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long as he got there there were mumblings in the senior class at high school when he picked off the prized scholarship to college the same mumblings that echoed through the anti rooms later in law school but no matter Eddie Vincent had arrived right-hand man to the district attorney yes it was a thrill at first sitting in with Ryan on all the big cases but after a few years of it he began once again to feel that it she couldn't scratch the opportunists without the opportunity well breaks don't grow on trees Eddie sometimes you have to make the breaks yourself yes spend a few months on it give it a lot of thought then maybe for example on the particularly foggy night at the prison across the bay you might have a stroke of luck hey what do you think district attorney Ryan yeah I see tell the warden I'll see him as soon as I can Eddie yeah warden Kamal is on his way here it bugs him alone just escaped from prison five hours ago about three in the morning check with headquarters and tell lieutenant Connelly I want to detail a five men yes five men where do you want him a sign I'll tell sergeant Greg to put a man at every entrance to the building no one is to be admitted without appointment call me if there are any questions you'll be in pretty careful chief yes I know maybe I'm flattering myself Eddie he's probably forgotten all about me by now alone yeah it's more than 10 years since I last saw him I had your job then and bugs him alone almost lost it for me oh I guess you don't remember I think I remember the headlines he had a protection racket or something yes and we never could pin him down he's the cleverest criminal I ever tackled we never would have nailed him except for one bad mistake oh what was that you figured he could beat any kind of a rap even murder it finally got so he didn't stop at breaking windows and tossing acid when his customers refused to pay up I think before we were through we had him on five first-degree counts six grade schoolboy could have pulled a death sentence out of the average jury that's what almost lost me my job well I sold out you see you did what there was nothing else to do Malone had this whole town terrified including the jury so I sold out for manslaughter 15 years he's tried to escape twice and I got him 10 more guy like that ought to know better I don't know looks like he made it this time just as he promised he promised Eddie I didn't get those guards over here to play pinocchio Malone's too well known to hide out very long he knows it just hoping it's long enough long enough for what chief long enough to keep his promise to put a bullet through my head with a prologue of tonight's story gateway to danger the signal oil company brings you another of the strange tales of the whistler now before the story continues here are two timely tips for making your ration gasoline go farther when you start your car these cold mornings don't race the motor even though your car is standing still a racing motor 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drivers who say you do go farther with signal gasoline and now back to the whistler so bugsy Malone is back in circulation again after 10 long years in prison it looks like a clean break too clean almost as if it were tailor made by someone on the outside there are still no leads the next night at 10 o'clock when Eddie finally says good night to the DA and starts home just for a change he takes the long way a lonely road leading through the hills above the city hello bugsy you're right on time yeah where you staying hello mine okay you didn't slip up anywhere no how can I miss for them Keith you couldn't have been followed what's the matter nervous I don't do this every night where's the doll here you can count it later this goes with it a rifle yeah with a telescopic sight I don't get it what do I want you're still interested in Mr. Ryan aren't you what's that got to do with him he lives in Shelton that'll give me that I know where he lives you're planning to walk into the sterling hotel and introduce yourself to the dozen or so cops in front of his apartment well I don't know he has a house in Shelton about 50 miles south of town he's going there this weekend on Friday night and no one knows it except me here's the address it's on a hill sort of an estate with a wall around it and a gate on the drive they'll get there about nine and stop at the gate there are two big lights on either side of the gate I still don't get the rifle there's a hill right opposite the gate with trees on it with that silencer in the scope you can't miss just one thing bugsy you know the chance you're taking every cop in the state will be on your tail inside of an hour it's still better than a pen or you want it was a chance now if you slip up yeah I know it's strictly my own idea you got rid of the keys yeah okay it's your baby from here on we won't see each other again unless unless what unless you get caught and if you do bugsy I'm going to hang you that's right Eddie sometimes you have to make the brakes yourself the DA has done a good job been in there pitching for 10 years now good for perhaps 10 more that's too long for you isn't it too long when you begin to feel that old itch again that urge to climb up there where the real money is and there's plenty up there for a smart DA one smart enough to inherit the job for instance you can see it now Ryan's car pulling out of the darkness into the circle of light at the gate he gets out bumbles with a lock for a second right under the light like a duck on a pond the faint wine of a bullet and you're the district attorney yes Saturday morning the headlines will scream they'll swear you in and you'll promise the suckers you won't rest until the assassin sits in the death cell as a curtain raiser it'll you made the order won't it you've tried not to think of it during the week but now that Friday the day of days has arrived your mind wanders in spite of yourself you had to get out of cell block 7 first there was no other way now assuming it was an inside job to Eddie no oh i'm sorry chief have you something on your mind no no please go on um you were saying you talked to Campbell at the prison yes it was an inside job and i don't mean inside the prison what the key to his whole plan was his escape from cell block 7 you remember the Myers case several months ago yes chief there were some keys presented in evidence the same keys oddly enough that malone used in his escape what do you mean those keys will return someone could have had them duplicated someone on the police force perhaps or even someone in this office but why i don't know but i intend to find out the police can take care of malone as far as i'm concerned i'm vastly more interested in the man who had those keys made well it's still a theory of course far more likely some guard at the prison maybe oh by the way we're leaving at seven tonight we what do you mean don't get the wrong idea mr vinton i'm not afraid it uh well it just takes two to open my gate gate what that's the fact it's on the blink you see it has a bar you have to lift you're kidding maybe i am but that's true about the gate seriously eddie i want you with me in case something breaks over the weekend but you see i've already arranged for one of them i'm sorry eddie you'll have to cancel whatever plans you had well i can't chief uh what's the matter with you i don't really know very well and we leave at seven well i'm expecting an important call from lieutenant connelly if he calls tell him i'll be back late this afternoon i'll tell miss quinn think i'll go out for a little lunch good idea you look like you need it but eddie isn't thinking about lunch as he walks down the street unconscious of the milling crowds no his mind is on other things it's funny isn't it how you can spend six months building a beautiful house of cards only to have them fall flat in a split second that gate of a million gates in the world that had to be the one that took two to open what's the matter eddie you still might pull it off if bugsy hits the right one and if that locksmith the tail doesn't happen to hit the little man on shannon street who did it for you now you've got to stop it find bugsy and where he's gone you said goodbye to him for good and too late got to be another wait a minute what about the car that's it ryan's car up in the public garage hello george hello mr vinson how's the garage business okay the a's car in sure a second car down there you are eddie no one around take off the gas cap take out that pound of sugar you bought at the grocery store now the sugar goes in the gas tank it'll take about 10 blocks for that sugar to hit the carburetor and at 7 30 in the evening it ought to be easy to persuade the da to wait until saturday let bugsy sit on the hill all night he's got five hundred dollars in his freedom kindly called yet no not a word chief ah well what time is it um six well i'll have to call him from down there come on let's go oh you may as well wait here chief i'll go and pick up the car my car has been in the shop for the last couple of days and to borrow one from the department it's right outside come on let's go you should have known it wouldn't work eddie but too simple too many ways out of it something must be wrong with your head no one in his right mind would have depended on a kid scheme like that at least he's letting you drive something anyway you're 10 miles south now coming into belview 40 miles to go that's about an hour eddie one hour to think of something what you can't think your heart is thumping like a trip hammer your adam's apple is a ball of sandpaper your way ahead of schedule nine o'clock you told him maybe you could hurry cover the 40 miles in less than an hour arrive at eight instead of nine no no that wouldn't work either bugsy didn't operate that way he's probably been there since this afternoon sitting on the hill with a rifle across his knees waiting here's belview you still got a chance take it easy eddie be calm think uh this is belview chief yes i see i um i'm a little hungry so why not wait till we get home uh there's a nice little steak place down here and we're ahead of time suppose i buy us a dinner well i did want to get down there early oh come on forget your the da for one okay but i'm going to stick you with our best steak in the house there you are mr ryan i'll be back in just a second order me the next best steak in the house would you all right eddie you have a better idea now thinking a little more clearly still have plenty of time first over to the drugstore across the street yes there's a phone booth now the book ah there it is hamilton steakhouse get the phone number hello hello headquarters give me lieutenant connelly not there okay lieutenant mccray then hello mccray this is eddie i'm having dinner with the da in belview a place called hamilton steakhouse the phone is washington 15401 yeah thought i'd let you know okay got it yeah we'll be here for a half hour at least right now wait a couple of minutes eddie let it settle that's it plenty of time okay now headquarters listen i've got a hot lead on bugsy malone tell a district attorney i'll meet him at his office in an hour he's gone well that's too bad no no one else will do never mind you'll find out who this is soon enough oh you know where the da is that's better make it eight o'clock i think it was good your time your steak's getting cold i thought i'd better check with headquarters nothing doing yet smart boy did you leave the number yep you know eddie i wouldn't be surprised to see you district attorney someday you're hoping that desk sergeant was as dumb as it usually is it might be embarrassing if they traced that call but it's five minutes now 10 minutes 15 what happened to them where's the call and finishing his pie now there isn't much more time well i feel better ready come on you can finish that cigarette in the car oh what about another cup of coffee oh we'll have someone we got there oh waitress yes sir how much do we all that'll be um three dollars and 85 cents no no this is mine chief thanks now you only owe me six lunches okay let's get out of here oh by the way eddie i'm going to ask you why did you make that phone call across the street uh oh we all do sir our phone's been out of order all day that's eight eddie 20 miles to go and two strikes against you there's only one thing left to do well snap it up a little eddie you can do better than 30 miles an hour even in this hack okay you know i still think i was right on that key business we found a little joint on shannon's street yeah i'm almost sure he was the one then mixed up with a lot of suspicious characters did you find anything no it's a trouble the old boy died last month the warden still swears the guards are all okay naturally what else can he do as i know monday i'm going to make a thorough check on every man who had access to that evidence it's a good idea oh what's the matter uh i'd stop it hey look out look out you're going off the road give me that wheel are you all right oh just my knee i must have got a cramp or something i hey help me will you yeah sure gee i'd better get you back to the city i know i'm okay here take it easy yeah hold on that that's right thanks there you all right it's okay now be stiff in a minute though what about you huh oh i don't know something seemed to grab me all of a sudden in my stomach how about the car oh oh it's not bad i'll have it pulled out tomorrow car off the road anybody hurt no hey i don't suppose you have anything for pulling us out of this ditch sure you got a chain right here in back can you beat that for a lot but you don't suppose we can drive it i mean why not it's just eased over on the side yeah but what about your knee oh i'll take a hot bath when we get there i can't get over our luck a guy with chains that would happen one time in a thousand yeah one in a thousand these strikes you're out eddie on the home stretch now winding up the narrow road toward the gate toward the day of judgment the pearly gate of valhalla that's a laugh isn't it maybe st peter will be there to give you a hand when you step into that circle of light okay you can stop here come on i'll show you how the ryan gate operates it what's the matter you're as white as a sheet i don't know i guess it's my stomach oh i'll fix you up when we get inside i can't i can't move come on snap out of it vincent you're acting like a baby here come on i'll give you a hand there you are now i'll go over behind that pillar and raise the bar you go up there and pull a pin when i say so oh no shut up i'm going to slug you in a minute if you don't get hold of yourself i'll pull that pin when i tell you there's been steps to the gate lad sheddie not even the chaplain to see you off but buzzy sees you now in the telescope site he's just the right distance to aim but not quite close enough to recognize you a good shot too probably has a nice solid rest for that rifle with the center of the gate right where the telescope sight lines cross here we are ready you're squeezing the trigger slowly now one second more but that's not all of tonight's story the whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending of tonight's tale meantime a word on that driving bugaboo you hear so much about carbon just what is carbon what causes it and how does it affect your motor's performance well so does carbon soft carbon coal is another form of carbon hard carbon there's not a motor oil may that doesn't form some kind of carbon but here's the important points many motor oils form hard carbon the kind that causes knocking overheating loss of efficiency and lowered gas mileage that's why the new solvent refining method used making pure paraffin base signal four star motor oil is a clean one of today's greatest advances in motor lubrication you see because of solvent refining signal four star motor oil actually forms 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frozen into a stupor his legs moving like those of a mechanical robot the sharp report a blinding flash of light across his consciousness a cold hand on his heart that was all district attorney ryan is still behind the stone pillar working at the gate lever when that's you mr ryan carly what are you doing here hey did you hear my tire blow out scared me to death what's the matter that bugs him along what we cornered him this afternoon i've been trying to get you since eight o'clock where is he in the morgue he reached for a gun good hey hey what's the matter with him who him good lord eddie eddie eddie passed out huh i passed out nothing he's dead he was sick did he hit his head or something no i don't know what happened must have been a heart attack there isn't a mark on him next monday at nine o'clock the whistler will bring you another strange tale the curious story of death marks the double cross the whistler is broadcast for your entertainment by the marketers of signal gasoline 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