 Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city We're under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer This is the lineup Week now can't seem to shake it getting me down Now what's his name here the box down? Yeah, not sure Well, I'll be against the war with Asher when he comes in I'll send him over. Yeah. See you later, man. All right What do you say, man? Not much tonight. No, it's the same. Just trying to keep my head clear. This thing does pretty well Hey, I have your attention, please You people out there on the other side of the wire in the audience room may I have your attention, please? Thank you. My name is conger sergeant Pete conger. I'll explain the lineup to you Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered I'll call up a number the name and charge if you have any questions or identifications Please remember the number of sign of the prisoners. I call his name if you're sure or not too sure of the suspect Have him help the questions I asked these suspects are merely to get a natural tone of voice So do not pay too much attention to their answers as they often lie All right, bring on the line All the way to the end of the stage boys. That's it moving right across I'll turn and face the screen Heads up buy straight ahead hands out of your pocket step out to the circle when I called your name Okay, number one John Carlisle. I'm robbery What do you live John? 1145 Sherman Street. What is that? Roaming house apartment motel what apartment? Where you from John? Yeah, I live here all my life a little straighter son Keep your head up. That's right. What do you do electric? I'm an electrician. Where do you work? No place right now anyone arrested with him. Yeah Well, a couple of guys Quinn living and steel Howard Quinn living and Robert steel. Yeah 17 and 18 They're friends of yours John. Oh, not particularly. They have the same address in Sherman Street as you gave Living the same apartment, but we weren't very friendly. You drive a car. Yeah 49 murder Dan could pay what raise it and okay step back Number two Claire Berners burglary over to the circle Claire Step over to the circle Claire. You've done this before come on come on Talk right out big room everybody wants to hear you live someplace, don't you? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yes. I'm no big I live at the seacoast hotel Well, I got me a nice 75 sitting room there. It's all going to wrap a hole in 27 But of course the plumbing how long you live there clear Where'd you live before that across the street? Well, what address? My wife still lives there we're breaking up. Sorry to hear that. What's your business Claire? What do you do for a living? stand up there You own a car Any weapons when you're arrested no no no nothing like that. What about the 22 automatic that's a weapon Claire? No, no, no, they got it all. I just found that thing 22 is no weapon since when Well, I found it in the garbage can when I was out walking. I was gonna make a cigarette lighter out of it What's such a little girl? Look nice in my coffee table. It was fully loaded when the officers took it from you That's what the officers report says right here. Yeah, I wonder if I could just see that thing would just stay there I just wanted to see it Getting back there now go on Number three Talking a good loud voice About the same What time is it 530? Then something's come up. What you know Beth Leonard the singer. No, are you? Yeah, wait a nightclub singer Yeah, somebody robbed and killed her husband. Okay, pick me up Cara dumped him off here. Officer's to rock jumps to the bottom of the body complaint. Well team patrol They see anything no covering the ground man Hi, Ben. Hello, darling Somebody sure gave him a working over. Yeah, hasn't been dead more than a half hour, Ben Nothing more. I can do until we get him downtown. Okay, wrap it up right then. Okay boys. Take him away I weapon around nothing who identified him knowing yes Found this empty bill folding alley had his name and driver's license. No money. Now. Let me see that Hmm rip part wielding. Yeah watching ring missing to Henry Leonard To two one six one Cherry Hills Drive about six blocks away. Anybody talked to Mrs. Yeah, I should went over and got it. She's over there in a car. Okay Never hear about my it's saying no. Yeah, I think I have it then She sure won't have anything to sing about tonight Then hi, this is Leonard. Yes, this is Lieutenant Guthrie. How do you do? Hello? Did you see yes? I saw him. I think all right or what's left of him? I don't think I'm going to be able to I got it. Yeah, Ben. See Dr. Gersa still here. All right Being at the Doveville now and Hank came by tonight for the last show We closed about two and then we had something to eat then we went out to the house What time was that? Oh about 3 30. I guess 4 o'clock Gone That's all Hank left about four. We talked a while at the house and then he left Hank didn't live here. He's been in Florida the last two years. He just came in town Sunday night We're separated. I see When he left you at the house this morning, where was he going back to his hotel the Delvi? Was he driving? No, I offered him the car, but he said he'd rather walk Why would anybody kill Hank? They're pretty sure the motive was robbery Mrs. Yes, there was no watch your ring on the body and his wallet had been emptied Oh, he had a beautiful watch just a beautiful watch that he loved very much. Can you describe it? It had Roman numerals and a white gold case. It was a giraffe. Any engraving on it? His initials HAL HAL Don't happen to remember where he bought it. Do you I bought it for him on his birthday four years ago? It was the wence jewelry company any other valuables. He might have had on a mrs. Just his ring was a plain gold wedding band He's still war anything outstanding about the ring and grating no Okay, anything else No May I have a cigarette? Oh sure Yeah, thank you We want to cover every possibility Mrs. Wanted and you think of anyone who might have had reason to want to kill your husband. No, do you have any enemies in town? No, why? The way it looks now somebody just way laid him and robbed him killed him But it's pretty far from your house to his hotel mrs. Lemon almost 20 blocks Well, I can explain that Hank said he felt like walking He was in town to talk about our divorce I've been thinking of marrying someone else. I see and that's why he met you at the Doveville. Yes to straighten out some things Was beginning to drizzle when he left I looked out the window and watched him go down the street He looked kind of lonely about the weapon die. Oh blunt instrument is about the best we can do for you Then any way you can narrow it down. I don't know maybe something to this just came from the crime lab Probably a copy on your desk now I found some flakes in the wound specimen I sent to the labs been analyzed on the spectrograph They found out it was a substance called ansys corrosive protective product made by Union petroleum What's it used for? I'm going to spray tools and metal that might be out in the weather a lot Like in a filling station a lot of tools in the new cars have it might help you pick up anything out there No, nothing no tire marks no footprints. Oh toughy. It looks like it. Well, somebody's car might have a little blood on it One-shot detail is the watch and ring on the hot list, but all we have to work on now Yeah, I feel then Thanks Guthrie then I'm at twenty two one seventy eight Cherry Hills place across from Bethel and it's house about six houses down Twenty two one seventy eight. You know, what's up checking the story about Leonard walking home lady Yeah, Mrs. Sheridan saw somebody pick him up when he left the house does she know who it out She says it looked like Bethel and its boyfriend James Brewer. Okay. We'll check it out Backing up the great CBS radio news team on election night will be Univax the electronic brain It'll be operating for the first time to bring you faster more accurate more complete election night totals on November 4th make CBS radio your election headquarters to hear the trends the color and the results You'll hear Edward Armiro, Lowell Thomas and the rest of the same great CBS radio team that made convention reporting history earlier this year Crazy I was right here in bed. Any way you can prove that Mr. Brewer prove I was in bed Lord. No, I was here That's all I was home and in bed by 11 last night I don't quite understand why you're here. Just checking You drive a 51 Cadillac sedan. That's right black. Mm-hmm This witness said it was your car. Well a lot of people have cars like that. It wasn't mine No, I understand. We have to look into all these things sure. I understand You want to come in here? Yeah Where were you last night before you came home? Working I own a club out on Lincoln highway anybody there see you leave sure Charlie Monroe my manager You came right home went to bed. Yeah You knew Henry Leonard. Sure. I've known him 10 or 12 years known before he married Beth. Were you on good terms with him? I mean, oh, yeah, I think so those good terms you can be with a husband of the woman. You're gonna marry Look Beth and Hank broke up two years ago They never could work things out bet that tank to come back in town talk about a divorce That's why he was here Beth and I want to get married. Yeah, you see him when he was in town. Yeah Sunday night We all had dinner here. Did you talk about the divorce? Yeah, Hank said it was all right with him If that's what Beth wanted Sunday the only time you saw that's right. I Know you have to look into all sorts of things, but I didn't kill him if that's what you're driving at You own a raincoat mr. Brewer Sure like to see it. I sent it to the cleaners a couple days ago. You remember what cleaners? Windsor why just want to look at it now. Listen you too. I'm no criminal. I have no record I've never been in trouble with a law you have no reason to inquire into my personal life and the things I do I've been pretty nice to you up to now, but I won't stand for this I have a lawyer who might be able to make something out of your accusations We aren't making any accusations. Mr. Brewer just looking for the fact. Well look for them someplace else This is my home and until you have a warrant or something you have no right to come here Don't ever tell a police officer working on a homicide that he has no right to make inquiries We'll contact you later. What do you think man? Pretty big guy. Yeah, his cars in the garage, Ben. You got a chance to look at yeah, the jackhandle's missing Well, she's just finishing up now How about the bar yeah sure Thank you very much and now because you all asked for it here. It is again your favorite and mine And miss Leonard, but we have to talk to you again. I'm sorry miss Leonard, but it's necessary Well, not here we can use mr. Hanson's office. I'll come I told you that before we know Was there any trouble about the divorce? No no trouble at all Hank was very sweet about it had he taken any legal action. He was going to see a lawyer this morning Do you know if mr. Brewer and your husband had any words about this divorce situation? No, no Hank, and I've been separated for such a long time No, mr. Brewer told me not to answer any more questions Wish he hadn't told you that he said you had no right to annoy me or him I think he's right. You said you thought my husband had been robbed and killed What are you trying to find out now mr. Brewer is no killer of thief I'm certainly not and we have to check out everything We want to find out who killed your husband. That's all mrs. Leonard a Witness claims she saw your husband get into a car like the one mr. Brewer drives She says mr. Brewer was driving it We're here to find out if you know anything about that I don't know anything about it, and I don't think I'll answer any more questions I'm sure we should look at it differently mrs. Leonard. I told you no more absolute Guthrie Missing from his car. We have him here still talking to him, but it may not be Brewer Oh Asher just called it a big guy just pulling the watch it was taken from Leonard's body. Where Bob Bommash's pawn shop 18th and Curtis We'll meet him there He left the shop about four minutes ago. Bommash gave me a pretty good description 6-2 brown suit 190 No had he must be around here somewhere. Yeah, what's the story on the pawn shop detail was in Bommash's place this morning It was still fresh in Bommash's mind when the suspect came in he signed the buy book Harry long. Here's the watch Movement case numbers check on yeah, it puts Brewer in the clear. I've been yeah Now we have to get this one. How do you want to work it then? We'll lay it out every intersection for six blocks every alley now. Let's get some more cars down here This sounds like our boy, and I want him in the area somewhere He could be in any one of those stores might live around here, too 66 a 205 at 617 Manning see the woman. I'll check him. Yeah 13k to unit 17k come in 17k to 13k go ahead then you do any good yet nothing then I'll check it around then hmm going into market town with the packages, huh? That's the description Just spotted man answering description of suspect now entering southeast entrance of market town call it out Cover every entrance every street beat and I are going after him market town Roger Let's go Pardon me, please Pardon Sorry, sorry Pardon me He's going for the parking lot. Yeah, come on. I've been that 49 caddies is yeah, Mr. Long Your name Harry long. No, you've got the wrong fella. Mr. Police officers. What is this? It's your car Well, yeah, say listen, we better go where we can talk come on What about that you pawned this watch a few minutes ago, Mr. Long We'll talk about it for a stouter. No Okay, Ben Come with you, but I ain't done nothing for a man who hasn't done anything. You fight pretty hard Yeah Wait a minute, you've got nothing on me Man, huh? These look like blood stains to you Yeah Better phone in tell him to let Brewer go Being Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie with Jack Moyle's a sergeant Pete Carger was written by E. Jack Newman with music by Eddie Dunstetter Martha Tilton was featured as Beth Leonard others in the cast were high ever back Peter Leeds Victor Perrin Howard McNeer Sydney Miller and Virginia Greg the lineup is produced and directed in Hollywood by Jaime del Valle The nation's Forestry Service reports critical forest fire conditions in the Midwest the Far West New England and the South with many other areas showing increasing danger compounded by an unprecedented number of hunters in timber areas To all of you in or near Timberland areas these critical weeks take every precaution to avoid setting fire Thursday night date with junior myths on the CBS radio network