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it's time for today's episode of the Lineup. The Jersey Parallel. Well take
you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city,
well under the cold, glaring lights will pass before us, the innocence,
the vagrant, the thief, the murderer. This is the lineup. We're
gonna take this ro all right here? Will this take long? You can
not too long, missus. Welland I had to do my shopping for the
weekend. It won't take long. Did you catch them in? And we
don't know. We picked up everybody in the area that has a record or
look suspicious. I hope you have got him and it would be a need
to have a man like that running around room here. People out there on
the other side of the wire of the audience room, may I have your
attention? Please thank you. My name is Greb, Sergeant Matt Greb.
I'll explain the light up to you. Each of the suspects you will see
will be number. I'll call off a number, their name and charge.
If you have any questions or identifications, please remember the number assigns of the
prisoner was like, call his name at the end of each shrine. When
I asked for questions or identifications, call up the number. If you're sure
or not too sure of the suspects have him out. The officers will have
a dozen or so. Please be funck with your questions or identifications. When
the prisoners leave here, they assess in the bathroom and dressed back into their
jail clothes. It makes it quite difficult to bring them back after they leave
here. The questions I asked these suspects, I'm merely to get a natural
tone of voice, So do not pay too much attention to their answers,
as they often lie. Bring on the line, all right, all right,
move up to the end of the stage, Right on up to the
end. Keep it moving, all right, turn and place front hands,
see your sides, look straight ahead. You'll take off your hat, okay,
number one Lennon Fox. They're selling a piece stakes your age and where
you're living. I'm party two years old. I never a hundred nine was
any in stress, and you know down when I wasn't just sibing a piece.
That's the charge runners all right, walking along with my my own business,
doing nothing. I get hauled in for no reason. Your harm me
and he ain't gonna charge here, you see, I'm disturbing it. Who
am what am I disturbing? I want to know? Five arrests to conviction,
Yeah, long time to come shut y best possession when yeah, I
know what I've done, I done on a hundred and eighty day. For
what I done, I ain't done it lately. Just answer my question.
I'll get here, Hong Dame with the seven a piece because I ain't disturb
nothing. I give me arrest and offer a little pubble shot because I know
you've got enough number And he tagged me with a pony charge just because you
can't kicking up in on me and you want me down here. All right,
that's enough. I turn down here. But he ain't done nothing.
You all through shooting off your face. Some guy shakes the screw loose and
shoots up the town. So you're all and everybody with a record. I
don't go around shooting nobody number disturbing eyes shut on number two ever o'clock?
Hello, suh? Where do you live? Edward? Same place? Sell
the people? Bruce Steam was hundred ten s? Where do you work?
Ever? M on the twin shot? You've still got ten months to go
on your parole. Yeah, look, we all know why we got picked
up. Yeah we're not when we got picked up. I told you to
shut up. He I know my rights, all right, get him out
of here. Come on, I won't know why I run him down to
the tanking. Kumarave okay, helping, but I know my reck all right?
Verard? What were you doing when the officer picked you up? Walk
at where? No slice? Just walking? Not low for doll I just
show nobody. I never even come Claus okay. Number three, stakes your
name and where you're living? John echoes in one hundred and tenths at Orange.
You've got quite a record, John, Not for killing nobody. You
know about the killing. Sure, some cycle kicks one where they're gonna kills
everybody outside it kills seven people moved to three pirty Cycle number four I stakes
your name and where you live? Thomas Cash and My thirty three seventy six.
You were picked up a long way from home. I'm a longer.
What were you doing when the officer picked you up? Wind or shopping?
You were picked up for blocked away from the shooter. Yeah, I even
heard it, but you kept on window shopping. No, my sounded like
backfires to me. You don't know the difference between backfires and gunshots? Well,
how would I know? Nineteen thirty eight, arrested on suspicion of arm
robbery. Nineteen thirty nine, breaking and entering thirty even a day. Thankteen
forty one suspicion of murder same years convicted and served three years for rom property
And it make a heck of a movie. You wouldn't be number five,
every mind? Look what a lot? How about the rest of him?
You will with him these words you were leaving girl, sergeant grab Yeah,
no identifications, run on the next bunch. Oh I'm beat. Yeah,
well I didn't expect an identification on any of those boys. A man we're
looking for was probably doesn't even have a record. We better get him in
a hurry. The whole town's yelling for an arrest is a mental case,
no doubt about them. No motive in this killing. Shoots anybody and discriminately.
Seven people just walked down the block and shoot him. Have you looked
at j ballistics report? Yeah, ties in with what the witnesses said said.
It was a big gun, logo automatic pistol. Yeah, a machine
pistol. Oh what do we do? I think he's still in that area?
Look at figures that he lived somewhere around there. Why does it figure?
Well, that gun he had was a pretty big gun. Couldn't possibly
carry it in his pocket? He's not going to walk very far with him
before using it. I think he walked out of his house or wherever he
was staying. He started down this block first personally saw he killed him.
If he drove a car, no, no, no, that's so good.
If he had a motive, sure he had a reason for killing those
particular people to be planned it, But no, this was just insane,
wild massacre. Was anybody saw anybody on the street, Yeah, yeah,
I guess we'll look at the first person he shot. A five year old
boy playing on his roller skate, walked up to him and killed him.
Ten people he shot like that, seven of them dead, maybe an eight.
Now I'm convinced he probably sat around in his room this thing eating at
him, made up his mind, walked out and started down the block and
went crazy. Well, if you're right, you've narrowed it down to a
pretty small area, and somebody in that area must know him and be able
to recognize him and tell you who he is. And we've got a fairly
good description from the witnesses. Nobody recognized him, but they all gave a
fairly accurate description. Let's give it to the police artist. Let him draw
up a picture where the witnesses. Now, I've got all five of them
down looking at the mug file. Missus Wheeler keeps selling she's got to do
her weekend shopping. She mentioned it to me several hundred times. She's probably
got a grouch. Your husband, h go get him? Man? How
if you all just sit on please, this is mister Collins. He's going
to listen to your descriptions of the killer and try to reconstruct his likeness.
Mister Case, Yes, did it as nearly as you can. Will you
again tell us what this man looked like. I certainly he was. Just
a minute please, Now the rest of you have anything to add, speak
up if you disagrease Hey, so immediately, all right, mister case Well
he was about as tall as the sergeant. Yeah about You're about six feet,
aren't. Your man was in the quarter of an inch. He was
thin. He was wearing a white shirt. Just a minute, you said
he was thin? How thin? What would you say? Wayne? Oh?
I guess about one hundred and sixty. Oh sinner than that. My
husband weighed one hundred and sixty. He was thinner than that. Well he
could have been. I'm not a very good judge, more like one hundred
and fifty. You all agree he was wearing a white shirt, mister case,
Yes, white shirt and dark pants. I don't know what color pants
he was wearing. Just wearing a shirt and no coat. And that's right.
And in this weather too, and that makes it look more like he
didn't walk too far. Shirt and brown pants, that's right. Anything else
I can't think of anything? No, I can't. The rest of you
all right, now, this is really important. How many of you got
a really good look at his face? Good enough so you could give an
artist a description fairly close? Raise your hands please, everybody, but Missus
Wheeler. I only saw how he was dressful. It's all right, Missus
Wheeler. We'll start with a complex Lieutenant. Yes, as long as I
can't help, all right, Missus Wheeler, you can go get your shopping
down. I can't do much good. No, you certainly can't. Goodbye,
and thank you, Missus Willing you think I didn't want it? Will
you shore out my pleasure? Now? Would you say the man had a
dark, medium or light complexion in this case? Well, I'd say it
was definitely dark. Okay, dark hair, that's right, it's cut very
short. She couldn't miss it. Would you say he had a long head
or a short round head? We had a very thin face. The head
was long, very heavy eyebrows, dark eyes. Well wait a minute,
they weren't so heavy, heavier than yours. Well, not so. Look
I got a good look at him. Wait a minute, please hold it,
hold it a little more on the nose. Yeah, you're right on
the bridge of the nose, not so, not so straight, Luke,
Could I be excuse for a second. I'm sure, go ahead and say
we've been in here over an hour. I've been okay. The squad room
is crawling with reporters. We'll have to give him some action soon. Don't
you think I'd like to give him some action? And I don't get jumpy,
that's billiot. That's pretty close to what he looked like. I think
he had more of a point as the chin, you know it stood out
more. I don't know. That's pretty close. You'll disagreed with everything I've
said. Look, lady, I'm sorry, I just don't think it's chin.
You don't think anything. You just say no, don't look like that.
Say what you're like, lady, Get as nasty as you want I
don't. Please, please look look. I know it's tough for everybody here
a monkey. No, wait a minute, please, wait a minute.
I heard one of you say that it looked pretty much like the killer,
said if the chin was more pointed. Yes, all right, but it's
close. Yeah, it's all right. Then. I hope I didn't take
too long. That's all right, mister Kay said. Take a look at
the picture. Please, do you think it looks like the Killer? Yes,
that's very close. Now, if you'll just share, thank you,
mister Kay. Get the picture, Matt, and let's get out of here.
I heard it. Boys, this is as close a description as we
could get on the Killer. Each one of you take one and start circulating
in the area. Show it to everybody. Newspapers already have these, but
they won't be out for a while. Hand I'm up, wine, Come
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Yes, sir, something I can do for him? Police? Oh
oh, yes, sir? About the killing, h I shot. A
couple of policemen were in earlier. I didn't see it. This man ever
been on your store before? Well, I don't recognize him. You're sure,
Yeah, I think so. I don't think I've ever seen him before.
You run the store alone? Yes, all right, thank you very
much. On pole a few games if your head sure. It's very funny.
There's a bar over the methods taken. I'll talk to whoever's in charge
of the Alley's right, you want an alle? No? You ever seen
this guy before? Your cop? NIC's right? Ever see him? No,
he's a guy that killed all those people. Yeah, what a terrible
thing that was. How long you've been working? Game mee? I run
a place. I hope he catch that guy. Stay for the guy like
that around? How many people you got working for you? And just the
people who might have seen this man if he came in and let me see.
There's Marge, she's the one over there serving the beer. Who else?
Let's see? I got one waitress and a two bartenders working in the
bar and bars being changed. You know, I seeing my wife, Marge
the waitress, two bartenders and my wife. That's all it's working here outside
of the pin void. You know came let's talk to him? Sure,
sure, talk to my life first. You want SE's the one at the
cash register. Uh huh. When I opened a place, she took over
the cash register. It's biggod come you married? No? Congratulations? Everything
seven blocks north, everything's six blocks south. And it doesn't look like we're
gonna get a thing. Don't try this one, but the Bombason, I
just have a pictures to do next. We're the police. We want you
to take a look at this picture. Police. Sure, let's see ever
see him before? Yeah? I think so. It looks like him.
I gotta say yesterday, if it's the guy, I'm six north? Who
is he? His name? Yea? His name? His name? I
don't know. He's only been in here three or fourth time. He likes
his heir short like in the pictures. He done something. Yeah, he's
done something from the guy. You know, he's all talking about the army,
about all the baby talk about where he lived. We never talked about
where he lived, just about the army and how he wanted his hair cut,
and how he didn't like the people in his novel. What do you
do? They killed some of the people he didn't like in this town.
He was the one he killed all those people. Today you think so,
holy gosh. I cut his hair and they didn't tell you where he lived.
He said nothing, but I know it at least time for he should
where the ruming cause blocked down the street. I've seen him in Glunda one
through the Girl series. Each side. I'm the corn at the end of
the block. Thanks, How do you like that he killed all those people?
I cut his hair? Yes, you're the landlady. Yes, that's
right. Do you want a police you want talk to you? Oh,
all right, we'd like to come in. All right, what's wrong?
Keep your voice down. It's about one of your rumors, one of the
rumors. Take a look at this picture. Oh, Jim, what's he
done? Who is he named? Fitch arthor Fitch? What's he done?
Jean? Yeah, it co been a couple of hours. Agoes do in
this room? I think? What do do? Is this room? Second
floor? Where's your phone? One in the wall and one we got you
like to pay a nickels? How many other people in the building? Just
see you up one day? Can see everybody else is working? Would you
mind telling me what this is all about? We want author Fitch john suspicion
of murder. Keep your voice down now, I look up the missus.
Sergeant grabb Ben and I are in a boarding house and out of the third
street three fourteen. We think I got a man. Yeah, that's right,
name author Fitcher Barber identified hi according to the land Maybe he's up in
his room now. No, no, no, no, we wait for
you by captain over the area. Stop you're going to go outside, Lady
get off the street as quickly as possible. Lady, you've got a murderer
upstairs. You want to stay here, all right? You go outside,
mat and wait for Waldop. I'll stay here, good Lord, don't move,
don't shoot better, put it down out there. All of your move.
You don't have a chance, son, I never do. Somebody's always
trying to hurt me. I never have a chance, I said, don't
move, all right, unth you think you're smart, don't you think you're
pretty smart. I heard you talking on the phone. I heard you when
you came in. I saw you coming down the block. I knew you
just get this sooner or later. Just haven't made up my mind what to
do yet. I just haven't made up my mind. I feel so bad.
Everybody makes me feel so bad. We don't want to hurt youth.
You're lie. We just want to talk to you. I want to talk
to me. You want to talk to me. Then you want to go
out and tell people things about me. You want to make people talk about
me. You want to make them hate me. We want to show you
how to get out of here, show you what to do, help you
make up your mind. Why well, you just thought we could help you
out. You want to help me, that's right? How how can you
help me? Nobody around here wants to help me? That since I got
here, nobody likes me, just like that other town. What everybody's saying
things about me, planning things? How can we get off though? Out
of town? I just don't good. Let's run him out. I showed
him. We'll hide you off. I don't believe you. I don't know
you for sure you do. We've helped you before. Sure, Sure,
we don't want you to get hurt. We'll hide you so you can't get
hurt. You'll help me get boy? Sure? Don't you remember? No,
always helped you lots of times, no polices, you call a police?
Ah, we just said dad, Yeah, so we could fool them
get you out. You've helped me before, that's right answer. We'll help
you this time too. When did you help me before? Lots of times
when you were in trouble? Remember all the times you were in trouble and
how you got out of the Martha, how you got out of trouble.
We helped you. You haven't forgotten this? Have you answer? Will you
get the out of this trouble? Sure? We'll show you the way.
Good. Yeah, please please help me come down the stairs. Well,
you've got to hurry, You've got to help. Sure, sure like we
helped you in the army. All the times you got in trouble, you
were in the army or we were in the army. What's that? It
isn't anything artic? Come on, no, no, no, missus Levis
come up here, better shoot the hoople? Watch you. Yeah, we'll
go to my roof. I can say they were help. Where is?
He looked at it and he's got the landlady upstairs in his room. He's
got the machine crystal too. All areas surrounded and he's a complete paranoid.
Really came up part of the seams, thinks everybody hates him. What do
we do? And least kills seven people already? We can't take a chance
on that poor landlady. We almost had him just another second, and we
just about had him talked into thinking we were his only Friendless, I got
it, he'll trust anybody. Now, come on, let's get outside.
Oh here comes casting a waving back. The more cops off the spots,
the more desperate he'll get. Well, we just can't let him sit up
there. There's no tell him about an idea. Man stay close to the
building. According to the landlady, that's his room right above us. No
way to get up there, and there's a building across the street. If
we can get into the second floor, quine, go get a rifle.
Can you spot him? No? I can see right into his room,
but I can't see author of the landlady probably sitting down. If we'd only
get in front of that window, you know, we can't wait. Tell
Hi. When he's able to start using that gun, then we're no better
off than when we started. We are. If somebody can get him in
front of that window, well, how's that going to be done? And
I don't worry about that after I see whether I can talk my way into
his room. Ben, you think of a better way? No? But
how about me? J Island. You're a better shot than I am.
Okay, I hope you're a better shot. Remember, if I do get
him in that window, I'm the fat one. Arthur, Arthur, who
is it? Your friend? Arthur? Why don't you go away? I
still want to help you. Why do you lie like that? Why don't
you admit it? I don't want to kill me. You've got to trust
me, Arthur. I don't know a way to get you out. Now.
Listen, listen, you better leave. I've got missus Evans in here,
and I'll shoot her if anybody tries to get me out of here.
Go away. Then just look out the window, Arthur. You can see
the way to get out yourself. I don't want to look out the wind.
Go away. I'm warning you. Then just let me talk to you.
I can't hurt you by just talking to you. I don't want to
hear anything you gotta say. I bad, are you? Arthur? If
I can prove on your friend, if I can prove I've helped you before,
will you trust me? You can't prove it, will let me talk
to you. I'll prove. It's getting late, getting late. I gotta
make up my mind. What the girls, Hauta? How can you prove
that you want to help me? If I can prove that I helped you
other times, when you believe me, I will say. If I can
prove I helped you in the army, If I can prove I was in
the army with you, go ahead, well let me in night. I
can't talk out of here somebody might hear us. Put your hands up over
your head. I've got this gun and I'm going to open the door.
Missus Devens will be a fut of me. Get in front of me,
Missus Evan, you got your hands up? Yes, Ut, all right,
come over, okay, stand over there, sit on the floor.
You'll toom Mis Devin. I know not like yours. Now I may keep
you here too. You said you let me help you. I might have
just wanted to get you into their own They won't touch me. Now.
You said, if I could prove I was in the army with him,
you'd let me help you. Were you in the army with your hu in
the war? Yeah, yeah, that's right, infantly, just like you.
I was in the army for five years, seven battles. Were you
with me then? That's right. I helped you all those times. Oh
yeah, ah, terrible times. I was decorated. Yeah, you did
a wonderful job. Yeah, I got the purple heart. I was wilding,
I know, don't you remember in the hospital I helped you. Yeah.
Yeah, somebody else was with you, another man. You both help,
that's right. Oh, you don't know what it's like. And war
missus Evans. He'll tell you, all right, kill him, have to
kill him. I get kill yourself. I can help you out of this
other just like those terrible times in the wall. Just look out of the
window. Out of the window. Yeah, I got a car down there
on the street, right below the window. I don't know. They'll never
get you. I don't know. Well you've got a gun. Yeah,
we'll look out the window, look at the car. Go come with me,
sure, sure, Oh, why do people always have to hit me.
We'll climb out of that window, get in that car. I make
them all sorry for not liking me. Well you see the car. No,
no, I don't. It's all right, missus Evans. All right,
I didn't feel the car. There wasn't any car under huh. I
gotta date something. Go ahead. I feel terrible about something. I got
the gonna tell you all right, Arthur, I'm really ashamed. But I
never really want in the army. I just made it up. The lineup
or before you passed the innocent, the vagrant, the thief, the murderer.
Listen again next week when we again bring you the line up. May
I have your attention, breeze you people out there on the other side of
the wire in the audience room. May I have your attention Green, Thank
you. My name is Greff, Sergeant Matt's Grabb. I'll explain the lineup
for you. Each of the suspects you will see will be number. I'll
call up, but number the dam chime if you have any questions. The
line up, starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Wally Mayer Sergeant Matt
Grabb, is written by Blake Edwards, with music by Eddie Dunstetter. Featured
in tonight's cast Willie Patrick, Elliott, Reid Wilms, Herbert Howard McNair,
Sydney Miller, Clayton Post, Joe Daval and Virginia Gregg. The line up
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back. The one thing I noted in this episode, and I do see
that sometimes people do this on radio programs where they had a break. Ideally,
at the break you should have something that's a cliffhanger that draws your audience
in to come back. In this case, we had Sergeant Grabb realizing he
hadn't eaten all day and I was in suspense. Is he gonna get a
sandwich? Sure? But other than that, this was a great episode as
they're dealing with a very dangerously deranged person. Some pretty tenstrument addic action there
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