 The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents this is your FBI This is your FBI the official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's Representative in your community the Equitable Life Assurance Society has nearly 8,000 trained representatives from coast-to-coast serving over four million members tonight One of our Equitable Society representatives has a brief but important message on Social Security You probably read about it in the newspapers the Social Security law has been changed Benefits are up from 50 to 100 percent and 10 million more Americans have been added to the Social Security roles These changes have a great effect on your family's future Take a fresh look at just how things stack up for you your wife and your children to make this fresh look easy and clear Equitable has revised its famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Mr. Keating will tell you more about this chart in just 14 minutes Don't miss this important message from the Equitable Life Assurance Society And now before the dramatic portion of tonight's program begins We bring you a message of great importance to every American from the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Mr. Hoover's message is and I quote protect your country the President of the United States on July 24th 1950 Requested all law enforcement agencies patriotic organizations and you to report all information relating to espionage sabotage and subversive activities to your FBI be alert a Watchful citizen can save many American lives report only facts avoid reporting malicious gossip or idle rumors the nearest FBI office is listed on page one of your telephone directory Tonight's FBI file number 290 its subject car theft its title the international heist Tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Involves one of the major crime problems of the nation auto theft It is brought to you at this time because the records of your FBI show not only that the value of stolen automobiles last year Ran well over the 60 million dollar mark But that during the first six months of this year auto thefts in the cities of the country rose more than 3% You listeners who drive cars can help fight the thousands upon thousands of car thieves who daily roam our streets You can fight them in one simple way When you park your car lock the ignition then lock the doors Your local state and federal police arrest an average of 51 auto thieves every day You can help see to it that new ones don't rise to take their place Tonight's file opens on a desolate dirt road in a southwestern state as a man and woman in a late model convertible Make their way slowly through the night toward the Mexican border nice road real Cheerful to ten miles back we passed a house. I'll be crossing the border soon then what more no houses There'll be houses in Estancia I hope they got a dentist there that tooth still bothering you. Yeah, and you get something keely on you Straighten it out. What's that coyotes ever heard them before? No, and I wish I'd kept my record clean What are you dousing the lights for we're getting close close to what the border it's about a mile away from here It's a cigarette. Why somebody could see it. Look, where are we going to war do like I say, huh? Larry up the road there Like yeah It's like a flashlight. That's the signal signal for what you'll see What are you slowing down for the talk to the guy? What are you gonna shut up? Will you? Hello Pedro el Camino to the via etta Stalimpio Rendez la luces y vaya derecho. Thanks a lot. Good luck. All right What was that all about? I told me was okay to turn the car lights and go right ahead through the oil What's an aroyo dry river bottom? Are we crossing into Mexico? Yeah? Well, don't they have a bridge Judy? You don't use a bridge when you drive in a stolen car Meanwhile at an FBI field office some distance away It's special agent Jim Taylor is just approaching the desk of agent and charge Fallon You son for me mr. Fallon. Oh, yes Taylor sit down. Thank you The police in Robbinsville arrested somebody named Carter this morning and a lot of theft charge I want you to go up and interview him. All right, sir I don't know whether you've seen any of the reports But there's been a ring stealing cars on the west coast and driving them to Mexico. No, sir I haven't we knew they must have doctored the car someplace in this country because the border patrol have a sharp eye for stolen cars Yes, I know they helped me break a case last year. It turns out this man Carter in Robbinsville was the drop No, when the police dug around in Carter's junkyard, they came up with dozens of old license plates Some of them turned out to be from cars that have been recovered in Mexico of the Robbinsville police question Only until they established the federal violation and they called here to turn him over to us Oh, I see I have to you finish interviewing him Taylor get a warrant and examine all books and records at the junkyard All right, sir Carter isn't the head man of this ring, but through him. We might work our way up Just to kill us that will be all yeah and tell Mary and I want to see her very good, Senor How's it to honey? Little better. I have two more to kill us and you won't even know what's in your mouth The guy you work for on this place. Hey, he's got a piece of it that dame over there runs it the one on her way over here She in on the car racket to Judy the girl can get into trouble asking questions. Hi, Mary and Mrs. Judy Medical part of your nose honey, huh? It's shiny, but I just go ahead baby. I'll meet you at the bar Mary and where's George somebody invited him fishing Who's the doll? Oh friend of mine and shouldn't have brought her. Oh, she came for the ride and some laughs George won't like it He'll be unhappy enough about Carter. What's the matter with Carter? You got collared that car I brought down I got off him day before yesterday Well, it's the last thing anybody'll get from him for a long time except a letter asking for cigarettes That's a tough break nobody tells you coming down here. Did they know not unless they did it by plane When it's George get back tomorrow morning, and then I can go look in fraction tonight, huh? Rony place you like just be back here tomorrow Think at Robbinsville. I'm not from Carter, sir I interviewed him yesterday afternoon every time I mentioned the license plates He said the kids who play around the yard must have buried them there Did you go over to the iron after I got through talking to him I examined every file in his office and found one Interesting letter from a man named Larry Howard. Who's he's a known thief sir convicted twice for auto theft wanted by us According to this letter Howard is the runner for the ring. Why are Washington and get his complete record here's his picture, sir The police here had it in their files. I have copies made all right Well, Larry Howard's letter also mentioned that he had run into somebody named Judy and was bringing her along for the ride You've been able to identify her well the letter was written on stationery from the Central Hotel and Lakeport I dropped by there on the way back I examined the register for that day a Woman named Judy Dixon was staying there and checked out the same day that Larry Howard did you've been able to locate any record on this Judy Dixon No, sir. She didn't have one at Lakeport or here, but I did get a description from the clerk at the hotel good She's blonde about five feet three weighs about a hundred pounds. I better send that information along to Washington, too All right, oh, I found one of the thing mr. Fallon that might mean something and again I might not what's that well Talked to one of the employees at Carter's junkyard. He told me Carter got quite a bit of mail from River City, Texas River City I looked it up, sir. It's right on the border. I got the next plane down there Taylor. I'll call the sheriff and let him know you're coming Who's there It's not locked your Marion. I'll be okay if you'll stop taking these fishing trips. What happened now? I'll put that thing down. I'll tell you I have to get this reel on snarl The first bad news is about Carter. He was pinched Hand me that knife Marion. Maybe you didn't hear me your man Carter's in the ever-loving can I heard you and I don't like it, but there's nothing we can do about it. Bad news number two is about Larry What happened to him brought a dame with him? It's coming now look when you put that thing down and listen to me. I'm not on snarling this line with my ears I haven't missed a word you've said and number three is Pedro stayed drunk for two days last week He's done that before this time He's around the saloons flashing a lot of money and saying he worked for you the top it off He let slip at one place that you were running hot cars Well as I say there isn't much to be done about Carter suppose he talks you won't That leaves Larry and Pedro what are you gonna do about them? Well, I think I've got it. There's one more car ready to be brought across. That's right Tell Larry to take his girl back to the States and pick up the car. What about Pedro? Oh Just have him drop by here. I'll talk to him myself Perkins yes, that's right. I'm Jim Taylor FBI In my credentials. Well nice to meet you Taylor. Thanks sure same here been expecting you your agent charge called this morning Oh, you tell you why I'm done. Mm-hmm. He also told me about this Larry Howard. You're looking for anything in your files on him I don't know nothing under that name. Maybe you'll recognize him from this picture then No, he's new to me. I distributed a few of those on the way over here who to the immigration officers down at the bridge I guarantee you one thing how it's as good as caught if he tries to cross that bridge Of course, there's another angle to think about Even if those cars are being run through River City, it doesn't necessarily mean they're being taken over the bridge That's can you cross the border? We had some flash floods here a couple of weeks ago Could be they washed out part of the international fence takes quite a flood to do that doesn't it? They were bad this year The border patrol keeps a good watch on that kind of thing as you know, but they're even more undemanded than I am Well, it's too dark for a plane to inspect the fence tonight But let's go over and ask them if they'll fly a special watch for us first thing in the morning Hey, draw is that you senior George? Yes, where are you in here in the brush? Oh This way Marion Any sign of larry yet? I have been here two hours. He has not come. What's the price that he don't show up at all You'll be here Hey, goodness. It's cold out here tonight. I have some tequila, sir Look put that away. You didn't have drinking last week to let me marry him Yes This ought to be larry. I hope so Go out and meet him Pedro It's Larry, all right. Yeah, Larry has just stopped being a problem It is done. Senior George good work Pedro the girl wasn't with him. Was she no senior Larry was alone Well, at least he followed those instructions. We go back now. Yes You'd better let me have the gun here. Thanks Marion, let's get back to the cafe and get a drink. I I need something to take away this chill We will return in just a minute to tonight's exciting case from the official files of your FBI now an announcement from the equitable life assurance society on its famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers the new 1950 edition of this popular chart has been completely revised to bring it up to date with the recent changes In the social security law remember social security benefits have now gone up 50 to 100 percent And about 10 million new people have been made eligible for social security benefits in either case this fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers Is just what the doctor ordered Imagine for a minute that death has deprived your family of its breadwinner his wages have stopped But the wife and children still have to live and living costs plenty these days How much money will they need for food clothes and all the other items required to keep a family running the fact-finding chart for fathers and Mothers will give you a reliable answer with their new social security benefits How many additional dollars will they need every week to be well fed well housed well closed until the youngest child finishes high school In five minutes the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers gives you an answer you can trust Guides you every step of the way with simple easy to understand pictures once you have the facts before you you can plan intelligently Chances are that with your present life insurance and your new social security benefits only a small amount of additional life insurance Will give your family complete security your equitable representative will be glad to work out a sound program for you The first step is to ask him for the revised fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers No charge of course. So get in touch with your equitable representative or right care of this station to the equitable life insurance society of the United States And now back to the FBI file the international heist Pedro Putales the man who killed Larry Howard was a Mexican his boss the man who instigated the killing and was therefore equally guilty was a citizen of the United States Criminals are to be found in each nation and in just about the same relative number as we find here in the United States Neither nationality ancestry color nor creed has anything to do with a person becoming a criminal Criminality involves personal responsibility a man joins the army of lawbreakers wherever he may be because he possesses the common attribute of criminals the world over a consuming lust to get what he wants If necessary by force Tonight's file continues at the office of sheriff Perkins the following morning as FBI special agent Taylor is entering The immigration men down at the bridge still don't have anything for us the border patrol has Oh, are that plane back already? No, but it radioed in They found a section of the fence washed out by those floods They spotted a car in the royal landed to inspect it There's two bodies there one behind the wheel and the other and some tall brush close by No, who were they? Well, neither one had any identification on him and the car was stripped Which way was the car headed toward Mexico? You know whether to stolen car the Motor Vehicle Bureau is checking that angle now Sure, tell me was the car a new convertible? Well, yes, but that's what this mob specializes in. Oh By the way, this package came for you special delivery. Oh, thank you Good these are pictures of a girl named Judy Dixon my gym charge tell you about her. Hey, she's Larry Howard's girlfriend, isn't she? Yeah, that's right Well, let's distribute these still all right. I'll have one of my deputies handle it We'd better get to that wash out water patrol flying us over. No, they don't have to it's close enough to drive Why let's get started Yes, Marion back here in the closet Mr. Powder, huh? You wouldn't be running out would you? Don't be silly. What are you packing for a fishing trip George unless you've got a bad memory You ought to remember the organization's a little shorthanded. We're gonna need some new men We'll get replacements next month. What happens till then we stay out of action give things a chance to cool off No, I had another reel someplace here. How long you're gonna be gone this time about a month When do you leave in the morning? I'll see you at the club tonight Your I was just ahead Taylor now. I made good time. You can if you know these back roads Hey, that's car That's somebody from the border patrol stunning white. No, he's a deputy mine who flew with him this morning. Oh, hello, Sheriff morning Jonesy meet Jim Taylor the FBI Glad to know you Taylor same here Jones. Well, let's go take a look at that car Hey Sheriff, you know what? Look the man in the car. That's Larry Howard say you're right His being dead isn't likely to help us Jones you put this fingerprint powder on the steering wheel. Yeah, I had a kit in the plane and I dusted off the whole car Why anything no everything's been wiped clean couple sets of footprints here. Yeah, I noticed that Looks like they start over in that tall brush Yeah, that's where the other body is a little beyond it. There are quite a few tire tracks quite a few Come on over. I'll show you They may be Larry Howard was ambushed by this other man. I don't think so sure There are no skid marks back of Howard's car, which means he didn't stop suddenly so he couldn't have been surprised by anything I'd say he knew whoever came out of those bushes to talk to him and other bodies right over there We'd better leave them both alone with the car and it gets here. This is the start of those tire tracks That's a little damper down here glad it is makes the tracks nice and clear Jones is right. Sure. These tracks are made by different cars. Mm-hmm You know this must be where they've been crossing the border I could put a man on duty here and if they try now if we're right about Howard's murder being an inside job They've probably written off using this road anymore. Well, we're in a fine spot The only person who could tell us anything is in that car dead. Wait a minute Wait a minute. There's somebody else who might be able to give us all the answers we need. Oh, Judy Dixon Larry Howard's girlfriend Come on. Let's try and find it Sheriff Perkins Jim Taylor sheriff anything come in no not a word I've covered every hotel in town We've plastered her picture on pardon me a minute Taylor Word just came in on the other phone about Judy Dixon. Yeah, she was seen at the Kit Kat bar an hour ago Let's meet there as soon as you can make it You get anything here Taylor not much a bartender said she was here on a bender I mean, she'll probably be hitting some of the other bars all in this section. I think yeah within two blocks Let's cut the list in half check every one of them and meet back here Hope you had better luck than I did Taylor. Well, that's what kept me sure if I picked up a trail She hit four saloons after this one and then what well, that's as far as I could trace her But she left this package on the bar at the last place. Yeah, well, what's it from gum? But a special kind of gum that might lead us to her come on No, thanks You're a money on what is a lady at the bar to see you which one that the blonde lady at the end George, you know who that is no Larry's Dean. Oh What's she doing here? I don't know, but we better go see Remember Marion Larry was killed by a bandit. Yeah, I know to my boyfriend. Oh, we just heard about it I can't tell you how shocked it was I guess some bandit trying to rock that was no bandit I saw his picture in the paper. That was a man called Pedro He worked for you in that stolen car wreck Who's gonna drive your stolen cars now? Who's gonna take Pedro's place and wave the flyslide and take her back to your office I'm interested in the answers to those questions still why I'm a special agent of the FBI So what you can't even pinch anybody's cheek down here. Oh, but I can do a little checking and I have Your name for instance is George Mitchell that couldn't have been hard to find out Oh difficult part was locating that garage where you'll repaint the stolen car Have you found out everything you want? I think so. Thanks. I'm afraid it won't do you much good that waiter standing behind you Has a gun under his tray Oh, yeah, when you get to the end of the bar go out that door All right start walking Mitchell I'd advise you not to add any more murders to your right. Thank you for the advice You know, we might have believed Larry Howard was killed by a bandit If you hadn't been careless enough to kill Pedro with the same gun Are you the only one who knows about that mistake? And I've got nothing to worry about you won't be telling anybody go ahead right through that door What I say I what thank you captain or chair Now will you have one of your men go inside and arrest the woman and we'll all go to your office George Mitchell and Marion Belmont were extradited to the United States where they were tried and convicted for the murders of Larry Howard and Pedro Portales each received a sentence of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary Because the gum Judy Dixon had been chewing was used to dead in the pain of a toothache agent Taylor and Sheriff Perkins Canvassed River City dentists and located her tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of investigation is a good illustration of the cooperation between various law enforcement agencies in this case, for example Your FBI was aided by the local police at Robbinsville who arrested the junkyard dealer by the curry sheriff at River City By the motor vehicle bureaus of several states by the United States State Department By the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service by the United States Customs Bureau and of course by the Mexican federal Judicial police to all of them your FBI expresses profound gratitude Perm in the knowledge that so long as such cooperation exists crime will never be a profitable career In just a moment you will hear about next week's exciting case from the files of your FBI But first another quick message from our equitable society representative on the fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers as an equitable Representative I know what a big help this chart has always been to parents and now that it's been revised to fit the recent changes in social Security it's even more valuable than ever and it's still free. Why don't you get one? Just ask your equitable man for the fact finding chart for fathers and mothers or send a postcard care of this radio station to the Equitable life insurance society of the United States Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation file number 291 its subject Interstate Lottery its title The baffled bookkeeper The incidents used into nice equitable life insurance 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 places or persons living or dead is accidental Tonight the music was composed and conducted by Frederick Steiner. The author was Jerry D. Lewis Your narrator was William Woodson and special agent Taylor was played by Stacy Harris Others in the cast were water catlett herb Ellis Florence Lake Henry Morgan Ruth parrot Joe Vitale rolling winters and Carlton young This is your FBI a Jerry divine production was directed by Sid Goodwin This is Larry Keating speaking for the equitable life insurance society of the United States and the equitable society is Representative in your community and inviting you to tune in again next week at the same time when the equitable life insurance Society will bring you another thrilling transcribe story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The baffled bookkeeper on this is your FBI Stay tuned for the adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. There's fun for the whole family when Ozzie and Harriet come your way next