In this thrilling episode of "Crime Photographer," Casey finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation when a young photographer, Alan Forster, captures exclusive images of a crime scene. Forster, eager to break into the newspaper business, seeks Casey's advice after photographing the murder of a notorious lawyer, Max Blake. As the story unfolds, Casey discovers that the murder was not as straightforward as it seemed, with a reputable businessman, Richard M. Clagel, emerging as a suspect. Clagel's attempt to cover his tracks leads to a tense confrontation, but Casey's quick thinking and photographic evidence help unravel the mystery.
Throughout the episode, the challenges and dangers of the press photography world are highlighted, as Casey navigates the complexities of the case while mentoring the ambitious Forster. The episode underscores the unpredictable nature of journalism, where a seemingly routine day can turn into a life-threatening adventure. With a blend of suspense and humor, "The Camera Bug" offers listeners an engaging glimpse into the life of a crime photographer and the unexpected twists that come with the job.
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Say, mister Marvin, who do you think will go to the Rose Bowl this year? Well, I I don't know, Ethelbert. Do you think the weather will turn any colder, Tony? I can't say, Casey. Tony,
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you like skirts the way they are this year, or do you think they should be,
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shorter? Can't answer that one, Adam. Tony, haven't you anything to say this evening? Oh, definitely, Casey. Anchor Hawking is the most famous name in glass. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Tony Marvin. Every week at this time, the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio and its more than 10,000 employees bring you another adventure of Casey crime photographer, ace cameraman who covers the crime news of a great city, written by Alonzo Dean Cole. Our adventure for tonight, the camera bug. Midafternoon, the photographic department of the Morning Express.
Casey sits sprawled at his battered desk wearing the scowl of a man who began his day with a dull razor and cold coffee. The door opens and a young man enters.
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Excuse me. Is mister Casey in? Yeah. That's me. My name is Forster, mister Casey. Alan Forster. I've heard a lot about you. Yeah. I know. I'm on all the sucker lists. What are you selling? Oh, nothing. Oh, that is well, you see, I'm a photographer. Who isn't? Sometimes I think every guy in the world is a camera bug. What's on your mind? Looking for a job? Yeah. See the city editor. His name's Burke. Four four floor above here. Well, I've already seen mister Burke, and he says there aren't any vacancies here. Oh. I've been to all the other papers too. I thought you might advise me how to get a start. How old are you? 21.
You got a job now? I work in a camera supply store. I know a lot about taking pictures. Honest, I do. And while my wife and I decided that it's time for me to break into the line I've always wanted You got a wife? You got a job with regular hours, and you wanna break into my kind of racket? Yeah. Oh, boy. My advice is forget it. This is the lousiest game there is. You're out at all hours. People shove you around. You can risk your hide to get a good shot, and the city desk may stick it on page 10 if it's used at all. This is a dog's life kid. Keep out of it. Yeah. But you get around and you see things. Oh, you see things. I I guess you believe all you hear on the radio. Well, okay, camera bug.
Here's the only way I know how to break in. You put in about twelve hours a day on the streets with your eyes open and your camera ready. And occasionally, you'll get a news picture you can sell. If you're lucky, you may get a real hotshot that you can trade to the city editor for a steady job, but you've got to be lucky. That's all I can tell you. Oh, thanks a million, mister Casey. I'll do exactly as you say. If you do, you're letting yourself in for a lot of grief. Excuse me, old man.
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Hello? This is Anne Casey. You busy? Not very. Oh, I got an awful cold. How about going over to the Blue Note?
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I'll meet you there in five minutes. Okay. Gee. I got gotta rush somewhere in five minutes. That means an important assignment. Yeah. Very important. Well, I I won't keep you, but thanks again a lot. Good luck to you, kid. What's your name again? Forster. Alan Forster. For so long, Alan. Drop in again sometime, and remember I've warned you. Guys in this racket lead a dog's life. Another small beer, Edelbert. How about you, Annie? Something that's good for your cold.
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No. I feel fine now, Casey. We've been here half an hour. We better go back to the office.
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Annie sounds like a frog. Well, don't worry, froggy. City desk knows where we are. Birkle phone if anybody
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calls or anything comes up. Pretty soft for you two, I'd say. Wished I was in a business where I could take time off in the middle of an afternoon. Hey, listen to this guy anyways. You should have the kind of job we have, Ethelbert. Sure, sure. I hear you crabbing about it all the time, but you should endure what us bartenders goes through. How'd you like to wash and wipe a million glasses every day and flush out the beer pipes and answer the Yeah. Oh, excuse me, the telephone. Blue Note Cafe, Ecklebert speaking. Can I have mister Bert? Just a minute. Uh-oh.
Your city desk, Casey. Alright. Give me
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Casey speaking. Now now, Bert, we're not always here. It just seems like always. Okay. Yeah. I got a Twelfth Street just south of Locust. Homicide Bureau's already on the job, Well, you know, when you get a delayed report like this, we can't bring anything that everybody else hasn't already gotten ahead of us. Okay. We're on our way. Goodbye.
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What is it, Casey? Come on, Annie.
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We got to see what some shooting's about. Shooting? Yep. Slight case of murder, effort. Goodbye, pal. The log? Say, Casey, you didn't pay. Oh,
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well, bartenders are dog slighter.
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Eddy got the street roped off. Yeah. We'll leave the car here, Annie. Come on. You're lifting a stretcher into the morgue. I can't get a shot of that. Okay. Well, that means the medical examiner's finished his job. Let's get inside those lines. Will you let us through, please?
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Oh, there's sergeant Flanagan. Hey, Flanagan. Oh,
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hey. Hey. Hey. Hello, miss Williams. Hi. You two are getting here kinda late, aren't you? Yeah. Don't rub it in. Hey. Who did they just haul away in that meat wagon? Well, the not too much lamented murder victim was a gent unfavorably known as Max Blake. Max Blake. The lawyer? Oh, don't let decent lawyers hear you calling that, miss Williams. Max Blake was a shyster. That rat wasn't even straight with his own clients. Will the cops know who killed him? We not only know who killed him, but we've already got the mugs who did it. This case is all sewed up. Yes, sergeant. Let's have the details so I can get them to my paper. Okay. According to eyewitnesses, the late Max Blake who just stepped out of the barbershop behind us here suddenly flopped in the middle of the sidewalk about where you're standing now.
The same time a gunshot was heard, and a second later, a green sedan which had been standing across the street started away in such a big hurry that it crashed into the back of a truck only a few feet away from the traffic cop on the corner. Who do you think they were? Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They were Butch, Silver, and Tony Russo. Boy, they're a nice pair of hotshots. Who were the sweetest gorillas in town? And you've got them dead to right, sergeant? I told you and Casey all I'm allowed to say now to the newspapers. You don't have to get anything else from captain Volk. Yeah. Where is Logan, by the way? In the backroom of the barbershop. They're questioning witness. Alright. Come on, Annie. Let's go in. Wait a minute, Casey. Nobody goes in there. Planning. I got my orders, Casey. Look. You and I are pals. Sure. But you keep out of that barbershop, pal.
Is that nice? It's what goes. Now if you'll be a nice guy, Casey, and won't try any tricks to get where you're not wanted, as you've done too many times before, I give miss Williams a tip. A tip? Oh, it's not anything. I'm not allowed to tell you. You understand? It's just something I forgot to mention to the other newspaper boys and girls. Alright. It's a deal, Flanagan. No tricks. What's the tip? One of the witnesses to the shooting is quite an important guy. Who?
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Richard m Cleggel. Got the contractor? Biggest in town. Hey. I interviewed Cleggel when he got the city paving contract last year. His offices are somewhere around here. Right across the street. Yeah. Of course. I recognize the funny old fashioned building now. The only elevator it's got is hidden in back of the stairs. Course, I couldn't find it. I had to walk up to Clagel's office on the Third Floor. Mister Clanagan, did Clagel,
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see those gorillas in the car shoot Blake? Well, he says that oh, here he comes down at the barbershop. You can ask him yourself. Oh, mister Klagle. I'm Anne Williams at the Morning Express. We met last year? Oh, yes. Yes. How do you do, miss Williams? Hold it, will you? Uh-huh. Thanks. I hope you don't mind my snapping a picture of you, mister Kleybel. Well, no. No. Not at all. Mister Kleybel, will you give us an eyewitness account of what happened? Well, as I just told captain Logan in there, I happen to be at the window of my private office just across the street when the shot was fired. Oh, your, private office is on the Third Floor as I remember. Right? That's right. I saw this man, Blake, Paul, then I saw a green sedan start up and crash into a truck. I hurried out to the elevator. The operator brought me downstairs.
I saw the man in the sedan arrested, and, well, that's all. Well, did you see the shot fired from the sedan? No. I can't say that, miss Williams. But the sedan is obviously where the bullet came from. The medical examiner says it must have been fired from about five feet above the street level, which means the killer sat on an automobile or stood on the sidewalk or a street. Only one shot was fired. That's all. Mister, Casey's the name. Both garrettas are not sedan or dead shots, Casey. Sergeant Flanagan couldn't come in here. Oh, yes, sir. Captain Logan wants me. I'll see you later. Tell Logan I wanna see him, Sarge, would you? Oh, mister Casey. Mister Casey. I'm Alan Forrester. You remember we were talking? Sure. Sure, kid. But what were you doing in that barbershop? I was a witness to the shooting. Wasn't I, mister Claygo? Please questioned us both. That's right, young man. I did as you told me, mister Casey. I was on the spot when things happened, and I had a camera with me. And I got two shots of that Blake fella from almost where we're standing now. One almost as I heard the gun fired and the other right after we hit the ground. You didn't tell the police about taking any pictures? Oh, no, mister Claygo. I wanted Casey to have these shots.
I I I've got hot stuff, haven't I, Casey? Exclusive news pictures, the kind that'll get me a job on the express? Now let's get to my office, develop your film, and see just what you got. Oh, no. Let me develop the film at home, mister Casey. I'd like to do a complete job on it. Well, alright. But blow them up to eight by 10 and be sure to use a fine grain developer. You'll see the kind of job I can do. I'll have the prints at your office inside of forty five nights. Oh, which way is your home, young man? On the Von Nelson Street, mister Klegel. Oh, good. I'm going in that direction. My car is around the corner. I'll drop you off. Oh, that'll be swell. Oh, mister Cleggo. Yes, captain Logan. I wanna ask you a few more questions. Could you come back into the barbershop, please? Well, I have important business to attend to, captain. There's nothing so important as this murder right now. Come in, please.
Well, I'll have to do as you say. Of course. When do miss Williams and I get in there, Logan? Or so you two are here. We've been waiting for hours. I'll beat it quick, mister Casey. See you at the express. Okay, Philip. I'll be waiting just a minute, mister Claver.
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And why have you and Casey been waiting, miss Williams? Well, Logan, when you start clowning right after a murder, it means you got an airtight case. Well, it isn't quite bad yet, Casey. I got some loose ends to tie up. Oh, what are they? Well, the medical examiner took a 38 caliber slug out of Blake's body, and we found guns on both of the hoods that were in that sedan, but they were 45. Well, they must have thrown the murder gun away. Sure. They did. Somebody picked it up, of course, and hasn't turned it in. Oh, they tried a fast getaway. That's ample indication of their guilt. How about motive? Almost anyone had a motive to kill Max Blake. He was an all around louse. Yeah. It's gonna take a lot more work than I first expected.
Seems I never get an easy case. We can't lead an absolute dog's life, Casey.
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I've got the prints for you, mister Casey. Coach, I'd have them here in your office inside of forty five minutes. Hey. You're a fast worker out. Oh, I'd have made it even sooner if a guy hadn't stopped me outside your building. Guy wanted to buy the pictures. Who? Oh, he's from another paper, The Globe. He offered me $200 for the shots I got. How did The Globe know that you Well, he said somebody who saw me take him tipped off a Globe reporter. That could happen alright again. But I wouldn't let him even see what I've got. These pictures are yours. Yeah. Well, don't say that until we talk to City Desk. Burke might not go $200 worth. Oh, I don't care about that. It's a job I want. Well, let's see your prints. Come on. Yeah. Here. Nice work, fella.
You can really see Blake starting his fall in this one. The body's sagging, growing limp. Yeah. He just hit the ground in this one. I shot it as quick as I could wind the film and focus. Hey. These are worth $200 and a steady job here besides. Come on. We're going upstairs to Burke, and I'm gonna tell him just that.
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Well, $100 for the two pictures is my limit, Casey, and we don't need any new staff photographer. No other paper in town will have these shots. They're worth every cent of the $200 The Globe has already offered, and we can use this young fellow. Are you telling me how to run this paper? It's okay, mister Casey. I'll take the hundred. You're crazy if you do, Alan. You seem to be acting as this young man's agent rather than as an employee of the express, Casey. What's to be your rake off on this deal?
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You don't mean that, do you, Bert?
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No. But a hundred is tops. Come on, kid. Let's go. Okay.
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Casey, you know I did Sure. Sure. But someday you'll make one of your, nuts to you. Oh, gee, mister Casey. I'm terribly Never mind. Alright. I told you this newspaper racket was a dog's life fellow. Now maybe you believe me. Take these pictures to the globe and get you $200. Well, I hate you. Be crazy to do anything else. Did you, make any extra prints of those shots? Yeah. 2 of each. Well, could I have the extras? I won't use them, of course. Best of their nice clean camera jobs, I'd like them to remember birth by. Sure. Here they are. Thanks. But take the others to your globe guy right now.
In this racket, a guy has to sell to the highest bidder. I tell you it's a dog's life.
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Casey, you've been sitting at this bar for over two hours now. Ain't you ever going back to work?
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Well, I'm not sure I am ever heard of the express. Oh, now stop being Sword Burke.
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You know he's pretty decent sword underneath.
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Underneath. And I'm tired of digging underneath Burke to look for his good points. You know, for 2¢, I'd go over to the globe myself and strike Curtis for a job. Now there's a city editor who knows values, and he's also an okay guy. Well, thank you. Thank you very much, Casey. Well, mister Curtis. Hello, miss Williams. And when do you wanna start work on the globe, Casey? Well, I I haven't exactly made up my mind to make any change. That's that's pretty exciting. You're just cramping about something. You will never leave the express. The express? Well, good paper. Okay.
Okay. Yeah. But we sure let you pull one over us on us today? Getting those exclusive murder pictures for only $200. What exclusive murder picture? The Blake killing, of course. Give mister Curtis a drink on me, Albert, will you? Sure. Oh, excuse me. There's the bar for me. Didn't get any exclusive of the Blake Gillen? The stuff that Forster kid got. Forster kid? Sir, Alan Forster's a young camera bug. I never heard of him. Well, you'll have to speak louder, ma'am. I'm not hearing you. Curtis, didn't you send a guy from the globe to buy those shots from Casey, I haven't the vaguest idea of what you're talking about.
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I There are calls for you, Casey, are missus Forster on the wire. Missus Forster? Uh-huh. You wanna talk to her? I'll say I do. Miss Williams, would you be good enough if you can't please tell me something? Hey. Hello. Hello. Casey speaking. They told me at the express to call this number, mister Casey. I'm Alan Forrest's wife. He's with you, isn't he? No. Oh, but you know where he is. No. Oh, but something's happened to him. What do you mean? Well, almost three hours ago, he phoned me at the place where I work about the pictures he'd taken of that murder. Yeah? He said he was gonna develop them, then meet you and phoned me back. But he didn't phone, and somebody's been in our apartment. Somebody's Oh, I found the lock on our door broken and and the closet Alan uses for his darkroom, the things had been broken and knocked around. Has anything else in the apartment been disturbed? No. Just the things in the darkroom.
Mister Casey, what do you think's happened to him? I don't know,
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but I'll do my best to locate your husband. Do you think you can? I'll take it easy. Don't worry. Goodbye for now. Goodbye. Annie. Annie, come on. Excuses, mister Curtis. Will you Where are we going, Casey? My car across the street. The copies of those murder pictures are there in my equipment case, and I wanna take a very careful look at him. Oh, Annie. If I'd only looked carefully at these prints before.
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What do you see, Casey? How Blake was murdered.
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How Blake? Yes. Look.
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Look. When Forster took the pictures, his lens was stopped down to get a good depth of focus. Yeah. He got not only Blake, but a sharp picture of the building across the street. Yeah. I But in the first picture, the bullet has just struck Blake. He he's slumping. He's beginning to fall. And a Ground Floor window of that building is partially open, Annie. Look. Yeah. Just a few inches. Yeah. But in the second picture, which shows Blake lying on the sidewalk, that window's closed.
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He was shot from behind that window, and the killer closed it right after he fired. Right. That's it. Now look at this Third Floor window in both pictures.
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It's the one that Richard m Clagel said he was standing behind when he heard the shot. Did you see anybody there?
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No, Casey. Klegel
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could have gone down to the First Floor and waited for Blake to come out of the barbershop. And Yeah. Then after he shot him, Klegel closed the window, did a quick dash up the stairs to the Third Floor, and rang the elevator bell. Yeah. The operator picked him up there, and Cleggel was supplied with a pretty good alibi, Annie, because the bullet entered Blake's body on a horizontal line. He couldn't have been shot from the Third Floor. But Cleggel's a reputable businessman, Casey. Why did he kill Greg? Never mind. That doesn't matter now. Point is he must have killed him. And Clagel is the only person beside you, Forster, Burke, and me who knew about those pictures.
He was with us when the kid told about taking him. Remember? Oh, yeah. And he also take the kid home right afterwards. And if captain Logan hadn't detained He'd have gotten the films then. Sure. He sent somebody to wait outside the express building to buy those pictures. But Foster wouldn't sell until after he'd seen me. And then I played into his hands by telling the kid not to accept Burke's chiseling offer. Well, the phony Globe reporter got him into a car after he left you and kidnapped you. Because the kid only had prints in the pictures, Andrew. Quayco had to have the negatives too.
So he or the guy working with him broke into Forster's apartment and got him. Evidently, Forster didn't let on that he'd given me a set of prints or I'd have received a call from him too. Well, maybe they've killed him by now. Manny, if they've killed that kid, I'm partly responsible. That's crazy. I gotta find Logan right away. We're gonna start for headquarters as soon as I can unlock this ignition. Don't make a move. Michael. There's a gun in his pocket, Casey. You remember that too, miss Williams, and that a man in danger of the electric chair will stop at nothing to protect himself. I'm, getting into the back seat.
Start your motor, Casey, and drive as I direct. Okay. Guess you heard what we were talking about. And not by accident. Young Foster did say you had prints of those pictures. I waited a long time for you. Now start driving straight ahead for the time being. That gun makes you the boss. Mind giving us a hint of where we're going? We're joining young Forster. He hasn't been hired yet. Drive right up to that big door, Casey. Okay. What is this place? A little waterfront storage house I own, miss Williams. Stop here, Casey. Alright. Now what?
Get out of the car. I noticed you placed the pictures I wanted in your equipment case. Bring the case with you. Alright. And be very careful. Bob, open up. Right away, boys.
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Well, I see you got the guy you went after,
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Yeah, Bob. Just as you got forced to. Now step inside you people. Casey. Hello, Allen. See they've got you nicely tied up. Now that guy Bob brought me here. He's a fellow. Said he was on the globe. I told him about the prints you had before I knew he was a phony. It's okay, pal. Now you can hand over those prints, Casey. I guess I'll have to, Klagel. What are your plans for the three of us? Can't you guess? A one way ride? A boat ride late tonight on one of my cement barges. Casey. I hate to do this, miss Williams, but you people are very dangerous to me, more dangerous than Max Blake was.
Why did you kill Blake? Never mind that. Give me the pictures in your plate case. Okay. Don't let me think he's missing that case, boss. Then maybe you've gotten there. There's nothing in this case but films and flash bulbs and your pictures. Maybe not, but take your hands out of there. Alright. Who's the doctor? Get him yourself then. He's got something in his hands, boss. Can't you see they're only flashbulbs? I'll pick them out so you can get at the prince's. Unstrap the case from his shoulder, Bob. I've got it. Take out the pictures. I wanna be sure I'm gonna be moved. You got a flashbulb between the eyes, Claydle. Shut it, Bob. My eyes are cut. That's right. I I can't see. I I'm flying. He's got my gun, Claydle. You shouldn't try to handle a gun and a filmcase at the same time.
You got him busy. And here's one for you, Klaygle. You got him both around. Penny. Yeah? Will you get my camera from the car while I watch these mugs? I'm gonna use some flash bulbs now to get a few front page pictures. And if Bert doesn't put him on the front page, I will take a job on the globe.
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Now when did I hear that one before?
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black. Why did Klegel kill that guy, Max Blake, Casey?
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Well, Ethelbert, shyster criminal lawyers like Blake are sometimes blackmailers. Blake was.
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Cleggo was paying interest. Finally got tired of it.
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Yeah. Cleggo knew that Blake patronized the barbershop across from his office building and invariably went there on Saturday afternoon. All he had to do was to watch and to wait for him. We figured out a pretty good alibi from the elevator operator. We made it look better by bringing those two gunmen, Silver and Russo, to the neighborhood with a phony telephone message. Hey. You see, they they thought they were to meet somebody there, but Klegel had framed them as a pair of natural suspects. They knew that with their record, it wasn't healthy to be caught at the scene of a killing. So when they heard the shot, they tried to beat it, which made them really look guilty, you think? I see.
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After what the Forster kid went through, I guess he'll be glad to go on working in a store.
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Oh, no. No. No. He's got the stuff it takes, kid.
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Casey's browbeaten Burke into putting Alan Forster on the regular staff, Ethelbert.
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Yeah? Well, he's taking the job on his own responsibility though. Yes, sir. I've warned a kid, and now he's seen for himself that press photographers Lead our dog slide. Yeah. That's right. We certainly do.
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Casey, as my sister Edna says, quote, Demas complains about leading a dog's life, seldom wanna trade places with any other breed or animal, unquote.
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Give Casey another Fido biscuit, Efflebert. Pour it in his usual glass.
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Say, mister Marvin, who do you think will go to the Rose Bowl this year? Well, I I don't know, Ethelbert. Do you think the weather will turn any colder, Tony? I can't say, Casey. Tony,
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you like skirts the way they are this year, or do you think they should be,
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shorter? Can't answer that one, Adam. Tony, haven't you anything to say this evening? Oh, definitely, Casey. Anchor Hawking is the most famous name in glass. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Tony Marvin. Every week at this time, the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio and its more than 10,000 employees bring you another adventure of Casey crime photographer, ace cameraman who covers the crime news of a great city, written by Alonzo Dean Cole. Our adventure for tonight, the camera bug. Midafternoon, the photographic department of the Morning Express.
Casey sits sprawled at his battered desk wearing the scowl of a man who began his day with a dull razor and cold coffee. The door opens and a young man enters.
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Excuse me. Is mister Casey in? Yeah. That's me. My name is Forster, mister Casey. Alan Forster. I've heard a lot about you. Yeah. I know. I'm on all the sucker lists. What are you selling? Oh, nothing. Oh, that is well, you see, I'm a photographer. Who isn't? Sometimes I think every guy in the world is a camera bug. What's on your mind? Looking for a job? Yeah. See the city editor. His name's Burke. Four four floor above here. Well, I've already seen mister Burke, and he says there aren't any vacancies here. Oh. I've been to all the other papers too. I thought you might advise me how to get a start. How old are you? 21.
You got a job now? I work in a camera supply store. I know a lot about taking pictures. Honest, I do. And while my wife and I decided that it's time for me to break into the line I've always wanted You got a wife? You got a job with regular hours, and you wanna break into my kind of racket? Yeah. Oh, boy. My advice is forget it. This is the lousiest game there is. You're out at all hours. People shove you around. You can risk your hide to get a good shot, and the city desk may stick it on page 10 if it's used at all. This is a dog's life kid. Keep out of it. Yeah. But you get around and you see things. Oh, you see things. I I guess you believe all you hear on the radio. Well, okay, camera bug.
Here's the only way I know how to break in. You put in about twelve hours a day on the streets with your eyes open and your camera ready. And occasionally, you'll get a news picture you can sell. If you're lucky, you may get a real hotshot that you can trade to the city editor for a steady job, but you've got to be lucky. That's all I can tell you. Oh, thanks a million, mister Casey. I'll do exactly as you say. If you do, you're letting yourself in for a lot of grief. Excuse me, old man.
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Hello? This is Anne Casey. You busy? Not very. Oh, I got an awful cold. How about going over to the Blue Note?
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I'll meet you there in five minutes. Okay. Gee. I got gotta rush somewhere in five minutes. That means an important assignment. Yeah. Very important. Well, I I won't keep you, but thanks again a lot. Good luck to you, kid. What's your name again? Forster. Alan Forster. For so long, Alan. Drop in again sometime, and remember I've warned you. Guys in this racket lead a dog's life. Another small beer, Edelbert. How about you, Annie? Something that's good for your cold.
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No. I feel fine now, Casey. We've been here half an hour. We better go back to the office.
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Annie sounds like a frog. Well, don't worry, froggy. City desk knows where we are. Birkle phone if anybody
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calls or anything comes up. Pretty soft for you two, I'd say. Wished I was in a business where I could take time off in the middle of an afternoon. Hey, listen to this guy anyways. You should have the kind of job we have, Ethelbert. Sure, sure. I hear you crabbing about it all the time, but you should endure what us bartenders goes through. How'd you like to wash and wipe a million glasses every day and flush out the beer pipes and answer the Yeah. Oh, excuse me, the telephone. Blue Note Cafe, Ecklebert speaking. Can I have mister Bert? Just a minute. Uh-oh.
Your city desk, Casey. Alright. Give me
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Casey speaking. Now now, Bert, we're not always here. It just seems like always. Okay. Yeah. I got a Twelfth Street just south of Locust. Homicide Bureau's already on the job, Well, you know, when you get a delayed report like this, we can't bring anything that everybody else hasn't already gotten ahead of us. Okay. We're on our way. Goodbye.
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What is it, Casey? Come on, Annie.
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We got to see what some shooting's about. Shooting? Yep. Slight case of murder, effort. Goodbye, pal. The log? Say, Casey, you didn't pay. Oh,
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well, bartenders are dog slighter.
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Eddy got the street roped off. Yeah. We'll leave the car here, Annie. Come on. You're lifting a stretcher into the morgue. I can't get a shot of that. Okay. Well, that means the medical examiner's finished his job. Let's get inside those lines. Will you let us through, please?
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Oh, there's sergeant Flanagan. Hey, Flanagan. Oh,
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hey. Hey. Hey. Hello, miss Williams. Hi. You two are getting here kinda late, aren't you? Yeah. Don't rub it in. Hey. Who did they just haul away in that meat wagon? Well, the not too much lamented murder victim was a gent unfavorably known as Max Blake. Max Blake. The lawyer? Oh, don't let decent lawyers hear you calling that, miss Williams. Max Blake was a shyster. That rat wasn't even straight with his own clients. Will the cops know who killed him? We not only know who killed him, but we've already got the mugs who did it. This case is all sewed up. Yes, sergeant. Let's have the details so I can get them to my paper. Okay. According to eyewitnesses, the late Max Blake who just stepped out of the barbershop behind us here suddenly flopped in the middle of the sidewalk about where you're standing now.
The same time a gunshot was heard, and a second later, a green sedan which had been standing across the street started away in such a big hurry that it crashed into the back of a truck only a few feet away from the traffic cop on the corner. Who do you think they were? Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They were Butch, Silver, and Tony Russo. Boy, they're a nice pair of hotshots. Who were the sweetest gorillas in town? And you've got them dead to right, sergeant? I told you and Casey all I'm allowed to say now to the newspapers. You don't have to get anything else from captain Volk. Yeah. Where is Logan, by the way? In the backroom of the barbershop. They're questioning witness. Alright. Come on, Annie. Let's go in. Wait a minute, Casey. Nobody goes in there. Planning. I got my orders, Casey. Look. You and I are pals. Sure. But you keep out of that barbershop, pal.
Is that nice? It's what goes. Now if you'll be a nice guy, Casey, and won't try any tricks to get where you're not wanted, as you've done too many times before, I give miss Williams a tip. A tip? Oh, it's not anything. I'm not allowed to tell you. You understand? It's just something I forgot to mention to the other newspaper boys and girls. Alright. It's a deal, Flanagan. No tricks. What's the tip? One of the witnesses to the shooting is quite an important guy. Who?
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Richard m Cleggel. Got the contractor? Biggest in town. Hey. I interviewed Cleggel when he got the city paving contract last year. His offices are somewhere around here. Right across the street. Yeah. Of course. I recognize the funny old fashioned building now. The only elevator it's got is hidden in back of the stairs. Course, I couldn't find it. I had to walk up to Clagel's office on the Third Floor. Mister Clanagan, did Clagel,
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see those gorillas in the car shoot Blake? Well, he says that oh, here he comes down at the barbershop. You can ask him yourself. Oh, mister Klagle. I'm Anne Williams at the Morning Express. We met last year? Oh, yes. Yes. How do you do, miss Williams? Hold it, will you? Uh-huh. Thanks. I hope you don't mind my snapping a picture of you, mister Kleybel. Well, no. No. Not at all. Mister Kleybel, will you give us an eyewitness account of what happened? Well, as I just told captain Logan in there, I happen to be at the window of my private office just across the street when the shot was fired. Oh, your, private office is on the Third Floor as I remember. Right? That's right. I saw this man, Blake, Paul, then I saw a green sedan start up and crash into a truck. I hurried out to the elevator. The operator brought me downstairs.
I saw the man in the sedan arrested, and, well, that's all. Well, did you see the shot fired from the sedan? No. I can't say that, miss Williams. But the sedan is obviously where the bullet came from. The medical examiner says it must have been fired from about five feet above the street level, which means the killer sat on an automobile or stood on the sidewalk or a street. Only one shot was fired. That's all. Mister, Casey's the name. Both garrettas are not sedan or dead shots, Casey. Sergeant Flanagan couldn't come in here. Oh, yes, sir. Captain Logan wants me. I'll see you later. Tell Logan I wanna see him, Sarge, would you? Oh, mister Casey. Mister Casey. I'm Alan Forrester. You remember we were talking? Sure. Sure, kid. But what were you doing in that barbershop? I was a witness to the shooting. Wasn't I, mister Claygo? Please questioned us both. That's right, young man. I did as you told me, mister Casey. I was on the spot when things happened, and I had a camera with me. And I got two shots of that Blake fella from almost where we're standing now. One almost as I heard the gun fired and the other right after we hit the ground. You didn't tell the police about taking any pictures? Oh, no, mister Claygo. I wanted Casey to have these shots.
I I I've got hot stuff, haven't I, Casey? Exclusive news pictures, the kind that'll get me a job on the express? Now let's get to my office, develop your film, and see just what you got. Oh, no. Let me develop the film at home, mister Casey. I'd like to do a complete job on it. Well, alright. But blow them up to eight by 10 and be sure to use a fine grain developer. You'll see the kind of job I can do. I'll have the prints at your office inside of forty five nights. Oh, which way is your home, young man? On the Von Nelson Street, mister Klegel. Oh, good. I'm going in that direction. My car is around the corner. I'll drop you off. Oh, that'll be swell. Oh, mister Cleggo. Yes, captain Logan. I wanna ask you a few more questions. Could you come back into the barbershop, please? Well, I have important business to attend to, captain. There's nothing so important as this murder right now. Come in, please.
Well, I'll have to do as you say. Of course. When do miss Williams and I get in there, Logan? Or so you two are here. We've been waiting for hours. I'll beat it quick, mister Casey. See you at the express. Okay, Philip. I'll be waiting just a minute, mister Claver.
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And why have you and Casey been waiting, miss Williams? Well, Logan, when you start clowning right after a murder, it means you got an airtight case. Well, it isn't quite bad yet, Casey. I got some loose ends to tie up. Oh, what are they? Well, the medical examiner took a 38 caliber slug out of Blake's body, and we found guns on both of the hoods that were in that sedan, but they were 45. Well, they must have thrown the murder gun away. Sure. They did. Somebody picked it up, of course, and hasn't turned it in. Oh, they tried a fast getaway. That's ample indication of their guilt. How about motive? Almost anyone had a motive to kill Max Blake. He was an all around louse. Yeah. It's gonna take a lot more work than I first expected.
Seems I never get an easy case. We can't lead an absolute dog's life, Casey.
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I've got the prints for you, mister Casey. Coach, I'd have them here in your office inside of forty five minutes. Hey. You're a fast worker out. Oh, I'd have made it even sooner if a guy hadn't stopped me outside your building. Guy wanted to buy the pictures. Who? Oh, he's from another paper, The Globe. He offered me $200 for the shots I got. How did The Globe know that you Well, he said somebody who saw me take him tipped off a Globe reporter. That could happen alright again. But I wouldn't let him even see what I've got. These pictures are yours. Yeah. Well, don't say that until we talk to City Desk. Burke might not go $200 worth. Oh, I don't care about that. It's a job I want. Well, let's see your prints. Come on. Yeah. Here. Nice work, fella.
You can really see Blake starting his fall in this one. The body's sagging, growing limp. Yeah. He just hit the ground in this one. I shot it as quick as I could wind the film and focus. Hey. These are worth $200 and a steady job here besides. Come on. We're going upstairs to Burke, and I'm gonna tell him just that.
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Well, $100 for the two pictures is my limit, Casey, and we don't need any new staff photographer. No other paper in town will have these shots. They're worth every cent of the $200 The Globe has already offered, and we can use this young fellow. Are you telling me how to run this paper? It's okay, mister Casey. I'll take the hundred. You're crazy if you do, Alan. You seem to be acting as this young man's agent rather than as an employee of the express, Casey. What's to be your rake off on this deal?
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You don't mean that, do you, Bert?
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No. But a hundred is tops. Come on, kid. Let's go. Okay.
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Casey, you know I did Sure. Sure. But someday you'll make one of your, nuts to you. Oh, gee, mister Casey. I'm terribly Never mind. Alright. I told you this newspaper racket was a dog's life fellow. Now maybe you believe me. Take these pictures to the globe and get you $200. Well, I hate you. Be crazy to do anything else. Did you, make any extra prints of those shots? Yeah. 2 of each. Well, could I have the extras? I won't use them, of course. Best of their nice clean camera jobs, I'd like them to remember birth by. Sure. Here they are. Thanks. But take the others to your globe guy right now.
In this racket, a guy has to sell to the highest bidder. I tell you it's a dog's life.
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Casey, you've been sitting at this bar for over two hours now. Ain't you ever going back to work?
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Well, I'm not sure I am ever heard of the express. Oh, now stop being Sword Burke.
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You know he's pretty decent sword underneath.
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Underneath. And I'm tired of digging underneath Burke to look for his good points. You know, for 2¢, I'd go over to the globe myself and strike Curtis for a job. Now there's a city editor who knows values, and he's also an okay guy. Well, thank you. Thank you very much, Casey. Well, mister Curtis. Hello, miss Williams. And when do you wanna start work on the globe, Casey? Well, I I haven't exactly made up my mind to make any change. That's that's pretty exciting. You're just cramping about something. You will never leave the express. The express? Well, good paper. Okay.
Okay. Yeah. But we sure let you pull one over us on us today? Getting those exclusive murder pictures for only $200. What exclusive murder picture? The Blake killing, of course. Give mister Curtis a drink on me, Albert, will you? Sure. Oh, excuse me. There's the bar for me. Didn't get any exclusive of the Blake Gillen? The stuff that Forster kid got. Forster kid? Sir, Alan Forster's a young camera bug. I never heard of him. Well, you'll have to speak louder, ma'am. I'm not hearing you. Curtis, didn't you send a guy from the globe to buy those shots from Casey, I haven't the vaguest idea of what you're talking about.
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I There are calls for you, Casey, are missus Forster on the wire. Missus Forster? Uh-huh. You wanna talk to her? I'll say I do. Miss Williams, would you be good enough if you can't please tell me something? Hey. Hello. Hello. Casey speaking. They told me at the express to call this number, mister Casey. I'm Alan Forrest's wife. He's with you, isn't he? No. Oh, but you know where he is. No. Oh, but something's happened to him. What do you mean? Well, almost three hours ago, he phoned me at the place where I work about the pictures he'd taken of that murder. Yeah? He said he was gonna develop them, then meet you and phoned me back. But he didn't phone, and somebody's been in our apartment. Somebody's Oh, I found the lock on our door broken and and the closet Alan uses for his darkroom, the things had been broken and knocked around. Has anything else in the apartment been disturbed? No. Just the things in the darkroom.
Mister Casey, what do you think's happened to him? I don't know,
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but I'll do my best to locate your husband. Do you think you can? I'll take it easy. Don't worry. Goodbye for now. Goodbye. Annie. Annie, come on. Excuses, mister Curtis. Will you Where are we going, Casey? My car across the street. The copies of those murder pictures are there in my equipment case, and I wanna take a very careful look at him. Oh, Annie. If I'd only looked carefully at these prints before.
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What do you see, Casey? How Blake was murdered.
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How Blake? Yes. Look.
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Look. When Forster took the pictures, his lens was stopped down to get a good depth of focus. Yeah. He got not only Blake, but a sharp picture of the building across the street. Yeah. I But in the first picture, the bullet has just struck Blake. He he's slumping. He's beginning to fall. And a Ground Floor window of that building is partially open, Annie. Look. Yeah. Just a few inches. Yeah. But in the second picture, which shows Blake lying on the sidewalk, that window's closed.
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He was shot from behind that window, and the killer closed it right after he fired. Right. That's it. Now look at this Third Floor window in both pictures.
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It's the one that Richard m Clagel said he was standing behind when he heard the shot. Did you see anybody there?
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No, Casey. Klegel
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could have gone down to the First Floor and waited for Blake to come out of the barbershop. And Yeah. Then after he shot him, Klegel closed the window, did a quick dash up the stairs to the Third Floor, and rang the elevator bell. Yeah. The operator picked him up there, and Cleggel was supplied with a pretty good alibi, Annie, because the bullet entered Blake's body on a horizontal line. He couldn't have been shot from the Third Floor. But Cleggel's a reputable businessman, Casey. Why did he kill Greg? Never mind. That doesn't matter now. Point is he must have killed him. And Clagel is the only person beside you, Forster, Burke, and me who knew about those pictures.
He was with us when the kid told about taking him. Remember? Oh, yeah. And he also take the kid home right afterwards. And if captain Logan hadn't detained He'd have gotten the films then. Sure. He sent somebody to wait outside the express building to buy those pictures. But Foster wouldn't sell until after he'd seen me. And then I played into his hands by telling the kid not to accept Burke's chiseling offer. Well, the phony Globe reporter got him into a car after he left you and kidnapped you. Because the kid only had prints in the pictures, Andrew. Quayco had to have the negatives too.
So he or the guy working with him broke into Forster's apartment and got him. Evidently, Forster didn't let on that he'd given me a set of prints or I'd have received a call from him too. Well, maybe they've killed him by now. Manny, if they've killed that kid, I'm partly responsible. That's crazy. I gotta find Logan right away. We're gonna start for headquarters as soon as I can unlock this ignition. Don't make a move. Michael. There's a gun in his pocket, Casey. You remember that too, miss Williams, and that a man in danger of the electric chair will stop at nothing to protect himself. I'm, getting into the back seat.
Start your motor, Casey, and drive as I direct. Okay. Guess you heard what we were talking about. And not by accident. Young Foster did say you had prints of those pictures. I waited a long time for you. Now start driving straight ahead for the time being. That gun makes you the boss. Mind giving us a hint of where we're going? We're joining young Forster. He hasn't been hired yet. Drive right up to that big door, Casey. Okay. What is this place? A little waterfront storage house I own, miss Williams. Stop here, Casey. Alright. Now what?
Get out of the car. I noticed you placed the pictures I wanted in your equipment case. Bring the case with you. Alright. And be very careful. Bob, open up. Right away, boys.
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Well, I see you got the guy you went after,
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Yeah, Bob. Just as you got forced to. Now step inside you people. Casey. Hello, Allen. See they've got you nicely tied up. Now that guy Bob brought me here. He's a fellow. Said he was on the globe. I told him about the prints you had before I knew he was a phony. It's okay, pal. Now you can hand over those prints, Casey. I guess I'll have to, Klagel. What are your plans for the three of us? Can't you guess? A one way ride? A boat ride late tonight on one of my cement barges. Casey. I hate to do this, miss Williams, but you people are very dangerous to me, more dangerous than Max Blake was.
Why did you kill Blake? Never mind that. Give me the pictures in your plate case. Okay. Don't let me think he's missing that case, boss. Then maybe you've gotten there. There's nothing in this case but films and flash bulbs and your pictures. Maybe not, but take your hands out of there. Alright. Who's the doctor? Get him yourself then. He's got something in his hands, boss. Can't you see they're only flashbulbs? I'll pick them out so you can get at the prince's. Unstrap the case from his shoulder, Bob. I've got it. Take out the pictures. I wanna be sure I'm gonna be moved. You got a flashbulb between the eyes, Claydle. Shut it, Bob. My eyes are cut. That's right. I I can't see. I I'm flying. He's got my gun, Claydle. You shouldn't try to handle a gun and a filmcase at the same time.
You got him busy. And here's one for you, Klaygle. You got him both around. Penny. Yeah? Will you get my camera from the car while I watch these mugs? I'm gonna use some flash bulbs now to get a few front page pictures. And if Bert doesn't put him on the front page, I will take a job on the globe.
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Now when did I hear that one before?
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black. Why did Klegel kill that guy, Max Blake, Casey?
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Well, Ethelbert, shyster criminal lawyers like Blake are sometimes blackmailers. Blake was.
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Cleggo was paying interest. Finally got tired of it.
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Yeah. Cleggo knew that Blake patronized the barbershop across from his office building and invariably went there on Saturday afternoon. All he had to do was to watch and to wait for him. We figured out a pretty good alibi from the elevator operator. We made it look better by bringing those two gunmen, Silver and Russo, to the neighborhood with a phony telephone message. Hey. You see, they they thought they were to meet somebody there, but Klegel had framed them as a pair of natural suspects. They knew that with their record, it wasn't healthy to be caught at the scene of a killing. So when they heard the shot, they tried to beat it, which made them really look guilty, you think? I see.
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After what the Forster kid went through, I guess he'll be glad to go on working in a store.
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Oh, no. No. No. He's got the stuff it takes, kid.
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Casey's browbeaten Burke into putting Alan Forster on the regular staff, Ethelbert.
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Yeah? Well, he's taking the job on his own responsibility though. Yes, sir. I've warned a kid, and now he's seen for himself that press photographers Lead our dog slide. Yeah. That's right. We certainly do.
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Casey, as my sister Edna says, quote, Demas complains about leading a dog's life, seldom wanna trade places with any other breed or animal, unquote.
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Give Casey another Fido biscuit, Efflebert. Pour it in his usual glass.
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Introduction to Crime Photographer
The Camera Bug Adventure Begins
Casey's Advice to Alan Forster
Murder on Twelfth Street
Eyewitness Accounts and Clues
The Missing Photographs
Uncovering the Truth
Confrontation at the Waterfront
The Motive Behind the Murder
