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Well, now it's time for today's episode of Boston Blackie.

The original aired eight July the second, nineteen forty six, and this one is the Uncle Frank Wilson murder.

Hello, Uncle Frank, Joe, how are you?

I'm fine, Uncle Frank.

How are you wanna get some all right, Joe, Very nice of you to come and see me.

Well, I've meant to drop in and for some time now, but I've been busy with my apartment building out of repairs to take care of, you know, and I have to do most of the work myself.

Yeah, repairs expensive, aren't they?

Well, the labor on him is That's why I have to do most of my own work.

And Joe, I like you, but you're very subtle.

I know you want my money.

You probably need it.

Well one of these days, son, you will have it, maybe sooner than you.

Yes, Nuncle Frank.

Oh you think, Joe, what are you doing with that gun?

It's pretty obvious, isn't it, pointing it at you?

Joe put it down in that gun, put it down on you.

Said I'd get your money sooner than I thought.

I'm getting it sooner than you thought.

You Dear Joe, you know you can't get away with murder.

But I know I can, Uncle Frank.

I've planned this much too perfectly for it to be anything less than a perfect crime.

No one saw me come in, Uncle Frank, no one.

And no one will see me leave if we so, But the police will find out you are my only living relative, my sole heir, the only person in the world.

To benefit by my dead I'm going to tell them that myself as soon as they come to you.

Don't dare.

If you did, they'd ask you where you were at this time.

They'd say, Joe, where.

Were you at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon?

And you won't be able to answer that without going to the chair.

You know, you're very funny, uncle Frank.

But I've already taken care of Tuesday, and I'm going to take care of you right now.

So and now on to Dick Calmer as Boston Blackie.

Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend.

It's been three days since the murder of Frank Wilson, three days, three whole days.

And what have you done to catch Wilson kill her?

Nothing?

Absolutely nothing.

But we've done all we can so far, Commissioner Blake.

We know who killed Frank Wilson, his nephew, Joe Parker.

And we're looking for Parker now.

And yes, we've located Joe Parker.

He's a DI addressed good Way Ronins.

Let me have that and get me a squad cart quick well, commissional Blake.

Just watch me.

Now, I'm gonna grab Parker, prove he killed Wilson, and then sit back and let you congratulate me.

Hello, Margaret, Nicky, would.

You come in?

I'm nice of you to call black He hasn't seen you all we.

I've been busy and Margaret, say you're looking well?

How do you feel?

I'm fine thanks to those sleeping tables to talk to James.

He gave me.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

Say I've got good news for you.

Oh no, no, don't tell you found an apartment for me.

I have and in my building too, Lecky, how wonderful?

See it before you say?

That's at the door.

Sure if it's the newsboy money it's on the table there about the jay?

Oh yes, yes, you want to Faraday?

Blankie?

What are you doing here?

When you think of a better question, I'll think of an answer to it.

What's old inspector?

Old?

Old you?

If you bother me in this case?

Step a time, blank O.

Care on, let's bring packer in.

Stick around, Blackie.

He wants me solve a merdicase in three.

Seconds, Thanks Friday, But I won't be able to wait I only have a.

Couple of hours to spare, Lady, I haven't expected Faraday of the place you Margaret Copan, Yeah, good, mis Copin.

Do you know this man Joe Parker?

What else do you know about him?

He lives at the half of his house and with my land.

Though.

Well you know that on Tuesday of this week, in fact, Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, he killed a man.

No, yes, but he says he was here in your apartment all day Tuesday, fixing the plumbing in your kitchen.

Will this is a matter of fact he was.

I'm quite certain, Inspector Saturday.

You see, Tuesday is today Tilly Blaine comes to clean, and Tilly was here when mister Parker was here.

He was fixing the plumbing.

Well, I guess this is all you want with me, inspect.

You stay right where you are.

Parker came out, Blankie.

I want to talk to you.

What happens?

If I don't want to listen.

You'll listen and you like it.

Come on over here.

Thanks for telling.

What do you want?

Parday?

Look, Blunkie, I know Joe Parker is Gilly.

Could this miss Cooper be lying?

Oh no, Parday, One thing I know Aunt Margaret wouldn't do is lie, and she doesn't scariesly.

In case you think Parker may have threatened.

Blackie, believe me.

Parker killed Wilson.

I know it.

He killed Wilson Tuesday.

I have to know that's definite.

But you heard what Aunt Margaret said.

Yes, I heard what she said.

You're a big help.

All right, Ronce, we'll have to release Parker.

Let's get out of here.

Pressure leaving those inspectors.

Yes, don't you leave, Tar Puckers.

Oh that's quite all right.

Wait a minute, Friday, I'll go with you and Margaret.

That apartment Sunset Towers will be ready for you to look at tomorrow, Mary, and I'll call for you about two tomorrow afternoon.

All right, Blacky, goodbye.

Thanks, Miss Cooper.

I'll be in jail now for murder.

If you hadn't told the inspector I was here all day.

Tuesday, I told him that because you were here all day, I wouldn't lie, mister Tucker, not even to send you to prison.

You see, I hate lying even more than I hate you.

It's still laying towers nineteen arms straight.

I want to come in with him.

Well, I think a better, Blackie.

Tilly may be a beautiful thing.

I'm seeing her because she cleans Aunt Margaret's apartment every Tuesday.

Happy now over joyed.

But I'll go with you just things all right, Wait, I'll get it.

I'm sure signed.

Okay, you know I certainly wind up in some queer places.

If you're Blackie, I know how your life can be made normal again.

Oh just a minute, that was a common not a complaint telling.

I'm saying with you, Hey, till he's.

Not home, then we'll wait a head.

She has home right in decisions master, how do you do it?

Oh?

Sum sign?

I think I'm smart.

Things like that all the time.

Yep, I like to speak to Tilly blames.

I'm her.

Maybe we come in, I.

Don't know what you want.

We'll tell her you're black and we won't have to go.

In the master technoledges of Hello, genius, Tilly, do you clean house from Margaret Cooper?

Sure?

I clean house from his Cooper every Tuesday.

Been doing cleaning from this Cooper every.

Tuesday for years.

What did you clean house for her last Tuesday?

Well?

Oo, lady, A clean house missus Cooper all day last Tuesday, like always?

Well, tell me, was anyone else in this Cooper's apartment while you were there?

Sure that mister Parker was there.

Fellow owns the building.

He helped me up with all a messy made fixing the pipes.

In the kitchen.

I see?

And how long was park of the.

Oh no, you're there when I came to start cleaning.

That was nine o'clock on Tuesday morning?

Is there in a last of the cleaning done?

That was after five o'clock Tuesday afternoon?

I see?

Oh, well, too bad, Blackie.

Too bad?

Too too bad?

Unless they were two tuesdays this week.

Hey, Diana, nice of you to drop in on me.

Babies, Well, surprise glad to seeing.

I'll show you.

I'm glad.

Oh, Joe, don't squeeze me so hard.

I'm sorry, baby, It's just that I feel good tonight, I.

Guess certainly do.

What are you so pipped up.

As that got a right to be?

Baby?

I'm driving them crazy, driving who crazy?

The cops they know I killed Uncle Frank and on Tuesday too, but they can't prove it.

Why not you, honey?

That's one thing I won't even tell you.

How would you like the name Diana Larson on an apartment door at the Sunset Twas.

Are you kidding?

Can you get me an apartment of the.

Town where I'm going?

Honey, there wasn't anything I can't get you if you're going down there, Baby, you'll get that apartment if you ask for it.

Night.

Oh I last pretty nice, all right?

But what's that grin on your face?

For grin?

It's kind of a sample, you see, you're getting that apartment.

There's going to be a laugh on Boston, Blackie.

The Scooper.

This is Tom Bradley, the superintendent of Sunset Tars.

Tom and Scooper.

Tom, you know miss Wesley?

Ye?

Sure?

How are you?

Miss?

Can find Tom?

This Cooper is here to see about that apartment you said would be available today.

I'm afraid I got bad news for your black Heid.

It's already rented.

Oh what look?

Tom?

You told me you were saving that apartment for me.

You promised you would.

No, I didn't know, black If you will think back, you remember I told you I wouldn't tell.

Anybody about it till after you'd have a chance to take it.

And why is it already rented?

When somebody came in yesterday afternoon and asked to see it, so I had to show and.

You didn't tell anybody about it.

Mister Bradley, nor miss Wesley not a soul.

Wait a minute, Wait a minute, I've got an idea.

Who rented that apartment?

Aheadamus, Who black kid?

Joe Parker.

He heard me tell you about it yesterday, h Tom.

Was the apartment here runted by a tall dark color wearing glasses saw black e.

It was rented by a small blond girl wearing a smile as she said, her name was Diana black but I've seen her picture in the paper.

Is Diana Larson.

Diana Larson, Blackie.

She's singing on the stage at.

The Garden theater at the Garden.

Eh, well, let's go down to the Garden and see if we can take up a clue.

Tell you, Oh, where's Diana Lawson's dressing room?

All right?

Tell her there, mister, and if you want to see it, you'll have to hide it.

She goes on stage.

In a minute.

Thanks, Come on, Mary, Oh no, I think I'll just wonder on backstage, Blackie.

I think you'll considered I'm.

Kidding, yes, I don't think.

I'm not surprised you're going to leave me alone with a lovely lady.

Oh, but the doorman said that she goes on in a minute.

Okay, Dodding, I'll see you any get out?

Okay, Hello Diana Lawson?

Yeah?

Why yeah?

Could I go on the stage in a moment.

I'll keep you only a moment, all right.

Am I supposed to know.

Who you are?

I doubt it.

I'm Boston Blackie.

Boston Blackie.

Are you sure you're looking?

Yes?

You runted an apartment fifty one cents at Parkway yesterday.

I'd like to find out how you happen to know that apartment was vacant.

I don't think there's any of your business.

That shows how wrong you are.

The picture of that fellow in classes mislats in the picture on your dressing table, that.

Your boyfriend, maybe it is maybe no want me to take my choice?

Huh, Let's see what he's written on it.

It's a baby.

Who do you love?

So?

Serjoe Parker asked you a question, but he gave me the answer, the answer to how you got that Towers apartment?

And now back to Boston Blackie.

Police are sure Joe Parker killed his uncle, Frank Wilson on a Tuesday, afternoon, the police can't arrest Joe because Margaret Cooper, a respected citizen and aunt of Boston Blackie, insists that he was in her apartment all day the day of the murder.

A cleaning woman, Tillie Blaine, also strengthens Parker's alibi.

The next day, unable to make any headway with the case, Blackie and Mary take Miss Cooper to the superintendent of Blackie's building to see an apartment that his vacant, but they learned the apartment as already rented to a Miss Diana Larson, girlfriend of Joe Parker.

As we return to our story, Inspector Faraday is in his office.

Roans Hey Rollins anywhere from the lab on those Wilson case reparts.

Well, hurry them up.

We've got to get some proof against that guy Parkerfore.

The uninformed Flanky.

Who say, out of my office, I've got an unsolved murder on my hands, not scramp Blankie.

Before I take it out.

On you, fday, Why don't you be smart about it and let me beat this case for you.

You couldn't beat a drump for me.

I've listened, Flaky, I've had just about enough of you.

No, you don't know much, do you.

I haven't come anywhere near giving my all.

Well, whatever it is, it's all I can take.

Rowns.

What are you standing there for?

I told you to get out of here, you rowins.

Somebody better get out of here.

Faurday, I've got an announcement to make.

You're about to go to work for me.

Me work for you.

That'll be the day.

Okay, then it's the day.

Listen.

I just got this wire from someone in Kansas City who knows who killed Wilson.

It says, if you'll meet me in the Scranton Hotel here Saturday night, I'll tell you who killed Frank Wilson.

Hey, let me look at that ware.

Who signed it?

It's unsigned?

Friday even you can tell that.

Look give me a letter of introduction to the chief of police in Kansas City saying I am okay, will you I need his help?

You think I'm crazy leading question, Friday.

Try it some time when I'm not asking you for a.

Favor, nothing doing.

If you'll go to Kansas City, you go on your own.

If you asked me, you're going out there on a wild goose chase.

Maybe so, but so far in this case, you wound up with a big goose.

Sake, Doctor James, I thought you'd never get here.

Oh.

I came as soon as I could, mister Parker, I'm awfully busy on Monday.

What's the matter with miss Cooper?

She won't wake up.

I was worried when I couldn't reach him on the phone, so I came down to her apartment.

Here.

She must have taken too many sleeping tablets.

Stop because she's been sleeping since Saturday night.

And hear it is monday.

Mm have a look.

I wonder against taking too many sleeping tablets.

I better try to waken her up, Miss Cooper.

Actor.

Do you think she She's sleeping rather deeply, isn't she?

Yes?

But I'm breathing.

It's normal enough, Miss Cooper.

I tried shaking her a little while ago.

It didn't do any good.

It's done some good.

She seems to be coming out of it, Miss Cooper, Miss Cooper.

Wake up?

Who is oh?

Doctor James?

What are you doing here?

What's the matter?

You've been asleep, Miss Cooper for a long time.

It's Monday morning?

What Monday?

At last time you it was Saturday night?

What's he doing here?

Parker.

He called me when he couldn't get you on the telephone and then couldn't wake you when he's investigated.

Oh, I'm I'm sorry.

I alarmed you, doctor, and you too, mister Parker.

It's okay.

I'm glad you're all right.

I'll be going.

Miss Cooper say, Sunday is the day of rest, but you certainly overdid it come in?

Oh, good afternoon, Blackie.

Hello Mary.

Oh I'm fine.

I hope you didn't try to get me on the phone yesterday, though, Blackie, I I slept all day long.

Well, as a matter of fact, I wasn't even in time yesterday.

I flew to Kansas City the night before to see a little man who wasn't there.

I don't understand.

Blackie got a telegram saying a man would meet him in Kansas City and tell him who killed mister Wilson.

But the man didn't show up.

Why not?

Obviously somebody was trying to get me out of town over Sunday and did a good jump of the two.

Said do you mind if I turned on your radio and want to hear the news.

Oh, I'm sorry, Blackie, my radio doesn't work.

It hasn't worked since last Monday.

I don't know.

Let me take a look at him.

What do you know about fixing radios?

Nothing.

I didn't ask to fix it.

I just asked to look at him.

Okay.

Sometimes if you shake these say there's something certainly loose inside it.

Let us see what.

Hey, hey, one of these tubes is out of the socket and one of this radio doesn't work.

The tube is out.

Well, I don't see how this could have happened.

I don't either.

Where there's things are put in and couldn't have fallen out.

I put it back in place.

I'll see if your radio works.

Now, well, lights up.

I already did that before.

I just wouldn't play.

Well, I have a hud.

It's going to play now, Mark Coley and me.

And baby makes three cool.

Hey, hey, it's mus because the radio.

Works, Aunt Margaret.

I think somebody tampering with your radio so it wouldn't work after Monday night.

Look, Aunt Margaret, this is just a shot in the jock.

But the police are convinced Joe killed his uncle Frank last Tuesday afternoon, and I'm convinced of it too.

Are you sure he was here last Tuesday?

Yes, Blacky all day long.

I know it was Tuesday.

Tilly was here to clean and till he comes here every Tuesday.

But you didn't listen to the radio Tuesday, did you.

Well, I've tried to, but I couldn't.

The radio wouldn't work, No.

Because somebody didn't want it to work.

And that's somebody is Joe Parker.

You're sure it was Tuesday that Joe Parker and Tilly Blaine were here.

What are you driving at, Blackie.

But the course it was Tuesday, I wouldn't have told the police it was Tuesdays.

It hadn't been Tuesday.

I'm sure it was Tuesday.

I always get milk on Tuesdays.

The milk was on the doorsteps, as it always is Tuesday mornings.

And the Tuesday paper, Well.

That doesn't mean much.

Somebody could have put the milk on the paper there any day.

And Margaret, something tells me Joe Parker and Tilly Blaine weren't here Tuesday at all.

Now, what do you remember about the other days last week?

Well, not too much, Blackie.

Every day it's pretty much the same to an old woman.

All I remember is that Tilly was here on Tuesday.

The police were here few days later and then when I went to sleep Saturday night it was raining.

And Margaret, did you say it was raining when you went to sleep Saturday nights?

That's impossible.

Well, you wouldn't know this, Blackie, because you were out of time.

But it didn't rain Saturday night.

It rained Sunday night.

It didn't rain Saturday night.

No, but you did.

I remember when I went to bed it was raining.

Well, Aunt Margaret, if it was raining when you went to bed, then you went to bed Sunday night, not Saturday.

But that's impossible.

I slept all day Sunday.

Wait a minute, this is on the way we're explaining everything.

And Margaret, how do you know you slept all day Sunday?

Because doctor James was here to wake me up.

Mister Parker was alarmed when I slept so long and called the doctor.

Uh huh.

So nobody but Parker really knows how long you slept.

And Margaret, you didn't sleep over Sunday.

You went to bed Sunday night thinking it was Saturday.

No, Lacky, No, Why would I think it was Saturday night when it was really Sunday?

Because Parker arranged it that way, you slept the whole day but it wasn't Sunday.

I'm betting that Tilly Blaine was here, not on Tuesday, but on Wednesday.

And Joe Parker was here fixing the plumbing.

Not on Tuesday, the day of the murder, but Wednesday.

No, oh black, Yes, Sam Margaret, you slept all day Tuesday.

Joe Parker probably fixed it.

So you took an overdose of sleeping tablets Monday night to see to it that you did sleep through Tuesday.

But why would you do that?

Why because he.

Planned his murder of Frank Wilson for Tuesday, and he also planned on using us an alibi.

Who told you what day it was when you woke up on what was really Wednesday morning?

Wait?

No one, I just thought it was Tuesday because Tilly was here when I woke up to see Tuesday newspaper was outside, and the mill.

I'll be simple to arrange that.

And Parker was here too.

Yes, he woke me up carsing on the pipes.

He was fixing in the kitchen.

Thanks, Sam, Margaret.

Don't tell Parker what we've been talking about.

Just now?

Why Mary?

All right, we're going to see Tilly Blaine.

I'm gonna make that scrub woman helped her clean up this case.

You didn't go to miss Cooper's apartment Tuesday?

Did you tell you?

I told you I did.

I always go to her apartment on Tuesday.

Last week?

He went on Wednesday, didn't you?

No, it went on Tuesday.

I said, Joe Parker told me it was Wednesday, and that he paid you to say it was Tuesday.

He did, Yes, And I guess there's nothing I can do for you.

If you insist upon lying, I'm gonna.

Have to turn you over the police.

The police.

What for implication of the murder of Frank Wilson.

You're helping alibi Joe Parker who killed him, and you'll be trying for murder.

Two of go, yes, Tilly murder?

Well no, wait a minute.

I don't want no part of murdering anybody.

I didn't murder anyone.

No.

I cleaned for Miss Cooper on Wednesday.

Mister Parker told me you and he paid me to tell anybody.

You asked that it cleaned on two, oh, Blackie, that proves your theory.

Yes and approved.

Joe Parker murdered Wilson too, and on Tuesday, just as the police say, did Tilly, will you tell the police what you just told me to.

But I don't want any truck with the police.

Till you'll go free after you've had your truck with the police, and the police will send their wagon for Joe Parker.

All right, Packer, we know the whole story, so start talking till he told us most of.

What we wanted to know.

Yes, Parker, and my how she can talk.

We know you were free to kill your uncle on Tuesday because it was Wednesday, not Tuesday.

You until he spent in this Cooper's apartment.

Yeah.

Yeah, You gave her an overdose of sleeping tablets on Monday, woke her up Wednesday morning.

But told her it was Tuesday.

You had tuesday's bottle of milk to prove it, Tuesday's papers to prove it till he blamed the prove it, and you fixed the radio to keep your plan from going wrong.

You made only one mistake, Parker.

You forgot to consult the weather man, did I.

Yeah, and let me have the pleasure of telling him about that biking.

Sure?

Sure, go ahead, okay, Packer, do you try to fix it so miss Cooper would be straight on our days again?

She went to sleep on what she thought was Sunday night.

On it was Sunday night.

When you woke her up.

You told her she'd slept all day Sunday and now it was Monday.

That set her straight on the days.

All right, A little rain threw the whole thing up.

But it was very cute, I thought so, and it almost worked in sure, had you guys running around in Tilco.

When I make that man my good days?

Didn't that?

Yes, you shouldn't talker.

And maybe Aunt Margaret's days were mixed up too, But your day is a numbered.

This is Andrew J.

Graham, author of the web surface series Oh and a Man of His Wife.

You're listening to the great detectives of old time radio.

Welcome back.

Well points for just pure unmitigated goal for this week's skiller.

I mean, this was a very unexpected plan.

There are too many potential complications with this sort of thing for me to call it clever.

The rain was the obvious one, but there are so many other ways this could have gone wrong.

I guess there weren't any church bells in the area, because if you hear some of those historic bells ringing on Saturday morning, you're gonna figure out something's wrong, either that or the Seventh Day Advent has made a great trade.

At any rate, you do also see far Day cooperating more with Blackie, even though there's still that rough exterior, which is I think a pretty good way for them to relate to one another.

All right, Well, that will do it for today.

Join us back here tomorrow for yours truly, Johnny Dollar, and next Thursday another episode of Boston Blackie.

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