 The Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation brings you crime photographer Say Ethelbert. What's today's date? It's the 17th Casey. How do you know because tomorrow's the 18th? It's a famous day. What do you mean a famous day? Which the anniversary of the famous ride of Paul Revere. Did I hear somebody say famous? Why I was just going to talk about something famous. Is that so? Sure anchor Hawking the most famous name in glass Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Tony Marvin every week at this time the anchor Hawking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio And it's more than 10,000 employees bring you another adventure of Casey crime photographer Ace cameraman who covers the crime news of a great city Written by Alonzo Dean Cole our adventure for tonight box of death Three o'clock in the morning a darkened street deserted Except for a uniformed policeman languidly making his lonely round in the middle of the sidewalk He sees a large wooden packing case. He stops reads a stenciled inscription on it And then angrily enters an apartment building and rings a doorbell marked superintendent Is that you at the door Fred? This is a policeman policeman. Yes, open up. Just a minute What is it officer does a mrs. George Donald live here what I'm mrs. Donald you You haven't brought me bad news I'm giving you a summons for blocking the sidewalk with that big box out there big box a wooden packing case Someone will break his neck on it, but I don't know anything about a wooden box. It's got your name on it Come and see okay You know for a moment. I I was afraid you were here about my husband Why should I be here about your husband? He hasn't come home tonight. I I've been waiting for him He must be an awful chump to stay out when he's got a wife as young and good-looking as you are He doesn't usually stay out say the the super this house is named Swanson What are you and your husband doing in this apartment? Mr. Swanson has rented us a room in his apartment until we can get a place of our own the old housing shortage Yeah, well, there's the box mrs. Donald see it's got your name and address on it But I haven't the slightest idea what's in it or who left it here. This sounds awful screwy to me Yes, it does to me to Officer Open it and see what's inside. Yeah, maybe I'd better He's heavy as it looks the lid is loose just tied down with ropes Cut the rope officer cut it. Okay, but what are you acting scared about? I don't know, but cut that rope quick Now lift the lid sure holy a man's inside a dead man He's been shot through the head It's Fred my husband Well then Captain Logan I took this girl this Mrs. Donald as she called herself back here to the Supers apartment where I got on the phone and called you Homicide Dixon when I got through phone and I couldn't find the girl. She'd scrammed out through a window No, letting an important murder witness get away isn't gonna help your record Castello Wait a minute. Don't blame the cop Logan He had no reason to figure the gala take a powder when I want your advice Casey. I'll ask for it Oh, okay, she isn't such an important witness captain There's hardly a thing that she could tell you that we don't already know and you keep out of this business What did you just say? Any remark that we could tell you a few things pal you Costello yes, sir report to your precinct station and stay on call for further orders for me Yes, sir And next time you meet a woman who identifies herself as Mrs. George something or other and then refers to her husband as Fred You get suspicious and hang on to her no matter how good-looking she is. Yes, sir. Now get out of here. Yes, sir Now Casey give me you two miss Williams. Oh, you're asking for our advice. I'm demanding whatever information you have He's entitled to it Casey yes, he really is any but at times. Yes, such bad manners will you cut the comedy? I'm in no mood for okay Well in the first place according to the witnesses Mrs. George Donald could have had no part in the murder of her husband I know wait a minute. She was too crazy about the guy. She married to do many harm How do you know that because we recognize the dead man in that box? It was Fred Lister Who and what was Fred Lister? It was a small-time crook Logan Ever mixed up with anything big enough to bring him in contact with you homicide guys while he was alive Up to a couple of months ago. He was a kind of an errand boy for Lucky Carson Yeah, I've come in contact with Lucky Carson plenty of times not close enough to pin anything on him I'll go on tell me about this Fred Lister Well, he had the good taste and a bad judgment to fall for a gal that his boss liked lucky Yeah, a gal named Ella Hagen hat-check girl at the Silver Dirty Club both Ann and I knew her she's a nice kid Fred Lister became a nice guy after he met her He left the mob got an honest job and he and Ella were married case He was told that Lucky Carson was pretty sore about the whole thing I was also told that Fred and Ella had been tipped off that they'd better pull a fade-out Apparently they took the tip seriously. They were living in this joint under an assumed name But they didn't hide well enough when they did their fade-out you too think this Fred Lister was killed at Lucky Carson's order That's right This job is just the sort that lousy rat would pull on a gal who'd thrown him down for another guy Yeah, I'll issue a pickup order for Lucky Carson right away Then what? I will try to get something on him Optimus, don't you? That rat can't get away with murder forever Casey Come on, we'll go to headquarters and wait for him to be brought in I don't know why you're always picking on me Captain Logan It's time you got wise to yourselves and lead all Well lay off after I'm able to prove something Lucky and you're out of circulation for keeps That statement implies the malicious persecution of my client Captain Logan You keep out of this Webster and that's another thing Of course it was mere coincidence that your lawyer was with you when my men picked you up this morning Sure, purely coincidental Captain I happen to be spending the night at Mr. Carson's apartment And three others are my mob, my business associates with it Someday you'll slip up on one of those phony alibis You should realize that Webster and stop playing with trouble You've got more brains than Lucky and his kind Who says Webster has more brains than me? You heard me say it I thought he's trying to get you sore Lucky Now don't fall for it Now since you haven't a thing on my client, we'll be leaving here Captain So long Captain Poor Fred Lister was a nice punk I'll be sending a swell hunk of flowers to his funeral And I hope you get whoever bumped them off Only I doubt of your will Don't be too sure Ha ha ha, okay So long Casey and Miss Williams How lucky Yeah Say what's that thing on your watch chain? You've been rubbing your fingers over it ever since you came in here It's my luck piece Casey Your luck piece Yeah, it's just an old Indian head penny with a hole board in it But I wouldn't sell it for a hundred grand I found it on the street one day when I was a punk It's brought me luck ever since Look at me now Lucky thinks it's a reason for his success Well for a long time now I ain't been able to hire and fire brainy guys like you And I mean I have Well I wasn't saying that you weren't right about it Let's get out of here Open the door Oh sure, sure Lucky Get smart Captain Lay off me from now on Get out of here both of you So long Those lousy rats And there isn't a thing I can do to them That lawyer Webster's really worse than Lucky because he knows more Lucky doesn't like anyone to say that any I noticed that I never knew about that Indian head penny before Yeah, nearly all crooks carry something they think brings them luck Doesn't look as though you'll pin Fred Lister's murder on Lucky Captain Yeah And where we sit now Ms. Williams there isn't a chance I don't agree with that Logan Why not? I'm gonna have a talk with Fred Lister's wife With Lister's wife Yeah, I think I can find Ella through a close friend of hers any Well why haven't you said so before You know I want to question that girl Questioning her won't get you anywhere Logan I want to tell her a few things Ruth Judson had no right to tell you I was hiding here in her apartment Casey She knew I wanted to help you Ella Nobody can help me Fred's gone I loved him Casey Now he's gone Yeah, you've had a rotten break kid I guess you've got an idea who killed him I know who killed him Lucky Carson Yes When you skipped out on that cop this morning I figured you wanted to pay Lucky off personally Right That's my business You know Ella murder is murder Even if it happens to be Lucky Carson I have a plan to pay him off I think I have a better plan to pay him off than you have What do you mean? 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That damella who was married to that punk lister Till night before last Show her in No, no, wait slugging What's eating you, Webster? Are you nuts, Lucky? That dame came to your apartment Before her husband's even buried for just one thing You She knows now that I don't stand for no crossing up And dames go for guys who taught him a lesson Some dames don't And this l- Hannah, I'm not dope Bring her in, slug But don't take your eyes off her If she pulls a phony move, you know what to do Yeah, okay, Lucky You get behind that screen, Web And watch her, too Oh, that's one of your bodyguards You better be if this babe tries a fast one You carry a rod, get back at that screen And keep it ready Oh, okay Not that I expect any trouble Here's the dame, boss Hello, Lucky Ella This has brought a surprise and a pleasure Of course you know about Fred Yeah And I'm awful sorry I hope you didn't pay no attention You know what the papers handed? That I had something to do with his killing They had to admit that the cops tied me loose Right after they picked me up I read the papers Will you see the big floral piece I'm having sent to the undertakers for poor Freddie? It's a poily gates of jar, Ella Done in gardenias and white roses It'll set me back over a grand It'll show what I thought of your husband I realize what you thought of him, Lucky Look here, babe Don't try to kid me and I won't try to kid you I made a big mistake when I married Fred You've proven that to me Now I've learned my lesson and I... Do I have to be afraid of you, Lucky? You afraid of me? I had to come here today to find out You won't hurt me, will you? You won't hurt me Ella, honey, you ought to know I won't Here, you sit down on this sofa Put your head on my shoulder and have a good cry That's right Oh, Lucky, I've been so afraid Ah, forget it, kid The way I wouldn't let no one hide a hair in your head All I want is we should be pals I... I consider that a... A great privilege Yeah, how about a kiss, huh? To make it a contract? No, but not... not now Not till after Fred is put away Oh, I appreciate your sentiments They show you ain't no common, Bimbo, Ella But we'll get together after the funeral, huh? For dinner here tomorrow night Okay? Okay, I've got to go now So, so... Well, it wouldn't look right if I stayed any longer Now, besides you've given me what I came for Your friendship Thanks The pleasure's gonna be all mine Not all together, Lucky So long Show the lady out, Slug Uh, sure thing We're making an oily dinner, babe Seven o'clock As soon as you can ditch the Paul Bearers You can expect me Goodbye Bye You can come out now, Web Oh, thanks Well, she didn't try no fast ones, did she? No, you were right, I was wrong That's the way it usually is Thanks, comp, boss I sure got a hand it to you I get what I want, Slug If not one way, I get it another Web Yeah? Run over to my caterer's joint And tell him to fix up two dinners for tomorrow night And be sure he has crepes, sozzettis They'll be appropriate for after the funeral Get going Oh, see here, I'm your lawyer You're whatever I tell you to be On your way All right, as soon as I get my coat Boy, I sure envy you, boss It'll be nice having that cute little chick all alone You was born lucky No, I wasn't born that way, Slug I was always unlucky Till one day I found this, uh... Hey, it's... It's gone Huh? My penny My Indian head penny Penny And my luck piece Look, Fred Web, you two, Slug Must have fallen on the floor I know it was hanging on my watch chain just a few minutes ago Well, I don't see it Look, Richard, dopes I was rubbing my fingers under for luck when Ella come in So I'm sure I... Ella What's the matter now? Shake token Stole it That doided little double crosser Wait till I get her with my lucky penny Come on, we're going after her In you go, boys He tripped over that footstool Yeah, his head hit that piano leg Is that cold? Flat on his puss Yeah, flat on his puss Gee, I never knew Lucky to meet with an accident before Hey, it's funny, ain't it? Don't let him hear you laughing when he comes to I ain't laughing I mean, it's funny him taking a nose dive Right after he lost his lucky penny Yes, Slug, it is funny Wonder what he'll think about it when he comes to Casey, you were telling me about sending that girl Ella to Lucky Carson's apartment this afternoon Oh, yeah, yeah, well, I'd nearly finished, Ethelbert Yeah Well, she clipped the luck piece off his watch chain And I was waiting for her outside in my car And she got in I took her back to her hideout And that's all there was to it Your figure losing that engine head penny Is gonna bother Lucky a lot I think it'll do a lot more than bothering him, Ethelbert He's a dumb guy and a superstitious guy The loss of that luck piece will drive him haywire You want a crooked Lucky Carson's position Doesn't watch every step he takes Well, he only has to make one mistake, Ethelbert Yeah, which the cops will be watching for Like a bunch of hawks Captain Logan knows about your scheme, huh? Oh, sure He's giving Ella Lister plenty of pulleys protection too You've told him where she's hiding now? That's right Lucky's pretty sure to figure that she took that penny And he'll try to get it back Tomorrow he'll be tipped off to her hideout Accidentally on purpose And then unless I'm completely wrong He'll make his mistake Say, uh, what's she done with the penny, Casey? I have it Ella hates Lucky so much She didn't want anything around that belonged to him Let me see the thing There, there Yeah, it's just an old penny with a hole in it You think it's really Lucky? Of course not How could it be? Luck's mostly a matter of belief, pal Self-confidence, I guess You got it or you haven't got it Well, I don't know about that I'll give you a buck for this penny, Casey A buck? Oh, look, if you want the thing, I'll give it to you, Ethel You will? Well, sure, it's yours here Oh, gee Yeah, but don't let Lucky Carson know you've got it You might find yourself in a spot Oh, I won't let nobody know I've got it Except you, of course Okay Well, come on, Annie, it's getting kind of late I'll drive you home Okay, I could do with a little sleep Yeah Good night, Ethelbert Night, Casey, night, Miss Whim Night, Ethelbert Where'd I leave the car, Annie? Across the street, dope Oh, yeah, I see it Boy, I'm tired, huh? Hello, Casey Look Evening, Miss Williams Hello I want you two should meet one of my boys This is big slug How are you? I'm okay You already know Webster Nice to see you two again So nice, we're keeping you with us for a while You're keeping us with you Your hands in their pockets, Annie I've got guns on us That's right We're all getting into this car here Like old friends You first, Slug Casey, next Hey, what's the big idea? We'll talk about that later Get in Okay You too, Miss Williams I guess I had much choice You haven't You drive Webster I'll sit it back with Slug and our friends No, I must show Get going Okay Where are we going? We'll keep you from asking so many questions Casey You hit him with that gun Give this babe the same slug Sure Boat out nice, boss Head for the country, Web When we get to a dark decided road I'm gonna have some fun This mug's finally coming too, boss You put real stuff behind that crack on the head you give me Casey, I thought for a while he killed you I wouldn't do that, Miss Williams Yet You feel good enough to talk now, Casey? Does that talk, Lucky? Yeah Where's my lucky penny? We don't know anything about a penny Can it, Casey? I know you put Ella Logan up to stealing it Lucky discovered his loss Right after Ella left this afternoon He's about to go after her when he had a little accident Never mind about that Accidents can happen to anybody Sure, Lucky, sure Anyway, I had the foresight to go to Wendon And say I'll leave the building and get into a car And you, Casey, were driving that car After that, it was easy to add things up Very easy I know you, Casey, and I told Lucky I'd have figured it if you hadn't told me, Web Casey, you had that damn steal, my luck piece Because you knew I'd go after it And when I went after it, the cops were going to be around Watching when I started to twist Ella's double-crosser neck But I'm too smart for guys like you I was waiting for you when you'd come out of the Blue Note Cafe And here you are Now Where's my penny? I don't know No? No You'd better come clean You've already searched him, you know he hasn't got it He can tell me where it is and how to get it I think, I mean, Lucky thinks that Ella wouldn't keep anything to belong to him Because, well, for some unaccountable reason, she doesn't like him That's right, Web Hey, this is a nice lonely spot Stop the car Okay Casey, I'm gonna make you tell me where and how to get back my luck piece Pull him out of the car, Slug Come on, guys, come on Casey, they'll torture you I got, I got to... No, no, keep quiet, Anne Big Slug here will break every bone in your body, Casey Slowly, if you don't come... I can't tell you anything, I don't know Big Slug's an awful sap if he does anything for a boss who's lost his luck Gotta work on him, Slug Wait, listen to me, Slug, and you too, Webster You guys are got brains You're taking orders from this dumbbell Orders that may land you in the hot seat all because he's lost the penny Hit him, Slug, hit him No, don't hit him Webster Talk, Casey, Web and me are listening Slug I knew you guys had sense This jerk you worked for is washed up All he ever had to keep him on top was a lousy copper luck piece and he's lost it He's sunk, he's through That's a cuck-eyed lie Slug and Webster don't think so, Carson You're not lucky, Carson, anymore Cut it They're not saps enough to go through with your plan They know every cop and every newspaper in town That go after our murderers and keep after them until they were caught I've stood enough of this You can't turn my eyes against me, Casey I'll show you Webster You shot him, just as you're gonna shoot Casey Yes, Miss Williams Thanks, fella, you won't regret that I'm sure I want Casey I've wanted to kill Lucky Carson for a long time And this afternoon Slug agreed that it was a nice idea Yeah, a swell idea Gee, thanks Thanks for saving our lives Oh, don't thank us yet, Miss Williams Or you, Casey Why not? Uh, tell him, Web You and Miss Williams would prove awkward witnesses of Slug and I were brought to trial Remember, I'm really a lawyer You... I mean to become boss of the former Lucky Carson mob Yeah, and when your dead bodies are found close to Lucky's Why, the capsule figure, he shot you and you shot him That's right, Slug You see, Casey and Miss Williams We're going to kill you with a gun Lucky didn't have a chance to use And then return the gun to his dead hand The gun I shot him with will be found close to you Do you get it? You shot him and he shot you We get it Oh, Casey No, don't see any way out of this one, kid There isn't any way out Pick up Lucky's gun, Slug, and do the job Oh, you thought up this swell idea, Web, it's your right to do it Oh, I don't mind First, I'll put this gun that I shot Lucky with near Casey So that it will look as if he dropped it Yeah, that's right about here Now, you keep him covered, Slug, while I get Lucky's gun Now you don't, Web Slug, what goes? You're a smart guy, Web, but I'm smarter I'm going to be the boss of this mob Oh, don't shoot, Slug Don't shoot, Slug No, no, no He's done for him Now, lady, and Casey Webster dropped this gun too close to me, Slug Did you kill him, Casey? Did I kill him? I hope not, Annie Look, well, you didn't see I never shot a guy before. There are two great safeguards which protect you in buying prepared foods of any kind. One is the packer's name on the label. 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Until he goes to the chair for killing Webster. And Webster kill Lucky Carson. The gang's washed out. That's right. Quite the way Mr. Casey figured on washing it up. Well, okay. And he rub it in. I can take it. But I wasn't wrong about one thing, that Indian Head Penny, if I hadn't put Ella up to taking it, Lucky and his mob might still be doing business, don't forget. You were wrong about that Indian Head Penny itself, though. What do you mean? Huh? Miss Williams, less than half an hour after Casey gave me that thing, I got a phone call telling me I'd won a $25 silk hat on a ticket I bought for 50 cents. Casey. Uh, silk? You're like my sister, Edna, says, quote, even a penny can go to your head. You, unquote. Crime photographer starring Statscotsworth as Casey is brought to you each Thursday by the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, makers of Fire King Oven Glass. Anchor glass containers, anchor caps and closures, all products of Anchor Hocking, the most famous name in glass. 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