The Eddie Garrett Case

Here's another in NBC's Great Parade of New Shows. Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective. MUSIC Hello there, this is Diamond.

You know I saw something the other day that's as typical of New York as the Empire State Building. I was walking down Second Avenue when I spotted some kids around the fire hydrant. They'd turned it on and the whole gang was splashing around keeping cool.

They'd done something else too that found a barrel. And I suddenly remembered when I used to play on the gutter with the same kind of barrel. It's open at both ends and when it's held over the gushing hydrant, it acts like a big hose and a lot of passing New Yorkers can end up pretty wet.

I stopped and watched and just like always, one of New York's finest showed up and the kids scattered. He turned off the water and the fun was over, but not the long. Somebody was sure to give the kids a monkey ranch and ten minutes after the cop had disappeared the street would be flooded again.

Yeah, kids can have a lot of fun, even in a big city. But it's unfortunate that every once in a while there's a boy who forgets to have fun and heads for trouble. Like a case I got mixed up in not long ago.

It all started in a candy store under the L on 9th Avenue. And that's closing up, boy. We want to talk to you, Pop. I told you're just closing up. Come back to my own we can talk then Eddie said he wanted to talk to you pop you better listen What is this you kids get out of my store you want to buy something you come back tomorrow?