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And the bird would have to be nuts to live in a place like this. And what would you call a man who picks it for a hunting wound? But it's not much of a spot. It's like it's perfect. And this is a perfect hunting wound. You know, Tracy, I'm not at all sure I approve of marriage for historians. I was supposed to be looking at historic landmarks. I kept looking at you instead. You just think about your book. That's important. If anyone reads it. Well, of course they will. I see you're a chief of the Seminole's. One of the greatest military geniuses of all time. He was, wasn't he? Right. Poor guy with named three counties and nearly twenty towns after him, but he hardly reads the line on the history book. In other people's history books, yours is going to be different. I hope so. Well, I see. Your grandfather served with I see you there, didn't he? He was there, professor. Yes. Did he remember much about a colossus? That he was afraid that he wanted to run away. But he didn't. When you have come to swamp, there is an end of running. Ask this place only deathly. That's how I'll see all his village got its name. Chapeyote. Meaning what? In my language, that is, last birth of earth. Okay, on it. Hi, mother, 15 mosquito bites. What's that? Sounds like, come on. Snake. I came off one of them trees. I kept walking as long as I could. Water marks him? Yeah. Yeah, you know what to do? Yeah. Colossus, bring a razor blade and a lot of fire and get some water. Right. Take it easy. Oh. A razor, professor. How long ago were you bitten? 30 minutes, maybe an hour. I don't know if we're sure. Sure. Yeah, I think it'd be all right. Now this is going to hurt. It'll hurt plenty. I can take it. The Katner Southern coastal city, Special Agent Jim Taylor of the FBI, enters the office of Major John B. Logan, Corps of Military Police. Special Agent Taylor, FBI. Oh, sure, Taylor. Yes, I see you said you'd be down. Good to see you again. Thank you, sir. What have you got, Major? A deserter? Yeah, a prisoner broke out of the stockade this morning. The club to guard took his gun and uniform to get off the post. Commendary Jeep ran the gate. Have enough gas to go right by? The point came in that he stopped at the filling station just over the state line. Filled the tank in the auxiliary cans and slugged the attendant and cleaned the cash drawer. He sounded like a tough customer. How was he in the stockade for? He was solving an officer being here for General Corp. Got any personal data on him? Yeah. Name is Charles Becker, Private. Listed about two months ago. He gave his home address to his dry flats in Utah. He's a long way from home base. He sure is. Here's his ID card. Fingerprints. Six-two-hundred man. He's a big guy. Yeah, the type who fakes with his fists. Well, that's right. I'll tell it to the Salt Lake Field Office. I may pick up something in his home town. You think you'd head for there? The town's pretty far off, but it's a possibility. Meanwhile, I'll get on a three-state alarm. Do you have the number on that Jeep? I can get it from the motor pool. Fine. We'll have a high-wash check both north and southbound. Southbound? Where would he go? Oh, into the Swan Country, maybe. Could be a good place for a man to hide a turn. Could be. See, let us through it. Here. Drink these. Coffee, dear? Oh, no thanks. I didn't know the army was operating there, here. You are maneuvers? I'm kind of. You might say it's a secret project. Uh-huh. Well, if you've no objections, it's been a long day, and my wife and I would like to... Professor, nobody's going any place. He has a gun. Yeah. That tent. You got any firearms in there? Carbine. You? The big chief. That carbine. Get it. Better do as he says, Cawson. Yes, sir. Yeah, no engine tricks. Chuck, he's not the soldier. That's what I tried to tell MPs. You're a desider? No, I just got tired of being shoved around. That's all. I couldn't take it, see? Okay, chief, hand that gun over. Very good, doesn't it? What do you want with us? A way to get out of this dump? You got a boat around here someplace, ain't you? Well, I don't think you'd be very good at paddling. You mean all you got's a canoe? That's right. I don't believe it. All that gear and one canoe, it don't add up. When's your boat, do, professor? Big chief. When's the boat coming? Coming in the morning. Oh, stuck with you for the night. Go on to sleep. All of you go to sleep. I'll keep the fire going. I'm gonna sit up for a while. I gotta think. Yeah. And no tricks, professor. I can stay up three days and three nights without sleepin'. I've done it lots of times. Sauced it sooner or later. All right, you two, no whispering. You've got something to say, sound off. Nice and quiet. There's a couple of helicopters. We can try and pick up a tour, all right? Sound like field models. Seems friend Becker was quite character in dry flights. Do you have a police record? I don't think so. He's drunk in disorderly, simple assault, but he was known as a pretty rough customer. Then we'll fight it. Ronas half killed a man, third out of town after then. I guess that's when he joined in. Any family or close friends? No, he's a loner. Just drifted into town, drifted out. What's his? Just a bot. He did a lot of hunting. He's known as a crack shot. Then he's earned. Sweet fellow to meet up with on a dark night. Sweet like a watermarkerson. Here, professor on two. To have you meet Mr. Calvin Kaufman, a member of the Equitable Society, tell us how you solved your... I'd be glad to, but if something happened to a maintenance of my wife and children, that's not enough. But then I heard you talking about a chart that would help me figure out how much they would need to keep them in comfort. That must be the famous Equitable fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers. Incidentally, that chart is free. Well, I called our local Equitable Society man, and he brought the chart over. 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This man and others like him forget that every man has the God-given right to choose between reason and violence, between law and crime, between good and evil. Brick Becker had a choice all right, but he made the wrong one. Tonight's FBI file continues at field headquarters near the Army post at which Brick Becker had been stationed. Special Agent Jim Taylor is making a phone call. Hello, Major. Jim Taylor. Oh, how are you, Jim? What's up? I got some news on the Becker case. Sounds pretty promising. Maintenance engineer one of the Everglades canal projects reports spotting a jeep half submerged in the swamp. What about? Half of a back roll at the edge of the Savannah country. Not much check? Well, we can't tell. They hoisted out. It's in too deep. Major, the canal authority already volunteered for operation. Well, I'm taking the helicopter on down. Take a look at it just in case. You'd like to come along? What do we have any years to have? Well, you might speed up identification. Fine. What do we leave? Well, let's see. About 30 minutes? Okay. I'll meet you at the airport. Fine. See you then. We'll figure out something right through yet. Aren't you? We've got to make plans. Okay, so we can't get out of this swamp? I don't know what to do, then. There must be some place around here I can hide out. Some place dry, plenty of grub. Oh, Indian village, maybe. Okay, let's keep going. Where? That's his business. He's a guide, ain't he? He's our guide, yes. All right. On your feet, ain't you? It's a matter of him. Professor, don't he understand about guns? Of course I understand. And you ain't afraid? It is a man with gun who is afraid. Let's take him where he wants to go, of course. Don't hold up much longer. Don't count on it, Professor. Come on, let's go. That's the Jeep Becker store. Do you know about it? Well, now we know where it was. Why do you think he abandoned it? Maybe he ran out of gas, went out the road, and just got panicky. Where would he be headed from here? I don't know. And Mr. Simmons? Anyplace inside, he might go. This is the Seminole village. Some professors... You checked with him? Where's this Otigo now? It's me. That should have been back an hour ago. You think we might buy one of your air boats, Mr. Simmons? Yeah, sure. This is the village join. Right over there, Major. I must have taken him with him. And what's the chance of us picking up a trail in this one? I'm afraid not. Right over there, Major? Huh? Yeah, take a look at this. Dead tree? Yeah, take a look on the back. Somebody's been whittled. Oh, drawing with a sharp point of object. Well, they want to help us find a backer. Right. Hmm? On the straight line, see? Well, I mean, the symbols repeat symbols. You think it's sign language? Could be. No seminar is in a system like this. A carved message isn't a mangled one. You think that the professor drove them? Maybe. Or the Indian guide? You remember any of the signs? A few. 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You will find his name listed in the yellow pages under Equitable, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. We will dramatize another case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It's subject, impersonation. It's titled, The Baby Petlers. 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 they're of to the names of places or persons living or dead is accidental. The music was composed and conducted by Frederick Steiner. The author was Robert Gale Lippert. Your narrator was William Woodson, and Special Agent Taylor was played by Stacey Harrells. Others in the cast were Anthony Barrett, Walter Caglett, Whitfield Connor, Sam Edwards, Venetal Gerson, Bill Johnstone and Tom Telly. This is your FBI is the Jerry Devine production. 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