 This is Ken Roberts inviting you to listen to another adventure of Casey crime photographer Ace cameraman who covers the crime news of a great city our adventure for tonight Unlucky numbers afternoon at the Blue Note Cafe and Casey and Ethelbert are discussing a very delicate situation It's a very delicate situation Casey Gladys wants to marry me. I think now Ethelbert, what makes you think that she said so? Oh And what I'm scared of is if I don't ask her to marry me. She'll be mad if I do ask her to marry me She'll marry me. Hmm. Casey. What am I gonna do? Ethelbert? You must be firm Yeah, yes, sir. It's been my experience that once you let a woman get the upper-hand you're done. Casey be the boss Yeah, and whatever you do, Ethelbert. Don't forget Miss Williams forget what Casey? Oh Annie Well, Ethelbert and I were just a you know that well, we just I know you were teaching him to be firm Oh, I want to work for a firm. Don't change the subject Ethelbert Anyway, Casey Burke has an assignment for us. Yeah, what do a story on the numbers racket. Why what do you mean? Why oh, it's Burke off on another one of his crusading kicks clean up the town So terrible about the numbers if a guy wants to be a sucker you bet the buck maybe loses the buck maybe wins 550 550 what bucks if you win, that's the odds You bet on the last three digits of the treasury balance. What's the harm in that? Well, don't look at me. All I know is Burke said to get the lowdown something to break it up So let's go. We'll go where how do you start? Well, you could ask Steve Pollichick Oh Steve Pollichick. He plays the numbers. Well, that's a start Where does this Steve Pollichick live over on Ward Street 22? I think it is. Oh, come on, Casey Okay, all right of all the silly assignments Burke ever handed as this is without a Fertile brain decide to get a story that'll break up the numbers racket of all the silly assignments to send us on This is without a doubt. This is where I came in what? Bring the bell again. Oh, I did it Looks like Pollichick's not home Yes, hello, we're looking for Mr. Steve Pollichick. Does he live here? It's no home yet soon Maybe you'd like come in and wait. Oh, thank you. Thanks very much. I His mother your friends with him. No, we're just here about the numbers game numbers Go away what go away go fast now before he comes Sorry, we upset you Mrs. Pollichick. I forgot to say that we were from the express, you know the newspaper Please I think when you say numbers, I think you come sell Steve number well, we haven't but even if we had Mrs. Pollichick, why should you be so upset? Oh bad bad, but why it's like sick with my Steve is like sick sick from betting Mr. Casey now you listen You know man that the drink maybe no can stop sure but the numbers like that with my Steve he no can stop no can stop You want sorry for newspaper? All right? I tell you story Even me we want farm in country little farm chickens. Maybe cow, you know, I know so we save money Steve is good boy works on shop every week bring home money for safe three dollars sometimes maybe five I put money in sugar bowl. It's good. I say Go on Mrs. Pollichick. I say five wait. There's no hurry good things You got to wait for but Steve all the time you hurry no can wait young You know lots of time he has but no can wait. Yeah, I see then one time Steve no bring money for safe He spent three dollars for bet for numbers He say if you win you have money for payment on fire, so he bet well did he win? No, you know win that week so he bet money next week He know win and next week and next and next and next and you know we never oh, that's bad Every week he spent money for bet more and more and then he take money for sugar bowl Well pretty soon sugar bowl is empty then he take money from me more and more and more now I know can pay bills me Pollichick and no can pay bills Mr. Casey miss Williams my friend Glad to meet you. Oh Steve. Hello Steve Mark, can I talk to you for a minute? Well, I'm here talk. Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean in Private well, we'll wait outside. No stay listen. What do you want Steve? But my But what do you want Steve? Two bucks my just two bucks sugar bowl is empty from my housekeeping money I mean it's gone to Steve, but I need the dough. What'll I do ma stop gambling mom? Please don't pick on me. Mrs. Pollichick. We'll leave you alone. No stay listen Steve. I know pick on you Yes, you do. Don't you see my don't want to gamble I gotta I lost too much to quit now when my number's bound to come up And what it does come up mom will be rich for we want to be rich She's enough to save paid bills with money and sugar bowl. Yeah, sure lousy nickels and dimes We can buy a farm in a hundred years. Oh, it's not true. There's lots money in sugar bowl before Before what? We'll go ahead and say it before I swipe the money to gamble That's what you was gonna say huh TV Before I robbed the sugar bowl before I swipe the money TV. I know blame you can't talk about nothing else But your lousy sugar bowl lousy old sugar bowl with a lousy old crack in it all empty Look at it all empty, and I don't care you hear me. My I don't care. I don't care about your lousy old sugar balls My help me Somebody help me My I can't stop Like it's like being drunk or crazy Every week I get my dough and I see This time I'll I'll bring it home tomorrow all of it Then that guy comes along with us. It's lousy numbers. I can't stop those numbers guys mother I Wish they was all dead so do I So do I That's what he said Logan. I wish there was all dead and me two hours ago I said what harm is there in the numbers? You should have seen this poly check boy captain Logan nice kid But all shot to pieces. Yeah, I know they get like that. Well, they shouldn't The odds against him the guy who bets doesn't have a prayer. Why can't you cops do something about it? That's not my department Casey talk to the vice boys They pick up the guys who sell tickets, but two more always sprout from the same spot Double is nobody knows who operates this thing. Well, I'm gonna find out. No Maybe I'll pretend to be one of the numbers boys myself Casey. I got news for you Two years ago a plain clothesman discovered their hangout was Al's pool hall over on 10th. That's all he just discovered their hangout The next day we discovered him Murdered oh Yeah, yeah, it's still on the books unsolved Maybe I had a mosey over to Al's pool now Casey, please now even if you're a stinker I like you better alive than dead glad to hear that any If anyone wants me, I'll be over at Al's pool hall This pool Al Al's got here. Yeah, nice tables. Yeah You know I ain't seen you before I'm new None of the boys they ain't seen you before Well, I'm new Numbers, huh? Work for Andy. Uh-huh Southside that's right Andy don't operate on a south side He does now What do you mean? He started this morning. You mean he's taking over to read territory to get at yourself Well, that's good news. I'm glad to hear it They call me whitey Like a game of pool sure they call me Duke Reason I kissed your first off. We've got to be careful sure and I'll break one ball in the side pocket Sure getting hot today whitey seven in a corner How's the numbers going whitey? Collected nearly three G's a sweep with no hits didn't have to pay out a cent, huh not one eight ball in a side But we've got to operate careful sure and those papers are getting after us Sure This guy Casey over at the express him and a reporter named Williams. You see the stories there right now Sure That guy Casey's gonna wake up some morning and find himself dead, you know Sure glad you dropped in today, pal What's up? This case he's getting on our necks. Not at least we haven't let him know who our boss is yet We've got to keep our mouth shut the great guy the boss Sure, I never met him great guy sure I guess so Thanks shot on the three. Yeah He never comes around here does he the boss in a crumb bum joint like this? Don't be funny. Arthur Matheson is a gentleman. What do you say today whitey the word is to take it slow Yeah, what's up this Williams Damon is Casey on the express they're finding out too much like what those stories They write me express the cops will be turning the heat on is it? Watch it Bell. Yeah, what a cop hadn't in here. Oh, Casey. I just happened to catch sight of you through the window So I'd say hello. How are you? Oh? Fine you're kind of yeah, well, I've seen you Casey Cop called you Casey Now ain't that a coincidence? This guy at the express I was just talking about he knows a lot of cops and his name is Casey, too Casey, huh? Could it be you're the same Casey is that lost on the express? What do you think whitey? I think you are What do you think I got in this pocket of handkerchief? Why are you? This is that newspaper photographer Casey boys. Don't move whitey Don't move anybody I'm getting out of here Do get away from that door You too this Casey just backs out of the place and beats it for us. Uh, mr. Matheson We couldn't do nothing. He was packing a ride. He was packing a handkerchief whitey, huh? Yeah, the whole story is right here and express see They call it a clever roost Well, what do you know my name is in that story whitey. Yeah, I see. I'm just pleased whitey Very displeased. I don't blame you mr. Matheson. How did this Casey person learn about me? Well, hey He's been hanging around else pool hall for a long time and You know, it is boys. Some of the boys ain't careful like me some of the boys get a little lick it up And they talk too much yeah Whitey remember what happened to that cop that knows the roundhouse pool hall two years ago. Oh Yeah Now if we could lure Casey over to the house with a silver door. Yeah, yeah a silver door I could call him up with a phony newspaper store. Now better have Gloria do it. Yeah That's better glory ever given some human interest story about something about let's see Oh, we're kitten that joined a litter of puppies. Yeah, that's good and whitey. Yeah, mr. Matheson I know that your receipts have been extraordinarily low for the last few days You haven't collected much money Aren't you working whitey? Oh, yes, mr. Matheson. I'm working hard. Well, I'd suggest you work harder whitey much harder Now get going. Oh, Steve what? you Leave me alone. Will you whitey how much you want to bet tonight Steve? I tell you leave me alone. Just leave me alone. How about that little farm your mother was planning on Steve? All you got to do is call the numbers right just once and it's yours cut it out whitey Please cut it out. I'm taking my pay envelope home tonight. You understand sure sure But you do for a break Steve and 20 bucks will pay you nine grand if you hit it I thought you guys was gonna be stopped 9,000 bucks Steve there's your farm What do you say bet 20? Okay, okay 20 bucks on the same number But this is the last time you're gonna make me open my pay envelope a guy in the paper that that Casey Look at you guys the whole pack of you. I'll tell you a secret Steve Casey's through The boys at the silver door are gonna Take care of Casey I tell you it's dangerous. Those boys are out to get you. They're bound to be now sure and buy this whole business up Will you drop it? I can't why not? Matheson's the head man and you found that out now. Let the police handle it from now on I've just been talking to Logan cops haven't got a thing on Matheson. They can't touch it That's a very sharp guy that Madison Hasn't made any mistakes. Well, don't you make any drop the whole thing while you still can please Photography Casey talking Yeah Oh, wait, wait a minute nine two six Okay Well, thank you very much What was that? Some dame over at nine two six Bain Street. She calls me. She's got a great human interest story a kitten got in with a litter of puppies How cute? That's all I got to worry about now listen Annie about my Casey Please forget Matheson forget the numbers and keep out of danger. Let's cover that puppy story. Oh, but I'm scared I'm scared for you, please Okay, Annie. Okay. All right. I'll go with you just for a change. I'll take time off to clear my brain Tell it ask where we're going. I'll get some film for my camera. I'm quite sure everything is taken care of whitey Don't worry boys case you'll be here Gloria fond him with that puppy story like you suggested Mr. Madison, huh? That's him. That's Casey getting out of that car just across the street. Hey, he's got something with him I don't get excited whitey Remember what we planned? Let them come up the walk and ring the doorbell. Oh, what about the dame? Lady must suffer sometimes for the company she keeps okay. I remember whitey let him climb the porch step Let him ring the doorbell Then we'll deal with mr. Casey This is it Casey 9 to 6 pain Street. Yeah Watch it Annie. What steps are rickety again? Mrs. Palachek I catch what's the matter mrs. Palachek I tell upon you paper. They say you come here, so I come oh what for to warn Oh, and what about it's danger mr. Casey man on numbers. He mad at you. Oh, well, that's all news Mrs. Palachek But thank you. Oh, no wait. Listen my stevie tell me what man see what man name is whitey. No, yeah whitey What do you say? Oh something about silver door somebody by silver door gonna hurt you How you say I'm gonna get you Casey Annie silver door, you know, but it is no well you'll stay away from it whatever it is now see to that all thanks Mrs. Palachek. Oh, yes, thanks for the tip Mrs. Palachek. Thank me. You just be careful about silver door and silver door Sounds like a night. Well, keep away from night clubs Casey ring the bell. Oh, okay. I was just thinking about and what the door what door this one right here Casey house with a silver door. Come on and we're getting out of here fast Think they saw us. I don't know quick get the car Hurry, I am take a look at the house and see anybody No With a starter Casey the house two men are coming out of the house whitey and math Get this car going can't the motor won't start What's the matter Casey motor trouble whitey? That's right. And this is mr. Matheson Oh, hello, mr. Casey. I must apologize about your car and associate of mine quite Mechanically inclined just connected to wire or something fix it whitey and then we'll get going just a minute You may drive mr. Casey, but you'd better follow instructions Whitey and I carry more than Hankerchiefs in our pockets Don't we whitey? Take your next left mr. Casey, please you're not gonna get away with this matters and why not because the cops know I tied you up to the numbers racket go on well if anything happens to Casey or me the police will know you're responsible Not if anything happens miss Williams What do you mean? The police might very well suspect me in a crude case of murder say shooting or knifey But if mr. Casey happened to drive this car off a cliff, I'm not likely to drive it off a cliff Oh, yes, you are mr. Casey very likely in fact you're going to No one will ever prove you were knocked out ahead of time And there will be a smell of liquor about you and miss Williams Just an unfortunate case of drunk and driving Accidental death she boss you'll think of everything. Well, I try to whitey. I try keep straight ahead, please mr. Casey Never make a mistake do you matters? That's what they say But you just made one now. No, you just did I said keep straight ahead. I did not told hey boss He's gonna come fast gonna go a good deal faster. Look out. There's a red light there was a red light Casey you seem to forget. I have a gun and I'll use it if I have to I'm driving Madison We're doing 70 right now shoot me and we'll all wind up dead. Hey boss. It's the cops. What do we do? Boss I'll bear the wheel you keep cover get away. You fool. Give me that wheel. Why do you cut it? Another pillow behind your back. Oh, uh, no, thanks Miss Williams another pillow under your no thanks, I feel good Gee you two look terrible Now to see the other guys whitey and Matheson. Yeah, that wise cookie Matheson finally made a mistake You mean go and drive in with you I mean the police finally got a nice long list against him from violation of the Sullivan Act to Attempted murder plus a confession that he was running the numbers right now speaking of violations How many red lights did you go through Casey? Oh about eight? Oh, which reminds me Annie Do you think Logan can fix a ticket for reckless driving? I hope not That'll teach you to slam me in the lamppost at 40 miles an hour. I feel like Look, look, I just came in. Hello, Mrs. Paula check and Steve You feel bad no We feel bad. Yes. Oh No, not really. No, just a few bruises good. Good. I come with Steve to tank. Yeah, yeah, that's right You don't have to thank us. Oh, yes. Yes, it's much too tank now. No more numbers Steve Gamble no more We put money away for farm Steve Yammer money. I forget give me $3 now for sale. So miss Williams. Mr Casey can see oh, okay, ma. I oh Settle for a dollar and a half ma Steve Not take it easy my take it easy. What you do with other dollar and a half? Well, look, I broke your sugar bowl Remember and well, you always like blue. Don't you so I bought a blue sugar bowl to start fresh Here you are good boy Steve a good boy Blue sugar bowl no cost dollar and a half. Yeah. Yeah, I know my soul Well, I had to buy some flowers for miss Williams. Didn't I but type of mr. Casey. Didn't I just to say thanks, didn't I? Tonight's adventure was written by Alonzo Dean Cole Stott Cotsworth played the part of Casey. Jan Minor was Anne and John Gibson was Ethelvert Next week another adventure of Casey crime photographer This is the United States Armed Forces radio service the voice of information