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Good evening, I’ve gone into a new business,

it is a manufacture and sale of ticker tape for parades,

our motto is:

"We can make any street wall street",

a secondary purpose of this paraphernalia,

is to get our audience in the proper mood for tonight's play,

"The 12-hour Caper",

the preceding information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable,

but its accuracy and completeness,

and that of the opinions based thereon are not guaranteed,

this is in sharp contrast to the information you are about to receive.

THE TWELVE HOUR CAPER

Wiggam...

-yes, right away, miss Pomfritt... -Yes?

-Good morning beautiful. -Shut up, what is it Herbert?

That was security downstairs, 8:45 Friday time to test the alarm.

How's your mother Herb?

-Well fine thanks Joe. -Give her my best. -I will.

-Hands off. -You love it. -You want a bet?

Enemy bombers, let's live our last moments together, it's bigger than bombers.

-Let me go. -No.

-Ah mr Tupper. -Good morning.

Good morning mr Tupper.

Princeton gets out of hand every Friday.

Mr Lowe has a multitude of auxiliary talents,

none of which is useful in the investment business,

I suppose so sir.

Wiggam,

how's your mother feeling?

-Just fine thank you sir. -Good,

Infinity Company called about that bond shipment today?

No sir, not since last night.

Well as far as I know it gets here around four,

four o'clock on a Friday,

can you think of a more awkward time to take delivery on,

565 000 worth of negotiable bonds off hand?

No sir.

I have to put them in the downstairs vault over the weekend.

Yes sir.

It's just like money, you know,

just like over half a million dollars in cash,

-makes a man think Wiggam. -Yes sir I’ve thought about it,

-quite a great deal. -I’m good, good boy,

keep thinking Wiggam, there's no limit to where you can go in this business.

no limit. Miss Pomfritt would you get me,

Infinite company on the phone, I want to see what's going on.

Sylvester Tupper calling mr Fennerty,

and I was defending mr Tupper calling,

You pull that one more, time just one more time...

I'll kill you literally.

I’ll give you three to one he Lowe the bond today,

Tupper.

What about Tupper?

The promotion, son,

question of who gets my job.

Oh...

He'll give you the bad news today,

he never was one to put off an unhappy duty over the weekend,

gets in the way of his golf game.

Good morning.

-Good morning. -Happy Friday.

Well how goes it Herbie,

what's on the books for the weekend?

well going to Rio,

gonna break out of the old shell,

Herbert’s you dog, you've been keeping secrets from us,

mama going too?

oh just kidding Herbie,

just kidding,

Wiggam...

-Oh yes sir. -Would you come here a moment please?

Well I just talked to Infinity about postponing,

the delivery of those bonds until Monday.

-Who? -Oh he agreed with me 100%,

no sense whatsoever,

in delivering a shipment like that after banking hours no sense at all,

if the bonding company knew about it they would hit the ceiling so...

So you're putting it off till Monday.

No, no, we're taking a chance anyway there's no alternative,

so you prepare to handle it in the usual way,

issue memo, receipts, and so forth,

-and uh we'll put them in the night vault over the weekend. -Yes sir.

Oh Wiggam...

Yes sir?

One more thing,

sit down,

I don't believe we've discussed the matter who's to step into,

Frisbee shoes as head cashier when he retires next month, are we?

-No I don't believe we have sir. -I know you'll agree with my decision,

we've been teammates for a long time you and I Wiggam together on the firing line,

-why 10 years ago when you came to us... -11 sir.

-11? -11 years ago sir.

Oh yes, 11 years ago I told you that I’d look out for you,

and I still have the same feeling,

you're going places with Tupper and Sons, Wiggam,

I, I know you'll understand,

that I had your interest in mine when I decided to,

move Westbrook into Frisbee spot,

it's a college graduate, uh business administration school,

-he has a lot going for him. -Oh yes sir.

But I still have my eye on you Wiggam don't you forget that.

Yes sir.

And uh,

rest assured to this Wiggam,

the fact that Westbrook happened to be my wife's favorite nephew,

had absolutely nothing to do with my decision.

I understand sir. -Good boy,

all right that'sall Wiggam.

Thank you sir.

Wiggam,

are you ready for those bonds?

-I certainly am sir. -Good thinking.

Did he?

He did it.

About time for coffee isn't it gentlemen?

how about it herby?

-I buy you a cup. -No thank you Westbrook.

Uh you mind if I borrow this?

Please take it.

How do you rephrase it?

He said he had his eye on me that I’m going places.

Oh you know who this is?

see you at lunch?

same time, same place.

You are now looking at Tupper and sons,

at ten minutes to four on almost any Friday morning,

it's the main door here,

men's, ladies washrooms here,

Frisbee’s desk here,

my desk here,

Miss Pomfritt here,

Westbrook,

Renshaw,

Oh, mr Tupper of course,

here,

his office,

and most important gentlemen,

the fire stairway door,

right here,

now photograph this plan in your mind gentlemen,

you'll only have one minute to look at it, you must know which letter perfect,

have a deviled egg,

now, at four,

Westbrook will be gone,

he hasn't stayed until four in the two years that he's been with us,

and by long tradition exactly at four o'clock,

Frisbee leaves,

followed by Crenshaw,

and Lowe,

that leaves,

Miss Pomfritt,

the bonds will arrive by armored car and messenger,

at five minutes after four,

the messenger will have his receipt and be gone,

now as you can plainly see the deciding factor in our plan,

is the presence of Miss Pomfritt,

here,

now she must not be present,

now gentleman come through the fire stairway door,

there is only one moment when Miss Pomfritt is not present,

at exactly 10 minutes to 5,

she will rise from her desk and take the day's correspondence,

into mr Tupper's office,

she leaves mr Tupper’s office,

and vanishes into the ladies washroom,

to put on her street makeup,

her average time in there for the past seven weeks has been approximately,

no exactly,

three minutes and 41 seconds,

now that would seem safe enough but we can't be too sure,

Miss Pomfritt being a very young woman is subject to caprice.

She comes out and hits that alarm the building slams shut like a nervous oyster.

We also got the bullets,

what if they search us?

Uh no no no you won't have the bullets.

What do you mean we won't?

You leave Tupper’s office here,

Miss Pomfritt's desk here,

miss Pomfritt's wastebasket,

I’ll put some papers on top of her desk, you drop the bonds into the waste basket,

and sweep the papers off on top of them,

then you exit,

via the fire stairway door,

take off your mask, go downstairs, grab an elevator and down you go, the alarm goes off,

you have nothing to hide.

What about the bonds?

Well they will question me of course but I have been a trusted employee,

for over 11 years and I’ve handled much bigger shipments than this,

so after they've gone,

I’ll take the bonds out of the waste basket slip them into my attache case,

and leave,

we'll meet as planned to divide the spoils,

that should bring 188 333,

and 33 in the third cents,

a piece,

shall we synchronize our watches gentlemen?

-Have a nice weekend Herb. -Well thanks, Joe.

-Say hello to your mother for me, will you? -I will.

-Now you know this is bigger than both of us. -No.

Oh gorgeous listen to my song.

I tuned you out about ten past nine get lost.

You know, you're driving me into the arms,

Miss Pomfritt, do you have that report ready for me?

thank you

Wiggam what's holding up that bond shipment?

I don't know sir, they're 12 and a half minutes late already.

Well call Infinnity, tell him we can't handle it at this hour.

-But sir... -It makes no difference.

I’m a reasonable man but taking on over half a million dollars in negotiable bonds,

at this hour on a Friday is idiotic and I’m know.

-You from Infinity company? -Right.

All right get on it Wiggam.

-Uh what am I doing that's wrong? -Nothing.

Good night Herbert.

Oh, good night.

Yes that's right Inffinity handled the liquidation,

I have all the information right here,

yes George it's going to be up to us,

to place the whole half million in tax-free,

yeah well let me tell you something George this is great...

Gently Webster, gently.

And uh that was uh what time mr Wiggam?

I’d say about um, uh, ten minutes to five.

Mr Wiggam just brought the bonds into my office.

Yes, first I had to enter them in...

In the what?

Uh beg you pardon...

You were entering the bonds in something.

Uh yes um,

-in the ledger. -It's routine when we receive securities, you see.

I see, so then you uh took the bonds into mr Tupper's office,

and stood waiting for him to finish on the phone.

I was talking to my associate about the deal, you see,

these securities came to us,

as a result of an estate liquidation,

and the principal beneficiary happened to be one of our clients,

I tried to to get Infinity,

to call off the shipment as a matter of prudence,

but...

-I’m sorry here let me... -Oh no no no...

Allow me uh I don't interrupt, go ahead.

Well then mr Pumphrett um were you uh uh close,

enough at close range to see either of the uh uh men?

No.

-Couldn't identify them. -No they both wore masks.

And by the time you could get a look at them they both gone out the fire exit door?

I thought something was wrong and then I came closer,

and I saw them both on the floor,

I screamed and hit the alarm switch.

Oh...

I’ve checked on everyone in the building,

there's uh no one in here without a good reason and there's no sign of the bonds either.

-Okay go on down to the main door I’ll be within a minute. -All right.

Now mr Wiggam I wonder if you'd mind coming into mr Tupper’s office,

for a moment, you too mr Tupper,

I’d like you both to assume the exact positions you were in,

-after the robbery. -I was standing over here by my desk,

I was on the telephone with my associate,

-and you Wiggam? -Here sir.

Uh would you both lie down please?

-After you Wiggam. -Thank you sir.

Thank you.

Herb it was a little more to his right I think.

Thank you Miss Pomfritt.

Now uh mr Tupper as far as you can recall,

uh you were facing the way you are now?

On the telephone, that is correct,

I knew not whence the blow came lieutenant,

one moment I am deep in conversation with my associate,

and in the next moment...

Yes yes of course,

and when you came to you found mr Wiggam lying there beside you?

That is right.

All right, thank you very much gentlemen,

uh gentlemen,

you can get up now.

Oh thank you Wiggam.

Of course you understand this is merely a preliminary investigation.

Oh yes I do,

-these were negotiable bonds. -That's very good mr Tupper.

Now Wiggam was on the floor there,

in roughly that position when you came in and...

the minute you saw what had happened...

I hit the alarm switch,

but by then both of the thugs were probably,

outside the office and on their way downstairs.

it's hardly likely they'd try the elevator but,

it's possible they could have taken the back stairway.

That is right.

But in either case they'd have been stopped and checked for the man on duty,

at the main door, if they attempted to leave the building with a security.

That is right.

So we'll have to assume that they,

spirited the securities out of the building in some other way.

Nice time of year to be going to Rio mr Wiggam,

I envy you.

I’m looking forward to it.

-There you are sir, loading right now at gate six have a nice flight. -Thank you.

-Happy landing. -Thank you.

-Ready mother? -Yes dear.

Here are the closing stock averages,

Thirty industrials,

down 3.7,

Fifteen Utilities,

up 1.6,

we should have more closing quotations in one minute.

There has been a change in our business,

I’ve eliminated the middleman,

as for our final quotations,

they were from Herbert Wiggam and his mother as they left for prison,

and we decided not to repeat them on the air,

next week we should be back with another story until then,

good night.