New District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, a man who vows to expose the racketeers preying on the city, is approached by Mrs. Milano, an Italian immigrant whose three sons run a wholesale food business. She explains that her sons were pressured by a man demanding $100 a month for protection, and that their warehouses were overturned and burned when they refused. Dewey promises to help her, but the next morning he learns that the three Milano brothers have been murdered in a restaurant. Dewey investigates the crime, and a threatening note found near one of the bodies suggests the killing is tied to the rackets he has sworn to break.

With Mr. District Attorney, Miss Rand, Mrs. Milano, Chief Thomas, Harrington, Wallace, Zara, Miss Phillips.

Listen for: Listen for Mrs. Milano's account of the protection demands and the fire at the warehouse, and for the discovery of the three murdered brothers and the threatening note found at the scene.

First aired on April 3, 1939.

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