Broadway Is My Beat: The Amelia Lane Murder Case 11/01/1952
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Broadway's my beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle. The gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.
Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.
The dawn mists of November are drifting, slow swirling, clinging to street lamp. And Broadway is stone and stillness, the dazzle of time. Night has slipped out of Broadway's fingers. And there's bewilderment now, the puzzled study of empty hands, and the dregs of night, the sleepwalkers, and pulling at their sleeves, solitude. Run from it. Beat on a door. Find it closed. Run again. And suddenly, between darkness and light, the roar of trucks, the hurtle of morning newspapers to pavement. And stop running. Give up. There's proof. Day will come. Autumn dawned. Five o'clock. And downtown and east from Broadway, the street lined with November trees, to the private library of the Bentley Foundation, where Detective Muggerman was, and a woman lying wounded against a litter of books.
When she got shot, she must have stumbled around, Danny, fallen against that book rack, knocked it over. Who found her? Custodian. Oh. Came in here with his mop and pail and dust rag, grabbed a dime out of the cash box and called it in. It unsettled him, he says. Says he can't work a lick today. I told him I'd fix it with his boss. Yeah. Bad shape, Muggerman. Have you... Yeah. I called for the ambulance, Danny. Be here any minute. Don't worry about it. Know who she is? Yeah, a custodian filled me in. Amelia Lane. She was working here as a librarian when he got this job. Told me she was kind, thoughtful, never yelled at him once. Had a stretched ear sometimes, he said. Said the staff gave her a birthday party around six months ago, her 50th.
Said the cake was chocolate with marshmallow frosting on the shape of an open book. You and the custodian got along real well, huh? Yeah, a nice guy, Danny.
What crime sets the story in motion and where was Amelia Lane found?
He was real sorry about Miss Lane. He said people had to die this way. It shouldn't be Miss Lane. She's not dead. Well, he told me she would be. Said he just had a feeling because she was such a nice lady, a good lady. He said good people like Miss Lane don't happen often, don't last when they do. Ambulance, Danny. Yeah, go open the door for him.
Danny? Hi, Gino. Come on in. Your midday snack, Danny. Lox and cream cheese on toasted bagel. I told you I didn't want it toasted. What do you know about fancy lox and cream cheese eating? Cold slaw? Coffee? Or Tootsie Roll? Tootsie Roll? I thought it would be nice.
Thanks, Gino. What else have you got?
The cream and sugar's already... No, I mean about work. Oh. Well? I got it right here. In the case of Amelia Lane, wounded librarian. She was shot by a .25 caliber weapon held at close range at about 11 last night. According to Dr. Sinsky, and as he put it, life and death are a threat.
Go on.
Amelia Lane has been a librarian for the Bentley Foundation for 12 years. A spinster. Lives alone. Has a room at the Mall and Hotel for Women on Upper Broadway.
What else?
From friends and acquaintances questioned at said hotel, Miss Lane is a woman of settled disposition and ready with a kind word to who needs it.
And?
And is this. Nothing of note found in her belongings. She was wearing a pin with Greek letters on it, for eternity or sorority, and a cloth flower corsage on a simple frock as befitted one of her stations.
Yeah, I saw all that.
Our boys found this, however, Danny. A list of those who withdrew or returned books to the foundation yesterday. Six names.
Give the top three to Muggerman, Gino. Tell him to check them out. I'll take the others. That's it, Danny. So eat already. Then squad car through November City, and the swift images scattered in its wake. The girl on the safety island who held up a thumb, leaned her smile close to you when you stopped for the traffic light. Girl in off-shoulder summer dress and concession to autumn, fur neckpiece loose-draped about her throat.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:23
2
What crime sets the story in motion and where was Amelia Lane found?
2:23–4:54
3
Who are the first witnesses and what do they reveal about Amelia Lane?
4:54–12:21
4
Which library borrowers appear on the suspect list and why are they important?
12:21–15:58
5
Why is Abby Forrest questioned and what does she say about her alibi?
15:58–20:19
6
What does Dr. Levering disclose about his relationship with Amelia Lane?
20:19–26:27
7
How does Michael Brady describe his connection to Miss Lane and the tickets?
26:27–31:00