 The equitable life assurance society presents this is your FBI This is your FBI an 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 is representative in your community Exceedingly regret that due to unforeseen circumstances Mr. Tomasai Parkinson president of the equitable life assurance society of the United States Will not be able to address you on the subject of inflation on tonight's program has been announced Mr. Parkinson will however speak on this subject over this same network at a later date If you've been listening regularly to these FBI programs such as tonight's case which will open in just a moment You have heard the word cooperation used a great many times and that's because it's a key word in the equitable life Assurance society of the United States 86 years ago a group of self-reliant men and women cooperated to found the equitable society To assure each member more security than any individual effort could provide and Now the sound common sense of such an enterprise is revealed once more in the yearly report of the equitable society to its members Just published this report is so interesting that later on I want to tell you about this book a Book which proves once again That by serving its members The equitable society serves America Tonight's FBI file the wasteland hideout far more numerous than the so-called psychopathic killers and Dangerous to more people are killers of the type dealt with in tonight's case from the files of your FBI Professional criminals to whom murder is merely another tool of their trade Who kill without cause real or imagined? solely as a means to an end They are indeed the dealers of sudden death In a small cabin somewhere deep inside the blackness of the Bitterroot timber country Separating Idaho and Montana a man sits before a rough table in the yellow glow of a lantern Clenching his left arm from which blood oozes Eddie Eddie Yes, hurry up with that pan of water with you Right with you I wish you'd let me eat this stuff first Rocky. I don't want no fires. It's night outside Who's gonna say look you can see smoke against the sky at night? I don't want no forest ranger getting hip that anyone's here. Oh Clean off this arm and get some bandage on it. Yeah, you sure the slug ain't still in there I told you it went clean through Well just hold still Mm-hmm How long you had this height I picked it up five years ago, and it sure is buried away. That's why I nailed it Any hunting around here? Sure. How about fishing plenty? It is gonna be a regular vacation, huh? Not exactly We just go under here until the heat cools off Easy with you. Oh, sorry Eddie yeah, there's a job you're gonna have to do What's that you got a rustle of some grub you mean go hunting ah Stupid you got to get some store grub. Hey, but you said there was plenty of hunting. There's plenty of guys hunting for us We ain't running loose in these woods There where's the store you joined about 10 miles from here You've got me dough. You don't use dough. You heist it. Oh I could make it I'd go myself, but I can't so I gotta send you and look just for once Do a job right will you now Rocky? You know, I know if it hadn't been for you. I wouldn't have this bumwing Now listen close. I'm gonna tell you how to get there and you're gonna get it right if I have to spell every word Pop-cull wells combination filling station and grocery store on the highway through the Bitterroot country is not too heavily patronized But enough to keep him going And the radio on the counter is enough to keep him company Pop is sitting on a box in his store reading a paper and listening to a musical program out of Spokane then suddenly We interrupt this program of music ladies and gentlemen to bring you a special police bulletin All motorists and persons living on highways in the area comprising southeast Washington Northern Idaho and southwest Montana Are warned to be on the alert for two men who escaped from the federal penitentiary this afternoon After killing a guard Go to the nearest phone and call the police or the FBI Under no circumstances engage them in conversation. They will kill without provocation Here are their descriptions 35 Turn it off. Let's turn it off Where'd you come from I just walked in You're You're one of them fellas. That's right What you want here grocery is a big stack of them and I need a car too Well, you ain't getting neither one. Oh, no, you don't get my girl home and hey mister Pop, maybe I can take care of what you want. I gotta talk to pop I gotta get some gas on the cuff. Where is he? Don't come back here. Oh, it's okay. I always Gee I told you not to come back here. What happened to him? Yeah, an accident. I his head's bleeding leave him alone You did this to him Take are you going to take don't come in here? Midge? Stay back. Don't come in. Come on Midge Let's let's get back in the car. Wait a minute You're gonna stay here and give me a hand. Now look that's guns given the orders. Oh You're gonna help me load some groceries Then we'll all get in the car How are you feeling now, mr. Colville? Coming around all right. I reckon Who you fellas my name is Perry. This is mr. Norton. We're a special agents of the FBI. I do How'd you do? Well now that beats all How'd you know I was in trouble? We didn't mr. Colville. Mm-hmm. We're on the trail of two men who escaped from the federal penitentiary Yeah, I know I Heard it on the radio It was one of them that walloped me. Yes. We had an idea it was something like that. When did it happen? Well, it was Right after eight o'clock. It was only 30 minutes ago. Well, Jim. Yeah, we can't be very far behind them Especially since they're on foot When foot we found the car. They stole down the road abandoned burned out bearing What they come here for mr. Colville? Well It's only the one came in He wanted some groceries groceries. Yeah Then they must have a hideout somewhere up Wait a minute What is it Jim? It's a girl's compact here on the floor Well, no, where'd that come from? The initials are M E L You know who that might be say M E L Sure, that can't be nobody else, but Young midge Ellen Lancaster lives back in Summit. I see and if she was here Then dick barstow sweet honor was here with her for sure. Does he have a car? Yeah, he practically lives in one and that accounts for the fresh car tracks outside by the gas pumps Jim Hmm probably means more than that too Do the parents of these youngsters have phones mr. Colville? Yes, they do all right. We'll call them George right and if neither of those kids is at home the bandits have them in their car too No telling where they are by now. Let's get on that phone quick. I got slow going back We don't want to miss that turn off trail into the woods again. You hear I hear you If we'd only started for home before dark luck, I promise mother this wouldn't have happened to us I know it's all my fault. Oh, I didn't mean it that way. Yeah, but it's true. Hey, look pay attention to your driving. Will you Mother and daddy will be out of their minds. Don't worry about them. They're okay It's us. I'm thinking about Especially you What do we do I know what we'll do Hey, what are you stopping for look mr. I don't know what you're planning to do with us But whatever it is. I'm not letting my girl in for you better start the car going again. I'm not driving another foot I'm not taking Well, let's move And like I said Go slow so we don't miss a turn off trail to the woods again Yes, sir And try not to worry. I'm confident everything will turn out. All right Yes, we'll keep in touch with you Goodbye, sir Well, I guess that since she's at gym both kids are missing While you're at the phone george, you better get out an alarm on the car and the boy and girl. Oh sure Oh Hello operator Oh, get me the fbi office and spoke out right away, please Yeah, that's right I'll hold on Say george. Yeah Those car tracks outside turn around going out of the drive and head east Now if they kept driving steadily after leaving here, they couldn't have made more than 50 or 60 miles What are you thinking? Let's get the office to contact police at all points 100 miles east of here That'll block all roads ahead of them Right Then if we don't get a report back here in a reasonable length of time We'll know that they've holed up somewhere in this area. Well, let's hope they keep driving through Well, if they take to the tall timber, that'll be rugged hunting. Yeah, I wait. I think you've got the office Hello, hello This is george norton get out an alarm right away on this car black Okay, stop here get out both of you. Come on nidge. We have to do what he says Dick, I I'm scared. Just just hold my hand Walk ahead of me head for the cabin Come on. Get moving What are we going to do? We'll get out of this some way. Don't worry. I hope you're right Yeah, this is it. All right inside you kids Eddie, what is this? Oh, are you rocky? Do you think I was never coming back? Who are these kids? They brought me here. What? I used their car. Are you sad? I had to rock why well, they come in the store right after I slugged them slugged who the grocery guy Well, you sent me for groceries, didn't you look mr. I won't shut up. We want to go home Eddie this puts us in a real jam. I couldn't help it rocky Anybody see you take those kids anybody tell you no are you sure it wasn't anybody in the joint But the grocery guy look what else could I do? You could drop dead And sister cut out the crime Until you let us out of here that ain't gonna happen sweetheart. What do you mean by that? You're staying here junior? No No, shut up. Why are you dirty easy junior? Oh, no, I'm gonna hate Hey, let's eat something rocky. I'm hungry open tonight's fbi file Meanwhile, let's open another important record This week at the equitable society the advertising manager handed me an attractive little book here He said you might like to look this over. It's our annual report for 1945 Well, I expected to see the usual columns of dry figures But this equitable society report was something else again It was a 24 page book bright with color sparkling with interesting facts Its title is your policy And as I read it. I thought here's one of the most forceful tributes to cooperation I've ever seen it just shows what people can accomplish when they honestly and willingly work together for protection and security Of course, this book your policy will be mailed automatically to members of the equitable society But let me give all of you listening tonight some of its highlights This book explains how the equitable society's investments aid government Industry agriculture home owners in short how the society by serving its members serves America The book tells about the 238 million dollars that the equitable society paid out in 1945 paid to widows and children paid on endowments Paid in annuities paid in dividends to millions of members It tells what every war veteran should do to keep his national service life insurance in force And it tells you how your equitable society representative is trained to serve you in many many ways This isn't all it tells But it's enough to prove to anyone That this week and every week for more than 86 years The equitable life assurance society has been building security for you your home And your country And now back to the fbi file The wasteland hideout When fugitive criminals keep on the move They're in the open And their capture is largely just a matter of keeping on their trail until they can be overtaken But when they go underground When they hole up in some unknown hideout The job of capture is not so simple And if as in tonight's case The unknown hideout be somewhere inside several million acres of mountains and timber The job may present a staggering handicap Some two hours have now passed since the man called rocky struck down the boy dick barstow in the hideout deep inside the bitter root timber country Back at pot called well's filling station and grocery store on the highway Actually only 10 miles as the crow flies from the hideout Special agents perry and norton of the fbi are studying a map and hoping the phone will ring They couldn't possibly have had more than a 50 or 60 mile start from here when you put out the alarm george Yeah, I know we've got police and deputies covering all roads east of here. I don't see how they could have gotten through Still the phone doesn't ring with any report And that's got to mean only one thing They've stopped traveling. It's not coffee if you boys. Oh, thank you Take milk and sugar is no not for me. Oh, thanks Say jim. Hmm if they've taken to the tall timber, what do we do now? Well, I'm afraid there's not a great deal. We can do tonight We stand a much better chance in daylight of finding some trace of where they might have turned off And let's be up at the crack of dawn and get at it right You know something boys. What's that? It'd be mighty funny if them convicts wasn't much more than spitting distance from here Oh, thank heaven My head lie still dick. Don't try to move Mitch What are you doing here? I mean that Oh, please just lie still Where are we? What happened? Don't you remember? Remember Remember what? Never mind. Don't try to think I'm just so happy that you're alive. I Thought that horrible man had killed you killed me What do you talk? Wait a minute. I Remember now He slapped me and and you started to fight him and he slugged me. Yes How long have I been out? All night What? Look outside It's daylight Are we still in the cabin? Yes Where are those men? They went outside a few minutes ago Hey, then Then maybe we can get out of here. No, please. They're just down by the car I can see them through the window. Oh Dick, yeah I don't think we're ever going to get out What do you mean? I heard them talk They escaped convicts They killed a guard and then got away They're very desperate men Pop probably got killed too Yes Dick Yeah If that's how it's going to be They may kill us too and Well There's something I want you to know Yeah Remember the night at the school dance you You asked me something Yeah About About us getting married someday Uh-huh. I didn't know the answer then But I do now Thanks, Midge Don't Midge Don't cry, please We're going to have to die then Hey, wait a minute Maybe we aren't going to have to die Let me get up What are you going to do? I've got an idea If those men only stay out of here long enough it might work Well, George we've cruised up and down this road for 20 miles And still no sign of where any car turned off up in the woods They must have colored up any signs like that I'm afraid so Hey, I've got an idea Yeah If they've got a hideout in the timber it must be an old trapper cabin Or a hut in an abandoned logging camp So we start looking for all the cabins scattered through several million acres of tall timber No, no, we can make the job easier than that How? There's a forest ranger look out of in there And he's probably got every cabin spotted on a map Say, you're right Let's go see him right now UFBI fellows have picked out a pretty good job for yourselves, I'd say How do you mean? Reducing the area where the killers are likely to be hiding Even to that smallest circle Yeah I'd say there are probably 30 or 40 cabins sprinkled around in that area Well, uh, I realize it's a lot of legwork, but it's got to be done And one of them might be the one we want Okay Here's your map with the cabin spotted on it Good And I'll get a guide for you and that'll save time Simon Look, we're on that ridge right over there to the east Yeah, it's smoke from a cabin I saw it just before you fellas drove up Yeah, but look at it now What about it, George? Somebody's doing something with that smoke What? Yeah Looks like somebody was trying to signal with it Yeah Say, where is that on the map? I can locate it in a second on the fire finder here Good Gemma, that smoke is coming from a cabin on the circle we laid out It'll be the first one we go to And in a big hurry too That's that Why don't you drive the car way under them trees, Rocky? So nobody could spot it Nobody could see it where it was In the air they could, that car's red hot They'll use planes or anything to find it Oh Hey, Rock Yeah Did you start a fire this morning? What are you talking about? Look, there's smoke coming out of the chimney in the cabin What? Yeah, I see it Come on Hey, what's the matter? The kid started that Oh, I thought Shut up and hurry Put that fire out, kid It's too late now, mister Give me that bucket of water, Eddie Right, what you said a fire for, kid? I know what he said it for How long you been at it, kid? Long enough, I hope Well, we're not going to stick around to find out Are we leaving, Rocky? Yeah, stupid What are we going to do with them? What you should have done at the old man's place When they came in, if you had any brains Wait a minute, mister You got no time to argue now, junior Look, kill me or do anything you want to But let her go, please Not a chance Drop that gun, you Rocky, look out I'm not dropping any gun Rocky, keep this other man covered, George I'm sorry, young lady, that you had to see that Thank you, mister We're special agents of the FBI And I imagine they were your smoke signals, huh? Yes, sir Good work And now we're going to take you both home to your folks Come on Rocky and his accomplice and crime were tried for the murder of the prison guard They were both convicted for this crime and sentenced to death by hanging And so ended the career of two more dealers of sudden death There are, however, many more of their kind still at large Unfortunately, neither your local law enforcement officers nor your FBI know just who and where they all are nor when any will strike But of this, you and they may rest assured When one does strike, he'll be pursued day and night 24 hours around the clock And let him hide out wherever he chooses He will be found In next week's exciting program which we'll tell you about in just a moment This is your FBI We'll present new evidence to prove how well the FBI guards national security And in the booklet called Your Policy The same one I was talking to you about a few minutes ago The Equitable Society presents new evidence to prove how carefully and intelligently The society protects your financial security through life insurance If you're not already a member of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Ask the Equitable Society representative in your community For a free copy of this booklet It's so interesting, so easy to read Get a copy from your Equitable Society representative A neighbor whom you ought to know anyway for like your FBI He is constantly working for the protection of you Your home And your country Next week we will bring you another colorful story From the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The bogus war brides We exceedingly regret that due to unforeseen circumstances Mr. Thomas I. Parkinson president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Was not able to address you on the subject of inflation on tonight's program as had been announced Mr. Parkinson will however speak on this subject over this same network at a later date The incidents used in tonight's Equitable Life Assurance Society's broadcast Are adapted from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation However, all names used are fictitious And any similarity thereof to the names of persons living or dead is accidental Tonight the music was under the direction of Frederick Steiner The author was Frank Ferris and your narrator was Dean Carver This is your FBI is a jerry divine production Now this is Carl Frank speaking for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States And the Equitable Society is representative in your community And inviting you to tune in again next week at this same time When the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States will bring you another Colorful story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The bogus war bride on this is your FBI This is abc the american broadcasting company