A Night for Crime Page #2

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picture means a lot to me if it's a

failure I don't know whether oh yeah

this way chief sorry to intrude mr.

Harkins your call sounded so urgent that

I decide to get on the case myself

- that's very nice of you mr. Williams Oh

- laughs mr. Cooper miss Lynn mr. Powell.

Hello chief

I know miss Cooper sure you know her

chief she gummed up that left in robbery

case from Pittsburgh well you may call

it gummed up but I'd say that she solved

it perfectly there's a nice bit of work

miss Cooper thank you

well where's the ones two bodies in one

night Oh Thursday Hoffman are you two at

it

someday I'm going to book both of you

for disturbing the peace okay by me

providing you execute him yeah may we

all sit down miss tart yes of course.

I thought you might know something about

Ellen Smith who was murdered earlier

this evening oh then you didn't come

about Moana Harrison I imagine she'll

show up when she has enough publicity

out of this oh yes of course you're

right I was a little worried though I

- learned this Smith girl been working on

- this lot lately as an extra I thought I.

Might pick up something on which to

hinge my investigation I told you chief

it's an open-and-shut case.

Shh Ellen Smith that's me thank you

take a look at this why yes I absolutely

Smith before what mr. Hot means is that.

Ellen Smith was a guest at Mona.

Harrison's dinner party last night

of course we didn't have anything to eat

or drink but we all had a splendid

opportunity to tell Mona exactly what we

thought of her I knew it the minute I

saw you and him they were in the room

with the body chief what do you mean in

it we put it there who else was at this

party follow all of us here and Ellen

Smith and Mona of course anybody else.

Ramona servants tell me service she had

three a chauffeur a maid and a cook

that's the last I've seen of Mona the

last resolved Ellen Smith until this

evening and today Ellen Smith is

murdered and Lauren Harrison disappears

that gives the case an entirely

different complexion it's just like I

figure it Keith I know open-and-shut

case

just another robbery I think we'd all

better meet miss Harrison's apartment an

hour from now maybe we can find out what

happened last night I'm dead tired go

home and take a shower and change my

clothes think I'll try that too let's

meet at lineman's for some coffee before

we start this Inquisition mr. Hart will

you and Carole meet us there I'd love to

we'll be there Hey

what's cookin here Oh Hoffman I want you

to round up all of his Harrison servants

I'll have them present tonight

check Keith don't forget all of you 12

o'clock

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Everyone is here but Hoffman oh he's

probably out rounding up Clues on a

great train robbery Harmon well here I

am cheap right on the dot just like you

said sit down

what's your name.

Alice Jones so I'm the cook at least I

was the cook what do you mean by that

when I handed in my resignation just

before dinner

last night were you in the habit of

resigning before each meal Alice no sir

I work for the same family for 15 years

well suppose you tell us in your own

words just what happened welcome me and

my niece Louise your niece this time

she's my only living kin we've been used

to working for quality folks real hard

tone people wearing custom I haven't

folks talked to us like we just pray my

hand didn't like what she did to me what

was that Louise yeah I was helping miss

Harrison to dress for dinner last night

and I'm married the dude that looked

better with a gown she was wearing then

the huge he held yes my guess she must

have been on edge I'll say she's on the

edge of a breakdown seems like to me

she's always that way Alice your

newspaper articles didn't help miss

Harrison any well there's a swell idea

put some real publicity for your Joel

chauffeur dependence ma no Harrison's

reputation such as it is right Charlotte.

Susie I'll make a note of that we ought

to find out more about her she may have

secrets could be let's get on with us

unpleasant business every time you to

say anything it's making me more

suspicious come on Louise well sir when

I mentioned shoes she flat up and told

me keep the dress herself without my

help then Louise told her to just try to

read shoes off what happened then well I

went to the closet to get him and before

I could open the door she sprang across

the room and slapped my face and then I

start crying

it must have made him more mad because

she pushed me out of the room Oh China

she come right down to me in the kitchen

killed was treatment Donald face what

did you do Alice put in a separate SPEC inside a water dog

I quit and I took movies yeah right

along with it we didn't even wait for

weeks wedges notes so not us then you

left the house yes Arthur there doc

permission miss hash in the drivers home

did you take them home yes sir what's

your name it's Arthur Evans sir

alright Evans tell us what you know well

sir when Allison Louise came out all

packed

I called miss Harrison from the garage

and asked if I was to take them home

miss Harrison said yes and that I could

have the night off as she would have to

take all of them to dinner and did you

take the night off

I'm sure I'm all set I know when I'm not

wanted around just what do you mean by

that well nothing I guess I well I'm

just upset at all as bad publicity for

miss Harrison you seem to take a lot of

interest in miss Harrison's personal

affairs I merely try to be a faithful

employee you took Alice and when we

straight home of course oh yes sir I did

- then where did you go to Harry's bowling

- alley near where I live I met some of.

The boys and we bowled for a couple of

hours well you can check on that make it

all that Hoffman don't worry chief I'll

pin it on him that's what worries me

then did you go straight home the

landlady saw me coming in she'll verify

what I said you can go and you too

thanks your cooperation well just a

moment please

did any of you see Miss Ellen Smith here

last night

no what about you I told you I drove the

servants home I don't like the tone of

your voice Evans that'll be all

suppose you tell us what you'd mr. Hart

as I remember we all got here about the

same time I brought miss Linton Susan

and Joe were together I rang the bell

and Mona answered it herself I'm so glad

you came along Hamilton was able to

bring your it rather takes him off my

hands for one evening he doesn't weigh

so heavily online

nice going Carol hello Mona nice of you

to come Susan thank you it just goes to

prove the tuber really don't mean all

those tacky things you write about me in

your columns and the contrary it really

means if I'm hungry I don't care all

these Hollywood comments are so clever

what a shame the public doesn't read

them well I'd say that you both made a

birdie on that hole

now that we've been properly how about

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