 Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now by transcription behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city We're under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer This is the lineup Well, just in yeah, just came from there spent an hour in the chair they pull it No, he thinks he can save it says the nerves dead says I must have hit it against something recently You know cup and coke bottle or something like that When the nerve dies like that the gas forms in the tooth and that's what caused all the pain Well, he built a little hole in the back and he let the gas out and felt better right away It's still sore, but a whole lot better. What happens now? Well, he packed it with cotton and then day or two you'll take the nerve out and then fill it up Mr. Corbett, how are you? No sergeant quine. How do you do sir? Fine nice to see you again. I Got your call lieutenant. You pick up that fellow I saw in the picture. Yes kind of thought that's what it was about You want to take one of those seats over there mr. Corbett? I'll be right with you sure Will this take very long now? How many quine 28? They're not too long half an hour or so my wife said she'd be here at 9 to pick me up. Oh, you'll be out by then No, okay by the pillar. That's right. Any chair is okay Osler can in yeah a few minutes ago. He's with Myers in the front row and this is Benfield and John Rice over in his side That's Sam Gilbert and John Alwine couldn't get in. Well, we might have enough with Osler Benfield and Rice. Yeah, mine. Okay. See you. Yep May I have your attention, please you people out there on the other side of the wire in the audience room May I have your attention, please? I just made My name is Cogger Sargent Pete Cogger. I'll explain the lineup to you Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off a number their name and charge If you have any questions or identifications, please remember the number assigned to the prisoner as I call his name The end of the line when asked for questions or identifications call out the number if you're sure or not too sure of the suspect Have him held the officers who took your name will assist you. They're seated among you Please be prompt with your questions or identifications But the questions I ask these suspects immediately get a natural tone of voice So do not pay too much attention to their answers as they often lie All right, bring on the line Keep it moving boys to the end of the stage all the way Face the front hands at your sides When I call your number step out to the circle and talk up. It's a big room out there I want everybody to hear you. All right number one Norman boring open charge step out Norman Where do you live? 2555 East Mariposa Street, you'll have to speak up Norman try it again talking as loud as I can repeat your address 2555 East Mariposa Street. I'll feel so good. You're doing fine. What do you work? No place What kind of work do you do? Tire shop I changed tires you aren't working now. No, why Norman? Because I'm here. I guess how can I work when I'm in the pokey? I'll take your hands out of your pockets. Oh, yeah You're working a place before you came here. No, I see you in a car. Yeah You look forward Chevrolet what huh? What kind of car 33 Dodge Cezanne? I don't feel so good out of being a hospital. We'll have the doctor. Look you over step back. Okay Number two Robert golf grand theft auto. Where do you live Robert? Jamie Robert my name ain't Says here that it's golf Robert golf my name is Robert Arman Am I am chief of police and walla walla Washington thinks your name's golf. He has your fingerprints on file up there What's he has your fingerprints on file up there? Well, I can't understand that something must have got mixed up I never been in one lot of Washington and we'll try to straighten it out when we have picked up Was a night before that any weapons. Oh, no, you have a car. No, what about the 46 Packard? Well, I was just sitting there. I wasn't driving today. Didn't you have a key in the ignition? Who me you oh, no, I would just sit in there when the officers came up to me Is it your car? No at four o'clock in the morning. You were just sitting around in someone else's car. I was cold Well, I was okay, Robert slide on down Number three Claude Yeager robbery your address Claude to 1366 Street Don't look at me look out there through the screen Is that an apartment house hotel or what apartment house that way you were arrested? Yeah speak right up What do you do Claude? I sell clothes. I work for Brockman's men's clothes. How long you worked there for months Sergeant cargo. Yeah, we have a profile on this man and move up under the light Claude I do a quarter turn No, no a full quarter turn That's it now another one once more now front. Hey, what is it? Nevermind? No visible scars Mole higher left cheek. Thank you sergeant hold out number three for interrogation. Okay Claude step over there Lieutenant. Mm-hmm. That's my man number three. That's the one I saw in the mug picture Field and John Rice identified Yeager to his card and that makes three have a chance to get a run down on him yet Yeah I'm all matches with these other drugstore jobs Package came a couple of months ago Hey Claude Yeager alias Carl Young alias Charles Yeoman narcotic violation 1941 six months County Jail I'm Robert reconviction 1946 cut out six months ago pro. Yeah, he's registered Pro officer says he's been doing pretty well get the job at the men's store about four months ago People at the store don't know about it. It's not a robbery. Well, I get it Asher been just left Gilbert in low-ion they make him. Yeah, the mug shots. How about Yeager's place? You can't look Murph out there now. Okay. Let me know. Yep. He matches Ben. I don't think so You know why you're being hell Claude quite a build-up dragging a guy out of his place of work sticking in the lineup What are they gonna think down at the store? They talk pretty nice about you at the store Claude Yeah, but what about now? What about after all this? I'll get canned. That's what'll happen And just because you guys can't think anybody else to pick up in the last 10 days Six different drugstores have been held up by a single man over $1,200 been taken All the victims of these hold-ups have gone through our mug book of parolees previously convicted for armed robbery Five of them have identified your picture as the man who oiled them up. I don't know nothing about any drugstore hold-ups Tonight three of these victims picked you right out of the lineup crazy people We want to know how you've been spending your nights Claude. Let's start with Monday. Where were you? I was home. I went fishing during the day got home about seven o'clock and went to bed That's where I was don't you work on Monday's my day off Where'd you go fishing paid my peer rent a boat did you know right off the pier? Anybody with you know catching a fish now But you came home early and went to bed. That's it. Can you prove any of this who proves? They went fishing. I'm calling it Friday night Claude Saturday's a big day. I went to bed early again What do you mean by early Claude early just early nine o'clock ten one before ten Can you prove it? I don't know. I don't know. I haven't tried. I was alone How can I prove I was in bed anybody see you come in your place or call you? Oh, no, I don't know. Maybe the landlady saw me come in. She sees everything How about last Wednesday night Claude Wednesday? I don't know who remembers what they think Claude This is important to you. Yeah, sure it is But I can't remember what I do every night in the week. You remembered what you did Monday night Remember what you did Friday night Try Wednesday Monday. I was off Friday's always the same with me try Claude. I went to a movie Where the realtor over on Grand Street? They had bank night. That's Wednesday's I saw singing in a ring What time did you go to the movie the second show where 830 and 9 I guess and what time did you get up? Way after midnight probably one the double feature Look, I was there all right. I can tell you all about somebody. We yeah I took a girl from the store cashier name of Alice Westering you can ask her we had dinner together And then we went to the movie and how'd you go we walked she had her car, but she left it in a lot And you say you got up close to one. That's right Then what we went back got her car and she drove me home after one o'clock yeah How do you know because I was beat and I had to get up at seven the next day those double features kill me It was the last show Look, what's so hot about Wednesday? Last holdup was Wednesday Claude about 11 o'clock. Anybody see you come home Wednesday night. I don't know Look you guys call up Alice. She'll tell you we were out to the movie and didn't get home to one or better See her she'll tell you Okay, Claude we will through the store manager Ben. She's on the main floor here. He said in the back. Yeah Stopping on your way. Yeah Client still working on a Jager's land lady wasn't much help either way small talk to her Do you have a locker or something like that here in the store? No Like to find a luger and 1200 bucks. Yeah IP Good-looking Yeah, I could use a couple of dozen shirts to me too Pardon me. We're looking for Alice Westering. Oh, that's my name police officers like to talk to you You have a few minutes. Yeah sure just a minute. I get this thing out of the way No, take your time. Okay. Oh, why don't we go back there? I can sneak a smoke button. I don't know whether it's hotter there hotter here Do you like one of these? Oh, no, thanks. I use my own You hear about poor quad, huh? That's right But you can't come told me they've been picked up poor guy. Well, what's he done? You're gonna have to go back to jail We're just checking up on a few things miss Westring. Maybe you can help us How long have you known Claudia? Yeah, every since he started selling clothes here two three four months I guess I never knew he was a con until mr. Conklin told me yesterday Never tell you know, but that didn't make no difference to me. Quad's been pretty nice. You know nothing wrong Hope he doesn't have to go back. What are you holding them for? You take you out much didn't you? Oh, you know lunch sometimes dinner, you know, we kind of hit it off Of course, you're having a criminal record and all that sort of changes thing I wasn't serious about everything like that, but he's taken up some of my time, you know Well, just how much have you been saying once twice a week? Maybe what do you do when you go up? Well, not much. He told me he couldn't drive a car that he never learned and that's why he didn't have one Well, that's not funny, but I guess it's because he's on parole and isn't allowed to have a car for a while or something We'd take my car. I got a nice car. My brother-in-law sold it to me 49 for it's pretty nice Quad and I'd ride around in that who would drive any something movies, you know When was the last time you're out with him? See, I think it was Tuesday. We went bowling at the last time. You're sure about that. Let me think a minute. Oh Wait, we went to a movie last Wednesday had some dinner and went to the Rialto together It was a good picture was singing early or late show Well, we had some dinner down the street went right to the show got in right in the middle of the newsreel You know what time it was? Well, it was still light out when we got there. So it couldn't have been more than 7 730 what time did you get out of the movie? Can maybe I had to be in early. I live with my aunt. I wasn't in a double feature. Yeah Seems to take a little more time than that to see a double feature Miss Western three hours Oh, well, we only stayed for one picture. We were out by 10 Let's see if there's anything on the book Was it slipping Yager's apartment banked 830 dollars What does he make it that star 4850 a week plus commissions. He's never had better than a 300 on a month. Let's get him up Came drugstore ammo and description same as the other jobs Luger and everything What do you think that I think we're holding the wrong man Political history is being made in Chicago and every day this week the CBS radio network Brings you complete convention coverage plus a special hour and a quarter of convention highlights Listen to Lowell Thomas Convention digest with transcribed excerpts of highlight speeches of the day Alastair Cook brilliant correspondent of the Manchester Guardian and Edward R. Murrow Don't miss this special hour and a quarter of convention roundups by radio's greatest news team on the CBS radio network Guthrie Congress 17th precinct you answer the call. Yes, sir. I'm Mallie unit 32 J Who's your partner now Irving he's in back of store with the owner Charles Rasmussen any witnesses No, not so far. Mr. Rasmussen was standing in for the regular clerk He was here alone. No customers know what it clicks. Same as the others were set up then. Yeah, you called in here Yeah, four units working in the neighborhood figure. You might still be around to put out an APB That the bank. Yes, sir, right behind the booth there. Okay, Mellie. You take it here, right? Molly. Yes, sir. What about this? Mr.. Rasmussen said the holdup man stumbled when he started out the store smashed in the glass case right over there and broke it Look, then you know, mr. Rasmussen says a man cut himself on the hand and the leg somewhere Jacket edges here, but you better call the crime lab and ask them to send somebody out and have a print Yes, I watch it. Yeah. Oh, you Irving. That's right. Guthrie Congress 17. Yes, sir Mr.. Rasmussen. Hello, Mr.. How do you do and I see that everything? 940 yeah That's when the car came through or three bucks away. You notified the police right away, mr. Rasmussen. Oh, no I want to do but that boy looked mean to me. He said to wait five minutes before I moved or he'd come back and kill I wait. Do you notice if he was on foot or had a car outside? I couldn't say I just know he was here taking my dough You mind telling us exactly what happened mr. Rasmussen well I was behind the cigar counter when he came in nobody else in the store at first I didn't see it he asked for a package of cigarettes and then I saw it the gun He was holding it in his hand close to his side just letting it hang there pointed at the floor He said he wanted all the money I had here. I emptied the register by the cigar counter Then he made me go back and entered the prescription register. He just wanted to build When I had it all together he made me hang on to them I mean when I took them out of the front register and then back here why he walked around the counter and stood right next to me And told me to count was he pointing the gun at you? No same thing just kept it hanging by his side people on the street could have seen him and never guessed what was going on Well, I counted the bills and it came to $68. I don't know whether I was counting it right or not Then he said let's get all of it. I asked him what he meant. He said I had more money around here And I better get it up. Did you have any more tomorrow's deposit three hundred and sixteen dollars Stash it above the door there Was it in a bank sack? Yes, he made me take it out count it and hand it to him. He put it all in his pocket Ever seen this man before I don't think I ever did. No, thank you. No, I'm gonna be saw him again I didn't know him anyway. Can you add anything to this description? You gave the offices, mr. Rasmussen. No Let's see. He's about my height a little heavier build or a dark gray flannel suit white shirt striped tie is a good dresser It stays in his late 30s or early 40s nice-looking didn't look like a hold-up man. He's a guy No, I can't think you're probably brown because he was dark. I didn't notice anything outside. I didn't notice anything How about when he smashed the counter up? Well, he sort of went down I didn't make a move because he still had that gun hanging in his hand. I think he was cut pretty bad I'd have had an artery on that leg his pants got soaked right away He made me hand in some bandages and tape and thing. Yeah, uh, this gun he had Take was a Luger. Yes, sir. A german Luger. I was in the european theater and I seen lots of them I could smell the oil on it He's one of those babies who sits up nights taking it apart and polishing it I could just tell that they're looking his eyes. How's that? Well, he was just aching for a chance to try it out on me You wish you had it I'll do about the egg about it. Yeah, he explained that bank the pleasure Yeah, well known. Yes, he said an ad up his in the walkie-tie and left him the money You take it out. Yeah, she died Well, you can release him tomorrow Didn't the first time we've had one glow up right in our faces. Yeah Well You have to start all over The client get those mugs out and try to get those victims down here again to start looking them over Rasmussen said he'd be down first Like to have a detail out there to canvas that neighborhood Maybe there's a witness around somewhere Auto records might have something on a stolen car on me tonight Must have used a car. Yeah Now we're gonna have something to eat. Okay, Bob. See you later. Yeah. Yeah How's your little tooth? Better every minute. Yeah, it sure hurt for a while Funny thing I suppose it happened. What am I trying to think? Might have done a handball game. Yeah, I know. That's one of those. Yeah After you. It's too special? Yeah. Uh, may I get two more solopies? Yeah, I guess so. Hearts are ready. Mm-hmm. How about you, Ben? Okay Ben, a wine for you. Thanks Hello, Clay. Hi, Ben. The man named Renfrow runs a motel in Alberta. He's had a man checked in a night leading pretty bad. Had cuts on his arms and one leg. Renfrow got sore about the blood all over the place. He complained about it when the guy was trying to fix himself up in the room. Said he'd been in an accident. The description's pretty close to our boy. Yeah. He left there about half an hour ago. Renfrow got a license number. More to vehicles checking it out. I'd like to ask you two questions. I guess so. Oh, come on. Would you like to sit down? I don't want to take up a lot of your time, Mr. Palmer. I know it's late. You own a Blackboard Coupe 49 license number, uh, 2F40657? Yes, I guess so. I suppose that's my license number. Something wrong? Just trying to straighten out a little matter we're investigating, Mrs. Palmer. Have you been using that car lately? Of course. I use it practically every day. You drive it tonight? Yes, I drove home. It's downtown till after seven. Does your husband use the car? No, we're not married anymore. We've been divorced five years. What time did you get home tonight, Mrs. Palmer? I don't know. After dinner, eight, maybe later. No, I'm in trouble. I have a right to know. No running? No later than that. Look, I've lived here for 18 years. I've managed this apartment building almost that long. People know me all over town. I just won't tell you another thing until I know what's going on. Mrs. Palmer, we think your car was used by a man who held up a drug store to me. The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Yes, ma'am, but we checked out the registration. I don't care what you did. My car's in the garage downstairs. I brought it in before eight o'clock. It's still there. Bernie saw me doing it in. He'll tell you. Who's Bernie, Mrs. Palmer? Bernie Johnson. He works in the garage, takes care of the cars. Now, I'm not going to answer any more foolish questions. Bernie's still around the garage? This time of the night? No, of course not. I'm going to give you a phone number and address. You can call him and ask him. He'll tell you. Here. Here, right here. 4-2-3-5-6. That's in Park Hill. 1-7-2-0-6, just so you die. Bernie Johnson. 4-2-3-5-6. 1-7-2-1. Bernie, uh, might have used your car? Of course not. Look, my car's right downstairs in the garage. I'll take you down and show you. Well, there's no need to do that, Mrs. Palmer. If you tell us, we'll find a way. Here. Do you see the door marked exit? Well, let's see here. Right down in the garage. Thank you. My car's in the first stall. Oh, there's a light switch to your left. Can you open the door? Well, thank you. Well, if you'll wait a minute, I'll get my car. Oh, sorry, Mrs. Palmer. I suppose she gets to these places. Two fifty at least. What's the one? You know, I just got the stall in here. That's in it. Yeah. It is still warm there. Yeah, look at this. All right, Joe, hold it up there. We're police. Where'd he go? Hey, ducked in between those cars. Give it up, Joe. You haven't got a chance. He's tagged. Yeah, come on. They didn't do it very smart, mister. Look there, neck chest. Better phone in for an ambulance. Bernard Johnson? That's your name? He did want to use it at that. Where before you passed the innocent, the vagrant, the thief, the murderer. Listen again next week when we again bring you the lineup. Have your attention, please. You people out there on the other side of the wire in the audience room, may I have your attention, please? Thank you. My name is Cogger, Sergeant Pete Cogger. I'll explain the lineup to you. Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off a number, then name and charge. If you have any questions or identifications, please remember the number assigned to the prisoner as I call his name. The end of each line will ask a question. The lineup, starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, with Jack Moyle, the Sergeant Pete Cogger, was written by E. Jack Newman with music by Eddie Dunstetter. Featured in tonight's cast were Everback, Parley Baer, Howard McNeer, Burt Holland, and Virginia Gregg. The lineup was transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime Dovallier. We'll date for mystery and adventure every Thursday night on CBS Radio. Be sure to be with us every Thursday for Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, the FBI in Peace and War, and Mr. Chameleon. Thrillers 3, packed tight with action and tension. Remember Thursday nights on most of these same CBS radio stations. And don't forget, Lowell Thomas and Edward R. Murrow are two of the noted newsmen covering the presidential conventions in Chicago over the CBS Radio Network.