WEBVTT 00:00:21.089 --> 00:00:26.870 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the fear 00:00:26.870 --> 00:00:31.329 you can hear. Welcome to the world of terrifying 00:00:31.329 --> 00:00:36.609 imagination. It gives me a fiendish delight to 00:00:36.609 --> 00:00:40.890 invite you on a very unusual expedition. For 00:00:40.890 --> 00:00:45.149 in our tale to come, we are going to travel not 00:00:45.149 --> 00:00:50.369 to distant shores, not to outer space, but instead, 00:00:51.329 --> 00:00:55.229 backwards in time. Time as the archaeologist 00:00:55.229 --> 00:01:01.210 knows it. The depths of time. Strange thing about 00:01:01.210 --> 00:01:06.469 archaeology. It seeks to understand life by the 00:01:06.469 --> 00:01:09.629 study of death. Can we try to uncover the rest 00:01:09.629 --> 00:01:13.129 of the body, Professor? Of course. Jimmy, get 00:01:13.129 --> 00:01:15.730 three or four fellows to help you and do it carefully. 00:01:16.269 --> 00:01:17.769 There's no way of telling the body's position. 00:01:18.230 --> 00:01:22.120 Sure thing, Professor. Oh, this is awful. What 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:25.099 are we going to do? Don't worry. Ancient bodies 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:28.319 are your specialty. Fresh ones are mine. But 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:31.299 how do you know it's murder? You surprise me. 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:34.400 A suicide may dig her own grave, but you'd hardly 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:47.680 expect her to pull the dirt in after her. Our 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:51.650 mystery drama... Dig Me Deadly was written especially 00:01:51.650 --> 00:01:56.250 for the Mystery Theatre by S .J. Wilson and stars 00:01:56.250 --> 00:02:00.250 Louise Larrabee. I'll be back shortly with Act 00:02:00.250 --> 00:02:06.469 One. This is WOR New York, your Mystery Theatre 00:02:06.469 --> 00:02:23.129 station. You and I know that death is no respecter 00:02:23.129 --> 00:02:28.689 of time. It often comes unbidden, unexpectedly, 00:02:30.009 --> 00:02:35.590 even fiercely and murderously. So, get your pith 00:02:35.590 --> 00:02:40.409 helmets, your sunglasses, your axes, shovels, 00:02:40.449 --> 00:02:42.789 and all the other paraphernalia you will need 00:02:42.789 --> 00:02:50.479 to join us in Dig Me Deadly. Young man, why aren't 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.960 we on a road? Why do we have to cross the desert? 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.360 Because it's the fastest way to where we're going, 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.639 Detective Scrubshaw. Not Scrubshaw, Trubeshaw. 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.240 Trubeshaw. Detective Claudia Trubeshaw. And I 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.500 bet your last toothpick, which I wish you'd take 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:06.780 out of your mouth, that we're really crossing 00:03:06.780 --> 00:03:09.280 the Rocky Mountain. There in Colorado, this is 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.979 Arizona. I know it's Arizona, Sheriff Wiley. 00:03:12.379 --> 00:03:14.780 It's where I came to spend my vacation with my 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:16.900 sister before you showed up with all your horns 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:19.280 swaddling. Oh ma 'am, I didn't know such a thing. 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:22.000 Now what else would you call it? I came here 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.699 to get away from L .A. and all that smog and 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:27.400 to breathe in the pure, fresh, clean air of Tucson. 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.379 Now, thanks to you, I've got more sand in my 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:33.000 mouth than the whole Sonora desert. That's Mexico. 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:36.300 This is Arizona. I've got news for you. It's 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:40.120 left Mexico and settled in my lungs. Now, you 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.439 mean to tell me that in the entire state of Arizona 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:45.379 there isn't a police officer, anybody who can 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:47.840 cover this case, that you had to drag me into 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.699 this no -woman's land? Those are my orders, ma 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:53.539 'am. But why would my boss in Los Angeles assign 00:03:53.539 --> 00:03:56.860 me to an Arizona case? Well, I guess he knew 00:03:56.860 --> 00:03:59.699 you were in the neighborhood. That makes as much 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:02.340 sense as kissing one of those cactuses. They're 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:05.280 called saguaros. Now stop changing the subject. 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:08.199 Now will you tell me where we are going? Like 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:12.080 I said, west of Naco. Good for you. You have 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.560 advanced to the next plateau. And why are we 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.339 going there? Cause that's where they're digging. 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:21.620 Superb. Now who are they? The kids that are digging. 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:26.019 Wiley, did you ever have your IQ tested? Not 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:28.420 since I know. Well don't, it's probably lower 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:32.180 than Death Valley. And I know, that's in California. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.540 Now, why are they digging? We're dead bodies, 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:41.660 I think. Stop this car at once. Well, what's 00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:43.939 wrong, detective? Now, I'm not riding another 00:04:43.939 --> 00:04:46.139 minute until you tell me what this is all about. 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:48.860 Well, what more do you want to know? Why I'm 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:51.279 sitting in this rolling junk heap on my way to 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:53.560 West Naco or wherever. Well, there are these 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:56.709 kids there. What? These kids from some school 00:04:56.709 --> 00:04:59.250 near LA. Every summer they come and they dig 00:04:59.250 --> 00:05:01.610 up things. They're supposed to be real old. In 00:05:01.610 --> 00:05:04.250 other words, students working on an archaeological 00:05:04.250 --> 00:05:07.470 dig. Never could pronounce that word. Forget 00:05:07.470 --> 00:05:10.750 the pronunciation. Just try and make some sense. 00:05:10.889 --> 00:05:14.470 Well, a few days ago, I am sitting in the sheriff's 00:05:14.470 --> 00:05:20.430 office when this here girl comes by. Excuse me. 00:05:20.589 --> 00:05:25.500 Sure, miss. Come on in. sheriff here. The truth 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:28.060 is, there is no sheriff. Then who's in charge? 00:05:28.339 --> 00:05:30.819 Well, I guess I am. A sort of deputy sheriff, 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:34.459 you could say, and the name is Wiley. I'm looking 00:05:34.459 --> 00:05:37.259 for help. That's why I'm here. What can I do 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:40.939 for you? But you're not a real sheriff. Well, 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:43.180 I don't get paid for it, but they give me the 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:47.480 badge. Why don't you try me? I'm one of the students 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.759 working at the Broadfields. The dig? Why don't 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:52.720 you sit down? And there's some trouble there. 00:05:53.019 --> 00:05:55.300 What kind of trouble? Well, that's just it. I 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:58.699 can't tell exactly, but someone's following me. 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.399 Wherever I go, I have the feeling someone's right 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:04.439 behind me or hiding and waiting to do something 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.300 to me. Something terrible. Isn't there anyone 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:12.399 in charge? Professor Wilkerson. He says I'm imagining 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.899 things. Well, now, have you ever rarely seen 00:06:15.899 --> 00:06:19.430 anyone following you? No, but... Only the other 00:06:19.430 --> 00:06:21.790 day someone went through my bureau and my luggage. 00:06:22.069 --> 00:06:24.290 Into the messin'? No, but things were all messed 00:06:24.290 --> 00:06:27.649 up. Uh -huh. Now, what's your name? Rogers. Edith 00:06:27.649 --> 00:06:30.449 Rogers. Miss Rogers. Now, do you... Do you have 00:06:30.449 --> 00:06:32.930 any idea why somebody'd be telling you or looking 00:06:32.930 --> 00:06:35.910 through your things? I think someone's trying 00:06:35.910 --> 00:06:40.509 to kill me. Kill you? Hey, that's serious. Why 00:06:40.509 --> 00:06:42.810 would anyone want to do that? Because they're 00:06:42.810 --> 00:06:45.649 afraid of me, scared of what I could do. Why, 00:06:45.649 --> 00:06:48.129 you don't look like you could trouble Horne Toad. 00:06:48.209 --> 00:06:53.170 What are they scared of? Who is it? No, I can't 00:06:53.170 --> 00:06:56.189 tell you. If they found out I came here, they'd 00:06:56.189 --> 00:07:01.069 do it faster. Anyway, you can't help me. Maybe 00:07:01.069 --> 00:07:03.589 nobody can. Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute! 00:07:03.629 --> 00:07:11.970 Wait there! Then what did you do? I phoned that 00:07:11.970 --> 00:07:16.029 Professor Wilkinson. Say, Detective, can we get 00:07:16.029 --> 00:07:19.029 this thing going again? Alright, but only as 00:07:19.029 --> 00:07:21.370 long as you tell me everything you know. Well, 00:07:21.850 --> 00:07:25.389 I called up that professor and I told him about 00:07:25.389 --> 00:07:27.689 it. And he said that it was the girl's first 00:07:27.689 --> 00:07:30.250 summer there and that working in the hot sun 00:07:30.250 --> 00:07:33.009 and seeing all those graves and skeletons was 00:07:33.009 --> 00:07:35.589 something she just wasn't used to. Then he said 00:07:35.589 --> 00:07:38.009 he'd take care of it and for me not to worry. 00:07:38.850 --> 00:07:40.810 Well now, at first I thought I'd better leave 00:07:40.810 --> 00:07:43.639 well enough alone, except that the whole... thing 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.959 just kept a -packing at me. So, a couple days 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:49.439 later I dropped by the Broadfield spread and 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.819 was told by a girl who roomed with this Edith 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:54.879 Rogers that she, that is to say this Edith Rogers 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.680 here, she had left. Did she say when? I didn't 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:03.160 ask. Did she say how or why? No, I didn't ask 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.019 that either. Were her clothes and luggage gone? 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.660 Gosh, I didn't think to ask that neither. Then 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:12.829 how come you thought to ask for me? Well, I called 00:08:12.829 --> 00:08:15.110 his friend of my father's who is assistant deputy 00:08:15.110 --> 00:08:18.290 chief of police. Say no more. You called my boss 00:08:18.290 --> 00:08:21.189 Morgan. In other words, this isn't an official 00:08:21.189 --> 00:08:23.670 assignment, is it? Well, he told me you were 00:08:23.670 --> 00:08:26.810 in Tucson and to speak to you. And dragging me 00:08:26.810 --> 00:08:29.750 through this sand heap is your idea of speaking 00:08:29.750 --> 00:08:34.629 to me. Wiley, if I admit something to you, will 00:08:34.629 --> 00:08:36.769 you promise never to tell anyone? Sure thing, 00:08:37.149 --> 00:08:40.340 detective. I know of only one person who's a 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:51.120 bigger fool than you. Who'd that be? Me. Detective 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.980 Troopshaw? I'm Julian Wilkerson. One of the students 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:57.480 tells me you'd like to see me. Only in an unofficial 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:00.340 capacity, Professor. If you can be of assistance, 00:09:00.379 --> 00:09:03.639 fine. If not, I'll understand. Well, I'll try. 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:06.139 Professor, this is Sheriff Wiley. Oh, yes. How 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:09.379 do you do? Hi. What's it all about? The Rogers 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:12.000 girl. I understand she's not here any longer. 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:15.159 Yes. I knew that girl would be more trouble than 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.200 it was worth to bring her out here. Then why 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.000 was she here? Oh, she was thinking of archaeology 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.639 as a major. You see, she apparently comes from 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:25.500 a difficult home. She had nothing to occupy her 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:27.860 this summer, and the dean asked me if we could 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:30.320 fit her in. Try to make her feel she belongs 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.200 to something, a group. Apparently it didn't work 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.980 out. No. She moped a lot. Got depressed, suspicious. 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:41.139 Felt she wasn't wanted. I did everything I could. 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.419 I got two of the nicest girls' room with her. 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.059 Who are they? Oh, Jeannine Boulanger, a French 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:49.919 exchange student. Specializes in atomic physics. 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:53.960 And Susan Maitrop, a straight -A student, very 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:58.059 outgoing, very bright. Were there any young men? 00:09:58.340 --> 00:10:01.539 Yes. I didn't like doing it, but I got Jimmy 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:03.480 Trumbull to spend some of his free time with 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:06.409 her. Here's our prize. It's a brilliant fellow. 00:10:06.889 --> 00:10:09.769 We call him our Libby. Libby? Well, now that's 00:10:09.769 --> 00:10:13.509 a girl's name, eh? Wiley, you're famous for not 00:10:13.509 --> 00:10:16.269 asking questions. Why not live up to your reputation? 00:10:17.210 --> 00:10:20.250 Professor Libby developed the carbon -14 dating 00:10:20.250 --> 00:10:25.549 system. Oh, he did. Did he? Yes. Anyway, Edith 00:10:25.549 --> 00:10:28.629 didn't take to the work or to anyone. It's no 00:10:28.629 --> 00:10:32.169 surprise that she just dropped out. Are her belongings 00:10:32.169 --> 00:10:34.919 still here? Well, I wouldn't know, but Susan 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:37.279 would. She's in the specimen shed next door. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:42.019 Let me call her. Sue? Sue Lathrop? Yes? Yes, 00:10:42.259 --> 00:10:43.860 Professor? Well, can you come to my office for 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:47.720 a minute? Wiley, why don't you do something constructive, 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:49.759 like seeing if you can get me something to wash 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:52.740 down this sandstorm I swallowed. Thanks to you. 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:55.700 Sure thing. Detective, anything special? Just 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:59.659 something soft, wet, and cold, please. I'll be 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.850 back in a minute. Oh! Sorry, Miss. I didn't mean 00:11:02.850 --> 00:11:06.429 to knock. Oh, that's all right. Susan, I'd like 00:11:06.429 --> 00:11:08.870 you to meet Detective Kloopshaw. A detective? 00:11:09.129 --> 00:11:12.350 From the police? Yes, but not on official business. 00:11:12.549 --> 00:11:15.250 What for, then? I was wondering if Edith Rogers' 00:11:15.470 --> 00:11:17.809 belongings were still in her room. Oh, Edith? 00:11:18.309 --> 00:11:21.549 Oh, no. She took everything when she left. When 00:11:21.549 --> 00:11:24.970 was that? Oh, about four or maybe five days ago. 00:11:25.049 --> 00:11:28.289 I'm not sure. Do you have any idea why she left? 00:11:28.429 --> 00:11:31.330 Not really. She... She didn't tell anyone she 00:11:31.330 --> 00:11:35.009 was going, but then she just didn't get... Well, 00:11:35.049 --> 00:11:38.309 what can I say? Susan's trying to be discreet. 00:11:38.570 --> 00:11:41.490 The fact is the girl just didn't belong. Did 00:11:41.490 --> 00:11:44.149 anyone notify her family? I know I didn't. We 00:11:44.149 --> 00:11:46.429 just assume that she hitchhiked her way home, 00:11:46.490 --> 00:11:48.929 or perhaps to one of the youth communes around 00:11:48.929 --> 00:11:51.889 here. Then at this point, we don't know if she 00:11:51.889 --> 00:11:55.490 left or disappeared. But what would make you 00:11:55.490 --> 00:11:58.720 think she disappeared? She went for help to what's 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.139 supposed to be the local sheriff's office. She 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:03.299 was frightened, thought she was being followed, 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.700 that someone wanted to kill her. That's just 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:09.559 like her. She was so silly, so romantic, always 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.059 making up stories where so -and -so loved her 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:14.919 madly, and so -and -so was terribly jealous of 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.240 her. And of course, she was always at the top 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.379 of the triangle. Uh, I suppose we could phone 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:22.700 her home and see if she got there. You're bored! 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:26.809 You're stupid, idiot! Bored! There's no call 00:12:26.809 --> 00:12:29.070 to get yourself all heated up. It's just an old 00:12:29.070 --> 00:12:32.110 arrowhead. Besides this radioactive area, I'll 00:12:32.110 --> 00:12:34.269 do nothing to her. Sounds like Wiley tried to 00:12:34.269 --> 00:12:36.610 get me a bottle of atomic soda pop. Oh, that's 00:12:36.610 --> 00:12:40.690 shitting. Let's see what the fuss is about. Now 00:12:40.690 --> 00:12:43.049 what, Wiley? Well, it beats me. I just picked 00:12:43.049 --> 00:12:45.629 up this here arrowhead in that shed and she comes 00:12:45.629 --> 00:12:48.490 down on me like an eagle on a stray lair. That 00:12:48.490 --> 00:12:52.149 is not an arrowhead, young fella. It's a spear 00:12:52.149 --> 00:12:54.450 point that happens to be about 12 ,000 years 00:12:54.450 --> 00:12:57.120 old. Trouble is it's recently been through carbon 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:01.220 -14 dating. That? Yes, and it may still be hot. 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:04.700 Like an atom bomb. Hopefully, Wiley, you'll go 00:13:04.700 --> 00:13:08.039 up in a mushroom any minute. Professor, I am 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:11.759 so sorry. Wiley, just give that arrowhead to 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:13.820 Janine. She's wearing protective gloves. And 00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:16.259 then follow her. She'll take you to the decontamination 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:18.379 room. You'll probably be all right. Don't look 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:21.200 so worried, Wiley. There's no chance of it affecting 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:24.419 your brains. Sure not, Detective. Absolutely. 00:13:25.029 --> 00:13:29.929 Follow me, you goose! Quickly! So that stone 00:13:29.929 --> 00:13:33.330 point is 12 ,000 years old. Yes. Well, that's 00:13:33.330 --> 00:13:35.529 as close as we can get within the margins given 00:13:35.529 --> 00:13:39.750 by C -14, but Jimmy is now working with radioactive 00:13:39.750 --> 00:13:42.190 potassium, which can give us an earlier reading. 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:45.750 I thought 10 ,000 to 15 ,000 was about the earliest 00:13:45.750 --> 00:13:48.049 records we have of men on this continent. Well, 00:13:48.090 --> 00:13:51.570 we've got some surprises in store. Not only for 00:13:51.570 --> 00:13:54.820 you, detective, but for the world. Really? Care 00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:58.039 to give me a clue? I already have. I filed that 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:02.559 one away. Which one? With C -14, you can date 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:05.500 back some 50 ,000 years, but with potassium, 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.259 you can go back to at least one million years, 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.860 right? Yes, that was the clue. Interesting. What 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:15.899 are you hoping for? It's no longer a hope, detective, 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:19.360 but you'll have to be patient and wait until 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:25.710 we release our reports. The kids seem to be heading 00:14:25.710 --> 00:14:28.149 for the northwestern grids. I've got to go. I'll 00:14:28.149 --> 00:14:30.570 bet it's Wiley again. Nothing like this has happened 00:14:30.570 --> 00:14:32.250 before. Nothing like Wiley has happened before. 00:14:32.470 --> 00:14:35.129 Susan? Susan, do you know what's happening? No, 00:14:35.129 --> 00:14:37.889 Professor, but it's something exciting. Maybe 00:14:37.889 --> 00:14:40.110 a new find. I hope they didn't have to dig as 00:14:40.110 --> 00:14:42.610 much sand as I've got in my shoes. I'll catch 00:14:42.610 --> 00:14:44.230 up with you. Fire Detective, aren't you coming? 00:14:44.629 --> 00:14:47.220 Someone scream! Wiley, where have you been? I've 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:49.580 been in that shed with that French refrigerator. 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:51.759 I need your shoulder. What, what's wrong? To 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.879 lean on so I can get the Sahara out of my shoes. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.799 Okay, but you better hurry. Wiley, no matter 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:58.240 what has happened up there, you've got to do 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:00.600 something for me. What's that? In that shed, 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.679 can you remember what you saw there? Pretty much. 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:12.600 Then listen carefully. Oh, Bordier, it's a woman's 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:16.070 hand. And I know who it is. By the ring, the 00:15:16.070 --> 00:15:20.049 silver band. Well, whose is it? Edith Rogers. 00:15:20.710 --> 00:15:23.629 Oh. All right, no one touch anything until Detective 00:15:23.629 --> 00:15:26.610 Troopshaw gets here. A detective? A lady detective? 00:15:27.570 --> 00:15:30.690 Okay, kids, one detective coming up. Let me through. 00:15:31.370 --> 00:15:33.429 Yes, yes, yes, yes. Let the detective through, 00:15:33.429 --> 00:15:37.389 please. Well, from the looks of it, here is a 00:15:37.389 --> 00:15:40.950 lady who definitely needs a hand. Who found her? 00:15:41.090 --> 00:15:44.820 I did. And who are you? James Trumbull. I told 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:47.200 you about him, remember? Oh, yes. Your Libby, 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.539 as you call him. Yes. But, uh, there doesn't 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:53.919 seem to be any digging around here. Is this the 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:55.980 way you found her? Just one hand sticking out 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:59.860 of the sand? No. I was on my way to the datum 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:01.559 point to figure out what the next grid would 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:04.559 be. When I passed this place and noticed that 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:06.720 someone had been digging around here, the sand 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.899 wasn't as flat as the surrounding area and not 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:11.940 as compact. So I began to brush away the top 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:16.159 layer. until I uncovered this one hand. Professor, 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:18.659 have I your permission to supervise this matter 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:21.279 until I get official regulations? Yes, of course. 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:25.059 Thanks. Has anyone been able to identify the 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:29.159 hand? Susan! She said it is Edith Rogers. What 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.559 makes you think that? The silver band. I was 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:33.179 with her when she bought it in town a couple 00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:36.360 of weeks ago. She bought a silver wedding band? 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.759 I asked her why, and she said she expected to 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:41.320 be married very soon. It just sounded like one 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.000 of her crazy stories, so... So I forgot about 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:47.100 it. I see. Well, rings have been known to change 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:49.620 fingers. Can we try and uncover the rest of the 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:52.279 body? Of course. Jimmy, you get three or four 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:54.460 fellows to help you. Do it carefully, please. 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:56.080 There's no way of telling the body's position. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:00.490 Sure thing, Professor. Oh, this is awful. What 00:17:00.490 --> 00:17:03.110 are we going to do? Don't worry, Professor. Ancient 00:17:03.110 --> 00:17:05.930 bodies are your specialty. Fresh ones are mine. 00:17:06.109 --> 00:17:08.450 Yes, but this is liable to stop our work. This 00:17:08.450 --> 00:17:10.549 place will be crawling with police, newsmen, 00:17:10.869 --> 00:17:14.710 television crews, what -all. Really? Why? Isn't 00:17:14.710 --> 00:17:16.490 murder a little too common to rate that kind 00:17:16.490 --> 00:17:18.970 of attention? But how do you know it is murder? 00:17:19.589 --> 00:17:22.589 Miss Lathrop, you surprise me. A suicide may 00:17:22.589 --> 00:17:24.930 dig her own grave, but you'd hardly expect her 00:17:24.930 --> 00:17:28.130 to pull the dirt in after her. Pits very shallow, 00:17:28.490 --> 00:17:30.890 Professor. I don't think we should use shovels. 00:17:30.970 --> 00:17:32.789 Shall we use the brushes from here? Sure, but 00:17:32.789 --> 00:17:37.670 let's get a move on, eh? Ah! Look! Look! The 00:17:37.670 --> 00:17:41.690 hand is attached only to bones! To a skeleton! 00:17:42.309 --> 00:17:44.369 Oh, no, I never seen it. Oh, now, now, will you 00:17:44.369 --> 00:17:46.829 all stop crowding? You'd think this was a Hollywood 00:17:46.829 --> 00:17:50.269 opening. Oh, Janine is right. There is no body. 00:17:51.289 --> 00:18:03.210 The hands are attached to a skeleton. fleshed 00:18:03.210 --> 00:18:06.369 hands attached to a body that is nothing more 00:18:06.369 --> 00:18:11.910 than bones, a skeleton. You know, Mother Earth 00:18:11.910 --> 00:18:14.890 is very miserly about giving up her secrets, 00:18:15.970 --> 00:18:19.190 but little by little man has dug them out of 00:18:19.190 --> 00:18:23.630 her. But never before has there been this kind 00:18:23.630 --> 00:18:27.109 of puzzle in which the hands belong to the present 00:18:27.109 --> 00:18:32.289 and the body to the past. We'll be back shortly 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:50.700 with Act II. We return to our dilemma. The question 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:55.380 is, what is a bunch of young bright college students 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:58.460 going to do about a body that has fully fleshed 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:03.529 hands attached to the bones of a skeleton? And 00:19:03.529 --> 00:19:06.390 what is our lady detective, Claudia Troupshaw, 00:19:07.089 --> 00:19:10.410 going to do with this seemingly improbable corpse? 00:19:10.809 --> 00:19:13.990 Yes, Captain. You've got to tell me under whose 00:19:13.990 --> 00:19:18.450 jurisdiction this case belongs. No, there is 00:19:18.450 --> 00:19:22.630 no local police department. The hands may be 00:19:22.630 --> 00:19:26.009 the Roger girls, but the body, when you get this, 00:19:26.450 --> 00:19:29.430 it's a skeleton. And the professor tells me it's 00:19:29.430 --> 00:19:34.730 over two and a half thousand years old. Stop 00:19:34.730 --> 00:19:36.930 yelling! I know it sounds crazy, but they just 00:19:36.930 --> 00:19:40.089 did a C -14 test on one of the bones. And that's 00:19:40.089 --> 00:19:45.089 the result. Two and a half thousand years old. 00:19:46.490 --> 00:19:49.869 But not the hands. Whose case is it I want to 00:19:49.869 --> 00:19:56.059 know? Mine? Why mine? Well, will you get in touch 00:19:56.059 --> 00:20:00.279 with the FBI at once? No, I can't use anyone 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.420 here to help me that's already here. Why not? 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.079 Because they're all under suspicion, that's why 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:16.119 not. Lunkhead. It's nice of you, Miss Boulanger, 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.940 to take time off to have this little talk with 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:20.579 me. Professor Wilkerson said I should answer 00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:23.779 all your questions to the best that I can. Do 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:26.599 you always do what Professor Wilkerson asks? 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.359 Oh, yes. He is a marvelous man. He is so brilliant. 00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:33.400 I'm sure. Tell me, do you have many friends among 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:36.720 the other students? I don't think so. Not even 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:40.339 Jimmy Trumbull? Oh, he is nice, but he is such 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:43.579 a little boy. And the others? I'm afraid they're 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:47.019 all too jealous. Do you know why? Oh, they think 00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:49.420 that the professor treats me like a favorite. 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:54.359 Well, does he? Of course not. But I have studied 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:56.980 all of this and done it in France before so I 00:20:56.980 --> 00:21:01.599 knew it very well and they do not I think I understand 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:06.539 This body we found you've seen it. I could not 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:11.319 bear to look. Oh, but you did Now tell me in 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:13.380 all your work both here and in France. Have you 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:16.539 ever seen anything like it? No Absolutely not 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:19.380 and you couldn't explain how two perfectly fleshed 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:21.619 hands could be attached to a prehistoric skeleton 00:21:21.849 --> 00:21:27.130 It's against all possibilities. What... What 00:21:27.130 --> 00:21:30.910 did you think of Edith Rogers? She was very unfortunate. 00:21:31.130 --> 00:21:34.869 In what way? Oh, she so badly needed some kind 00:21:34.869 --> 00:21:38.869 of an attachment. With a boy, I mean. And I think 00:21:38.869 --> 00:21:41.730 she almost found it. But then that Susan Lathrop 00:21:41.730 --> 00:21:44.230 got in the way and kept it from happening. How 00:21:44.230 --> 00:21:46.690 do you mean? Oh, I don't like talking gossip. 00:21:47.230 --> 00:21:50.210 But Edith Rogers liked very much this Jimmy Trumble. 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:53.339 But that Susan who blows hot one day and cold 00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:56.180 the next, makes up her mind that Jimmy is her 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:58.759 property. And she says to that Roger's girl, 00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:02.299 she should stay off her property. Anything else, 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:07.720 Janine? No. That is all. Thank you. You've been 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:18.059 very helpful. Come on in. Oh, hello, Jimmy. Hello, 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:20.269 Detective Croupshaw. Professor Wilkinson says 00:22:20.269 --> 00:22:22.710 you want to see me. I have just a few questions 00:22:22.710 --> 00:22:24.930 that may or may not help clear up some of your 00:22:24.930 --> 00:22:29.049 problems. My problems? No, not yours personally, 00:22:29.490 --> 00:22:33.269 but the outfits. But where's the problem? Well, 00:22:33.450 --> 00:22:35.970 if those hands belong to Edith Rogers, it means 00:22:35.970 --> 00:22:39.539 she's dead. And that, I'd call a problem. This 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:41.839 whole thing's crazy. It's some kind of gag. I 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:44.279 mean, it's not possible for a skeleton of someone 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:46.720 who's been dead for over 2 ,000 years to have 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.740 the hands of someone who was alive a week ago, 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:51.359 or less. Did you see Edith Rogers about a week 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:55.180 ago? Yes, ma 'am. I understood you were one of 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:57.819 the very few who was sort of interested in Edith 00:22:57.819 --> 00:23:02.319 Rogers. Well, I was sorry for her. She was lonely 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:04.920 and frightened. Did any of the others talk to 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:07.599 you about her? No, but Edith had a lot to say 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.490 about us. Can you give me some idea? Edith thought 00:23:11.490 --> 00:23:14.509 Susan was a fake, that Janine was phony, and 00:23:14.509 --> 00:23:16.789 the rest of us pretty silly digging away in over 00:23:16.789 --> 00:23:19.609 100 degrees temperature. She just didn't understand 00:23:19.609 --> 00:23:22.130 why we were doing it. Didn't that make you wonder 00:23:22.130 --> 00:23:25.490 what she was doing here? Oh, sure. But she was 00:23:25.490 --> 00:23:27.569 lonely, and she would have done anything to be 00:23:27.569 --> 00:23:31.529 anywhere. Oh, say, I almost forgot. Something 00:23:31.529 --> 00:23:33.710 funny happened this morning, and I meant to tell 00:23:33.710 --> 00:23:35.630 you about it, but with all the rumors and gossip, 00:23:35.769 --> 00:23:38.259 well, it just slipped my mind. What was it? On 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:40.380 my way to the grid we're working on, I ran into 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:43.740 this Indian. A really strange guy. He was dressed 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:47.160 in some weird Mexican costume and had long droopy 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:50.039 mustaches. And he asked me in this queer accent 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:53.940 if I knew where Minnehaha was buried. Minnehaha? 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:57.400 Was he kidding? Who knows? When I told him I 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:00.000 didn't know, he became very sad. And he said 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.480 his name was Tepexpan. And that his wife had 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:07.940 died 10 ,000 years ago. Tepexpan, no less. The 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:10.720 name's sort of familiar. Oh, come on, Jimmy. 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:13.920 Even I know that for years the Tepexpan Man was 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.119 considered the earliest specimen of man found 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:19.079 in the United States. Oh, of course. What else 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:22.920 did he say? Now, let's see. Oh, I wrote it down 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:26.220 here. Here it is. He said, She who seeks shall 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:28.880 find the answers in her mind if she can find 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:31.720 the man that is called Tepexpan. You're putting 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:34.750 me on. No, I'm not, honestly. And then he said 00:24:34.750 --> 00:24:37.089 that she would find the star of Tepexpan in the 00:24:37.089 --> 00:24:40.170 south of Tuxpan. Can I have that paper, Jimmy? 00:24:40.430 --> 00:24:52.950 Of course. Thanks. Tepexpan my foot. Wiley must 00:24:52.950 --> 00:24:55.869 be a genius to be able to drive this kidney buster. 00:24:56.470 --> 00:24:58.529 I could just about manage to keep the wheels 00:24:58.529 --> 00:25:04.279 straight. Now, where am I? Tuxpan, Tuxpan. Ah! 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:09.640 Here it is, Tuxpan Avenue. Now turn south. How 00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:12.079 am I supposed to find the building? The star 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:15.559 of Tuxpan. Ah! Lo and behold, a building with 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:34.539 a star over the door. I'll fix that one's TP. 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:39.799 I was told you've been to the ancient burial 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:42.859 ground. You have been told well. I go to see 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:46.039 my wife. Is she one of the workers at the day? 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:50.680 Oh, no. She toils no more. Your people toil for 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:54.480 her. Hit me with that one again. She has been 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:58.839 dead for over 10 ,000 years. I thought it was 00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:02.430 2 ,500. Ah, but what's a few years in a romance 00:26:02.430 --> 00:26:05.549 that's lasted that long, right? Her spirit gives 00:26:05.549 --> 00:26:08.769 me many answers to my prayers. Do the answers 00:26:08.769 --> 00:26:12.809 to mine happen to be among them? Well, if you 00:26:12.809 --> 00:26:15.730 open the pouch, I will place a magic message 00:26:15.730 --> 00:26:19.390 within. Gracias, Señor. It is by the will of 00:26:19.390 --> 00:26:24.690 the gods that I obey. Incidentally, Señor Tepexpan, 00:26:24.829 --> 00:26:26.809 the next time you speak to the spirits of the 00:26:26.809 --> 00:26:29.990 gods, find out the name in Indian for fruitcake. 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:34.759 As Asia Squad commands. And take that silly toothpick 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:46.099 out of your face. Who's there? Shirley Holmes. 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:51.980 Who? Oh, it's you, Detective. I was just being 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:54.799 cute, Miss Lathrop. Shirley, Sherlock Holmes. 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:57.859 Get it? What's there to get cute about? I see 00:26:57.859 --> 00:27:01.000 you're packing. I'm leaving. I'm sorry, Miss 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:04.059 Lathrop, but you're not going anywhere. Why not? 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:07.539 Because everyone stays put until I get the answers 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:10.779 to a thing or two. Such as? If the body we found 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:14.240 yesterday was Edith Rogers... I told you it has 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:17.420 to be Edith. They are her hands. ...attached 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:20.000 to a prehistoric skeleton. I don't care what 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:22.720 the radiocarbon dating says. I was with her when 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.319 she bought that wedding band. She didn't say 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:27.480 anything about when she planned to get married. 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:32.029 No. And you didn't laugh? I thought she was clowning. 00:27:32.670 --> 00:27:34.470 So she impressed you as the sort of person who 00:27:34.470 --> 00:27:37.049 would clown about getting married? I guess she 00:27:37.049 --> 00:27:39.430 wasn't old -fashioned enough to be serious about 00:27:39.430 --> 00:27:41.670 it. But most of the girls here aren't into things 00:27:41.670 --> 00:27:44.529 like getting married. We don't have such hang 00:27:44.529 --> 00:27:48.569 -ups. And Edith Rogers was a square. Very square. 00:27:49.170 --> 00:27:51.170 You must have found it a bore to room with her. 00:27:51.369 --> 00:27:54.769 Frankly, she was a bit of a drag. How did Janine 00:27:54.769 --> 00:27:56.990 get along with her? They hardly spoke to each 00:27:56.990 --> 00:28:00.559 other. Because of Wilkerson? How did you know? 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:03.460 Do you think either of them got anywhere with 00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:06.720 him? Janine was making points. Not that she's 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:09.539 so hot. But her father's an important politician 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:12.660 in France. And Wilkerson is impressed by that 00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:15.619 sort of thing. Ambitious, eh? Even at his age. 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:18.680 Oh, come on, Miss Lathrop. He's not that old. 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:21.220 Old enough to have a son who's in college. As 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:23.819 a matter of fact, it was good old Edith Rogers 00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:26.599 who told me that. Did she tell you anything else? 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:29.819 Nothing important. Have you ever seen anything 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:33.680 like that body before? Never. Think hard. Maybe 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:36.819 an experiment done on an animal in a lab, or 00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:40.420 in the dating shed? No. Besides, I'm not allowed 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:43.140 in the shed. Why not? I don't get to work on 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:45.819 dating until next term. Oh, I guess I'll have 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.880 to take my own advanced course with Professor 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:55.950 Wilkerson. I was waiting for the second moccasin 00:28:55.950 --> 00:29:07.029 to drop. Let's go. It is written in the book 00:29:07.029 --> 00:29:12.470 of Proverbs, and wisely I believe, that spusso 00:29:12.470 --> 00:29:17.710 diggeth a pit shall fall therein. Our problem 00:29:17.710 --> 00:29:20.930 is that all our characters are diggers in pits. 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:24.680 Even our ardent detective Claudia Trugshaw has 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:28.819 been digging through level after level, but getting 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:32.700 seemingly nowhere. I'll be back shortly with 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:48.579 Act 3. Do you realize that the gunshot we heard 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:51.539 at the end of the second act Was it the first 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:54.539 time anyone has used a conventional weapon in 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:59.019 our story? Well, gunshots may not only be used 00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:02.720 to signify someone's end, they may also be fired 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:07.599 to start something. Isn't that typical of a woman? 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.839 She calls for help but doesn't bother to tell 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:12.339 where she needs it. It's down a far away. Maybe 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:14.019 from the northern grid section. You mean where 00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:16.420 the body was found? Yes. What could anyone be 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:19.680 doing out there? Looking for clues? Maybe hiding... 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:24.039 Well, why didn't I think of that? There's our 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:26.799 man. You mean Professor Wilkerson? Yes. Hey, 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.220 Professor! There, Detective, over here! There 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:31.579 he is. He turned on his flash. Professor, hold 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:34.359 it a minute. Let me catch my breath. Did you 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:36.640 hear Janine call? I know. I was covering grid 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:39.980 S -42. We were working late there. Are you sure 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:41.759 it was Janine? Pretty much, unless someone's 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:44.180 imitating her accent. We don't know from where 00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:46.279 she called. I think it came from that north grid. 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:48.259 First we heard what may have been a gunshot, 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.440 and then we heard LaBelle Janine calling for 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:53.480 help. Hey, has everyone around here gone bananas? 00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:55.960 They say they heard a gunshot. Detective Troopsure 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.420 says Janine cried for help. And where were you, 00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:01.380 Mr. Trumbull? In the barracks doing some research. 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:03.259 Well, anyway, the detective thinks that Janine 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:05.720 is locked in somewhere. Well, how about the lab 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:10.029 shed? I think you're in the tank. Come on. Who 00:31:10.029 --> 00:31:12.309 has the key to the shed? You'll have to wait 00:31:12.309 --> 00:31:14.430 out here. What for? I'll have to go in first 00:31:14.430 --> 00:31:17.009 to check on possible radioactivity inside. Just 00:31:17.009 --> 00:31:20.670 one second, Professor. Jeanine? Jeanine, are 00:31:20.670 --> 00:31:25.170 you in there? Yes, I am. I am. Is it safe for 00:31:25.170 --> 00:31:29.130 us to come in? Yes, it is very safe. All right, 00:31:29.230 --> 00:31:38.059 I've got to get my key here. Oh, Professor. This 00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:40.359 girl faints easier than I can think. Janine. 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:43.259 Janine, are you all right? Don't ask her. She'll 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:46.480 say no. Get her back inside. Now, for the rest 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:49.240 of you, please, stay out here. Don't go anywhere, 00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:53.900 anyone. Still planning to leave, Susan? She wouldn't 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:57.220 let me. Besides, what difference would it make 00:31:57.220 --> 00:32:01.200 to you if I did? I'm just being friendly. Isn't 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:04.940 it a little too late? What do you mean? Well, 00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:07.759 now that Edith Rogers is dead... Do you think 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:10.819 I'd be waiting around to catch you on the rebound? 00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:15.240 Look, I was just being kind to her. Kind? Isn't 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:17.940 there a phrase about someone being killed with 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:20.099 kindness? What are you getting at? Now listen, 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:23.240 James Trumbull. Because Edith Rogers was a fool 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:26.559 doesn't mean all girls are. No one ever said 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:30.099 you were. Look, the only reason I took her out 00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:32.259 a couple of times was because the professor asked 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:35.819 me to. Aren't you the obedient student? What 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:39.480 professors say, Jimmy do. I don't know how else 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:42.779 I can convince you. You can't. And if I were 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:46.460 you, I wouldn't try. Look, you can count on my 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:49.180 being fair and keeping quiet. I'm not out for 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:52.160 revenge. But I'm also not about to stick my neck 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.680 out for anyone, including you. I still don't 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:57.019 know what you're getting at. I'm getting at who 00:32:57.019 --> 00:33:06.000 killed Edith Rogers. I don't know why it is, 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.220 Professor, but I've never seen a woman in a faint 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:13.220 whose legs didn't look lousy. Oh. What happened? 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:18.279 That did it. It always does. Janine. Janine. 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:21.460 I don't want to interrupt, but like a good archaeologist, 00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:23.839 would someone please get to the bones of the 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:27.099 matter? Hey, I'm speaking as fast as I know. 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:30.859 I heard a noise at the window. What kind of noise? 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:33.839 The window was opening. Wasn't it locked? It's 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:37.000 always locked. So I went to see what could be 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.980 happening and already there was this man climbing 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:43.160 inside. What was it like? He was an old Indian 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:46.440 man with long moustaches. I told him to get out, 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:49.099 that he was dangerous to be here. And then? He 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:51.880 would not say anything but stood there. So I 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:54.039 run back to the lab room where I have my pistol 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:56.759 and when I returned I found him in the specimen 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:59.519 room. He had a leather bag tied around his waist. 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.839 It was open. Did you see him put anything in 00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:04.950 it? No. But I held up the pistol and told him 00:34:04.950 --> 00:34:07.230 I would shoot if he didn't put back whatever 00:34:07.230 --> 00:34:10.369 he took. So he put his hand in the bag and took 00:34:10.369 --> 00:34:13.710 something out and threw it in my eyes. Then I 00:34:13.710 --> 00:34:17.130 pressed the pistol. What did it throw? Little 00:34:17.130 --> 00:34:19.769 things. I don't know. Let's take a look. All 00:34:19.769 --> 00:34:23.449 right. Now, wait, wait, wait. Here on the floor, 00:34:24.510 --> 00:34:27.429 thin slivers. It's maybe wood. Let's take a closer 00:34:27.429 --> 00:34:29.730 look. No, no, no, don't touch them. For heaven's 00:34:29.730 --> 00:34:32.469 sakes, why not? They may be hot. I'll get the 00:34:32.469 --> 00:34:34.929 counter. Is anything missing, Miss Boulanger? 00:34:35.269 --> 00:34:38.309 I have not looked. Well, do that little thing. 00:34:38.869 --> 00:34:42.010 And Miss Boulanger, the next time you find that 00:34:42.010 --> 00:34:45.969 you're stuck in here, just open the lock and 00:34:45.969 --> 00:34:57.789 walk out. Okay, folks, time has come to stop 00:34:57.789 --> 00:35:01.269 playing games. What kind of games? The game where 00:35:01.269 --> 00:35:05.849 one hand washes the other. Now, since you've 00:35:05.849 --> 00:35:08.130 got seniority, Professor, we'll start with you. 00:35:08.630 --> 00:35:11.110 What kind of a game could I possibly be playing? 00:35:11.570 --> 00:35:13.849 Well, as a professor, you're a great show. As 00:35:13.849 --> 00:35:16.530 a poker player, you're stupid. Oh, really? You 00:35:16.530 --> 00:35:19.550 don't know how to bluff. Remember how you insisted 00:35:19.550 --> 00:35:21.590 that spear point Wiley took from the shed had 00:35:21.590 --> 00:35:25.469 to be radioactive? Well, you were lying. How 00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:27.809 dare you? When it comes to the truth, Professor, 00:35:28.010 --> 00:35:31.960 I'm very daring. That spear point was in perfect 00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:35.639 condition if it had been dated a piece of it 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:38.820 would have had to be missing How could you know 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:41.300 that? What do you think they teach us at the 00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:46.500 police academy home economics? Now putting it 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.380 simply The less carbon -14 in an object, the 00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:52.059 older it is, right? That is correct. And the 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:54.300 older, the more valuable. Sure, that's what we're 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.559 here for, to find evidence leading back to the 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:59.099 first human being in America. And when you can't 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:02.639 find it? Well, then you can fake it, can't you? 00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:06.099 What do you mean, detective? There's no dating 00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:09.980 equipment in that shed. You are preposterous. 00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:12.440 Wait till you hear how preposterous I really 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:15.579 am. Only two people have been allowed in that 00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:19.309 shed. You and Miss Boulanger. Yes, those are 00:36:19.309 --> 00:36:22.550 the rules. Well, a certain friend of mine broke 00:36:22.550 --> 00:36:27.610 those rules. Senor Tepex Pan, if you please. 00:36:32.489 --> 00:36:35.510 Now, if you'll just get rid of those tired handlebars 00:36:35.510 --> 00:36:39.010 from under your nose. Glad to. They sure itch. 00:36:40.170 --> 00:36:43.929 The one who asks me questions about Edith. Right. 00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:47.000 And he got into that shed not to take things, 00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:49.980 but to return them, didn't you, Wiley? I sure 00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:53.260 did. But, uh, what did you take that had to be 00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.960 put back? That old sphere point and the nozzle 00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:59.300 on that machine. The head? The bombarding head? 00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:01.760 And I took them both to Tucson to have the experts 00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:04.059 there take a look at them. And they confirmed 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:08.420 my best suspicions. Professor Wilkerson, you 00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:10.800 and Miss Boulanger were faking your specimens, 00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:14.659 making them older. That's one accusation I won't 00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.960 buy. You can always return it for credit when 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:21.000 I open that department. Meanwhile, you were bombarding 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:23.059 those specimens repeatedly trying to get them 00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:27.219 to date more than 50 ,000 years. Professor, did 00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:30.360 you do that? I just can't believe it. Why not, 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:32.719 Trumbull? You invented the machine. Well, only 00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:36.320 by accident. It was a fluke. And you told your 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:39.219 esteemed professor about that fluke, and he told 00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:42.360 you to keep it under wraps. Yes, I did keep it 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.920 under wraps. I never wrote a paper. How'd they 00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:47.139 know about it in Tucson? Well, I sent them a 00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:50.380 report but but only for their opinion Tramble 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:53.960 you're a damn fool. You know professor. You're 00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:57.719 just plain not nice Here we girls spend fortunes 00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:59.980 trying to keep young while you try to make a 00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:05.000 fortune aging us Which brings me to Edith Rogers 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.400 of those present Only Wilkerson, Trumbull, and 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.699 Miss Boulanger knew how to operate that machine. 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.599 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.280 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.460 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.940 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:15.940 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:15.940 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.119 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:20.559 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:23.079 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:26.260 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:30.880 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:30.880 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:38.440 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait You knew she 00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:40.900 had something on the professor else she wouldn't 00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:43.380 have been here But when you heard about the wedding 00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:45.960 ring you thought you just might lose not only 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:49.320 your professor, but more importantly that machine 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:52.000 I'm sorry. What's going on here? I'm home alone. 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:55.699 So am I Trumbo when it comes to you I? Can't 00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:58.059 figure what you had to do with all this he may 00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:00.579 not be that innocent He did try and make time 00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:03.599 with Edith Rogers until she dumped him. That's 00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:08.360 not true Susan. You're calling me a liar I think 00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:10.659 you and your two pals are all to blame for that 00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:13.760 girl's death. You all deserve to be murdered. 00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:16.659 And this time, Miss Lathrop, you'd do it properly, 00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:20.300 wouldn't you? What are you talking about? Trumbo, 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:22.880 did you ever tell Susan here about the machine? 00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:26.400 Yes, sort of, but not how to work it. I hadn't 00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:28.820 finished it then. But she was smart enough to 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:31.320 know how it could be used. You're just guessing. 00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:35.630 True. But then came the monkey wrench. Trumbull 00:39:35.630 --> 00:39:38.949 began dating Edith Rogers. I didn't care! Not 00:39:38.949 --> 00:39:42.469 until she bought that wedding band. Now why would 00:39:42.469 --> 00:39:46.130 that girl buy her own ring? You know why. Because 00:39:46.130 --> 00:39:48.230 no woman would go to a doctor for that kind of 00:39:48.230 --> 00:39:50.389 an examination without the necessary decoration 00:39:50.389 --> 00:39:53.210 on her finger. What's that to do with me? While 00:39:53.210 --> 00:39:55.670 Janine thought it was the professor, you thought 00:39:55.670 --> 00:39:57.929 it was Jimmy Trumbull who might be the father. 00:39:58.670 --> 00:40:01.900 First you threatened Edith Rogers. But when Jimmy 00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:04.380 tried seeing her again, you took no chances of 00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:07.219 ever losing that machine, and you just removed 00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:10.719 her from the scene. You're crazy! Not crazy enough 00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:13.219 to use a machine I knew nothing about, because 00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:16.280 that's what you did. You know your biggest mistake 00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:18.719 was in tying Edith Rogers' hands over her head 00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:21.880 before opening that machine full blast? Those 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:24.239 hands were protected by the lead shield over 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:27.320 her head. Of course! Only the lead shield could 00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.840 have saved those hands. kept them from dating 00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:34.199 back. The result? A 2 ,500 -year -old skeleton 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:37.860 with Edith Rogers' hands. Okay, detective. Who 00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:41.699 saw me? Where's your proof? Yours, where the 00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:44.500 only fingerprints found on the bombarding head 00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:48.219 Wiley took to Tucson. Susan, you didn't work 00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:50.179 that machine without gloves, without protection. 00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:54.960 Why? What's wrong with that? Oh, good Lord. You 00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:59.130 didn't. What are you saying? Oh, no. Your body's 00:40:59.130 --> 00:41:01.630 probably got more than 600 radioactive units 00:41:01.630 --> 00:41:04.909 in it right now. You're you're trying to scare 00:41:04.909 --> 00:41:10.829 me. It's not true Susan 400 units of fatal help 00:41:10.829 --> 00:41:38.860 me got a dose of the same medicine she gave Edith 00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:42.960 Rogers. Except in her case, its effects will 00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:49.699 be much slower and very much more painful. Sad. 00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:56.739 Very sad. But it will save the state a great 00:41:56.739 --> 00:42:13.889 deal of money. I'll be back shortly. Here's a 00:42:13.889 --> 00:42:17.550 little thought to take to sleep with you. Never 00:42:17.550 --> 00:42:23.150 indulge in excesses. Eat moderately, drink moderately, 00:42:24.050 --> 00:42:29.090 and murder moderately. Our cast included Louise 00:42:29.090 --> 00:42:33.309 Larrabee, Mason Adams, Ralph Bell, Corinne Orr, 00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:37.869 Anne Costello, and Christopher Tabori. The entire 00:42:37.869 --> 00:42:40.289 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:42:42.349 --> 00:42:46.170 Now... A preview of our next tale. I saw the 00:42:46.170 --> 00:42:49.670 glowing tips of two flip cigarettes, and then... 00:42:49.670 --> 00:42:53.429 Kiss me, Richard. I'm crazy about you. Stop it! 00:42:54.510 --> 00:42:57.309 Stop it! Tom! What are you... Marianne, go inside. 00:42:57.750 --> 00:42:59.170 Go inside, I tell you. No, wait a minute. Why? 00:42:59.289 --> 00:43:01.329 If you have anything to say, you can say it here 00:43:01.329 --> 00:43:03.670 instead of Richard. Go inside! Let go of my arm! 00:43:03.690 --> 00:43:05.710 No, listen. You leave her alone. Let go of her! 00:43:06.469 --> 00:43:09.030 He broke my grip on her arm and pushed me away. 00:43:10.130 --> 00:43:12.929 This shove made me slip to my knees. I came up 00:43:12.929 --> 00:43:15.750 swinging at his face. I missed. He pinned my 00:43:15.750 --> 00:43:18.190 arms from behind. What's the matter with you? 00:43:18.329 --> 00:43:22.369 Are you crazy? I broke out of his grip, stepped 00:43:22.369 --> 00:43:25.909 back from him, and fell across the shovel. I 00:43:25.909 --> 00:43:29.949 grabbed the handle, jumped up, and swung at Emery. 00:43:30.369 --> 00:43:33.230 Too late for me to stop the swing. As she rushed 00:43:33.230 --> 00:43:35.449 in between us, the sharp edge of the shovel hit 00:43:35.449 --> 00:43:41.210 her in the back of the head. 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