Richard Diamond · June 26, 1949 · 29 min · 5,146 words
The transcript of “The Tom Waxman Bombing Case”, an episode of Richard Diamond first broadcast June 26, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Richard Diamond, Private Detective plays Richard Diamond free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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As Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Hello there. I'm Diamond. What if you got any idea how much trouble a private detective can get into sometimes?
Well, if you happen to have an office at Broadway in 53rd Street, and the sign painted on your door reads Diamond Detective Agency, you're a setup for more trouble than a guy who goes bare hunting with a switch.
I know, because I've got that office and the sign painted on the door. Sure, I've got a lot of idle time and I use it up sitting around with my feet on the desk waiting But idle time can be as dangerous as a rattlesnake taking your son bath. It's just a preliminary The lull before the storm
You might wait an hour a day or maybe even a week But the quiet minutes keep multiplying and sooner or later things come to a head Like one day last week I'd been working on an extra long lull that didn't look like it was going anywhere, but in another part of town, a union meeting was taking place.
It was going to keep me jumping around like a hungry flea at a dog store. We did something. The labor is assistance league is already functioning in a great number of factories in this city.
And it's getting a stronger foothold all across the country. continues to expand and gain power because it operates best with the growing unrest and discontent within the factories. Are they caused trouble in making a book like the Union's not doing a good job for the worker?
I know for a fact that four or five men considering our union meeting and causing up trouble to make a book like the whole union is wrong. Are this union is getting along quiet? He's really hard to make trouble to make.
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