 The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents this is your FBI This is your FBI The official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representatives in your community Did you ever say to yourself gee? I wish I could make more money then I could do what I want to do well I have news for you in a recent survey covering people earning anywhere from $3,000 to $50,000 a year 90% said that if they made more money, they'd be happier That means that the problem is not how much you earn, but how to manage what you have Now there is one man who can help you your local representative of the Equitable Society He can show you how to build future security for your wife and children or to make sure your children get a good education Or how to own your own home years ahead of time in about 14 minutes I want to tell you more about your local Equitable Life Assurance Society representative Tonight the subject of our FBI file Homicide it's title the sightseeing killer In the solution of crime the Federal Bureau of Investigation makes use of every modern scientific aid Microscopes spectrographs chemical analyses and laboratory tests of infinite variety are part of the daily FBI routine But no instrument has or will be invented which can replace human intelligence and dogged determination The constant alertness and proven skills of the special agent himself are the true basis for all investigations Conducted by your FBI without him science would be helpless Together they form the combination which brings the criminal to inevitable justice The case you are about to hear is an example of these two forces acting in conjunction To ensure the arrest of a killer within a few hours of his crime Tonight's FBI file opens at a small eastern resort lodge in the sitting room the owners of the inn Two elderly gray haired women are placing white sheets over the stiff Victorian furniture, which lines the walls Jenny quiet quiet You'll have to cover her up Kora Sue She isn't bothering anyone. They've all checked out Now Jenny you'd be a good bird Come on That's better. You're just lonesome aren't you poor Jenny you get used to having people around all summer And then when the season ends there's nobody to talk to Jenny what a cracker She I'm waiting for you to help me with this sheet. Oh, I'm sorry Tuck your end under the cushion. Yes Of course Dear, what's the matter Clara? Oh the upholstery is almost worn through. We'll have to get this sofa recovered next spring And hardly seems worth it. No, what do you mean by that? Well, we barely make a living out of the lodge as it is and with that new motel opening up next year We'll still have our regular customers people who've been coming to stay here since before father died Yes, but they're fewer every year And I'll wrap these miniatures and tissue paper and I'll pack them in this box Oh, it's cool tonight Winter seems to come earlier every year. That's your imagination I don't like it here when we're all alone I wish we could close up now and stay overnight in Meadville We'll leave tomorrow For 20 years this inn is closed on the 1st of october and I see no reason to change that schedule because of some whim of yours Oh Kaurasu that was mother's favorite picture I couldn't help it Clara. I saw something what at the window behind you Look like a face. Oh stuff and nonsense There's no one out there Will you be quiet Jenny? Now get hold of yourself Kaurasu. See if you can find the broom and clean up this mess Oh Now you see you've got me upset too Don't answer it Clara. Don't let anyone in. We aren't in a position to turn down customers Kaurasu. Every three dollars helps Good evening. Can I help you? I hope so. I need a place to stay tonight. Please come in I'm sure we can take care of you. Thank you You'll have to forgive the way things look we close up tomorrow. Oh, oh, that's a shame. I Was hoping I could stay on for a few days. Well, I'm sorry, but we always close on the 1st of october Well, I guess I'm lucky to get in at all even for one night Oh, hello. This is my sister. Mr. Johnson. Sam Johnson. How do you do mr. Johnson? My name is Clara Dalton and my sister is Kaurasu Dalton pleased to meet you both Uh, how do you do? Is there something wrong with me? Oh, no, no, you were giving me such a strange look. I was beginning to wonder Don't pay any attention to Kaurasu. Mr. Johnson. She's been carrying on all evening Just a few minutes ago. She thought she saw a face at the window Clara Oh, she saw a face. All right. It was mine. What? I took a chance you'd have a vacancy and put my car in the garage Then I happened to glance in the window as I came up the path I'm sorry if I frightened you mr. Dalton. You see Kaurasu. I I told you you were fretting about nothing Who is this another member of the family? That's Kaurasu's parrot. Her name is Jenny. Hello Jenny. How's the girl? I hope she didn't bite you mr. Johnson. She just took a nip. It's my own fault for putting my finger in the cage I told you to cover that bird Kaurasu Yes Clara Come on Jenny Now mr. Johnson, you just sit over there by the fire and warm up. I'll uncover chair Well, I left my suitcase in the car. I'd better bring it in before I settle down for the night Oh, you can go out that side door across the porch. Oh, thanks. Be right back. It seems like a nice young man Do you think so? Of course I do. Don't you? Well, he acts sort of shifty to me. Now why on earth do you say that? I don't know exactly. But Jenny didn't like him either She doesn't usually nip people. She's very friendly to her Oh, you know that wind's darn cold. Oh, there's some coffee left over from supper I could heat up a cup if you'd like mr. Johnson. Well, that's very thoughtful of you As a matter of fact, I didn't get a chance to stop for dinner tonight If you could fix up a sandwich too, I'd be glad to pay for it. Why didn't you say you were hungry? I don't like to be a bother. It's no bother at all Kaurasu, would you go out and get him that sandwich I made for you earlier? Is the one you didn't eat? Clara, I would like- If you please Kaurasu No You don't live around here, mr. Johnson? No, I drove up from Pennsylvania. Oh, did you stop at that cave on the way? Cave? Yes, Echo Cave. It's just down the road. You must have passed it Well, I think I did see a sign, but I didn't turn off. It was so late. Oh, that's too bad It's really quite a remarkable phenomenon. Well, maybe I can find time for it on my way back Well, there you are You can use this end table to eat on, mr. Johnson. All right, that looks wonderful I'll turn down your bed and take your suitcase upstairs. No, leave it here. I'll take it up myself. Just leave it where it is Whatever you say Hmm. Yeah, this is good, mr. Alton Down the road at Echo Cave National Monument Park Service Ranger Evans leads special agent Jim Taylor along a bloodstained trail which winds into a clump of bushes How'd you happen to stumble onto this Evans? I was making a routine patrol about an hour ago and saw some blood up there near the road and tracked it down I'm glad you called the FBI field of us right away. Now this being a national park. I knew it came under your jurisdiction Jeff Hoffman was liked by everybody You know him just to speak to Worked at the souvenir counter over by the cave entrance Well, here's the body mr. Taylor. Yeah, it's not very pretty isn't it? No Looks like it was robbery as well as murder I wonder uh Hoffman carry much money Probably the day's receipts from the souvenir stand It's pretty late in the season wouldn't amount to more than 30 or 40 dollars Killings for less than that Hey, there's something over there behind that bush. Hmm man's cop Oh I may have some fingerprints on the shiny wiser. There's a name band here on the inside G column Well, let's get back up on the road, huh? I'd like you to help me make some plastic cast of the tire tracks up there I must say mr. Johnson certainly was hungry Oh, don't just stand there course. Ooh Dry the plate and put it in the cupboard. Oh No, yes What are you daydreaming about now? Nothing really. I Uh, just wondering what he has in that suitcase is so important The same thing most folks have in suitcases. I imagine clothes Then why did you get so upset when I started to take it upstairs? It probably was too heavy. It wasn't heavy at all, Clara What are you so jumpy about the phone startled me It isn't our ring. I know but it still startled me. Now. Don't you go out there and listen in I've told you time and time again. The logan's don't like it. Maybe somebody's sick or something I only want to find out if the call is important It's funny Well, as long as you're going to eavesdrop you might as well tell me what they were saying But I only heard a couple of words and then the phone went dead like it was out of order Mrs. Logan probably heard you come on the line and hung up No, no, she was right in the middle of a sentence when it happened here. Let me try it Hello Hello operator operator There's something wrong with it. All right. Must be the storm They're supposed to disconnect it tomorrow anyway, so it doesn't make any difference What was that now cora I've put up with all the nonsense from you tonight that I Shh He's out and back again. I can hear him. He's upstairs asleep. You saw how tired you were There You heard him too, didn't you? Well, it did sound like somebody closing the barn door but The way you've been acting up. It's a wonder. I'm not seeing things instead of just hearing them Maybe that's why the phone went dead. Maybe he did something to it. Posh But where are you going upstairs? I want to see what's in that suitcase Kora Sue. I won't stand for this Do you hear me Kora Sue? He's a perfectly respectable young man You see He isn't in there Oh, there's the suitcase over by the bed If he comes up and catches you. Oh, I don't think it's even locked No, it isn't Well, there's a jacket And a shirt And a souvenir from echo cave. That's strange He said he didn't stop there. Oh, there's something else. It feels like metal It's a gun It it looks like it's covered with blood. That's right You'll pick it up, please and give it to me Oh, yes, of course Stay where you are It isn't loaded miss Dalton. They don't come any closer. I told you to give me that gun There Now that's better Now both of you better do exactly what I say I don't like to frighten you but even though this pistol is empty. I used it to kill a man And if necessary, I'll use it again We will return in just a moment to tonight's dramatic case from the official files of your fbi Did you ever see older people completely dependent on their children? Well, that can happen to anybody who doesn't prepare for retirement If that is one of your worries then perhaps the experience of mr. Abner willard may be helpful Mr. Willard, I wonder if you'd mind telling us how membership in the equitable society solved your problem Well, I'm only 39 years old and I make a comfortable living But the way prices are today. I can't lay an awful lot by So my wife and I started to talk about where we'd be when we're in our 60s Did you solve your problem our local equitable representative did you see I heard you talking about a retirement plan on this program That would be the equitable independent 60s plan. That's right I called our equitable man and we talked it over he explained how the independent 60s plan would provide for our future How we could go and come as we pleased and live where we wanted because we draw a handsome check every week And he also showed me how my wife would get all these good things if something happened to me What surprised me most was how little it cost Now whenever somebody tells me he's worried about the future Well, I tell him to call up my friend the equitable society man You couldn't give sound or advice If you want to be independent at 60 if you want to own your own home free and clear If you want protection for your wife and children or assurance your children will get a college education Then talk it over with your local equitable representative You can count on him to arrange the most for your life insurance dollar The solution to your life insurance problems is no farther away than your phone To get his advice without obligation Consult your local phone book for the name of your local representative of the equitable life assurance society of the united states And now back to the fbi file the sightseeing killer In the apprehension of a killer time is a paramount consideration Any delay may give the criminal an opportunity to kill again Your fbi is always ready to move at top speed to bring the guilty to justice But a mistaken arrest would only delay the final solution of the crime The federal bureau of investigation never acts unless and until it is satisfied that the right person has been found And that the evidence against him is overwhelming Statistics show that convictions in fbi cases brought to trial average well over 95 percent Both swift action and cautious investigation are the factors which have produced this remarkable record Tonight's file continues a few hours later at the meadville fbi field office Special agent william baits has just entered the office where agent taylor is working A gem supervisor davis is signing to work with you on the hoffman case Oh, i'm afraid i can use some help bill i've gone over your report anything new turn up no not much We've got a description of hoffman's car. I sent out a five states alarm, but there's nothing in the killer's so far How about fingerprints? Well, there were a couple of sets and the visor of a cap that i found in the body We've checked them against the dead men's that they don't match I sent them and the plaster cast of the tire tracks onto washington on the 11 o'clock plane I'll be hearing something soon. Oh, the coroner's report came in here. If you'd like to look at it. Yeah, thanks The time of death about 6 p.m. Blood instrument probably the butt of a pistol. That's what's got me confused Why didn't he shoot if he has a gun? Yeah Wait a minute. Hmm. Maybe I got the answer for you No The report came in from chief watson here at meadville this afternoon I checked through to see if our office had any jurisdiction and we didn't at least not on the face of it But it may tie in Filling station on davis street was held up about 4 p.m. The man forced the attendant into the washroom Tended to jump him, but the man didn't fire just ran off Apparently his gun wasn't loaded. Did you get a description? Not much detail Medium height medium build brown suit and a cap with a shiny visor that fits A cap I found fits that description. I think you've got something go Isn't davis street where the tourist buses leave for echo cave? For sure All he had to do was lose himself in the crowd get on a bus and ride out there Probably didn't want to take a chance on coming back through meadville So he stuck around until hoffman drove by got rid of him and stole his car. Yeah, jim This just came in on teletype. It's a report on those fingerprints. You sent down to washington tonight. Oh fine. Thanks very much um Here we go bill listen Gerald Collins 34 5 feet 8 162 pounds black hair Convicted assault with deadly weapons for five years wanted in california for burglary and violation of parole Sounds like our man. I'll send out an alarm Bill if he wanted to avoid meadville. He must have had it south not too far though He's smart enough to know that car's red hot by now. Yes, he's probably holed up in one of the motels or tourist camps right in the neighborhood Yeah, it's a good chance anyway. Let's check them. What do you think you're going miss dalton? Do I uh That wanted to drink of water. I'm sure you're not really very thirsty Aren't you ever going to let us get some sleep? It's nearly two o'clock. You'll be able to sleep in the car What are you talking about? We'll be leaving when the highway traffic quiet's down But You don't intend to take us with you. Well, I can't very well let you stay behind. Can I? Well, that's that's kidnapping. I know Oh, by the way, we'll have to go in your car I don't think it'd be wise to continue on and the one I've been using Who Clara? Don't make any noise I Whoever it is has seen the light. He knows there's somebody here I'll answer it myself. Don't either of you move Yes I hate to bother you this late, but I ran out of gas about a mile down the road I wonder if I could use your phone. I'm very sorry the lodge is closed for the season phones have been disconnected Oh, well, and maybe you could let me have a little gas if you can spare it I'm afraid not there isn't even a car here. We're completely shut down. Oh, I see Well, thanks. Anyway, I guess I'll have to hoof it down to the next station. Wish I could have been of more help. Good night. Good night Well, I think we can start getting underway now. I'll bring down my suitcase. You'd better put on your things Clara What are we going to do? I I don't know whatever he says. I guess I'll I'll get our coats out of the What's the matter? I just remembered the hall closet. That's where papa always kept his pistol It must still be there. I saw it when we were doing our spring house cleaning But clary, you couldn't fire a gun. You couldn't shoot a man. Maybe I couldn't quarrel sue At least maybe I can frighten him off. He told us his pistol wasn't loaded No, where did I put papa's gun? I I thought it was on the top shelf Behind this head box. Is this what you were looking for, Miss Dalton? Where did you I thought you might have an overcoat I could wear so I glanced through that closet while you were in the kitchen You should never leave a loaded gun lying around. It can be very dangerous Here's your java. Oh, thanks. Hey, waiter. Yeah Where's the next tourist camp or more child someplace we can get a bed for the night? We've been hunting all over everything seems to be filled up. You headed south. Yeah Well, and I'd suggest echo cave lodge. It's about a mile further on couple of nice old ladies running the Dalton sisters They'll have lots of room fine. Thanks very much Hey, I don't mean to interrupt But you're giving them a bum steer that waiter. Huh? Well that lodge is closed up tight for the winter I stopped there about a half an hour ago phone ain't even working. Oh, you must have been someplace else, mister The Dalton sisters never closed before october 1st It's been that way ever since I can remember and october 1st ain't until tomorrow I don't know nothing about no sisters. It was a fellow who talked to me But it was echo cave lodge. I saw the sign right out in front There ain't no fellow there unless he's a guest. You must have the wrong place. Excuse me, mister What this man looked like? Uh, I don't know kind of Youngish medium build. I didn't pay much attention. He was wearing a brown suit. It seems to me. Let's go bill There's a sign jim echo cave lodge a hundred yards ahead. Yeah Oh Yeah, I see the place now Hey, look there's a car pulling out from the lodge road. Yeah That may be collins two women with him. Yeah, I'll swing around toward the cave Hang on looks like we lost him around that last curve. Well, they can't get very far This road dead ends right at the cave entrance There's a car and stop Better take it easy bill Watch yourself. These are getting out. I guess they're all right But I don't there he goes running up into the cave. Come on I'm just that it's pretty big This is the only entrance. I'll I'll see if I can raise him Collins we're special agents FBI Hands up. Well, it's this time. Yeah, give yourself up. We're hit us in the dark Give yourself up. We'll turn on a flashlight My flash and that rock Get out of the way when I turn it on bill. I think he hit him jim. Yeah, come on. Let's move in Out called How bad do you hurt? His shoulder. Yeah, okay. Let's take him outside Gerald Collins was found guilty of murder in federal court and was sentenced to death In tonight's file you heard another example of the cooperation and teamwork which enables your FBI to serve you The report from a local chief of police furnished the killer's motivation The quick action of a member of the national park ranger service Enabled the special agent to get an immediate start on the case and the laboratory blood tests Plaster casts of tire tracks and fingerprints in washington made Collins conviction to certainty This is the kind of teamwork which no criminal can circumvent And you are part of the same team Your willingness to cooperate with local state and federal authorities Is absolutely necessary for the prevention and discovery of crime Remember if these agencies are to serve you you must help them do it Worried about home ownership Talk your worry over with your neighbor your local equitable representative He's a man who can help you solve almost any life insurance problem you may have Perhaps you want protection for your wife and children against eventualities Perhaps you'd like to find a way to enjoy life in comfort and independence when you're 60 Maybe you want to assure a college education for your youngsters Well call that friendly helpful neighbor of yours Consult your local telephone directory for the name of your local representative of the equitable life assurance society of the united state Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the federal bureau of investigation It's subject Flight to avoid prosecution its title Round up 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 places or persons living or dead is accidental Tonight the music was composed and conducted by frederick steiner. The author was frank burt Your narrator was william woodson and special agent taylor was played by stacey harris Others in the cast were v benadiric water catlett down mccanon helen cleave steve pendleton Barney phillips and carlton young This is your fbi is a gerry 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 transcribe story From the files of the federal bureau of investigation Round up on this is your fbi Stay tuned for the adventures of ozzie and harriet. There's fun for the whole family when ozzie and harriet come your way next This program came to you from hollywood