 We're to use daily by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in solving crimes and protecting the safety of our nation and our home Okay, Tommy, this is it at least one part of it the FBI laboratory some place. All right Say what's that fellow over there doing him? Well, he's running a blood analysis Tommy. What for I'm going to hear that a hundred times this afternoon So suppose we do this let's reconstruct an imaginary crime Then as we go through the various laboratories try to work out the solution from what we see Now what sort of a story would you like to hear? Well, my daddy says that now with a war on and all Any criminal here at home is an enemy of our country your dad's right Tommy Maybe we ought to trap a couple of meterers. Oh, I knew we'd have to have at least one killing to satisfy you All right, then let's start with this blood analysis What's blood analysis have to do with solving crime? Suppose we're trying to trap a ring of big-time criminals They're stealing cattle shipping at East and selling it undercover their nationwide operators Tommy Since the FBI has ruined bank robbing and kidnapping. They've been forced to try new angles Jeepers some outfit huh quite an outfit and let's suppose that the whole thing started somewhere in Texas The sheriff has been out to one of the largest ranches in his town And them been moved on Right between the eye yep old man didn't have a chance somebody plugged him just as he opened the door any idea Who might have done it slim Saunders was around this way a couple of days ago Saunders I thought he was in prison was but he's out now Bullet went clean through the old man teller Up there on the summer airs see Shot was fired up front here should have part in the back wall There she is Steel jacket from a 2535. I Think I'll look up slim and see what kind of gun he's totem Oh boy, oh, howdy sheriff what brings you up this way Murderer that's so who you slim sure enough Who'd I kill old man turtle nice sheriff? Why did I want to kill the turtle you and him had words didn't you? We're sure we had words. I have words with lots of people, but I don't kill them And you're a pretty good shot, ain't you I guess I'm about as good as an X man with a rifle You always use a wind chest of 25 35 for about three years now. I ain't use nothing else Hey, how about that blood on your Levi's? It's from a wildcat. I killed about a week ago Hey, sure. Did you hear that shot? Yeah, now that that's a 25 35 or I'll eat it. Let's go have a look here boy There he is sure it's cactus Dawson wrangler for old man turtle Howdy sure what's up? Yeah, let's see a rifle cactus for sure 2535 yeah Taking in cactus. Maybe you can tell us something about the murder of old man turtle old man murdered. That's right. No What would want to do a thing like that? Slim cactus tells a pretty convincing story while your yarns pretty weak Now there was a trail of blood where old man turtle was dragged across the porch and There was blood on your Levi's. I told you a dozen times sheriff. It was it was from a wildcat. I killed about a week ago Funny it didn't have no hide in your pack I killed him because he was stalking a year later mine and not the skin and that's a proof sheriff Well, FBI settle the whole thing. I'll be here in some time today What's the FBI got to do with it? I sent your Levi's to him along with yours and cactus rifles several cartridges So you see Tommy that brings us right back to that piece of cloth you were asking about The chemist was able to tell us in a minute that the blood on Slim's Levi's was not human but wildcat Maybe so but he could I killed old man. That's right So we had to go a little further and find out which gun fired the shot How could you do that with this gadget right over here that microscope not an ordinary one It's what we call a comparison microscope. What's it do? Yeah, I put a bullet in this side another bullet in the other side Now look, uh-huh. I see him now. I turned this gadget right here What happens now? There's only one bullet. That's where you're wrong Tommy It looks like one bullet actually you're seeing half of both bullets, but both has looked the same now. You're getting it Those bullets were fired from the same gun only bullets fired in the same gun will match exactly So that's how you knew whose gun did the killin that's how of course soon as we knew we wired the sheriff All right, man, here's that telegram from the FBI Now they see what's what? mmm Stain-on-pence Murder bullet fired Well, I Guess that settles it There was wildcat blood Murder gun belongs to Cactus what's that? All right cactus. You can't prove nothing I don't have to the FBI has already done it start talking. It was self-defense sheriff. So help me it was About three days ago a couple of city fellas offered me $200 of I'd sort of keep an eye on the old man that night Just to make sure he kept to the ranch house If the old man stirred ours to give a coyote house a signal Ours is sitting in the saddle about 50 yards in front of the ranch house wasn't no moon out Turn that horse Old man was a dead shot. I know I'd have to beat him to the draw Mighty cheap killin a man for $200 cactus. I didn't aim to kill him sheriff pretty good aim and just the same You'll tell her up between the eyes I suppose them city what is was wrestling the old man's cattle. I I guess so sure and our darn well I was I got no more use for a murderer than I have for wrestlers After I lock you up cactus. I guess I better have a look Not much to go on sheriff. I don't know about that slim It's the I've been right smart interested in this year FBI For instance, the FBI man and take a close look at them tire tracks Now what kind of tracks would you say there was? Hmm wouldn't say Now if it was a cattle brand I could spot it in a minute. He's using a big truck ten wheel job It can look quite a few yearlings and one of them Back right through a fence post to you can see what a paint scraped off. What you doing there? Picking up a few pieces of glass. I wonder where that came from I wouldn't be at all surprised what it comes from a busted tail light Let's go back to town But why did the sheriff father was picking up a few little pieces of glass? Those were mighty important pieces Tommy? You see this display over here Wow Look at the headlight lenses sample from every car made Tommy You see we fit pieces of broken lenses together and compare them with these when we match them up We know the year and model of the car we're after Now let's assume that the sheriff sent us those tail light pieces We found out that they belong to a red 10 ton international even know the color all sure the paint That scraped off on the fence post you see how it all fits together Besides the sheriff had another clue the kind of tires that truck carried Now as general rule the FBI would have stopped there, but since this case were imagining looked like rustling We would have figured that the wrestlers were stealing the beef for transport to eastern states So chances are a few days later the sheriff Sheriff Cronkett, yeah, Davidson FBI Howdy young fella you find that truck kid. Yes, we did. We have a pretty good idea who made off with old man Tuttle's cattle How'd you figure that now this job was planned by a well-organized mob run by Frank O'Connell Used to be a bootlegger in the old days Now he's operating in stolen beef counterfeit and stolen ration books and bootleg alcohol What made you so sure this O'Connell was in on this wrestling business? Well, the truck was driven by one of O'Connell's triggermen Limpy Smith He and another O'Connell's rowdies drove the truck. How'd you know their fingerprints were plastered all over the cab of the truck You mean you could have found the truck that quick sure Tommy it wouldn't be much job We knew we were looking for a 1939 red 10 ton international and we knew exactly what kind of tires it had There could have been only one truck that fit in our description perfectly But how did you find the guys that drove the truck Tommy? I'm afraid you're not listening very closely Oh, I know you said their fingerprints were plastered all over the cab But how could you tell whose prints they were we would have just checked them against our fingerprint file here at FBI headquarters Till we found the ones that matched is the file very big. Hmm. I guess there must be about 91 million sets of prints on fire 91 million Cow you have to go through all of them. It's really not such a job Tommy Ever seen an old-fashioned player piano. Oh sure grandma has one. I Play it all the time. You know how the rolls are punched Uh-huh sort of like a conductor punches a train ticket only more holes So fingerprint information is punched on a card something like that, and we run them through this machine How does this thing work see all those little steel fingers? Uh-huh. All right Hey, that's right. I'm setting them to select cards punched one certain way Now I turn it on Now see see how those little steel fingers sort of feel each other How about that? It pulls the card into this little slot. That's right. Those steel fingers haven't found any holes that match The way they're set There see that they caught the little steel finger caught right in those holes now Hey, that card went into a different slide right that may be the very card. We're looking for now. We'll turn it off Yes Tommy this machine right here has sent thousands of criminals up for life Just by selecting a fingerprint card that same way Every once in a while those hoodlums probably look their fingers and say if you hadn't snitched on me I wouldn't be here. So that's how you found out who drove the rustlers truck. That's how we would have done it What happened to the cattle? Well, we'll assume that it was shipped east Of course a couple of FBI men would have followed it because we'd have known that sooner or later We'd catch the big shot. Yeah, the big shot. You said this was gonna be a big case But of course we wouldn't want to lose track of the guys who drove the truck, would we? Heck no What you reckon they would have done after that? Let's suppose they met up with two other characters who had also been mixed up in the liquor racket back in prohibition days But what would they be up to? We wouldn't know at first. We just have to wait But maybe this time local police officials would stumble on to something that would give us a clue All right, doc. What's the story? The man is employed as night watchman of the Morris building Morris building Night watchman. That's the building Anyway, this man was shot while stepping in his car after work Where was his car parked in an alley reserved for a parking space and building employees and tenants you got the slug Removed it from the man's leg. Hmm. Nickel Jagged at 22 You say the man was stuck in the inner part of his thigh. That's right Bullet took a shot downward course. Well, and the shot was fired from above Is this the kind of gun you have in mind captain yes, mr. D a it was just such a gun that fired the bullet I'll have a comparison shot made with this and you can save yourself for trouble captain That could not possibly be the gun. Oh, why not because that gun belongs to the wounded man We found it locked in the grub compartment of his car Well old man looks like we've solved our case you mean you caught the man who shot me I think so But the defense is working up a pretty strong case They're going to intimate that you might have carried a gun for your own protection. Oh, that's ridiculous You know the company forbids me to carry a gun I'd say you could have carried a gun inside your shirt and held it in place with your belt But there's proof man. They can't prove a thing like that Well, suppose you had carried a gun that way and Suppose in stepping into your car the trigger had caught in your closing and was pulled the bullet would have plowed down your leg You mean they're going to try to prove I shot myself Well, that's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard ridiculous or not it could have happened It's the gun had a long ball like this one that would mess you Never that gun belongs to me. I know But fear of an investigation as to why you were carrying a concealed weapon might have kept you from circumstances of the shooting it might have yes, but Who'd believe a crazy story like that? Oh Most any jury you see a ballistics expert has proved that this is the guilty gun Oh, you see Tommy again, we turn to the comparison microscope and again the microscope found the guilty man But why would this guy have shot himself? Well, maybe the two fellows who drove the truck might have had some idea of robbing a bank So they bribed this night watchman to let them into the second floor of that building the time at first national banks on the ground floor And maybe our friend took a gun along just in case the racketeers tried to double-cross him Then he accidentally shot himself was afraid that an investigation would tie him up with the robbery So he might have tried to make out like someone else had done the shooting Cheapers crooks just don't have a chance do they I'm afraid they don't Tommy sooner or later the law always catches up with them and Tommy while it's true G men are especially trained to collect evidence and apprehend criminals even shoot it out with them when necessary There are times when these G men most depend on their ingenuity alone to crack case Well, let's bring another stolen car into our case You mean a stolen car to fit into this case where imagine absolutely Now we've traced this stolen car across a couple of state lines and we suspect that the man we want Is in a little cabin in the mountains But this time we'd have to take it easy because the regular raid would would have caused a lot of unnecessary shooting may be killing Well, that would mean we'd need a special agent who's pretty familiar with that part of the country The man who knew how to talk to people's language, so you might be able to get our man without firewood He man was strictly on his own just had to depend on plain old horse and So early one morning this G man set out alone up the steep trail that led to a lonesome dwelling Presently he came to a weather beaten shack He opened the door There inside he found an old mountaineer seated near an Asheville fireplace You're a Goldman man, ain't you? Yeah You're a Jed's father, ain't you? That's right. I'm Jed's father and you ain't gonna take him. You're right. He ain't here. So I can't take him Somebody play that fiddle around here. Sure. I do myself And folks say I'm the best fitter but trick here in Asheville. You don't say I used to fiddle a little bit myself Looks like a mighty good violin Do you mind if I look at it? Sure. Pick it up Well, I'm a dog. He couldn't play that thing Yeah, that's pretty I never heard that one before Well, stringing that was the first class fiddling Maybe after a bar de vitter you play some more I never know. There was so much music in that old fiddle of four Oh Well, I gotta be getting back. How about Jed? You want him, don't you? No, I don't want him a government wants him You know how it is when the government wants a man May take days or months or years to get him but The longer it takes the worse off he is a little here stranger I reckon you're all right. I like the way you talk and I like the way you fiddle I'll help Jed at the hair's office tomorrow noon. Noon tomorrow? Well, so long Glenn You could have nabbed him just like that Just like that taught me without firing a shot all because that g-man used plain old horse hair Besides by making friends with Jed's father. He was able to get quite a bit of information You mean you could have got the goods on the whole gang Well, maybe not the whole gang but not enough to know definitely that everything was planned by one mob The cattle rustling the attempted bank robbery everything Frank O'Connell, eh? Could have been At least we'll presume that all the men we'd watched so far had worked for O'Connell at one time Then why didn't you nab O'Connell? We hadn't completed our case Wow, this case is getting bigger and bigger For instance, we might have had to call on that gentleman over there Why, what's he doing? He's checking a clue under a comparison microscope Here, take a look at this display What are they? Hairs Tommy Hairs from different animals as well as a collection of slides showing 28 distinct shades of human hair This is known as the hair and fiber section Does it have something to do with our case? Well, let's see if it does Let's suppose that our crooks like all crooks finally ran up against the wrong man A few days later local police officials found a murder on their hands It happened in a small filling station just on the edge of town After two days of exhaustive search, the officer in charge of the investigation reported to his superior Got anything on that filling station murder, sergeant? Ah, not a clue, Captain No fingerprints, no footprints worth checking The murderer wore a rope sold sports shoes You know, apparently he just walked in, stuck a knife in the old man and cleared out No, that's fine, just dandy I reckon the old man was tied up in black market gasoline Not a chance Why just the other day he chased a fella out of his place and tried to peddle some coupons to him You say someone did try to sell him coupons? That's what I was told The old man's a stickler for honesty So he chases a guy Hey, wait a minute, why didn't I think of that before? Hello? Yes Oh, and his left hand, eh? Nothing else? Okay The coroner's office found a couple of hairs in the old man's left hand Hey, Chief, I just thought of it The old man tossed out the last guy to try to pump gas coupons on him Now, uh, suppose the same guy tried again Hey, he might have gotten pretty hot, threatened this guy And the guy had knives on him Well, it's a good guess Find who tried to sell him those gas coupons I tell you, you guys got nothing on me Oh, haven't we now? Would you be interested to know your book for murder? Fat chance Where's your proof? So it's proof you want it, Anderson Remember that filling station killing last week? What about it? Just this about it The murdered man tangled with his assailant just before he got a knife in his ribs And a couple of hairs got caught in a ring you wore on his left hand Very interesting So now you got a couple of hairs You wanted proof, Anderson You're carrying it under your hat The hairs in the hand of the murdered man match yours exactly That's what the hair and fiber section has to do with our case, Tommy What do you know? They pinned a murder rap on Anderson with just a couple of hairs Yes Matt would just about sewed up our case except for one thing What was that? O'Connell tried to drop him sight entirely How could he do that? He couldn't, but maybe he thought he could Let's suppose that he tried to dodge fingerprint identification You see, Tommy, skin corrugations on the fingers appear about three months before birth And they never vary The criminal knows this O'Connell knew it But suppose like all criminals, he tried to convince himself that in his case nature would make an exception All right, O'Connell, let's remove the bandages and have a look at those fingers Well, the sweet surprise the feds will get when they check my new fingerprints You know, O'Connell, if this works, it'll be the first time What do you mean? It'll work, it's got to No man's fingerprints have ever been changed by an operation All right, come on, get those bandages off, Doc Okay There you are That's a ticket, no fingerprints Well, I can't even... Hey, Doc, look at that finger And that one I told you it wouldn't work, O'Connell Your fingerprints are coming back just as they were before I operated Even an operation didn't change his fingerprints No, Tommy Fingerprints cannot be changed Acid burns, surgery, nothing affects them for long That's why the 91 million prints that we have on file here at the FBI Are the biggest man trap ever devised Wow, what did I, O'Connell, do after that? O'Connell went back to his old hideout But we already had that spotted Then to clean up the case, of course, we would have planned to attack at night Let's imagine that shortly after midnight The lead car drew up a short distance from the hideout All right, man, you've blocked all roads There's no chance for them to escape Have you guns ready? Okay, Chief, we're ready for them All right, you, inside there The house is surrounded Come out with your hands up They hurt you, Chief Looks like we'll have to smoke them out Come out, or we'll come in The whole gang's in there All right Right them out Are you all ready to come out yet? Well, give them a tear gas Five Here they come One, two, three, four, five, six Only six of them, Chief There should be seven Well, it's left in there Better come along All right, don't cover You want me, come and get me That's O'Connell, Chief He's upstairs That's why the gas didn't get him Give him another dose I'll bring him out That did it Here he comes Watch it His lab will try to shoot his way out All right, man Load the rest in the car What about O'Connell, Chief? Well, I think we'd better have And the morgue handle that That last blast got him You almost had me believe in you there for a while Sometimes I forgot this was just an imaginary case It wasn't as imaginary as you might think, Tommy I told you a story just to connect All the things you saw here Blood analysis The work of the hair and fiber section Ballistics Fingerprints We change names and places But in the FBI files are actual case histories Which parallel the very things I've been telling you You mean it actually could have happened? Yes indeed, Tommy It happens every day We take a piece of bloodstained cloth And clear one man by proving the stains weren't from human blood And convict another by proving that his gun fired the murder bullet We locate a criminal's truck By identifying its make and model, color and tires We discover who drove the truck by fingerprints found in the cab And finally pin a murder rep on a black market operator By identifying a couple of hairs caught on the ring of the man he killed And what do you think about that? Oh boy, I'm gonna be a G-man when I grow up Today's chapter of adventure ahead has taken you behind the scenes of the federal bureau of investigation For obvious reasons names dates and places were purely fictitious But the entire story was based on actual incidents And factual material contained in the book inside the FBI by John J. Florida Investigative techniques for those which Mr. Florida describes Which are used daily by the Department of Justice And solving crimes and safeguarding America Today's chapter and adventure ahead was adapted for radio by Howard Caraway And was directed by Joseph Mansfield Music was by Doc Whippel Adventure ahead is presented as a public service by NBC and its affiliated independent station This is the national broadcasting company