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Investigator, I know it's disappointing Pamela dear, but nevertheless That's the rogue You're not really disappointed are you Miss Leeds? You're just amazed that a man who has done so many brilliant things could be so young and Well, I can see that you don't need me Richard I think I'll go and circulate among my other guests. I'm sure that the two of you will never miss me See you later judge. Thanks. You can believe almost anything. He says Pamela unless it's about himself or you Thanks for the tip judge. Oh Would you like to take a walk around the garden? There's a bench under a weeping willow tree over there But the wall that always makes me feel very poetic. Oh, I hate to miss that really, but I was just leaving I have to leave really who you do Well, how are you gonna leave you have a car here? No No, the judge was going to send me home in his car. Well, that's silly. Oh, yes, especially when I'm going out that way right past Your house is a matter of fact I'll drive you home Are you really going out my way? Of course I'll go with you Incidentally, where do you live? Pamela this has been a kind of a short date. I I hope I get a rain check on that bench under the tree I have a lot of fascinating statements. I'd like to make to you. Oh, we'll see each other again. We'll be rich It's a hop-up tomorrow night. It's Sunday, you know Great night Sundays. Mm-hmm. The moon will be full There's dining and dancing at the macambo Dr. Stevens, what's the matter is father Pamela we've been trying to reach you. Yes You better come with me Pamela. 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Look for the bottle with the bright yellow label And now we return to Dick Powell as private investigator Richard Rogue in Rogue's gallery I'm fairly familiar with death and most of its forms and Maybe familiarity with the man with the scythe breeds contempt But I felt awfully sorry for Pamela Leeds when her father answered Leeds died I was more than ordinarily interested when my friend Judge Robert March called me the evening after Leeds death And asked me to come to his office Richard I am the executor of Anson Leeds estate, and I think there's something strange about his will. Yeah This is of course confidential But he left the great bulk of his estate to a nephew his sister's child Peter Moore With only a fifty thousand dollar legacy for Pamela and the rest of the estate going to the servants and various charities Oh only fifty thousand a Pamela, huh? You think that's a little strange I've been Anson Leeds attorney, and I think his closest friend for 30 years rogue, I know how fond he was of Pamela, but Pamela was not his daughter, you know She was adopted by Anson just before his wife died 20 years ago. Oh Legal adoption, huh? Yes, and I'm in a position to know that Anson couldn't have loved Pamela anymore If she had been his own daughter as a matter of fact I drew up a will for him about six years ago In which she left almost all of his money to Pamela with other small legacies to relatives and servants and charities Was the old gentle little flighty in his last years? No sound as a dollar Extremely bright right up to the last and rogue there was no change in the way he felt about Pamela I know that but I cannot understand this new will when was it made? What's the date on it? Just a year ago this month. Here it is. Hmm. No, I see typed Is this signature a genuine? Oh, of course there can be no doubt of that I know that fancy spent Syrian signature as well as I know my own I Realize rogue that I'm giving you a problem here that is based on nothing more than a personal hunch But I would never be at ease about administering the estate if I didn't have the will thoroughly checked Uh-huh. Well, let's see This this well mentions only Pete Moore. That's a nephew. Mm-hmm Pamela Leeds Kate Schumann 5,000 over Anson's nurse been with him for oh six or seven years a fine woman and Fred Kraft Anson's Gardner had been with him 15 years I guess they the nurse and the Gardner Witnessed the will as you'll notice I want to retain you to investigate that will for me rogue Oh Well judge ordinarily, I hold my clients up for fee But for you judge, uh, oh, I guess I could toss you a cup of parking tickets Richard. This is very important to me Will you handle it for me? Well, of course judge First looks like my first move is to go out to the Leeds estate and talk with the witnesses See under what circumstances this document was written and signed. I'll see you later judge How do you do I wonder if I could see Kate Schumann, I'm Kate Schumann. Oh, I'm Richard rogue the Investigator. Yes, what do you want to see me about? Well, Miss Schumann. I oh Could we go someplace where we could talk privately? Of course My quarters are upstairs Richard rogue. Well, hello Pamela What in the world are you doing here? Well, I just came by to talk with the Schumann Well, I didn't know you knew her. He doesn't know we just met. I'll see you later Pam. All right Stop by the library on your way out. Oh sure Right in here, mr. Rogue Thank you Now mr. Rogue. I uh came to talk with you about the will which you witnessed for Anson Leeds about a year ago No, oh cigarette. No, thank you. I don't smoke, but I don't mind if you do. Thank you Uh Tell me miss Schumann. Who typed the well? I'll tell you the whole story Mr. Leeds called me in one morning and asked me to do some typing for him I often type letters and business things for him. Yeah, I got my portable typewriter and before he started dictating He made me promise that I'd never mention the fact that he'd made a new will until after he'd passed on Then he dictated the will to me. I see did he seem in good mental health at the time He was perfectly normal. I was a little surprised at his terms I mean the way he left the money and he could tell that I was he just told me that he had good and sufficient Reasons for doing it that way he did and asked me to witness his signature Uh-huh, then he asked me to get the gardener Fred craft to come in and witness it I did he signed the will in the presence of both you and Fred craft. Yes Do you know Peter Moore? I've seen him here a few times on visits. I don't know him Will he be here for the funeral? Yes. He's on his way here now on his way here. He lives in another town He lives in Garden City, Iowa with his mother. She was mr. Leeds older sister. Oh Well, thank you shaman who asked you to investigate the will mr. Rogue I can't tell you that except that it was an interested party. Well, everything happened just the way I said it did I'm sorry to see miss Pamela left with so little money. I'm very fond of her Well, it certainly looks like everything was according to Hoyle Thanks for talking so frankly with me miss Schumer. You've been a great help I'll just check with Fred craft and you can forget the whole thing I didn't expect to see you out here today, mr. Rogue. I didn't expect to be here Pamela Judge of March asking me to drop by and do a little favor. That's all Excuse me must be Peter. So me Hello, Peter. Hello panel. I Guess there isn't much I can say as the Pamela. I know Peter Where's your mother? Didn't she come with you? No, you know mother. She was very upset. She just couldn't make it. Oh, I'm sorry Oh, this is my cousin Peter more mr. Rogue. Hello. How do you do? I think I'd better run along Pamela. I want to talk to your guide now Name's craft, isn't it? Fred craft. He'll be in his cottage It's out and back. It's a little white cottage. He's probably asleep. I know Mr. Craft Mr. Craft Mr. Craft Good lord Well, you know me Ervin the answer leads the state this time the leads gardener was just chopped to death with a handaxe while he was asleep Better get your boys and get out here judge March Richard rogue. Yes. Now judge get that will to a handwriting expert I think it's a phony evidence that now now judge. This isn't the court this time I've got a hunch that's all one of the witnesses the gardener has just been chopped to death I get an expert on that well and tell him we'll call him for reporting the signature tonight And you'd better come out here One of the things I like about you roggy the corpses you find are always so dead. Oh, I see what you mean, Ervin Say from the looks of this room the late Fred craft put up quite a row didn't he? But not enough of a row to get out of that couch he was lying on when he got that first blow with the axe Let's shake the joint down, shall we? Why was he killed? Well, all I have is a theory I don't want anybody in the house to know that But he was one of the witnesses on a will made by answered leads They uh well as in question. I get it You think he might have been put out of the way to keep him from testifying as to the validity of the will, eh? That's my theory Oh And there's something that might back it up a little What look they're on the floor. Yeah Stop of a plane ticket From garden city, Iowa you sound like garden city means something to you Come on. No tricks roggy. What's with garden city? That's the town where leads was born and raised That's the town. Peter more just arrived from I got here as soon as I could rog Oh good heavens Hello judge Kind of a mess, isn't it? Oh, uh judge are you having that well checked? Yes, I have Carl friend the handwriting expert working on it What did you know about fred craft judge? Oh, he was an old family retainer in the best sense of the word lieutenant He and anson leads were more friends than they were employer and employee. I'll come anson only left him $5,000 them I I don't know fred was a thrifty man He had quite a nest egg saved from his salary and from investments. He had made on tips from anson His estate will be worth. Oh, I should say conservatively $60,000. Oh who gets it now that he's dead Well, Pamela leads You know, she's been like a daughter to old fred I happen to know that she's the sole beneficiary in his will because I drew it up for the old man Ah, this case has more angles than a six-pointed star. Yeah. Yeah, here's a cute one. I just picked up rog. Look A lady's wrist watch. Where'd you find it on the floor right over there? It's got a broken link like it might have been torn off of somebody's arm Ah Well, who's is it? It's engraved on the back to Pamela from dad Pamela. Oh, uh, come on. Let's get in the house urban You'll want to question everybody, won't you? Yeah, I've got the boys holding misleads peter more and the nurse schumann in the library Oh, while you're talking to them the judge and I are going to be busy upstairs I'm afraid I don't understand rog. Just what is it we're looking for in kate schumann's room? I don't know. I don't know but she's mixed up in this thing someplace Uh, take a look in the bathroom. Will you judge if you see anything the least bit out of line calling Okay, rog. Oh look Look, uh Here's pay dirt. Yes, kate schumann's diploma from nursing school See where it was issued school of nursing city hospital Garden city, Iowa. Yeah, the town keeps popping up, doesn't it? Yes Oh, look, uh, I want you to witness this judge. Here are two cigarette stubs Lipstick on the tips fresh now. No, don't touch them Just leave them out where they are. All right, but but rog you said yourself that the nurse couldn't have killed craft She was in the house at the time that he was murdered. Yeah, I know I know But I've got an idea this beginning to make sense You got a pencil? Uh, yes. Let me use it here. I want to copy this phone number from kate schumann scratch pad bl 6791 323 you know rogue. We have no right to look judge. This is beginning to weigh on your conscience You better get on stairs with urban. He's a warrior too I've got a lot of work to do and along this is phone call to mech You go downstairs and tell urban. I'll be down as soon as I have convicting evidence on a murderer. All right I'm going to have to impress on you that I mean business. There's been a murder committed Now one of you knows something about it. We don't lieutenant urban I tell you we were all here in the house when fred was killed I wish you'd go away and leave us alone. What was your wrist watch doing lying in a pool of blood near the body of the murdered Man misleads. Why was a link torn wide open on the band? I don't know It was on my dressing table this morning. I know it was yes Well three witnesses sort lying at the scene of the crime look lieutenant Why don't you let the poor girl alone? I was with her when fred craft was killed. So was I We were all right here in this room. That's very interesting All of you established your alibis for a very important time. Were you all working together? Now one of you start talking. How about you peter more? How do you account for the fact that the stub of a plane ticket from garden city? Iowa was found at the scene of the crime plane ticket. I came out on the train. Yeah When were you in fred craft's cottage? I haven't been out there in four years You may have to prove that statement more in court. This is outrageous You can't keep us here pounding questions at us making accusations. There's been a murder committed It's my business to find out who did it. I'm going to find out Judge go get rogue tell him I want him down here right now. All right lieutenant Peter please Don't let him question me anymore. Look lieutenant It must be perfectly obvious that no one of us could have had anything to do with the murder It was probably some transient. I suggest lieutenant that you use some other means and try Yes, yes, what's the matter the upstairs looks like a cyclone hit it and richard rogue is gone Yes, I was gone and I'll tell you more about it in just a moment First he has gem Doyle who wants to tell you some facts about shaving Yes, men. 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Rogue, what are you doing? Take a ride with me in the elevator will you Todd? I'm calling on a guest of yours in room 323 Yeah, what's the matter thing in trouble now? Just don't ask any questions. You want to make 20 bucks? Oh sure Who do you want killed just take a ride with me and do me a favor Give me your pass key Todd. Oh, that's what the 20 bucks was for you want me to get fired Oh, I'll back you up if you're getting trouble. Yeah, then I'll really get me the boot You want me to stick around? No, I don't I think the less you know about this case the better off you're gonna be Who is it uh shove off Todd. I'm I'm going in. Who is it? Hello Stay right where you are, please What do you want? I want to talk with you about a murder. Oh, this is a typical rogue trick telling us to wait here and disappearing If I ever get I'll get it Hello Hello rogue. Where the devil look Anson Leeds was murdered Don't say a word of the people you're holding there one of them is the killer right the will is a forgery and I have the proof Hold everybody until I can get there for the payoff Be about 10 minutes I'll take the party from here. Okay rogues and this had better be good. It will be And this concerns all of you In the first place, I've talked to carl friend the handwriting expert That will leaving everything to peter as a forgery There are five copies of the will and the signature on each of the copies is identical It's impossible for anybody even a man in the best of health to write his name exactly the same way five times. That's not true I tell you Shut up The signatures were made by placing a sheet of carbon paper under one authentic signature of anson leeds And tracing it through to the fake wills with a sharp pencil Then inking the signature in over the tracing don't bother denying it kate Carl friend photographed the signature under a powerful light with an enlarging camera The particles of graphite under the ink spark like diamonds. Ah, that will was a fake And fred kraft was killed to keep him from telling the fact that he was not present when anson leeds signed it I didn't kill fred kraft. No, but you killed anson leeds with morphine poisoning. She murdered my dad He was murdered. Yes, pamela. I just came from the mortuary There are obvious syringe punctures in his arm. But dr. Stephen. Yes, I know judge. He signed a death certificate for heart failure But I found this vial of morphine tablets in your room kate and this this bottle of belladonna hidden in your desk You kill leads with morphine And then drop belladonna in his eyes to dilate the pupils or that was very clever Because the only outward sign of morphine poisoning Is the fact that the pupils of the eyes contract to pinpoint size I killed him I'll never go to jail for it. Grab a judge grab her get the syringe away from her Ah Kate I was too late rogue. Yeah. Yeah, she was too fast for us with that shot of poison kate Kate kate too late. She's dead rogui. I I don't understand Why did she do it mr. Rogue? For game for game You were an innocent part of the plot to kill anson leeds peter peter Oh, no, stop being so mysterious rogue If you know who killed fredcraft say so was it kate? No, no, no, it wasn't The murderer of fredcraft is in jail. I put her there a few minutes ago She was a good friend of kates who was resentful of you pamela and ambitious for her son to be a wealthy man Peter she needs you kid Better get out of the jail and see your mother She loved you so much that two people died So you could inherit a million dollars Well, that was the end of that case Peter moore's mother was tremendously jealous when all anson leeds adopted a little girl pamela And made her the heir to his fortune And after her school day's friend kate schumann was in stall as the old man's trusted nurse. They plotted his murder Without peter's knowledge Mrs. Moore was in kates bedroom when I was questioning kate And when she learned that the will was being investigated and that I was going to talk with fredcraft about it She killed him. She made a complete confession and was executed for the crime I felt sorry for peter Yeah, he's a nice kid Pamela felt sorry for him too She felt so sorry for him. She's gonna marry him So he'll get the leeds fortune anyway Well, you know that hardly seems fair Getting a girl like pamela and all that money too You know, I uh I could have gone for that pamela Lovely girl. Oh lovely girl Ah, but after all I need another girl like frankenstein needed another monster In exactly the same way You know what I mean? This is dick powell again ladies and gentlemen Hope you enjoyed our story tonight. Ray buffham wrote it Leith Stevens composed and conducted the music and d engelbach produced and directed I don't forget you've all got a date with us next thursday night We have a story for you about an alibi that is blown up by gunfire. There are Some lovely people in it. We call it the murder habit So make a date with us, will you? 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