Don't you Jerry, what was that? That was me lady. Who was you? Freeze mister. Don't turn around and don't move a muscle. Because if you even breathe, I'll blow you right through the wall. Mister and Mrs. North, starring Joseph Curtin and Alice Frost. One as Pam and Jerry solve the mystery, Death in the Dark. While the Norths are peacefully asleep in their Greenwich Village apartment, two men are working feverishly in a warehouse on the East Side just before dawn. One of them holds a flashlight, while the other applies a large metal bar to the hinges of a heavy black safe. Coming kid, she'll be popping in a minute. Need any help? No, I can make it all by myself. There she goes. Give me that can opener, it'll spring her good. It won't take much longer will it money? I mean... Take it easy kid, you can't rush this kind of a job. Put some of those tools away if you want to keep your hands busy. I'll be through in about ten seconds. What's the matter? I thought I heard somebody coming. But being so jumpy, that was me. No it wasn't, it's to watch him, he's coming. Wait, down the light. Now get over by that door and smack him as he comes in. Got a belly agent? Yeah. Give it to him good. Watch it now. He's coming. Who's in there? Come on, answer me, who's in there? I'm warning you now, if there's anybody in here, I'm gonna... Okay kid, now we have to work fast. Get this box out of here and take it down to the car. There's dough in it. What about him? Never mind the watchman, just do like I tell you. Get the dough out. I'll clean up around here and meet you downstairs in five minutes. Okay, okay, I'll be waiting for you in the car. Yeah sure. Little punk, never take him on the job again. Oh, my head. Stay where you are mister, keep your mouth shut. I don't like watchman. You, you were in here all the time. I said to keep your mouth shut. You won't get away with this. You won't get out of here alive. I won't, huh? I'll get out of here alive all right. Only you're going out in a basket. Homicide Lieutenant Wigan speaking. No, no, not yet Sarge. Oh, not a thing. Yeah, Mr. and Mrs. North are in my office. Okay, I'll get back to you later. That murder last night has got the whole department in an uproar. That watchman's murder on the east side? They dropped it in my lap at about six o'clock this morning and I haven't been able to come up with a thing except this. What's that Bill? The murder weapon. The guy that cracked that safe last night used this on the watchman and then forgot to take it with him. What is it Bill? A sash weight? No, no, it's part of a sectional jimmy. What in the world is a sectional jimmy? Have you ever seen one? Oh, it's a tool that's made for burglars. It's like a crowbar, only it splits up into three sections so it can be carried in a grip without being seen. I never knew there were tools that were specially made for burglars. Oh, there's plenty of them and they aren't easy to come by either. This one was made by a pro. Do you know who made it? Well, Pam, I'm not sure but I got a pretty good idea. It's got the same markings and workmanship as the jimmy we picked up about two years ago. It belonged to a thug named Newzel. A safe cracker? Ah, one of the best. Well then that should make things easy Bill. If you know who made this jimmy all you have to do is arrest him and you got the murderer. Well, it isn't as easy as that Pam. The man who made this jimmy didn't rob that safe last night. How do you know? Because I sent him to jail about six months ago. Well then he's gotten out. That's it Bill, this Newzel man is broken out of prison. He couldn't have Pam. Why not? Because I sent him up for murder. He was electrocuted the day before yesterday. Get away from that winter kid and sit down will you? I want to pay you off and send you home to your mother. I ain't got no mother, you know that. A joke, a joke, I was making a joke. What's the matter with you kid? You got no sense of humor? I don't know anymore after what happened last night. Forget it will you, it's all over. It's not all over for me Lenny, don't you understand? He's dead, the guy's dead. He won't walk no more, he won't speak to anybody, he won't ever see his family again. How do you know he's got one? I read it in the paper, he's got a sister, he's got two kids. Will you shut up, I'm sick and tired of you whining all the time. I can't help it Lenny, I can't help thinking about him. Poor old guy, I keep seeing him lying there, I can still hear him moaning when he went down. Why did you hit him so hard? I didn't, I just tapped him on the side of the head like I showed you this afternoon. That was some tap. Paper says skull was broken in two places. But I didn't do it honestly Lenny, you know I wouldn't kill anybody. I just wanted to be a big shot, go along with you on a big job, I didn't want to kill anybody. Frank, you get off that one note and start picking up your money. You got 600 bucks coming to you. I don't want it. Just see I'd go crazy if I had that, no I'd give myself up. Cut it out Frankie. I'd give myself up, yeah that's what I'd do. What are you doing? You've got to behave kid. No, no more please, no more. Alright then, hang on to yourself. You start cracking up, we'll both be in the soup. Sorry Lenny. You ought to be. Remember, next time you start losing your head, I'll knock it right off. Darling you do know where you're taking us I presume. Why of course Jerry. I got the address of Bill. Who's address? Mrs. Newsell's. And who is Mrs. Newsell? Don't you remember dear, the man who made that sectional Jimmy. He's Mrs. Newsell? No dear, he's the one who went to the electric chair. Mrs. Newsell is his widow. And what do you expect to find out from her? Oh whatever we can, if she's willing to talk. And if she's real talky, she might tell us something about that Jimmy that was used last night. How would she know? Well her husband made it didn't he? Maybe she knows who he sold it to. That's an idea. Only I doubt if Mrs. Newsell will do any talking to people like us. We don't have to be like us, we can be two other people. Who? Tool thugs from Detroit. We're safecrackers and we need a new set of tools. Oh so naturally we went to her. Naturally. Come on Jerry, we're in the market for a sectional Jimmy. Oh dear that's enough ringing. If anybody's home they certainly will. Yeah, what is it? Mrs. Newsell. Who wants to know? You an insurance man? Oh me? That's a good one. Tell her who I am Sadie. Tell her yourself. It was your idea coming here. Coming here for what? Look honey my name is Fegan, Mugsy Fegan. This is my tomato. Pleased to meet you. What do you want? Well aren't you going to leave us in or something? Your husband's an old buddy of mine, we've done time together. My husband is dead. Yeah I know we heard the sad news yesterday. And it happened so sudden we didn't get a chance to send flowers. What do you want mister? We just done a hot job in Detroit and we had to pull out fast. So we dropped our can openers in the ditch. What's that got to do with me? We can't do nothing without no can opener so we thought you might fix us up. Are you kidding? I don't handle any of that stuff. Don't you even have a couple of odds and ends lying around the house? Not a thing. I got rid of all my husband's junk a year ago. Where? Who would you sell it to? Nobody. I sold it someplace because one of them sectional jimmies was used on a job last night. Yeah that warehouse job. On the east side where that watchman was killed? That's right. The police found a hunk of that jimmy right next to the body. How do you know? Well we get around. Well start getting. You know too much for me. Wait a second honey. The police get around too you know. And if you ain't going to be friendly about this I might just take a notion to call them up and... Oh look baby I got to know where we can find it. Eat it I said. Well I didn't know you was going to say it with a gun. Come on Sadie. Yeah. We'll get that jimmy in the five and ten. Ann. Hello. Lenny? Who's this? What are you so careful about? This is an old pallet you know. Flo Nussle. Who are you? How are you Flo? Crying my eyes out. Anaconda the old man frying? Anaconda you never get around to see me anymore Lenny. Well I've been kind of busy lately. So I heard. I understand you were kind of busy last night on the east side. I want to see you Lenny. When you coming over? What did you say about last night? You want me to talk about it on the phone? Well no. Then when are you coming over? Right away. So you think I'm in trouble huh? Well what do you think Lenny? Did you ever hear of a guy named Mugsy Fegan? Nope. Neither did I. That guy was a phony if I ever saw one. And so was that dame. What are you worried about? They can't prove nothing about that Jimmy. They can prove my husband made it. And if they start snooping around they might find out I gave it to you. Who's going to tell them? You? I might. Ah. Ah you wouldn't do a thing like that honey. After all I'm an old flame of yours. You're an old flame of a lot of people. But you're the only one that counts baby. Sure. I count up to about five grand Lenny. What are you talking about? Five grand. That's what I want to keep my mouth shut. Your mouth can be shut for a lot less than that baby. Is that a threat or a promise? How do you want to take it? In cash. I'm not talking about the money. I'm talking about you. You know what your step there'll be another funeral in the family. I think you're bluffing Lenny. I'm not bluffing. You're asking for the moon. Then you're going to pay it. This ain't just a safe cracking job Lenny. There's a murder rap that goes with it. Not for me there ain't. The kid done the murder. I still say five grand. By tomorrow morning or the phones start ringing. Okay baby. You'll get it. You'll get just what you're looking for. Homicide Lieutenant Wigan speaking. Hello Bill. This is us. We're in a phone booth uptown. Both of you? Pam you're all over my shoes. This is mine. I'm talking. Are you there Bill? Yes. Ready and waiting. Well you won't have to wait much longer. We practically got the case all solved. Fine fine. Where do I send the wagon? Oh now don't be facetious Bill. You remember that Mrs. Newsome? Yes roughly. Well we've been watching her apartment ever since we were over there this afternoon. Get to the point. This is the point Jerry. What is the point? That we were watching her apartment. Oh and about a half hour ago a big thug went in there and came out again. He stayed about twenty minutes away. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. He was in the car. And a woman seemed to be missing. Jerry wasn't there. Jerry Prince and when he came out he was plenty mad. That isn't all Bill we followed him back to his apartment. And. No it isn't and yet. So we called because we didn't know what to do. I'll tell you what to do. Go home. Oh now Bill. You're wasting your time Pam just because you happened to see a thug go into somebody's apartment is no recent. Well it wasn't just somebody's apartment it was hers. And if this thug was the one who used her crowbar. Jimmy. But what difference does it make as long as we know his name? It's Gorman, Bill. Lenny Gorman. That mean anything to you? No, but I'll check on it. Well, you don't sound very excited, Bill. Well, frankly, Pam, I'm not turning handsprings. All right. All right, if that's the way you feel about our leads, we just won't call you anymore. Oh, now, Pam, I would just... Goodbye, Bill. Pam. Pam, I... Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Who is it? Me, Lenny. Frank. Wait a second. OK, kid, come on in. What'd you call me for, Lenny? What's up? Sit down, kid. Well, what is it? Something's wrong, isn't it? They gotta lead on us. They found out about something. Will you sit down? I'll tell you all about it. Well, go ahead and tell me what are you waiting for? For you to calm down. Now, listen, kid, I know how you feel about what happened last night. If I was in your spot, I'd be the same way. It's a rough deal killing a man. What do you mean? Homicide. It's a rough deal. When you're young like you, you got a chance of beating a larceny rap, but all kinds of angles, not with murder. They give you the seat for that, whether you're young or old. Lenny, what are you doing to me? What are you trying to tell me? I'm trying to give it to you gradually, kid, so you'll understand what I'm driving at. Now, you got work to do. Work? You want me for another job? Something like that. I won't do it. I'm all through to you here. I won't do it. You'll have to do this job, kid, whether you want to or not. Unless you're ready to go to the chair. Why? What's happened? Somebody found out about you. Somebody that feels like talking to the cops. Who? The dame. Besides me, she's the only one in the world that knows you killed that watchman. You've got to take care of her before it's too late. I don't get you. Take care of her how? I'll show you how. With a brand new.45. Lenny, you're just kidding, ain't you? You don't really want me to kill somebody? You've got to kill this dame. She wants a million bucks for keeping her mouth shut, and you can't pay it. Don't you get me? She'll tip the cops. Why? What's she got against me? Nothing. That's just it. Nothing. If you don't cough up 5,000 bucks, she sends you to the chair, just like that. I don't care. Do you know what it's like, Frankie, when you're up there in the death house, I mean? You think you got it bad now. Wait till they start getting you ready for that chair. Getting you ready? Sure. They've got to get you ready, kid. They've got to shave your head and the hair and your legs. While they're doing it, there's a priest in your cell saying prayers. I don't want a priest. You will then, Frankie. You'll want a priest then more than ever, because you'll know what you're going into. You'll know that there's something waiting for you at the end of that hall. And once you sit down in that, you're never going to get up again. You're never going to see nobody. You're never going to even breathe, except that one last time when they give you the juice and it squeezes out of you. It hits you like a bomb, kid. If you wasn't strapped in that chair, you'd bounce all over the place. Is that what you want, Frankie? Is that what you want to go through? No, no. All right, then. Take this gun and do like I tell you. Well, don't blame it on me, Jerry. Blame it on Bill. If he had had the decency to come over here when we called him, we wouldn't have to be doing this. Well, we don't have to do it anyhow, Pam. After all, there's nobody forcing us to sneak into Lenny's apartment. I've got this window practically open now. Here it comes. Do you want to go first or shall I? I'll go, dear. Give me a boost. All right. Is this enough? Fine. I can make it now. Can you? I don't know why not. There we are. I can't see in here. Here, take my leather. Thanks, darling. See anything now? Not very much. Is this the living room or the bedroom? I think it's both. You look through the dresser, Jerry. All right. I'm going to try that closet. If this Lenny man robbed that safe last night, maybe we'll find the money. I haven't found any money yet. All I see in here is winter underwear. Well, the closet's practically empty. No, no, it isn't. Jerry, come here. I found something. I'll say I found something. Look at this. What is it? Don't you see what it is? It's the other two pieces of that sectional jimmy. Now if we can only prove that they all fit together. Oh, guys. That was me, lady. Oh. Don't turn around. Just stay right where you are and don't move. Because if you even breathe, I'll blow you right through the wall. Come in, kid. Come on in. Thanks. So Lenny didn't come with the money himself. He sent you. Yes, ma'am. Well, it's a lucky thing he sent it with somebody because I wasn't bluffing. No, ma'am. All right, son, where is it? Let me count it. Yes, ma'am. I got it right here in my pocket. Well, give it to me. Don't stand it. Put that gun down. I can't. I gotta do it. Don't be a sap, kid. If he told you to... No, don't come any nearer. I gotta do it. You don't? There ain't a reason in the world... Please don't say no more. Please. I don't want to hear you. I don't want to know you. But you just can't kill me. No, no more. If you say another word... Hey, what's the idea of frisking us, Lenny? We ain't got no guns. Well, I'm just making sure, mister. When I find somebody going through my apartment, I like to be careful. Now, what's the idea? No idea. We just blew in from Detroit. We're looking for some burglar tools. In my closet? Come on, open up, sister. Ain't you the two phonies that was over to see Mrs. Nuzel? Phonies? And you never heard of Mugsy Figgins? Luck-wise, guy, ain't got time for fooling around. Who are you? What's your racket? I'm telling you, safe-cracking. Okay, you asked for it. Now, come with me. Where are we going? Come with me, I said. I'll tell you all about it. Jerry's gonna take us for a ride. No talking, see? Just open that front door and get a move on. Okay, okay, we're moving. Then move. Straight down the hall and out the back. Just a minute, Lenny. Huh? Here, I'll get it. I'm done for you. Stay where you are, Lenny. I'm a police officer. Bill, how'd you get here? You told me where you were, didn't you? I pay attention to phone calls. But you weren't gonna pay... Well, I happened to look up Lenny Gorman's record and it interested me. Especially the part about safe-cracking. What are you talking about? You ain't got nothing on me. Well, we have. Bill, he's got the other parts of that sectional Jimmy right in his closet. You're a cuckoo. Take it easy, Lenny. Mrs. Nuzel might be able to give us some information about that. Yeah? I don't think Mrs. Nuzel will do any talking. Well, we'll see about that. Come along, all of you. I sent some of my men over to her apartment and I want to find out what they picked up. Ah, now easy now. Just try to take it easy, Mrs. Nuzel. I'll get the doctor, Bill. No, no, no, wait. The doctor's busy with that Frankie kid. Golly, it's what happened in here. That's what I'd like to know. You! You're the one that made him do it. You sent him here to kill me. Who? That Sherman kid, Frankie Sherman. He had the gun right up against me. No, no, Mrs. Nuzel, you've got to get hold of yourself. Can't help it. We're so close, I thought I was dead. Well, what happened? The cops, they got him in the shoulder before he could pull the trigger. There was one of them at the door and another one on the fire escape. Riley, Haynes, where are you? In here with the kid. You want me, Lieutenant? No, no, stay where you are. I'll be in in a second. Well, we were just coming out anyway. The kid's going to be okay. Good. Yeah, I'm going to be fine. Why didn't you finish me off and be done with it? Watch what you say, kid. They'll use it against you. What do I care? They got enough against me now to put me in the... Shut up, you sass. Quiet, you. Let the kid talk. What do you want me to say? I tried to kill her and I couldn't make it. Why, Frankie? Why did you try to kill Mrs. Nuzel? Don't answer that. You got a right to have a lawyer. Keep out of this, Lenny. You can have a lawyer any time you want one. What good is a lawyer? He can't do nothing for me, not where it hurts inside. Look, I killed a man. There ain't a lawyer in the world that can make him live again. Last night in the warehouse, I killed a watchman. Frankie! He was coming in while we were cracking the safe and I hit him with a blackjack. Well, I didn't have nothing to do with it. I wasn't anywhere near him. Weren't you? No, I was standing over by the safe. He's the one that killed him. You better study up on your law, Lenny. What are you talking about? You can't pull me in on a murder rap. I didn't even touch him. I'm not so sure about that, Lenny. What happened after Frankie killed the watchman? Nothing happened. We just grabbed the dough and beat it. Wait a second, Lenny. We didn't grab the dough. I took it down to the car myself. You came down later. I thought so. Who cares what you think? I do, Lenny, because I've been thinking the same thing myself. Now, according to the autopsy report, that watchman was killed with a heavy bar of steel, part of a sectional jimmy, not with an ordinary blackjack. Not with a blackjack? You mean I... I mean he was struck several times, heavy blows with a big steel bar. But I only hit him once. I only hit him on the side of the head. Lenny! What do you want? You did it, Lenny. You killed him yourself after I was out of there. You killed him and you made me think I did it. Go on, you're crazy. You did. You killed him. You almost got me to kill her. Look out your... I won't look out your... You lousy dog. Stop it. Now let me go. Let me choke the wife out of him. Hands off, I said. You don't have to get even with him, Frankie. The state will get even for you. Say Pam. Yes, dear? What ever happened to that piggy bank I had up here in my dresser? Um, piggy bank? Now you know I've been dropping quarters and halves into that thing for a long time. Oh, well, when did you miss it, Jerry? Right after we got finished with all that safe cracking business last night. Say, you didn't happen to get an idea and break into it, did you? Well, as a matter of fact, Jerry, when the laundry man came this morning... I see. But I was going to put the money back, dear. That's why I hid the bank. I didn't want you to discover it. Say no more, darling. I understand everything, except for one point. What? Well, that piggy bank doesn't open until the whole thing's full. How in the world did you get the money out? Oh, that was easy, Jerry. I used the sectional jimmy. This is the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.
