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That's right. Well, I'm Walter Douglas Is mr. Madison at home? Yes, he is won't you come in please? Someone for you Frank. Okay, I'll be running on Won't you please sit down mr. Douglas? Thank you You'll keep a very neat house I wish you'd mentioned that when my husband comes here. I will but doesn't eat it Well, well, well, here's the town hero now. Oh, mr. Douglas Frank. I Hope you don't mind my calling you Frank. Why not at all? I Suspect you've been calling me some other things recently Well, then you know why I'm here and that'll save us some time I think I do know why you're here, but I'd rather hear it from you. All right You were down at the county clerk's office a week ago with an engineer. That's right And you were checking my blueprints and specifications for the bridge my firm is building down at the river right again. I Knew the clerk would call you after I left and then you were up to talk to some of my men who are working on the bridge job and they Let you have some samples of the materials we're using and I don't mind telling you now that the quality of those samples Didn't come up to your specifications. Oh, you've already gotten a report back on the man came back yesterday Look son when you went away from here four and a half years ago You were working in Tom Jenkins garage as a grease monkey remember like it was yesterday And when you came home the town was so grateful that we all chipped in and bought you your own garage I remember that too. Now's the time to get down to cases then Who do you think bought that garage? Why? The people of Jefferson County Yes, in a way they did But I'm the one who started it through my sunflower social club. I put the whole thing over in other words Walter Douglas gave you that garage sir and now Walter Douglas wants me to forget about the report That's right, I couldn't do that mr. Douglas I've just been elected city chairman of the better government group. Yes, I know baker's organization, but Baker doesn't know you've gotten the report back yet. Does he know but he will How much will you take to tear up the report? Look mr. Douglas. I can take only so much. You better get out of here now You might find it a little dangerous Tangling with an organization like mine son. I don't scare that easy mr. Douglas I'll take my chances And come in and close the door Louie Sit down Louie Louie I got a job for you. Oh good for self getting out of practice lately. What's the job? Miss Jenkins get me buddy over the cabin will you Louie You know that garage down at main and 5th Street. Yeah, yeah sure ain't that the place where we had all the music? Yes, Louie, that's the place Ever been inside sure had a flat fix that two weeks ago. What's the funniest thing? Save it Louie? I haven't got time for the story now. Okay. I'll tell you later Remember the job you did three years ago on the old turnpike The fire that's the one you want it should bring down a guy's garage. No, no, no not entirely Louie, I don't think we have to go that far You want like a one-alarm fire they should get them time to put it out I'm sure you have described it perfectly. If there's a small fire the damage is about 25% of the place I I think that'll be sufficient when he went the job done for us some time within the next 48 hours Okay, I'll do it one tonight Oh, hello, Mr. Douglas. Hey, I learned a new song today on the fiddle. That's fine, buddy. It's fine. Listen on Monday night Louie will be up to the cabin. All right, Mr. Douglas Say you want me to play the song to you over the telephone? Not right now buddy. No. Bye Louie, yeah, buddy. I'll have everything ready for you on Monday night at the cabin What they're after the job, but don't come back down for about a week He'd ought to be off by then and listen don't forget Not too big a fire. Just enough to scare In a large nearby city Wednesday morning found two old friends seated at the desk in the field office of the FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor spoke first. All right. It's good to see you again Frank. I wish I could say the same Jim Kind of a crack is that to me. I'm here on business Jim. Oh What's the trouble? Well, let me go back to the beginning. All right guy go ahead a couple of weeks ago I was elected city chairman of the local better government group. I couldn't have picked a better man Thanks, Jim. Well, right off the bat I decided to look into the bridge that's being built down our way by Walter Douglas You didn't have to tell me he was doing the job. He's built everything in this county except a good reputation You said it I'll go on Frank. Well, we took some samples of the stuff He's building a bridge with and sent them to a laboratory and I just got the report back I can guess what it shows it shows that the bridge is going to be a danger to life and limb Yeah, that's bad Last Sunday after Douglas knew I had the report he came to the house and told me it would be dangerous to tangle with him Was able to walk out under his own power. I didn't touch him. That's all he's looking for Well Frank any witnesses to his threat? No Mary was in the kitchen. That's too bad. Well, go on. What happened then? Well last night. There was a fire at my garage. No started at about 9 30 an hour and a half after I went home For any evidence that Douglas did it? Oh, no, but I found Somebody sneaked in and slugged my nightmare and while he was unconscious. They started the fire Well, then your nightmare didn't see who did it. Oh Jim what can you do for me? Well, Frank, uh, I'll tell you what I'd do if I were in your place What I'd bring a lawsuit against the city and against Douglas claiming that the bridge is a danger to life and limb Oh, but that'll take too long Jim. I want to I know what you want to do Now in addition to the action against the city and Douglas You also get a temporary injunction against the city for what? Prevent them from paying any more the taxpayers money to Douglas until after the action comes to court You think that'll do it? I know it will. Well, that'll tie his hands so tight. He'll think he's wearing handcuffs. Thanks Jim I'll let you know how I make out right Frank and give my best to Mary Yeah, Louie come in and close the door Get another job for you. You're gonna make a little trip Well, yeah, where am I going up to my lodge in the mountains? Well alone. Oh, you'll have company Listen to these instructions carefully Louie. Yeah, boys. I can't afford to have you make any mistakes this time I'll be real careful honest. All right. I'm the way up to the lodge. You go through a town named Medford Yeah, yeah, I know what it is. Frederick Baker lives up there He's head of the better government group that Frank Madison is connected with. Yeah Now when you get to Medford go to the telegraph office and send this telegram to Madison It's telling him that a car is being sent in to pick him up and it's signed Frederick Baker. Yeah. Yeah, I got you That's easy boy. All right, and go on up to the lodge and get buddy to drive back down here with you Oh, what do I need info? There's a two of you We're gonna pick up Frank Madison blind fold them take them back up to the lodge and keep them there until this case comes up in court Who is that at the door dear? Western Union, hon. Oh Who's it from? Oh, it's from mr. Baker. Hmm. What do you say? What's me to come up and see him tonight? Well, does he say what it's about? No, but maybe the group has dug up something new about Douglas Oh, what time do you have to leave? Mr. Baker says his car will pick me up seven. Oh Golly, it's only a couple of minutes from now. You say so it is well. I don't have it to pack anything I'll be back later tonight. Okay. I'll wait up for you dear. Okay, enough. I should have to be gone overnight I'll call all right here. Oh, there's the car coming in the driveway right now Yeah, I guess that's it. All right. It's certainly nice of him to send his car all the way in for you, isn't it? I'll go there. All right, Mr. Madison. Yes, sir. Are you from mr. Baker? That's right. Okay. I'll be with you in a minute Mary will you will you hand me my hat, hon? Oh, sure I will but where it I'll see you later See you later, dear. Oh, it's certainly a beautiful night, isn't it? Yeah Nice driving through the country tonight. Mm-hmm How long to take you to drive down from Medford? Oh about 35 minutes no traffic tonight Where do you want to sit mr. Madison back or in front? I'll sit up front with you. Okay, wait. I'll open the door for you Go ahead mr. Madison Nice work, Louis. You never even guessed you was there. All right. Get me on the wheel. Let's get out of here We will return in just a moment to tonight's file which shows how your FBI promotes national security Now let's hear from a typical American who has attained greater personal security Thanks to his employers cooperation and the equitable society. 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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 blueprint for murder A little more than a year ago The last shell was fired in world war two A war which took americans all over the face of the earth in an effort to retain a world in which we could live in peace That war was fought because the citizens of the world allowed themselves the luxury of neglecting their worldly duties But neglecting to clear up the festering sore spots that later threatened to infect every nation on earth Adolf hitler and benito musolini were petty local grafters at one time Petty local charlatans like the man in tonight's case from the files of your fbi But it is a certain proof That from petty local tyrants Come threatening national dictators The place to start cleaning house Is in your own backyard The night's file continues in the living room of the madison home Special agent jim taylor in response to a frenzied phone call from mary has just arrived Oh jim Oh jim, what am i going to do what mary the first thing to do is pull yourself together Come on all right jim i'll i'll try Now look frank is famous for having a lot of courage to let show everybody he hasn't got it all All right, i'm ready to help How do i start good good Now you said over the phone that a man called here for frank last night That's right. He said he was from mr. Baker's well i spoke to baker after you called he didn't send the telegram that frank got I know i called him too. I forgot to tell you that Oh Mary anything else that you forgot to tell me no jim A black sedan. I don't know what makes pulled up in front of the house at seven o'clock Frank went out got in the car and I watched it speed across the state line Early this morning when frank hadn't come home or called me I called mr. Baker, then you called me That's right. Now mary try to remember this. It's very important Has any other car been in your driveway since the car that took frank away? No No, none at all And that was the only car in the driveway at all yesterday because frank didn't drive down to the garage yesterday Oh, why not no reason. He just said he wanted to walk. He does that every once in a while Well, okay, we've got something to work on anyway. It's not much, but it's a start What is it? Well, there's some clear tire tracks in your driveway. I noticed them when I came up the walk I can make a print of them And there's some red clay in the driveway that probably came off the tires of that car Oh, yes, I noticed that this morning when I looked out. Well, we'll have the lab check on the clay That's about all we can do right now I'm gonna make those tire prints mary and pick up some of that clay I'll see you later How are things going when you're left? Oh, they was going fine. When does the case come up? Wednesday afternoon And there'll be a postponement And when it comes up next time, I don't think mr. Madison will be so anxious to press any chart Yeah, that shows a smart trick, boss Now, are you sure you kept Madison blindfolded all the time he was in the car? So he doesn't know where he was being taken. Oh, sure boss. Yeah, right after I hit him buddy drove away And while Madison was out I put the tape over his eyes. He couldn't say nothing. I guarantee you boss That's fine And he wouldn't be able to direct anyone to the cabin after he set free on Thursday Oh, you want me to take him down there med foot while he's still blindfolded and just let him out of the car No, no, not you. I want buddy to do that Then I'll send buddy away for a couple of months while he heats on and then Everybody will forget all about it. Yeah, but boys what difference does it make if buddy on me lets him go Madison knows I was in on a job You what? Yeah, yeah, sure Like I say I taped his eyes real tight But he come out of it after I clunked him and he heard me talking right away. He said hello loy Oh, no, why didn't you tell me that why don't you wait three whole days to tell me? Well, I didn't say until just now what should I do sit down and write your letter from up there Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let's have a little quiet. Yeah, boss Louis You got still another job to do. Okay boys. What is it if Madison knows you worked on the job Then he can hook me into it and we can't afford that What do you want me to do? Just tell me boys. Louis You know the high ledge behind the cabin. Yeah, yeah, sure makes me dizzy when I look down Madison's still blindfolded in there. Yeah, I told you boys. He's still taped up. He can't see nothing good You drive back up to the cabin you go in and talk to Madison and tell him you want to take a walk with him Tell him the exercise will be good for him. Yeah Oh, what happens? Do I have to draw pictures for you loy? Go for a walk with Madison you walk up to the cliff and he keeps walking There's snow in that canyon nobody will find the body into a spring It's it boys. You sure that braver line that back in the car and get up that cabin Hasn't anything come of any of your leads Jim. No nothing yet, Mary I I don't think I can stand this very much. Hold on to yourself These cases sometimes run this way You don't get a thing for days and then well everything happens at once. What happened with that red clay Anything petrographic experts are working on it. Mary. I can't do a thing till I hear from them And there wasn't anything in those deeds down in the county courthouse. No, Mary, not a thing If Douglass had frank kidnapped by some of his henchmen, he's holding him somewhere that's not registered in his name I wish frank had never gotten mixed up in this thing. Oh, Mary You'll be proud. He did when he gets back Oh, then do I really think you'll be back? I certainly He'll be all right But Mary you won't be all right unless you get some sleep How could I sleep? I'll call you the minute anything breaks not I'll get it. All right Hello Yes, this is Taylor. Oh, hello, Gordon. Yes Where? Yeah Yeah, I see Okay, thanks tell the office I'll be in touch with him later What is it Jim? It's the first break we've gotten one of the agents down at the office Found out Douglass likes to go hunting hunting. How does that help us? Well, they checked through the newspaper files found a picture of Douglass on a hunting trip up at mount bell Let me finish Mary And the office had the petrographic expert checked the red clay from your driveway against some standards They had from mount bell and they matched as closely as those samples ever match. What are you going to do then jim? I'm going on a hunting trip. Mary up to mount bell hunting for frank Hey buddy, huh? Why I don't want you to think I'm not grateful for all the entertainment But I want to know who you work for You work for Douglass or for louis? I don't know what you're talking about. I keep telling you that You don't expect me to believe that you own this place, do you? Why not? Ain't much of a place. Where would you get the money to buy it from a fiddle? I get big money for playing this why it would take a monkey three years to pick up enough to buy a hunting lodge That ain't a nice thing to say about my music mister. I'm sorry, but oh We've got company shut up Who's there? Okay, how's it been acting? Oh fine. We ain't had no trouble at all. What's the reason for the visit louis? Mr. Douglas gets soft-hearted all of a sudden shut up Talk when you talk to Let's take quiet You big brave man I'll bet you wouldn't mind fighting anybody if he was blind to you They said shut up. Hey Louie. I thought he said not to musc this guy up. That's off now Hey, yo, you mean me? Yeah, yo what get up? Where's his coat buddy? You're gonna spring him now. Uh Just gonna take him for a little walk The exercise will do him good. Uh here. I'll get his coat You want me to come along? No, you've got enough for exercise. Hey, mr. Madden Put your arms out I got your coat in back of you You feel this thing I got pressed against your face Feels cold Feels like a gun. That's just what it is What's that for? That's to use on you Just in case you decide to scream when we get out on a road if there's anybody around there won't be I've been listening for three days Okay, Frank. It's me Jim. Jim. Holy Frank. What's the name of the one who didn't have the gun? That's buddy. Okay, buddy Just stand still You don't carry a gun, huh? Oh no, sir. I ain't a killer. All right. Go stand against that wall. Go on The other one's name is louis. Did you kill him? No, I just winged him hit him in the shooting arm Wait till I pick up his gun Jim Rip this stuff off my eyes. Well, no, we'd better have a doctor in town to that Frank. Okay How'd you find me here? Well the red clay your friend's tires left in your driveway Wasn't found anywhere in the state except up here up where where am I near the top of Montbell So I just went from cabin to cabin until I found a garage that had a car with a tire that matched the impression They left in your driveway And well here I am boy. You make it sound easy Look, Jim, there's a phone in the bedroom off to the right. Will you lead me in there so I can call mary? Sure, Frank But then we've got a hurry. What's the big rush? This is wednesday and in just two hours your case against douglas comes up Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get rolling Walter Douglas was never tried and convicted of causing frank medicine to be kidnapped Because he committed suicide His accomplices charles buddy cook and louis young both received long sentences in a federal penitentiary And so another crime was prevented another murder in this country's growing crop of homicides Prevented by the quick work of your fbi Whose job it is to protect your lives and your properties But whose even more important job is to protect the civil liberties that american citizens have under our constitution A charter that grants you your right to free speech Your right to freedom of religion and your rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Your fbi is honored to have so important an assignment And it means to continue to serve you the american people As well in the future as it has in the past In just a moment we 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 The frightened fugitive The incidents used in tonight's equitable life assurance society's broadcasts are adapted from the files of the federal bureau of investigation However, all names used are fictitious and any similarity thereafter 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 gerry d lewis and your narrator was dean carlton This is your fbi is a gerry divine production This is milton cross speaking for the equitable life assurance society of the united state 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 of the united state will bring you another thrilling story from the files of the federal bureau of investigation The frightened fugitive on This is your fbi This is abc the american broadcasting company