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This is your FBI This is your FBI the official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Present as a public service by the equitable life assurance society of the United States and the equitable society is representative in your community During the past few weeks thousands of postcards have been mailed by equitable society representatives Thousands of personal phone calls have been made urging people to pay particular attention to the commercial on this equitable program tonight When you hear this message, you'll understand why it tells about the equitable society's independent 60s plan a practical workable plan for men and women who want to be completely self-supporting when they reach the age of 60 I'll give full details in about 14 minutes Tonight's FBI file the respectable thief The success of swindlers in this country and the fact that they collect millions of dollars every year from unsuspecting Citizens is all the warning against them any alert person should need There is no reason for the continuing success that swindlers enjoy Except for the fact that every year they find a new crop of people who are looking for a pot of gold at the end of a man-made rainbow That most of their stories are engrossing is true That most of them are extremely personable and charming people is also true But those two things are not reasons for investing your money with a stranger Rather, they should make you cautious Two major factors in the success of our nation's swindlers are the joint facts that no law enforcement agency can stop a swindler Before he commits his crime And that once he has done his work. It is frequently too late to recover the money. He is stolen For those reasons it will pay you well to remember one cardinal rule Investigate before you invest Tonight's file opens in the private office of Walters Stevens located in the downtown skyscraper of a large eastern city Mr. Stevens secretary has just ushered in a visitor one mr. Marshall Sit down Marshall. Okay Hey Saga never use how about a drink? I've got some milk. Mr. Stevens. You don't have to romance me like I'm a customer Let's get down to business, huh? Very well Who told you about me Ned Hollinger You uh, you might be pleased to know that Ned thinks you're the best in the business That's fine. So in the strength of that praise. I called you right down this name in the dress I'd rather just remember things What is it? Victor Brown to 15 North Adams Street He's a man about 50 with gray hair. He wears glasses Stevens. Yes before we go any further Let's get the financial arrangement straight now. I forget I'm paying you 500. That's not enough. What about a thousand? What does Ned Hollinger tell you? A thousand Man like you must know that the price of everything is going up All right, you name it 2000 that's pretty steep. That's the number mr. Stevens Okay, it's a deal. Yes. Oh one other thing This must look like suicide that'll cost you another 500. No, wait a minute cherry on the cake mr. Stevens All right, what do you want it done tonight? Ted yeah, honey, I hate to bother you with this right after dinner, but I'd like you to go over these bills with me What bills grocery butcher melt man? I just can't think it works anymore, honey I'm just gonna have to have a bigger allowance look some other time with that Jonah Trying to think something out. Oh, I'm sorry What's trouble? I Got a commission of a who from a guy named Walter Stevens. Uh-huh Wants me to knock off an old gentleman named Victor Brown can't figure It's mr. Brown lives on Adams Street over a dirty saloon. Yeah, I went over got a line on the guy Well, what's he like? It gets loaded every day goes upstairs sleeps it off, but he comes down to saloon for more Then it's got me though as I can't figure why Stevens wants them taken care of maybe knows something Have to be real important Where's he got the money to drink all day? He had a job up to a couple of days ago. How'd you find that off? I talked to the old guy What's his Stevens paying for the job? 2500 well, that's pretty hard. He isn't having the old man knocked off because he's a drunk You can bet on that and you can bet on something else It's worth 2500 to Stevens. I haven't taken care of it might be worth a lot more to us to find out why When'd you say you do the killing? tonight Any special time? Well, let's go over these bills first then I'll let the local FBI field office special agent Jim Taylor is just approaching the desk of agent Norman Grant Busy Norman. Oh, Jim. I just got to sign this report. Okay Yeah, that one's finished. I don't lean back and relax on the boss. Just put you on a case I'm working on. Well, that was a short vacation What's this one about some boy scouts while hiking on Sunday up in the hills? They ran across a body where just off fire trail 23 up in the National Park They called the police police called us in how long had the body been there medical examiners The men have been dead about a year. I don't imagine any identification was possible then no no physical identity But near the body which had been buried in a shallow grave the scout master found an address board Could you still read anything in it? Yeah, I was pretty well preserved was the owner's name in the book No, I sent it down to the lab had them smoke up all the pages so we could read the names and addresses how the job Can I fine lab did a great job on it? Well, then I called every person in the book We had them list any friend who might have had their address or a friend. They hadn't heard from in a year The name Dodge turned up on a dozen of the list Well, then I checked back with every one of them and I'm not who the dead man was who was he? Well, do you remember the disappearance about a year ago of a man named Paul Dodge? No, not particularly Jim. I was in the San Francisco office last year. Oh, that's right. I forgot that well Paul Dodge was a bookkeeper who disappeared completely Shortly thereafter his employer a man named Walter Jones went through bankruptcy. Who is John? Oh a promoter He was engaged in promoting a new airport here in town at the time And of course his bankruptcy cost a lot of local people their wartime savings Oh dodge was buried up in the hills Wouldn't you say that it's certainly safe to assume that he was murdered Jim? I no doubt about that. Well, where is this Walter Jones? He left town shortly after the bankruptcy Norma I think our job now is to see if we can find John He here to uh-huh there he is back in a rear boot want me to wait at the bar. No, baby. Come on back with me It's nice old guy. I love talking Hello, mr. Brown. Oh, hello there son. Mr. Brown. This is my wife. Oh, how do you do? Hello? Do you mind if we sit down with you? Oh, no, no, please do What do you want to drink honey Ryan ginger, okay, how about you mr. Brown straight for To Ryan ginger one straight bourbon I'm very pleased that you were able to what is stopped by here again Well, I told the wife about it and she wanted to see the place live in the neighborhood. Do you know? Oh, that's a pity. I was hoping I well I'd have the pleasure of your congenial company off. Are you in here a lot, mr. Brown? Well, I commute between here and my apartment upstairs Oh, thanks, that's a bucket Yeah, keep change. Thanks, mr. Brown. How can you spend so much time here? Are you in the banking business? What did I were a young lady? I guess a wife means that you live like one I'm a man of many trades banking has never been one of them My last employment was bookkeeping for an investment company. Oh, which one mr. Brown? Worked for a man named Walter Stevens. He was organizing a stock issue for a television network Can you like it there? Oh to a point I did and then I Well, I shan't burden you with my problem. Oh, no talk them out, mr. Brown. It'll do you good. No, no, it's a private matter Let's have another drink Okay, I'll call it by tonight. Oh, no, never mind. I'll go up and get them Charlie doesn't serve the tables Well, when there's anybody at the bar Yeah, sure Money, I think I know what this is all about. You do. Yeah I'm not gonna do anything to this old man until I have another talk with Stevens. Just stay here with mr. Brown I'll be back later Jim here's a further report from the medical examiner on Paul Dodge Two bullet holes through the head. Well, that clinches the murder theory The police are digging around where the body was found to see if they can locate any bullets good Might help if they can find some did you get anything on the man? He worked for this Walter Jones. Well, yes, and no What do you mean? I discovered some things that make his bankruptcy seem awful suspicious But I don't know where he is where did the trailer lead to well I started at the apartment hotel where used to live he moved out of there a few days after the bankruptcy Did they have any forwarding address? No, but the transportation desk at the hotel fortunately keeps records They told me that he bought a compartment on a train from Miami Beach when he left They also told me what hotel he'd gone to so I called our office down in Miami and had them checked Well, did they come up with anything? I found out that Jones had spent an awful lot of money gambling when he was down there last year Oh, sounds like it was a profitable bankruptcy certainly does then from Miami Jones went to Philadelphia Well, it's notified the Philadelphia office to locate and interviewing. I did that Jones can't be located Say we're doing Philly to be witnesses in the forest kidnapping case tomorrow morning. Yeah, I know Soon as we're thrown court, I think we'll do a little checking up Work on the books Well, how did it go? It didn't What? Ron is still alive What's the idea? The price has changed What do you mean? Well, you had to talk with the old guy But we made a deal Marshall Yeah, that's right I didn't know when we made it what your angle was No, I do You collected a lot of dough to start a television network Are you going to skip with it and hang the shortage of an old man brown, huh? Marshall even if that were true, it wouldn't be any of your business. It is when it affects the price There's a new line in this race They want 50% of the whole deal Are you kidding? No Look, look forget about brown. I'll get somebody else to do the job. Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you Oh, what can you do about it? Call the cops You think they'd believe someone like you with a record? Oh, I wouldn't tell them who I am I just call them on a phone Give them a tip That's all Marshall Yeah How about 25% Uh-uh I want 50 and I want it in cash No, I'll just make myself comfortable here. Would you okay the deal? Old man still in the salon? No Where is he? No, he got very drunk and very unhappy Had to take him upstairs to his apartment Is he up there now? No Let's go up Get your deal straightened up? Yeah We go in here and up a flight of service Is your guy unhappy about? No Because he was a failure He used to be a big man, he said Oh He didn't stop drinking. He became a bum The bartender said he straightened himself up when he went to work for Stevens And all of a sudden he started drinking again I think I know his reason Why? It's a long story All I can tell you is he gets a dirty deal Poor old guy You're gonna kill him now? That's his room there. Left his door unlocked Okay, baby Holy Joan, come here What is it? What's the matter? Oh There's a bullet hole right to the old man's head We will return in just a moment to tonight's file Which shows how your FBI helps promote national security Now let's talk briefly about another kind of security Security for men and women who want to look forward to independent 60s What's that mean? Financial independence after you're 60 years old That's it exactly Bruce Independent 60s means that you've got a regular monthly income guaranteed for life You're not asking help from anyone So what you do is your own business To you Bruce Independent 60s may mean a chance to catch up with all the fishing you've missed in your busy years I can see you in your outboard motorboat With a look in your eyes that says you're going to get the biggest musky in the lake Or to another man Independent 60s means a pleasant home in a friendly little town With a garden and a workshop and a place to pitch horseshoes But no matter what your picture may be Why not do something about it right now Take the first step towards a better future By investigating the independent 60s plan Offered by the equitable life assure in society I've heard those plans are pretty expensive Mr Keating Guess I better wait a few more years before I start investigating That's all that's holding you back Bruce Then your equitable society representative Has a very pleasant surprise for you He'll work out an independent 60s plan That's geared to your present income Actually if you're between the ages of 30 and 45 And covered by social security You'll be amazed how little this equitable plan costs Considering how much it does for you At any rate it costs absolutely nothing to find out Your equitable society representative Will give you the facts Get in touch with him soon Or write care of this station To the Home Office of the Equitable Society That's E-Q-U-I-T-A-B-L-E The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Now back to tonight's file The Respectable Feat Tonight's case from the files of your FBI Once more brings home the truly callous emotions Of the professional criminal The man who attempts to make his living Through pillage or arson or murder He brings to his work many attributes This man who must inevitably fail But foremost among his characteristics There is an utter disregard for his fellow man If the untimely death of one of those fellow men Or more than one Will bring the criminal further surseys from labor Then that fellow man who stands in his way must die He has no compunctions about it No pangs of conscience To him it is perfectly obvious That only the strong deserve to live And that those who are strong are at liberty To assert their strength in any manner they choose Even when that assertion of strength carries with it Someone else's verdict of doom Tonight's file continues in the shabby apartment Of the late Victor Brown Poor old man He killed himself Yeah Do you touch anything in this room when you brought him up? No, I... I'm not born having any fingerprints found in here Aren't you going to take the gun out of his hand? What for? It's supposed to make it look like a suicide and I don't have to buy it Ted? What? How does this help Stephen? Well, he goes to a bankruptcy and says the old guy stole all his money Oh, and he keeps the money Yeah, not all of us That's what I want to talk to him about We get 50% Yeah? What's that come to? About 50 cheese Honey, when do you get it? In the morning when I see Stevens Come on, baby, let's get out of here Well, Jim, we're free to work on the Jones case Why, what happened? The forest kidnapping case has been continued until next Monday That's good Oh, I've been doing a little work on Jones this morning Find anything? Yes, I had his picture with me And I found a hotel clerk who recognized him Unfortunately, he moved out six months ago Where, too? I don't know that yet, but the clerk did tell me two things The first is Jones has changed his name To what? Walter Stevens The other is he saw Stevens here in Philadelphia yesterday Coming out of a restaurant down on Broad Street Oh, did he remember Clark Restor? Yes, I went over there, but apparently Stevens isn't a regular customer They didn't know who he was Well, at least we know he's here Yeah Oh, I asked the local police to check See if they could find out where he lived Or where his office was And I looked in the phone book And the only Walter Stevens that's listed isn't the one we want Oh, I see Oh, excuse me Sure Special Agent Taylor Hello, Mr. Taylor This is Sergeant Warren Yes, hello, Sergeant Your Mr. Stevens has an office in the Wright Building Under the name of the Broadlawn Television Network Company Wright Building And that's the Broadlawn Television Network Company Is that it? Yeah Thanks very much, Sergeant Not at all Goodbye Bye We've got a lead on Stevens, ma'am Oh? Clark, will you check here and see what you can find out About the Broadlawn Television Network Company? Sure I'll go up and see if I can have a talk with him Hello? Hello, Mr. Stevens At you, Marshal? Yeah What do you want? You took care of it Sure Do you old man give you much of a fight? A little You're a liar I got a letter from Brown this morning's mail It was a suicide note Don't waste your time Look, get it You're not getting a dime You're finished, too, Marshal Goodbye Sorry, I kept you waiting, Norm That's okay, Jim Private's pretty heavy I just got down myself I'm sorry, sir I just got down myself How'd you make out? I didn't I just missed Stevens That was his office, sir Yeah And from all I gathered, it's another of his blue sky propositions I found that much out while you were gone Oh? We got a phone call from Mr. Pine Who's he? One of the men who invested his money with Stevens How come he called the office? Well, he said he got a letter in this morning's mail From a man named Victor Brown He said he was going to commit suicide But before he did, he wanted to tell him something Who was Brown? He was Stevens' bookkeeper Oh According to Pine's story, Brown was out of work for some time Before he got the job with Stevens And he was so grateful to him That he got all of his friends to invest their money Tell me, did Brown commit suicide? Yes, I checked He killed himself last night in his apartment Oh What else he told this Mr. Pine in the letter? That he had discovered that Stevens Was stealing the funds of the company And trying to pin it on him I see, and then decided he couldn't face them When he found out what was going on That's right Poor guy Did you find anything at all with Stevens' office, Jim? Nothing much Some charred papers and no wastebasket Stevens had been in this morning, all right I guess he burned everything that might have proved damaging to him Where does he live? We might catch him at home No one in the office knows where he lives He seemed to be very careful to keep that a secret, Norm Yeah, it's obvious why Yeah, it is now Where are we headed for, Jim? The bank, where the Broadloin Television Network Company Has an account Let's hope they know where Stevens lives What have you got there, Jim? These are all the canceled checks from the Broadloin Television Network Company's account Oh, good Yeah, Mr. Hubbard said we'd use this desk here Okay, sit over there Really? Well, except for the salary checks for the people up at the office Stevens doesn't seem to have drawn checks to anyone but himself That sounds like him Oh, Stevens also keeps his personal account here Are we going to get the canceled checks on that account too? Yeah Mr. Hubbard said he'd bring them over as soon as his girl got them out of the files Mr. Hubbard didn't have a home address on Stevens, did he, Jim? No, no, both the business and the personal accounts gave only his office address Here is Stevens' personal checks I'm sorry we were so long in getting it Oh, it's all right, thanks very much, Mr. Hubbard I hope they'll be of some help to you And we do too You'll be able to keep the name of the bank out of all this, won't you? I'm sure we will, sir Thank you very much Not at all Hey, Norm, this is more like it Why didn't we get these first? Come on, let's get to the phone Who's there? Step back, Stevens, get your hands up I told you to fall for that old gag, honey What are you doing here? What do you think? Who told you where I lived? Nobody I tell you last night after you left your office You didn't think I trusted you, did you? This isn't going to help you It ain't going to hurt me, none either Get me my money, you phony chiseler Ted, look over there He's all packed and ready to leave Yeah Come on, Stevens, up with the door, where is it? That's my business But I got the gun I'll give you 30 seconds to come up with that money, Stevens If you don't, this gun goes off Drop that gun Pick up his gun, Norm Right I'm certainly glad you men got here when you did These people forced their way in here They were just holding me up I'll save that for the jury, Stevens We're special agents of the FBI So what? Yes, you're the one we came here to get Catching these two is just velvet All right, Norm, let's take them all downtown Walder Stevens was tried, convicted and executed Convicted and executed for the murder on the government Reservation of Paul Dodge, his first bookkeeper Ted Marshall was found to have been previously wanted for murder He too was prosecuted, convicted and executed on this charge His wife, June, was given a life sentence for conspiracy To commit murder The solution to tonight's case was brought about By the bank investigation In going over canceled checks One of the checks in Stevens' personal account Was found to be made out to the Winona Taylor shop A phone call to the shop revealed Stevens' home address And thus armed, your FBI was able to close the careers of these criminals Sometimes, as in tonight's case, a criminal will seemingly escape Unpunished after having committed as grave a crime as murder But as the record show, he never really escapes It may take a month or a year or 15 years to catch him But ultimately, the clock runs out for every criminal Because your FBI is not an organization with a short memory However long it takes, no file is ever forgotten or put away Until there is a rubber stamp affixed to the first page A rubber stamp which spells out one word The word convicted In just a moment, we will tell you about next week's case From the files of your FBI Now three final questions on the equitable society's independent 60s plan Mr. Keating, suppose I start a plan now and then my income goes up in the next few years Can I increase the amount of my independent 60s plan? An excellent idea Your equitable society representative will be glad to lay out a plan like that for you Oh, what about my social security? Is that a factor to consider? It certainly is Your equitable society representative will show you how to make a dovetail with your independent 60s plan Oh, what income will it give me in my 60s? Your equitable society representative will give you the exact figure Either get in touch with him soon or send a postcard care of this station To the equitable life assurance society of the United States Next week we will bring you another case from the files of the federal bureau of investigation A case that involves the bold operations of a receiver of stolen goods It's subject, hijacking, it's title The three-way frame-up 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 composed and conducted by Frederick Steiner The author was Jerry Lewis Your narrator was William Woodson and special agent Taylor was played by Stacy Harris This is your FBI is a Jerry Divine production This is Larry Keating speaking for the equitable life assurance society of the United States And the equitable society's representative in your community And inviting you to tune in again next week at 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 three-way frame-up on this is your FBI The preceding program came to you by transcription