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I listened last week and heard about the Equitable Society's fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers My Equitable Society representative brought me a copy So naturally I know that this is your FBI is Sponsored by the Equitable Society in about 15 minutes I'll be back with full information about the Equitable Society's fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers tonight's FBI file the out-of-date killer The citizens of America like to think that because there is no daily story of the exploits of a gun-crazy Criminal like John Dellinger on the front pages of the morning newspapers That the era of the gang has passed Nothing could be further from the truth There not only are gangs of criminals operating in almost every section of the United States today But in many instances they are composed of the same gangsters who were operating during the prohibition era There is one difference between the gangster of the late 1920s and the top criminals of today The current version is no fast-topping thug with a broken nose and a cauliflower here Somewhere in the years between then and now He is acquired an almost genteel quality In spite of his monogram shirts and his manicured nails, however He still remains a menace to you the decent citizen If through your law enforcement agencies both local and federal you do not wipe him out Then you in turn will be wiped out by him For the war against crime is a war of survival Tonight's file opens in a large Midwestern city It is late afternoon as two men walk toward a room located in the rear of a bowling alley Both men are middle-aged, but one is well-dressed and dapper the other is ill-kept and as they walk He says the bowling alley to Frank. I own the whole building George pretty good Oh, wait, do you see this horse room a man can lose his money here in real comfort? Go ahead George. Thanks. Hey, this is quite a joint Frank. You remember Joe Essex. No, I don't think so Well, maybe he came around after you left. He runs this place for me. Oh, Joe Looks like a pretty good day for us. Yeah, Joe. I'd like you to meet George Monday. Hi, Joe You probably heard me speak of George. Yeah, he just got out of Hotel Leavenworth. He did 18 down there I want you to give George a job and doing what I used to be pretty good at collecting Well, George, we don't use that kind of muscle anymore. I'll find something for him Frank. Leave it to me All right, you're in George and once you get to know how we operate these days You'll be just as big a man as you were before you went away. Well Well, I've got to be going now fellas. I'll see you both later I just want to stick around. What's the action Frank? Oh, no. No, I've got to run Joe I've got a date in 15 minutes with the mayor The following afternoon at the local FBI field office special agent Jim Taylor is just entering the office of agent-en-charge Davis Shen for me, sir. Yes. I'd like you to meet Lieutenant Jenkins. This is special agent Taylor. Oh Lieutenant Jenkins is a graduate of the FBI Academy. Oh, why the tenant? Why don't you tell Taylor what you've been telling me? All right, Mr. Taylor, how much do you know about a man named Frank Adams? A lot of things I can't prove and we're both in the same boat I don't think there's any question about the fact that you can't make a better than a horse in this town without having it go Through a handbook that's either owned or controlled by Adams Right and my big gripe is if one of my men raids a horse room without a search warrant The evidence is not allowed in court If he goes and gets a warrant first the horse room is closed by the time he gets there Well, Lieutenant, you and I both know that an organization like Adams can't operate without political protection Sure, but if we work on this thing together, I think maybe we can do something about it Oh, I'd like to work on it with you very much Jim I've already explained to the lieutenant that we can't do anything officially unless there's been a violation of a federal statute over which We have jurisdiction However, I want you to give the lieutenant all the unofficial help you can I'll be happy to sir fine I've got to check in down at headquarters now, but I'll be back to see your first thing in the morning Hi Frank. Oh, hello, Joe. Hey your secretary said it was okay for me to poke my head in I'm bet you did come in come in Okay Little slow at the horse room. No, but now something's come up. I thought I should come over and spill it to you Well, what is it? You kind of handed me a hot potato when you gave me that guy George Mundy How? To know buildings just went up over on 10th Street He sent George over to see if he could handle the horse business for well, how did he make out made out fine He got the horse business. Well, well then what's your complaint? He slid the elevator starter in one building and the old guy runs the newsstand and the other I told him not to use any muscle He's got the cops on him, too. Huh for what I don't know That lieutenant Jenkins came around this afternoon. Lucky. I got word. He was coming at the room all closed by the time he got there What did he want? He asked me if George Mundy was working for me. You told him no sure Then he said when you see Frank Adams tell him I think it's my turn now Oh, hey, uh, let's figure. He's got something with me. Yes You better get Mundy bring him here to my office tonight and don't worry about that cop Jenkins I've got something in mind for him. Okay You busy Taylor. Oh, hello Luke China. I think I've got something on Frank Adams. Hey, that's great. What is it? An old man came to see me this afternoon down at headquarters. He runs the newsstand in that new building down at 10th and Olive He just come from seeing his doctor seems that he was badly beaten up the other night by Frank Adams No, not by Adams directly a hoodlum came in and ordered the old man to put in a handbook and handle the horse business for The tenants in the building I say I took the old man over to the rogues gallery And he went through the files and picked out this picture. I Don't recognize him. Who is he? His name is George Mundy. He just got back into town after serving 18 years Used to be a good friend of Frank Adams back in the prohibition days I've got a warrant for Mundy's arrest and I'm going out to pick him up now I wish I could go with you Mundy does talk I think maybe this time we'll be able to keep going and get an airtight case against Adams Frank's office here Frank at you Joe. Yeah, I'm back here in the conference room and come on George George with you. Yeah, well come in boys. Come in sit down sit down. Okay. Thanks So God George. Oh You want one Joe help yourself, right? What's all this about Frank? This meeting yeah Well, I asked you to bring you up here so I could straighten out a couple of things for you Yeah, like what? Well the other day when you first came back. I tried to explain this whole operation to you. I understood that now No, I don't think you did George You're under the impression that we still work like we did in the old days. Look Why are you all the time knocking the old days we did pretty good then didn't we we do better now We're all part of a team George No more muscle men. No more rugged individuals If anybody in the organization needs a gun He tells me what he wants it for I give him one from that ball player He checks it out like a book in the library. You see George We operate all together different today I'll take Frank for instance instead of keeping up in a broken down hotel room He lives in a 20 acre house in the country like in the state Look at his wardrobe. You saw him on the street. You'd figure him for a banker or a businessman. Well, what are you trying to prove? George Remember Fred Bristol sure he used to run policy slips. That was 18 years ago. He's not running policy slips now He owns a brewery on the north side And last year he threw a $15,000 party when his daughter got married the best people in town were there George You remember Charlie Snyder. Yeah trigger man. He worked for me. He's not a trigger man anymore Charlie controls every jukebox in town and he lives on a bigger state out in your mind Why the place must have cost him better than a hundred thou so everybody's doing good But me is that what you're trying to say? No, no, no George I'm trying to tell you that we're all doing good because we run our affairs in a business like way We've got the best lawyers in town the best tax experts the best politicians and they're all on our side And you know why George? We pay them off in the old days. We used to sell protection now. We buy it see I See But don't go along with it. Look George. We can't have you using muscle. I'll operate any way I want to not for us who needs you what a years ago you work for me George the meeting's over. Let me tell you one thing Frank before I quit you'll be working for me again Working the old-fashioned way my way Joe yeah George is in favor of using the old-fashioned way So I think we ought to oblige him. What do you mean? Get a gun out of the vault and follow him We will return in just a moment to tonight's exciting case from the files of your FBI Now listen Hear that clock By the time its second hand has traveled a full circle in hundreds of homes husbands will turn to their wives and say That fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers the equitable society is offering Sounds like a mighty good thing Remind me to phone an equitable society representative and ask him to bring us a copy Yes for six weeks the equitable society has been offering this fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers and every week the number of Request for free copies has been enormous. Here's why I like the idea of getting an accurate figure on the monthly income My family would need if I should die unexpectedly. 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He seems to be making some real progress. Oh, that's fine He's going to arrest a man named George Mundy who is mixed up in Adam's bookmaking operations. Oh, I remember Monday I was a special agent in this office when he was arrested. Oh, well this Monday beat up an old man Who runs the newsstand in the building at 10th and Olive the old man has identified Monday and is willing to testify against him Yes, that's the most difficult part of the job getting a decent citizen to go to court and testify Agent of charge David speaking. Yes cap I see Yes Yes, that does come under our jurisdiction What's that? Why I see Oh Yes, thanks for calling. Bye Jim that was police headquarters There was a body found it was riddled with bullets. They've just made the identification. Oh, it was it's a George Monday He was in a stolen car that was parked on the inside boundaries in the National Park and that makes it a federal crime Well, it's a tough break for Lieutenant Jenkins. Now. He's got to start all over again I'm afraid he won't get the chance and ten of Jenkins has been suspended from the force Why when the police went through George Monday's pockets They found an envelope that had been torn open on the face of it was type written Lieutenant Robert Jenkins $3,000 But he wouldn't take money from anybody. Well, I'd have said the same thing ten minutes ago But across the face of the envelope was Lieutenant Jenkins signature Lieutenant Jenkins is down here on the right-hand side mr. Taylor. Thanks I'll open it up and then leave you two alone. Thanks very much Just don't say anything at the outside desk about it. Okay Hello, Lieutenant. Oh, hello Taylor. I got down here as soon as I could. I appreciate that All it's in it. You think the handwriting experts will be able to prove that it really isn't your signature on that envelope? No, they won't It is my signature That's why You mean you actually signed that envelope? Yes, but there wasn't anything on it when I signed it. What made you do it? I came out a headquarters yesterday An old lady came up to me and asked me to sign a petition to increase the pension for the widows of policeman environment killed in line Of duty. Yeah, I took a quick look at the petition signed it. What happened? She must have pulled the old gag on me had me sign the envelope and I thought I was signing the bottom of the petition Lieutenant how many con men have you arrested for using that old trick to get somebody's signature probably 50 Well, then how could you fall for the same thing yourself Taylor? I don't know Well Lieutenant, I believe you But I'm afraid it's gonna be awfully tough to get a jury to believe yeah well I'm going down to the morgue now and look at George Mundy's effects And I'm going out and take a look at the car he was found in if I can get a lead on who killed George Mundy Maybe I can untangle your case at the same time I'm late sir have been up in the file room the gym I've just gotten a report back from Washington Our friends at the paper wire photo pictures of those shells you found near George Mundy's body to the lab I say they checked through the unidentified ammunition file and Found tentatively that the bullets which killed George Mundy were fired from the same gun that killed the policeman two years ago Oh, where was that sir? Well, there was a raid on a gambling house called the club Dover at the time the police arrived the place was closed Lieutenant Jenkins who conducted that raid sent one man around to check the back door. He's the one who was killed Who owned this club Dover? Well, I was owned by a corporation allegedly it was Frank Adams place, but the police couldn't have approved that Oh, I see the tenant Jenkins told me that story the other day when he was up here by way of explaining Why he was so anxious to get at him and now instead of getting Adams It looks as if Adams has gotten him I was down to see him yesterday morning before I went out and found those cartridge cases I see he told me that an old lady got him to sign the envelope by making him think he was really signing a petition Well, you know if we could look at that old lady, sir, we might be able to cooperate that story Agent in charge Davis speaking. Yes. He's here just a minute. It's for you, Jim. Oh, thank you, sir. Hello Hmm. Hey, you did that's fine. I'll be right up. Yeah. Thanks very much. Goodbye We don't have to find that old lady now, sir. Oh the lab just proved the lieutenant Jenkins was telling the truth Did you want to see me, Joe? Oh, yes, Frank. I must have left 20 messages around town for you Oh, what's all the excitement about? We might be in big trouble What kind of trouble? I got word a couple hours ago Jenkins got out of jail How could he do that? You know the envelope we planted on him? Yes The guys from the FBI proved that the carbon and the pencil markings was underneath the ink from the typewriter ribbon So what? So they proved that the typing was done after the signature was placed on the envelope and not before Oh, that's trouble, Frank. Those guys from the FBI can't be fixed What do we do? I think maybe we ought to take a little vacation someplace out of town. That's a good idea I've got some things to clean up at my office before I can get away Meet me there in an hour. Well, lieutenant, how does it feel to be a free man again? Taylor, I'll never be able to tell you how much I appreciate this Don't tell me. Tell the technicians in the laboratory. They're the ones who did all the work Wish they could help me get something on Adams. Maybe they have What do you mean? The men at the lab in Washington found that the bullets that killed George Mundy were fired from the same gun That killed that policeman in the raid on the club Dover two years ago That only tells us what we already know that Adams was behind both murders What it doesn't tell us is how we can prove it One way is to find that gun I've been trying for two years to do that We may be getting closer now to where it is We've got a crew of men out trying to piece together George Mundy's movements on the night of his murder. I see Said has he got to talk to Adams at all yesterday? Oh, yes All right, his alibi is airtight That would be he was in his office at nine o'clock that night. He didn't leave the building until well after midnight Three cleaning women and two elevator men saw him Now that building is owned and operated by the security bank So we've got to assume that those cleaning women and the elevator men are telling the truth Yeah, I'm sure they are and from the coroner's report lieutenant We know that George Mundy died at approximately 11 o'clock that night I never thought that Adams committed the murder himself, but if we could prove now Special agent Taylor speaking. Yes, Keith Hey, you have What time Hmm Thanks very much. Keith. See you later. That's one of the men who's been checking on George Mundy's movements The night he was killed, what did he find he found that Mundy went to the security bank building at 9 30 that night. Come on. Let's go over there Is that you Joe? No, mr. Adams. It's not Huh? Oh, hello there Remember me. Yes. Yes, you're from the FBI Come in come in sit down Have a cigar or a drink. No, thanks, mr. Adams. This isn't a social call Oh, I've got a warrant here for your arrest But then there must be some mistake. Oh, here's the warrant. Would you like to read it? What's the charge? Murder Now now I know it's a mistake You don't have to make any statement if you don't want to mr. Adams But I shouldn't tell you that anything you do say will be used against you. I know that Exactly who are am I accused of killing two people? The first is a policeman at the club Dover two years ago Now that's ridiculous. Oh, why do you say that if you were able to prove that I killed a policeman two years ago You wouldn't have waited this long to arrest me. Nobody was able to prove it then and they can't prove it now Who else am I supposed to have killed George Mundy? That's even sillier than the other charge I found out about his death in the morning papers You can tell all that to the united states attorney mr. Adams. I will I'm a legitimate businessman now and I won't stand for any interference from some cop who's trying to make a reputation I'll admit that during prohibition I was mixed up in a lot of things that weren't quite legal But the statute of limitations has run out on them taylor. I've got joe sx here. Good work lieutenant come on sx Found him just entering the outer office anything on him. Yes this gun And unless I miss my guess, this is the 38 caliber colt. We've been looking for it ain't mine. Shut up They can't prove anything. Oh, I don't think we need any confessions mr. Adams I'm pretty sure we've got enough now to get convictions against both of you on charges of first-degree murder Frank adams and joe sx were found guilty of murder on a government reservation and sentenced to be executed Upon returning to the building in which frank adams had his office special agent taylor examined the book Which all people entering or leaving the building after business hours must sign He found that on the night of the murder George monday had visited the office of mr. Adams and had left a half hour later Accompanied by joe sx a later entry on that same page showed that Joe sx signed into the building again at 11 55 p.m Which gave him time to commit the murder and then return As lieutenant jenkins guest the gun found on joe sx at the time of his apprehension proved to be the weapon used in the Killing of the policeman at the club dover and also of george monday thus implicating sx in both murders When an examination of the typewriter in frank adams office revealed that it was the same machine that had been used to type the words Lieutenant robert jenkins three thousand dollars on the envelope found in george monday's body It proved that adams was implicated too And thus your fbi through the use of its laboratory And the tireless investigation of its special agents was able not only to solve two vicious murders But was also able to perform the most worthwhile function of any law enforcement agency To help clear an innocent man In just a moment we will tell you about next week's case from the files of your fbi But now listen The ticking of that clock may remind you that you do not have all the time in the world So don't delay get the equitable fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Then you make sure that your wife and children whom you love so well Will still be cherished and protected even if you should be taken from them Phone your equitable society representative soon or send a postcard to the equitable society care of this abc station Your request will be forwarded to the nearest representative of 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 A case describing one of the most vicious crimes in the criminal's handbook its subject extortion its title The skid row shake down 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 thereof to the names of persons living or dead is accidental Tonight the music was composed and conducted by frederick steiner the author was jerry d louis Your narrator was william woodson and special agent taylor was played by stacey harris 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 story from the files of the federal bureau of investigation The skid row shake down on this is your fbi This is abc the american broadcasting company