 Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now by transcription behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city We're under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer This is the lineup To catch him Lieutenant Guthrie glad to meet you any trouble finding the place Oh, no, I booked here once for being drunk a year ago last Christmas. It was I know the place. All right Ain't changed at all too much disinfecting smell of everywhere Think you got him, huh? I don't know for sure and the license number I gave you I was right wasn't I don't see Sergeant Pete Cogger, I'll explain the lineup to you each of the suspects you will see will be numbered I'll call off a number their name and charge. You have any questions or identifications Please remember the number assigned to the prisoners I call his name the end of each line when I ask for questions or Identifications call out the number if you're sure or not too sure the suspect have him out Questions I ask these suspects are merely to 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 Call the way to the end of the stage boys That's it Now turn and face the front eyes straight ahead talk up in a good loud voice so the people in the back of this room can hear you number one Gerald van Ack assault up to the center What do you live Gerald in 3756 Mara poses tree what's your profession? I drive a truck I'm a trucker. Don't look at me. You look out there. Oh any weapons on you when you were picked up No, you own a car. Yeah, what may coupé sit down? What? 47 pocket black sedan some matter with your ear He'd got cut off in a fight somebody clouded me with an ash tray. They're taking good carrier. Joe. Oh sure sure Yeah, I slide on down number two Robert pray burglary Robert pray. Oh Come on hustle it up. Where do you live Robert? Ashland Avenue. It's 9 13. I think haven't you lived there very long. No, I just slept there the one night It's a hotel sort of where'd you come from? Well, Topeka, Kansas. What kind of work you do a painter Sometimes I do carpentry any weapons. Oh, that's gone. We've hour. What's the caliber and make? Come on, Robert. Well, you make me kind of nervous. I'm just trying to think it's 38 Yeah, Smith and Wesson. Uh-huh. Well, is it chrome or blue steel? Can you remember that blue steel? Thank you. Well, you're welcome son. Go on move Number three Edward Franklin open charge give us your address Edward 213 West 18th Avenue your business construction work. I do steel work mostly how long you've been in town Just a week ten days. Maybe you own a car. Yeah 46 Buick cedar net it's maroon, but it's back in Pittsburgh. I haven't got it here any weapons on you when you were picked up No, nothing like that. What's your weight? 238 get back against the wall there. I'm six three and a half just against the wall Yeah, okay, the big boys doing Sergeant carger. Yes, sir number three hold for interrogation And tell us what you were doing in at the quarry last night. What was I doing? You know what I was doing out there? Tell us again. I Rented a car to take a look at this town. I thought I might like to work around here So I just drove around yesterday. That's all I happen to turn the car around when I got out by the quarry That was about eight o'clock. Was it? No, it was almost ten. You know that where'd you drive? Just around all over and do you remember any of the other streets you were on? No, not by name One of them lot of driving theaters along the way Uh-huh You were rented the car day before yesterday. Is that right? Yeah about three in the afternoon. Yeah, why'd you write a Cadillac in? Huh, you could have rented a Ford for $10 a day Cadillac cost 15. Why what do you mean? Why 15 dollars a day to look around a new city when you could do it for 10 seems funny That's all I just wanted the Caddy. That's all nothing funny about that. You had the Cadillac last night in the night before Where'd you go the night before? Nowhere. I stayed home and that Cad was sitting out there costing you 15 bucks. Yeah, I can afford it You didn't go anywhere that night. No, but you went out last night out looking around. Yeah, what time did you leave your apartment? Late in the afternoon four or five. Why didn't you look around in the daytime in because I wanted to look around at night? After you finished driving around Did you go right home? Yeah, you didn't stop in anywhere. No, how about a drink? You have a drink somewhere along the line No, I just said no you're driving around town for five hours. Did you meet anybody talked anybody in that time? Now let me see you've told us that you came in town from Pittsburgh ten days ago You took a fairly expensive apartment and later on you rented a pretty nice car. That's right What are you doing here in? Looking just looking I might want to live here. You don't know anyone here. No Nearly everybody has some kind of reason for pulling up stakes and starting in another place Well, I didn't I just grabbed a plane in Pittsburgh and came here left my car and all my things there If I decide to stay I'll send for them Why'd you leave Pittsburgh I got fed up you got fired didn't you huh? You work for the general mayor construction company there, didn't you yeah for five years and they fired you two weeks ago Isn't that the story? That's not the story at all. I quit look Ed The witness saw you drive up to the quarry edge last night and take a body out of your car He says you threw it on the quarry and then drove away You're identified as the driver of the car Now we want to get all the facts we can clear this up one way or another. It's gonna help you and it's gonna help us Now what happened in Pittsburgh? Well This guy was working for me. I was forming you know He had a lot of lip big man not as big as me but big full of talk real good with the ladies He got on my nerves one day and I let him have it. You mean you hit him Yeah, five teeth right across the front cost me six hundred dollars for dental work. The man didn't press charges He knew better Your wife living in Pittsburgh now in I haven't got a oh my ex yeah I guess so I didn't see her much after we broke up. She charged you with assault ones. Is that right? I didn't hit her just slapped her. We never got along Ed you have any idea why our witness would tell us what he did why he'd say he saw your dumber man's body in the quarry Why take your license number and tell the police now. He must be crazy seeing things But you were alone in the car all that time you were driving around all alone all alone For six hours are better. That's right Okay They'll throw another time being All right, Pete. Come on it. Yeah Anything yet? You say don't use the crane belong to the sand company for the grappling hooks after they found the body that tracks lift off Now it's stuck. They're trying to dig it out. It's like a mess. They'll get it out. He's over here On these things on drivers license says his names out for P. Hansen One one three two ring watch Valor fifty cents Cigarettes hang on to him. Yeah. All right Don take it back Pretty young license was issued three years ago Says he was 20 at the time. How long do you think he's been in the water? Can't tell right now roughly 30 40 hours. The rock was tied on just like that. They're pretty good job of wiring Yeah, look up here. Hmm. I figured he came over the side. No bruises on his body No cuts and lacerations. You can see for yourself. Tell them I want to get him downtown Any idea why? Oh Drowning all right. He was still alive when he went in. Oh, yeah, but somebody broke us back before that Where does Alfred Paul Hansen live here? Yes. Yes. He does. I'm his sister. Mrs. Kelly Well, we're police officers. Mrs. Kelly. We'd like to police. Oh Lord is Alan trouble. Oh, my name is Guthrie. This is Sergeant cargo. May we come in, please? How do you do? What oh yes, but I I don't your husband in Mrs. Kelly. No, he's in Buffalo. He travels I don't expect him back until Wednesday. I see. Yeah, we'd we'd like to check on a couple of things with you, Mrs. Kelly When'd you see your brother last? Last night at dinner. And did he leave the house after dinner? Yes Please tell what was he wearing? Well, he's tweed suit. I think Has Al done something? Did you report him missing? No No, well, he's liable not to come home for two or three nights in a row. He stays with friends. He has That isn't it, is it? It may not be him, but We'd like to have you come downtown with us and look at a body. We've got a body. Oh Alright officers, I'll go how hard it was for you to come down here and do this miss Kelly I understand it had to be done. I know you had your job to do. Thank you miss Kelly Now you last saw your brother at dinner time yesterday. Yes. Now what time was that? About six I guess He went out right after dinner. Did he walk or take the car? No He walked. Can you remember if he had a phone call made a date to meet someone? No, when the idea where he went they say he was going to a movie or to a friend's house. Oh, we just said Bye Whatever you can tell us is going to help us mrs. Kelly. I I suppose you know some of his friends He brought girls over to the house now and then Boys he gone to school with her been in service with Yes, oh, we'd like as many names as you can give us I had so many friends Let's see. I Guess one of his best friends is a boy named budges You know his Andrews It lives with his family in evanside. They have a big home there and there's another boy Borden Copeland He lives in evanside too with his family. Yes. I Don't know any of the addresses Supposed her in the phone book. Yes, we'll take care of that. Now who else? Oh Jack did us he lives quite near us on Lafayette Street Did I did I yes? Yes That's all I can remember If you contact you will you mentioned a girl. Oh One he had over last week Lucio Lucio Malcolm sweet kid any other girls and Nancy for that But she's in the west somewhere now. Did your brother ever work or live in Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania No, did he ever mention a man named Ed Franklin? No, I don't think so he might have a Last night at dinner. Did I'll have a drink maybe no The medical examiner tells us he had a drink or two somewhere last night. We thought maybe he had it at home No, well, do you know some cocktail lounge where he'd go to have a couple of quiet drinks? You'll have to ask somebody else. I Couldn't say sure sure Okay, right and miss Kelly have you ever seen this man before? No, I don't think I have he drives a Cadillac convertible. Do you ever come by the house? No, I'm quite sure. Okay Well, thank you miss Kelly sergeant cargo take you home Peter on down the hall talking to some people he rounded up this morning handsome kids friends Yeah, we're checking them through our night right now Coins and Crockett covering the beard joints and taverns in the neighborhood Morgs sent over a picture nothing so frank and still sticking with it harder than ever He doesn't know the kid never saw him. Well, if we don't get something today, we'll go to work on him again Isn't going to be a cinch What is hi morning, Pete? Ben. This is Jack Dittis Lieutenant Guthrie Jack. Hello, Sergeant Asher Hi Jack talked to Alan the phone the night he was killed Tell us about it son. He called and asked me to meet him at a place We used to go to now and then the midget cafe. Yeah, I was right in the middle of dinner. Now. What time was this? Do you know? Oh about eight o'clock in and around there. He was talking from the phone booth He'd been drinking a little bit. You mean he was drunk. No, no just drinking, you know a friend has a drink and you can tell it Why do you want you to meet him Jack? Oh? Well, he said he'd met a girl there He didn't say who and he only had a few dollars with him and he didn't have any wheels He didn't have a car He wanted me to come by and bring him some money and show for them around Well, I couldn't go and I told him so but he called again a little while later And this time he said I had to come over and I asked him why He said he thought he could get me in a good fight You could see how big I am and the guys are always doing that to me In a fight with who? Oh, I don't know. He said it was a guy I'd met there. Did you go over? Yes, I did I got there about 10 30, but he wasn't there anymore. So I came on home You just say the name of this place is the midget. Yeah, it's easy to find. Let's go out 43rd Street About half a mile past the stone quarry It's nice to be friendly when you find yourself in a strange country But do you know where in the world you wouldn't walk up to someone on the street say got a light bud And offer the man a cigarette One place you most definitely wouldn't do that is in Saudi Arabia In general Saudis observe the customs of their religion which forbid smoking They are also forbidden to dance or to drink alcoholic beverages If you are stationed in Saudi Arabia or are visiting there You do well to remember something else if you happen to be a smoker Tobacco is not used in government offices nor in the presence of members of the royal family By observing the customs of other countries you make a friend for yours Well, hey, what's up fellas routine? I could talk to some of the people who are working here and I before last Yeah, I was on from six to closing. What's your name? Dave Chrysler? But they call me Fritz. Do you know a man named Al Hansen? No, I can't see a dude Edward Franklin. No Yeah Yeah, this is Hansen take a look No, we heard he was in here night before last what he might have been I don't know wait a minute Wait a minute. I take it back. I serve this guy myself What's wrong with him in the picture there? What time did he come in? Well, I don't know but he sat right over there. Yeah, I remember that tell us what you can't with you Well, there's nothing too tally come in you had a few drinks and he laughed Thelma sat with him for a while. Yeah. Yeah, you want to talk to her sure where can we find time? She's the bar girl night before last she was off so she come in she had a drink. Yeah, you want her? Yeah, well wait Oh, tell me Hey, tell me these two gentlemen of police officers there. They want to talk to you. Oh Sure, you can go ahead with what you're doing And what's your full name, please? Bell Malacy What do you live 135 he's 16th What's the matter mind trouble and we're investigating a homicide? I Understand you had a few drinks with Al Hanson night before last that right Al Hanson. Oh That is last name Hanson. Yeah, this is Al Hanson was lazy. Oh Sure, he was killed night before last body was dumped in the stone quarry down the road that nice kid That nice kid Would you like to go outside in the car and talk? Yeah Yeah, it'd be better. Come on. How long have you known him? Well, I I just met him the other night when he was in here mind telling us how you met him Oh, he was just sitting there drinking by himself. He kept looking at me. I Was talking to Fritz scene while I went over and sat down. We began talking Made a couple of phone calls trying to get a friend of his to come over with his car Did this friend show up? Well, I don't know I I don't think so Somebody I knew spoiled it Well, how's that miss Lacey? Well, I I know this man sort of I met him just the other night before Ed Franklin's his name He would want to take me out and I wouldn't go out with him He said he'd keep trying Ed Franklin was in here that night. Yeah looking for me. I guess Pete Is this him? Why yes, but how long did you say you've known him? Just one night when he was in here before what happened. I mean when he came in and you were sitting with Al Hanson Well, he saw Al was just a nice kid and Ed began throwing money around told us he was a big stock and bond man That before he told me he was a lawyer Neither was believed what he said he could tell he didn't believe him either Al finally called him a phony and Ed said he had a big Cadillac out in front. There wasn't phony at all Well, I took Al to one side and told him I'd like to have another drink with him But he'd have to get rid of Ed somehow or he'd ruin our whole evening Al told me to pretend I had to go and he'd meet me here later The idea was that Ed was only buying drinks and hanging around to try and get me to go out with him You wanted to be without sure He wasn't any phony He was real nice Well, so I waited about five minutes and I said I had to get home Ed wanted to take me but I said I had my own car Instead of leaving I just went around to the side and waited Pretty soon. I saw Ed come out. Oh, was he alone? No Al was with him He was showing Al the Cadillac Now he had it all right, but he still looked like a phony to me They both got in the car. You saw them clearly. Yes. I I was in that little room right off the kitchen there See, but where was the car parked? Oh Right about here. Mm-hmm They sat there and talked for a minute and I saw I'll start to get out but Ed grabbed him. He's pretty big They talked a little while after that Yeah, and then what happened? Oh That's it What? They drove off together and Al never came back The lineup starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Jack Moyle's a sergeant Pete Cogger was written by E. Jack Newman with music by Eddie Dunstetter They should in tonight's cast were Harry Lang Peter Leeds Howard McNeer Hal March Jeanette Nolan Jack Carroll and Paula Winslow the lineup