 Let every go signal remind you that you do go farther with signal gasoline the signal oil program The signal oil company and your neighborhood signal dealer bring you another curious story by the whistler Tonight beware the bridegroom and I know many things for I walked by night. I know many strange tales Many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows Presently, I'll tell you of nameless terrors of which they dare not speak but first I think you'll be interested in a letter from chapter and Joseph E. Boland who writes This is to express to signal oil company my gratitude and that of literally thousands of men for the abundant supply of salvo games Both on the outbound voyage and on the return trip We brought back many wounded and battle weary men You could find salvo games in progress on any part of the ship And I noticed that whereas card and chess and other games were often interrupted when I walked by Salvo players were so engrossed. They couldn't see anything but their game. I Sincerely hope signal oil company will be able to continue their generous supply of this excellent game Friends several weeks ago We announced on this program that a limited supply of salvo games would be available to the public There are still a few of these games left at signal stations However, in view of the constantly increasing demand for salvo games from men in the armed forces The signal oil company feels that from now on Every salvo game should be sent where it's most needed for the recreation of our boys in uniform Now the whistler the lights are low. The music is soft It's the cameo bar One of those dimly lit bistros in New York where people come to drink and be happy where others come to drink and be sad Over there in the corner of the bar John Lane and Biff Allen are sitting there morose New York hasn't been so kind. New York hasn't even noticed. They're on their uppers and they don't at all like the prospect Well, Biff drink up This is probably my last drink in a long time. I can't afford anyone Where do we go from here? Johnny, I was just gonna ask you the same thing. Oh, what's the new racket going to be? I'm fresh out life is sad We had to come to New York Yeah, bigger pickings. You said bigger suckers. All right. All right. I was wrong 100% wrong. Yes. Yes Money is the root of all evil. Oh, that's wrong. They're the love of money. All right, sports your college education You know when I feel good When I'm in the box Life's no good when you're broke Whoever said money isn't everything didn't know what they were talking about It's everything. All right with me I'm going back home you off. You're not starving. It's no fun Oh, sure the same you bet cold out. Ain't it? Yeah, I'm getting colder every minute The hometown is cooled off by now After elections, uh-uh, I'm afraid we're remembered Well, here you are boys. Oh, why don't you look what you're doing? Gee, sorry. Oh, you're sorry That's gonna help my suit. Ain't it look clumsy. He said he was sorry Johnny. Yeah, I said I was Don't don't don't bother. I'll fill your glasses up again. Oh gee. Thanks. I said I was Johnny you want to watch that tempers. It was an accident. Yes. I know. I know anyhow. We have to think of something Nothing new under the sun Shakespeare said then Could be You know Johnny, I've been sitting here looking into this glass of scotch What do you see? The reflection of my right eye Yeah, it's bloodshot. Oh I'm trying to think look at the reflection of your right eye. It's more soothing. I could spit in my right eye I'm not sore. No future in it Now I'm going back home. I Miss my old lady She could fix a beef stroganoff that would melt in your mouth. You've got exotic tastes. What's wrong with you? I miss my old lady. I should throw you out of the house You know Johnny Maybe we could try to dream up something sort of legal. I tried that once Yeah Hey, look. Hmm. What that mouse in a red dress Well, yeah, sitting alone in the booth. Ah, too skinny. She's passing out. So Let's give my hand. Oh listen, sir. Gala had desperate. Ain't we an old-time law? Well, I Don't get it. I wait a minute. Maybe I do You're the smooth one of this combo Go ahead. We're at the chance Maybe faith center. She's got class. I'm not interested in her social background. It's her money I'm thinking about them's real diamonds on her fingers, and I'm a cross-eyed kangaroo. Stay here I make it good Johnny Remember the mortgage on the old homestead. Ah, this isn't shivery gleaning in my eye But it may pass for it. Leave it to me. Who knows she might pave the way to a whole acre of beef stroganoff And so John Allen goes over to the booth and speaks to the little mouse in the red dress Presently they leave the cameo bar the girl leaning heavily on John's arm and hail a taxi And as it drives off John gets a chance to eye those diamonds at close range They're real all right and you fall into something good here, John What happened? You're in a taxi miss Warren. I'm seeing you home You were a pretty sick girl back in that bar. How do you know my name? Who are you? I looked in your purse hoping I might find a clue to your address I'm not only found a clue. I found the whole works right on this card. Miss Julie Warren Park Plaza Hotel, New York City You are miss Warren, aren't you? It was very kind of you. I wasn't sick. I mean not the way you think I Had only one drink sometimes it takes only one. Oh, no, I I haven't been feeling very well I had no business being there. Probably nobody on the joint has any business being there We're almost to the hotel, aren't we? Yes. Uh, oh by the way, uh, my name is lane john lane. How do you do? And mother by the way, I um helped myself to a small portion of the contents of your purse to Pray the expenses of this transportation. I hope you don't mind not at all with careless stupidity I left my wallet at home. Oh, right. You know, you shouldn't carry so much money around with you Dangerous. Oh, haven't you heard? There are thieves abroad in the night. Are you a thief? Do I look like a high woman? High women rarely do But you better lie back Relax, you better take your hand off my arm. I just wanted you to be comfortable. I'm sorry You have done me a real favor, haven't you? I thought so. I have to be careful. A millionaires, huh? Several times over Must be convenient Why my grandfather Josiah T war made several dozen fortunes by dreaming of a new kind of soap when he died He left 20 million dollars to me. So naturally you have to be careful. Everyone is after my money. Oh, why attribute base motives to everyone Look at me. My money hasn't made me glamorous or beautiful. I'm a plain jane and I know it So anyone acts interested I naturally attribute it to the money. Oh, you've got a complex. You aren't that bad Thanks for being glum Oh, here's the park plaza. Yes. Yes. Thank you May I see you again Why Suspicious as always I'd like to snap you out of that complex poor little rich girl. I think you're up to the job I'm a bundle of neurosis. My middle name is Freud. Mine is caution You know, there might be a common meeting ground for the two somewhere along the line Well, Friday night. All right Sure, as they say in the confession magazine, it's a date Yes, it's a date John Lane was easy, wasn't it? She may be cautious, but not cautious enough And so you take back the good news to your friend Biff Hello, Biff Johnny. Well, we're set honest. What a break. Good, huh, Charlie? All that pipe cinch. Tell me he's bored. Yeah, he's got millions and she's bored. Holy cow Oh, what we stepped into never can you step out when you want her who said I wanted to step out What do you mean, Johnny? Don't say I didn't warn you Biff, but you are now looking at the lucky gent who will shortly marry and settle down with julie Warren the sofarist Hey, south Julie Oh, you dance beautifully, Johnny. You're my favorite partner. I'll bet you say that to all your partners Happy very happy. Let's never stop dancing. Shall we whatever you say Oh Riding since I was nine, but you gave me a real race. Well, I should johnny. I went to the best riding academy Tion not a bit. Oh, you look swell julie radiant. I owe it to you, Johnny You got me out of that shell and into the open these weeks have been wonderful. Come on. Come on. I'll race you back to the stable Okay, here I come right after you Dining dancing horseback riding the theater the races the works And it's a success Julie Warren and john lane sneak off quietly to connecticut one day and are married off to bermuda for a honeymoon A blissful idol and then return Make it look good, Johnny Oh, we're back. I I can't just sit around being a rich woman's husband. Why not? Well, I just couldn't you get bored Might And you won't mind dear of course not johnny. Oh good. I want you to be happy and if you have to be busy to be happy Of course, I'm glad you agree with me sweet Kiss me. Yes, sir So john lane gets a job or so he tells julie So he's not around in the daytime But by night there's the theater and parties weekend yachting excursions plane trips nothing too expensive or too grand Life is easy life is charming without care The marriage of john lane and julie Warren is a sensational success until one day Hello, john. Hiya darling back from work so early. Yes, I'll have to hurry and right away. We're not going to the theater tonight Oh, why not? Oh, what do you mean? You lovely don't you? Of course dear That's good. What are you leading up to julie? Sit down, won't you? Yeah, sure I've something to tell you. Oh, so I gathered Comfortable quite Don't stall I'm broke What about the soap? A lie And the soap millions sheer fabrication No Don't I can see your surprise put this set up your clothes your jewels And it is assembly and act You fooled me You don't really mind do you johnny? I love you. Why did you do it? Why and how did you do it? I grew up in red wing minnesota Go on. Have you ever been to red wing minnesota? No I wanted to get away I was an orphan when I was 12 and old woman adopted me She wanted a maid cheap You The millions the clothes you're coming to bed This old woman tried to be nice but she didn't quite know how to do She let me go to night school and rush up on my grandma things like that Last year she died She left me $10,000 never been very popular johnny had a very exciting life And I wanted a romance and excitement and glamour The husband So I sunk the whole $10,000 in clothes and jewels And you married me everything came true Johnny, I love you. I love you terribly I know this is probably something of a shock that I should practice such a deception, but Well, I didn't want to go out fooling you anymore Anyhow, I can't afford to the rents overdo now What are we going to do do? Yes, johnny What? I haven't a cent But your job haven't any But you said I've been going to the races on the money you gave me Then we're both fakes Ten carrots sitting to the whistler brought to you by your friend the signal oil company Marketers of famous signal gasoline you're best buy today Remember to let every ghost signal remind you you do go farther with signal gasoline That is a surprise, isn't it john? You married julie because you thought she was worth millions Now you find out she hasn't a cent Two cheats Caught with each other So you go out for a walk to talk things over and to have a talk with biff allen at his rooming house No, I'm not kidding. She hasn't got a cent the rent's overdue We'll believe it We got taken by a mouse in a red dress. I'm not so sure We maybe we'll come out of it. Okay after all How the dame hasn't got any money. I've just remembered something An insurance policy an insurance policy. Yeah for 20 grand I don't get it. No, but I do if she dies. Yeah, I ran across it one day and her things She said she'd forgotten about it, but now that we were married. She'd have me named as beneficiary And she did yeah, she did I saw to it But I still don't see you don't get it until she dies. That's right And she's good for plenty of years yet. Yeah, and we need the money now right again So there's only one solution. Yeah, what? She's gotta die now. Oh, but she Wait a minute johnny. No We've done a lot of things, but we never got in anything like that. I don't plan to I'm not interested in murder in this state. You're burned. Not me. I'll figure away. I won't get caught Johnny listen plenty of guys have tried and they got caught don't do it We can make money some other way and live to enjoy it. I worry too much biff now. Don't worry. I'll be okay Johnny, I mean you're really good at doing it. Yes, I am I'm not going to be made a sucker by a mouse in a red dress Johnny you're going to take the chance. Are you the big chance? Think you can get away with it. Do you well plan it carefully? Figure the whole thing out as you walk back to the hotel Get up your nerve as you slip in the back door and sneak up the stairs Now into the apartment and get it over with as fast as possible. Worried about you where'd you go? Why are you looking at me like that? Johnny Stop it Johnny what are you going to do? Johnny and you thought of coming back here That's it drag out the bureau drawers Throw their contents on the floor Knock over chairs make it look good Make it look like a terrific struggle like a burglar had tried to rifle the place Yes, that's it. It's a sham Now get out of here quickly down the back stairs the way you came in Don't let anybody see you hurry to the cameo bar It's not there as you thought he'd be but the bartender is and he's the one you want anyway Hello there, mr. Lane. What's it gonna be same as the last one? Last one, but you didn't have any other drink. Oh, sure. I did. Don't you remember about 15 minutes ago Hey, you're joking mr. Lane. You just came in you haven't been here all day Mr. Allen was here, but he got a phone call and left about 15 minutes ago Now joe you could be mistaken about that couldn't you maybe you just didn't see me come in Maybe just didn't notice me sitting back there in the back booth Yeah, but I would have maybe this will help you to remember that I've been here for two hours all afternoon almost Hey That's a hundred dollar bill. Yeah, but you could use a hundred, couldn't you? Well, yeah, sure sure. Yeah, it's yours go on take that's right Oh joe I'll have another one just like the last one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sure mr. Lane's got your water coming up Simple isn't it Johnny your alibi is all established Joes like anybody else. He'll keep his mouth shut for a hundred bucks Now all you have to do is go back to the hotel taking your time Stop at the desk for your key Ride up in the elevator and chat with the operator Go into the apartment find the body and yell for help Simple isn't it, but it's even simpler when you get there because the elevator boy has news for you There's something doing up on your floor mr. Lane something doing what I don't know, but there are cops up there This is even better somebody's already found the body a chambermaid perhaps You get off go in and there they are What what's the matter? What what's going on here? Oh You're mr. Lane. Yes. I'm mr. Lane, but what are all these? I'm uh, I'm sorry mr. Lane. I Have some bad news for you What's the matter? Well, what's happened here? Where's julie? I'm sorry mr. Lane. There's been a tragedy Your wife is dead Dead Oh, it can't be Can't now please please mr. Lane. I'll take it. Hey. Hey somebody hurry up. Bring me some water That's right Johnny put on a good act lay it on sick Take a few minutes before you're coherent enough to ask the inspector a question One of the maids saw a suspicious character breaking into your room. She called the police But we didn't get here in time to save mrs. Lane place was in shambles and She'd been strength. You said a suspicious character. Yes a burglar. We got here in time to catch him just as he was trying to leave You caught it. Yes. Yes. Don't worry mr. Lane. He'll be brought to justice for the murder of your wife Now what can this mean john? This is really an unexpected twist But it makes everything even simpler. There's nothing to it now What they want you to go down and take a look at the man they caught him So you do you want to anyway? You're curious to see the man you're sending to the electric chair Only you're night quite prepared for the shock Here he is mr. Lane biff alan. He's called He swears he didn't kill your wife, but he won't say much else except that he wanted to see you I don't know why yeah I wanted to see him because I figure he'll have something to say I figure he'll tell you I couldn't have killed his wife Go on johnny tell him you know this man mr. Lane. Why uh go on johnny tell him I didn't kill her I never saw him before in my life. Johnny You wouldn't do that to me. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know you That's the way you're gonna work it Inspector he knows me. All right only this afternoon. He come to my ruling house my landlady will testify to that And he told me he was gonna murder his wife. That's fantastic He's making up a fantastic story to try to warm out of it. You know he did it you caught him there I went there to try to stop you from doing it, but I was too late mr. Lane Where were you about three this afternoon? Oh, you don't believe this man shortly. I'm not sure mr. Lane You see that's one thing that puzzled it the coroner says your wife died about Three o'clock. We didn't catch this man until almost four Why should he give states along? I was in the far all afternoon the bartender will testify to that. I'm sure he will okay. We'll see come along Things aren't going so well. Are they johnny now everything depends on joe the bartender But you can depend on him can't you johnny? you uh The bartender here you've been on duty here all afternoon. Yeah, sure up two o'clock on okay You ever see this man? Oh, yeah, sure. That's mr. Lane. Was he here about three o'clock this afternoon, but No No, he wasn't he gave me a hundred bucks to say so but he wasn't He didn't get here till after three thirty. Why you here here take it easy. I'm sorry mr. Lane I thought it was just your wife. You wonder fool. I had no idea was anything to do with the police I can't take any chances like that mr. Lane. I would have told you that all right lane now. You'd better come along with me quietly The whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending of tonight's story Meantime here's a typical american success story The story of hal halverson Who opened a small signal station in east long beach california 10 years ago For hal this wasn't just another job As with all signal dealers scientific lubrication of motor cars was his permanent business And he kept doing that job so conscientiously That today hal halverson signal station has doubled in size and it takes three assistants to serve the customers who come back year after year One of the things they particularly like is that they can call hal at home anytime they need help For instance recently a long beach customer called that his car was stalled. He thought it was out of gas When hal took out some gas he found the trouble was really a clogged gas line and the customer was soon on his way again Well that friend is typical of the kind of service we have in mind when we say You're doing your car a real favor when you get acquainted with your neighborhood signal dealer He's not only a trained expert in lubrication But because that's his permanent business Your signal dealer is conscientiously interested as interested as you are in helping your car go farther And now back to the whistler Yes, johnny lane now sits brooding in a solitary cell of the river You can't blame him for being unhappy about biff wandering in boiling the setup Only what he's really unhappy about is that biff didn't get there a little sooner in time to stop the murder Yes, you see the reason biff came to the hotel and broke into the room was to stop johnny To tell him that there was no need to murder julie That he had checked up and found out that she was a long way from being penniless In fact 20 million dollars away from it She invented the penniless story to test johnny's love for her She really loved him and she didn't know what a chance she would take And he didn't know he was throwing away the sweetest chance of his life Sad all right, but not so long the state's going to end his troubles for him any day now Next Monday at nine o'clock the signal oil program will bring you another strange tale by the whistler The signal oil program is broadcast for your entertainment by the signal oil company Marketers of signals famous go farther gasoline and motor oil And by your neighborhood signal oil dealer who is at your service daily to keep your car running for the duration The signal oil program directed by george w ellen with story by victor kushner and music by wilbur hatch Is transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service bob anderson speaking for your friend the signal oil company And suggesting once again that you let every go signal remind you that you do go farther With signal gasoline This is cbs the columbia broadcasting system