House of Wax Page #4

All I've got is 50 cents.

Buy some dinner with it.

- No, Cathy.

- Come on.

My friend will give me some money

tonight and then I'll stake you.

I don't need any mad money.

I never get mad.

Good luck tonight at the Silver Slipper.

And don't forget to duck.

Just a moment, Miss Allen.

- What are you coming in so quietly for?

- I didn't want to disturb anybody.

- Did you get the job?

- No.

- Why not?

- I had trouble with the boss.

You'll get your money.

Cathy promised to lend me some tonight

when she comes home.

You better get right up there, then.

Because she's home now.

- Couldn't it wait until tomorrow?

- No, it could not.

If you want to sleep in this house tonight,

you get that money.

All right, I'll try.

Cathy, it's Sue. Are you there?

I tell you, the scream came from up there.

Let's look into it.

- Usually there's a policeman at the corner.

- That's why I'm blowing the whistle.

Cabbie!

- What is it, Mother?

- It's Sue.

This is a surprise.

I was just thinking about...

- What happened to you, dear?

- What's wrong?

- Wait a minute.

- What happened?

- Wait a minute.

- What is it?

Cathy Gray, the girl in my rooming house,

was murdered tonight.

- What?

- I found her.

The man who killed her

was there in the room.

I tried to get away from him.

But he followed me into the street.

No, Scott, please don't go out there.

It's all right, darling. Don't be frightened.

It's all right now, dear. You're safe.

- Who found the body?

- One of my roomers. A friend of Cathy's.

- Sue Allen.

- Which one is Miss Allen?

- She isn't here.

- Where is she?

I don't know. We heard her scream.

When we went looking for her,

she was gone.

- Are all your roomers in?

- All but Miss Allen.

Lt. Brennan will want a statement

from each one of you.

See that nobody leaves the house.

When I arrived at the rooming house,

this girl had been dead for several hours.

The immediate cause of death

was strangulation.

The mark of a cord is still on her throat.

My examination indicated

she'd probably been given a drug.

- You were right.

- What was it?

Something to make her sleep.

Veronal, perhaps.

I'll know as soon as we hear

from the laboratory.

How long would it take

for such a drug to work?

That would depend upon

how much it was diluted.

It was probably given to her in a drink.

That's how it's usually done.

- Business is slow tonight.

- What?

- Three suicides and two murders...

- And a traffic case since 9:00.

The fellow got hit by an automobile.

I didn't think they go fast enough

to hurt anybody.

Give them time.

They're getting better every day.

I hope you like it here, honey.

It's the best we've got.

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