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In this episode, we delve into a gripping tale of intrigue and suspense, set against the backdrop of a tumultuous time in American history. We begin with a news update from KIXI, Seattle, where presidential attorney James Sinclair demands public impeachment hearings, while the House Judiciary Committee grapples with leaks concerning White House tapes.

As the story unfolds, we are introduced to Ruth Moody, a woman battling kleptomania, who finds herself ensnared in a plot far beyond her control. Ruth's struggle with her compulsion to steal is compounded by a sinister proposition from a mysterious man named Tom Andrea, who seeks to exploit her condition for a high-stakes heist involving a $50,000 diamond pin.

Ruth's internal conflict and the pressure from her husband, Ralph, who works in city government, add layers of tension to the narrative. As Ruth is drawn into the scheme, the episode explores themes of guilt, desperation, and the fine line between illness and criminality.

The episode reaches a climax as Ruth is forced to confront her actions and the potential consequences for her husband's career. With a twist of fate, a stolen pen becomes the key to unraveling the mystery, leading to the arrest of the true mastermind behind the plot.

This episode is a thrilling exploration of human frailty and the complexities of moral choices, set against the backdrop of a society grappling with political and personal scandals.

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This is your friendly music station, KIXI.   Dial ninety one AM   or ninety six FM,  

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Seattle. Eleven o'clock.  

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CBS News. Citing what he termed selective news leaks, presidential attorney James Sinclair, Thursday, demanded the house judiciary committee immediately open its impeachment hearings to the public.   Chairman Peter Rodino refused, but said he was taking steps to avoid more leaks, some of which dealt with White House tapes the committee members were hearing.   This is Doug Polling reporting on the CBS Radio Network.   The judiciary committee met again in secret Thursday night and listened to some more tapes. Emerging from the session, several members were asked by reporters   if they heard any ethnic or racial slurs in one of the conversations between John Dean and president Nixon.  

One member, Robert McClory, said yes, but declined to elaborate.   McClory did add, he didn't say anything against the Irish so far.   More news after this message.  

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Former attorney general Richard Klein Dean's Thursday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor   charge refusing to answer senate questions about the ITT case. Klein Dean sent it the guilty plea on the misdemeanor charge after plea bargaining with the special Watergate prosecutor's office, which was investigating his statements before the senate judiciary committee and the Watergate grand jury. Reporters asked prosecutor Leon Jaworski if Klein Dean's could have not been indicted for perjury.  

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The decision was that this was the appropriate charge, and this is as far as I can go. Mister Jaworski, wasn't this a contorted reading of the statute? However, the refusal to testify, he didn't refuse to testify. He lied, didn't he? Oh, the  

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the,   charge, if you will read it closely, says that he refused to testify accurately.   You just construe that yourself.  

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There appears to be some question whether Kleinbeams will face disbarment proceedings in Arizona where he's licensed   practice law, the Arizona Bar Association says it'll look into the matter. Transit workers in Chicago gone on strike, a move that will affect millions, a report from Lynn Walter of station WBBM   in Chicago.  

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Chicago's thousands of buses and rapid transit trains stopped rolling at midnight when their drivers and motorman hit the bricks. The strike was called by the Amalgamated Transit Union when negotiations over a cost of living escalator   remained unresolved at the appointed time of the strike. The talks continued until a half hour later, then bargainers for both sides emerged to say they were at a stalemate. A mediator failed to help. So with the rush hour just a couple of hours away, at least 2,000,000 Chicagoans who daily rely on the CTA will now have to find alternate means of transportation.   Already, Chicago cab companies are doing a land office business, and police are being called out to deal with what is expected to be the worst traffic jam to hit Chicago in many years. Pickup lines have been established at all CTA facilities,   and the strikers vow to remain off the job until their demands are fully met. This is Len Walter for CBS News Chicago.  



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This is the first time in Chicago history that all mass transit facilities have been out at the same time.   Arabs are threatening their own retaliation   for Israel's retaliation Thursday. Israeli jets pounded refugee camps in Southern Lebanon striking back after the Arab commando attack Wednesday, the left 24 Israelis dead.   Palestinian leaders are promising what they term swift revenge.   In Cairo, the Middle East news agency says the Arab world will not stand idly by. Now this.  

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Even a thief has a certain amount of professional pride as we learn in the case of Dennis Evans. He's serving a term at the Rhode Island State Prison for robbery. A Providence newspaper recently published an item about Evans' case and reported he was caught on the spot during a drugstore holdup.   Evans wrote the newspaper protesting the story. He says he was not caught on the spot, but was arrested a mile away and an hour and a half later.   Evans says the report of his being caught on the spot is, in his words, an affront to my professionalism   and skill.  

Outpolling CBS News.  

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CBS for the Great Northwest, KIXI   AM and FM Seattle. The weather outlook for the Puget Sound area continued cool, a few showers and chance of isolated thunder showers tonight.   Chance of showers tomorrow and Saturday with partial clearing at times.   Lows in the low forties tonight and tomorrow night. Highs tomorrow and Saturday in the upper fifties.   Variable winds five to 15 miles an hour.   Currently, the temperature is 50 degrees.   Time now for KIXI   CBS Mystery Theater brought to you in part by your friendly Tradewell store.  

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The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents  

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Come in.  

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Welcome.   I'm EG Marshall.   Welcome again through the creaking door.   The sound which always signifies   the beginning of another tale of danger and suspense.   Being in the mystery business,   our fables often deal with crime and criminals.   This time, it's a thief,   but a thief with a very definite difference.   For Ruth Moody is a young lady who walks into department stores and simply helps herself   simply because she can't help herself.   Yes.   You've heard of her peculiar ailment.   It's called kleptomania,   the neurotic impulse to steal.   But kleptomania   isn't the only trouble in store for Ruth. I got a proposition for you, missus Moody.  



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How would you like to make a thousand bucks?  

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A thousand dollars? How?  

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Well, you do like I said. You're gonna get a thousand bucks in the mail.   But if you don't,   Well, your husband may not be able to make a living anymore.   You, get what I mean? No.  

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I don't know what you're talking about.  

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I'm talking about stealing stuff, Mrs. Moody.   About that bad habit of yours.   Now we got a use for that habit.   And you better listen to what we have in mind.  

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Our mystery drama,   The Trouble with Ruth,   was written especially for the mystery theater by Henry Slesser   and stars Marion Seldes.   It is sponsored in part by the Kellogg company, makers of Kellogg's special k cereal   and   new sugar free diet seven up.  

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S I n e o f f. Sign off. Exactly.  

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Sign off. The sinus medicines in the bright red box.  

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We're in Barnett's department store in the downtown shopping district. And if it looks and sounds like a battlefield this morning,   it's no different from any other Saturday.   Well, maybe a little more so since Barnett is running its semi annual clearance sale   just as it does every other month.   It's the ideal place and time for bargain hunters   and, unfortunately,   for shoplifters.   Pardon me, miss?  

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Yes? Would you mind coming with me just for a moment, please?   What for? On our assistant manager, mister Hutchins, would like a word with you.  

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I don't know, mister Hutchins.  

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Why does she wanna talk to me? No. Please don't make any trouble. I could call the guard and have you escorted upstairs. You wouldn't want me to do that now, would you? Oh, boy.   What have I done? I think you know exactly what you've done now. Would you, please come with me   quietly?   Right in here, please. It's a mistake. I did take the scarf, but I was gonna pay for it. Here's the lady, mister Hutchins. Alright, Bill. Thanks. You, want me to stick around? No. No. No. No. It's alright. Okay. Then I'll get back on the floor. It's murder down there. More larceny than murder, I'd say. Alright.  

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sit down. Mister Hutchins, I I know it looks like I took the scarf deliberately, but really I You were going to pay for it at another counter. Is that the idea? No. I   I wanted to match the color with the purses and that's why I put the scarf in my bag. I wanted to go over to the handbag section. Would you mind telling me your name? I'm not a shoplifter, so help me. I'm not.   My name is Ruth Martin. Is it missus Martin? Look at me. Can't you tell I'm not a thief?   I don't even know why I took this scarf. It's just a cheap little thing. It's not at all like the clothes I wear.  

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Well, look at me. Can't you tell? Would you wait just one moment, missus Martin?   What's that you've got? Oh, it's just a little handbook we keep sort of a private record book.   You see,   most of the retailers in this city cooperate in these matters, supplying each other with the names of known   hauptomaniacs.   I'm sure you've heard that word before. I am not a thief. Well, that's what I'm trying to determine, missus Martin,   since there is a significant difference between shoplifters and kleptos.   The difference, of course, being our ability to prosecute since   one steals for gain and one because,   well, because she can't open   it. No. I'm afraid I don't see any Ruth Martin in the book.  

Alright.  

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It's Moody.   Pardon?   My real name is missus Ruth Moody.   I   I didn't wanna give you my real name.   I I didn't want my husband to know about this.  

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Yes. Yes. Here it is.   Ferraro's,   three spools of thread,  

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pearl buttons from Wilkins and Smith. Oh, the last time it was a handbag. Awful, ugly, beaded thing.   It wasn't even worth more than 5 or $6.   Are you going to call my husband? Is that what happened at these other places? Yes.   Oh, it was awful. Please.   I have the money to pay for the scarf. I'll gladly pay you twice what it was worth.   Please don't let him know it happened again. Don't you think it's best that you know? Maybe he'll try to help you over the problem. Don't make me beg you. My husband has a job in the city government, a very important job. Missus Moody, I'm not interested in causing you any trouble, believe. Look here, take the scarf back.  

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Well,   what's this?  

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Nothing. Some costume jewelry that I've been in the Missus Moody,  

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you didn't buy this any more than you bought the scarf.   It still has the price tag on it.  

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A dollar 95.  

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That's what makes it so unbelievable, Ruth. A dollar 95 rhinestone pin. I don't know why I took it, Ralph. Any more than I know what drove me to pick up that awful scarf and just drop it in my bag.   It's just like those other times. Yes, but you swore to me that those other times would never be repeated. Well I thought it was over. I really did. I don't understand what goes on in your mind when you do these crazy things. I don't know. It's just an impulse.   It seems so terribly easy that things are just sitting out in the open the way they are and I I never even stop to think if I like it.  

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Just if I can get away with it. But you never do, you get caught.  

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maybe that's part of the sickness too, Oh, stop saying I'm sick. I'm not. I'm not. What would you call it? Look, honey. You you've got to see a doctor. I've told you that it doesn't suck. I will not go to a doctor. I can't stand the idea of it, Russell. Talk to one. Give him a chance. Maybe it's something   something simple. Maybe   maybe you're just trying to get punished because of guilt feelings that you can't resolve. You're wrong about wanting to get caught. I don't. I swear I don't.   I've gotten away with a dozen things.   What?  

What was that? Nothing.   I don't wanna talk about it anymore. And it isn't just three, four times that this has been going on. You're probably out there shoplifting every single day. That's not true. I  

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almost never go into the stores for exactly that reason. Alright, Ruth. That settles it.  

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You are going to talk to a doctor.   Then,   you do remember the first time you stole, missus Moody?  

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Yes.   I remember very well. But   but it was something I really wanted then, doctor Burger. That was the big difference. Mhmm.  

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How old   were you?  

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I was about eight or nine.   I was in school.   There was a girl named Fanny Ritter.   Her family was very wealthy. She was always the best dressed girl in the class.   Yes. Yes. She had this pencil box.   It was absolutely   beautiful   with a blue binding and all sorts of secret compartments.   I wanted that pencil box so much.   And one day I I walked into an empty classroom   and there it was   lying on the seat. Yes. And,  

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were you caught?   No.  

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I was never caught. Mhmm. But that was the biggest thrill of all,   not being caught.   But then I  

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I also realized I couldn't use the pencil box,   at least not at school. Yes. Yes. I see.  

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All kids steal sometimes. There's nothing abnormal about it. But,  

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you're not a child now, are you?   And yet, you still crave this secret feeling, this secret gratification.  

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No.   You're wrong. I don't get any pleasure out of taking things.   I feel terrible afterwards every single time. Well, but that may be exactly the gratification you require. I don't wanna hear anymore.   You sound just like my husband. Believe me, Mrs. Moody.  

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Neither your husband nor I want to find fault with you. We both want to help you. Well, it's his job my husband is worried about, not me.   Why do you say that?  

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Because he works for the city government in the controller's office and   he's afraid if they ever found out about me that he   Why am I talking about Ralph that way?   I know he loves me. I know he wants to help me. Yes. So why don't you let him try?  

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Let both of us try. No.  

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I don't need a doctor. All I need is to   stay out of department stores.  

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Who is it?  

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Alright. Alright.  

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Missus Moody? Yes?   Hi, missus Moody. You don't know me, but my name is Tom Andrea. There's something I have to talk to you about. I know exactly what it is. Encyclopedias.  

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Or is it magazine subscriptions?   No, ma'am. It's   nothing like that. Well, whatever it is, I'm not interested. It's about department stores.   What?  

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You know, stores where people buy things and,   take things too   sometimes.   Are you from Barnett?   No, missus Moody. I don't work for Barnett's or for Wilkins and Smith or any of those places that you like to,   shop in.   Look. It's pretty drafty out here. Can I come in for a minute?   Alright.   Thank you.   Her husband's not home, I suppose. I mean it's a working day so he's at work, right? Oh, that's clever thinking.   Can we, talk in here?  

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Only if you get right to the point.  

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Well now look, this ain't the kind of thing you like to just blurt out. I mean, I mean it's kind of sensitive here. You know what I mean? No,   I don't.   I mean, it's about you and your husband and so forth.   If you think about it for a while, you'll get my meaning.  

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Am I right?  

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You'll have to be more specific.  

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Well, you just won't come out with it yourself,   Okay. I'll say it for you.   I'm talking about you being a shoplifter.   That's a lie. Whoever told you that is a liar. No. No. No. No. No. It's true. Wait a minute.   If you think you can black mail me by telling my husband No. No. Mrs. Moody. We know that your husband knows all about it. He's been getting you out of jams for years.   And what do you want here?   Well, believe it or not,   I wanna give you money.   I don't wanna take any from you. What for?   Services rendered.  

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What?  

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I got a little proposition for you, Mrs. Moody.   How would you like to make a thousand bucks?  

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Thousand dollars?   How?  

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Well, you do like I tell you, you'll get a thousand bucks in the mail.   What if you don't?   Well, your husband may not be able to make a living anymore.   You, get what I mean?  

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No.  

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I don't know what you're talking about. I'm talking about stealing stuff, Mrs. Moody. About that bad habit of yours. Now we got a use for that habit.   And you better listen to what we have in mind.  

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How do you know about me? Who told you about me?  

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Well, let's just say I got sources.   I swear to you, I'm not a thief. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. I know that. We know it.   We? Well, me and my friend.   We know you're just a sick lady that you can't help what you do. It's well, it's just like you had pneumonia or hay fever. It's it's not your fault.   Am I right? That's right.   Yeah. Well, it's fine. Only your husband still don't want the people around City Hall to know he's got a klepto for a wife.   Does he?  

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Then this is   blackmail.  

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A man in his line of work, he can't afford to have people know his wife steals.   Now some people would understand how it's only a sickness.   But that   is   well, you know how people are.   Tell me how much money you want.   I don't want a dime from you, Mrs. Moody. Honest. All I want is your cooperation.   You see, my friend and me, we,   we have a little plan.   A really, really sweet little idea.   Everybody makes money and nobody takes any chances.   And what could be sweeter than that? A plan to do what? For heaven's sake. Well, my friend will give you all the details.   All you gotta do now is put on your coat and come with me. My friend will give you the whole deal. I'm not coming with you.  

We're not desperate for your help. Don't get this wrong.   But we thought we'd give you a break.   Well, it's too bad.   If you just   tell me what you have in mind.   Why shoplifting, Mrs. Moody?   A little nice and easy shoplifting.   Only this time, not for an old $5 piece of junk.   This time for something worth more like   $50,000.  

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Well,   troubles have a way of multiplying   themselves, don't they?   And as you've just heard,   the trouble with Bruce has suddenly developed   serious complications.   Will missus Moody's unwilling   petilarceny   turn into a larceny of the grand variety?   We'll find out when we return shortly   with act two.  

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And now another story of the ball and chain as Kellogg's special k presents Veronica and Jeff. Oh, Jeffrey. Is miss Ronan Kate out in a quiet lake at night with you rowing a boat? Yes, Veronica. It's really neat. Jeffrey, what was that? Frogs. Frogs that go bong? They're pretty weird frogs. Oh, Jeffrey. You're such a car. You have a ball in chain. Like the ones I use in those special k commercials. Yes, Veronica. It symbolizes my few pounds of extra weight. But I'm going to get rid of it. How? By exercising. You know, like rowing this boat and eating smart at every meal. Starting with a special k breakfast. You mean a one ounce bowl of high protein special k, four ounces of skim milk orange juice and coffee? Precisely. It's less than 240 calories and it tastes delicious. It'll help me get rid of this ball and chain. I'll help too, Jeff. After all, we're all in the same boat.  

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Do you have a ball and chain  

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too?   Your happy ending could begin with a special k breakfast from Kellogg's.  

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Missus Ruth Moody,   faced with a prospect of harming her husband's career,   has accepted the invitation of the man who calls himself Tom Andrea,   although her instincts tell her that Tom Andrea   isn't his name at all.   As they drive towards their unknown destination,  

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she steals   sidelong   glances at him.  

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Noting the copper sheen of his skin,   the look of a man who has spent far too many hours under a sunlamp. But   he also has a look of a man  

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who won't take no for an answer. Can't you tell me where we're going?   Relax, Mrs. Moody. It won't be long now.   Who is this friend of yours anyway?   You'll meet him. He works for a department store, doesn't he?   I know they keep records of people like   well,   of kleptomania   victims.   That's the only way you could have found out about me. I just lean back and enjoy the ride, Aren't you afraid I might recognize him if he's one of the people that I've met? Here we are, missus Moody.  

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Told you it wasn't very far.  

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The Hotel Hamilton.  

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Looks like a fire truck. Well, it's not very fancy, but it's private.   We can all have a nice quiet talk.   Just the three of us.  

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One moment.  

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That you, Tom? Yeah. It's me. The lady with you? Yep. She's here. Just a second then.  

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Oh, I Don't don't be scared, missus Moody. My friend doesn't really look like that. He's just got a stocking over his face. Come in.  

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I,   hope you will forgive the mask, missus Moody. I know it looks grotesque, but it's necessary   for your own protection.   For me?   It's important that you don't recognize me after our business is concluded.   It would be   embarrassing   if we were to run into each other in,   different circumstances.  

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a department store, for instance? What my friend means, missus Moody, is that if you started hollering for the cops when you saw him again, we,   would have to do something about you.   Understand?  

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Yes. I I understand. But please don't be alarmed.   Nothing like that's going to happen.   I can assure you that I am not a professional criminal,   no more than you are.  

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Then what kind of criminal are you? Why don't you sit down?  

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The sofa is the only comfortable seat in the room.   Here, let me take these papers away.   I was just drawing up a few diagrams to help you understand exactly   what you have to do. Diagrams? Would you like some coffee?   We have a small kitchen. There's a pot already made. No. I don't want any coffee. Tom, why don't you do the honors?   Do you drink yours black, Mrs. Moody? I'm afraid I don't have any cream.  

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Alright.  

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Black coffee. I see, Mrs. Moody. I told you it was gonna be very friendly.   Well now,   how much has Tom told you about our little enterprise?  

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He just said that if I  

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didn't help you, you'd tell my husband's employers about me. Well, I really hate for that to be the inducement, Mrs. Moody. I was hoping that,   you'd cooperate   more willingly. Why should I? Well, didn't Tom mention the thousand dollars?  

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He also mentioned something about $50,000   about   shoplifting something worth a fortune.  

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Don't tell me you have qualms about it. A lady with your history?  

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You just don't understand about me.   I don't take things because they're valuable or even because I want them.   I'm not a thief.  

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Not in an ordinary sense of the word. Yes. Yes. We we know that. And that's exactly   why we're taking you into our little circle, Mrs. Moody. Because   you're a kleptomaniac,   not an   ordinary thief.   And that's why you can help us commit an extraordinary  

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crime. I don't want to commit a crime and I don't want your thousand dollars. Here's your coffee, missus Moody.  

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Let me tell you what makes it so different, missus Moody.   An ordinary crime entails a certain amount of risk,   but this particular crime   is guaranteed to be risk free. Oh, that's what people always think. No, Mrs. Moody. Even professional criminals recognize   a certain degree of chance when they plan their enterprises.   Personally, I would never get involved in anything like that. I loathe the idea of being arrested. Oh, so do I. And I know exactly what it feels like. But you've never been arrested, have you?   You've been detained,   questioned,   reprimanded,   warned,   but you've never been arrested   once. Isn't that true? Oh, why should I be? I told you. I'm not a criminal. No. You're not legally liable for your little thefts, missus Moody.  

You steal because you have to steal. And if you're caught,   you merely give back what you've stolen   and that's that. No arrest, no prosecution,   no risk. You're beginning to see the point, Mrs. Moody?   You want me to steal something for you. That's right, Mrs. Moody. And something a great deal more valuable than,   shall we say,   the school of red? Oh, dear Lord. Let me explain our plan in detail.   At 12:15   tomorrow afternoon Tomorrow? At 12:15,   you will enter a shop called Travell's on 40 Seventh Street just off Fifth Avenue. You may not know the place. It's a rather expensive jeweler's.   You will approach a certain counter.  

The diagram will make it clear which one I Wait a minute.  

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You're talking as if I've already agreed to do this thing. Please look at the diagram, missus Moody.  

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You will approach this counter   and engage the attention of the salesman.   You will ask to see a certain tray,   the one I have marked with the arrow. A moment or two after you begin to examine that tray, there will be a disturbance in the store. Right. A disturbance. The disturbance will take place on the other side of the counter.   It is almost inevitable that your salesman will have his attention drawn away from you when it occurs. In all likelihood,   he'll leave you and go to see what has happened.   That's when you will act. You'll pick up the diamond pin on the upper right hand corner of the tray   and drop it into your purse.  

And then   you'll simply walk out the door.   You're really mad. As you can see from the drawing, the distance between the counter and the door   is a very short one.   You can reach it within three or four seconds. You can be sure that your salesman will be much too occupied to notice   that you have left. I won't do any such thing. That's plain and simple, Robert. When you reach the outside, you'll see a man with a yellow canister collecting funds for children's welfare.   The man will approach you immediately. You will drop the diamond pin into the opening of the canister   and walk to the corner.  

There will be a taxi there in all probability. It's a hack stand.   If there isn't a taxi waiting,   hail one or walk to the bus stop.   Believe me, you will have ample time to make your getaway. There isn't going to be any getaway. I am not gonna do anything so insane. As I said before, you'll be perfectly safe. You'll have absolutely   nothing to lose.   If you're stopped before you reach the exit, simply give yourself up.   When Travell learns of your little,   idiosyncrasy,   no harm will come to you. It'll be just another neurotic   incident, nothing more. You're wasting your breath. You'll tell them about your problem.  

They'll check with other stores and find your case history on file. No. There's no way I'll do such a thing. Hey. What's the matter with you lady? Didn't you hear the man?  

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You can't get into trouble doing this.   But your husband will if you don't. Let me out of here. Please.  

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Pick someone else out of those files.  

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Alright, Tom.   If that's how Mrs. Moody wants it. Then  

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I can go.  

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A door was always open, lady.   See? But if you change your mind, missus Moody, just call me here at the Hotel Hamilton.   Just ask for   Room 408.   But if I don't hear from you tonight,   well, you know what we'll have to do.  

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You've sure been quiet tonight, Ruth.  

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Have I?  

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You,   you didn't go out today, did you?  

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No.   I told you I wasn't going anywhere. I was just wondering.  

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I mean you said something about dinner tonight about cooking something special and   here we are with last night's meatloaf. But you said you didn't lie. Of course. I don't lie. You know I'm not fussy about food. I know.  

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You're just   too nice for your own good sometimes Ralph.  

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And,   you just weren't feeling up to cooking today. Is that it? Oh, I know what you're thinking.  

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You think I went on another shopping spree or should I say shoplifting? No, Ruth. I didn't think anything of the kind. Well, I didn't. I swear I didn't. Okay. Okay.   Ralph, can I ask you something?  

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Sure.  

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What   what would happen if if people knew about me?   What   people? The people you work for in the controller's office.   Or,   the mayor himself. What if they knew about my   illness?  

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They'd know. That's all.   Would it hurt you?   Honey, this is silly. Nobody knows about your problem, but you and me in a few department stores and doctor Burger, of course, the doctor you won't see anymore. But if they were to find out,   would it hurt you? Look, haven't we got enough to worry about without thinking the worst? Then it would be bad for you.   Someone in your position where honesty is so important. Ruth, you're not dishonest. You're sick. There's a tremendous difference.  

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That's why I'm so sorry you won't see that doctor. But but would everyone understand the difference? I mean, when they learned about my stealing things,   would they think twice about you?  

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You want the truth?   Yes.   Yes. They would. They're only human.   No. No. They're worse than human. They're politicians.   They have to be elected to office and that's exactly the kind of scandal they don't like.  

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Yes.   I guess I've always known that was true.  

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Honey I think I could use some more gravy.  

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Yeah. Oh, I have some in the kitchen.   I'll be right back.   Is this the Hotel Hamilton?   Room four zero eight, please.  

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And so missus Ruth Moody   has taken the first fatal step.   And tomorrow at noon,   she'll take several more steps   to the doors of Travell's Jewelry.   And for the first time in her life,   Ruth will steal   and know the reason why   she's stealing.   Will it really make a difference?   I'll be back shortly with act three. Hi. I'm Goldilocks.  

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Miss Goldilocks,   if you please. And I'm a professional   taste tester.   Here at my taste test laboratory,   that's TTL for short.   I taste test everything from porridge to diet drinks.   Actually, there's not that much taste testing in porridge these days.   There used to be once upon a time. I mean, that's how this miss got into the biz.   But lately, it's been diet drinks. I mean, with so many diet drinks going sugar free, I've been really busy conducting taste tests,   a rather unbearable   assignment to be sure. But then I discovered sugar free diet seven up. Fresh, natural, delicious.   My only problem is that sugar free diet seven up tastes so good that it broke my Goldilocks   diet drink taste o meter.  

Well, sugar free diet seven up certainly has my seal of approval.   This one's just right.  

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When you shop at your friendly Tradewell store, there's never any mystery about the values you receive. Tradewell offers the best food, the best selection,   the best service,   and at the best possible price. So don't be mystified about shopping for food. Shop at your friendly Tradewell store and stretch your food dollar without sacrificing quality.   Here are some outstanding values this week at your friendly trade well.   USDA prime or choice beef blade pot roast   65¢   a pound. Fresh   pork loin and roast cut from four to 17 pound loins, three to five pound average,   88¢   a pound.  

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At 11:30   the next morning,   missus Ruth Moody left her apartment   and took a Fifth Avenue bus to 40 Seventh Street.   None of the other passengers saw anything unusual in her expression.   They couldn't read the turmoil of her thoughts   or the fear that haunted her eyes behind the sunglasses she wore to hide them.   She kept telling herself that what the man in the stocking mask said was only too true.   That no matter what happened,   she couldn't be blamed for what she was about to do.   She was still telling herself that when she pushed open the heavy glass door of Travell's.  

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May I help you, Mary? Oh, yes, please.   I'm looking for a diamond pen.   It's a present for my mother. I see.  

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Do you have any particular kind of pen in mind?   We have everything from abstract designs to representational   pins. You know, animal loosened flowers and so forth.  

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Maybe if I just, browsed a little? Certainly.  

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See some of our selection right here but, we do have others.  

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Oh, yes.   There's so many. Aren't there?  

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Of course, it would help if you knew the price range.  

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Oh.   Well, the price isn't important. It's just that the pen be right. Yes. I see. I do like that.   This tray right here on the first shelf. Yes. Well, that seems to have quite a few nice pens. So I'll bring it out for you.  

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Actually,   these are some of the best stones in our collection.   You have good taste.   They really do sparkle, don't they? This is, what I make by representational   as you can see, it's in the shape of a cat. Oh, well, no. No. My my mother hates cats.  

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I think maybe   just something No. The other one was simple. Simple. You will just take your time, Amber. Alright.   Thank you.  

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What was that?   Someone smashed one of my cases. You can't excuse me. Terribly sorry. I I clumsy things. It's  

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it's all my fault. I was holding my umbrella under my arm. It just slipped out and hit the glass. Now.   I I really don't know.  

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Alright. Alright. I got it. Back, please.   Bob, would you lend a hand over here? There's glass all over the merchandise. I feel dreadful about this. I I Quite alright, sir. No harm done to all, I sure   will.   I've done it.   I've really done  

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it outside. Help the needy children.   Help the needy children, lady. What?   Please help the Children's Welfare Society, lady.  

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Oh, yes. Yes. Of course.   Here.   That's all I have.  

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Thanks very, very much, lady. Thanks a lot.   Help the needy children?  

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Raul?   Is that you?  

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Yes. I'm home.  

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How are you, honey?  

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I'm alright.  

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You sure?  

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You don't look so good. No. No. I'm I'm fine really.  

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Would you like a drink?   Yeah. I wouldn't mind. Thanks.   What'd you do today?  

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I went out for a little while.   Went to? Oh, no. In particular. I took a walk.   Weather was nice.  

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Uh-huh.  

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Took some things to the cleaners. Did a little marketing.   Here's your drink. Oh, thanks.   For heaven's sake, stop looking at me like that.   I can't bear the way you look at me sometimes, Ralph. I'm sorry, Ruth. It's nothing deliberate. Well, of course it's deliberate.   It happens all the time now.   You keep staring at me as if you're trying to read my mind.   As if you wanted me to confess something. Now Ruth that isn't true.  

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You've got to stop thinking such things every time I look at you. What's gonna happen to us, Ralph?  

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What kind of marriage are we gonna have from now on? Ruth, we've been married six years now. I think we know how to live with each other. But you can't live with this   disease of mine. You can never stop suspecting me of having stolen something again.  

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Isn't that what you're thinking right now? All I'm thinking about is that you don't look well.  

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And how disappointed I am that you won't see doctor Berger.   I I called him today, by the way. What for?   Well, I just wanted to talk to him, find out if   there was anything more I could do to help you. And what did he say?   He said there might be.   Oh, What do you mean by that? Well, I I told Berger about our talk last night about how worried you are that the people at city hall might find out about   about your illness.   Now he told me that was an important part of your guilt syndrome, whatever that means. Oh, I hate that psychiatric   double talk. Just the same. He he thought you'd be a lot better off if you weren't concerned about such things. If you were able to admit  

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that you were ill. I do admit it. It doesn't mean that other people have to know about  

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it. Ruth.   I told them.   What?   I told Maguire, the controller.   I took him out to lunch.   I told him all about your kleptomania.  

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Oh no, Ralph.  

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Oh no. Look I I hadn't realized that I was hiding it too. That I wasn't treating it like an illness either. And I was acting as if it were   something shameful. What did you do it for?   For us, Ruth. But now you'll lose your job. No. I'm not going to lose my job. It's gonna be alright. But you said Now I know all the dumb things I said last night about how this sort of thing can hurt a politician. Well, I was wrong.   Maguire   is more of a human being than a politician.  

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You mean he's not gonna tell anyone else?  

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He won't give me away? No. That's not what I meant.   Maguire suggested that we both go and talk to the mayor himself about this. Oh, Ralph. You can't. I already have, Ruth.   What? I've seen the mayor.   You know what he said?   He said that it wouldn't make any difference to him this year or next year when he recommends me for the number one job in the controller's office. The number one? That's right. McGuire is moving up. I'm next in line for his job. And the mayor is behind me now, Ruth.   Do you think   he'd be behind me if he   really thought my wife was a thief? Oh dear lord.  

Ruth. What   am I done? What have I done? Honey, honey, what is it? Oh, why did I go through with this? It's the matter, Ruth. I just told you everything's okay. I've  

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ruined everything now, Ralph. Oh, God. You knew what a horrible thing I did today.   What are you talking about?   I am a thief now. God help me, Ralph. I really am a thief.  

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Try and stay calm.   Did you   get a look at the man who broke the glass with his umbrella?   Do you think  

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that he was the same man you've met yesterday at the Hotel Hamilton? I'm sure he was. But I told you he was wearing a stocking mask over his face.  

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And this this other man, the the one who called himself Tom Andrea, he was the same man who was collecting for children's welfare outside the store. Yes.   Ruth,   you know there's only one thing to do now, don't you?   What do you mean?   We've got to tell the police. Oh, Ralph. No. That would be awful. Travell's will have discovered the theft by now. They they must have your description from the clerk. Sooner or later, you might be identified. They can't do anything to me, Ralph. I'm not responsible. I am sick. No, Ruth. In this case, you are responsible.   That's why we have to call the police.  



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Alright, miss Moody.   Here's the typed statement you gave us.  

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Can I go home after I sign it? Yes. Yes. Of course. But,  

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better read it over first.  

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What happens after that Lieutenant Amos? That depends.   On what?  

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Well, mostly on whether or not your wife has told us everything. But I swear I have. I'm not saying your story is phony, miss Moody.   My own viewpoint is that it's too cockeyed to be phony.   But, that may be a subtle way of looking at it. Why should she lie about this, lieutenant? What would my wife have to gain?   Well,   she could stand to gain a diamond pen worth almost $50,000.  

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But she doesn't have the diamond. She gave it to them. Yes.  

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That's a story.   But,   let's say for example that those two men never existed. Oh, that's a horrible thing to say. I'm telling you how other people might see this thing. If you were a crook and you realize that you'd been spotted in Travell's,   well, this story of yours would put you in the clear, wouldn't it? But it's true.   Every word of it. But you see the problem, don't you?   You've been identified as a robber.   You've confessed to stealing the pen.   The fact that you're a known kleptomaniac   doesn't help.   Some people might even be nasty enough to say that you got yourself that reputation   deliberately. This is incredible. You're accusing my wife of being a thief. Oh, what can I say to convince you? If you could only give me a better description of those two men. Well, I've done the best I could.  



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The first man, he was of average height,   dark hair,  

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very sunburned. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You keep telling me about that sunburn,   but that's not going to last very long, is it?  

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Lieutenant,   you think that sunburn was a kind of disguise? I'm sure it was, mister Moody.  

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And the other man,  

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he wore a stocking mask. There's no way I can describe him. What about the hotel, lieutenant? No good. It's a kind of a dump which doesn't even bother to keep a register   even though it's a city ordinance.  

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But the clerk might be able to identify the man who took the room. Maybe.  

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If we could produce them.   Only,   how do we do that?   What about the thousand dollars they promised to send her? Oh, I wouldn't count on that. If she's telling the truth, you'll never hear from him again.   Okay.   So maybe it's a new gimmick. Maybe one of them works in a department store, has access to the names of recognized kleptos.   I'm sure he did work in a department store. Yeah. And so do thousands of people, Miss Moody.   All you've got to do is name the one. And if she can't,   what happens then?   I think you know the answer to that.  

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Will I be arrested? But you can't arrest her. She's sick. She was seeing a doctor. I'm gonna see him again. Oh oh, so help me Ralph. You really mean that Ruth? I'm  

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I'm not gonna stop seeing doctor Berger until I'm cured.   Unless they send me to prison first. Well,  

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have you read the statement Miss Moody? Yes.  

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Yes. It's alright. I'm ready to sign it. Fine.  

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Now let's see.   I thought I had a pen on this desk.  

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Oh, well. I think there's one in my purse. I'll get it.  

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Hey. It's funny.  

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What is?  

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Well, this isn't your pen, Ruth. I don't recognize it. Do you? Let me see.  

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No? No. That isn't my pen. Oh, Ruthie. No. Not again. You mean you stole it, Mrs. Mooney?  

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I'm afraid I did.   I remember now,   when the man was drawing the diagrams of the jewelry store, he   left his pen on the coffee table and I,   I just couldn't stop myself. Wait, wait a minute.  

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You stole his pen, the man in the stocking mask?  

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Yes. Will you arrest me for that too? Let me see it.  

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Miss Moody,   do you realize there's a name on this pen?   It's from Barnett's department store and it's engraved with the name of the owner. What? Barnett's department store. J. M. Hutchins.  

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Hutchins?   He's the assistant manager.   He is the one. Lieutenant,   You found your man.   Well, why do you know?  

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This is the first time I've ever seen a proof of that old chestnut.  

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Old chestnut?  

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That it takes a thief to catch a thief.  

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The moral of this story might be   never steal anything small,   particularly   if it's a diamond pin worth $50,000.   Will you be happy to know that the police investigation proved the guilt of mister JM Hutchins   and   the innocence of missus Ruth Moody.   And the last we heard   the only trouble with Ruth   was going to be a little one.  

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I'll be back shortly. Look, let's put an end to all this gloomy sounding stuff you've been getting so much of lately.   Income tax is behind us. Spring is here. Aaron's hit number seven fifteen, and there's even reason for hope with the gasoline thing.   It's in this new spirit that I'd like to talk to you about buying a new car.   It's a small car when you can judge seemingly and not just in terms of how many miles per gallon it gives you.   The car is a Buick,   a Buick Apollo.   Like any self respecting small car, it is economical.   It's got a six cylinder engine and a 21 gallon gas tank, which combined to give Apollo good gas economy and great range.  

But Apollo can also seat six passengers, and it has the kind of smoothness,   quietness, and interior comfort that you'd expect of a Buick.   Okay. You're looking for a car and you think it should be small.   Well, Buick has the car,   Apollo.   But don't buy it because it's small.   Buy it because it's a Buick.  

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You've seen the Budweiser commercials on television and maybe you've wondered how long people have been putting that famous Bud label on things. Well, not as long as the brewers of Bud have been putting things on the label. Things like a list of Bud's most important ingredients.   Brewed by our original process from the choicest hops, rice and best barley malt.   And things like the following statement.   This is the famous Budweiser beer. We know of no brand produced by any other brewer which costs so much to brew and age. Our exclusive Beachwood Aging produces a taste, a smoothness, and a drinkability   you will find in no other beer at any price,   unquote.  

Yes. Brewing beer right does make a difference.   Read the Bud label.   Taste the king of beers, and you'll agree   when you say Budweiser,   you said it all.   Anheuser Busch, Saint Louis.  

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We hope you've enjoyed our story,   and we hope your reception has been as good as the reception we've been getting at the Radio Mystery Theater.   In case you haven't heard,   we're attracting millions of listeners all over the country.   Yes.   Television has its rabbit ears   but we have human ears.   Thank you for lending them to us.   Our cast included Marion Seldes, George Petrie, Jack Grimes,   Jackson Beck, and Gil Mack.   The entire production was under the direction of Hyman Brown.   Radio Mystery Theater was sponsored in part by Signoff,   the Sinus Medicines,   Buick Motor Division, and Anheuser Busch Incorporated,   brewers of Budweiser.  

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dreams.   Listen to Mystery Theater again tomorrow night, same time, same station.   Stay tuned for the news next.  

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Twelve midnight.  

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CBS   News. Eleven thousand mass transit workers have gone on strike in Chicago, the first total shutdown of that city's public transit facilities.   This is Doug Polling reporting on the CBS radio network.   In just a few hours, about 2,000,000 people will have to find other ways of getting around in Chicago, the nation's second largest city. There were long talks aimed at settling the transit workers dispute, but they broke down late Thursday night. A dispute over cost of living increases is a major issue.   Chicago police are bracing for a massive traffic jam as commuters turn to their cars. Taxi companies are gearing up for what looks like a very busy day for the Chicago Cabbies.  

More news after this message.  

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Painting the walls may be the least expensive way to change a room's decorating scheme.   This week, True Value Hardware stores make it even less expensive.   It's National True Test Paint Week. You can take your pick of a couple of True Test Supreme Interior Latex Paints at very special savings.   Hi. Pat Summerall here with the details.   Satin hue latex flat, for example. It goes on smoothly without dripping, without painty odor. It hides well, dries fast, and tools clean up in soapy water. Choose from 48 colors and white for only $5.97   a gallon.  

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Israeli warplanes Thursday struck at least five Palestinian   camps and three border villages in Lebanon. It was in retaliation   for Wednesday's Arab guerrilla attack on an Israeli town, which left 24 persons dead.   Palestinian leaders are already promising revenge for the Israeli raids. The Israeli strikes have also drawn a strong response   from Egypt. Bob Ellison reports  

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from Cairo. Egypt's   Foreign Minister said that Arab countries will not stand still for Israeli aggressive raids on Palestinian   refugee camps in Lebanon.   Ismail family described the Israeli attack as a serious escalation in the tense situation in the Middle East. He called on the international community to condemn the Israeli action.   Despite the foreign minister's warning, there is little feeling that Egypt will intervene at this time in the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel, but she is expected to press for condemnation   by the United Nations of the Israeli raid.  

Bob Allison, CBS News, Cairo.  

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Former attorney general Richard Kleindienst faces a minimum of one month in jail and possible disbarment following his guilty plea Thursday on charges of refusing to answer senate questions about the ITT case. Kleindienst is the second cabinet member in history to be convicted of a crime.   According to court papers filed on Thursday, Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski has found no evidence that president Nixon authorized the 1971   burglary   of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist or knew about plans to make the burglary.   Jaworski rejected claims by defendants in the case that the raid was condoned by the president and was undertaken to protect national security.  

Jaworski in lengthy briefs filed with the courts and members of the White House Plumbers Unit acted on their own illegally.   The House Judiciary Committee met again in closed session Thursday night to listen to some more White House tapes. Several committee members said afterwards that president Nixon did use racial slurs in some of his remarks.   Presidential attorney James St. Clair, Thursday, asked the committee to open its hearings to the public. St. Clair is saying the White House is unhappy with news leaks from the committee's closed door sessions.   Chairman Peter Rodino refused   the question of opening the hearings to the public, but he did say he is taking steps to plug the news leaks.  

The French presidential   campaign will be all over in a few hours. On Sunday, the voters will make the decision. The choices are Valerie Giscard d'Estaing, a conservative,   and Francois Mitterrand, a socialist.   The government of Jamaica has hiked export taxes on bauxite and aluminum   exports by almost $200,000,000   a year. The action drove the prices of aluminum stocks down Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.   Now this.  

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I want that sinus medicine. Headache tablets? No. Sinus medicine. Sinus tablets.  

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Helps the headache down the pressure. Oh, you mean sign off. Exactly. Headache pain is one thing. A sinus headache is something else. Sometimes your whole face can seem to throb with pain.   You want relief.   Take sign off tablets,   s I n e o f f, the sinus medicine that gives you a full dose of pure aspirin   plus a sinus drainer.   Synoff,   the sinus medicine that helps relieve sinus pain while you drain.   And Synoff doesn't stop there. Have you tried sign off sinus spray? The fastest known form of sinus congestion relief.   It works in seconds.  

That's sign off sinus spray.   When sinus flares up, use sign off tablets and spray only as directed. S I n e o f f. Sign off. Exactly.   Sign off. The sinus medicines in the bright red box.  

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In case you've never gone to a theater to see the 1939   film of Gone with the Wind, you might be able to see it on TV next year. UPI reports NBC TV has paid $5,000,000   for the right to a single TV showing next year of Gone with the Wind. If it's true, this is the highest price a network has ever paid for a single program.   Doug Poling, CBS  

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News. CBS for The Great Northwest, K I X I, AM, And FM Seattle.   The weather outlook for Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, and vicinity continued cool. A few showers and chance of isolated thunder shower tonight.   Chance of showers tomorrow and Saturday with partial clearing at times.   Lows in the low forties tonight and tomorrow night. Highs tomorrow and Saturday in the upper fifties. Variable winds five to 15 miles an hour.   49 degrees downtown, 45   at SeaTac.