In this thrilling episode of "Crime Photographer," Casey and Miss Williams are drawn into a mysterious series of deaths at the Slateville coal mine. The miners are on edge, fearing the presence of a supernatural "demon miner" responsible for the accidents. As Casey and Miss Williams dig deeper, they encounter a cast of suspicious characters, including the foreman, an electrician, and a miner named Gus who claims to have seen the demon. The tension builds as they uncover clues, including a powder puff that leads them to suspect foul play rather than supernatural forces.
As the investigation unfolds, Casey and Miss Williams face danger head-on, confronting the real culprit behind the murders. The episode takes listeners on a suspenseful journey through the dark tunnels of the mine, culminating in a dramatic showdown with the killer. With clever detective work and a bit of luck, Casey unravels the mystery, revealing the true identity of the "demon miner" and bringing justice to the victims. This episode is a gripping tale of intrigue, deception, and courage in the face of fear.
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Hello, miss Williams. Casey? Hi, Ethelbert. Ethelbert, do you know what Casey just wanted to do? What, miss Williams? Well, they just put in a fresh cement sidewalk next door, and Casey wanted to stop and write his name in it. He'll never grow up. Well, Casey's a great name. Oh, well I'll go you one better than that. Oh, hello, mister Marvin. Sure. What about Anchor Hawking? You know, Anchor Hawking is a great name in glass.
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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 demon miner. Morning. A desolate little graveyard. In the distance, beyond the great tombstones, can be seen the stark outlines of a towering coal breaker, and row upon row of coal miners' cottages. Shivering in the cold rain, a small group of men stand bareheaded.
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Won't be long now, Eddie. No, Frank. In a couple of minutes, they'll start shoveling dirt on poor Joe's coffin. This is the sixth time in just the last two months that you and me have come to the graveyard to watch a guy we work with put away.
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I'm thinking of that, Frank.
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I've known plenty of accidents to happen, but when six in a row get killed by fallen roof rock, one right after another in the same mine level, well, it makes you wonder. Yeah. Especially when you're cutting out cold in that level yourself like we are. Some of the guys say there's a hoodoo on Bristol level, Eddie. Old Gus Hapsel says there's worse than that. I've heard what that guy says, but that old guy's crazy. You think so?
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Oh, hello, guys. I am just stand close by and hear you talk.
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So you think I'd be crazy, Frank? Because I say demon is kill men's in Bristol level at Slakeville, Culinary. Any guy who says that is crazy. You do not know what we of all country know. I was talking to a Welshman the other night, Frank, and he said when he comes from and he comes from plenty of miners, well, that's there's something funny that happens underground. Spirits called knockers and spriggans and and demon miners. Oh, nuts. He he says this demon miner works with a pick about 10 times the size of ours, a pick that makes a big hollow sound. And when guys hear it, it means someone's gonna die.
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I have heard that leak in Bristol level. Also, I have seen the demon there. I still say nuts. It was when Nick Tanovsky got killed. I'm working place next to Nick. All at once, I hear big thump, thump, thump. And I hear Nick Yer. I run quick from my place to see what happened. And in the tunnel, number 5 Tunnel, I see demon. He's dressed like minor, but his face his face is white. White? He have big fat cheeks,
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not like a mouse. You tell that who it is somebody else. Alright. You be wise guy. But remember what I tell you.
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Someday in the mind, you will hear and see the demon miner.
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Hand me some more tamping bags, Eddie. Here, Frank. I've only got one more charge to fix, and then we'll hook up to the firing box.
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You're putting in a lot of powder. 30 sticks.
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You know, we've got the old croaker working next to us today. Gus? Gloomy, Gus. He's got 63 place. While you were out getting powder a while ago, he came in here to borrow my pick, Said he busted a handle of his. He's as crazy as a bat. He started writing about the evil spirits again. I guess I made him sore at the cemetery the other day. He seems to really believe he saw that demon miner. And he ought to have his eyes examined or his head. Hello, guys.
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Oh, hello, Douglas. Hello. I, just thought I'd tip you fellas off at the inside. Foreman's down here again this morning checking up. The big bosses don't like all the accidents that's been happening. That don't bother me and Eddie. Oh, I forgot, Frank. You're the one of the best boss miners we got here. And of course, you wouldn't let your little helper Eddie get careless. Look here, Douglas. You're supposed to be an electrician.
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All your cables and connections are out in the tunnel, not in here. Suppose you attend to them.
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Sociable guy, ain't you, Frank? With people I like.
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Okay. So long, Henry. So long, Douglas.
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Someday I'm gonna poke that guy right in the nose. I'm no hypocrite, and I'd like you better ready if you had a little more guts enough to tell him off. Well Oh, I shouldn't have said that. I I'm sorry, fella. It's okay. I I know I'm kind of a soft Ah, you're all right, and we'll have a couple of beers when we knock off on me. Thanks, Frank. Well, everything is set here. I'll string these fuse wires to the box outside. Pick up those tools and come on. Yeah.
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The inside foreman
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spends most of his time in Bristol level these days. The accents here have got him plenty worried. Mister Travers is a nice guy. Too bad he wasn't made superintendent. Travers would have made a good super. I guess he was plenty sore when Bill Jerome got the job. I'm all hooked up, Eddie. Sing out the
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warning. Okay.
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Here she goes. That'll kick up a lot of dust. It'll settle in a minute, and we can start loading the cars. Oh, just touch one off, Frank. Hey, yeah, Mr. Travers. How are you? I'm fine. Thank you.
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How are you, Eddie? Okay, Mr. Travers. Have you fellas seen that electrician Douglas around here? Just a few minutes ago. He went down Tunnel Number 5. Oh, thanks. I want him to do a job. Yeah.
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Frank. Yeah?
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You and Eddie are always careful to test roof rock after you blast. Oh, sure, mister Travers. Okay. Okay. I'll see you later.
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He's worried alright. Yeah. I bet he ain't as worried as that new super is. Jerome is the guy the big bosses hold responsible for production, and that's dropped off plenty on account of them accidents. Yeah. A lot of guys are superstitious. They won't work in Bristol level anymore. Croaking all gloomy gusts has had a lot to do with that. Well, dust should be settled by now. Let's go back. Okay. Hand me that safety lantern. It burns alright. No gases here.
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Cold broke up nice.
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Gus has my pick. Get it from him, Eddie. I'll use yours to sound the roof rock while you're gone. I'll get your pick from Gus. Feels solid here. This is okay. Uh-uh. That chunk has to come off. Yeah. Everything looks alright now. What was that? What? What makes that knocking? Hey. Why are you coming in here? That white face.
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Don't.
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There's been a seventh peculiar death in that Slateville coal mine.
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Yeah. Happened yesterday, Ethelbert.
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Miner named Frank Adams was killed. Apparently by a piece of falling roof rock, like the other men before him. Yeah. And a few minutes ago, City Desk gave Annie and me an assignment to go to Slateville and look around. Mhmm. We're taking an early train tomorrow. Wanna come along, Ethelbert?
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Who, me? After last week, I've had enough excitement. You're a softy. You write up the story, miss Williams, and Casey will take pictures. Oh, no. Our assignment's a little bigger than that this time, Ethelbert. Yeah? The superintendent of the mine knows Casey.
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And while the state police have all the facts, he's asked the paper to have Casey do a little private investigating. You're going to Slateville as detectives,
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oh. Well, Bill Jerome, the super knows about a couple of lucky breaks I've had working with the cops. So he's got an idea that, well, I don't know. When I'm in the city here, I know my way around. I've got a lot of smart, friendly cops to back me up when I make a play, but, well, I
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I don't know anything about coal mines. Afraid you won't do so good when you're on your own,
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I think our boyfriend has a case of cold feet, Ethelbert.
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What?
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Mhmm. Yeah. I guess you're right, Annie. Look. I'll I'll I'll see you for later. Where are you going? Well, I'm I'm going to the public library to read up on coal mines. And when I see Bill Jerome tomorrow, I won't be altogether a dope.
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Well, Casey, this latest roof rock accident differed from the previous ones in an important particular. Frank Adams lived long enough to mumble a few words. Yeah. What were they Bill? White face demon miner. Demon miner. Say anything else? Nothing that could be distinguished. This,
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this Gus Hapsel you've mentioned, he he described the demon miner before as having a white face. Yeah. After Nick Tarnowski was killed. Yes. And this thing was dressed in miner's working clothes and had very fat cheeks. Yeah. Well, who was the first to reach this miner Frank Adams? Gus Hapsel was. He usually worked next to Adams, but he had gone to borrow a pick. Gus says he heard Adams scream and he hurried back. Yeah. Was Eddie Bliss the second to reach out? Yeah. Few seconds later, he and Gus were joined by one of our electricians, a man named Douglas and George Travers, our inside foreman.
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Gus claims that after the scream, he saw a shadowy figure disappear into a passage off Number 5 Tunnel. He's Sure. It was the demon miner. Where were the other two men? Douglas and Travis were Number 5 Tunnel too, but at a considerable distance from each other. You've got to find out what's in back of this, Casey. The demon miner theory is ridiculous, of course, but it's ruined morale, cut production in half. Now that Adam's dying words apparently confirm the demon story, now we're in for further trouble. Yeah. Well, just one more question, Bill.
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Like on previous occasions was a large piece of roof rock found near the dead man's head? Yep. Slab of rock that'd take three or four big men to lift. Three or four? Yes, Miss Williams.
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As in the other cases, Adam's hard hat had been crushed and his skull fractured. What's a hard hat, mister Jerome? Well, it's, it's the miner's name for the protective helmet he's required to wear, Annie.
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Oh. Yeah. Yeah. I know a little bit about mines and miners. Library. Well,
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we'll get down to the mine build and Bristol level. No. I arranged for it right away. My inside foreman's waiting in the other office. George, could you come in, please? Okay. Okay, Jerome. Miss Williams, mister Casey, this is mister Travis. How do you do mister Travis? How do you do it right now? Yeah. Nice to know you. I've, told you about these friends of mine, George. They wanna get acquainted with Bristol level. I'd like you to be their guide. Alright.
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Mister Travis, what's your opinion of these accidents in the demon miner? Same as mine, Casey. Both are phony. Why don't you let me speak for myself, Jerome? Oh, George. I never went to college like you, but I grew up around mines. My father was a miner in England. He's told me about strange, unexplainable things that happened there. And well, I'm I'm not sure that there aren't demon miners. What? You're not serious. You can quote me if you like. Miss Williams, mister Casey, I'll get you overalls, hard hats, and lambs. Oh,
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Travis is a nice fellow, Casey, but, he thought he should have had the job I got. I see. Yes.
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I wanna become better acquainted with Travers. Yeah. Meet Douglas and Eddie Bliss and old Gus.
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Now the place where Frank Adams was killed is only a few hundred feet ahead now, mister Casey. Oh.
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Well, we've really been
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golly. I I never dreamed that coal mines had telephones in them and electric lights. Oh, lights aren't very bright. Oh, that's because coal dust settles on them. Yeah. But where's the passage that Gus said this demon miner went into? Over there.
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You can see it leading off just ahead. Frank's place is right here. In that dark hole? Yes, miss Williams. You must depend on our cap lights alone when we go in there. Now let's go in. Granny, I'll help you. It's kinda rough going. Okay. Thanks. Thanks. Frank and his helper had just blasted a face before he was killed. Naturally, the coals heaped all over. Jerome gave orders not to let anything be touched.
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Here we are. Yeah. Show me where you found the dead guy. There.
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You can see the blood stain.
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Is this the slab of rock that's blamed for the death?
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Yes. Must weigh half a ton, Casey. Yeah. At least. That you in there, Travers? Yes. Who? It's me, Douglas. Super phone down for me to meet you here. Rosetti Bliss and old Gus. How should I know? They supposed to be here too? Yeah. Yeah. Well, this is miss Williams and mister Casey. Bert Douglas. How do you do, mister Douglas? Look, if you're a cop, mister Casey, I might as well tell you right now.
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I don't know anything about those accidents. You think they've been accidents, Douglas? Well, I certainly don't believe in that demon minor stuff. Maybe you have more sense if you do believe. Well, here's old gloomy Gus and help already. Hello, Mr. Travers. Hello, Douglas. Gus and I just got a message. Mr. Casey here and Ms. Williams want to have a talk with all of you.
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Eddie Bliss
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and Gus Hapsley. How do you know?
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All I know about the accident, mister Casey, is that poor Frank was lying there with Gus kneeling beside him when I come running in and that big slab of roof rock. That hunk of roof rock did not kill Frank Adams.
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It was the demon miner's peak that bossed his head. You're nuts, Gus. Maybe he isn't Douglas.
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Say, mister Travers, you don't I'm keeping an open mind. What now this got here? Why don't you just pick up out of that cold, mister Casey? Nothing. Nothing at all. Casey?
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It was something. You just stuck it in your pocket. I see you. Don't mind. We'll talk about it later.
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Well, now there's no reason for me to keep you from your work. You can go ahead. Go after we just got here. Yeah, Douglas. Yes. And I wanna talk to all of you again about an hour from now. Okay.
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Going down number five, Eddie? Yes. Douglas. Come on. This is screwy. Taking that guy off his job. You want talk with me later, Yes, Gus.
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Alright. I go back to work.
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Mister Casey, I don't quite understand. I'd like to examine this place with miss Williams alone, mister Travers, if you don't mind. Oh, you want me to go to? Yeah. If you don't mind only outside in the tunnel for a few minutes, I'll call you when I'm through here. All right. I'll wait for your call.
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What's this all about, Casey?
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Annie,
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I want one of those four guys to get very nervous. All of them seem very nervous when they left just now. Yeah. What was it you picked up out of the coal? Here. Take a look.
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A black powder puff. It's just an ordinary powder puff covered with coal dust, Annie, and underneath the coal dust when I ruffle it up like this Pull up white powder. Get it, Annie. The white face of the demon miner. The man covered his coal grime face with white powder? Sure. And Then after he made his kill, all he had to do was to rub some coal dust on his face over the powder, and he could reappear almost instantly in his normal character. Listen. All of those seven men have been murdered then. I think so, Annie. But how nobody could lift the huge rocks that crushed their skulls? Annie, look. Couldn't the killer have bashed his victims with a hunk of rock that he could handle, and then have dragged the bodies over near another piece too big to handle, just to make things look like they weren't. Uh-oh. But why were the murders committed?
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And
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who done it? I don't know yet. Look, I'm gonna call Travers back and leave you here with him. The excuse that I want to explore some of those side passages alone, which I do. After that, I'm gonna make whoever dropped that powder puff a very nervous guy. Oh, so you're back, mister Casey. Yes. Sorry, Travers. I had to keep you and miss Williams waiting over an hour or two. Very quickly, Casey. Mister Travers here has been furthering my education about coal mine. That's good. Mister Travers, I'm gonna throw a question at you. If the recent deaths here were really murders,
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whom would you suspect of committing them? I think the man you should investigate is
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is Douglas.
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Why?
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Well, well, he's always got a chip on his shoulder.
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He doesn't like anybody. Nobody likes him. Have you got anything real on Douglas? No. Okay. Well, you look, would you bring him in here and old Gus and Eddie Bliss? I'd like to talk to all of you together. Alright. I'll be back with him just as soon as possible.
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Annie,
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these boys seem to be playing a game. You know that? Each one trying to throw suspicion on the other. Did you learn anything worthwhile from the others? No. The killer knows he lost that powder puff, and he suspects that I found it in this pile of coal. So he's afraid. He's gonna try to get it back and to bump off the only two people who know about it. But you don't mean us. Yeah. Who else? Annie, switch off your cap light. Oh, now now why? Look, I want you to stay here in this corner in total darkness. I'll be at the other end of this with the working where I can be seen. Oh. Don't worry. I'll be set for trouble, Annie. Go ahead turn the light off.
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Mhmm. Okay. But
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now we wait.
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Alright. Hey, you know, Casey, I've been thinking about that powder puff. It can account for the dead white face of the demon miner, but it doesn't explain the puffy cheeks and all that. Casey. What? That powder puff you found was mine. What? Yours? Of course I had one of that size in a pocket of these overalls before we came down here, and now it's gone. Annie for Look, this means the whole idea is cockeyed. Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it was gone till now. It never occurred to me to look until I just. Go.
Casey. Casey, do you hear that knocking? I sure do. That is the sound of a giant pick. Annie, you stay here. Don't leave me Casey. It's coming closer. Oh Casey, that face. Listen, there's nothing you can do when it is a demon. And my god, it's gonna kill you. Oh, it's not. Casey. I'm okay, Annie. You only broke my cap light. Yeah, but I can't see. Annie's broken away from me. Turn on your light so I can see. Yes, I mean, I can't find the switch. Okay. There there I have it now. Where is he? Well, the thing seems to be Wait a minute. He ran back into the tunnel, Annie. I'm going after him. Don't leave me. Please stay there. Oh, gee.
Alright. I didn't run into a tunnel. I was behind this pile of coal. Did you come any closer to me? Mhmm. Keep away, doc. Doc. Now, now no one will find
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us.
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Did the lady faint? Or did my fingers press too tight on her throat? We'll switch on her cap light so we can see.
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What? The lady is afraid
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when she sees my face. I'm I
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Where have you brought me? To an old working of the mind that's boarded up. No one but me knows if the boards can be moved like a door.
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I fixed them that way. You're a man. You're not anything supernatural.
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No. That money. These big cheeks, Just wide mouthed. Your friend Casey was trying to trap me, but he won't trap me. And to pay him for his meddling, you are going to die. No. Yes. After you're dead, he'll feel the pick in his skull. Only it's not a pick I use. It's a heavy rock like this. Oh, please don't. He won't. It's
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okay, kid. We got our demon miner right on the button. I spotted this place when I was snooping around a while ago. Casey, you know you got here just in time. Oh, shoot. I did.
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Yeah. That rat's coming too. Let's have a look at it. Well,
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let me go. Casey.
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Casey, it's Eddie Bliss. Yeah.
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Meet little Eddie.
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Yes.
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Me.
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Little Eddie. A guy without guts. That's what chumps have always taught me. Thirty years I've worked in mines as a helper. They wanted to keep me just a shovel of coal. A helper. I've shown them what I can do now. Little bosses like Frank Adams and big bosses like the Super. I made guys afraid to work here. Yes. I've killed. I'm the boss now. I'm
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I'm the boss now. In case you didn't ever send him to the house. No, it's a squirrel's nest, Freddie.
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There are there are still a few things I don't understand about this. Well, I can explain them to you, kid, after I get a camera. I've got to take some pictures of this demon miner.
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I can see why heavy powder accounts for the guy having a white face in that dirty mind, Casey. But how did he make his cheeks so white? Well, that was simple, Adalbert.
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He was an old kid trick, stuffed a couple of walnuts in his mouth. Which of course bulged out his cheeks, widened his mouth, and distorted his voice. But when Casey hit him Yeah. He coughed him out.
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There's one more thing. The sound of that giant pick you're hurt. The lady made that sound by bumping a rock drill against the wall. Mhmm. Boy, did we have luck in busting that case, Ethelbert. You know, Annie, since it was your powder puff that I found in that cold, I I can't understand why Eddie made that risky attempt to kill us. He had no reason to believe that we had any evidence, and we didn't have. Boy, I'm I'm a hot detective, Aurora. Everything that I did was based on that powder puff, you know?
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Casey. Mhmm. I have a confession to make. What's that? I found my powder puff in my coat pocket. I didn't even take it in the mine. You did, you didn't? Nope.
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Hey, Albert, what's this stuff I hear about a small timer called, Sherlock hole?
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Hello, miss Williams. Casey? Hi, Ethelbert. Ethelbert, do you know what Casey just wanted to do? What, miss Williams? Well, they just put in a fresh cement sidewalk next door, and Casey wanted to stop and write his name in it. He'll never grow up. Well, Casey's a great name. Oh, well I'll go you one better than that. Oh, hello, mister Marvin. Sure. What about Anchor Hawking? You know, Anchor Hawking is a great name in glass.
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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 demon miner. Morning. A desolate little graveyard. In the distance, beyond the great tombstones, can be seen the stark outlines of a towering coal breaker, and row upon row of coal miners' cottages. Shivering in the cold rain, a small group of men stand bareheaded.
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Won't be long now, Eddie. No, Frank. In a couple of minutes, they'll start shoveling dirt on poor Joe's coffin. This is the sixth time in just the last two months that you and me have come to the graveyard to watch a guy we work with put away.
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I'm thinking of that, Frank.
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I've known plenty of accidents to happen, but when six in a row get killed by fallen roof rock, one right after another in the same mine level, well, it makes you wonder. Yeah. Especially when you're cutting out cold in that level yourself like we are. Some of the guys say there's a hoodoo on Bristol level, Eddie. Old Gus Hapsel says there's worse than that. I've heard what that guy says, but that old guy's crazy. You think so?
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Oh, hello, guys. I am just stand close by and hear you talk.
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So you think I'd be crazy, Frank? Because I say demon is kill men's in Bristol level at Slakeville, Culinary. Any guy who says that is crazy. You do not know what we of all country know. I was talking to a Welshman the other night, Frank, and he said when he comes from and he comes from plenty of miners, well, that's there's something funny that happens underground. Spirits called knockers and spriggans and and demon miners. Oh, nuts. He he says this demon miner works with a pick about 10 times the size of ours, a pick that makes a big hollow sound. And when guys hear it, it means someone's gonna die.
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I have heard that leak in Bristol level. Also, I have seen the demon there. I still say nuts. It was when Nick Tanovsky got killed. I'm working place next to Nick. All at once, I hear big thump, thump, thump. And I hear Nick Yer. I run quick from my place to see what happened. And in the tunnel, number 5 Tunnel, I see demon. He's dressed like minor, but his face his face is white. White? He have big fat cheeks,
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not like a mouse. You tell that who it is somebody else. Alright. You be wise guy. But remember what I tell you.
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Someday in the mind, you will hear and see the demon miner.
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Hand me some more tamping bags, Eddie. Here, Frank. I've only got one more charge to fix, and then we'll hook up to the firing box.
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You're putting in a lot of powder. 30 sticks.
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You know, we've got the old croaker working next to us today. Gus? Gloomy, Gus. He's got 63 place. While you were out getting powder a while ago, he came in here to borrow my pick, Said he busted a handle of his. He's as crazy as a bat. He started writing about the evil spirits again. I guess I made him sore at the cemetery the other day. He seems to really believe he saw that demon miner. And he ought to have his eyes examined or his head. Hello, guys.
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Oh, hello, Douglas. Hello. I, just thought I'd tip you fellas off at the inside. Foreman's down here again this morning checking up. The big bosses don't like all the accidents that's been happening. That don't bother me and Eddie. Oh, I forgot, Frank. You're the one of the best boss miners we got here. And of course, you wouldn't let your little helper Eddie get careless. Look here, Douglas. You're supposed to be an electrician.
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All your cables and connections are out in the tunnel, not in here. Suppose you attend to them.
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Sociable guy, ain't you, Frank? With people I like.
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Okay. So long, Henry. So long, Douglas.
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Someday I'm gonna poke that guy right in the nose. I'm no hypocrite, and I'd like you better ready if you had a little more guts enough to tell him off. Well Oh, I shouldn't have said that. I I'm sorry, fella. It's okay. I I know I'm kind of a soft Ah, you're all right, and we'll have a couple of beers when we knock off on me. Thanks, Frank. Well, everything is set here. I'll string these fuse wires to the box outside. Pick up those tools and come on. Yeah.
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The inside foreman
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spends most of his time in Bristol level these days. The accents here have got him plenty worried. Mister Travers is a nice guy. Too bad he wasn't made superintendent. Travers would have made a good super. I guess he was plenty sore when Bill Jerome got the job. I'm all hooked up, Eddie. Sing out the
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warning. Okay.
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Here she goes. That'll kick up a lot of dust. It'll settle in a minute, and we can start loading the cars. Oh, just touch one off, Frank. Hey, yeah, Mr. Travers. How are you? I'm fine. Thank you.
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How are you, Eddie? Okay, Mr. Travers. Have you fellas seen that electrician Douglas around here? Just a few minutes ago. He went down Tunnel Number 5. Oh, thanks. I want him to do a job. Yeah.
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Frank. Yeah?
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You and Eddie are always careful to test roof rock after you blast. Oh, sure, mister Travers. Okay. Okay. I'll see you later.
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He's worried alright. Yeah. I bet he ain't as worried as that new super is. Jerome is the guy the big bosses hold responsible for production, and that's dropped off plenty on account of them accidents. Yeah. A lot of guys are superstitious. They won't work in Bristol level anymore. Croaking all gloomy gusts has had a lot to do with that. Well, dust should be settled by now. Let's go back. Okay. Hand me that safety lantern. It burns alright. No gases here.
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Cold broke up nice.
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Gus has my pick. Get it from him, Eddie. I'll use yours to sound the roof rock while you're gone. I'll get your pick from Gus. Feels solid here. This is okay. Uh-uh. That chunk has to come off. Yeah. Everything looks alright now. What was that? What? What makes that knocking? Hey. Why are you coming in here? That white face.
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Don't.
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There's been a seventh peculiar death in that Slateville coal mine.
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Yeah. Happened yesterday, Ethelbert.
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Miner named Frank Adams was killed. Apparently by a piece of falling roof rock, like the other men before him. Yeah. And a few minutes ago, City Desk gave Annie and me an assignment to go to Slateville and look around. Mhmm. We're taking an early train tomorrow. Wanna come along, Ethelbert?
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Who, me? After last week, I've had enough excitement. You're a softy. You write up the story, miss Williams, and Casey will take pictures. Oh, no. Our assignment's a little bigger than that this time, Ethelbert. Yeah? The superintendent of the mine knows Casey.
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And while the state police have all the facts, he's asked the paper to have Casey do a little private investigating. You're going to Slateville as detectives,
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oh. Well, Bill Jerome, the super knows about a couple of lucky breaks I've had working with the cops. So he's got an idea that, well, I don't know. When I'm in the city here, I know my way around. I've got a lot of smart, friendly cops to back me up when I make a play, but, well, I
[00:09:41] Unknown:
I don't know anything about coal mines. Afraid you won't do so good when you're on your own,
[00:09:47] Unknown:
I think our boyfriend has a case of cold feet, Ethelbert.
[00:09:50] Unknown:
What?
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Mhmm. Yeah. I guess you're right, Annie. Look. I'll I'll I'll see you for later. Where are you going? Well, I'm I'm going to the public library to read up on coal mines. And when I see Bill Jerome tomorrow, I won't be altogether a dope.
[00:10:17] Unknown:
Well, Casey, this latest roof rock accident differed from the previous ones in an important particular. Frank Adams lived long enough to mumble a few words. Yeah. What were they Bill? White face demon miner. Demon miner. Say anything else? Nothing that could be distinguished. This,
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this Gus Hapsel you've mentioned, he he described the demon miner before as having a white face. Yeah. After Nick Tarnowski was killed. Yes. And this thing was dressed in miner's working clothes and had very fat cheeks. Yeah. Well, who was the first to reach this miner Frank Adams? Gus Hapsel was. He usually worked next to Adams, but he had gone to borrow a pick. Gus says he heard Adams scream and he hurried back. Yeah. Was Eddie Bliss the second to reach out? Yeah. Few seconds later, he and Gus were joined by one of our electricians, a man named Douglas and George Travers, our inside foreman.
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Gus claims that after the scream, he saw a shadowy figure disappear into a passage off Number 5 Tunnel. He's Sure. It was the demon miner. Where were the other two men? Douglas and Travis were Number 5 Tunnel too, but at a considerable distance from each other. You've got to find out what's in back of this, Casey. The demon miner theory is ridiculous, of course, but it's ruined morale, cut production in half. Now that Adam's dying words apparently confirm the demon story, now we're in for further trouble. Yeah. Well, just one more question, Bill.
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Like on previous occasions was a large piece of roof rock found near the dead man's head? Yep. Slab of rock that'd take three or four big men to lift. Three or four? Yes, Miss Williams.
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As in the other cases, Adam's hard hat had been crushed and his skull fractured. What's a hard hat, mister Jerome? Well, it's, it's the miner's name for the protective helmet he's required to wear, Annie.
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Oh. Yeah. Yeah. I know a little bit about mines and miners. Library. Well,
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we'll get down to the mine build and Bristol level. No. I arranged for it right away. My inside foreman's waiting in the other office. George, could you come in, please? Okay. Okay, Jerome. Miss Williams, mister Casey, this is mister Travis. How do you do mister Travis? How do you do it right now? Yeah. Nice to know you. I've, told you about these friends of mine, George. They wanna get acquainted with Bristol level. I'd like you to be their guide. Alright.
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Mister Travis, what's your opinion of these accidents in the demon miner? Same as mine, Casey. Both are phony. Why don't you let me speak for myself, Jerome? Oh, George. I never went to college like you, but I grew up around mines. My father was a miner in England. He's told me about strange, unexplainable things that happened there. And well, I'm I'm not sure that there aren't demon miners. What? You're not serious. You can quote me if you like. Miss Williams, mister Casey, I'll get you overalls, hard hats, and lambs. Oh,
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Travis is a nice fellow, Casey, but, he thought he should have had the job I got. I see. Yes.
[00:13:05] Unknown:
I wanna become better acquainted with Travers. Yeah. Meet Douglas and Eddie Bliss and old Gus.
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Now the place where Frank Adams was killed is only a few hundred feet ahead now, mister Casey. Oh.
[00:14:55] Unknown:
Well, we've really been
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golly. I I never dreamed that coal mines had telephones in them and electric lights. Oh, lights aren't very bright. Oh, that's because coal dust settles on them. Yeah. But where's the passage that Gus said this demon miner went into? Over there.
[00:15:09] Unknown:
You can see it leading off just ahead. Frank's place is right here. In that dark hole? Yes, miss Williams. You must depend on our cap lights alone when we go in there. Now let's go in. Granny, I'll help you. It's kinda rough going. Okay. Thanks. Thanks. Frank and his helper had just blasted a face before he was killed. Naturally, the coals heaped all over. Jerome gave orders not to let anything be touched.
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Here we are. Yeah. Show me where you found the dead guy. There.
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You can see the blood stain.
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Is this the slab of rock that's blamed for the death?
[00:15:44] Unknown:
Yes. Must weigh half a ton, Casey. Yeah. At least. That you in there, Travers? Yes. Who? It's me, Douglas. Super phone down for me to meet you here. Rosetti Bliss and old Gus. How should I know? They supposed to be here too? Yeah. Yeah. Well, this is miss Williams and mister Casey. Bert Douglas. How do you do, mister Douglas? Look, if you're a cop, mister Casey, I might as well tell you right now.
[00:16:05] Unknown:
I don't know anything about those accidents. You think they've been accidents, Douglas? Well, I certainly don't believe in that demon minor stuff. Maybe you have more sense if you do believe. Well, here's old gloomy Gus and help already. Hello, Mr. Travers. Hello, Douglas. Gus and I just got a message. Mr. Casey here and Ms. Williams want to have a talk with all of you.
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Eddie Bliss
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and Gus Hapsley. How do you know?
[00:16:28] Unknown:
All I know about the accident, mister Casey, is that poor Frank was lying there with Gus kneeling beside him when I come running in and that big slab of roof rock. That hunk of roof rock did not kill Frank Adams.
[00:16:41] Unknown:
It was the demon miner's peak that bossed his head. You're nuts, Gus. Maybe he isn't Douglas.
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Say, mister Travers, you don't I'm keeping an open mind. What now this got here? Why don't you just pick up out of that cold, mister Casey? Nothing. Nothing at all. Casey?
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It was something. You just stuck it in your pocket. I see you. Don't mind. We'll talk about it later.
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Well, now there's no reason for me to keep you from your work. You can go ahead. Go after we just got here. Yeah, Douglas. Yes. And I wanna talk to all of you again about an hour from now. Okay.
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Going down number five, Eddie? Yes. Douglas. Come on. This is screwy. Taking that guy off his job. You want talk with me later, Yes, Gus.
[00:17:22] Unknown:
Alright. I go back to work.
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Mister Casey, I don't quite understand. I'd like to examine this place with miss Williams alone, mister Travers, if you don't mind. Oh, you want me to go to? Yeah. If you don't mind only outside in the tunnel for a few minutes, I'll call you when I'm through here. All right. I'll wait for your call.
[00:17:39] Unknown:
What's this all about, Casey?
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Annie,
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I want one of those four guys to get very nervous. All of them seem very nervous when they left just now. Yeah. What was it you picked up out of the coal? Here. Take a look.
[00:17:52] Unknown:
A black powder puff. It's just an ordinary powder puff covered with coal dust, Annie, and underneath the coal dust when I ruffle it up like this Pull up white powder. Get it, Annie. The white face of the demon miner. The man covered his coal grime face with white powder? Sure. And Then after he made his kill, all he had to do was to rub some coal dust on his face over the powder, and he could reappear almost instantly in his normal character. Listen. All of those seven men have been murdered then. I think so, Annie. But how nobody could lift the huge rocks that crushed their skulls? Annie, look. Couldn't the killer have bashed his victims with a hunk of rock that he could handle, and then have dragged the bodies over near another piece too big to handle, just to make things look like they weren't. Uh-oh. But why were the murders committed?
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And
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who done it? I don't know yet. Look, I'm gonna call Travers back and leave you here with him. The excuse that I want to explore some of those side passages alone, which I do. After that, I'm gonna make whoever dropped that powder puff a very nervous guy. Oh, so you're back, mister Casey. Yes. Sorry, Travers. I had to keep you and miss Williams waiting over an hour or two. Very quickly, Casey. Mister Travers here has been furthering my education about coal mine. That's good. Mister Travers, I'm gonna throw a question at you. If the recent deaths here were really murders,
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whom would you suspect of committing them? I think the man you should investigate is
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is Douglas.
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Why?
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Well, well, he's always got a chip on his shoulder.
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He doesn't like anybody. Nobody likes him. Have you got anything real on Douglas? No. Okay. Well, you look, would you bring him in here and old Gus and Eddie Bliss? I'd like to talk to all of you together. Alright. I'll be back with him just as soon as possible.
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Annie,
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these boys seem to be playing a game. You know that? Each one trying to throw suspicion on the other. Did you learn anything worthwhile from the others? No. The killer knows he lost that powder puff, and he suspects that I found it in this pile of coal. So he's afraid. He's gonna try to get it back and to bump off the only two people who know about it. But you don't mean us. Yeah. Who else? Annie, switch off your cap light. Oh, now now why? Look, I want you to stay here in this corner in total darkness. I'll be at the other end of this with the working where I can be seen. Oh. Don't worry. I'll be set for trouble, Annie. Go ahead turn the light off.
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Mhmm. Okay. But
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now we wait.
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Alright. Hey, you know, Casey, I've been thinking about that powder puff. It can account for the dead white face of the demon miner, but it doesn't explain the puffy cheeks and all that. Casey. What? That powder puff you found was mine. What? Yours? Of course I had one of that size in a pocket of these overalls before we came down here, and now it's gone. Annie for Look, this means the whole idea is cockeyed. Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it was gone till now. It never occurred to me to look until I just. Go.
Casey. Casey, do you hear that knocking? I sure do. That is the sound of a giant pick. Annie, you stay here. Don't leave me Casey. It's coming closer. Oh Casey, that face. Listen, there's nothing you can do when it is a demon. And my god, it's gonna kill you. Oh, it's not. Casey. I'm okay, Annie. You only broke my cap light. Yeah, but I can't see. Annie's broken away from me. Turn on your light so I can see. Yes, I mean, I can't find the switch. Okay. There there I have it now. Where is he? Well, the thing seems to be Wait a minute. He ran back into the tunnel, Annie. I'm going after him. Don't leave me. Please stay there. Oh, gee.
Alright. I didn't run into a tunnel. I was behind this pile of coal. Did you come any closer to me? Mhmm. Keep away, doc. Doc. Now, now no one will find
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us.
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Did the lady faint? Or did my fingers press too tight on her throat? We'll switch on her cap light so we can see.
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What? The lady is afraid
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when she sees my face. I'm I
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Where have you brought me? To an old working of the mind that's boarded up. No one but me knows if the boards can be moved like a door.
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I fixed them that way. You're a man. You're not anything supernatural.
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No. That money. These big cheeks, Just wide mouthed. Your friend Casey was trying to trap me, but he won't trap me. And to pay him for his meddling, you are going to die. No. Yes. After you're dead, he'll feel the pick in his skull. Only it's not a pick I use. It's a heavy rock like this. Oh, please don't. He won't. It's
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okay, kid. We got our demon miner right on the button. I spotted this place when I was snooping around a while ago. Casey, you know you got here just in time. Oh, shoot. I did.
[00:23:35] Unknown:
Yeah. That rat's coming too. Let's have a look at it. Well,
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let me go. Casey.
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Casey, it's Eddie Bliss. Yeah.
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Meet little Eddie.
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Yes.
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Me.
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Little Eddie. A guy without guts. That's what chumps have always taught me. Thirty years I've worked in mines as a helper. They wanted to keep me just a shovel of coal. A helper. I've shown them what I can do now. Little bosses like Frank Adams and big bosses like the Super. I made guys afraid to work here. Yes. I've killed. I'm the boss now. I'm
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I'm the boss now. In case you didn't ever send him to the house. No, it's a squirrel's nest, Freddie.
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There are there are still a few things I don't understand about this. Well, I can explain them to you, kid, after I get a camera. I've got to take some pictures of this demon miner.
[00:25:09] Unknown:
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I can see why heavy powder accounts for the guy having a white face in that dirty mind, Casey. But how did he make his cheeks so white? Well, that was simple, Adalbert.
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He was an old kid trick, stuffed a couple of walnuts in his mouth. Which of course bulged out his cheeks, widened his mouth, and distorted his voice. But when Casey hit him Yeah. He coughed him out.
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There's one more thing. The sound of that giant pick you're hurt. The lady made that sound by bumping a rock drill against the wall. Mhmm. Boy, did we have luck in busting that case, Ethelbert. You know, Annie, since it was your powder puff that I found in that cold, I I can't understand why Eddie made that risky attempt to kill us. He had no reason to believe that we had any evidence, and we didn't have. Boy, I'm I'm a hot detective, Aurora. Everything that I did was based on that powder puff, you know?
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Casey. Mhmm. I have a confession to make. What's that? I found my powder puff in my coat pocket. I didn't even take it in the mine. You did, you didn't? Nope.
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Hey, Albert, what's this stuff I hear about a small timer called, Sherlock hole?
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