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In just a few minutes in tonight's middle commercial The Equitable Society will have a special message for listeners who agree with this philosophy We will describe a special life insurance plan for men and women on the way up Offered by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Tonight's FBI file the comeback kid It is part of the American heritage that a young boy in this country learns that it is 90 feet between home plate and first base Before he learns that there are two United States senators elected from each state Americans love sports Nowhere else in the world have people ever paid more than a million dollars that they have six times in this country To see two men fight for the privilege of being heavyweight champion of the world Each year football fans spent millions to watch their favorite teams in action and basketball fans still more millions People pay that money because sports is an important thing in our lives And for that reason it is too bad that a criminal element has infiltrated around the edges of certain sports The reasons for that infiltration are varied There's a certain amount of easy money that attracts these petty lostly hoodlums But the greatest attraction is that it gives them a chance to make socially with decent human beings a chance they would otherwise never get Tonight's file is a graphic illustration of this Tonight's file opens at a price-fighting camp Located on the outskirts of a large eastern city It is mid-afternoon and as a slow awkward heavyweight beats the big bag a man with an unlighted cigar in his mouth Watches and comments Up with the left Charlie up Hey, you're wasting your time Leo. He never looks good in camp George. He looks worse when he fights Hook don't swing hook now get that shoulder into it 12 inches that's all the punches gotta travel now. Come on Charlie get with it Why don't you send them to the glow factory? Mr. Troy. Yeah, I'm red Daniels Artie Belmont calls you about me. Oh, yeah, yeah keep working Charlie Your friend of Artie Belmont used to write about my fights a lot. He liked me now How long you've been around since a little before the war? It's a lot of mileage Well, I was in the army for five years. How come you need a manager guy that used to handle me died What do you weigh in at 160 how'd you do before the army? Win 18 lose two three limbs. Oh, sir I fought on top of the card at the arena and I wasn't in the fight racket then All right, Charlie. Rest a minute. They owe this guy is giving you a routine Look if you fought in the main at the arena, what do you need someone to do you the favor to handle you? When I get out of the army a lot of guys wanted to handle me. Oh, why don't you go with them? This leg was shot up while I was overseas. It's only just now getting better. Is it all better? Almost When I get real tired it drags just a little maybe you can work it out and you give me a chance You got any dough? No, you know what that means Leo. You go for his Roman scarf. I'll pay for myself with the first fight Look mr. Troy. This means a lot to me Well, go up to the main house get a locker and put some trunks on I'll take a look at you before I say, okay Thanks, mr. Troy. I'll be right back. Okay Here we go again. You know this guy may have something. Oh sure sure. That's what you always say look Leo I'll touch his larceny. That's a business. We know something about but fight I'm gonna write the beef when I have to feed bums like that George this joint is on my tab So are the fighters now. I don't want to hear any more about it, but you come on Charlie get back to that bag The next day at the local FBI field office Special agent Jim Taylor is standing in front of a huge map when agent Stanley Webster approaches Oh Jim all morning Stan Well, you trying to find a shortcut home? No, no, not exactly. What are the pins for? I'll each one represents a different hijacking that we've worked on. No, I didn't think so This yellow pin up here that that's the one we're on now. What are the others? Well, they're all recent, but they're under local jurisdiction. Oh That one happened last night. However, they're all the work of one man one man To be pretty tough for him to hijack a truck alone not the way he does it He uses a state troopers uniform he flags down the truck pulls out a gun and makes the driver get out of the cab And he ties him up and off he goes Great any idea where not on so far That's why I'm studying the map. How much of a description if we got so little that it's all more negligible No, that's a nice way to start on a case well There have been some leads, but they've all turned out to be false as the last truck turned up yet No, not yet I'll stand I'm going down to the garage and get a car Yeah, what for I think I'll drive out and study the roads with these hijackings have been taking place and see if I can find a lead That's your George. Yeah, Leo. Where you been getting rid of the truck. Where's the whiskey over there? Did you go into town? Uh-huh How did you make out and I got red Daniels on Monday's card at the Grove course, it's only a prelander Wait a minute You were going in to get rid of that last load we lifted instead. You put this kid here. Who is it? I'll come in red How's the leg? That's coming pretty good. Yeah, I'm glad to hear it. We fight Monday night This Monday. Yeah Mr. Troy the leg ain't that good yet been doing road work. Ain't you yeah head massager stuff like that We fight Monday Can't I have another week now, but mr. Troy look how long do you think I'm gonna go for feeding and sleeping you here? What am I a charity look? I'm not asking for charity We fight Monday night Okay, you see you waste your time getting matches for bums like that And you forget all about contacting a boys and getting rid of the stuff I got rid of the stuff Huh got top dough for it too. Oh, I got another truck all spotted for you You take it tonight But you're out inspecting that truck the police found oh, I was did you get anything I not only didn't get anything But there was another hijacking last night. No by the same man. That's right. There's an alarm gone out Yeah, I think we might get a little quicker action this time. Why this was a refrigerated truck. What'd you get this time meat? No, butter. Well, that's just as easy to get rid of yeah You know we've been on this case five days now And we're still no further than we were when we started except for another pin there on the map. Yeah, I Guess those truck drivers don't read the papers Well, even if they did read about it Stan They'd still have to stop when a state trooper flags them down. I suppose so. Oh, I added these blue pins here this morning They each represent the place where the truck was recovered. Uh-huh. They're pretty well pretty well spread out Yeah, and you can't keep a surveillance and every one of those are take warm ending Yeah, sure Special agent Taylor screen. This is Sergeant Caldwell the heights precinct. Yes, I did We just got a phone call from a man named Jenkins. Yeah, he's a better lives up in this neighborhood Well, you read a story in the paper about last night's hijacking He says when he came home this morning about four o'clock. He saw the missing truck. Oh, how did he know it was the one that was stolen? We read the description on this morning's paper. Oh, where was it heading into the green anchors fight camp? Or isn't that a reputable training camp Sergeant used to be it's pretty run down now I didn't know that. Can you go over there and check around the place? Now go ahead as soon as we just spoke to Charlie at the camp. He called me a cop came around Business. Yeah, he was looking for the truck I grabbed last night. What brought him to our joint. Somebody saw me driving it in I think they're now is it right after you came into town. Oh good Charlie stole the cop told me didn't know nothing about it, but the guy's coming back to see you. How do we handle it? Decision think about how we'll square this beef. What can we do? Well, I think I got that figured. Huh? We need a car George the hotter the better what for to drive Daniel's back to camp to drive to I Don't get it. I got dough invested in that guy and I'm getting it back The leg went bad in the fourth. That's why I couldn't go to his left. I went down. That's when I hurt the leg He didn't hit me. I fell Doesn't it look like I fell George? I didn't get there till the last heat. I did Hey, you don't think that guy could hit hard enough to knock me down red You know what? I think I Think you're the worst stiff I ever handled Well, wait a minute Leo, you know about my leg sure sure, you know, I wasn't ready. You won't be ready ever I'm the guy that stuck for it Money stuck that's right. What about the purse tonight? Your end wouldn't pay for two days board and suppose you let me know just how much more you got coming You won't get stuck for it. I'll get a job and pay you back every time of it. 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Tonight's file continues in a corridor at a local hospital Ocean as I could stand. Well, there wasn't any need to hurry Jim. What brought you here? I think the hijackings may be cleaned up. Oh, how there was a stolen car found wrecked on Route 17 Police found a fighter named Billy Daniels behind the wheel His nickname red. Yeah, why remember him the car was found near the Green Acres fight camp But in the back seat police found a state troopers uniform Oh, how long ago was all this why apparently the car was wrecked last night, but it wasn't found until early this morning Hmm. How bad he was Daniel, sir. His head was pretty badly bruised. He's still in a coma No idea when the doctor will let anybody talk to him. No, not yet. Well, I guess I did my road work for nothing What's that Jim? I went up to where the police found that refrigerated truck Oh, I got some prints off the rear view mirror and also off the wheel good off the wheel Yeah truck driver was wearing gloves. So these prints must belong to Daniels. Did you drop them at the office? Mm-hmm. Hi dentists checking on them now. Well looks like all we have to do is wait for Daniels to come to it Arrest him. We've also got to find out where that loot was kept sounds to me like it was probably the fight camp You know, that's what I think to stand. I'm going up there and take a look around Stay up on your toes Freddy punch them there Yeah, no, that's better now shorten the punch about 12 inches Mr. Troy, uh-huh. I'm a special agent of the FBI You're my credential. Huh? Well, I guess they're legit. I wonder if I can ask you a few questions, mr. Troy About what red Daniels? Sure your Daniels is manager, aren't you? Uh-huh. Is he in trouble? Yeah, that's a wrap Well, we think he may have been involved in some hijacking No kidding a number of trucks have been held up lately the thief impersonated a state trooper Yeah, the wrecked car was found last night Daniels was at the wheel in the back of the car We found a bogus state troopers uniform How do you like that? Do you know anything about this? No Daniels is in the hospital now. We haven't been able to question him yet. He's still alive Yes, but he's in a coma or what hospital Memorial Never figured red for anything like that. Although he did flash a lot of dough lately Large am I yeah a couple of grand anyway told me he scored it in the crap game Well, mr. Troy, one of the stolen trucks was seen coming up here to your camp here You suppose Daniels kept the loot up here. Well, of course not. How could he without my knowing about it? Would you mind taking a look at this list for me, huh? What is it? It's a list of the dates the hijackings were committed on What do you want me to do see if you can remember any of those dates and tell me where the Daniels was absent from camp Well, let's see Yeah, yeah, here's one. I'm sure about oh, which one is that March the 19th May I ask you how you know? Well, it's my brother Harry's birthday. I had a big party up here for him that night and Daniels wasn't here So he had a big date From what you say, I guess he did. Oh, thanks. Oh, could I have the list back, please? Oh sure Looks like the best thing I can do is get back to the office and swear out a warrant for Daniels arrest Hello Leo. Yeah, George. Where you been? I've been trying to get you. Why we got trouble Red didn't die There was an FBI guy here for what to see me Not yet. He's in a coma. I Put the finger on him though. They think he did the jobs now. They do now But if he comes out of it, he'll blow the whole thing now get over here as soon as you can Daniels came to for about 10 minutes, but he passed out again get a chance to talk to him No, but he made a statement to the doctor Oh, he said he was hit on the head while he was riding back to the training camp by home Leo Troy Well, it's gonna be a little hard to prove Daniel says there was another man in the car at the time Oh, someone named George. He doesn't know a second name any description on you Yeah black hair dark skin about the same size as Daniels Well, we'll be able to tell later on if Daniels is telling us the truth. Yeah, how I've covered quite a bit of ground Since I left here the first thing I did was examine the car that Daniels was found it Mm-hmm. You get anything prints off the steering wheel some others off the right rear door handle good Then what then I went to see Leo Troy or I got his fingerprints Oh, and it may sheet of paper with the dates of the hijackings on it You know Stan I think Troy is mixed up in this too. Have you brought any of the prints to the office? No, I came by here to pick you up first. Come on. Let's get over there. Okay. Oh, there's one other thing to check What's that that state troopers uniform while I'm working with I dental the prince will you see if you can find out where it comes from? Oh Stan it looks as if Daniels was telling us the truth really yes the prince I found on the steering wheel of the sedan matched the prince I got off the stolen truck. Are they Leo Troy's? No, we don't know who's they are not on file Well, we haven't got enough prints here to find out whoever this is hasn't got a listing in the single fingerprint file It's too bad all the prints I got off the right rear door handle were identified though who belongs to them They oh Troy. Well, that should be enough for us to pick him up Well, let's wait until we can find out who that other man is the one Daniel said was in the car One called George. No, I thought for a while. I'd be able to get a definite lead on him. Oh, the troopers uniform Oh, what did you get? Well, there were some hairs in the cap with jet black now Daniels has red hair and Troy's gray Daniel said this George had black hair Yeah, I also found out that the uniform was rented the costume company said it was taken by a man named Peter Thompson Who gave his address a 618 West Oak Street? Oh, yeah, I think Thompson is this man George Hey, there's the no 600 block on West Oak now They found that out when the uniform wasn't returned in time. How long ago was it rented a couple of months ago? Why was I remember it was spotless? Yeah, it was where's that troopers uniform now back at my desk come on I want to see something Leo oh hi George got a load of that kid in there pretty classy, huh? Brett Turner sent him to me. Well, the only fighter I'm interested in is red Daniels. Hey, you don't have to be anymore What do you mean poor red? Jab with the left kid How do you know how do you know red died? I call the hospital. I told him I was his manager got it right from his dock Well, that saves us lots of trouble Hey, I had us all booked on a plane. Well, you can forget that now. That's it kid. You're looking good No fighter mr. Troy, huh? Remember me. Yeah, you're from the FBI. That's right I just heard about red Daniels kicking over It's too bad. I'm afraid that isn't exactly true Well, what do you mean? Well, I asked the hospital to give that information to anyone other than his family who called No, Daniels is still alive. Hey, what is this a way of ensuring that you wouldn't leave town Phillips? How do you know my name? It's on one of these warrants. I'm here to arrest you both for the theft You tried to hang on red Daniels Fried and convicted in the federal court and sentenced to 25 years in prison or theft from interstate shipment The reasoning which special agent Taylor used to arrive at the clue which led to the identification of George Phillips was that in order to be Spotless the state troopers uniform had to have been cleaned very recently There was a cleaning mark on the inside of the jacket a cleaning mark which led to the correct Taylor and from him to George Phillips Phillips was then followed to Troy's fight camp There was infinite skill required in the investigation of tonight's case Infinite skill by the two special agents the local police department and the identification section and crime laboratory of your FBI All their skills were blended together to produce the two arrests and subsequent convictions However, even more satisfying was the fact that your FBI established the innocence of a man who was being framed The files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are replete with cases of similarly innocent men being cleared And your FBI points with pride to those cases For they are constant living proof of the lengths to which every special agent is trained to go To protect not only your life and your property But also your personal liberty Tell you about next week's exciting case from the files of your FBI Not long ago a famous American industrialist gave some very inspiring advice to young men He said think in terms of a big future for yourself and the chances are you'll have one Yes, and one good way to think in terms of a big future for yourself is to look into the kind of life insurance Which was designed for people who expect to get ahead That's the equitable society's plan for men and women on the way up Merely by investigating this interesting equitable plan you give convincing proof of your faith in your future success So why not build up your morale by getting in touch with your equitable representative? Ask him for facts and figures on the equitable society's plan for men and women on the way up Or write care of this 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 a graphic story of crime in a mountain wilderness It's subject robbery its title the Highland hold up The incidents used in tonight's equitable life insurance societies broadcast are adapted from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation However, all names used are fictitious and any similarity they're loved 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. 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