WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Mystery House 00:30.000 --> 00:32.000 Mystery House 00:32.000 --> 00:36.000 That strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn 00:36.000 --> 00:39.000 Where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff 00:39.000 --> 00:41.000 Before it is accepted for publication 00:41.000 --> 00:43.000 Mystery House 00:52.000 --> 00:57.000 Well Barbie, I don't know that I understand the title of the story we're trying out for a Mystery House novel this week 00:57.000 --> 00:59.000 You mean the composite killer, Dan? 00:59.000 --> 01:03.000 Yeah, does it refer to several different people who combine forces to commit a murder? 01:03.000 --> 01:06.000 No. Haven't you ever seen a composite picture? 01:06.000 --> 01:08.000 Well to be honest with you, I don't know 01:08.000 --> 01:10.000 Oh of course you have. In the movie magazines 01:10.000 --> 01:12.000 Well, I'm not a movie magazine reader 01:12.000 --> 01:14.000 Detective stories are more in my line 01:14.000 --> 01:22.000 Well, an artist takes maybe Dorothy Lamour's eyes and Alexa Smith's nose and Anne Sheridan's hair and Hetty Lamar's ears 01:22.000 --> 01:23.000 And Betty Davis's mouth 01:23.000 --> 01:27.000 Put them all together to make a composite picture of someone who never existed 01:27.000 --> 01:30.000 Oh, I see what you mean Mrs. Glenn. The pictures are fake 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 Well, not exactly. Every part of it is true to life, but 01:33.000 --> 01:36.000 But put together it doesn't spell truth 01:36.000 --> 01:57.000 Well, I'm a solid fact man myself. I like authentic information. For example, listen to this 01:57.000 --> 02:02.000 Okay, places everybody and set the scene for tonight's story, will you Tom? 02:02.000 --> 02:11.000 The composite killer. Tonight's story opens in the office of Captain Hedges, police detective 02:11.000 --> 02:17.000 A slender, aesthetic, if cynical young man sits across the desk from the captain, sizing him up 02:17.000 --> 02:22.000 I suppose you wonder why I asked the Chronicle to send an artist over to headquarters, mayne? 02:22.000 --> 02:27.000 Mine not to reason why, mon capitain. Where the Chronicle points its finger, there go I 02:27.000 --> 02:31.000 And your paper's yelling at us about not solving the Dorothy Lattaman murder 02:31.000 --> 02:36.000 Don't tell me you're sensitive, mon capitain. I always thought only artists were sensitive 02:36.000 --> 02:40.000 Artists who aren't quite good enough to make the grade and end up by hacking away on a newspaper 02:40.000 --> 02:43.000 They said you were the best man in their art department 02:43.000 --> 02:45.000 They damn with faint praise 02:45.000 --> 02:47.000 They said you have imagination, mayne 02:47.000 --> 02:50.000 A severe criticism. I tried to hide it 02:50.000 --> 02:52.000 We're pretty close to solving that murder 02:52.000 --> 02:58.000 Now I know. The police are working on secret clues and feel that the murder will be apprehended within the next 24 hours 02:58.000 --> 03:01.000 The Chronicle carried that one day before yesterday 03:01.000 --> 03:05.000 There's nothing secret about our clues. This killer ought to be a cinch to catch 03:05.000 --> 03:08.000 He left so many clues, he might just as well have left his calling card 03:08.000 --> 03:11.000 And you're just holding off to make it look like a hard catch? 03:11.000 --> 03:14.000 Mayne, we've got everything except our man 03:14.000 --> 03:19.000 Now the Lattaman girl was a beauty. She had so many boyfriends, we know we're never going to get to all of them 03:19.000 --> 03:22.000 From what we've learned, she was a gold digger 03:22.000 --> 03:24.000 Sounds like a sweet kid 03:24.000 --> 03:28.000 Beautiful apartment, fine clothes, good jewelry 03:28.000 --> 03:32.000 She had a string of jobs you could write pages about 03:32.000 --> 03:35.000 None of them requiring any real work 03:35.000 --> 03:38.000 I've been looking for that kind of a job for years, Captain Hedges 03:38.000 --> 03:42.000 She was as cold and heartless as any human being could be 03:42.000 --> 03:45.000 She was playing for big game. She finally found it 03:45.000 --> 03:48.000 You mean the letters you uncovered that showed she was going to marry Wilton Morris III? 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 Yeah 03:49.000 --> 03:54.000 Has it ever occurred to you that she might have been in love with a boy in spite of all his money, mon capitain? 03:54.000 --> 04:01.000 Sure. We found a couple of her girlfriends who said that she told them that Wilton Morris was strictly a dope 04:01.000 --> 04:03.000 But in the right money bracket 04:03.000 --> 04:07.000 I love mystery stories, Captain Hedges, but how does all this concern me? 04:07.000 --> 04:09.000 We've narrowed things down, Mayne 04:09.000 --> 04:14.000 The logical assumption is that Dorothy Lattaman was killed by a disappointed or disgruntled suitor 04:14.000 --> 04:19.000 Somebody who couldn't stand to see her marry Wilton Morris III 04:19.000 --> 04:20.000 Well? 04:20.000 --> 04:25.000 We start with the assumption that the murderer was, well, an attractive looking person 04:25.000 --> 04:30.000 If he didn't have as much money as Wilton Morris, he had to be attractive to be in the running 04:30.000 --> 04:35.000 Captain, you amaze me. A detective who's a student of human nature 04:35.000 --> 04:40.000 The murderer got into the girl's room from the fire escape through a very narrow window 04:40.000 --> 04:43.000 He had to be thin to make it 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 Hmm. Attractive thin 04:45.000 --> 04:51.000 Now, we've tested the street level part of the fire escape and you'd have to be at least 6'2 to reach it and pull it down 04:51.000 --> 04:54.000 I think I see what you're driving at 04:54.000 --> 04:58.000 Several people saw a man loitering near that fire escape at 1 o'clock the morning of the murder 04:58.000 --> 05:00.000 Couldn't they give you a description? 05:00.000 --> 05:05.000 Altogether too much description. We've talked to three people and they disagree on most points 05:05.000 --> 05:08.000 But their descriptions checked in a couple of respects 05:08.000 --> 05:13.000 The man had a long thin face. There were all three positive of that 05:13.000 --> 05:14.000 Yes, I know the type 05:14.000 --> 05:18.000 His hair was dark. We can't be sure what color, but dark 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Go on 05:19.000 --> 05:23.000 And all through the people who saw him were a little frightened at one thing 05:23.000 --> 05:25.000 The way this man stared at them 05:25.000 --> 05:28.000 1 o'clock in the morning? I don't blame him 05:28.000 --> 05:34.000 I get the idea that he had small deep set sharp eyes. Eyes with a brazen look 05:34.000 --> 05:41.000 Two of the people said that they... Pardon me. That they might have known more of what he looked like, but his stare got their goats 05:41.000 --> 05:46.000 They looked the other way. He looked them in the eye and he made them turn their heads the other way 05:46.000 --> 05:48.000 The eyes are important. Always 05:48.000 --> 05:53.000 The marks on the girl's throat indicate that he had a stubby hand as hard as iron 05:53.000 --> 05:56.000 She fought like the devil and never had a chance 05:56.000 --> 05:58.000 The fingers don't tell me much 05:58.000 --> 06:05.000 No. Well, to me, hands like that on a tall slender man indicate a tough muscular neck, too 06:05.000 --> 06:08.000 Smart boy, mon capitaine. I'd have missed that 06:08.000 --> 06:12.000 While he was strangling her, she clenched at his face 06:12.000 --> 06:16.000 At least that's the only reason I've been able to figure for the bite on her forearm 06:16.000 --> 06:19.000 Here. Here's a print of the marks 06:19.000 --> 06:23.000 Hmm. Small mouth, but big teeth 06:23.000 --> 06:26.000 Right. Now you're catching the spirit 06:26.000 --> 06:31.000 Here are photographs of three suspects. Three men that we've connected with the girl 06:31.000 --> 06:34.000 Any one of them who could answer what little description that we have 06:34.000 --> 06:40.000 Hey, my apologies, mon capitaine. I'd always thought the gendarmerie were rather stupid 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 You know what I want, then 06:42.000 --> 06:45.000 You want a composite sketch of these three guys. A blend of all three 06:45.000 --> 06:51.000 Right. With enough of each one in it so that when he sees the picture in the paper, he thinks it's close to being him 06:51.000 --> 06:55.000 Hmm. Could be done, I guess. But it'll be quite a trick 06:55.000 --> 06:59.000 I've talked to your managing editor. They'll start a buildup on the picture in tomorrow's paper 06:59.000 --> 07:03.000 It'll run in three days if you can have it finished by then 07:03.000 --> 07:07.000 Every day until it runs, the paper will carry a front page box saying, 07:07.000 --> 07:11.000 Coming. An artist conception of the Dorothy Latimer Killer 07:11.000 --> 07:14.000 Created in cooperation with the police department 07:14.000 --> 07:18.000 See what the Latimer murderer looks like. Don't miss it 07:18.000 --> 07:21.000 You think this will do any good, aside from publicity? 07:21.000 --> 07:27.000 This was an emotional murder. And I'm going to grate the killer's nerves to the breaking point 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 With your help, Manny 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 It's a deal, mon capitaine 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 Oh, it's you, honey. I thought... 07:46.000 --> 07:49.000 Oh, Jed, you don't need to be so fussy about your old picture 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 Covering it up like that when I came in 07:51.000 --> 07:53.000 I don't care about seeing it anyway 07:53.000 --> 07:55.000 Oh, it's not that, honey. It's... 07:55.000 --> 07:58.000 Well, I've had orders from headquarters. Nobody's to see it till it's ready 07:58.000 --> 08:02.000 Going to eat midnight lunch with me tonight, Jed? You haven't asked me 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 Why, uh, matter of fact, honey, I'm not going out to lunch tonight 08:05.000 --> 08:07.000 I'm working right through on the picture 08:07.000 --> 08:09.000 But it isn't supposed to run till day after tomorrow 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 Sorry, honey. That's the way it is 08:11.000 --> 08:14.000 This thing's important and, well, kind of dangerous 08:14.000 --> 08:18.000 Oh, you. Drawing a portrait dangerous 08:18.000 --> 08:20.000 To the dear young artist, Jed Manny 08:20.000 --> 08:25.000 Go ahead and laugh, but I'm working under orders and I'm going to follow him 08:25.000 --> 08:29.000 But, Jed, you're really serious about this stunt, aren't you? 08:29.000 --> 08:32.000 You're always poking fun at everything we do around the Chronicle 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 I've got to hurry, honey. If I expect to get this thing done by closing time, I... 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 All right. I won't bother you 08:37.000 --> 08:40.000 I never thought I'd have a picture for a rival 08:40.000 --> 08:42.000 Oh, it's not that, honey. It's just... 08:42.000 --> 08:45.000 Oh, nuts. Can't you give a guy a break when he's busy? 08:45.000 --> 08:48.000 Well, if that's the way you feel about it... 08:48.000 --> 08:51.000 Oh, don't be sore. Tomorrow night I'll give you loads of attention 08:51.000 --> 08:52.000 I'll scrape and bow and... 08:52.000 --> 08:53.000 You do nothing of the kind 08:53.000 --> 08:56.000 Not after the way you've acted the last couple of days 08:56.000 --> 08:59.000 As far as I'm concerned, you'll still be busy. Good night 08:59.000 --> 09:01.000 Oh, just a minute 09:03.000 --> 09:06.000 Well, why didn't you go ahead and kiss her, Manny? I wouldn't have minded 09:06.000 --> 09:09.000 I never did like an audience, Mo Capitan 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 Isn't it pretty stuffy in that clothes closet? 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 Yeah, stifling. I'm dying for a smoke 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 Why not go ahead and have one then? 09:15.000 --> 09:17.000 No. I'm going to go back into hiding 09:17.000 --> 09:20.000 Sooner or later, the murderer's going to call on you 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 And I'm going to be here when he does 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 So, back to my hole 09:26.000 --> 09:30.000 I think I'll use suspect number three's ears. They're the largest 09:31.000 --> 09:32.000 Who the devil are you? 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 Wilton Morris III 09:34.000 --> 09:38.000 I read about this composite picture thing and I thought I'd drop in and see how you're getting along 09:38.000 --> 09:40.000 Maybe I could help you 09:40.000 --> 09:44.000 Well, well, well. Wilton Morris III 09:44.000 --> 09:47.000 I've always wanted to meet a real, live millionaire 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 And you're so young and tender, too 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 Isn't it a little late for you? 09:51.000 --> 09:54.000 No need to be nasty. I thought maybe I could help you 09:55.000 --> 09:57.000 Dorothy was going to marry me, you know 09:57.000 --> 09:58.000 So they tell me 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 You mind if I take a quick glance at how you're coming along? 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 Get away from that drawing board, Third 10:02.000 --> 10:03.000 What? Really? 10:03.000 --> 10:05.000 Don't give me that high hat either. I've had orders 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 Nobody's to see this thing till it's finished 10:07.000 --> 10:09.000 But I'm not a suspect man 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Great Scott, I was going to marry the girl 10:11.000 --> 10:14.000 If there's anybody in Kingdom Come wants their murderer caught, it's I 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 Sorry, mister 10:16.000 --> 10:19.000 The publisher of the Chronicles, a good friend of Dad's 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 I could get permission to look, I imagine 10:22.000 --> 10:25.000 Guess again, Buster. The publisher doesn't have a doggone thing to say about this 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 Oh, but hang on. I'm just trying to help 10:27.000 --> 10:29.000 I'm from the lower classes, Third 10:29.000 --> 10:33.000 Having a millionaire help me would knock my nerves all to pieces 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 Very well. Have it your way 10:35.000 --> 10:38.000 But if you don't want my advice, what was the idea of calling me? 10:38.000 --> 10:41.000 I left a rather charming party to come down here 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 Calling you? I didn't call you 10:43.000 --> 10:45.000 Your secretary did though 10:45.000 --> 10:47.000 She said you wanted to see me if it was convenient 10:47.000 --> 10:49.000 I don't have any secretary, mister Third 10:49.000 --> 10:51.000 That's a pretty bum stall 10:51.000 --> 10:53.000 Stall? But I'm quite serious, Maynard 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 Oh, I get it 10:56.000 --> 10:59.000 You got me down here to get a good look at me 10:59.000 --> 11:03.000 You're going to try to work some of my characteristics into your picture 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 Well, there are libel laws to cover such 11:05.000 --> 11:06.000 Huh? 11:06.000 --> 11:10.000 Say, you aren't nervous, are you, mister Third? 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 Nervous? 11:11.000 --> 11:14.000 Oh, why should I be? 11:14.000 --> 11:17.000 I simply dislike the idea of notoriety 11:17.000 --> 11:19.000 And if that picture bears the slightest resemblance to me 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 You're scaring me half to death 11:21.000 --> 11:24.000 But if you're all through, I wish you'd tattle back to your party I'm busy 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 Very well 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 But I'd be careful if I were you 11:30.000 --> 11:33.000 Huh. Well now, what do you think of that, mon capitain? 11:33.000 --> 11:35.000 I'm down. You might hear it 11:35.000 --> 11:37.000 I've practically owned the building by now 11:37.000 --> 11:39.000 I'll close the door so you can come on out and stretch 11:39.000 --> 11:41.000 Oh, oh, you again 11:41.000 --> 11:43.000 You don't need to act so disappointed 11:43.000 --> 11:45.000 Wasn't that Wilton Morris who just left? 11:45.000 --> 11:47.000 The Third 11:47.000 --> 11:48.000 Well, that's odd 11:48.000 --> 11:52.000 My phone rang a few minutes ago and a girl asked if he was here 11:52.000 --> 11:55.000 I thought it was some crank, but she must have known 11:55.000 --> 11:57.000 A girl? Look, honey 11:57.000 --> 12:00.000 Would you recognize her voice if you heard it again? 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 Maybe. Why? 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 The guy claimed somebody called and asked him to come in here 12:04.000 --> 12:06.000 My secretary 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 But you don't have any secretary 12:08.000 --> 12:10.000 Hey, hey, just a minute 12:10.000 --> 12:12.000 Hello. Looking for someone? 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 Why, yes. Is Wilton Morris here? 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 Uh, come on in 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 Thank you 12:18.000 --> 12:19.000 Oh, but I thought... 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 Why he isn't here. Why didn't you tell me that... 12:21.000 --> 12:23.000 I didn't say he was here, darling 12:23.000 --> 12:25.000 I just asked you to come in 12:25.000 --> 12:27.000 See here, what is this? The idea of closing that door? 12:27.000 --> 12:29.000 I don't... 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 I don't know what you intend, but you're going to answer a few questions 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 What? Oh, really? 12:33.000 --> 12:35.000 Oh, my, I never heard of such a thing. Excuse me 12:35.000 --> 12:38.000 Just a minute. You're not leaving here till you've answered a few questions 12:38.000 --> 12:40.000 Who are you anyway? 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 I don't see that it's any business of yours 12:42.000 --> 12:44.000 But my name is Harriet Codley 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 Just a second 12:46.000 --> 12:49.000 I haven't been a society reporter around here for two years for nothing 12:49.000 --> 12:52.000 Oh, your honey, Horace, you covered my debut for the Chronicle 12:52.000 --> 12:58.000 Yeah, and I also remember that you had yourself a man-sized crush on Wilton Morris III about that time 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 Really, Miss Horace? If you'll excuse me... 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 You don't deny it, do you? 13:02.000 --> 13:04.000 I won't dignify it with a denial 13:04.000 --> 13:09.000 I don't suppose you'll bother denying that you called my desk a few minutes ago to see if the boyfriend was here? 13:09.000 --> 13:11.000 I called. I like that 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 I got a telephone call to meet him here 13:13.000 --> 13:17.000 There's something awfully funny about the telephone service around here tonight 13:17.000 --> 13:19.000 If you're insinuating that I'm lying... 13:19.000 --> 13:23.000 I know. Popple talked to the publisher, who's a friend of his, and get us canned 13:23.000 --> 13:26.000 You know, I have a hunch the police may be wrong on this business 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 What? 13:27.000 --> 13:31.000 They're assuming it was a man who killed Dorothy Latimer, a jealous suitor 13:31.000 --> 13:35.000 But a jealous suitor would have lost every chance he had by killing the girl 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 Wouldn't he have killed Wilton Morris instead? 13:37.000 --> 13:38.000 What are you trying to... 13:38.000 --> 13:43.000 What I'm getting at, sister, is that maybe somebody else has a yen for Wilton III 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 It kind of makes sense 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 You're insinuating that I... 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 That's ridiculous. I didn't even know the girl 13:49.000 --> 13:53.000 If I were the police, I think I'd want a lot of answers from you 13:53.000 --> 13:55.000 I say, if I were the police... 13:55.000 --> 13:57.000 Jed, what are you shouting about? 13:57.000 --> 14:01.000 Captain Hedges! Captain Hedges! 14:01.000 --> 14:02.000 Who is it? 14:02.000 --> 14:03.000 It's Captain Hedges 14:03.000 --> 14:04.000 Is he dead? 14:04.000 --> 14:05.000 Just a minute 14:05.000 --> 14:08.000 For the love of heaven, stand back. Open the door in the window, quick! 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 What's the matter with... 14:09.000 --> 14:11.000 Let me get this thing out of here 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 What is it? 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 A time bomb in the closet, loaded with poison gas 14:14.000 --> 14:15.000 Call the police, quick 14:15.000 --> 14:16.000 But hadn't we better... 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 I'm staying right here with this picture 14:18.000 --> 14:37.000 Evidently, someone wants it pretty badly 14:37.000 --> 14:46.000 A poison gas time bomb 14:46.000 --> 14:51.000 Neat idea. Quiet, unobtrusive, efficient 14:51.000 --> 14:56.000 The question is, who put it in the clothes closet of Jed Mayne's office? 14:56.000 --> 15:00.000 Well, we'll find out in the second act of tonight's story 15:00.000 --> 15:14.000 The composite killer 15:14.000 --> 15:19.000 And now, act two of the composite killer 15:19.000 --> 15:24.000 The time is four o'clock in the morning and the Chronicle office is pretty much deserted 15:24.000 --> 15:27.000 A light still burns in Jed Mayne's little office 15:27.000 --> 15:31.000 The policeman who stayed here, Jed, did he do much? 15:31.000 --> 15:34.000 Asked a lot of questions, took the measurements of the clothes closet 15:34.000 --> 15:37.000 Wanted to know who could have seen Captain Hedges come into my office 15:37.000 --> 15:41.000 But how did he get in? I didn't know he was here 15:41.000 --> 15:45.000 His being here was the reason I didn't want to kiss you, remember? I was embarrassed 15:45.000 --> 15:46.000 What? 15:46.000 --> 15:51.000 You crazy goon, bashful at this late stage 15:51.000 --> 15:54.000 All right, you're forgiven 15:54.000 --> 15:59.000 When you and the charming Harriet left the police station, how was Hedges getting along, did they say? 15:59.000 --> 16:03.000 No, but they didn't seem to hold out much hope 16:03.000 --> 16:06.000 They said it was just luck he wasn't dead when we opened the clothes closet 16:06.000 --> 16:10.000 Neither Harriet nor Wilton III went near that clothes closet while they were here 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 I can't figure out 16:12.000 --> 16:15.000 Almost anybody could have left that time bomb, Jed 16:15.000 --> 16:18.000 You're never here during the day, you never lock your office 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 But it still doesn't make sense 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 The police put out a lot of publicity about this picture you're doing 16:23.000 --> 16:28.000 The murderer could have walked in and planted that bomb anytime up to six o'clock last night 16:28.000 --> 16:30.000 Yes, but nobody knew Hedges was there 16:30.000 --> 16:33.000 The murderer was probably watching this place like a hawk 16:33.000 --> 16:37.000 Put yourself in his place, all this swoopty-doo about the killer's picture 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 Captain Hedges in charge of the investigation 16:40.000 --> 16:41.000 That's easy to figure 16:41.000 --> 16:45.000 I won't rest easy till I get that picture finished and into the hands of the engravers 16:45.000 --> 16:49.000 What, Jed? You don't mean you're going ahead after what's happened? 16:49.000 --> 16:52.000 Of course I'm going ahead, it's more important now than ever 16:52.000 --> 16:55.000 What does the picture look like, Jed? 16:55.000 --> 16:56.000 Sorry 16:56.000 --> 16:58.000 But it wouldn't hurt to let me see it 16:58.000 --> 17:00.000 I know how to keep a secret 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 Have I ever let you down? 17:02.000 --> 17:03.000 You'll see it in the chronicle 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 But I'll just take a quick look 17:05.000 --> 17:06.000 Get away from that drawing board 17:06.000 --> 17:09.000 You heard me, I'm not fooling, honey 17:09.000 --> 17:14.000 Jed, you... you... you almost frightened me 17:14.000 --> 17:16.000 After what's happened, you should be frightened 17:16.000 --> 17:19.000 I'm not trusting anybody up to and including you 17:19.000 --> 17:20.000 Well, you surely don't need to... 17:20.000 --> 17:22.000 Somebody's committed a couple of murders, honey 17:22.000 --> 17:25.000 I'm not anxious to be added to the list 17:25.000 --> 17:27.000 I'm sorry to be so rough about it 17:27.000 --> 17:31.000 I'll probably apologize tomorrow night, but for now, that's how it stands 17:31.000 --> 17:32.000 Well, I... 17:32.000 --> 17:37.000 Well, all right, Jed, that's the way you feel 17:37.000 --> 17:38.000 Going home? 17:38.000 --> 17:52.000 No, I'm going to finish the picture 17:52.000 --> 17:56.000 What the devil's the idea of getting me out of bed to come down here at 4.30 in the morning, maybe? 17:56.000 --> 17:59.000 I didn't think you'd be in bed yet, Mr. Third 17:59.000 --> 18:03.000 And you seem so terribly, terribly anxious to see my latest work of art 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 You see, the picture's finished 18:05.000 --> 18:09.000 But you know, I don't think you're going to like it 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 Here 18:12.000 --> 18:16.000 Why... wait a minute 18:16.000 --> 18:18.000 Recognize yourself, Mr. Third? 18:18.000 --> 18:25.000 Well, I... it... it isn't a picture of me, and yet it is 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 That's right, Mr. Third 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 It takes a clever artist to make a picture like that 18:29.000 --> 18:31.000 You, and yet not you 18:31.000 --> 18:35.000 But close enough so anybody would recognize it 18:35.000 --> 18:39.000 You... you think I killed Dorothy Latimer? 18:39.000 --> 18:42.000 I know you did, Mr. Third, indirectly 18:42.000 --> 18:44.000 Oh, no, no, you're on the wrong track, Meany 18:44.000 --> 18:45.000 I didn't kill her 18:45.000 --> 18:46.000 I don't know who did, I... 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 You don't, Mr. Third? 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Not even now? 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 What? 18:52.000 --> 18:54.000 I killed her, Mr. Third 18:54.000 --> 18:56.000 Captain Hedges knew it, he knew it all along 18:56.000 --> 18:59.000 Oh, you... you're... you're joking 18:59.000 --> 19:00.000 You couldn't possibly... 19:00.000 --> 19:04.000 When Hedges told me that Dorothy Latimer had held a lot of different jobs 19:04.000 --> 19:07.000 And they had pages of dope on all of them, I knew 19:07.000 --> 19:10.000 I wasn't picked to do this picture for my artistic genius 19:10.000 --> 19:14.000 He was playing with me, waiting for me to get excited and make a slip 19:14.000 --> 19:17.000 He was a smart cookie, even if he did underestimate me 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 What do you mean about the jobs? 19:19.000 --> 19:22.000 Dorothy was an art model at one stage of her career 19:22.000 --> 19:26.000 She quit because a certain poor artist got too serious, bothered her too much 19:26.000 --> 19:27.000 And you killed her? 19:27.000 --> 19:30.000 The only thing in the world that ever interested her was money 19:30.000 --> 19:33.000 She was responsible for my taking this stinking job 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 To try to get enough money to rent a little apartment and get married 19:35.000 --> 19:39.000 You must have been extremely fond of her to kill her in such a brutal fashion 19:39.000 --> 19:42.000 A funny part of it is, Mr. Third, I didn't intend to kill her 19:42.000 --> 19:46.000 I couldn't believe her story about her engagement to you and I went up to talk to her 19:46.000 --> 19:49.000 She laughed at me, made fun of me, I went crazy, crazy mad 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 I wanted to hurt her as much as she was hurting me 19:51.000 --> 19:54.000 I'd say you hurt her more, at least more permanently 19:54.000 --> 19:59.000 Oh, no, but there was real satisfaction in grinding my fingers into that lovely throat 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 I even bit her arm when she tried to stop me 20:01.000 --> 20:05.000 Yes, but your name was never mentioned as a suspect 20:08.000 --> 20:12.000 I took every present she'd ever had from me, every letter 20:12.000 --> 20:14.000 I erased myself from her apartment 20:14.000 --> 20:16.000 I planted the fire escape business 20:16.000 --> 20:19.000 I gave the police plenty wrong clues 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 But some way Hedges caught on 20:22.000 --> 20:24.000 He didn't have proof, but he knew 20:24.000 --> 20:26.000 Why do you tell me all this? 20:26.000 --> 20:29.000 Because I want you to understand what it's all about 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 Why you're being framed 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 I'm framed? 20:33.000 --> 20:40.000 Oh, you think you can convict me of a murder you committed just by drawing a fantastic picture of me? 20:40.000 --> 20:43.000 Hardly. You really are mad 20:43.000 --> 20:46.000 The picture's going to take care of you, all right 20:46.000 --> 20:47.000 You are going to be convicted 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 I'm not much worried 20:49.000 --> 20:50.000 You've been here before tonight 20:50.000 --> 20:54.000 It's established that you came here to look at the picture and I wouldn't show it to you 20:54.000 --> 20:56.000 Yes, but what does that have to do with it? 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 What are you up to? 20:58.000 --> 21:01.000 Those telephone calls to you and your Harriet will be checked, of course 21:01.000 --> 21:02.000 Who? 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 A public stenographer made the calls, Mr. Third 21:04.000 --> 21:07.000 She got her instructions over the phone and was told to send a bill to me 21:07.000 --> 21:09.000 I don't know a thing about it 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 At least that'll be my story and it'll stick 21:11.000 --> 21:14.000 You think those calls will convict me of a murder I didn't commit? 21:14.000 --> 21:15.000 You are batty 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 Batty like a fox? 21:17.000 --> 21:20.000 Being an artist is useful in more ways than one 21:20.000 --> 21:23.000 I know my anatomy pretty well 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 What? Try to talk sense 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 I'm talking sense 21:27.000 --> 21:30.000 I put this drawing board over in the corner, see? 21:30.000 --> 21:31.000 Very interesting 21:31.000 --> 21:34.000 It'll get more interesting as it goes along 21:34.000 --> 21:38.000 Now, I lay this knife on the board, just so 21:38.000 --> 21:41.000 The handle presses against the wall, see? 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 What do you think you're going to do? You... 21:43.000 --> 21:48.000 Incidentally, that knife is from your cabin up at the lake and it's loaded with your fingerprints 21:48.000 --> 21:51.000 Now I scooch down 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 Have to be sure to hit exactly the right spot 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 You... Look out! 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 Oh, it's a good trick, isn't it? 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 Yeah, it takes nerve, plenty of nerve 21:59.000 --> 22:02.000 But when you're fighting for your life, you have nerve to spare 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 Let's see 22:04.000 --> 22:07.000 Yeah, yes, that's exactly right 22:07.000 --> 22:10.000 Now I back into the blade of the knife 22:10.000 --> 22:13.000 Firmly, steadily 22:13.000 --> 22:15.000 You fool, you'll kill yourself 22:15.000 --> 22:17.000 I can't let you commit suicide 22:17.000 --> 22:20.000 I won't kill myself, Thur, but it'll be close 22:20.000 --> 22:23.000 Close to the heart and close to the spine 22:23.000 --> 22:26.000 It worked, Thur, just like I planned 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 You're through, you're licked 22:28.000 --> 22:29.000 Where's the telephone? 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 Who you're calling, Thur? 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 Doctor? Doctor or police? 22:32.000 --> 22:33.000 Both 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 Won't do you any good 22:35.000 --> 22:39.000 Once you see me, me stabbed in the back 22:39.000 --> 22:42.000 Your knife, your picture on the drawing board 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 Your picture, the killer 22:44.000 --> 22:48.000 I say you came in, saw a picture and stabbed me 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 You're through 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 But why should you try to do this to me? 22:51.000 --> 22:52.000 Why? 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 You had nothing but money to offer 22:57.000 --> 22:59.000 You stepped in with your money and tore down all my hope 22:59.000 --> 23:00.000 I hate you 23:00.000 --> 23:03.000 But I thought you were in love with the pretty little society reporter, Honey Hawes 23:03.000 --> 23:06.000 She was... She was just around 23:06.000 --> 23:07.000 I had to cover up somewhere 23:07.000 --> 23:09.000 That was her knife 23:09.000 --> 23:12.000 Honey, honey, he got me 23:12.000 --> 23:13.000 I'm gonna die 23:13.000 --> 23:14.000 Hospital, quick 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 He saw a picture, he stabbed me 23:16.000 --> 23:18.000 Save it, Jed, you'll need your strength 23:18.000 --> 23:19.000 Hospital, quick 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 Get police, police to arrest him 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 You don't seem to realize, Jed 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 I've heard your entire scene with Mr. Morris 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 Well, I don't think heavens, Miss Hawes 23:27.000 --> 23:28.000 After what had happened, Jed 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 When you insisted on staying and finishing that picture 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 I was frightened to death 23:32.000 --> 23:35.000 Frightened for you, for you, understand that? 23:35.000 --> 23:37.000 I was afraid the murderer would come in and try to kill you 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 You've been here all the time 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 Yes, because I thought I loved you 23:41.000 --> 23:43.000 I was standing by with a revolver 23:43.000 --> 23:44.000 I wanted to help you 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 You, great help 23:46.000 --> 23:47.000 Go 23:47.000 --> 23:48.000 Captain Hedges 23:48.000 --> 23:51.000 Yeah, we're getting a little stuffy in that clothes closet 23:51.000 --> 23:52.000 There's nothing more to hear anyway 23:52.000 --> 23:55.000 But you, poison gas, hospital 23:55.000 --> 23:58.000 Hey, teach you how to look out for yourself on the force, Manny 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 I looked that closet over pretty thoroughly 24:00.000 --> 24:01.000 I found the gas time bomb 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 But no, no, it went off 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 I watched it, when the spring was ready to release 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 I held a match up to the jet, a lighted match 24:07.000 --> 24:10.000 You knew all the time 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 Yeah, but I couldn't prove anything 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 There's a lot of difference between knowing and proving 24:14.000 --> 24:18.000 I didn't figure you were strong enough or cool enough to stand up under pressure 24:18.000 --> 24:19.000 So I turned it on 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 Hadn't we better get him to the hospital, Captain? 24:21.000 --> 24:23.000 Yeah, I suppose so 24:23.000 --> 24:25.000 Not that we're doing him any favor 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 Quite right, mon capita 24:28.000 --> 24:31.000 I knew right from the start you were 24:31.000 --> 24:33.000 A sharp guy