200 French windows but the guns here you pick it up with the pencils with the 10:39.200 --> 10:46.400 trigger guard like so hey Pete I'll take a look at Barrow look at the scratches 10:46.400 --> 10:53.120 fresh ones yeah it looks like there was a silencer on that barrel Louie not too 10:53.120 --> 11:01.640 long ago but say we heard the shots yeah any ideas not a one you not on this 11:01.640 --> 11:08.520 silence a bit but I got a lot of ideas on friend murderer really you saw who 11:08.520 --> 11:15.000 came in here last uh well yeah your client that's so the clown guy mask and 11:15.000 --> 11:18.280 all but the only clown at the party now look Louie don't let's jump the 11:18.280 --> 11:21.560 conclusions after all the conclusions Pete this conclusion don't have to be 11:21.560 --> 11:27.080 jumped at this comes up it hits you on the jaw like a hook from Marciano let's 11:27.080 --> 11:30.920 have a look at the late mr. Tamville 11:33.760 --> 11:40.800 ain't on him Pete motive for murder an opal ring worth maybe a quarter of a 11:40.800 --> 11:49.880 million bucks missing 11:49.880 --> 11:54.640 15 minutes later the joint is jumping with cops the search of the ground 11:54.640 --> 12:02.360 turns up a clown's costume and an idea starts to percolate in your mind so you 12:02.360 --> 12:07.360 do a little searching too you pick up an item which might be of unusual interest 12:07.360 --> 12:12.480 and you safely deposit it in your car no guest is permitted to leave until he or 12:12.480 --> 12:17.600 she is thoroughly searched by an expert and that turns up nothing no opal ring 12:17.600 --> 12:24.040 the search of the guest does develop one item of importance one guest is missing 12:24.040 --> 12:32.000 your client mr. George Reiner driving down the car there's Patricia home 12:32.000 --> 12:39.480 there's Parker and as you mr. George Reiner well I'm saving him for me no 12:39.480 --> 12:44.080 use sending anyone else if he skipped he skipped he's at his apartment then he's 12:44.080 --> 12:49.900 for me personally but why lieutenant how I won't go into the why but here's the 12:49.900 --> 12:55.500 how he bumps Tamville cops that opal ring goes through those French doors gets 12:55.500 --> 13:00.680 rid of the clown costume and blows period I sent that gun downtown well in 13:00.680 --> 13:04.160 advance I'm curious about the check on that meeting which means that after we 13:04.160 --> 13:09.520 drop miss home we stop first at headquarters then we call on mr. Reiner 13:09.520 --> 13:15.880 very good very satisfactory what are you so happy about just a minute what are 13:15.880 --> 13:23.640 you reaching in the glove compartment for this glass well what's what I handle 13:23.640 --> 13:27.680 a gingerly lieutenant you're gonna do a fingerprint check on it I once set 13:27.680 --> 13:31.960 figures to be mine I'm very curious about the other set where did you get 13:31.960 --> 13:34.920 that glass stole it from the mental from Tamils party 13:34.920 --> 13:41.920 Louie will you have that fingerprint check done for me sure Petey you insist 13:46.360 --> 13:50.400 you deliver Patricia home and you promise to come back there to bring her 13:50.400 --> 13:54.980 up to date on developments no matter what they are and then you deliver 13:54.980 --> 13:59.800 Parker to headquarters and you wait in the car while he goes in with the glass 13:59.800 --> 14:06.200 when he comes out he's got a peculiar glint in his eye he tells you the 14:06.200 --> 14:09.440 fingerprint checks on the glass will take some time but that he's put a rush 14:09.440 --> 14:15.080 on it and then he clans and when Parker clans he's tighter than a barfly at 14:15.080 --> 14:22.120 curfew time finally you're a George Reiner's apartment Oh mr. Chambers I'm 14:22.120 --> 14:25.760 so glad to see you but Parker pushes through and shoves a gun under his nose 14:25.760 --> 14:34.320 mr. Reiner is this your gun wait let me see yes it's my gun that's nice of you 14:34.320 --> 14:37.800 to admit it but whether you admit it or not the serial numbers prove it's your 14:37.800 --> 14:43.200 gun fingerprints on of the smudges but ballistics show this gun killed him now 14:43.200 --> 14:47.520 anyway you look at it kiddo you're up the creek killed killed home oh well you 14:47.520 --> 14:52.760 look at him making with the innocent baby act killed Robbie Tamville Robbie 14:52.760 --> 14:58.800 Tamville mr. Chambers is this true yeah who is this man lieutenant Louie Parker 14:58.800 --> 15:04.560 homicide who thought he was gonna have an evening of relaxation you deny that 15:04.560 --> 15:08.400 you killed him you stole that ring that opal from King Tut to one of those other 15:08.400 --> 15:13.640 wrapped-up mummies of course I denied brother you were seen to go into his room 15:13.640 --> 15:18.600 the shots were heard the gun was yours the bullets from the gun killed him the 15:18.600 --> 15:22.720 French windows were open the clown costume was found on the grounds you 15:22.720 --> 15:29.640 were the only guest missing and you knew he had the opal on him now where's the 15:29.640 --> 15:34.680 ring I don't have it now look you don't wait a minute Louie just a minute just a 15:34.680 --> 15:38.760 minute now mr. Reiner you heard the lieutenant yes do you have any 15:38.760 --> 15:42.720 explanation well I can only tell you what happened or what did happen mr. 15:42.720 --> 15:47.720 Reiner well sometime after you left my doorbell rang I answered it opened the 15:47.720 --> 15:52.080 door but there seemed to be no one there I stuck my head out and was struck on the 15:52.080 --> 15:56.780 back of the head that's all I remember when I regained consciousness I was 15:56.780 --> 16:01.840 bound and gagged it took me hours to untie myself when I finally did I looked 16:01.840 --> 16:06.240 about thinking it was a robbery trying to see what was stolen was anything 16:06.240 --> 16:15.160 stolen with just my clowns costume and my gun okay mr. Reiner suppose just for 16:15.160 --> 16:20.360 the sake of my friend Ian whose client you are suppose I try to buy your story 16:20.360 --> 16:26.520 now show us some proof huh where's the rope that bound you or is it wire or tape 16:26.520 --> 16:31.160 maybe and the gag around your mouth where I'm sorry lieutenant I was bound by a 16:31.160 --> 16:35.840 couple of my neckties and the gag was one of my own handkerchiefs but I do 16:35.840 --> 16:40.520 have a bump on my head I'm sorry Pete I gotta take this guy 16:40.520 --> 16:51.820 downtown you tell Parker where he can reach you and then off they go to 16:51.820 --> 16:59.800 headquarters and off you go to Patricia Holmes apartment dr. home is comfortable 16:59.800 --> 17:05.800 in satin lounging pajamas and no doctor ever looked better in lounging pajamas 17:05.800 --> 17:10.880 you bring her up to date on your facts and then she takes you about showing you 17:10.880 --> 17:16.680 her equipment the fluoroscopes and the x-ray machines and then you're settling 17:16.680 --> 17:22.120 down in a comfortable divan with a good doctor for some conversation about 17:22.120 --> 17:36.280 doctoring when hello Peter chambers then just a minute for you Peter thanks hello 17:36.280 --> 17:43.200 is the dope on that glass deal yours one set of prints yours the others belong to 17:43.200 --> 17:50.720 a guy a bill so Kalsky what about him Russian emigre used to work in a circus 17:50.720 --> 17:55.560 yet ground glass nails tax you know one of those guys did a bit about eight 17:55.560 --> 18:00.440 years ago for assault and disappeared look Pete what's your interest in the guy 18:00.440 --> 18:04.840 and who is look Louie pick up our Persian Prince and bring him down here to 18:04.840 --> 18:10.520 Patricia Holmes place and do it fast William Zucco you know what you're doing 18:10.520 --> 18:15.200 absolutely and please Louie fast her 18:15.200 --> 18:24.240 half an hour later Parker shows of William Zucco you don't waste any time 18:24.240 --> 18:29.200 you accuse Zucco of the murder of Robbie Tamville and the theft of the Opal ring 18:29.200 --> 18:34.440 yeah you are talking through your hat miss if I had that opal on me they 18:34.440 --> 18:39.280 found it I didn't have it and I don't have oh yes you have have I then prove 18:39.280 --> 18:47.560 it instead of talking like a big guy and doing nothing talk is cheap proof prove 18:47.560 --> 18:54.600 it demonstrate first step in the demonstration is to clip him under the 18:54.600 --> 19:02.920 chin then you drag Zucco to dr. Holmes fluoroscope and you stand him up behind 19:02.920 --> 19:11.600 it and she starts the do-jigger going hey I see it clear as day where do the 19:11.600 --> 19:15.360 fluoroscope thing it's in his stomach clear as day the ring with the stone in 19:15.360 --> 19:27.200 it come on out Pete take a look at this sure enough there it is 19:27.200 --> 19:34.880 William Zucco born Bill Zucalski who can swallow nails and tax and glass oh what a 19:34.880 --> 19:39.160 hideaway hey Louie yeah how can you frisk a guy when he's got the loot in 19:39.160 --> 19:41.560 his stomach 19:44.880 --> 19:49.600 and ten minutes later when you've convinced Zucco or Zucalski or whatever 19:49.600 --> 19:54.000 his name is that you've got him dead to rights he straightens out the deal for 19:54.000 --> 19:59.120 you okay so you knock out George Reiner and you clip his clown costume and his 19:59.120 --> 20:03.680 gun yes and I bring the stuff up to Tamils and hide it in an upstairs room 20:03.680 --> 20:06.880 and then when you're drinking with us the butler calls you know it's a good 20:06.880 --> 20:09.680 thing I dropped your glass because I wiped it clean with a handkerchief which 20:09.680 --> 20:14.920 after I handed it to you left only my prints on it and yours inside I killed 20:14.920 --> 20:20.720 him I used a silencer on writers gun one bullet then I came out went upstairs put 20:20.720 --> 20:25.240 the clown costume over mine went back into Tamville's room supposedly as Reiner 20:25.240 --> 20:29.920 took the silencer off and put three more bullets into him then I ran out the 20:29.920 --> 20:34.080 French doors through the silencer into that brook nearby but left the clown 20:34.080 --> 20:38.040 costume on the grounds making sure to leave Reiner's gun in the room then I 20:38.040 --> 20:42.800 came back and once more I was one of the guests the Persian Prince the way it 20:42.800 --> 20:47.360 looked Reiner killed him dropped off his costume and ran away I thought no 20:47.360 --> 20:52.520 suspicion would attach to me and you might have been in the clear if not for 20:52.520 --> 20:58.000 my friend the Shama's here Pete where did you get the idea for the Prince on a 20:58.000 --> 21:03.920 glass from you yeah I know from me well you're the guy that told me that aside 21:03.920 --> 21:07.360 from us and Tamil himself only two people knew about that Opal being on him 21:07.360 --> 21:12.760 Reiner and Zuko yeah now Reiner retained me and paid me a fee to act as a bodyguard 21:12.760 --> 21:16.720 when he would buy it if he's planning robbery and murder what would a 21:16.720 --> 21:20.960 reasonable man do that no he wouldn't well whom would that leave if anything 21:20.960 --> 21:29.560 happened to the Opal Oh our ex circus birdie come on pal oh I'm gonna have to 21:29.560 --> 21:34.560 handle you gently after all in a way you're sort of a receptacle for evidence 21:34.560 --> 21:47.840 and like that you're pretty valuable 21:47.840 --> 21:55.360 and so after Parker and the valuable mr. Zuko take their departure you and the 21:55.360 --> 21:59.800 darling dr. Patricia home finally settled down to some quiet conversation 21:59.800 --> 22:19.800 and peaceful tette-a-tette oh you Peter chambers you oh doctor 22:19.800 --> 22:33.560 and there you've had crime and Peter chambers Dane Clark was starred as Peter 22:33.560 --> 22:39.160 Chambers crime and Peter chambers transcribed was created and written by 22:39.160 --> 22:43.920 Henry Kane others in the cast were Bill Zuckert heard as Lieutenant Parker Joe 22:43.920 --> 22:49.960 Bolander's Reiner and Nancy Wilder as Patricia it was directed by Fred way this 22:49.960 --> 22:54.280 is Fred Collins inviting you to tune in next week same time same station what 22:54.280 --> 23:24.240 Dane Clark in crime and Peter chamber 23:24.280 --> 23:50.240 so 23:50.240 --> 23:55.280 Crime and Peter Chambers has come to you through the worldwide facilities of the 23:55.280 --> 24:21.280 United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.