Boston Blackie - Three Witnesses To Will Killed

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No, Dr. Austin, I just won't believe it. I know my grandfather was murdered. But that's

impossible, Linda. Your grandfather was in a hospital bed attended by several doctors,

I among them when he died. Yes, I know that. But just the same, I know that Joe Reed killed him.

Linda, you'll have to face the facts. I know as well as you do that Joe Reed hated your grandfather.

But your grandfather died a natural death. He suffered from heart trouble for 18 years.

It was his heart that killed him. No, Dr. Joe Reed killed him. I know what I feel it.

Why, Linda? Why would Reed kill your grandfather? You know very well why, Dr. Austin.

Grandfather left him $50,000 in his will. Well, if that's your only logic, you and I had a reason

to kill your grandfather too. He left me $25,000 and you get more than $100,000. That doesn't make

any difference. Grandfather was going to cut Joe Reed out of his will. I know it, and I think

Reed knew it too. And he killed grandfather before he could do it. To keep him from changing his will,

eh? Isn't that what you do, Dr? I wouldn't commit murder for $50,000 or for any amount,

and neither would Joe. No, Linda. I know you dislike Reed, but I'm afraid you can't make

trouble for him. Your grandfather died a natural death. Well, I know he didn't, Dr. Austin. I know

that Joe murdered him, and I'm going to prove it. How, Linda? How? I'm going to Boston Blacky.

That's how.

Now onto Dick Colmer as Boston Blacky. Enemy to those who make him an enemy. Friend to those who

have no friends. Hello? Hello, Tom. This is Bob. Oh, how are you, Bob?

Hi. What's new? Oh, nothing. Just the same old stuff.

Say, you're doing anything this weekend? No, I don't think so. Oh, yes. Mrs. Van Gryfton.

Oh, no, not there. Yeah. Wants me to go up to our country home for the weekend.

Oh, brother. I think I'll have a much better time at the...

Huh? No. Hello? Who are you? Hello, Tom. Put down that knife. Hello?

Tom!

Children? Children, don't go too far away from the door, and don't be late for supper.

Yeah, they never listen to me.

Where did you come from? Oh. Why are you? No. No, put down that knife.

Here.

Here's the third one in Spectre Faraday. Line right here on the dock where Patrolman Murphy found him.

The third one in five hours. And all with a ten-cent store kitchen knife stuck in him.

Rollins, we've got a madman on the loose. Yeah, kill him for the fun of it.

This has got me no kidding. First Tom Marshall won a richest man in town. Then my housewife

out in Green Meadows, an artist, this bum at the waterfront. And bum is about the only

identification we have on this one, Inspector. It's all a whole year, sir. No identification.

I'll take him to the morgue. Maybe we'll get identification from fingerprints, dental work,

if any. But we've got to work fast and grab this killer. I would have another body lying around

somewhere. Yeah, but how are we going to figure where this killer is going to strike next? He just

picks out anybody anywhere and sticks a knife in there. I know, but there must be some way. Hey,

who's this? You might know who it is. Blackie, what are you doing here?

Looking for you. It looks as if my mission is accomplished.

What are you doing here? What does it look like?

Stabbed. No, strangled. The knife in his chest is just for effect.

Beaded will you? I get enough trouble. Since when is one body trouble for the

Great Inspector Parade? No, one body isn't. But this happens to be the third one on the last

five hours. What? Yeah, the third. And all killed in the same way, but the same type of instrument.

A ten-cent store kitchen knife. All here at the waterfront, of course. Now, one of the victims was

Tom Marshall. The millionaire? Yeah, killed in his home. The second was a woman, Mrs. Harriet Jones.

She was killed in the same way on a street out in Green Meadows. And now this, huh? Yeah, this

one we can't even identify. You've got a problem worse than mine? I'll say I have. And don't make it

any better. Stay out of it. Stay out of it all, Parade. How can I? Three absolutely unrooted

people kill the same way in three different parts of town? Tell you what, let's do. And this is

going to be good. I'll take this case and you take mine. I'm trying to prove murder in the case of

an old man who died of heart trouble in the hospital. Look, will you quit bothering me with child's

play? Child's play is awfully consistent with your mentality. Look, you get out of my sight and stay

out. I've got a madman on the loose. I don't want you bothering me till I get him on the books.

Where are we going, Blackie? To City Hospital, Mary, to see Dr.

Rosten. What can he have to do with the three madman murders? Nothing, Mary. Parade won't let

me work on that case with him. He won't give me enough information so I can go to work on

it myself. So? So I'm going to see what I can do for Linda Graham. Oh, Blackie, it's just

nonsense to believe what she told you about her grandfather being killed. Oh, Mr. Graham died

of heart trouble. I know, but she thinks a man named Joe Reed killed him. Now, how? He died

in a hospital bed surrounded by doctors. I know that, too. But according to Ms. Graham's story,

Joe Reed was an old man Graham's secretary. Oh, I see. And all secretary's killer voices.

Now, what sense does that mean? None. Reed was afraid he was going to be cut out of

old man Graham's will so he wanted to kill him before he had a chance to change that will.

You say that as if you believe it? No, Mary. I don't believe it, not yet, anyhow.

But Ms. Graham came to me in good faith and I promised her that I'd do what I can for her.

So? So you're going to do what you can for her? Which is?

Nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. I'm going to talk to old man Graham's doctor and

everyone else involved, but I'm afraid what I'll end up with is nothing. Well, here's the hospital.

Well, here goes nothing.

Dr. Austin? Yes, I'm Dr. Austin. I'm Boston Blackie. How do you do?

You won't mind if I ask you a few questions, will you? No, not at all, Blackie. In fact,

I've been expecting you. You have? Yes. Linda said she was going to see you. Well, she did see me.

She thinks her grandfather was murdered. Yes, yes, I know. And by Joe Reed. Uh-huh, because Joe Reed

was afraid he was going to be cut out of Graham's will. Any possibility Reed murdered Graham? None,

whatsoever, Blackie. I treated Graham for 18 years. He died in this hospital in the presence

of two other doctors, both of whom have attested that heart failure killed him. Thank you, doctor.

It looks as if Graham's death was quite all right and Miss Linda Graham was quite all wrong.

For a pretty girl, you're awfully stupid, Miss Graham. Or is there a lot of truth in the

expression beautiful but dumb? I don't know how you have the nerve to talk to me, Mr. Reed.

I didn't want to talk to you, Miss Graham. You wanted to talk to me. This is my apartment,

you know. And why do you even have an apartment? Because my grandfather was too kind to fire you,

even after you had robbed him. I robbed your grandfather. Then why wasn't I sent to jail? Mr. Reed,

you know very well why you weren't. Grandfather wouldn't prosecute. No, of course not, because he had no

proof. Just as you have no proof that your grandfather died of anything but a bad heart. You killed

him, didn't you? My dear Miss Graham, your grandfather's death is a matter of medical record. He was

an old man who had suffered for many years from an ailing heart. His heart just stopped beating.

But you wanted him to die, didn't you? I'm fifty thousand dollars richer. And I like his money

much better than I liked him. But you knew he was going to cut you out of his will, didn't you?

No. Yes, I did. He told me so two weeks ago and he told you that's why you killed him.

My dear Miss Graham must even the simplest of facts be explained to you. A heart attack killed

your grandson. No, Mr. Reed, you killed him. I don't know how, but I'm going to find out and I'm

going to prove it. Miss Graham, I'd advise you to let matter stand as they are. Stay away from me.

I'd like to be amused by your accusations, Miss Graham. But your insistence is beginning to

bore me that I hate to be bored. Now get out. I'll help you here. Come, come, come.

Oh, please, not that bad. I think I will teach you to learn to read.

Oh, you're lucky. Blacky, I'm so glad you're here. That makes two of us. But I'm afraid Mr. Reed

isn't going to make that unanimous. Blacky, Boston Blacky, I suppose. Well, both of you get out of here.

What's the matter, Reed? Want to be alone? Yes. Will you settle for being half alone?

What do you mean? Miss Graham, will you step out for a while? Please, my car is parked down in front.

You want me to leave? Well, maybe you'd better stay, Miss Graham. Change to mind, awfully fast,

isn't you, Reed? Too bad you didn't change mine. Go ahead, Miss Graham. Wait for me in my car.

All right, Blacky, if you say so, I'll wait there. Reed was teaching you something a minute

to go, Miss Graham. Now he's going to take a lesson from the professor. I won't be long. He looks

like a good student. I'll wait for you, Blacky. I'll read. There's only one thing I have to say to you.

What did you hit me for, Blacky? I am learning to you. That little tap was for not knowing how to talk

to a lady. This one is for twisting a ram off you where it's to go. I'll hit me again.

Get up, you rat. And I'll trust you. The level of crawl in your hole in the wall. Get up.

You've got no right to come here and hit me. The police would like to go to the police, will you?

Maybe I ought to let you have one in advance in case you do. No, no, don't. Now please don't.

I won't go near them. Reed, I didn't know why I didn't like you when I walked in here.

I still don't know, but I kind of like not liking you. It sort of makes me a nicer guy.

Now why don't you leave me alone, Blacky? I never interfered with you. You know, Ms. Graham had an idea.

You were responsible for her grandfather's death. He died? I know. I know. He died a part there, yeah.

Her idea is that perhaps you didn't actually kill him, but you were responsible for something

phony somewhere along the line. And after seeing you, I don't do it. Now let me alone, Blacky.

Please let me alone. Sure. Sure, I'll let you alone.

Only you've given me some cause for thought. You're so exact, so precise. Your clothes, well, they're just so.

I wonder how your etiquette is. I wonder if you know the proper way to, let's say, hold a knife.

And now back to Boston, Blacky.

Linda Graham comes to Blacky to accuse Joe Reed of murdering her aged grandfather.

But authoritative medical reports show the grandfather died in a hospital bed of heart ailment

he had been suffering from for 18 years. Meanwhile, Inspector Faraday is faced with a baffling

trio of murders, three people in three different parts of town and in three different walks of life

are murdered in the same way and all within the space of five hours.

As we return to our story, Blacky unable to solve his case walks into police headquarters

see how Inspector Faraday is doing with him.

Hello, Rollins, how are you to set to known?

Fine, Blacky. Glad to hear it.

Don't bother to announce me, I'll go right into Faraday's office.

Oh no, you don't, Blacky. The Inspector doesn't want to see you.

Even if he telephone for me, Rollins?

Oh, he called for you? Well, that's different. Go right in.

Thanks, Rollins. Hey, wait a minute. Blacky, come back here.

Did the Inspector call for you? I didn't say he did, Rollins.

I said, even if he did. That's right, Doctor.

Thanks for letting me in.

You got the identification, huh?

Good. Thanks, Doctor Faraday.

Goodbye.

Oh, so it's you. Well, the same goes for you, too, Blacky.

Goodbye.

Now Faraday, you know you don't mean that.

You're glad to see me, aren't you?

Yes, Blacky.

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Looking at you makes me realize how lucky I am to be me.

Well, lucky you.

How lucky have you been with those three murders?

Well, I haven't been lucky at all.

I've been smart.

I got identification on the body we found at the waterfront.

Yeah, huh.

Did the dead man wake up and tell all?

No, he was identified through his dental work.

Oh, is that so? What dentist?

None of your business.

Oh, all right.

I'll sell the case by tracing back the knives,

using the savings.

I've already done that.

They can't be traced.

They're ordinary kitchen knives bought at the 10 cent stores.

Every dime store in town carries them.

Hmm.

You just don't want me to help you, do you?

I'll tell you a little secret flaggy.

What?

No!

Faraday, who was the dentist who identified the third victim?

None of your business.

Oh, come on, Faraday, please.

No, please Faraday.

No, I said.

All right.

But I'll tell you something else, you said, Inspector.

What?

You were on the phone when I came in and you said,

thanks, lads, Dr. Parker.

So what?

So Parker is a doctor.

A doctor can be a dentist.

And I'm going to see him to get my teeth into this case.

Yes, Blacky, I identified the dental work for Inspector Faraday.

That that man was Ernest Brown, a carpenter here in the building.

I see.

But, uh, well, do you know any reason why anyone would want

to kill him, Dr. Parker?

No, no, not at all.

But I will tell you something.

I was about to call the police when you came in.

Mrs. Harriet Jones, a man-man's second victim,

was also a patient of mine.

What?

Yes, especially.

Oh, I know that she lived out in green meadows,

but I used to practice out there.

And well, she got in the habit of coming to me.

Well, I don't tell us Tom Marshall

was a patient of yours, too.

If he was, I'm going to faint.

Well, Tom Marshall wasn't a regular patient of mine.

He was passing by one day, and he had a toothache.

Saw my sign and stopped in for an emergency treatment.

One day, what one day that might have some significance?

Yes, I think it does, Blacky.

And that's what I was going to call the police about.

It was a week ago last Friday.

Well, why call the police about that?

Because, Mrs. Wesley, a week ago last Friday,

Ernest Brown and Harriet Jones were in my office, too.

And all three of them were here at the same time.

Well, I'd say that's interesting, but it's not.

It's more than interesting.

You think it has direct bearing on there being murdered

by this madman?

I don't know.

It's the first hint of a connection with the three of them.

Dr. Parker, while they were here, was anyone else with them?

No.

No, no.

The three of them were alone in the waiting room.

My nurse and I were busy in the other room

with another patient.

Then that's it.

While they were sitting here, they saw something,

I heard something.

The killer didn't want them to see you here.

Come on, Mary.

Where, too?

I'll tell you later.

Dr. Parker, call Inspector Faraday

and give him the information.

You just gave me.

But tell him not to do anything about it until he hears from me.

All right.

Come on, Mary.

Let's grab an elevator and get out of here.

All right.

Back here.

We really on the way.

What are you looking at?

At the door at the other end of the hall.

Here, I'll link with the elevator.

We're going to say it's by the name on the door.

It's Lester Graham's old office.

Yes.

It's very interesting.

Maybe our mad killer is Joe Reed in the three patients

in Parker's office heard him say he was going to kill.

Oh, no.

Why not?

Oh, just one little fact, Mary.

Graham wasn't murdered.

Still Graham's office being so near the dentist waiting room

would put Reed in possible contact

with the three murder victims.

Look at it was Graham's secretary.

Yeah, I suppose so.

Before I would all three of them be killed,

what do they have in common?

They weren't witnesses to a murder or anything like that.

No, but what are they witnesses to?

We'll find the answer to that and you'll find out

why they were killed.

That's a great statement, Mary.

Oh, I'm a great girl.

My gosh, are the elevators in this building stop running?

Huh?

Oh, what are you doing, daydreaming?

No, day thinking.

What can three different people from three different parts

of the city have in common?

Mm-hmm.

But let's stay with that witness angle.

What could they have seen?

Mary, I've got it.

If there was another will cutting Reed out of Graham's first will,

I've got it.

God, what?

Mary, it takes three witnesses to make a will

absolutely uncontestable.

The three people in Parker's waiting room

could have been witnesses to Graham's second will.

If there was such a thing,

he could have been looking for witnesses and walked in there.

That's right, Blacky.

And Reed knew about the will stole it,

destroyed it, and then killed the three witnesses.

That is, of course, providing a second will exist.

Well, how can you find out, as you say?

It's probably been destroyed.

I think I know how, Mary.

Come on.

We've got to get to a telephone.

Oh, you're calling, Blacky.

Joe Reed, Mary.

Here's hoping he doesn't call my bluff.

Here's hoping, too.

Here's bluffing.

Hello?

Joe Reed?

Yes.

This is Dr. Parker.

Who?

Dr. Lester Parker, the dentist.

I don't think I know you, do I?

No, we've never met.

But I think we should meet in soon.

Why?

I know something I think you should know.

What's that?

I know why there's three people one night to death yesterday

afternoon.

Oh, really?

Well, what about it?

I think maybe we'd better have a little talk.

About what?

About why those three people killed?

Look, I don't know what you're talking about.

But I do.

It's Old Man Graham's will.

The three murdered people will witness this to it.

But I was too on a way.

I just didn't have time to sign my name to it.

So?

So I saw what was in the will accidentally, of course.

It seems you were cut off without a scent.

Now, isn't that interesting?

It is to me.

It didn't mean anything to me then,

but it does now.

See me in my office at 10 o'clock tonight,

and I'll tell you how much.

Is there only one entrance to this office of yours, Dr. Parker?

Yes, Blacky.

Just the door to the reception room here.

Yeah, that's good.

You won't sneak up behind us, huh?

No, if he shows up at all, which I'm beginning to doubt.

It's 10 o'clock already, and I sign of him.

Maybe your trek isn't going to work.

Maybe your read isn't a murderer.

But it won't be off, all if I can't prove anything.

You're a brave guy to go through with this, Dr..

If reads the manual, or after he's a dangerous killer,

Blacky.

We simply...

The elevator door just opened.

Good now.

Let's stay back from the door.

Don't worry, I'm back.

He's coming down the hall.

Yeah, you're in.

Take him into your office when he gets in.

But leave the door open so I can hear.

I'll get back to this desk now.

Just outside the door now.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Hello, Blacky.

You're here?

Oh, Faraday.

Blacky, what are you doing hiding in the dark?

Not trying to hide from you, Inspector.

Turn on the lights, Dr. Parker.

All right.

I'm afraid our trick didn't work.

What trick?

And what was Miss Wesley's idea of telling me you were

in danger?

Skip it, Inspector, you know Dr. Parker.

Yes, yes, we've met.

Sure.

Blacky, what are you up to?

I thought I was up to grabbing your killer for you.

But it seems my suspect didn't come up to be grabbed.

Come on, Dr. I'll drive you home.

Okay, I'll go.

You come along, too, Faraday.

Now, I'll tell you all about it on the way.

Oh, thanks for the lift home, Blacky.

All right, Dr. Slad to do it.

Thanks for helping me try to catch Reed.

Well, except he was either not goalable or too smart for us, though.

And it doesn't take much to be too smart for Blacky.

No, Faraday, is that nice?

Oh, just true, that's all.

Good night, Inspector.

Good night.

Night, Blacky.

Night, Parker.

Good evening, Dr. Parker.

Who are you?

You ought to know Dr. Parker.

You said you wanted to see me tonight in your office, at 10 o'clock.

Your Joe Reed.

Marvelous deduction.

Sorry, I couldn't keep my appointment with you at your office, but it seemed so unwise.

I don't like traps.

Traps?

Do I look like a fool, Dr. Parker?

Oh, I see.

You were afraid the police might be waiting in my office with me, huh?

Yes.

Do I look like a fool, Mr. Reed?

Look, I can make a great deal of money keeping the police away from you.

You can?

Yes, as much as you can afford to pay.

What makes you think so?

Well, I know about you.

Oh, man, Graham's second will, and the three people killed by what the police think

is a madman.

You think I killed them.

I know you did.

But I think we can come to an understanding.

If?

What are you talking about?

About keeping my mouth shut if you keep your wallet open?

I don't know.

You haven't already gone to the police.

I wouldn't be talking money if I had.

Yeah.

Don't believe me.

You're quite safe.

So far.

No one else knows about Graham's second will, the one you probably destroyed.

No one but me.

Nobody knows, huh?

Only the two of us.

I'd be a lot safer if there were only one of us, wouldn't I?

No, look here.

You look here.

And you'll see a gun in my hand, a nice well-loaded gun.

Too bad you kept this to yourself, Doctor, because that gives me a reason for killing you.

You don't care how many people you kill, do you?

No, one more or less.

Won't make any difference.

It's worth a lot to me.

It's $50,000.

Yeah, and I had a lot of time and effort.

I had to wait till old man Graham died a natural death before I started.

But when you're out of the way, I'll be safe.

The second will's destroyed, the witnesses are dead, and soon you will be, too.

You wouldn't be so smug if you just looked behind you, Reed.

I think I'd fall for that when you're crazy.

Where'd you live, Reed?

Well, I hope he's got a hard hand.

Nice work, Lucky.

Nice work yourself, Lucky.

You couldn't have thought to read any better if we'd rehearsed for 10 hours.

Well, Parker, did Reed outsmart me as much as you thought?

No, I guess he didn't, Lucky.

When he didn't show up at your office, I guess he'd be smart enough to come here to your home.

So we ducked back in here through a window.

Yep.

I guess you could say we came through, huh?

It's funny how I knew Joe was guilty for a day.

He irritated me.

Every time I saw Reed, I saw Reed.

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