Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff Page #2

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make off with that briefcase.

I thought it might contain

important evidence.

You caught me trying to get away with

this briefcase? It was him! You fibber.

How dare you call Mr. Brooks

a thief? Apologize at once!

Apologize?

Mr. Brooks,

I'm sorry you're a crook.

Pig head!

Ping!

- Freddie.

- Mr. Melton.

Keep this

as quiet as possible.

I'll put this in the safe.

Hello.!

Hello, Inspector Wellman?

This is Casey of

the Lost Caverns Hotel.

You'd better hop right over. Looks like

we've got a murder on our hands. Okay.

Oh, Mr. Casey.

Yeah?

My name's Relia. I checked in this

morning. What can I do for you?

I heard about the murder. My gun

disappeared from my room a couple hours ago.

It's registered

in my name.

If it turns out to be the murder weapon,

well, I just want the police to know.

Any idea who took it? It could've

been a maid, a waiter or a bellboy.

Bellboy. That makes sense.

Bellboys carry pass keys.

It could be a bellboy, 'cause I

was a bellboy myself and I know.

I could get into every room

in the place. What am I sayin'?

Casey, search him.

He may have Relia's gun.

Now, listen, I...

Quiet, quiet, quiet.

I don't know how I get in the middle of

these things. "Casey, search him. " Hmph!

That's mine.

Nothing on him. Mr. Smelton... Melton...

You're not gonna implicate

me and get away with it.

I heard him threaten

Mr. Strickland.

Don't let him out of your sight

until the police come. Troublemaker.

Casey, I'm worried.

Yeah.

You don't think I had anything

to do with it, do ya? No.

But it looks bad, Freddie,

it looks bad. I know.

You have two things in your favor;

one, they found no bloodstains on ya.

- Eeek!

- Two, the gun that killed Strickland is still missing.

That I'm very happy for. On

the other side of the ledger...

all the evidence

points to you.

You were seen fighting with

him, then you lost your job.

That supplies the motive. Sure.

Then you were heard threatening him

and were seen coming out of his room.

What are you doing?

Gotta t-t-take

to laundry.

Laundry?

To the laundry?

Yeah. Wait a minute, come

here. Just a minute here...

Hey, where'd you get

that gun? I don't know.

For the last time, where'd

you get that gun? I don't know.

Where'd you get that gun? That's not fair;

you said for the last time, I answered it.

You're using unfair tactics.

I'm trying to help you out.

There's no doubt this is really his

gun and that they planted it in here!

We've gotta get it back to his room before

the police come, otherwise you're a dead duck.

Why would anybody

put that here?

When we find that out, we'll find

the culprit. Who's the culprit?

The culprit and the murderer

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