Boston Blackie: Mrs. Boston Blackie 06/06/1945

Summary

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Boston Blackie: “Mrs. Boston Blackie” (06/06/1945)

Podcast: Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Host: Choice Classic Radio
Episode Air Date: January 3, 2026 (originally aired June 6, 1945)

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Overview

This episode of Boston Blackie plunges the listener into a tangled web of blackmail, political scandal, and murder. When a woman posing as Boston Blackie’s wife attempts to blackmail politician Lester Allen, a chain of deception and crime is set in motion. The real Boston Blackie—caught between proving his innocence and uncovering the true culprit—must untangle lies, confront a murder scene, and race against time, all while keeping close friend Mary Wesley out of harm’s way. The episode is a classic Golden Age detective tale brimming with sharp wit, twists, and signature banter.

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Key Discussion Points and Story Highlights

1. Political Scheming and Blackmail (01:21–05:10)

• Leonard Brewster, a political rival, hires private detective Jim Whalen to dig up dirt on Lester Allen, hoping to remove him from the upcoming election.
• Whalen claims to have found someone who can spill Allen’s secrets: “She’s Mrs. Boston Blackie.”
  [Leonard Brewster, 02:33]
• “Mrs. Boston Blackie,” actually an imposter, approaches Allen claiming to have incriminating knowledge, demanding he drop out of the race—or pay $10,000 to keep silent.
  “You’d have a difficult time being elected to any harness if you were exposed, wouldn’t you?” – ‘Mrs. Boston Blackie’ / Mary Wesley, 03:43
• Allen chooses to pay the blackmailer.

2. Boston Blackie Accused (05:10–13:42)

• News of Blackie’s supposed marriage spreads, shocking both him and Mary Wesley.
• Allen confronts Blackie about the blackmail, who denies both being married and being involved in any extortion.
• Blackie investigates at the Waltham House hotel, where the fake Mrs. Boston Blackie is staying.
• Upon entering, Blackie and Inspector Faraday find the woman dead—shot. Evidence at the scene, including a marriage certificate and Mary Wesley’s handkerchief, points to Blackie and Mary as suspects.
• Notable exchange: “You killed her?” – Inspector Faraday, 11:42 “I only saw her once in my life.” – Boston Blackie

3. On the Run & Race for Clues (15:03–18:21)

• Blackie escapes police custody using a clever ruse with a doctored cigarette.
• He rushes to Mary Wesley's apartment, where she rebuffs him for the supposed marriage but is convinced of his innocence after he explains the setup.
• Blackie’s focus turns to finding out who actually orchestrated the blackmail. Suspicion falls on both Brewster and Whalen.

4. Tracing the Players & The Clue of the Sofa (18:21–21:02)

• Blackie interviews both Allen and Brewster.
• Brewster claims he met the fake Mrs. Boston Blackie in her hotel room, sitting “on the sofa by the window.” This detail becomes key.
• The hotel confirms that the original room had no sofa; only the room in which the murder occurred had one. Brewster’s story is proven false.

5. Trap Sprung and Case Solved (21:02–24:32)

• Blackie and Faraday confront Brewster. He is caught in his lie about the timing and location of his meeting with the blackmailer—proving he visited her at the murder scene on the day she died.
• Motive: Brewster tried to use the imposter to torpedo Allen’s campaign. When she turned on him, threatening blackmail as well, he killed her.
• Memorable line:
  “Isn’t it ironic that a sofa is going to send you to the chair?” – Boston Blackie, 24:32

6. Aftermath and Final Revelations (24:50–26:11)

• Brewster withdraws from the election—now in police custody.
• Jim Whalen, the supposed detective, is found with the missing $10,000 and revealed to have been married under the alias “Boston Blackie.” He and the impostor were working together until greed pulled them apart.
• Mary Wesley teases Blackie about marriage plans, playfully referencing a “get married in five minutes for five dollars” sign.
• Classic flirtatious ending:
  “What’s the matter? Haven’t you got $5?” – Mary Wesley, 25:51
  “No, the smallest I have is 50.” – Boston Blackie, 25:53

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Memorable Quotes and Notable Moments

• Brewster’s Irony:
  “He’s pure, Mr. Brewster. Sure, but he’s not hermetically sealed.” – Jim Whalen, 01:47
• On Blackmail:
  “Because you sound to me more like Mrs. Boston Blackmail.” – Lester Allen, 04:58
• On Deception:
  “The handkerchief was in the corner of that sofa by the window.” – Faraday to Blackie, 12:14
• Detective Wit:
  “Sofas are made to lie on, not about.” – Boston Blackie, 20:50
• The Wrap-Up:
  “Mrs. Boston Blackie wasn’t married at all, was she?” – Mary Wesley, 25:13
  “She was married to Jim Whalen. Faraday figured that out and Whalen admitted he was married under the name Boston Blackie.” – Boston Blackie, 25:17
• Classic Closing Banter:
  “I think we’d better keep moving.” – Boston Blackie, 25:49

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [01:21] – Main plot set in motion, Brewster seeks dirt on Allen
• [02:22] – The blackmail scheme introduced
• [05:10] – Mary and Blackie’s misunderstanding
• [11:37] – Discovery of the murder
• [13:10] – Blackie's escape and search for clues
• [15:03] – Blackie and Mary Wesley discuss the evidence
• [18:55] – Brewster’s story; the sofa clue revealed
• [20:44] – Hotel staff confirm timing and room details
• [23:35] – Brewster confronted and case cracked
• [24:32] – Sofa pun and Brewster’s arrest
• [24:50] – Epilogue with Blackie and Mary

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Tone and Style

The episode showcases the classic Boston Blackie interplay—fast-paced, sarcastic, and packed with sharp-tongued humor and clever detective banter. Characters are quick-witted, with Blackie and Faraday especially trading barbs that both advance the plot and provide comic relief.

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Summary

“Mrs. Boston Blackie” is a quintessential detective yarn, blending political intrigue, mistaken identity, blackmail, and a cleverly constructed murder mystery. Through rapid-fire dialogue and a maze of shifting suspicions, Boston Blackie unravels the truth, all while maintaining his trademark charm, delivering justice for the innocent, and outwitting both enemy and friend alike.

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Transcript

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[Boston Blackie]

Just what kind of a private detective are you? Whaler.

[Leonard Brewster]

Good, Brewster. The best. Or you wouldn't have hired me.

[Boston Blackie]

I wonder about that.

[Leonard Brewster]

Watch the tone of voice, brother. I don't like it.

[Boston Blackie]

All right, all right. I'm sorry, Willem, but I want action.

[Leonard Brewster]

You're getting it, but it's too slow.

[Boston Blackie]

I hired you two months ago to get something on Lester Allen. And what have you done?

[Leonard Brewster]

Nothing yet.

[Boston Blackie]

Nothing. How am I going to win the nomination against a man with a record like Allen?

[Leonard Brewster]

He's pure, Mr. Brewster. Sure, but he's not her medically sealed.

[Boston Blackie]

I know that he was involved in something illegal once, but he's covered it up. I hired you to uncover it. Now why haven't you?

[Leonard Brewster]

Look, Brewster, when you hired me, you hired a detective. Not a P38 I worked for, but I get there just the same.

[Boston Blackie]

You made any progress at all?

[Leonard Brewster]

You'd be surprised.

[Boston Blackie]

Surprise me then.

[Leonard Brewster]

Boston Blackie knows what Alan did wrong a few years back.

[Boston Blackie]

But I told you. Boston Blackie knew about Alan's illegal jaunt. Blackie was the one who caught him at it. But he won't talk.

[Leonard Brewster]

Don't worry, Mr. Brewster. I found somebody else who knows about.

[Boston Blackie]

Allen and will talk. Who?

[Leonard Brewster]

A dame who came into my office this morning.

[Boston Blackie]

What does she know about Alan?

[Leonard Brewster]

Everything Boston Blackie knows.

[Boston Blackie]

What makes you think so?

[Leonard Brewster]

She's Mrs. Boston Blackie.

[Narrator]

And now meet Richard Kalmer's Boston Blackie. Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friends.

[Mary Wesley]

I'm awfully glad you had a moment to see me, Mr. Allen. Blackie's told me so much about you.

[Lester Allen]

Oh, you're Mrs. Boston Blackie. Well, this is certainly a surprise when we marry.

[Mary Wesley]

Three weeks ago in Springfield, Ohio. Oh, Mr. Alan. Blackie speaks of you so often.

[Lester Allen]

He doesn't tell the whole truth, I hope.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, but he does. Even about that candle you were mixed up In a few years ago.

[Lester Allen]

You mention that for any particular reason?

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, yes.

[Lester Allen]

I don't think I understand.

[Mary Wesley]

You will. You don't really have to continue in the campaign, do you?

[Lester Allen]

I'm beginning to understand now.

[Mary Wesley]

You'd have a difficult time being elected to any harness if you were extreme exposed, wouldn't you?

[Inspector Faraday]

Now, look here.

[Lester Allen]

I was innocently involved in that scandal. That's why Blackie pledged himself never to mention it to anyone.

[Mary Wesley]

Or that he mentioned it to me, his wife. And I'm not bound by any foolish pledge to keep it secret.

[Lester Allen]

Now, look, are you trying?

[Mary Wesley]

I'm more than trying, Mr. Allen. I'm doing it. I want you to drop out of the campaign.

[Jim Whalen]

What if I don't?

[Lester Allen]

Is there any other choice? Maybe Money?

[Jim Whalen]

Maybe.

[Lester Allen]

How much?

[Mary Wesley]

You name it.

[Boston Blackie]

500.

[Mary Wesley]

You did say 10,000, didn't 10,000. That's better.

[Lester Allen]

But how do I know once I pay you?

[Mary Wesley]

You'll just have to trust me.

[Lester Allen]

Of course you can be trusted.

[Mary Wesley]

I don't like sarcasm, Mr. Al. Just money.

[Lester Allen]

How do you want it?

[Mary Wesley]

In cash and in small bills.

[Lester Allen]

You did say you were Mrs. Boston, Blackie, didn't you?

[Mary Wesley]

Well, of course I'm Mrs. Boston, Blackie. Why?

[Boston Blackie]

Why?

[Lester Allen]

Because you sound to me more like Mrs. Boston. Blackmail.

[Boston Blackie]

What's the matter with you, Mary? You're not eating.

[Mary Wesley]

I was just thinking, Blakey.

[Boston Blackie]

What if you don't like your own cooking?

[Mary Wesley]

Nope. I was just thinking. Are you ever going to get married?

[Boston Blackie]

Maybe. If I ever get to thinking, too.

[Mary Wesley]

Some people do marry, you know.

[Boston Blackie]

Some people jump out of windows, too. Oh, I'll answer, but it's probably your building superintendent telling you he's finished moving your stuff into the new apartment.

[Mary Wesley]

I hope so.

[Boston Blackie]

Hello, Blackie. This is Lester Allen, not Lester J. Allen. How are you, Laz? Where you been hiding?

[Inspector Faraday]

Don't give me that old pal stuff, Blackie.

[Boston Blackie]

Hey, what's the matter?

[Inspector Faraday]

You know very well what's the matter.

[Lester Allen]

I thought you realized I was innocently involved in that highway property scandal and that what you knew was to stay strictly between the two of us.

[Boston Blackie]

That's a fine reason to be sore.

[Inspector Faraday]

I wouldn't be if you'd kept your word. Your wife is here with me now.

[Boston Blackie]

My wife?

[Lester Allen]

Married her in Springfield, Ohio, three weeks ago.

[Boston Blackie]

My wife is in your office, huh? Wait a minute, Mary. Now, wait, will you?

[Inspector Faraday]

Look, Blackie, what was the idea?

[Boston Blackie]

Just a minute, Les. Mary, wait.

[Mary Wesley]

I will not wait. I'm getting my hat and coat.

[Inspector Faraday]

Black, are you still there?

[Boston Blackie]

Listen, Les, I can't talk to you Right now. Keep my wife there. Don't let her leave. I'll see you in a minute, Mary.

[Mary Wesley]

No wonder you didn't want to talk about getting married someday. You're already married.

[Boston Blackie]

Now, look, Mary.

[Mary Wesley]

I'm going to look, all right. And I'm going to keep looking until I get where you can't find me.

[Boston Blackie]

She's still here, Les.

[Lester Allen]

In my den, Blackie. And you have a lot of explaining to do. She knows about that construction scam.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, does she?

[Lester Allen]

She implied as much.

[Boston Blackie]

You have a guilty conscience, that's all. I put in a call to Springfield. It'll come here if you don't mind. Hey, where is your den?

[Lester Allen]

This way. I didn't tell her you were coming. Managed to slip away while she was waiting for the money and phone.

[Boston Blackie]

Good.

[Mary Wesley]

Come on in, Lucky. But, darling, what are you doing here? You said you weren't coming.

[Boston Blackie]

I couldn't stay away from you another moment, sugar.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, you so things. You're the most wonderful husband in the world.

[Boston Blackie]

No, I wouldn't. Huh, Blackie?

[Lester Allen]

Then she is your wife?

[Mary Wesley]

Well, of course I'm his wife, mister.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, yeah? Tell the bewildered man all about it, darling.

[Mary Wesley]

You mean how we met at the Mountain Inn in New Hampshire?

[Boston Blackie]

Last market, if you wishy.

[Lester Allen]

You did spend last August at the Mountain Inn?

[Boston Blackie]

Of course I did, darling.

[Mary Wesley]

Why aren't you wearing your lovely brown suit? The one with the thin white stripe? You look so nice in there.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, you don't love me just for my clothes, do you, darling?

[Lester Allen]

Well, Blackie, this convinces me. I was with you when you bought that suit.

[Mary Wesley]

I knew I should stay here any longer. Darling, let's go to Martin's for dinner. That's your favorite place.

[Boston Blackie]

No, dear.

[Jim Whalen]

Let's go.

[Lester Allen]

I've heard enough from both of you. This girl is your wife, Blackie, or she wouldn't know so much about you.

[Mary Wesley]

Let's go, darling.

[Boston Blackie]

You go ahead. I'll meet you later.

[Mary Wesley]

All right. I have an appointment at the hairdressers anyway. I'll meet you afterwards. Bye, darling.

[Lester Allen]

I think you'd better leave, too, Blackie. I've had enough of you.

[Boston Blackie]

I've never seen that girl before in my life.

[Mary Wesley]

Huh.

[Lester Allen]

Then how did she know enough about me and that that construction scandal to blackmail me?

[Boston Blackie]

That girl blackmailed you?

[Lester Allen]

$10,000.

[Boston Blackie]

Well, look, Les, as soon as this call from Springfield comes through and straightens you out about the girl, I'll straighten out this blackmail business myself.

[Lester Allen]

It'll take a lot to convince me that girl's not your wife. He knows Too much about you.

[Boston Blackie]

She's probably been studying for this act for months. That's my call. Hello?

[Inspector Faraday]

Hello, this is the marriage bureau in Springfield, Ohio.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, yes, I called you. I'd like to know if you have any record of a Boston Blackie being married in your town three weeks ago. Just a moment. Look, lads, this will straighten you out about the girl. Now, don't worry.

[Lester Allen]

Then what about my 10,000?

[Boston Blackie]

You shouldn't have paid it until you got in touch with me.

[Lester Allen]

That girl was so convincing.

[Boston Blackie]

I can believe that.

[Mary Wesley]

Hello?

[Boston Blackie]

Yes.

[Inspector Faraday]

You want to know of a man by the name of Boston Blackie got married here.

[Boston Blackie]

Do you have no record of any such marriage?

[Inspector Faraday]

Who wants to know?

[Boston Blackie]

I do. I'm Boston Blackie.

[Inspector Faraday]

What's the matter with you, young man? What have you got besides a wife? A case of amnesia?

[Boston Blackie]

Boston Blackie was married in your town?

[Inspector Faraday]

Sure he was. To June Blake just three weeks ago.

[Boston Blackie]

Well, look, the must be.

[Inspector Faraday]

Look, if this is your idea of a joke, I don't like it. I don't have time to waste. Goodbye.

[Jim Whalen]

Hello?

[Boston Blackie]

Hello?

[Narrator]

Hello.

[Mary Wesley]

Well.

[Boston Blackie]

A man by the name of Boston Blackie was married to Joan Blake in Springfield. All right, Blackie.

[Lester Allen]

Why are you doing this to me? I trusted you.

[Boston Blackie]

Don't you understand, Les? This whole thing is faked. Nobody knows anything about you except me. And I haven't talked. And I'm not married to that girl.

[Lester Allen]

I'd like to think you wouldn't blackmill me. But who would? And why?

[Boston Blackie]

I don't know, but I'll find out. I can find out where my wife is living.

[Lester Allen]

She told me when she first came in that she was living at the Waltham house until you could find a larger apartment.

[Boston Blackie]

The Waltham house, huh? I'll go down there and see her. Yeah.

[Lester Allen]

And, oh, by the way, a young lady seemed interested in going to see Mrs. Boston Blackie, too. Phoned here just after I spoke you on the phone. Her name was Mary Westbrook.

[Boston Blackie]

Mary called here?

[Lester Allen]

Yeah, I gave her the Waltham house address. Can I do anything wrong?

[Boston Blackie]

You're batting 100% a day, Les. So far you haven't done anything right.

[Inspector Faraday]

Hey.

[Boston Blackie]

Hey, is this the Waltham house or the morgue?

[Lester Allen]

I'm right with you, sir.

[Boston Blackie]

Now I feel better. Getting lonesome out here? Yes, sir. Is there a Mrs. Boston Blackie registered here?

[Leonard Brewster]

Oh, yes, in room 1107.

[Boston Blackie]

Thanks. Oh.

[Lester Allen]

Oh, just a minute, sir.

[Boston Blackie]

I made a mistake.

[Lester Allen]

Mrs. Boston Black is not room 11.

[Boston Blackie]

Where is she?

[Leonard Brewster]

She moved to room 1109 this morning.

[Boston Blackie]

Well, I'm Going up to see her now? All an ordinary woman does is change her mind. My wife has to change her room, too. I'd like to speak to. Well, Inspector Faraday, I would not like to speak to you.

[Jim Whalen]

All right, Blakey. I thought you'd have better sense than to come back. Get in here.

[Boston Blackie]

Sure, sure, sure. And stop waving that gun in my face. Look, Parody, be as stupid as you want to on your own time, but not on mine. I came here to talk. Wow.

[Jim Whalen]

Don't act surprised, Blankie. She's not sleeping. She's been shot. She's dead, and you killed her.

[Boston Blackie]

I killed her? I only saw her once in my life.

[Jim Whalen]

So it was love at first sight. You married her? I have this certificate to prove it. Listen. Bride Joan Blake, Groom, Boston. Blackie, married Springfield, Ohio. Now try to talk your way out of that, Parody.

[Boston Blackie]

Don't be a dope, will ya? Why would I kill this girl, this Joan Blake?

[Jim Whalen]

First of all, for money. She had $10,000. Here's a note she was writing, sending it to somebody.

[Leonard Brewster]

Who?

[Jim Whalen]

It doesn't say who. There isn't even car fare in this room. And look at this. A handkerchief.

[Boston Blackie]

I don't use ladies handkerchiefs.

[Jim Whalen]

No, but Mary Wesley does. Look, her name's on this one. Oh, maybe you didn't kill a Blackie. Maybe Mary Wesley did. The handkerchief was in the corner of that sofa by the window. Come on, Blackie.

[Boston Blackie]

All right, Inspector. Wouldn't mind if I smoke on the way?

[Jim Whalen]

Smoke, smoke, who cares?

[Boston Blackie]

Granny?

[Leonard Brewster]

No, thanks.

[Jim Whalen]

Hurry up. Let's go.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, wait till I get a light.

[Jim Whalen]

Wouldn'T you, Blankie, if this is one of your smart tricks, I'll.

[Boston Blackie]

Since when is lighting a cigarette a smart trick, Inspector? Even you can do it.

[Inspector Faraday]

Good night.

[Boston Blackie]

Say, I wonder what's in this cigarette. Turn back.

[Jim Whalen]

Oh, wise guy.

[Boston Blackie]

Something's been added that should have been subtracted. When will I have a look?

[Jim Whalen]

Blanket? So help me, you can waste more time.

[Boston Blackie]

Where do I put it out? Yeah. Tastes as if it was soaked in pickle juice. Let's see what's in it.

[Jim Whalen]

There's nothing in it but tobacco.

[Narrator]

Come on.

[Boston Blackie]

Look, I have the cigarettes put open now. Told you there was something in it besides tobacco.

[Jim Whalen]

I don't see it.

[Boston Blackie]

We'll take a closer look. See those white specks?

[Jim Whalen]

What white specks?

[Boston Blackie]

Where?

[Narrator]

Where?

[Jim Whalen]

Wacky.

[Lester Allen]

My eyes. My eyes.

[Jim Whalen]

Let go of my eye.

[Boston Blackie]

Not that gun, Faraday.

[Mary Wesley]

Drop it.

[Jim Whalen]

Like you, sir. Help me out.

[Boston Blackie]

Thanks. Thanks very much, Faraday. And leave your gun on the floor. Mine's in my hand.

[Jim Whalen]

Wacky. Someday you'll be sorry for this.

[Boston Blackie]

Maybe. But right now, I'm awful glad. So long, Inspector.

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[Narrator]

Now back to boston blackie. Master Allen is running for political office against a rival with a doubtful record. Alan at one time was innocently involved in a property scandal, which is something only Blackie knows. But when a woman who called herself Mrs. Boston Blackie came to Allen and threatened to expose him, Alan paid her $10,000 to keep her quiet. When Blackie went to see the girl posing as his wife, she was dead. Inspector Faraday found not only evidence proving the dead girl was Blackie's wife, but discovered Mary Wesley's handkerchief near to body. As usual, Blackie escaped from Faraday and as we return to our story, is paying a midnight call to Mary Wesley's apartment.

[Boston Blackie]

Hey, Mary, open up.

[Mary Wesley]

Who is this?

[Boston Blackie]

Blackie.

[Mary Wesley]

Blackie, I told you I never wanted to see you again. Now go away.

[Boston Blackie]

Mary, open the door, please.

[Mary Wesley]

I said I wanted no part of you.

[Boston Blackie]

There won't be much of me left if you don't open the door.

[Mary Wesley]

All right, what do you want in? Oh, no, the chain stays on the door.

[Boston Blackie]

Look, Faraday's scouring the town for me. Let me in.

[Mary Wesley]

No, Mr. Boston. Blackie.

[Boston Blackie]

Why the mystery? Because there was a Mrs. You mean there was.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, I suppose you got a divorce.

[Boston Blackie]

Not even I can divorce a dead wife. And you might as well go to Faraday's office and sign a confession. Mary, he found you a handkerchief near the body.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, no.

[Boston Blackie]

What were you doing there?

[Mary Wesley]

Well, I. I wanted to see for myself what kind of a fool would be fool enough to marry you.

[Boston Blackie]

I'm not married to that girl or anybody.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, Blackie, she showed me proof.

[Boston Blackie]

Give me 24 hours and I could prove to you that. That we were married in 1863.

[Mary Wesley]

Blackie, you're sure you're not married to that girl?

[Boston Blackie]

I'm not and never was.

[Mary Wesley]

Black, telling me the truth.

[Boston Blackie]

What do you want me to do to prove it? To chew on this door chain?

[Mary Wesley]

All right, I'm sorry, darling. I'll unhook it.

[Boston Blackie]

Never mind. All I Wanted you to know is that you left your handkerchief in that girl's room.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, golly. What am I going to do?

[Boston Blackie]

You're going to stay here. Paraday doesn't know that you've moved to this new apartment. I'm going over to see Les Allen. I think he can tell me more or I don't know less.

[Lester Allen]

Well, you must want something important, Blackie.

[Inspector Faraday]

To barge in on me in the.

[Lester Allen]

Middle of the night.

[Boston Blackie]

I found the late Mrs. Boston, Blackie.

[Lester Allen]

Last late Mrs. Boston, Blacky.

[Boston Blackie]

Someone got to her before I did and killed her. Oh, I thought maybe you'd have some idea.

[Mary Wesley]

I.

[Boston Blackie]

Why, the $10,000 you paid her was missing.

[Lester Allen]

Look, I'll admit $10,000 is a lot of money to me, Blackie, but I wouldn't kill for it.

[Boston Blackie]

You wouldn't like to have to add to that 10,000?

[Mary Wesley]

What do you mean?

[Boston Blackie]

You want a SAP, Allen? You paid that girl money to keep her mouth shut. But it didn't buy what you thought she knew about you.

[Lester Allen]

I was contemplating what to do about that.

[Boston Blackie]

I have a mild suspicion you contemplated. With a bang?

[Lester Allen]

I didn't shoot the girl.

[Boston Blackie]

How did you know she was shot?

[Lester Allen]

Well, I. Didn't you say so.

[Boston Blackie]

I merely said she was killed. I didn't say how.

[Lester Allen]

I took it for granted.

[Boston Blackie]

It just so happens that she was shot, Frankie.

[Lester Allen]

I didn't kill her. I'll admit I was worried about how to keep her from blackmailing me again, but I thought I'd wait until she tried it.

[Boston Blackie]

Then you admit you thought she would. No.

[Lester Allen]

I made a bargain with her. I trusted her to keep it, failing mine.

[Boston Blackie]

I guess trusting people, the loss of money could change her.

[Lester Allen]

Frankie, listen, don't drag me into this. I can't afford a scandal right now. This election means a lot to me.

[Boston Blackie]

If you want to stay out of this, you'll have to help me.

[Lester Allen]

Help you how?

[Boston Blackie]

What do you know about this girl? Who could have sent her?

[Leonard Brewster]

No.

[Lester Allen]

Leonard Brewster might have.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, that's ridiculous. What would Leonard Brewster, the political lion, want with blackmail money? He could buy and sell you 50 times.

[Lester Allen]

Brewster is a political lion, all right. But he could have sent that girl to me, trying to force me out of the race.

[Boston Blackie]

Well, I better go see Brewster at his house. And if anybody calls while I'm there, they'll find the lion is busy. What do you want? If you're Leonard Brewster, I want you. I'm Brewster. Who are you? Boston Blackie. And of course, you'll invite me in. Thanks. Look here, I won't Stand for being.

[Jim Whalen]

Disturbed this time of the morning.

[Boston Blackie]

Then I'll make it brief. Did you know a girl posing as Mrs. Boston? Blackie? What's it to you? She was murdered yesterday. Murdered? And I happen to know you sent her to Lester Allen, trying to force him at her campaign. What have I did? The last I saw her was in her hotel room Tuesday. She was very cordial. We sat on the sofa by the window and talked over my business proposition. She accepted, of course. No, she didn't. She suddenly turned cold as ice and said she'd do the job for $10,000 or else. Or else what? Or else she'd tell Lester Allen that I sent her to him and that's all. Allen would need me to force me out of the campaign. So you paid. I did not. That was blackmail.

[Jim Whalen]

I got up and left.

[Boston Blackie]

That's the last I saw. How did you happen to go to her in the first place? Well, Jim Whan, a private detective, set me up to her. He said she was your wife. I sure would have liked to talk to her, even on the telephone before she was murdered. Too bad I didn't have time to give my wife a ring.

[Inspector Faraday]

Waltham House, good morning.

[Boston Blackie]

What's good about it? Chum, it's 4:00am yes, sir. This is Inspector Paraday of the police. I want to ask you something.

[Inspector Faraday]

Oh, yes, Inspector.

[Boston Blackie]

Mrs. Boston Blackie checked into one room on Tuesday in your hotel and later changed her room. Why?

[Inspector Faraday]

Well, it's so small, sir. All we can get in it is a bed, bureau and chair.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, I see.

[Inspector Faraday]

Everybody who has that room adds a bigger one.

[Boston Blackie]

Oh, wait a minute. How long was she in the small room?

[Inspector Faraday]

Well, just Tuesday we moved her to the room she was killed in Wednesday morning.

[Boston Blackie]

There's no sofa in the room she was in on Tuesday, huh?

[Inspector Faraday]

Well, the room isn't much bigger than the sofa.

[Boston Blackie]

Was there a sofa in the room where she was killed? Oh, yes.

[Jim Whalen]

Yes.

[Boston Blackie]

Thank you very much. Yes, that solves this case.

[Lester Allen]

Yes.

[Jim Whalen]

How?

[Boston Blackie]

What you said about the sofa. Chum, sofas are made to lie on, not about.

[Jim Whalen]

Okay. Blackie, wake up. Get out of that bed of yours. It's the middle of the afternoon. Come on, come on, snap out of it. This is your old pal Paraday.

[Boston Blackie]

Have you run my bath water yet?

[Jim Whalen]

I'll run you ragged first.

[Boston Blackie]

Now, is that a nice way to talk on such a beautiful afternoon?

[Jim Whalen]

Am I ashamed of you?

[Boston Blackie]

Yes. I know my sleep is showing.

[Jim Whalen]

I know who murdered your wife, Blankie. If you didn't kill her, Mary Wesley did.

[Boston Blackie]

You said that yesterday Mary is in her apartment. Get her if you like.

[Jim Whalen]

I've been to her apartment. Mary doesn't live there anymore.

[Boston Blackie]

All right, Barney. I've let you make a dope out of yourself long enough, will I? Get dressed and I'll take you to your killer.

[Jim Whalen]

I've got my killer. You or Mary. The dead girl was your wife. She was probably breaking up your romance with Mary. That's reason enough for either of you to kill her.

[Boston Blackie]

It's a good reason, all right, Paraday. Only it's a wrong one, I suppose.

[Jim Whalen]

Mary Wesley didn't even go to see her.

[Boston Blackie]

That.

[Jim Whalen]

That. That handkerchief of hers just flew into the murder room.

[Boston Blackie]

No, Mary wants to see her.

[Jim Whalen]

Is this the beginning of a confession?

[Boston Blackie]

Somebody else went to her hotel room too. Yeah, you. Yes, but she, shall I say, checked out before I got there.

[Jim Whalen]

Who else came up to see you?

[Boston Blackie]

Her killer.

[Jim Whalen]

Look, quit stalling. Get dressed.

[Boston Blackie]

Give me 30 minutes, Faraday, to get dressed, to get dressed, pay a call and hand you your killer. I'm sorry to bother you again after this morning, Mr. Brewster. Perfectly all right, Blackie. You found out more about that girl who was killed. Nobody seems to know anything about her. That's why I've come back to you. I thought perhaps if you retold me the story of how you went to see her and what happened, I might get some clue as to her real identity. I see. Sort of character reference, you might say. Character is the word, all right. Could you tell me the story just as you told it to me when I called before? Of course. I went up to her room at the Walden house to talk about her going to see Lester Allen. What day was this? Tuesday, in the afternoon. Go on. As I told you, she was very friendly. Made me a drink. We sat on the sofa. The sofa was where? Why, by the window. Oh, that's right. You talked about the view. Yes. Then we talked business. When I discovered her business was blackmail, I got up and left. That was the last I saw. You never saw her after Tuesday? Definitely not. Leaving so soon? No, I'm not leaving. I just want someone else to join us. Come on in, Faraday.

[Jim Whalen]

All right, Brewster. Don't move.

[Boston Blackie]

What is the reason for all this? You heard this little Tuesday afternoon story, Faraday, about the sofa? Every word.

[Jim Whalen]

I'm arresting you, Brewster, for the murder of Mrs. Boston Blankie.

[Boston Blackie]

How can you say I killed anyone?

[Jim Whalen]

I don't have to say it, Brewster. You said it yourself when you said you sat on a sofa in the murder room on Tuesday.

[Inspector Faraday]

What does that Prove the room the.

[Jim Whalen]

Murdered woman was in on Tuesday had no sofa in it. Which proved that you lied. You didn't see her on Tuesday. You went to her room on Wednesday when she was in the room with the sofa, and killed her. Really? For what reason?

[Boston Blackie]

I have your reason, Brewster. On Wednesday, when you saw the girl, you had already been to see Allen. And instead of forcing him to withdraw from the campaign, which is what you paid her to do, she merely blackmailed him, which didn't serve your purpose. Is that so? Yes, that's so. When you got sore, she threatened to blackmail you, too. And with your wreckage, she had plenty to blackmail you for. So, like the nice little boy that you are, you killed her.

[Jim Whalen]

Come on, Brewster. I'm taking you down to headquarters.

[Boston Blackie]

Hey, Brewster, I just had a thought. Isn't it ironic that a sofa is going to send you to the chair?

[Mary Wesley]

Where are we walking, Backy?

[Boston Blackie]

Does it matter, Mary? You're voting tomorrow.

[Mary Wesley]

Oh, I understand Leonard Brewster withdrew from the race.

[Boston Blackie]

Yes, he withdrew to the seclusion of one of Faraday's special cells with Jim Whalen, that detective of his.

[Mary Wesley]

Well put.

[Boston Blackie]

Faraday found Waylon in St. Louis with Alan's $10,000.

[Mary Wesley]

Mrs. Boston Blackie wasn't married at all, was she?

[Boston Blackie]

Mrs. Boston Blackie was married to Jim Whalen. Faraday figured that out and Whalen admitted he was married under the name of Boston Blackie.

[Mary Wesley]

Why did he run away with the money the girl got from Mr. Allen?

[Boston Blackie]

She double crossed him when she blackmailed Alan.

[Mary Wesley]

So he double crossed her by taking the money and scrambling.

[Boston Blackie]

And then the girl had to turn around and try to blackmail Brewster to make up for the money her lovely husband had taken from her. Lovely people, lovely night.

[Mary Wesley]

And look at that lovely sign over there. It says, get married in five minutes. Five dollars.

[Boston Blackie]

I think we'd better keep moving.

[Mary Wesley]

What's the matter? Haven't you got $5?

[Boston Blackie]

No, the smallest I have is 50.

[Inspector Faraday]

Oh.

[Mary Wesley]

But I'm sure the Minister would be willing to make the change.

[Boston Blackie]

I don't doubt that the Minister is willing to make the change, Mary, but I don't think.

[Mary Wesley]

Sam.

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