 Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now by transcription behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city We're under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer This is the lineup I'm Papas. No still has them seven years in Oregon armed robbery Holder arm from Chief of Police in Salem Denver wants them to same thing. I'll be done Lippincott here. Yeah. Hey, yeah, what was up the front? How about the others? Jensen, Robert Kiffer and Ramoschenko full house. Yeah, all of Papa's victims showed up here. We have to hire the city Go to turn Hey, I have your attention, please you people out there on the other side of the wire in the audience room May I have your attention, please? Thank you. My name is Cogger Sergeant Pete Cogger. I'll explain the lineup to you Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off the number their name and charge You have any questions or identifications Please remember the number assigned to the prisoners I call his name at the end of each line when I ask for questions or Identifications call out the number if you're sure or not too sure of the suspect have him held the officers who took your name Will assist you they're seated among you. Please be prompt with your questions or identifications when the prisoners leave here They're sent to the washroom and dressed back into the jail clothes makes it quite difficult to bring them back after they leave here The questions I ask the suspect's ability to get a natural tone of voice But they're not paid too much attention to their answers as they often lie. All right, bring on the line Okay, move it right along boys all the way to the end this way. Oh, I thought I tried no kind of filter I turn and face the front. You got a match. Yeah Hands out of your pockets keep your eyes straight ahead when I call out your numbers step up to the white Here from in the center of the stage. It's a big room out there. So talk right up when I ask you questions All right, number one Andrew Damon grand theft merchandise right out the circle Andrew Tell us where you live the Jackson Heights the street address Andrew three twenty south Kilburn any weapons on you when you were picked up no weapons watch your profession salesman Through the screen and that's it. What do you sell food? Frozen food in deep free. How long you've been selling food in deep freezer about six months Anyone with you when you were arrested? No, you own a car. No Those are clothes you're wearing when you were booked. Yeah Take off the coat and take off the coat over the side Number two Bernard Karp's burglary. Oh, yes, sir. What's your address? 65 Gallipago Street apartment 10. What do you do for a living Bernard? Oh Anything shovel work sometimes I did you know a man named Frank Krieger Yeah, I know Frank. I know him for a long time turn around See him in the line anywhere. Oh, yeah, that's him right back there. It's number seven. How about David junta? You know him. Oh sure. Yeah, you see him in the line anyway tonight. Yeah The office's report states that Frank Krieger and David junta were with you at the time of arrest and he explained that for not You know where they were They were with the chickens Where were the chickens for not we're in the chicken coop You see I was out front in the car and they were in back I'll open up a few things when the power car drove up, but they weren't with you. They were in the chicken coop Well, now you got it. Thank you Next number three John Pappas arm robbery. Where do you live John? Address 313 Pakistan I think what do you do me work? Yeah, what kind of work do you do? How long you've been a carpenter John six seven years? Where do you work? I don't where was your last job? Arizona as a carpenter Anybody with you when you were picked up? No, I was alone. There was nobody with me. Have any weapons gone. What kind of gun? Have a car no What's funny John nothing why the grim they were thinking of them guys in the sequel for a year Okay, John step back sergeant cargo. Yeah, number three Okay, Pappas, not mine. That doesn't I see tomorrow fine Oh, yeah, Bill got a minute sure Get a make on Pappas. Yeah, there's enough of the district attorney now good mom We might have a break on George Fresno Fresno Broadway Division picked up Lawrence Sawyer half an hour ago parole violation I think he'll help us to get Fresno. Well, how's that Sawyer's got a wife and two kids now He doesn't want to serve any more time Lieutenant Guthrie. Hi. Hello Lieutenant Hand me that man. Oh, yeah Assault huh. Yeah, who's Herman Pollard? Yeah, just some Jake's dinner on an abye was in I had a hit him kept me with needling me you're on parole Larry, you know, you weren't supposed to be in a bar, don't you? I wake up almost night tonight I stopped in there for being this payment whatever his name. He started needling me, so I Well, I popped him and they picked me up and you broke parole. I've been up two years now I kept my nose clean asked my parole officer asked a guy in Whitman, but we will You said something about George Fresno to Captain Heinz at Broadway Division Larry. That's right. Well Do I get a break? What about George Fresno? He's in town again. Yeah, we know that you want him, don't you? He's handling the stuff again. Yeah He's working with Gunther Talbot and Elmer Brashe Three of them have been pushing for 17 months when we know of Stuff's from Turkey and Greece tests out anywhere from 30 to 50 percent We've got half a kilo of it down the lab right now Yeah Can I have some water? I hope you're so okay. I don't want to serve two more years for popping some guy in a bar I did 11 out of my 13. Two more years. It'd break me up. No, do I get a chance? We'll talk about that later on I go on with this. Hey, um, I know George Fresno. Pretty good. Have you been seeing him Larry? I ran into him a couple of times the last year, but there was nothing wrong I didn't just ran in them. You sure that's it the whole thing last week. I run into him again We got the talking he asked me if I any contacts He said he had a new ship and a pretty good stuff and he asked me if I knew any buyers You know where pushers looking for supply working with old timers like guns that's how button brashie. He asked you You never worked in dope Larry. What are you trying to give us? I know it sounds screwy You don't expect us to believe it there Well, it's true. They don't say out me and I think I got the pitch on it Now maybe I'm wrong but Fresno is handling this load by yourself without Gunther and brashie What makes you think that he told me to keep it on my hat He gave me his phone number and said to talk only to him and he wants you to help him get rid of it Is that it you offered me the chances just like I told you and what'd you tell him? Oh, I didn't want to take no chance, but I didn't want him to think I was turning up me nose So I just thought I might keep my eyes open doesn't seem right him asking you Larry Not when he's got his own contacts now How long have you known him you're a good friend of his I met him when I was doing my pit up there We used to meet on the library But I know him about him since I was a kid and he was running booze then and we all know what he made and how he lived Larry a lot of people know George Fresno a lot of people met him in prison Yeah, I still don't buy him asking you to make contacts. Well, you know what happened up there, didn't you? And what do you mean? I guess they really wouldn't have nothing to do with me unless I hadn't happened You see once then I dine in all about three weeks before George got out two guys jumped him Now we know they begin waking over him with butter knife You know the treatment George is maybe well 60 years old. He couldn't handle him I happen to be standing right by him. I give my hand. I yell for the gods and otherwise the guy might have been killed I guess he liked me for anybody else in on it. There were other guys around but nobody else helped him You know, he wasn't liked. Yeah, but you helped it. That's right. I helped that made you a pretty good friend of his That's right. And now you want to help us get him. Yeah, how do you suppose George it feel if he knew you were down here talking to Was like this Larry who cares how he feels. Thank you Maybe some of his friends Larry those guys are into harrowing got no friends Gunther Talbot and brashy Hmm, maybe you could get them too. They don't worry me neither But all it worries me is keeping my job toting them centuries of cement every day out. I want to go back to prison I had enough Step that a line tonight when I smack that guy. I'm willing to get back in line and stay there You guys got a smoke sure Thanks Now George asked me for a contact to a low some of the stuff. He wouldn't ask everybody, you know that a Plant waker for you would help a lot George is a smart operator And that might take a long time for you to get somebody in there I could get in right away and set him up. He's going up once done income tax and once done carrying concealed weapons You never had a big rap, but I know you want them Listen to me George lives over on Palace Drive You've got an apartment across two thousand a month rent pretty nice place Books television couple of sevens. I live on every place 45 bucks a month And I'm nothing to get it together, but I got a wife and two kids there when I get home I'd like living like this captain. Give me a chance to stay with him. Will you please? That captain please Harry is Waldo. I want a package on Lawrence Sawyer Yeah, everything Check the parole office That's right right away. Yeah. Bye If you're clean enough, we'll give you a break Larry Okay, Ben. Come on. Wait. Well, what happens now? You're still under arrest for assault Larry. We'll book you in for the night Everybody's in your office. Okay, you can get Sawyer up, right? Hi fellas Pete yeah, they got it all been good All right boys. Let's get this over with Captain Waldo's decided to use Lawrence Sawyer on this Sawyer's Convinced us that he has the confidence that George Fresno and can be useful in making the arrest Sawyer's willing to do anything we ask him Now all of you men have been pulled off your current assignments to concentrate on this case Looks like the first break we've had in trying to get Fresno You'll do nothing, but work on this until it's completed What are the teams being a hasher and coin Crockett and Murphy, I'll endure in Costello Vickers and man. Okay Now two of you will be with Sawyer 24 hours a day. He's gonna be in danger right away We don't want him to get hurt and we don't want any of you to get hurt Well, he's given us permission to tap his telephone line Technical have two men at his home all the time. We don't have to worry about that part of it Two others will be at the cement works the district attorney drove these sheets. Yeah, Pete There are four charges we might be able to get Fresno on importing concealing selling or transporting To make any of these charges stick we have to arrest him with the goods on his person Now remember that no arrest no action on our part until George Fresno's got something on his person Now that may happen tomorrow May happen a year from tomorrow, but we're gonna stop him this time Okay, man. Yeah This is Lawrence Sawyer, some of you know him some of you don't How do you feel Larry? Okay, Lieutenant. Okay, sit down. Yeah, right there Okay, Larry you have an outside line. Yeah, George This is Larry Larry saw you. I've been thinking about that. You know what we talked about last week How about having a drink George and talking about it? Okay, George. I'll be there Come on I'm gonna meet up for a drink this afternoon in Amos's bar and grill. That's on 17th right below Grant. 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Who's running that show and Fresno Buddy listens to them. Sawyer thinks he might get somewhere this week. When's he seeing him again this morning? Ben will give it to the rest of the week after that closed down just two men are Bill can't help but Ben are on me Waldo, okay. Thanks. Keep in touch This might be it then. How's that Fresno agreed to sell sorry a full kilo of heroin this morning Sawyer thinks we can set him up No, thanks. Oh, what's the matter something wrong with it? Oh, it's okay. He's taking our time Yeah Yeah, hello tenant sergeant. Hi Larry sit down. What do you have? Yeah, yeah Drink mine thanks Sure good. Well, how'd it go? Well, he's willing to sell some of it to me Give us a whole story. Well, you know how I've been after I didn't push too hard because I didn't want to get suspicious Thanks. Well, you know something's wrong today. I brought it up I told him I had a client in town who takes some of the stuff. Yeah, well, you know, we've been arguing about price all He said he'd have you know that he'd have to go 8,000 straight I try to make it look good and I'll get for 75 on it Finally made a deal 78 a full kilo. Yeah, he beefed me up about how high graded was 65% He said I told him my client would like that Hey, look, I'm gonna need some cash. What's the deal? You'll want you'll want to see 7800 bucks before he shows me anything I know that I try to argue him down But he wants it all in cash and I gotta have it. Well, you'll have it when's the delivery I'm supposed to meet him at the corner of Albion and 6 with 9 o'clock tonight. He say you'd have the stuff with him No, I didn't and I didn't ask him. He's pretty cagey. It may be a running around texting me. I don't know She'll be glad when it's all over. Who was with him when you talked Talbot and brashie I was wrong thinking this was something George was handling just for himself. They ran on it, too Are they gonna be there? I don't know. Did you tell him who your client was? I did it just the way we talked about it. I just said was a friend of mine from California He asked me for a name and I told him I read and I'd say you let it go with that He was more interested in arguing about money than anything else 9 o'clock Albion and 6 that's it. Okay, Larry. Yeah Thanks for the beer, son. Yeah And you know something what? That guy tell me if you know what I was up to you've known that all along Yeah, but I just begin to think about it a minute ago Doesn't look like too much of a problem been straight into section filling station on one Corner apartment house across the street another on the opposite corner and a vacant lot. Yeah, what about the apartment? Well, we checked around as much as we dare to didn't find anything brashie lives over in Pershing Heights Talbot's got a hotel room in the Dayton some of the others could be living around here. Yeah, but we don't know anything about them if they do How about the filling station? Well, it's independent guy will run. It's been in business 17 years. I checked his help all clean Okay, I want one car parked on the street in front of the vacant lot another one of the filling station You can set Crockett and Murph up inside one of the apartment buildings and Hollinger and Costello on the other Okay, now this may be just a starting point I'll have a radio control set up right in the area Sawyer has to get in the car with Fresno will follow who's gonna handle that pot of Pete and I'll be in the command car If he moves out, we'll move after him But we'll want somebody ahead to pick him up. I can't risk telling him very long We can all start at six and let you give us plenty of time. I guess But change back now what that was Hollinger president just called Sawyer about tonight the delivery off Fresno's worried. He wants to meet Sawyer's client. I don't know about this lieutenant. It's the only thing we can do But I don't know maybe he'll recognize you. No, he's never seen me. What about brashie and Talbot? They've never seen me either You ever been to this place before? No, it's just the address he give me I try to hold them off. Yeah, I know sure suspicious Okay, yeah Lieutenant yes, sir that's Sergeant Coggin quaint in that car cross the street. What do you think? Are you? Yeah, George. This is my friend Paul Younger. Hi. Come on in. Thanks Here I get you boys a drink. Yeah, sure Bourbon be all right fine. How about you? Okay, George? Thanks. Thanks Get comfortable How long you've been in town younger three weeks Los Angeles Santa Cruz. What are you saying? Friends anybody I'd know I didn't ask Look Sawyer. He said this was all set up. What's the shakedown? Well, he just want to meet your Paul. That's all I gotta be careful. So do I Do I get delivery tonight? No, okay does it I gotta catch a plane wait a minute Paul wait for him I can buy elsewhere I don't have to go through this kind of thing. I don't know you from Adam. Well, that's the way. I like it president How long you've been in business? You got too nosy for me and Sawyer came up with a proposition that he could put me next to some 65% stuff. I like the idea. I can use it. I'm willing to pay the dough and not this kind of thing You want to do business. We do it right now. No more questions. No more stalling. What do you say president? You Got the money showing Yeah That was it George I'll take half right now. You can give me the rest when the stuff's delivered Paul won't let me less than an hour. What do you say Paul? Well, give him two thousand Okay Okay When can he pick it up for me? He doesn't have to what you can do it yourself younger Just get your hat and follow me Sawyer. You can go home. Mr. Younger and me. You'll handle it now He's a nice boy. Mr. Younger always been good to me. Yeah, he says you're all right. I think you're all right That's the way I feel about him No, no hard feelings about me asking to meet you. No, no Yeah, Larry's a nice boy. I gotta be careful though. Well, everybody does you know Where are we going? Oh not far just a few more blocks You know must be nice around Santa Cruz this time of year. Yeah And we'll do any fishing Some go down to Mexico mostly yellow tail yellow tail. Yeah, nice fish Are we here? Just being careful. Come on Yeah, well what now I don't get excited this this won't take long Yeah, here we go. Hey magic. This is mr. Younger from California Go ahead go ahead get in Madge helps me out on these things. Mr. Younger. Yeah That's you George. Oh just drive around madge. Are we gonna make a pickup or aren't we what is this? We'll make a pickup Got the rest of that money. Yeah And I'm keeping it until I see some action. I want half before I deliver. Well, you got to that's it Fresno Hey, who'd you buy from before? I had some people Chinese stuff Okay, younger what madge. Yeah. Hey, what is this relax? Wait here I'll be back in a minute. No funny guy. Is he where's he going my apartment? What for? What you talking about a delivery? Yeah Is that the way it works? George, okay Well one okay, what are you doing? I think I'll stretch for a minute. What I get cramped up Yeah What's this you're going someplace. I'm just stretching. You better get back in the car. Is this it? Yeah 65% I guarantee it. Well, I'll take it right here. Oh, wait a minute. What about my dough? No dough on this one George Huh, I'm a police officer that don't move your hands madge if your hands on the wheel in there No, no sit down on the ground George. Now look look look. I got a lot of money 20,000 30,000 down don't hand me over to be my last trip. I only got a few more years Yeah, Sergeant quine. I'll take care of him too. Don't hand me over. Please see about her. Yeah, okay, my son It was all a setup wasn't it? Come on George. This is Sergeant Cogger Brassie and Talbot followed off in the other place, Ben. We picked him up two blocks back couldn't tell what was up there here $7,800 what good does it do to get me? I'm an old man. I'm washed up anyhow. It'll stop this I'll die there. Yeah, you probably will George Let's go where before you pass the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer Listen again next week when we again bring you the lineup Attention, please you people out there on the other side of the wire in the audience room. May I have your attention, please? Thank you. My name is Cogger Sergeant Pete Cogger. I'll explain the lineup to you Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off the number their name and charge You have any questions or identifications, please remember the number assigned to the prisoners I call his name The lineup starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie with Jack Moyles as Sergeant Pete Cogger Was written by E. Jack Newman with music by Eddie Dunsteader Featured in tonight's cast were high ever back Peter Leeds Howard McNear Benny Rubin Joseph Kearns and Virginia Greg The lineup was transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime Delvalle Sunday nights here Lionel Barrymore host narrator and frequent star of a distinguished dramatic series You'll find the plays are of the same height caliber as you've heard in years gone by On the program CVS radio called your Thursday night play house this year with Lionel Barrymore's host narrator It's your Sunday night play house. I'm most of these same CVS radio stations every week Then cover the speaking this is the CVS radio network