The Man Who Threw Acid

And now, to tonight's presentation of Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, suspense. We bring you the story of a man who wanted to become important and the crime he committed to accomplish it. So now, starring Mr. Tony Barrett with Mr. William Conrad, here is tonight's suspense play, The Man Who Through Acid.

He was a young man serving his second year in the city assembly. And because he believed in honest government, he wanted to enact restraining legislation against the racketeers. At first the older men, the wheels of the political machine laughed at him, how did him on the back give him a cigar?

They liked him because he reminded them of their lost ideals, wasted villages. And then they began to listen to him, wondering, the young assemblyman said in council, I wasn't elected to this office to see my wife and kids or anybody else's wife and kids dictated to by the racketeers in the hoodlums in this city.

That's what's happening. Dope, gambling, mugging. The protection racket started again. If the chief of police won't or can't do anything about it, I say we should. Make was, put teeth in them. Get rid of the big boys who run the rackets and we'll have a clean city.

It wasn't a brilliant speech, not in content or in delivery, but it made its point. And the young assemblyman kept on making his point. The older, wiser city fathers began to take notice, started to press, and started the big boys, the racketeers.

And the man who was considered the boss called a meeting. There was no red tape involved, no orders and triplicate, a simple direct edict from the top. And the organization was such that the seven o'clock that evening, they're highlighting it and contacted.