In this thrilling episode of "Crime Photographer," we delve into the mysterious world of Cecil Grammerton, a man with a dark past and a penchant for targeting wealthy women. The story unfolds in a luxurious Colorado resort, where Grammerton, a seemingly innocuous man, charms his way into the life of the recently divorced and wealthy Madeleine Chalmers. As the plot thickens, we learn of Grammerton's sinister intentions, leading to a chilling encounter that ends in tragedy. The narrative takes a fascinating turn as Casey, our ace crime photographer, and his team work tirelessly to uncover the truth behind Grammerton's facade, revealing a complex web of deceit and murder.
As the investigation progresses, Casey and his colleagues piece together clues that point to Grammerton's true identity and his connection to a series of similar crimes. The episode explores themes of deception, psychological manipulation, and the quest for justice, culminating in a suspenseful climax that keeps listeners on the edge of their seats. With a blend of sharp dialogue, intriguing characters, and unexpected twists, "Lady Killer" is a captivating tale of crime and retribution, showcasing the brilliance of "Crime Photographer" in delivering gripping radio drama.
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Listen, Casey. I'm a great man. What have you done now, Ethelbert? I'm the only man on the block who never saw a flying saucer. Well, that won't put you on on history's pages. You mean I won't be famous? No, Ethelbert. You gotta do something. You gotta be outstanding to be famous. Sure. Like Edgar Hawking, the most famous 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 the great city. Written by Alonzo Dean Cole. Our adventure for tonight, lady killer. Mid afternoon, the cocktail lounge of a luxurious resort hotel in Colorado. A man enters, surveys the place with casual approval, and saunters toward the bar. He's about 35, well dressed, and rather good looking, but there's nothing distinctive about him. As he waits for one of the bartenders to serve him, he comes an old tune.
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Would it be, sir?
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Martini, please. Extra dry? Yes, sir. Say, haven't I served you before, sir? Well, no. I just checked into the hotel an hour ago. This is my first visit to the bar.
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I don't mean here. Someplace else, maybe LA. I worked there last year. I've never been to Los Angeles.
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Denver Frisco then? No. I'm sure we've never met before. I've spent the last ten years in Europe. Well, I've never been across the water yet.
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I guess you just remind me of somebody. Yes. I imagine that's it. Yeah. See how this martini strikes you. Uh-huh. Oh, it's exactly right. That's how I try to make everything. Call me when you want another. My name's Frank. Frank. Yeah?
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I chat one another for a while, so I'll pay you now. Yeah? Keep the change.
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Hey. Thanks. Alright.
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Oh, by the way, that,
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fine looking woman at the corner table over there, do you know her? The brunette with the big diamond ring? Uh-huh. Yeah. I know her. Her face is very familiar. I was just wondering if You've probably seen her picture in the papers. There was a big story about a couple of weeks ago when she got a Reno Divorce from her husband, plus a million dollar settlement. Oh. Oh. She's Madeleine Chalmers. Oh, yes. Yes. Of course. To wait on her back at Toledo where she comes from. I worked there two years ago. She and another wealthy lady named Utley used to say I was the only bartender they'd ever met who could make a planter's punch exactly right. This, Mrs. Utley, she's a close friend of missus Chalmers? Miss Utley. She was one of them bachelor girls then or since she's married a banker named Fisher. Yeah. She and missus Chalmers were pals. Well, I'm acquainted with a banker named Fisher. I believe he married Nutley.
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But see now, his first name is This one's first name is Douglas.
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Either one you know? Well, his wife's first name is Irene. Irene Utley. Uh-huh. They're the people. I'm told they took a trip to Europe last year where you were. I guess you met him over there. Yes. London or Paris, I think.
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Mister and missus Fisher aren't here by any chance. Oh, no. No. Missus Chalmers tells me they're up in Maine this summer, Bar Harbor. Well, since missus Chalmers is alone, I shouldn't be intruding if I introduce myself, I suppose, and inquire about my friends, the, Fishers. No. I don't think so. I'll see you later, Frank.
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Thanks again, mister
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thank you.
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How do you do, missus Chalmers? I beg your pardon? I can see you've forgotten me. Irene Utley introduced her several years ago in, Toledo, I think it was, before she married Doug Fisher. Oh, you're a friend of Irene's and Doug's? Well, I spent a day with them only a week ago in Bar Harbor. How are they? Irene hasn't written to me in ages. They were fine, enjoying themselves. May I sit down and order us, I seem to remember you had a preference for planters punch.
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Do sit down. Thank you very much. I'm terribly embarrassed. You remember even my favorite
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drink, and I can't recall. Well, unlike you, I have a place that people don't forget. My name is Grammerton, Cecil Grammerton.
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Cecil Grammerton.
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You, plan to stay here for some time, missus Jarvis? At least several weeks. Well, I'm gonna remain about the same period, and if you'll permit our acquaintance to ripen, I'll try hard not to be forgotten again.
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Come in, Caster.
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Thank you, Madeline.
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Oh, you look lovely this evening. More so than usual. You like this gown? No. It isn't the gown or the perfection of your hair or those magnificent diamonds you're wearing. That's simply you.
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Cecil, you always say the right thing. I'm afraid you're what my dad used to call a lady killer. Lady killer? Or a wolf.
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I wonder how do I look like a wolf or a lady killer? No. Which makes you doubly dangerous.
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A week ago when you came to my table in that cocktail lounge I thought what a mild negative innocuous man you were.
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And now?
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Now I'm in my suite alone with you. I sent my maid away tonight as you requested.
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Which proves?
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I like you. Sit down. Mhmm. Hand me a cigarette, will you? Yes, of course. Here you are. Thanks.
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Light? Mhmm.
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You, only like me, Madeline? Last night, I told you that I loved you.
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And I almost believed you. Didn't believe me? A rich divorcee should be careful, especially when she knows a man
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no better than I know you. You'll get better acquainted with me tonight. You sure we're really alone here?
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Of course, dear.
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Now
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what do you wanna know about me? I'll hold you close as I tell you. Do you suspect I'm a fortune hunter who wants to marry you for your money?
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That's a possibility. But I'm comfortable in your arms.
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It's an impossibility. I wouldn't marry you for any amount of money.
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You wouldn't marry
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me? Or anyone like you.
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Oh, Cecil. Take over my throat.
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Take your hands away. Don't tell you what I am, Madeline. Cecil. I'm really a lady killer. Really a lady killer. Such nice diamonds you had, missus Chalmers. You won't need
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them anymore.
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Hey, Walter. Yes, Cecil Bright? Don't forget to stack some more paper napkins under the bar. Alright, Walt. Speaking of paper reminds me, Casey, did you see the newspapers this morning? Certainly not. I only work on a paper. I don't read them. There's a deep suspicion, Ethelbert, that,
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no press photographer knows how to read.
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Yeah. I've heard that, miss Williams. It's also suspected, Annie, that few reporters know how to write. Oh, yeah?
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Well, anyway, your morning express had an article saying that fella who's believed to have strangled missus Madeleine Chalmers in Colorado last month, you know, is thought to be hiding in this town. Is that true? No. It's baloney.
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Confidentially, Efflebert. Papers all over the country got such a swell front page spread out of that Colorado hotel murder, they're trying to keep it alive. Oh, wait a minute, Annie. Don't be skeptical. The police have pretty definitely tied him up with a murder of seven other wealthy widows. Well, it's not known for sure that Cecil Grammerton has killed and robbed other women. That's just some more newspaper buildup,
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Not in my book or in the cops. Listen, during the last five years, seven other rich women have been strangled and their valuables stolen under nearly exactly the same circumstance. Casey,
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people in that Colorado hotel who saw Gramminton every day don't give a description of him that agrees with the men suspected of the other crimes. Well, they don't agree with each other in the descriptions of Gramminton. He seems to be one of those negative looking guys nobody ever bartender out there remembered him according to what I read. All he remembers about him is that he was always humming sentimental songs. That isn't very much to go on. Whenever there's a sensational crime, a witness usually turns up or tries to get into the spotlight by telling a lot more than he really knows.
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Hey. Come on. We gotta get out of here, Annie. Oh, yeah. We'll do at the, Fenimore Plaza in, ten minutes. Right. What are you gonna do at that swanky hotel? Oh, one of those lousy assignments. The Express has an exclusive tip that the Clara Simmons has broken her engagement to the Charlie Fawcett. And we're getting a confirmation or denial from her before we pass the news to our palpitating public. Clara Simmons is the oil Harris? Yeah. Worth about 20,000,000. What I've heard, though, she's kind of a wet smack. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't drink. She doesn't,
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approve of modern bathing suits. She's a very nice girl, Casey. She's just a little bit old fashioned.
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I've met her. I haven't met a old fashioned girl for years. They're old fashioned now.
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Yeah. The oh, well. Come on, Annie. See you later this evening, pal. So long, Ethelbert. Shalom, Walter. Oh, Shalom, Casey.
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Walter, where are those napkins?
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The report you heard is altogether correct, miss Williams. Mister Fawcett and I have broken our engagement. Do you care to give me the reason, miss Simmons? I can only say that he and I agreed upon the termination and that we shall remain the best of friends. Now if you will excuse me, I'm expecting guests. May I take a picture of you before we go, miss Simmons? I'd rather you wouldn't, mister Casey. Oh, well, we can run one of your old ones that we have in our files, but she looks so nice this evening. I'd rather You know that no woman can withstand that kind of flattery. Take your picture. Thanks.
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Will you stand over there by the piano, please? Surely.
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Casey wasn't guilty of flattery, miss Simmons. That gown is charming. Thank you. Do you like the style? Uh-huh. Very much. I haven't seen anything like it.
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It must be the latest. It was twenty years ago. My mother wore it then. Your mother. She wore it to a ball only a week before she died. I was just a child then, but I've never forgotten how pretty she looked. I kept in. I had it made over to wear tonight. Some big event must be scheduled for tonight. It is, mister Casey. Will you take your picture now and then excuse me? Oh, sure. Sure. Oh, Oh, I'm afraid I'll have to answer that. I've given my servants the evening off. Evening, Clara. Come in, Evans.
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Where's your mother? Will she phone that she'll be delayed? She'll join us here in a little while. Oh. Oh,
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you have guests? This lady and gentlemen are from the Morning Express. They're leaving right away. Miss Williams, mister Casey, this is mister Pentecost. How do you do, miss Pentecost? Pleasure. Sit down, Evans. Mister Casey is going to take a picture of me. Very well. And would you stand by the piano again, miss Simmons? Well, yes. Of course. Like
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this? Yes. Yeah. That's well.
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There. Got it. Thank you. You're welcome. Now I hope you won't think me rude if I ask. You've been very kind. Thank you very much. Good night, miss Simmons, mister, Pentecost. Evans Pentecost.
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Good night. Good night. Oh, and, thanks again. You back. Not at all.
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Why were those newspaper people here, Clara? To ask me about my engagement to Charles. I told them I'd broken in. Oh, to tell them why? I didn't say a word about you. Evans, you said you were bringing your mother here to meet me. I sent the servants away as you requested
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worried about us being alone? Why, naturally.
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You're very different from other women I've known. We'll go down to the mezzanine and wait for your mother. You're lovely in that gown, Clara. Don't try to change the subject, Evans. My mother once had a gown like that. Be a good boy now. Let's go down to the mezzanine.
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We must be alone, or you wouldn't be so insistent.
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Why, of course, we're alone.
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Alone.
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Evans? Why do you look at me like that? We're alone. Evans, you frighten me. All alone. Don't come any closer. Go away, Evans.
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I have a taxi cab for you, mister Pentecost. Thank you, boy. It's outside this door, sir. You've put my baggage in it? Yes, sir. Everything's all set. I hear. This is for your trouble. Thanks very much. I hope you'll be our guest at the Plaza again and very soon, sir. I don't think I shall be. Union terminal driver. Goodbye, mister Pentecost. Goodbye.
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Spellboy. Yes, sir? The guy who just got into that cab. Where was he going from here? It's against Fenimore Plaza rules to give out information concerning our guests, sir. Not with rules. That guy's a murderer. A what? I was bartender in the Colorado hotel where he killed missus Chalmers. That guy's Cecil Grammerton. Grammerton? The lady killer. Get the cops after him quick, then find out what day he's strangled here.
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Grammer didn't got away, captain Logan. He did, miss Williams.
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My man located the cab that took him from this hotel, but he'd gotten out of it with his baggage only a few blocks from here. He didn't go to Union Terminal where he told the driver to take it. No. Where he is now is anybody's guess, Casey. You said he didn't hurt miss Simmons, Logan. That's right. She was hysterical when they found her, but, otherwise, she was okay. Well, she was hysterical because he tried to kill her. Oh, he didn't even lay a hand on her, miss Williams. What? The thing's screwy the way she tells it. She says she suddenly got terribly afraid of the guy. He started to reach for her, and there was an insane look on his purse.
And all of a sudden, he drops his hands, mumbles an apology, and walks out. Oh.
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Of course you've searched the rooms that Brampton occupied. Sure.
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Well, did you find anything that might lead to nothing that looks very hot. Just an old photograph. A photograph? Yeah. Of a woman. I'd say it was taken twenty, twenty five years ago. It was in a nice leather frame. It obviously slipped out of one of the guys' suitcases. Can we see it? Yes. But there's to be no mention of it in your paper. I'm not tipping Gramma Tan that we have the thing. It's off the record lot. No. Yeah. Of course. Okay. Here it is.
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Oh, you sweet looking old lady.
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Too sweet. The prim and prissy type. Yeah. Hey, look. The name of the photographer who took this picture has the bottom look. Perkins.
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Name of the town Yeah. Perkins of Fairview.
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Fairview. That's only about a hundred miles from here. I'm taking a trip up there tomorrow. Alright. I'll go with you.
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Okay. But you may be wasting your time. It's my job to go. Well, I got a hunch it won't be wasted time, Logan.
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And I've got another hunch, a hunch that no newspaper guy should get. What's that? That you should kill the entire story of what happened tonight. Kill the story? Yes, Annie. Every bit of it. Oh, it's big news, Casey. Front page. Doesn't matter. Put that bartender under wraps, Logan. Tell the hotel people and miss Simmons to clam up about what they know and give all the papers a hush-hush order. Since this is the first time I ever got that kind of advice from a news hound, I'll take it. Oh, you should be thrown to the squirrels for this case. Oh, no, Annie. The The big story will be Grammerton's arrest, and we'll play for an exclusive on that. Logan, how soon can we leave for Fairview?
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Well, yes, captain Logan. I took this picture of the lady, oh, twenty years ago, I'd say. It was shortly before her death. Oh, she's dead, mister Birkins. Yes. She died of pneumonia. Well, who was she? Missus Asa Bristow. Very fine woman. I was her neighbor for many years, and we attended the same church. Did she have any children? Well, she had an only son, Elmer, an extremely well behaved boy. They were inseparable, and her death was a great blow to him. He was only about 15 at the time. Now, you know what happened to this Elmer? No, no. Relatives took him out west to live, and I've heard nothing of him since. Could you, describe him Mr. Perkins? Well, I knew the boy so well. I should be able to.
You know, that's strange. I can't just seem to remember what he looked like. You you can't. Well, is he, well, there was nothing about him. All that I can really recall is that he had a great attraction for girls and older women, although he seemed to care nothing for anybody but his mother. And, and he had a habit that was frequently irritating, a habit of humming sentimental old songs. Ah. I'm sorry I can't be of greater help to you. You've helped plenty, mister Perkins, and thanks a million. Let's go, Logan. Yeah. I'll probably get in touch with you later, mister Perkins. Well, I'll be at your service, captain. Goodbye.
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Goodbye, gentlemen. Goodbye.
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He couldn't have given us a better description, pal. Yeah. But
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what does it get us? Apparently, the lady killer's real name is Elmer Bristow, and he had a doting mother. Wait a minute, Logan. I think he developed what the psychological
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docs call a mother complex.
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So what?
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So it finally made him go haywire and start killing gals like Madeleine Chalmers. Listen, Logan. All of the eight women strangled by this guy were direct opposites of his mother. They were unconventional babes who did all the things that mama had taught her only son to despise. K. C, he did those murders for dough. Those thefts will send him to the chair instead of an asylum when he's caught, Logan. But his real motive, I believe, was hatred of a type. But he proved that last night when he didn't hurt Clara Simmons because I think she was the same type as his mother.
And that old fashioned dress she had on, she may have well, he may have seen her all of a sudden as his mother.
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Yeah. You may be right. And from what you've just suggested Maybe we can figure a way to make him walk right into our hands. Of course we can. And by using your dear old power of the press and Clara Simmons.
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Gerard. Yes. Yes, darling.
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Must you gaze into space and have those corny songs? I must be dreadful company.
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Oh, I beg you. Pardon, darling. I I I was thinking.
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Light me a cigarette? Oh, sure. Shall we get another drink? Oh, not now. Sitting here on the beach has made me lazy. We're gonna look out at the beach. Sitting here on the beach has made me lazy.
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We're gonna look out at the beach from your apartment tonight alone. Until tonight, every every minute will seem like an hour.
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That romantic line is pretty old, Gerard. Yeah. Well, I'll try to do better next time. I hope you do. Oh, speaking of romance, did you see this morning's papers? No. Oh, there was a silliest story about that frightfully rich Clara Simmons. Clara Simmons? Yes. Ever meet her? What?
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No.
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I have. She's a drippy little thing.
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What did the paper say about her? Oh, she's very ill. Ill? Pneumonia.
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Pneumonia?
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Brought on by a breakdown. Caused, the paper said, by erect romance.
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I see. Well, did the paper say where
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where miss Simmons is? Well, she's in the city hospital, I believe.
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Dorothy, will you excuse me? I've got to go back to the hotel. Why? I've got to put through a long distance called business. I may have to leave here on the very first train. Leave? What what's happening about tonight? Nothing, to my regret. Because, Dorothy, you're just the sort of woman I love to find alone.
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There he is, captain Logan, the man getting out of that cab. Fine, miss Simmons.
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Well, Casey, our car kite scheme works. Pretty sure it would. We knew he'd fallen for it after that long distance call came through to the hospital. When they told him I was really ill, miss Williams,
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he came to me. Now don't think of what he's doing now, miss Simmons. Think of what he has done. Yes. I must.
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Here he comes, captain.
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This is it.
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Hello, Elmer Bristow. What Will you Go ahead. Go ahead. You're a collector of jewelry. Here's a pair of bracelets for him. What's the meaning of this? What?
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Clara. Clara? Yes. You're not ill. This was a trick. Yeah.
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Now a few uninhibited rich gals are gonna enjoy longer lives. Take them away, man. Oh, come on, miss Simmons. I'll help you back, Johnny.
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Miss Simmons is crying. So what does that insignificant looking guy got made the women fall for him? Casey,
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if he wasn't on his way to jail
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I think I'd try to find out. Yeah. We gals crave romance, and if we don't get it from overwhelming personalities like yours well, there are a lot of Elmers.
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Annie, I think there's gonna be some nice moonlight tonight. Yeah? Uh-huh. So? Well, poor little miss Simmons needs comforting. Maybe I should invite her to go out without Ow. Oh, I'm so sorry, Casey. I didn't mean to kick you in the shin.
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This guy, Elmer, admitted all his murders.
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Yep. He's a psychopathic case, Edward. And when his kind start talking, they keep it up. You know, that guy's proud of all his killings. He's bragging about them now. A nice, sweet guy. Yeah.
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And you got him to come back here by figuring Clara Simmons had the engine sign on him just as his mother had. Yeah. He couldn't let her die of pneumonia as his mother died without trying to save her.
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So clever, this Casey. Expert photographer, consulting psychologist, and eminent authority on affairs of the heart. What? You sound bitter, miss Williams. Do I? Lanny, I'm not responsible for this rain tonight. Who said anything about weather?
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Well, if it had been a nice moonlit night, I thought I'm not interested in what you thought. Oh.
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To a person with even the slightest imagination, moonlight is nonessential. Oh,
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well, care to
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take a drive in the rain, Annie? Well, if the right person invited me properly.
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Miss Williams, will you go for a drive in the rain with me? I'd love to have your company. Why, yes, mister Casey.
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Where shall we drive?
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Poor Clara Simmons must still need comforting. How about calling on her and, oh, my other shit. So sorry, mister Casey. Clumsy of me.
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Listen, Casey. I'm a great man. What have you done now, Ethelbert? I'm the only man on the block who never saw a flying saucer. Well, that won't put you on on history's pages. You mean I won't be famous? No, Ethelbert. You gotta do something. You gotta be outstanding to be famous. Sure. Like Edgar Hawking, the most famous 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 the great city. Written by Alonzo Dean Cole. Our adventure for tonight, lady killer. Mid afternoon, the cocktail lounge of a luxurious resort hotel in Colorado. A man enters, surveys the place with casual approval, and saunters toward the bar. He's about 35, well dressed, and rather good looking, but there's nothing distinctive about him. As he waits for one of the bartenders to serve him, he comes an old tune.
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Would it be, sir?
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Martini, please. Extra dry? Yes, sir. Say, haven't I served you before, sir? Well, no. I just checked into the hotel an hour ago. This is my first visit to the bar.
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I don't mean here. Someplace else, maybe LA. I worked there last year. I've never been to Los Angeles.
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Denver Frisco then? No. I'm sure we've never met before. I've spent the last ten years in Europe. Well, I've never been across the water yet.
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I guess you just remind me of somebody. Yes. I imagine that's it. Yeah. See how this martini strikes you. Uh-huh. Oh, it's exactly right. That's how I try to make everything. Call me when you want another. My name's Frank. Frank. Yeah?
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I chat one another for a while, so I'll pay you now. Yeah? Keep the change.
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Hey. Thanks. Alright.
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Oh, by the way, that,
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fine looking woman at the corner table over there, do you know her? The brunette with the big diamond ring? Uh-huh. Yeah. I know her. Her face is very familiar. I was just wondering if You've probably seen her picture in the papers. There was a big story about a couple of weeks ago when she got a Reno Divorce from her husband, plus a million dollar settlement. Oh. Oh. She's Madeleine Chalmers. Oh, yes. Yes. Of course. To wait on her back at Toledo where she comes from. I worked there two years ago. She and another wealthy lady named Utley used to say I was the only bartender they'd ever met who could make a planter's punch exactly right. This, Mrs. Utley, she's a close friend of missus Chalmers? Miss Utley. She was one of them bachelor girls then or since she's married a banker named Fisher. Yeah. She and missus Chalmers were pals. Well, I'm acquainted with a banker named Fisher. I believe he married Nutley.
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But see now, his first name is This one's first name is Douglas.
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Either one you know? Well, his wife's first name is Irene. Irene Utley. Uh-huh. They're the people. I'm told they took a trip to Europe last year where you were. I guess you met him over there. Yes. London or Paris, I think.
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Mister and missus Fisher aren't here by any chance. Oh, no. No. Missus Chalmers tells me they're up in Maine this summer, Bar Harbor. Well, since missus Chalmers is alone, I shouldn't be intruding if I introduce myself, I suppose, and inquire about my friends, the, Fishers. No. I don't think so. I'll see you later, Frank.
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Thanks again, mister
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thank you.
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How do you do, missus Chalmers? I beg your pardon? I can see you've forgotten me. Irene Utley introduced her several years ago in, Toledo, I think it was, before she married Doug Fisher. Oh, you're a friend of Irene's and Doug's? Well, I spent a day with them only a week ago in Bar Harbor. How are they? Irene hasn't written to me in ages. They were fine, enjoying themselves. May I sit down and order us, I seem to remember you had a preference for planters punch.
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Do sit down. Thank you very much. I'm terribly embarrassed. You remember even my favorite
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drink, and I can't recall. Well, unlike you, I have a place that people don't forget. My name is Grammerton, Cecil Grammerton.
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Cecil Grammerton.
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You, plan to stay here for some time, missus Jarvis? At least several weeks. Well, I'm gonna remain about the same period, and if you'll permit our acquaintance to ripen, I'll try hard not to be forgotten again.
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Come in, Caster.
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Thank you, Madeline.
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Oh, you look lovely this evening. More so than usual. You like this gown? No. It isn't the gown or the perfection of your hair or those magnificent diamonds you're wearing. That's simply you.
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Cecil, you always say the right thing. I'm afraid you're what my dad used to call a lady killer. Lady killer? Or a wolf.
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I wonder how do I look like a wolf or a lady killer? No. Which makes you doubly dangerous.
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A week ago when you came to my table in that cocktail lounge I thought what a mild negative innocuous man you were.
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And now?
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Now I'm in my suite alone with you. I sent my maid away tonight as you requested.
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Which proves?
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I like you. Sit down. Mhmm. Hand me a cigarette, will you? Yes, of course. Here you are. Thanks.
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Light? Mhmm.
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You, only like me, Madeline? Last night, I told you that I loved you.
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And I almost believed you. Didn't believe me? A rich divorcee should be careful, especially when she knows a man
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no better than I know you. You'll get better acquainted with me tonight. You sure we're really alone here?
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Of course, dear.
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Now
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what do you wanna know about me? I'll hold you close as I tell you. Do you suspect I'm a fortune hunter who wants to marry you for your money?
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That's a possibility. But I'm comfortable in your arms.
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It's an impossibility. I wouldn't marry you for any amount of money.
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You wouldn't marry
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me? Or anyone like you.
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Oh, Cecil. Take over my throat.
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Take your hands away. Don't tell you what I am, Madeline. Cecil. I'm really a lady killer. Really a lady killer. Such nice diamonds you had, missus Chalmers. You won't need
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them anymore.
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Hey, Walter. Yes, Cecil Bright? Don't forget to stack some more paper napkins under the bar. Alright, Walt. Speaking of paper reminds me, Casey, did you see the newspapers this morning? Certainly not. I only work on a paper. I don't read them. There's a deep suspicion, Ethelbert, that,
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no press photographer knows how to read.
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Yeah. I've heard that, miss Williams. It's also suspected, Annie, that few reporters know how to write. Oh, yeah?
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Well, anyway, your morning express had an article saying that fella who's believed to have strangled missus Madeleine Chalmers in Colorado last month, you know, is thought to be hiding in this town. Is that true? No. It's baloney.
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Confidentially, Efflebert. Papers all over the country got such a swell front page spread out of that Colorado hotel murder, they're trying to keep it alive. Oh, wait a minute, Annie. Don't be skeptical. The police have pretty definitely tied him up with a murder of seven other wealthy widows. Well, it's not known for sure that Cecil Grammerton has killed and robbed other women. That's just some more newspaper buildup,
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Not in my book or in the cops. Listen, during the last five years, seven other rich women have been strangled and their valuables stolen under nearly exactly the same circumstance. Casey,
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people in that Colorado hotel who saw Gramminton every day don't give a description of him that agrees with the men suspected of the other crimes. Well, they don't agree with each other in the descriptions of Gramminton. He seems to be one of those negative looking guys nobody ever bartender out there remembered him according to what I read. All he remembers about him is that he was always humming sentimental songs. That isn't very much to go on. Whenever there's a sensational crime, a witness usually turns up or tries to get into the spotlight by telling a lot more than he really knows.
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Hey. Come on. We gotta get out of here, Annie. Oh, yeah. We'll do at the, Fenimore Plaza in, ten minutes. Right. What are you gonna do at that swanky hotel? Oh, one of those lousy assignments. The Express has an exclusive tip that the Clara Simmons has broken her engagement to the Charlie Fawcett. And we're getting a confirmation or denial from her before we pass the news to our palpitating public. Clara Simmons is the oil Harris? Yeah. Worth about 20,000,000. What I've heard, though, she's kind of a wet smack. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't drink. She doesn't,
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approve of modern bathing suits. She's a very nice girl, Casey. She's just a little bit old fashioned.
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I've met her. I haven't met a old fashioned girl for years. They're old fashioned now.
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Yeah. The oh, well. Come on, Annie. See you later this evening, pal. So long, Ethelbert. Shalom, Walter. Oh, Shalom, Casey.
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Walter, where are those napkins?
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The report you heard is altogether correct, miss Williams. Mister Fawcett and I have broken our engagement. Do you care to give me the reason, miss Simmons? I can only say that he and I agreed upon the termination and that we shall remain the best of friends. Now if you will excuse me, I'm expecting guests. May I take a picture of you before we go, miss Simmons? I'd rather you wouldn't, mister Casey. Oh, well, we can run one of your old ones that we have in our files, but she looks so nice this evening. I'd rather You know that no woman can withstand that kind of flattery. Take your picture. Thanks.
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Will you stand over there by the piano, please? Surely.
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Casey wasn't guilty of flattery, miss Simmons. That gown is charming. Thank you. Do you like the style? Uh-huh. Very much. I haven't seen anything like it.
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It must be the latest. It was twenty years ago. My mother wore it then. Your mother. She wore it to a ball only a week before she died. I was just a child then, but I've never forgotten how pretty she looked. I kept in. I had it made over to wear tonight. Some big event must be scheduled for tonight. It is, mister Casey. Will you take your picture now and then excuse me? Oh, sure. Sure. Oh, Oh, I'm afraid I'll have to answer that. I've given my servants the evening off. Evening, Clara. Come in, Evans.
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Where's your mother? Will she phone that she'll be delayed? She'll join us here in a little while. Oh. Oh,
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you have guests? This lady and gentlemen are from the Morning Express. They're leaving right away. Miss Williams, mister Casey, this is mister Pentecost. How do you do, miss Pentecost? Pleasure. Sit down, Evans. Mister Casey is going to take a picture of me. Very well. And would you stand by the piano again, miss Simmons? Well, yes. Of course. Like
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this? Yes. Yeah. That's well.
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There. Got it. Thank you. You're welcome. Now I hope you won't think me rude if I ask. You've been very kind. Thank you very much. Good night, miss Simmons, mister, Pentecost. Evans Pentecost.
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Good night. Good night. Oh, and, thanks again. You back. Not at all.
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Why were those newspaper people here, Clara? To ask me about my engagement to Charles. I told them I'd broken in. Oh, to tell them why? I didn't say a word about you. Evans, you said you were bringing your mother here to meet me. I sent the servants away as you requested
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worried about us being alone? Why, naturally.
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You're very different from other women I've known. We'll go down to the mezzanine and wait for your mother. You're lovely in that gown, Clara. Don't try to change the subject, Evans. My mother once had a gown like that. Be a good boy now. Let's go down to the mezzanine.
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We must be alone, or you wouldn't be so insistent.
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Why, of course, we're alone.
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Alone.
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Evans? Why do you look at me like that? We're alone. Evans, you frighten me. All alone. Don't come any closer. Go away, Evans.
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I have a taxi cab for you, mister Pentecost. Thank you, boy. It's outside this door, sir. You've put my baggage in it? Yes, sir. Everything's all set. I hear. This is for your trouble. Thanks very much. I hope you'll be our guest at the Plaza again and very soon, sir. I don't think I shall be. Union terminal driver. Goodbye, mister Pentecost. Goodbye.
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Spellboy. Yes, sir? The guy who just got into that cab. Where was he going from here? It's against Fenimore Plaza rules to give out information concerning our guests, sir. Not with rules. That guy's a murderer. A what? I was bartender in the Colorado hotel where he killed missus Chalmers. That guy's Cecil Grammerton. Grammerton? The lady killer. Get the cops after him quick, then find out what day he's strangled here.
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Grammer didn't got away, captain Logan. He did, miss Williams.
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My man located the cab that took him from this hotel, but he'd gotten out of it with his baggage only a few blocks from here. He didn't go to Union Terminal where he told the driver to take it. No. Where he is now is anybody's guess, Casey. You said he didn't hurt miss Simmons, Logan. That's right. She was hysterical when they found her, but, otherwise, she was okay. Well, she was hysterical because he tried to kill her. Oh, he didn't even lay a hand on her, miss Williams. What? The thing's screwy the way she tells it. She says she suddenly got terribly afraid of the guy. He started to reach for her, and there was an insane look on his purse.
And all of a sudden, he drops his hands, mumbles an apology, and walks out. Oh.
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Of course you've searched the rooms that Brampton occupied. Sure.
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Well, did you find anything that might lead to nothing that looks very hot. Just an old photograph. A photograph? Yeah. Of a woman. I'd say it was taken twenty, twenty five years ago. It was in a nice leather frame. It obviously slipped out of one of the guys' suitcases. Can we see it? Yes. But there's to be no mention of it in your paper. I'm not tipping Gramma Tan that we have the thing. It's off the record lot. No. Yeah. Of course. Okay. Here it is.
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Oh, you sweet looking old lady.
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Too sweet. The prim and prissy type. Yeah. Hey, look. The name of the photographer who took this picture has the bottom look. Perkins.
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Name of the town Yeah. Perkins of Fairview.
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Fairview. That's only about a hundred miles from here. I'm taking a trip up there tomorrow. Alright. I'll go with you.
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Okay. But you may be wasting your time. It's my job to go. Well, I got a hunch it won't be wasted time, Logan.
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And I've got another hunch, a hunch that no newspaper guy should get. What's that? That you should kill the entire story of what happened tonight. Kill the story? Yes, Annie. Every bit of it. Oh, it's big news, Casey. Front page. Doesn't matter. Put that bartender under wraps, Logan. Tell the hotel people and miss Simmons to clam up about what they know and give all the papers a hush-hush order. Since this is the first time I ever got that kind of advice from a news hound, I'll take it. Oh, you should be thrown to the squirrels for this case. Oh, no, Annie. The The big story will be Grammerton's arrest, and we'll play for an exclusive on that. Logan, how soon can we leave for Fairview?
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Well, yes, captain Logan. I took this picture of the lady, oh, twenty years ago, I'd say. It was shortly before her death. Oh, she's dead, mister Birkins. Yes. She died of pneumonia. Well, who was she? Missus Asa Bristow. Very fine woman. I was her neighbor for many years, and we attended the same church. Did she have any children? Well, she had an only son, Elmer, an extremely well behaved boy. They were inseparable, and her death was a great blow to him. He was only about 15 at the time. Now, you know what happened to this Elmer? No, no. Relatives took him out west to live, and I've heard nothing of him since. Could you, describe him Mr. Perkins? Well, I knew the boy so well. I should be able to.
You know, that's strange. I can't just seem to remember what he looked like. You you can't. Well, is he, well, there was nothing about him. All that I can really recall is that he had a great attraction for girls and older women, although he seemed to care nothing for anybody but his mother. And, and he had a habit that was frequently irritating, a habit of humming sentimental old songs. Ah. I'm sorry I can't be of greater help to you. You've helped plenty, mister Perkins, and thanks a million. Let's go, Logan. Yeah. I'll probably get in touch with you later, mister Perkins. Well, I'll be at your service, captain. Goodbye.
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Goodbye, gentlemen. Goodbye.
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He couldn't have given us a better description, pal. Yeah. But
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what does it get us? Apparently, the lady killer's real name is Elmer Bristow, and he had a doting mother. Wait a minute, Logan. I think he developed what the psychological
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docs call a mother complex.
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So what?
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So it finally made him go haywire and start killing gals like Madeleine Chalmers. Listen, Logan. All of the eight women strangled by this guy were direct opposites of his mother. They were unconventional babes who did all the things that mama had taught her only son to despise. K. C, he did those murders for dough. Those thefts will send him to the chair instead of an asylum when he's caught, Logan. But his real motive, I believe, was hatred of a type. But he proved that last night when he didn't hurt Clara Simmons because I think she was the same type as his mother.
And that old fashioned dress she had on, she may have well, he may have seen her all of a sudden as his mother.
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Yeah. You may be right. And from what you've just suggested Maybe we can figure a way to make him walk right into our hands. Of course we can. And by using your dear old power of the press and Clara Simmons.
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Gerard. Yes. Yes, darling.
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Must you gaze into space and have those corny songs? I must be dreadful company.
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Oh, I beg you. Pardon, darling. I I I was thinking.
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Light me a cigarette? Oh, sure. Shall we get another drink? Oh, not now. Sitting here on the beach has made me lazy. We're gonna look out at the beach. Sitting here on the beach has made me lazy.
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We're gonna look out at the beach from your apartment tonight alone. Until tonight, every every minute will seem like an hour.
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That romantic line is pretty old, Gerard. Yeah. Well, I'll try to do better next time. I hope you do. Oh, speaking of romance, did you see this morning's papers? No. Oh, there was a silliest story about that frightfully rich Clara Simmons. Clara Simmons? Yes. Ever meet her? What?
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No.
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I have. She's a drippy little thing.
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What did the paper say about her? Oh, she's very ill. Ill? Pneumonia.
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Pneumonia?
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Brought on by a breakdown. Caused, the paper said, by erect romance.
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I see. Well, did the paper say where
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where miss Simmons is? Well, she's in the city hospital, I believe.
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Dorothy, will you excuse me? I've got to go back to the hotel. Why? I've got to put through a long distance called business. I may have to leave here on the very first train. Leave? What what's happening about tonight? Nothing, to my regret. Because, Dorothy, you're just the sort of woman I love to find alone.
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There he is, captain Logan, the man getting out of that cab. Fine, miss Simmons.
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Well, Casey, our car kite scheme works. Pretty sure it would. We knew he'd fallen for it after that long distance call came through to the hospital. When they told him I was really ill, miss Williams,
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he came to me. Now don't think of what he's doing now, miss Simmons. Think of what he has done. Yes. I must.
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Here he comes, captain.
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This is it.
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Hello, Elmer Bristow. What Will you Go ahead. Go ahead. You're a collector of jewelry. Here's a pair of bracelets for him. What's the meaning of this? What?
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Clara. Clara? Yes. You're not ill. This was a trick. Yeah.
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Now a few uninhibited rich gals are gonna enjoy longer lives. Take them away, man. Oh, come on, miss Simmons. I'll help you back, Johnny.
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Miss Simmons is crying. So what does that insignificant looking guy got made the women fall for him? Casey,
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if he wasn't on his way to jail
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I think I'd try to find out. Yeah. We gals crave romance, and if we don't get it from overwhelming personalities like yours well, there are a lot of Elmers.
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Annie, I think there's gonna be some nice moonlight tonight. Yeah? Uh-huh. So? Well, poor little miss Simmons needs comforting. Maybe I should invite her to go out without Ow. Oh, I'm so sorry, Casey. I didn't mean to kick you in the shin.
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This guy, Elmer, admitted all his murders.
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Yep. He's a psychopathic case, Edward. And when his kind start talking, they keep it up. You know, that guy's proud of all his killings. He's bragging about them now. A nice, sweet guy. Yeah.
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And you got him to come back here by figuring Clara Simmons had the engine sign on him just as his mother had. Yeah. He couldn't let her die of pneumonia as his mother died without trying to save her.
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So clever, this Casey. Expert photographer, consulting psychologist, and eminent authority on affairs of the heart. What? You sound bitter, miss Williams. Do I? Lanny, I'm not responsible for this rain tonight. Who said anything about weather?
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Well, if it had been a nice moonlit night, I thought I'm not interested in what you thought. Oh.
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To a person with even the slightest imagination, moonlight is nonessential. Oh,
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well, care to
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take a drive in the rain, Annie? Well, if the right person invited me properly.
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Miss Williams, will you go for a drive in the rain with me? I'd love to have your company. Why, yes, mister Casey.
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Where shall we drive?
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Poor Clara Simmons must still need comforting. How about calling on her and, oh, my other shit. So sorry, mister Casey. Clumsy of me.
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Crime photographer starring Stutz Cotsworth as Casey is brought to you each Thursday by the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, makers of Fire King Oven Glass, Anchor Glass Containers, Anchor Caps and Closures, all products of Anchor Hocking, the most famous name in glass. Prime Photographer is directed by John Dietz. The original music is by Archie Bleier, and the program features miss Jan Minor as Anne and John Gibson as Ethelbert. Hermann Chittison is the blue note pianist. This is Tony Marvin saying good night for the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio with offices in all principal cities of The United States and Canada.
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