 In just a moment suspense starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. And let's stop in a dead Jones for a moment believe okay, dad Hello, Ed. How's the world's greatest ignition service station tonight? I have I believe hi I'm busy on a couple of cranky ignition job. Hey, how's car on it? Never better take a look. Sure Hey, dad. It's got his radio on is it the auto light show? Suspense is my Thursday night special Ignition system spark plugs batteries. Hey, you've got everyone in town switching to auto light Billy your dad's trying to take over the auto light announcers, George Hey, Doug Fairbanks, Jr. Is on suspense tonight. You like him Billy? Yes, sir He's a self-starting smooth-running humdinger why he's got the pep of an auto light ignition system a set of spark plugs and a Stateful battery combined. Oh, here's the show Suspense Auto light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you Radio's outstanding theater of thrills Starring tonight. Mr. Douglas Fairbanks in a tale well-calculated to keep you in Suspense Today everybody's switching to auto light and tonight auto light takes pleasure in presenting Anton leaders production of deep into darkness Starring Douglas Fairbanks This is a story about And I'm an expert on fear me Ken Matthews That cheap broken-down hotel room is as good a place as any to start it was all I could afford New York City of bright lights and and me stretched out on a squeaky bed Watching a spot chain shape on the ceiling It's a kind of game to keep a man from going crazy For seven years I watched another spot changed it into a million shapes got to know it better than I knew myself That spot on the ceiling of my cell at Joliet pen attention When it was over when they were finally ready to let me go back into the world The warden had something to say to me some some advice Matthews you're leaving us early because if you could behave your record now if I were you I'd start fresh on the outside Stay away from Chicago go someplace new where they don't know you I sort of figured on doing that warden good You'll find it easier Find it easier. I wonder how it is when it's tough Nobody knew me in New York. Nobody wanted to know me and as for a job. Well, did you ever wash dishes? I washed a million and when he dirty jobs, nobody wants to do I did them all That's how I build up my fortune 17 dollars and 50 cents United States currency That's how much I was worth this one morning when I saw a sign out in front of a construction job Men wanted the sign said I believed it looked up the form Yes, you you have a sign out there. Are you hiring men could be what do you do? Oh just about anything I can keep books handle your time. I used to be an accountant But if that's not what you're looking for well, I can swing a shovel too. I just want a job I like that attitude got your discharge certificate with you discharge. Yeah, honorable discharge I always like to give a break to egg service guy. Oh, well, I I wasn't in the service. Oh No, no, I I sat out the wall. I was in jail Stuff Hey got a little mixed up in your account. No, it was manslaughter. I killed a man What about the job? I really need it Look buddy, I don't want you to think this is my idea, but but you can't use me. No, I can't you see yes I see Start fresh. I got no order. See you know how it is bosses figure. There's a lot of vets looking for jobs I got to give them the first crack at things. Oh if I was to it's alright. It isn't your fault. Maybe Maybe some other world Somehow that was the last straw. I started to hate I hated everything and every one and then I thought of my fortune my $17.50 and suddenly I knew there was something I wanted to buy what you want to use the gun for mr I I don't know. I just want to have it. Well, we're supposed to put something down here I mean along with your name and everything. Oh, well put down target practice. That's good enough in there I guess so. What's the name put down Smith Smith? Oh, it's like that, huh? Look, mr I don't want to get into any trouble. I want a respectable place of business here You want to sell a gun don't you? Well, sure, but you want the $14, okay? Okay, so it's Smith and you're gonna do some target practice. Give me the 14 bucks and get lost, huh? Thanks. Thanks a lot Funny thing I still don't know why I wanted that gun. I swear. I don't kill myself rob a bank or a filling station I haven't any idea. I suppose I just thought that having it would make me feel better Only it didn't it hung in my pocket heavy as lead cold dead just like its owner I Turned into a side street 50 second 51st. I wasn't sure I stopped to light a cigarette When a car pulled up to the curb It was a big car with a chauffeur Black car smooth and shiny And I love the man getting out just one look and we'll start spinning around in my head Like a dizzy the sidewalk twisted and bounced around like it was having a convulsion When he spoke the shock of hearing his voice straightened it all out Made it cold and clear as hard crystal Just a few words to that chauffeur wait for me Davis. I won't be long Turned and walked past me right by me into the bank, but he couldn't walk he couldn't do anything That was Lee Burke. I was staring at Lee Burke the man I'd killed seven years ago For suspense auto light is bringing you mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. In deep into darkness auto lights presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills suspense It looks like young Doug's got it a Billy boy. I'll say has what a chip. 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So it's only natural that auto light ignition is well It's a perfectly timed team with smooth on the dot performance So when your car's electrical system needs attention Drive in your nearest auto light service station or the dealer who sells your make-of-car and ask for original factory parts Auto light service stations are listed in your classified telephone directory under automotive electrical service Now auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. I scan in deep into darkness the tale well calculated to keep you in Suspend Those few moments of watching a man walk across a sidewalk into a bank I lived it all over again the way it happened when I killed him seven years ago back in Chicago There wasn't anything about it. I couldn't remember Ken darling. Yeah, do you love me Ken? Do I love you? Oh No, not at all. I just sit in that goofy nightclub night after night because the food's so good. Oh, can you're sweet? Well, why don't you forget that place give it up? Where's it gonna get a girl like you dancing in a cheap honky-tonk? You have something better to offer. I've offered it a half a dozen times marry me. I got a good job. It'll it'll get better Hand me my drink will you sure here? What do you say? I've told you can over and over again. I'm not getting married not to you anyway You're a sweet guy sure, and I'm very fond of you But little Lily isn't burying herself in any house with a bunch of squalling kids. That's for suckers I don't think you mean that at all. No Well, you just watch darling. I'm going to wind up with a diamond so big it'll take a two ton truck to deliver it to me I'm gonna have so many mink coats. I'll use them for pajamas. That's the way to talk sis. You tell him. Hello, Lee Sound like you're getting good sense What are you doing up here with this bookkeeper anyway and a good evening to you too Lee never mind I Thought I said I didn't want you wasting your time with him. He's all right Get out of here Matthews wait a minute if Lila wants me to go not satisfied with my suggestions, huh? Well, I have a good mind. Please stop it put that gun away Every time you have a few drinks you start waving that gun around really you better put it down Stop acting like a kid acting like a kid, huh? I'll show you who's acting like a kid. I'll give me that gun Lee Come on leave give it to me It went off I I was only trying to take it away from him Can you kill my brother? I didn't mean it. I tell you I you saw what happened. I I Was only trying to get the gun get out Ken the police will find you get out of here hurry. I tell you get out I Hurry was pouring that night. I ran down the street with a rain slapping me in the face I ran up a back alley into the darkness and then I stopped I Didn't want to run not for the rest of my life. I went to the nearest police station turned myself in They took me back to the books and we found Lila sitting in a chair glassy I had just staring down at her brother Lee He he was right where I'd left him sprawled on the floor Faced on and a big red Lee Burke was dead and they gave me ten years for killing him Only now he wasn't dead. He couldn't be I just seen him walk into a bank Ah Nice car you got yeah Must must be an important man. I have a car like that. Yeah, he's a big guy. That's lots of money. I suppose Yeah, he's crawling with it that make you happy his his name it doesn't happen to be Burke does it? No Wilson Keith Wilson. He also happens to be a stockbroker Anything else you want to know Keith Wilson? Yeah, and I'll beat it. The boss is coming the boss Isn't that something all right? I'll go straight to the office now. Yes, sir in a hurry Lee There there must be some mistake my name isn't Lee. Oh, pardon me But it was Lee there wasn't any doubt about it and he knew me too I could see it in his eyes and in the way his face went white. I Didn't understand it. I couldn't figure out why or how but Lee Burke was a lie Rest of the fortune went for a taxi ride, but it was worth it to me And I guess if I hadn't had enough money to follow Lee's car wherever it went I'd have forced the cab driver with that gun I bought but it wasn't necessary We went out to Long Island way out and then the cars with a big half-circle drive Lee Burke now. Mr. Keith Wilson was doing very well for himself and So was Lila What's the matter Lila can is it like seeing a ghost can Can it's really you I saw a ghost just now too only he was very much alive So that's what he was so excited about Lee Yes, he came in rushed upstairs told me to call the airport get him a plane for Miami. Did you not yet? I won't do any good Ken Ken, what do you want? Why did you come here? I just wanted to be sure Lila absolutely sure What are you going to do? I'd like to kill him. I ought to kill you both. No Ken Don't talk like that. It It wasn't me. I didn't plan it. It was a plan wasn't it Lila wasn't it Yes, you want to tell me about it, or do I have to choke it out of him? I'll tell you What's the difference? You didn't kill Lee. You didn't kill anybody. Huh? It was a frame up Then how could I have seen him like that? Lee was on the floor dead. No, that wasn't Lee He he found the man Ken a stumblebomb and drunk and the man looked just like him Close enough for what Lee had figured out Was the crookedest scheme you ever heard Took out insurance with every company in town half a million dollars with me as beneficiary Was going to kill this drifter and disappear. Let me collect the money It was as simple as that at first keep talking I told him it wouldn't work Ken that they'd never pay off not that much Not till they checked fingerprints teeth everything, but he had that figure too They wouldn't check a thing if a fall guy pleaded guilty to a murder charge. So that's how it was You were the fall guy I'll let you take me home that night remember I remember Lee had his gun loaded with blanks. It was an act the whole thing Then when you ran he finished the job He had the drunk in the bedroom dressed in his clothes He brought him into the living room Killed him right in front of me. That's who you saw when you got back That's why Why I hate my brother why I don't care what happens to him. Thanks Lila That's going to make it easier No, Lee not yet, but I told you not to waste any time. You don't know what this means She knows what it means Lee. We all do What do you want? Why'd you follow me here? Hey, look, I think you you better get out of here You'll I'd stay away from that telephone Lee. I'd stand still if I were you you'd better do as he says Lee He's got a gun can listen to me. You can't do this not now You don't want any more trouble why if the police found out police if you told him I was going to kill you it wouldn't make sense Lee Because I've already done that Remember I can't look I can explain the whole thing. It was a mistake. I'm glad you know that now I've made a lot of money can I've been very lucky. I'll I'll split with you you look like you could use some money Yes, I could sure that's good. Only forget the gun, huh and stop acting like you want to kill me You wouldn't gain anything that way Come on Lila fix some drinks or something. Huh? We'll talk this over friendly like Can you know Lila was always crazy about you? I was always crazy about her But let's talk about something else right now Lee. Let's talk about America You know, this is a wonderful country the way the laws are set up to protect a man never hear of double jeopardy Lee Brings up a rather interesting fact that you can't try a man twice for the same crime Seven years I spent paying for killing you seven years at Joliet and you weren't even dead That means I've paid for something I haven't done Yet I still have the right thing to kill you Once more now can't stop it. You're talking crazy. There must be something you want I only want to kill you because you deserve to be killed. We both know that don't we only I don't think I'll kill you now Not not right away. Oh, we'll be reasonable is that it can Be reasonable I say I'm going to stay right with you 24 hours a day right up to the time you do I know exactly when and how I'm going to kill you and you won't know you'll never know Lee until it happens You'll just wait just sit and wait Wait, I never left the Berks mansion never let them leave I was with Lee from the time he got up until he went to bed I stayed with him every waking hour and I never stopped twisting his life like a piece of putty Putting fear in his mind until well until it didn't seem to be anything else left there at all just a Trembling driving fear and everything he did everything. He said Can't we do something get to somebody only what can I do you could have said something to the servants? You had a chance before he sent him away I didn't it all happened too fast got rid of them as easily as he cut the telephone wires Gotta do something get in touch with somebody with with Madeline. Maybe oh, yes What will your blue blood fiancee think of you now when you suddenly stop calling two days before your Wedding and then don't show up the wedding Oh, Lila. Don't you see if anything should happen to the wedding now. I'd be ruined Well, he can't get away with this Let down some time. He's got asleep. So do we Lila's right Lee Well, can you you were there by the door you heard about your wedding? Yes, Lee I got back just in time tonight. Can I pour you a Manhattan? Oh, no, no, I don't want any funeral Don't don't say that You're falling apart much faster than I thought Lee It wasn't taking long at all Lee couldn't sit still for a minute couldn't take his eyes off me Of course little things like this didn't exactly help Who who is it? Ken. Yes, Lee. It's Ken Got the gun. I have the gun Lee. Oh this Is the time huh? No, Lee. No, I don't think so Here drink this. What is it? milk warm milk It'll put you to sleep. Oh for good. You mean no, no, no just until morning You see, I wouldn't think of killing a man on his wedding day. Oh, huh Don't tell me you've forgotten your wedding to the blue-blooded mr. Haven You've come a long way Lee marrying into the social register. Oh, don't care. Come on drink up You'll need your strength the wedding. No, no, that's all off. I I haven't even called it. Lila has I made a call She made some very pretty excuses for you and the wedding will go on as scheduled Who are you going to do nothing only? Behave yourself tomorrow do as you're told and you might live through the ceremony Will thou Keith take this woman to thy wedded wife to live together after God's ordinance in the holy state of matrimony Wilt thou love her comfort her honor and keep her in sickness and in health and Forsaking all others keep the unto her so long as you both shall live say no Can say no or I'll kill you right here in front of them all say it Lee mr. Wilson the answer, please No, no, I can't I Was only one thing wrong with that little wedding sing I had fun sure but in the excitement I'm afraid I relaxed a little. I wasn't sure how much it mattered that depended on Lila When I was surely was asleep that night. I met her in the living room got right to the point Something on your mind can yes Mousey whose mousey can you look so tired so thin tell me Lila tell me about mousey What do you know about him Lee's been talking about him in his sleep talking about mousey and you Lila and me You'd better tell me all about it I don't know anything about mousey Maybe he was there at the wedding. Maybe you saw him. Maybe you gave him the message. Did you Lila can't stop it? You know, I promised I wouldn't do anything like that. Don't you trust me trust you should I lila? Do you really think I should but you know how I feel about you surely you don't think Get away from him So that's it Was all just a gag to keep a little girl in line. How did you expect me to feel after all this happened? That's right. I Was naive wasn't I? Sure Okay Well, I won't be naive anymore. You can bet on that Lila good night Ken darling When I cooled off I realized I'd gone too far She wouldn't be on my side anymore unless I could talk to her again and make it make it all seem like a like a mistake a joke maybe Yeah, that that'd be the thing But when I went to find her she wasn't around I I didn't see her again till next morning Every morning I went out to the gate for the paper but this time I waited for Lila to get up and come down So I could talk to her before Lee came in try to try to fix things and Standing there in the hallway. I fixed things all right fixed him good Lila yes, I I want you to know that well That I'm sorry about last night. It's all right. No, it isn't no I I I didn't mean what I said at all I guess I built up so much hate Well, I was upset. I was blind to how you feel about me how I really feel about you can you're asking me to be naive again Yes, I guess I am I like you that way. I I looked for you last night to tell you you weren't around Where'd you go? I? Can I it's all right? I don't care where you went Anyway, now you know how I really feel can you you don't know what you're saying. Yes, I do Lila. I've been thinking That's the way it ought to be we've been a couple of lost souls But maybe by forgetting the past trying to find some peace of mind can think about it Will you Lila I went out then out the door and down the driveway left her standing there staring after me Suddenly as I was almost to the gate. I heard it coming running fast I saw it a car that had been parked down the road. It was moving now gathering speed coming right past the gate And then she was there she threw herself right in front of me I heard the shots I felt her thrown heavily against me and then and then her body went limp in my arms I held her close for a second and and then I lowered her to the ground Walk back up the drive alone Lee was out in front of the house sitting on a bench in front of a big tree He'd heard the shots. I'm sure but he was just sitting there Probably waiting for Lila to come back and say that that mousey had taken care of me He turned and looked up as I walked toward it. His eyes seemed to look right through me somehow He was that full of fear. I guess His fingers grip the tree in back of him dug deep into the bark. He was waiting for me to kill him Lila's deadly your your gunman got her and instead of me Lila I'm sorry because Because there was something I didn't have time to tell her. I never intended to kill you Lee. I was just Just showing you how seven years looked crowded into a few days That's right, I guess you know now I guess you know why why and what you did Lee Lee, this is Ken. I'm talking to you can can I I don't know any Ken And he didn't he didn't even know himself Way his eyes looked. I don't think he ever will again They weren't Lee Burke's eyes anymore. They belong to someone else funny The man who tried to be somebody else had Finally made it and it was not good to look up on Thank You Douglas Fairbanks for an outstanding performance on Suspense Talk about performance dad auto light ignition is good, but what about Doug Fairbanks? He's really got it Billy Well, let's get going your mother mom will be as full of suspense as your auto light ignition system is full of Pip per power and pistol-point performance That boy knows his auto light peas and he doesn't miss any cues. They have yes an auto light is your cue to real motoring enjoyment So remember wherever you go Auto light means spark plug ignition engineered spark plugs Auto light means batteries stay full batteries Auto light means ignition system the lifeline of your car Here again is mr. Douglas Fairbanks I've enjoyed this appearance on suspense very much and I've noted with great interest as a suspense fan that Agnes Moorhead will return to the soundstage next week the scene of her splendid performances of the past as One of the many who applauded her portrayal in the suspense classic sorry wrong number I'll be listening with anticipation next week for Agnes Moorhead in the yellow wallpaper a powerful study in Suspense Douglas Fairbanks may soon be seen in his own production the O'Flynn Tonight suspense play was written by Edward James with music composed by Lucian Marwick and conducted by Lud Bluskin The entire production was under the direction of Anton M leader Next Thursday same time. You will hear Miss Agnes Moorhead in the yellow wallpaper Show signing off. Good night. Switch to auto light. This is CBS the Columbia broadcastings system