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Tonight's file opens in the comfortable dining room of a suburban home occupied by Tom Harris and his daughter Joyce They're finishing dinner when Joyce breaks the silence. How'd you like dinner, Pop? Oh fine fine? You said this morning. You didn't know what you wanted. So I took a chance on lamb chop. They were very good. Oh and Joyce, yes, you're going to get yourself married soon. So let me give you some advice What's that when a man finishes breakfast? He doesn't know what he wants to eat for dinner that night Okay, I'll remember that's more coffee. All right, you just to swallow. Oh That's enough. All right, thanks dear I'm kind of tired tonight. You look tired very busy at the office today. Yes I cleaned up my desk So I wouldn't have anything to worry about while I'm serving on the jury and when does the trial start Well, I reported for jury duty this afternoon and right off the bat that picked me to serve in a case tomorrow Guess it's going to be tough staying away from the office, isn't yes But after all I'm a citizen and I want good government serving on juries as part of my duty You know, you're a very wonderful pop to have Thanks Well, I think I'll run down to the corner for paper see what's going on in the world. Okay, I'll clean up while you're done good See you later. Hey you Hey, you come here Me. Yeah, you is your name Thomas J. Harris. Yeah, that's right Okay, you're the guy get in here next to me, but I'm going down the corner look mr.. Let's don't fight see this thing Why it's a gun. That's right Do what I say. Come on get in the car In the center of that same city even as mr. Harris is being carried off Special agent Jim Taylor is reporting to the FBI field office as he enters Well, hello Jim. Oh, Mike. What are you doing out here? I came out to testify in that Paul Scott case Paul Scott case That's right Scott goes on trial here tomorrow for stealing automobiles and carrying them across the state line from here to Illinois you here's a witness mm-hmm Cross-fitting attorney thought he might need me. I made the arrest about three months ago. Oh, well, that's why I didn't know about the case Well, that's right. You were in the Salt Lake City office then wouldn't you? That's right. Who is this Paul Scott? He was the brains behind the operation. They stole cars in about 10 states. Yeah, how'd you make the collar? Well, I got a tip that he was eating in a place over on Market Street. I went over there He was and I brought him in well that easy easy as that They set the bail at 100,000 and he couldn't raise it Remember the case now that you mentioned that hundred thousand sure say what was the nickname the papers pinned on Scott the blade Oh, yeah, there was a knife on him with a six inch blade when I rested it Yeah, sounds like a nice chum to go on a cruise with well I don't think mr. Scott will be taking many cruises when this trial is over good Oh, you go ahead mark finish that report you're working on. I've got some people to see downtown Can you tell me why I'm blindfolded so you can't see where you're going but what is this all about? Look, mr. I can't talk to you about it. Are we going to meet somebody? Yeah, when real soon. Well, can you tell me why can't tell you nothing now shut up? Okay, mr. We're gonna pick up the boss when right now. This is the right guy Yeah, this is mr. Thomas J. Harris, ain't you that's right now. Can you tell me what this is all about? Yeah? That's fine You're on the jury in the Paul Scott case mr. Harris I am I'm a friend of Paul Scott and I want to make a deal with it Deal yeah If you see to it that Scott beats this rap There's five G's in it for your end. You mean you I mean I want you to see to it that Scott is found Not guilty by that jury. I'm only one man I yeah, but you can swing some other votes once you get into that jury room and there's 5,000 in it for you, but I can't I know this is kind of sudden Don't give me an answer now When do you have to know Joe call you up later on tonight at your house? What's that? Ain't gonna be a healthy world for you if you don't go along with us Think that over mr. Harris Don't get too excited Joyce it's nothing nothing you get picked up and your eyes are taped in it's nothing I'm gonna call the police sit down dear. I don't want you to call anyone, but pop you can't go through with it Well, don't think I want to how they're gonna come here later No, one of them is going to call on the telephone. All right when the phone rings. We'll just let it ring Promise me you won't answer but Joyce. I'm afraid to think what they'll do Dangerous men then you've got to call the police if I call the police. I couldn't tell them who to arrest Why not I saw the one who picked me up outside, but I never saw the other one the boys And even so even if they arrested both of them the gang is bigger than that somebody would well Somebody might try to kill me, but you could get police protection for the rest of my life. I wouldn't want that Let it ring Let it ring. Oh, Jim Well, I wasn't gonna see you till tomorrow night. Can't you stand being away from the office? I came back here to go to work work You want to start at this hour on what mark when I left here? I went on to police headquarters I've picked up a very interesting rumor about the scott case. That's right There may be some tampering going on with the jury that was picked for that case this afternoon How do they figure well it seems that scott has been bragging to some of the others around the jail that everything Is in the bag for him to get an acquittal and one of them talked That's it one of scott's cellmates told a trustee and he told the warden and the warden called police headquarters, right Yeah, what do we do now? Well, the first thing to do is get a list of the jurors who were chosen this afternoon Okay, when we get that list we'll take the matter up for the prosecuting attorney and the judge I guess they'll want us to go down and have a talk with them one by one and it'd be my guess. Come on. Let's get moving How long has it been now pop since the phone rang? About an hour why? Well, maybe it worked Maybe they think you're not at home. Yeah, maybe Why don't you go up and go to bed pop? I I think I will I I don't know if I'll be able to see but What do you think yes, it's probably them don't answer the door joys if they've come this far they're not going away that easy I'll get it Hello, mr. Harris Why didn't you answer the phone mr. Harris? Well, I thought maybe you didn't answer the phone because he's not going to take your bride Why did you come from out of the woodwork? That's my daughter joys tell her to mind her own business What my father does is my business look mr. Harris I came over here to talk to you Do we need this broad joys? Please go back into the kitchen. No pop. I'm going to stay here. Well if you stay here shut up Now mr. I ain't got time to be spending all night here. What's the word? I don't see how I can do what you asked I mean you ain't gonna play ball with us. I don't wait Wait a minute before you make up your mind. I got something to tell you What is it the boys said to tell you if you said no that he'd raise the ante to 10,000 bucks 10,000 that's right. Now. That's a lot of cabbage. Mr. Just for a couple of days work You can go back and tell the boss that I'm not for sale what you heard him is not for sale Now get out before I call the police before you what before I call the police Ladies stay away from that phone I said drop that phone and I meant it say that's my daughter. You I know it's your daughter Mr. But she was going to call the cops Now look I'm going to let you lose but don't try anything No choice choice dear she'd be all right. She was only knocked out for a while. Get out of here You mean your answer is still no, that's right Okay I got some news for you I'm taking your daughter with me and keeping her until you decide to vote the right way. 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Yes It was the same man who drove me away after dinner. I see you don't know his name, of course Well, the boss called him joe one time. Oh That might have been just a throw you off Maybe Uh, you don't buy any chance remember hearing any peculiar sounds while you're on the ride with joe. Do you mr harris? No, I don't uh, I was so puzzled about the whole thing and I'm afraid that I wasn't particularly listening for anything. Oh, I can understand that You don't have to be ashamed of being afraid mr Oh, I don't know anyone who likes having a gun stuck against his ribs. Oh, let's get this straight, sir You say joe was about five feet ten inches tall That's right. We're light complexion and blonde hair Correct, and yet a scar on his right cheek that slanted toward his ear. Yes Now that might be enough identification for us mr taylor only one is my daughter I don't care about catching those gangsters. We'll do our very best to find both of them mr harris You can depend on that What shall I do tomorrow? Do you want me to go to court? Yes You go to court just as if nothing had happened We'll get word of the judge and if he agrees we'll get an adjournment of a few days What good will that do it'll give them a chance to get in touch with you again And if they do if they do you tell them that you will play ball with them That's just so that you can get your daughter back Then we'll try to catch them when you've got nothing at stake I see in all kidnapping cases mr harris the object of the fbi is to first ensure the safety of the victim Then catch the kidnappers. I didn't know that Now we're going down to police headquarters and see if we can find a picture of the man you described for us as joe If we do we'll be back here to see you Who's there? It's me joe. Okay, wait a minute. What do you say joe? He said no, but I got everything fixed up. He went for the 10,000. No, but I snatched his daughter You what? I snatched his daughter and I told him we wouldn't bring her back until after he said okay Holy yep, how stupid can you get what do you mean? I thought that was real smart You see now he's got to help paul beat the rat Don't you ever read the papers you ape get mad boy. Sure. I read the paper Did you see where three guys went to the chair last week back east out of snatch? Yeah, but this guy can't squawk boss Where is she the girl over in my apartment? Where's that? 51 state street what for you on the apartment. Yes. Yes, it's in the cellar and I got a gig Is she blindfolded too? Sure boss. You don't think I'm that down He won't answer that I'll listen and hear me good I hear you're good. I want you to go back to that apartment pick up that girl and take her back home What I got enough trouble trying to get the blade out of the jam. He's in without getting into a jackpot myself Now go ahead and let her lose. Okay, boss. Whatever you say pick me up tomorrow morning Now we got to get out of town for a while Oh, mr. Taylor, mr. Jackson, do you have any word about my daughter? No, not yet, but of course we sent out the alarm only about an hour ago I've never spent an hour like this last one. I'm sure you have in the stairs Yes, sir. Will you take a look at these three pictures and see if any one of them is joe? No, not this one Yes, this last one. This is joe. That's fine. Oh, I don't think I can stand much more of my ass. We'd like Joyce Oh, thank god you're home Are you all right? Yeah, but how How did you get here that man brought me back dropped me on the corner. Oh, it's so good to have your home pop Who are these men? Oh This is mr. Taylor. Joyce and mr. Jackson. They're from the fbi Oh, the fbi. That's wonderful. Hey, maybe you'd better sit down this house. All right Thank you A little weak in the knee Baby, tell me did they hurt you? No, except when that joe knocked me out while I was telephoning. Where did he take you miss house? I don't know mr. Taylor. I I was blindfolded after we got into the car. You were conscious then? Yes I guess the fresh air revived me. I see. Did you get to talk to the boss too miss harris? No, I didn't Joe took me to a place and then left and a little while he came back and drove me home He seemed very mad. Oh Sounds like maybe the kidnapping was his own idea and the boss didn't like it. Yeah, it does Jury tampering is one thing kidnapping is another then you tell us anything about the place. He took you to worry we wrote for I should say 20 minutes. Well, that means you stayed within the city limits Do you have any idea where you were when you got out? We went down a flight of steps off the street I see into a cellar. Yes While I was down there, I could hear people talking when they walked over the grating in front Could you hear what they were saying? Yes, there there must have been a movie right near there They were talking about the picture the killers killers That's a good picture. I saw it I'll tell me what time was this I guess about one o'clock. Did you hear anything else? Yes There was an automobile smash up almost in front of the building while I was there I heard the crash and in a little while I heard an ambulance arrived Well, thank you miss harris. That ought to be enough for us. Come on mark. We've got work to do Is that map you asked for jim's with the whole city laid out block by block. Okay, let's get some pins I got you this pins with different colored heads Then we'll get police reports on all accidents between one and two this morning Right I'll check on all the movie houses that are playing the killers Then we'll want the hospital records and ambulance calls between one and two from every hospital check I'll arrange for that We'll put a red pin in the map every place we find a movie house for the killers A white pin where we find an auto crash and a blue pin where we find an ambulance pickup I'll make all the phone calls now you get the hospital and police records. I'll find out about the movie houses Seventh and main Here it is. Yeah, okay. That's the last of the movie houses pinned down All right here the records from police headquarters, right? Let's start on that for the time we're through Maybe the hospital records will be here. Okay. You want to take this first cheat and I'll work on the second Let's keep going. We've got no time to spare Is that the last pin on the hospital pickups? That's right Jim. That's all good. Now. Let's check this map. Okay There's the place with all three pins together. Yes Biff and state street Okay, now let's find Joe Me Joe Hey boys, how come the door ain't locked kids come up from the drugstore of my breakfast I'll be finished packing here in a minute. Hey look boss When are we going to get out of here as soon as I eat breakfast that quick, huh? Sure. We got to get out of town There's heat gets off us and uh speaking of heat did you get rid of the girl? Yeah Yeah, I dropped her off near where she lives anybody see it. Nope street was empty good Hey boys, are we going to stay away a long time? No, just until we find out whether that guy harris called the cops about his daughter We got no kidnapping ramp against us. We come back. Oh good. You see I want to tell my girl Tell your girl nothing. Don't tell anybody where we're going or why you tell her when we come back Okay, where is that kid with my breakfast? Oh, listen, we finished packing. Let's get out of here and get some coffee on the road All right, don't move either of you. Who are you? Who are these other people if you insist on formal introductions It's a mr. Harris. Maybe you didn't recognize him without any tape over his eyes That's his daughter joce and this is mark jackson. We're both special agents of the fbi Mr. Whiskers That's us Joe. Well, what brought you here? We pieced together miss harris's story Found out where joe had taken her last night Then we waited outside joe's place all night with mr. Harris and his daughter when joe came out this morning We just followed him here. Why are you still there mr. Martin? Mr. Harris close your eyes for a moment All right, mr. Martin ask mr. Harris a question any question. I have nothing to say to mr. Harris Mr. Harris, is that the voice? Yes, that's the voice. I heard when joe brought me to talk to somebody I'd know it anywhere. All right, mr. Martin you too joe You were so interested in juries We're going to give you a chance to face one Herbert martin and his hired thug joseph wentworth were tried separately and were both convicted Wentworth was convicted of kidnapping and received a 20-year sentence Herbert martin was convicted of conspiring to bribe a federal juror and is now serving a long sentence in the penitentiary This case was brought to you tonight from the files of your fbi to show with what Thuramus your fbi works on every case that falls within its jurisdiction Not every case is solved easily Not every case is solved quickly But the record of your fbi proves that the most difficult cases are broken open Because no clue is too small No lead too improbable for the fbi to follow It is that painstaking care with the most minute detail That has brought your fbi the worldwide reputation it has A reputation as invincible protectors of you the american people In just a moment, we'll tell you about next week's exciting case from the official files of your fbi Now one last word to business executives Since group insurance was originated by the equitable life assurance society 35 years ago Thousands of employers have learned that group insurance means satisfied workers Bill's loyalty and morale decreases labor turnover improves quality and quality of production Get all the facts and figures from an equitable society group insurance expert Whether your employees are entirely uninsured or have only partial protection Get in touch with the nearest office or write direct to the new york home office of the equitable life assurance society of the united state Next week, we will bring you another colorful story from the files of the federal bureau of investigation operation rumba The incidents used in tonight's equitable life assurance societies broadcast Are adapted from the files of the federal bureau of investigation However, all names used are fictitious and any similarity there are to the names of persons living or dead is accidental Tonight's broadcast was directed by william m sweets The music was composed and conducted by frederick steiner The author was jerry d lewis and your narrator was dean carlton This is your fbi is a jerry divine production This is milton cross speaking for the equitable life assurance society of the united states And the equitable society's representative in your community And invite you to tune in again next week at this same time When the equitable life assurance society of the united states will bring you another thrilling story from the files of the federal bureau of investigation operation rumba On this is your fbi This is abc the american broadcasting company