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All right, well, now we're going to take a listen to today's episode of Rogues Gallery. This one is called The Corpse I Didn't Kill. F W. Fitch Company present Stick Powell, private investigator Richard Rogue in Rogues Gallery.
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of the healthiest golfers in the world, makes his home. Busting, I've withstood the blandish ones of hundreds of brick red real estate men who have offered the membership in that clan of flaid shirted hide blue jean, high heel booted paternity known as the San Fernando Valley ranchers. Ranchers, Yes, sir, the San Fernando Valley as ranches are there thicker than any place in the world, at least two on every acre. Well, anyway, I was driving
round out there this Sunday evening. It was swimming weather, and I happened to remember that my friend Joe Dale had a half acre spread in the neighborhood with a quarter acre swimming pool. So I stopped at the antlers on the gate, rang the ship's bell hanging there, but nobody answered. I thought maybe Joe was in the pool. In the rear, so I opened the door and walked in. Then I felt like walking out again because I saw Joe Dale lying there, making a red stain on the white living room rug.
Very defunct. I walked over to him and gazed on at him. Then I heard the footsteps behind me and did the half turn in time to see oblivion whistling down on my head. Oh, everything went red, white and blue, and I was whirling like a top. Oh, it made me dizzy, whirling like that. I couldn't stand the shrieking of the wind as it whistled past my ears. I concentrated on stopping so hard that I
could hear my teeth gritting, but no goal. Then I thought of you, lorn, and suddenly I heard his pleasant words, welcome home county. Oh, oh, my head, he sees you, ugar. Who is this ancient feather merchant with you? This is her father? You mean, a little damn father? Is he talking about my God? Yes, sir? What's he doing with that gun? He couldn't pull the trigger with a tractor, Will you see? God? The young snap out? And you got here, cam married my dag me can't you can't get Oh? Shut
up? I don't feel good. Can you making things tough for me? Her father has a gun. I'm capting this gang w I'm like mob, Oh, make him stop talking. His voice sounds like a grindstone on a grindstone. Now he'm mad. I might get ja enough to the old school, and if my daddy happened enough. When I'm marrying this, you go, oh no, no, I'm not gonna let my alter ego get married. You go can't get married. Oh that's a mighty suffish when you're looking at things, rob Oh, look, look my head. I don't feel
good. I came up here for a rest. Now I'm are going to have it. Talk me out, my god happy? Oh, shut up, shut up, shut up. I can't stand that silly voice of yours. He's fine, Robie. You can't stand in the way of our happiness. It's not fair. It's only normal. I want to get manny, how you get it? Beenelified? You out? I can't stand it. I'm getting out of here. I don't come back here, come back. When I came to, I was looking right in Joe Dale's face, which
was nious from mine. The inside of my head was still whirling and clanking. Like a washing machine. But it didn't take me long to get back up to date. I remembered I had dropped in at Joe Dale's house for a quick swim and found Joe stetched out in the living room floor shot. Then I remembered that swishing sound which always means another bump on my head,
And now my feet felt like they were in diver's shoes. As I got up and looked the situation over, the murder gun was lying there with a side of Joe's body, and there was a billpole on the floor by the door. Being the kind of a guy I am, I picked up the billpole. First it was Joe Dale's and I put it in my pocket. Then I took my handkerchief and carefully picked up the gun. I was bending
over Joe gun in hand when I heard a voice behind me. Yeah, a beautiful dame had walked in on me and he bending over the corpse gun in hand. She fainted. I ran over to her, Hey, hey, come out of it, lady, lady, come on, come on, Oh come on, oh lord, everything happens to me. Come on, come out of it. Open your eyes. But she didn't. While I was working on her. A man showed up in the open door. He took one look at the tableau and died for the murder gun, which
I had dropped. He parted the gun at my third vest button and said, just stay right where you are. I know how to shoot this thing, and I'm holding you for the police. Your partner got away, but I'll look mister, Hello, kai, I am the police. I know who you are. You're Richard Robe, the private investigator. You've been mixed up in plenty of shady deals before. What did you do to my wife? Is this your wife? Yes? What's the matter with her? How
she came in, saw Joe Dale's body and fainted? Mary that you yes, now, don't work. I'm here and I'll take care of you. This many He was standing over Joe's body with a gun in his hand when I came in. He's a killer, Perry, be gilful. Don't worry, dear, I have him covered. Stay right there, road. I'm a nervous man. I advise you not to move while I'm phoning the police. We'll return to our story in just a moment. First time was when
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Missus Stevens came in and saw me bending over the body with a murder gun in my hand. Promptly fainted, and so when Perry arrived, the floor was cluttered, the cottered was and I was the only stranger. He picked up the killer's gun and held me at the point of it until the cops arrived. Lieutenant Urban of Homicide Buzz in charge. As usual, it seemed a little bit discouraged with me. Well, rogie, what's your story? Urban? It's a simple one. I just dropped in here to take
a swim and I found Joe Dale dead. Why didn't you report the murder to homicide? I didn't have a chance. The killer was hiding here in the room. He slapped me Sully in escape while I was out. How do you think I got this cut on my head shaving? I never know about you. There were two of them, Lieutenant. I saw one of them run out from behind this house, A big man, red hair rough. This man here, this Richard Rogue, had an accomplice. When I came in, A roue was bending over the body with a gun. That
gun in his hand, I almost caught him in the ass. I brought it rogie. Oh, I was bending over the body. All right, I'd just come too. I was checking up. Why didn't you call homicide when you came to I was going to urban, But this dame here walked in on me, scream fainted. I demanded to arrest this name. Wait a minute, what were you doing here? I came over Joe as an old friend. We just came over to take him to dinner. Don't try
to implicate a couple of law abiding people in your crime. You and your wife came together, of course, Then how comes she came out ahead of you? I hesitated when I saw that man run out from behind the house. Lieutenant, Do I have to stand here and let this murderer cross question me? Missus Stevens, you and your husband came here together. Yes, we had a dinner date with Joe. Did you see this man run away from the house? No? I came right straight inside. Okay, look,
Rogy, you'd better come down to headquarters with me right now. We've got some talking to do. Irvan, Irvan, I'll be down in an hour. I want to go to the emergency hospital and have my head put back on. I gotta go home and get a suit without these red polka dot then I'll be down. I demand that you put Rogue under arrest. Lieutenant, Now take it easy, mister Stevens. I've had a little more experience but this sort of thing than you have. See you in and hour,
Roggy be there. That gash on my head had cost me a lot of blood, and I was a little woozy, and I left the ex residence of the late Joe Dale. I drove turtle speed to the emergency hospital, where the dock made a few insulting remarks about me getting scars on the scars on my poorhead, and then I went home. I walked in the door and an arm went around my throat. A crooked elbow squeezed my Adam's
apple until I chopped. I felt a hand steak into my inside breast pocket and lifted that wallet I'd picked up on the floor beside Joe Dale's body. The elbow squeezed a little tighter, tighter, tighter, and I had a horrifying sensation of bursting lug. Then the elbow released him. I fell to the floor to the accompaniment of imparting footsteps. I was still lying there when urban walked in through the open door. I got worried about you when you didn't show off, Rogie. I don't know. Oh, I guess I
just got faint plopped over here. I lost a lot of blood. You know. Better take care of yourself, Rogie. I don't want to lose you. They like talking, Oh sure, sure, but I don't know anything to talk about. Maybe you'd like to talk about a murder and tell me did you get a line on that red headed guy that was seen leaving Joe's house. I've got a description out on him. Nothing has happened,
jan How about mister missus Stevens check up on them. Yeah. Stevens is the personnel director for an airplane company, has his bills promptly, has money in the bank, lives within his income and he's been a friend of Joe Dale since college days. They're clean. That leaves you and the big red headed guy in the finals. One of you killed Joe Dao. I don't think you did it, but I could get an indictment against you in twenty minutes for the evidence I have, But I didn't kill him. I didn't
like him well enough. Oh, I guess it's up to me if I'm the big redheaded guy. Huh. You check the gun, no soap. The number was filed off and the only fingerprints on it were Stevens, and they got on it when he was holding you. Yeah, I was there. What had happened? I remember? Oh, brother? Rather than I feel weary, alsa one thing elsewhere to missus. Stevens was not expecting to find Dale murdered. You really want to out like a butler on Thursday night?
You know, Rogie, I'm a cup And the fact that you and I understand each other doesn't make any difference to the commissioner. Yeah, I know Joe Dare, who was a pretty prominent character. Lots of connections. Now the commissioner expects a quick pinch. And with our friends the Stevens down there at City Hall swearing that they saw you standing over the body with a practically smoking gun in your hand, well it looks like it's going to be you. I put the arm on. But you know I didn't kill him.
Urban I want to kill a guy like that. Yes, I know you didn't kill him. But the newspapers were on the old man. He's on the chief and the chiefs on me. I'm going to have to pinch you, Rogie. You're a great pal urvan. But look, if you pinch me, they'll never get a con And you know that you can't get a confiction with automotive. I know that. But you've made a lot of enemies around headquarters, Rogue. They see a chance to give you a bad time and they don't want to miss it. You can see the spot I'm
in. Oh yeah, now, look, look, Urban, give me twenty four hours to get the guy to pull the boom on Joe Dale. Just twenty four hours, I'll happen for you. That's whistling in the dark, ROGI yeah, with a ten whistle. But just give me a chance at it. Anyway, maybe I'll be lucky. Okay, it'll probably put me back on a beat, but I'll play along with you. You've got twenty four hours, Rogue. Then don't make me come after you come in
and give yourself up. The deal. Yeah, the deal. You're a good copper and I know you're sticking your neck out like a turtle of feeding time, and believe me, I won't let you down. Okay, ro Gonta get out, better get some sleep. You look awful. I can't afford the luxury of sleeping. I gotta work to do. Okay, Rogue, call me if you need me. I'll be around a lot the luck you'll hate it. Hello, Hello, hello, Lieutenant Urban. There just aboute hy Urban. Yeah for me, Yeah, he'll be right here.
Hang on, mighty excited little man on the other end of this. Yeah, hello Urban speaking Stevens. Yeah, and what do you want that man, that redheaded man that I saw running away from Joe's house this afternoon. Yes, yes, he came here tonight to my house. Well, what did you do? He gave you to kill me? But hi, I shot him. He's dead. Please come out with once. I'll be right there now. Don't move with things till I get there. Come on, ROGI, well, let's put that eighth ball I was behind over in the
corner pocket, says Urban. Yeah, it looks Mike Stephens wrapped his case up for us, and that makes me very happy. I wasn't looking forward to sweating it out in a jail of yours. I didn't have anything against that redd the guy, but I'm never gonna miss it. It takes me off a spot too, you know. Yeah, well you don't have to be a hero in my corner. Oh well, all well that ends well. Corner phrase. It's there right down this next block here, Steven's gonna
have a lot of cabbage big houses in the neighborhood. Yeah, I checked that. The wife's got money. Oh there it is that two story white job. There's a precinct, proud car in front. The boys are on the job. Hell, let's let's get with it, grimeal t hello, barer, medical examiner here yet no, not yet, preaching boys, just got here. Thanks, come on, Rogi. Oh, let's quite the layout. Wife's got door. Huh yeah, and uncle, if there's plenty about a year ago? M makes it nice to perry oh bottom mine.
Ah, you know, someday Betty Callahan and I'm gonna have a chicken ranch out here in this valley. Look, we're investigating a murder. That's SERI his business. Oh boys, where is he right in there? Lieutenant? Thanks well, lieutenant, it's about the time you were getting here. When I came as fast as we could. Stevens Now, I suppose you tell me what happened. I'll be glad to my wife and I got home tonight. Which is your wife? Is he any right to question me in that
tone of voice? Lieutenant? Where is your wife? Why? They the shock was too much for her? She's upstairs. I don't blame her. He's got enough for to day. Come on, what happened? You got him with that shotgun? Eh? Yes, I was fighting, terribly frightening, And as soon as I came home, I had got my shotgun night. I have a little you know, and I put it here beside my chair. It was just a hunch. The doorbell rang, my wife answered the door. We thought it was a neighbor. This redheaded man walked in.
I recognized him at once. He was the man i'd seen run away from Joe's house. He had a gun. It's going to kill me, I suppose, because I was the only eye witness with the cry. I don't that make sense? It certainly does. It's the truth. He turns it, thought to my wife, I saw my chat. I shot him. There. He is your murderer. I've never seen anybody killed before. Well, he's sure, Dad iver see him before? Now not? And I know of Hey, what are you doing? Roggie? Oh? I'm
just trying to get them stap on the guy. That's all I thought. Oh, what's the matter. Oh, I'll get a billfold. I didn't expect to see one on this guy. And hey, Urban, this is Joe Davis billfold and it's full of doll Yeah. See, yeah, several hundred bucks in it. Yeah, that's the final piece of evidence. I'll take care of it. Oh, there's a medical examiner and the newspapers are about due to arrive. You've done a good night's work, mister Stevens.
I want to thank you. I'm not a man of violence. I'll never be able to forget this night. There was something about that wallet that it was as strange as a bright and black other. Identification on the body pegged the redhead as one Tom Church, recently of the Navy, now a resident of the Crane Hotel. I watched for my chance to give Urban and his minions the slip and patted away. I went to police headquarters and charged into
the identification bureau on a dead run. I handed the sigeant and charged the wallet and asked him to dust it the fingerprints. Then I waited. When the sigeant came back, his jaw was stuck out like the business end of a snow plow, and there were icicles in her voice. Watched the deal, Rogie, what's the matter with you? All I ask you to do is to give me the identification on the finger prints you found on the bell phone? Yeah? Yeah, yeah? Do you know who's prince I found?
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your hair soft, fragrant, and lovely. Now back to Dick Powell as private investigator Richard Rogue in Rogues Gallery, the news that the only fingerprints on that billfole were mine turned on the floodlights, and one of my hunches picked up a hammer and started pounding against my skull. I left the billfole there for urban and took off for the Crane Hotel to check up on the red headed guy named Tom Church. The hotel was a fourth class fleabag on Main
Street. The clerk took a look at my buzzer and answered my questions. That's right, that's right, chartie. I'm the law and I want some answers. Not tell me how long has Tom Church been registered here? To church? Three days? She came in three day. Now, let me see his phone calls. Oh, we don't give out front, don't lip me get them, tell me before I jump over that carter and stand on you while I pick them up. Poet. Okay, okay, you you
look like just the kind of guy that called Joe. I've got them for you. I checked the phone calls and found one of them had a message that was going to ring somebody's number for the surprise party. I thanked the clerk and drove to the valley. The free dawn Gray made way for the sunshine. Just as I walked up the front walk at Dale's house, an elderly man walked around the next branch, pushing a lawn More you policeman. That's right. Yes, horrible thing, that murder yesterday. They get the
killer yet, while I I think so. Were you home yesterday afternoon at the time of the killing. Yeah, I wasn't paying much attention. You know. I heard the shot, but I thought it was in a backfire. He look the whole time. I want you to tell me everything you saw and heard after that shot. Well, you see, I was sitting in the room reading the evening paper, you know, and I saw you drive up. Are you sure you're a policeman. Mister why, yes,
of course. Well i'd like to see your credentials. You know you were the first man I saw enter there. All right, here's the dope on me hereh Scheriff Office loves me, it is, that's fine. Oh oh, yes, I've heard of you, mister rogue. Well after you drove up, the lady arrived. And what do you want, mister rogue? Mister Stevens, I'm coming in. I want to talk with you. No, come back, lady, I'm sorry, go on in and saddam, what do you want? Some answers? Saddam? Now where's your husband?
Asleep? Nothing ever wakens in? All right, let's get my twitter. Huh what were you to Joe Dale? I don't know what you mean, Missus Stevens. You've been seeing Joe a lot, haven't you. I don't bother lying. I've got witnesses. You and Joe Dale were better friends than your husband knew went to. Oh no, I used to meet Joe once in a while to talk over investments. He was making for me at his house in the afternoons usually. Huh, Yes, missus Stevens, your husband
killed Joe Dale. You lied when you said that the tour of you had a dinner date with Joel last night. I just talked to your husband's secretary. He was supposed to be in San Francisco yesterday. No, yes, but instead he went out in the valley and killed Dale. I practically surprised him in the act. He got panick, he knocked me up and rand No, No, he didn't, he didn't. I can prove what I'm saying, missus. Stevens. You came up in your car alone. Your
husband came up in a cab a few minutes later. He had to get back in to get that wallet and a gun to make the murder look like a robbery. Picked the gun up so there'd be a reason for his sting offense on it. Then an he went to Maya Piron collected the wallet after choking me after death. Are you with him? Then? You're just making this up. You can't prove it, Mark mart don't say anymore. It's a little late for that. Stevens. You've bungled the job all the way
through, and you won't be needing that gun. Harry, don't don't shoot give it that gun, Stevens. You'd be crazy to getting a shooting contest with me. You'll stay right where you are over. I'm not afraid to shoot Marche. They can't make you appear against me. That's the law. If you stay with me, I'm coming after the gun. Stevens, you stay where you are over, March. Mart stopped looking at me like that. Nopody knows anything about what I did. But Rogan, No, no,
Perry. You killed them, and I'm glad to get rid of you. You, March. Don't sell me out. I've been frightened to death everything I've married. You Take that gun away from him, Rogue, Take away running gun. Stevens, get away from you, Rogue. You're going back on me. You can't do that, Marge. We're in this thing together. Let me have that gun. Stephens shot you with sgether given a gun, I'll pick your arm off. Give it to me. Okay, Stevens, this is the end of the easy story for you. Well that
finished that case. Stevens went to the gas chamber on Madge's testimony, and Marge is still in prison on an accessory Rapp the redheaded kid Tom Church wasn't oh. He was an Emacon victim. He'd been interviewed by Stevens for a job the day before. Stevens knew he had no relatives, no connections, so he decided to frame him for the murder of Joe Dale. He described Church to the police, then called him at his hotel and asked him to
come to Stephen's home for an interview about a job. If Church had been in when the call came, I flier, I might have muffed the case. But he was out and Stevens left his number for a callback that went by. All that was luck, I guess, but I don't know. I I think I would have solved the case anyway. Of course, I I didn't make a dime out of it. Oh well, money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a lot of things that make unhappiness pleasant.
Candy, Oh you'll know what I mean. This is Dick Powell again. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed our story tonight. Ray Buffam wrote it, Lee Stevens composed and conducted the music. In d Engelbach produced and directed. Next week, we have a story for you about a missing witness, a worried rogue, and an ambush that failed. Be with us,
then will you? Thanks? For listening, and I was jemmed. Be sure to tune in again next week, same time, same station, when you will again hear Dick Powell as private investigator Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery. A while that us solved me Tostide Fitch Samoa your head, Sake your hair sam After in between Fitch shampoos, you can keep your hair shining and manageable
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I should mention that this is actually the last mutual broadcast we have of Rogues Gallery. The episode The Missing Witness officially wrapped up the mutual run, but that, like much of the Rogues Gallery, cannon is lost. But the good news is that Rogues Gallery moved to NBC for a summer run, and we have the first four episodes of that series, which are actually the last
four episodes we have with Dick Powell. So we're running out of and changing our detective stars in a very close time, ring first Tom Conway and then a couple. In a couple of weeks, it'll be Edmond O'Brien and then after that Dick Powell. But once that's done, we should be said on most days other than Tuesday, which will see quite a few changes until summer of twenty eleven or twenty twelve, you need to get a calendar, not just a clock when I'm recording. All right, well, listener comment from
Melissa says, the August fifth Rogues Galleries a repeat. It's the same as Murdering Drawing Room, a broadcast on ME thirty first. The titles are different, but broadcast identical. Just thought you'd want to know. Thanks a lot,
Melissa. I think this is a case of script reuse, which was something we saw with Jeff Regan. I think this will probably be the only case we see with Rogues Gallery. If anyone's aware of a different episode than the one we played for a murder in Drawing room a or for the Latin time Lemono, and we'll be happy to get that played. All right. Well, that will do it for today. We will be back next week with the NBC run of Rogues Gallery, and then join us tomorrow let George
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