 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, presented as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community. Do you have a mortgage on your home? The reason I ask is this. In about 14 minutes our sponsor, the Equitable Life Assurance Society, is going to tell you about America's finest plan for home ownership. It's called the Equitable Society's Assured Home Ownership Plan. Don't miss this important information. It's sure to save you worry, it may save you money. Tonight's FBI file, The Curious Cameraman. When you hear that there is an army of six million people in the United States today who have engaged in criminal activity, you are likely to think of them as being all the same kind of people. But that would be a mistake. Because men and women become criminals for many different reasons. Some do it out of desperation and hunger. Others because of passion or revenge. But one group of criminals, however, engage in crime as a business. They are likely to be shrewd and cunning and are the hardest to catch. This is because they plan their crimes well, and usually they all have one goal. Each one wants to commit the perfect crime. Tonight's FBI file opens in a car that is driving slowly through the factory of a large eastern city. A man is seated behind the wheel. The girl has decided in reading the newspaper. Huh? Will we get to the track in time for the second race? I don't know. There's a horse here called Paul's Dream. See, I gotta play him. It's a hunch for me. My sister used to go with a fellow named Paul. He was all the time having dreams. That sounds very scientific. What are you slowing down for? We're, uh, we're stopping here. I'm gonna take your picture. What? Sure. Let's get out, Ruth. Are you serious? Yeah, sure. I've got my movie camera right here. Yeah, but what about the track? Don't you want to have your picture taken? Sure, but... All right, then just stand over there by that lamp post. Oh, you do the silliest thing. It won't take long. Well, is it color films? No. Well, I'll fix my makeup first anyway. No, don't bother. You just stay right where you are. Well, honey, just, uh, just hold it there another few seconds. Okay. Uh-huh. Tell it, Pete. Oh, next week. I'm dying to see him. I hope they turn out good. Well, I, uh, I got some news for you, honey. Huh? You're not even in them. No, thanks. How about you, Lee? I'm okay. Ruth, what's with Pete? What's he doing? Oh, he's fixing up something in the next room. Well, what's the stall? I thought he asked us here to talk about a job. He did. What was the action? Well, he just... Hi, fellas. Come on in here, huh? Me too, Pete. Yes, sure. Go ahead, Ruth. Say. What goes in here? I want to show you guys something. Hey, what's that thing? It's a movie projector. Huh? I'm going to show you some pictures. What is this? I thought we came here to talk business. This is part of the business. Put out the lights, Ruthie. Oh, sure. Are these the ones you took last week, Pete? The ones I'm not in? Yeah, yeah. Now, let me give you a short run down here first. This is a job I've been casing for the last four weeks. It's a payroll job. I want you to watch it closely, fellas. All right. Now, this first picture is an alleyway. The construction job on the right is a big factory that's being put up. I took a picture of the alley because that's where we're going to park the getaway car. You'll be driving, Lee. Okay. Now, this view is the whole building. And you see that little shack? Uh-huh. That's where they handle the payroll. That line of guys there now are getting paid off. There's one guard on the job on payday, which is Friday. That line forms at 11.30 sharp. Now, the guard starts at the shack and works down the line checking badges. I got two badges. You'll be wearing one, Marty. Uh-huh. I'll wear the other. Oh, okay. Next Friday, we'll be at the head of that line. A whistle blows when they start paying off. Lee, yeah. When you hear the whistle, you move the car out of the alley and start slowly down the street. Right. By that time, we'll be in the shack. You park behind that pile of bricks that'll give us cover. By the time you're there, Marty and I will have knocked off the payroll, we'll hop out and join you in the car. Well, that's the story, boys. Sounds real good, Tate. Yeah, it'll work. How big is the payroll? Around 30,000. Hey. Now, I'll run it over again, fellas, so you'll remember it good. Look. There I am. I'm in the picture after all. This is okay, Pete. Right at the head of the line. I told you we would be. Only two guys in the shack. I know. Well, this is it. Right. All right, you guys. Come ahead. Let's go. Okay. Yes, sir. My name is Somers. Badge number. Never mind that, you. This is a stick up. Huh? Cover them, Marty. Right. Good job, Badge. Look here, you. Shut up, you. How you doing? Okay. Anybody have outside? Not yet. Give me that bundle, too, mister. All right, here. Nearly done? Yeah. Yeah, this doesn't. Now listen to me, both of you guys. Keep your trap shut until we're out of here, do you hear me? Okay. Ah, let's go. Around this pile of bricks, Marty. Is that car there? Yeah, yeah. Everything okay? Yeah, get going. Any trouble? No, it was a breeze. I'll cover the back. Okay. Here, Marty. Hold the money back there. All right. Right. How much do you get? That works. That apparel guy's just coming out. Lee. Lee, look out for that cab. He's making a left in front of you. Yeah. Well, do something. Swing your wheels. Look out. You stupid jerk. You okay, Pete? Yeah, we gotta get out of this heap. Whoa. Wait, fellas. My leg. Hey, look. There's a cop in the corner there. Let's blow. Don't leave me. We're all on our own. Meet back at my apartment. Pete, the cop's fooling his gun. Yeah, scatter. Hey, guys, wait. Several miles from the scene of the stick up at an FBI field office, Special Agent Jim Taylor is just giving a report on this daring job to a fellow agent. It looked as if they were going to get away clean until a cab accidentally cut in front of a getaway car dam and the two cars crashed. The stick up men abandoned theirs and made a run for it. This was just a block from the scene of the stick up? That's right. And what happened then, Jim? Well, there was a policeman on the corner. He called out to the men, ordered them to halt. And when they didn't, he fired upon them. Any results? He killed one of them and he believes that he wounded another. The second man, however, still made a getaway along with the third. How about the money? Unfortunately, one of the two men who escaped still has it. How do we come into the case, Jim? Oh, the car that was used had out-of-state license plates. It was from Illinois. That gives us a basis to help the local authorities. Incidentally, a checkup revealed that the car had also been stolen. I see. It was the driver of the car who was killed. Any identification on him? I don't know, Dan. The body was taken down to the morgue. I'm going down there now to pick up his fingerprints and check over his effects, so I'll contact you as soon as I return. Let me sit down. Where are they, Marty? We're all scattered. We're all supposed to meet back here. I don't think we'll make it. Why not? You got shot, bad. The last I seen of him, he was stretched out in the street. What about Pete? He got away okay. Did the job go bad? No, it worked okay. After we got the dough, pulling away, we ran into a cab. Oh. Cop seen us. When we made a break, he started shooting. Help me get my coat off. What's wrong with you? I got hit too. Oh, Marty. Where? Here in the chest. Pull that sleeve. Oh. Gee. You're bleeding bad, huh? Kind of. We better call a doctor or something. No dice. Well, look if you... Just help me in the bedroom. Let me lay down a while. Sure, Marty. Here. Just lean on me. Yeah. Okay? Yeah. That's fine. What about the money? Oh, we got that okay. Has Pete got it? No. I took it. I stashed it away. I didn't want to carry it around. Oh. How'd you get here bleeding like that? Well, it didn't start to get bad till just before I got here. Just let me lay down here, huh? Oh, sure. There. There you are. Well, I'll go get some towels and stuff and fix you up. Jim, did you go to the morgue? Yeah, I just came from there. And? The police have been working. The Illinois State Police gave them a complete description of the man who was killed. Yeah? They seem to think it was a man named Lee Perry. He had a long criminal record. I got a set of his fingerprints and sent them onto the Bureau in Washington. I see. Did the Illinois police have any idea who Perry's associates might be here? No, Dan, they didn't. They're checking on that now, though. How about the paymaster at the construction job? Was he able to identify the other two holdup men? He's down with headquarters now looking over pictures. He didn't remember them very well, though, so that may not lead to anything. Was there anything found on Perry that might help? Well, it might be important as a note. I have it here. Huh? It reads, Go to Ruth's apartment on 12th Street. Pick her up and have her bring the movie projector to my place. Any signature? No, but this note is written on the back of an envelope which originally contains snapshots, eh? It's from the Argosy Camera Shop. Well, they're down on Spring Street. Yeah, I know, Dan. It's an envelope as a number on it. I'm going over to the Camera Shop now and see if they have any record of the name of the person these pictures were developed for. I was there on time. Marty. Little boy, blue suit. Always wears a blue suit. Marty. Don't, don't try it now. Marty. Huh? What? Don't you think I should get a doctor? Send a little boy up and down, up and down, and race you to the corner. Marty, will you listen to me? You need a doctor, real bad. Water, get me some water, huh? Sure, sure, Marty, sure. I'll be right back. Everybody can swim, but me, all the guys... Dude, I'm so glad to see you. Anybody get here? Yeah, Marty. Where is he? He's in the bedroom. Oh, he's in bad shape. He got choppy and he's bleeding real bad. Never mind that, never mind that. Did he bring the dough? No, he didn't. What? What happened to it? He said he stashed it away. He didn't want to carry it around. I got to go talk to him. I'll get him a glass of water. He's been saying right along how thirsty he is. And I was just going to get a... Root! Root! Yeah? What is it? I don't know. I don't know. Didn't you ask him? No. Oh, you blubberhead! Look, ask him yourself! I can't, stupid! 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Tonight's case from the files of your FBI proves that no matter how carefully a crime is planned, there is always some unlook-for incident that throws all previous calculations into discord. For example, the unforeseen automobile accident which resulted in the death of two of the conspirators. There was no margin for error in the master scheme. And when the accident occurred, the chain was broken and panic replaced planning. Once again it had been proven that there is no such thing as the perfect crime. The night's file continues at Pete Warren's apartment. He is pacing the living room floor of the girl Ruth stitched ejectively on the sofa. Weeks I spend on this job, weeks, and what have I got to show for it? A great big hunk and nothing. I'm awfully sorry, Pete. Oh, look, instead of being sorry, if you just had brains enough to ask the guy where he stashed the dough, a five-year-old child would have done that. But you always told me not to ask questions. Shut up. But you did, Pete. Shut up! I said I'm trying to think. Not having the dough ain't our only problem. What do you mean? Well, I don't know how bad awfully he was. He might be singing to the cops right now. Oh. And that ain't all. We've got a stiff in the bedroom. A dead body we've got to get rid of. What do we do with him? Well, let me... I'm not asking you! Okay. Give me a cigarette, will you? Gee, I don't think I have any. Oh, wait, I'll look in Marty's jacket. Got to figure some way to blow town. I better get a hold of some cash in a hurry. No. No cigarettes in his pocket. Nothing but this claim check. Oh, for the... What? This here. This is a baggage check. Let me see that. Sure, here. This is from the railroad station. There's a time stamp on it. Hey. What? He checked something this afternoon. Honey! Huh? This is where he stashed the dough. Dan, over here. Right. Pick up that search warrant for me. Yes, I have it right here. Well, let's go inside. What's this all about, Jim? I went to the camera shop and had them check the number on that envelope. Go ahead, Dan. Alright. The camera shop said that the filmers were left there by a man named Warren. He lives at this address. I see. We go up one flight. Okay. I arrived here, but there was no answer at Warren's apartment. The superintendent gave me a key. So I've been waiting for you with that warrant. Do you think Warren was one of the stick-up men? Well, according to the superintendent, he answers to the general description. It's this apartment right over here. Okay. The camera people said he was a regular customer. That they did an awful lot of work for him. I see. Yeah. Go ahead, Dan. Thanks. Well, let's take a look around, huh? Right. Wow, look here. What? That's movie projecting. Imagine it's the one that was mentioned in the note and there's a whole stack of movie film here, too. Jim, look at this. What is it? A jacket. Pretty well soaked with blood. Hmm. And there appears to be a bullet hole in it, too. Dan, looks like this was a good lead. Let's search the rest of the rooms. Okay. Let's try this one first, huh? It appears to be the hook, Dan. Yes, I see him. Even from here, I'd say he was dead. Hmm. Do you think this is Warren? No. No, he looks nothing like the description. This must be the one who was wounded. Dan, we'd better call the police at once. Right. And, uh, suppose you wait here for them. I doubt that the money is here, but they can search for it. Okay, Jim. I'm going to take these rolls of film back to the office. I want to see what's so important about them that they needed a projector. Yes, come in. Some movies going, Jim. Oh, Dan, you're just in time. Uh, snap that light off, will you? Sure. This is the reel I want you to see. Okay. These pictures are where the stick-up took place. Oh. You mean this is the way they cased the job? Evidently, yes. See, that's the construction job there. Pretty clever of them. Oh, by the way, uh, there was no trace of the money at the apartment. I didn't think there would be. One of the men from homicide identified the body. Oh. A man named Marty Stone. He'd been involved in another holdup several years ago. I see. Is that all there is to this, Jim? The scene of the crime? No, there's something coming up right now that should be very helpful. Um, here it is. Oh, that girl? Opening up her coat? That's it. She has to be a friend of Warren's, Dan. So I'm having a blow-up made of her. There might be something she's wearing that'll give us a lead on where to pick her up. And if we find her, we might find Warren. You got the money, huh? Yeah, yeah. I thought you said it wasn't a canvas bag. It was. Where'd you get that suitcase? I bought it in a luggage shop. The canvas bag was a dead giveaway. Oh. So let's get going. Where? To get some tickets we're blowing out of here, honey. Now? Right now. We can't. Huh? Why not? I gotta go back to my apartment and pack. Ah, no good. But I haven't any clothes. I'll buy you some new ones. Look, there's a main coat there and I'm not leaving it. Honey, we can't take a chance. A main coat's a main coat. You can buy the tickets, take me home, then we'll get a train. What's happening, Jim? I just got the enlargements on that girl. Here they are. They lead to anything? Yes, I found out that she's the one who was mentioned in that note. Ruth? That's right. Look, she has a lapel pin there. R-U-T-H, see? Oh, yes. I found something else here, too, but I'm a little puzzled by it. Oh, what is it? Well, as you can see, she's holding her coat open. How many times, you know, women have their name written on the inside lining? Well, there is something on the lining. Yes, but it isn't writing. It's a couple of bars of music. Let me look at it. Here, take this magnifying glass. Okay. Dan, can you read music? Yeah. Or is there any melody there? Yeah. It goes... da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da That's the melody. Sounds familiar, come on again, huh? da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Hey, wait a minute. That's an old song called Sweet Lorraine. That's right. Dan, her last name could be Lorraine. And that note said she lived on 12th street. Come on, let's get busy. Aren't you finished packing yet? These are the last things. There. That's all. that bag and let's get out of here okay come on wait a minute oh and what now my coat I almost forgot my coat well honey hurry it up will you okay what time does the train leave in a half an hour there now I'm ready good good I forgot to ask where are we going west where west California wonderful okay go ahead thanks just a minute huh are you Ruth Lorraine yeah why well then you must be Pete one who are you we're special agents of the FBI now when he comes to miss we'd like to talk to you both about some pictures Pete Warren was convicted in a federal court for violation of the National Motor Vehicle theft act and sentenced to serve a five-year term he was then turned over to the local authorities for prosecution on robbery charges the conviction of the two criminals in tonight's case makes you stop and wonder why two such people never learned the futility of crime for profit that such a career is futile is proven again by the fact that prisons all over the nation are full to the point of being overcrowded and yet criminals will not learn they continue to try to commit that perfect crime but they will not succeed so long as there are law enforcement agencies on the job law enforcement agencies like your FBI in just a moment we will tell you about next week's exciting case from the files of your FBI mr. 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