Sorry, Wrong Number - Deondre
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- Mrs. Stevenson, an invalid old lady, is home alone while trying to contact Mr. Stevenson. She is paranoid and upset that Mr. Stevenson hasn’t come home yet and has been trying to contact his office.
- Operator, will you try the number Murray Hill 4-0098 for me please? I’ve been dialing it for the last three quarters!
- The operator finally got hold of the call. When Mrs. Stevenson connects to it, she hears two men plotting a murder that would occur that night.
- A knife will be okay. Make it quick and simple—our client wishes it to look like a simple robbery.
- At 11 o’clock, there will be a private patrolman going to a bar on Second Avenue . . . At 11:15,there will be a train crossing the bridge. That train will muffle her screams.
- Mrs. Stevenson: Hello? Oh—hello! What number am I calling, please?
- After numerous tries of contacting the operator, Mrs.Stevenson calls the police department to try and get them to send out squads and warn their radio cars to watch out.
- Mrs. Stevenson: Police Department! I’m calling to report a murder that will happen at 11:15 tonight! It is your duty to do something!
- Lady, how do you know that it wasn’t a long-distance call? There is nothing to worry about. Leave the rest to us.
- Mrs. Stevenson tries to call the hospital to ask for a nurse to accompany her for the night. During the call, she hears someone picking up the call from downstairs. She knows she’s not alone, so she hangs up and calls the operator, desperate to call the police.
- Mrs. Stevenson: I want a trained nurse to hire for the night at once for my nerves—I am very nervous!
- I am very sorry madam, but trained nurses are very scarce. We only send out people where the physician in charge feels it is necessary.
- Mrs. Stevenson connected all the events and realized that she is the intended victim. She frantically calls the operator for help from the police. As the operator is ringing the police, Mrs. Stevenson hears the man slowlycome up the stairs.
- You’ve got to help me! There’s someone in this house who’s going to murder me! He’s coming! Give me the police department, the police!
- The sound of the train muffled the screams of Mrs. Stevenson as she was being murdered. Sergeant Duffy assumes that it was just a wrong number.
- Police Department.Duffy speaking.
- Sorry, wrong number.
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