THE JIMMY DOM CASE and THE PAUL THOMAS CASE BROADWAY IS MY BEAT

Summary

Episode Summary: THE JIMMY DOM CASE and THE PAUL THOMAS CASE – BROADWAY IS MY BEAT

Podcast Title: 1001 Radio Crime Solvers
Host: Jon Hagadorn
Episode Title: THE JIMMY DOM CASE and THE PAUL THOMAS CASE – BROADWAY IS MY BEAT
Release Date: December 22, 2024

Introduction

In this gripping episode of 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, host Jon Hagadorn immerses listeners in the bustling yet perilous streets of Broadway through two interconnected cases: The Jimmy Dorn Case and The Paul Thomas Case. Featuring the sharp investigative skills of Detective Danny Clover, portrayed by Larry Thor, the narrative delves deep into the underbelly of New York’s most famous avenue, uncovering secrets, deceit, and murder.

The Jimmy Dorn Case

Timestamp [07:00]
Detective Danny Clover is called to investigate the suspicious death of Jimmy Dorn, a man who recently won a significant sum of $17,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. Officially labeled as a suicide, Danny’s instincts tell him otherwise.

Quote [07:22]:
"Why should a guy let a subway train make his wife a widow with 17,000 orphan dollars? Why should all that sudden dough make him want to commit suicide?" – Detective Danny Clover

Upon interviewing Mrs. Dorn, Jimmy’s wife, Danny uncovers a portrait of a man plagued by fear and paranoia. Mrs. Dorn describes Jimmy as someone who became increasingly anxious after his win, shunning the limelight and avoiding reporters despite his newfound wealth.

Quote [07:32]:
"Jimmy was a frightened little man who wanted sweepstakes. They bought him an obituary." – Mrs. Dorn

Danny’s investigation reveals connections to Capek, a reclusive freelance photographer known for capturing unflattering moments of unsuspecting individuals. Capek provides Danny with the only photograph of Jimmy, showcasing a moment of pure joy—raising more questions about the true nature of Jimmy’s death.

The Paul Thomas Case

Parallel to the Jimmy Dorn investigation, Detective Clover handles the disappearance of Paul Thomas, a young man recently employed in jewelry delivery. Paul's sudden absence coincides with the mysterious deaths of Joe Daniloff and Jimmy Dorn, both former members of the Three Whirling Tornadoes, a notorious entertainment group.

Quote [20:14]:
"Tell him what you never told me. What happened back there 10 years ago. Why were you and Jimmy always hiding?" – Mrs. Dorn

Paul’s last known whereabouts point to a ring he pawned, which Danny traces back to a woman named Ellen West. Ellen’s vehement denial and evasive behavior intensify Danny’s suspicions, suggesting deeper involvement in the jewel theft and subsequent murders.

Investigation and Clues

Timestamp [18:07]
Danny’s relentless pursuit leads him to Patsy Mack, a promoter with a shady past connected to the Tornadoes. Patsy admits to managing the group but denies any current involvement, hinting at motives tied to financial desperation and revenge.

Quote [08:36]:
"Maybe I should have let it alone, got some sleep." – Detective Danny Clover

The investigation uncovers that both Jimmy Dorn and Paul Thomas were once part of the Tornadoes, a group that engaged in illicit activities under Patsy Mack’s management. The deaths of Danny’s associates appear orchestrated to silence those who could expose Patsy’s criminal undertakings.

The Climactic Confrontation

Timestamp [27:00]
In a dramatic turn, Danny confronts Capek at Coney Island, where the final pieces of the puzzle come together. Capek confesses to manipulating the Tornadoes’ members for personal gain, ensuring their silence by orchestrating their deaths to eliminate threats to his own reputation and schemes.

Quote [49:45]:
"Did you tell Paul about the ring?" – Detective Danny Clover
"I threw it away because I didn't want to know where to send it back." – Ellen West

As Danny pieces together the motives and opportunities, he realizes that Patsy Mack and Capek conspired to eliminate any loose ends related to the Tornadoes’ past crimes. The photograph taken by Capek serves as both evidence and a smokescreen to mask the true nature of Jimmy’s death.

Resolution

Through meticulous detective work and unwavering determination, Detective Danny Clover brings the culprits to justice. The unraveling of both cases not only solves the mysteries behind the deaths of Joe Daniloff and Jimmy Dorn but also exposes the intricate web of deceit spun by Patsy Mack and Capek. Broadway’s glittering facade is peeled back to reveal the darkness lurking beneath, affirming Danny’s role as the vigilant protector of his beat.

Final Quote [60:26]:
"Broadway. My beat." – Detective Danny Clover

Conclusion

1001 Radio Crime Solvers masterfully blends classic detective storytelling with the nostalgic charm of golden-age radio. This episode stands out with its complex characters, intertwined cases, and the ever-watchful presence of Detective Danny Clover. Listeners are left enthralled by the intricate plot and the unwavering pursuit of truth amidst the shadows of Broadway.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday at 5pm ET for another enthralling episode brought to you by 1001 Radio Crime Solvers.

Transcript

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[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Broadway's My Beat From Times Square to Columbus Circle the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world. Broadway's My Beat With Larry Thor as Detective Danny Claude Broadway, where a pale and hungry girl walks like a queen Because Broadway's a dream street Where a fat man stands with begging eyes because he knows his dreams will never come true. It's a cry or a laugh, but nothing in between. Either way, it's my beast on special detail. There are no special hours. Don was at the window of my office at police headquarters when I scribbled my last report. Now the town school teacher was trying to beat the heat by using Columbus Circle for a burlesque Runway. I buried that one behind a convenient fan, bid the boys a fond bonjour, and started home out the side entrance. I didn't make it. All I saw of Sunrise was in an alley, the alley reserved for police ambulances coming home to the morgue. A voice stopped me and invited me in. Danny. Danny, come here the man who stood silhouetted in the slice of light was a man who called himself Capek. The freelance photographer who hung around headquarters. You never knew he was there, but he always was. The quality of dawn, Danny. Who can hold it? Who can imprison it? It is the eternal enigma for a photographer. Why don't you go home then, Capek? What keeps you here? That ambulance, perhaps? You see, creative men like me have a devotion. It is always the same perfection. Everything neat and perfection. Oh, so that's what it is. I watch that stretcher, Joe. Yeah, okay. Hiya, Danny. Hi. What do you got, boys? Suicide guy jumped in front of an 8th Avenue subway. I didn't know anything about it. Well, not your department, Danny. See you later. See what I mean, Danny? Neat and perfection. The man they're bringing in, for instance. What's neat about him? That was Jimmy Dawn, a Cinderella man who only the other day won $17,000 on the Irish Sweepstakes. What? You must have read about him. How no newspaper, no newsreel could get a picture of him. Yeah, I remember he was shy. I liked him for that. But I have a picture of him. Oh? Dead or alive? Alive, of course. Dead is for any hack with a Brownie. Got it with you? Mind if I see it? No harm. I've already sold it to the News. Here, look at it, Danny. Not the delicate plot play of light and shadow. The exquisite guy looks happy. I never seen anybody look that happy. Because Capek took it at the moment of Jimmy Dorn's greatest joy, the supreme ecstasy of winning $17,000 to each his own. How did you get it when no one else could? This famous Capex pact. It cost me $50 to arrange it, but the News paid me twice that. That much, huh? When Mr. Dawn committed suicide, it raised the price, you see in the newspaper. Game one, that's not. Excuse me. K back. Danny Clover. Give me the dope on a suicide, name of Jimmy Dawn. Yeah, I know it's not my department. I'm nosy. Yeah, yeah. Lily Dawn, Third Avenue. Okay, that's enough. You have the look, Danny. You smell something? Maybe. Maybe. Be with you in a second, Caper. Hello, Benny. Danny Clover. That Jimmy. Darn suicide. Tell the chief I'm going to look into it. Yeah, Benny, I know, but it bothers me. Sure. I'll grab some sleep on the subway. I asked you, Danny. You smell something? Maybe. Why should a guy let a subway train make his wife a widow with 17,000 orphan dollars? Why should all that sudden dough make him want to commit suicide? Is it such a secret why men destroy themselves? Yeah. To me it's not neat, K. It just ain't. Third Avenue is a tenement five stories high and miles long. At 9 o'clock in the morning, it was going full blast. The elevated housewives hunched in open windows, kids flipping pennies against the wall every seven minutes. It's freezing. Somewhere between Sam choose hand laundry, special attention paid to Fleet Address shirts and the Blue Star Delicatessen. Cream soda and hot pastrami. Two bits. Somewhere between, there was a doorbell. I pushed it.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Yeah, what do you want?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

My name's Danny Clover. I want to see Mrs. Dorn.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Suddenly everybody wants to see Mrs. Dorn. Suddenly I'm a popular lady.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Suddenly I'm from the police. Mrs. Dorn.

[Mrs. Dorn]

You guys don't quit, do you? All right, come on in. You want to know how it is to win $17,000? That would you want to know.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Look, Mrs. Doan, I'm sorry about your husband.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Oh, sure. You can feel any way you like.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Tell me about your husband.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Jimmy? Yeah, I'll tell you about him. Jimmy didn't like people. He got afraid of him once and he never got over it.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Why?

[Mrs. Dorn]

You know, I don't know. He was always running and I ran with him. I was his wife, Mr. Clover. I didn't need to know any more than that.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

But maybe you understood why he refused to see any reporters when he won all that money.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Listen, my husband was a frightened little man who wanted sweepstakes. They bought him an obituary.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

That doesn't tell me much. This room tells me more.

[Mrs. Dorn]

This rat hole. This room says that, doesn't it?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Rat hole? I didn't say that, Mrs. Dorn. I'm talking about that circus poster on the wall. Patsy Mack presents the Three Whirling Tornadoes. Was your husband a whirling tornado? You can go now, policeman. You said your questions. Now go.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Brody, please. Why didn't you stay in that room? They can't do anything on us now.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Come right on in, mister. Who are you? I'm a clever boy. I don't win sweepstakes, but I stay alive. Yeah, real clever. Now, what about this circus poster? It covers the cracks in the plaster. Three whirling tornadoes. Three men riding motorcycles in a barrel. Mrs. Dorn, for a frightened man, your husband made a dangerous dollar.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Look, I told you all I know. Maybe you ought to get out of here.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Why should a poster come between us, Mrs. Dorn? We were getting along fine. You heard the lady, copper. She's saying she's finished talking. That's right. Mrs. Do. Yes? What did you say?

[Mrs. Dorn]

I said that's.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Maybe I should have let it alone, got some sleep. But it kept eating at me. When I found out Jimmy dawn rode a motorcycle in a barrel. Everybody got unhappy. I don't like it when it gets unhappy. So I took a walk and found myself on Broadway in front of a tired building that has a lot of names. You take your choice, you walk up four flights and you get four offers. You're perfect for a fairy tale valley that's opening in New York. You make a stunning cover in a muscle magazine. Can you play first trumpet with a pop Hawaiian outfit if you got a song that's trying to be published or with a slight fee of. And on the fifth floor, you find what you were looking for. The office of Patsy Mack, promoter, entrepreneur and a dollar a guy. Well, it isn't Danny Clover. Hi, Patsy. You still pounding the stem? Danny, aren't you ever going to be promoted? Promotion means a desk job away from Broadway. Who wants that? Yeah, I know what you mean. Can I give you something? Great Juice of Bikin. I've got three fingers left of a bottle. Given me by a bearded lady who was enamored of my social sting. It'll bring a smile to you lips. You drink it, Patsy, and thank her for me. Patsy, send her a dozen blue roses. Or is it red roses for a bearded lady?

[Mrs. Dorn]

I'll do that.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

She'll appreciate it. She loves delicacy. Don't they all? Patsy, tell me a story. Okay. And let me see. Oh, have you heard the one about. Tell me the one about the three whirling tornadoes? The three tornadoes? What fond corner of your memory clutched onto them? Tell me about them. Well, I don't remember much about them, Danny. They've been out of the business a long time. The three Tornadoes, eh? Well, there were three of them. Thanks. There was no one else connected to them? Oh, no, no. The Tornadoes ran their own. Connie toured the villages and the metropolises. Patsy, you got a reputation for remembering every act that ever played a circus at carnival. What were their names? Oh, you put me on my metal, boy. Now, let me see, there was a. Let me see. Jimmy Dorn. Yeah. Thank. Could he be the one who ended up under a subway this morning? I'll look into it. Who were the others, Patsy? Well, there was a fellow named. Let me see now. A Russian kind of a name. Daniloff. Yeah, yeah, that's it. Joe Daniloff. Joe Daniloff. And the third. Oh, now you're pressing me, boy. The third was A man named, let me see. Brady. No, no, no, no, no. Could it have been Brody? Brody. Brody, that's it. How'd you know? Danny? Brady Brody is a short jump. Now try real hard. You're sure there was no one else connected with the actor? Well, now, come to think of it, there was another guy. He backed the show. I think his name doesn't register. Danny, this guy whose name doesn't register. Was it you? Are you kidding? I had nothing to do with the tornado. Well, thanksy. Thanks a lot, dear. You're a gentleman and a scholar, Patrick. And a liar. I left Patsy there waving his job. Nothing. Which is about what I have. Nothing. An ex Carnival performer wins $17,000 and dies under the wheels of a subway train. They say he jumped. Why should he do a fatal thing like that? Why should Patsy lie to me? A one sheet poster said, Patsy Mac presents the Three Whirling Tornadoes. Patsy had just told me he had nothing to do with the Tornadoes. Well, there's another guy I know in another place I know. His name's Pop. And he takes care of the file room of a magazine. Magazine? That tells a lot about people. Especially if the people are show people. The file room was deserted except for Popular. What you doing down here, Danny? Dangling. Pop. You don't have to hide that comic book from me. My wife packs it with my lunch stand. Now you take this one. Yeah. Sandra the Jungle Queen. Ain't she a honey Makes a man with me? Yeah, she's keen. What are you holding on? A guy named Joe Daniloff. Huh? Take a second and find out. How was that name again? Daniloff, Pop. D for doll, A for Avenue, N for having a hand. Yeah. Have an event, Pop? Yeah, got it. Only you didn't spell it right. Jenny, you didn't let me finish. Didn't need to. Here's the file on Joe Danilo. All right. Only it's deed for dead. Let me see that. Joe Danilov, ex carnival performer, a member of the Three Tornadoes, was found dead today at the bottom of an elevator shaft. Danilov left no survivors, his wife having died a year ago. Hey, hey, how about this? About what? Listen, a week before his death, Danilov came out of obscurity to win a cross country motorcycle race with a purse of $1,000. So he made funeral expenses. That's hot news, huh? Last night, another man, a man named Jimmy Dorn, came out of obscurity to win a lot of money. He died, too. Two whirling Tornadoes. All played out one after another. You know something Danny. What? I don't know what you're talking about. I'm sorry, Pop. I was playing with a jigsaw puzzle. Well, you said right down there. And do just that. I'm going upstairs for some coffee. You want some coffee, Daddy? Want some? Yeah, your coffee. Be nice, Pop. I'll just be a few minutes. Don't let anybody kidnap Sandra the Jungle. Yeah, yeah. Two whirling tornadoes. The third one named Brody. Maybe you'll blow away too. Brody and the bitter widow dawn and Patsy Mack, the sweet guy who told lies. That's you, Pop. I never knew what it was. That slug me on the back of my head. It wasn't a comic book. And whoever did it wasn't Pop. Just before I hit the floor, I had a flash. It wasn't Sandra the Jungle Queen either. You are listening to Broadway's My Beats with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. A number of paying guests mysteriously disappear. Two elderly spinsters who entertain them have a suspiciously rising bank account. And it's a Murder Farm story for Casey crime Photographer to explore on CBS Tonight. Also on CBS tonight, you'll hear the network's famous series Escape in place of Suspense. While Suspense is on summer leave of absence, tonight's opener on Escape will be John Russell's famous story, the Fourth Man. A tale of a Pacific Islander adrift on a raft with three murderous companions. Be sure to hear Murder Farm on Crime Photographer and the Fourth man on Escape. Tonight they come to you on most of these same CBS stations. And now back to Broadway's My Beat. You win a lot of money or die violently. Or do both, and Broadway will know all about you. You get your name and your picture in the morning editions. Then Broadway won't care anymore. But I care. Maybe it's because I've got a cop's curious mind, but it bothers me why Jimmy dawn died. So I made it my personal business. And so far, business was rotten. I was on my back when Pop brought me to. It Took a little longer to find out that the press clippings I was looking at weren't around. That's a new one. Grow for some old press clippings. This needed thinking. To think. A cop's gotta eat to eat. There's a classy sidewalk cafe on the corner of Broadway and 47th where you stand up to a hot dog and a cup of coffee that dares you. I threw a lump of sugar at it when someone tapped me on the shoulder. Hello, Jeremy. Mind if I join you? Oh, kpect. Not at all. Grab A napkin, Danny. Somehow you look unsymmetrical today. What happened to your head? I had it done over. You detectives always intruding yourselves into violence and danger. Who did it, Danny? Person or persons unknown? You should go home and get some rest. What about you, Keeper? Don't you get any sleep either? I am a vain man, Danny. I've been waiting for the noon edition of the news to come out. It has the picture I took of Jimmy Dawn. Look at it, Danny. Is it not a magnificent reproduction? Yeah, it's quite a picture. How'd you catch the expression? For an artist like me, it is a matter of precise timing. But somehow I feel the caption beneath this picture is not right. What do you mean? I feel the caption should not read suicide. It should read murder. Oh. Might just say that I have captured death in my pictures for a long time, Danny. This is the face of a man whom death was about to touch with murder, not with suicide. You talk prettier, but you think like a cop. The elements for murder three, Danny. A widow with $17,000. Perhaps a boyfriend and. Wait a minute, Danny, where are you going? You haven't touched yourself. I gotta make a call. So you can't eat first. Who calls on a rich widow with onions in. Hey, you up there. You. You at the window. Who, me? Yeah, you. Oh, hello. Hello, Mrs. Dorn. Isn't she home? You want somebody, mister? Mrs. Dorn, I've been ringing your bell. Where is she? Oh, you know where Mrs. Dorn went. There's no light downstairs. Her? Yeah, her. Oh, sure. She had a date for across the street. What for across the street, miss?

[Mrs. Dorn]

You?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

The Eagle Tavern.

[Mrs. Dorn]

I saw her go in there with a guy.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

The Eagle tavern took up 40 front feet of sidewalk. And its insides were designed to take up thousands of man hours of loneliness. Right now, There were only three lonely people. The bartender, Mrs. Dorn and Brody. Mrs. Dawn and Brody were standing at the end of the bar, trying real hard. I hated to do it, but I decided to ruin their evening. Photos. You don't know when to quit, do you, Clover? Why do you keep coming around? I was saying, Mrs. Dorn. What are you drinking, Max? Nothing. Nothing at all. Yeah, you can nurse that a long time, Mr. Clover.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Look, please, we don't want any trouble. We got all.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

It's this way, Mrs. Dorn. A long time ago, a man named Joe Danilo fell down an elevator shaft and was killed. Seems like he was nobody until he won a motorcycle race. Then he got his name in the papers. Then he died. What does that do to you? What should it do to us? I'll try a refresher. Joe Danilo was a whirling tomato. He belonged in your husband's act, Mrs. Dorn. Try to react on that.

[Mrs. Dorn]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

You got your reaction. Now blow. Just dawn. You know, your husband just might have been murdered.

[Mrs. Dorn]

No.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Try it, Mrs. Dawn. Consider it. You've got no manners at all. All you've got is a loose mouth.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Wait a minute, Brody. The man said somebody might have killed Jimmy. Do you think so, Brody?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Ah, this guy's trying to put poison in your brain. Lily, don't listen to him.

[Mrs. Dorn]

You think I shouldn't, huh?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Why should you? Listen to you, Brody? Go read a book, copper. Go read a book and find out why I should hang around a woman who's married to my best friend, Jimmy Dawn. Maybe you're waiting for him to die. He did to me.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Yeah, I never thought of it before. Jimmy's dead. And that makes you number one boy to a lady who just inherited $17,000.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

That'll teach you, Lily. That'll teach you not to talk like that. Talking a woman's easy, Brody. This will be a little too. Stop it. Stop it, Lily. I'm sorry. Don't. Please. Don't talk to him, Brody.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Tell him what he wants to know. Tell him what you never told me. What happened back there 10 years ago. Why were you and Jimmy always hiding?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Tell him, Brody. Take off, copper. You've done your bit. Take off and feel silky about the whole thing. Sure. Only you fascinate me, Brody. If you didn't shove Jimmy D. In front of a subway train. What keeps you alive? First Joe Danow, then Jimmy. There's hardly a breeze left of the three whirling tornadoes. What's keeping you alive, Brody? Now, there was a guy I just had to see. Kpac. There was a chance he had taken more than one picture of D. Maybe in the background I'd see a familiar face. Out in Sea beach, near Coney Island. I found the door with Capex name on it. Oh, it's you, Danny. Come in, come in. Wondered if you took any more pictures of Doran besides the one that ran in the news. I am not like other photographers, Danny, who took dozens of pictures to get one good one. I take only one, and it is always perfection for the one in the nearest is the only one. Yeah, it. It is important that there should be other ones. It might have been. Quite a gallery you have on the wall. Yes, yes, Come look, Danny, come look. This one, Danny. This. This girl who looks like a tired angel on a lonesome street. Yeah, Nice Look. And. And this one. A derelict. Likes to sleep in the gutters. It has the texture and the lighting of a Rembrandto. Kpick. A man of your talent could live in a penthouse with dancing. Why do you live here? I get some of my best results here. Yeah, everybody gets some. You must have got there fast for this picture. Oh, that one. Yes. Well, you know my deal with the police. The minute anything violent happens, I go out with you. I get a picture, you get a body. Who was it? That is a man who was once Joe. Donny Love, Danny Lover. Yes. I. I took this picture just after he fell down the elevator shaft. The mood of finality was magnificent. Very dramatic effect. Danilov was one of the three whirling tornadoes. Did you know that so well? To me, Danilov was simply a man who fell down into space and died. The picture captures the sensation, don't you think? The down, sweeping lines. The shadows like a dark caress. The broken form like some grotesque fashion. Everything neat. Everything. I don't think Capec even saw me open the door and leave. It's a long subway ride and a transfer back to brother. Coming up from an underground of naked concrete into the Blair of 49th Street. Well, there's. There's a magic to it. I didn't have time to enjoy it. I had a job to do and a chance to take. And the chance paid off. Patsy Mack was in his office working. Okay, Danny, so I lied to you about my connection with the tornadoes. And why not? First Joe Daniloff, then Jimmy dawn, next, maybe me. Why should I take a chance? They were accidents, the people said. Oh, not Joe. Accidents, Danny. Not that kind. Tommy. Patsy, why do you think you'll be next? I don't know. Just looks like everybody connected with the tornadoes has written down a little black book. Tell me more, Patsy. This time I'm leveling, Danny. Once I managed the tornadoes, but I dropped them like they were a basket of snakes. Why? What do they do? Remember I told you there was another guy? Their backer? Yeah. When he got sick, he went to a sanitarium. While he was there, the tornadoes robbed him of everything he ever had. All three of them did that? Yes. Danilo Brody and Jimmy Dorn. Danilov and Dorn are gone. That leaves only Brody plus The widow Dorman. 17,000 bucks. Were you ever in a sanitarium, Patsy? No, but they might put me away for slugging a Copy. Oh. What do you want me to do, Danny? Cross my heart and hope to die? Nothing easier than that. Use your phone for me. Anything for a friend, Danny. But you are my friend, aren't you, Danny? Call billboard for me. What? Personal ad, Patsy. A personal ad on the front page where a guy in the show business will be sure to see him. You phrase it. Phrase what? Just this. Anyone connected with the act, the Whirling Tornadoes, meet at the entrance to Crescent Midway on Coney island Tomorrow night at 11. Have information to wind up affairs of the tornadoes. Phone that in, Patsy. Because you say so, friend. Because the police say so. And Patsy. Yeah? Sign your name to it. So I had it all set up. This case had murder in it. And I was pretty sure I knew who the murderer was. It was a matter of supplying a pigeon. That was me. The next day, two things happened. The ab was on the front page of Billboard and rain came when I hit Coney Island. 10:30 that night. It was a wet desert. Neon reflections and stragglers and empty rides. The place was shadows and field paint and shadows on shadows. I had to spot the killer before he spotted me. So I picked one of the darkest places under the framework of the roller coaster and walked into it. I was really wanted it. Danny, there's such a night you picked to enjoy Coney Island. On a night like this, it is a dismal alley. I'm in a dismal mood, K. That gun you're holding doesn't make it any brighter. It gives me the bravery to give orders to a policeman. You shoot me, you'll be out of character. KP Are you going to make it look like an accident? I have other ideas. First, I put my gun, my hand in my pocket. Now I say to you. Let's go. Walk, Danny, Walk. You know, Capek, I think you loused up the job a long time ago. You told me everything was neat and perfection. You forgot to tell me you put up the dough for the Whirling Tornadoes before you went to the sanitarium. So? So you killed Danilovendoorn. But Brody gets away, huh, Brody? In time, policeman. But first you and I take a ride on a roller coaster. Ah, wondering how you'd manage it. Neat and perfection, Danny. Now get on. I'll pay for the tickets when the ride is over. In here, Danny, you get in the first car. I'll sit in the car behind you. How you gonna work this, Capek? You going to slug me and heap me over? Like I said, you can't shoot me Then it wouldn't look like an accident. In a few seconds, when we get to the top, you will see. No, keep your hands to your side, Danny. That's better. Can you get a picture of this one too? Capek? When we get to the top, you will see. The top was two seconds away. Now, Danny, stand up. Stand out. I stood up. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him rise too. Take the gun out of his pocket, it's barrel in his fist. His arm came up in a wide arc. And that was the break I was waiting for. Spotty arched forward to strike. I twisted, grabbed his hand and elbow and through. Let go. Let go. Me. D. How long can a roller coaster ride last? Long enough. Long enough to piece together the jagged edges of some frightened lives. Danilov and Doran. Murdered. Murdered because they crossed a twisted man named Capex. Broughing the shadows because they were afraid of Capex Revenge. And Lily dawn was a handful of dust and dollars. 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[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

The FBI, in peace and war, ordinarily heard at this time throughout the year, is taking its usual summer vacation and will return to CBS five weeks from tonight on September 1st. Broadway's My Beat from Time Square to Columbus Circle, the giest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world, Broadway is My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. Broadway it's an enchanted island or a prison, A crazy happy dance or a funeral march in blues time It's a sorcerer's palace with golden mirrors and jeweled fountains or it's a wailing wall corroded with pain. Call it anything you want. It's my beat. One of the ways to get on my beat is to infiltrate through the grim lines of people trying to buy tickets to South Pacific. Those people are going to mutiny someday. It's about nine in the morning and a good thing happened to me. The good thing was a kid named Paul Thomas. A sweet kid, but gentle kid. A kid who'd wrapped himself in iron to stall off the pain so many people handed to him for free. Mr. Clover? Mr. Clover, could I talk to you for a minute? Sure, Paul, sure. Any place, anytime. How about in the lobby here? Okay. A lobby it is. I'm sure glad to see you, Paul. It's been a long time. Not so long Mr. Clover, it's only five, six months since you got me that job. Maybe seven months since you caught me breaking into a store. Who remembers what happened seven months ago? How's the job, Paul? How's it working out? Mr. Ericaron's been treating me fine. He's even had me bonded so I could deliver all that jewelry and stuff. I bet your folks are proud. Yeah, they're real proud, Mr. Clover. I've been meaning to get up to Harlem to visit them. Your mother's a fine woman, Paul. Give her my best. I'll do that, Mr. Clover. She keeps asking about you, Paul. It's a good thing to see you the way you are. I'm in trouble, Mr. Clover. I think I'm in big trouble. Oh, you want to tell me about it here? Where? We could go someplace and get a quiet cup of coffee. I better tell you about it fast, Mr. Clover. A couple of days ago they came. Danny Clover. How's Broadway's grabber, boy? How's the finest of the finest? Hi, Kirk. Am I interrupting something, Danny? The boy won't mind being interrupted, will you, boy? Maybe I mind, Kirk. Oh, no offense, Danny. Come on, ask me how I am. Ask me how I've been doing. How are you? How you been doing? Ah, great. Very, very great. Daddy. Yes, sir? Don't I read an introduction to the boy? Danny, Paul, this is Jerry Kirk, a private investigator. Paul Thomas. Jerry Kirk. Hi, Mr. Kirk. Danny, you don't keep up. A smart detective like you should keep up. I'm not a private eye anymore. No. Well, so long, Kirk. See you around. No, no, no, I'm not a private eye anymore. I'm in the Plush, Danny, Plush office, Plush stipend, furnished by Acme Insurance Company. I investigate insurance losses for them. Oh, it's a lot easier than breaking down doors to Hall Apartments. But not so much Funkirk. More, Danny, more. It even gives me the price of a couple of tickets to South Pacific, kid. But how about you, Danny? You still hitting the triple features in the grind houses, Danny? Goodbye, Kirk. Yeah. It's been swell seeing you, Danny. I'm sorry about him, Paul. Now, tell me what's on your mind. I can, Mr. Clover. I got to get to work. I'm late. I'm late. Well, Paul, come back here. That's how the day began, with a kid starting to tell me a big trouble and then running away. It was about five when Paul's big trouble started to catch up with me. A patrolman leaned out of a squad car and handed me a Slip of paper. J Arakarium, the paper said. It said the Paramount Building and at the bottom it said urgent. I'd been there before. Gay Arakarians, lapidary and dealer in precious gems was on the 14th floor. You went through a door and passed the beam of an electric eye and waded through a carpet to a desk and an olive skinned girl with tight black hair. You gave your name and your gut nodded past another beam and some carved oriental wall hangings to a young man, morning coat cut to hide the lines of his shoulder holster and sneer cut to fit the scar that ran from his eye to the corner of his mouth. Then a chaperoned hike through another doorway. There he was, J Arakarian, impeccable in ascot striped pants and a Legion of Honor ribbon in his satin lapel. He had another thing. A guest. I asked Mr. Jerry Kirk to be with us, Lieutenant Clover, because his interests lie in the same direction as ours. Hiya, Kurt. What's all this about? Mr. Arakarium will tell you, Danny. Sit down and tell him. What do you want to see me about, Mr. Carrion? About the boy you asked him to hire? About Paul Thomas. You know Paul Thomas, don't you, Danny? What about Paul Thomas? Mr. Araucarian is a polite man, Danny. He's trying to tell you the kid absconded with an awful lot of jewelry. Please. This matter is very dolorous to me. A hundred thousand dollars worth, Danny. How about letting Mr. Ericarian tell it his way, huh, Kirk? I was just phrasing it neatly. A hundred grand, Danny. Right. Now you just listen, Kirk. What did Paul Thomas do, Mr. Octavian? He failed to deliver a consignment. Failed to let me know the reason why. He has been gone since this morning. Disappeared like a puff of smoke, huh, Mr. Octavian? That's what you said. They assign a bright eye like you to this Kirk. Like me, Danny? Mr. Jerry Kirk is from the insurance company. If you know a matter like this, one thinks of insurance. In a case like this, one also thinks of how maybe Paul got slugged. One also thinks he could have been robbed, Mr. Icarian. Paul Thomas turns up in an alley. Kirk slugged a bet. Yeah, sure. I know human nature, Danny. He's gone a long way with those rocks. Absconded, he's stolen. In a matter like this, the amount is not a pittance, Lieutenant. A hundred thousand dollars worth of first water jams your cases settings. Got a list of what's missing right here. You see, it makes not an inconsiderate. Not inconsiderable it is very dolorous, Lieutenant. You'll get them back. Dollar means it can make you cry. But Alakarium's dollars was different from mine. His was a hundred grand he'd lost. Mine was a boy named Paul Thomas that maybe I'd lost. But it was still only a maybe. I had two things to do. Turn the list of missing jewels into headquarters, which I did. Then call it Paul's home in Harlem. Harlem is a guilt and a scar and a wound. And a wound is a tenement lighted by kerosene lamps. A tenement with barred windows through which you can watch the moonlight darting out on the backs of hungry rats. Harlem is a place of quiet laughter that stops when it sees you walking up the stairs to the one room in which Paul's family of five live.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Yes, always, Mr. Clover. I highly expected to. Please forgive the way I look.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

You look fine, Mrs. Thomas. Fine. May I come in?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Why, of course, of course. The children outside playing.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

It's just as well. Mrs. Thomas, I want to talk to you.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Please sit down, Mr. Clover. Sue, is it about Paul?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Why did you see him last, Mrs. Thomas?

[Mrs. Dorn]

This morning he stopped by on his way to work. Is there anything.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

He doesn't live here anymore.

[Mrs. Dorn]

No, Mr. Clover. Paul's a man now and he needs a place of his own.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Where is it, Mrs. Thomas?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Is my boy in trouble, Mr. Clover?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

We don't know. I. I don't think so, but I have to be sure. Where's his place, Mrs. Thomas?

[Mrs. Dorn]

It's a rooming house on 137th Street, 26 East. It's clean. You can actually see the sun. Paul couldn't do anything wrong. Not anymore, Mr. Clover. Paul good? He's good.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Hasn't been by here tonight.

[Mrs. Dorn]

No, but that doesn't mean anything. Lots of times he doesn't come by at night, but he'll be here in the morning. He's always here for breakfast in the morning.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

I think I'll run over to that address you gave me, Mrs. Thomas. Sorry I can't stay and visit with you.

[Mrs. Dorn]

You'll let me know about my boy? Mr. Clover, whatever way it is, you let me know.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

It'll be all right, Mrs. Thomas. It has to be all right. Outside it was one block north and two to my left of a subway station at 125th and Lenox. In those three blocks, you could feel the breeze from the east river fighting a losing battle with the heat. But it wasn't the heat that stopped me, but Squad Car 15, Potoman Florio at the control. Not bad, Florio. Three point landing. Hi, lieutenant. Come on, get in. Thanks. You headed uptown? Well, that depends, Lieutenant. Wherever you say. Uptown. You better call headquarters first. I've been cruising looking for you. Headquarters said you were in Harlem. Yeah. Column for you. Sure. God. 15 calling headquarters. Come in, toll car. 15 calling headquarters. Receiving patrol cop 15. Go ahead, 15, I take it, Danny? Yeah. Danny Clover speaking. Danny Cartaglia speaking. Bug on our carrying robbery. Guy named Jerry Cart called you? Yeah. Said he wanted you there when he took Paul Thomas. Oh. Where's all this taking place? 137th Street. He condemned tenement. Three houses and a east. The northeast corner on Lennox. 10 o'clock, the guy said. That's right now. Tartalia. Thanks. Let's go, Floro. You heard the man, right, Florio? Yellow cannon. You're only giving me a lift down the block. Turn off that siren, huh? Hello, Danny. Glad you showed. Headquarters said you had Paul. You got him, Kurt? He's in that tenement, Danny, but he materialized out of that puff of smoke. How do you know he's in there? Look, Danny, a guy steals a hundred thousand dollars worth of jewelry. It's hot. He can't get rid of it, so he makes a deal with the insurance company. The deal Paul made was for 15 grand. He got in touch with you. Yeah, sure. He said meet him here. So I got in touch with you. You? I'm double crossing him, Danny. I called in the cops. You wouldn't want it any other way. Yeah. Let's go in. And Kirk, Keep your gun in your pocket. Danny, you know I seldom carry a gun. And tonight's one occasion when I don't. Come on. Hey, it's pretty dark. Lucky I got a flash. Paul. Paul Thomas. Let me handle it, Kirk. Paul. Paul, it's Danny Clover. Paul. Maybe he isn't here. Kirk. He's here. That sound came from down in the basement. Hey, Kirk. Somebody's shooting downstairs. And not enough. Yes, and somebody's taking a pound or two. Let's get him. Don't you think it's time you got out your gun, Danny? Yeah, it's all changed now. Hey. Huh? Shine your light over there. Where? Back of the staircase. Yeah. Hey, Danny. A body. Danny, look. He's got a gun. Paul. He's dead. Danny, your boy's dead. Why was he killed? He was a bad boy, Danny. A bad boy with bad company. And the company just took a powder. How do you like your boy now, Danny? You are listening to Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as detective. Danny, Clover Casey, crime photographer, finds an innocent eyed young woman riding a murder go round tonight. As he joins her, his girlfriend, reporter Ann Williams and Ethelbert the Magnificent bartender caution him to go go slow for a merry ride with murder. Join Casey and his pals tonight and also be around for second class passenger another thrilling study in escape. Crime photographer and escape are Thursday night features of most of these same CBS stations. Now back to Broadway's my beat. One thing about Broadway, you can become a name overnight. All you have to do is have three current wives or ride four winners in a row. Or you can do it the way Paul Thomas did. Get caught up in a hundred thousand dollar jewel theft, keep your mouth shut about it by being found dead in a Harlem tenement. Not that Paul Thomas would make much of a splash. But he would make a fast 30 seconds conversation piece over cheesecake on coffee. The cop uses up the night begging, pleading, grubbing for a break in a murder case. Then he goes home and begs for sleep. And in the morning he goes back to his office at headquarters and starts all over again. And that's where it broke. Come in. Come in, come in. Danny. Danny, open your eyes. I got a surprise for you. You open them. I'm tired. I got something on the Paul Thomas case. What? Yeah. See, you opened your eyes all by yourself. It's not hard, is it, Danny? I could close yours just as easy. What do you got? Well, one of the Araucarian jewels showed up at a pawn shop. When? 10:30 last night. 10:30? That was after Paul's murder. How come you wait till now to give it to me? Easy, Danny. Take it easy. All right, all right. But how come Larry of Larry's Pawn Shops Ltd. Just phoned it in. Says he didn't get our list go 10 this morning. Larry. Sir. Give me a squad card to Taglia. I'll pick it up out front. Okay. Danny. Yeah? I know what this means to you. Sorry, I kid it. That's okay, Sergeant. It's okay. But get that squad car, Danny boy. Danny, You. This is quite an honor. Hi, Larry. Hi. I could have saved you the trip if you just called me. Needed the air. Okay, Larry, what do you got? Danny, do you mind stepping in the back room? I'm trying to close the deal. Sometimes. Sometimes it embarrasses my clientele to see me consorting with a detective. Ain't it a shame? Give it to me, Larry, and quick. Danny, this isn't hard. You want me to show you what I can really be like? Okay. Okay, Danny. Okay. I'LL get it for you. Think it over, Mist. I'll be right with you. Here it is, Danny. You see this diamond ring matches up exactly with the one on the arterial issue boy set, if I say so myself. It's a beauty. Yeah, yeah, but who pawned it? It's on a ticket. A girl named Ellen west lives at this address on 115th Street. At least that's the name the dress she gave me. Now you know where to start. Send the ring. It hurts me to part with it. Isn't it polite the way I cooperate with you boys? Danny, you'll remember it, won't you? Sure. By the way, what did you give the girl for the ring? It's worth two grand. I gave her 600. Can't hear you, Larry. How much? 600. Still can't hear it. Was worth two grand. I gave her $600. Oh, man. Me, I could tell you.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Hey, mister, you didn't hear what I said.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

I. I was just kidding. Pay no attention. I didn't mean it.

[Mrs. Dorn]

I ready to offer you a little more.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

The girl, whose name might be Ellen west, lived in a street that might have been anywhere. Could have been a market street in the slums of Madrid or Rome or Athens in New Orleans. It could have been anywhere. Right now it was under the bridge of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Right now, it was a street where Paul's murderer might be waiting in a dark room behind a locked door, waiting for a knock that had to come.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Yes?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Who is it? The police. Open up, please.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Why you come here? I haven't done anything.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Are you Ellen West?

[Mrs. Dorn]

That's right. That's my name. How you know my name? I don't know you.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

I'm Danny Clover. Allen, Broadway, special detail. Like to ask you some questions, Mr. Danny Clover.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Paul told me a lot about you. Please come in, Mr. Clover.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Thanks. You knew Paul Danis?

[Mrs. Dorn]

I knew him. I knew him better than anybody. We were going to be married.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

How old are you? Sixteen.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Go, you're 90. That's not too young to get married, Mr. Clover.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

I mean, it wouldn't have been Ellen. You pondering yesterday. Where'd you get it? Did Paul give it to you?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Where would Paul get a ring like that, Mr. Clover?

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Where'd you get it, Alan?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Came in the mail.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Oh, you have the package that came in?

[Mrs. Dorn]

I threw it away, Mr. Clover. I threw it away because I didn't want to know where to send it back.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Maybe you should have given it to the police.

[Mrs. Dorn]

Maybe I should have done what I did. I got $600 for that ring, Mr. Clover. With $600, two people like Paul and me could get married.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Did you tell Paul about the ring?

[Mrs. Dorn]

I didn't see Paul yesterday, Mr. Clover. I didn't seem to tell him about the ring or anything. I've got so much to tell him.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Paul's mother said he had a room of his own. Did you ever see it?

[Mrs. Dorn]

I saw it. I met his roommate, Joe Kendall.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

His roommate?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Well, not Exactly. You see, Mr. Clover, where Paul lived, that room of his own, that was just a place where he could sleep for eight hours. Joe Kendall had it for the other eight hours. They do that a lot up here.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Yeah, I know. I know. That's all, Ellen. Just one thing. You won't go away?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Where would I go, Mr. Clover? Mr. Clover.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

Yes, sir?

[Mrs. Dorn]

Here's the $600. I got no use for it now.

[Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover]

The hotbed address of Paul's roommate, Joe Kendall, didn't pan out. But I suddenly forget, the landlord said. Suddenly regained his memory when he put on a pair of wire RM glasses and examined my police badge. His cooperation from that instant was a thing of joy. Joe Kendall was working right now. Mr. Joe Kendall worked in the change booth in the subway station at 59th Street. Want some change, mister? No change. Information kind of information. Your name's your Kendall. That all depends on what connection the name's being used in connection with the police. Now show me. Try this. Yeah? Yeah. That badge says you're the police. Says my name's Joe Kendall. What can I do for you, Lieutenant? About Paul Thomas, Joe. Read about him in the papers this morning. I'm sorry about Paul. How sorry, lieutenant? Oh, wait a minute. Here you are, lady. Two dimes and a nickel. Lieutenant is at this. I asked you a bad question, Joe. Not at all. I'm sorry about Paul, lieutenant. As sorry as I am for any man who died the way Paul did. What about Paul? What did he tell you about himself? Things like, I'm tired. That's what he used to say to me when he woke me up because it was his turn to sleep. He'd tell me things like that. That's all. Other things too, Lieutenant, but that was the general idea. Something else, Joe. That ring on your finger. What'd you get it? Are you gonna believe me? Okay, Lieutenant, I'll tell you anyhow. I got it in the mail yesterday. You should have let the police know. I should have, but I didn't. Maybe I was going to. Maybe I was gonna punish. I don't know. You better let me have it? Sure, sure. Here, take it. Lieutenant. I'm in trouble now, huh? Yes, right now. You come under a couple of laws in the penal code, Joe, but which one escapes me? Just don't run away. I'll be here, Lieutenant. Here or in Harlem. One place or. It was a decision I had to make about the girl, Ellen west, and about Joe Kendall. And it was a decision I made. They turned up with a part of the missing jewelry and a strange story how they got it. And I didn't book them. I didn't put a tail on them. If they told the truth, it gelled an idea that was shaping itself. If they'd lied, I'd know it before the day was over. Back at headquarters, I made out my report that way and turned it in. Then there was nothing to do but trade with Sergeant Tartaglia and wait for the report from the technical voice. Oh, I don't know, Danny. I don't know. I'm not sure you did the right thing. Those two might have been holding back. Technical lab reports, Lieutenant. Ballistics, chemical prints, all of them. Thanks. Okay, Lieutenant. Ballistics. Nothing. I figured there'd be nothing there. Hey, so long, Tartaglio. Hey, Danny, where you going? Take a look at those reports. They'll make your red face even redder. Those photoelectric eyes wink even at you, huh, Ericarian? They make no distinction, Lieutenant, between friend or enemy. They're ever alert, ever straight, suspicious. Yeah. You kept me waiting a long time. Eric Carrion, a jeweler, has many things to take care of, Lieutenant. Sometimes you must keep even the police waiting. But you're not lonely. Did not Mr. Atu amuse you? Oh, so that's his name. No, your flunky ATU didn't amuse me. He's so silent, so sinister, Is that the word? It's a good word for atu. Tell me, atu, that shoulder holster you wear under your morning coat, how do you avoid a bulge? You must have a good tailor. I wish I had a tailor like that. I will send you the name of Arthur's tailor, Lieutenant. That all you wanted? That's just part of it. I'd like to have a look at your vaults. You wish to buy some jewelry, Halstead? No, no, I'd just like to find some lost jewelry stolen, it says on this list. Stolen from a Mr. Arakarian. That's why I'd like to have a look at your vaults. You're insane. But I will humor you. But first, trifle. You have a warrant, Lieutenant. Now, what do you know about That I clean forgot to get myself a warrant. Well, as you say, it's. It's a trifle. How about the vaults? I do not think so, Lieutenant. In your country, I've learned to do everything comic full. How comic? Full Translation. As it should be. Thanks. I like to learn new words. A warrant would be as it should be. Then I'll just have to get the vault open myself. Tell your flunky to take his hands off me. Artu is a very difficult man to tell things to. Not only does he not talk often, often he does not listen. Tell him to take his hands off me. Perhaps you could persuade him yourself, Lieutenant. Yeah, yeah, perhaps I could. Oh, atu, I went and spoiled your Croesus. You. You release one. I. I. Kirk. Kirk. Well, Kirk, the eminent investigator today, on occasion, for carrying a gun. You didn't have to shoot Arakarian. I did, Danny. To save you from getting knocked off, I had to do just that. Save me? What are you talking about? Well, look at him. Look at Arakaran's hand. He was just getting ready to pull a Luger. Yeah. Okay, Kirk, this wraps it up. Let me have your gun, sir, before ballistics will wanted to check it against the slugs in the body. But you saw me shoot him. Danny, the gun, Cook. Are you off your rocker, Danny? Gun. I've got a permit for the Sl. Yeah, thanks for the gun. Oh, sure, sure, Danny. Now that I know you were sincere about wanting it. Well, like you said, this wraps it up. You figured it a little ahead of me, that's all. Tell me how easy. Arakaria never parts with the jewels and reports the stolen for insurance money. Yeah, true, true. Tell me, Kirk, how do you figure Paul Thomas figures? All so simple. Harakaran tells the kid to make it look like the kid ran away. Well, maybe Arakari wanted to do it another way. And the kid. Well, the kid barked. Yeah, that's right, Kurt. Paul came to me yesterday and started to tell me he was in trouble. It adds up. It adds up neat. You know what else? Two of the gems showed up with two of Paul's friends. Eric carry and mailed them to throw off suspicion. Clever. Real clever. Yeah, but here's the twist. The gun Paul was holding in a tenement cellar had no fingerprints on it. He was dead before he went in that tenement, Kirk. Dead men leave no prints. Paul Thomas was dead before I saw you, Kirk. Hey, that is a twist that's seen in the condemned tenement. You and Ericarian staged it. That's why I want your gun to check it against the slugs they took from Paul's body. You're crazy. Danny. Listen now, else I'm crazy. You killed Paul. You proposition him and he'd have none of it till you killed him. And you killed Ericarian so he wouldn't implicate you. You stink, copper. You stink, but you won't kick me. I've been waiting for you to do that trick. Waiting for Paul. Paul. For Paul. What stopped me was something gentle. A tap on the shoulder. It was all, but it stopped me. Man from headquarters looked down at me and his tap was gentle. He said, that was enough. I quit. But I didn't believe him. He said Kirk was something the law had to take care of. Then I had to believe him. Because I'm a cop in the mid afternoon heat. Broadway is a desert. A desert littered with mirages of what might be men or women. You touch some and they vanish. You touch others and they snarl and slink away. It's real or it's phantom. It's Broadway. The gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world. Broadway. My beat. Broadway's my beat. With Larry Thor as detective Danny Clover is produced and directed by Gordon T. Hughes with script by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. Musical direction is by Lud Gluskin. Be sure to join us next week, same time, same station or by Broadway's my beat. Mr. Keen. The pain tracer of lost persons goes society tonight. Knowing Mr. Keane, you realize at once that it's not so much the question of which court, but which suspect. Mr. Keane's latest adventure, the Society murder case, will follow in just a few moments on most of these same CBS network stations. This is cds, the Columbia Broadcasting System.

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