Sherlock Holmes - Out of Date Murder

0:00This episode, in the life of Sherlock Holmes, will be transmitted to our men and women overseas by shortwave and through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. That three wine brings you... ...as a last bone and not approved, in the new adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The three family, the family that took time to bring you good wine, invite you to listen to Dr. Watson tell us another exciting story about his old friend at Master Detective Sherlock Holmes. I would also like to tell you something you really ought to know. The fact that the one sure way to make good food tastes better is to truck that good food together with a glass of good petri wine. Did you ever try a petri wine with dinner? No kidding, that's one ban wagon. You sure want to offer. Take, for instance, a deep red, hearty petri california burgundy. What do you taste that petri burgundy with? Let's say a delicious old-fashioned beef stew, or maybe try a glass with spaghetti.

1:05I'm telling you, when you add the luscious flavor of that petri burgundy with the flavor of your favorite foods, you're really living. You're finding out for the first time what good eating really means on the level. So better keep a bottle of that petri burgundy right on the dining room table. And never forget, the best friend a good meal ever had is a glass of petri wine. And now for our weekly visit with the good Dr. Watson. May I come in, Dr? No, no, no, no, Mr. Bartel, you know me better than that. Come in, I'm expecting you. I always look forward to these Monday evenings together, you know. Me too, Dr.. In fact, I always say this is the one doctor's appointment that never scares me. No, no, no, no, no, no. Do I have to turn, make yourself comfortable. Thanks. And what prescription do you have in mind for us tonight? Oh, no, let me see. Take one measure of subterranean peril, one of aristocratic lady in distress,

2:05a sprinkling of assorted villains, a corpse or two, and a little more than a dash of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Take the mixture well and you have the case of the out-of-date murder. Well, how did the adventure begin back then? It was exactly enough. It was in September of 1900. I remember that Holmes and I went to Eastorn for a much needed rest. For a couple of days we spent in soothing idol lists. On the morning of the third day, Holmes, a dash of club back in his cheek and a hint of the old sparkle in his eye, suggested that he should go and call on his good friend, Evan Whitmore, curator of a nearby museum. And so, just after lunch on that September day, found the two of us talking to Professor Evan Whitmore in his private office at the museum. So don't you seem yet today. But all your recent discoveries in this part of England made you world famous instead of just nationally famous. My congratulations. Professor, I do wish you'd tell me your discoveries.

3:07Oh, in pleasure, Dr. Watson. Less than two months ago, I was excavating on the downlands in this neighborhood. When I was fortunate enough to discover a number of underground caves. The caves saturated with a heavy deposit of lime that gave clear evidence of having the property of rapidly mummifying any flesh, human or animal, deposited in them. You're great. Interesting. And what pressures have you unearthed? A number of mummified specimens of animals carried belonging to bygone eras. My prize, specimen, is the body of a large wolf found. The inscription on its collar identified the animal as the having belonged to some local squire of the year 1748. Amazing. I didn't know that the lime stone had the qualities of preservation. Come in. Come in. Yes, Alan. What is it? Lady Clevering, Professor. You asked me to tell you that she was in the museum. Oh, yes. Yes, yes. Sure, up here. What do you want? Very good, sir.

4:07I'm most anxious for you both to meet her. And she internally even more anxious to meet you. Now, I dined with her last night. And when I told her that you were coming today, she insisted on meeting her. Oh, I know you were scung over with her to make her in your eye. I suspect that Lady Clevering has just himself been in my professional capacity and that you engineered the meeting. Well, perhaps I might have dropped it here. Well, when you Professor Holmes can't become involved with another kid, he's completely run down. Well, don't worry, doctor. All that Lady Clevering requires is a little advice. Oh, well, that's a little matter of luck. Yes, sir. I knew you wouldn't mind Holmes. Oh, Helena, my dear, there you are. Come along in, ma'am. Thank you, Alan. Allow me to introduce, Lady Clevering, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. White Holmes. Oh, I'm attentive to you. Oh, well, there you are, my dear. Let's sit down here. And I, may as well tell you Helena that our little plot has already been discovered. Oh, dear.

5:08And I was just sitting ready to exert all my stamina and wild in an attempt to persuade you to help me, Mr. Holmes. Oh, I'm certain that you found actually irresistible, my lady Clevering. You flatter me, Mr. Holmes. No, no, I, I mean it. The Professor tells me that you're in need of a little advice, Lady Clevering. Yes, Mr. Holmes. I saw a question, simply. So, a year ago, my husband said, George, Clevering, left me. Bless you. It is me. I wish to love him. I haven't seen a herd of television since. I now wish to remain. But of course, I couldn't do that without having my husband declared legally dead. My dear Lady Clevering, I can't help feeling with a lawyer as a puppet insult, not a detective. But she was suggesting that there was foul play in connection with your husband's disappearance. Oh, no, Dr. Watson. The Clevering, the restrained family, self-willed and headstrong. So, then I will not have it together. I think you did appear deliberately. The report is disappearance to the police, of course. But they'd never been able to trace him. This kind of thing has happened in the family before Holmes. Tell them about some knives or hell, eh? Well, he was one of my husband's ancestors.

6:09He worked out one day in 1777, was never seen again. It's all a family. It was disappearing. No, the legend. You're often threatened to do the same thing in the church. But your problem, Lady Clevering, is not that of your husband's faith, but rather of your own freedom. Yes, Mr. Holmes. Well, I'm afraid my advice can be of little consolation to you. The law has specified a number of years that must have left before anyone disappearing to be declared legally dead. I would suggest that you possess your soul in patience until that period of the last. Oh dear. And I was hoping to be able to think of some kind of a clever way of getting wrong the law, Mr. Holmes. And Lady Clevering, eh, sometimes perhaps my methods may be unorthodox, but I assure you that getting around the law as you put it as a procedure, I do not indulge in. Oh, dear, me and I have ascended you, Mr. Holmes. The last thing on earth I meant to do, I assure you. My friends, a little touchy about Matt is turning his professional honor in Lady Clevering. I'm not touching. I'm not offended. And now, may I suggest we all examine the professor's fetish pressures. And after that, perhaps you'll take us for a stroll on the downs.

7:10I'm most anxious to examine those lame bits of his. The lime bits are about a mile from here. It's a nice walk from the tiptocks. I'm sorry, Lady Clevering didn't want to come with us. Just charming woman, even though she did rub you up the wrong way. A beautiful woman wasn't, but I must have kissed her charm and used me. I'd like to concern about her husband's fetish seen completely unnatural. And not if you'd known her husband, Sir George Travering, he was a Tarantin of Bullock, both in his home life and in the village. Hello? Who's this coming towards? It's Ginny. Yes, Ginny, they call him in these parts. He isn't quite right in the head. Poor fellow, but he's not the harmless. There's two passions in life. Birds and bonfires. Hello, Ginny. I've got something beautiful to show you.

8:11Oh, it's so beautiful. Well, what is it, Ginny? Look, it's in the cap. See? Oh, isn't it lovely? Robin's egg. I found it when I was bird nesting. Did you ever see such a blue egg? It's a beauty, Timmy. Where did you find it, my boy? Down by the limepitz. Oh, I'm going to build a lovely fire on the downs tonight. I let you come and watch it. If you didn't, you're shilling. How are you, be careful, Timmy? Or you'll trouble again? Timmy doesn't get in trouble anymore. Now, don't sense the heart, Sir George. What's got it away? It's a George Travering. He used to whip Timmy when he found him on the land. Timmy, tell me. How did you have, Sir George, as you put it, carried away? I told my birds about him. I told them how he used to beat poor Timmy. And they said they saw him off and drop him over the cliffs. And that's what they did, because he never came back again. Oh, Lord, here comes Harris for this brother.

9:11Now they'll be trouble. Timmy, you better run. Oh, no. No, Timmy can't run. He'll break. He's pretty blue, eh? Come here. Timmy, get off my land. I'll catch you here again. I'll take my riding. Timmy hasn't done anything. No, one. The opposite. You're here. I'll tell my birds about you. What? What I'll do? Don't forget my bundfire. Thanos. Thanos. Hello, Whitney. Hello, Harry. Have you met Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson? Oh, Sherlock Holmes. The perfect. Hello, Harry. Have you met Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson? Oh, Sherlock Holmes. The perfect. Snoopy Santorias Park Area. Yes. Yes, brother. I was just telling you about you. And very angry with him for talking to you about my brother. Private affair, and I intend to remain one. I understand, huh? Oh, poor myself. Double with your brother, sir. And with you. Now, the advice you would remember that you're not addressing a half with it villager who can't defend himself. If you know what's good for you, you do what I say. Hey! You button, brook. Please go to yours if you were stable, boy.

10:11Oh, oh, dear. He was quite refreshing. I'm reminded of an opposite quotation of my young friend, James Elroy Flecker, saying impudence, have a monstrous beauty likened to behind quarters of an elephant. He's almost as much disliked as his brother, the poem. Tell me, does he succeed to the title when his brother is legally dead? Oh, yes. And what's more, he's hellenous, unofficial. Don't say worse like. I see. At first, me, I'm beginning to get quite aboard with the affairs of the Chapelling family. Let's go on to the line, Kay. Show me. These caves are amazing. They must be 50 feet below the level of the ground. Do we know? Well, more than that, I should say. Lock formation is most unusual. A series of caves sticked by a very full hunt comb of tongue. Yeah, it is. I think I'll light the lantern. Now it's dark in here.

11:12And I hadn't explored this particular cave before. And so I've had a wall cave in on me a couple of times so you'd better watch where you're walking. Now we can see that, huh? It's too deep, I'm shabby. But do watch your step. Hmm. Do you hear me down here? Hello. Oh, what's this, McCuddy's here? Looks like a mummified bird of some kind. It is a beautiful specimen judging by markings of black streak here and bars white in the dry state of the tree green. That's exactly what it is, a falcon, taking back a couple of hundred years, I should say. And in a perfect state of preservation. This is a treasure, but come on. Let's explore deeper. There's another cave over here. We'll hold the lantern up a little. Oh, all right. Hello, Roddy. The whole wall's collapsed. What's in here not there, are you? No, no, no, I'm samurai.

12:12Well, you've unearthed another cave, Dr. Watson. Let's go in. All right, I think we can just manage to call through. Thank you. Great. I don't believe mine. This is a special indeed. A perfectly preserved body dressed in 18th century costume, powdered with you all. Yes. And there's no mistaking who it is. Look at that typical neat profile. It's a cladding, and it isn't hard to identify which one. You mean the one that had a helmet told us about this afternoon? Exactly. Without doubt, this is the body of some natural cladding who disappeared in 1777. Let's search his pocket for him. I find some identification. Here's a snap box of the period. And some coins. The inscription of George III is still visible on them. Hello, here's his diary. It's his unbelievable. What are you up to, Holmes?

13:12The examining the body of Watson. This man was murdered. No, I don't think this one is just about the heart. Obviously, in the picture of a sharp instrument, remember, we have dagger. This is interesting. And he taught it in experience for me. The opportunity of solving an unsuspected murder committed well over a hundred years ago. Found it with that diary. What do you want to see? Let's see if the devil suspected his fate. Well, how to read. All the essays look like that. Solidarity of the 18th century writing. They are feign. Well, I should have been saying. They are feign in the coffee houses. That my brother, Harry, have been coveting my wife. That's amazing, Holmes. See how history repeats itself. It's an exact parallel of the situation existing today. Harry is targeting his mother's wife, Helena. And Sir George has not been seen for five years. An extraordinary coincidence. If it were one. As it is, one of us in junior four, that I've ever seen.

14:12The serving appears authentic, so to the coins. A paper of the diary. Use the peculiar mummification of the body. It would be almost impossible to say how long it's been yet. Nevertheless, I convinced that this is our recent course. And undoubtedly, that of Sir George Tabring. What makes you so sure, Holmes? Writing the diary. It can essentially use an S. It looks like an F. It is true. But never at the end of a word. You will recall what's in. That you are reading H-A-F. Half. For H-A-S. Half. That's the two I was. Well. That would be incorrect in January and 18th century writing. So, obviously, this is an extremely clever attempt for this guy. Is the competitively recent murder of Sir George Tabring. It's an incredible pose. Yeah, I believe you're right. I'm sure of it. What's going to do about it, too? You and I, old chapels, have gone over the body. You, my dear, with no, if you don't mind, will be good enough to go and fetch the police.

15:12Holmes. What is supposed to be keeping the police? With no, must have gone over an hour. And the lesson with him. Here we are crushing the darkness. Millie K. If you don't be close to the mummified corpse. You do what, but I don't. Uh-huh. Here comes the lantern. It must have been with him. And the police. With no. That's no, with no. That lantern's blind you there. Said you with no. On, sir, come, show. Come, on, wait. I'll Jun, on, on. Uh-huh. Here comes the lantern. It must have been with him. Coming, please. With no. That's no, with no. That lantern's blind you there. Said you with no. On, sir, come, show. Come and move them. Oh!

16:13Dr. Watson's story will continue in just a second. And I'm going to take that second to ask you what you think of when I say good food. When you say good food to me, I can see myself really going down on a piece of fried chicken, but really fried, you know, crisp and sort of a light brown. When I say that chicken, I sure want to say some petri-California sotern. Because, believe me, petri-sotern is a white wine that's de-wine for chicken. That petri-sotern has a delicate kind of flavor, delicate like its pale gold color. But what a flavor, what a wine. If you want to swell white wine, you certainly want petri-sotern. Try it and see. And now back to Dr. Watson, and tonight's story, the case of the out-of-date murder. Well, Dr. you certainly had me on the edge of my chair during the first part of the story. Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry, don't worry. Say what happened when Sherlock Holmes yelled out at you on the cake?

17:14I was struck from behind with a spade and a tug. The second later, the same thing happened to Holmes. You see, we were blinded by the lantern and couldn't protect ourselves. When we came to, we found we were at the bottom of a pit. The walls were narrow and vertical, and I saw no earthly way of I getting out of the fat. But is he usual, Holmes? There's something up his sleeve. Hold on. Never mind that for a moment or so. It's a coat off in your shirt. Come on, hold on. Come on, hold on. I've already removed nine and piped them together. Oh, dear me, that blow on your head must have been unusually severe. I'm trying to make it kind of rope-quots in a rope to get us out of here. Let's do rope-quots with someone on the ledge above us to hold us out. Let's do a thing you've performed in the Indian rope tree. Mind your watching. There's no time for your robber hitting him, did you? Why do you keep whiskey in our bed? You've been doing it for about 20 minutes. Well, why not shout? Whistle carries further.

18:15Who's going to hear that? That's him, I hope. Remember, he was having a bomb pile on the tip top right. I wish there's never a nightingale a song I'm heard in Sussex this time of the year. It does answer it, I'm sure it'll bring him down here. Oh, dear. I hope you all right. It seems to me that Whitmore and the peaceful never find us here. We shall mummify this as a filthy murderer intended to stop. God has watched Uncle. It's worked. It's Timmy. It's getting a burning alarm. But now we have Timmy. I can go. Bring the burden. What are we doing down there? Timmy, I've tied these folks together to make a rope. I'm going to throw them up. Ready? Catch. Pull. He's caught it. Now, Timmy. Lower it to us. Oh, I shouldn't do this. They'll whip me. Oh, no. Nobody will whip you, Timmy. And we both want to give you a shim to come up and see your bonster. Oh. Oh, that's different.

19:15Two shiny shillings. I'll lower the rope. Here it comes. Ah. Hold on a second. Hold on a second. You first. All right, Timmy. Pull away. Here it comes. Sprint it. I'm up home. I'll look for you. All right. I've got it. Look out, now. Here I come. Take goodness me. Put out of that place. All right. I don't see the nightingale. Oh, you must have been inside your coat. Well, they'll never mind. We'll all go up to my bonfire and get warm. It's such a pretty bonfire. Oh.

20:18Did you ever see a finer bonfire? Never seen me as lovely. It's the best company inside I've seen the last couple of hours. Oh, just one thing is bad though. Somebody tried to burn a book in my lovely fire. It must have been when I was off getting more wood. I found it when I came back. And I pulled it out of the fire and stamped on it. Let's see. Here it is. Hello. Hello. It's the time that we find on the bottle in the line, Phil. Besides, Watson. Now I begin to see daylight. People shouldn't burn books. Of some nice books are like birds and bonfires. But they're nice to be near. Oh. Your nightingale must be cold. Let's get some more to it, sir. I don't know if that fellow has gone away for a moment. I can see why we were attacked tonight. The murderer knew that we were going to the cage because afraid that his devilish plot wouldn't stand up under your scoop. So he watched us. When we discovered the body and sent witness along for the police,

21:20he knew that he'd got to get rid of us. And who do you think that somebody is over? Well, that's easy. Anyone else in front of us has knocked us both up and shifted our bodies. The death of George's brother. I think not all throughout. Didn't you observe, as we enter the caves, the pickaxes and wheelbarrows were much in evidence? Yes, sir. That's right. They were all good. Strength is not required under the circumstances. We were extremely vulnerable in the darkness. Any man with a morrican of cunning could have disposed of us or any woman, but who'd load you? You're not telling us. You're asking the tip. Watson. Oh, what's going on? Why can't you give me your paper? I've had the police with me for the last time. If we couldn't find you. You went, but I left. True. With no, I want you and the police to take me to Lady Cavering's house at once. After that, I risked a large information and make a charge of assault and possibly a charge of murder. And that Lady Cavering is the story

22:21of how Sandra has been spotted. Oh, no, Mr. Holmes. Oh, no, no. But who in thunder could have planned such a devilish plot? Well, why did the murder affect you and Watson? Their idea would tell you to have the key to the murderers' identity. And then who so cunningly conceived and executed the murder of Sir George could never have bungled the job of dispersing a Watson or myself unless? He had meant to bungle it. You mean he didn't mean to kill us? Exactly. He nearly wished us out of the way while the incriminating evidence was removed. You mean the die? Of course I do. We'll recall we found it partially burnt in Timmy's bonfire. That was Timmy! Oh, no, no, no. My dear fellow, surely it's obvious one person and only one. You, the baddie, was the key to the murderers' identity. A man who was present when we discovered it and detected the fraud. Great scum, Professor Wittner! Wittner, you murdered my brother! Heaven! Heaven, you! Oh, no! I did it because I love you, haven't I? All these years has been nothing in my life but meant anything but you. Oh, could you? I thought that if George were out of the way I could make you care for me. And when I realized that you loved Harry,

23:22I was mad with jealousy. And so I planned to conceal George's body forever. If it was a troubled plan, it said to yourself, Holmes, that hadn't been for you if it had worked. Yes, but the diabolically clever Wittner, but I'm afraid that no matter Kevin is now, could prevent you from paying for your crime. Sir George, I suggest that you instruct the police to come in. Our work is done. Holmes, look there on the point. It is bonfire still burning away. Yes. It is a simple fellow, the simple taste. Why is it gloomy? You saw the case brilliantly. My dear fellow, my... I think the gloomy nature has been sadly shaken over. Heaven, Wittner was a good friend and old one. Hard against the mental and sending into the gallows. I mean, richly deservedly. Yes, yes, I know it is. That's quite true. It's depressing just the same. Come on. Continue, I walk home across the dunes.

24:22That's how they offered you a fee. Did you take it? No, I didn't, but I did accept his offer of an acre of land on the dunes over there near the Abbey Ruins. You can see them still away from it against the sky. An acre of land? What on earth would you do with it? Well, when I retire, and I shall retire soon, I've often bought a beef onion. This would be a heaven this spot for such a venture. Well, I can't imagine you would see, Keith. Why not, doctor? Life spent on ravelling the land. Keith, why not, doctor? Life spent on ravelling the tangled affairs of human beings. It would be soothing in the fight of one's days to study the exact and predictable behavior of beings. Singing masons, building roofs of gold. Oh, well. One day, perhaps. Perhaps. One day. Well, doctor, that was a swell story. You know, I'm sure glad we'd get together like this once more.

25:24Thank you very much. Next week, why don't you come over a little earlier for dinner? Oh, no. I wouldn't think of having you go through all that trouble. Of course, if you feel that way. Well, say, aren't you going to coax me? I knew I wouldn't have to coax you. It's about tell, I was just going to show you the two fixed steaks. I've got frozen in my refrigerator. Oh, no. Yes. I'll also put aside a bottle of Petri burgundy. Well, in which case, I'll bring along a very hearty appetite. If you'll pick the steak, I know it's good. And when it's Petri wine, you know, that's got to be good, too. Because the Petri family has been making fine wine for generations. They've owned and operated the Petri business ever since its inception, way back in the 1800s. During all that time, they've sure learned plenty about the fine art of turning luscious grapes into clear, fragrant, delicious wine. And they've been able to take this experience and hand it on down from father to son, from father to son. That's why, when you want wine for any occasion, you can't go wrong with a Petri wine.

26:27Because Petri took time to bring you good wine. Now, Dr. Watson, what story do you have lying before us next week? Well, I never see a next week, Mr. Bastel. I'm good to tell you an adventure that occurred to Holmes and me. Petri gets the lime house district in London. It's a strange tale of death and terror. I call the story the eyes of Mr. Layton. Well, Dr. Will be sure not to miss it. And meanwhile, don't you forget your promise to contribute to the National War Fund? National War Fund, of course, Mr. Bastel. It's a must. The money you get to your war fund not only helps the men and women in our armed forces, and it not only helps our lives. But that money was to work right in your own community. You can make possible many relief and welfare agencies in your own hometown. So let's all be generous in victory. Give to your community war fund. Tonight, Sherlock Holmes' adventure is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher and is based on an incident in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story,

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