 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 Presenter 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 nearly 8,000 trained representatives from coast to coast Serving over four million members tonight an equitable society representative as an important message on social security We were all keenly interested to hear the news about social security Benefits have gone up from 50 to 100 percent 10 million more people have been taken into the security fold What does this mean to you? Are you just starting out with social security or have you been covered all along in either case? Your future has changed now is the time to give it a careful once over to help you the Equitable Society has Revised its famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers in just 14 minutes. Mr. Keating will explain just how this chart can help you Tonight FBI file number 293 its subject homicide its title the prodigal hoodlum Those who have gone most deeply into the problem of juvenile delinquency Agree on this one point among youthful lawbreakers. There is no common denominator Some are bright boys some are dullards some come from broken homes some from well-to-do families Similarly each young criminal is what he is for many different reasons. No one factor is entirely to blame That is why there is no single cure-all for the problem of juvenile delinquents or for any individual who has classified as such Tonight's case from the vials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is an example of this Our file opens in the hospital ward of a prison located beside a river which runs through a large Midwestern city FBI Special Agent Taylor enters this ward and walks to the bedside of a patient Are you mr. Taylor? That's right nice. Can't you tell he's a cop? They call to say that you were coming up Please don't stay any longer than you have to all right. I won't ring if you want me. Thank you Mr. Baker you feel strong enough to make a statement about William Stone. That's right sure What do you want to know everything guess it won't hurt to tell you Maybe I ought to start at the beginning The first time I ever saw Willie stone He was on a dock a couple of blocks away from here and when was that? 1935 I Was the head man around this time these And everything Not telling how much though I had rolling in but One thing they always said about Harry Baker. I Never forgot when I come from I always used to visit the old neighborhood This day. I'm talking about I Went down with Steve Steve Conway When the guys are my payroll We've been to the candy store in the pool room and the other joints I used to hang out Finally we got to the dock I came use for swimming when we was kids There was kids there that Harry get a load of them kids They don't look like they're worried about much. Why should they be when I was their age? I never had no trouble sleeping What a touch nobody'll ever run a benefit for that kid You don't look like he needs one now either I can see myself doing the same thing 30 years ago You charge the other kids for going in I had another racket, but I was like him Hey kid What's your name kid No nice racket you got if you want a piece the answer is no How much do you make your kid? How much you making your business? That's right kid. Don't let anybody look at the books This is so much buy yourself a cash register Come on Steve I'll take the car back myself. Well, what about me stick around find out about that kid get his name and worry Let's I want to see him the new med Willie stone before he cut his eye teeth. Yeah How old was he then 14? His folks were dead and he lived with his sister She worked in an office for 25 a week One day I went on to see They lived in a cheap flat on the same block. Yes. I'm Betty stone I'd like to talk to you about your brother. Is he in trouble? No, but he will be unless he gets straightened up I know but I can't do anything with him. I'd like to help you if you'll let me who are you? My name is Harry Baker the Harry Baker. Mm-hmm get out. Well, you haven't heard what I want to say I don't care. You'd probably like to help Willie so he can grow up and work for you You're wrong miss. Well, then why should you care about him? I saw him in the 10th Street Pier a couple of weeks ago The boy looks like I did thinks like I did that's why I like it So you want him to be like you now? I came here to try to give him the things I never had This is a chance for the kid a chance for him to turn out legit make look. I don't want to tell will you sit down? Hear what I have to say Maybe I can talk you into doing it. Well, I Did sort come into it. I gave her some dough Well, he went to school He never knew it was come from me We made up some kind of a story about her one of the sweepstakes message for you. Mr. Taylor. Oh, thank you nurse It's from Memorial Hospital Baker They say that Willie Stone's condition is still critical. You want to hear the rest of the story? Yeah, please go ahead A lot of time went by before I saw Willie again About four years. I guess it was I Used to send dough to the sister and she kept the kid in school Then one day Steve Harry Harry the kids outside. Oh, Willie stone Willie storm. What's he doing here? I don't know but he's asking for you Well, what do you think? Oh? Remember me kid on the dock Willie storm Yeah, sure like a talk to you Okay, come on and wait outside with your Steve. Yeah, sure Son, I'm kid. Well, thanks You're growing up, ain't you guess so and that wardrobe looks like you're doing okay. Thanks to you What do you mean? I don't try to cover mr. Bake. I know the whole score. You bought me these clothes You sent me to school. Where did you get that? I'm a letter you sent to my sister. I've had this check in it Yeah I'll come here to read the letter. Are you open it? You think that was right? Well, that's what you're doing now wait a minute kid. Look, I didn't come here to complain about that I don't mind your pain for my education. I just want to pick the subject You sent me to the wrong kind of school You want to go someplace else? Yeah Yeah, I Don't get it. I want to go to school here in the office. I want to learn the rackets That's not what I sent you to school for look. I want a job with you. Do I get it? No You're going back to school and you're gonna stay there till you finish Mr. Taylor Maybe all this sounds like I wanted to be a sandy close But once in a while even the guy like me gets hit with conscience Besides, I like the kid. I wanted to give him a break Might have been better if you'd given him a good example a visitor for you Hello Steve, how are you Harry? Not so good Taylor, this is Steve Conway. Hello Conway. Hi Taylor's with the FBI I'm just filling him in on Willie Stone. Oh Go ahead bigger. What happened after he came to your office. Oh I Thought he'd gone back to school. I I was busy and I didn't have time to check For a couple of months later. I had a visit was Steve showed him in the Well, hello there miss down. What can I do for you? I came here to compliment you on the job You did on my brother. Well, I turned out to be a first-class hoodlum. It's one. I should have known from the beginning That's all you wanted. Wait a minute. What are you talking about? What's this hoodlum? You should know that Ain't the kid going to school. No, I found out this morning. He hasn't been there in months I found out a lot of other things too. He suddenly has lots of money a flashy car and what's more? He carries a gun look miss down. This is all news to me. I don't believe you Where is Willie? I don't know. Isn't he home? No, he moved out this morning. Where to? I have no idea. You know where he hangs out in a basement on Market Street I'll have my boys check on him and if what you're telling me is true. I'll go see him tonight Oh guys maintenance call order We'll start this under the table. Let's see it mule Frankie. It's a hundred and ten bucks every store paid with the Broadway tailor shop He still refuses to join. Yeah says he don't need protection. We'll figure a way to change his mind. All right, Joey Let's have your report. What are you? See what is Frankie, right? Yeah, I'm looking for Willie stone. We're holding the meat Hello Willie Well a great mr. Baker What are you doing here? I came to see you what for I Wanted to talk to you. We're having a meeting right now. I can wait. What's with him? Yeah Looks like you got yourself a little organization here. Willing. That's right seems real familiar You know, I got my start in a seller just like this There's only three blocks. This gonna be the story of your life. No, it's open is for a little advice When I started in one of these sellers, there was nobody around to help me Nobody around to give me a break like I'm gonna give you now look. I don't talk. I Want you to go home kid Back to your sister Now why don't you go back to school not a chance look you got to finish what you started? I'm starting here Oh, you're not let's see you stop me Come on. Show me how you do it. I got a kid How do you like this boys? He don't want no action Maybe this will change his marks. I'm sorry. You did that. Well, you get out of here All right, kid We will return in just a minute to tonight's exciting case from the official files of your FBI now the equitable life assurance society will discuss changes in the Social Security law over 45 million Americans and their families are affected by these changes 35 million of these are folks who already have social security numbers their benefits have been increased 50 to 100 percent The remaining 10 million are the newcomers to social security now covered by the law for the first time as soon as the president signed the amended Social Security law the equitable society started to prepare a new and revised edition of its famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers This was done in the belief that every intelligent American would want to take a fresh look at his financial picture to see how the Changes in social security have affected him personally what you do when you get this fact-finding chart is very simple You imagine that death has taken you before your time your income has stopped But your kids still have the same appetite for food the same ability to wear our shoes How much money will your wife need to cover the monthly expenses? She will have to face the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers will give you a reliable and accurate answer with their new Social Security benefits how many additional dollars will they need every week to be well fed well house Well clothed until the youngest child finishes high school in five minutes The fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers gives you an answer guides you every step of the way with easy to understand pictures Once you have the facts you can plan intelligently chances are that with your new social security benefits only a small amount of additional life Insurance will give your family complete security your equitable representative will work out a sound program for you The first step is to ask him for a copy of the revised fact-finding charts 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 assurance society of the United States And now back to the FBI file the prodigal hoodlum Tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation begins back in 1935 One type of gangsterism was passing from the American scene hoodlums moved into new pastures Operated new rackets sometimes retaining the support of corrupt political machines in some places these sinister alliances are operating today Politics and police should have nothing in common Aroused alert citizens have kept them apart in many cities This separation is your best defense against crime Fight in every way you can against a police force being politically shackled It breeds Harry Baker's Steve Conway's and Willie stones Tonight's file continues in the prison hospital ward room Mr. Taylor, I think you'd better let him rest. All right, nice. I'm okay. These are doctor's orders. They've got to go to the waiting room Sure the waiting room is at the end of the ward. Thank you miss. Come on. Come on Right how bad off is he mr. Taylor? He's on a critical list Willie stone Still alive. Yeah conditions the same as bakers though Here's the waiting room Go ahead Thanks. All right, Conway. How about the rest of Baker's story? Well the night the kid slapped Harry's face It was like closing the book Harry never saw him again didn't even talk about him But he couldn't forget Willie cuz his time went on He stepped up into the big leagues He stole the counts from us if he ran low on whiskey to sell he hijacked our trucks Oh, he was in our hair real good Then one day I went to see Harry What's on your mind Steve? Well, I don't exactly know how to say this Harry, you know, I've been with you a long time What is this you walking on you know me better than that The boys had a meeting last night They don't like what Willie stones been doing to us tell him not to worry about Willie that sounds big enough They say no then they better have another meeting Harry They've already made up their minds They want Willie cool, huh? They say Either you do something about it or they don't want you running things no more Let them come here and tell me Harry they mean business Now look, I'm on your side, you know that But just between us the guys have got a legitimate beef Let me think about it Steve I'll let you know tomorrow night Well the day after that Harry went to all his safe deposit boxes Collected his dough and blew where did he go? Europe He went there meaning to stay Then the war busted out the Germans grabbed him and threw him into one of them prison camps After the war ended he got sprung hung around Europe till his dough ran out Then just about a month ago. He came back. I Live in a Roman house on the west side Some way Harry dug up my Steve coming That's right. Hello Steve Huh Harry Baker Harry Baker Harry hi, Steve. Hey, come on in come on in thanks. Hi. I didn't know you at first Gee you've changed. Yeah, I know I Guess maybe I have to Well sit down Harry sit down. Let me dig you out a drink. I don't want any well When'd you get back about a week ago? You were sure they're a long time too long Steve Well it it sure is good to see Harry. What about Willie stone Steve? What do you mean is he here in town? Yeah, he should be What's he doing? Oh, he's got some kind of a lottery touch. Where's his office? I don't know he keeps moving But he hangs out in the Turkish bath at Madison and Broadway Madison and Broadway I think I'll go over there and see him. Yeah, it's on me. Yeah I'm looking for Willie stone. Where is he on the massage table where in that room? Thanks. I was about time you get what are you one? Hello Willie? Who are you? Let's see if you remember look my I'm Harry Baker Didn't know you put on a little mileage plenty of mileage Been a long time Yeah, let's see last time I saw you was right when I quit school. I know I heard you blew the country Want to your opinion? Yeah When you get back last week Well, I brought you here. I want to talk to you That's kind of a old habit of yours, huh? Look catch me some other time. Well, yeah, I'm waiting for a massage. What are you doing lock in the door? Oh, wait a minute. What are you thinking the table Willie? I got a gun. Yeah, what is this? I told you I wanted to talk you just lay back and listen Anybody ever tell you Willie what happened just before I went to Europe Why I went No Well, my boys had a meeting They said they didn't want to go along with me anymore unless I took care of you. I Just couldn't do it. That's why I blew am I supposed to say thanks? All you got to do is listen You see, I thought I was right and everything I'd ever done with you They can you up sending you to school and then running away, so it's not the kid Yeah, I thought I was right until there was a war and I wound up in a prison camp in Belgium I met a guy in the camp a doctor We shared the same sound the stock was a real bright guy No, all the answers about what went on in people's heads look, what are you telling me all this for because it's about us One day I told him about you and me the whole works And that day on the docks till the time you slapped me in that Southern. I Also told him about running away because I couldn't kill you You know something when He come up with an answer An answer to the whole thing He said the reason I couldn't kill you was because you were me What this was something I'd build up in my own mind like a like an image. He called it Build it up until I got that thinking we were almost the same person. I Couldn't destroy you. He said because then I'd be destroying myself You get that kid Do you see what he meant? Yeah, well, I did Then for the first time I seen things as they really were Then they saw what I'd done I'd walked out on my business my friends even the country. I'd lived in for nothing That's why I come home And that's why as soon as I got here. I started looking for you I'm gonna make up for all that Willie. Oh, wait a minute. I'm gonna make up for everything Everything I lost by taking this gun and killing Harry killing her right now Harry Baker pumped five bullets into Willie and Used the last one on himself. Yeah, I know mr. Taylor. Yes, miss. I have some bad news Harry Baker is dead Well, it happened very quickly Oh, and I have a message for you mr. Taylor. Oh, thank you Nurse did you record the time that Baker died? Yes, let's see. It was 813 This message is from Memorial Hospital Willie Stone died too at exactly 813 As you have seen tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Is a story of misdirected good intentions of a juvenile delinquent who in spite of money and a costly education Became a vicious criminal Yes, there is no Royal Road to good citizenship No easy way to curb juvenile delinquency It is a known fact that there are two requirements of normal childhood love and example Had Harry Baker realized this had he set Willie a good example Had he made the effort to give him intelligent discipline understanding guidance instead of mere dollars This file might have had a different conclusion As events turned out however, this ending was inevitable For as long as our society breeds Harry Baker's and Willie Stones The Federal Bureau of Investigation will never rest until every one of them is either dead or behind prison bars In just a moment you will hear about next week's exciting case from the files of your FBI But first another message from our equitable society representative on the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Equitable men have been mighty pleased with the way folks have been helped by these charts and they've been going fast But if you haven't got yours yet, don't worry if you act quickly you can still get one without obligation Just ask your equitable representative for the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Revised to fit the new Social Security law or send a postcard care of this radio station to the equitable life of Shulin Society of the United States Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation File number 294 its subject bank robbery its title for Tet for crime The incidents used in tonight's equitable life of Shulin 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. 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