 Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now behind the scenes of a pulley 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 line up. You can sit right here, Charlie It's all right, it's all right, they won't be able to see you if you identify one of them They won't know who you are And I'll just take your time and make sure we've got to have these men Charlie You people out there on the other side of the wire the audience room may I have your attention please Sergeant Matt grab I'll explain the lineup for 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 At the end of each line when I ask 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 there seated among you Please be prompt with your questions or identification When the prisoners leave here, they are sent to the bathroom and dressed back into their jail clothes It makes it quite difficult to bring them back after they leave here The questions I asked these suspects are merely to get a natural tone of voice So do not pay too much attention to their answers as they often lie Bring on the line On the night of November 16th, you broke into the house of our our forester 2243 South Rockford Street. I didn't take nothing nothing. Well, you don't have to in this state Alex. Just breaking in is enough Yeah Well, you know as long as I don't get nothing they should have rang a doorbell. I guess number two Peter Matjitski Narcotic suspect That's a pretty nice hotel Peter Services, how about a challenge? What do you know? I'm working right now, sir. Stand still. I'm sorry nervous You got a monkey on your back. No, no, no, sir. I put the jump down a long time ago You're anyway number three Nicholas Garcia disorderly conduct Watch your business Nicholas. I work for the city This is your first defense Nick You were pretty drunk My wife left me and off with a guy He wasn't the policeman was he no you use some pretty love rough language on the troman deaf I don't remember. I'm sorry. Well, watch your language the next time some of the boys are sensitive Number four Oscar cook narcotics suspect where you live Oscar? How about that one Johnny? Was a frame the pig slipped it on me when he picked me up. This is your third offense It's going to be pretty rough. I wasn't all the same. How cool is the pig stashed it on me Look who's calling who a pig Number five in a shipper narcotics suspect where you live in it's only six each the hundred and third street What do you work? How about it? How long have you been putting it down, huh? What are you dreaming about? Beats me. It's pretty crazy though. This is Charlie man. Hello Charlie. Hi sergeant I'm sorry. You couldn't identify any of those men. Yeah, sure. I take him down and show him the mug file Maybe you can find one of them there. Yeah, sure. I'm gonna have to narcotics. I've been captain water's office. Okay Come on. Let's go Charlie Yeah Relax Identify any of them. No, but we'll keep trying and I'll have the boys keep hauling them in Charlie can look at every narcotics suspect We've got a package on some we haven't It's a rotten mess. Yeah, rotten. You sure this old bum can identify the three men Charlie says he can I don't know he was flopped under the bridge says he heard the car pull up and stop Got scared couldn't figure who'd be stopping that late at night and he saw these guys kill Fisher No, no, no, no, he didn't see them killing me heard the shot and looked up Saw the three men left Fisher over the railing and drop him in the riverbed And he could recognize three men standing up on a bridge late at night He says so a couple of lights on the bridge only 20 feet to the riverbed He says so I hope he can I went over and saw a Fisher's family myself. Yeah I've had dinner over there Mom's a great cook. She took it pretty hard. So did his wife Jane Fisher was a good cop boys and the precinct are taking it pretty hard too. We'll get the guys Fisher was gonna make the contact at eight tonight. Yeah, you're supposed to meet a man named black Francis black my department's been trying to bust this ring for a long time Fisher was close It's black with a pusher for the stuff Fisher got his confidence and made a deal to buy 10,000 and heroin supposed to meet black last night at eight o'clock in The bar and then black was supposed to take him to the big boy We had a stake out in the bar and across the street Fisher met black all right They got in the blacks car and drove to the river where they took the ferry We staked out a car on the other side and they switched cars on the ferry. Yeah We didn't catch on until blacks car didn't drive off Had it all set up. Mr. Known Fisher was a cop before black met him in the bar. Yeah, and what about blank? Then his apartment staked out, but he won't show Come on in Okay You want to go over there now Ben? Yeah, I guess so I've got Charlie looking at the mugs with Sergeant Quine Okay, well, we'll see you later, Bill. He thought we'd take a few minutes and go over and see the Fisher's family It won't make you feel good. Mom Fisher's fed the whole apartment at one time or another. She's a fine person. I Feel a lot worse if I didn't stop by Hello, Matt. Hi. Come in. Thanks The kitchen fixing young Jeff is dinner He's in school he'd already gone before bill came over and told Jane all right Won't be bad for a while till I get lonesome till I miss him this kind of numb now Mom's in the kitchen Little Jeff doesn't know. Uh-uh. He was already in school when we heard I'll tell him tonight dinner Patrick watches television Mom Hello boys Matthew Benjamin Fixing Jeff something for his dinner some cookies too for later. Hold me your cookies. He likes them Would my two big policemen like some cookies? Well, we can't stay long mom I shouldn't have to entertain you in the kitchen Little ruffian has got an appetite like you Nobody's got an appetite like Matt mama. It's your cooking mom. Yeah, I'm a good cook The men in my family a particular Jeff snarl Aten He's very particular Sheen is a fine cook too. I Guess we spoil our name. Don't we gene? Jean look in the oven See if my cookies are done. Yes They look done Mom, oh you have to be going Benjamin Jean you take the cookies out of the oven and I'll go with my two big policemen to the door Yes, my my gene. Bye. Bye Please come back soon. Sure Jean's a good girl fine girl My son was lucky what what should we say mom say Benjamin You have said it without saying it my two big policemen You have said it Matthew mom Benjamin oh What is it mom a little ruffian little Jeff running this way down the block? Have to hurry and get him a few cookies so we can eat them while he watches hop along cat's a mom Yes, Matthew God bless you. What's the matter just brought a guy in a 211 shooting Francis black dead very four slugs them I was just going to get that old bomb from identification. He's now a sergeant coin. Yeah, let's go get him Where did I find the body 45th and a hundred Nate Street witness He came out of a hotel and somebody opened up across the street with rifles Manor runs a jewelry store caught a while shot in a hip. How was mom? Oh magnificent. I Feel terrible. I want to get those guys bill Fine yeah, bring Charlie here Find something Charlie found something he spotted one of them You sure only says this is one of them. I just take it. I'm just gonna call you That's one of them. All right, that's one of the fellas to push that guy off the bridge. Here's his package You know bill so suppose FBI kickback here. We've had bogey before You sure this is one of them. Yeah, I've seen them clear him and two others Charlie No mistake. No, sir. I mean a new chance that far right there's one of the men I'll put out a picker. We'll be in the morgue. Come on Charlie. We've got another one for you Down in the morgue. He was mixed up in it might have been one of the three who pushed Fisher off the bridge Well, yes or no I think so, you know It's hard to tell with him lying down Sit him up. Oh, I would look all right Sit him up. Sure. It's one of them. Sure. Yeah, I'm sure I'm Joseph Bolger. Well if Charlie's identifications are right we've tagged two of them bill Pretty easy to figure why Francis black was killed guys with those rifles didn't like him getting mixed up with a cop Knew we had him spotted so they blasted him before we could pick him up Yeah, you were said that Fisher made his contact with Francis black in a bar. What bar place on 73rd Street Angelo's who got a man watching it or what about the guy who runs it? No record names Angelo Giuseppe We talked with him showed him blacks picture never saw him before didn't remember him coming in last night Has he seen the mug on Joseph Bolger? Not yet. You want to take it over? Yeah long shot, but I don't want to sit around and wait Let me know if you get anything. I don't want to miss it. Nobody does Everybody wants in on this one. There'll be four more amateur songwriters on hand and one of them will sell his song for nationwide Distribution when songs for sale comes along this Friday night on most of these same CBS stations Songs for sale gives these new writers a great chance their songs are judged by a panel of experts Their music is song by Rosemary Clooney and Richard Hayes They're made to feel at home under the guidance of the experienced showman Jan Murray For an hour of fascinating fun behind the scenes of Tin Pan Alley here songs for sale this Friday and every Friday on CBS Talk with some of your boys this morning They showed me the picture of some guy named Francis black Angelo, but yeah Yeah, he was supposed to have been in my place last night Supposed to have met that couple got killed, but I never saw him. Well, how about this guy? Oh, let me give my glasses Names Joseph Bolger Let's see Joseph Hey, Lieutenant. Yeah, this one this one's been in my place many times Joseph Bolger Well, he don't call himself a Joseph Bolger Like When was the last time he was in Angelo Oh Two three days ago, I think comes in once twice a week been coming in once twice a week for about a year once twice a week I said, well, how well do you know it? Well, not too well. He don't say much. I know he calls himself I know something never said where he lived were never said nothing No, I heard a couple of guys call him out one time or another. Yeah I always said the hello well when he came in it's a good policy. Yo customers names make them want to come back Look Angelo, you haven't seen him in two or three days. No, but they probably and I'm sure he lives around here Oh, why are you sure a guy don't keep stopping into a bar once or twice a week for a year in the evenings If we don't live close by you know, you go out of your way to a real classy joint Maybe but not to my place. It's nice. It's a comfortable. I don't want my drinks, but the class I This is sergeant grab Angelo Angelo starting now There'll be two offices in your place from the time you open in the morning till you close at night Sergeant grab and I'll take over for today tomorrow. It'll be probably two others If Joseph Bolger comes in try to act like there's nothing wrong understand Yeah, but get out of the way go to the back room or something and we'll try to take him without any shooting Yeah, yeah, and now we'll sit over at that table. Bring us a beer or something Okay, glad I paid my insurance Jewel show I hope so man The captain's got a bunch of boys out with pictures covering this area for about three miles each way. That's a lot of walking. Yeah Oh, thanks. Oh Just forget about us Angelo. Well, that ain't easy. I'm gonna try to act like it. Well, that I can do 340 spends half this time waiting. I can't think of anything more terrible than sitting all day in half Watching a perfectly good beer go flat days now Bill Quite an asher in the bar today and that may go tomorrow again. I think take it easy. Take it easy How close can you get got one identify the other? My boys have showed bogeys picture everybody in that area. Nobody knows him. Nobody's seen him. Yeah, yeah, I know Too bad more of us couldn't have been the fish's funeral. I'm sure mom understood Then we've run in every narcotics suspect we can get our hands on we've sweated stoolies The three days now we've questioned every hood in the city. We've got all the roads covered airports bus stations Where is both? I wish I know I'll see you later. I got a good out of the line, okay? Hands of bogeys using his gun Matt cover the alley, right? All right. Let's go bill. Let's see I give me about 30 seconds. Okay. I've been oh fine fine. Hmm. What's wrong? I forgot to call my wife. She'll kill me. Don't move ball. Yeah, he said don't move Fine What is this? Now wait a minute. We want the other guy. What other guy? What are you talking about? You know what we're talking about your lousy cop killer. No, you're going to tell us where he is. I don't know wait Hold you you got 10 seconds to make up your mind Thompson a shotgun on Thompson one shot. Oh, yes the shotgun. I'll take it Two drums for the Thompson six rounds for the shotgun if sign up Okay What's the number on the Thompson six seven six one two six seven six one two one Thompson a shotgun Six four five One two eight four five one two eight. Yeah Two drums for the Thompson six rounds for the shot. Okay sure been harping the last half hour Everybody's been down here. We've got a lead on the third guy who killed Fisher. Yeah, I heard Some guy named a shore. Yeah, this is one time. I don't mind being busy The entrance cars at the end of the blocks three cars on the street here Yeah, we're sure we talked with a hotel clerk says sure hasn't come in yet usually comes in between seven or eight Clients sitting in the lobby. Do we wait in his room? Yeah? Nearly seven now Known as 208 click. Yes, sir. Give us the key to 208. Yes There you are Yes, we're going up to the room if Shaw comes in just get behind him follow him up, right? Take the elevator to Yeah Office called boulder signed a full confession. Hold your in black. We're pushing the stuff for sure 215 214 and down this way Sean Bozier met black and Fisher on the ferry Shaw recognized Fisher as a cop don't bridge killed him Yeah, no here to a way Bolger still says sure pull the trigger. Yeah Hey, come on. Let's go take the stairs man. I'm sure I came in and shot that off You saw miss start after me started shooting this Out in the basement stairs right over there get an ambulance to warn them in on the street Go on tell him and get an ambulance. Come on. Yeah, you look stay with this man. He is down here, man Want some light? No I go around that way right must have gone through that door. No, no, no, man. Look Service Halloween He's going up. Yeah. Come on. Let's go and stories up two boys coming up the fire escape He's probably waiting for us to come through this door and I'll stay low go through one at a time What about that Thompson will throw slugs all over the city. I won't use it unless I have to The door open I'll go first Spread out he's coming around your way now Matt He's circling watch it Ben you get him Ben. Let's get him off the roof Get out of this wind. I should have worn a heavier coat. Yeah Yeah, a guy could catch a bad cold up here for you past the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer Listen again next week when we again bring you the line up attention, please You people out there on the other side of the wire in the audience room May I have 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 The number William Johnstone is Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Wally mayor Sergeant Matt grab was written by Blake Edwards with music by Eddie Dunstetter featured in tonight's cast for Junius Matthews, Stacey Harris, Larry Dodkin, Jane Avello, Lou Krugman, Jack Moyles, Eda Reese Maren, Ed Begley and Virginia Greg the lineup is produced and directed by Jaime Del Valle Every Friday night Broadway is my beat brings you the latest adventure of Danny Clover the handsome young playing Closeman who patrolled the great white way Wealthy playboys and panhandlers Apple Annie's and chorus girls flashy big shots and shoe shine boys They're Danny's friends and when a crime is committed their inside stories help Danny to find the thief or killer Friday night also brings you the CBS famous anti crime series up for parole The heart-hitting factual stories of men and women behind bars who seek another chance at freedom You're sure to enjoy both Broadway's my beat and up for parole They're heard every Friday on most of these same CBS stations CBS the stars address the Columbia broadcasting system