 Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now by transcription behind the scenes of a pulley-set quarters in a great American city Or under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer This is the lineup Now we can sit right here, Mrs. James. Oh, it's all right. They can't see us through that screen. I hope not You've got the man. Well, we picked up some possible suspects in the neighborhood They'll all be in the lineup. That's right You sure we're not too close. Oh, no, they can't see us. May I have your attention, please? You people out there on the other side of the wire on the audience room. May I have your attention, please? Thank you. My name is Cogger Sergeant Pete Cogger. I'll explain the lineup to you Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off the number their name and charge If you have any questions or identifications, please remember the number assigned to the prisoners I call his name at the end of each line when I ask for questions or identifications call out the number if you're sure or not Too sure of the suspect having help the officers who took your name will assist you. They're seated among you Please be prompt with your questions or identifications when the prisoners leave here They're sent to the washroom and dressed back into the jail clothes It makes it quite difficult to bring them back after they leave here the questions I asked these suspects a meal if you get a natural tone of voice So do not pay too much attention to their answers as they often lie. All right, bring on the line Keep it moving all the way to the end of the stage. Move it up right over here. That's right All of you turn and face front Keep your hands at your sides. Look straight ahead through the screen when I ask you questions. Don't mumble talk up All right, number one Fred Alton car theft Take off your hat Fred. That's right How long you been in town Fred? Talk up Fred the people in fact want to hear you too. How long you been in town? It's six months. That's better. Where do you live? Temple in the state what number well, I guess it's 222 you guess It's 222 one two twenty one Where'd you get the car Fred what car the one you were driving with the officers arrested you well I wasn't driving a car. It's not what the report says. Well, I wasn't driving a car Look at the people out there Fred not to the floor You ever drive a Pontiac or I drove lots of cars. What about a 51 Pontiac? Oh, I guess maybe what model? Oh See there and coupe club coupe. I guess maybe what was the color Fred? Oh, it was some kind of some kind of blue It was sky blue. Where'd you get it Fred? Yeah, what a sky blue 1951 Pontiac club coupe You were driving when the officers arrested you. I wasn't driving a car. That's not him. I'm positive That's not him. Okay, Mr.. Number two Jack Carlson narcotics That's right Jack step right out there in face front. Where do you live Jack? Oh, you know sergeant I do but the people out there don't tell them 16th and grand that's 825 not 16 Why'd they pick you up Jack? Gosh, I don't know this says narcotics heroin And you don't know why they picked you up Slide on down Jack Okay, number three Samuel Brackett on robbery Where do you live Sam? Casper whole cow keep your hands at your sides and talk up Sam the people in back want to hit to now where do you live? Casper whole I said talk up Sam. What's the address? Large Mont Street twenty one hundred blocks. How much? I don't know the number. How long you lived there a couple days Where'd you come from? Oh, no It's a matter with your hands Sam. Nothing then keep them at your side What town in Illinois? Oh, yeah statesville Yeah What'd you fall for B&A breaking and entering anyone arrested with you? Yeah, who Joe Joe who I don't know his last name. I do Joe Poussera, you'll be number 14 in the next line. How long you known him Sam couple days. Do you have any weapons? Joe had a gun. What kind of a gun was it 38 Smith and Watson blue steel or nickel plate nickel and the gun was Joe's Before I said and I'll say this is a stick up This is a stick up louder This is a stick up again louder. This is a stick up. This is James. No, no, not you need a lieutenant How can you have luck? Girl gets herself beaten to death in Ludlow Park in the middle of the night. No identification. No murder weapon. No witnesses. Yeah Yeah coffee smells good help yourself. Yeah, I guess not too hot What about that Mrs. James? Oh just a long shot She thought she saw a man drive a 40 or 41 green Ford coupe away from the park about the time of the murder She's got a good look at him. There's too dark. What about the food? There's a pickup out on it 5,000 cars like it in town. Hmm missing persons nothing You'd think somebody'd call in young girl like that all that stuff in the papers it's been 48 hours now Yeah I'm thirsty. Let's get a coffee She was a good-looking kid Pete before somebody got to him you figure the guy was a psycho He was beat up pretty bad about robbery. Well, there wasn't any purse found Yeah Well one yeah, thanks Thanks to a way kind of deal drives you nuts Newspapers splash headlines public yells for results. We've got a Jane Doe in the morgue no motive Psycho to look for in the city of three million. It's a spot, didn't it? Better than coffee and a hot night like this Yeah, good crime dry one. I think I will Just coming to your office and nothing doing not this close to payday. Oh this time you're lucky I already tapped fuller. He plays lousy peanut. He does for a fact not no planets about that let low park chains Oh car 62 just found a green 41 Ford Cooper banning up on summit road near the reservoir blood all over the front seat I Anytime getting here smart boy must be 20 degrees cooler here than at the crime land How does it look for and it could be the jalapeno after lieutenant has dried blood on that front seat all right take a look And let's have a flash. There's no mistake about that Yeah, I can't even be sure it's human been until I test back at the lamp. Yeah, there's a gambler for you What are the odds and how you test out for it's very funny. What about prints? Yeah, we've dusted nothing Yeah, no registration slip, man. There's no plates either anybody call in on the motor and serial numbers Crockets checking man. Yeah, I'll see how he's making out The cars clean the rest of the way to the glove compartment the rear deck under behind the seats Regular spring house cleaning you only somebody got messy about that front seat. Yeah Think it's a buggy you're looking now it could be Could have killed her in the car toss the body out in the park and driven up here Cars been here a couple of days Guessing look at the weeds in the tire tracks. Oh, they carry more gardening and less peanut I'll tell them they tell you to make more money a peanut. Well, that's not what coin says Yeah, lucky stiff. You must have been carrying a horseshoe around. We get a registration in the car bin Oh, what is it? Mary chambers 811 agar Street. Well run away. It's too early to go to bed name on the bell Not this sign. Hey here. She is Mary chambers Sandra Owen Wonder they're both still alive still plenty hot somebody's coming up. Oh, man. Are you Mary chambers Mary? You want to see her? Yes, is she in no, I'm sorry her roommate. Maybe I can help her. Oh, maybe you can miss on there. We're police officers That's right. Can we come in please? Well, what do you want? Just like to ask you a few questions. Well, sure. Thanks You'll have to excuse how I look like washing my hair Sit down. Oh, that's all right. What's the matter is Mary in trouble? Oh, we're not sure Tell me. Um, does she own a 41 Ford coupe green? Yeah, that's right. I think it's a 41 She didn't run over anybody or something. Did she nothing like that? I didn't figure she would Mary's a good driver Say my hair is pretty wet. You mind if I dry it while we're talking? No, no, go right ahead I hate to walk around with wet hair. It makes me look a fright What about Mary? When'd you see her last Miss Owen? Oh Must be not before last She's been missing since then Missing who makes you think she's missing? You said you hadn't seen her for two nights. I'm sure I was out of town on location For Capricorn productions. I've been pictures, you know, I thought maybe you were sure most people can tell just by looking at me now So you haven't seen Mary since she came back or seen the city papers No, well the questions is the kids in trouble. Tell me is that her picture on the radio? Yeah, sir What do you think then? Kind of glamorous Hard to tell the pizza. Oh, but they spell it. Will you what's going on? What's with Mary? Well, I'm sorry Miss Owen But I'm afraid Mary Chambers might be dead Murdered Kidding Aren't you kidding? Would you mind coming down to the morgue with us? Make a possible identification? Oh Sure Sure No, hurry That's right I'm sorry. Hi lieutenant, which one tonight? Jane don't number one joint the Ludlow Park girl Right here. It might be kind of rough on the lady you can you saw yeah And pull it back. You see him Miss Owen Yeah too well Better step closer Jack Benny's back in town and that means of course the whole delightful Jack Benny gangs back on CBS radio Sunday nights Listen in this coming Sunday for the laughs of your life with Mary Dennis Bob Crosby Rochester and the rest of the Jack Benny show Back in action again. Where we're right here on CBS radio, of course Don't make sense Nobody's wanted Want to do that to Mary? Why should they? Oh, yeah, hoping you could tell us Miss Owen. Just don't make sense She's only been in town a couple of weeks She thanks She'd only been here a couple of weeks, huh? Yeah, she hadn't hardly met anybody around I'll meet Rasky's and what's Rasky's? You know the Belmont grill his real name's Anton Cara Rasky or something but he calls him Rasky though Mary worked there waitress Temporary she was gonna get in pictures, too His coffee is good. What's the interest 1812 large mark big neon signs out in front. You can't miss the place Don't eat there though the food's lousy. I wish he friendly with anyone there Rasky maybe He's got ideas about cute blondes are I don't need wife watches too close. What about boyfriends? She didn't have anybody not anybody steady that is She'd go to a movie or something like that once in a while, but not with anybody steady Nobody else you can think of honest. There wasn't nobody look at it couldn't be Not a sweet kid like Mary. Nobody could want to kill her somebody did Why you guys always pick a lousy time to ask questions your place isn't busy Rasky Who's talking busy my wife's around she gets ideas She got any about you and Mary James like she's got with every waitress nothing more look I'll tell you like that in this business. You got to have waitresses would look at sexy You understand only with my wife and don't pay Everything I got to do with women is poison. What does she want? I should run a men's room concession and let's get back to marry chambers What's to get back to all I know is like that she worked here couple weeks up no more and that's all There's a pretty good reason I guess he beat up brutal like papers set worse All right What kind of beat or to death brutal like that? What about your customers Rasky? Notice anybody making a particular play for us. Look, I'll explain you like that with pretty girls like I got usual the customers They try what they got to lose only with Mary wasn't nobody gets even forced base. You sure my wife could tell you Please don't ask her the idea is that woman gets even the redhead. She was suspect Redhead another waitress. What's that waitress a tall thin redhead guy eats in here two to the couple times a week Always, you know, the dollar mitten special to get Never says nothing. Oh, he eats and he gets out. So what makes her think he's crazy in the head. That's what she thought I told you she gets ideas Says he was always watching Mary like he was hungry or something. I did sure it was hungry Why else he would be here. Was he here the last night Mary worked for you? Mr. What do I do? Do I keep a time clock on customers? He's been in the last week a couple times. Maybe that night. Maybe not. Does he live around here? Who was interested very list as long as he is here, but I don't think you're looking for him All he ever said to Mary was give more butter. Maybe you'll say a little more to us You want maybe to plant some cups in here to see if that guy shows up again. Okay with you What should I do? They know only that better be plenty hungry if they don't eat nothing my wife will throw them out I'll come in page Hey, you're a little late Stomach again. Yeah, you didn't have any of Rusky's apple pie. I had the huckleberry yesterday I have days of that food. They say a cop's feet take a beating Who's down there now a quiet in Burton we'll keep the stake out another 24 hours Then we have to figure he won't show up there again. He ever ate that apple pie. It won't yeah Well, nothing doing here either Yeah, what's this registered SD's got him from Doc Gerson's office. Oh, what's he say killer figures to be a psycho? All right, probably a deviant when there's not a tall thin redheaded man in a bunch Not in the neighborhood either. We checked seven blocks in all directions in the restaurant There may be a hunk of territory that big without a redheaded man living in beach me Maybe you died it here. All I know is that we have to get this guy be Guthrie quiet There's quite now been waiting outside. Yeah Keep going back. He's already left Burton telling him. Yeah Turn right at the next corner What happened quite they must have seen her ask you give us the high side walked right out again We're gonna call just before you pull up the guys hold in at 212 Baker 2100 block 800 numbers from here We checked one lousy block more would have had him five days ago Where'd Burton call from that lady's apartment. He must still be in there. Yeah, cover the back door fine. We'll go in And back find right there Ben down the hallway cats Burton Where is he buried back way kitchen got a belly gun one and I'll take him he's psycho Ben He was waiting outside when I called coin Said he he wanted to copper Mary Chambers. Yeah, he did it Hit out in the Ford till she till she got through work Then made a drive to the park and and killed Said it all nice and easy said he was ready to let me take him in Then he got me a Real psycho He ducked in here somewhere Ben now we'll find him sure know the neighborhood all right Never saw so many backyards and alleys in my life didn't get a clean shot anywhere And it's gonna be tougher here all these kids around you must have figured that yeah We should spot him tall red head linker. Hey, look at that ride rocket ships sure keep the kids up to date They're really going for it, too. Yeah, wouldn't mind having a piece of that. Hey, there he is. We're Ben Curris wheel. Hey, you see him. He's running the thing. He must work here Guns down a cop knows we're tailing him and he comes to work What I'm trying to figure out is how to take him before he starts gunning down a few kids you can't clear the place Might be all he need to start triggering we can't pick the kids His landlady would said he was a nice sweet young man always paid his rent on time. He thinks we're making a mistake names Emma Foley Camp Russian no no where he's standing operating that hand lever. There's fences on both sides. That's come straight at him No place to get a clean shot out of me there One while a second hit a half a dozen people And what's that thing in back of them part of the tunnel for the kids train that one's on? Yeah, it's a streamliner with real smoke no opening directly in back of them though We'd have to break from the closest end of the tunnel 15 20 feet in the open Yeah, we'd spot a sure and maybe not if he was busy out in front I'll give you an inquiring four minutes to get back there then I'll start talking to him What about Captain Waldo has too risky waiting can't figure a mine like that No telling one he's level open up with that gun Okay, I always do want to ride on one of those trains They get back over that way, Mr. How much for a ride on that thing two bits and worth to it's the best ride in the park Yeah, it looks like it. All right Say is it safe? You ought to know better than that. We got mostly kids riding in this park Nobody takes chances on hurting kids. Yeah. Yeah, I guess that's right What's that lovey-off right there not a break or something don't come any closer, Mr I got a gun. Well, what are you doing with that? You're you're a cop. I can tell I can always tell a cop Shouldn't it come here, Mr? Now I got to kill you too like you kill merry chambers. You shouldn't have been that way Not looking at me not not caring about me. I Loved her and she wouldn't even look at me. Is that why I am it you thought she didn't like you Did you ask her about it when you were out in the park you laugh and I loved her and she laughs And the tire and was right there and Wasn't anything else I could do Shouldn't have laughed at me. You're right, Paulie. That wasn't nice of her. It wasn't a bit nicer with a laugh Trying to get close to me, aren't you trying to take my gun away so you can put me in jail Why should I want to do that Emma? You got a right to kill her. She laughed at you No, she shouldn't have done that laugh That girl in Chicago She laughed at me too. Well, she deserved to die too. Didn't she Emma? I Don't blame you for killing her too. She does and still you hear I'm gonna kill you too But I don't want to do it yet Lot of kids still want to ride on here. Lots of kids. I got to see if they're happy That's my job making kids happy. Well, that's a fine job in it. Couldn't ask for a better one I I was gonna I was gonna let that other cop take me in She's like a nice guy And then I remember the kids and I gotta make the kids happy. That's my job. Well, sure it is That's why I want to help you. That's why I'm here. I'm it to help you No, no, you're not. No, you're you you're lying to me. I know why should I lie to you? I only want to help you. No, you don't you're lying. I know That's why you sent those two friends of yours around on that train. I I saw you I haven't got any friends. I'm it only you. I'd like to be friends with you Would you I mean would you really sure I would I like you You do I like you very much in it No, you don't know you're lying to I'm gonna shoot you only after the park closes I still gotta make some kids happy before the park close. Okay. Okay. I'm it our way I want to help you make him happy then Then then tell your friends not to sneak up on me from in the back. I see him back there near the panel Tell him you're here for our future right now. I told you I haven't got any friends in the only friends I got is help Hey, you too go back. We don't want you here. I'm gonna deny your friends. We don't want you And then I don't want anybody else around go back now or we'll shoot you We'll shoot you There you are I'm it You believe me now. I said I'd shoot them if they bothered it Would you I mean look would you would you really shoot him if they bothered it? My sure I would Emma we got to make those kids happy. Don't we sure I'd shoot him All right, it's nice to find a friend. I don't have any people don't like me girls especially Nice to find a friend. Well, I've been lonely too. Emma. That's why I'm glad I met you We can work together here helping kids to be happy. How about that? And we'll work together. Yeah That'd be nice Real nice Haven't I'm a friend to help sure and you can teach me how to run the ferris wheel Would you do that and that teach me how to run the ferris wheel? Yeah, sure. Sure. I would oh I wouldn't teach anybody, but I teach a friend I was hoping you say that Emmett and we can start right now. You show me how to operate that lever and we'll stand still No, you're lying again. You're lying How can you say that Emmett you know I'm your you yelled at those other cops You yelled about shooting and you scared all the kids away. See you look look at them Kids are all gone away. You scared them. Oh, no, I didn't emmitted. It's late It's the parts gonna close and they're getting ready to go home. You don't like kids You don't you don't like me you spoiled everything Now I gotta shoot you for that. I gotta shoot you and this is closing time. You're making a mistake Emmett. I'm your friend No, you scared the kids You don't like me either. Now I gotta kill you before closing and I gotta kill you right Okay, Pete. Oh that crowd sure took its time clearing away. Didn't think I'd ever get a clean beat on her. Yeah Pete find somebody who knows how to stop this fool wheel, will you? It's been going around in front of my eyes for long I'm Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie with Jack Moyles as Sergeant Pete Carger was written by Sydney Marshall with music by Eddie Dunsteader featured in tonight's cast were Virginia Greg Howard McNeer Benny Rubin Joseph Curran's hi ever back and Peter Leeds the lineup was transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime Del Valle Enjoy the orchestras about Fato Antonini and Ray White songs by Earl Lightson, Jimmy Carroll, Eugenie Baird and Francis Greer Here Georgie Pryce in his big time New and old musical comedy in Waterville greatest day, it's Friday night on most of these same CBS radio stations Then cover this digging and remember the week's top fighters broadcast when denied on the CBS radio network