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[Music]

- all we have ever held but nearly twice

as many dogs minsters last year

refreshments are being served at the

Marquee the west end of the ground the

fans ready in ring number two next event

number 729 Halley's bread by exhibitors

have your dogs ready

quiet please during the judging

attention please

judging in ring one event number 728

Scottish terriers American vet dog Great

Danes and ring number two Great Scott

inning number one this is number two

ninety-two captain the cabbage shown by

the owner Taylor well known fancier

hello Vance whose kennel comprises some

of the finest campaigners in America

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sorry boys but these are not trophy

thank you.thank we go now I can stand

one dog but this bedroom is getting on

my nerves don't be impatient darling

we'd have plenty of time for dinner

so event number 728 a blue ribbon won by

Gillespie of Heather stone jungdae

doubler is runner-up and Midlothian

gentlemen receives the special next time

[Applause]

key down harder captain you're still

champion with me maybe we'll have better

luck in it later Lance I was looking at

the plate you were feeding you from our

own oh thank you very much mr. Coe

perhaps you'll get stiffer competition

from sir thomas mcdonell you know mr.

Hart you don't want a Madhubala's dog

coming on and protect him if you like

that's enough september's I wouldn't

take off another whisk hmm I think your

rights and a private judging I don't

imagine you know particularly approve of

this

I'm sure well what do you think I think

it's a pretty close thing I'm not

worried hey sandy I think your betty

sleeps here here we are soon you think

you're doing Hilda how do you do how do

you do sir I just wanted to prove that

you're going to lose money to Tom when

these two get into the ring tomorrow and

have you proved it to your satisfaction

so much so that I want you to loan me

$1,000 to place on gili Hilda that's a

cheek for you wants to bet against me

with a thousand dollars of my own money

I wasn't asking you for your money

I merely want you to loan me some of

mine as long as I control the purse

strings you're not going to do any

betting against me you'll be grateful

that I've saved a few thousand of their

fortune someday but don't raise your

hopes too high Hilda we're not dog out

here

I shouldn't let him worry my dear

you know things he's done to me I just

done now let's see where did I put that

ah there it is unsolved murders no I

almost forgot it I would have been able

to sleep a wink tonight wondering who

murdered and why how any intelligent man

can read that drivel is beyond me

Brisbane what times that Chicago train

go five o'clock well it's 4:15 oh you've

got plenty of time

yes I know but I want to get out of here

before Archie gets home is my brother

home yes he's upstairs tell him I want

to see yes sir

your taxis waiting sir all right there's

a bag yes sir and mr. Archer told me to

tell you he wants to see you sir how are

you did eh you tell him I don't want to

see him tell him I said so in those

words exactly unless you can think of

something stronger yes sir of course of

course it's none of my business Brisbane

but I wouldn't talk that way in front of

gamble I don't trust him I just couldn't

resist it sir I'd like to see the look

on his face when he tells him I wouldn't

how the Jews can you stand it here why

there wouldn't be enough money in the

world that compensate me for being

Archer coast secretary he's not as bad

as all that

say you better be getting long if such a

thing is carrying loyalty too far don't

forget I overheard a few of his choice

remarks to you when you dared suggest

that you were in love with hilda and one

of them area you deliver my message I

thought it best to wait till you were

safely away sir

do you mind having me off I have engaged

with Hilda for dinner come ahead come

ahead

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healy said thomas mcdonell knew what's

the matter said something terrible's

happened sir Hilly's gotten what and I

cannot find him they have taken him off

that bench sir

well he couldn't lose you didn't break

that block himself either I haven't been

away from that job for 10 minutes Aldi

sir I just went into the restaurant to

get a wee sandwich and when I come back

he was gone

so Thomas yes I think we found him Sir

we're out in the alley sir this way sir

I'll kill the man who did this listen

Tom you mustn't do anything until you're

sure

please I got my own ideas I know uncle

archers mean and cruel but I can't

believe you do a thing like this hello

I'm sorry but mr. Arthur Coe is in here

your dog did I'm terribly sorry

I'll try to locate him at once get out

of here

get out I suspected it when I saw you

together this afternoon you're nothing

but a two-timing from now on is your

eponymous Turco

my dear friend yes I see you are part of

Oni yeah I am how do you say it

Panthro let go I came to see you I have

received a cable from Milan authorizing

me to complete the deal for your Chinese

collection and confirming the price of

one hundred and seventeen thousand

dollars means decorations and all that

sort of thing from a very grateful

government I suppose momento but it's no

good now of course I changed my mind but

you're promised me you can't go back on

your word what would I tell my people

what would I say pity you didn't think

of this before you might have been a

little more discreet a grass ain't you I

signed a contract really bad for you

it's still at my home in my safe but you

will most certainly destroy it tonight

I'll tell you what I'll do I'll give you

miss della feel

for nothing

hey-ya out of the game

I would like to believe that the cooks

place is in the kitchen the next time I

say have been expecting my dismissal mr.

Cole we have served our purpose these

priceless treasures and I I overheard

mr. Reed saying you were preparing to

sell this whole collection you've been

listening at the keyhole Hagin you

cannot sell them mr. Coe do you think I

would have dishonored my ancestors

perjured my soul cheated my own

countrymen to acquire these for you

had I not believe that you would

reverence them as I do that's the worst

of your array Stupak of mawkish

sentimentality or ancestors I don't need

you tonight go on get out I would

suggest you consider most carefully

before you sell

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mr. Cole breakfast mr. Cole breakfast

mystery mystery mystery what is a gamble

mr. Cole mr. article has killed himself

killed himself when how he's sitting in

there like when the doors bolted you're

positive yes sir his bedroom following a

police yes sir hello

Dewey police headquarters quick homicide

sergeant Miller speaking wait a minute

wait a minute I don't get you take it

easy all right suicide suicide wait a

minute you're not gonna run out on this

hand yeah Oh argit Cole 90 80 71st

Street okay I got you that it sergeant

yeah well - sergeant eat do you come

kicking on that six bits I'll relax will

ya this is your case sergeant you better

get the boys out 98th 71st Street that's

right all right come on Oh doctor a mr.

hurry right out 298 East 71st Street I

got it Billy ma'am give me city desk all

in car 18 car 1 8 times Charlie utter

98 East 71st Street last night Archer

Cole committed suicide or scene

immediately and call your station for

instruction

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Tyron warmer with light to moderate

winds blowing out at an occasion today

in the caucus and now for the latest

news flash

Archer Cove the well-known sportsman and

collector committed suicide last night

at his home 19 East 71st Street his body

was discovered by the butler at 8:00

this morning when he took up a breakfast

tray no reason has been advanced for

this action as mr. Clovis an excellent

health and had no financial trouble no

news

is the landfill still connected yes sir

but it will be disconnected in about two

minutes sir hello hello Markham hello

Vance I thought you were on your way to

Whitley

I am i said Markham I just heard about

dr. Cole yeah it's too bad he had to but

himself off like that that's why I

called you are you sure that he did bump

himself off

well his Butler tells us he's sitting in

a locked room with a revolver in his

hand and a bullet in his head I don't

know what else you'd call it I don't

want to butt into your affairs but

aren't you a bit hasty and jumping to

that conclusion

hey stink why well if you knew our Chico

you would know that suicide is almost a

psychological impossibility in

Psychological Bosch a two and two make

four don't they how do you know you have

two and do just let me point out to you

I'll point out the Statue of Liberty say

Vance hello hello the land phone has

been disconnected sir

will you have my Luckies brought up yes

sir Stewart I just have them send it

ashore I decided not to say sir

Vance you've been right about a lot of

cases in the past but I can't help

smiling at you getting off that boat and

giving up a swell trip

all because of a hunch there's a matter

of fact Martin more than a hunch just so

happens that I talked to Roger Coe only

yesterday what we're the Long Island

Kennel Club

now I can't conceive of a man on the

verge of suicide being very deeply

concerned over winning a championship at

a dog show can you know what do you mean

simply this ladies yesterday afternoon

our Chico was looking forward with the

keenest anticipation to winning a blue

ribbon from Sir Thomas McDonald today

sir thomas mcdonell see wasn't it his

dog was found dead last night all right

Archer co-found dead this morning you

suppose there might be some connection

there I don't know if someone would have

tried to kill captain McTavish I'd

probably turn murderer myself with my

Kevin I got your message to hold

everything up what's the idea

hello mr. van why sergeant

well it's been a long time several years

I might have known it would be you the

world's champion troubleshooter come on

boys come inside Chucky's mr. Reid the

secretary this is gamble the butler yes

sir mr. mark I'm the district attorney

how do you do sir and mr. Vance how do

you know you do everything Justin was

but let's not I haven't touched anything

we thought it best to leave everything

in texture God why is there room

upstairs

this way please you repeated mr. co-star

as long about three months sir and

before that this is it sir yeah he's

there all right just like I told the

police on the phone I tried to draw

found it locked look through the keyhole

and there he was dead I think this is a

job for you sergeant certainly mr. that

well Tennessee what are you standing

there for your health

mistakes beep all right congratulations

sergeant what is this a bedroom a museum

more junk here than our Chinese Josh

house

I trust I did the right things by not

breaking down the door I realized I

could be of no help to him he's been

quite dead for hours won't himself off

that's plain enough certainly looks that

way Vance I'm afraid your trip was

spoiled for nothing I think not Markham

this may prove far more interesting than

a trip to Europe

you carry a gun no sir nu-uh

yes sir but only at night for the

protection of the household is that it

why

come on no that was mr. archers but he

always kept in a desk drawer downstairs

I saw yesterday morning as I was putting

away some papers well you did yeah yeah

mr. Kaul generally keep his windows

locked why no sir

as a matter of fact he was a great

believer in fresh air Oh indeed I wonder

if these gentlemen would mind waiting

downstairs suddenly not I'm sorry we had

to damage your dog that's quite all

right it's either a fan I'll have it

attended to it once and as he see the no

one leaves the house without my

permission right you're just plain as

the nose on your face

this guy locked himself in the urn blew

out his brains I wish I could agree with

you sergeant how the devil could it be

anything but suicide it was all very

well for you to theorize before we got

here Vance but now that you've seen this

and there are no signs of a struggle

and the door bolted on the inside and no

means of entrance to the room ah

no other means of entrance all right you

are sergeant but we can hardly call a

second-story window a means of entrance

and nothing here that even a human fly

could crawl him so why should our

charcoal out his windows

particularly if he was a fresh air

enthusiast I'm afraid your reasoning is

not altogether convincing well perhaps

so but doesn't it strike he was rather

odd that a man should suddenly decide to

commit suicide while changing from his

Street floors to pajamas well why not a

man debating suicide might get partially

undressed and walk up and down for hours

trying to make up his mind yes he might

walk up and down for hours but not with

one shoe half off no Martin something

stopped him as he was removing that shoe

this was supposed to suggest a suicide

but someone miscalculated but you can't

get away in that bolted door I wish I

could the way you say that out the man

was murdered as soon as the killer is

gone he kept up goes and bolts the door

plants himself

optimal chair with a loaded gun in his

hand to suggest suicide that's a swell

theory

hello gamble what is this what's

happened something terrible has happened

miss Lake hello

what is it Raymond what is it it's your

uncle Archie Nolan he killed himself

last night where there upstairs

hey don't touch that body miss Oh mr.

burns how you doing miss Lee this is mr.

Markham the district attorney how do you

do miss Lee keys cause nice I'm sorry

miss Lake but you mustn't touch anything

until the medical examiner arrives it's

against regulation is it also against

regulations to tell me what's happened

we arrived only a few moments ago we

found your uncle as you see him it has

every appearance of suicide I doubt it

you know of anyone who would have reason

to kill your uncle yes I had for one why

miss Lee because he stood in the way of

everything I wanted he made my life

miserable because he held the purse

strings because because he was jealous

of every man who came here me I was

afraid of him oh the horrible nights

I've spend in this house are we to

accept your comments as a confession of

murder miss Lee look here mark on that's

ridiculous Raymond I think I can handle

this situation myself when we found your

uncle Miss Lake the door was bolted from

the inside hold it inside Oh

maybe he did shoot himself can't you

make up your mind you know of anyone

else who felt as you do about your uncle

practically everyone he came in contact

with he was ruthless he wanted his own

way and everything I imagine there

plenty of Chinese who will be glad to

know that his collecting days are over

ask our cook I shall any think of anyone

else well uncle Brisbin shared my

feelings toward him I'm sure

what is this Brisbane guy maybe he

decided to do something about it

that's impossible he's on his way to

Chicago he left on the five o'clock

train yesterday afternoon he'd be just

about getting there by now well you'd

probably like to wire him wouldn't you

why yes of course is that all for the

present yes

supposedly check up on off a Brisbane on

that Chicago train won't take Nev in a

minute hello

come on sniffing get your feet off the

boss's desk and jump down the Grand

Central all right I get it

yes mr. Heath Langham Hotel Chicago yes

sir I'll rush the call hold them off

please oh yes mr. Heath

we're expecting mr. Brisbane cold this

morning oh yeah see he wired for a

reservation last night thank you

goodbye yeah five o'clock train all

right good this girl Hilda Lake why are

you always trying to check up on me I'm

not trying to check up on you Hilda I

want to help you well you know how I

feel about you you know that I love you

but lately you seem to have changed

every time I want to speak you about

married you evade me what's on your mind

well nothing nothing Raymond I never

said I'd marry you but I thought that

now we weld it but I could take you away

from here you might as well known hours

later when all this is cleared up I'm

going to marry Tom McDonald oh I'll try

to understand Raymond I'm sorry I don't

count me come on no suicide my I with

the DA himself advance on the suicide

and that's that oh come on have a cigar

it's still suicide hey wait a minute are

you a reporter

no I'm Stan's McDonald I'd like to talk

to the officer in charge here ah come on

inside Tom why didn't you stay away from

here I leave you to face this thing

alone but you promised me last night you

wouldn't come here won't you go please I

can Bluff it through I don't want the

police asking you questions I know all

the answers

oh please go for my seat let's forget

about it shall we it's too late now in

any case the police are guarding every

entrance wait a woman you've been

crossing that yard and get to your

apartment no one will see you take the

first boat to England now join you as

soon as I can watch out for those

newspaperman Sir Thomas they're even

deadlier than the police I had no

intention of leaving

ah good oh by the way I was sorry to

hear about the death of your dog last

night no thanks

you didn't by any chance discuss it with

Archer Cole did you know

I might have killed him well did you

that's your problem a long time working

you walk all the way pick on me at

mealtime I was in the middle of cakes

and sausage what have you got

just plain suicide this guy locked out

the room bottoms are all Susa then why

don't you let me finish my breakfast no

doc hello Martin all you need is an

order to remove the bottle

I've sent my assistant mr. Markham told

me the phone you personally don't for a

bit me about it I'll give you the

approximate hour of the Dead if you want

it that's big RW no and the real to you

not Topsy we can do tomorrow it's just a

case of suicide why do you jump to that

conclusion doctor I know a dead man when

I see one

besides the door was built on all the

doors bolted on the inside but what

about the body hadn't you better have a

look at it

I was going to I'm a doctor not a

detective

this man is dead with the bullet hole in

his right temple he's holding a gun in

his right hand just the kind of wound

that might have been self-inflicted

the position is natural and the door was

locked on the inside well let me see

that's strange did you find something to

disturb you doctor

plenty there's blood in his mouth and

he's got a skull fracture from some club

like instruments now what about the

bullet wound in his temple there's no

blood there that's so gentlemen when

that bullet entered this man's head he

had been dead for hours

you place the time is death I'd say from

8 to 12 hours ago would you say that the

revolver was placed in his hands before

rigor mortis set in here did he die from

the effects of the blow on the head

no probably rendered him unconscious for

a while but that wouldn't have killed

him not powerful enough ever nobody can

kill him bullet didn't kill him and yet

he's dead

suppose we try to find out just what did

kill him glad you thought of that mr.

ramse it's not a bad idea

perhaps I'd better take another look

just a minute doc please ready

give me a hand sergeant help me took the

body on for body over on the winner

all right actually there couldn't have

been much of a struggle his hair isn't

even must maybe somebody slugged him and

then combed his hair by George now I've

got stabbed below the left shoulder

blade near the spy there's no external

bleeding internal hemorrhage ah that's

it what do you think of a suicide theory

now Simon well it's slightly complicated

for him the shot slugged and stabbed

himself but dis way in the back yeah

it's very complicated

Oh mocking yeah you see there's no hole

in the back of his pyjama jacket so he

couldn't been wetting that when he was

stabbed to get this to hold on the back

of his coat and another in his weskit

what stain he must've been a fully

dressed when he was attacked makes me

out I finished I suppose you want to

quit the autopsy yes

get that body down to the morgue as soon

as possible good day gentlemen today hey

now yes

do you think there's any possible chance

of that being suicide what all right all

right just a fat question big boy go on

home and get your hotcakes and sausage

you need the strength not yet Sarge

the sender wire to this guy and Markham

90 80 70 first week New York City and

tell him

Brisbane Cole not aboard this train

Wireless conductor train number seven

sit down

what time did Brisbane Cole need for

Chicago in time to catch the 5:00

o'clock train sir how do you know he

caught the five o'clock train I fallen

for the reservation bought him his

walking stick and over Colton and put

his bag in the taxi did you remain in

the house all evening why no sir I went

out about 6:30

it was the servants night off everyone

was out to dinner mm-hmm did you notice

anything unusual in mr. Brisbane's mana

when he left well now that you mention

it he was distracted and and very

irritable you say you were gave him his

stick yes what kind of stick his

favorite and ivory-handled one he never

went anywhere without it sir you're

quite sure he took that particular stick

with him positive I handed it to him

myself sir did you see him when he

returned here last evening returned yes

I didn't know he had returned sir

then who's I Breanna stick is that

hanging over that chair in the hall is

this it is it yes sir I can't understand

it

I suppose you saw nothing of his bag why

no sir what if he brought his cane back

here what did he do with his bag ah very

good sergeant that's just the point he

undoubtedly left it somewhere but where

I should think the most logical place

would be the checkroom of the Grand

Central Station what kind of a bag was

it just an ordinary pigskin bag sir with

his initials BC on it yeah that looks

like it

there's your Police Department receipt

what time was this chain 4:45 thanks pal

okay well here it is put it here did you

examine the contents no I brought it

right up here you find out what time

this was checked yeah hey-ey 4:45 he

must have gone direct from my house to

the station the attendant remember who

left this no he said it was so many of

them until the time he didn't even

notice a people

well is shaving kit shirts underwear

socks collar slippers nothing in there

that a man wouldn't ordinarily take with

him on a short trip except this perhaps

unsolved murders that's a swell book to

take the Chicago that's rather odd isn't

it yeah it's more than that gentlemen

the mist is beginning to arise I think I

know at least a part of what happened

here last night how about this let's say

that Brisbane Co started for Chicago and

a night when he knew that no one but

Archer would be at home he missed his

train purposely checked his bag at the

station and returned here to kill his

brother to make a perfect alibi he

planned to take a later train to Chicago

but something stopped him and something

stopped Archer Cole before he could

remove his shoes last night you seemed I

mean those shoes of arches at bag of

Brisbane's his stick hanging there in

the hall I shouldn't have been there

hey just a minute

oh where did mr. Brisbane usually put

his half an overcoat when he came in he

always hung them in the closet sir which

closet this one

mr. Brisbane well mr. Vance where are we

now I should say somewhere in the middle

of the Gobi Desert hello what again I'm

right in the middle of my lunch first

you interview my breakfast then you ruin

my lunch don't you boys ever eat no I'm

on a diet

oh all right hello all right I'll change

that later

get me the wagon and the fingerprint

game he's been dead for hours and me

thinking all the time he was playing

possum talk well too many people well

anyway mr. Vance this is just ordinary

junk I'm afraid so and I'd rather hope

for something important which one of the

two victims died first stopping our

Chico I think this one a little later on

the weapon

Shane sharpen every second tag enlistees

I think I better fingerprint everything

inside and outside here like fantasy yes

the first shot an arrow weapon I'm

something it looks like fishing tackle

its tackle all right but not fishing

Markham we're dealing with a shrewd

brain technique of this crime was very

cleverly worked out but something went

wrong

sorry so long I want food well nobody's

stopping you and if you've got any more

corpses bring them out now will you I

can't be running up and down here

what do you mean running up and down all

day with that swell car the city gave

you Oh

hiya captain we wanted to take challenge

well if you hurry up and solve this case

maybe I can go home Oh naka yeah you're

just in time for our demonstration I

think I can show you our Brisbane coal

use this fishing title he started for

Chicago and Billy to provide an alibi he

had other plans in this room watch this

notice the Ben team which has worked on

a bull panel this is a test for the

string I am now pulling through the keel

if you follow the string you will see

that it passes around in the wall this

acts as a pulley and it's also attached

to a string passing through the keyhole

you see the bull is now being forced

into its socket tongue my word I now

pull the first string through the

keyhole and then the second string and

with it comes the pin leaving no

evidence out of me it worked yes it

worked well that explains that now very

clever it could have been done that way

but if Brisbane killed our Chico

who killed Brisbane and hung him in the

closet why did he do it

that's what we want to find out isn't it

exactly yeah gentlemen two persons

planned the murder of our Chico - what

but their paths crossed Brisbane was one

of them the other I've got it

the Chinese cooked they're full of those

tricks I got this doctor the Ramos said

Cole was struck over the head with a

blunt instrument

there's spoke of an ounce of that

description wouldn't it yes and that

certainly looks like dragged blunt it

certainly does but what about those

short course hairs they don't look like

crews no well mr. Vance why didn't you

find that when you looked in there this

morning it wasn't in there this morning

besides it doesn't belong in this room

he belongs downstairs in the library

Thank You captain

what's the matter with you oh good boy

this dog's been struck a mastiff all

that explains the coarse hairs on the

polecat whose dog is this I don't know

I mean I've often seen it in a vacant

lot sir just tell the truth gamble yes

why don't you it belongs to the lady

next door sir hmm Hennessey get that

followed or that's as fast you can

gamble it'll mean the lady next door

door Estella field

yes I'm miss della field won't you sit

down gentlemen thank you I'm sorry I

didn't win you a trophy that Oh Joe

you're quite a fancy or not you yes um

what I'm interested in one of your dogs

the Doberman you mean Figaro I wonder if

I could have a look at him I'm terribly

sorry you know he slipped his leash last

night and ran away I've notified the

police my maid's been scouring the

neighborhood trying to find him well did

she inquire at mr. Cole's house next

door well I don't know you and mr. Cole

been good friends haven't you I know him

why your dog was found in his house this

morning badly wounded

what have you any idea how he got there

no you suppose he would follow someone

in the house

well I hardly think what are you driving

at mr. Archer Cole and his brother were

murdered last night

murdered I was afraid that just a moment

hello is that mr. astell if he was a

partner would you please tell him is

still a field that we couldn't get the

reservations for her and mr. Grassi on a

day

and I asked her be dekha be satisfactory

miss Delafield will not be sailing you

can cancel a reservation for them both

both do you mind telling me whom the

other reservation was for I refuse to

answer that question would it be mr.

Rossi but I am mr. Grassi and if I

didn't cancel those reservations who did

mine miss della feel oh no no she didn't

not really there's been a mistake as

soon as I can find out about this I'll

call your bank it's for the cancellation

of your steamship reservations we regret

very much that it was necessary what are

you this is mr. Markham the district

attorney Oh Lana but I'm afraid I don't

quite understand as a matter of fact mr.

ko didn't commit suicide he was murdered

early would you mind coming along with

us just a little matter of comparing

fingerprints no not in the least

I think that all

found anything yet the one taken from

the doorknob is too blurred for

identification but this one is very

clear it appears to be that of Liang the

Chinese cook

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any luck oh yeah

we must be here somewhere I'm positive

that the dagger to kill the coals

belongs in Ashish

that's strange what is the king Yara is

missing

it's the most valuable in the whole

collection that's all that's left of it

I'm not mistaken that's blood blood

knocking I'm coming mortem out of the

beliefs that Archer Cole was killed in

this room that poker this dagger Shinar

these fragments all here but Vance do

you mean to tell me that a dead man

walked upstairs I'm not trying to tell

you anything but the facts it's the most

remarkable case in my experience

find anything cap yes sir

plenty

Oh mr. Reid would you step in for a

moment please

suddenly look no thanks

did you were notice the patina are was

missing missing why it was here

yesterday evening at what time at about

6:30 or 7 o'clock I came back to talk to

mr. Kohl about fire it was a matter of

fact I I wanted to quit my job as his

secretary oh you'd been having some

difficulties with him was rather a

personal matter

I want a disposition to marry miss Lake

What did he say to that hmm he ordered

me out you went yes where I went to find

miss Lake I thought she was at the

Kennel Club

I had a puncture on the way so it was

rather late when I got there she'd

already left with Sir Thomas McDonald

then I came home and went directly to

bed did you hear anything or see

anything when you came into the house

no but after I've been in bed for a

while I heard some noises downstairs I

opened the door and look down but it was

only liang the chinese cook coming in

what's he customarily noisy in entering

the house oh there's a matter of fact

it's the first time I ever heard him

come in Dean well I think that's all mr.

Reed thank you thank you there's nothing

I can do the help let me know right

I think I'd check up on a Kimmel Club

alibi

I will you might have those fragments

check the fingerprints you will yes you

are not only likes pouring in the

kitchen

mr. Vance I thought mr. Liang I believe

you're the cook me cook you can drop the

pitch in English that isn't necessary

with me

where did you go to school Columbia

University

that's considerable education for a cook

isn't it mr. Koh employed me because I

know great deal about Chinese porcelain

ah I see

that's a very lovely piece of Qing Yao

isn't it how did he get broken I don't

know sir

I found the pieces in the wastebasket in

the library you want me Vance oh yes see

that Markham more blood spots on the

inside apparently the murderer had

dropped the dagger in here to hide it

but he dropped it too hard and the vase

broke when did you find these pieces

this morning this morning you're sure it

wasn't last night about eight o'clock

that is saying no sir I did not get in

until after midnight

I'm sure mr. Reed or mr. gamble will

tell you that what time did you find the

Polka the poker yes the poker the one

you hid in the Chinese chest and mr.

archers room this afternoon but I don't

know what you mean oh yes you do I was

behind the door in that room when you

hit it let me handle this mr. Vance are

you gonna talk wait I'll tell you the

truth or spit out when I return to my

room here about eight o'clock last night

I thought so I heard angry muffled

voices in the library then a dull sound

as of someone falling I stood at my door

here and listened then I heard footsteps

crossed the kitchen and go out the back

door and then I walked up the corridor

and everything was very quiet

I opened the library door and looked in

the furniture was overturned the poker

was there the desk was disarranged and

the valuable thing of ours was broken I

there's must be something wrong so I

went upstairs and looked into mr. Koz

bedroom he was dead

fearing that I might be suspected I went

back to the library and picked up the

broken pieces of the vase and together

with the poker I took him to my room and

knowing that you were alone in the house

you were afraid you might be suspected

so you hid the weapons and left yes sir

you returned to the house about midnight

and purposely made a lot of noise so as

to establish your alibi is that right

yes sir

all right then where'd you put the

dagger I did not find it it don't give

me that what did you do with it after

you studying aren't you going back I got

mr. Markham yes fingerprint on this

broken fragment along the Italian it's

one of rossi well uh miss - thanks looks

like somebody else miscalculated yep it

fits that doesn't prove anything

what about this where did you get it it

was an archer COEs pocket what are you

doing outside the drawing-room window

last night why I wanted to be sure that

he was alone why four weeks we had been

negotiating for the sale of his

collection to the museum at Milan it

meant everything to me he kept raising

the price but on Monday we came to an

understanding and I cable the museum

that I had succeeded and last night he

turned me down because he saw me with

miss Donna field let me explain Arta was

extremely jealous of me well you can't

blame him Kabir you went there to

threaten him didn't you Joe had every

right to do I told him I would use any

means to make him fulfill his contract

he laughed at me said that he would

smash every piece in his collection

before he'd let me have it so you picked

up the poker and did a little smashing

on your own accounting I did not let me

other fragment do thank you

you know how that was broken Qingyuan

bars with bloodstains on the inside and

your fingerprint on the outside I don't

know sergeant I think you better book

him right are you

come on let's get out of that monkey

suit let's get going come on don't worry

I'm not running away you telling me I

suspected they Italian all along exactly

but why should Grassi also stab Brisbane

and what about the Doberman you see

Markham we have nearly all the pieces of

the puzzle but nothing seems to fit here

this isn't it

this is the basement I don't come on I

just want to see where this goes

good evening sir

Gamal by the way how long have you been

using that name all my life sir

DuPont set Gamble's fingerprints that

the identification Bureau and who do you

think he turns out to be none gamble no

Atlantic Eddie used to work the boats on

both sides of the ocean honestly mr.

Vance I haven't turned a trick in five

years

that's all right Eddie I just wanted to

let you know that we're all pals sir

someone slipped in the back door and

went into one of the front rooms mr.

Payne don't be surprised gentlemen I'm

used to coming in here like this you

seem to know your way around here pretty

well at the district attorney Eddie

you're responsible for this case aren't

you that's right well I'm tired of

detectives I'm tired of being spied on

oh you want to know is who killed Archer

Co isn't it naturally well I did what

yes and there isn't a jury on earth will

convict me when they hear my story you

don't believe me do you you were

wondering this afternoon how my dog

Figaro could get into this house well he

was following me

he was defending me when he was struck

where did you kill mr. Cole in his

bedroom what kind of lipstick do you use

lipstick what's that got to do with it

is that yours

yes that's mine while I was struggling

with Archer my bag dropped on the floor

and everything spilled out oh no miss

Delafield it's an old trick it's not a

trick

I didn't realize that you were so fond

of mr. Grassi mr. Grassi has nothing to

do with it take me down to the station

I say nothing more until I get in at

10:00

this guy's been stabbed energy is this

at mr. Vance yes that's it thank you

very much Lester's for my breakfast then

you bring up my lunch now you pull me

out of bed in the middle of the night

and this fellow not even dead why don't

you put that your report doc course

fingerprints and never pick up on that

silk handle but it fits perfectly what

do you find a sergeant under the bed

congratulations that's all right after

that three crimes with the same weapon

Markham Tom what's happened I don't know

there somebody stabbed me is it serious

doctor oh no I gave him three grams of

sodium amytal to quiet his nerves he'll

be all right

I'd like to rent a room you may finish

this game poor darling I wish I hadn't

got you mixed up in all this you

shouldn't have come here let me see this

through alone I won't leave you how'd we

get away from here we leave tomorrow

together well the test punctured the

median basilic vein and caused the

hemorrhage could the wound have been

self-inflicted lucky I'm the city

butcher not a detective

don't bother me with any murders after

3:00 tomorrow I'm going to the world

ceiling hey dark for me the score

between innings whatever get these

people out of this what are they waiting

for

we just want to ask you a few questions

it has you say that when you were

stabbed you saw nothing and that's right

it was dark

I heard a noise and jumped out of bed

somebody threw a chair and just missed

my head and struck a window I shouted

for help and ran towards the door then I

I felt a sharp here in my arms I lost

consciousness nice ghost that's a hot

one

I think he'd done it himself James

that's not fair

do you know anything about that where'd

you find it

under your bed I I never saw it before

yeah like I never saw a pair of

handcuffs you've no right to question

him now on his condition not funny

you see what I see a nautical Rome I

have a suspicion that whoever killed the

coves came from this house probably from

this room

gentlemen I think I can set the pieces

of this jigsaw puzzle together now here

is East 71st Street this is the Cole

house the yard and the apartment house

next door now let's have a look inside

this is a McDonald's apartment directly

opposite it's the window of Archer

closed bedrock underneath McDonald's the

bottle is the cozy little nest of Miss

Delafield and her temporary guest mr.

Grassi this is the elevator and here are

the stairs that lead directly to the

back entrance from there it's easy to

reach the back entrance to the coal

house across the yard now that's the

front hall and here's the library and

why is the evening between 7:30 and 8 o

clock our choco was sitting alone in

that room I remember it was the servants

night off the killer must have known

this when he came in the back door he

was so intent upon what he was planning

to do that he must have left the back

door open because from somewhere in that

vacant lot came a dog a Doberman

Pinscher belonging to Doris Delafield he

saw the back door standing open and wet

him meanwhile the killer was moving

along the hall toward the library making

absolutely sure that Archer Cole was

alone he knew exactly where he was going

and exactly what he was going to do he

came so silently that it must have

startled Archer Cole when he looked up

and saw him carefully closing the doors

is my conjecture gentlemen

hajikko must destruction and as he fell

back he picked up the poker as the first

weapon that came into his hand he struck

notch a KO on the head collapsed across

the desk his hands groping in the drawer

of a desk for his gun then in a blind

rage of the moment the killer saw a

Chinese bag he seized it and snapped our

charcoal in the back cold

meantime our Doberman Pinscher was

coming closer and closer probably

attracted by the sound of the struggle

in the library as the killer opened the

door to escape he saw the Doberman

Pinscher in the hall coming toward him

he again picked up the poker as the dog

entered the room through the instinct of

his brand the dog sensed an enemy

illegal killer struck and the dog fell

badly wounded now he tried to hide the

dagger in the tenure of a rock too hard

and the porcelain broke into bits he

picked up the dagger again and went out

the same way he came in

meanwhile Cole slowly regained

consciousness and pulled himself to his

feet

you remember gentlemen the doctor

doremus said ko died of an internal

hemorrhage that is the key to the whole

situation article already a dying man

walked upstairs

and what is even more terrible he did

not know that he had been stabbed he

went to his room and feeling a little

faint probably he removed his coat and

vest and hung them in the closet where

we found them he put on his pajama top

and went to the window and raised the

shade can you imagine the killer's

emotions when from someplace in the

apartment house across the vacant lot he

looked over and saw the man he thought

he had killed standing there at a window

he knew them that he had to go back and

complete his job to save himself feeling

very faint by now archer Cole went from

the window to the chair beside

desk where he sat down there he started

to remove his shoes you remember just

how we found him in the very act of

removing them before he could get one of

them entirely off he died I don't think

he ever knew what killed him

now we come to the most awful part of

the tragedy Brisbane Cole came back to

the house with a cleverly worked out

plan for killing his brother he also

knew that it was a service night out and

that he would not be disturbed he went

down the hall to the library and from

the drawer of the desk he took hot York

ozone revolver and put it into his

pocket then turning out the light on the

desk he went out of the room he hung his

stick over the chair in the hall and

tiptoed up the stairs and into our

chuckles room he saw his brother sitting

in his easy chair apparently asleep I

can see him tiptoe across the room and

from somewhere just across the desk he

took out the revolver and with careful

aim he pulled the trigger meantime the

killer believing that he had only

wounded Archer Cole came back by the

same route to finish his job then

Brisbane closed the window lured the

shade and returning to the body he

carefully placed the gun in archers hand

as though it had been suicide then he

went to the door and with the two pieces

of string the pins and the tawny needle

he was able to bolt the door on the

inside just as I showed you a very

clever device gentleman which he had

discovered in the hope of unsoiled

murders which we found in his suitcase

but then gentlemen Brisbane went on down

the stairs little knowing what awaited

him there the killer

mr. Brisbane for Archer Co

and drove the dagger into Brisbane's

back then to hide the body he dragged it

into the closet I doubt if he even

discovered his mistake until the next

day that's great but who did all that

well you can search me I'm going Stroh

you can include me in that sergeant

haven't you got any ideas at all Vance

Markham it's a maze of conflicting clues

any one of seven people might have done

it but we couldn't convict seven people

mr. Vance you couldn't convict one with

the evidence you've got gentlemen I'm

afraid we're completely stopped Lake

looks that way Vance in all the years

we've worked together and never heard

you say that before I know I'm sorry

Marvin well what are we gonna do about

it

I don't know are you sure you checked up

on all the alibis every one of them and

you've gone over the fingerprint

situation with you boy yes sir well

you've slipped up somewhere sergeant but

there must be something that we can get

our teeth Andrew Markham I suggest that

you dismiss this case what dismiss it

yes turn all the suspects loose I can

just see all the newspapers in this town

screaming for a new district attorney we

can probably cover you up all right mr.

Markham I've said it was suicide all

along yes I know we could put that

solution on it but I hate to do it

alright sergeant go ahead turn him loose

turn him loose

yeah well mr. Vance this is once we're

both stuck when you give up Vance and

son oh I haven't given up I have another

idea

huh that works I'll have your killer for

you in half an hour I'm going to arrange

a little meeting with him now

what would you let me dismiss on the

suspects yeah that's just what I want

you to do

hello this is mr. Vance I hope I haven't

stirred you yeah I wonder if you do me a

little favor yeah that suicide story

might work alright for Archer cool but I

forgot all about Brisbane well never

mind about that now

just release the suspects as I told you

yeah that's right

at 4:30 and just get him into an

argument oh I'll have him with me I'm

depending on his instinct that's right

thanks if we can catch him off his guard

I think he'll give himself away come on

Martin we've got to get there before 425

mr. Vance they're in the library now

oh darling let me help you all right

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well it's the first time we've used but

ours and police work since I wore high

button shoes red flannel underwear

oh wow I'd wear red flannel underwear so

do I

I want your bridal suite on there I'm

the caronia they're sailing at midnight

that's right thank you sailing at

midnight lady McDonald is it the title

that dazzles you so much or is it the

fortune she'll inherit that makes us so

attractive so Thomas Raymond are you

crazy

it isn't the first time a fortune has

bought a title it so happens I'm not in

need of a fortune possibly you are

claiming you've no right to interfere

this way no right well I'll take that

right you think you're both standing at

midnight well it won't work you're going

alright so Thomas which are going along

really they're senior going now

hold him why did you kill matcha Cole I

didn't kill him he struck me when I told

him I wanna marry Hilda I lost my head I

hit him with a poker I don't remember

anything after that

what about Brisbane there was a terrible

mistake McDonnell I still would kill him

if I couldn't there's your man sergeant

you made a fatal mistake Reeve and you

reach for that poker somebody swiped my

bracelets you drop them in the pantry oh

alright anything

I want to thank you very much for your

cooperation not at all

it was Sir Thomas i telephone from your

office Markham he very cleverly helped

to stage this little scene we have to

thank the dog for the rest well we did

it again mr. Vance congratulations

sergeant hey yeah I'll certainly mention

you in my story to the papers thank you

oh that's all right mr. Vance

you