Boston Blackie: The Winthrop Jewel Robberies 05/07/1946
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
27 min
3 speakers
8 chapters
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Why does Emil Barnes offer Blackie ten thousand dollars to investigate the Winthrop jewel thefts?
Yeah.
Hey Blackie. Blackie. Come on, wake up. Come on, wake up, Blackie.
Uh
Oh, what's not a shorty?
Nothing's the matter, Blackie. There's an insurance man here who wants to see you.
Well, tell him I don't want any.
I told him that, but he says he don't want to sell you nothing. He wants to give you something. Yes, uh ten thousand dollars, Blackie. Uh, who are you? He's the insurance guy, Blackie. I'm sorry to disturb you so early in the morning, Blackie, but uh I'm Emil Barnes, agent for the Rodley Insurance Company.
Well, that doesn't sound like any reason to wake me up. Then I'm going back to sleep.
Uh perhaps you'll open your eyes for ten thousand dollars? For that I wouldn't even open one eye. No. No. Go away, little man. I'm sleepy. I I realize that, and I hate to be so persistent, but uh Blackie, I want you to do something for me. I I want you to do something for me, too. Leave me alone. I won't offer you money again, Blackie. Instead, I'll offer you a mystery and A mystery I'll guarantee you can't solve.
And now back to Dick Calmer as Boston Blackie. Enemy to those who make him an enemy. Friend. To those who have no friends.
Bonds. You think there is a mystery I can't solve? Well, solving this one calls for an expert, Blackie. Is that so? Hm? Oh, Shorty, should I be modest or should I admit he came to the right man?
Ah, just be yourself, boss, and solve it for him.
Thank you, Shorty. And now, Barnes, what's this mysterious mystery I can't solve? Uh well, it's this Blackie.
My company carries the theft insurance for the Winthrop Jewelry Company. Now, almost every day for the last month I was A diamond has been stolen from the workroom where the diamonds are sat into uh rings, uh clips, brooches, and so forth. Now there are three diamond setters in the shop. And we know one of the three is guilty.
Which one?
Well, that we don't know, Blackie. Nor do we know how the diamonds are stolen. You see All three of the men in the shop are searched when they leave.
They're searched at the end of the day, you mean?
Yes.
Oh, uh, what about when they go out to
lunch? They don't go out to lunch. All three of them bring their lunches to work and eat in the shop. They never go out during working hours and no visitors are allowed to come in. Hey, I know a way to stop the diamonds from disappearing. Fire all three diamond setters. Well, I suggested that to mister Winthrop, the owner of the company. But he doesn't think that it's fair to the two men who are not taking diamonds.
Here's the point
there. Well what do you want me to do? Find out how the diamonds are being taken out of the shop. Now understand, all three men are thoroughly searched and Not one of them has ever had a diamond on him. Yet almost every day a diamond is missing.
Right intriguing. Mm-hmm.
Who are these three men? Well, uh, there's Hans van Houten. He's an expert diamond setter from Holland. Uh, he's been with the Winthrop Company for twenty years. Uh huh. Then there's uh See, oh uh young John Glass, he's Van Hooten's protege. And the newest member of the trio is Jim Aldrich, a young man from Georgia. I
see. Well, I'd say you have two mysteries, Mr. Barnes. Yes? Who is taking those diamonds and how are they being smuggled out? Uh uh Blackie.
I've uh I've made plans for you to go to the shop later today as an employee of the Winthler Company. Under another name, of course.
How does Blackie learn that three diamond‑setters are suspected of stealing the gems?
Uh you'll be John Jones. You've made plans for me already, huh? Uh-huh. Pretty sure I'd take this case, weren't you? Yes I was. The method of stealing those diamonds has to be ingenious, Mr. Uh it must interest a man like you. Well. Doesn't it?
Uh not much bonds, but Give me thirty seconds to get dressed and I'll be right with you.
Here is an order for three two carat diamonds to be set in a platinum ring. Jim, this dub I will give to you. Thanks, Van Hooten. Soon as I'm through with this polishing machine. Think you ought to trust him with diamonds, Van Hooten? Why not, John? I know why he says not to trust me. Glass here thinks that I'm the guy who's stealing the diamond. John, you should not say such things.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Emil Barnes offer Blackie ten thousand dollars to investigate the Winthrop jewel thefts?
0:01–4:21
2
How does Blackie learn that three diamond‑setters are suspected of stealing the gems?
4:21–6:59
3
What clue does Blackie discover about the lunch‑box routine of the three workers?
6:59–9:43
4
Why does Inspector Faraday suspect homing pigeons are being used to smuggle the diamonds?
9:43–13:29
5
How does the rooftop stake‑out reveal Van Hooten’s pigeon‑carrying operation?
13:29–16:27
6
What happens when Blackie and Shorty try to capture the pigeon during the chase?
16:27–19:07
7
How is the missing diamond finally recovered and the thief identified?
19:07–22:19
8
What is the final resolution of the Winthrop jewel robbery case and its impact on Blackie?
22:19–27:09
Speakers
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