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00:01:24 #1 which I rented for the summer.
00:01:26 #2 As an author, I write tales of mystery and murder.
00:01:30 #3 But the things that happened in this house
00:01:32 #4 were far more fantastic than any story
00:01:35 #5 I've ever had published.
00:01:37 #6 I brought a staff of servants from my city apartment.
00:01:41 #7 And my maid, Lizzie Allen, who had been with me nearly
00:01:43 #8 20 years.
00:01:52 #9 Yes, Miss Cornelia.
00:01:53 #10 Is the car ready?
00:01:54 #11 It's at the door.
00:01:55 #12 Miss Cornelia, them servants you brought from the apartment
00:02:00 #13 are talking about walking out on us.
00:02:03 #14 Really?
00:02:05 #15 Well, I know they don't like it here,
00:02:07 #16 but I didn't think it was that bad.
00:02:10 #17 Well, they've been hearing things about the killer
00:02:12 #18 that the police call the bat, and the murders
00:02:14 #19 that he committed here this past winter.
00:02:17 #20 Now people are saying that he's back again.
00:02:20 #21 Well, how can they be sure of that?
00:02:22 #22 Has he committed another crime?
00:02:24 #23 No, not yet.
00:02:25 #24 But that ain't saying that he won't.
00:02:28 #25 Here's something else.
00:02:29 #26 You've heard about the bats they have here.
00:02:31 #27 Animal bats, the kind that fly?
00:02:33 #28 Yes, yes.
00:02:35 #29 Look what it says in this magazine.
00:02:36 #30 This is a report from the state health department,
00:02:39 #31 and it says some of them bats is rabid.
00:02:42 #32 Well, and that ain't all.
00:02:45 #33 Now there's a rumor going around that it was the bat himself,
00:02:49 #34 the killer, I mean, that released the rabid bats
00:02:51 #35 in this neighborhood.
00:02:53 #36 Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:02:55 #37 Well, the housekeeper, the cook, the butler,
00:02:58 #38 and the upstairs maid don't think so.
00:03:01 #39 Well, I can't help it, they think.
00:03:03 #40 If hysterical nonsense like that
00:03:05 #41 can scare them out of their good jobs,
00:03:07 #42 it's their loss, not mine.
00:03:09 #43 Come on, Lizzie, I've got to get to the bank.
00:03:20 #44 I'm afraid we'll have to hurry.
00:03:21 #45 It's near closing time.
00:03:23 #46 I'll get you there, Miss Van Gorder.
00:03:37 #47 Thanks again.
00:03:39 #48 Miss Van Gorder.
00:03:41 #49 How are you, Mr. Berry?
00:03:42 #50 How are you?
00:03:43 #51 Very well, thank you.
00:03:44 #52 You remember Lizzie Allen?
00:03:46 #53 Of course. Hello, Miss Allen.
00:03:47 #54 How do you do?
00:03:48 #55 So you're spending the summer with us again?
00:03:49 #56 Yes, yes.
00:03:50 #57 I've leased the oaks.
00:03:52 #58 The home of your bank president, John Fleming.
00:03:54 #59 I heard you had.
00:03:55 #60 I was surprised. Why?
00:03:57 #61 Is there something to matter with the? No.
00:03:59 #62 I was surprised because Mr. Fleming
00:04:01 #63 said he would never rent it.
00:04:02 #64 Oh?
00:04:03 #65 Well, I rented it from his nephew, Mark Fleming, who
00:04:06 #66 has the real estate office here.
00:04:08 #67 He said his uncle would be gone the entire summer.
00:04:11 #68 That's right.
00:04:12 #69 Mr. Fleming's in the North Woods now
00:04:14 #70 with his physician, Dr. Wells.
00:04:16 #71 Oh, pardon me.
00:04:17 #72 Dale, I want you to meet my wife.
00:04:20 #73 We were married at Christmas time.
00:04:21 #74 That must have been nice.
00:04:22 #75 Believe me, it was.
00:04:23 #76 Oh, here she is.
00:04:24 #77 My wife, Miss Van Gorder, Miss Allen.
00:04:27 #78 How do you do, Miss Allen?
00:04:28 #79 How do you do?
00:04:29 #80 Cornelia Van Gorder.
00:04:31 #81 Yes.
00:04:32 #82 Well, I've read every murder mystery you've ever written.
00:04:35 #83 I just adored that weird one, the private morgue of Dr. X.
00:04:39 #84 Even though it gave me the shivers.
00:04:41 #85 Only the shivers?
00:04:42 #86 Scared hell out of me.
00:04:43 #87 Oh.
00:04:45 #88 Well, I really mean that Miss Corny killed them off
00:04:48 #89 in that one.
00:04:49 #90 When you refer to my books, please don't call me Miss Corny.
00:04:53 #91 Pardon me, Mr. Bailey.
00:04:54 #92 Mr. Heinz is here to see you.
00:04:56 #93 Oh, yes.
00:04:57 #94 Excuse me, please.
00:04:59 #95 Don't be strange, just now.
00:05:00 #96 No, no, he won't.
00:05:01 #97 I should say not.
00:05:02 #98 Oh, so you're a bride.
00:05:05 #99 Well, not quite.
00:05:06 #100 Not since Christmas.
00:05:08 #101 Now, I'm sure I've seen you.
00:05:10 #102 Well, I used to be my husband's secretary here in the bank.
00:05:13 #103 Of course I remember.
00:05:17 #104 I welcome our most distinguished visitor back to Zenith.
00:05:20 #105 No, that's very charming, but...
00:05:24 #106 Lieutenant Anderson.
00:05:26 #107 Lieutenant Anderson, of course.
00:05:30 #108 Chief of Detectives of the Zenith Police Department.
00:05:32 #109 This is Miss Allen.
00:05:34 #110 How do you do?
00:05:35 #111 Lieutenant Anderson is one of our favorite citizens.
00:05:38 #112 He's on the bank's board of directors.
00:05:40 #113 Not bad for a policeman.
00:05:42 #114 You must have made a good thing of it.
00:05:44 #115 Oh, no.
00:05:45 #116 Well, I saved the money, if that's what you mean.
00:05:47 #117 It's near closing time,
00:05:49 #118 I've got some business in the safe deposit vault.
00:05:51 #119 Please come and see me, Mrs. Bailey.
00:05:53 #120 Oh, I'd love to.
00:05:54 #121 You, Lieutenant.
00:05:55 #122 Thank you.
00:05:56 #123 Goodbye.
00:05:58 #124 Nice to meet you.
00:05:59 #125 My, what a charming woman.
00:06:01 #126 She moved into the oaks just the other day.
00:06:04 #127 That house is a proper setting for a writer of mysteries.
00:06:06 #128 Oh, it certainly is.
00:06:11 #129 Vic, what's the matter?
00:06:14 #130 Come in here, both of you.
00:06:15 #131 We're in trouble.
00:06:23 #132 Wendell Hines came in to pick up $350,000 worth
00:06:26 #133 of bonds that we were holding as collateral for a loan.
00:06:30 #134 They were kept in our special vault.
00:06:32 #135 Mr. Fleming and I are the only officers of the bank
00:06:34 #136 who have access to that vault.
00:06:36 #137 So the Heinz bonds have gone.
00:06:40 #138 That's not all.
00:06:41 #139 Other negotiable securities are missing.
00:06:44 #140 From what I can gather short of a careful check,
00:06:46 #141 the bank has been looted of over a million dollars
00:06:48 #142 worth of securities.
00:06:50 #143 You'll have to notify Fleming.
00:06:52 #144 Jack could talk to him.
00:06:55 #145 Unfortunately, he and Dr. Wells are deep in the woods.
00:06:58 #146 They can't be reached by phone.
00:07:13 #147 What is it?
00:07:22 #148 I thought I heard someone on the path coming from the lake.
00:07:25 #149 Had an idea it might be that guide of ours.
00:07:27 #150 Oh, Sam won't show up until morning.
00:07:29 #151 It's a 20-mile canoe trip from here to civilization.
00:07:32 #152 If I have a get you 10, Sam has a message for me.
00:07:35 #153 I thought you told him at the bank not to bother you.
00:07:38 #154 I did, but they'll bother me.
00:07:43 #155 Doctor.
00:07:45 #156 Yes, John.
00:07:47 #157 What would you do for half a million?
00:07:50 #158 Anything short of murder.
00:07:52 #159 Why not murder?
00:07:55 #160 Too messy.
00:07:56 #161 Too great a risk?
00:07:57 #162 For half a million?
00:07:59 #163 Yes.
00:08:01 #164 I pinched a million from the bank.
00:08:05 #165 I'm not kidding.
00:08:07 #166 I embezzled it.
00:08:09 #167 Not that I think you wouldn't do it if you
00:08:10 #168 thought you could get away with it.
00:08:13 #169 I got away with it.
00:08:15 #170 I'm not talking about currency.
00:08:18 #171 I took negotiable securities that could be converted into cash.
00:08:23 #172 I have the cash in tens, 20s, and hundreds.
00:08:27 #173 I'm your doctor, not your lawyer.
00:08:29 #174 Why tell me this?
00:08:31 #175 You'll find out why.
00:08:34 #176 Who's going to take the blame for the robbery?
00:08:36 #177 Bailey, the cashier.
00:08:37 #178 They'll never suspect me.
00:08:39 #179 I like Bailey.
00:08:40 #180 Oh, so do I.
00:08:42 #181 I love the guy.
00:08:43 #182 I gave him his first chance.
00:08:45 #183 He has a lovely little wife.
00:08:47 #184 Charming girl.
00:08:48 #185 What's the best man?
00:08:50 #186 Where's the million?
00:08:52 #187 In my family's tomb in Seneth, in the crypt
00:08:55 #188 with my father's casket.
00:08:57 #189 I don't buy that, Charles.
00:09:01 #190 No?
00:09:04 #191 You forget that I had you in charge
00:09:06 #192 when you were a very sick man, when you raved in delirium.
00:09:12 #193 And I heard you talk about a hidden room.
00:09:15 #194 Now, where else could you put a hidden room
00:09:16 #195 except in that mansion you built.
00:09:19 #196 That white elephant you call the Oaks.
00:09:22 #197 Look, everyone knows I have a bad heart.
00:09:28 #198 Now, who would doubt it if you wired the bank directors
00:09:30 #199 that my heart had faded?
00:09:32 #200 I had fallen from a great height here in the woods
00:09:36 #201 and that I was badly smashed up.
00:09:38 #202 You could shift the body back for burial
00:09:41 #203 and instruct them not to open the casket due
00:09:44 #204 to the condition of its contents.
00:09:47 #205 But you realize, of course, that we'd have to have a body
00:09:50 #206 to put in that casket, which means that we'd
00:09:52 #207 have to deal with an undertaker at this end.
00:09:54 #208 Of course.
00:09:56 #209 Oh, where do we get a body?
00:09:59 #210 Couldn't we provide one of our own?
00:10:01 #211 How about Sam?
00:10:03 #212 Sam, our guide?
00:10:05 #213 Sam weighs about as much as I do.
00:10:08 #214 He's practically a hermit.
00:10:10 #215 He wouldn't be missed for a long time.
00:10:13 #216 The local undertaker would know him.
00:10:16 #217 Not if we made him look as if he'd
00:10:17 #218 been a serious accident.
00:10:20 #219 But if Bailey's going to take the blame,
00:10:21 #220 why do you have to do this?
00:10:23 #221 A jury might acquit him.
00:10:25 #222 In that case, I'd be a logical suspect.
00:10:28 #223 I could disappear, of course, but it's safer
00:10:31 #224 if they think I'm dead.
00:10:38 #225 What if I don't go for this deal?
00:10:41 #226 In that case, it would be too bad.
00:10:48 #227 You mean you'd kill me?
00:10:50 #228 What else could I do?
00:10:52 #229 Now that I've told you about the million,
00:10:54 #230 I'd say you were shot in the hunting accident.
00:10:57 #231 I'll look, Doctor.
00:10:59 #232 If you can find another body instead of Sam's,
00:11:02 #233 it's all right with me.
00:11:04 #234 There's half a million in it for you.
00:11:07 #235 I'll do my best.
00:11:10 #236 I smell smoke.
00:11:13 #237 So do I. What's that noise?
00:11:19 #238 Doctor, the woods are on fire.
00:11:21 #239 It's coming this way.
00:11:23 #240 We've got to get out of here.
00:11:26 #241 We will.
00:11:28 #242 As soon as I provide that body we were talking about.
00:11:57 #243 Is that you?
00:11:58 #244 Yes, Miss Cornelia.
00:12:00 #245 There's a storm coming up and it's gonna be a snorter.
00:12:04 #246 The wind nearly blew the door off its hinges.
00:12:06 #247 Well, that noise blew my game higher than a kite.
00:12:09 #248 I think I've lost some of the cars.
00:12:10 #249 Oh, I'll get them for you.
00:12:12 #250 Oh, I see you found the paper.
00:12:14 #251 Dread that paper, boy.
00:12:15 #252 Scootin' by on his bicycle.
00:12:17 #253 Just chucked it into a couple bushes and let it go with that.
00:12:22 #254 For my sake, Mr. Vic Bailey's been arrested.
00:12:27 #255 Oh?
00:12:28 #256 I think.
00:12:32 #257 Victor Bailey, Vice President and cashier of the Zenith Bank,
00:12:35 #258 was arraigned before United States Commissioner.
00:12:38 #259 Alvin Fielding, charged with the embezzlement
00:12:40 #260 of over a million dollars.
00:12:42 #261 Anything, Bailey?
00:12:45 #262 Anything to do with that robbery?
00:12:49 #263 Well, I see our landlord is home again.
00:12:52 #264 Landlord?
00:12:53 #265 Mr. Fleming.
00:12:56 #266 Dr. Malcolm Wells is back in town with the body
00:12:59 #267 of John Fleming, President of the Zenith Bank,
00:13:02 #268 who was killed in a forest fire.
00:13:04 #269 Mr. Fleming will be laid to rest in his family's tomb on Friday.
00:13:08 #270 And I hope he stays there.
00:13:11 #271 Oh, I shouldn't be?
00:13:12 #272 Well, this is his house.
00:13:14 #273 And ever since he died, some funny things have happened here.
00:13:18 #274 For instance?
00:13:20 #275 The housekeeper, the cook, and the butler
00:13:22 #276 said that they heard strange noises at night.
00:13:25 #277 And the upstairs maid swore that she met a man
00:13:28 #278 without a face coming up the back stairs.
00:13:32 #279 Oh, so that's why they quit and left me to run this place without a staff.
00:13:38 #280 They didn't tell you, Miss Corny, but the truth is they were scared to stay.
00:13:42 #281 But you're still here, Lizzie. Haven't you seen anything?
00:13:46 #282 No. No, and even if I had, I ain't afraid of ghosts.
00:13:51 #283 They're afraid of me.
00:13:53 #284 I'm as Miss Corny. A spiritualist told me once that ghosts was allergic to me.
00:13:58 #285 Well, they keep talking about Lund paper.
00:14:06 #286 I guess he'd be different.
00:14:08 #287 I don't think you'd have the same effect on him.
00:14:11 #288 And to do, drive people away from this part of the country?
00:14:21 #289 What does it say about the bats?
00:14:24 #290 Specialty seems to be killing women.
00:14:29 #291 My goodness, two of them in one night.
00:14:33 #292 All his victims died the same way
00:14:36 #293 like their throats had been ripped open with steel claws.
00:14:40 #294 That's a charming little caper.
00:14:43 #295 I'll have to try it sometime.
00:14:46 #296 In a book, often just something bumping against the house.
00:14:58 #297 It's just the wind banging a door, pay no attention to it.
00:15:07 #298 Listen to this.
00:15:09 #299 One of his victims, who live for a moment after she was found,
00:15:14 #300 described the bat as a man without a face.
00:15:18 #301 Honest, Miss Corny, I think that woman must have been exaggerating.
00:15:21 #302 It's just that heavy tapestry at the top of the stairs.
00:15:29 #303 I know, I know. I've heard it before on a windy night.
00:15:32 #304 Sounds as if there was someone on the stairs.
00:15:39 #305 I know there isn't. At least there shouldn't be.
00:15:42 #306 Them's just the noises you hear in any old house on a windy night.
00:15:47 #307 It says here that the bat never leaves no fingerprints.
00:15:52 #308 That's understandable.
00:15:54 #309 Having no face, he probably has no fingers either.
00:15:57 #310 I know.
00:15:58 #311 Lizzie!
00:16:01 #312 That, I suppose, is the cat dropping its dentures.
00:16:11 #313 No, I don't think so.
00:16:14 #314 But I think it's something should be looked into.
00:16:17 #315 Now, who chucked him down here?
00:16:26 #316 The wind, I hope.
00:16:28 #317 There must be a window open up there.
00:16:31 #318 No, Lizzie!
00:16:33 #319 Let him lay.
00:16:35 #320 Let him sleep it off.
00:16:37 #321 I hope the power lines don't go down, put the lights out.
00:16:41 #322 I will check the windows in the living room and draw the curtains,
00:16:45 #323 and then we'll go to bed.
00:16:46 #324 Yes, ma'am.
00:16:47 #325 I won't be a minute.
00:16:57 #326 I went to get the paper.
00:17:11 #327 I turned the latch off.
00:17:13 #328 I forgot to turn it on again.
00:17:16 #329 He's out there.
00:17:18 #330 He was coming in.
00:17:20 #331 He might have got you.
00:17:22 #332 Oh, but he didn't, and he's still out there.
00:17:24 #333 Thanks to you.
00:17:25 #334 Now, you hurry now, and we'll call the police.
00:17:28 #335 No, no.
00:17:29 #336 I won't leave you, Miss Corny.
00:17:31 #337 Are you okay?
00:17:33 #338 Yes, ma'am. I'm okay.
00:17:37 #339 Okay.
00:17:39 #340 Give me the police department, please.
00:17:50 #341 Zenith Police Department.
00:17:52 #342 This is Cornelia Van Gorder. I'm living at the Oaks.
00:17:56 #343 We know about that, Miss Van Gorder.
00:17:58 #344 Just a moment ago, a man tried to force his way into this house.
00:18:02 #345 You're not alone there, are you? What about your servants?
00:18:05 #346 Well, I have none except, uh, my chauffeur.
00:18:08 #347 and he's away, he won't be back until the morning.
00:18:10 #348 Now there's only two of us here tonight,
00:18:12 #349 and we're going to lock ourselves in my room.
00:18:15 #350 Now, uh, if any of your men see anything,
00:18:19 #351 will you have them call me?
00:18:20 #352 I'll send officers over there right away.
00:18:22 #353 Well, thank you very much.
00:18:24 #354 Come on, Lizzie. We're going to sleep in my room.
00:18:28 #355 Thinkin' got Addison in this room now.
00:18:43 #356 I think this door seems good and solid.
00:18:46 #357 Like the door to a tomb.
00:18:48 #358 I think that couch will be comfortable.
00:19:00 #359 There's some extra bedding, you know.
00:19:02 #360 Yes, closet.
00:19:03 #361 No bolt.
00:19:21 #362 Well, that's not so good.
00:19:23 #363 And my good woman is a booby trap.
00:19:36 #364 If anybody tries to open this transom,
00:19:38 #365 this'll be knocked off, and we'll hear it fall.
00:20:16 #366 I forgot my night things, my robe, my gown, and my slippers.
00:20:20 #367 I'll go get them now.
00:20:21 #368 Wait a minute, Lizzie.
00:20:24 #369 I'll go with you.
00:20:25 #370 Now, don't you bother, Miss Cornelia.
00:20:27 #371 My room's just down the hall.
00:20:28 #372 Lizzie, I told you to wait.
00:20:31 #373 It's all right. I'll only be a second.
00:20:33 #374 Get...
00:20:37 #375 Yes?
00:20:49 #376 Miss Van Vorder?
00:20:50 #377 Yes.
00:20:51 #378 Are the man's inside now?
00:21:01 #379 My bedroom.
00:21:04 #380 I have your men break through the kitchen door
00:21:06 #381 and search this place from top to bottom.
00:21:08 #382 I will.
00:21:11 #383 I have a gun.
00:21:13 #384 And I know how to use it.
00:21:14 #385 Ex-Nazi, the police did a good job.
00:21:28 #386 They couldn't find anybody in here.
00:21:30 #387 But we both saw him, Miss Cramellia.
00:21:33 #388 All right. All right.
00:21:35 #389 So he got away.
00:21:37 #390 The men on guard outside so just try and get some rest
00:21:42 #391 There's nothing can get out of here
00:21:46 #392 Since you've had a nightmare maybe I did but there was a bad end in a bit me
00:22:34 #393 You're right. Will you get me doctor Malcolm Wells office keys?
00:22:55 #394 I don't know his number and I have no phone book up here, but this is an emergency
00:22:58 #395 Will you connect me with his office, please? I'm gonna get the rabies. Hello. Hello, Dr. Wells office
00:23:09 #396 But if you'll give me your name and number, I'll try to locate him.
00:23:12 #397 Well, this is Miss Van Gorder of the Oaks.
00:23:14 #398 My maid has just been bitten by a bat that may be rabid,
00:23:17 #399 and she must have treatment as soon as possible.
00:23:19 #400 And I was told the Doctor Wells was the nearest physician.
00:23:21 #401 I'll try to find him for you.
00:23:22 #402 And if I can't, I'll send you another doctor.
00:23:25 #403 Oh, well, thank you very much.
00:23:26 #404 Oh, he's out on a case.
00:23:28 #405 Oh.
00:23:28 #406 Oh, I hope it's not a delivery.
00:23:30 #407 A baby, I mean, they can be terribly complicated.
00:23:33 #408 They never bothered me, nun.
00:23:34 #409 Oh, Lizzie, you never had a baby. Of course I didn't.
00:23:37 #410 That's why they never bothered me.
00:23:39 #411 Is it her?
00:25:09 #412 Are you there, Dr. Wells?
00:25:10 #413 This is the operator.
00:25:12 #414 Your call service is on the wire.
00:25:14 #415 It's an emergency.
00:25:19 #416 This is Dr. Wells.
00:25:21 #417 This is your call service, doctor.
00:25:23 #418 Oh, hello.
00:25:24 #419 I was just doing an experiment.
00:25:25 #420 I left the receiver off.
00:25:27 #421 That's what I thought, but I kept trying.
00:25:29 #422 Miss Van Gordert, the Oaks call and said
00:25:31 #423 that her maid had been bitten by a bat.
00:25:33 #424 And she's afraid it might be rabid.
00:25:35 #425 What?
00:25:36 #426 Oh, all right.
00:25:37 #427 Tell her I'll be right over there.
00:27:18 #428 Good evening. Well, I reached my office shortly after you called.
00:27:24 #429 How is your maid? Is she in any pain?
00:27:27 #430 No, no, she doesn't seem to be.
00:27:29 #431 Did the bat get away?
00:27:31 #432 No, I believe it's still in my bedroom.
00:27:34 #433 Good, I want to examine it.
00:27:36 #434 There you go, Miss Allen. Now you'll feel better.
00:27:39 #435 Doctor, have I got the rabies?
00:27:41 #436 Well, I can tell you better after I've examined the bat's brain under a microscope.
00:27:45 #437 That thing's got a brain?
00:27:47 #438 Oh, you'd be surprised. Where is it?
00:27:50 #439 I think the little darling is in that closet.
00:27:53 #440 Oh, you know, it's a pity you leased this house, Miss Van Gorder.
00:27:58 #441 Why a pity?
00:28:00 #442 Well, my dear lady, I don't want to alarm you, but...
00:28:02 #443 Oh, laugh to tonight.
00:28:04 #444 Nothing can alarm me.
00:28:05 #445 Yes, I understand.
00:28:06 #446 It must have been terrifying.
00:28:09 #447 So many unexplainable things have happened here.
00:28:12 #448 There's something about the place.
00:28:15 #449 Your servants must have sensed it when they walked out on you.
00:28:19 #450 An apprehension of disaster.
00:28:22 #451 Well, let's see.
00:28:24 #452 All right now, take it easy.
00:28:31 #453 Nobody's going to hurt you quiet now.
00:28:33 #454 Looks quite normal. Doesn't seem to be sick at all.
00:28:42 #455 Oh, ain't that nice.
00:28:44 #456 I've been worried about him.
00:28:46 #457 Well, you should be.
00:28:48 #458 From his appearance,
00:28:50 #459 I'd say that he doesn't have any infection.
00:28:53 #460 In which case, you've had a narrow escape.
00:28:58 #461 Now, you take one of those tablets I left for you
00:29:00 #462 I'll guarantee you a good night.
00:29:02 #463 And I'll drop in on you tomorrow.
00:29:04 #464 Oh, thanks for everything, Doctor.
00:29:08 #465 Don't worry, I can find my way out.
00:29:10 #466 I know you can, but do let me help you.
00:29:12 #467 Oh, don't forget that once I'm gone,
00:29:15 #468 you'll have to climb those stairs alone.
00:29:16 #469 Oh, I'm all right. I'm armed now.
00:29:20 #470 Can you shoot one of those things without shutting your eyes?
00:29:23 #471 Oh, Doctor, there are guns in every book I've ever written.
00:29:26 #472 I don't write about things I'm unfamiliar with.
00:29:30 #473 Lock the door, Lizzie. Good night.
00:29:32 #474 Good night, Doctor.
00:29:36 #475 Accident? No. No, the wind blew him down.
00:29:39 #476 I think.
00:29:41 #477 Did you know that young Mark Fleming leased you this house without notifying his uncle?
00:29:46 #478 No. No, I didn't.
00:29:48 #479 Well, it doesn't matter now. John Fleming is dead and Mark's is there.
00:29:52 #480 But if John were alive, he would warn you to leave here, Miss Van Gorder.
00:29:55 #481 Really? Yes.
00:29:57 #482 It's been a tragic place for anyone who ever lived in it.
00:30:00 #483 Well, good night.
00:30:01 #484 Good night, Doctor.
00:30:03 #485 Who's out there?
00:30:04 #486 Nobody you need to worry about, Doctor.
00:30:06 #487 Sandy.
00:30:07 #488 That's right.
00:30:08 #489 Oh, good evening, Miss Bencourt.
00:30:09 #490 Good evening, Lieutenant.
00:30:11 #491 Somebody sick here?
00:30:13 #492 My maid was bitten by a bat.
00:30:15 #493 Oh.
00:30:17 #494 A rabbit bat?
00:30:18 #495 Well, I'll know for sure when I get to my lab.
00:30:20 #496 I caught the bat.
00:30:23 #497 It happened in Dodge?
00:30:24 #498 In my bedroom, yes.
00:30:25 #499 How to get in?
00:30:26 #500 Well, there are many ways the bat could get in a house.
00:30:29 #501 You ought to know.
00:30:31 #502 I, uh, I spotted this hole in the window the minute I got here.
00:30:34 #503 Why?
00:30:36 #504 That's where the two-legged bat got your door open.
00:30:41 #505 Miss Van Gorda told me that she, uh, phoned headquarters at Zenith.
00:30:45 #506 Yes, I phoned twice.
00:30:47 #507 The second time was after the proller got in the house.
00:30:50 #508 Weren't you at headquarters, Andy?
00:30:52 #509 No, Mr. contacted me.
00:30:54 #510 An officer came and searched the house from top to bottom,
00:30:56 #511 but they couldn't find the bat.
00:30:58 #512 You better have this window fixed tomorrow.
00:31:00 #513 I better be going. I'm due in surgery at 8 o'clock in the morning. Good night.
00:31:04 #514 Good night, Doctor.
00:31:05 #515 There will be a man patrolling the grounds all night, Principal Roller.
00:31:07 #516 Oh, thank you.
00:31:08 #517 And nobody inside, Andy?
00:31:10 #518 Why should they be?
00:31:11 #519 Well, how do you know but what the bat is hiding somewhere in the house?
00:31:16 #520 I'm quite sure he isn't in the house, Doctor.
00:31:19 #521 Not now. Good night.
00:31:22 #522 Hello, Mark. Congratulations.
00:31:50 #523 Realistic business must be big enough.
00:31:53 #524 You off his furniture new deal. How do you like it?
00:31:57 #525 It looks expensive. Are you squandering your inheritance?
00:32:01 #526 Oh, I haven't got it yet.
00:32:03 #527 The paper says John Fleming left his entire fortune to you.
00:32:06 #528 Funny thing about that entire fortune is that we can't find it.
00:32:10 #529 No kidding.
00:32:11 #530 All Uncle John had in his bank account was a couple hundred dollars.
00:32:14 #531 And his safe deposit box was empty.
00:32:17 #532 If we don't find that mission million mine will be empty too.
00:32:20 #533 How come?
00:32:22 #534 Well, all my savings were invested in Zenith Bank stock.
00:32:26 #535 The examiners won't certify the bank is solvent
00:32:28 #536 until those stolen securities are found.
00:32:30 #537 So the stockholders have voted an assessment
00:32:33 #538 to wipe some of us out.
00:32:35 #539 It's a sense those securities have been converted into cash.
00:32:38 #540 And if I can't find that cash, I'm sunk.
00:32:42 #541 Oh, where are you gonna look for it, Andy?
00:32:44 #542 Here in Zenith, your uncle wouldn't take a million
00:32:47 #543 on a hunting trip, would he?
00:32:48 #544 You suspect Uncle John?
00:32:52 #545 Why, Andy, he found the Zenith Bank.
00:32:56 #546 That'd be like robbing the family, too.
00:32:59 #547 You think he wouldn't?
00:33:00 #548 Well, besides, Vicks Bailey's fingerprints
00:33:04 #549 are all over the vault.
00:33:05 #550 Now, they didn't find any of Uncle John's fingerprints.
00:33:07 #551 Because he wiped him off.
00:33:09 #552 Can the defense prove that?
00:33:11 #553 They'll try to.
00:33:13 #554 Judy Hollander, Bailey's secretary, is a defense witness.
00:33:16 #555 And they believe her testimony will have a powerful effect
00:33:19 #556 She has a powerful effect on the jury.
00:33:21 #557 Well, well, she has a powerful effect on me.
00:33:25 #558 Judy's a doll.
00:33:28 #559 Here's the book you mentioned, Judy.
00:33:29 #560 It's your newest one.
00:33:30 #561 Yes, it's just been published.
00:33:32 #562 You can have that copy, if you wish.
00:33:33 #563 Oh, it's the first edition, and you've signed it.
00:33:36 #564 Yes, of course.
00:33:37 #565 Thank you so much.
00:33:41 #566 May I serve tea now, Miss Angoda?
00:33:42 #567 Yes, please do, Warner.
00:33:44 #568 Thank you.
00:33:47 #569 I see you've engaged new servants.
00:33:49 #570 Yes, of course.
00:33:50 #571 Well, how did you persuade them to live in this house?
00:33:53 #572 Jane Patterson, my new housekeeper, knows this house better than you do, doctor.
00:33:57 #573 She worked for John Fleming.
00:33:59 #574 And Warner was my chauffeur.
00:34:03 #575 A chauffeur turned butler?
00:34:04 #576 That's incredible.
00:34:06 #577 He can play any part in a moment's notice.
00:34:08 #578 Did you get a plumber, Warner?
00:34:11 #579 No, we can't get a plumber for three days, madam.
00:34:14 #580 What about that leaking pipe to the basement?
00:34:16 #581 We've flooded in three days.
00:34:18 #582 The pipe is no longer leaking.
00:34:20 #583 You mean it's dried up of its own accord?
00:34:23 #584 No, not quite. I packed the elbow where the water was coming out.
00:34:26 #585 Packed the elbow?
00:34:28 #586 Oh, where did you learn how to do that?
00:34:31 #587 Well, into each life, a little rain must fall,
00:34:33 #588 and a careful man learns to keep himself dry.
00:34:36 #589 Now, is there anything else that you require, Miss Van Gorder?
00:34:38 #590 No, not at the moment, Warner.
00:34:40 #591 Thank you, madam.
00:34:42 #592 Now, there's a character.
00:34:46 #593 How long did you say that he worked for you as chauffeur?
00:34:49 #594 Well, three months.
00:34:50 #595 Well, I hope he doesn't have a police record.
00:34:54 #596 My dear Dale, it may interest you to know
00:34:57 #597 that the last night of his life, John Fleming told me
00:34:59 #598 that he loved your husband like a son.
00:35:02 #599 If Fleming were alive today,
00:35:04 #600 he would be fighting to prove Vix innocence.
00:35:08 #601 Could Mr. Fleming prove his own innocence?
00:35:12 #602 Miss Van Gorder, can there be any doubt about it?
00:35:16 #603 There will be when Miss Hollander testifies
00:35:18 #604 I was at Vic's trial.
00:35:20 #605 Oh?
00:35:22 #606 You know something that we haven't heard yet, Judy?
00:35:26 #607 Something I saw with my own eyes.
00:35:30 #608 She's not permitted to say what it was.
00:35:32 #609 My dear girl, I wouldn't think of asking her.
00:35:35 #610 But let's assume for a moment that Fleming
00:35:37 #611 did steal the million.
00:35:38 #612 Now, what would he do about it?
00:35:40 #613 Where is it?
00:35:41 #614 Hidden someplace where he could
00:35:42 #615 lay his hands on it without getting caught in the act.
00:35:46 #616 Now, if I was writing this instead of living in the middle of it,
00:35:51 #617 I'd hide it right here in this spooky old house.
00:35:54 #618 Under a loose floorboard or upper chimney?
00:35:58 #619 If Mr. Fleming had the nerve to steal a million,
00:36:03 #620 he'd make his plans well in advance.
00:36:06 #621 I'd say he'd prepare a place to hide it, possibly
00:36:11 #622 when this house was being built.
00:36:13 #623 I rented this place for Mark Fleming, his nephew.
00:36:17 #624 I wonder if he'd have the floor plans.
00:36:21 #625 I'll ask him.
00:36:23 #626 Yes.
00:36:24 #627 Lizzie, will you bring Mrs. Bailey the phone?
00:36:28 #628 You ask him now.
00:36:29 #629 His number is Summit, uh, Summit 7537.
00:36:34 #630 Thank you, Lizzie.
00:36:36 #631 Summit 7537.
00:36:42 #632 Not bad, eh, Andy?
00:36:44 #633 That means new business.
00:36:47 #634 Now you see, somebody wants to buy a house.
00:36:51 #635 Mark Fleming speaking.
00:36:53 #636 Oh, hello, Dale.
00:36:57 #637 Well, hang on a minute, honey, while I see if I have a.
00:37:00 #638 It's Dale Bailey, all excited.
00:37:02 #639 Miss Van Gorder wants to know if I have
00:37:03 #640 the floor plans of the oaks.
00:37:06 #641 Now what would she want with the floor plans?
00:37:08 #642 Well, she suggested to me that your uncle
00:37:10 #643 might have hidden a bank loot there.
00:37:13 #644 Are the plans here?
00:37:16 #645 Somewhere in the house itself. Wait a minute.
00:37:20 #646 There is a place where Uncle Johnny might have
00:37:22 #647 those blueprints? What place?
00:37:25 #648 Well, I heard him talk about it a good many years ago.
00:37:27 #649 I can't be sure of the exact location.
00:37:31 #650 Anyway, I don't think the old boy had the guts to steal a million.
00:37:34 #651 But if I find those plans, I'll let you know, Andy.
00:37:38 #652 Hello, Dale.
00:37:39 #653 Look, honey, I haven't seen those plants since I was a kid,
00:37:42 #654 but I'll come over tonight.
00:37:43 #655 Maybe we can find them.
00:37:45 #656 Thank you, Mark.
00:37:46 #657 We'll expect you.
00:37:50 #658 He seems to think they're here in the house somewhere.
00:37:52 #659 He's coming over tonight.
00:37:53 #660 Well, that's good.
00:37:55 #661 Dale and Judy are my houseguests for the weekend.
00:37:58 #662 Would you like to have dinner with us tonight?
00:38:00 #663 Oh, no, thank you.
00:38:01 #664 I couldn't.
00:38:01 #665 I still have a few calls to make.
00:38:04 #666 You know, if Judy's testimony is going to clear Vic Bailey
00:38:07 #667 and implicate John Fleming, others
00:38:09 #668 may get the idea that there's buried treasure in this house.
00:38:12 #669 Don't even mention your testimony
00:38:14 #670 until you're actually on the stand.
00:38:16 #671 Oh, I won't.
00:38:17 #672 That's a smart girl, Judy.
00:38:19 #673 And a very lovely girl.
00:38:20 #674 Well, good afternoon, ladies.
00:38:21 #675 Good-bye, Dr. Will.
00:38:23 #676 Come on, girls, let's go.
00:38:24 #677 Oh, I think about it.
00:39:15 #678 Before I realize, I should be putting them down on paper.
00:39:21 #679 Weren't you your husband's secretary, Dale?
00:39:24 #680 Yes, I was.
00:39:25 #681 Do you take shorthand?
00:39:26 #682 Mm-hmm.
00:39:28 #683 Oh, my dear, if you'd like to have your mind occupied,
00:39:32 #684 I want you to work with me while I write
00:39:33 #685 the story of this fantastic criminal, the Bats.
00:39:39 #686 This will do, nurse.
00:40:29 #687 Thank you.
00:40:30 #688 But dinner, Lizzie.
00:40:34 #689 It has you.
00:40:35 #690 Wonderful.
00:40:37 #691 Oh, what a lovely piece of silver.
00:40:40 #692 It's an original, isn't it?
00:40:42 #693 Yes, they still use them in breakfasts.
00:40:45 #694 The sausages, the scrambled eggs.
00:40:54 #695 Interesting.
00:40:55 #696 Very useful, really.
00:40:56 #697 Clark hasn't struck the hour in the last ten years,
00:41:11 #698 if I'm to believe what Mark Fleming told me.
00:41:14 #699 Why is it angled away from the wall like that?
00:41:16 #700 I don't know.
00:41:17 #701 Somebody must have moved it.
00:41:19 #702 Lizzie, very likely when she was dusting.
00:41:21 #703 Wait a minute.
00:41:22 #704 Did you know there's a door in this panel?
00:41:24 #705 No, I didn't.
00:41:25 #706 Oh, my gracious!
00:41:27 #707 So there it is!
00:41:28 #708 Maybe it opens to a secret passage.
00:41:30 #709 Oh!
00:41:31 #710 Certainly to a secret something.
00:41:32 #711 Who knows, girls?
00:41:33 #712 We'll be about to stumble on that missing minion.
00:41:36 #713 Oh!
00:41:38 #714 There's a panel.
00:41:39 #715 There must be some gimmick to it.
00:41:40 #716 There always is.
00:41:41 #717 Yes, you move.
00:41:43 #718 Oh!
00:41:57 #719 Car 11, calling Car 11.
00:41:59 #720 Proceed to the Oaks and Zenas Township.
00:42:02 #721 The scene is township immediately.
00:42:04 #722 A homicide has been reported.
00:42:08 #723 OK.
00:42:09 #724 Proceeding to the Oaks.
00:42:11 #725 Notify the county coroner, Dr. Weros.
00:42:14 #726 Tell him to come to the Oaks at once.
00:42:27 #727 If his throat has been torn by some creature with his fangs
00:42:31 #728 or claws, that's his sign.
00:42:34 #729 We found it on the others he killed.
00:42:38 #730 I'd hope those reports that he was up to his old tricks
00:42:40 #731 again were pure imagination.
00:42:42 #732 but apparently they're based on fact.
00:42:46 #733 He's come back.
00:42:48 #734 Back to the scene of his kills.
00:42:52 #735 Yes, that's who I mean.
00:42:54 #736 That's who did this.
00:42:59 #737 Who found Mark?
00:43:00 #738 We all did.
00:43:02 #739 And his Dale and Judy and I.
00:43:04 #740 Lizzie was in the dining room.
00:43:06 #741 This is my new housekeeper.
00:43:08 #742 Jane Patterson, you know she worked for John Fleming.
00:43:11 #743 I know her.
00:43:12 #744 Where were you, Mrs. Patterson?
00:43:14 #745 In the kitchen.
00:43:15 #746 Cleaning up.
00:43:16 #747 I cooked the dinner tonight.
00:43:19 #748 Did you know that the secret closet was here?
00:43:22 #749 No.
00:43:23 #750 It was behind the grandfather's clock.
00:43:25 #751 Well, it was I who found it, really.
00:43:27 #752 Notice the clock had been moved and the door
00:43:29 #753 wasn't quite closed.
00:43:31 #754 OK.
00:43:56 #755 Mark Fleming.
00:43:58 #756 As current, you saw the same wounds on the others.
00:44:02 #757 How long's he been dead?
00:44:03 #758 Oh, I'd say about a half an hour.
00:44:06 #759 Do you believe it was the bat?
00:44:08 #760 That's a bat's trademark.
00:44:10 #761 Perhaps he's still in the house.
00:44:13 #762 That's possible.
00:44:18 #763 Why should he be?
00:44:20 #764 Because he's looking for something,
00:44:21 #765 and like you, he believes it's here.
00:44:24 #766 And he's a persistent killer.
00:44:26 #767 I would advise you to get out of this house
00:44:27 #768 as quickly as possible, notwithstanding our expert
00:44:31 #769 police protection.
00:44:33 #770 Have you called the morgue?
00:44:34 #771 They're on their way here.
00:44:35 #772 Oh, good.
00:44:36 #773 I want to examine the body before they get here.
00:44:39 #774 May we take it into another room?
00:44:40 #775 Yes, to the sunroom in the back. Thank you.
00:44:42 #776 Give me a hand.
00:44:43 #777 Excuse me.
00:44:54 #778 Oh, Warner, where have you been?
00:44:56 #779 Well, Madam, it was...
00:44:58 #780 Has been an accident?
00:45:00 #781 There's been a murder.
00:45:03 #782 Mark Fleming, the young man from whom I leased this place,
00:45:06 #783 was killed here tonight.
00:45:08 #784 They know who did it?
00:45:09 #785 Well, they...
00:45:10 #786 They believe it was the Bat.
00:45:12 #787 I'm sorry I had to use the front door, Miss Van Gorder.
00:45:14 #788 I forgot my keys, and when I rang the bell at the kitchen door,
00:45:17 #789 there was no response.
00:45:19 #790 Oh, this is Warner, Lieutenant.
00:45:20 #791 He's my butler. He was my chauffeur.
00:45:23 #792 Why did you promote him?
00:45:25 #793 It's very difficult to find a butler.
00:45:27 #794 They don't like service in the country.
00:45:29 #795 Have you been a butler before?
00:45:31 #796 I've served in many capacities, sir,
00:45:33 #797 but this was my night off, and I forgot my keys.
00:45:35 #798 I heard that part.
00:45:37 #799 What time do you leave the house, Tomato?
00:45:39 #800 About 6.30. I had dinner at Wiley's Roadhouse.
00:45:42 #801 Can you prove where you spent the rest of the evening?
00:45:45 #802 I can try.
00:45:47 #803 Try hard.
00:45:49 #804 Don't leave the house. I'll get you later.
00:45:51 #805 Very good, sir. I shall be in my room, Miss Van Gorder, if you need me.
00:45:56 #806 Yes, Warner. Surely you don't think he's...
00:46:02 #807 Warner and I have met before.
00:46:05 #808 I can't recall where or when.
00:46:08 #809 There'll be a crew here, shortly from headquarters,
00:46:17 #810 dusting for fingerprints, taking photographs.
00:46:20 #811 But in the meantime, Mrs. Patterson,
00:46:23 #812 you aren't leaving the house tonight, are you?
00:46:25 #813 No, Lieutenant.
00:46:26 #814 Don't, I'll talk to you in the morning. Good night.
00:46:28 #815 Good night, sir. Good night, Miss Admiral.
00:46:31 #816 Dale, I was with Mark Fleming this afternoon
00:46:35 #817 when you talked to him about the floor plans of this house.
00:46:37 #818 I heard him tell you he was coming here tonight.
00:46:39 #819 Dale called him at my request.
00:46:42 #820 She told me he was coming.
00:46:45 #821 Who else should I tell you that?
00:46:47 #822 Judy, Lizzie, and that nice Dr. Wells.
00:46:52 #823 Dr. Wells? There are few killers who kill for the fun of it.
00:47:00 #824 The bat very likely is a mental case.
00:47:02 #825 And I'm convinced that his crimes are motivated
00:47:04 #826 by his main new for personal gain.
00:47:06 #827 There's a million dollars at large.
00:47:08 #828 And he's going to keep on hunting for it
00:47:10 #829 until he lays his hands on it.
00:47:12 #830 Now, these young ladies are staying here tonight?
00:47:14 #831 Yes, they're my house guests.
00:47:16 #832 Well, when my crew arrives,
00:47:18 #833 we'll be busy for a while. So I suggest that you...
00:47:20 #834 Shall we go to our rooms? That's a very good idea.
00:47:22 #835 Come on, girls.
00:47:29 #836 Police guard for this house tonight, Lieutenant.
00:47:31 #837 You've got one!
00:47:33 #838 I'm going to cover this place tonight from the attic to the basement.
00:47:35 #839 If the bet makes another call, I'll have a little surprise for him.
00:47:39 #840 Who is he?
00:47:44 #841 Have you any idea?
00:47:51 #842 He could be anybody.
00:47:52 #843 So far, there are clues to his identity,
00:47:54 #844 but nothing we could take before a jury.
00:47:58 #845 I am afraid we must look higher than the criminal world.
00:48:01 #846 He may be a merchant, lawyer, doctor, scientist,
00:48:05 #847 one of the pillars of his community.
00:48:09 #848 Ladies, lock your doors tonight.
00:48:11 #849 Stay behind me.
00:48:12 #850 I promise you you'll be safe.
00:48:14 #851 Good night.
00:48:15 #852 You did?
00:48:53 #853 So young.
00:48:55 #854 Well, doctor, do you agree it was the bat?
00:48:58 #855 In my report, I shall say the death was caused
00:49:00 #856 by the same technique used in the other killings.
00:49:04 #857 A paralyzing blow to the throat, followed
00:49:06 #858 by severe lacerations of the jugular,
00:49:09 #859 resulting in excessive hemorrhage.
00:49:12 #860 In a layman's language, he didn't know what hit him.
00:49:15 #861 Oh, he knew.
00:49:18 #862 But he didn't have time to think about it.
00:49:29 #863 Staying here tonight, Andy?
00:49:30 #864 Until I check the doors and windows,
00:49:32 #865 but I'll be back bright and early in the morning.
00:49:36 #866 Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night
00:49:39 #867 stays these couriers from the swift completion
00:49:41 #868 of their appointed rounds.
00:49:43 #869 A lot of people are due for a shock
00:49:45 #870 when I close this case.
00:49:47 #871 Yes, I'm sure they are.
00:49:50 #872 Good night, Andy. Don't get hurt.
00:49:53 #873 Good night, Anthony.
00:50:08 #874 You know, I think we'd better let you get some sleep.
00:50:10 #875 Oh, Lizzie and I share this room for mutual protection.
00:50:14 #876 You know, one night, a storm blew the wires down,
00:50:16 #877 put the lights out, and I went out the next day
00:50:18 #878 and bought a half a dozen of these things.
00:50:20 #879 You better take one with you, Dale.
00:50:21 #880 Oh, thank you.
00:50:24 #881 Look across the hall now. Are you sure?
00:50:26 #882 There's nothing else you need. Oh, no. Quite sure.
00:50:29 #883 We'll be all right.
00:50:29 #884 Well, if anything bothers you, you just sing out.
00:50:32 #885 And two strong women will come to your rescue.
00:50:35 #886 Oh, nothing will bother us.
00:50:36 #887 Not with Andy on the job.
00:50:38 #888 Well, good night. Good night.
00:50:39 #889 Good night, dear. Don't worry.
00:50:41 #890 Everything will be all right.
00:50:42 #891 Good night.
00:51:08 #892 I don't think I'll sleep tonight.
00:51:10 #893 Me neither.
00:51:12 #894 All I can see is poor Mark Fleming staring at us.
00:51:17 #895 I thought that when people died, their eyes closed, is in sleep.
00:51:22 #896 Don't think about it.
00:51:24 #897 I'll bet you're thinking about it.
00:51:27 #898 No, I was thinking of my poor husband sleeping in jail tonight.
00:51:32 #899 Oh, Judy, I love him so much.
00:51:35 #900 I kind of fell half asleep.
00:55:02 #901 For a moment I thought it was something from a dream.
00:55:04 #902 It's somewhere in the house.
00:55:05 #903 Yes, on the floor above.
00:55:07 #904 Not directly over us.
00:55:09 #905 Probably a room overlooking the driveway.
00:55:12 #906 Should we call Miss Van Gorder?
00:55:40 #907 She'll hear it. How can she help it, Herrod?
00:55:44 #908 Besides, we don't want her to think we're a couple of hysterical women.
00:55:47 #909 Well, I'm about to become one.
00:55:48 #910 I've had it for one night.
00:55:50 #911 Dale, you're not going out in that hall.
00:55:52 #912 I want to know what's happening up there.
00:55:54 #913 But Lieutenant Anderson said if we stayed behind our locked doors,
00:55:57 #914 The lock doors would be safe.
00:55:58 #915 Vic isn't safe locked up in that jail.
00:56:00 #916 Suppose that stolen money is in this house.
00:56:02 #917 Mark Fleming seemed to think it was.
00:56:04 #918 Maybe that's what somebody's looking for.
00:56:19 #919 House phone and the outside phone wires have been cut,
00:56:23 #920 and we can't get help.
00:56:24 #921 Where's that policeman?
00:56:26 #922 Oh, I don't know.
00:56:27 #923 Something must have happened to him.
00:56:29 #924 Now go on, get on your road.
00:56:30 #925 Oh, Dale, please don't go up there. I've got to.
00:56:33 #926 Think what it could mean to Vic.
00:56:34 #927 Now you stay here. Oh, no.
00:56:36 #928 If you go, I go. But they're alone.
00:57:01 #929 Here I'm going to see what it is.
00:57:02 #930 Oh, please let me go with Judy.
00:59:03 #931 Yes, the bat.
00:59:04 #932 He caught her at the head of the stairs.
00:59:06 #933 We saw him rushing down the stairs as we came out of the room.
00:59:10 #934 I hurled that after him.
00:59:12 #935 I hit him, I believe.
00:59:15 #936 I'm going to cover this place from attic to basement, you said.
00:59:18 #937 Well, what were you covering when that poor child was murdered?
00:59:20 #938 Where were you?
00:59:22 #939 I saw a man outside in the grounds.
00:59:25 #940 I went out there and hunted him.
00:59:27 #941 I heard him among the trees, and so I followed the sound of him
00:59:30 #942 as far as the brook down near the back road.
00:59:32 #943 And then I lost her.
00:59:34 #944 I'd rather give my own life than have this happen to Judy.
00:59:38 #945 But I told you to stay in your rooms and lock your doors
00:59:41 #946 and stay there.
00:59:42 #947 What was she doing at the head of those stairs?
00:59:45 #948 That was my fault.
00:59:47 #949 They had a strange noise, heavy pounding,
00:59:49 #950 in one of the rooms on the third floor.
00:59:50 #951 We all heard it.
00:59:51 #952 I wanted to see what it was.
00:59:52 #953 Judy, would you wish you wouldn't let me go out by myself?
00:59:56 #954 I may stay on the balcony.
00:59:58 #955 What about your new butler?
00:59:59 #956 Oh, well, he's in his room, I suppose.
01:00:02 #957 Oh, Mrs. Patterson.
01:00:04 #958 Oh, yes.
01:00:05 #959 Did you know what happened here?
01:00:06 #960 No, sir, but I heard the screams.
01:00:08 #961 I went to call Warner.
01:00:10 #962 We have rooms on the same floor.
01:00:12 #963 But he wasn't in his room.
01:00:14 #964 His bed hasn't been slept in.
01:00:17 #965 If Mrs. Patterson heard the screams,
01:00:18 #966 Warner could certainly hear them.
01:00:20 #967 You're quite right, sir.
01:00:21 #968 I heard them.
01:00:22 #969 Oh, you did.
01:00:23 #970 And where were you?
01:00:24 #971 Outside in the grounds?
01:00:26 #972 Miss Holland has been murdered.
01:00:28 #973 So you're surprised?
01:00:32 #974 Shocked.
01:00:34 #975 Well, I've seen better performances.
01:00:37 #976 I remember you now.
01:00:39 #977 Your name's not Warner.
01:00:41 #978 I've got a circular in my office with your picture on it.
01:00:44 #979 The Chicago police not so long ago were hunting for you
01:00:46 #980 in connection with the robbery.
01:00:47 #981 You're right again, sir.
01:00:48 #982 And they found me and they tried me
01:00:50 #983 and I proved my innocence and I was acquitted.
01:00:53 #984 That could have been a lucky break.
01:00:55 #985 Where were you when this child was killed?
01:00:57 #986 I told you before, sir. Outside.
01:00:59 #987 What were you doing there?
01:01:00 #988 I was following you.
01:01:01 #989 I saw you leaving the house and it seemed that you were hunting someone.
01:01:04 #990 I thought you might need some help.
01:01:05 #991 Oh, yes, sir. I followed your flashlight down through the trees.
01:01:08 #992 Then it disappeared.
01:01:10 #993 And then suddenly as I was staring out into the darkness,
01:01:13 #994 I was struck by something on the back of the head.
01:01:15 #995 The next thing I knew, I was lying on the ground.
01:01:17 #996 I realized I'd been knocked out.
01:01:20 #997 I wish you had been knocked out.
01:01:22 #998 But then we'd have found you with your mask still on your face.
01:01:25 #999 You were hit here in this house.
01:01:27 #1000 With this poker, as you were rushing down those stairs
01:01:29 #1001 after that child...
01:01:30 #1002 Oh, no, sir, you can't pin this on me.
01:01:31 #1003 I'm not the bat.
01:01:33 #1004 I've never killed.
01:01:33 #1005 I couldn't kill.
01:01:35 #1006 I won't take the rap for this.
01:01:37 #1007 Another case for the counter-corona.
01:02:13 #1008 You see, the bat came back.
01:02:17 #1009 Why did you come back, doctor?
01:02:21 #1010 Well, I had an accident about a mile down the road.
01:02:26 #1011 The right rear wheel of my car came off
01:02:27 #1012 and I plunged into the ditch.
01:02:29 #1013 This was the nearest house, so I came here to call for help.
01:02:35 #1014 I thought I'd find you around, Andy.
01:02:41 #1015 Physician, heal yourself.
01:02:43 #1016 You must have been hit by something on the back of your head.
01:02:48 #1017 I told you I had an accident.
01:02:50 #1018 So you did, Doctor.
01:02:52 #1019 So you did.
01:02:55 #1020 I could be wrong.
01:02:57 #1021 But maybe I'm not.
01:03:00 #1022 We shall see.
01:03:04 #1023 All right, Dale.
01:03:05 #1024 Let's start a new chapter.
01:03:07 #1025 For days, the murders held the headlines.
01:03:10 #1026 Lieutenant Anderson grilled us.
01:03:13 #1027 Senator Anzac, the house from top to bottom.
01:03:16 #1028 Warner was not placed under arrest, but his every move was watched.
01:03:22 #1029 At night, except for a detective on guard in the house,
01:03:26 #1030 the police and the reporters left us alone.
01:03:29 #1031 And on one of those nights, without telling Lizzie or anyone else,
01:03:34 #1032 I pursued a secret investigation of my own.
01:03:38 #1033 It was in an empty room on the third floor where we kept our trunks and other things.
01:03:51 #1034 They killed me in my own lab and let people think that I'm the bat.
01:06:05 #1035 But you had to kill me first.
01:06:07 #1036 What was it to be? Ambush?
01:06:09 #1037 You're clever as you are. You're not smart enough to do that.
01:06:13 #1038 Nor were you smart enough to find the money, though you came quite close to it.
01:06:17 #1039 But I know where it is.
01:06:19 #1040 And when you're dead with that sign pinned on your chest,
01:06:23 #1041 I'm going to collect it and live happily ever after.
01:06:26 #1042 He destroyed himself.
01:06:29 #1043 How true that will be.
01:06:31 #1044 Goodbye, Batten.
01:06:34 #1045 Here's a serum that will heal you, whether you're rabid or not.
01:06:37 #1046 Something's wrong.
01:08:31 #1047 One at this time a night.
01:09:03 #1048 Never.
01:09:28 #1049 Oh, Mr. Davenport.
01:09:34 #1050 Mr. Davenport.
01:09:36 #1051 A fine thing.
01:09:38 #1052 I've been to the door and bolted the chain off and you asleep on the job.
01:09:42 #1053 Wait till Lieutenant Anderson hears about this.
01:09:45 #1054 Come on, wake up. What's the matter with you?
01:09:47 #1055 I don't know. I don't know.
01:09:49 #1056 My head hurts. My whole body's numb.
01:09:52 #1057 Here, here, take a sip of this. Try to snap out of it. I'll be back in a minute.
01:09:56 #1058 It's Lizzie.
01:10:12 #1059 I'm terribly worried. I can't find Miss Cornelia anywhere
01:10:16 #1060 and something's happened to the policeman. I don't know what.
01:10:19 #1061 Bring him to the drawing room. Tell him we need him.
01:10:22 #1062 Are you all right now?
01:10:28 #1063 Yeah, I'll be all right in a minute.
01:10:30 #1064 I remember now. I took a drink of wine from that decadre there.
01:10:33 #1065 Miss Van Gorder told me to help myself.
01:10:35 #1066 She wouldn't put nothing in it.
01:10:37 #1067 Well, somebody did. Somebody who knew I was on duty here.
01:10:40 #1068 Then it was somebody that got Miss Van Gorder.
01:10:43 #1069 I can't find her anywhere. Upstairs, downstairs, or in the basement.
01:10:46 #1070 I told the housekeeper to get more on her.
01:10:48 #1071 Lieutenant Anderson will want to know about this.
01:10:51 #1072 Hello. Yeah, this is Davenport at the Yokes.
01:10:54 #1073 We've got trouble here.
01:10:56 #1074 Well, for one thing, I was drugged.
01:10:58 #1075 Yeah.
01:10:59 #1076 But I must have been knocked out because a maid tells me
01:11:02 #1077 Miss Van Gorder is missing.
01:11:04 #1078 Well, you better call Anderson and let him know.
01:11:07 #1079 He's not at home.
01:11:08 #1080 Well, where is he? Out on a case.
01:11:11 #1081 What case?
01:11:13 #1082 Dr. Wells.
01:11:15 #1083 What else did they tell you about it?
01:11:17 #1084 Oh, hurry, William.
01:11:18 #1085 We've got to find Miss Cornelia.
01:11:22 #1086 OK.
01:11:24 #1087 Lieutenant Anderson is out on a case.
01:11:26 #1088 Dr. Wells was found dead in a room next to his garage,
01:11:29 #1089 murdered.
01:11:31 #1090 Dr. Wells?
01:11:33 #1091 There's something queer about the killing of Wells,
01:11:35 #1092 but headquarters won't talk about it.
01:11:37 #1093 Lizzie, one isn't in his room.
01:11:39 #1094 There's no sign of him anywhere.
01:11:40 #1095 And I was supposed to keep an eye on that guy.
01:11:42 #1096 Where's Miss Cardelia?
01:11:43 #1097 That's what I want to know.
01:11:45 #1098 Wait a minute.
01:11:46 #1099 Didn't you say that the chain and the bolt
01:11:48 #1100 were off of the front door?
01:11:49 #1101 I certainly did.
01:11:50 #1102 Well, maybe Miss Van Gorder went outside.
01:11:52 #1103 She never would.
01:11:54 #1104 We better look.
01:11:55 #1105 Miss Van Gorder?
01:12:11 #1106 Miss Cornelia!
01:12:16 #1107 There's a light in that room on the third floor.
01:12:19 #1108 Were you up there tonight?
01:12:20 #1109 Well, of course I was, but I turned the lights out
01:12:22 #1110 before I came downstairs.
01:12:23 #1111 Miss Cornelia, might have turned them on again.
01:12:25 #1112 That's why we're going to look first.
01:12:27 #1113 Come on!
01:12:57 #1114 I'm here.
01:12:59 #1115 Miss Van Gorder, what do we do now?
01:13:11 #1116 Which panel did you say, Miss Van Gorder?
01:13:25 #1117 Oh, I can't.
01:13:27 #1118 I miss Van...
01:13:28 #1119 Miss Van Gorder, which panel?
01:13:30 #1120 We couldn't hear you.
01:13:31 #1121 She said, strike it.
01:13:32 #1122 What difference does it make? Which panel? Strike them all!
01:13:36 #1123 It's all right now. It's all right, dear.
01:13:58 #1124 Lizzie's here.
01:14:00 #1125 Feeling better? Yes, much better.
01:14:07 #1126 We'll take you to your room. I'll know you won't. I'm going to stay right here. I'm quite all right.
01:14:12 #1127 Oh, how blessed it is to breathe without an effort, you know?
01:14:15 #1128 No one knows how sweet the air can taste until someone shuts it off for a moment.
01:14:20 #1129 That room is just like a box.
01:14:23 #1130 When the metal piece closed, it seemed like all the air was drawn out of it.
01:14:27 #1131 Look, there it goes again!
01:14:29 #1132 Let it close. I can open it from in here.
01:14:36 #1133 There's a control panel behind this blueprint.
01:14:39 #1134 Electric motor under the trap door here.
01:14:41 #1135 Once the door is open, you can keep it that way.
01:14:44 #1136 I believe that the fireplace in this other room opens the same way.
01:14:48 #1137 Try to find it, but I couldn't find it.
01:14:56 #1138 Yeah, it's back at this blueprint here.
01:14:58 #1139 No, it's quite a setup.
01:15:01 #1140 Too bad we can't open that safe in the same way.
01:15:04 #1141 Take an expert to crack this box or a shot of nitro.
01:15:07 #1142 Well, maybe... maybe that's what the bat had in mind.
01:15:10 #1143 Could be. Seems he's on the prowl tonight.
01:15:13 #1144 Miss Van Gota, water has disappeared.
01:15:15 #1145 And Dr. Wells has been murdered.
01:15:18 #1146 Dr. Wells?
01:15:19 #1147 Lieutenant Anderson's on that case right now.
01:15:21 #1148 Well, does he know what happened here tonight?
01:15:23 #1149 They got word to him. He'll be here any minute.
01:15:26 #1150 Look at that.
01:15:43 #1151 Lizzie, put that light on the other room.
01:15:46 #1152 Where'd you go to report the fire? You just stayed right here miss and go to the garage. Well, let it burn you watch the stair
01:15:53 #1153 Thank you see that power was set to get us out of the house. We're talking about them. Yes
01:15:58 #1154 Yes, I'm talking about the bat now that the lights are out
01:16:01 #1155 You'll think his trick has worked and we've gone you'll be here any minute the soil lieutenant anus
01:16:06 #1156 I hope so but the battle to here first and he'll kill again if we're in his way
01:16:10 #1157 We've got to be as clever as he is be safer downstairs
01:17:26 #1158 I'll take care of you.
01:17:27 #1159 But the others can go, but I'm going to stay right here.
01:17:29 #1160 All right, but get out of sight.
01:17:31 #1161 Let's face it, ladies, and get it over with.
01:18:00 #1162 Others have seen my face before they died,
01:18:02 #1163 but I'll have to deny you that pleasure.
01:18:05 #1164 This would make a good scene for your book, Miss Van Gorda,
01:18:08 #1165 but I'm afraid you'll never write it.
01:18:15 #1166 That is Warner.
01:18:17 #1167 I could kill him.
01:18:19 #1168 You misjudged me, Miss Allen.
01:18:26 #1169 What?
01:18:29 #1170 I don't like being a murder suspect, Miss Van Gorder.
01:18:33 #1171 I was headed for a plane, but halfway to the airport,
01:18:35 #1172 I changed my mind and came back.
01:18:39 #1173 I'm glad that I did.
01:18:41 #1174 I'm sorry, Miss Anderson.
01:19:05 #1175 He discovered the secret of the hidden room
01:19:07 #1176 and was waiting to get into it
01:19:09 #1177 and open up the safe.
01:19:12 #1178 We found the money in it,
01:19:13 #1179 a little over a million in tens and 20s and hundreds.
01:19:19 #1180 Good old Andy.
01:19:22 #1181 With all his ill-gotten gains invested in bank stock.
01:19:27 #1182 It's rather a clever way to hide stolen money.
01:19:30 #1183 In the open, as it were.
01:19:32 #1184 And so respectable.
01:19:34 #1185 But don't try it.
01:19:39 #1186 No matter how clever you are,
01:19:43 #1187 you can't hide murder.
01:19:46 #1188 That's it, Dan.
01:19:56 #1189 That's the end.