WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:15.560 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. John Hodiac in tonight's presentation 00:15.560 --> 00:18.800 of Spouse Fence. 00:18.800 --> 00:27.400 Tonight, Auto Light presents the story of two men who could really talk, a young man 00:27.400 --> 00:28.400 and an old man. 00:28.400 --> 00:30.800 Naturally enough, they were liars. 00:30.800 --> 00:33.040 They also happened to be bank robbers. 00:33.040 --> 00:37.320 The story is based on fact and called The Big Heist. 00:37.320 --> 00:39.400 Our star, Mr. John Hodiac. 00:39.400 --> 00:42.400 Well, hello there, Sheriff. 00:42.400 --> 00:44.400 Oh, hello, Harlow. 00:44.400 --> 00:50.800 Say, now, ain't that Auto Light staple the best battery that ever set a car perkin'? 00:50.800 --> 00:52.760 Well, it sure is, Sheriff. 00:52.760 --> 00:56.800 The Auto Light staple is the famous battery that needs water only three times a year in 00:56.800 --> 00:57.800 normal car use. 00:57.800 --> 01:02.480 It's the battery with fiberglass retaining mats protecting the power of every positive 01:02.480 --> 01:07.680 plate to reduce shedding and flaking and give that great battery longer life, as proved 01:07.680 --> 01:11.320 by tests conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 01:11.320 --> 01:12.680 Who says different, Sheriff? 01:12.680 --> 01:14.160 Why, nobody, Harlow. 01:14.160 --> 01:18.000 I just can't find nobody as needs convincing about the Auto Light staple. 01:18.000 --> 01:19.320 You're so right, Sheriff. 01:19.320 --> 01:22.360 So friends, visit your nearest Auto Light battery dealer. 01:22.360 --> 01:27.640 He services all makes of batteries, and he has an Auto Light staple for your car. 01:27.640 --> 01:30.440 To quickly locate him, call Western Union by number. 01:30.440 --> 01:32.440 And ask for me, Operator 25. 01:32.440 --> 01:36.440 I'll tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer where you can get an 01:36.440 --> 01:37.440 Auto Light staple. 01:37.440 --> 01:41.920 The battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 01:41.920 --> 01:47.080 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:47.080 --> 01:53.680 And now, Auto Light presents The Big Heist, starring Mr. John Hodiac, hoping once again 01:53.680 --> 01:58.680 to keep you in suspense. 01:58.680 --> 02:05.280 Yeah, sure, I work with John Barry on the Colfax National Trick. 02:05.280 --> 02:07.520 He's the best in these bank bits, you know. 02:07.520 --> 02:09.760 Of course, everybody knows that. 02:09.760 --> 02:13.240 He had it cased right up to where he could tell you what the guy in small loans had for 02:13.240 --> 02:15.040 breakfast that morning. 02:15.040 --> 02:18.320 If it was a John Barry job, you can figure it was first class. 02:18.320 --> 02:19.320 Good. 02:19.320 --> 02:20.320 Right. 02:20.320 --> 02:21.320 Know what I mean? 02:21.320 --> 02:23.320 Yeah, I believe I will. 02:23.320 --> 02:24.320 Much obliged. 02:24.320 --> 02:32.040 You see, I'd been hanging around that pool room for a week or so, knocking off this one 02:32.040 --> 02:34.600 and that one, picking up enough to get by on. 02:34.600 --> 02:37.720 It was, let me see, four days ago. 02:37.720 --> 02:38.720 Thursday. 02:38.720 --> 02:42.560 This ball head of Jen had been sitting there a half hour or better, watching me practice. 02:42.560 --> 02:44.360 I'd seen him around before. 02:44.360 --> 02:50.720 I knew he'd get up and talk to me pretty soon. 02:50.720 --> 02:54.280 Hey. 02:54.280 --> 02:58.840 What's the matter? 02:58.840 --> 03:00.640 Pretty good. 03:00.640 --> 03:01.640 Just luck. 03:01.640 --> 03:02.640 Don't kid me. 03:02.640 --> 03:03.640 I'm not. 03:03.640 --> 03:04.960 Do you like eight ball? 03:04.960 --> 03:07.680 Well, I'm willing to try anything. 03:07.680 --> 03:11.040 Well, play for a buck? 03:11.040 --> 03:12.040 I don't know. 03:12.040 --> 03:13.040 What's the matter? 03:13.040 --> 03:14.040 Have you got a buck? 03:14.040 --> 03:15.920 I'm looking at the way you picked out that cue. 03:15.920 --> 03:17.520 You must be pretty good. 03:17.520 --> 03:19.440 I'm no good at all. 03:19.440 --> 03:21.200 Let's hold off playing for a buck right now. 03:21.200 --> 03:22.480 Just a friendly game. 03:22.480 --> 03:23.480 All right. 03:23.480 --> 03:24.480 Suit yourself. 03:24.480 --> 03:26.040 But you'll be sorry when you see how I play. 03:26.040 --> 03:27.040 I'm really no good. 03:27.040 --> 03:28.040 You wait. 03:28.040 --> 03:29.040 You'll see. 03:29.040 --> 03:32.040 He was a lollipop. 03:32.040 --> 03:39.440 If he'd thrown away the cue and used a baseball bat, he'd done better. 03:39.440 --> 03:42.760 Every shot, I thought he was going to tear the felt right off the table. 03:42.760 --> 03:46.720 But I let him win the first four games and I could tell he felt pretty good about it. 03:46.720 --> 03:51.080 I miscued and passed up shots that a 10 year old kid could have figured. 03:51.080 --> 03:55.720 I only had five bucks to my name, but I knew I was going to have at least 25 of his before 03:55.720 --> 03:56.720 I finished. 03:56.720 --> 03:57.720 OK, this will only take a minute. 03:57.720 --> 03:58.720 Uh oh. 03:58.720 --> 03:59.720 All of you, over against that wall. 03:59.720 --> 04:00.720 Come on, let's hustle it up. 04:00.720 --> 04:01.720 Come on, boys. 04:01.720 --> 04:02.720 Let's not waste a lot of time. 04:02.720 --> 04:03.720 Hey, what's up? 04:03.720 --> 04:04.720 Looking for bags, I guess. 04:04.720 --> 04:05.720 Huh? 04:05.720 --> 04:06.720 Getting a road gang together. 04:06.720 --> 04:07.720 They like to pick up anybody who needs a shave. 04:07.720 --> 04:08.720 Uh oh. 04:08.720 --> 04:09.720 Come on now. 04:09.720 --> 04:10.720 You're going to have to get a good shot. 04:10.720 --> 04:11.720 I'm not going to let you get a good shot. 04:11.720 --> 04:12.720 I'm going to get a good shot. 04:12.720 --> 04:13.720 I'm going to get a good shot. 04:13.720 --> 04:14.720 I'm going to get a good shot. 04:14.720 --> 04:16.720 I'm going to get a good shot. 04:16.720 --> 04:17.720 Uh oh. 04:17.720 --> 04:18.720 Come on now, you two. 04:18.720 --> 04:19.720 Get over here. 04:19.720 --> 04:20.720 Right against the wall, boys. 04:20.720 --> 04:21.720 That's it. 04:21.720 --> 04:22.720 Let's knock off the chatter, huh? 04:22.720 --> 04:23.720 Just keep it quiet. 04:23.720 --> 04:24.720 I want identification on all of you. 04:24.720 --> 04:29.160 Driver's license, Social Security card, something that will tell us what your name is, where 04:29.160 --> 04:30.160 you live and where you work. 04:30.160 --> 04:31.160 Take them out. 04:31.160 --> 04:32.160 Come on, boys. 04:32.160 --> 04:33.160 Hey, I'm in trouble. 04:33.160 --> 04:34.160 Huh? 04:34.160 --> 04:35.160 No address here. 04:35.160 --> 04:36.160 Boy, you are in trouble. 04:36.160 --> 04:37.160 Shut up, gentlemen. 04:37.160 --> 04:38.160 How many times do I got to tell you? 04:38.160 --> 04:39.160 Is this your address, Barney? 04:39.160 --> 04:40.160 21216? 04:40.160 --> 04:41.160 Yes, sir. 04:41.160 --> 04:42.160 What kind of work do you do? 04:42.160 --> 04:43.160 I'm a bricklayer. 04:43.160 --> 04:44.160 Where do you work? 04:44.160 --> 04:45.160 Masters and construction company. 04:45.160 --> 04:46.160 Why aren't you working today? 04:46.160 --> 04:47.160 I'm sick. 04:47.160 --> 04:48.160 Okay. 04:48.160 --> 04:49.160 Let's see it. 04:49.160 --> 04:50.160 Now, not the wallet, just the card. 04:50.160 --> 04:51.160 Hmm. 04:51.160 --> 04:52.160 Carl Weisenbach? 04:52.160 --> 04:53.160 Yeah. 04:53.160 --> 04:54.160 Work, Carl? 04:54.160 --> 04:55.160 No, just sort of passing through town. 04:55.160 --> 04:56.160 You can see I live in Philly. 04:56.160 --> 04:57.160 I can see. 04:57.160 --> 04:58.160 How do you live, Carl? 04:58.160 --> 04:59.160 I save my money. 04:59.160 --> 05:00.160 This one? 05:00.160 --> 05:01.160 Okay, come on. 05:01.160 --> 05:02.160 Hey, you know what it's all about. 05:02.160 --> 05:03.160 Let's have it, buddy. 05:03.160 --> 05:04.160 Excuse me. 05:04.160 --> 05:05.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:05.160 --> 05:06.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:06.160 --> 05:07.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:07.160 --> 05:08.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:08.160 --> 05:09.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:09.160 --> 05:10.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:10.160 --> 05:14.160 I'm going to get a good shot. 05:14.160 --> 05:15.160 James Scott? 05:15.160 --> 05:16.960 That's right, Sergeant. 05:16.960 --> 05:18.160 What's this Salt Lake City? 05:18.160 --> 05:19.160 Well, that's where I lived. 05:19.160 --> 05:21.120 He's with me now. 05:21.120 --> 05:24.880 We lived together at 516 Merriamdale, number 14. 05:24.880 --> 05:25.880 What's your name? 05:25.880 --> 05:26.880 Martin Collins. 05:26.880 --> 05:28.440 What kind of work do you do? 05:28.440 --> 05:29.440 I'm an electrician. 05:29.440 --> 05:30.440 Yeah. 05:30.440 --> 05:31.840 And what do you do? 05:31.840 --> 05:32.840 I help them. 05:32.840 --> 05:33.840 I'm learning the trades. 05:33.840 --> 05:34.840 Here? 05:34.840 --> 05:35.840 In this place? 05:35.840 --> 05:37.600 Oh, a guy's got to relax, Sergeant. 05:37.600 --> 05:40.640 We just finished a big wiring job for an outdoor billboard outfit. 05:40.640 --> 05:41.640 Why? 05:41.640 --> 05:43.480 17 days hanging by our toes on those things. 05:43.480 --> 05:44.480 You thrive sometimes. 05:44.480 --> 05:46.880 And this is our first day off since the beginning of last month. 05:46.880 --> 05:47.880 All right? 05:47.880 --> 05:48.880 You betcha. 05:48.880 --> 05:49.880 That's the truth, Sergeant. 05:49.880 --> 05:50.880 Okay, here. 05:50.880 --> 05:51.880 You. 05:51.880 --> 05:52.880 Where do you work? 05:52.880 --> 05:53.880 Man, I own this place. 05:53.880 --> 05:54.880 That's where I work. 05:54.880 --> 05:55.880 Thanks, Collins. 05:55.880 --> 05:56.880 Don't mention it, Scotty. 05:56.880 --> 06:09.920 That's about the way it started. 06:09.920 --> 06:13.040 Collins turned out to be a little quicker than I first sized him up. 06:13.040 --> 06:17.680 I could have talked my way out of it, I guess, but then he just might have saved me 10 days 06:17.680 --> 06:20.120 for no visible means. 06:20.120 --> 06:25.440 After the cops talked everybody and hauled a few down, we went back to the table. 06:25.440 --> 06:29.080 Well, that's that. 06:29.080 --> 06:35.680 Hey, aren't you going to let me get even? 06:35.680 --> 06:38.320 You'd never get even with me, boy. 06:38.320 --> 06:39.320 What? 06:39.320 --> 06:40.960 Had me picked, didn't you, Scotty? 06:40.960 --> 06:44.040 Just like that bus driver you had right here on the same table three days ago. 06:44.040 --> 06:45.040 Why? 06:45.040 --> 06:46.920 Oh, you were going to let me win the first four. 06:46.920 --> 06:50.320 Then you were going to turn into a regular wooly hoppy and really let me have it. 06:50.320 --> 06:52.280 It had gone up from a buck to five m-10. 06:52.280 --> 06:53.720 Isn't that the way you're going to work it now? 06:53.720 --> 06:56.360 Well, I'd just like to try for my three bucks again. 06:56.360 --> 06:58.560 Come on, boy, who you kidding? 06:58.560 --> 06:59.560 Oh, no. 06:59.560 --> 07:02.800 Okay, I had your pick. 07:02.800 --> 07:04.080 I could still give you a game, though. 07:04.080 --> 07:05.680 I tell you, I invented the game. 07:05.680 --> 07:06.680 You've been wasting your time. 07:06.680 --> 07:08.320 You have been wasting your time. 07:08.320 --> 07:09.320 Have I? 07:09.320 --> 07:12.000 Five, 10, 15 bucks a day around here. 07:12.000 --> 07:13.000 Not bad, I'd say. 07:13.000 --> 07:17.120 How could you go for 10,000 bucks in one day? 07:17.120 --> 07:18.120 Sounds good. 07:18.120 --> 07:21.440 But you'll have to lend me some overalls because I know I'm going to have to work real hard 07:21.440 --> 07:22.980 for that kind of money. 07:22.980 --> 07:24.880 We need a third guy. 07:24.880 --> 07:25.880 For what? 07:25.880 --> 07:27.280 You want to meet somebody? 07:27.280 --> 07:29.080 Sure, why not? 07:29.080 --> 07:41.000 Hang up your cue, boy. 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 John Barry. 07:42.000 --> 07:43.000 Hello. 07:43.000 --> 07:44.000 This is Jim Scott, John. 07:44.000 --> 07:45.000 Hiya. 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 Come on in, Jim. 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 Tell me where you come from. 07:47.000 --> 07:48.000 Salt Lake City. 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 Nice place, Salt Lake. 07:49.000 --> 07:50.000 How long you been in town? 07:50.000 --> 07:51.000 A week or better. 07:51.000 --> 07:53.000 What are you doing in this part of the country? 07:53.000 --> 07:55.000 Well, I don't know if I... 07:55.000 --> 07:56.000 I...I...I... 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 I didn't go to ask you. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 Just answer questions, Scott. 07:58.000 --> 07:59.000 Go on, tell him. 07:59.000 --> 08:00.000 Sit down, son. 08:00.000 --> 08:01.000 Thanks. 08:01.000 --> 08:04.000 I just like to know a little about the people I work with, that's all. 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 Now, Jim, what are you doing here? 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 Looking for work, I guess. 08:08.000 --> 08:10.000 I drove a truck on my last job. 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 You know anybody in town? 08:11.000 --> 08:12.000 Couple of people. 08:12.000 --> 08:13.000 Who? 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 Oh, a girl named Melva. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 We sort of got acquainted. 08:17.000 --> 08:22.000 A week in town and you already got yourself a girl. 08:22.000 --> 08:23.000 That's good, isn't it, Martin? 08:23.000 --> 08:24.000 Yeah, pretty good, John. 08:24.000 --> 08:26.000 Well, you're a personable young fellow. 08:26.000 --> 08:27.000 You have a nice way about you. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.000 I don't see why not. 08:28.000 --> 08:29.000 Can you use a little money? 08:29.000 --> 08:32.000 Well, he said something about $10,000. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 It's not a little money. 08:33.000 --> 08:36.000 It might be a lot more than that, at least 10. 08:36.000 --> 08:37.000 Oh, sure, I could use it. 08:37.000 --> 08:39.000 What do I have to do, hold up a bank? 08:39.000 --> 08:40.000 No, I'll do that part of it. 08:40.000 --> 08:41.000 You just help me. 08:41.000 --> 08:42.000 Huh? 08:42.000 --> 08:43.000 Yes, it's a bank job. 08:43.000 --> 08:44.000 You ever hear me, son? 08:44.000 --> 08:45.000 John? 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 No. 08:46.000 --> 08:49.000 Well, I'm the best in the business and I always pick good men to work with me. 08:49.000 --> 08:53.000 Now, you look like the kind of boy who knows how to use his head. 08:53.000 --> 08:55.000 I'd like to have you in on it. 08:55.000 --> 08:57.000 You'll probably go far in this world. 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 Not sticking up a bank I won't. 08:58.000 --> 08:59.000 I'll go to jail. 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 That's what'll happen. 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 I thought you looked him over, Martin. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 I did, John. 09:03.000 --> 09:05.000 It's a surprise to me. 09:05.000 --> 09:08.000 Would you rather hang around those pool rooms the rest of your life? 09:08.000 --> 09:10.000 Oh, I've never done anything like a bank. 09:10.000 --> 09:11.000 What have you done, son? 09:11.000 --> 09:12.000 30 days. 09:12.000 --> 09:15.000 About 90 days once and I didn't like it. 09:15.000 --> 09:16.000 Oh, I see. 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 And I don't blame you. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 But no policeman's going to bother you on this. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 You aren't going to wind up in any jail. 09:22.000 --> 09:23.000 Nobody's going to jail. 09:23.000 --> 09:29.000 You do your part of it exactly the way I show you and you come out clean, safe, nice and rich. 09:29.000 --> 09:30.000 Now, how does that sound? 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Oh, that sounds pretty good. 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 How about that girl Melva? 09:34.000 --> 09:35.000 Yeah, that's her name. 09:35.000 --> 09:36.000 Is she pretty? 09:36.000 --> 09:37.000 Sure. 09:37.000 --> 09:38.000 Well, I'm not sure. 09:38.000 --> 09:42.000 Now, you and I both know that one thing ladies understand is money. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 The more you have, the more they understand. 09:44.000 --> 09:45.000 It's the way they're built. 09:45.000 --> 09:47.000 Isn't that the way it is, Martin? 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 Sure is, John. 09:48.000 --> 09:49.000 And you know that too, son. 09:49.000 --> 09:52.000 Now, the money you get from this will help you a lot. 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 Or maybe you wouldn't want to spend it on her. 09:54.000 --> 09:58.000 But then at your age, a good fling is something to remember all your life. 09:58.000 --> 10:02.000 A new car, nice place to hang out, a nice place to hang out. 10:02.000 --> 10:05.000 You know, I've been in the business for a long time. 10:05.000 --> 10:08.000 Maybe you'd even like to go into business. 10:08.000 --> 10:09.000 Well, I thought about that too. 10:09.000 --> 10:10.000 Sure you have. 10:10.000 --> 10:13.000 When the whole thing's over, you'll never see Martin here again. 10:13.000 --> 10:14.000 You'll never see me again. 10:14.000 --> 10:19.000 But you'll have a big package of money to remember us by, to do with what you like. 10:19.000 --> 10:24.000 And I can tell by looking at you right now that you have some pretty good ideas on how to handle money now. 10:24.000 --> 10:25.000 Isn't that right? 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 Well, what would I have to do? 10:27.000 --> 10:31.000 I just want to make sure that you're not going to have to worry about money. 10:31.000 --> 10:35.000 Just pay attention to what you're told, Scott. 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 Martin's right. 10:36.000 --> 10:40.000 Years from now, somebody might ask you or you just might want to tell them. 10:40.000 --> 10:43.000 You can say you were with John Barry on the bank job. 10:43.000 --> 10:48.000 You can say you started when it was low needle and you wrote it all away. 10:48.000 --> 10:50.000 Of course, you don't want to work with me. 10:50.000 --> 10:53.000 You can walk right out that door and forget we ever talked about this. 10:53.000 --> 10:59.000 But when you read in the papers about how it went off and how much was taken, you'll feel pretty silly passing it up. 10:59.000 --> 11:04.000 Now, if you can use the money and follow instructions, Martin and I would like to have you in on it, wouldn't we? 11:04.000 --> 11:06.000 Ah, we sure would. 11:06.000 --> 11:08.000 Well, when are you going to do it? 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 Tomorrow afternoon. 11:09.000 --> 11:12.000 You want to help us tip over this bank or don't you? 11:12.000 --> 11:14.000 What do you say? 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 Ten thousand? 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 Probably a lot more. 11:17.000 --> 11:20.000 Are you in, son? 11:20.000 --> 11:33.000 I'm in. 11:33.000 --> 11:50.000 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Hodiac in The Big Heist, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:50.000 --> 11:54.000 You know, Harlow, I really go for that Auto Light stay full battery. 11:54.000 --> 11:56.000 Well, millions of motorists do, Sheriff. 11:56.000 --> 12:04.000 They all agree that for power, dependability, and convenience, you just can't beat the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 12:04.000 --> 12:07.000 And don't forget, it has a life longer than a Texas Pan Adel. 12:07.000 --> 12:19.000 That's because every positive plate in the Auto Light stay full is protected by fiberglass retaining mats to reduce shedding and flaking for longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 12:19.000 --> 12:23.000 Yes, sir. 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There's plenty of room all the time to get in or out. 13:22.000 --> 13:26.000 And I guess that's the main reason John Barry fixed it. 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 Just a minute, Scott. 13:37.000 --> 13:38.000 Huh? 13:38.000 --> 13:39.000 Relax. 13:39.000 --> 13:40.000 Well, I thought we were going in and looked the place over. 13:40.000 --> 13:43.000 It's been a look though. I've been at it for the last eight months. 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 Okay. 13:44.000 --> 13:45.000 See that guy in front, son? 13:45.000 --> 13:46.000 The one looking at us? 13:46.000 --> 13:50.000 He's looking over us, son. He's watching that big clock across the street. He always does. 13:50.000 --> 13:51.000 Huh? 13:51.000 --> 13:53.000 For some reason, two minutes mean a lot in that man's life. 13:53.000 --> 13:56.000 The clock across the street runs two minutes fast. 13:56.000 --> 13:59.000 There are clocks on all four walls of the bank that are right on the nose. 13:59.000 --> 14:04.000 But when it gets near quitting time, he goes by that clock in front of the jewelry store. 14:04.000 --> 14:10.000 Now, in about 30 seconds, he'll rope off the front doors of the bank and no more customers will be allowed in today. 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 You'll have to keep him busy out there tomorrow. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 You're worried about one guard out front? 14:14.000 --> 14:17.000 Well, what about all those tellers and clerks inside? Must be 25 of them. 14:17.000 --> 14:19.000 There's 33 people inside that bank. 14:19.000 --> 14:21.000 Well, who's going to keep them busy while I'm keeping him busy? 14:21.000 --> 14:22.000 Suppose one of them wants a turn in their life. 14:22.000 --> 14:25.000 You're asking too many questions, Scott. Why don't you just listen? 14:25.000 --> 14:28.000 That's all right, Martin. I don't want to worry about anything. 14:28.000 --> 14:32.000 Son, there are only four tellers inside that bank. They'll know it's being robbed. 14:32.000 --> 14:35.000 We'll be ten blocks away before the rest of them find out about it. 14:35.000 --> 14:37.000 Yeah, but I can see five cages in there. 14:37.000 --> 14:40.000 That's right. We only have to worry about the first four. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 The fifth one won't be working tomorrow. 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 He's a war veteran with a hero complex. 14:44.000 --> 14:47.000 The only one in the whole bunch who'll try for the alarm. 14:47.000 --> 14:51.000 But we're lucky. The poor man has a spinal injury. 14:51.000 --> 14:57.000 Every Friday afternoon he leaves at two o'clock to go over to the veterans' hospital on Rainbridge Boulevard for outpatient treatment. 14:57.000 --> 14:59.000 They just close his cage. 14:59.000 --> 15:00.000 He hurt bad? 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 Anything in the spine's bad. 15:06.000 --> 15:08.000 What'd they tell you? 15:08.000 --> 15:09.000 The guards are openin' off the door. 15:09.000 --> 15:13.000 Two minutes to three by the bank clocks. Three o'clock by that one over there. 15:13.000 --> 15:16.000 You and I'll park the car here tomorrow at five minutes to three. 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 I'll already be inside the bank waitin' for John. 15:18.000 --> 15:22.000 Martin goes in at 2.45. I meet him inside at two minutes to three. 15:22.000 --> 15:28.000 Martin covers me while I work the cages. At three by that clock across the street, you'll go up to that guard and keep him busy. 15:28.000 --> 15:33.000 I don't want him to turn around or worry about anything that's going on inside. You understand, son? 15:33.000 --> 15:34.000 Yeah, yeah, sure. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 You'll have to keep him busy for at least three minutes. 15:36.000 --> 15:37.000 How? 15:37.000 --> 15:39.000 You talk pretty good, Scotty. That's why we picked you. 15:39.000 --> 15:45.000 Martin's right, son. You just go walk to him and say anything you like, so... just so you keep him busy. 15:45.000 --> 15:50.000 This time tomorrow, you'll be a pretty well-set young fella, doesn't that make you feel good, son? 15:57.000 --> 16:03.000 I don't know where I got the notion that a bank robber always wore a dark suit and pulled a hat over his eyes. 16:03.000 --> 16:10.000 It was pretty hard to convince myself that an old guy, a fat guy, and me were gonna heist the Colfax National. 16:10.000 --> 16:16.000 But when we got back to the hotel room and John Barry began telling me all he knew about the insides and outsides of that bank 16:16.000 --> 16:20.000 and the people who ran it and the people who built it and the people who owned it, 16:20.000 --> 16:24.000 I began to get a lump in my throat for the bonding company. 16:24.000 --> 16:30.000 He had diagrams. He had blueprints. He knew the alarm system better than the ginzo who put it in. 16:30.000 --> 16:35.000 And there's a certain safe company back in Ohio that'd make him a vice president tomorrow 16:35.000 --> 16:38.000 for what he could tell him about their own time vols. 16:38.000 --> 16:43.000 But until late that night, he kept me busier than a flea and a fat man telling me about everything. 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 I felt pretty good about the whole thing. 16:46.000 --> 16:50.000 And I was just getting ready to go up to the room he rented for me when it happened. 16:53.000 --> 16:56.000 Here you are, son. Go ahead, son, take it to shore. 16:56.000 --> 17:00.000 You didn't say anything about a gun. I thought all I had to do was talk to that guard. 17:00.000 --> 17:05.000 That's right, son, but I'm giving you this right now. I want you to have it. 17:05.000 --> 17:08.000 Well, 45. 17:08.000 --> 17:10.000 Fine piece, that. 17:10.000 --> 17:11.000 Is it loaded? 17:11.000 --> 17:15.000 Oh, yeah. You better go upstairs and get yourself some sleep, son. Big day tomorrow. 17:15.000 --> 17:18.000 Yeah, I guess you're right. 17:18.000 --> 17:23.000 Now, I'll tell you this right now. 17:23.000 --> 17:26.000 That gun was something I hadn't counted on. 17:26.000 --> 17:28.000 John told me I wouldn't have to use it. 17:28.000 --> 17:32.000 Just the same, it worried me. You know, I just wasn't used to it. 17:32.000 --> 17:35.000 I went up to my room and tried to call Melva, but she was out. 17:35.000 --> 17:38.000 I lay down a while and I couldn't sleep somehow. 17:38.000 --> 17:41.000 Then I just went for a walk, thinking about everything. 17:41.000 --> 17:44.000 And I had the gun with me, right in my pocket. 17:44.000 --> 17:50.000 It was almost midnight when I got back. I didn't go to my room. I went right to his. 17:50.000 --> 17:56.000 He was lying on top of his bed in the dark, but his eyes were wide open and he had all his clothes on. 17:56.000 --> 18:02.000 An old guy smoking his cigar, listening to the radio in his window. 18:08.000 --> 18:09.000 Is that you, son? 18:09.000 --> 18:11.000 Yeah. 18:11.000 --> 18:14.000 Pretty music, huh? Very nice stuff, that man wrote. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.000 Yeah. 18:16.000 --> 18:20.000 Look, John, I'm out. 18:20.000 --> 18:22.000 Out of the job, son? 18:22.000 --> 18:27.000 Yeah. Here's your gun back. I don't want it. 18:27.000 --> 18:31.000 I thought of just scramming out, but I wanted to tell you because you've been good to me today. 18:31.000 --> 18:34.000 I see. 18:34.000 --> 18:40.000 Mind if I ask you what made you change your mind about tomorrow? 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 Oh, I don't know what it was. I just decided not to, that's all. 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 Got the coffee, John, huh? 18:45.000 --> 18:47.000 Oh, I thought you were in bed, Scott. 18:47.000 --> 18:51.000 What? Scott says he isn't going with us tomorrow. 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 Why? That's right. 18:53.000 --> 18:57.000 And there's no sense in you getting steamed up about it. I'm just not going to do it. 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 What's the whole thing in a shell hole? 18:59.000 --> 19:04.000 Look, Scott, we've got to have you on this job. It's too late to get anybody else. 19:04.000 --> 19:08.000 John spent eight months laying it out. It's fixed for tomorrow afternoon. 19:08.000 --> 19:12.000 No, no, Martin, just a minute. Scott's a pretty good boy. We both know that. 19:12.000 --> 19:17.000 If he has a reason to back out and quit, it must be a pretty good reason. Isn't that right, son? 19:17.000 --> 19:18.000 Yeah. 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 You see, Martin, he's thought it over. 19:19.000 --> 19:21.000 But John, if it doesn't come off the way we planned it... 19:21.000 --> 19:23.000 Wait a minute, Martin. Son. 19:23.000 --> 19:24.000 What? 19:24.000 --> 19:26.000 I'd like to ask you again, why? 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 Oh, I just don't want to. 19:28.000 --> 19:30.000 Is it the gun, son? Is that it? 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 I don't want to shoot nobody. 19:32.000 --> 19:36.000 Oh, well, no. Martin, have we ever shot anybody? 19:36.000 --> 19:37.000 No. 19:37.000 --> 19:39.000 You see, son, no sense in worrying about that. 19:39.000 --> 19:42.000 Now, Martin carried a gun for what, 11 years, Martin? 19:42.000 --> 19:46.000 Ah, at least that. Never fired it. Martin, show him your gun. 19:46.000 --> 19:47.000 Sure. 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 See, practically rusted, isn't it? 19:49.000 --> 19:53.000 Now, I've carried one for 22 years, never had occasion to use it at all. 19:53.000 --> 19:57.000 When I gave you that gun tonight, son, I just thought I was going to make you feel good, honestly. 19:57.000 --> 20:00.000 Well, you didn't make me feel good. 20:00.000 --> 20:05.000 I see that now. But believe me, I just gave it to you as a sort of insurance. 20:05.000 --> 20:08.000 You don't even have to carry it if you don't want to. 20:08.000 --> 20:11.000 But look here, you take it back. Go ahead, keep it tonight. 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 If you don't want to take it tomorrow, that's all right. 20:13.000 --> 20:14.000 Now, how's that? 20:14.000 --> 20:15.000 Well, I... 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 You go upstairs and get a good night's rest, son. 20:17.000 --> 20:19.000 You don't have anything to worry about. 20:19.000 --> 20:28.000 Tomorrow we'll all have a big breakfast and forget this ever happened. 20:28.000 --> 20:33.000 We left the hotel at 2.20 and we dropped Martin Collins six blocks from the Colfax National. 20:33.000 --> 20:35.000 He was to take a streetcar up there. 20:35.000 --> 20:39.000 After that, John Barry and I drove around to kill 12 minutes. 20:39.000 --> 20:42.000 At 2.45, we headed for the bank ourselves. 20:42.000 --> 20:46.000 And we pulled up in the lot at exactly seven minutes to three. 20:46.000 --> 20:49.000 You'd have thought I'd been through it a dozen of them the way I felt. 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 And then, just like that, it started. 20:51.000 --> 20:52.000 You all right? 20:52.000 --> 20:55.000 Maybe I can't keep him busy for three minutes. What then? 20:55.000 --> 20:56.000 No, no, no. Take it easy. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 Of course you can keep him busy. Talk to him. 20:58.000 --> 20:59.000 You know how to do that. 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 But what if I can't? 21:00.000 --> 21:04.000 Now, look. That guard's name's Edward Jamison. 21:04.000 --> 21:07.000 He makes $68 a week standing there, looking at that clock across the street 21:07.000 --> 21:11.000 and telling people why they can't come in once he's put the rope up. 21:11.000 --> 21:12.000 That's the big moment in his life. 21:12.000 --> 21:15.000 It's the only thing he's got to live for, play on that. 21:15.000 --> 21:16.000 Yeah, yeah, but suppose... 21:16.000 --> 21:17.000 Here. You forgot this. 21:17.000 --> 21:20.000 Hey, oh, no, no, no. I left that back in my room. 21:20.000 --> 21:23.000 Yeah, I know. And so I brought it in case you might need it. 21:23.000 --> 21:24.000 Slip it inside your coat. 21:24.000 --> 21:25.000 Well... 21:25.000 --> 21:26.000 That old boy. 21:26.000 --> 21:31.000 All right, on time. Go after him as soon as he puts up the ropes. 21:31.000 --> 21:32.000 I don't want this thing. 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 Son, that man's got to be busy. 21:34.000 --> 21:38.000 If you can't keep him busy talking, you shove that thing right under his nose. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 It'll look terrible to him, even bigger than it is. 21:40.000 --> 21:43.000 Remember, he doesn't want to get all shot up. 21:43.000 --> 21:44.000 Good luck. 21:44.000 --> 22:09.000 Uh...PSY, sir, half their hours. 22:09.000 --> 22:10.000 You mean it's three already. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Afraid it is, there's the clock. 22:12.000 --> 22:16.080 the clock I must be fast I got two minutes out I guess you're slow sir well 22:16.080 --> 22:20.240 you couldn't sneak me in I suppose against the house rules no sir well look 22:20.240 --> 22:23.360 one customer more or less isn't gonna make any difference is it I'm sorry once 22:23.360 --> 22:27.920 the ropes up I can let them out but I can't let them in well this sure puts me 22:27.920 --> 22:33.680 in a spot deposit no I have a piece of property going through escrow now I just 22:33.680 --> 22:36.640 found out the man I sold it to is declaring bankruptcy that's goes up at 22:36.640 --> 22:41.080 10 tonight and I don't want him to have my property would you say no look if you 22:41.080 --> 22:43.760 could just let me in there to talk to the escrow people I can get myself out of a 22:43.760 --> 22:49.880 lot of trouble what do you say well I think I can help good I'll appreciate it 22:49.880 --> 22:55.640 look mr. Evers head of the escrow division is here until 5 now the 22:55.640 --> 23:01.060 operator I was looking over his shoulder passed him inside the bank I could see 23:01.060 --> 23:04.280 John Barry in front of one of the tellers cages helping himself to a bag 23:04.280 --> 23:07.860 full of money Martin Collins was standing right in the middle of the lobby his 23:07.860 --> 23:11.400 right hand stuck down inside his coat pocket every one of the towers were 23:11.400 --> 23:14.320 looking at him with a sort of wide-eyed like they couldn't believe it 23:14.320 --> 23:18.800 old John was nudging somebody in front of him looked like a vice president and 23:18.800 --> 23:22.200 they just kept going from cage to cage where he'd pick up the cash nobody made 23:22.200 --> 23:25.680 a move I don't think any of the customers that were in there or anybody 23:25.680 --> 23:29.280 else outside the tellers knew the place was being robbed what is it aren't you 23:29.280 --> 23:35.600 going to call mr. Evers huh well what do you know back hey back all right let go 23:35.600 --> 23:39.400 look are you crazy 23:42.360 --> 23:50.360 I just you know I didn't mean to shoot him I didn't want to shoot him you guys 23:50.360 --> 23:54.320 know that all right shut up study I didn't want to I didn't want to I didn't 23:54.320 --> 23:59.200 want to do any of it you guys made me do it you taught me that's what you did and 23:59.200 --> 24:02.320 I'm gonna tell him to I'm gonna tell him everything you made me do and then they 24:02.320 --> 24:07.640 won't do anything tell me never mind my over there you got a gun on it 24:07.640 --> 24:15.200 hey they're coming that's right you can tell them anything you want 24:21.200 --> 24:27.680 suppose I should never have given him the gun modern I suppose so John 24:27.680 --> 24:36.440 come on sir let's see what these police officers on the talk about 24:43.560 --> 24:48.920 this John Barry and remember he's the best looked like any old geezer you'd 24:48.920 --> 24:53.040 find filling prescriptions behind a drugstore counter or reading books in a 24:53.040 --> 24:59.200 public library on Sunday afternoon but let me tell you he had it every time he 24:59.200 --> 25:03.640 opened his mouth he made sense he was pretty good at that old chatter too in 25:03.640 --> 25:23.040 fact I'd say he was just about that much better than me 25:23.040 --> 25:30.640 suspense presented by auto light tonight star mr. John Hodiac this is Harlow 25:30.640 --> 25:35.440 Wilcox speaking for auto light and here once again is our star John Hodiac well 25:35.440 --> 25:38.560 John it was good to have you back on suspense after a long absence thanks 25:38.560 --> 25:42.880 Harlow and thanks to auto light for inviting me suspense is truly radios 25:42.880 --> 25:46.600 outstanding theater of thrills and I considered a privilege to be a part of 25:46.600 --> 25:50.600 it and John it's satisfying to be a part of the auto light family for auto light 25:50.600 --> 25:54.160 is one of the great names in American industry indeed it is Harlow world's 25:54.160 --> 25:57.760 largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment the 25:57.760 --> 26:01.640 auto light family includes 98,000 distributors and dealers in the United 26:01.640 --> 26:05.200 States and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world well no wonder I 26:05.200 --> 26:09.360 find auto light service wherever I go right you are John and friends remember 26:09.360 --> 26:13.720 every auto light product is backed by constant research and precision built to 26:13.720 --> 26:18.320 the highest standards of quality and performance so from bumper to tail light 26:18.320 --> 26:22.600 you're always right with auto light 26:22.600 --> 26:33.000 next week the story of a man who had everything to live for and committed 26:33.000 --> 26:39.120 murder to prove it to himself the story is called Joker wild and our stars will 26:39.120 --> 26:56.000 be Kathy and Elliott Lewis that's next week on suspense is produced and 26:56.000 --> 26:59.320 directed by Elliott Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and 26:59.320 --> 27:04.680 conducted by Lud Bluskin the big heist was written for suspense by E Jack 27:04.680 --> 27:09.200 Newman in tonight's cast her battlefield was John and Joseph Kearns 27:09.200 --> 27:13.920 Collins featured in the cast were juniors Matthews Charles Calvert Ted 27:13.920 --> 27:19.760 Bliss Bert Holland and Jerry Hausner John Hodiac is currently appearing in 27:19.760 --> 27:26.200 the light artist's battle zone remember next week Kathy and Elliott Lewis in 27:26.200 --> 27:29.520 Joker wild 27:29.520 --> 27:36.520 you can buy all right staple batteries auto light electrical parts and auto 27:36.520 --> 27:39.680 light resistor or standard type spark plugs at your neighborhood auto light 27:39.680 --> 27:46.400 dealers which do all right good night 200% that's how much male volume 27:46.400 --> 27:50.240 increases during the holiday season if you want to be certain that packages 27:50.240 --> 27:59.800 greetings reach their destination before Christmas mail early mail now 27:59.800 --> 28:21.200 this is the CBS radio network