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The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Dameron matter Spence account item one two hundred and forty dollars plain fare and incidentals Hartford to San Francisco I arrived ten hours after the news of the national savings and loan hold up reached the office The tenant Benson was waiting for me when I got to the city hall Yeah, you just some time Donna my men picked up Bernie manners a few minutes ago. He's down the hall manners He's the one you got an identification on yes Watchman looked at some mugs we pulled from the files and spotted him right away Said manners was one of the four men who did the job. Oh, it's quick work. Shall we go on down? Yeah What about this manners? Well needs a two-time loser 25 arrests on his card on the way from narcotics violation to armed robbery We'll see what he has to say before we check out his mama sheep How'd they get him and when the watchman made him why we put out an APB? One of the unit spotted him because he was going into a sluice and this way oh Have any trouble? No They find anything on two dollars and 40 cents no gun nothing You were I'm gonna smoke. Oh, yeah, sure. I'm fresh out. Yeah, here you go Well, what do you think about weather out here? Oh pretty nice pretty nice We're still having snow. Hmm. I haven't been east in 13 years We've gotten what it looks like this manners. Yeah Sergeant Friedman Johnny Donald. Hi. Hi. Hello, Bernie. Hello, Lieutenant. Well, let's have it What the story on the national savings and loan job? I don't know anything about the national savings and loan job Four men walked in there about midnight last night shot the watchman cracked the saves and got away with $65,000 Now you know about it. I don't know anything. What are you guys trying to hang on me? Where were you last night Bernie? When last night between 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock. I was in my room sleeping you prove You were sleeping last night in your room. Who can prove that we're sleeping in a lane ladies somebody like that I don't know. What do you know? Hi about the national savings job. Nothing. I don't know nothing Look Bernie you can make this thing a whole lot easier. I can Now who worked it with you? Who are the other three men in on it? Come on, Bernie. You were always pretty good at talking. I'm not gonna tell you anything I don't have anything to tell you how you're making a living these days. What what do you do for a living? Oh, I've been driving a truck up to last week. Yeah, where coast trucking outfit. Did you quit? I was fired. Why I got in a beef with a boss check that yeah Tenon Benson and sergeant Friedman continued to question the suspect He refused to admit any part in the burglary of the national savings and loan company or to name any people who were connected with it An hour went by he still refused to talk Two hours I'm getting tired. So am I. All of us are tired Bernie. Look, why don't you open your face so we can get some rest? I've told you I didn't have anything to say Who's this joker? Me My name's dollar Bernie I'm from the insurance company. What's he doing here worrying about you and your friends You don't have to worry about me dollar. I'll try not to I thought maybe he was a lawyer Do I get to see a lawyer? What do you want to see a lawyer for to get out of here? That's why you aren't getting out of here Bernie. You know that Now tell us all about it Come on Bernie, you know it's all over. We got enough to take you into court right now. Don't give me that Don't you believe it? No Hand me that Yeah, sure Hey You know what this is Bernie No It's a no dry statement from the watchman that was killed His name was Fuller I talked to him just before he died You know what this says? It says that you were one of the four men who robbed the national savings and loan company last night Listen Me Please state your full name Him Henry Fuller Me Where do you live? Him 235 22nd Avenue Me I understand that you are seriously hurt. Is that true? Him Yes Me Do you believe that you are about to die from injuries you have received? Him Yes Me Have you any hope of recovery from the effects of these injuries? Him No Listen Shut up Bernie and listen Me Who caused the injuries from which you are suffering? Him One of the robbers Me Is this a picture of one of the men who caused your injuries? Him Yes He was looking at a mug shot of you Bernie There were four witnesses in that hospital room when Fuller made this statement It's a positive identification on you Well Can I have a glass of water? Later maybe Who were the other men? I don't know what you're talking about Questioning went on Another hour passed Everybody got pretty tired Manors still admitted nothing It was the usual method of interrogation Hammer away Hammer away Sooner or later he'd spill something important Lieutenant Benson knew his job Aren't small Bernie Who were the other men? For the 20th time there were no other men There were four of you Bernie Why didn't we play bridge? Tell us what you did all day yesterday What? Start with from the time you got up Try to remember Yeah we're all interested What is this? Go on Bernie Tell it Well I got up about ten I fooled around all day and I got to bed early Very nice What do you want me to tell you? What you did all day Who you were with Where you went Oh it's And after you tell us that You can tell us how you worked on the national savings and loan overs I'll tell you nothing All right what's your name? What? What's your name? Bernie Manish you know my name Why do you live? I told you Tell us your address Twenty twenty army street Who worked with you? Nobody nobody Yeah just a minute Benson Yeah that was about you Bernie What about me Lieutenant? What about me? Guess what the crime lab found Tucked behind one of the cushions In the front seat of your car Twenty thousand dollars Bernie You didn't hide it very well I didn't think you'd be looking Did you use your car? Yeah Who were the others? Eddie Page, Jack Ivers One more You look like I was called Chick I didn't know him Chick won Just Chick He figured the whole thing Who contacted you? Eddie he put me in on But Chick ran it Where can we get hold of Chick? I don't know What about ADP? I don't know Jack Ivers No It won't do you any good to lie now I'm not lying I just don't know Why you can get hold of any of them What did you do after the job? We all got my car and treated I let them off near the pheromones All three of them? Yeah That way you split the money? No we did that Before we left the loan company I'm tired One more thing Who shot Fullen? This Chick Are you sure? He was the only one who had a gun Sure I'm sure Why did you shoot him? I couldn't figure that myself We're all leaving the place The watchman was all tied up And it was no trouble Chick walked over Stuck the gun in his back And let him have it Bernie Manners gave us a description Of the man known only as Chick It was pretty much the same As the description given by the watchman The checks with the moniker files Revealed a possible 23 persons Who answered the general description And background of Chick Manners was shown a picture Of each one Couldn't identify any of them I went back to my hotel And went to bed The next morning I was with Lieutenant Benson They checked the slugs Taken from Fullen's body Any luck? They came from a 45 automatic revolver Looks like it might be of cold That checks with what Manners said Yeah But nothing in our files On the gun itself Manners is in their mug room now If this Chick ever did time In any California prison We'll have them on file A highway, huh? Art Key Mann's been killed What about the other two? Page and Ivers Ivers was released from San Quentin Three months ago The parole office Gave us an address for him On Turk Street Quinlan Friedman went out there But the people who run The rooming house say Ivers hasn't been around For two days I've got the place staked out What was he in San Quentin for? Grand Theft Auto Did four years At the only time he fell Mm-hmm Page just had a little more Experience He's older than Manners' Ivers He's a two-time loser Both convictions were for armed robbery Police in Denver Wanted for questioning too And he leads on him No local address He has a sister who lives in Eureka Police there are talking to him Should be getting something pretty soon Communication's been broadcasting this Every 30 minutes all night long I left Lieutenant Benson So I could talk with the auditors Who've been working with the people At National Savings and Trust By that time they determined That $68,000 had been taken in the robbery I spoke to the claims adjuster Who'd flown in from Hartford And the officials of the company I explained the situation with the police And the recovery of $20,000 Of the stolen money They agreed to suspend their claim Pending the arrest of the other three suspects And the possible recovery of the entire loot Expense account item two, ten cents Phone number I've got the address Expense account item two, ten cents Phone call I checked with Lieutenant Benson About four o'clock Hi Hi You just... Oh yeah? 1485 Claire Street I'll meet you out in front Right Expense account item three One dollar and thirty five cents Cab fare to the address on Claire Street Hi Hi In there? Yeah You want to be in on this? If it's all right with you Okay Freedman's covering the back entrance Quinlan's in the lobby Let's go Hey How'd you get it? Eureka police talked to Paige's sister Said she'd been writing him here Under the name of Ernest Lawyers Oh I won't take it over there Yeah Looking for Mr. Lawyers You're Mr. Lawyers? Yeah What do you want? Package Well, it's... Mrs. William Redding Eureka, California I have to sign for it Hey, what's the eye? You alone, Paige? Who are you? Police Get your hat Come on, let's go Won't take a look over there, darling Yeah What is this? Bernie Mann has spilled it all Look out He's got a gun Drop that page Oh Oh Oh, good, mister Well, you Come on, get up Put your hands out All right, let's go, Paige Whatever you're doing You'll enjoy chewing Wrigley's spearmint gum Chew Wrigley's spearmint while you're working The lively, full-bodied flavor of Wrigley's spearmint Gives you a refreshing little lift The smooth, pleasant chewing of Wrigley's spearmint gum Helps keep you feeling relaxed and satisfied Makes your job seem easier Chew Wrigley's spearmint gum in your home When you're out walking or driving When you're enjoying sports and other activities Wrigley's spearmint gum tastes good anytime And the natural chewing aids digestion Helps keep your teeth bright and attractive Yes, wherever you are Whatever you're doing You'll enjoy chewing Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum Healthful, refreshing, delicious Our star, John Lund We bring you the second act of yours truly, Johnny Dollar Since Quinlan and Friedman Took the suspect Eddie Page downtown I drove over to the emergency hospital With a tenant Benson Where they patched up the cut in this temple Where Paige had slugged him with his gun After that we returned to headquarters Sergeant Friedman met us outside the interrogation room How do you feel, Choff? Oh, headache And what about him? Real quiet so far Fine We went over to the apartment You'll be happy about this, Dollar More money? 15,000 stuck in a suitcase Your insurance company's doing well so far Yeah, yeah And I see about Tough Boy Remember me? I remember both of you How's your head? I'll get over it How's your chin? I'd like to get at you again I'd like to get at you? It's always been sad ever since he landed You're tied in with Bernie Manners And Jack Ivers on this thing, Page Am I? Yeah And that's enough for us I suppose you're gonna send me to prison I suppose we are Son talk Who's Chick? Chick The other guy I don't know Where's Ivers? I don't know Bernie had to stay in here six hours How long are you gonna take, Page? As long as you like We've got all the time in the world So have I You know we found your cut of the job in your room Bernie's already told us about you You're not gonna admit anything, huh? Why should I? Mann was killed on that job As a murder charge to go along with everything else Do tell You can make it easy on yourself, Page Easier for you Okay That's the way you want it Friedman Yeah You and Quinlan stay with his bird Stay with him if it takes all night And all day and all night I wanna see how long he can last Okay Come on, darling I'm hungry Expensive count item four Six dollars and thirty-five cents Drinks and dinner for Lieutenant Benson and myself After eating, we returned to the interrogation room In the questioning of the suspect, Eddie Page Although he knew there was enough evidence against him To make a burglary and homicide charge stick He still refused to admit his part in the burglary Or to give us the full name of the man known simply as Chick About ten o'clock that night A man who ran a drug store on Geary Street Telephoned that he thought he might have Some information that would help I drove over there with Lieutenant Benson Good evening, can I help you, please? We'd like to talk to Mr. Smith Oh, you're the police? Well, I'm Smith I'm Lieutenant Benson, this Mr. Dollar How do you do? You said you had something that might help, Mr. Smith Indeed, I do, Mr. Dollar Indeed, I do I read all about the burglary in the papers yesterday Well, I have this A bill wrapper from National Savings alone Yes And where'd you get this, Mr. Smith? I found it on the floor, right here in the store You know who dropped it? Yes, I think so Oh Well, a man who was in here earlier I think he dropped it What'd he look like? Well, he was tall, he was kind of husky Always about 35 years old, I'd say He wore kind of a dark hat and a trench coat You ever seen him in here before? No, just tonight What did he buy, Mr. Smith? Quite a few things Well, like what? Well, three bottles of Scotch And some Mixer And some ice And some cigarettes Uh-huh, I see When did you find the wrapper? Right after he paid me for the things What size bill did he give you? It was a 50 You still have it? Yes Could we look at it, please? Surely, yes, this way Thanks No, huh? Brand new Did you happen to notice if he left in the car, Mr. Smith? No, he was on foot When I found the wrapper on the floor And then remembered the newspaper story I ran outside to take a look to see which direction he went He walked right across the street You mean he might possibly live around here? I think so Like right there, you see He went into the Alden Hotel How long ago was this? Oh, my, that was not over 15 minutes ago Hey, hey, hey What? That's him, just coming out on the street Get back Can you see his face? No, not yet Is he one of the men you're looking for? I don't know, he sounds like it Let's go Are you? Yes, sir Call downtown Hey, you Hold it up just a minute He's going for the alley Yeah He ducked right in there, I think Yeah Be careful, Johnny Okay Yeah, I'm okay Throw out the gun, Harbors You don't have a chance Don't! Yeah He's gonna try for that fence down there Yeah, let's go You can't see us in the shadows He made the fence Come on You see anything? It's too dark Somewhere in here Hey, the apartment house You went in the back door Yeah Get down You okay? Okay Ivers This is your last chance Somebody will get hurt if we don't stop him What's it look like? Oh, he's done for him Yeah, a better phone in Jack Ivers, one of the suspects connected with the burglary of the National Savings and Loan Office died instantly while attempting to escape arrest We waited for the coroner's men to arrive We searched his body and found $12,000 of the stolen money concealed in a money belt around his waist I accompanied Lieutenant Benson to the Alden Hotel where we learned from the desk clerk that Ivers had checked in the previous day using the name of David Ward The clerk said that he shared the room with a man who'd registered as Charles Daly Daly was still in the room as far as the clerk knew We went upstairs This is Chick It's been a good day's work Yeah As you can get That's the way I like to pick him up Quiet From the hotel room was identified as Chester Dameron Toledo, Ohio A check with authorities there revealed he had a criminal record covering 17 years His nickname was Chick Along with Eddie Page and Bernie Manners he was indicted on charges of burglary and murder The remainder of the stolen money was found in his hotel room All told, 99 and 39 100% of the loot was recovered accepting what Ivers spent for whiskey Pretty good for federal underwriters Expense account item 5 $63.30 Miscellaneous while in San Francisco Item 6, same as 1 My plane fare and incidentals back to Hartford Total expense account $551.10 Yours truly, Johnny Daly For friends, Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum refreshes you Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum gives you real chewing enjoyment The lively, full-bodied flavor of Wrigley's Spearmint cools your mouth, freshens your taste sweetens your breath The smooth, pleasant chewing of Wrigley's Spearmint helps keep you feeling relaxed and satisfied makes whatever you're doing more enjoyable Yes, for refreshment plus chewing enjoyment treat yourself often to Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum Millions enjoy it daily Get a few packages and always keep some handy That's Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum Healthful, refreshing, delicious Truly, Johnny Dollar Brought to you by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum stars John Lund in the title role and was written by E. 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