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I know because I was a part of it The rest I must imagine for you Our town is not very large 25,000 people last census good town proud of its police and fire protection proud of its city administration and its health center Then a thing happened to it terrifying thing and This is the way it began Right in here doctor massive bite here cheek How long ago ten days ago Medicated it himself A few hours ago his wife called me. She wouldn't speak to me when I came in doctor upset. Yeah Well, mr. Garrison here has been a patient of mine for a long time whole family Well, she called me and said her husband was complaining of headaches Then had a spasm when he tried to drink a glass of water In a certain excitability. I Didn't know about the dog bite until I came over What do you think? Where's the dog that one you hear out in the backyard? He's on a leash attached to clothes line Yeah, I'll get him down to the lab and run us live a test observe him. What about Garrison here? pasture treatment You need me to say it for you doctor If this man's got rabies, it's too late for anything at all The dog was a mongrel mostly beagle spotted black and white both ears and its muzzle white a Man from the animal society was called in and he took the dog to the health center shortly after midnight Mr. Garrison was kept under sedation. This symptoms being very painful. I Got to the center about 8 30 the next morning And when immediately to the laboratory where the dog had been courted three microscopes That's right lieutenant three microscopes binocular Dissecting instruments so must have taken a couple of fistfuls of them. I don't know exactly what scalpels probes I guess that's about all. Hey, what's the matter? Oh, hi Paul? Hold on a minute lieutenant. Dr. Miller just came in Robbery here last night Paul got three microscopes. Yes. I heard you must have picked the lock I found a piece of tin on the sidewalk when I came in when you finish up with the police and you can tell me about it Hello, lieutenant. Yeah, you got that all the way. I figured couldn't have been just one man Those microscopes are pretty heavy. So there must have been a couple of them. Oh, yeah, sure Oh Yeah, what Paul the dog huh in that cage the lock spent sprung in that cage. Did you why I don't know anything about Give me that phone Hello, yes, this is dr. Miller. Yes, sir Something's important. I think I was listen. There was a dog here a rabid dog, and he's gone What a dog a black-and-white spotted mongrel and chances are a thousand the one he had rabies and Whoever stole those microscopes stole that dog If that dog bites Well rabies is a hundred percent fatal black-and-white spots Mostly beagle I think Would you get them crazy black-and-white spots doggy? Doggy doggy pooch. He's more hamburger doggy Look at him. Look at him Harry. Yeah, nice doggy. What'd you take the dog for a clear pretty dog? What you guys ain't enough for your cliff microscopes all that junk you got to take that I like And I'll leave me alone. I like poochies dogs got to go Got to go now listen out out with that dog clear if I ain't gonna live in the same room with no I'll wait a minute. How do you like the dog? Well, both of you good day You and the pooch Doggy doggy, you're not like got to lose your doggy now Poochie little poochie. We we gotta go for a little walk poochie And a petty thief took a walk with a dog Holding him in his arms against the chill autumn air Took a walk while the town alerted itself made aware of a danger Had leaders and interested people who came together and were briefed Now everyone find a chair and sit down, please Yes, Mrs. Stone, there'll be ample opportunity Question here foundation to house a mad dog The second part of my question is who is responsible for the laxity in letting this dog escape so that he is a menace to the community and its people That's my question. Dr. Miller and as a housewife and a woman who Well, I would like to hear what you have to say Mrs. Stone this meeting was called for the press and any interested parties just to answer that kind of question The dog was under observation to make certain he was rabid, but the fact remains what fact remains Somebody was incompetent. That's all I have to say Mr. Collins my paper is questioning your methods. What about all this publicity a Newspaper man and you the duty to the community. What about panic? What about it? Well scaring people about an animal on the loose an animal that might kill you People from the health department ringing doorbells police people up in the hills with guns hunting for a dog Spotted black and white dog Little ridiculous, huh? Is it that's the question I asked you doctor. Yes, you did Dr. Kramers. Yes, are you ready with the film already? Well, one of you people switch off that light, please Now in this projector is just a few feet of film of a child suffering from rabies. I think all of you should see it Okay, doctor. Now we'll someone turn on the lights again, please And I see Mrs. Stone walked out Well, I didn't show that film to scare anyone Just so we can get into a frame of mind just so we can be deadly serious Somewhere in our town is an animal which has a deadly disease and whoever he bites if that person does not receive immediate treatment That person will surely die. You mean anybody who gets rabies will surely die Without treatment. It's a hundred percent fatal Now dr. Kramers, can I have that short? drawing a human nervous system To make a simple point The virus of rabies attacks the nerves Travels them, but it reaches the brain The closer to the brain the bite is the less time it takes for the awful symptoms. You just saw to appear then death and I'll repeat it Once the virus reaches here It is 100% fatal Want a doggy sonny? Pretty little doggies you can have honest just to be nice to him. That's all my mother wouldn't let me have Oh pretty little poochie feel him feel him right back in between his floppy little ears Not tell mom just so you be good to him That's my house right over there right in backs of garage and nobody hardly goes in there We use it for storage mostly and mommy wouldn't know I have now he likes me eating bones About doggies need something warm put a cushion down. Yes, Henry nice What's his name? Pooch, what kind of look you want him or don't you want him? Come here doggy the boy whose name was Peter Barrett Pick the dog at his arms and walk away with it And a half mile away at Jeep Outfitted as a soundtrack blared a warning The three men's clubs the town held an emergency meeting together Searching parties were organized the civil defense system was alerted And a man a health officer directed all of it a Man who became tired? Yeah, some coffee. Oh, thanks. I've got it black. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, put it down Now who should take it easy What do you want Joe just take it easy 16 hours, I'll probably Dr. Miller's office, this is dr. Cremar speaking. Oh, yes. Oh Well, that's too bad. Yes, of course, I'll tell him well Tell me what mr. Garrison died rabies They'll send some samples over to pathology for neigbari bodies, but there's no question about now. We're sure of it rabies, yeah, now we're sure of it And the dog hasn't been found And somebody's going to irritate that dog and he'll bite And the rabbit dog is very easy to irritate Come here Auto light is bringing you mr. William Powell in the barking death tonight's presentation in radios outstanding theater of thrills suspense This is harlow wilcox tonight We are privileged to salute the stu du Baker corporation as a distinguished member of our auto light family So I've got a date at my stu du Baker dealers and here I am Hello, mr. Wilcox. Hi say what's this model car of the future? 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William Powell in Elliott Lewis's production of the barking death a story based on fact and Well calculated to keep you in Suspense a child of the town nuzzling his cheek against death Something he was hiding away child's secret as every child has it is entitled to a secret And in another place of the town the place of test tubes and experiment and statistics the town's health center and my office Hello Yes, dr. Miller Yes, what can I do for you? I miss his rookie you sit down all those advertisements about a dog Yes, the radio and the newspaper. Yes, you know where oh, yes You know where it is. Is that what you're saying? But first you must understand something dr. Miller what that I alone am responsible for catching the animal you caught him I certainly knew the risk I was taking I what where is he mrs. Now after all of that animals is dangerous as you say he is I did a pretty brave thing There you are mrs. Rokie. Come on. Let's leave dr. Miller alone. Oh, you think you're smart. What's all this? She came up the back way Just take your hand away. Come on. So please all this Joe mrs. Rokie got past the police She got past the information desk and she got to me and she told me she caught a black and white spotted dog She's got one. I have yes, you have mrs. In my car yes, you have mrs. Rokie then you go right down there and destroy him We don't destroy animals mrs. Rokie never dr. Miller. Yes now you listen here I caught a mad dog. She's got a little chihuahua down there not the dog We're looking for mrs. Rokie wants her picture in the paper. Don't you mrs. Rokie? You don't really know what's going on right now. Do you now come on? Let's get out of here All that bother about a dog. Oh, probably no such thing as rabies anyhow mrs. Rokie Mrs. Rokie prayed that that animal doesn't bite anyone Why did you fight my arm for food? Chopped in a white clobbered house 1647 Whittier Avenue garage detached near the railroad yards And down Main Street close to his east end where there's more grass The group of municipal buildings The office of the lieutenant of police from my point of view dr. Miller police point of view Which is that what we seem to have forgotten two microscopes were stolen in various instruments the disposal of same That's my point of view dr. Procedure you care to tell me about it. Yeah, we're looking for the wrong thing What do you mean? It's easier to find microscopes than a dog anyhow. I told you procedure routine We questioned men with known records alerted Down steven speaking all went Good bring him down here. I said routine dr. You didn't seem impressed shoot if we so lieutenant Listen, there's only one thing that could make me jump up on this desk and shout array and go through all the addicts You know just just take it easy. It's not a time to get cryptic. That's all Oh, thanks sergeant. That'll be all Sit down. What's your name would air wood vagrancy Started out like that, sir. That's what the sergeant told me over the phone He said you yelled you weren't a vagrant and they took you home to find out And they found a microscope Then he's I said routine dr. And you didn't seem impressed spotting a vagrant as routine. Is it all right if I sure sure go ahead You stole the microscope from the health center, didn't you yes, sir free microscopes and instruments on the dog. Yes, sir Where's the dog? Oh, no Now listen you What did you do with that dog? I said I didn't know Cliff took the dog What's he talking about your tenant cliff the other man. It was more than one remember and he took the dog and now made him get rid of How I didn't ask him how I got rid of it. He got rid of it. Well, where is he? What is this cliff? You tend to ask him well now look the sergeant said he went back to this man's room No one was there or the two other microscopes or the instruments. I don't know why he went gonna say to you again, doctor Routine mostly that pays off more than anything else Now it's a matter of finding a man named Cliff and 12 blocks away across Main Street and down two blocks. There was a store There was a man in the store. He had owned for the last 20 years Smallish man nothing extraordinary citizen of the town About to become a hero Yes, sir Hornet Listen to Microscopes. Yes. Yes, I see how much Two microscopes. I'm throwing over my entire practice and getting rid of everything And I'll tell you something. Oh Give me a good price on these two and I got another one doctor. Huh? I said doctor. Oh, yeah Yeah Mr. Harding our instrument man is in the back. He should see these it well you understand Oh, sure sure sure you're just the violin and suit man and mr. Harding the instrument man Oh, sure. Sure. Wait here. I'll be right back. Yeah, well you just tell mr. Harding the docks in a big hurry quickly the police Hello This is Carl Roberts on 3rd Street pawnshop A man just came in a little bit drunk came in with two binocular microscopes both of them Bosch and room says he has Another one claims he's a doctor Yeah Wait, no, mr. Harding talk to the phone give me those now, sir Get out of the way and give me those Mike. You're a dirty little thief That's what you are breaking into the health center and stealing and that's where these microscopes come from I don't know you stole that dog the whole town is looking for No, you do Oh The pawn shop had been in business for the last 20 years a smallish man nothing extraordinary citizen of the town Who became a hero who caught a thief named Cliff Loomis? Loomis confessed to his thefts and a little later. I had a chance to speak with Loomis About a dog look I've been on a tube a dog with black and white spots and white mussel You want from me you got your junk back. What's so important about a lousy dog? Look the police have been to your room and he's not there. I asked your question. What's so important about a lot? Did he bite you? You're crazy. Did he bones he bit me he wagged his tail for a very nice dog. I Want to show you something? Yeah, look at them Go on take them Cliff pictures go on Yes, you must be crazy can run pictures like these pictures of people dying Cliff That's what I mean pictures like these people bitten by a rabid animal What does that mean like that dog you stole? What it had rabies Bit somebody they'd unless they were treated in time Nuck yeah, I Give the dog to a little boy Where where Cliff Doc Where I don't know listen Cliff. No, no, I'm a kid doc. I don't know I told you I've been looped This is the joke that makes me all of a sudden not looped and I'm telling you to I don't know where the kid is. Yeah Doc Doc it was it was now it was somewhere near where our room was I remember Harry said get rid of the poots on went downstairs and the first kid I met I It's it's easy doc Listen we'll take a ride Cliff Police to afraid so We're going to take a ride, and we're going to try to find that boy Ring a lot of doorbells and ask a lot of questions and find him right I'm sorry tinker doll. I didn't see you. I didn't mean to kick you and now don't you cry? My mom isn't home and I won't know what to do if you cry I know I'll play it too Not so much anymore Poochie didn't mean to bite me Should we play records tinker doll? All right Hello, my mother isn't home mister Why are you holding your arm like that? It hurts a little Why? Poochie bit me Then he told me where the dog was the dog with the black and white spots The deadly animal who had bitten no one else We had gotten there in time the boy was treated and Got better In a town that slept well at night Suspense Presented by auto light tonight star mr. William Powell This is Harlow Wilcox again. Have you signed up in the $100,000 auto light family charity drawing? Well, if you're 18 or over visit one of the following car dealers DeSoto Hudson Plymouth Studebaker Dodge Willis Nash Packard Kaiser or Chrysler Just print your name and address on a registration form and have the dealer sign it You don't have to own one of these cars. 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