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Case of the Murderous Junkman
Mr District Attorney · March 8, 1953 · 26 min · 3,875 words
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Mr. District Attorney, starring David Bryan. Mr. District Attorney, champion of the people, Defender of Truth, guardian of our fundamental rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And it shall be my duty as District Attorney, not only to prosecute to the limit of the law, all persons accused of crimes perpetrated within this county,
but to defend with equal vigor, the rights and privileges of all its citizens. This is David Bryan. In a moment we'll bring you another case from the files of Mr. District Attorney. But first a word from our sponsor.
And now here is our star, David Bryan, as Paul Garrett. Mr. District Attorney. The District Attorney knows the crime has its roots in emotion. And of these, the most deadly is greed. This case started in a large, badly kept junkyard on the outskirts of town near the city dump.
The junk dealer and his wife are seated at the dinner table in the ramshackle house, but the man is needing. He's reading a newspaper. Well, you stop reading that thing and eat your supper, Nick.
I ain't hungry. You had your nose buried in them new car ad-vivons. You got the check from the salvage company. That lot of good is doing you. We can't buy one. Oh, we could. I didn't have to pay that in Mexican for helping me.
Well, you do have to pay him, so stop daydreaming. New car. You ain't never gonna do enough work on your own to get anything new, let alone a new car. You know what's good for your men, you'll stop picking on me.
You could have taken the pipe and stuff out of those condemned buildings by yourself if you wasn't so lazy. Are you gonna shut up? Or are you looking for a punch on the mouth? I didn't mean nothing.
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