 Ladies and gentlemen by transcription we take you now behind the scenes of a pulley headquarters in a great American city Or under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief The murderer this is the lineup. See you later. Yeah. See you there. Do you think you have the man? No, I don't know if you see anybody that looks familiar at all. I want you to speak up Will you be many people to choose from? I'll be quite a few Sergeant cargo suspect raise his voice talk higher Identify anybody who walked into a store with a silk stocking over his head pretty tough. You ever try it? I've seen it You know whoever this guy is he's smart He's done all three jobs on Monday morning. That's smart. He gets the take for two full days His bakeries are open on Sunday. Sounds like he might have worked for the bakery. Yeah, I know somebody who works for him He wouldn't know how to find those four safes unless he was well informed about six one Yeah, wait around 180 Where's brown hat leather jacket and the silk stocking over his face good coffee carries a gun revolver I hope we get him before someone scares him and he starts using it You got the rest of the bakeries staked out. Yeah, our men will cover from Sunday night till Tuesday morning Can't spare them any longer Yes, Ray. That's crying man silk stocking boy. I take Celsius your bakery and shot a guy killin Excelsior bakery. Oh, okay. Pete now take it Something hot guy with silk stocking just held up another bakery shot someone Then yeah This isn't Monday Girl in the store. Who's the man checker for the bakery just making her rounds talk to the girl Yeah, no, I've been too busy getting you in the ambulance down here. I only see what she has to say Taking to the hospital a little more after he gets her this little tenant Guthrie and Sergeant cargo They'd like to ask you some questions. I hope I can help. Did you get a good look at the man miss beading a good look? Yes, it was horrible. He looked like Well, I can't describe it his face was all pushed out of shape under his silk stocking same guy How did it happen? It all started after I'd given him the money. He made you open the safe Yes, the floor safe. He made me go into the back of the store with him. I was scared stiff Well, we got into the storeroom and he made me open the safe Then he told me to put all the money into the bread bag. I Did it as fast as I could I just wanted him to leave to get out of the shop And what happened then then he made me lie down on the floor Just I done what he said the bell on the front door rang. It was the checker from the bakery, mr. Burns Go ahead. Well the bell rang and this robber made me get up and go out to see what was He told me to wait on them as though nothing had happened Said he'd have his gun on me not to make any slips. I've never been so scared in my life How did he know it was mr. Burns? How did he know? Well, I guess when I started talking to him mr. Burns that is Almost fainted when I saw who it was. Why did you try to warn him mr. Burns? No, I was so scared that I just stood there Had only done something not just relax try to take it easy and take your time Yes, sir. I knew that mr. Burns had come to check the store and they'd go into the back of the store Oh, I could do with stand there. I tried to talk but nothing would come out Finally, I asked mr. Burns to go away and come back later You know what a mr. Burns. No, we just laughed and made a joke about my having a boyfriend in the back of the store The robber must have gotten scared when mr. Burns laughed because that's when he My gosh, I'm getting the shakes look at me. Yeah, sit down. I'll be all right Funny, I was pretty good till I started telling you about it. You want to tell us the rest? Yeah, sure I'll be all right well Mr. Burns was still laughing when I heard the first shot It all happened so fast and I was so frightened. Hey, you said first Sean how many shots will fire how many oh Three I think I was looking at mr. Burns when the first one hit him He stopped laughing I'll never forget his face. Did he shoot at you? I don't think so. He fired two more times as I remembered mr. Burns spun around and fell in the counter Right over there the dark found three holes and burned What happened then the man ran out the front door? I ran after him and yelled for the police man of the street called in that's when I got the call This beaty can you remember if the holed-up man touched anything if there was any place where he might have left fingerprints? Let me see. Oh I don't think I'd remember if he did get all the information on this beaty. We want a statement right? I hope you catch him. We will This guy isn't gonna be easy. He'll slip. I always do. Yeah And in the meantime, he's not able to fill up this hospital. There's the doc. Hope he has something good to say No, so hello Guthrie You look as tired as I fail. Yeah, I'm tired. All right. How about burns can't tell yet? He's still out just wheeled him out of surgery took three slugs out of the center abdomen What would they look like 38th sent them over to Charlie in the lab. Don't shake. They were steel jackets Otherwise Burns wouldn't have any stomach at all must have been fired a close range Powder burns on his shirt according to the witness. He was about 10 feet away I sent the clothes down to Charlie in the lab Charlie's gonna be tired, too Have any leads on who did it no no a thing What does he look like you ever see a man with a silk stocking pull over his head? Not a bit makes identification almost impossible Stocking thinking about trying it might not be a bad idea when I want to sneak out of the house I'll take care of yourself in get some sleep. I'll try send you over some vitamins. Thanks Nice guy. Yeah, we think we've got a tough job Won't show himself for a while after using that gun me mind so far. He's been taking nothing but chances Sure crossed us up pulling a job on Wednesday. Yeah, he's smart. Yeah Two days tank again, how do you figure bank holiday yesterday? I'll be done. Let's see what the lambs got What do you got for us Charlie got these 38 Find anything in the bakery man. That's a little girl. Give me some coffee cake to take home anything official Nothing yet the victim was shot from about 10 feet. Yeah, we know that he wants some coffee cake No, thanks. You shouldn't be eating that stuff Charlie. You're getting too heavy I'm gonna die. I'll be really worried. Well, let's know you find anything Honest Charlie can't stay healthy with all that weight Well, I'm gonna stake those bakeries out on a 24-hour schedule if it's just one man You know, what's up coin? I got shot in the bakery was burnt. Now. What about a doc Gerson just called from the hospital burns died What about his family? I'm going over there now. Yeah, I got a killer to catch now Action awaits you every week CBS radios big town Wednesday nights on most of these same stations is where editor Steve Wilson and his staff are fighting newsman and women Come to grips with criminals and killers and there's action-packed listening every minute Don't miss the latest big mystery extra in big town here that meets going up another four cents. Yeah Remember when you could get a hamburger for 15. Yeah, maybe we should be vegetarians and vegetables are up, too Why don't you read the funnies? Uh-huh Food keeps going up. We have to give up. Yeah, sure. I can just see you That's saying anything about burns getting shot. Yeah Silk stocking killer. I don't sell papers police baffled always with baffled Why don't they say anything about the ones we wrap up in a hurry police not bad Come on don't hog it. Yeah, read the funnies better than this menu. What's the matter with the menu? You read it lately. I Make it up. I didn't think it looked real Here Two hamburger steaks in a hurry. I sure hate to wait around when you were taking your time How do you put up with him look down ignore him any I really love you Your food I'm mad Look I hate to bust this up act and don't some guy just called him Yeah, he's up walking his dogs our guide bury a sack dug up the sack and found a full of money We're on the bakery job. Yeah with that That's what this is all about. What do you mean the bag the money was in came from the Berkshire bakery and Davis Arthur Davis Mr. Davis. Yeah We're police officers. Mr. Davis. Oh, come in. Come in. Come in. Thank you. Now. This is I thought you were coming right over. I called a good 15 minutes. Oh, I thought you'd be right over here Well, we were having the money's in the other room in the sack William. Oh now what's the matter with you like policemen. I guess you don't like police. I guess not. I guess the end of police dog Oh, there's the money Do you mind telling us how you found it? I dug it up. I told one of your men on the floor. Didn't he tell you? Well, he was a little vague I saw some fella burying it. I was out walking with Yeah, I was out walking him and I saw this fella burying something. What do you fellas call yourself? Well, I'm Guthrie Davis Arthur did Now, how do you do it? I'm sure he is I saw this fella out burying something. He was looking mighty suspicious Oh, yes, he was looking around like an expectancy ghost or something. You think you'd recognize him again, Mr. David? Oh, it was way too dark. Well, didn't he see you? Well, how could it? Well, if you saw him. Well, I was on the road above him He couldn't see me but I could sure see him and William. He didn't open his mouth not once. He's a good dog You mind if I look at the bank, please? Oh, go ahead. Yeah $432. That's what I found. That's what you got. Would you mind showing us where you found this, Mr? Certainly, certainly $432. I didn't touch a bit of it. Hey, come on, William Let's show the fellas where we found the oh That's for me, Mr. Davis. Oh, yes, wait a minute. Why don't you say who you wanted? He asked for some fun of him Guthrie. Well, I'm Guthrie. I told my officer Shut up. Now, you know, it's not polite to make all this racket when someone's trying to talk on the telephone Well, now I've told you one time. I've told you about it Okay, I'll get right over it Yeah, boy with a silk stocking Boy with a silk stock another bakery. Yeah, you stay here with mr. Davis. Well, ain't you gonna come along? Well, I show you well you show Sergeant Cog. Oh, I'm Cogger After he shows you're sending back to the house clients that are boys wounded So maybe you'll come back to dig up with the money, right be right there, mr. Davis Thanks a lot just up ahead, and then you turn right Just up ahead. I left sergeant. What's his name? Cogger. I left him up there. Oh, it's cold up there. Turn right Will you let me take warning with me you won't like me going out without a stop right here What's his name? He should be on it something. Yeah, the place where he buried the money's right down below the wall You don't have to get out mr. Davis. Well, don't you want me to show you where you showed Sergeant Cogger? Didn't you? Well, sure I showed him. Well, then you better go back to your house I wanted to stick around for the fireworks. I took him back, Quine. Right. Well, look, I showed you where I dug up the money I'm sorry mr. Davis Come right back Quine. Give us a whistle Small stakeout a boy with a silk stocking came in and small covered him. Well, if you're back here a man must have gotten away Yeah, let's get out of sight. I'll tell you about it Small on the suspect shot it out small hitting but doesn't know how bad chased him with his mother traffic in that district Okay Which way does stocking face come up here? Davis didn't see him come up, but he says he left down that way. There's a golf course over there. Must come through it One of these not hurt too badly may come looking for his money and if he is hurt badly might save us some trouble Let a lot of pretty sure he had a car parked over on Adams a couple of people saw a man run up to a car and take off You all said it looked like he was hurt License number no Guy sure got a lot of nerve pressed his luck too far this time after killing burns You think he'd stay low for a while. You can think so Tell me about some people Wish I brought a heavy coat Wish it brought to once last time over that way cold sure it is What time is it about 9 30? Used to be pretty good. I never could get interested in that game. That's great That pounded a beat for a lot of years and had enough walking. Oh, it's it's great exercise. This is all the exercise I'll ever want for him freezing He's a boy let him get to the hole. What's when the dog sounds like it's coming. 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