Michael Shayne 450618 Investment in an Invention, Old Time Radio
Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1944-1948) was the inaugural iteration of the series, with Wally Maher lending his voice to the character of Michael Shayne. Broadcast on the West Coast Mutual network, this version stood out for its lighter tone in comparison to subsequent adaptations. Notably, Shayne’s investigative hub was located in Oakland, California, a departure from the more conventional Miami setting
The series delved into intriguing mysteries, and its protagonist, Michael Shayne, navigated the twists and turns of each case with wit and determination. While the later versions took on different tones and settings, this early incarnation set the stage for the enduring legacy of the Michael Shayne detective franchise.
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00:00The Adventures of Michael Cheyne, Private Detective.
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00:31The Adventures of Michael Cheyne, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis
00:39For once, Mike Cheyne, San Francisco's favorite detective, is in his office high up in the Rust Building attending to business.
00:46Billis Knight, his easy-on-the-eyes assistant, is taking notes as their latest clients, inventor William Belsey and Miss Hess, try to explain the unexplainable.
00:56Now, let me get this straight, Miss Hess. You have been visiting your aunt in New York?
01:01Yes, for six months. I wired Daddy that I would arrive Wednesday, but I managed to get an earlier train and arrive Monday.
01:07And the house was all in order when you came home Monday at ten in the morning?
01:11Yes, that's right. I expected Daddy for dinner, but, well, he didn't come home.
01:15You didn't call his office and tell him you had arrived earlier than expected?
01:18Oh, no. Daddy hated people in the family calling him at the office.
01:22And you weren't particularly worried when he didn't come home at all that night?
01:25Not particularly. Daddy often stayed at the club.
01:28But you didn't call the club?
01:30No.
01:31So, Monday night he didn't come home. All day Tuesday he didn't come home?
01:35Nor Tuesday night, nor all day Wednesday.
01:37So it was only because Mr. Belsey called you Wednesday night and said your father had an appointment with him and that your father hadn't showed up.
01:43It was for that reason only that you started to worry?
01:46No, I wouldn't say that. I worried more and more as the time passed, but you must remember Daddy didn't expect me till Wednesday night.
01:53And his appointment wasn't with me exactly. I was going to be there naturally, but the appointment was with Mr. Hackert and Mr. Carter.
01:59As I understand it, you had an invention which Mr. Hess was going to finance?
02:05Actually, he did finance it. He advanced me the money I asked for.
02:08But I saw that my estimate was wrong, so I laid the cards on the table and gave Mr. Hess the chance to withdraw.
02:13And instead of withdrawing from the venture, he invited Carter and Hackert in on it, hmm?
02:17That's right. And I wanted them to think it over before they accepted the deal. It's pretty much of a gamble, you know.
02:22And although Miss Hess maintains that her father hasn't been home since Monday, you saw him at lunchtime on Wednesday?
02:29Just for a second. We just happened to be lunching at the same cafe.
02:32You reminded him of the evening's appointment?
02:35He reminded me.
02:36So today you both decided to ask me to investigate?
02:39Well, the idea was Mr. Belsey's. He insisted that we do something, so I called the police, but Mr. Belsey said that that wasn't enough, and so we came to you.
02:48When did you notify the police?
02:50About eleven this morning. I'll get it.
02:54Mike Shane, private detective.
02:56Hello, Phyllis.
02:57Oh, hello, Inspector.
02:58Is Miss Hess still in your office?
03:00Why, yes, but how are you...
03:01Let me talk to her, Phil.
03:02Sure, Inspector.
03:04It's for you, Miss Hess.
03:05For me?
03:06Yes, Inspector. Here, you talk to him.
03:09Hello?
03:10Miss Hess? Can you come over to Oakland right away?
03:13Why, yes, I suppose so.
03:14It's important, Miss Hess. It's about your father.
03:17You... you mean you found him?
03:19I'm afraid so.
03:20Afraid? Then... then something's happened to him?
03:23Yes.
03:24Serious?
03:25Very serious, Miss Hess. Your father is dead.
03:28Dead? You say Daddy's dead?
03:31Yes, Miss Hess. Your father was murdered.
03:50Hello, Mike.
03:51Hello, Inspector.
03:52Thanks for bringing the young lady along.
03:54We won't keep you alone, Miss Hess. Just a matter of identification.
03:57Of course, from the cards in his wallet and other bits of information, we're certain.
04:01I understand.
04:03All right, Sergeant. Yes, sir.
04:10Is that your father, Miss Hess?
04:12Yes, it is.
04:15Is that your father, Miss Hess?
04:18Yes, Inspector. That's Daddy.
04:21Have you any idea as to who murdered him?
04:24No, not so far.
04:25We'll want to question you later, of course, to find out, well, whether or not he had any enemies.
04:30I'm ready to answer questions now.
04:32I'm not the hysterical type, Inspector.
04:34So I gather.
04:36Inspector.
04:37Yes?
04:38There... there's something different about Father.
04:41And... and not because...
04:43Not because he's dead and been in the water?
04:45No.
04:46I don't know what it is.
04:48Just... just different.
04:50I see.
04:51Has the Inspector asked about the possibility of your father's enemies?
04:54He had none that I know of.
04:56How much do you know about Mr. Belsey and the other partners in this deal, Miss Hess?
05:00Mr. Carter and Mr. Hackett?
05:02Well, I don't know Mr. Belsey at all.
05:04I never spoke to him before he called up Wednesday night because Daddy didn't... hadn't kept his appointment.
05:08You've known the others how long?
05:10Ever since I was going to high school.
05:12What do you know about them?
05:13Well, nothing except that they seem nice.
05:16Mr. Shane.
05:18Inspector.
05:19Yes?
05:20I... I know what it is that's different.
05:22Oh?
05:23Yes?
05:24Daddy's coat, his overcoat.
05:25His umbrella and his glasses are missing.
05:27Well, under the circumstances, glasses and the umbrella being missing is not surprising.
05:31Of course, he might not have been wearing his overcoat.
05:34Daddy always wore his overcoat.
05:35It was one of his distinguishing habits.
05:37He never went out without an overcoat.
05:39Do you know how many coats he had?
05:41Well, yes, he had three.
05:43Unless he bought one while I was away.
05:45Do you mind if we go to your house right now?
05:47We might find something there in the nature of a clue.
05:49No, I have no objection.
05:51Okay.
05:52Inspector.
05:53Yes?
05:54You take Miss Hess.
05:55Fine.
05:56Phyllis and I will take Belsey.
05:57And I think the sergeant ought to gather Carter and Hackett too, don't you?
05:59The sergeant already called headquarters and asked them to locate them for us.
06:02Good, good.
06:03Then we'll all meet at your place on Pacific Heights.
06:11You say, Mr. Belsey, that everything was harmonious at the meeting between you, the murdered man, Hackett and Carter on Monday night?
06:27Well, certainly.
06:28There was no reason for anything else.
06:30The meeting was held at Hackett's house.
06:32We were all agreed.
06:33I had the invention.
06:34They had the money.
06:35And they were willing to start right away.
06:37I just wanted them to think it over and take their time.
06:40What happened after the meeting?
06:41Why, nothing.
06:43It was cold and I drove Mr. Hess over the Bay Bridge.
06:46He refused to let me drive him home, so I let him out at the Key System Depot and he caught a taxi.
06:50You say it was cold?
06:52Yes, it was.
06:53Tell me, was he wearing his overcoat?
06:55Why, no.
06:57Was he wearing his overcoat Wednesday when you saw him at lunch?
07:00Yes, he was.
07:01Mike.
07:02Hmm?
07:03I guess this is the house, the one with the white porch.
07:04There's the inspector's car in front.
07:06Oh, I see.
07:13Oh, there you are.
07:15Miss Hess is checking the closet for her father's overcoats.
07:18I said I'd show you into the living room.
07:20In this way.
07:21Hackett and Carter are on their way out, Mike.
07:23Good, good.
07:24I just drove up outside.
07:25Two men getting out.
07:26Well, that's them.
07:27Inspector, Daddy's dark blue overcoat's missing.
07:29And so is his favorite umbrella.
07:30The one with the handle carved in the shape of an elephant.
07:32Did you say umbrella, miss?
07:33Yes, Sergeant.
07:34With the handle shaped like an elephant?
07:36That's right.
07:37What is it, Sergeant?
07:38Well, the headquarters just phoned.
07:39They found the umbrella and the overcoat with a pair of eyeglasses in the pocket.
07:42Where'd they find them, Sergeant?
07:43Washed up at the art club, Jenny, in Sausalito.
07:45What?
07:46At Sausalito?
07:47Well, that's ten miles from where we found the body.
07:50That's funny.
07:51It's more than funny, Inspector.
07:53It's the first clue yet.
07:55The murderer's first mistake.
08:04In just a moment, we'll return to Mike Shane and his adventures.
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09:28The murdered Mr. Hess' overcoat, umbrella, and glasses have been found.
09:32Mike, Phyllis, and the inspector are in the inspector's office at headquarters.
09:36The sergeant enters.
09:40Here you are, sir. Coat, umbrella, and glasses.
09:42Oh, the glasses are in broken bags, sergeant.
09:44Let me see them, inspector.
09:46Oh, wow.
09:48Pretty strong lenses.
09:50Yeah, if he needed glasses like these, he couldn't go very far without them.
09:53Yeah, that's just what I was thinking.
09:55This is the umbrella, hmm?
09:57Hey, you got a magnifying glass, inspector?
09:59Sure. Did you find something, Mike?
10:01A question, maybe.
10:03Tell me, sergeant, which pocket did you find the glasses in?
10:06It's in the report, right-hand pocket.
10:08Oh, I see.
10:10Inspector?
10:11Yes, Mike?
10:12Would you mind calling Miss Hess?
10:14Find out if her father was left-handed or not.
10:16He was left-handed, Mike. She told me that when we were driving out to her home.
10:19I was asking about his habits and so on.
10:21Aha, I thought so.
10:23Here, you see the finger marks on the umbrella handle?
10:26They're on the left side of the handle.
10:28The thumbprint is on the right one.
10:30And the glasses were in the right-hand pocket of the overcoat.
10:34Yes?
10:35Report from harbormaster says that prevailing currents would never wash umbrella and coat that distance.
10:41The harbormaster says there's a strong eddy and they were probably thrown in the water only a few yards away at most.
10:47Thanks.
10:49It doesn't tell us much.
10:51They say that the murderer threw the coat and umbrella into the bay about ten miles from where the crime was committed.
10:56It only goes to substantiate murder. We already know that.
11:00Maybe we better have in Hackett and Carter.
11:02Okay, Inspector.
11:03Yes, Inspector.
11:04Send in Hackett.
11:05Yes, sir.
11:06Any ideas, Mike?
11:08Yeah, same as you had.
11:10Handed together, they don't make much, do they?
11:15Sit down, Mr. Hackett.
11:16Thanks.
11:17Tell us, what do you know about this business?
11:19I don't know anything about it.
11:20You were in on the business discussions?
11:22Certainly, but I hardly think they had anything to do with the murder.
11:25Well, we have to start somewhere, you know.
11:27Then why don't you start with some of the men that Hess quarreled with?
11:30I happen to be one man with whom he never argued.
11:33You're suggesting Mr. Carter?
11:35You're supposed to be the detective.
11:37Ah, but you're doing the hinting.
11:39Carter wasn't the only one who hated Hess.
11:41Well, if Carter hated Hess, why did Hess invite Carter into the deal?
11:44Hess didn't know that Carter hated him.
11:47Well, you're not suggesting that Carter had anything to gain in this venture.
11:50That is, by Hess's death.
11:52I'm not suggesting anything.
11:54It does seem to me, though, that many people had plenty of reason for killing Hess.
11:58Some men hated him.
12:00They could have killed him out of anger or revenge.
12:03Why look for some financial gain as a motive?
12:05We're not.
12:06As far as we can see, no one gained anything by Hess's death.
12:09Except his daughter, who will inherit a pretty penny.
12:12Then, uh, are you suggesting that Miss Hess didn't get all the money she needed from her father?
12:17She got all she needed, but not a cent more.
12:19Hess was tight.
12:20A nickel had to reproduce itself in 12 months or else.
12:23And you can't help us any more than that?
12:25No.
12:26I see.
12:27Well, ask Mr. Carter to step in on your way out.
12:29Thanks.
12:33Well, there's an unpleasant character.
12:35Yes, but unnecessarily so.
12:37He pretty well removes any doubts as to what we might think about money being the motive for murder.
12:43Oh, I'm not buying that, Inspector.
12:45In its entirety, anyway.
12:46Oh, but nobody has anything to gain by Hess's death.
12:51Sit down, Mr. Carter.
12:54Tell us, what do you know about this business?
12:56I'm afraid I don't know anything about it.
12:58You were in on the business discussions?
13:00Oh, yes, but I doubt if they had anything to do with the murder.
13:02Well, we have to start somewhere, you know.
13:04Yes, I realize that, and I'd start if I had any ideas.
13:08Mr. Carter, did you ever quarrel with Hess?
13:11Quarrel with him?
13:12No, I've often disagreed with him, but I wouldn't call it quarreling.
13:16Would you say he had many enemies?
13:18No, he was very businesslike.
13:21Very brusque.
13:22Not at all approachable, if you know what I mean.
13:25A man of opinions?
13:26Definitely.
13:27But he respected other men's opinions, too.
13:29And the Monday night meeting was held at Mr. Hackert's house?
13:32Yes, Hackert's was the most centrally located.
13:35Besides, neither Hess nor I like to conduct business at home, and Hackert doesn't mind.
13:39You get along all right with Hackert?
13:41Certainly, I understand him.
13:43His bark is worse than his bite.
13:45He's really a very nice fellow.
13:47The last you saw of Hess was at Hackert's house?
13:49Yes.
13:50You made no future appointments with him?
13:53No, except the one for Wednesday night.
13:55Oh, wait.
13:56Yes?
13:57Come to think of it, I did say as I was helping him on with his coat that I might see him Tuesday at the club.
14:02But you didn't?
14:03No, because I didn't go to the club.
14:05I was detained on business over in Oakland.
14:07I see, and you can't tell us anything more?
14:09I'm sorry, no.
14:10Thanks a lot, Mr. Carter.
14:11We'll call on you if we need you.
14:16Well?
14:17Not much help.
14:18I disagree.
14:19What?
14:20What?
14:21He was a great help.
14:22I can't see a suspect in the whole bunch.
14:24No, nor can I.
14:25All we have is a murdered man.
14:26You want me to prove that the murderer is one of the four?
14:29Yes, but you can't.
14:30One of them lied.
14:31Which, Mike?
14:32That I don't know, honey.
14:33If I did, we'd have the murderer.
14:35But that doesn't alter the fact that one of them lied.
14:38Well, it is true that Hackert's description of Hess's character is very different from Carter's.
14:42But I'd hardly call that lying.
14:44Oh, I'm not talking about that.
14:45Inspector.
14:46Yes, Mike?
14:47Ask the sergeant if Carter and Hackert have left the building yet.
14:50Yes, Inspector.
14:51Have Carter and Hackert left yet?
14:53No, sir.
14:54They're standing, talking to Miss Hess and Belvey.
14:55Good.
14:56Tell them we've got to leave,
14:58and that Mr. Shane would like to see Miss Hess at her home alone in about 30 minutes.
15:02Did you get that, Sergeant?
15:03Yes, sir.
15:04And see that they all hear it.
15:06Yes, sir. Right away.
15:07What's the idea, Mike?
15:09The murderer has left plenty clues.
15:10I don't know what they are, then.
15:12The coat and the umbrella being found so far from the murder.
15:15The eyeglasses in the right-hand pocket of the coat.
15:18A deliberate falsehood.
15:20One says Hess was wearing his coat.
15:22Another says he was not.
15:24One says Hess was argumentative.
15:26Another says he was not.
15:27So what?
15:28They're clues, but they don't lead us to anyone.
15:30Right, Inspector. Right.
15:31So we trap the killer.
15:32Go on. I'm waiting.
15:33The killer's clever, Inspector.
15:35Very, very clever.
15:36He's covered his tracks beautifully.
15:37Yet...
15:38Yeah? Mike?
15:39Yet, like every other killer, he made mistakes.
15:42We have found some of these mistakes, but we don't know who made them.
15:45So we're pretending that we found the lead.
15:47The killer will worry.
15:48And try to find out what we know, thereby making another mistake.
15:51One that will point the finger at him, huh?
15:53Right, Angel. Right.
15:54Now, we'll go to the Hess place in my car.
15:56I'll drive, and you two keep out of sight.
15:59In the back, lie down on the floor.
16:01I've got to have the killer believe that I'm meeting Miss Hess alone,
16:05and that there are no witnesses.
16:06Look, Mike, I... I don't like that.
16:08Why not?
16:09Well, you're practically inviting the killer to take a pot shot at you,
16:12using yourself as bait.
16:13Mike Shane, I didn't catch on at first.
16:15Well, you're not going to do any such thing.
16:17Yes, I am.
16:18I'm going to catch the killer, and you can help or not.
16:20Now, come on. Come on.
16:21Out the back way.
16:22I'll drive my car into the police garage,
16:24and that way, no one will see you two getting into it.
16:53What is it, Mr. Shane?
16:54I can hardly wait. What have you found?
16:56Are you all alone?
16:57Yes, except for the maid.
16:58No phone calls?
16:59No, not a thing.
17:00I just got here a few moments ago.
17:01No one followed you?
17:02Not that I know of.
17:03Now, I'm going to look around the driveway here for a minute.
17:06Will you please go to the back door and let the inspector and Phyllis in the back way?
17:10Yes, of course.
17:23How about it? No soap, eh, Mike?
17:25No.
17:26Apparently, it didn't work.
17:28I'm just as glad.
17:30I can't see any profit in catching a murderer and losing my boss.
17:33You expected the killer to follow you,
17:35maybe shoot you because you said that you had found the lead.
17:37That was the idea, Mrs., but it didn't work.
17:44Hello?
17:45Inspector there.
17:46Yes, it's for you, Inspector.
17:48Yes?
17:49Just got a report from the surgeon.
17:51Yes, Sergeant?
17:52The surgeon said Hess was killed Monday night or Tuesday morning.
17:55The body's been in the water at least that long.
18:11We'll return to Mike and Phyllis in just a moment.
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19:47Mike's attempt at tricking the murderer into disclosing himself has failed.
19:51Now Mike, Phyllis, and the inspector are walking into a well-known cafe on Geary Street.
19:59Well, we'll soon find out whether or not that nice inventor, Belsey, was telling the truth.
20:03My guess is that we will.
20:05Why do you say that, Inspector?
20:06If Belsey had killed Hess on Monday night, he wouldn't try to establish an alibi for himself
20:11by saying that he saw Hess in this cafe on Wednesday.
20:14Why not?
20:15You can't tell me that he's so dumb that he thinks we wouldn't check on him.
20:18Well, we haven't tried to check on it so far,
20:20and the only reason we are checking is because the autopsy surgeon says the body's been in the water since Monday.
20:25We would have checked before the case was closed.
20:27Ah, perhaps, Inspector, perhaps.
20:29But supposing the body hadn't been found for weeks,
20:33then the autopsy surgeon couldn't have told the approximate time of death with such closeness.
20:37Oh, that's true.
20:38And the murderer probably figured on it being sometime before the body was discovered.
20:42Ah, in fact, he came darn close to a perfect crime.
20:46What do you mean, darn close?
20:48It is a perfect crime so far.
20:49It won't be.
20:50What?
20:51Oh, I know, I know, I know.
20:52I laid one trap and it caught no fish, but we'll get him, Inspector.
20:55Well, look, kids, here's the door.
20:57Now, who goes first, or do we discuss traps, fish, and Mike's failure standing on the sidewalk?
21:01I'll lead, Phil.
21:02All right.
21:07There, there's the manager.
21:08Yeah, I see him.
21:09You wish a table for three, sir?
21:10No, thanks.
21:11I'm from headquarters and I want to ask a question.
21:13Headquarters.
21:14Yes, sir.
21:15Can you recall seeing a gentleman in here last Wednesday?
21:17He'd be wearing a dark blue overcoat, carrying an umbrella.
21:20It's got a carved handle, carved like an elephant.
21:22Yes.
21:23So you do know about him.
21:24Yeah.
21:25I even remember his name.
21:26It was Hess.
21:27Why do you remember these details?
21:28The gentleman was much disturbed.
21:30He don't want nothing we have on the menu.
21:32He used to get mad with the waiter.
21:34But how did you learn his name?
21:36Well, while the waiter was getting his order, a young man come up to me and he said,
21:41did I hear Mr. Hess's voice a moment ago?
21:44I said, I don't know.
21:47Who is this Mr. Hess?
21:49The young man said, he's always carrying an umbrella and he's wearing glasses.
21:53He did?
21:54And I said, oh, yes, sure.
21:57He's in the third booth, but he's in a plenty better mood.
22:01The young man laughed and walked out of the booth.
22:03That's all I know.
22:04Well, thanks a lot.
22:06Well, well.
22:07That about fixes an alibi for Mr. Belsey.
22:09Yes.
22:10Despite the autopsy surgeon's statement that Hess was killed Monday,
22:13no jury's going to convict a man who can produce witnesses who saw them both on Wednesday.
22:18Hey, wait a minute.
22:19Wait a minute.
22:20What, Mike?
22:21No, no, don't rush him, Inspector.
22:22That's Mike's thinking look and it produces results.
22:24I can't believe I got it.
22:25Quick, quick, back to headquarters and have all the suspects brought in.
22:44Any results, Inspector?
22:45Yes, Mike.
22:46The boys examined the umbrella and found two different sets of fingerprints.
22:49So the umbrella had been handled by someone else besides Hess.
22:52Oh, that's not conclusive by any means.
22:53Why not?
22:54A waiter or anybody could hand a man's umbrella to him, honey.
22:56They're working on the coat now.
22:57What about the eyeglasses?
22:58I was holding that one back, Mike.
23:00There were two sets of fingerprints on the glasses.
23:02And the two sets on the glasses are the same as the two sets on the umbrella handle?
23:06Yes, Mike.
23:07Then we've got the murderer.
23:08I think so.
23:09We have to do this in such a way that the Inspector can obtain a conviction.
23:12Remember what I said about the jury.
23:14Yeah.
23:15Yes?
23:16Send him in.
23:17Now, now remember, at the appropriate moment I'll spring my story and you two watch like hawks.
23:22All right, Mike.
23:23Hello, Mr. Sullivan.
23:25Sit down, all of you, please.
23:27I'm going to ask all of you for your fingerprints.
23:29It's a messy business with nothing to it.
23:31Why, have you found something?
23:33Yes, we have, Mr. Hackett.
23:35Daddy's murderer.
23:36Yes, Miss Hess.
23:37Now, folks, I'll bring you up to date.
23:39Mr. Hess was murdered Monday night.
23:41Oh, wait a minute.
23:42I saw him Wednesday.
23:43You're going to stick to that?
23:44Certainly I'm going to stick to it.
23:46Mr. Belsey, I'll give you one more chance to get yourself out of the jam you're putting yourself in
23:51by continuing to lie about seeing Mr. Hess on Wednesday.
23:54Well, I tell you I didn't.
23:55I'll explain.
23:56It's a matter of ordinary police routine to look for the person who last saw the murdered man alive.
24:01Yes, I know that.
24:02The autopsy surgeon says Mr. Hess was murdered Monday.
24:06You're insisting on putting the rope around your own neck if you continue to claim that you saw him Wednesday.
24:11But I did see him Wednesday.
24:12And the people in the cafe can prove it.
24:14All right, Belsey.
24:16You asked for it.
24:17You asked for it.
24:18Miss Hess, gentlemen, here's how the murder was committed.
24:22Mr. Hess was hit over the head Monday night and his body thrown into the bay not far from the Key System Depot.
24:29The murderer kept Hess' coat, umbrella, and glasses.
24:32Go on, go on.
24:33You catch on quickly, Mr. Carter.
24:35The murderer then waited till Wednesday.
24:38And wearing Mr. Hess' coat, eyeglasses, and carrying Mr. Hess' umbrella,
24:42he made a point of making himself known at the cafe.
24:46He then put the eyeglasses in the coat pocket, the right coat pocket,
24:51which was a mistake because Mr. Hess was left-handed.
24:54But he put the glasses in the right-hand pocket.
24:57And laying the coat and the umbrella on the chair,
24:59he then made himself known to the manager as himself,
25:03looking for Mr. Hess, whose voice he claimed to have heard.
25:06Hmm, clever.
25:07Very clever.
25:08Diabolical is the word, Mr. Hackett.
25:10The murderer then carried the overcoat on his arm, hiding the umbrella.
25:15And later that night, threw them into a different part of the bay.
25:18But there are a few things that even soaking in the bay won't remove.
25:21Fingerprints.
25:22Right-hand fingerprints on the umbrella handle.
25:24Fingerprints on the eyeglasses.
25:26And, oh yes, hairs on the inside of a coat collar.
25:29Yes, Inspector.
25:30Bring in the coat, Sergeant.
25:31Yes, Inspector.
25:32Actually, gentlemen, all we need is the confession.
25:35We have the evidence.
25:36The hairs on the collar, other than those of Hess, are the hairs of the murderer.
25:41And I know who the murderer is.
25:43Here's the coat.
25:44Here's the coat.
25:45The hairs are on the report card.
25:46Thanks, Sergeant.
25:47Well, is somebody going to confess,
25:49or do we have to take all your fingerprints and specimens of your hair?
25:53Very well.
25:55I think we'll start with Mr. Belsey.
25:58That way we won't have to go any further.
26:00Why, you're crazy.
26:01You can't hang this on me.
26:02OK, Sergeant, OK.
26:03He's going to be stubborn.
26:04But take good care of him, won't you?
26:06You'll find he's the killer, all right.
26:15You know, I've been racking my brains all the way home, Mike,
26:18hoping I wouldn't have to ask this question.
26:21Well, what is it, Angel?
26:22Well, all the evidence, if you can call it evidence,
26:25could have applied to any one of the suspects.
26:27Yes, Angel.
26:28Was it a good guess, or were you dead sure that it was Belsey?
26:33I was dead sure that it was Belsey.
26:36I was dead sure that it was Belsey.
26:39Was it a good guess, or were you dead sure that it was Belsey?
26:43I was dead sure it was Belsey.
26:46Oh, I admit I guessed about his method of operation in the cafe,
26:49but it was close enough.
26:51Well, I still don't know what single thing it was that pinned it on Belsey,
26:55but that is from your standpoint.
26:57It wasn't a single thing, honey.
26:59It was two things.
27:00All right, all right, then, Clamshain, give.
27:06Well, in the first place,
27:07Carter said that he had helped Hess on with his coat at Hackett's house on Monday night.
27:11Yeah, that's why Carter was so excited in the inspector's office.
27:14He remembered that.
27:15Correct.
27:16And Belsey lied about it.
27:18He said it was a cold night and that Hess didn't have his coat.
27:21Ah, yes.
27:23And the second point?
27:24Well, the second is obvious, my dear.
27:27Hess had advanced the money to Belsey.
27:29Now, if Belsey didn't go on with the invention,
27:33then Belsey was several thousand to the good.
27:35I doubt if Belsey's invention ever existed.
27:38The whole thing was a clever confidence trick with murder thrown in.
27:42Well, I hope it teaches you a lesson, Mike Shane.
27:45Why, Angel?
27:46Why me?
27:47Oh, just the trouble hairs on a coat collar can get you into.
27:51They don't have to be blonde, either.
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