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He did Tonight's file opens in a small shack located on the end of a pier which shuts into the Pacific Ocean It is early evening and Paul Burnett and his wife are going over the ledger which contains a record of his income for the past year Paul hmm. Have you got the figures for July? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Here you are. Oh, thanks Not very pretty are they Clara? Oh, they could be worse Salvage company called again today Still offering the same job. Uh-huh It probably figured I've got to take their offer But you don't have to Paul You've had some good jobs. They weren't good enough Paul we saved for such a long time to buy your equipment. You've got to give it a chance Well, we don't have to decide that tonight I'll get it. Who is this? My name is green green. Oh, what was it? Well, there's only about 15 or 20 feet of water off that dock someone could put on a gas mask and die for you At night. Well, no, I'd rather not. There's a storm heading in off the ocean What's your usual fee for a dive like this $100? I'm prepared to go as high as $500 Well $500 is a pretty good night's pay All right, mr. Green. I'll take the job. I'm Paul Burnett. I'm a diver. Mr. Green called He hasn't gotten back from shore city. He called you from there. Oh, what's the problem mr. Newton? Mr. Green and I came ashore about an hour ago. He landed at this dock. Uh-huh another man and his wife were with us She was carrying quite a bit of jewelry in a red leather box. Is that what you want me to die for? Yes Well, you know about where it went in. Yes, I can show you. Oh good Clara Let's bring our equipment out of the dock and go to work Special agent Jim Taylor meets agent George Henderson outside the teletype room. Hi Jim Hello George just coming down to get you the switchboard told me you were here. What did you want? We're working together on a jewel theft that was reported about ten minutes ago Oh, yeah yacht named the Laura B radio the local police Said they were held up earlier tonight, but two men who came aboard posing as FBI agents Jewel theft and impersonation. Hey, that's right Seems the bandits tied up the owner and his wife and the members of the crew After they left one of the crew managed to work his way loose and tied the others and the police who contacted How much did the bandits get about thirty five thousand dollars with a jewelry about three hundred dollars in cash How'd they get aboard in a rowboat and it got away in a tender belonging to the yacht And we got a description of the jewelry we're getting it All we know now is that the bandits carried their loot away in a red leather jewel box Have we got any descriptions on the two men? Oh, yes red change. You've got complete descriptions. Oh good Both men are in their early 30s. They weren't corner of the mouth thugs. They're well dressed well spoken I have physical details on them, too. We've already sent out an alarm on them Jim where did this hold up take place? Oh, not too far from shore city. I know the country around there Oh, well the police down there have been notified to be on the lookout for the men In our George, it's my guess they headed straight toward land after they left the yacht. Oh, that's reasonable Well, let's sign out of here and head for shore city They're finding out sure Henry those headphones, please Yeah, you think it could have moved very far. What did he say? We haven't seen it yet. He's not giving up. I see the diver got here. Uh-huh. This is why mr. Burnett's mr. Greed Man hasn't found the box yet. Joe. I want to talk to you alone for a minute. Sure. Pardon me, man Certainly We have a little trouble Joe, but there's no more gas in the car What do we do Have to get out of here by boat. What about the diver? What do you mean? I promised him a 500 for getting the box for us Way to pay him I'll get through to our office. Yes, Jim. No word there on the two bandits chief Hanson is out cruising in a squad car I spoke to him while I was in the radio room. Oh, he told me something that might tie in what was that a blue convertible was Stolen here in shore city earlier today. The theft was witnessed by a man named Jenkins Well, how does that tie in Jim? Well the description this Jenkins gave of the car thief fits one of the yacht bandits perfectly I see since then a second report came in that the car was seen along the peninsula road heading back here to shore city I don't get that I judge I've been trying to reconstruct this thing. I'll give it to you as far as I've gotten okay Now the two bandits undoubtedly planned beforehand to use the tender from the law of B is the means of getting a shore That's reasonable. Yeah, take a look at this map Now this is where the yacht was at the time of the hold up Now they headed straight toward the shore when they left the law of B that have landed over here at five coasts, right? During the winter, that's a rather desolate section. There's no public transportation within miles So they needed a car to be waiting for them when they landed and by that Well as I see it one of them probably came into town during the day stole a car and parked it at wherever their Rendezvous point was after the robbery. They came ashore got the car and headed back this way if that's true, Jim Special agent Taylor speaking Mr. Taylor, this is Miss Emory at the switchboard. Yes, Miss Emory I've just received a message from the radio room for you Chief Hanson radioed in that that blue convertible was just reported a few minutes ago headed back toward five calls Thanks very much miss Emory George that's stolen car. We just seen heading back toward the coves. They must be running a shuttle In any case it makes our next step automatic. There's only one road leading to those five coves the peninsula road Let's set up a block there and start moving in on them How long has he been down there Joe I guess it's been about an hour How long can he stay under lady? indefinitely What's that? My husband wants me to answer the phone Special message to a very special kind of person to the man or woman who can truthfully say to himself I'm on the way up. Yes. 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That's the QI TAB early the equitable life insurance society of the United States And now back to the FBI file the three fathom frame up the federal Bureau of Investigation Cooperates in bringing this series of official broadcasts to you for a number of reasons Basically, it does so because it feels that they are to your best interest Your FBI feels that these programs increase your knowledge of the habits and character of the American criminal And that with your added knowledge you are better equipped to help fight the currently increasing crime wave In line with that thought tonight's case from the files of your FBI was chosen In this case you meet two criminals who are unlike their fellow thieves They are articulate. They have planned their crime well, and they are first-rate opportunists as Such they are ready to take advantage of every circumstance In some they are wholly unlike the popular conception of a thief However, they do have some things in common with other criminals like the rest They are thoughtless cruel human beings capable of inflicting every kind of metal and physical torture and Capable to of relishing the discomfort of their victims Their actions once more prove the criminals credo a Credo which says if you the innocent law abiding citizens stand in the way of profit or escape You are marked for doom Night's file continues on the pier at Timber Cove special agent George Henderson is just coming on to the pier to meet agent Jim Taylor George George over here. Sorry. It took me so long to get here Jim. That's all right. What did you find? Well for one thing the stolen convertible is over there on the other side of the pier Did you examine it? Yes. I found some fingerprints chief Hanson is taking them into town now to see if they match any in his local files I wonder why they abandoned the car here. Oh, there was no gas left in it Oh any trace of the tender from the Laura B. Yeah, right over there on the beach there How did they get away from here? I think I can answer that There's oil slick on the water on the other side of the pier that means there was another boat here tonight You think some Confederates picked them up. I don't believe so George. Why not? Well for one thing I found this piece of glass mounted in this iron ring What is it? It's a window from a diving home. They must have had a diver here. A diver? My guess is that they dropped their loop and had to get a diver to retrieve it for them Well in that case the diver could have been in on it Ah, that's true except I think there was a fight here too. Come here Some fresh blood here on the pier Yeah Our fight could have been between the diver and the bandits that could be I would also account for the two trips One each way that we're made in the stolen car between here in Shore City Huh, one of the bandits would have had to go into town to call the diver. Yes, I suppose if and This is a big if George if I'm right so far, then we've got one job to do now Let's go to the nearest phone and try to locate that diver So the description of the bandits against having gotten any results. How about the divers did you contact them? I spoke to three of them so far None of them had any calls tonight There are four others with four girls trying to locate it good Of course, I didn't might have those fingerprints I found on the stolen car on file but that's gonna take too long to find out about a time We hear from them this pair of landed Yes, make one more set of calls really sure. Thanks very much Any answer yet from those other divers? No, no the girls gonna make one more try George if we still don't get any results. Let's go on and check them in person Yes, mr. Taylor a mark five. That's all right. Good night. Good night You did that very well lady board. I'm getting soaked. We stay here this way. We could watch for the car But we I'm just as red as you are Mr. Newton, what is it? Can I call a doctor for my husband? No, but it's hell you don't call anybody laugh to release Can we at least take him to the shack no man, but the motion of the boat is making him worse He stays where he is look you have no right to do this. Oh shut up Special agents the FBI. I think I know who they are and what to do They were both found guilty on charges of theft on the high seas and were each sentenced to 10 years in a federal penitentiary Legend Taylor finished speaking on the telephone with mrs. Burnett He confirmed his suspicion that the small piece of glass mounted on an iron ring Which he had found on the dock at timber Cove was a window from a mark 5 diving suit When he also learned that Paul Burnett was the only commercial diver in that vicinity who used the Navy type mark 5 diving helmet He and special agent Henderson sped to Paul Burnett check the ability to reconstruct what had happened is one of the factors Which enabled special agents Taylor and Henderson to close the criminal careers of the two men in tonight's case And to close it within a matter of hours after receiving the first word of the crime That ability is not inherent with special agents, but is a part of the rigorous training each receives before he has given his credentials Not all cases can be closed this quickly Sometimes it takes a week or a month or even as it did in one case 16 long years, but whether it takes hours or years you can be sure of one thing Your FBI stays on the job around the clock and around the calendar until every case is closed the way tonight's was closed With the conviction of the criminals You about next week's exciting case from the files of your FBI Did it ever occur to you that the kind of life insurance you buy is an index to your character? By that I mean that the person who purchases the equitable society's plan for men and women on the way up Gives convincing evidence of faith in himself in his future. Yes a man is known by the life insurance He owns so don't think small think big Get in touch with your equitable society representative soon and ask him to give you facts and figures on the equitable Society's plan for men and women on the way up or Right care of this station to 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 Factual account of crime in a traveling carnival. It's subject Grand larceny its title Murder on the midway 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 they're loved 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. Lewis your narrator was William Woodson and special agent Taylor was played by Stacy 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 societies 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 Murder on the midway on This is your FBI This is ABC the American Broadcasting Company