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That? The radio program. Now, it's time for today's episode of the
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lineup, The Nicely nixt Nixon Case. Ladies and gentlemen, wait, take
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you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city.
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We're under the cold glaring lights, will passed before us, the innocent,
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the vigrant, the thief, the murderer. This is the line up.
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Hello, yeah, here's mister Bullmash. Oh, how do you do,
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mister Bomash. It's still a little nervous, Lieutenant. Why sure you are
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and we can sit right here. This isn't exactly the kind of day I
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want to remember me. Look, no, thanks, I'll see you then.
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Goodbye, mister Bullmash. Oh, goodbye, Sarden. I wish you
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had been at my place this afternoon when it happened, So do I,
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mister Bullmash. We picked up a couple of men in the neighborhood that you
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might recognize. Now just take your time and look them over us room,
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May I have your attention? Please sprain the line up to you. Each
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of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call up a number,
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the name and charge. If you have any questions or identifications, please
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remember the number. A sign to the prisoners, I call his name at
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the end of each line. When I ask for questions their identifications, call
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out the number. Give you a sure or not too sure of the suspect.
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Tenant Holp, the officers who took your name will assist you there seated
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among you. When the prisoners lead here, they are sent to the washroom
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and dress back in their jail clothes. It makes it quite difficult to bring
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them back after they leave here. The questions I asked these suspects are merely
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to get a natural to the voice, So do not pay too much attention
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to their answers, as they often lie. Bring on the line, all
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my boys, come on all the way over to the end of the stage.
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That's keep it moving all the way. All right, turn now,
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facetom handsteing a scientist looks straight ahead, all right. Number one, Joseph
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Smith's rubbery, that's where you land. Joseph was Texas, I mean here
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in town. Stick up for the folks. Can hear him? Were you
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carrying a gun when you were arrested? Yeah? Well tell us the making
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calendar Smith and Western thirty eight? Longly, you guys, thirty eight Smith?
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Now that's the kind of gun you described, mister else, Yeah,
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I know, I'm like, that isn't him? Red? I guess thinking
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how about archiding? And they won't ever call you farking? I punched him
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if they did okay. Number two, Solid Green Grand theft Pottle? Where
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do you live? Salt? I live at three eighteen North Columbine apartment?
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And how long have you lived there? Four hours? It's a pretty nice
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place solved. Didn't you like it? I liked a lot better than sell
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block I've been in for seven years? When were you released? Yesterday afternoon?
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That's tough solved, but you know how the state feels about all of
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that. Yeah, I know? Okay. Number three Kenneth Pritchard armed Robbert?
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What do you look Kenneth? I was sixty great Curtestyen. Were you
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arrested with anybody? Kennets? No? What are your friends called? Why?
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What do people call you? Kenny? Anything else? You mean?
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Do they call me orcard? No? They want you pretty bad and spoke
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can come and get me, Kennedy? When we finished with you? Yet?
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Where'd you get the gun? Point? Shock? And didn't you see
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these? Says? Held up another long office? Yeah? Isn't the other
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man? Isn't here to night? He was killed? Mister? I want
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all right? Man? Oh Marty Ben, I'm just going upstairs. I
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had been caught pretty soon. Oh that brushery case. You told me about
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it. Huh, Well, forms didn't do us any good last night.
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Nothing. Those guys shouldn't know what they're doing. Turn around and face the
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wall before anybody gets a peak. Two medium sized guys in dock suits.
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That's something to go on. Well, one of them is called Falkin.
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They robbed two loan officers and killed one man. We've got to stop him.
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Man twelve hundred and eighty bucks and four a day, any one one
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man? No? Thanks? Boy? If I weren't a marriage now,
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how are you? Will you say that? Nat? Oh? Good morning,
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lieutanan h. I'm Mary, I'm married Mary. Yeah. This is
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a list of every small loan office in the city. These two birds seem
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to like that kind of picking's best, So let's lay it out and have
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the cars keep an eye on him. Okay, anything else? Nothing that
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I finished the cord? Got time for coffee? I don't know. Thanks,
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I want to go down the hall for a minute. Okay, what
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time? Oh noon, District forty seven. All right, I'll pick you
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up that fine man. Hey, that new suit? Yeah you're liking Yeah,
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that's true good looking. I'll see you Ben, he very very ready.
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I got that snow. Ben all right, Jan, I wonder if
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you hold it, Ben, hold it all right? Just fill this out
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right here? Last manute? First? Oh he really it's pencil, all
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right? You better use this ten? I'm sorry? What was it?
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Then? Turn up any thing in the Monica files for me that was awkward,
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wasn't it? Yeah? Hold on, Frank worked on it last night.
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Sure? Yeah, it was gutfree in't it? Yeah? Oh,
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order at Nixon, isn't it? Bill Nixon's are you? Well? Let's
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slow tenant now? Oh what? Congratulations? Thanks? When'd you get up
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Bill? Two weeks ago? Just get into register like the losses, all
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of us felons getting out getting along all right? Yeah, yeah, I'm
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doing all day. Got a job. Oh I'm looking around three years away
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and the guy's got to look around them. But you know, you can
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kind of get used to things again with four possibilities. Been here they are.
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Frank pulled a five ten on all of them for you. Yeah,
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that's good. I take them upstairs later. Look, I'd like a making
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wad on these ten guys here, the lone office jobs. Yeah, just
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like to check and see what they're up to these days this afternoon. Okay,
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Yeah, that's fine. I have to be in Judge Barr's court right
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away. Okay, then I'll get someone light on it. Thanks has grabbed
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these days. Oh he's going, oh hello for me. Keep your nose
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clean, bone hes you. You and Grebb taught me how to do that.
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Lout in it. Court directs that fact to be entered in the records
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of the Court and declares bail hereby forfeited. Mister Holls, your honor,
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If mister Brusher reappears at any time within ninety days in this court and can
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satisfactorily excuse his neglect to appear to day, the Court may vacate the order
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of forfeiture. And however, the payment of any expense which may have been
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necessitated by reason of the failure of the accused to appear will be liable with
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him. If such forupetry is not vacated within this ninety eight period, summary
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judgment for the amount of the bond is entered against the sureties and enforced in
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the same manner as a civil judgment. Your plan present and brucery jump quail
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all, mister ows Lieutenant, Yes, your honor, I don't see any
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reason for you to remain here. Do you, mister Howes. No,
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you're honor sorry to have tied you up this long. You can go.
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Thank you, your honor, mister Howes. In regards of that popery,
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hot shot came through five minutes ago a loan company in bell would get picked
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off the same pair. Sounds like there was some shooting again. The office
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manager killed one of them. Quine's already here, yeah, Hi, Ben
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mat Hi over here. Happened about twelve forty five. A guy who owns
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the company was out getting a haircut, and the office manager was in the
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place alone, rested out to lunch. I was to get these stupile back
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off the sidewalking about their business. Sounds the whole streets clocking up, college
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sending oh hello John Ali man Hi, smoke, Yeah, thanks, it's
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pretty good. Shot shout at his spine, lodge in his heart. Office
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manager learned to shoot in the hair or anything on him, Bill full says
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John McCall to eighteen West seventh this city, Craiger and Murphy went over.
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He okay, he's all yours done. Thanks brend All. Right, Sam,
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come on with this is mister Dodge. The office manager Lieutender got three
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starting grid you know how I was to Dodge? All right, I'll never
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shot him man, not even in the war. Some water around here,
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I'll get it. Is this a gun? Yes, I have a permit
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points summer as I dude, Yes, why don't you get it? Mister
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dun is somebody calling my wife? Well, I picked the gun up in
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Italy when I was there. You have a couch or something in here on
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the back, dude, you want to lie down? Yeah? I think
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I did get another on that. Yes, sure, I never shot anyone,
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I goes. I should have called you people right away. How is
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that, mister Dunn? Well sawlm both out in front before mister orrotherph it
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went out. Something just told me there was a stick up man. That's
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why looked around the office for the gun. Are you a mister Dodge?
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Oh oh, thank you, sir, thank you. And you got a
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good look at the other man. Well, not too good to look really.
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He made me turn facing the wall as soon as he came in.
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He was a dark, medium sized father, wore a dark suit. I
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did what they told me while they went through the safe. But as soon
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as I heard them leave, I got my gun and I ran out in
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the street, very fire back chery he ever one of them did. But
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I hit the one and he screamed and he ran awhile and then he fell.
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Oh it was terrible. The other one didn't even look back. He
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just kept running down the alley. I saw him jump in a car,
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but I didn't get the license. Told me it was a dark sedan Chevy.
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You're or two old. I put it on the wire. Five cars
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are working the area. It was pretty awful man screaming like that, even
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if he was a thief, I didn't. Yeah, well he relaxed,
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mister Dodge. Did somebody calm away. She's on the way. Find a
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gun on mcclong. Yeah, thirty two and the guy with a thirty eighth
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Johnny Dollar. No, thanks, mad Oh, I'm getting hungry. I
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haven't even since practice. Hear me too. Here it has been the whole
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works on the call. Oh good, ring the bell if you want.
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Okay, yeah, Matt, you take some Yeah, careful, I got
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I'd got it. Let's see I never used an alias. Oh yeah yeah
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one. Johnston recalled, well, that's original three arresting convictions. He wasn't
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very good. They watch out for your cigarette. Oh sorry, how much
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here? Just released six months ago? And give me some of those here?
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Yeah, now, what's today the eighteenth? It'd have been forty two
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years old tomorrow? Say, uh, you know any of these are hand
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man Frank Kerr, James Kerr, Frank Mapelli. No, not enough hand
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We were convicted with McCall last time and was sent up. Might be working
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together again. Oh, Kennedy and Blake made out the last arrest sheet one
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McCall nineteen forty nine. Those guys they never finished out a report. Maybe
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we should get in touch with him. They'd rather talk than write. I
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think Kennedy's at the business office, now, that's sure. Ben. They
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called him Parkin huh nineteen forty two arrests nicknamed Orchard McCall. I wonder why
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that didn't get in the Monica file. I don't know. Well, I
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guess this is about all we can do here. Oh high coin, but
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you might be eating Gargan Murphy followed through in that address and McCall's wallet was
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a rooming house. Anything a wife on the phone from the place. I
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told him to bring her on down. Nobody's asked her anything yet. She
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doesn't know what happened at the lone office. She's downstairs in one oh seven
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joan old apartment. Yeah, she's only fifteen years old. Are are you
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Lieutenant Garthrie? No, that's right, this is Sergeant Graham are They said
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you wanted to talk to me? What do you want to talk to me
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about about your husband? Missus McCall? Wouldn't you be more comfortable, you
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said? Anne? Am I arrested? No? No, I just want
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to ask you some questions. Try this. No thanks? I want a
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cigarette? Can I have one cigarette? Oh? Yeah? Yeah sure yeah?
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If if you have him here, I have a right to see him
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and talk to him. I'm his wife. How long have you been his
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wife? How must a month? And you can't make me testify against him.
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You only give testimony in a courtroom. We just want information now I
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won't give you that either. I want to see him. He told me
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all about you, about what you police do. What did I tell you?
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How you're always picking on him and other people? Have you been picked
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on? No? Where were you marrying here in town at a justice of
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the peace. Oh, we had a nice wedding. Did your mother and
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father consent to him? No, you're supposed to be eighteen in the state
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to get a license July about your age? Yes? Did it put you
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in jail for being in love? Gotli? Where's your home? Four oh
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one Firestone Street, Saint Louis Your maiden name Judy Hodges, parents' names mister
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and missus Albert Hodges. Let me see John. How did you meet John
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McCall at a dance? At a dance here in town? Someplace at a
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dance hall? How long ago? Two months ago? Make many of his
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friends Sam? Well? It was a man he called Sam, and another
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one he called Bill Sam and Bill home Sam Granger? And I don't know
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Bill's last name? What Gali? I don't know him at all? What
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does Sam Granger look like? Missus McCall just a man, sort of tall
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and thin? And what about Bill? I only met him once. He
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came by one day last week with his girlfriend. Well, was he tall?
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Shure? Thin? What? Well? I don't know, Oly,
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it's just average about your height. Did Bill drive a car? No,
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Sam, No, but Bill's girl did? She had a car last week
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when it was raining, came by and then they drove Johnny and I downed
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down to a movie in it. What kind of a car? I think
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it was just Chevrolet black, sedan black or dark blue. I don't know.
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Look at all I know, I think missus McCalla. Are you sure
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you never heard Bill's last name? It's just Bill. We got in the
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car and Johnny said, this is Bill and Lena no last name on her
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either. No? Where does Bill live? Oh? How would I know?
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I just saw him at once when Johnny and I went to the movie.
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Oh what does Lena look like? Oh? I didn't like her.
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She was almost thirty five. I think sort of dumpy and funny looking at
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But Bill's a pretty nice looking guy. I thought he could do better than
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her. Not very friendly? No, was Bill? No? Did your
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husband ever tell you that he'd been in prison? Of course he tell me.
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He tell me everything about himself. What did he tell you. He
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said he'd been in prison for a while because of trouble with his dres.
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He was in prison for stealing an audible bill. How you're lying to me.
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No, you have it on our records here, Missus McCall, we
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have no reasonable lie to him. Tell me, has Johnny been working in
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any place since you've been married? No? Well, how have you been
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living? Oh, he had some saved up from his job. Oh,
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he had been working him. Yes, you know where. No, he's
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our business representative who represents people. Do you know any of the people who
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represents No. Well, did he have an office here in town? He
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tell me he closed it. You know where it was located. No,
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then he really hasn't worked since you've been married. No. Look, look
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we're on our honeymoon. We're going to Detroit next week. Johnny doesn't like
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living here anymore. He's going to open up an office there with Bill.
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Yes, he said, he and Bil. We're in business. He told
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you Bill's a business representative too. Yes, I'm afraid your husband's been lying
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to him. Missus McCall. He's never been engaged in any legitimate business here
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in town. You're the one who's lying. John McCall has a police record
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as a hold up man, been arrested several times in the last twenty years.
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We think he's been working with another man, recently holding up loan officers
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around town. Oh. No, three days ago Johnny and his partner killed
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a man in a loan office. We know it was him. He wouldn't
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do anything like that. Let's think about it, missus. McCall, the
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record, way he's conducted himself as friends, and the information about him we've
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just given you. He's lied to you from the very first look. I
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want to see him. I want to talk to him and tell him I
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don't believe anything you've told me. Judy, I won't talk to you anymore,
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not until I've seen him. Johnny was trying to hold up a loan
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office today. He was shot to death. Not yeah, hold on to
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me, kid, talking about taking easy hold on, hold on holds easy
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now? Fine? Yeah? Ben? Where parents here? Yeah? They
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called back long distance and I talked to him, told us she ran away
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about six weeks ago. They're flying here tonight. Sounded like nice people,
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and I just hope they are nice people. Man. Oh oh, I
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guess I fell off. I guess you, Dan, and no sense of
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you sticking around any longer. Was gone home. Oh Molly's night out with
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her folks. You want to go to a movie? Oh oh gee,
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I'm no no, no, no, no, keep it and I'll use
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this one. Okay. Did you have a stool? Yeah, that's what
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I had, Benn. He sure does something to it. He sure does
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anything from Mortal f Oh yeah, they got out of supplementary on that Chevy.
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Sadan sent this up seventy two, forty nine, thirty two fifties,
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twenty four fifty one, all reporters stolen in the last one. It may
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not be a stolen car after all. Man. All right, And I
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got those addresses on Frank and James Kerr and the Pelly Crocosop looking from now,
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and they didn't have anything on Sam Grainger still looking you wire the penitentiary.
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Yeah, won't hear anything from them until morning. Go ahead, you're
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other clothing, Sargeant grab for sure? Is hold on? Ben? Yeah?
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Three? All right, I can't hear you. Yeah, yeah,
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that's Ben h Yeah, all right, I'll let you know. Grantlin University
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Division. I picked up a drunken woman named Lena Roberts, he was all
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upset because a friend of her named Bill Chambers barred a carn didn't bring it
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back. He's at the west Over Hotel one twenty eighth. Here it is.
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I'll take it in here man h nobody m hm, and try to
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bown someplace. Yeah, try it again. Were your own fathers, Bill
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Chambers live here. Chambers's eating by separate and seen. Uh she had came
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on after being off more than the months a Chambers And yeah, she's in
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h two twenty eight. His kid in what police? Paul? Nope,
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he's okay, he is? He in troubles. I'll tell you about it
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later. Sure somebody had cabbage. I thought you couldn't cook in these hotels.
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You don't have to cook at the smelling delicate testament across the street.
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M m. Must be at the end of the hall. Yeah, come
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on, Chambers, open up. It's the police. He's out the window.
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Come on, let's break it down the room. Watch it, Matt.
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Why did use at thirty eight before? Hello? You're keeping busy here.
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I'll take the fire escape at the end of the hall, right,
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Chambers, Sister woman Champership can't get away, all right? Go on on
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all of you go back to your rooms. We'll take care of this.
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Back to your rooms. Yeah, come on, come on, tables,
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Come on, use your head. You haven't gone Come about that. Commer,
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go up your gun chambers. No you don't comber, God, say
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you'll kid. Yeah he's done. Ben. Yeah. Say this is Ed
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Nixon. We pulled him in. No, man, it's Bill Nixon.
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Hi. He was asking for you to day at registration. I just had
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to tell you how long the lineup or before you passed the innocent, the
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vagrant, the thief, the murderer. Listen again next week when we again
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bring you the lineup. I have your attention. Greeen you people out there
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on the other side of the while the only truth may I have your attended.
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Thank you. My name is grab Sergeant Matt Grabb. I'll explain the
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line up to you. Each of the suspect you will see will re numbered.
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I'll go up a number, the name and charge. If you have
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any questions or identifications, please remember the number of sign of the prisoner.
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As The lineup, starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Wally Mayer as
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Sergeant Matt Grabb, was written by e Jack Newman, with music composed and
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conducted by Eddie Dunsteader. Featured in tonight's cast were Clayton Post, Parley Bear,
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be speaking, this is the CBS Radio Network, Welcome back. I have
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to admit the most stuff uneasy and challenging part of this program was when we
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were dealing with the fifteen year old quote unquote wife of one of the suspects,
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and I think they had to be really sensitive around the topic, particularly
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in the error they were at, because what had happened and obviously been a
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very bad thing. The acting in that scene I thought was really important,
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was really well done, and it was vital the role of the fifteen year
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old in essence. To really do that right, you had to play the
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character as someone who was really trying hard to be a full grown woman but
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was still a girl with a lot of growing up to do, just been
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through something very traumatic. I think did a great job. I think the
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story with subtlety so nicely note on that, and that'll actually do it for
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today. We will be back on Monday with yours truly Johnny Doller. Join
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us back here on Saturday for another episode of the Lineup. In the meantime,
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