Blackstone Detective - Coins Of Confucius

0:00The Magic Detective, starring the world's greatest living magician, Blackstone. It tells you the inside story of the coins of Confucius. Right after the story, Blackstone will explain tricks that you yourself can perform. Reveal the secrets of the world's greatest living magician. Now stand by, Fort Blackstone, the Magic Detective.

1:08My, but that's a wealthy sound, Blackstone. Don't tell me you're going to do a trick without borrowing money from me. I could with these magic coins. And boy are they magic. Down those coins once told him who stole the Pearl pendant of the Dowager Empress of China. The coins told him how. I said they were magic coins. Well, I don't see how coins could lead you to a thief. Not unless he left a trail of them behind him. Well, that doesn't sound too likely. Better tell him how it happened, Blackstone. Well, one day not so long ago, I received a call from my old friend Dr. Mullen, the curator of the museum. The place was potent, it was missing. It's gone, Blackstone. There isn't a sign of it. Well, could someone have walked right out of the museum with it? I thought that at first, but it's impossible. I saw the pendant in the case myself. Ten minutes later, I went back and it had vanished. In ten minutes, anyone could have stolen it and left the museum. No, no, they couldn't. It was just before closing time and the museum

2:14was practically empty. The door man testified that no one left the building during that time. There was no other exit. None. Then it must have been an inside job. That's the only explanation. That's what I'm afraid of. Could you come over and see what you could find out? The other way, goodbye, Mullen. Get your hat and coat, brother. We're going to the museum. What's up? Has something gone wrong over there? Is this a sight-fading trip? Something's gone wrong. Plenty wrong. Come on. Well, now tell me, Mullen. Have all your employees been with you a long time? Years. Has anything ever been missing before? Nothing. Not once in the twenty years that I've been here. There's no one you suspect? Well, there is a man named Liddon. Yes. I haven't anything against him, you understand? I just don't cut into him. That's all. No, what does he do? He's a guard. Does he guard the room with a pendant with

3:16a pendant? No, no. He doesn't. He's a relief guard. Takes over any room in the museum when a guard is sick or during a lunch hour. But have a roving ambassador, is that it? Well, I suppose you might call it that. He would have access to all the rooms then. That's right. But I don't want you to think that I have any reason for suspecting Liddon. I haven't. It's your real personal thing. He and I don't click. How do we run in with him? A few. A non-important though. Who else could have brought me to the room beside Giddon? Without being noticed, that is. Smedley. He's the regular guard there and Kramer, the head guard and Louis the genitor. That's all. No, those four men have left the building since the first, have they? No. You see, they realize that one of the four stole the pendant and they're all anxious to have the thief caught so they would be cleared. You mean three of them are anxious? Don't you, Dr. Mourn? I beg your... Oh, yes, yes, of course. Well, since none of the

4:18men have left the building, the jewel must still be here. That's right. You searched the museum? Of course. But in a place as big as this, it would take us weeks and weeks to cover the ground further. And even then, there might be nooks and crannies. We might miss you. You're quite right, quite right. I suppose I will have to call in the police. I hate to do that. It wouldn't do my record any good if they got out. Well, there's one thing we can try, Marlon, but the police can't. What do you mean? We can try to solve the crime by magic. Oh, come now, Blackstone. I called you in for your advice, not to give a performance. Let the master try what he has in mind, Dr. Marlon. It might work, you know. Well, it can't hurt to try. What is your scheme, Marlon? Let me see. Those coins over there, Chinese, aren't they? Yes, they are. They're old coins. Could they be old enough to belong to Confucius? Well, there is a slight possibility that they might have a very slight

5:19possibility. They did belong to Confucius. At least that's our story. Oh, by the time. Don't disturb the boss when he's making with a magic, Dr. Marlon. He knows what he's doing. I hope so. Go the phone when in, will you moan? Or will the hand me the coin? So, here. I'll get the men. What's your plan, Blackstone? You'll see soon, I quote it. What, it worked? I hope so for my friend, Marlon, say. Here are the men, Blackstone. Oh, grieving. Won't you all sit down, please? Let's see how I do. You are dick in a way. Not before to call myself, I'm a magician. What are you going to do? Ask us more questions? No. These little coins I have here in my hand will tell me all the answers I want to know. You dwell in our minister. These coins once belong to that great sage Confucius, and they're supposed to be endowed with magic powers. And I don't get it. Me neither. What are the coins do? I will ask the coins a question. Then I will hand each of you

6:22men a little pile of them. You'll hold the power in your hands, and when you give the power back to me, the coins will tell me the whole story of the power of pendant. No, not. I've been told that before. Nevertheless, it hasn't failed yet, and I see no reason why I should now. Cons. Cons of Confucius. Who's told the pendant? Who's told the pendant? Now, I mean, I would have my assistant hand each of you a pile of coins. There will be a different number of coins in each pile. The person with the greatest number of coins will be the one who's still the pendant. Simple, isn't it? If it works, it will. All right, Robert, hand the coins around. The usual way? That's right. The usual way. Okay. Here are yours. Yours. Yours. Little stack for you, blitz. How does a branch have all got coins? Now, hold the coins between your

7:24hands or look at them, whichever you wish. The only thing you must do is separate. Go over to the window at a door or somewhere. Make sure no one else can see how many coins you have. That's right. Now, the magic is working. I can feel it. I can feel the magic working. All right, Rhoda. Select the coins. Bring each pile to me as you receive it from them in. Right. Here's one pile from Smetley, is that right? That's right. Now, I will count your coins, Smetley. One, two, three, four, five. You had five coins. Here are Louise's backs down. One, two, three, four, five. And Kramer. One, two, three, four, five. And now, I have yours hidden. Here you have one, two, three, four, four. That's fine.

8:30You only had four coins, Liddon. That's right. Looks like you're tricking work this time, Mr. and Mr. Freeman over there working together. That's possible to be all they are thinking, brats. Sure, that is. God, Glidden Mullen, he's your thief. Well, I don't get it. Oh, it was simple. That's what you always say. Come on, tell me. Well, there were exactly the same number of coins in each pile. Liddon didn't know that, of course. So, not taking any chances, he parmed one of his coins. That's all there was to it. Well, it is simple. Now, you explain it. How about explaining another trick to us, Blackstone? Have you got one? Yes, Don, a coin trick. I have some coins in each hand. Do you hear them? Who couldn't? The way you're jingling us. Oh, yes, for that, Brodard. I'll work the trick on you. And, really, for you. Go right ahead and try. All right. In one hand, I have coins of total and even amount.

9:31And in the other? The coins in the other hand, total and odd amount. And which amount of pick? The odd of even. Either order, only you won't pick it. You mean, if I say odd, I can't pick the hand with odd number coins. Odd or even, left hand or right, you're sure to miss whichever you choose. Oh, I have to see that. I'll take odd. But you're going to get the even. I'll pick odd and I'll pick the right hand. Sure, you don't want the left. Of course I do take the left. Yeah, it is. Take it. You can't fool me that easy. I'll still take the right. Is that final? I'll save the odd coins or in the right hand. Sorry, Rodan, you get the even. Look, just count this money for yourself. 10, 15, 20, 20 cents. Yeah? Yeah, that's even. You were right. It will wait. What is it, Brodard? Maybe the coins in the other hand are even too. Want to add them up? Yeah. There they are. 10, 20, 30, 35. That's an odd number. So you see, Rodan? You had a free choice of odd or even. Yet you couldn't take the one you wanted. Maybe you were just lucky or I was just unlucky. No, that isn't it.

10:31This is one trick that will always work. If you can't figure it out, I'll try it on down and prove it. Let me think for a minute. Hold right, Rodan. Go ahead. All right, Rodan. How are you doing with the odd and even coin trick? I'm not doing it all. Shall I try it on down? I think that'll help. It certainly will, particularly if the trick works in reverse. What do you mean works in reverse? Just watch and maybe you'll see. You have them leaving the amount of coins in one hand. And a lot of money in the other? That's right. Now, down which do you want? Odd or even? Well, I'll take even. But you're going to get odd no matter which hand you pick. I'll give you the left hand. To Doddum, you get the odd. Here, count the coins in my left hand. There's only three of them. Dime and two nickels. Yes, there's only three coins. And here in my other hand are four coins. And even number. Three dimes and a nickel. Four coins.

11:32You're right, Blackstone. Those coins are even. Yay! What's that, Rodan? Rodan has just caught on. But I have it. How did you do it, Blackstone? Well, I'll explain it. In one hand, I have a diamond two nickels. Those three coins are an odd number. Three. But they add up to an even amount of money. 20 cents. And in my other hand, I have three dimes and a nickel. And even number of coins. Four coins. But those four coins add up to an odd amount. 35 cents. Say, no matter which I wanted, odd or even. You're sure to get the other done just like I did. That's why the trick is sure to work. Odd or even, it doesn't matter. I can make either bunch of coins come out either way. I hope you like that trick, ladies and gentlemen. And until next time, this is Blackstone saying good magic. And goodbye.

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