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Or how? You're late He's been here? In gone Where? An hour ago Oh He took my dinner Where'd he go? Don't know Take anything else? Wheels, little boat and outboard motor Where as well? Not home yet When's he too back? Later Well, maybe he'll see the prisoner down creek Maybe If he does, he'll recognize his own boat Order Do me a favor, William and Jackson What? If he comes back this way, call the staff Glad to Nice Good night Not, Mr. Hill Here we are I still got strength enough to shoot this gun I got it In a small office located at the edge of the slump FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor is approaching the desk of Sheriff Tom Leonard Sheriff Leonard? That's right Jim Taylor, FBI Oh, yes, Jim Any word yet on Paul Rutledge? Not yet We got search and parties covering everything of the slump If he's still in it, we might find him How'd he get away this time? One of my men arrested him at a local saloon last night We knew he was dangerous so we didn't want to keep him here in our little jail We decided to put him in the state pen till you came to get him What went wrong? The deputy was going to take him relaxed for a minute Rutledge grabbed the gun out of the deputy's holster Did Rutledge shoot him? Yeah Wounded him critically He's in the hospital now Well, then what? He took the car the deputy was going to use and escape But we recovered the car a little while ago Oh, where? A little way from here where the road into the swamps comes to an end That's why we're pretty sure he's in there Your deputy isn't the first man to be shot by Rutledge I know Did you recover the deputy's gun, sir? No, Rutledge must still have that with him How about ammunition? He took the deputy's belt with 24 rounds on it That's going to make him a little harder to take I'm afraid so Have you had any leads on him at all? Just one What's that? One of the posses saw something move quite a way down, Crick They fired at it, made their way down to see what it was And when they got to the spot they found blood stains You think they wounded Rutledge? Yeah They came back and got bloodhounds They're out with him now When do you think you'll hear from them again? Maybe any minute now As soon as we do, we can start giving them a hand Where is this? You're still here Take this suit Huh? The suit, take some You're the woman Yep What happened? You passed out What about that possie? They went long ago Now take some suit Thanks You got a phone here Yep Why didn't you call the possie back? Decided not to Why? I turned to that wound of yours Put a clean cloth on it I don't answer my question Why didn't you call? Because I want you to get away You're on my side I'm on anybody's side who can get out of here Oh You ever lived this long? No You wouldn't know what it's like then How long have you been here? Since the day Will and me got married Over 20 years It's a long stretch Once so bad at first Things were new to me then But year after year Seeing the same things Doing the same things I hate it Why don't you get out? Where would I go? Look lady Maybe I can get you out of here What? Maybe I can make a deal with you What are you saying? If I can get out of this swamp I'm in the clear I can head for one of those big cities up north You knew these swamps, don't you? Sure You know all the pears and creeks? That's right And here's my proposition You come with me Lead me out of this swamp And I'll take you along up north How's it sound to you? I... Oh no I... That's my husband's boat It's weird He's coming home Hey, I better do something Where can I go? What? I don't want any more trouble Where can I hide so we don't see me? There's a lean-to bag Go out there I'll come back later Nothing coming along One thing, Jim What's that? A deputy with one of the bosses called in Said they went to the cabin of a man named Will Jackson They interviewed Mrs. Jackson And she told him they missed Rutledge there by an hour She know where he went? Well, the story she told is that He took her husband's outboard motor in his small boat The boss had found the boat a little while ago Oh, where? It was tied up outside a cabin of a man named Douglas He says he borrowed the boat for Mrs. Jackson's husband Two days ago You think this Douglas might be hiding Rutledge? No, I grew up with him, Jim He's as honest as any man in the county How about this woman then? Well, she's lived here with old Will Jackson For a long time There's never been any word against her What is her Jackson do? He's a fishing guide Do you think it's possible that Rutledge might steal a boat And not have the owner miss it for a while? Not likely, no The folks around here know every boat in the swamp And who owns it? If there was to see a stranger in a boat They knew they'd call us first thing Oh, I see Well, there's only one thing left for us to do, sir Rutledge is known to have been at the Jackson cabin, right? That's correct Then that's the last place we know anything about for sure Let's check out there and see if we can find any leads The posse might have overlooked Yeah Where have you been? Outside You cut your motor five minutes ago I used a searchlight What for? Looked around under the house A dangerous criminal escaped Elizabeth We're supposed to be headed this way He's been here? In the house? Yeah When? An hour ago Posse was here too When? After he went Did he stay long? No It's for us Now get it Hello? If... If... Did? No I'll find out Uh-huh Elizabeth That was the man from the FBI He said you told Posse the man took my other book Did you? Yeah Why? He did You couldn't have Let it to Gene Douglas two days ago Oh You knew that, Elizabeth You was here when Gene came for it You were spending right there Why'd you tell Posse a tarot? Guess I was mixed up What mixed you up? Thought Gene was bringing back the boat Not taking it You went and got him a can of gas, Elizabeth What do you need the gas for if you were bringing it back? I'd better call the FBI man back What for? He said he wanted to know how come you said what you did What you gonna tell him? Nothing Then why you calling? So you can tell him yourself Don't pick up that phone Huh? I got a gun here, mister, just stay put You're the one they're looking for Yeah, that's right Elizabeth You knew he was here Didn't you? Who is he, Gene? She fixed this bandage Elizabeth, why'd you do this? I'm going away with him, Will What? I'm leaving here Elizabeth Don't get upset, mister You're coming with us What? He's taken us out of the swamps In his boat We will return in just a moment To tonight's file which shows how your FBI Is bringing American citizens and American homes Now let's listen in on a brief conversation Between Ted Sinclair and his wife Alice, come over here and watch me sign this check Boy, what a thrill It's the final payment on our assured home ownership plan Does that cancel our mortgage, Ted? Do we own our house free and clear? 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No, not from here Isn't anyone here? Let's look around Well, maybe we ought to take this room first Tom, look There's some blood stains Where, Jim? Right there No Here's another There's quite a few more over here They seem to lead into that next room Let's take a look in there I guess the absence of the boat told the story They're gone There's blood stains on the bed Yeah, I see them That means that Mrs. Jackson was lying When she said Rutledge came here Took some food and then left in that boat We know she was lying about the boat, Jim And now we know the rest was lying She never seemed like the type to put up a criminal I don't understand it If you don't mind a guess And it's strictly a guess I'll try to reconstruct what happened Go ahead Well, Rutledge probably came in Used his gun to make Mrs. Jackson Light of the posse When her husband came home Rutledge forced him To try and take him out of the swamp In his boat Well, even if that's all true, Jim It doesn't help us catch him Have you got a description of Mr. Jackson's boat? Well, not on paper But I know it like I know the back of my hand Good Well, the first thing to do is send out an alarm on that board Yeah, I'll call him office And have him do it right away I guess it's too dark to send up a plane, huh? Well, we don't have one Even if it was light Sheriff, how many ways are there out of this swamp? Maybe half a hundred And we got no way at all And no one which way they'll try to go Well, why don't you make that phone call, Sheriff Send up your alarm Okay And let's get back to your office We'll work from there Elizabeth What is it? I wanted to talk to you Go ahead Why do you want to do this? Why do you want to go away? That don't matter To me it does I'm sick of swamps You never said nothing to me You never listened That's not true You never took notice, then You didn't see what was happening I guess maybe I didn't Too late What do you mean? Don't want you to go, Elizabeth Please I'll made up my mind Look, we can both leave the swamps You've taken me up north To the big cities Look, you can't go You hear me? What's the trouble? She ain't going with you Easy, I still got this gun Are we nearly out of the swamps? Yep, oceans round next bend Good Where do you want? He should drop us As soon as we hit the ocean We'll keep heading north You won't get there Why not? Not enough cash How much you got? Enough for maybe two more hours Where will we be then? Peninsular city Okay, we'll pull in there But I've been to Peninsular city Honey, from there we'll take a train north I see that map of the swamps again, chef I'm sure, Jim, here I'll slay it out on the dead I called everybody in my half of the list Spoke to least one person who lives in each of the canals That runs off to the left of the creek All right Not at all Well, that could mean that they're still in the swamps If they are, we won't find them tonight in this fog I think I'll try and get a plane from the coast guard in the morning That's a long time to wait, Jim I know Especially whenever a minute might be the difference between life and death With a killer like Rutledge Sure if I just thought of something What's that? Gasoline, we haven't checked the marine fuel stations Maybe they've seen Jackson's boat I got a list of the stations right here on my desk Good Let's get back to those telephones I hit pay dirt, chef Good Look at that map again Sure Welcome to a man named George Simpson Oh, I know George Well, then you know that he's got the station right here On this island in the middle of the creek Will Jackson's aesthetic customer, George So he said he also told me that his wife saw Jackson's boat go by the station About an hour ago On which side? The left That means they'll be headed north when they get out into the ocean Mr. Simpson said that Jackson was in yesterday morning for gas And filled both tanks Carries 150 gallons That's right, Jim I know Jackson's boat pretty well What kind of an engine has he got? Single screw bolt Uses about three and a half gallons an hour Three and a half gallons an hour I'd give him enough gas for, let's see Three and a half gallons, 150 gallons 37 and a half hours Starting yesterday morning at eight That would give him enough gas until eight to eight Until eight tonight Until nine and thirty tonight It's seven forty-five now That means Jackson doesn't have too much gas left My guess is they didn't stop for any more gas tonight Because Rutledge wouldn't let them Now, throughout the ocean Well, they got to be if they went out of that channel, Jim Uh-huh Well, I know this part of the ocean course pretty well Sheriff, if I'm right about something We've still got a chance to catch them We're inside breakwater now How far is it to you? We're out close to it Good I better tell your husband to pull right up to the pier Will we get on a tree right away? Hey, you're heading for the pier? Yes, dead ahead I pull right up to it What about the tree? When will we get on it? There's a pier now I see it Somebody keep the bowel I get it That's okay Now, I want you to listen to me both of you I'm heading down that pier And I don't want to hear any noise from either one of you Wait You understand me? What about me? You're staying here But you see Forget what I said But the tree, up north Now, what would I do with a tired old dame like you? Oh Hold on Thanks for the ride Stand where you are, Rutledge And keep your hands up Who are you? I'm a special agent of the FBI You're under arrest for attempted murder Paul Rutledge was convicted in federal court for kidnapping and given a life term to begin after he has served the 25-year sentence from which he was paroled The knowledge of the coastline which Special Agent Taylor possessed enabled him to decide to head straight for Peninsula City because he knew that that was the first place at which Will Jackson would be able to get Marine fuel He also knew that Jackson would have to stop there because he needed that fuel and so another dangerous criminal was apprehended by a special agent of your FBI However, there was an element present in this case which is present in the great percentage of the vials and that is that Special Agent Taylor would not have been able to make the arrest if it hadn't been for the whole hearted and complete cooperation he received from a local sheriff's office Cooperation of that kind from every local law enforcement agency throughout the nation has come to be the general rule and the Federal Bureau of Investigation would like to take this public opportunity to thank those local police and to hope that the splendid feeling of mutual aid which exists now between them and your FBI continues in the future for along that road lies defeat for the common enemy the American criminal In just a moment we will tell you about next week's exciting case from the vials of your FBI Now a quick summing up of the advantages of the Equitable Assured Home Ownership Plan created to protect you against the two greatest dangers in home mortgages In this Equitable Plan the widow inherits her home free and clear The Equitable Plan provides a growing cash fund that's always ready when emergencies threaten home security For full information get in touch with your Equitable Society representative without delay or write 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 revealing the cunning manipulations of a clever swindler its subject, robbery its title, The Bogus Bikrupt 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 D. Lewis Your narrator was William Woodson and special agent Taylor was played by Stacey Harris Others in the cast were Jeff Corey, Joe Granby, Tom Holland Paul McVeigh and Laura Scott 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 Bogus Bikrupt on this is your FBI This is A.B.C. The American Broadcasting Company