 and a pair of clever crooks in the case of murder ala car i invite you to hear mister district attorney which follows immediately on nbc wmaq nbc in chicago the big story tonight at nine is about the missing chemist who was found by reporter ike mcconnelly his newspaper big story was the winner of the five hundred dollar big story award then stay tuned at nine thirty four curtain time and a ten o'clock for supper club ipanna toothpaste and salah patica present mister district attorney champion of the people defender of truth guardian of our fundamental rights to life liberty in the pursuit of happiness mister district attorney is brought to you by ipanna toothpaste and salah patica ipanna for the smile of beauty salah patica for the smile of health ipanna salah patica and it shall be my duty as district attorney not only prosecute to the limit of the law all persons accused of crimes perpetrated within this county but to defend with equal vigor the rights and privileges of all its citizens mister district attorney and tonight the case of murder a la carte of a Pete stop that hammering i'm trying to concentrate on the racing form oh i'm sorry dear i was just finishing this year little ran house yeah yeah you and your bill finishing a what this ran house hannah you see i put a number five hinge in the bottom so you can clean it out you're nuts you know what stanley a ran house what for well we won't always live in a small apartment dear i want to have so many things ready when we get a home in the country i swear i married an idiot hammering sawing is kisserful and nail fits still i'll get it it might be a ren oh i'll use the sandpaper dear won't disturb you hello hannah nicky oh hi nicky i gotta talk fast hannah i have to get back to my table yeah i'm listening mr and mrs mallory mallory how long will it take them to drink it all right what's the address jefferson tower that's bad nicky send them another bottle they'll need it when they get home fine nicky they're useless stanley hey look hannah you see how it would hang in a tree like a dead duck darling now get shaved and dressed will you we're going out on a job you've got nothing on the street harrington no not a thing chief i even covered some of the boys on the retired list well it doesn't help miss it i'd count it on picking up a lead well in the first place there's no pattern in these robberies take the fur coat boys now they wouldn't be seen dead heist and jewelry i know still that's what's happening yeah i had mr and mrs mallory in here an hour ago oh the ones that got robbed last night yes that's right they had dinner at some nightclub and when they got back to the jefferson towers it was all over what's the loot i ain't seen the list make coat silver fox cape the first old and ruby necklace same as the others oh boy the papers ain't going to be fun this is five in a row and all richies sorry i took so long it's quite all right mrs miller how did the meeting go well actually what the meeting mrs miller your poker club again i'm out for spring baseball practice harrington didn't you know no i went to the girl scouts luncheon oh oh they're a wonderful organization this is the 37th anniversary you know yes yes it is a fine group mrs mutter after we finish and i'd like to hear about their plans all right i'll get my notebook yeah i wish there was something to take notes about well our best bet now is to find that pattern harrington five robberies all of them prominent or wealthy residents yeah all of them good addresses too yes and in all five cases expensive loot let's have the five folders will you please i was just getting them here you are thank you all right harrington five in a row is plenty so let's get to work all right that's 700 a piece on the platinum and an ace each on the necklace all right well you should have argued with a fence nicky when my dad was alive he did better it's tough hannah the papers are full of it well you still should have argued one night i saw my old man reach over and put the jab choke on a fence he raised the price all right there the jab choke i'll show you sometimes stanley remind me got a new deal coming up maybe that's what i wanted to discuss hannah i think now we quit we what i told you in the beginning it couldn't be for long even now the district attorney might suspect the regency club in a pig's eye he might why should he he can't think it is just coincidence all five times we get a hall they're having dinner at the club yes and it's one of my tables why not it is the rizkiest joint in town young you're the most popular head waiter hannah look could i say something now it's too good to give up nicky you know that now i haven't finished look how simple it is you watch your regular customers make a list of the furs and stuff will you be quiet they even make it easy nicky they sign their dinner checks we get their address i know all that well what could be sweeter the night mrs rich which leads something big at home you call us we get dressed up go over with the past key and get it i'm trying to tell you the da is asked to see all the regency club employs tamara for questioning well let him question turn on the head waiter act for him baby he won't understand a word you're saying in a minute stanley as long as we look good to the doorman yeah and can work the locks way we're in nicky now what are you yapping about well uh uh i think nicky is right hannah we could quit now and get a nice house in the country what oh you should see the plans i got nicky i'm going to do the whole kitchen myself and pine stanley building sink and cupboards nicky you know the idea get lost but i was made it will you go down to your workbench and whip up a birdhouse all right as a matter of fact i will excuse me nicky sure go ahead stanley you know one of these days hannah you'll go too far you don't treat stanley very nice hannah oh why should i he's happy with a chisel and a bucket of nails it's good for a man to have a hobby i suppose maybe what's yours nicky mine sit still i'll light us a cigarette stanley is um in the basement here yeah he makes things you're not smoking one's enough i'll take drags off yours good lord what is that so help me someday i'll hit him with his own hammer is that dear i thought i was just my power so ahead i'm sorry i don't care that is rent now let's see where were we hannah about pulling any more jobs oh we'll pull more jobs nicky you know we will we got lots to do you and me come on honey sit down make yourself at home you know it can happen to anyone even to you tonight or tomorrow you may get one of those dull headaches that leaves you feeling miserable and out of sorts and all just because you need a laxative so remember like millions of others you too can get gentle relief with sal hepatica a glass of sparkling sal hepatica gives you gentle relief welcome relief day or night sal hepatica take them when you get up brings gentle speedy 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people do you what i haven't told you i know all of my customers please i work very hard i have it on nothing there's no reason to thank you have i'm merely interested in your cooperation pardon i say if you can help me i'll appreciate it oh anytime at all sir a pleasure you come to the club for dinner i will arrange it personally sir yes we start with buia bez a chicory salad with the romaine a crown roast lamb yes yes that'll be very nice i'm sure pardon you um you may go now mr sylvanian if i need any more help i'll call oh you are almost the kind of mr district attorney medicine messy book all right don't mention it adorothy if miss miller and herrington to finish in the other room ask them to come in here will you please oh they are oh fine thank you come in i just called dorothy to see if you were free oh yeah sure i'm free and losing my mind chief those waiters talk everything but english herrington isn't kidding chief i don't know whether i was taking notes or ordering dinner yes yes i had a little difficulty myself i got this much though herrington yeah in every single case the people who were robbed dined at the regency club the night it happened yeah i got that too chief i have the notes on it well all right there's our pattern so let's see what the pattern makes the name is philips hannah mr and mrs austin philips they've been customers of mine for years how big a score i haven't got it set yet but it looks fine every time she comes in she's wearing a different coat rocks there must be dozens diamond bracelets rings solid gold cigarette cases it's uh very nice and you wanted to quit aren't you glad i talked to you out of it i'm glad about a lot of things hannah the only worry is i know stanley he would care would he if he knew about us what if he does i hope you know how to handle him oh don't worry i do like a baby hey hannah did you see my cross got so i had a justice ah nicky i'm glad you're here it's a good to see you stanley uh you're looking for a soul oh no that can wait i haven't even told hannah but i've been waiting to talk to you both of you so but it is so late stanley some other time no i really must be gone all it nicky and drop the accent you want to talk about what sandpaper oh no i i've been i've been thinking hannah with what now look i warn you don't treat this lightly oh i i let you have your way i know but this time i'm serious stan oh man let him say it nicky well i mean all it's here in the papers the employees of the club being questioned and all i've come to a decision i'll be a monkey's uncle about what we're quitting hannah not after the next one not tomorrow the next day but now you kill me stanley go back to your birdhouse no no no i i i mean it we got we got money now well over three thousand dollars well over 30 cents is more like it look can i happen to know what's more with the money we could buy a nice trailer a nice what second hand i think if it needs attention i could fix it up hey did you ever see the inside of a trailer nick me or you can do wonders with a hammer and a nail snug as a bug in a rug are you through now no no hannah of course it won't be like a house in the country but that will come in time now listen to me in a moment in a moment it has a it has advantages you know travel about meet people you know i've always wanted to see yellowstone national park just see it and come for the course you can have that in the trailer hannah you can't oh yeah yeah i thought a heavy gingham of some kind that the wind is you know gives all the privacy in the world on wheels oh now look hannah you needn't be flippin after all half of what we've taken in is mine all right brace yourself buster i've got news for you there perhaps i should go just stay put nicky he just don't know the time of day i think i do hannah yeah well mr trailer we ain't got any three grand at this exact minute we ain't got a lousy 200 bucks did you say what do you think i've been playing the races with shavings you're lying am i that's nicky i'm sorry you lost so much hannah well i'm not easy come easy go my old man taught me that oh you see that little swine hannah hannah are you hurt hannah oh look hannah i'm sorry i i didn't mean to do that i just lost my temper get out of my way nicky hannah i said i didn't mean to slap you hannah be be careful here come here let me go hannah hannah stay out of this hannah please you're hurting me yellowstone national park hannah let go of it how do you like this gingham how how do you like this hannah let go of this nick you don't know what you're doing don't i he's day he should be the jab choke works every time the one your father taught you taught me a lot like like easy come easy go nicky remember that will you now that you're gonna hang around i've seen enough have one of the men throw a blanket over the body yeah all right chief you agree with me yes yes there's no question about it death due to strangulation i'd say the medical examiner's on his way good spin him how would you say the body got down here in the railroad yards it was brought here there's no sign of a struggle underground yes yes that's my idea too and in a car i think sure if you've been hurled from a train he'd never have landed over here excuse me is there any preliminary identity i have to make out the card no not a thing so far i'm smelling herrington well it don't look like there's gonna be much either nothing in the pockets labels torn out of his suit and clothes yes yes i noticed sure they even tore the laundry marks off his shirt looks like yes and took his ring yeah as you can see the line on his finger where he wore one well i still don't buy it as a plain mug and i doubt that too especially when identification has been so carefully destroyed yeah you know the neck is what gets me how do you die like that oh excuse me the examiner's arriving up on the ramp oh thank you miss madam well let's let him get to work shall we this one may be more of a puzzle than we know hello i forget it i've been waiting for the call about the job miss what a break nicky she isn't wearing the chinchilla is she she's wearing i'll have it in one hour big just so that coats at home honey that's all i need to know was the door open mrs philips are not at home this evening if you got any more questions but or can't you talk no thank you tell mr and mrs philips i'll be out at three chief yes thank you chief can't we do something with those reporters they're tearing their hair outside not for the moment i'm afraid herrington any reports from the morgue miss miller yes or just now yes dr colgan finished his examination of the philips butler and the same as the man in the railroad yards death due to strangulation the same discoloration in the neck oh he didn't say he's sending up his report i'll tell him not to bother i'm going down all right you want me chief well i want to set up something else first herrington i got all i needed from mr philips yeah not only have all the victims in these robberies had dinner at the regency club but it seems they all had the same waiter captain which one chief unfortunately miss miller one you and herrington didn't see oh as for the two whom you didn't question i'm arranging to have them take a vacation i don't get it chief what's the plan well one that might work herrington however it's going to take a long time dentists say the ipanna way works yes dentists say the ipanna way works in thousands of reports from all over the country eight out of ten dentists say the ipanna way promotes healthier gums and brighter teeth listen here's the professionally approved ipanna dental care the ipanna way first of all between regular visits to your dentist brush all tooth surfaces with ipanna toothpaste at least twice a day and then massage gums the way your dentist advises remember ipanna special formula actually helps stimulate gum circulation yes for healthier gums and brighter teeth the ipanna way dentists say the ipanna way works ipanna toothpaste with the sparkling flavor that leaves your mouth fresher your breath cleaner ipanna the toothpaste more dentists personally use and recommend than any other so ask your dentist about ipanna and massage a good dentist like a good dentist is never a luxury make the ipanna way your way to healthier gums brighter teeth and ipanna smile get ipanna toothpaste all right so i had to take care of the butler we got the coat didn't we it won't be easy to get rid of hannah the fences all say chinchilla is too rare takes time to dispose of it all right so we do another now but all right all right hold it sure it's getting hot nicky i know that very hot and i agree we should quit go somewhere like you said but that is just what i'm saying but we can't go without dough can we you just said it'll take weeks to get the cut on the phillips coat but i so we do just one more nicky one big one and we go now get somebody lined up baby and we're free good evening sir it is a pleasure to see you again this evening well what do you know about that he did he remembers us from last week oh how nice it is a pleasure mrs johnson and if i may say so sir yes a nicky wasn't a nicky sir good and the management has suggested that if you wish to sign your dinner checks it will be a pleasure well well now isn't that nice just sure send the bills to the apartment nicky apartment 20 the west port arm a pleasure sir good may i suggest oysters for madame to start the pecanic salts are excellent no i think a hot consummate please been so cold oh harry would you mind i'll just put my mingle with my show allow me madame oh thank you and the hot consummate yes please it will be a pleasure was the venison all right mr johnson oh my favorite me nicky even better than last week uh well my dear are you ready to go yes harry we ought to get home oh will you ask nicky to get my coat please it's the sable there on that chair for tonight mr johnson may i suggest the rack of lamb well it sounds good nicky oh dear did we have lamb here the other night dear well harry anything that won't take too long we haven't much time you know may i inquire if you are attending the theater again this evening oh gracious no not dressed like this nicky mr johnson insists on going to the boxing matches well you're going to like them dear it's a great card tonight probably last until midnight but it's worth it well thank goodness i am dressed for it if anyone mauls this old thing i just don't care it's all said hannah they're going to the fights and she's left all the furs at home remember now the westport arms apartment 20 i'll be in the car in front when you're through i'm waiting for you why you stand perfectly still i rest you're broken by her i don't doubt that it's the only way i've learned to break that child yes in here harrington here's a faster better way to relieve pain a new product that acts twice as fast as aspirin the name is buffering remember that name buffering it acts twice as fast as aspirin now you can get faster relief from your headaches pains due to colds neuralgia and minor muscular aches with buffering remember that name buffering it acts twice as fast as aspirin you see buffering is absorbed twice as fast into your bloodstream so it goes to work faster to relieve pain and gently too and because buffering tablets aren't acid they will not upset your stomach remember that name buffering at drug counters everywhere buffering acts twice as fast as aspirin and now with the explanation of tonight's case here is your district attorney it's a pleasure to report ladies and gentlemen that with the arrest of hannah price and nick silvania we brought to an end the unusual wave of robberies both hannah and nicky will pay the full penalty demanded by law for the murders of the phillips butler as well as hannah's husband stanley golly that was one assignment i like chief i've never eaten such good food in my life yeah no boy did you look swell in all those furs that you rented miss mullin why thank you harrington but of course i look good in just anything oh well it was certainly good work miss madam you and harrington sent hannah right to the apartment where i was waiting simply by displaying those furs yeah and when we got there we picked up nicky in front of the joint chief as actually it was hannah's peculiar method of choking her victims that helped harrington yeah that's the japanese choke brother that one's the works yes it nearly always kills and without as much effort as is sometimes needed fortunately it leaves a characteristic discoloration of the neck as well as abrasions on the lower jaw and you saw those in the morgue chief yes i did miss mother on both stanley and the butler and that's why i was ready for hannah when she tried the japanese choke on me and you can thank the army service for that uh chief right bring your arms down hard and you can break it sir and break the case i'm glad to see i'll say sir oh chief what about next week well our case for next week is one of the most vital in our files ladies and gentlemen one which lays bare of vicious crime now being committed against all of us it's the case of send the homeless and i invite you to join us for until then thank you and good night the names of all characters in the night's dramatization are fictitious and it resemblance the names of living persons are actual places is purely coincidental our stars with jay justin in the title role lend oil is harrington and vicky vola as miss miller the music was under the direction of peter van steedon the program is produced and directed by edward a byron and written by robert shaw mr district attorney was originated by philips h lord remember i panel toothpaste for the smile of beauty sal hepatica for the smile of health bristol mires invites you to tune in again next week for duffy's tavern and mr district attorney