 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 The upholsterer a gloomy street of small grimy-looking shops all of which are now closed in dark in front of one of them Go to blood gold blood This is the Perucci is everything all right with you Go to blood. Is that to you business? And what is a small boy like you Joey doing not so late? Only that best turn Anyway, you're a lady ain't home from work is Joey Maybe you should go find for me a policeman. You want a cop? I think so before because Policemen is a come that's comedy the big flat for officer comedy officer Come here. Come here quick, please Something wrong grouchy. I don't know a couple of minutes ago of his comedy. I Hear what sounds like gunshots gunshots. Oh gee. Where'd you hear him? I was just to go to bed behind my shop next door Suddenly from other side of my wall from gold bloods place. I boom boom Then I hear what sounds like Something heavy falling to the floor Doors lock tight. I call him. He don't answer. Hey, maybe the old guy shot himself Carmen. Well, maybe he's been moored They kicked the glass out of the door comedy. I've down kid Perucci isn't there a window at the rear of gold blood store in the room where he sleeps? See, but he's got iron bars on it so nobody can get in you'll have to kick the glass our comedy I hate to disappoint your destruction loving little soul kid But I'm not gonna do any expensive glass smash then how you go to get in Well, there's a transom above the door here just big enough for a runt like you to climb through me Gold blood that keeps it that transom nailed the shot. They told me now. We'll see I boost you up kid. You try it Okay, give me the lift Well, I guess we'll have to do some glass mashing well, but it'll be cheaper to bust that transom than the door Here take my night stick kid I can't reach it and you can for my shoulders All right now I want you to climb through but knock out all the glass so you won't get hurt Okay, all I want you to do is drop down and lock the door Okay Joey, I see a big chair lying on its side just inside the door. Don't skin your legs on it when you drop Move that chair out of the way so he can get at the locks. Hey nothing the door still don't open You must have returned one of the two locks you'd already unlatched instead of getting the third one you missed okay, but hurry This guy gold that would have to have a door triple lock. I go black is always afraid. It's gonna be round It's about time now. I'll have a look behind that partition me too. I've got a black to work room. It's back at that door This partition door wasn't locked Here's a light switch. I will see don't see anything look wrong neither do I and I didn't expect to you Imagine those gunshots for Ruchi It's a gold blind of It's a comedy This is dead Guy has two bullet holes to his chest. He's dead. All right. It's been more Just like the guys in the movies Ruchi closer front door the killer still in this shop. He's not leaving lock that door See I lock him maybe the kill is up to me now. He won't keep my eyes open my gun ready Not many places here to hide Nobody in this closet either. Are you duck under that bed and stay there punk if there's any shooting? I ain't afraid do as I tell you Nobody back to this pile furniture Nobody hiding anywhere the killer ain't here. I Love it the front door again. Okay, Pruci Well, let me have a look at this rear window Yeah closed and locked from inside and there's heavy bars I was just like you said nobody could get through by that door in the front There's no other way into this place or out of it and since nobody but us are here now It's plain the poor old gold blood. Give it a suicide. There's no cap beside him comedy Oh gun probably fell under the sofa kid. Yeah, push it out of the way No gun there copper I see no gun any place. Yeah, why must be under the body. I lifted up a little Still no cat. No No get I said in the forest place this job is murder. Yes But if the killer got out that front door and locked it behind them before we busted in here How could he have wedged that big chair back of the door after he was outside? And nobody could get out of that locked window in the back. Hey, this is a mystery ain't it? Yes, and too deep a one for me Thank the Lord. I'm just a plain uniform cop. I'm using this phone to call the station house Let him turn the detectives lose on this one I Homicide dicks weren't able to find any gun in that upholsterer's joint, huh Casey? No as a bird They practically tore the place apart looking for one when the medical examiner got there He said goblat couldn't have committed suicide anyway. Well, if the guy was murdered How did the killer get out of the place? Captain Logan and his men are having a sweet time trying to figure that they're going nuts This Williams and I just came from headquarters where we talked with Logan and also the kid and the shoemaker and the cop Will find the body they all tell us straight story. Well, it sounded straight to me This has all the Ear marks of a very baffling mystery You and miss Williams ain't been to the scene of the crime yet, huh? No, we weren't working when it was reported last night, but we're assigned to it now Let's go to the goblat shop and have a look see Casey. Okay, honey. Yeah, Logan said he'd be down there about now Maybe I can help the poor guy crack the case, huh? How you hate yourself I Why Annie how can anyone have anything but affection for a charming character like me? So this is the scene of the impossible goblat murder waiting to size up the joint wise guy Three good solid locks on this door and the door was locked tight by at least one of these locks and the Carp and that kid and peruji tried to get in but Skip the locks and answer this one After the killer shot the old man and was making his getaway How did he manage to leave a chair lying against the door inside? Which is the chair here this big old high bag Someone had left it here for goblat to recover the kid and the carp and peruji all agree this chair Lay inside against the door which opens inwards. Yeah on its side. I think it was about in Now it had to be placed this way by somebody inside it couldn't have been so placed by anybody outside Well may have fallen in that position after the door was closed this Williams a big solid chair like this doesn't just fall It has to be wrestled around Besides the neighbors say goblat always put a heavy piece of furniture against this door when he closed up for the night The old guy had a constant fear of being robbed. Well, he was shot through the heart twice Goldblatt couldn't have put the chair there after the killer left. I know Ah Dicks from the Precinct station got here before your guys did last night. I suppose they moved a lot of stuff in the joint Yeah, they make sure the killer wasn't hiding here But the only thing they didn't shove around was this sewing machine because it was bolted to the floor Let me see what they found the body It was here in his work room behind that old sofa. Have you learned a possible motive for the murder captain? Oh goblat had no enemies that anyone knows about But he was so afraid of being robbed a lot of people in this neighborhood figured he had a lot of dough stuck away here So someone may have come here last night to get that dough only they didn't get it and apparently never even look for it Yeah, we were told the precinct decks found over a hundred bucks in Goldblatt's pocket and about 4,000 hidden in his mattress. Those are the first places a thief would look for money. Sure Casey see if you can figure it out, huh me I'm just a newspaper mug pal You're the big chief of the homicide department I'll soon be back at pavement pounding if I get many more cases like this and that Kazimer killing Haven't gotten anywhere with that either. No, but I got a chance there Whoever bumped off Charles Kazimer for the 80,000 bucks got some very hot money And 80 grand was in hundred dollar bills Kazimer just gotten to the bank and the bank had made a list of the serial numbers Which we've circulated all over the country now when the murderer starts to pass that oh wait a minute Oh, he'll lay low for quite a while before he does that he's even smart and he'll try to pass him eventually and we'll get him Wish I had a string like that on Goldblatt's killer say Casey you're a lucky guy and Sometimes you get punches that don't turn out too badly Huh, and now that you got the lowdown on this thing. Yeah, you got any ideas. Well now What are you paying for ideas these days pal you going commercial on me? Well, why not when you're in a tight spot like this a little first-class assistant from a qualified expert should be worth Well, I'll tell you what the next time a juicy murderer is committed you could let an and me in for an exclusive story and pictures You know, I never show that kind of favoritism. Oh, okay. Well, maybe the little idea I have isn't worth it. Anyway You got an idea. No, it's just a small one. It was really not worthy of my genius. Well, I Nuts to you get out of here and let me think come on any see you later pal I'm afraid so hey Logan all the furniture in this work room is stuff that Goldblatt had here for repairs Naturally repairing and a post ring furniture with the guy's business. Ah, I guess this is a chair He was getting ready to recover. What else the old covers been taken off taken off neatly, too Lying here on the floor Cut carefully around the seams. It wasn't hacked. So what? Now this Overstuffed chair next to it with a shabby old cover still on look at there's a couple of big cuts in the back They're away from the seams as though it had been slashed It's interesting. Ah, I don't see why. Well, skip it then Say you still don't want to buy any ideas or hunches if you're serious I never give reporters or photographers of one paper preference over those of another paper. Okay tough guy Well, I can't give a cop preference over my paper so long you can go to So long miss William. I apologize for this mug captain Logan. Goodbye Logan sore at me again You have no right to ribbon when he's in a spot like this and I know you haven't even the germ of an idea that Might break this case any not only have an idea now, but I've got a hunch Wait a minute. Let me write down something quick. I forget it Okay, come on now. Let's get in the car. We're going places Not very far any. Oh, will you please tell me? Okay? Okay. All right now. Here's the idea that Logan wouldn't buy Giving it to him for free the admins a bullheaded as it is. We'll prove it ourselves before he gets it What is the idea Goldblatt's neighbor Perucci? He says that after he heard shots last night. He heard something heavy fall in Goldblatt's shop And everybody including myself figured he heard Goldblatt fall and apparently that's what Logan still figures But Annie Goldblatt's body was found a good 20 feet away from Perucci's wall and directly behind a big-over-stuffed sofa Perucci didn't hear a body drop He heard the crash of that heavy chair that fell behind that door as the killer ran out of the door and slammed behind Well Logan said that the chair couldn't have fallen and I think he's right it couldn't have fallen if we were resting solidly on its four legs But Suppose it was piled on top of another chair upside down There's much floor space in Goldblatt's joint. He must have had to pile stuff up So you have room to work And if that chair was piled on top of another it might have toppled easily the vibration of a door slam would dislodge That's right Precinct men had moved almost everything with the time and Logan arrived He didn't see furniture and piles and he doesn't always use his imagination either and The killer didn't waste precious time locking that door either the Perucci and the policeman couldn't open it because the chair fell between the door and that Sewing machine that's bolted to the floor It formed a solid wedge there until a kid moved it then When he thought he was unlocking the door. He was really locking it Okay, I'll buy that idea Now where are we going to an address? I wrote down a minute ago. It's on a work tag attached to a chair in Goldblatt's workroom Annie we're gonna find out why There were several big knife cuts in the back of that chair There's the address any it's cross the street that furnished room to let sign in the window Roaming house And it'll be the landlady who sent that chair to Goldblatt for recovery now What's the full extent of your hunch about that chair Casey tells me to get acquainted with the Mrs. Potter whose name was on it And I hope that she'll give me some information now look at me you wait right here in the car I will not if there's information to get that may make news. I'm going to be where it's got me Look, I'm not going to wear as a newspaper guy. I'm gonna let on I want to rent a room see and try to get her talking well both this can be running a room but together I've heard such things have been done. We'll pose as husband and wife Oh, well that's something hasn't been done yet by us. Well, it's being done now. I'm very impersonal reasons Come on. Oh Okay I hope I can act like your husband. Well, you'll never learn any younger. Maybe you'll never learn period. What nothing You must have some sort of a plan so you do the talking and I'll just stand by yeah, that'll be best Okay, here goes the doorbell better begin to look wifely, huh? Don't worry about me Someone's coming. Now remember let me do the talking. Yeah, okay Good afternoon. How do you do? We're looking for a room and saw your sign. Oh, won't you and your husband come in? Thank you. I have a very nice double room on this floor. That's just been vacated. Do you mind the lower floor? Why not at all? Well then come this way. Oh, what's your name? Mr. Casey and this is Casey. It's a pleasure to know you. I'm Mrs. Potter. Oh, it's nice to know you Mrs. Potter. Yeah Well now, uh, let's see the room. Mm-hmm one of my best Was I back parlor when my husband was alive? But since I had to take in paying gifts. Do you like it Casey? You call your husband by his last name Mrs. Casey, but Why uh Habit she got into before we were married Little unusual. I have a most unusual wife, Mrs. Potter One thing she lets me do all the talking while she just stands by I can see she's just a shy little thing Shy shut up suppose you try it Well, this is a comfortable looking armchair No, Mrs. Potter or is it reupholstered reupholstered and by that poor man who was murdered last night Murdered oh, there's a big piece about it in the morning paper a little old man named Goldblatt What we heard about that and yes, we did hear about it case a darling It's quite a mystery, but it's given me a personal worry I let him take one of my chairs to his shop only yesterday morning yesterday morning Yes, and now with policemen all over his place heaven only knows when I'll be able to get it back And in what condition well the cops take pretty good care of things like I believe they do I hope you made note of the condition the chair was in when Goldblatt took it to a shop yesterday morning Well, I mean whether any tears or cuts in it. Oh, no, it was just terribly shabby and needed new covering But my my my sending that chair out taught me something. I'd never suspected. Oh, what was that, Mrs. Potter? Well, it's been in the room of one of my oldest lodgers a gentleman who lived upstairs in the second floor Flood for over five years and I've always considered him one of the mildest men alive But he flew into the most awful temper when he came home from work last night and found out that I'd sent that chair to the Opposter oh he he did. Oh, but you're not interested in such gossip, of course, but do you like this room? I usually get 20 a week for it, but well by the month I might make it a little cheaper. Oh, it's $20 well Have you any vacancies on the second floor Mrs. Potter? Yes, I have an empty across the hall from the gentleman. I just mentioned you have Oh, but I doubt if you like it. Well, could we see it? Of course this way No much smaller room than the one I just showed. Oh, I won't mind that. But maybe Mrs. Casey will. Oh, no, no I'm easy to please Mind the stairs there. They're a little steep The gentleman who didn't want his chair recovered. Is he in his room now? No, he's never in this early He's at business every day till six o'clock. Oh, it's mine. It's nearly that mouth. What Businesses in oh, he's a bookkeeper. Oh in the offices of the Charles Casimer company Poor mr. Casimer was robbed and murdered only a short time ago dear dear dear. There's so much crime these days Here's the room. Oh, it's fine. It's well. We'll take it. We have more than looked into it Oh, we've seen enough. That's exactly what we want. What's the rent? $15 a week. Okay Here we are. It's a week in advance. Oh, thank you When you move in well, we're in now. You haven't any baggage Well, it's outside in our car. We'll bring it in later later Now I know you have a lot to do mrs. Potter It's nearly dinner time. So why don't you run along downstairs and don't bother about us one little bit? See you later mrs. Potter. Oh, but I'll see you later, Mrs. Potter Well, this is a little irregular, but you look like such nice young people Goodbye Did you get it any of course? I got it the man across the hall is something hidden in that chair And when he learned it had been taken to an upholsterer who'd tear it apart He went to goldblats He slashed the back of that chair took out what he'd hidden in it and killed goldblats So he couldn't tell what he'd seen and mrs. Potter said that the man worked in Charles Casimer's office Maybe it was the stolen money that was hidden in that chair Come on the coast is clear. Yeah, we have much time. It's quarter six 15 minutes is plenty if we work fast Doors in law naturally These bevel spring locks have never kept me out of a place. I want to get into There's enough space between the door and the frame to put this little gadget. I always carry Did it come on quick so I can close the door again Now now what do we do listen Annie if this guy killed goldblat last night in order to get back the money hidden in that Chair he's had to hide it again. I tend to when he's hidden it in here a second time Yeah, so we searched the place right look at Casey. Maybe he's sewn it inside of something again. Yes, that's probable Yeah, look here is a sewing kit on the dresser Huh? It's a needle stuck in the lid Spread it with a piece of dark blue. Well, that means you were sewing on something blue. There's nothing blue in the room Well, we haven't looked in the clothes closet. Maybe there's something in there. I'll open the door Don't scream young woman. I should well Quite a surprise. It was very fortunate that I came home earlier than my usual time today We wouldn't call it fortunate back over to that wall. What do you think you're gonna do? There's only one thing I can do to protect myself kill you. I have a car parked outside and I can make my getaway and There's something I'm taking along My winter overcoat. Casey is dark blue. There are $80,000 in bills sewn in its lining Charles Casamolute. You are quite right And now goodbye, you're not gonna shoot us No, you don't Knocked his arm up just in time. Yeah, you've knocked him out I'll see that he stays out so Annie run down and get my camera from the car Will you we get exclusive pictures and a story without any deal from our pal Logan? So this guy was the killer of Charles Casamer as well as the murderer that poor little goldblatt fella, huh Casey? That's right, Heatherburn My Casamer job was his first crime So you worked in Casamer's office and he learned about the $80,000 withdrawal that his boss was making And he got a greedy impulse. He never had a chance to spend the nickel of the dough He did two murders for like I always say the coin of praise crime does not pay. That's right Pays captain Logan He's been congratulated by the commissioner for solving the goldblatt and Casamer job and told that he's now Right in line for an inspector ship. How did Captain Logan get the credit? Oh, hey, he deserved it That guy's a swell cop Just because a pair of newspaper stiffs like Miss Williams now I run into a little luck Our mr. Casey whom I sometimes like guess over it call Logan in to make an exclusive arrest of the killer What are you and Casey get out of the deal an exclusive story? Plus pictures Casey got a bullet hole through the sleeve of his best coat when the killer shot at I never liked that coat and I I've got a blasted reputation with Mrs. Potter. She's found out that I'm not really Mrs. Casey This is the United States armed forces radio service the voice of information and education