 Auto light and it's 96,000 dealers present Suspense night auto light brings you fly by night a suspense play starring mr. Joseph cotton Well manning how about signing this confession? I want my lawyer. You don't need a lawyer Not if you tell the truth or my wife's cousin Charles Borden. He's a lawyer. I Want him look manning. We know you killed Garvin all you have to do is admit it. I didn't do it It's a frame. I told you just as soon as you confess you can go to sleep a bargain. I didn't kill Garvin Don't be stubborn manning. Do it Frame then how come that boy Manuti saw you he says he saw you leave Garvin's apartment at 1130 just after the shoot left at 10 Noodies why why should Manuti lie? Let me talk to him. I'll find out What's to find out you hated Garvin? You don't deny that do you Garvin accuses you of stealing money from the business? Prove you out. So you kill him Couldn't throw me out So partner that me alone you killed him sleep not until you sign this confession Sign this confession and we won't bother you anymore You can lie down on my bed here in my apartment and sleep till you can't look sleep in the face anymore Come on manning be smart. Yeah, man. He's asleep So I'll keep you awake You'll sign the confession. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll sign it sleep Put the kill it a bit In just a moment mr. Joseph cotton in the first act of fly-by-night See Harlow I went to a carnival last night and that's human skeleton thin, huh? Practically transparent lives on bread and drinks water only once a week once a week Well, that's nothing hap auto lightstay full batteries need water only three times a year in normal car use and they had a strong Man who lifted a horse one horse. 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Let's go calling What what you remember you signed a confession admitted you murdered Leo Garvin. Oh, I Didn't do it. I didn't kill Garvin. Come on into the bathroom and shave here The tenant disco left this shirt for you to change in to want you to look nice for the photographer. I didn't do it Left Garvin. It was ten o'clock and he was alive. Yeah. Yeah, save it for the courtroom They'll be real impressed with a signed confession. I'll swear you forced me sure So what you can't swear of a newtie out of existence. He saw you leave 1130. You'll testify The liars part of the frame. I want to see go on shave. You'll see vanilla in court Shaving mug so bright. All right. All right. All right. Come on. Come on. How much lather do you need? The shaving brush and Cogan's eyes and hitting him with all the strength I had left it Me it worked and I got out of there out into the streets They didn't have to torture me lieutenant Driscoll and Sergeant Cogan didn't have to beat me with a rubber hose to make Confess to a crime. I never committed All they had to do was keep me without sleep for 72 hours After that a man will do anything just to be allowed to shut his eyes So I signed a confession because I just wanted to sleep now Now I was awake and on the streets outside lieutenant Driscoll's apartment with 815 in the morning For the next four hours. I'm trying to recall everything I'd known about the nudie trying to figure just one reason why he wanted to frame me why Why he said I left Garvin's at 1130 It was no use. I I couldn't think of anything And suddenly it occurred to me that we're looking at me to people on the street were staring then I remembered it was October and I had no coat. I was in shirt sleeves. I'd left my coat in lieutenant Driscoll's apartment You've got a phone in here down that are out. He left. All right, Mary. Don't worry I don't know what drugs to her downtown. I escaped Mary. I got away from them Listen, Mary, I didn't kill Garvin. I need your help. I need a coat. I didn't kill him It's it's all a frame Mary all I've got to do is find a guy named but nudie and beat it out of him Mary Mary I couldn't blame her much the shock of finding that her husband was wanted to murder. I Had to get if a nudie to prove it was a lie But now it was no time to think about it because it was a few minutes before one o'clock and that was good because I was near Charlie Forden's office. They went out to lunch at one o'clock Charlie was my lawyer my wife's cousin Now he was the man I had to see there was an alley next to his office building. I waited there Charlie over here. Give me what happened to you where you've been these past three days Charlie two cops had me in an apartment uptown cops what for trying to get a confession out of me What kind of confession we say I kill Leo Garvin. Oh, they've got a witness named for nudie He said I left Garvin's place at 11 30, but I left at 10 Well, then you got nothing to worry about Mickey. Mary. I'll testify you were home a little after 10. I Didn't get home till after 12. Huh after I left Garvin out walked. We had an argument I was upset. I spent a couple of hours walking. Well, then you didn't do it. Oh, no, of course I didn't they got a confession out of me. Anyway, you need to say you signed a confession when you didn't do it That kept me without sleep for 72 hours. I can't do that. That's illegal. Listen Charlie. I need your help Of course. Let's go back to my office. I'll arrange to surrender you directly to the DA and I'm gonna raise the roof about that confession I'm not going to surrender. I've been framed Charlie. I've got to find this for nudie. Listen Mickey You leave that to me. You can't wander around where any cop might take a shot at you got to find me first Listen, I need a jacket and a coat. Can you get them for me? Sure? I'll phone Mary right away Where'd you be? Remember that movie you went to last week? The Rivoli. Yeah, I'll be there back row make sure they're not following you Okay, give me a half hour. What would you do meantime? I'll give you an hour because I'm going to for nudies I'm going to make him tell me who paid him for that line. You don't do it better leave things to me Just get me the coat and the jacket. The nudie is the one thing I can take care of better than you. I Caught a streetcar and 20 minutes later I was walking toward the sway back two-story building where the nudie and that is insurance office Just across the street from Garvin's house. I Opened the door and walked in You want something? Drink maybe Vanuity Where is he? Who shall I say is calling? Where's the nudie? Look like you want him real bad. Come on. Come on. Where is he? Take it easy. Take it easy slow down You want to see Vanuity? I'll take you to the nudie Come on There he is There's Vanuity Sure, you don't want that drink He was sitting at his desk. Natty is ever disinterested as ever. I walked over to him stopped There was a bullet hole in his forehead. He was dead There was a gun lying on the floor. I picked it up Samanted two bullets had been fired and it was my gun Auto light is bringing you mr. Joseph cotton in fly-by-night night's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills Suspends Hey a half was there a Barker at the carnival sure was hello I can hear him right this way to the ninth wonder of the world Step right up folks and see the auto light stay full battery This sensational specialist of sure starts needs water not ten not five But only three times a year in normal car use yep the Barker is always a big attraction Well, not as big as the auto light stay full battery Hap it attracts hundreds of thousands of discriminating drivers every year plays to a full house Oh, you said it Hap and no one night stands either auto light stay full batteries are always good for a long run How come? Well auto light stay full batteries have fiberglass retaining mats protecting each positive plate These mats help reduce flaking and shedding they get top-billing with me I had a boy Hap so friends see your neighborhood auto light battery dealer And when you pay your money and you take your choice choose an auto light stay full battery The battery that needs water only three times a year remember you're always right with auto light Now auto light brings back to a Hollywood soundstage mr. Joseph cotton in Elliot Lewis's production of fly-by-night a Tale well calculated to keep you in Suspends told you I'd take you to Vinuti What do you think of him? What happened? I'm dead when I came in couple minutes before you did By the way, who are you? Did you kill him? I? Know you are your name is manning. How do you know me fell in the picture? What picture never mind you still haven't told me what you're doing here Vinuti's girl my name's Irene Conway We had a cocktail date Kind of date. Did you keep with him? Swarie saw me leave Garvin's apartment at 11 30 the night Garvin was killed he lied He lied about a lot of I came here to get the truth out of him But someone's been here first to shut him up He'd never got anything out of my prove it to you Garvin was shot on Monday night, wasn't he? That's right. Why? Vinuti could not see you leaving Garvin's place We were together in my apartment on the other side of town to close to two And what made him lie? Why did he do it? Why did he frame me? What Tell me Someone paid him to say he saw me leave Garvin's house that night Maybe who paid him maybe the man one man Monday Vinuti called me to meet him here at about five o'clock. There's a man with him And when I came in the man put him away in a hurry Went right out without even saying goodbye I know everybody Vinuti knows this man was a stranger his name didn't Vinuti mention his name No, he wouldn't talk about him. I asked him what the pictures were got mad I saw one of who was it? You That's how I recognized you when you came in can you describe this man? Here's a blonde man. He Wasn't pretty You're pretty Vinuti was pretty Vinuti was prettier than anybody listen Irene you've got to talk to Charles board and my cousin He's a lawyer. You've got to tell him everything you told me will you do that for me? I knew he isn't pretty listen Irene for nudie's dead Sonny's knocking on the door mr. Manning Must be the police. I call the police look my cousin's name is Charles Borden. He's in the taft building You go right down to his office and tell me how that's the police. I think you better run Don't you understand? You've got to do it now right now. No, I couldn't right now I've got to talk to the police Charles Borden in the taft building will you do it? You better run mr. Manning run fast I Ran out the back way and into the streets Not was time to meet Charlie in the movie theater Get the jacket and coat from him tell him about Irene and the man with my picture. I Got settled in one of the empty seats in the back row of the movie and waited and a little while Charlie came in Sat down next to me. He had the extra coat and jacket with him I Found him. He was dead when I found him shot with my pistol here here. You take it Someone's trying to get me Charlie and I think I have a lead on it What kind of lead girl named Irene Conway friend of the nudies She saw the man who paid the nudity to put the finger on me She doesn't come to you've got to find a Charlie maker tell you what she knows then follow it up I had detectives if you have to Eric and sign checks for me. I've got about 1500 Don't worry about the money. I'll take care. I need some cash now. I used what I had on phones and street cars I put $25 in the jacket. Thanks Charlie. I hope it fits you. It's my jacket. Mary wouldn't give me one of yours I'll keep in touch with you by phone. Okay I'm going you stay for another 10 minutes or so right right. Thanks again. Good luck Mickey Charlie walked out leaving the coat and jacket on the seat I waited 10 minutes then picked up the clothes and started to leave when a woman sitting three seats away carefully closed A bag of popcorn leaned over and grabbed me by the arm. What do you think you're doing? Pardon me, please Stop that man. He's stealing the gentleman's coat. He's a thief. Shhh Wait a minute you. What do you think you're going down? I'll let go of me. Let go of me I'll let him go. I shall let him. That coat and jacket he's carrying. Don't fall off to him. He's trying to sneak out with me Oh, what are you talking about? These are my things. Oh, no they're not. I saw you come and you didn't have them then That other man sat beside you and when he went to the men's lounge you grabbed his clothes. I saw you Oh, you're mistaken. These are my things. Are you sure you don't belong to him madam? What have I got eyes in my head for? I was sitting only three seats away. Of course I'm sure. Go to the men's lounge and find that other gentleman and you'll see whether I'm mistaken I'll show you all the place. Let's go to the office and get this straightened out. I don't have time. These are my clothes and I'm not I remember you came in your shirt sleeves. Come on. All right. All right. Take me to the manager right now You want me to come too? I saw him. Yes madam and please don't talk too loud. You're disturbing the patrons Mr. Shriar this woman claims that this man is trying to walk out with a coat and jacket belonging to another patron She says he's in the lounge. Is that so? Go get the gentleman in the lounge. Yes sir This is all a mistake. Coat's mind sows the jacket. It is not. You came in without a coat or a jacket. I don't deny that The man who brought them was my cousin. I'd left them in his office and you won't find him in the lounge He's gone back to his office. You say this coat and jacket are yours? Yes Can you identify them by the contents of the pocket? There should be 25 dollars in the jacket In which pocket? I don't remember one of them. Well, we'll soon see. Nothing in this pocket. Here's something I told you Five, ten, fifteen, twenty-five He could have put the money there. That's no proof the cost I told you it was my jacket. Now may I have it please? Just a moment There's a letter here in the inside pocket. I presume it's yours. Sure it's mine And the name on it? If it's your letter it should have your name on it. Of course. The name is Charles Borden Yes, it's addressed in care of Charles Borden, but not to Charles Borden Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten. It's addressed to Manning. Mrs. Michael Manning Yes, Mrs. Manning is my cousin And what is your address? 5437 Booth Street, Forest Hills Well, that's the address all right, madam. I'm afraid you've made a mistake This man can identify the clothing This man's a thief I don't think he is, madam. My apologies, sir It's quite all right I walked out of the theater, lost myself in the crowd and didn't stop until I was ten blocks away And I slipped into a lunch room and had my first meal of the day While I was eating, I took the letter out of the pocket of Charles' jacket Why hadn't he turned this letter over to my wife? What was in it? He didn't want Mary to see I opened and read it Leeds, full bride and bedding, attorneys at law, 1312 Q Street, Sacramento, California 12 August 1950 Dear Mrs. Manning, this is to inform you that you have been named sole beneficiary under the last will and testament of your late Uncle Benjamin Williams We request that you or your attorney appear in the probate proceedings by means of the enclosed waiver of citation, so that we may make distribution In our opinion, after taxes, your inheritance will be upwards of $200,000 Silly yours, Julius Benning $200,000? I was stunned at first Then it suddenly occurred to me Charlie hadn't said a word about it Charlie hadn't even shown the letter to Mary Then I took a novel look at the date August 12th, over a month ago Then it came into focus Cousin Charlie was playing the hand alone He didn't want Mary to have any of that money Charlie was the one who had framed me Get me out of the way, then Mary Then Charlie would be the sole survivor of our late Uncle Charlie had stolen my gun Then I'd helped him, I'd put my fingerprints on the gun at Vanoutis and then given it to Charlie Charlie was the man with the pictures who paid Vanoutis to put me on the spot Huh I paid my check and grabbed the cab outside at 8.30 I was running up the steps of Charlie's house I'll talk to you, Charlie Anyone see you come here? I'd rather the look I want to talk to you All right, Vicki You had me fooled, Charlie Framed me and fooled me What are you talking about? You knew Mary had inherited $200,000 You knew it Never told Mary about it Kill Garvin to get rid of me Kill Vanoutis because you were afraid I'd beat the truth out of him When were you planning to kill Mary? Oh, you're going crazy, Mickey Now look, listen to me Now I'm going to beat a confession out of you, cousin I swear to you, I don't know what you're talking about I confess, Charlie I confessed once Confess, confess You didn't confess, Charlie Well, I'll get someone who'll make you do it Someone who's an expert at it Trisco Trisco, I'll state it Oh, here Trisco Mickey Manning Charlie Borden's apartment I've got your murderer for you I brought somebody Your wife Hello, Mickey Mr. Driscoll called me and said you found Garvin's killer Have you really, Mickey? Yes Vanoutis too I told you it was a frame, Mary Who's a killer, Manning? Cousin Charlie Now why should Charlie kill them, Mickey? Because he wanted all that money for himself, don't you see? Because he wanted that $200,000 for himself Yes, that... Wait a minute How did you know about that $200,000? I knew it from the day I got the letter from the lawyers And I said to myself, now there's no sense in sharing all that money when there's a way to get it all to myself So... So you frame me, Mary So I framed you Driscoll and I framed you Driscoll killed Garvin, killed Vanoutis Now... Driscoll What's your salary for killing off-duty? Always off-duty killing Kogan and I don't have that Because people like Mary here pay us the play act that we encounter That confession I made to you is worthless No, not at all, Mickey I have it in my purse It's a confession a husband made to his wife Well, tell me something, wife How did you plant that letter from the lawyers so I'd find it in Charlie's jacket? Well, Charlie called me and told me you needed a jacket I came to Charlie and persuaded him to take one of his own Then I slipped the letter in the pocket so you'd find it I had two people kill for that money just to get rid of me Why didn't you just kill me and leave the others alone? I like it this way, Mickey I like testifying at your trial I like being all broken up because they'll hang you for murder Driscoll? Yeah Let's go say hello to Cousin Charlie Hello, Cousin Charlie Huh? Cousin Charlie doesn't answer No, no, you really beat him up, manning Charlie did No, Cousin Charlie is still alive He'll be able to talk some and if he talks, Mary will be in trouble Hold this gun on your husband, Mary All right Close your eyes if you can't stand this, manning I'm going to start on Cousin Charlie where you left off Leave Charlie alone Leave my lord I'll kill you, Driscoll Mary Mary, get him off me Drop it Drop it, I'll break every bone Drop it, Mary Oh, Mickey Now, Mickey Mary, you go over to that phone Go over to the phone All right, Mickey I call the police Tell them you're calling for me then tell them I know who killed my partner, Garvin All right, Mickey This isn't Mary Manning I'm calling for my husband, Mickey Manning Tell them how you framed me, Mary My husband wants me to tell you how Leo Garvin and a man named Vinuti were murdered It started with a letter I got in which I inherited $200,000 Presented by Auto Light Tonight's star, Joseph Cotton We all enjoyed your performance very much, Mr. Cotton Thanks, Hap Thank you, Joe We hope you'll return to suspense again soon I hope so, too, Harlow It's always a pleasure to be associated with Auto Light He sounds like you, Wilcox Of course, like me and hundreds of thousands of satisfied Auto Light customers Why, Hap, you'll find Auto Light friends everywhere because Auto Light makes more than 400 products for cars, trucks, planes, and boats in 28 plants from coast to coast These include complete electrical systems used as original equipment on many makes of America's finest cars Generators, coils, distributors, voltage regulators, wire and cable starting motors and electric windshield wipers All engineered to fit together perfectly work together perfectly because they're a perfect team So friends, don't accept electrical parts supposed to be as good Ask for and insist on Auto Light original factory parts at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage, or repair shop Remember, you're always right with Auto Light Next week on Suspense Miss Miriam Hopkins as star of Miss Bone The story of three women in a small town boarding house and the unusual murder that took place there And in weeks to come you will hear such famous stars as Milton Burl and Howard Duff appearing in tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense Tonight's Suspense play was produced and directed by Elliott Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morrowake and conducted by Lud Bluskin Parts of this program were transcribed Fly By Night by Georgian Gertrude Fass was adapted for suspense by Gordon Fine and David Friedkin Joseph Cotton may soon be seen in the 20th Century Fox production Two Flags West And remember next week on Suspense Miss Miriam Hopkins in Miss Bone By Auto Light Stafel Batteries Auto Light Standard Type or Resistor Type Spark Plugs Auto Light Electrical Parts at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers Switch to Auto Light Good night This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System