 The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents this is your FBI This is your FBI the official broadcast from the Files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community The Equitable Life Assurance Society has more than 8,000 trained representatives from coast-to-coast serving nearly 6 million members tonight one of our equitable society Representatives has a brief message on social security Undoubtedly you heard of the recent changes in the social security law Maybe you're one of the 10 million who now have social security for the first time or if you're already covered by social security Your benefits have been largely increased in either case This is a good time to take stock of your family's financial position To help you the Equitable Society has revised its famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Listen carefully in 14 minutes when mr. Keating will tell you what this equitable chart can do for you Tonight FBI file number 289 its subject jailbreak its title the dark journey There may have been a time in America when ordinary citizens could look with Unconcern at the nation's crime picture There may have been such a time, but if there ever was that time is passed Currently more than 5,000 major crimes are being committed every day in this country This is a time for action action on the part of every citizen in the daily war against America's army of crime What kind of action for one thing we should get rid of our unconcerned and try to cooperate with America's Anti-crime army of law enforcement officials tonight's file opens as a driving rain pours over an eastern state In the poor light of early dawn two men are barely visible Two men in slate gray uniforms beaten by the rain in their own fatigue as they stagger toward a dirt road a road That will take them further and further from the prison. They have just shot their way out of take it easy Didn't bust out to take it easy keep going Okay You still got a good one left come on That's the road I don't see no car. People wouldn't have his lights on Still don't see no car locks told people need them right by these trees Maybe got stuck Up there what tire tracks? Yeah The fresh ones Cop pulled in and parked under the trees and pulled out again Now he's been here and gone What do we do now? I don't know Maybe we could use our guns stop the next car on this road. You could wait all night And keep going anyway. Don't follow our parents. We ain't gonna leave them from here on we're using that stream a Few hours later in the warden's office at the prison FBI special agent Jim Taylor has just introduced himself to warden sterling What can I do for you Taylor? Not very much now? I'm afraid I came over to interview a couple of prisoners that we had detainers on but I hear they're over the wall Mason and Hudson. That's right. Yeah, I'd like to interview them myself Nobody gave me any details warden all I heard was that they'd escaped Well, they somehow managed to get guns and killed a guard and went out the side gate Pardon me warden. Yes, well Cox reporting from the state police barracks. They put three cars on the case good Tell Carson to repeat the teletype on that all-point salam right away, sir That's the first escape from here in a long time, isn't it? Yeah Sweet we had a good record up to this morning and he leads it all and where they headed wooden not yet The sheriff's over talking to the other prisoners in that cell block No, oh Warden that mail check that you were keeping on them for us. Oh, nothing came of it Neither ever mentioned where they hid that load you keep a record on where all outgoing mail is sent Yes, we're checking everyone either Mason or Hudson wrote to since they got here Busy warden. Oh, uh, come in sheriff. Come in. This is agent Taylor the FBI. Oh, yes, sir Hello Taylor one of the prisoners talked he was double-crossed by ox Hudson and left behind He said they were meeting a car on the river road. What car couldn't get a description But it's driven by a man named Pete Bradley. Well, he just finished serving time here. Can we get his record right away? Hey, look, uh, you and the sheriff go ahead into the next office We've set that up as headquarters for the search as a map of the area on the wall or teletype machines and phones I'll send Bradley's record into you just as soon as the file room can get it up here More coffee mother No Well, I'll have a touch Rain seems to be letting up Uh-huh I went over the milk accounts this morning We had a pretty good month How much 150 dollars profit What do you aim to do with it? Well Trying to make up my mind whether they use it to paint the barn or have the moor repaired Martha Paint the barn or get the moor repaired. What's wrong with that? Is you ever going to think about something from me? Well, Martha, you know, I try to do right by you. Sure Sure, you take me into the village once a month Buy me one new dress a year and I'm supposed to be grateful Well, I ain't I'm just plain sick of it I'll get it Yes, sheriff When was that I see No, we haven't Hey, what? We're on here Sure will sheriff All right. Goodbye Sheriff said to watch out for two men escaped from prison Stole $40,000 last year Broke out so they could get it Look Marty I'm sorry. You feel the way that I don't want to talk about it You've got your choice to do. Ain't you going out and do them? Fox, how long do we lay here? I'll move in a minute The guy's heading for the house. Look, why don't we just roast him, huh? Because there must be a car or truck in that barn If we can get it without him knowing it, we're that much in front Yeah, he's going in the house Come on. Let's head for the barn. Okay I want to thank a little minus killing me. Quit they from them Let's cut through here Is there a door at this end? Yeah, right over there. Come on. Move will you? I'm doing my best I can Go ahead Look Truck back there. Yeah Not there's only keys in it Don't move. I knew how this gun works. I've used it before Look lady. I think you got us wrong We just come in here to get out of the run You see our car was stuck up the road Save your lying I know what you're doing You were waiting till my husband went to the house so you could come in here and see if there was a car to steal Why should we do that lady? Because it would take you further away from the prison. What? I know who you are The sheriff called here told us to watch out for you What do we do out? I'm in the barn I'll be right up to fix it for you Why didn't you tell him where we're here? I got my reasons You wait here. I'll be back later Sheriff one of your deputies just called in Pete Bradley's been located. Yeah, where at the hotel central. Did he question him? Yeah What do you say about mason and Hudson? Well, he admitted that he was in on the escape So he'd gone out to meet the men and get scared off when he heard the sirens Did you know where they were heading? Yeah, they were going to dig up that loot they buried in the last job they did Did Bradley know where it was buried? Well, he claimed he doesn't They were picked up near here for that job. weren't they sheriff? Yes I was in on the case the rest of 11 hours after robbery Well, then it's possible that loot is buried someplace quite near here, isn't it? Could be right around where they were picked up and you were showing me on the map where that was sure Yeah Sure Let's see. They were picked up right here Where are the roadblocks? Well, there's one here. Yeah, here Here one over here Yeah, well, then if they're gonna pick up that loot they've got to attempt to go through one of them You see what that is. It's the dame Here's something to eat. Oh lady. I thought it was never supposed to be 40 I'd leave some for me. Would you? Oh So There's water in this jug Swarm It's one good way for it Here Tell me something lady Why aren't you turning us in? I got a reason like what? Like me being better off if you stay free I don't got it When the sheriff called us about you he said you stole 40 000 dollars last year Said you broke out so you could go get that money Sorry Well, there's roadblocks set up all over the county If you're gonna get to it, you're gonna need help If you get help You're gonna pay for it Try my good deal lady Trying to get some money If I get you through the roadblocks How much did it be worth to you? How would you get us thrown? I'll tell you that when you answer my question We'd give you five grand Five thousand dollars? That's right Now how do you get us through? That truck back there is a milk truck My husband drives it tonight to the dairy It's full of milk now You fellas drain it out and climb into the tank Huh? You mean shot I think That's right Your husband in on this? No But I'll be riding with him I'll see that you get where you want to go Now where do we drive to? You head down road 11 until you come to the diner The next right turns a dirt rod You take a half mile you come to a cabin That's where you're going? That's where we're going Then start draining the milk from the tank We will return in just a minute to tonight's exciting case from the official Files of your FBI now a special announcement to fathers and mothers from the equitable life assurance society The equitable society's famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Has just been completely revised to take into account the increased benefits of the new social security law Remember people previously covered by social security now receive increased benefits An estimated 10 million more people are now covered by social security benefits for the first time So this revised fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers couldn't be more timely What you do when you get this chart is very simple You imagine that the regular income of your family has been suddenly cut off What happens then the children are still young so your wife can't go to work What monthly income will be required to keep your family from breaking up? How much will they need to live decently the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers will give you a reliable and accurate answer How many additional dollars will they need to be well fed well housed well clothed until the youngest child finishes high school In five minutes the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers gives you an answer you can trust Guides you every step of the way with simple easy to understand pictures once you have the facts you can plan intelligently chances are that with your present life insurance and your new social security benefits Only a small amount of additional life insurance will give your family complete security Your equitable representative will be glad to work out a sound program in any event Ask him for a copy of the revised fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers No charge of course, so get in touch with your equitable representative All right care of this station to the equitable life insurance society of the united states And now back to the fbi file the dark journey You may be asking how tonight's case from the files of the federal bureau of investigation concerns you The answer is simple every crime wherever it happens to be committed is of vital interest to every person in the nation It is therefore of equally vital interest to every person in the nation That all of us cooperate in cutting down the number of successful crimes Obviously the farmer's wife in tonight's story is an unstable individual of whom we perhaps should not expect too much But unfortunately despite her instability She is all too typical of too many citizens Who are not only unconcerned with the crime picture, but even at times condone it That is why this case was selected from the fbi files Tonight's file continues at the state prison Taylor we may have gotten a break. What's that one of my deputies just reported He traced the footprints of mason and hudson from the river road to the stream. Is he sure it's their prints positive No mistaking prison shoes. Well, let's take a look at that map, huh? How about where did he find the print sure? In through here. No, that's the river road where Pete Bradley. We're supposed to wait for them in it, right? Now here's the stream just beyond the woods there. Yeah, mm-hmm The only thing upstream from there are the mountains up here just about Sure, if anybody live up in those hills No, not during the winter my men have checked a few cabins and there's no sign of them up through there Yeah, how about down here this down the stream section. Well, that's not too populated either Mostly those farms we called. Well, I'd say that's the way they'd head once they hit the stream though Come on sheriff. Let's put on a house to house search This is a great arrangement. I wish I was back in a nice comfortable cell Anytime you want I'll just lift that lid This is what milk goes through all the time. Yeah, it suffers Man, we're slowing down. Maybe it's the roadblocks. No, we ain't going far enough yet Oh, that's a hill It sure like you know where we are and the dame knows the way as long as we're moving we're getting closer to that 40 g's 35 I mean 40 the dame gets five. I got a big ps for you kid. The dame gets nothing Where's the next farm sure just around the bend, huh? How many we got to go About a half a dozen. All of us still getting all lead. Never any brown calling. Sheriff Jordan. I'll get it sheriff Ron this is taylor. You got anything Mason and Hudson was seen over here near the Adams farm When a couple hours ago I'll come Adams didn't report that when we called. He's been out in the pasture all day First he heard of the alarm was 10 minutes ago Which way were Mason and Hudson heading toward town? I have that taylor Bill yes, sir Get hold of a glockland kramer and reddick Start working your way towards town. Just forget about the other territory. You're joining us. No, there aren't many farms left You four can handle them. Call me if you find anything pretty night, ain't it marvin? Uh-huh I like to look for things after a rain everything so Uh-oh What? See some folks are in for trouble. What do you mean? Hey, you see those little red flags on the gas pumps we just passed There's a couple more on the diner up ahead Means there's a weigh-in crew up the road What a weigh-in crew Follows work for the state They weigh every truck so they can pick up the overloads They're going to be weighing this one. Sure I got nothing to worry about Even with a full tank. I'm always under the limit You tell them you've got a full tank. Sure Then they're going to think you're lying What do you mean? Tank is empty Martha, I filled it. You filled it And it was drained Drain why? There's two men riding back there Two men who escaped from the prison Martha I put them there. What? I put them there so they could get through the road blocks Now just a minute You mean you're helping two criminals to escape That's right Martha. What's got into you? I'm getting paid for doing it I'm getting $5,000. Well, that don't make any difference $5,000 don't make any difference. No, these men are wanted by the law Law ain't gonna get them now. Look, Martha, I'm telling you right now that Tom You're making me say this That money means a lot to me It means so much that I got a gun here on the seat beside me And if you say anything to anybody about them men being back there So help me. I'll use the gun on you Look at the scale. It says they've been stationed here for over two hours Nothing suspicious going by No, not yet. I gave them full descriptions Good Oh, I borrowed the uh scale master's record sheet Thought you might take a look and see if there are any strange trucks on the list Well, I wouldn't know all of them at this end of the county Yes, Bill Tom around that dairy tom deals with It says that one in rockport, isn't it? That's right Hold it a minute, Bill Taylor, look at that sheet. See if Tom King's going by here Tom King, uh, yeah, yeah, he has in his truck Hey, wait a minute Sheriff can we call that roadblock up ahead? No, they got no two-way hookup. Well, then we better see how fast we can get up there He's stopping. He's asking what's in the truck. You made it get your gun on We in trouble. I don't think so, but let's not take any chances If anybody opens that lid starts shooting nobody's talking I know uh-uh I think they made us I don't know That says we're clear There's a cabin pull up in front of us Martha what you're doing is all wrong That's for me to judge Stop right here Look, Martha, I want you to know one thing That gun had nothing to do with why I kept quiet Can't I talk to you now? Can't I make you see how wrong you are? My mind's made up, Tom Open the lid Let them fellas out Do like I say Here you can come out I'll give you a boost now Come over here, all right Thanks for many, huh? Yeah This your husband, lady? Yeah, now where's the money? Turn around, buddy Huh? This gun says turn around Start walking toward the cabin What are you doing? What about the money? Just walk, lady No, he has a gun I don't care You're both covered, now drop your guns Go on Right Now let's drive them all back to headquarters Frank Hudson, nicknamed Ox and Al Mason were both tried and convicted to serve life terms for the murder of the prison guard Martha King was tried in state court and given two years suspended sentence for harboring a fugitive Special Agent Taylor and Sheriff Jordan apprehended the escaped convicts because in looking at the skill master's sheet of weights, Agent Taylor saw that Tom King's milk truck weighed much less than the other tank trucks He knew that meant King was driving with an empty tank which could be the hiding place of the hunted men The two law enforcement officers sped to the roadblock in time to reach it before Tom King got there to allow the truck to pass with only a perfunctory search to follow it at a discrete distance and finally to perform their double function by covering the stolen money and arresting the criminals and thus once more cooperation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a local law enforcement agency helped close a file helped close it successfully In just a moment, you will hear about next week's exciting case from the files of your FBI but first another quick message from our Equitable Society representative on the fact finding chart for fathers and mothers Folks, don't think you're obligated to ask one of us equitable representatives for a copy of this helpful chart any one of us will be glad to bring you a free copy of the fact finding chart for fathers and mothers revised to fit the recent changes in social security why not phone soon or send a postcard care of this radio station to the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation file number 290 its subject it's title The International Heist The incidents used in tonight's Equitable Life Assurance Society's broadcast are adapted from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation however all names used are fictitious and any similarity thereof to the names of places or persons living or dead is accidental tonight the music was composed and conducted by Frederick Steiner the author was Jerry D. Lewis your narrator was William Woodson and special agent Taylor was played by Stacey Harris others in the cast were Anthony Barrett Walter Catelyt, Ted D'Corsia Tony Hughes, Jeanette Nolan, Victor Rodman and Tom Tully this is your FBI is a Jerry Divine production this is Larry Keating speaking for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community and inviting you to tune in again next week at the same time when the Equitable Life Assurance Society will bring you another thrilling transcribe story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation the International Heist on this is your FBI stay tuned for the adventures of Ozzie and Harriet there's fun for the whole family when Ozzie and Harriet come your way next