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I've got a right, Cheryl, being a husband to you like I was for so long. Husband. Husband. Eddie, gentle talking Eddie, who made my life miserable and ugly because he said... Do you tell me, honey? What am I? What you are, I don't have to think about anymore or worry about or get ashamed about. You don't want to understand, do you, Cheryl? You're not even trying to, honey. It's over, Eddie. I don't have to try anymore. We're divorced three months now. And I'm doing great, doing fine. So who needs you, Eddie? I don't care what happens to you anymore. No, don't... Don't... Don't say a thing like that, honey. All you've got to do is like me again, like you used to. Stay away from me. Talk like that. Your throat goes hard when you talk like that. Hard instead of soft the way I remember it. Don't do that, Cheryl! This is Eddie. You touch me months more, I'll kill you. So help me, I'll kill you! Into his car and drove, through the city, through drifting twilight of early autumn, through the ending of a quiet Sunday, and into a street lined with maple. At the corner, a girl waiting for a bus. Eileen, victim. Eileen? Eileen Hall. It's me, Ed. Eddie Franklin. Not you some guy trying to pick up. I'm sorry. I really did think you were some fresh kid or something. Can I drive you someplace, Eileen? Well... Well, it's no trouble, aren't it? I was just driving around. No special place to go. No one to see. You give me a real pleasure. Oh, if you're sure it's no trouble. My pleasure, aren't it? Come on, my pleasure. Hop in, hop in. Eileen! Who's that? Just Lois Anderson's a girlfriend of mine I was visiting with today. I just left her house a few minutes ago. Do you mind if I... No, no, no. Not one little bit. You go right ahead, Eileen. I'll wait. What is it, Lois? Something I forgot to give you, dear. A little present I had for you. I wrapped it nice. You can open it when you get home. Oh, thanks, Lois. Don't keep your fellow waiting, dear. Whoever he is. Anyone I know? I don't think so. Thanks again, Lois. Well, I was coming out of my house, and I saw the car drive up and stopped, and I thought... It's all right. I know it. She's a friend. Good night, Lois. I'm all set. Yes, Ed. Thanks for... I don't mention it. Where to, miss? Well, I was just waiting for the bus to go home. Oh, you have to do that. Go home. No. Really? I thought I'd get to there early. Because I was just going to say... Yes? Well, I was just going to say if you don't really have to go home. Well... Yes? Well, there's a driving up the road, and I thought maybe we'd stop and have a sandwich before... I mean, if you want to, Eileen. That's very sweet of you, Ed. I'd like to. Oh, my pleasure. My pleasure. Eileen. The sandwiches, folks, and the coke. If you'll just adjust your windings. Well, thanks. I'll just screw this tray on tight. Well, there you are, folks. Be happy. Well, thanks, honey. Now, let's see. This is your sandwich, Eileen, and this is mine. You want a straw for your drink? No, then. I'd like to crunch the ice. Then? Mm-hmm. Um, your wife, has she... Oh, that's... that's... that's done and finished. Eileen, I told her off good today. I said, stop bothering me. Stop hanging around. Stop calling me. Now, we're divorced, I said. And if that doesn't mean anything to you, it showed us to me, I said. Why? Did you think that I... I don't know what I thought, Ed. I just... I wondered a couple of times I met you, you talked about her, and I... Eileen. Yes? I'm glad I happened to see you waiting there on the corner tonight. You know, I was just driving around and nothing to look forward to. There you were, in the twilight. Well, I am. Well, what's the matter? Well, nothing. Nothing's a matter. The way you said that, I didn't suspect you could... Oh, well, I've got a million of them. A whole million. You're fine, Ed. I think I like being with you. Well, me too, Eileen. And I wanted to call on you so many times, but... I wasn't... Hey, pal. I'm gonna move your car a little bit. There's those I can park in that space next to it. You hear me, pal? Yeah, all you gotta do is just pull over a little and... He's got the rock, too. I'll show him. I'll show that loudmouth. Now, what's with you, bigmouth? You figure I own the world or something. Oh. Oh, I got me one of those. Bloody amizer kids. You collect parking spaces. All you gotta do is move your car a little. I'm not going to, bigmouth. I got there first. Me and my girl, we don't want to move. We're not going to move. Yes, you will, kiddo. Well, you're a good man. Stop it. Stop it. You're too crazy or something. Well, you hit him, Eileen. You saw him. He shoved. Stop it. You hear? Let's get out of here. Let's go someplace else. You want to? You really want to? Tell him you want to, lady. All I am is hungry for a cheeseburger, so get him away from me. Let's go somewhere else, Ed. Maybe where we can dance. Some place is... I know a place on the highway. Where there's a jukebox. That sounds like fun. Let's go there, Ed. My pleasure. My pleasure, Eileen. Pardon me. Sorry. Can we get through here, please? Can we get through here, please, says the man? Says the man, says the man, says the man. Come on, come on. Let the lady and I through here. Lady, lady. Ed, let's get out of here. Let's not. Now listen, you punk, you little punk. Let us through here. We want to sit down. Please, Ed. Hi, lady. To you, I'll apologize. Now listen, you. I'm apologizing. You want to get through, I'll get you through. Get out of here. Let these two good people by. Let them by. Let them by. Table, you wanted, lady? Thank you. Sit down, lady. Now, mister, what about me being a punk before you sit down, that is, you tell me that. Oh, will I? Before you sit down, that is. Oh, no, forget it. No offense. You know, all those people and bumping and everything. Sure. And you know what? Hi, I'm Bernie. Hi. Hi, lady. I'm Bernie. Eileen. And I'm Ed. Hi. Mind if I do? I knew you wouldn't. Sit down, Ed, and join along. Hi. Hello. What's the matter with you? Get him. Come on, what are you laughing at? Mostly you. Face to this kind of place. Inform. You're friendly, Eileen. Now we've forgotten. Come on. Sure. Sure it is. Eileen. Hi. You see, you see, Eileen? Hi, Bernie. Yeah, me too. Hi, Ed. Yeah. You know what you ought to do, Ed? Hold up three fingers and yell beer so Eileen and me can finish out the dance. Yeah. Come on. All right. Hey, three beers. Hey you, three beers. Your side. Let the country air in. Yeah, to let the country air in. Like we say it. Eileen. Uh-huh. No, no, no, wait. When you're finished. I'm finished. You ought to talk to me. Oh, that's his right. His right can be. His right can be. That's how right it is. All right. Come here. Ed. Ed, you dropped? No, I would be, but I'm out with Eileen tonight. When I lift up a glass, it pulls down my arm. That's my cheek. It says nowhere. Eileen. Oh, I had a beer, Ed. Have a good time. I guess. I guess? Uh-huh. I guess, she says. Did you see the way she was dancing? Ed. What? I'm kind of ashamed. Of what? Of the kid, Bernie dancing all the dances. And I never done anything like that in my whole life. Look. What's the matter? None, Sam. What? This, better we go home. No, better we don't, babe. Home, Ed. Oh, no. Well, you picked me up. You did do that, didn't you? Pick me up. I must have been. What? Out of your mind? Better go home. I'm lonely. Stay away from me. Come here, you. Come here. Bringing you Mr. Cornel Wild in Somebody Help Me. A story based on fact. Tonight's presentation in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Grills Suspense. What's the good word? The word and a car is Chrysler, Harlow. I'm going to pick up my new 54 Chrysler right now. We're saluting Chrysler on suspense tonight as a distinguished member of our auto-light family. And it'll soon be a distinguished member of my family too, Harlow. What a car. Bleak and beautiful. That's only part of the Chrysler's story. What comfort. Chrysler seats are regular chair height with plenty of head room and hat room. And for convenience and safety, there's Chrysler power steering and the most powerful engine on the road, the 235 horsepower firepower V8 engine. Yes, sir, Harlow. My new auto-light equipped Chrysler has everything but a driver. And I'm going to fix that right now. Bye, Jim. Tell your dealer, by the way, that auto-light is proud of its long association with Chrysler and Chrysler dealer is everywhere. And now, auto-light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage the remarkable characterization of Mr. Wilde in Elliott Lewis' presentation of Somebody Help Me, a story based on fact and well calculated to keep you in suspense. Eileen Hall was missing. Four days after her disappearance, two boys were walking across a field in the outskirts of town and came across a body. Identification was made by fingerprint and it was established that this was the missing girl. Her friends were questioned and it became known that she had been interested in Eileen. The first was a corporal at a nearby boot camp. He stated he was on duty on the night of September 10, charge of quarters, which checked with post records. Then a former shipyard worker who it was recalled had pursued Eileen without success. She found out I was married. I told her I was right off the back. Politely in the nice way she had, she told me to beat it. I was playing poker on the night of September 10. She was questioned. A young man who had had several dates with her. Maybe five or six dates. We got along I guess, but she got tired of going out with me. I guess we ran out of things to say to each other. The last time I saw her it was pretty miserable. That was in July sometime. September 10th I was out with Barbara. We get along fine. Two on the basis of the identification, Mrs. Lois Anderson came forward made a statement. Eileen was visiting with me. I went to the corner to the bus stop. I ran after her to give her a little something I'd made for her. She was just about to get into an automobile that had stopped for her. Oh no, I never saw the man before. He worked glasses. That's all I can remember. Medical authorities who performed an autopsy reported that Eileen had been strangled somewhere around midnight from scraping under her nails that she had scratched her murder and that she had eaten a ham sandwich for her death. Therefore a check was made of every restaurant and drive-in in the area. And one car hop said I'm pretty sure it's the same girl. She was with a man with glasses on. Got into some kind of fight with another customer. I can't remember just what it was about. I remember though at first I thought it was my boyfriend driving up same kind of car and it was fancied up the same way. What kind of car was that? Convertible, black convertible, plaid cop. They were told that the description matched that of a man named Ed Franklin and they furnished the policeman with an address. He moved out when we got divorced. Where'd he go? I don't know. Have you heard from him recently? Oh, a couple weeks ago. Let me see. Uh, two Sundays before last? Maybe, I don't know maybe. Did he act nervous? He acted a little bit nervous like he wanted to kill me. Then he was a violent man. I'm lucky. I've taken his last bruise. The former Mrs. Franklin furnished the police for the detailed description. Finally, Ed Franklin was picked up in a cheap rooming house in Seattle, Washington extradited to the town where the crime was committed. Her name was what? Eileen Hall. I don't know anyone by that name. Gilchrist. Yes, sir. Mrs. Anderson, is this the man who picked up Eileen Hall? Well, I... let me rock around here so... you know, the way he was sitting in the car, well, I... I don't know. I just don't know. Mr. Yeah, what do you want? She was a very nice girl. Never got into any kind of trouble. Well, hey, what is this? You recognize this man, Mrs. Anderson? Oh... No, but... he might be the man. I'm not going to put him in jeopardy because I'm not sure it is he. No, I... I don't recognize him. All right, thank you. You see? See what? Well, she saw the killer and she said I'm not the woman. Tell me something, Mr. Franklin. Well, any old thing. What were you doing in Seattle? Well, what's that got to do with... your job is here. Why did you go away? A wrestler. Why? Well, why does a man get a wrestler? Tired of the same old thing. Well, that's right. Job, routine. Right. And a man gets lonesome. And a man gets lonesome shoes. For your wife? Well, what about her? I just asked if you got lonesome for her. It's a divorce, sir. Why? Well, nothing was good enough for her. We didn't get along. We got divorced. Did you ever beat her? No. Fine, then. I just told you we didn't get along. What line of work are you in? I'm a salesman. Play the good. Wallets, belts, things like that? Yeah, that's right. Pretty good at it, too, huh? Sure, sure. Then how come you were practically a vagrant in Seattle? Huh? Practically a vagrant in Seattle. Well, I... Upset about something? Running away from something? No. Then what? Well, just know that's all. Get that boy, Gilkis. Boy's name is Bernie, Mr. Franklin. You know him? No. What about it, Bernie? It's him. How do you know him, Bernie? I stood up to him in a juke joint once, and he fell down. Then there was a girl he was with. He watched me dance with her. Hi, Ed. Okay, Bernie. Gilkis. Yes, sir? The two from the driving. This way, Bernie. Okay, you two. Ever see this man before? Yeah, that's him. Doc's driving almost had a fight with him. I served him. A girl with him when you saw him? According to a picture in the paper, the one that was murdered. Yes, sir. Thank you. Well, what? We got the middle of it, Franklin. You went to a drive-in and had a ham sandwich. You almost had a fight there. Then you went to a juke joint, and you watched Eileen Hall dance with that boy. All we need is the beginning and the end. Well, look, I no more killed Eileen than... Well, all right, sure, I knew Eileen, but what is that prove? Nothing, except you said a few minutes ago that you didn't know her. Well, I didn't, not really. She must have known you. Else, why would she get into your car? I picked her up. Maybe, but I doubt it. I don't think she's the kind of girl who gets picked up. Well, where you been? Every girl gets picked up. Oh? Well, sure, where you been? How did you meet your wife, Franklin? Hey, now, wait a minute. I just asked you a simple question. How did you meet your wife? I'll leave out of it. Can't do that anymore, Franklin. Can't leave anything out of it. Come in, please. I, uh, was just telling... Hello, Ed. Surely, huh? You're in a lot of trouble, aren't you? Yes, I am, honey, but don't you worry about it. I'm not gonna worry about it. I don't want you to, honey. I don't want you to worry about anything. I'll get out of this. We'll start all over. Huh? Oh, boy, am I glad to see you here. Ed. I can handle anything to throw at me now. Ed. Oh, it's true, honey. I'm not gonna deny it. I was out with this girl. We went to a drive-in and we went to a beer place. They had music there. You know, I didn't even dance with her. Ed. I didn't take it easy. Will you listen to me? Well, what, what, what, honey? Ed. Sure, honey. What do you want? I don't care what happens to you. Listen to her. Listen to her. But what you've done, they can put you in the electric chair and they can flip the switch. You don't care, do you? You really don't? Surely. Please, please, please. I, I am in trouble now. And I'm, I'm frightened. And you'll remember, you'll remember how. I won't, when it started, you and me. Remember how we said we'd beat each other's belly? Who needs a, who needs a? I, I can get girls. Anytime I want. Pick a night, pick a time. Come on, honey. Come on. Hop in, honey. Eileen. Franklin. What? What do you want? You were the man Lois Anderson saw, weren't you? The woman Eileen was visiting. Yeah. And the man who had the fight in the drive-in. Oh, listen, that guy. The man who had the fight in the drive-in. Okay. And took her to the juke joint. It was just like that boy Bernie said. Okay, okay. Why did you kill Eileen Hall? What? Why? What? I, I'm just like any other guy. I'm a good guy. Well, lonely sometimes. But I'm, I'm just like any other guy. Not any, any different. And why did I kill her? She was close to me. She wanted to go away. And I, I got lonesome. So I, I held on to her forever. You understand? Yeah. For the rest of her life. Listen, listen. That's what a fellow waltz for a girl. I'm no different. No different at all. The woman was executed for the murder of Eileen Hall. It is interesting to note that the clue, the final irrevocable clue that trapped him was his only act of kindness to his victim. The sandwich he fed her before he put his hands about her throat and strangled her. Suspense. Presented by Autolite, tonight's star, Mr. Cornel Wilde. This is Harlow Wilcox again. Remember, you can now do your favorite local or national recognized charity, the favor of a lifetime. If you're one of the 25 persons selected in the huge $100,000 Autolite Family Charity Drawing, you can name any recognized charity you wish to receive a big share of $100,000. Those charities can be schools, hospitals, churches, the National Cancer Foundation, or any other local or national recognized charity. So if you're 18 years or over, visit any or all of the following Autolite Family Car Dealer Showrooms. DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser, or Chrysler. Print your name and address on the registration form and have the car dealer sign it. That's all. Nothing to buy, try, or sell. So sign up tomorrow. Next week, a story based on fact. The true report of a man who had everything going for him, but since all his dealings were illegal, it became necessary to move around more frequently than was usual. It's called Grand Theft. Our star, Mr. David Niven. That's next week on Suspense. Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis, the music composed by Lucian Moribach and conducted by Lut Bluskin. Somebody help me, he was written for suspense by Morton Fine and David Friedkin, and based on research by Edward D. Raiden. In tonight's story, Kathy Lewis was heard as Eileen, Jane Croft as Shirley, and Joseph Kearns as Tomasino, featured in the cast for Paula Winslow, Charlotte Lawrence, Larry Thor, Hiaverback, Sam Edwards, and Charles Calvert. 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