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HOMICIDE PICTUREQUIZ
The Case of the Tattooed Suicide
Cast from Warner Bros.’ "Homicide"
Robert Douglas as "Lt. Landers" Robert Alda as "Andy"
Search of the adjoining room discloses two clues. The first is a
book of matches bearing the imprint of the swank nearby Glorietta Springs Hotel. The second clue, a small white pill, he takes to the laboratory for analysis. The technician’s report comes as a surprise: “This pill is nothing but saccharin!”
Detective Lt. Landers of the Los Angeles Homicide Bureau in
vestigates a “suicide” in a third-rate hotel. “Hung himself,” is the Medical Examiner’s matter-of-fact appraisal. Landers examines the rope used in the hanging, regards the crude knot with interest. “Poor devil!” he remarks. “An amateur’s knot! No wonder he strangled to death, literally, by the inch!”
At the Glorietta Springs Hotel, Landers introduces himself to
handsome bartender Andy. As they shake hands, Landers notices Andy’s ring. “Army ?” he asks. “Yes,” the bartender explains, “Signal Corps — down in the South Pacific.” “Tough,” the detective comments. “Might have been worse,” says Andy, “but I was lucky —medical discharge — I developed diabetes.” Questioned about Clifton, Andy denies knowing him. “Now I know you’re lying,” says Landers. “You murdered Clifton!” What clues aroused Landers’ suspicions?
PICTUREQUIZ SOLUTION
| | | Detective Landers suspected Clifton's "suicide'' was fake when he | examined the knot used for the noose. He reasoned that Clifton, an ex-navy man, would naturally tie an expert nautical knot. When the | matches led him to the Glorietta Springs Hotel, he met and suspected | Andy when the latter revealed that he was a diabetic. This tied Andy |
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A tattooed Navy serial number on the dead man’s arm identifies
the victim as Brad Clifton, ex-Seaman Ist Class, U. S. Navy. The landlady’s story is brief: “He checked in last night, paid a week’s rent in advance. He didn’t seem upset to me — like he was contemplating suicide.” ‘Anybody else check in last night?” asks Landers. “Yes,” she answers, “there was one other man — checked in shortly after Clifton. I put him in the room next door.”
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to the saccharin pill found at the scene of the crime and he soon broke and confessed under questioning.