 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 My name is Fred Barton. I represent the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States In about 16 minutes, you're going to hear me talking to a young father who's interested in starting an equitable education fund for his little boy You'll hear me explain why this Equitable Education Fund is the most painless way to pay for a college education ever invented Why it makes college a certainty for the boy or girl whose father starts one of these plans? Does that appeal to you? Then please listen carefully in about 16 minutes Tonight the subject of our FBI file Armed robbery its title the post time stick up The 21st annual uniform crime report has just been issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation This volume covers the crime picture in the United States during the past year The general trend has been in one direction up Every five minutes during the last year someone in the United States was feloniously assaulted or killed during each average day a 146 persons were robbed 468 cars were stolen With the passing of each day more than a thousand places were entered by burglars The danger of those figures lies deeper than the mere numerals They reflect that more and more people put under financial pressure Choose to relieve that pressure through crime Tonight's FBI file opens at a small racetrack on the outskirts of a Midwestern city It is 7 15 in the morning as a short thin man stands at the rail watching horses work out He flicks the lever of a stopwatch and looks at it as an equally short thin man approaches Hey Chuck. Hi Eddie That Philly worked real nice They caught her in 51 and change if you don't flatten out this afternoon you win a race Chuck. I got to talk to you I know you don't like to ride Philly's but these days. I don't pick your mounts. I take what I can get This isn't about the Philly Last night there was a thing over at Laurie's school for the parents of all the kids Mr. Johnson was there what mr. Johnson the one who owns Twilight song You said he gave me a $50 bonus for winning on Monday. You got it. Didn't you he gave you a $50 win ticket? Twilight song was $14 on the front end. You collected 350 that makes you still owe me 300 Eddie, do you think I'd give you a short count? Mr. Johnson said he handed you the ticket himself. Oh I need that 300. I got a special delivery from that school in Chicago They'll take Laurie what they want a year's tuition on the line now Where is it? Eddie up? Look, I'll be honest with you You couldn't get 300 out of me today with a vacuum cleaner. How soon can you have it? Maybe tomorrow? No, maybe's Okay tomorrow I'm waiting. I know sit down. I'll get your breakfast ready I was hoping you wouldn't come back so quick. Why so I could be a late scratch at school. I never mind that Let's have your glass. That's enough milk. You'll have a whole glass I'll be healthy enough to run in the derby Laurie the derby is for three year old That's your favorite joke, isn't it? Uh-huh How do you want your eggs? Oh, I don't want any this morning pop just this bread and butter in the milk will be enough All right, but sit down while you have it. We got plenty of time Ready for some big news You're getting a trainer's job. Oh, this is about you What did I do now? Nothing. I got a letter this morning that school in Chicago will take you I told you when you wrote to them. I want to stay with you how we settle that once the leaky roof circuits No place for a 12 year old girl, but I don't know anybody in Chicago. What'll I do there? You'll be living at the school You'll have more friends the first week than you ever had around here, and I'll never get to see you. Yes You will I'll visit you. Why do I have to go to that snooty place? It's no good for you to be changing schools every time I moved another track It's no good for you to be living in a trailer with me. I just don't want you growing up in these places You didn't think race tracks were so terrible when you named me Laurel Besides that school charges a lot of money. I can go here free and learn just as much I Got the money that much Chuck owes me three hundred dollars. He said he'd give it to me tomorrow Daddy What if you buy a horse with the money you'd finally be a trainer and I could be an exercise girl no He said yourself you were tired of sleeping half the time in Turkish baths and not eating till after the last race I know the the red board is up the minute. I get the money from Chuck. I'm paying your entry fee into that school Late that night at the local FBI field office special agent Jim Taylor is at his desk when agent Bob Franklin approaches Yeah, you left that note on my desk. Yeah, that's right Bob We were put on a new case. Oh now the money room out at the racetrack was held up this morning Two men bound and gagged the employees and waited for the bank messenger. How much they get $5,000 and all in fifties One of the bandits was caught this afternoon. Well, that's quick Now the money room clerks gave a place such good descriptions. They had positive items within an hour any loot recovered No, the man who was captured at $1,500 on him, but none of the serial numbers match the stolen fifties How about interviewing him? Well, I'm dead Bobby wouldn't talk but we might still catch up to his partner Yet a Pullman ticket for tonight's Pittsburgh Express in his pocket. You figure they were meeting on the train. Yeah We're right. We'll meet him at the station in an hour. Well, I have some work to finish here. Okay. I'll take it alone Bob and see you later Hey Chuck, I've been looking for you all over the track. I've been right here any now Don't give me that I've been past these stables five times. You want your doll? You mean you got it? Put out your myth 50 under 150 a deuce 253 now or even not quite. What do you mean? I heard about the crack you made yesterday outside the jocks room. You said I had no ticker Eddie would I wrap a guy? I'm handling you were handling. I'm quitting yet in that case I did make the crack that was one to ten and it's true You had carnival star and contention yesterday the far turn and yet dog. I couldn't get through There was a hole not big enough stop alabine since those two spills. You've been riding like you got Longdon's money Well, hear me good Jockey's without moxie or a dime a dozen. I'll have plenty of mounts You couldn't get a horse in a cow. You wait and see and I'll have a new agent before the first bugle and this time I'll get a good one Bob I just arrested that other racetrack bandits. Hey, that's real speed. Don't cheer the case is still wide open You said the holdup was a two-man job It was when I rested this morning started talking when I put the cuffs on him But he couldn't tell me where the loot was either that doesn't add up. He says they sold it to whom? This is where it gets involved. He claims he and his partner bought the plans for the job from a man They don't know on our way. It might be how they make contact with somebody. They didn't know they didn't Stranger called them convinced them that it wasn't a police trap and they agreed on terms then what well then yesterday's papers came Out with a list of serial numbers on every stolen bill and and their anonymous friend called back He offered to take the hot money off their hands for 50% Well after they okayed the deal a messenger came by with the payoff picked up the stolen fifties Can you tell you where the messenger is from all he remembered was that he wore a light blue uniform with a red Insignia on the left sleeve that sounds pretty distinctive. Yeah, let's get a list of delivery outfits and start checking Oh Larry what are you doing home? It's governor's day. We got off at lunchtime What about you the form says you've got a horse in the first? They switched to a bug boy and put away that form. I can't I haven't figured out the last race yet That makes no difference and hey, I almost forgot you're going where to the school in Chicago. Oh Chuck paid me so we've got enough Do I really have to go? Yes, let's not talk about it anymore Daddy Yeah There's a colt named Thunderbird in the fifth today. I know you once wrote him Last time out he picked up nine lengths in the stretch Today they're going an extra 16th and he's got an easier field can't miss The sheets got him at seven to one Where'd you see a sheet? Watchman at the back gate had one Thunderbirds by Falcon out of Lady Thunder, so he's bad to run all day He's dropping eight off his last race. He's got the inside post How much should Chuck pay you? See it's seven to one that's wait a minute. What are you talking about if you bet the money on Thunderbird? I can still go to school. You'll have enough to drop a claim in the box Maybe you'll get another stymie. You could train him yourself. Laurie. Have you got any homework? Well do it and I'll see you later But daddy do your homework and no more compositions about how to beat the tote board Taylor speaking. This is Miller 20th. Yes, ma'am Well, we thought we had a lead on a messenger, but it petered out on us. Oh, well back today Well, do you know whether they were passed in the clubhouse of the grandstand grants can't be too many players at that window It's a holiday. What race are they up to now? Maybe whoever passed the others is still in the place, huh? Unless he's gone broke. Thanks for calling. We'll get out there right away I Thought you were gonna do your homework It's the next race what's the next race The one with Thunderbird in it You made a bet not yet. I Stopped by the paddock on the way up South Thunderbird Looks wonderful. Oh, does he? Did you look him up in the form? Yeah, he's got a chance Look at the board. He's 12. Yeah, I saw that 300 is 12 to one Look, whatever it is forget it What was that much money? Why you could claim a good horse? Then you wouldn't have to ride anymore You'll be training your own horse and starting a public statement. Laurie this 300 is for your tuition Now you've talked me into a lot of things, but this time I'm going to be firm But he's filled out since you wrote him. Well, he needed a little weight. There he comes number one He seems to be in shape or cold you can get off on top the insides worth a length and a half You said so yourself. Yeah, he's no front runner. I know but he can stay with the pace when he has to Give me a form. Yeah Why daddy You've got the ring around his name. Well, I like the horse a little but you've got him handicapped five links better than the favorite Oh, am I? He's got great class best post position good boy up on it and Look, he's gone up to 14. He's an overlay at that price Daddy bet on it. Please please For me. Yeah, your mother did the same thing to me. Come on Let's get to the window quick Daddy Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Wait till after the race Let's buy the tickets at the $50 one. That's lucky. Hmm. It's lucky we can go there We've got the best horse and we'll put the double triple goof us on it. Remember how that goes I'll go down to the rail Lean against it with my left elbow You go to the hot dog stand drink a root beer first then get a dog. I remember Number one six times Now honey, you better get down to that rail and route this horse home I will daddy and don't you forget everything you're supposed to do. I remember All it please right You're the gentleman who just bought six fifty dollar tickets at that window on number one Yes, you paid for them with fifty dollar bills. That's right. Why we're special agents the FBI Please come along with us turn in just a moment to tonight's case from the official file of your FBI Now for a moment Let's listen to a typical interview between Fred Barton a representative of the equitable life-assuring society With a successful young married man named Jim van dozen It seems that Jim has a problem on his mind. Well as I told you Fred I'd passed my college entrance exams and was all set to go when my father died of a heart attack That was the end of college for me And I'd sure hate to have my boy have the same disappointment that I did well There's one sure way to prevent that mr. van dozen an equitable education fund Oh, what's that one of those college education life insurance policies? That's right an equitable education fund is an endowment life insurance Policy that's set to mature about the time your boy is ready to enter college If you live you have his college expenses already in advance If you die before that time the fund is fully paid up and the equitable society holds the money paying interest on the Full amount until your youngsters ready to use it It's a sure-fire way to make certain that your boy won't miss out on a college education no matter what happens to you Well, that sounds good if it doesn't cost too much. Don't worry about that mr. van dozen It's amazing how fairly small payments grow into real money when you keep it up for 12 or 15 years Actually starting an equitable education fund is pretty much like buying a house on mortgage And gradually paying off the mortgage over a period of years It's the painless way to pay for a college education Let's see my boy ought to be ready for college in just about 15 years Well, the sooner you begin an equitable education fund for him the lower the yearly costs will be Just give me some idea of how much you can afford to put into an equitable education fund at your age for a fund of $5,000 to mature in 1966 The yearly cost would be let's see if you have children of your own Why not get the cost of an equitable education fund from your equitable representative? These equitable men don't go in for high-pressure methods They give you the information you need and let you make up your own mind get in touch with your equitable representative soon Alright care of this station to the equitable society. That's e q u i t a b le the equitable life Assurance Society of the United States And now back to the FBI file the post time stick up In tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation You have seen an example of a perfect answer to the question asked by so many people What can I do about the crime wave? The two bandits who held up the racetrack money room were described so well by the victims that their capture became a mere matter of hours If you should be a victim of a crime or if you should be a witness to one You can best cooperate with the police by remembering every possible detail Criminals have been apprehended because someone remembered a small facial blemish The odd shape of the criminals hands the color of his clothes Nothing is unimportant and any single observation can be the crucial one So remember everything you can and give your information to your local police immediately Like your FBI they are as close to you as your nearest phone Tonight's FBI file continues immediately after special agents Taylor and Franklin have stopped jockey eddie harper Why do you want me to go with you to our office? Why I'd like to ask you some questions about that money Jockeys can gamble all they want as long as we don't bet against the horse. We're up on those bills We're part of the loot from the money room. What do you have any more on you? No, where'd you get the one just spent? From Chuck Wolf used to handle my book handle your book. I'm Eddie Harper the jockey He was my agent who was supposed to get me horses to ride and he gave you that money. Yeah, when this morning He had a whole roll of fifties. That's it. You sure that a song you tell us where we can find wolf He lives at the Bedford Motel down the highway now until we've had a chance to check on him We'll have to hold you only for my little girls here. She'll be looking for me after the race I'll say to it that she's notified Bob. I'll meet you at the office after I catch up with wolf. That's me Mr. Wolf I'm special agent of the FBI You're my credentials. Oh I guess you've heard about the money room hold up yesterday Yeah, yeah Why are you talking to me about it? Well, we found someone at the track this afternoon spending some of the stolen money His name is Eddie Harper. Well, what do you know? It just shows you can't figure these days. Who's a Larson a bum and he claims he got the money from you Me? Yes, you said you had a thick roll of fifties this morning. Oh So that's how he's trying to get even even for what well Eddie's been desperate for dough these last couple months Any particular reason he's got a kid. He wants to send to some fancy school in Chicago that costs pretty good And he's been on the Oregon short line. I see yesterday. He got a letter from the school They'll take his kid, but he had to pop for a year's tuition Tried to put the bite on me, but I wasn't holding the beef. We had a fight and I fired him Is there anything else you can tell me? No, that's all I know, but if I run into a tip on the stick up, I'll call you Yeah There was an FBI man here. I told him you didn't steal anything They found out for themselves, didn't they? No But they let you go mr. Johnson the one who owns Twilight song came down and put up a bond for me What does that mean if I run away? He loses his money Why should you run away? You didn't do anything. We know that but they don't Neither does the Commission They don't think you did it do they they're not saying They just suspended my ride and license till the whole thing's cleared up How long will that take? No telling I've been a great father. I Bet your tuition money on Thunderbird. He gets beat and now I'll be a jail bird They can't send you to jail. Well, they will unless they find out who really did it Can't we do something? No, honey, that's the FBI's job Let's just hope they come up with the right answers Did you take any calls for me? No way then checking on the activities of one mr. Wolf the jockeys agent Yeah, I got a pretty strong conviction. He's guilty, but I like proof What do you base your conviction on three more? They're still in 50s turn there Oh, where in three stars on the highway approaching the track. Have you checked them? Yeah, yeah showed them pictures of Wolf and Eddie Harper that I borrowed from the General Sports Disc, yeah, each proprietor felt that the man who passed the bill looked like Wolf well That should be enough Jim none of them felt they could swear to it though. Did you question Wolf again? Yeah, yeah Denied of having been in the stores Well a messenger lead is cold. There isn't an outfit in the city that uses that kind of uniform That's the link we need how about putting Wolf under surveillance and see if we can catch him passing a bill It's only logical move Taylor speaking, this is Miller 20th precinct. Oh, yes Miller security bank just called in another one of those 50s turned up But they know where I was passed. Yeah, he would shop out on Oak Road. Well Sergeant that should be the lead We're looking for fine. Thanks for calling Bob one of the 50s was passed at a place called the Hollywood shop out on Oak Road. That's our missing link I don't get it. I know that place they rent costumes Bob a messenger uniform is a costume. Yeah, of course get out there and see if they recognize well Laurie Laurie the FBI just arrested Chuck Wolf And they found over $2,000 in stolen money hidden in his room. Oh, I knew it would be all right Now you can write again and everything Mm-hmm. If I get any mounts Mr. Johnson must want you to be up on Twilight Sun. Why he came by and left a note for you It's on the table. I Hope you're right He said you gave Twilight song the best ride she ever had He's glad you found out about Chuck not giving you the ticket Why he even Laurie listen to this Mr. Johnson wants me to train for him What all bones got sick and wants to retire. Mr. Johnson wants me to take over Besides girl now you can go to that school Now this time honey girl you don't talk me out of it. I'll get an advance from mr. Johnson and have him send the money to the school Look, baby. I'm trying to do what's best for you You know that Don't you? Sure daddy add a girl now look. I'm holding the case five What do you say you and me go out and bet it on two big stakes if money apple pie with a place bet on ice cream Charles wolf and the two stick-up men were all tried and convicted in the federal court on the charge of bank robberies In tonight's case from the files of the federal bureau of investigation You have seen two special agents apprehend the guilty people after they had conspired to commit a crime In doing that they were performing an everyday duty What made this case more important than the usual theft investigation was the other result the removal of suspicion from an innocent person That is the highest function any law enforcement agency can perform For it proves the bureau is not interested in convictions, but in facts Your FBI has proved that many times in the past It is proving it again throughout the country even as you sit listening to this program And it will continue to prove it in the future Now a quick review of the advantages of an equitable education fund first It's the painless way to pay for a college education You spread the cost over many years instead of taking a beating in four second It's sure from the moment you start you're certain your children will get the kind of education You want them to have regardless of what happens to you? So why delay ask your equitable representative For full information on an equitable education fund or right care of this station to the equitable life assurance society Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the federal bureau of investigation It's subject army desertion its title the adopted thief The incidents used in tonight's equity of a life assurance societies 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 Stacy Harris Others in the cast were Jim backers Harry carry jr. Quit Connor JC Flippen and Anne Whitfield 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 this 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 adopted thief on This is your FBI Stay tuned for a life in your hand starring Lee Bowman when it comes your way next over most of these same stations America is sold on ABC the American Broadcasting Company