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It's listened to in millions of homes This means that we of the Equitable Society have a very serious responsibility We must key our Equitable Society messages to home and family problems and give our listeners real help in solving those problems Tonight's Equitable Commercial will tell about the Equitable Education Fund If you have children be sure to listen to this important message from the Equitable Life Assurance Society coming in 14 minutes Tonight's FBI file the Half-Pint Horse Players Your FBI has just completed another in its series of uniform crime reports a study of crime and criminals throughout the 48 states What the survey has to say about juvenile delinquency is frightening Because this refers to no local situation, but to a national emergency You hear of crimes such as robbery auto theft fraud and forgery And you think of them as being committed by hardened criminals with long records And yet the unfortunate truth as shown by this latest FBI survey Is that almost one third of all the crimes in those categories committed during the first half of this year? We're committed by boys and girls under the age of 21 Tonight's file opens in a large room in back of a pool parlor There's a long counter against one wall behind which men are taking bets on horses Two boys one of them 17 and the other 15 approach the counter Hey Joe, that looks like the guy who runs a joint right over there. Uh-huh. Let's talk to him. Okay, Phil Hey, you're the boss here Yeah, why that guy down at the other end don't want to take my bet we don't bet with kids Hey, look it's American money. Ain't it? Mr. And let me handle this Joe. How'd your kids get in here through the pool room like everybody else? Go out the same way Here comes the winner at New York big dip the winner happy breed second Star song Hey, look mister, what is it? I got a tip on this horse and I gotta get down some place some place else not here Listen, I was betting parlays when I was in grade school. He used to work for a bookmaker back home I'll give him your action then I'm telling you for the last time get out of here go on blow Yeah, come on Joe right Where are we going Phil? Well, let's find some other place where we can make a bet Hey, wait a minute. Are you calling us? Yeah, I want to talk to you What about I happened to be on the area when you were trying to get your bet down with Lou Yeah, so what so I felt sorry for you. Thanks. Come on Joe. Oh, wait a minute Well, well, I'm a horse player myself. I know how it is when you got a hot horse and you can't get any action Look You want to hang around out there in a pool room. I'll make your bets for you. Hey Hey, that sounds okay. Wait a minute. What's in it for you, Mike? Well, if you have a good day, you stake me 10% of your winnings That sounds fair enough Phil. Yeah, it's okay a deal a deal swell Now what do you want to bet? Well, it's 40 clams They'll be the next two in New York blackjack and dusty legs 20 if 20 in reverse 20 if 20 in reverse you got it And I wait a minute You give us the results as soon as they come in. Oh sure kid sure Okay Come on Joe. Let's go on out and shoot a rack of pool Sixth ball in the corner. Okay Joe rack them up. We better stop shooting pool pretty soon. Oh, why? We won't be able to pay the time We gave that guy our last 40 dollars. Don't worry kid. We got a winner soon. Why? That's system ever goes more than four races in a row without a winner. Yeah, I know but Well, if we don't win this one, we got no more cash. Yes. So what we still got all the other stuff I know but that ain't cash joke get out of my way. Let me take a shot. Hey, here comes our guy Yeah Hey, how do we do Mike? Well, you blow a picture. Oh another one Tough break. Oh gee. This just ain't our day, Phil What do you want next kid? I like a always called noble king. All right. How much you want to bet? I can't make a bet Why not? I'm tapped out No cash left at all. Nope. Oh That's too bad Well, sorry, you didn't have a better day. Look if you get any fresh scratch come back again You hear you just asked for Charlie. Hey, wait a minute. Charlie. I want to talk to you Look kid if it's about dough, I ain't holding so good myself. No, no, no, I don't want to put the fight on you I want to sell you something. Huh? Yeah, take a look at this Hey That's a real nice piece of merchandise. It's a genuine Ruby Real nice. Yeah, Charlie What's it worth to you? Well, I couldn't say offhand if you don't want to buy that Phil we could show him that emerald pin Emerald pin. Yeah Hey, what are you guys running teenage Tiffany's and we get plenty of stuff like this. No kidding sure Look fellas, let's go over and sit out where it's nice and quiet, huh? I think we can do some business Not more than 10 city blocks away from the pool room and a local FBI field office special agent Jim Taylor is just greeting the fellow agent Hello there Ellis. Hello, Jim. When did you get back in town? Just this morning. You all finished up on the Wilson case? Yo, I've been assigned to the case you're working on. Hey, that's fine. I can use the help. What's the story on it, Jim? Well, a local couple named Russell were returning in their car from a vacation trip to the Middle West. Yes Last night about three hours outside of town. They stopped and picked up some hitchhikers for youngsters I see shortly after the pick up one of the youngsters pulled a gun on them Stopped the car ordered a couple out the other boys tied them up and they were left abandoned on a lonely road And the boys drove off in the car. That's right Wait, it always happened Jim across the state line just east of Fairfield as the car turned up yet Yeah, I was found abandoned here in town early this morning. How much did the kids get? Well, they got about two hundred dollars in cash and mr. Russell, but they took luggage which contained Mrs. Russell's jewelry about $14,000 well any descriptions. Mm-hmm fairly good one on all three of the boys. I presume you've already sent out an alarm Yes, I went out this morning along with the story of the papers. I Thought that the publicity might help us on this case I see we also gave the papers description of the pieces of jewelry to the store. What about to think of Prince now We found some around the car. We sent them down to Washington and to Fairfield to Fairfield Well, I didn't think we'd have those youngsters in our files in Washington But I thought we'd take a chance that maybe they came from the town where the Russell's picked them up I see. What would you know Jim? I guess the only other thing left to do is go over this list of hotels and rooming houses and check on every one Uh-huh. Yeah, let's split it up and get to work Get your meds down Lou Excuse me Lou. Yeah, what is it? Can I talk to you for a minute? Oh look Charlie? This is my busiest time of the day, but it's important Lou real important another touch. No, no Lou honest I swear it ain't I got a proposition to come in a lot of money to you. Let's go into your office and talk Uh-huh just for a minute Please Lou Okay, come on as well. Hey Walt. Yeah You handle the payoffs. I'm going into my office Go ahead Charlie. Oh, yeah, thanks. What's your deal? Well, this is a chance for the both of us to make a real bundle Oh, you remember those kids who came in today and wanted to bet some horses. Oh, yeah Yeah, well, I got talking to them after they left here See and well we talked about horses and then we talked about money and they said they needed dough One of them flashed a ring. I bought it off them. Yeah, take a look at it Hey It looks real it is real What would kids get a ring like that? Well, that's what I wondered then I remembered a story that was in this afternoon's paper I just finished reading it when I met him about about a stick up out on Fairfield turnpike here. Here's the story $14,000 worth of jewelry was taken three kids did the job. Hey, let's see that Now this ring is described in the story as one of the pieces. It's missing you see right there. Oh, yeah Now the kids I've been talking to were the ones that done the job. Hey, sorry stairs. There's just three kids Yeah, well the other one is waiting for him someplace with the rest of the jewelry Now here's the proposition Lou see I made a deal with him I told him I'd give him five grand for the whole lot. Well, they went for it big Now they're gonna bring the stuff to my room tonight at seven. Hey, where are you getting five grand? I ain't really giving them five when I get them up the room. I'm cutting them down to two Where are you getting two? Well, I sort of figured That's where you come in Thought so well look at the action you're getting Lou 14,000 bucks worth. Why do you have to pay him at all? They come up with the stuff. Why don't you grab it and tell him to blow? Oh, you can't trust kids So I will a screamer make trouble Lou believe me. This is a terrific bargain as a matter of fact I'll see to it that we not only get the rings and stuff, but you get your two grand back Well, I'll bring them back to the horse room. They'll bet it back with you What do you say Lou? Yeah, okay At you Ellis yes, Jim you had better luck than I did no couldn't find any trace of those kids Huh anything come in while I was gone. Yes, we received word from the Fairfield police Did they identify the three boys? Yeah, the oldest one is named Phil Osborne. He's 17 Who are the other two other two of brothers Joe and Tom shooing? I see Fairfield police also passed on a message from their parents They said that if we catch the youngsters to keep them they didn't want to be bothered with them anymore That's nice. That's probably the reason the kids ran away in the first place. That'd be my guess Can't raise children by remote control takes work. No, you're telling me I've got two of my own I work just as hard at home trying to help my kids grow up as I do here at the office Special agent Taylor. Oh, yes lieutenant No He did Yes, yes, thanks very much lieutenant. Goodbye That was lieutenant Mitchell down the police headquarters Yes, a special policeman at the Capitol theater saw two boys answering to the description We sent out leaving the theater about a half an hour ago. Did he detain them? Well, he tried to but they got away from him. Where's the special policeman now, Jim? He's waiting up at the theater Alice. I think I'll run up there and talk to him Just a minute. Hi, Charlie. Oh, hello fellas Come on in and go ahead Joe, right You got here right on a button. Yeah. Yeah, did you bring the stuff with you? Uh-huh. Ah, where is it? And Joe's got it. Yeah, it's right here in my pocket. Well, what do you say? Let's have a look at it Oh, sure. Wait a minute Joe. Huh? Just keep it in your pocket. Oh, what's the matter? We want to see some money first. Oh sure kid I got five grand. Well, not exactly. What do you mean? Well, I went all over town dug up all the cash. I could the best I could raise was two But your promise is fine. I know kid, but no more butts. We ain't interested. Come on Joe. Wait a minute You better change your mind Why I know where that stuff came from. What are you talking about? You kids did that job out in a Fairfield turnpike. It was in the papers Yeah, so what? So if you don't do business with me, I blow a whistle. You turn us into the cops. That's right Now Do we do business with two grand? You got it with you? Yeah, let's see it Feel are you gonna take it? Yeah with this gun. Huh? Hey, what is this? I got a gun wise guy. Now. Let's have the dough Come on. Drop it on the floor. Oh, what about the rings and stuff? We keep them. Hey now look you can't just drop that dough I'm warning you drop it or I'll shoot feel wait. You can't shoot. I got the bullet now What do you do big shot? I use this end of the gun Well, what is it stupid? Here's the bullets We will return in just a moment to tonight's case from the files of your FBI Close your eyes as you listen to one of those traditional college songs You see the cheering section in the stadium or the group around the fire in the fraternity house. Yep. 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The man to see is your equitable society representative give your children their chance to earn that extra $72,000 by getting in touch with your equitable representative soon or send a postcard care of this station to the equitable society That's EQ UI TA BLE the equitable life-assurance society of the United States And now back to the FBI file the half pint horse players Any addition of your local newspaper will bring you fresh evidence of the fact that juvenile delinquency Is one of the most pressing problems facing the nation today? Early a day passes but that some new crime is reported that was committed by a boy or girl so young that the community Is momentarily shocked into trying to fight the problem But half-hearted measures or wholehearted temporary measures are not the answer The answer to juvenile delinquency lies in the home of every child where the problem starts As has been said in tonight's case in the files of your FBI It takes work to raise children But only by investing that work can you parents of america help fight the number one law enforcement problem of the nation The night file continues in the FBI field office Special agent jim taylor has just returned his visit to the theater Well, Alice the special policeman didn't have anything to add to what we got from headquarters too bad Do you see these what's that this set of character notes on the three boys that came in from the fairfield police? No, no, what's it saying? Well, one of them fill osborne. He's the oldest is a horse player That's 17. Yeah, Joe Sherman the 15 year old is a tremendous eater and according to fairfield According to fairfield. He's not too bright. It can't be to get mixed up in something like this The third boy joe's brother tom is a movie fan. No, he's been known to stay in a movie house for 10 hours at a stretch Oh Special agent taylor Yes looks in it Uh What's that address again? Uh, just a minute while I write it down and the offensively else Go ahead I've got it 37 saw 15 Thanks again lieutenant This may be something else. What's that, Jim? That was lieutenant Mitchell again They just had a report the two young boys answering the descriptions we sent out assaulted a man in a furnished room Who made the report to the police man's landlady. He's still in his room. Come on. Let's get over there and talk to him Mr. Brown, that's right. My name is taylor. This is mr. Anderson. We're special agents of the fbi Hear my credentials. Oh, I see Well, what do you want your landlady reported to the police that you were assaulted here earlier this evening? That's right Who did it two boys? I said they were messengers when they came to the door When I let them in they knocked me out. I see What do you know about the boys mr. Brown? Nothing. I never saw him before Look, my landlady shouldn't have bothered busy men like you with something like this. Oh, that's quite all right Oh, now, why don't you just forget about the whole thing and let me go back to bed? My head hurts. You say you never saw these boys before And that you didn't know they were coming here. That's right. That's not the truth Huh, you told your landlady at 6 30 that you were expecting two boys to call on you And let them right up to your room when they came. Ah, she's crazy. Mr. Brown before we ask you any more questions May I see that ring you're wearing? Huh? Oh, uh, well, it's kind of hard to get off. Well, that's all right I'll look at it right on your hand Where'd you get this ring? Uh, my uh, my father left it to me. It's been in the family for years I hate to tell you that you're lying again But this ring is part of the loot from a job that was pulled last night on the fairfield turnpike I'm telling you it was my father's ring. Now look brown. Let's start all over again And this time let's try and tell the truth Joe we're in good shape. Yeah Yeah, we got two g's and cash and we still got the jewelry. Uh-huh Hey, you know what we do tomorrow No, we hop a train go to new york and we can go to the movies the races Huh? I wish I was home What? I mean it Look at us We got $2,000 and we can't even get a place to sleep in a hotel But I told you the cops will be watching every hotel. That's why I Wish I was home. Oh, come on I used to have plenty to eat when I was home, you don't let me eat unless you're hungry I eat too much, but I like to eat. I like to sleep too I could sleep at home Whenever I wanted to look Joe your brother's waiting for us at the capital theater. You can sleep there. Okay We till about 12 o'clock. Look, it's open all night. We'll all sleep there tonight And in the morning the three of us go to new york Ellis yes, jim. I think brown is ready to tell us the truth now Aren't you brown? Yeah All right. Now let's have the whole story How did you meet the boys? Well, they came to loot thomas's horse room to make a bet I was there and I picked them up. I see and did you know who they were? No, not at first, but One of them offered to sell me the ring. I remembered the description of the ring in a paper You bought this ring from them. Yeah for 50 bucks Then I made a deal with them to buy everything they had Where were you gonna get the money? Well, loot thomas the guy with the horse room went in with me He put up the money thomas knew what the money was to be used for sure. It was my partner I see Go on. What happened then? Well, then I made a date with the kids to buy their stuff from them seven o'clock tonight They came up here and held you up. That's right. How much did they get? Two thousand bucks brown. Have you any idea where they might have gone when they left here? Well, I wasn't altogether knocked out when they left. I I think I heard one kid say they were going back to the movies to meet his brother That'll be the third boy. Ellis. They didn't say what movie did they? No, they didn't Okay, brown get your coat well for I want you to come down to the office with us Okay What do we do about this man loot thomas jim want to put up the two thousand? Yes, he's implicated and let him picked up Why those dirty little crooks? What's the matter? Oh, one of them punk stuck my sport coat and left this dirty leather jacket. Yeah, let me look through that jacket How do you like those guys? What thieves? Find anything jim? Yeah, I don't know how much help it's going to be though three ticket stubs from the capitol theater. That's where they went today Yes, that's right Ellis, let's take brown down to the office and then let's go see a movie See a movie at this time of night. That's right. Come on. Let's go They come upon many rare beautiful specimens of the orchid Nowhere in the world are so many different varieties to be found And they constitute one of the main sources of export revenue Jim Yeah Jim you think we ought to ask the manager to throw on the house lights? No, I don't think it'll be necessary else. We should be able to spot them if they're here. It's a pretty small audience here You see that being packed Why don't you look up in the balcony while you work the orchestra? Hey, that's a pretty good idea. Go ahead In two days, they'll be in your florist's window. Ellis. Ellis, wait a minute. What is it jim? Take a look at those three kids sitting down there Yeah, they look like the ones we're looking. I'm sure it's him. Come on. Let's get down there And so you see how much the airplane has meant to the economy of panaglor Jim, I don't know how you figured to come back to the capital theater You remember how many ticket stubs there were in that leather jacket? Yes three that meant that all three of them came in here today But the special policemen only saw two of them come out. That's right Then there was one other thing remember in the notes from the fairfield police They said that one boy was a movie fan could sit and watch the same movie for 10 hours All of the panellins are expert sailors, of course And this canoe racing is their main sport It takes two years to build one of these canoes But once built they are sturdy enough to last a lifetime. Hello boys You're joe and tom Sherman. Yeah, that's right. Another boy there's phil osborne. Yeah, I'm quiet you dope Who are you? What do you want? Special agent of the fbi. Why? Now don't raise your voices You're coming along with us. Come on. Yeah, but you don't understand. No arguments Come on boys and so with the last beautiful glimpse of the sunset sinking into the bay We say farewell to the beautiful island of panellola Osborne and the two sherman brothers were committed to reformatories until they are 21 years of age under the federal juvenile delinquency act Lou thomas and charles brown were sentenced to three and five years respectively for violating the national stolen property act And thus three young boys were halted in their careers of crime by your fbi And given fresh chances to straighten out their lives and to become decent citizens Every child deserves that chance And the fact that there are as many juvenile delinquents as there are is not the fault of the children themselves But of the adult population When the parents of america face that fact honestly and try to do something about it Then and only then will the most important step have been taken Law enforcement agencies like your fbi fight juvenile delinquency with every facility at their disposal But they cannot hope to win their fight without support Support from you the parents of america In just a moment we will tell you about next week's exciting case from the files of your fbi Fathers and mothers the sure way to increase your child's chances of success in the future is to start an equitable education fund now Remember the average college graduate earns 72 000 more during his working years than the average american So don't delay get in touch with your equitable society representative soon Or send a postcard 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 case that emphasizes the inherent viciousness of the professional criminal It's subject Interstate theft it's title The friendly frame up 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 use are fictitious And any similarity thereof to the names of persons living or dead is accidental Tonight the music was composed and conducted by frederick steiner Your narrator was dean carton and special agent taylor was played by stacey harris This is your fbi is a gerry 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 we get this same time when the equitable life assurance society Will bring you another thrilling story from the files of the federal bureau of investigation The friendly frame up on this is your fbi. 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