Sorry, Wrong Number

Eh?

Yes ma’am

I mean— the murder hasn't been committed yet. I just overheard plans for it over the telephone... over wrong number that the operator gave me. I've been trying to trace down the call myself, but everybody is so stupid-and I guess in the

• end you're the only people who could do any- thing.

It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly. Two men were talking and they were going to murder some woman at eleven fifteen tonight-she lived in a house near a bridge.

Police Department? Oh.

This is Mrs. Stevenson—Mrs. Elbert Smythe Stevenson of 53 North Sutton Place.I'm calling to report a murder.

Precinct 43. Duffy speaking.

Police Department.

Yes ma’am

It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly. Two men were talking and they were going to murder some woman at eleven fifteen tonight-she lived in a house near a bridge.

And there was a private patrolman on the street. He was going to go around for a beer on second Avenue. And there was some third man-a client-who was paying to have this poor woman murdered They were going to take her rings and bracelets— and use a knife— Well, it's unnerved me dreadfully— and I'm not well-

I see. When was all of th, s ma’am?

Your call, please?

Ringing the Police Department.

The Police Department please.

Eh?

Yes ma’am

I mean— the murder hasn't been committed yet. I just overheard plans for it over the telephone... over wrong number that the operator gave me. I've been trying to trace down the call myself, but everybody is so stupid-and I guess in the

• end you're the only people who could do any- thing.

It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly. Two men were talking and they were going to murder some woman at eleven fifteen tonight-she lived in a house near a bridge.

Police Department? Oh.

This is Mrs. Stevenson—Mrs. Elbert Smythe Stevenson of 53 North Sutton Place.I'm calling to report a murder.

Precinct 43. Duffy speaking.

Police Department.

Yes ma’am

It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly. Two men were talking and they were going to murder some woman at eleven fifteen tonight-she lived in a house near a bridge.

And there was a private patrolman on the street. He was going to go around for a beer on second Avenue. And there was some third man-a client-who was paying to have this poor woman murdered They were going to take her rings and bracelets— and use a knife— Well, it's unnerved me dreadfully— and I'm not well-

I see. When was all of th, s ma’am?

Your call, please?

Ringing the Police Department.

The Police Department please.

Eh?

Yes ma’am

I mean— the murder hasn't been committed yet. I just overheard plans for it over the telephone... over wrong number that the operator gave me. I've been trying to trace down the call myself, but everybody is so stupid-and I guess in the

• end you're the only people who could do any- thing.

It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly. Two men were talking and they were going to murder some woman at eleven fifteen tonight-she lived in a house near a bridge.

Police Department? Oh.

This is Mrs. Stevenson—Mrs. Elbert Smythe Stevenson of 53 North Sutton Place.I'm calling to report a murder.

Precinct 43. Duffy speaking.

Police Department.

Yes ma’am

It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly. Two men were talking and they were going to murder some woman at eleven fifteen tonight-she lived in a house near a bridge.

And there was a private patrolman on the street. He was going to go around for a beer on second Avenue. And there was some third man-a client-who was paying to have this poor woman murdered They were going to take her rings and bracelets— and use a knife— Well, it's unnerved me dreadfully— and I'm not well-

I see. When was all of th, s ma’am?

Your call, please?

Ringing the Police Department.

The Police Department please.