Tonight, our Northwood's adventure, Josh Peterson, shows us how Bemidji's annual fat bike rally continues to spark an interest in newcomers. Like many outdoor events, it all depends on the weather. And with the mild stretch of weather we had last week, conditions were just right for the 63 fat bike riders to hit the trails at Lake Bemidji State Park. We try not to make it super competitive, so everybody from a person doing it for the first time to really competitive fat bikers are going to have a good time here. It didn't matter if you were pedaling a bike or cheering on a rider along the trail. Every aspect of the rally has created a fun and energetic atmosphere, which is why so many riders come back year after year. It's just a good event and it feels good to get out and do something outside and it's usually pretty nice this weekend. And yeah, I did it the first year and I got fourth place, so I want to get a medal this year, so I keep coming back. For the winner of the fat bike 10K, this was his first time taking part in the rally. Despite the slushy conditions, he says it was a good race. Yeah, it definitely got quite a bit better, like I said, halfway through, but it was just a fun race. While the rally is open to both competitive and non-competitive riders, the real winner is the students who benefit from the event. Thanks to the rally, members of the new Trek North mountain bike team can continue to grow their sport. This event is extremely important to us because it helps get the money we need to pay for the bikes we use to fix bikes that get broken. We're very, very fortunate to have our leader, Jerry, who is also a bike mechanic who helps us out. But everything that the money helps us go towards, like, going to events. With the Northland Fat Bike Rally giving back to students, bikers of all ages will continue to rally and continue growing their sport. With this week's Northwoods Adventure in Bemidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. Yeah, that event has been a great addition to the winter scene here in Bemidji. It has, and it has something to do in the winter time. I would enjoy it, right?


Hello and welcome to another edition of stump the chumps This is your pal Al here. I have a distinguished guests here from the town of town or village We're gonna get to a fight already town the town village seat. We're gonna start already here That's why I'm sitting in the middle of these two guys Here we have Ted Baker from from messics and Ray Reynolds As you can see we're missing Our good friend her but his father passed away earlier in the week and I can't be with us But in the immortal words of her the show must go on so The number to call here a 6239 6 6 we're gonna be asking the questions about the the town village and all the general vicinity of Essex here and You'll be calling up what we're gonna be showing you a film here That's screwed up at the beginning because of technical difficulties We had a hurricane in Essex the other day remember that one right the other day anyways Kevin Maloney, Kevin. Thanks for joining us Okay, my name is Leo Knox and the question I have is what year did IBM move to Essex Junction How many people worked on the assembly line and what are their names? I'm Steve Bortle from the Essex VFW first question was Train going from Essex Junction to Cambridge with what year did the train go off the tracks and Underhill second question. Who's the last post commander of 40s now and camp John? 40s now I'm Michael Vian and I have three questions at all for our people the number one question is What is the oldest house today existing in Essex Junction? The second question is relating to sports and When was the Essex Junction varsity football team? Formed and the third question is who was their coach Okay, my name is Susan Vaughan I'm a member of the ladies auxiliary here at Essex Junction And I'd like to know in reference to a question that was earlier asked about Murray's tavern Before it was used as a tavern or a restaurant. I'd like to know what the original use of the building was Question number two is when did the grandstand at the fairgrounds burn? And question number three is in reference to a question that was earlier asked about five corners I'd like to know when it changed from four to five corners, and I'd like to know what the fifth road was Oh My name Steve Vutan. I'm from the Essex Junction VFW for 6689 and I have a few questions What was the last three in Essex Junction to be paid? Question number two The last show that they had at the grandstands in Essex Junction before it burned down. There's a show there that day and the year that Robinson Gas station left the five corners where the Chittenden Bank is now Another question Where did teach-outs get their start? What part of Essex Junction? In the name of the hardware store that was located right across from teach-outs same years And what was the the last year that the girly shows are at the Essex Junction fairgrounds and the name of the black headliner That was there for so many years There now how do you like them bananas folks? That's the beginning of this month's edition of stump the chumps now It's up to you as I want to thank our participants in these opening questions It's up to you to call us here at 8 6 2 3 9 6 6 With answers to those questions or more questions of your own to challenge us and to question us with some more on This month's edition of stump the chumps from Essex Junction Pones are ringing already as you can see the participation was was excellent up there at Essex Junction Ray you get any Lemmy Adam line one well hold on one second Hello, you're on the air How you doing, Bill? I've got a question for the gentleman here I don't believe Lincoln ever stated Lincoln it and if he did I want to conclude that evidence that he did That's the rumor that he just called the Lincoln in because Lincoln had stayed there one time or something You didn't hear that from me. I bet That's what rumor is the round-tall one of the way. I'll see now. You get what was he dragged into here? Yeah, and it's not why do they call it Lincoln it? Why do they call it the Lincoln in? Well, they want to get it after a famous man. I Know a Vilmer built it Hey More complicated than that that I don't know Okay Was there we had something in the in the discussion the other day about the Lincoln in the front of the Lincoln in what was the construction Well, it was a big lawn where the gas station there's an owl and Really, you look beautiful It's too bad. There's purely de mirrors is the one that Bought the Lincoln in and changed it and put the gas station in there That was originally with a show gas station And that was done by pearly de mirrors and then pearly still owns or his wife I guess his widow still owns the Agway Gas station today wasn't there rumor. I heard rumor that they used to ice skate out in front of the Lincoln in There's that when it was yes, yeah, that's correct. Yeah, I did Okay, then well, thank you, Bill. Oh, he never stopped there. All right Thank you. Right Yes, you're on the air Hey, hi Not right off the bat. No Okay, okay Yes Very good. What year was that? Yeah, that seems to be a complicated question exactly what year that was that's that's a bottle of banal for the answer to that one there I think of 64 it was If anybody's got the exact date on that particular thing we did we do know now There's a rodeo. He punched me because I knew and he didn't but that's that's beside the point Find out what the year that the The fire was and I got agreed with with Ted that it was around 64 65 somewhere in that vicinity but somebody's got to know the exact date Okay, thank you. Yes, mate Okay, I got a couple of questions.  My mother's watching happy 70th birthday today to mom. I'm not allowed to say that You want to say hi to anybody at the quality bake shop? We're not allowed to say quality bake shop. So don't say it on the air Well, I can't say the quality bake shop From the BFW in Essex. Oh, thanks. Oh A new thing added to our To our prize package outside of the hats that have been going so well and the banal that's been going so well We've got the five-year beach pass for the Essex Municipal Beach What do you think of that I think that'll be a big hit. We got plenty of them, too Okay Questions who is the first general manager of IBM? One of the ones I've got and what eatery was located in the parking lot next to whipples and Name the officer who captured a man on the 10 most wanted list. I believe it was in the 50s And I want to know that person's name and who the truck was And also who owned the Essex Publishing Company and One of my sentimental favorites was the business in downtown Essex that gave away combs ashtrays Actually, we're not going to show them to you right off pens Pencils, what else did they give away right? Combs? Combs? Okay, number to call 8 6 2 3 9 6 6 Ted you got any questions for these people out there Who brought who were built the Brownell block and what year okay who built the Brownell block what year? Then oh Yeah, I mean the Ray rather. Well, that's a I'm sorry Bob.  Well, I got a couple of them here there's a pizza Suzy Wilson Road And what was that formerly before this pizza? Okay, go ahead one more sure. We're out a couple more. Okay, um Well, let's see Duke Duke Hewler It's gonna station up on 15 there and that and what was that formerly? Okay Okay Hello, you're on the air. Hi. I have an answer to one of your questions. Okay about the pizza hut. Yes I'm Suzy Wilson Road. Mm-hmm. That used to be Joey purposes water bed, which used to be read slaughterhouse Before that please Remember is to read Before that history Sounds sounds coming over that one You got another question for us I got another question for you though No, I won't ask it. We promise we won't do this Suzy Wilson Road things starting to get to us nevermind Thanks for calling right Okay Yes, you're on the air. Hey, you're doing tonight. Good. I get a question for you I don't have the answer how someone can tell me gonna one of us alight here then Okay, that sounds good. Can you tell me when the last train left the circus off at the Six five corners and created up to the fairgrounds. What year was that the fair used to come in by train? Well, I'm gonna it's gonna be about 19 About 1950 to 52 that's not about right 1950 to 52. I didn't know what that sounds good. Thank you very much Okay, thanks for calling That was world of mirth Hello, hey, yes That service station that was mentioned on 15 used to be a Sonoco Yeah, but before that before that the dealer is way back He's got his way back machine out now. Let's go back into the 40s Maybe the 30s For But I can barely barely remember being a chicken farm who owned it who owned the Who owned those chickens right big law? Was it was there a name of the Lose chickens Yeah, that was the chicken marm he and I played baseball against each other And you played baseball against everybody Kid we is preparing them kill chickens You got something to stomp us with Oh, yeah, what was the last reported to count them out in the Essex area? We all had the same into that one No, it's before 1900 for my time Well, you got us on that one you get an answer or were you just pulling that one out of your hat Okay, thanks for calling Oh Well, that was a lady lived on the corner where you turn on the Suzy Wilson and She was married to Fritz Kripzer and She was a housewife Suzy Wilson rode in 15. Yeah, that's innocent enough. That's yeah Well, let's back in the 30s and before the corner was taken out there with a house right there in the porch Perhaps a four feet from the from the highway route 15 and Fritz and and Mrs. Kripzer used to set out on the porch as I went by when I was a kid Then they tore the house down to make the road better to turn on the Suzy Wilson road Thank you my colleague After her She lived there She lived there on that corner and they just she I guess she was brought up around there But she lived on that corner. She married Fritz Kripzer and Teddy and I have a little difference on that on the nationality But Fritz Kripzer was a I have him as a German Swiss but To my knowledge he was a German you I remember I remember Fritz Kripzer with a white-haired and That was concerning with an old German person and a very nice old man And it was hard to call that Fritz Kripzer wrote because it'd be hard for you to say yeah, he wasn't a lot easier Let's get off that one yes, you're on the air Three of you I know all three of you. Do you know I am no keep going he's got a so far Relative of someone, you know And we're not related so some of this isn't gonna be involved. I don't know Is this flip Wilson I know it easy was related sure sure Terrific, okay, thanks for calling. Okay.  Well, okay, then fire out your question on those things this This was bottled in ethics junction at one time and I like to probably ask why the location was Canada dry non skid bottle Well, the drugs could hold on to what's better there that the good grips on it was Produced and it was bottled and that's extension. Okay, so we want to know the location of the bottling Plant in in Essex. That's right. Okay. This is my favorite here. The other you like that one. Yeah Another one on that one No, okay, let's go this one. We're ready for lesson this What I'd like to know is probably Where this originally was produced this Where the location of this milk producing plant was and it was in that's extension and a Spot that a Lot of people probably remember Yeah, that it has the original cap on it, too. I think that's a short eyes Ethan Allen People with no fingernails would go thirsty awful fast when they did. Oh gosh, sure what? Okay, so we go further with this Let me get these out of the way before I throw these out of the way. We got another caller here In Essex right now where the Essex beverage is let's go back further or not. Oh, man. He's way back there I'm gonna go back further than that Bakery first or what is that building? Passes bakery and fix your all that we'll have another question for you in a minute on that one I could ask you to be there. That's the old high school. Oh, well, I'm behind. That's the Park Street school now That was your high school right, but okay All right, thank you. Yes, you're on the air Dry bottling plant was on Jackson Street. You agree with that. Yeah, okay That's correct They're trying to give away hats here they I don't think she wants them hanging around here anymore Yes, if you'd stopped interrupting me over there If you get a question to stump us with or it's your husband got one That was there Likely like me over 20 years Then a long time but I can't I can't answer exactly there's a long time when I cut it Well, I think they stoned us you get the answer Okay, boy, that's a bottle of vanilla. That'll be our first one here. Yeah, do you use this stuff? It's good for everything you can polish your car with it Here's a hat to wipe the car down with Thanks for coming Okay Ted fire I'm out some more questions out there Give a couple more Lincoln Hall Okay, who built it What year built the Lincoln Hall? Yeah, poor Ray Reynolds, huh? Oh, yes, well done. Here we go. Here you go, Ray. Now go ahead. You're on Yes, yes Yes, thanks I can't answer it. I don't know I wasn't here. I wasn't here at that time. So I hear the train rack in 1915 Well, you got me stumped. I don't know You know who it was probably a scribe father You know who you're talking to here. No, no, that's always handy, too You guys been there long Yeah, that's another that's good for a hat that's Okay, who is this person? Oh You're not the one to get killed in the 1910 accident, are you? 1911 who was this person we're supposed to know or race bulls in them actually The train actually did we ask about the Yeah, no, I probably do know when I can't And the train the railroad going from Essex Junction to Cambridge BNL but BNL we're gonna say John's very long coming From Essex to Cambridge that was I always do it as a BNL And that's the one that went off the track BNL, yes Thanks for calling What was that train question we had what when the train went off the tracks and under hill? That was asked the knee in the thing there how many years did it take to get that train the rest of the train out of that? We had a discussion about that too.  It happened in 1920 Again way before my time my knowledge is still an engine in there between Wayne King's Resonance and And Unveiled there's a there's still an engine in there and that Swamp in there with the beating they're taking four years to get the rest of the stuff out eventually in summer I think that was mentioned for I can't really say Yes, you're on here hello Yeah The train rack how many years it took him to get the wreckage out of that still there Ray was saying that the possibility of the engine is still in there it is and it Rumor has it took him at least four years to get the rest of it. You know the approximate location on that it's right across from Harry Destromes the Fish Hacker It is on way what things come up I knew it was in there. Okay. Oh, you're agreeing with it. Yeah. Oh, okay. I don't know when he's agreeing with it Wow, that's an engine in there. I told you that the other day You think it'll be worth some scrap is it under water or something like that? Is it I would say it's down in the mud and good shit Well, thanks for coming We have somebody online one yet still Hello, yeah, yes What route did they take From Burlington to Essex you're dying. Yeah, what's who the wake-up farm leave? Well, isn't that there today? You can still see the bed down there This north of the airport This part of the airport is an old bed that runs through there that is come in Essex Along the river. Yep. Yep. Yep. Oh my river called road. Maybe. Yeah Right, right north of dual landfill White Street Hmm, okay Then once you hit him on another question there, this could be another it's gonna be another half question here Murray's bar on Near the depot What was that before it was a bar clear back? Yes Yes Yes I believe well, what if I get for an answer? What have you guys got for the answer? We both wouldn't we all went through that Hold on I got a look at my cheat sheet Yeah, I don't know. No, that's not the way. Yeah, I've got a Colonel monohand that's on right. No And I guess the question that was asked on that thing was who's the last post commander at 40th and Allen I don't know. I've got a Colonel monohand anybody's got the What they think is the answer I could lie this Donnie One of our other guests here Yes, you're on the air Murray's time and livery stable who is it's all right right now. That's the spirit give it back to her Who ran that livery stable do you know no I don't but I do know that there are painted murals still on the wall Hmm Huh a most Fisher ran it Clear back clear back. Is that farther than way back? Yes, we're back You're in a story about the the horses and that was that the livery stable with the party for a month No, no no no Well, you must'll tell that story too about the fire stations around in that Visibility you one of the early fire stations Where was one of the early fire stations? I mean early An epic junction you're dying a horse drawn or horses Okay This would be back in this before 1920 and what's there today? Oh, yeah a dress shop We asked the question The last street was in Essex. It was the last street to be paid mine. What guess you're on the air That's great Months his restaurant. No, that's down the street from that building go down the street, right? That's not they it's not that where the fire station was that's down the street where The restaurant was and well, probably I should have questioned a few minutes. What was the name of that food place? That's correct Well, anyone else I got me for a minute. Let me thank this for a minute here. That would be 19 That would be about 1981-82 Should be correct on that one. I make a pattern. I think you're correct on that one. Yeah, I own the building Nothing's fair gonna get my hat anyways here That's a good question Question I'd have to be in the 20s along the 30s Early 30s. I'm gonna guess before that before that. You think so.  This is a good time to do this too late. She's already on it Maybe you want to explain that ray which we're what we're looking at here and well this is a store downtown in Essex and I don't need my son in audience And this is the building downtown as it was then and You'll notice the street is not paved and you'll notice a lot of firing machinery there And you also I'd like to know if anybody knows a reflection of that burn in that window Can you get that on the camera? Can't you there's a burning on the window on your left in that left big window? There's a barn and what was that barn and where is it today now that? Building is existing But it doesn't look the same Where is it? What is it? Well, what is it today? And what is that barn? That's the question Ray? Why don't you give them a little? something on it because What street it's on now? We'll be leaving here. Ray doesn't want to be leaving. No, they're gonna stump me. I want to come I found in our conversations the other night that In both of them are involved here Ray owns a building that that I grew up sort of grew up with and Here comes here comes well We'll get back to the minute and Ted has something to do with it back in the 20s or 30s things When we talk about the Brown building here, they see oh, yeah, right? Well, we take this phone call and we'll get back around 1920 Yes, you're on the air I was gonna say that maybe tip tops down there the picture Speak up a little bit Down by Henry's market that building tip top. Yeah tip top is on railroad Right, that's not the building. No, okay. You stump me. Thanks for calling get them there And I've seen the other pictures and I still don't know where it is Figure it out Mine, too. There we go. Yes. Hi. How are you good the question about the building? It's on Main Street. That's the cross from Henry's market right next to what is now show time Mm-hmm Your clothes, but that's not the exact building. It's not the exact bill. No, you're close Okay, you're getting warm and you're handing them. Thanks for calling. You're handing them at least a hand now Yes Yes, there you go Sorry about that. Hello. Yes Yeah, that building is the one up for work where show time is used to be Hopefully hardware there you go before Ray Reynolds took it over and redid it You know him do you know That I do who we who we speaking to Matt Stevens. Oh, come on Is that a fair one is that his his his father ran a appliance store in The next building where we just spoke of of the old fire station was the fire station. That's right. Your dad run that. Yes You got it Matt. Okay. Thanks for calling. All right, Mike That was kind of an issue. I Want to give him a hand why not?  I joined me When At the time he brown and when he bought it I want to watch this guy when it was built give the C Brown building story and then when I got back to Where Ted was involved didn't kind of build that building Dr. I don't know. I don't think so. I think I'm not sure I think so could be why they're arguing there We're talking about the C but the old C Brown building which in my childhood was the international harvester Dealer and they'll spend a lot of time there and but prior to that they have a history of this and and again part of it Ted is very familiar with and I guess Reminiscent of I guess. Oh, yes with the building Mr. Brown rented it about 1939. I believe it was and then around 1940 Mr. Brown bought the building and Run the conducted a international harvester business there tractors ram tractors machinery and so forth and until the Year that I bought it and I bought the building from Mr. Brown and from Charlie his brother and 1960 1980 83 I believe it was and during that period of years there was a A couple things in which Teddy wants to pick up what was in that building. I think you got a question there Dad, okay, what do we hold off? We got a we got somebody on the phone. Hold on to that. We're gonna get it in there Yeah, yeah, yes, you're on the air. Yeah, you know what the snorkel station is But on the railroad tracks right there on Main Street Bill Buggies, okay across the street Edvin Cyrus had a drugstore there for a while Yeah, I'm back 10 15 20 years. Maybe that's right Before that it was the post office Yeah, okay in the post office left But what did they leave inside the building? I mean they left something that was rather unusual Yes, it was they leave three employees in there for four years. No, that's not a story Okay, that's gonna story on it when I was the assessor I went up there I'm a top floor and a pig ran out of the other room I said just where'd he come from boy? He's our pet So I told the owner that he was there just in case he Tackled him, you know, that was kind of funny. Was that your answer a pig? Sure I wonder about that You know where that safe is now somebody eventually took it out of there, I bet That's a factual I don't know as far as I say still being there as a building star. I guess it's building still there then There was a grocery store there Yeah, yeah, but I didn't know what you know about me. They let me the safe there They think I heard something about yeah Did you know about the pig? Maybe a nightmare about the sweater So we still still think that's safe sir That they had left it. Yeah, okay. Okay. Thanks for calling All right, right What sweater don't get on now you don't want to get on it. He's trying to get them in trouble here Okay, now you're gonna finish the story about before see you brown. I'll say it on that in that What was there before see brown? I think you gotta go right into it. Wow. That was a theater and Move movies was you know a lot of Wild West shows and all that and Then they put on plays a fellow by the name of green Bernal came to town with a side show I might say and he used any married a girl of messics and He coached these shows it was put on by different groups methods this church But with two or three on and he called them the minstrels another show was local people Had a lot of fun That was in a couple of them were you Big-time stuff here What was the name of the theater I wanted when it was out there follow them when it was your own bit You know I got a bill mayor has to be a bill mayor. No. No. No, it was a love alley That was the other guess I was gonna have Okay, he's also gonna see brown pencil here and unused of course he's got a pocket full of stuff here And again that was from the the farm all The cork daring during farm machineries and implements I'll tell you how old it is the telephone number was three three five Okay, line one. Yes, you're on the air. Yeah. Tell me where the first jail was Why would I know about a jam? Yeah, I know where it is. Yeah, I do yeah It's a corner of Maple Street where you turn in to go to Parkstown that little yellow green building whatever it is little health there The jailer lived upstairs, yeah You're gonna give him a hand here. Yeah, we'll give him one already. Oh, yeah, that's Dave How many how many cells was in that deal do you know that for a fact you Here on the air yes Haggadourn where was he was across the tracks where bushy is Right now right by that river Yeah, that's where bushy is today Ethan on cream it was there in behind another building and the question is what was the building in the front of Ethan Alan Kramer. There was a it was a business there Matt Stevens. They are there There was this there was it is that where the cream he was cream rain. Yes, that's correct But behind bill bushy's but where in the front where bill bushy station is there was a There was a store. What was the name of the store? This is for a hat now or a bottle banalgar and Essex municipal I was in the front and that's he's now agreement was in behind And and That was correct that's one of the questions I asked and thank you that was it. Thank you You guys gonna fight yeah First A&P and that's extension. Where was it? I almost remember that should I also remember that who was he in the old railroad station? There was a Station agent a lot of station agent, but there was a restaurant in there was run by a certain large man Who was he and his son today is a Looks like his dad and he's a lot of publicity about him in the paper Was he Yes, you're on the air That's correct very good Who was one of the employees that worked there, you know Who else All right, you got it I got it Fletcher was there before Fletcher was there before Have you got a question for us I see us Yeah, there you go now Stephens John Okay, John, thanks for going right Yes, you're on the air About the A&P store. Yes before it where it is now it's over Where the team center next to the Lincoln in and before that it was over across from the old railroad station Hey, pretty good. Yeah, who was the man that run that store? Do you remember that? Who was the man that owned it and run it for A&P or he? We have to ask my dad on that he used to sort bottles there They used to have returnable bottles back then it's very good That's where the attorney's office is today. Yeah, and now who was that man that run that store is the next question I'd like I stole an apple there when I was a little boy Okay, thanks for calling Yes, you're on here Did anybody answer that question about the store that was in front of the eastbound creamery? Yes. Oh, yes, they did my oh Do you know what it was? My do you know what it was? What was it again? No before that. Oh, well, I don't go back that far Well, he's an angel in a cell vestige Okay, so that's just market Happy birthday my I like embarrassing her. That's what mothers are for Anyways, don't tell her I said that Okay Ted you're being quiet again. Give me a couple more questions out there Where was the first piece of cement put out in the village of Essex? The first piece of cement. Yeah, we're old Short very short. Was it a slab to lay out one of the drunks out? No, no, they didn't have many in those days I hear on the air. Yeah, one of the questions was what year did IBM come into town? Mm-hmm 57 What are the parts of those questions where there was a certain figure of the original? Group that was on the line not the office people on us up at the the grunts on the line How many were there that first week? Do you have any idea? 13 is correct now. What's her name? I'll pull it out here. What's it? No way. I don't know it was built by GBIC and And then it was empty for a while then IBM came in but I don't remember the name and I remember it real well Okay, have you you got another one? All right, I got one. Oh, he's gonna hit you with one. I want to know I want to know Who the man was what his name was it used to sell papers for the merit for the Berlin free press He was a salesman for the Berlin from free press and he circulated around Essex and Adjoining towns and he was a known man to sell the Berlin free press and the free press In those days of about eight dollars per year And my father always wanted to know why it was free. He couldn't see nothing free about it But who was the man at soul? Sold a subscription to that Berlin free press. Well, I have no idea on that one How long ago was that what year was that? Well, we're gonna talk back into the 30s and 40s Oh for a while time Well, there must be somebody out there. No, that comes up. Oh, okay. No, thanks for calling. All right, but like Thank you. Yes, you're on the air Oh boy, I know what that is All right, Dave go ahead not Dave. Hey, man, I know who it is Oh, you got me on that one my father wrote up and I can't I should know but I I'm sorry I can't put my finger on that but that would be that would be in the 30s, but they I Don't I can't answer and I'm sorry, you know Shouldn't know that too. No, I can't remember. It's too stumps. You got it. Yeah, you know, I don't do three at the end No, I don't think they're cuddling over there. I got one for you all on your own there. Yeah, you own the house What year was that? You own the house was one of the first It was a fallout shelter and you owned it and Where was that house tell them Yeah, who put in the fallout shelter Who was the contractor built the fallout shelter Yeah, that's your house No, he went into it boomed there. Is this a commercial rate. No, I want to know what the contract was But he he's got a fallout shelter and I want to know who built the fallout shelter. That's a simple question Thank you for the time of the Bay of Pigs. Oh, I know who No, no, you're wrong stumped again Yeah Is adding up fast Well, you got to tell me you're calling the stump me you stumped me twice now I want to know about that fallout shelter home the house I didn't I'm not saying it was built for you. It was built before you for the guy of the name of Chudley What was his life that Chudley what? He worked IBM and he was he wasn't scared for himself He was scared for his wife and kids and he couldn't wait to have that building was an awful hurry, but he wasn't scared Who the building was No, I Want to know what the contact was put that in there. Who was it good? Let him off the hook. You're looking at him I knew it Ted was dead out in right ten minutes. Yeah, he can't he can't get over get John commercials We get some of the online one, okay, well, thanks for calling give him another give another shot there before we're done here Well, let's see who was hold on a second. Wait a second Hello here on the air Can I take one of it jewelry There you're on your own. Yeah, well, I started way back my my grandfather worked there and that goes right back Gee, I think what's the late 1800s when it started and My my grandfather worked there my father worked there and it was owned by Drury all those years was Max and Harris was the head of it and then it painted down to a had you boy and then it was sold to Den's more brick company on the Hampshire and then they fizzled out and then I guess that was in it, but the pollution control was the cause of it mainly cause of it for being discontinued because they The burning of the kilns to dry the brick cure the break they had to discontinue it That would be Not really, but I'm gonna move on. I don't I don't know I'm gonna say in the I'm gonna say around 1963 I'm gonna guess it and the guy that built the I used to work with the man that built the the round kiln and The bricklayer built that round chrome the kiln was Gilbert P. Shee and I worked with Gilbert an awful lot during the years and about Beehive I call it a beehive. Yeah, you know the beehive had it was round and had the ovens all around it and and that was I'm gonna say in the early 60s that that was discontinued Correct, I beg your pardon that the whole all the buildings the one not set idle for a while Yeah, a while yeah, then more only then my brick company on the Hampshire they bought it from jury And they then it they closed it up discontinued it Thank you for calling Hmm well don't say anything when I haven't got any calls here herbs not here to yell at you know Nobody's answered that that we only got a couple of sports questions here But one of them that nobody seemed to have the answer to was what year did Essex Junction start varsity football and who was their coach? And you've got a semi World War two sports question that you stumped me Well, almost on me. I got it on the second thing But why don't you I want to know what year the the varsity football program started? What was their coach and then Ted's got the question on the World War two? Sports personality don't let me forget already. Oh, I got a program them again, right? He's on the football You're not gonna answer that one. I want to know to ask him the question on the on the Well, he wasn't the recruiter, but he was the Selective service He's forgotten already. Oh Ray Collins. Yeah, that's the answer Tell me what Ray Collins with for people that don't know Ray Collins is it was in the in the Boston Red Sox pitcher along at the same time as Babe Ruth and Larry Gardner The famous Berlin the personality that we've talked about before. What was his job Ted in Essex during the world? Go back. He coached you VM for a while And he helped green Bernal coach the Essex high school team when I played he was a tough nut and but nevertheless you learn or a good out one of the other and I Learned a lot about baseball from him. I never could throw him where he told me to but we nevertheless I tried He was quite a guy and his job during the war was oh he was on the gas business oration gas Yeah, I guess he didn't make too many friends on there But it's one of those jobs will never be a popularity club Wasn't he also part of the selective service? Oh, yes. Yeah, he was on that and what did he used to do out in the streets? Yeah, you go ahead Ray. Why? Ray Collins he was he walked with a cane and 1940 to 41 he was after every able-bodied young man for the for the selective service in the army and he stayed in the window, which is now the part of Lincoln Hall and he He's standing the window and if a young man went down the sidewalk of the street Hobble out with his cane and stop him and asked who he was what his name was and where he was from and then within short order he was usually inducted him into the army and That was what Ray Collins did his farm is that he lived in Colchester and he lived The next farm down the hill farm, which is today Amy Ploof But the next farm beyond that is the old Ray Collins farm And he was with the boss Red Sox again and they're guiding the whole group of them. They played together Okay We've got about five minutes to go here. I want to mention That next month her but Herb and I'll be on the film trail again into into Burlington. We're going back into Burlington We've also decided that we're going to do another one of ski show I can't say when and we will do a film version like we did in Burlington The beginnings of the old buildings in Essex also These are future dates that we're not gonna hash around and you're gonna remind me what day we're gonna be next month 15th on a Wednesday same time same bat channel same everything She's got something else on her mind there, too Okay, you ready for You're on here Yes Who was the first boat the Little League in Essex Junction? Well, you're the start and who's the code? Yeah, right She's a lot of water gone over the dam since I came up. Oh It was probably Guessing now, I know the answer. Oh, yeah. Well, you probably know what better than I do. I'd have to guess. Oh Well, he's thinking in there You do you have any idea on that football question on who the coach was and what year that started on that, huh? No, I have no idea Baseball man, huh? Not a Yankee fan. Are you? I Need to be a Yankee fan and a giant fan in the same year He's safe from over here. You really got him stumped. I mean You're actually doing math over here. Yeah. Yeah, I think it's about 58 years ago Which was when? Well, it would be 1956 Oh, okay, this whole thing 1948 and 1948 who was the code? Oh, who was the first code? Richard Nichols, I'll be done. Sure. He was down far when I was his assistant Who we got on the phone here? I'm right here. Yeah, John Baxendale. Oh, John Thanks a lot quick reminder the Winnicki school groundbreaking ceremonies that we're saying is coming on on next I Hear a yep way in the background And that's gonna be some What have we got here? Wellington City Council 7 to 1150 Don't you do anything at a normal time here? Sure There's another call for it all your fans are coming out quickly next After this a new Winnicki school Brown groundbreaking ceremony and 7 to 1150 the Burlington City Council for and three-quarter hours That's hard to read Who are you anyways? Oh Well, I mistook a girl for a boy In that little league you paid for that event. Oh, yeah, I went to see her father and I said I want to This kid to play on my team. I said, where is he? Well, he says that's a girl I forgot now, but gosh Oh Take a guess. We're running out of time. Well, it was in the 50s Who was it? We got about 30 seconds But before that right no, I think it was later than that I think it was the early 70s before girl actually played in the essence junction a little league Now who is this speaking place? It was time to show Myself and Martha Prank out for the first two girls to play an episode okay, we're losing it. We've lost it Okay, but you guys are great. Thanks for college. Thank you. Bye. Thank you. Yes. 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We are delaying the start of our regularly scheduled program. We have delayed the start of our regularly scheduled program to bring you this bulletin from CBS News. Washington. Federal Judge Matthew McGuire in Washington has signed a temporary injunction against both the coal mine operators and the miners in the soft coal dispute. The injunction orders the coal miners to go back to work at once. This bulletin has come to you from CBS News. We now resume our scheduled program. Suspense. Video's outstanding theatre of thrills brings you an hour, a full 60 minutes of suspense. Tonight, the noted stage actor Sam Jaffe is our star in Suspicion by Dorothy Sayers. A suspense play produced and directed by Anton M. Lieder. It is very quiet in Hammersmith, the western metropolitan borough of London. Orderly homes line orderly residential streets. And inside these homes, quiet people live quiet lives. An outsider might notice the changeless security of Hammersmith while the natives regard it without comment as part of their peaceful pattern of living. It is a point of pride that St. Paul's School, located within the borough's limits, dates back to the 12th century, the Gdolphan School to the 16th century and the Edward Latimer Foundation to the 17th. And it's a matter of record that the last disruptive influence exerted itself over the town and its people in the year 879, when the Danish invaders occupied it as their winter camp. It isn't Hammersmith, our story is laid. And now with the performance of Sam Jaffe as Edward Mumry, Lorraine Tuttle as his wife Ethel, Alan Reed as Brooks, and with Suspicion by Dorothy Sayers, we again hope to keep you in... Suspends! My name is Edward Mumry of Hammersmith. I'm 48 years of age, fair of complexion, agreeable I believe, is to disposition. I have my business, real estate, in the city, which I run together with my partner, Mr. Harold Brooks. I have my own home, I occupy my leisure hours with gardening, and I've just been married, that is, practically just, six years to be exact. My wife Ethel is the most brilliant thing that ever happened to me. These are the outward facts. I recognize that I'm a very ordinary person, and yet can a person be considered ordinary when into his life there suddenly explodes the extraordinary? For this is what happened to me. On one single day, like any other day in a quiet, carefully planned life, I smelled the odor of a grave, and I saw with my own eyes the supreme horror of all existence. It began in the railway carriage going to London to my office. Perhaps it was the thick pall of tobacco smoke in the carriage that first made me aware of my nausea. I slipped a digestive tablet into my mouth. Lately I'd taken to the habit of carrying them about with me, and I leaned back my head and closed my eyes. The breeze who travelled with me every morning was giving me the benefit of his morning addition. Here's something, smack on the front page. A question has been asked in the house about government typewriters. Now there's the press for you. The world going to the devil so fast it makes my head spin, and all they can print in their precious newspapers. I say, old chevy, you're looking terribly pale this morning. Could you just open the window a bit? I don't feel very well. Well, certainly. There you are. Just lean your head into it. Get some fresh air. Better? Yes. Thank you. Must have been something you had for breakfast. I suppose so. Sorry to be such a fool about it. Not at all, old man. Not at all. Go ahead. Lead me some more of this earth-shaking news. All right, if you'd like. Further split has occurred in the Labour Party. Well, let's skip over politics for today. Two girls trapped in burning factory. I can do without the morbid, too. The police are still looking for the woman who poisoned a family in Lincoln. I took a tram to my office, gritting my teeth against this nausea that had me dizzy and trembling. How I got up the stairs, I'll never remember. The world swam black before my eyes. Then I was seated at my desk, breathing a bit hard, but once small in control of myself. My heart no longer pounding. Good morning, Mummery. Cold enough for you? Yes, brooks, quite. Unpleasantly raw, in fact. Beastly, beastly. Your tulip bulbs all in? Not quite all. As a matter of fact, I haven't been too well lately. Oh, too bad. Bulbs ought to win early. You're lucky you're now living in the country. You want to take advantage of it. How's the Mrs? Thank you. She's very much better. Very glad. I hope we shall have her about again this winter, as usual. Can't do without her in the drama society. I'm sure you're very kind. I mean it. Joe, I shan't forget her acting last year in romance. She and young Wellbeck positively brought down the house. Yes, she was good, wasn't she? Wellbeck for asking after only yesterday. She'll be up and around again soon. The doctor says she mustn't overdo it. No worry, he says. That's the important thing. She's to go easy and not rush about or undertake too much. Quite right. Worries at devil and all. I cut out worrying years ago. Look at me. Fit as a fiddle for all I shan't see fifty again. You're not looking altogether the thing, by the way. Oh, touch of dispepsia. Nothing much. A chill on the liver, I suppose. That's what it is. Is life worth living? It depends on the liver. Yes. Well, we'd better be getting to that lease of enemies. I have it right here. Oh, by the way, I suppose your wife doesn't know of a good cook, does she? Well, we're not going to stop it. We aren't so easy to find nowadays. In fact, we've only just got suited ourselves. Well, I promise the Philipsons I'd look around. They're girls getting married. That's the worst of bringing young girls in to work for you. I said to Philipson, you mind what you're doing? I said, get somebody you know something about. You may find yourself landed with this poisoning woman. What's her name? Edruth. Well, what would be sending wreaths to your funeral later while I said? He laughed, but it's no laughing matter. They pay the police for it. I simply don't know. Really, a month now, they can't seem to lay hands on the woman. All they say is they think she's hanging about the neighborhood and may seek a situation as cook. As cook, now I ask you. There was a theory in the papers that she'd committed suicide. Don't you believe it, my boy? That coat found in the river was all I wash.  That's all, don't. That's all? She's poison maniacs, cutting as weasels. That's what they are. I'm sure before she tries her hand on anybody else. As I told Phillips... Then you think this Mrs. Andrews did it? Ah, of course she did it. You've been following the case, haven't you? Looked after her old father, and he died suddenly. Left her a bit of money, too. And she keeps household and elderly gentlemen, and he died suddenly. Now, this husband and wife, man dies, woman taken very ill. Out of arsenic poisoning. Cook runs away. Then you ask, did she do it? She thought it might be a coincidence. I don't mind betting that when they dig up the father and the other old bird, they'll find them bung full of poison, too. Once that sort gets started, they don't stop. What is the matter, Mummery? I... I... Mummery, let me call you a doctor. No, just some water. It's all right. Look at it. There you go. Slowly now. That's all right.  Thank you. Thank you, Phillips. You're sure you're all right? Yes. All right. All right, dear fellow. Don't mind telling you gave me a start. I thought I was losing you here and now. It's only my stomach. Nothing serious. Hold on a moment. What did you have for breakfast? I don't know. The usual. No, no, no. Tell me. We'll get to the bottom of this. Well, then. Brown bread, bacon, eggs, just the nicely set kind. Coffee. Made us only, Mrs. Sutton can. Mrs. Sutton? Oh, that's your new cook. She's a real find. I'm terribly thankful for her. Yes, I can imagine. A wife down with a nervous breakdown must be a blessing to have someone capable of running the house. That's right. Ethel has been at all fit for a child. I don't want her to mention it to her books. She gets upset so easily. I don't want her worrying about me. Of course not, Mummery. Isn't it odd, Brooks? What's that? This photograph of that Mrs. Andrews. Oh, you mean the newspaper. She looks like such a sweet, motherly-looking woman. Take care, Mummery. From the way your stomach's acting up, I'd say this is poisonous and your precious Mrs. Sutton are one and the same. That's hardly a joke, Brooks. As a matter of fact, if there were the slightest resemblance, I'd be terrified. But this Mrs. Andrews looks so... also angelic. She's got a bad mouth. Look to the mouth, Mummery, before you trust your fellow man. That's where the true story is written. Death by poison, fiends and murderers. The darkness, the pit, the unholy face of evil. These are things we read about. These are horrors we get at second hand through fiction and films. But they do not really happen to people like me. It's a burden, a gardener, a real estate broker. And that was a comfort. If I were to go through life without any great distinction, at least I should avoid any great terror. So I told myself as I left the office for lunch. I was a little nervous to begin with, so I had some boiled fish and a custard pudding. The wrenching pain seemed gone entirely, but it became positively lightheaded as the bogey of illness and Drs. Bill ceased to haunt me.  And I got home at the usual time, 7.10. I was a little dashed by not finding Ethel in the sitting room, still holding the flowers. I went down the passage toward the kitchen door and opened it. No, sir. I seem to have startled you, Mrs. Sutton. Yes, yes, she did. I didn't hear the front door go. Where's Mrs. Mamery? Not feeling bad again, is she? Well, sir, she's got a bit of a niddy, poor lamb. I made her lay down and took her up a nice cup of tea at half-past four. I think she's dozing nicely now. That was very considerate, Mrs. Sutton. Oh, it was turning out the dining room, the Dalit, I think. I asked her not to overdo it, but you know how she is, sir. She gets so restless. Can't seem to bear to be doing nothing. Yes, I know.  This illness is very hard on her. Well, I'll just run up and have a peep. Shan't disturb her if she's asleep. Want me to put the flowers in a vase? No, I'll take them up to her first. By the way, what are we having for dinner? Well, I had made a nice-taken kidney pie. Oh, pastry. I don't know. You see, I've... Oh, you'll find it beautiful and light. And it's made with butter, sir. You haven't said you found lard indigestible. I'm sure it'll be most excellent. It's just... Well, you've seen, Mrs. Sutton, I haven't been too well lately. Something of a stomach upset. Is that so? Yes. Do you have any idea what it might be? Oh, I'm sure. It's nothing out of my kitchen, Mr. Mamadi. Oh, no, I'm sure it isn't. Well, I believe I'll live through it. Staken kidney is just fine. Now I'll run up and look at my wife. I tiptoed up and opened the door carefully. At first, I thought Ethel was asleep. She lay snuggled under the eyelid on and looked very small and fragile in the big double bed. And she didn't look at all well. It wrenched my heart to see her face so pale and wasted. She just couldn't seem to find her ailment at all. What could be the insidious disease that had done this to her? Nervous breakdown, they called it. But I wasn't satisfied with that. It must be something more. I came closer and she stirred on the bed and smiled at me. Hello, sweet. How are you? I got tired and head achey and Mrs. Sutton packed me off to bed. You've been doing too much. You know what the doctor said about resting. Yes, I know. It was foolish of me. Oh, Edward, such lovely flowers. I thought it would cheer you up, Ethel. A little spot of color. Darling, you are good to me. And I can't have been much fun for you lately. Really, I could cry. Ethel. Don't tire of me, Edward. I'll get well, I promise you. Of course you will. Oh, that's funny. Me, tire of you. I'm in my robe and I'll come down with you. Much better stay in bed, dear.  Oh, but I want to be with you tonight. I've got to be firm with you, Ethel. If you don't take care of yourself, you won't be able to go to the Dharma Society meetings. You've no idea how anxious everyone is to have you back. The world-bakes have been asking after you and saying that they really couldn't go on without you. Did they? Very sweet of them to want me. Not at all. You're the best of the lot. They need you. Perhaps I'll stay in bed after all. Good. Now have you been all day, dear? Not too bad, not too bad. No more bothersome tummy aches? Well, perhaps just a little one. But it's quite gone now. Absolutely nothing to worry about. Darling, you're sure? Quite sure, sweet. All gone and forgotten. I experienced no more distressing symptoms that night or the next day. Following the advice of a newspaper expert on the subject, I took to drinking a great deal of orange juice. The results were wonderful. It was as though I had never known pain in my life. The next night, we were tired early. I fell asleep almost at once and slept the deep and dreamless sleep of a child. Until about three in the morning, then I was awake, for it had come back. Ethel! Ethel! Wake up! Please wake up! Ethel, what's the matter? What is it? I'm dying. I suppose it is different for every man when his time comes. For myself, I can only say that it was like sinking, as though my body were in an insupportably heavy weight, plummeting down into the saft icy ground, sinking deep, deep, deep into the black regions of the earth. Here's some hot water to go with it. Now just swallow this pill. Come along now. I know it's hard. You can swallow just once. There you are. Goes to work in a jiffy. I dare say you're feeling better already. Thank you, Doctor. Now then, Mrs. Mamre, just a few questions, please. What did you have for dinner? That's what's so baffling. It couldn't have been the dinner. It was the same things to eat, and so did Mrs. Sutton. Nonetheless, we have to be thorough about this, if you will. Well, then... Big strutters and a milk pudding. Oh, yes, brown bread. You're sure about that? And before we went to bed, Edward had a large glass of orange juice, according to his new regime. Seems to have been helping him so much. There's your trouble. Orange juice is an excellent thing, and so are trotters, but not in combination. Bees and oranges together are extraordinarily bad for the liver. Don't know why they should be, but there's no doubt that they are. I see. Feeling better, Mamre? Yes. It's much easier. I'll send you round a prescription. You stick to slops for a day or two and keep off pork. Don't you worry about it, Mrs. Mamre. He's as sound as a trout. You're the one we got to look after. I was so frightened I believe my own trouble has been shocked right after. Oh, no, not yet, it hasn't. Don't want to see those black rings under your eyes. Of course, tonight was disturbed, but you make up for it now. Get plenty of sleep. You've been taking your tonic regularly? Oh, yes. That's right. Well, don't be alarmed about this hulking brute here. We'll soon have him out and about again. Good night to you all. Doctor. Yes, Mamre? I'm sorry I had to put you out in the middle of the night. That's why we're about, old man. It's nothing. It means a great deal to me. You see, if you hadn't been able to come, I'm sure that tonight I should have died. My diet was bread, milk, and beef tea for the next three days. On Saturday afternoon, though I still felt seedy, I managed to stagger downstairs. Brooks had sent a few papers down from the office for my signature, and afterwards Ethel sat down with me and we ran over the household accounts together. Then we have a butcher's saddle. That's right. The baker. Right. The dairy. Right. Cold merchant. All finished. Then there's Mrs. Sutton. Oh, I almost forgotten. This is the end of a month, you know. So it is. Well, you're quite satisfied with her, aren't you, darling? Yes, Father. Aren't you? She's a good cook and a warm motherly old thing, too. Don't you think it was a real brainwave of mine engaging her like that on the spot? I do indeed. It was a perfect providence at turning up like that. Just after that wretched Jane had gone off without even giving notice. I was in absolute despair. It was a little bit of a gamble, of course, taking her without any reference. I suppose it was. But if she'd been looking after a widowed mother, you couldn't expect her to give references. No. What is it, darling? Why do you say no like that? The truth is, I felt a bit uneasy about it at the time. I didn't like to say anything because we simply had to have someone. I didn't much like it either, but, after all, it has worked out so well. We're perfectly happy with her now, aren't we? Yes, dear. But just for the record, it occurs to me that we might write to the clergyman back in the parish. You should be able to give her a reference. I'm sure he's an excellent clergyman. But he couldn't tell us anything about a cooking. And cooking, after all, is achieved by... All right. And we are satisfied with her cooking. Then here's a month's wages for our Mrs Sutton. I'll tell her she's passed with flying colors. And by the way, dear, you might just mention to Mrs Sutton that if she must read the morning paper before I come down, I should be obliged if she would fold it neatly afterwards. Oh, darling, darling.  But she does fuss it up pretty thoroughly. And by the way, the pages that she folds back, and by the way she folds it back, I can tell that Mrs Sutton is following this poison case as avidly as I am. On Sunday, I felt very much better. Quite my old self, in fact. I had roast sirloin for luncheon with the potatoes under the meat. In Yorkshire, putting a delicious lightness and an apple tart to follow. After the three days of my invalid diet, it was a real pleasure to savor the crisp fat and the underdone lean. I ate carefully, moderately, but with an almost sensuous enjoyment. And then, over coffee, while Ethel was still toying with the food, I took up the newspaper and turned to the account of the woman in poisoning.  Yes, my dear. I'd ever make you so morbid, Edward. I find it very interesting, Ethel, to see what human beings are capable of doing. I suppose it is interesting. A thrilling tool. Because it's so far into the kind of lives here in Hammersmith. Yes, it's just like a fascinating fairy tale. I say... What is it? Why, Rooks was right. They've gone and dug up Mrs Andrew's father in her former employer. Edward, please. And sure enough, they were both found full of it. Bung full of poison.  This Mrs Andrews, for whom the police were looking so desperately. At three o'clock, with the roast beef settling properly, I went out into the garden to put the tulip bulbs in. I got my bag of tulips and a trowel, and then remembering I still had all my good trousers, I decided it would be wise to take a mat and elon. The mat had been left last in the corner under the potting shelf. I stooped down and felt about in the dark among the flower pots. Yes, it was there. But there was something else. Something in a way. It looked like a tin. I lifted it out carefully. Yes, of course. It was a tin. The remains of the weed killer I had used the summer before. I looked at the pink label printed in staring letters with the legend Arcenical Weed Killer. Poison. The blood suddenly began to pound in my temples. I'd been thinking of Mrs Andrews so long that it came to me with a nasty shock that I was holding in my hands the very same brand of stuff she used to destroy so many poor souls. It gave me the distinctly unpleasant impression that by owning some poison myself, I was directly in touch with important and costly events. I smiled a little at myself for being so foolish. And then I noticed that the stopper had been putting very loosely. Now, how did I ever come to do a thing like that?  It would just serve me right if all the goodness had gone off it. Besides, it was so very dangerous to leave it loose like that. I took out the stopper and squinted into the can. It seemed to be about half full. Then I rammed the thing home again and gave it a sharp thump with the handle of the towel for better security. After that, I washed my hands carefully at the scullery. I am a man who does not believe in taking risks. I could have just dropped in. My son and I were just in the neighborhood. We thought we'd have a cup of tea with you. Happy to see you again, Mrs. Wellbeck. Hello, John. How are you, Mr. Wellbeck? We were talking about the Lincoln poisoning case, Mr. Wellbeck. That is, I seem to have been doing all the talking. Oh, cheese ready, ma'am. Thank you, Mrs. Sutton. Just put it by me, I'll pour. Very good, ma'am. Will that be all? That'll be all, Mrs. Sutton. Thank you. Oh, not at all, ma'am. Milk and sugar, Mrs. Wellbeck? Only some lemon, please. You'll have milk and sugar, John. Oh, thank you. I see you've remembered. Edward? Thank you, my dear. I can't help prattling on about it, but there's been nothing else in my head ever since the first of these murders.  You, Mrs. Wellbeck? Yes, I'm about her age, this Mrs. Andrews. Oh, I see. And yet, when I look into my own heart and ask myself whether I could take a human life in cold blood. Oh, well, as a matter of fact, I suppose I could. When it comes down to that, I suppose we all could. Why, if you live long enough, you're bound to run across a few people you'd love to see dead and underground. And if you're pushed far enough, I suppose you simply up and do it. Except that I shouldn't use poison. I'd be up to find some more false right way of dealing with it. Mother, you're letting your tea get cold. Oh, so I am, darling. Thank you.  In fact, my husband tells me the same thing all the time. And still, the thought that this poisoner is running around loose in our neighbourhood gives me a chill. I confess, it's a rather delicious chill. But nonetheless, I'm an easy two. Oh, we've seen a picture, of course. But it's not much of a help. It could be almost anyone. Oh, and now when you stop... Those false-eyed cuttings, Mrs. Wellbeck. I beg your pardon. I remember you wanted some cuttings. If you care to come down to the garden, I'll get them for you right now. Oh, I'd adore to have some. And they'll fill out my garden so beautifully. Do let's go. Ethel had been getting more and white and tremulous as this horrible woman ran on with her cheerful horrors. As we rose to go, I noticed a relieved glance past between Ethel and young Wellbeck. Evidently, the boy understood the situation and was chafing at his mother's tactlessness. Mrs. Wellbeck and I went outside together and I selected and trimmed the cuttings for her. Oh, Mr. Mammerie, if I only had your skill in patience, why, you've made for yourself a true garden of Eden Hill. It's so nice of you to say so.  I simply cannot keep my weeds down. You need a good weed killer, that's all. There's an arsenic preparation on the market that does wonders. That stuff? No, thank you, Mr. Mammerie. I wouldn't have it in my place for a thousand pounds. I'm afraid there's no other way to rid yourself of weeds. Oh, but it's so foolhardy, so dangerous to have poison around. It seems to me you're simply opening your doors and inviting trouble. It's not as bad as all that. We keep it well away from the house. But the slightest carelessness... We are not careless people. Except that... Except that what? I just remembered. I have been a bit careless. I found the stopper to the can loose just this afternoon. It was unforgivable of me. There, you see? That's how accidents begin. From something as simple as that.  I suppose we are, Mrs. Welbeck. I suppose we are. When we got back to the house, young Welbeck was already on his feet and holding Ethel's hand in the act of saying goodbye. He was a good boy, anxious to get his mother out of the house with tactful promptness. I went into the kitchen to clear up the newspapers I'd fished out in order to wrap Mrs. Welbeck's cuttings. And as I picked them up, something odd struck me about them. Something I had to verify. I turned the papers over carefully, sheet by sheet. Yes, I had been right. Every portrait of Mrs. Angus, every paragraph, every line about the Lincoln poisoning case had been carefully cut out. Someone in my own house had gone to all this trouble. Why? And now, back to our Hollywood soundstage and act two of Suspicion, starring Sam Jaffe, with Loreen Tuttle and Alan Reed in a narrative well calculated to keep you in suspense. It hasn't been too long ago in Edward Mummary's consciousness that Arsenic was only a weed killer and Mrs. Andrews, the motherly murder suspect, was simply a name in the newspapers. A fear far removed from him at his quiet home in Hammersmith. But a sudden terror grips him now. A terror that certainly includes deadly poison and seems also to include the motherly woman who cooks his meals.  The blood hammered in my head and made me giddy. There was a curious cold lump in my stomach. Someone in my own household. That night, I couldn't close my eyes. I had to tell someone about this awful suspicion. But there was no one to tell. Not at all, certainly in her condition. And so I kept it within myself until I reached town next day and could talk to Brooks. Now take hold of yourself, Mummary. Let's not jump to any conclusions. I'm not, Brooks. You're asking questions that must be asked. Very well. Let's examine the facts once again. If only I had a picture of Mrs. Andrews. Publishing plenty of them only last week. I know. I've tried to recall those pictures. I've tried so hard. But I don't seem to have a very good visual memory. I suppose we could get hold of one at the library. They keep files, you know. You remember you showed me her picture here at the office one day last week? Yes, that's right. Was it I described her? Motherly, wasn't it? Yes, yes, motherly. That seemed to be about all you could say about her. I've been counting up the time since that poison of Mrs. Andrews disappeared. It comes to just a little more than a month. Yes, that would be my count. Very well. A month. And I just paid our Mrs. Sutton a month's wages. Mrs. Sutton. How can I spare her for any shock or anxiety? That's the thing that keeps healing away at me. You know how ill she is. Then you simply must do it on your own memory. You must cope with this monstrous suspicion by yourself. And I must be sure of my ground. Simply to dismiss the only decent cook we've ever had out of sheer blind panic why it would be wanton cruelty to both women. If it's to be done at all, it must be done quickly and arbitrarily without suggesting any of these horrors to Ethel. And then, don't you see, there's something else. If there's anything at all to these terrible suspicions, it means Ethel is being exposed every minute that the woman is in the house. Good Lord. Think of that family in Lincoln. Think of the husband dead. And the old father dead. You must be fast, old boy. She's been here so long, poor darling. I've seen her wasting away before my eyes. Why, Brooks? Why, a nervous breakdown? Why should Ethel be having a nervous breakdown? Or is it something else? Is this woman doing it to Ethel? Slowly. Day by day. Is that what it means? Perhaps you should see the police. But it's nothing but the wildest of suspicions. And besides, I feel so very lonely and so tired. It's almost as if I didn't care what happened anymore.  I don't want her to be afraid. But perhaps I will. Perhaps she should know. I say, Mamarie. What? These illnesses of yours. When did they begin? I don't know. I think I've always been subject to business attacks. As long as I can remember. No, no. I mean the other ones. The severe attacks. Well, they began about three weeks ago. Three weeks ago, Mamarie? That's right. About three weeks ago. Trains seemed forever getting home that night. I came softly into the house, listening to the sound of my own footsteps. It was dusk, and yet none of the lights in the house were on. I moved through heavy enveloping shadows into the sitting room. Ethel was stuck up in a corner of the Chesterfield, kneeling back wearily against the cushions. Good evening, darling. Hello, Edward. You look tired, my dear. I am tired, Edward. I seem to be drained and empty. I noticed you didn't sleep well last night. It was probably that woman yesterday with her talking. Really, Mrs. Wellbeck talks altogether too much. How about that horrible case? I don't like hearing about such things. Of course not, dear. And yet... Yet what, Edward? When a thing like this happens in the neighborhood, people will gossip and talk. It would be a relief if they caught the woman. One doesn't like to think... I don't want to think about it at all. I'm so hateful. She must be a horrible, perverted creature, this Mrs. Andrews. Yes, yes. Quite so. Do you know, I was talking to Brooks about it only today, and he said... I don't want to hear what he said. I don't want to hear about it at all. Of course not, darling. I'm sorry. Oh, Edward, I just want to be quiet. So you shall, Ethel. It's all my fault. But Doctor warned me not to disturb you like this. Oh, Edward, please. There, there, my dear. Everything's all right. No need for tears. It doesn't concern us anyway. I helped her upstairs and into bed. And then, when she had stopped sobbing, and was at last asleep, I came down again very quietly. I was aware of a reluctance to face Mrs. Sutton. But I had to.  And what was that about a mouth? The tight lips, the hard chin. What was it Brooks had said about looking first to the mouth? Would you be requiring anything, sir, before I go up? No. Thank you, Mrs. Sutton. I hope you're feeling better, sir. No more of that trouble. Better. Thank you, Mrs. Sutton. Mrs. Mammer is not indisposed, is she? Why, no. She's asleep. Do you think I ought to wake her to bring her a glass of... No, no, thank you, Mrs. Sutton. I believe we'll just better be. And you, sir, would you care for anything? Not a thing, Mrs. Sutton. Oh, it wouldn't be no bother. I'll only take a minute. Not tonight. All right then. Mrs. Sutton. Yes, sir? Were you aware that my can of arsenic out in the shed had a loose stopper? The garden isn't my department, is it, sir? No. No, it isn't. I didn't know about the arsenic. Very well. I'll be saying goodnight then. Oh, Mrs. Sutton. Yes? One more thing. Certainly, sir. Nothing, Mrs. Sutton. Nothing. The next few days were the most agonizing of my life. I began the habit of coming down early in the morning and prowling about the kitchen. This only served to make Ethel more nervous. But Mrs. Sutton offered no to Mark. She watched me silently and with good humor, almost with amusement.  What was the use of supervising the breakfast when I had to be out of the house every day between half past nine in the morning and seven in the evening? On Thursday night, Brooks persuaded me to go to a little bachelor dinner for a friend who was being married. He was in my district, and we weren't out of there until after midnight. By then it was too late for Brooks to catch a train back to town, so I invited him to come over to my place. The house hold had long since gone to bed. Brooks, I don't want to disturb Ethel. Sorry, old man. Your room is just off here. I think you need a fresh pillow slip. That'll be fine. Hello. What's this? Oh, somebody writing your notes. Dear Mr. Memory, there's some fresh cocoa in the kitchen. It only needs some hotting up. Mrs. Sutton. Should just hit the spot. Yes, indeed. Come along. Let me just get the switch. There we are. I'd better get the cocoa ready. It'll only be a minute. Quite a show, isn't it? Send him off marriage and style. Glad to see him getting settled. People ought to marry young. All the more years to enjoy the only real, dressing life gives you. How many years has it been for you and Ethel? Just six. And they get better all the time. That's the wonder of it. Tony Brooks, how did you happen to miss getting married? Didn't miss it at all, champ. Getting along very well without it. Hello. Our cocoa's ready. And here's my cup. It's just hot enough. Brooks. Yes, old man. Is it just my fancy? Or is there something queer about the taste? What taste? It seemed to me. Take another sip, Brooks. Go on. Roll it round on your tongue. Do you taste it? The faint tang? Like metal? Spit it out, Brooks! Spit it out! Don't know. Don't know. What are you going to do? I've never been in a situation like this before. You ought to take a specimen to the chemist. Have it analyzed? Yes. Yes, I will. First thing in the morning. But first, Brooks, I want you to come with me. Where to? Just outside in the garden. I want to see something in the potting shed. I can't see a thing. Just hold on to me. We're almost there. All right. This is the shed. Now, just about four steps inside. Here we are. Mamery, where are you? Just at your feet, old man. I'm stooping down. Would you be good enough to strike a match for me? All right. Just a moment. There we are. That's fine. Hold it closer. It should be behind these pots here. Yes, it's here. Devil, these things don't burn long. Can you strike another? What is it, Mamery? It's a tin of weed, killer. You mean arsenic? Yes, arsenic. And just look, Mamery. The stopper is loose. I know. Want another match? No. It isn't necessary. Why should it be loose, Mamery? That's the question. It is, especially since I took the trouble to ram it in as tight as it would go only last week. Mamery, old man, I don't like to frighten you, but you'll see what this means. Simply means there's a murderer in my house. It was there, in that shed that smelled of earth, in my dressing to know the coat, holding the tin in my hand and placing brooks in the darkness that the beast panic seized me in its claws and held me so tight that I could hardly breathe. I felt a sudden impulse to run out into the dark streets of Hammersmith and scream out to the sleeping village the terrible thing I had discovered. Instead, I replaced the tin exactly where it had been. And brooks and I went back into the garden at all the house. Look, brooks. See that light? Who's window is it? Mrs. Sutton's. It's terrifying. Is she watching us? Where does Ethel sleep? Our bedroom is right up there. It's dark, thank heaven. If she'd drunk anything deadly, there'd be lights everywhere. She'd call out just as I did the night I was attacked. Yes, yes, of course. What's your plan? Yes, yes. Plan. I'll get you off to bed. Yes. Then I'll go into the kitchen, wash out the saucepan and make another brew of cocoa. I let it stand in the saucepan overnight. Just to erase suspicion. Then in the morning, off to the chemist. That's right. Remember, you told me last week to move fast. Well, my time's run out. I'm not a man of action, brooks. But when my life is threatened, when the life of the person I love most is in danger, then I can do it, brooks. Then I can. When I'd finished in the kitchen, I turned out all the lights and started softly up the stairs. I hadn't meant to wake Ethel. I meant to keep all this from her until it was over and finished. But she must have heard me as I came into the room. Edward? Yes, my dear?  Have a good time at your party? Not bad. Not bad at all. So tonight was young Farnsworth's last as a bachelor. His last? He seemed like a lamb all ready for the sacrifice. You all right? Quite all right. Good. Did Mrs. Sutton leave something hot for you? She said she would. Yes, but I wasn't thirsty. Oh, it was that sort of party. I sat down on the bed beside her. She was asleep again in a moment.  Next morning I would act. I thanked God it was not too late. At eight o'clock in the morning I stood outside the little untidy shop on Springbank where a weather-beaten sign informed the world that this place of business belonged to B.A. Dimthorpe, chemist. Dimthorpe himself was an aged little fellow. His untidy himself is the shop in which he potted about day and night. I paused a moment before entering. How many times had we sat together in the room at the back? Our chairs tilted against the wall, exchanging views on green fly and club route. How many lazy evenings we had passed together discussing the passion of our lives, the art of gardening. This morning I had to see him on another matter. I'm the new fashion in my life. This morning we should be concerned with the art of murder. I be of assist. Mama Ray. Good morning, Dimthorpe. What brings you so hurly in the day? Another prescription for Hethel? No, no. Hethel's much better these days. It's quite another matter. It'll be light for work, won't you? This is hardly the time to continue the battle between lilacs versus poppies. Dimthorpe. Yes? I wonder if you could do a little job for me. Happy to, if it's within me power. Well, this is very much in your line of work. Well, then certainly. I have here a bottle. It contains a cup of ordinary cocoa. Cocoa? Mama Ray? Yes. I was wondering if you'd be good enough to analyze it for me. And just what is it you want me to look for? I should like you to look for traces of arsenic, if you would. Very well, Mama Ray. Arsenic. This cocoa was left in a saucepan for me at home last night. I found that it tasted very hard and pleasant and metallic. I know, but that's oddly enough. You see, Dimthorpe, I have reason to believe that we have living with us at present the Lincoln Poisoner. I dare say you know the case. A link? Correct. Oh, but, Mama Ray, how dreadful. I have reason to believe that this woman is attempting to murder both my wife and myself. I think I have proof. Your analysis will be the final one. I shall put everything else aside, Mama Ray. You may rely on me. I do, Dimthorpe. I do. And may I congratulate you on your prudence and on your intelligence in bringing me the specimen. Thank you. I'll have it ready for you by this evening. And if it's what you think it is, then we shall have a clear case on which to take action. Thank you, Dimthorpe. This evening then. Righto. I see I'm to pass a very long day. It's a bit late and getting to the office. Brooks was already there waiting for me with a white face and the hushed voice of a conspirator. Good morning. Good morning. You were already out of the house when I woke this morning. Yes. I had my call to make. Sleep well last night? Like a log. It's funny considering. It is funny. You didn't, I gather. No. You've taken care of the matter? Yes. When shall we know? Late this afternoon. Everything seemed all right when I left the house, had breakfast with Ethel, seemed very well, completely unsuspecting. Did you notice, Thur? I did indeed, our dear Mrs Sutley. Bad mouth. There's no doubt of it. Anything else? Otherwise perfectly normal. That's what gives them away, don't you see? More normal than normal folk. Do you feel like working today? Frankly, no. Neither do I. Shall we put out the sign? Good idea. We put out the sign saying that we were close for the day because of illness and we sat together in the office. The noon hour passed and neither of us moved. Four or five times we heard footsteps outside in the corridor, pausing before our door and then turning and receding. Neither of us spoke and neither of us moved. I examined an expanse of wall just over Brooks's head and he examined the blank space over mine and the hours passed. Back on Springbank, Dim Thorpe would be bending over his vials and Bunsen burners, moving as methodically as only he could move, extracting the truth from the bottle of cocoa. As I told him, this was the longest day of my life. Well, Mummary? Yes. It was four o'clock. I couldn't wait any longer. Good luck, old man. Brooks shook hands with me and I went outside into the afternoon sunlight. I was at Springbank in 20 minutes. It is, Dim Thorpe. I'm ready for you. Just coming to the bank in case we're disturbed. Right, Mummary. Right over here. What does it mean? It means that there's no doubt about it. I used Marsh's test. It was an heavy dose. No wonder you tasted it. There must have been four or five grains of pure arsenic in that bottle. Here, take this mirror. I want you to see it for yourself. All right. Now, just look closely at this little glass tube. It's a stain, a purple-black stain. That's the mark left by the arsenic. Will you ring up the police from here? No, my wife. I've got to get home. All right, leave it to me. I'll ring the police up for you. Oh, go quickly, Mummary. Local train went so slowly and stopped so often. Ethel Poison dying dead. Ethel Poison dying dead. The wheels strung hushly in my ears. I jumped from the train before it had stopped and ran out of the station along the road. A strange car was standing at my door. I saw it from the end of the street and broke into a mad gallop. It had happened. The doctor was there.  I was a murderer to have left it so long. Then, while I was still 150 yards away, I saw the front door open. A man came out followed by Ethel herself. The visitor got into his car and drove away, and Ethel went back into the house. She was safe. She was safe. I could hardly control myself to hang up my hat and coat and go in looking reasonably calm. She had returned to the armchair by the fire and she looked up at me in surprise. There were tea things on the table and she was alive. Edward, you're back early, aren't you? Yes, dear. Business was slack. Somebody beat a tea. John Welbert came by. Oh, young Welbert. Yes, we've been talking over arrangements for the drama society. Darling, I'm so glad. By having a guest here, you were protected. You were saved. Edward, what are you talking about? You seem so strange. I've got to tell you, Ethel. I should have done it long ago. My darling, it's going to be unpleasant, but you must hear it. Oh, excuse me, mum. Yes? Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. I didn't know you was in. What is it, Mrs Sutton? Will you be taking tea or can I clear away? Mr Mummery will be wanting some. You'd better leave it.  What is it? There was a young man at the Fishmongers and he's just come from Grimsby. Yes? And they've caught that dreadful woman at Mrs Andrews. Oh. Isn't it a good thing? Oh, it worried me so to think she was going about like that. But they've caught her. Took a job as housekeeper, she had two elderly ladies and they found the wicked poison on her. The girl has spotted Earl get a reward. I've been keeping my eyes open for her and myself. But it's at Grimsby she was all the time. Thank you for the news, Mrs Sutton. That will be all. Oh, not at all, mum. But that's wonderful. Then it's all been a mistake. A mad mistake. Darling, I don't know whether to shout or to cry. I certainly must apologize to Mrs Sutton. We're safe, don't you see? We're safe. But what about the cocoa? It's Mr Dimthop. And Marcia's test. And five grains of arsenic. What do they all mean? Who could have... Who could have what? Ethel. Ethel. Ethel. Yes, Ethel. Something I've never seen before. It's always been there. It's just that you've never looked. That would be the police, Ethel. They've come here for you. Thanks to Sam Jaffe for a magnificent performance as Edward Mummary. And to Lorraine Tuttle, Alan Reed and to the entire cast who aroused our suspicion with such effective suspense. Next week, Crossfire. Yes, Crossfire. Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Graham and Sam Levine playing the roles they created for the RKO Radio Picture. A drama of present-day intolerance in an atmosphere of suspense. And with the performances of Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Graham and Sam Levine and with Crossfire, we'll again hope to keep you in suspense. Suspicion by Dorothy Sayers was adapted for suspense by Irving Ravitch and was produced and directed by Anton M. Lieder. Ludglaskin is our musical director and conductor and Lucien Muroek composes the original scores. Next week here, Crossfire starring Robert Young with Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Graham and Sam Levine on Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills. One hour of suspense. This is CBS where 99 million people gather every week the Columbia Broadcasting System.


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