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here is the episode The Bouncing Bank Robber.
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extend over a period of years. The Night's case, however,
extended over a period of hours. The most exciting six
hours your counter spies ever experienced River City ten minutes
to three in the afternoon. In a building on the
north side. David Harding, chief of the Counterspies, was completing
a routine field office investigation in another building on the
outskirts of the city, the Merchant's Federal Bank and Loan Association,
was preparing to close. A few customers were at the
teller's window. Then two men entered quietly from the street,
stopped and looked around.
Speaker 7: An overdraft. Bart, you stay back and cover those spoons
behind I railed in space. I'll take the cashi.
Speaker 8: Okay, yes, if it's an overrat, ays, can I help you?
Speaker 5: Sir?
Speaker 7: Yeah? Sure, cash here take this briefcase. Oh does this
stick up? Start shoving the money into that case, fast
and quiet. Nobody will get hurt. Yes, yes, sure, come
on faster time. Bring the burglar alarm?
Speaker 9: Will you?
Speaker 7: Okay?
Speaker 10: Here?
Speaker 7: Take this all right?
Speaker 11: Everybody back against the wall.
Speaker 2: No tricks place the doors.
Speaker 12: Men'll toss ride and shut.
Speaker 7: Nobody move, I said, lady. Nobody moved. Just cut that out.
Can knock these doors down?
Speaker 6: The constably here, you gotta get out.
Speaker 2: How do we do it? Please help in our cars?
Speaker 7: Lamb already take last window, will jump through a follow.
Speaker 6: Me get I can't the window.
Speaker 7: Okay, stay here, but you won't be talking.
Speaker 9: I know cocks like cru window.
Speaker 7: Okay, ok here, it's just going to take off.
Speaker 13: What now, fast the cop drive. I'll take care of him.
Got him take the next corner.
Speaker 3: Attention all law enforcement officers. Eleven State Alarm Watch for
nineteen forty six Gray Bwicks to them Marylynd license plates
land Streen numerals zero two five driven by man and
woman wanted for attempted federal bank robberies and for murder.
Report All information directly to David Harding counters by Field Office,
River City if they are armed and dangerous.
Speaker 14: Time three h five m.
Speaker 6: Hello pres Hello Edwards. The herding still inside the bank.
Speaker 15: He just left for the hospital with the wounded. Holdup man,
the chief answered to question the bank manager. He's inside, right,
You remain here with the car for any radio reports.
Speaker 12: Mister Peters, he just went for SIRK. Two people wounded
too dead.
Speaker 6: Yes, I know, mister Fulton. But what about the killer's appearance?
Speaker 10: A clean cut, very big, athletically built, blond hair.
Speaker 6: No question about the athletic pot No, you say he
leaped straight through this window without any hesitation. Yes, wondering
he didn't cut himself to pieces.
Speaker 10: Well, he was wearing a very heavy leather jacket from
what I could see.
Speaker 6: He ran to about here.
Speaker 10: His partner said something, then he turned and shot him
and then continued on straight through the window.
Speaker 6: That's him. Did you notice how he went through the window?
Speaker 10: Definitely, as he leaped, he covered his head with his arms,
actually broke the glass with him, and he landed outside,
just like a tumbler in the circus.
Speaker 6: How do you mean, Well, you know the trick they
have just.
Speaker 10: Before they land, They double up, bring their chins down
sharply and actually land on their shoulders and back. You're
very observant, mister Fulton. Well it happens. I took my
daughter to the circus two nights ago. I couldn't help
noticing the peters. Excuse me, mister Fulton.
Speaker 15: Yes, a report just came in on the whole up car. Yes,
it was found a band in the rose Mount section
eighteen Street and Avenue J at four ten pm.
Speaker 16: The lead patrols guarding it. Now good, we'll get out
there as soon as we can. Is there any chance, doctor.
Speaker 17: Not much, mister Harding. That's why we're using the respirator.
So wonder this gunman wasn't dead on arrival with these
bulletphones in him?
Speaker 6: Well, is there a chance he'll regain consciousness even for
a moment or so.
Speaker 17: Well, that's what we're trying to do. Right now, he's
going fast? Or try doctor, try right, there's some of
the hypodemic adrenaline. Yes, alcohol on his chest. Nos, thank you,
there'll be a few seconds. Yeah, he's responding. You better
get over here if you want to talk to him.
Mister hardy and the lead's moving here, I'll remove the respirator.
Let's start talking with Johnny.
Speaker 6: Can you hear me? Listen? Can you hear me? You
know who shot you? Don't you?
Speaker 7: Red? Red?
Speaker 6: Red? But his name? You don't want him to get away?
His name?
Speaker 5: I know.
Speaker 7: Where does he live?
Speaker 6: Right out? Yes? On street? Twenty four one? Johnny?
Speaker 17: It's no use, Misterohning, that's it.
Speaker 6: Brace Hong though twenty four something on Front Street. Well,
thank you, doctor. I hope it's enough.
Speaker 7: No, no, brace, I won't do it. You put me
on the spot'll be crazy.
Speaker 6: Peg.
Speaker 7: They got descriptions of me over half the time by now.
I heard it on at six o'clock news.
Speaker 6: Why do you have to start blasting away?
Speaker 7: Do you want me to know sit there and wait
for the cops.
Speaker 6: What about my description?
Speaker 7: Do you think they haven't got that. Who can describe
a dame? Besides, you were in the car all the time.
Gt Me talk now. Look, there's no two ways about it.
We've got to steal a car and lamb out of here.
Speaker 6: If the whole town's hot, we'll be safer holding up
in here.
Speaker 7: We'll take that chance. All my life, I've been taking
that extra chance nobody else takes. It's always paid off. Besides, Babe,
they got a murder rap on both of us, me
not me. Don't kid yourself. You've been in from the start.
I fry, you fry, and that's the nodds on bed.
If we stay here, okaybe my girl? Where do I
get the car? The Farley and Meghan Circus is playing
a stand just across the river, right next to the
Arcade amusement park. So there's a big lot, free parking,
no attendance. Take the ferry right next to this block
across go to the lot. There's always some jerk leaves
his key in a car. Watch for it, heist it
fast and get back here.
Speaker 6: I'll go a receptionist. Cubbly, you be in this waiting room.
Peter's here just in time. We got a line on
the killer's car with a band. We can hold that. Peters,
the other crook talked before he died. Oh, the want
to escape is brace Hondo with a hideout on the
twenty four hundred block on Front Street, very close to
the river, right next to the arcade Ferry House. Twenty
four hundred block Now, except for one garage, the rest
of the block on both sides is old brownstone houses
and warehouses separating squad. Yes, and we won't have enough
of our own men, so we'll have the local police
lend us a detail and have him bring along a
loud speaker and spotlights it. It'll be dark shortly. I
want at least fifty men so we can cover all
the exits in that block. All men are signing of
their stations, pet yesty moving in a position mile. They'll
start searching every building on the block at exactly seven.
Speaker 4: Five ten minutes from now. He told them to play
it careful, stay out of side right, and when we
close the hall it wow.
Speaker 6: Go going into the brownstone house number twenty four to ten.
There was a girl about that age driving the getaway.
Speaker 4: One of the bank witnesses in sign when it's time
to start moving in you and I'll take that building personally.
Speaker 16: I got a break the pack of forty eight loaded with.
Speaker 7: Gass about times almost quarter rate. Let's go. No, no,
I need a drink. I got the where's the vital fellows?
I'm make sure the coast is clear. Hey, don't want
come there? Look down there in the shadows on the
corner a cop and there another one. Wasn't me? Brace,
I drove right off the ferry. Intend the kind of
nobody tells me? I swear it down there across the
street in that alley way more?
Speaker 6: What do we do for last?
Speaker 7: Our way out? We've got an arsenal and this hide out.
Speaker 9: Brace.
Speaker 7: I don't want to I tell you about always taking
that extra chance. I'm scared, all right, so cry a
few cheers. But take that's automatic. You can handle it.
I'll handle a tommy gun right. Don't get up there goes?
Speaker 18: Okay't copper, it's up that for you got what?
Speaker 7: Get an army out there?
Speaker 14: Good?
Speaker 7: Some more not shooting base?
Speaker 9: Okay, give it up?
Speaker 14: Pay, I got my.
Speaker 7: Arm getting too heart stakes, We'll take a rope. We'll
have a better chance the open. No, I couldn't make
my heart Please to a pay. But I'm leaving here
behind one more person. You can haul the four alone.
Ho kid. In my regards to the cops, I ain't
no mood to deliver him personally. Fire.
Speaker 14: Oh fire, Oh no, this is Hearty and Connor spies.
Speaker 18: Have every exit covered. Throw your guns out and give
yourself up. We'll give you fifteen seconds.
Speaker 14: Then we're coming in after you.
Speaker 18: Fifteen seconds.
Speaker 19: From now, one, two, three or five, six, seven.
Speaker 14: Eight nine.
Speaker 6: The roof that's hop came from outside.
Speaker 18: Spotlights number one, two and.
Speaker 14: Three on the roof.
Speaker 6: Quick, one of my men hit, say, look, Hondo's going
to try to jump to the ferry building.
Speaker 18: Keep those spotlights on the roof. Spotlight number four, stay
with Hondo.
Speaker 6: He made it on top of a ferry slip.
Speaker 18: The spotlights quick, all spotlights ship to the roof of
the ferry slip.
Speaker 6: Wow, that must have been a fifteen foot leap. He's
going to try to make the ferry. It's leaving the slip.
Speaker 18: Keep that number four spotlight on. Handle hold your fire man,
there are passengers on that boat.
Speaker 6: Handle made it. He's on the ferry boat.
Speaker 18: Attention ferry captain, reverse your engines and return.
Speaker 14: To slip at once.
Speaker 11: Attention ferry captain, reverse your engine.
Speaker 14: Attention ferry captain.
Speaker 18: And room your engines.
Speaker 2: Engine room, new orders of the wheelhouse. Reverse your engines
were gone.
Speaker 6: Back to the slip.
Speaker 7: You go back, cap Eye, you're at that seat.
Speaker 6: Dog. Who are you the guy with a guy?
Speaker 7: I listen, pop Eye, signal your range room for full
speed ahead and keep going, full speed ahead.
Speaker 6: Terry Captain's going ahead. Chief Hando must have reached the wheelhouse. Peters.
Have the police on the other side of the river.
Meet the ferry and radio the river patrol for three
fast boats immediately. We're going after him.
Speaker 2: Okay, David, we're all aboard and cast off. Terry hasn't
reached the other side yet. Cast off, Peters. Those ferry whistles, signal,
have us cut our motor.
Speaker 7: Cut the motor.
Speaker 2: Polet Hush, hey, that's morse call the captain, says the
gold dove off. The ferry radio the other boats to
fan out. Throw their spotlights on the river and on
both banks. We'll take the center of the fan. Okay,
full speed back to Cobber Spy in a moment, But first.
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And now back to counter spy. Five breathless hours have
elapsed since Killer brace Hondo has held up the merchants.
Federal Bank and Loan Association. David Harding and his assistant
Harry Peters are slowly closing in on the fugitive murderer.
Pretty misty out here on the river, Peter see anything.
Speaker 6: I'm so fond of, Not even the other patrol boats
in spite of my troll.
Speaker 18: Bad Tree to minta harding patrol boat, Tree to mita harding.
Speaker 2: Go ahead, patrol boat three.
Speaker 14: We picked up the spot where Mondo may have gone.
Ashore got the Bombay Amusements margin jan.
Speaker 2: Head for it, patrol bout three.
Speaker 7: We'll join you there.
Speaker 6: Yep, this is where Hando came. Ashore repeated trail heads
to the circus tent.
Speaker 4: Edward call in the other boats. I'll contact the police
at the ferry slip. Have them cover all exits from
the circus. Slop and the amusement park also have some
men in plane clothes circulate.
Speaker 7: Through the crowd.
Speaker 6: Keep a shower, buy out. He does, now contact the
circus management and get their cooperation.
Speaker 4: This is terrible, mister Hardy. The evening crowds beginning to collect.
That's why we haven't a minute to lose. It's pretty now,
give me a picture of the way you're set up here. Well,
the circus and the amusement park are completely on close points.
Speaker 6: I know we've got a very exit covered, but what
about your specific layout.
Speaker 4: Now, the amusement park us out at the end of
the point. The main entrance to the circus arena there
leads to the performers tent.
Speaker 7: Go on.
Speaker 4: That small entrance over there leads across an open space
to the managery tent.
Speaker 6: Edwards, that's the minimum place. We've got about twenty more
circulating through the crown Well.
Speaker 4: No, hey, wait a minute, what is it they're in
the arena? See that bedraggled figure.
Speaker 7: Oh it's just a clown that No.
Speaker 6: It's not.
Speaker 4: He's sopping wet. That's our man. He's heading for the
exit of the menagerie tent.
Speaker 6: Come on, bet you.
Speaker 15: Okay, mister Harding, I've got men placed all around the
Managerie tent good Edward all.
Speaker 4: Right, Peter the pa microphone. Believe, mister Harding. Will there
be any shooting, that's up to Hondo, mister Pardy. We'll
do our best to avoid it. I hope you can. Hey,
listen to those animals.
Speaker 7: They're upset and scared.
Speaker 6: All right in the microphone. We know you're in this.
Speaker 18: We've got it surround it. I'm playing smart and give
yourself up.
Speaker 2: The animals.
Speaker 4: They'll get excited today. Look, our lions will loose, shooting
the locks off the animal cages. Edward one, all arm in,
where do you get your animal? Man here quick, Pondo,
we got him from now, we've got the pitch in.
Before that turqut stop finds out, the animals will lose.
Speaker 6: Bottle Petty.
Speaker 7: Hey, mister, where do you think you're going?
Speaker 6: Roller coast is under repair?
Speaker 7: Which stall it? Sis day, get out of that check
of food. You're going for a ride with me, But
the coast is under repair. I tell you at you
run it off.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll miss her gun.
Speaker 7: All right, Girley, start moving fast.
Speaker 4: I hope they get all the animals mister honey, we'll
do our best.
Speaker 6: Pretty all the rotten tricks. We still got Hollow's escape cover.
But you can't get off this point. Who's that Annoysem's pretty?
Speaker 4: That's the roller coaster.
Speaker 6: That's funny.
Speaker 4: It's not supposed to start now, hallo.
Speaker 6: The roller coaster. Oh he's crazy. Where can he go?
We'll find out.
Speaker 7: Come on.
Speaker 6: Tough spot to hard to see the upper part of
the coaster. Mister party, hows this thing built?
Speaker 4: It's a pretty long ride all around. First long incline
starts right here, goes up to a height of about
seventy feet right at the edge of the water.
Speaker 6: Butt huh, I can make out something now, Dave a
man in a leather jacket. It'sndo all right in the car.
Holy smoke. That the girl with him?
Speaker 7: Girl good?
Speaker 4: Heaven's the ticket girl from the booth here?
Speaker 6: I don't get hondo ski. The roller coast only goes
to around and ends up right here.
Speaker 4: You can take a high diet from the top of
this first in finding into that water. Maybe get away
from it after all in the dark.
Speaker 6: Party, how do you stop the coaster? Yes, yes, right here,
this big weaver. It stopped Dame Honda's getting up, starting
to climb forward out of the car. Final warning shot, Peters,
come down, Han know he's firing back. Holy smoke, Peter,
you're gun. He's almost out of the car. Look out
for the girl. You got him to Come on, we'll
climb up right in time, get him and the girl.
Speaker 4: What's that the car slipping back? Oh, something's broken. I
saw tooth wheels in the middle of the track. They
act as a break.
Speaker 6: Coming right down here in fasts we are crash. Stand
back and pray for that girl. Come on, take a
look at the girl, Peter. How is she?
Speaker 4: He just faded, no cuts or anything. Look how about
handle here he is in the wreckage.
Speaker 6: This shot did a dave. He was wild and a
wild animal. Peter. This is one case we can close
without a trial. I can't say I'm sorry it took
us six hours.
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Speaker 4: The fast talking man who posed as himself to impersonate
someone else, the strange corpse that was discovered a quarter
mile deep in the earth, and the river boat which
carried a cargo of intrigue that exploded in the Crescent City.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back Well, Counterspy very openly, and I think quite
successfully tries a story that's a bit of a departure
for them. I think that when you think of Counterspy,
you tend to imagine these sort of very long playing
out cases, but here you get a real action thriller
playing out in the course of six hours. Embrace makes
an intimidating villain, although I would say I probably if
I were a criminal, would not want to be paired
with him, as he's a bit unpredictable and tries things
that only he ends up surviving. Race illustrates. I think
that there is a limit to how far just pure
audacity and nervness will take you. But still it's quite
a ride while it lasts. All right, Well, now it's
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