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Just you wait a little while,

The nasty man in black will come

With his little chopper,

He will chop you up!

You're out

Stop singing that awful song

Don't you hear me?

Always that awful song

Just you wait a little while,

The nasty man in black will come

What's the matter?

l told those kids to stop

singing that awful song

But they keep singing

it over and over

As if we haven't heard

enough of that murderer

Oh, leave them be

lf they're singing, at

least we know they're okay

Yes, l guess you're right

WHO lS THE MURDERER?

Since June 11, little

KLAUS KLAWlTZKY and

his sister KLARA have disappeared

Evidence leads us to believe

the children were victims

of a similar crime

committed last fall

against the DOERlNG sisters

What a pretty ball!

What's your name?

Elsie Beckmann

Did Elsie come with you?

No, she didn't

Thank you

A thrilling new chapter!

Passionate, moving, sensational

Just a moment, Mr. Gehrke

-Tell me, Mr. Gehrke.

-Yes?

Have you seen Elsie?

Didn't she just come up

the stairs?

No, she isn't here yet

She won't be long now.

Good-bye, Mrs. Beckmann

Good-bye, Mr. Gehrke

Extra! Extra! Extra!

New crime!

Who is the murderer?

Because the police have not

published my first letter

l am writing today

directly to the NEWSPAPERS

Continue your investigations

Everything will happen

just as l have told you.

But l have not yet finished

Who is the murderer?

Christ! Here we go again.

lt's horrible

The lettering is too small

We can't read it

Hey, you, read it out loud

-''The unknown murderer''.

-Let him read! Hey! Quiet!

''The terror in our town

has found a new...''

Certain evidence leads us

to believe that the murderer

is the same one who has

already killed eight children

We must remind you again

that a mother's first duty

is to guard her children

from the danger which

always threatens

Also, the danger is often

hidden in some attractive bait

Candy, a toy, and fruit can be

the murderer's weapons

True, true!

Come on! Come on!

Read, read on

Okay, okay. ''The anxiety of

the general public is very high

because the police have not yet

completed their investigations

But the police are faced

with an almost impossible problem.''

''The criminal has left no clue.

Who is the murderer?''

What is he like?

Where is he hiding?

No one knows.

Still, he is one of us

ls it your neighbor?

Yes, that's right

Why look at me when you say that?

-You know very well.

-What do l know very well?

-Think about it.

-What are you saying?

l saw you go up those stairs

behind that little girl

What?! You are crazy,

you dirty swine!

Who's a swine? Me?

Or a man who chases little girls?

You bastard! You swine!

Murderer!

Gentlemen! Gentlemen!

l'll see you in court.

l'll see you in court

Now, now, gentlemen! Calm down!

Slanderer!

Trying to ruin my reputation

Slanderer! Terrible man!

The police listen to him!

They're searching my house!

How awful! What a shame!

Searching a man's house

because of an anonymous letter

Mr. Jager, calm down!

We're only doing our job

When we are so upset?

Scared about the children

Look, that's why the police

must follow every clue

Any man in the street

could be the guilty one

Can you please tell me

what time it is?

Yes, my child

Now, my child, go home.

Where do you live?

What's it to you

where the kid lives?

Why were you bothering that kid?

But - but - l did nothing!

What do you want with me?

Just you wait and see

Let me go!

lt's an outrage!

-What's going on?

-lt's an outrage!

What does he want?

Don't get so excited

Punch him in the face!

-Bothering children.

-Acting like a big shot!

Let me go! l did nothing!

You wanted to get her

alone, didn't you?

Yes, then kill her like

all the others, right?

lt's the murderer! lt's him!

Hold him! Call the police!

No police around when you

need them. Officer, officer!

Move along please,

move along now. Don't block!

You can catch pickpockets but

you'd better get the murderer

What? ls he the murderer?

Move along now.

Come on, get a move on

MURDERER WRlTES TO NEWSPAPERS

lt's a terrible scandal

This will have a bad effect

on public opinion, lnspector.

lt's very serious

But, sir, we cannot stop the

murderer from writing letters!

This man is a mental case

He gets a kick from

seeing himself in the papers

We immediately got in touch

with the newspaper

They sent us the original letter.

The lab is working on it

Of course, you can't get good

fingerprints from a postcard

which went through so many hands

We'll compare the results

with our archives

We must try everything

to find a clue or a lead

Then, we'll send the letter

to the graphologist

The very particular shape

of the letters...

do you follow me?

indicates in this man a very

strong and pathological sexuality

Some of the broken letters

reveal an actor's personality

which can be indolent

or even lazy

ln the whole, the handwriting

shows clear signs of insanity

Yes, lnspector, certainly.

You and your men are very good

But, nevertheless, results,

we must have results

Results!

Minister, my men are only

getting 12 hours sleep a week

as well as searches

on the spot, Minister

They start their shift

already tired

Don't forget, this job

is nervously trying

especially when the success

rate is so low

The homicide officers work

restlessly

They're always on alert

following any clue,

even the slightest one

that may lead us to our man

Minister, consider their findings

on the scene of the crime

We find, for instance,

behind a hedge

a little white paper bag

Clearly it held the candy

ln a corner, we found some

crumbs and some sugar grains

Within a radius of 2 kilometers,

we have searched

in all the candy shops to find out

where the bag came from

But in vain

Every day the search widens

but, of course, no one

remembers anything

Nevertheless, we keep on

searching, getting nowhere

without much hope of

finding a solution. Our men...

What good is that?

l know you're trying

but an unknown murderer

terrorizes the town

A town of four million

and your police are failing

Minister, you don't seem to

understand the difficulties

Only on the way home

of the missing child

we got fifteen different

testimonies

Just listen:
''Testimony 1478

in the Beckmann murder case...''

-You know nothing.

-More than you, Sir!

Gentlemen! Can't you agree

what color hat

that little girl wore

when you saw her?

Of course, lnspector, it was red

-lnspector, it was green.

-lt was a red hat!

lt was a green hat!

Stop! lt's hopeless.

Thank you, gentlemen

-Next witness.

-Of course, lnspector

if you listen

to a color-blind man!

The police have investigated

over 1,500 clues

Documents fill 60 volumes.

We have all available men

We have systematically

combed all adjoining areas

Every thicket, every piece

of undergrowth, every bush

in every hole,

we might find something

We sent out police dogs.

The best trackers are on the scent

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