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But every crime that violates a federal statute is important enough to be the subject of intense work by every division of your FBI Sometimes that work is not immediately rewarded Sometimes the criminal is cautious enough to escape the net prepared for him But to the FBI no file is marked closed until the criminal is found Whether that task takes six weeks six months or six years Tonight's file opens on the grounds of a carnival that's playing in a midwestern city In a small tent located behind one of the main fractions on the midway We find one of the performers Lily Fenton resting on a canvas cot Miss Fenton Yeah May I come in? Did you pop? Yeah Yeah come ahead Brought you over a pail of coffee Well thanks Pa Little nip in the air this evening I thought you might catch a chill You're wonderful Tell me something Pa What's that? That's a nice old guy like you to come to be with a Kearney Well after Lily died Lily That was my wife's name too No kidding When she died I just couldn't stand the house anymore I saw her sitting in every chair Oh Yeah cut up some of this coffee will you? No no thanks I better get back to my job Come on Well Alright thanks Now I know why you're always so nice to me Well I'll tell you Miss Fenton Why don't you call me Lily? No I couldn't do that I couldn't call anybody else Lily Oh I'm sorry forgive me That's alright You're a real nice girl Miss Fenton Thanks Pa I wish I really were your pop I wouldn't let you work here Oh this isn't as bad as it looks The dough's good My business is good It's good tonight isn't it Pa? Yes yes very good You'll still suit me to get out of this town Too many squares Squares Yokel Oh Still having trouble with Kearney talk Well I I'm gradually catching on Don't get too hip I like you better this way Hi Lily Oh hello Marty What are you doing here Pa? He's visiting why? Who's taking tickets? Bob relieved me for a few minutes I was just going to Look finish your coffee Don't let this guy scare you I'd really better go Thanks for the visit Come back any time Pa Yes thank you Marty I don't want you to treat Pop like that Huh? You practically chased him out of here So what? He's a nice old guy He's also a scared old guy What do you mean? He's a lone wolf Listen baby I've been around Kearney It's long enough to know That kind is on the lam from somewhere Ow stop Honey I know Look at the way he talks The way he dresses He could be doing something better Than taking tickets with a tent show Look for once in your life Will you mind your own business? I just got a yen to find out about him Marty lay off Whatever you say In an FBI office Several hundred miles from the carnival grounds Special agent Jim Taylor Has been given a case Which will eventually lead him To that carnival Hi there Jim Oh hello Ralph I thought you were still upstate On that Monroe case No we cleaned that one up I got back last night What are you working on? Some unfinished business Oh? Yes I'm looking for a man named Earl Corey He was teller at the national bank Yeah? Disappeared about six months ago When they examined his books They found a shortage of over nine thousand dollars Was this just reported? No we've got a file on it right along It's just been handed to me Those are always tough ones Well this one's no exception Any leads at all? Not a one What's the background on this man Corey? Well he was 62 years old Had been married Wife died shortly before he disappeared I see He lived here all his life No police record Had been with the bank over 30 years Any motive for the embezzlement? Well his wife had been ill for several years He evidently had used the bank funds To cover doctor bills And then when she died he ran away That was foolish Yes I know Would have been far better for him To have stayed and faced the charges Relatives or friends? No They've heard nothing from him Well where do you go from here? Well I've just been playing a little game A game called If I were Mr. Corey What would I do? Any results? Nothing sensational but I do know this If I'd been a man of regular habit Says Mr. Corey was And I'd lived here all my life I think I'd be curious to know What was happening back in my hometown That makes sense Now as far as we know He hasn't corresponded with anyone So the logical source of information Would be one of our local newspapers Which he might have had sent to him? That's right So I'm making the rounds of the papers this afternoon To check up on all out of town subscribers Need any help Jim? No not yet Ralph This is really just a shot in the dark If it doesn't work I'll start off again in another direction Of what? How come you're not working this show? My contract says I take off one show a day This is it What's on out there? Daisy Oh that's kind of a tired routine And what's with all the clothes? The word came in Dress up or we're slob Oh By the way Yeah? I saw Papa a while ago He's very grateful for what you did What was that? Finding his wallet Oh well that was nothing Just happened to be walking along the midway Look down Stop will ya Huh? Who are you kidding? What do you mean? The only reason you returned that wallet Is because you had somebody lift it in the first place Well what I want with that old giz's pokey So you could dig who he really is Oh wait a minute Marty don't lie to me I can always peg it see Okay so I did have it lifted And? And I was right about him He gave us a phony handle His real name is Corey He used to be a bank teller back in Cleveland So? So no guy leaves a job like that To take tickets in a carny Unless he got in a jam What difference does that make to you? Honey it could make a real big difference Oh If this Duke and a till before he left that bank He could have a bundle buried someplace If he had a bundle he wouldn't be working here Look Them lambisters do funny things sometimes He might just be waiting to cool off And this is a real good spot to do it Marty I want you to leave him alone Now look baby I got a pal in Cleveland I could have him check up on a guy If he did take that bank we could make a real good score Pop left that job because his wife died If you try to blow a whistle on him So help me I'll fix you good Oh Jim Oh hello Ralph Going back to the office? Yes Hop in I'll give you a lift Fine thanks You got a lead on that bank ambassador didn't you? Yes how did you know? I could tell by the way you were walking down the street You were about two feet off the pavement Well it was that hundred to one shot That came through Ralph You got it from one of the newspapers? That's right I checked subscriptions for the past six months I'm practically positive that the handwriting On one of them is Corey's I'll have it confirmed in the lab Where's he? Oh right now he's in Fort Wayne Indiana Any address? No he received the papers care of general delivery You could have a surveillance set up at the post office there And pick him up I don't think that would work in Fort Wayne Why not? Well beginning tomorrow his address will be Lansing, Michigan He'd be there for a week I see Whatever he's doing he's really been on the move He spent exactly one week in a whole succession of cities Did you get a list of these places? Yes Well that'll be a help in determining what sort of work he's doing Now I know But I don't think I'll have to dig into that I have an idea they'll pick up Mr. Corey At the general delivery window in Lansing Oh hiya Marty come on in What's the big kid? I got a hundred more miles to travel on this train So I settled down here in this compartment For a nice evening of solitaire and what happened I win the very first game Is that a box of candy there? Yeah Help yourself Okay Pop give it to you He did Why don't you two go steady? I might be better off with him than with you I hope you did like I told you You mean about laying off the guy? Yeah Baby I'm leaving him strictly alone Good Oh uh By the way where is Pop? Back in the baggage car He turned in Oh Want to play some gin? No I don't think so honey I'm kind of restless I think I'll go out in the platform and grab a smoke Okay See you later huh Hey how about a drink? Nah nothing out Joe Later maybe Got you packed in with the baggage huh I don't mind that Nice and lonely in here Yes You like to be alone don't you? Sometimes Smoke? No thanks I have my pipe Okay Yes Something I want to talk to you about About that wallet you lost Oh According to an identification card that was in it Your real name is Corey And you used to be a bank teller in Cleveland Now look Mr. Burney Let me finish I talked on a phone this afternoon to a pal of mine who lives in Cleveland See I figured it was worthwhile finding out why you changed your name And hooked up with a carny Now see here I My pal called me back and gave me the answer Seems you left the bank owing him a little About nine thousand dollars Is that right? Yes That's a lot of potatoes Pop Where you got it stashed? I haven't got it Huh? I spent every cent of it Now wait a minute That's the truth Mr. Burns I took that money only because my wife was desperately ill Every cent went for her doctor bills When she died Well instead of doing what was right And confessing my guilt I I ran away Look lay off the hearts and flowers William where's the dough I just told you And Mr. Burns I'm glad you found me out I'm sick and tired of running away I want you to turn here Who cares about turning in I want that nine grand Now stop giving me them those teams and get it up I swear to you I haven't got it What's in that little bank? What? That one there Anything besides your clothes? I haven't got the nine thousand All I've got from this bag is two hundred dollars I saved it to make partial restitution to the bank Let me see No you keep away from that Oh let's go I mean You keep away I saved it I do what you do Let's see what's in the bank You were telling the truth All right Pop Where've you really got the dough Answer me Come on We'll return in just a moment to tonight's file Which shows how your FBI Protects national security Now let's hear from a typical American worker Who has attained greater personal security It sure was a red letter day When the boy signed up For complete group insurance protection Man works better when he's got peace of mind Well you certainly get plenty of peace of mind From complete group coverage For that takes in life insurance Accident and sickness insurance And a retirement income Plus hospital, medical and surgical benefits For yourself and your wife and children All in one package From the equitable life assurance society And no medical examination to get it One thing stumps me though It's how little that package costs Well your employer pays a part of the cost Also since he employs a number of workers You get the benefit of what you might call The wholesale price for insurance It sure was a bargain for me last winter The bad case of the flu really had me down Doc Brady even had my chest x-ray Those bills were to set me back for a long time But they were all paid for by my group insurance You know group insurance was originated By the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1911 Thomas I. 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He resident an agent up at Lansing phone while you were out He did as you asked him He set up a surveillance at the general delivery window at the post office But so far no results The local police are cooperating with him They checked hotels, rooming houses, tourist camps But no one of Corey's description has turned up Well, I think I have a good lead On where to find Corey? Yes Now, as you know, he stayed in 20 cities for exactly one week at a time Yes Well, I did some research on what possible type of work Would take him to each of those places And what'd you come up with? A traveling carnival So? Their playing dates coincided with each place That Kerry had had his newspaper sent That should cinch at that I would think so, yes Are you going up to Lansing? No, I'm sure the resident agent there can handle it I'll get him on the phone, give him the name of the carnival Then it should be just a matter of going out there And picking up Mr. Corey To catch this performance for the biggest show in the midway See the sensational Princess Lily to a breathtaking fire dance See the lovely Dolores, the sultan's favorite It's girls, girls, girls So hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry That does it, folks The show is starting Next performance in exactly half an hour Marty Marty Oh, hi, Lily Why aren't you backstage? I'm not on for five minutes yet Come here, I want to talk to you Okay, sweetheart It's on your mind, kid Do you hear about Pops? Yeah, I took a potter, huh? Marty, what happened to him? How should I know? Did you scare him away? Oh, no, wait, baby I gave you my word, I'd lay off the guy tonight Yeah Well, I kept it Honest? Of course I probably wanted to move on, it's all Oh, still awful, funny Look, kid, you're on a couple of minutes You better get backstage Any word from Lansing, Jim? Yes, Ralph, and it isn't good What happened? Well, our resident agent went out to the grounds He talked to the owner Yes He was told a man answering to Corey's description Had worked with the show He'd been a ticket-ticker at one of the attractions But he suddenly disappeared That sounds pretty convenient Yes, I know However, some of the other employees Are on the show, verify the story You think they could be covering for him? That's possible Yes What circumstances did he disappear? Well, he took the special train With the rest of the troupe from Fort Wayne Seems that he slept in the baggage car But when the show arrived in Lansing, he was gone Now, of course, he could have gotten off Anyplace along the route What stops did the train make? Well, that's being checked now Well, Jim, where do you go from here? Well, I've just been figuring that I think I may have the answer What is it? Corey was a ticket-ticker for one of the shows So his job must be open now Yes I'm going to see if I can get permission From the boss to go up to Lansing And apply for his position And do some inside work? Right Our resident agent can't do that They already know him up there now Have you ever been around a carnival, Jim? Well, when I was in college I worked for a circus during summer vacation Chappie's orders? Bean adventure But that should be background enough For me to find out all I want to know Special Agent Hunter Hello Ralph, this is Taylor Hello there, Jim You're up in Lansing? Yep, and I got the job I'm now a ticket-ticker for a little attraction That features none other than Prince Jim, I was just going to try to contact you What for, Ralph? You can stop looking for Mr. Corey What do you mean? His body was found beside the railroad tracks About 60 miles outside of Fort Wayne I'm not so sure that it was Why not? From the preliminary information that we've received There's a suspicion that Corey might have been murdered Really? Yes From the condition of Corey's body And the position in which he was found The medical examiners say it's very possible Corey was dead before he left the train Ralph, did you have any money on him? Only a dollar and 20 cents in change Right And if Corey was robbed That would put the case on the FBI jurisdiction Well, as long as I'm on the grounds I'll stay on, see what I can dig up Right, where do you think you'll start? Well, his best friend with this show Was a woman called Princess Lily I think I'll start by talking to her Mr. Spenton? Yeah? May I come in? Oh, you, yeah, come on in I understand this goes with my job What's that? Bringing you coffee Oh, thanks Old Pop used to do this, didn't he? That's right That's too bad about him, isn't it? You mean he's leaving the show? No About his body being found What are you talking about? Oh, haven't you heard? No One of the boys out front just told me He was found beside the railroad tracks About 60 miles outside of Fort Wayne Oh, no Yeah According to the story I heard They seemed to think he was murdered Murdered? Yes The FBI is working on the case right now I knew it What did you say? Nothing Yeah Look, honey, I... Oh, I didn't know you had company Look, uh, you Will you clear out of here? I want to talk to Marty alone Sure We'll get moving, will you, Mac? Okay Glad you got rid of him, honey I wanted to... Marty Yeah? I just heard something about Pop No kidding His body was found by the railroad tracks Out of Fort Wayne His body? That's right Oh, that's tough Poor old guy Save that What do you mean? You told me you hadn't bothered Pop That you'd let him alone That's right You said you weren't going to dig up Why he left that bank in Cleveland I didn't You're a liar What? You got a telegram about an hour ago It was from your pal in Cleveland How do you know? Because I opened it and read it You had no right to do that So I read it anyway He wanted to know what luck you had With the information he gave That wasn't an entirely different matter Don't give me that You went to Pop on that train, didn't you? You told him what you knew about him You know you're crazy No, no, I know how you operate If Pop was murdered, you're the one that gave it to him Cut out that talk Well, you're not going to get away with it The FBI is on the case And I'm going to go and tell them the whole story Your what? I'm going to give them the whole rundown And you and Pop right from the beginning You ain't telling nothing Let go of me Go Leave her alone, Burns What? Let go of her Keep out of this Okay, mister, that's how you want it She doesn't have to go to the FBI, Burns The FBI is here I'm a special agent What? Now, miss, suppose you tell me that story Martin Burns was tried and convicted of murder In the state of Michigan And was sentenced to life imprisonment Stated as simply as possible Tonight's case from the files of your FBI Offers merely another proof that crime does not pay That statement has been repeated by your FBI At every opportunity through every medium At their disposal since the bureau was first founded For some strange reason Strange because Americans are adaptable people The self-evident truth that crime can never be made A profitable career has been ignored Ignored to such an extent That in the first six months of this year There were 28% more murders in this country Than in the first six months of 1945 But as the number of crimes has risen So has the number of convictions Convictions that came about Because of alert police work by local police departments State law enforcement officers And your FBI In just a moment We'll tell you about next week's exciting case From the official files of your FBI Now one last word to business executives Since group insurance was originated By the Equitable Life Assurance Society 35 years ago Thousands of employers have learned That group insurance means satisfied workers Bills loyalty and morale Decreases labor turnover Improves quality and quality of production Get all the facts and figures From an equitable society group insurance expert Whether your employees are entirely uninsured Or have only partial protection Yet in touch with the nearest office Or write direct to the New York Home Office Of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States Next week we will bring you another colorful story From the files of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation The fixed election 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 there are To the names of persons living or dead is accidental Tonight's broadcast was directed by William M. 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