Killers

Have you heard the trained tales of a Whistler? I know all about you, what you've done.

You're trying to run away, but I'm going with you. Saturday night, and CBS presents a Whistler. I, the Whistler, know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets, hidden in the hearts of men and women, who have stepped into the shadows.

And so I tell you tonight the story of the killers. The rain beats down in Paris, and during the brief flashes of lightning a certain stone building stands out in the darkness of the night, a courthouse of a county in a southwestern state.

A murder trial has come to a conclusion. A sensational trial in which the young killer has been tried and convicted of the brutal slaying of five people, his employer, Farmer Atkins, and Atkins and Tyre family.

The defense, appointed by the state, contended that the player was insane. Now the killer stands before the judge. Players found that on the night of September 13, the entire Atkins family was brutally slain with a meat cleaver wielded by the defendant Joe Nichols.

In the absence of sufficient motive, other than the $20 found on the defendant, the defendant was placed under observation by the state psychiatrist. In the said state psychiatrist, find the defendant suffering from dementia free cock.

Therefore, it is the duty of this court to commit the defendant to the state institution for the insane. And so, Joe Nichols was taken to the state of Salem, there to be placed under observation and treatment.

Now let us travel south from the same state to a certain farm. A farm belonging to the widow Agatha New Mayberry. There's no connection, whatever, between Agatha Mayberry and the insane killer Joe Nichols. But let us go to the farm anyway.