The Stolen Purse - Richard Diamond | 05/22/1949 (Ep005)
Topics discussed
Introduction: Richard Diamond's office and routine
Thugs Al and Stan tailing Dotty from a hotel
Dotty leaves her purse with Glenda at the newsstand
Glenda's interaction with Officer Quine and the thugs
Glenda hires Diamond to find the purse's owner
A man claims the purse and is knocked unconscious
Diamond calls Lieutenant Levinson about the incident
Diamond visits Helen Asher to examine the purse
Diamond and Helen discuss the clues in the purse
Levinson reports the man was shot; Diamond leaves
A man breaks into Helen's home and threatens Francis
Glenda retrieves the purse and Francis is assaulted
Diamond confronts Levinson and hears Francis's account
Diamond releases Francis and plans to find Glenda
Diamond discovers Glenda strangled in her shack
Diamond traces the matches to the Adams Hotel
Diamond confronts Dotty and Stan in Room 306
Revelation of the counterfeit money plot and Al's death
Diamond chases Stan to the subway locker
Stan escapes into the subway tunnel
Debrief with Levinson and closing credits
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