1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,880 This episode from The Life of Sherlock Holmes will be 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,160 transmitted to our men and women overseas by shortwave and 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,800 through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:17,440 Service. Petri Wine brings you Basil 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,520 Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in The New Adventures of Sherlock 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:29,360 Holmes. The Petrie family, the family 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,400 that took time to bring you good wine, invite you to listen to 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,960 Doctor Watson tell us about another exciting adventure he 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,040 shared with his old friend, that master Detective Sherlock 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,080 Holmes. It began on a on a on a summer 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,080 evening in 19106. I'd been for a long walk in the 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,840 park. I remember when I returned to 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,840 Baker Street and entered our rooms, Holmes looked up at me 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,600 with a twinkle and and spoke. You. 15 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,680 Look positively glowing with health, Watson. 16 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,320 Well, I have a splendid walk, my dear father. 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,920 He was going to come with me. The park was looking 18 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:01,520 particularly beautiful. The Mailchap. 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,800 During our absence, I've decided to write another monograph. 20 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:06,640 Oh, what's the subject this time? 21 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,280 Occupational liability to murder and, for instance, the mortality 22 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,680 rate is naturally high among policemen and detectives. 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,960 Physicians are murdered with fair regularity, but the murder 24 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:20,520 of a dentist is rare. And whoever heard of a murdered 25 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,920 veterinary surgeon? That's quite true, but what's 26 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,480 the occasion for this little? Homily, I've been browsing over 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,840 my newspaper clippings. Yeah, you would recall over 28 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,560 hearing of a murdered tobacconist, Watson. 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,480 No, no, I can't say that I. Do I? 30 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,680 And yet my clippings informed me that no less than 3 tobacconists 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,880 have been murdered in the past six months, and all the murders 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,800 have occurred in the same small shop in the East End of London. 33 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,280 Now why do you suppose 3 tobacconists would be murdered 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,120 in the same shop? Come on, give me a logical 35 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,200 solution to the problem, will you? 36 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,000 Well, let me see you say that the shops in the in the East 37 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:53,880 End. As. 38 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,880 Is it near the? River, as it happens, it's on 39 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,040 the water's edge. And supposing the tobacco This 40 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,360 shop was the headquarters of a smuggling ring, Perhaps boxes 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:03,480 of. Cigars were unloaded. 42 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,880 From the dock and brought to the shop cigars containing pills or. 43 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,160 Opium or something? What? 44 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,560 Son? My dear fellow, you're doing 45 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,120 splendidly. You must walk in the park more 46 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,360 frequently. You're positive is 47 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,760 scintillating. Oh no, no, you're you're making. 48 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,000 Fun. I'm sure you I'm not. 49 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,720 You're expecting anyone else? No, no, probably a visitor for 50 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,600 Missus Hudson. Come on with your fascinating 51 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,640 theory now. Why are three tobacconists 52 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,360 murdered? Well, because they they know too 53 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,520 much. Perhaps they demand a share on 54 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,360 the profits. So the head of the ring decides 55 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,120 to kill him. Plausible enough, Watson, I 56 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,040 really must congratulate you. I can see that I'm very lucky in 57 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,480 having a biographer with such a lively imagination. 58 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:45,480 Thanks very much. Oh, hello, Stan. 59 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,480 Stan, I'm glad to see you. I'm not intruding. 60 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,440 Not at all, My dear fellow. Come along. 61 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,120 Sit down. Thank you, Miss Holmes. 62 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,720 Anything remarkable on hand? No. 63 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,320 No, Miss Holmes, nothing very particular. 64 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,440 Then tell me all about it. Can't. 65 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,000 Hide anything from you. Can I say yes, there is 66 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,080 something on my mind and no mistake? 67 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,080 And it concerns the three murdered tobacconists I see. 68 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,840 Splendid. Now, how that blazes? 69 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,320 Did you know that? Yes, pure magic. 70 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,440 That's all Mary Watson. It's simple deduction. 71 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,920 Observe the five cigars peering out of the Strands breast 72 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,280 pocket. They are of a far superior 73 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,760 quality to his usual brand, obviously the scene of his 74 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,760 latest investigation as profit. Certain worlds we say 75 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,520 professional perquisites. Am I right, Lestard? 76 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,480 Of course you are careful one Mr. Rooms. 77 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:34,640 Thank you or I'll stick to my pipe. 78 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,800 How about you, Doctor? Oh. 79 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,200 Thank you, Lestard and you Coronas. 80 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,320 And now, inspector, don't be about the murder tobacconists 81 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,640 well. How much do you know about the 82 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:45,720 case? That's what I've read in the 83 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,240 papers. Curiously enough, we were 84 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,280 discussing the affair as you walked in Lestard. 85 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,560 It's a strange business, gentlemen. 86 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,120 I only got hold of the old story today when I had a long talk to 87 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,000 young Jack Longworth. He's the owner of the show when 88 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,440 in. Relation to General Longworth, 89 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,120 the taller Member of Parliament, who battled so successfully 90 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,960 against the Slum Clearance Bill, his son. 91 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,920 Mr. Holmes, it's not young fella too. 92 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,520 When his father died, he inherited this shop along with a 93 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,680 lot of other property in the East End. 94 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,240 Well. How big a shop is it? 95 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,920 Mr. Or just old in the Wall Doctor, like all the other shops 96 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,720 in their part of London, young Mr. Longworth Jasmine first 97 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,440 rents it to a man by the name of George Grillit. 98 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,160 He lives there with his daughter Lily and made a quite a nice go 99 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,920 out of the shop 6 months ago when Jack Longworth was abroad. 100 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,600 George Grillit has a stroke and nearly kicks the bucket. 101 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:37,040 Kicks the kicks the. He nearly dies Doctor. 102 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,320 Oh. Kicks the bucket, remember that? 103 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:41,560 And then what happened to this guy? 104 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,800 Well. While he's in the hospital, his 105 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,800 daughter gives up the lease on the shop. 106 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,880 A few days later an Italian takes it over and a couple of 107 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,960 weeks later he's found with his float. 108 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,360 Cut Did you investigate that first? 109 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,240 Murder yourself. No, Mr. Romes seemed like any of 110 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,360 a dozen kiddings we get in that part of London. 111 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,080 A shopkeeper cut up his tail, emptied. 112 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,000 No clues. Who's the next tenant? 113 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,480 A Scotsman looked by the name of Mackintosh. 114 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,920 A few weeks after he moved in, the same thing happened to him. 115 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,840 That time I did go down there, but I couldn't find out. 116 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,560 Nothing. Was robbery again the appellant 117 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,840 murdered? Yes, Sir, that the tin wasn't 118 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:19,080 the same. He was strangled with a. 119 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,400 Silk scarf. Silk scarf. 120 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,440 And who was the 3rd tenant? The man who was murdered 121 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:25,000 yesterday? A. 122 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:30,320 Hindu fella, a man by the name of Mukherjee, he takes it over a 123 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,400 week, last Friday and yesterday we find him knife through the 124 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,560 back of his money. Gone. 125 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:38,160 Course I was down there before you could say Crystal Palace, 126 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,160 but once again I didn't find out. 127 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,760 Nothing. No knife, no fingerprints on the 128 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,760 till, no footprints. Just a very dead. 129 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,400 Indoor was young Mr. Longworth, the landlord in England, when 130 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,280 these murders occurred. Yeah, that's The funny thing 131 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,160 about it, Mr. Owens. He docked at Tilbury yesterday 132 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,080 morning. He didn't know nothing about 133 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:56,200 what had been going on. Well. 134 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,240 I imagine he'd have difficulty in renting the shop after three. 135 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,920 Well, that's just a doctor. That's why he comes to me at the 136 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,600 yard. George Grillit is first tenant 137 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,640 of the shop. Moved back there today with his 138 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,760 daughter Lily, and young Mr. Long was worried about them. 139 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,800 If you ask me, he's more worried about the daughter than he is 140 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,240 about Old Man Grillit. So the original tenants of the 141 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,120 shop are back in residence again, eh? 142 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,640 And what do you want me to do? Well, I thought. 143 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,880 Perhaps you'd be interested enough to come along with me and 144 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,000 look at the shop? Mr. I should be very glad to my 145 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,800 dear fellow. It's curtain hat, Watson. 146 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:38,200 I'll answer it. Hello, Mike Craft. 147 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:45,160 How are you? Yes, yes, he he's here now. 148 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,720 I of course. I'll do everything I can. 149 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,040 Certainly. Let's have dinner together soon, 150 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,560 shall we? Splintered idea. 151 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,760 All right, goodbye. Is that your brother home? 152 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,840 Yes, Estrada, I do think you might have told me the whole 153 00:06:58,840 --> 00:06:59,440 truth. Well. 154 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,320 How do you mean? Sir, I thought your visit was 155 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,800 prompted by a need for friendly assistance. 156 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,920 I didn't realize that you came here virtually on a government 157 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:07,880 or. The world. 158 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,600 It wasn't just quite like that, Mister the. 159 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,080 Government got to do with the case. 160 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,120 And how does your brother Michael fit into the picture? 161 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,240 Not sure yet, but if one thing we may be certain, there's 162 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,800 obviously a great deal more in this case than Lestrade would 163 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,480 have us believe. Why do you say that? 164 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,720 Holmes He must bear in mind, old fellow, that occasionally, 165 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,760 Mycroft is the British government. 166 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,320 Nice part of London. Take a walk in on a foggy night, 167 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,360 ain't it gentlemen? All our policemen work down here 168 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,760 in pairs, you know. So I don't blame them. 169 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,240 It's a vile neighbourhood. There's the shop just head on us 170 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,960 with a sign hanging out and now, and now there he is again. 171 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,960 Oh. See that bearded Hindu skulking 172 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,880 off around the corner there? He's been haunting the place 173 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,240 ever since I came down here. Bearded Hindu wants the place, 174 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,720 eh? Yes, and yesterday Holmes, the 175 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,600 Hindu proparta of the shop, was. Murdered. 176 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,800 Exactly. Well, here we are. 177 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,200 I'll go in first. Pressing look in place, eh? 178 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:26,200 I'll be. Acting jiffy. 179 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,480 That's Lily. George Grillit's daughter helps 180 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,400 him with the shop. Sorry. 181 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,200 To keep you wet. Oh, how it's you, Inspector 182 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:35,559 Lestrade. Yes, Miss Lee. 183 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,200 I brought some gentlemen to see your father. 184 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,559 This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. 185 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:41,960 Pleased to meet you, I'm sure how do? 186 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,919 You. Do young lady. 187 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:46,680 Is your dad home? No, Inspector, he won't be in 188 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,680 till after dinner. We're down at the docks. 189 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:50,560 He did to see about some cigar shipments. 190 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,280 Mr. Longwell, see you if you want to see him. 191 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,680 We were just adding some tea in the backroom. 192 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,480 Yeah. So I'd like these gentlemen to 193 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,000 meet him, Jack. Come out in the shop, Jack. 194 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,360 What is it, Lily? Oh, Inspector Astride. 195 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,120 And this must with Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, I'm 196 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:08,920 sure. You do? 197 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,080 Sorry, Mr. Longmouth. I'm very glad the inspector was 198 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,920 able to persuade you to come down here, Mr. Holmes. 199 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,080 I'm virtually worried about this business, particularly since 200 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,000 Lily's father insisted on coming back here. 201 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,480 I'm afraid they're in great danger, but I can't make Mr. 202 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,000 Grillit. See it young lady. 203 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,680 I wonder if I might ask you a few questions. 204 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,680 Of course, Mr. Jones. Before your father had his 205 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:29,640 stroke, did he receive any threats concerning his occupancy 206 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:30,160 at the shop? Well. 207 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,960 If he did, he never tell me about him. 208 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,440 It wouldn't surprise me. I often told him his biggest 209 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,120 enemy is himself, if you know what I mean. 210 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,160 Yes, I. Think I do miss Grillett? 211 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,160 When your father had his illness, who decided to give up 212 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,680 the lease on the shop? I did. 213 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,040 No money was coming in and well, it looked like Dad might be an 214 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,520 invalid for life. Of course I couldn't run the 215 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,320 shop by myself. Anyhow, I never did like this 216 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,400 part of London. It wasn't the right business for 217 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,720 Father. What was his reaction when you 218 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,480 told him to have given up the lease? 219 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,520 No. He was awful angry with me, said 220 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,360 I had no right to do it without asking him. 221 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,800 By the way, yeah, we saw that bearded into again as we walked 222 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,200 up just now. Been in and around ever since we 223 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,560 came back here. Inspector has. 224 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,040 He actually come into the shop, Miss Gillett. 225 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,880 No, but he keeps walking by and looking in the window. 226 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,520 I'm sure if we both went into the bedroom or left the shop for 227 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,160 a little while, well, he'd come right in. 228 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,080 And I suggest we give him the opportunity you're seeking. 229 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,200 Miss Grillard, I wonder if you and Mr. Longworth would mind 230 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,200 leaving the shop for a while of? Course not, Mr. Holmes. 231 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,840 Make your departure rather ostentatious. 232 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,360 Shall we say, though, that he can't help noticing it? 233 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,760 Give us half an hour or so and then come back. 234 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,600 Perhaps you wouldn't mind going with them, Lestrade? 235 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,480 Mr. Rosie, this is. My case, I know, I know. 236 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,520 But in a situation like this, Watson and I work much better 237 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,280 alone. We may have to go a little 238 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,640 outside the law and your presence might endealysis. 239 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,520 You'd never think I was a detective too. 240 00:10:51,000 --> 00:11:00,320 We'll be back in half an hour. Poor old Lestrade. 241 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,840 Yeah, I blame. Him. 242 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,280 I'm leaving him completely in the dark. 243 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,840 Come on, Watson. Behind the counter. 244 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,840 No, no, no, no, my dear fellow. Not under it. 245 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,240 Not under it. Oh, chap, we lift the flap So 246 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,680 and I suggest we clutch down behind here. 247 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:20,440 Come on. That's it. 248 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:22,680 Have you got your father, Watson? 249 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:24,720 Yes, it's in my pocket. Good. 250 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,000 Meantime, make yourself as comfortable as these cramped 251 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,280 quarters will permit. You may have. 252 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:42,960 I don't wait ahead of us. Look, look. 253 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,520 Holmes has been due, now peering through the window. 254 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:52,920 Yes, yes, Sir. Here he, here he comes. 255 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,720 All right, Barton, put your. Hands up, I've got you covered 256 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,720 with this revolver now, my man, what are you doing here? 257 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,480 Who? Who are you? 258 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,920 Never mind who I am, just answer my question. 259 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,240 Why do not speak very good English? 260 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,760 Don't mean to stand about burning sector. 261 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:21,160 Ah sector, hi take. Me question who comes here bhai? 262 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,640 Now you don't. My man, it's. 263 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,680 All right, Barton, let him go. He's on our side. 264 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:36,040 I wish you'd. Tell me what the pun is going 265 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,520 on, who that man was and why you let him go. 266 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,120 He's an investigator from the Foreign Office, old chap, given 267 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,280 his instructions by my brother Mycroft. 268 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,600 Mycroft. Yes, old fellow man, my brother 269 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,160 fails to tell me all the facts concerning this case. 270 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,640 I begin to think these triple murders have far greater 271 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,760 ramifications than we ever dreamed of. 272 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,680 Doctor Watson's story will continue in just a second. 273 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,200 Just about time enough for me to mention that any meal becomes a 274 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,840 better meal when you serve it with Petri wine and say you'll 275 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,480 find that Petri California Burgundy and Petri California so 276 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,960 turned are just made to go with food. 277 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,560 That Petri Burgundy is a rich red wine that's bosom pals with 278 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:24,600 any meat or meat dish. Boy, what a flavor. 279 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,640 And that Petri so turn is the delicate white wine that's just 280 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,560 perfect with chicken or with fish. 281 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,000 Yes, Sir, with food. You just can't beat a good Petri 282 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:45,920 wine. And now, back to tonight's new 283 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,000 Sherlock Holmes adventure. A puzzling case is occupying the 284 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 attentions of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. 3 murders 285 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,680 have taken place in a small tobacconist shop in the East End 286 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,840 of London. As we rejoin our story, it's 287 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,120 late at night and Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, 288 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,080 accompanied by Inspector Lestrade, are once again walking 289 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:07,400 toward the ill-fated shop. Well, I don't see that you've 290 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,400 accomplished much, Mr. Holmes, except that you just bought me a 291 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,120 nice dinner. I'm. 292 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,720 Making progress, Miss Tran, if anybody. 293 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,600 Elimination of obvious suspects. There was a pattern to this case 294 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,920 that should give us a clue. Well. 295 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,520 How do you mean? Home, dear fellow, consider the 296 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,040 obvious motive of these murders and particularly observe the 297 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,640 results they've obtained Well, the. 298 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,400 Motive was the same in all three killings. 299 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,120 Robbery or not astride not leave the theft of a few pounds from 300 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,320 the till blind you to the real motive look. 301 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,920 Look, look, look. Here's Mr. Now he's coming. 302 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,320 Out of the shop. Good evening, Miss Grillit. 303 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:38,320 Hello. Mr. Holmes. 304 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,720 Is your Papa home yet? Yes, he is, Mr. Holmes. 305 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,840 I can't tell you how anxious I am for you to talk to him. 306 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,280 I'm going to meet Mr. Longway. He's taken me to the Music Hall. 307 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,000 I should be on just after 10. I hope you'll be able to stay 308 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,040 with Dad until then. Well. 309 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,640 Don't you worry, Miss Grillit, We'll keep an eye on him. 310 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,920 Oh, thanks ever so much. Oh, oh, Mr. Holmes. 311 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,960 Yes, Miss Grillit. Please don't go into our rooms 312 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,640 in the back, will you? I've left things in a flight for 313 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,120 me. I quite understand Miss Grillit. 314 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:14,120 Where Tata Hall see you later. Let's go into the shop. 315 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:29,360 I said oh chew inspector. These gentlemen, Mr. Sherlock 316 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,880 Holmes and Doctor Watts. Good evening. 317 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,520 Good evening. Did you meet young Lily just 318 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,600 now? She. 319 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,560 Told her she was going out to the music Oh with Mr. Longwood. 320 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,240 Yes, I'm afraid we had quite a set to about that. 321 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,880 A very strong willed girl, Lily. Very strong willed. 322 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,400 I have to assume that you disapprove of your daughter's 323 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:50,880 association with Mr. Longworth of. 324 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,040 Course I do. He's a tough He's got lots of 325 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,480 money. Lily's so blunt she can't see 326 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:59,240 that he's up to no good. I'm pretty sure he's afraid I 327 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,920 might find out what's really at the back of these here murders. 328 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,560 And what is your theory, Sir? Well, I'll tell you this in 329 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:06,800 confidence. Got nothing to back it up. 330 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,840 Now, you understand there's been talk of widening the docks 331 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,080 around here. That'd make property values go 332 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,280 up, you see. Of course, young Longwood's been 333 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,680 trying to buy up all the other shops along the waterfront here, 334 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,200 but they wouldn't sell. If you ask me, he's had these 335 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,000 murders done just a fronting people away so that they he 336 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,640 could buy. Cheap now I'm not. 337 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,560 Saying that he did the murders himself, you understand, but he 338 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,320 planned them when these parts. It's easy enough any night to 339 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,920 get a throat cut for a couple of quid. 340 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:36,120 That's why I'm glad you're here. Chance you see I I just got 341 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:37,440 another warning. Warning. 342 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:38,680 What do you mean? It's a warning. 343 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,480 Found this note slipped under that door there. 344 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,560 Not 3/4 of an hour. Ago would you please? 345 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,240 What does it say, Hon. I shall call on you at 8:30 346 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,440 tonight. You know what's good for you. 347 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,560 You'll be waiting for me alone. If any funny tricks, you'll go 348 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,000 where I sent the rest of them. Yes, obviously. 349 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,400 Even the killer. Possibly. 350 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,160 What's the time now? Look, it's. 351 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,200 The past 8. I was hoping you gentlemen would 352 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,000 wait in our rooms, back of the shop, you can hear what's going 353 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,319 on in here and if you ties in any rough stuff you can pop in 354 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:12,040 and nab in that's. What I was about to suggest 355 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:13,599 myself, Mr. Grills. Either way, will you? 356 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:21,240 Oh yes, step behind the counter, dance through here. 357 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,960 Here we are. Find exactly Buckingham Palace 358 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,880 back here. But you can make yourselves 359 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,000 comfortable, conscious. Don't you worry about us. 360 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,160 Oh, I better turn out the gas. If this bloke spots a light 361 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,800 under the door in here, he might smell a rat. 362 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,400 There we are. Yeah. 363 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,360 As soon as I see him coming in the shop, I'll knock twice on 364 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:46,320 the door like this and that'll give you the signal that he's 365 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:47,000 here. Is that right? 366 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,800 Right, you are great. Now keep your ears open gents. 367 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,440 I may need your help. Where are you? 368 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,360 We can't see a thing. Over here, Watson. 369 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,560 You know, I've got another theory why Jack Longworth might 370 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,760 be the back of all this. You listening home? 371 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,760 Yes. I'm listening. 372 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,880 What is your theory? Longworth knows that Gillette 373 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,440 doesn't approve of his having into the do Lily, so when he 374 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,680 goes abroad he leaves instructions to murder the 375 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,080 tobacconist. The assassins don't know about 376 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,640 Gillette having a stroke, of course. 377 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,560 Well, they keep murdering the wrong Fuller. 378 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,600 Well, that makes very good sense, doctor. 379 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,640 What do you say, Mr. Holmes? Holmes, Holmes. 380 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,080 Where are you just? My silly He's disappeared. 381 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:42,440 No, I haven't. I was just exploring the signal. 382 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,920 There goes the front door. Somebody's come in. 383 00:18:55,160 --> 00:19:05,360 We'd better go in. We've got to get in there at 384 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:06,160 once. Open the door. 385 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,560 Well, it's locked. Never mind that it just hold us 386 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:09,120 into it. Come on. 387 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:09,840 Come on, Help. Come on. 388 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:21,960 One more. Devil it slashed the knife. 389 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,360 Billet. Billet what? 390 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,800 The killer got away. Let's try and conserve your 391 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,360 energy. Your murderer lies there. 392 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:32,360 But that's. Really. 393 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:33,840 Of course it is. That's just pocket Watson. 394 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,800 I think you'll find a blood stained knife. 395 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:41,160 Let's have a look. Good Lord, he's a razor in his 396 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,040 pocket. It's covered with blood, do you 397 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,360 mean to say? That he slashed himself. 398 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:47,400 Just put the handcuffs on him. Lestrade while he's still play 399 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:48,520 acting. He may be more difficult to 400 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,920 handle when he realizes the game's up. 401 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:57,200 Come on, come on, come on. Very neat. 402 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,680 Lestrade. Yeah, well, now that I've 403 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,280 knocked a wounded man out, Co perhaps you'll tell me what's 404 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,720 going on, Mistrade. Yes, I'm completely in the dark 405 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,280 too. Oh, it's very simple really, 406 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,360 Will It has just staged a fake attack on himself Fool us into 407 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,240 believing that someone else is the murderer? 408 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,040 Yeah, but that's threatening note he received. 409 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,400 Composed by himself for the occasion, yeah. 410 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,080 But we heard voices. We heard the shop door open. 411 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,000 We heard Grillard talking to himself, and As for the shop 412 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,120 door, that's how he gave himself away. 413 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:24,400 Well, how do you? Mean, Mr. Holmes. 414 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,320 Whenever the shop door opens, there's a bell that jangles. 415 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:32,360 You will notice. That stop that's right there is 416 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:35,520 there's. No bell jangle when we were in 417 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,160 the backroom got us in there, locked the door on us 418 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,200 unobtrusively and staged his little drama. 419 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,040 Yes, but. We heard the door creak open and 420 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:43,920 close. Mistro. 421 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,600 The creak of this flap in the counter would sound exactly the 422 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,840 same, my dear fellow Anderson. Yes, but why home? 423 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,480 How did you spot that Grinette was a man? 424 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,480 It was obvious from the beginning that since nothing had 425 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,120 changed about the shop except the ownership that the attackers 426 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,640 directed against any tobacconist who was not grilled himself. 427 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,200 Of course, his daughter Lily obviously knew what was going 428 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,680 on. Well, I don't see how you 429 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,960 figured that one out. Mr. Owens, every remark that she 430 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,120 made showed that although she loved her father, she knew his 431 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:12,920 failings. In any case, she gave me the 432 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,600 final clue. Well, what clue was that? 433 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,800 And very pointedly asking men not to go into the backroom of 434 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,320 the shop. Of course she meant the reverse 435 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,320 of what she said. I followed her advice when you 436 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,880 were explaining your theory to the stride well. 437 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,600 What did you find, Mr. Holmes, Miss? 438 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,000 Grillett had obligingly left a secret door open, a door leading 439 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 to a passageway that seemed to go down to the waterfront. 440 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,440 We'll examine it more thoroughly in a minute. 441 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,680 Yes, but I still don't understand Brillette's motive 442 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,920 Homes. Neither do I or Chap No, I 443 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,320 suspect that from the interests of the Foreign Office in the 444 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,880 case, this shop has been the headquarters of a of an 445 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,760 espionage ring. I'm afraid the final answer to 446 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,480 that question would have to be given by someone. 447 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,080 Else oh Holmes. By my elder brother and my 448 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,960 craft. Humiliating, isn't it, Watson 449 00:21:52,960 --> 00:22:03,720 and. What was the final answer to the 450 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,600 question, Doctor Watson? Holmes is right, as usual, Mr. 451 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,120 Foreman. The shop had been the 452 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,960 headquarters of Aspiring, operated by Grillit, and many 453 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,360 international criminals had been smuggled in England or foreign 454 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,960 ships moored up the river. And did Mr. Grillard hang for 455 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,360 his crime? No, no, no, he didn't. 456 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:21,480 My boy, his father, he came to trial. 457 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,240 He he had another stroke and he died. 458 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,160 Probably just as well for his daughter's sake. 459 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,560 Oh, his daughter. Lovely girl. 460 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,600 Did she marry Longworth? Indeed she did. 461 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,840 As a matter of fact, I I doubted her wedding. 462 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,040 It was a very wonderful wedding reception. 463 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,440 See, you would have been there yourself, Mr. Foreman. 464 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,160 In fact, you'd have liked it very much. 465 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,440 They it served a pretty good wine. 466 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,000 Was it a Petri wine by any chance? 467 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,400 Well, it was so good and easy it might have been. 468 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,880 You mean because Petri wine is the kind of a wine you can't 469 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,080 forget? That's exactly what I. 470 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:52,680 Do. 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Remember, send to Petri wine. 481 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:29,000 Petri wine San Francisco 26 San Francisco 26 California. 482 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,120 This offer is intended to apply only in those States and other 483 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:35,280 localities where it's acceptance is permissible by law and 484 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,760 regulation. And now, Doctor, do you feel 485 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,560 like giving us a hint about next week's story? 486 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,280 Yes, I do. Next week, Mr. Foreman, I'm 487 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,560 going to tell you a strange adventure that happened to 488 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,240 Holmes and me in the West End of London. 489 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,320 It concerns the death of a famous actor was portraying the 490 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,200 part of an equally famous man, Sherlock Holmes. 491 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,800 Thank you, Doctor. See you next week and say from 492 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,400 the news we've had so far today, maybe by next week at this time 493 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,440 we'll hear some really good news from Europe I. 494 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,640 Certainly hope so, Mr. Foreman, but let us remember the war 495 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,400 won't be over when Germany quits. 496 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,160 We've still got to lick Japan and that's going to take a long 497 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,440 time. So instead of celebrating when 498 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,920 VE Day comes along, let's just strengthen our resolve. 499 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,520 Support the war more than ever here at home. 500 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,400 Keep that war job. Don't leave it till you're 501 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,000 released. Keep on buying more and more and 502 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,920 more wild bonds and and keep them. 503 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:29,920 Don't turn them in. Help all you can with all home 504 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,920 front activities and observe all our wartime regulations such as 505 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:37,440 price ceiling. That's the real way to celebrate 506 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,360 a victory in Europe, by working harder to end the war in the 507 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:48,640 Pacific. Tonight Sherlock Holmes 508 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,640 adventure is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher and is 509 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,360 based on an incident in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story The 510 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,320 Adventure of the Six Napoleons. Mr. Rathbone appears with the 511 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,040 courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Mr. Bruce with the courtesy 512 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,440 of Universal Pictures, where they are now starring in the 513 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:08,320 Sherlock Holmes series. The Petri Wine Company of San 514 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,880 Francisco, CA invites you to tune in again next week. 515 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,000 Same time, same station. Meanwhile, don't forget to take 516 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,320 advantage of our offer of a free recipe calendar. 517 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:20,800 Oh, the. Petri family took the time to 518 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:24,480 bring you such good wine, so when you eat and when you cook, 519 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,920 remember Petri wine. To make good food taste better. 520 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:40,480 Remember, this is Bill Foreman saying 521 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,760 goodnight for the Petri family. Sherlock Holmes comes to you 522 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,400 from our Hollywood studios. This is the Mutual Broadcasting 523 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:45,800 System.