Gang Busters - 3 Million Dollar Robbery

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Theater gang Busters for examp Lewis Jay Valentine, former commissioner of the largest police force in the world, who will interview by Frosty Lieutenant Tom McGrath, Chicago Police Department, Retired Commissioner Valentine.

Lieutenant mcgrass iin know wins Urban.

Terrorized the Midwest four years.

Yes, Commissioner Valentine, the win sulurban crime was a big business for other sort thousands. He went there for millions. Urban was so cunning and so daring that on one occasion he was able to rob hundreds of families of their life savings at one blow.

And that's tonight's case, Lieutenant McGraths, where would you like to begin a few.

Months ago, in Chicago's Commissioner, a slender, wiry man named Blue Morgan was keeping an appointment in a large gymnasium where prize fighters exercised and trained.

I j been waiting long last time you guy here Morgan, Urban's getting them passion this time. He wants everything set and perfect and no more excuse. Everything's okay now, Joe, I got it all figured like Urban ware took enough time, and he wants a clean job. Joe, it takes time. He okay, Clime Evan in the back loom here and yeah, he's getting a rub down.

He's going.

Morgan says, it's off, said Urban Hi Evans, Philip Morgan.

It works.

What are you awake? Try to rub down guy? Ah, he's stepping dumb looking. I'm a frump man. I can't take no chance and tell me.

I just.

Okay, I tell you that's enough rubber McKey see he can't look.

I'm a nether sky okay, Joe send Mickey.

Hey, Hey Mickey, Urban Yas that's enough robbing for now.

You should come back later. Yeah later, okay, Morgan, I just look like that.

It's an easy marker in order to be two hundred grand. I told you to find out about the burglar alive.

I did.

I did well. No burglar alarmed.

You know.

Well that's what took me so long. Like I told you before, the place looks like a business office. See, but they got a big fault with a tin door. Some people don't like to keep money in a bank, so they rent safe deposit boxes from this office. They got hundreds of bucks. Honey, you know there ain't no burglar aligned. They got a watchman instead. He lives upstairs over the office.

He and him house.

I make friends with the guy. See, we take a walk, have a couple of years, and before you know it, I got to lay out of the whole form, the same as if he handed me the blueprint.

There it'll be a sin cherman.

You could drop a bomb in there. Nobody here.

Why if not the doctor there's his office in the second floor.

He's the only one upstairs besides the watchman.

In case the doctor.

Sure even let the dog examine me. You got nothing worry about again, it goes home every night. You gotta do the job.

It is, Yeah, wait Friday.

Night, then I guess I'll blow out of town for the weekend.

You'll want your ten percent to do a piece of work for it? Well, you late some ready. You gotta put this watchman on the spot. We don't know him, but you're the one who's gonna do it.

So I can't come up to my neck now if I put the thing on that watchman a couple hanging on me.

Sure, like I say, is you know it's good for this?

Yeah?

Yeah, okay. When does the watchman make his round at the wolf?

Every hour?

On the nose? Takes some fifteen minutes. He carry ten bucks. Yeah, he punches at the price station. What do you do after he makes his round?

It takes a walk, maybe for forty five minutes.

But look at that, And you gotta have that watchman that toes. I figure it'll take three hours to open the vault and track the lock boxes inside. You gotta make the watchman's round him in the alarm orger. I'll take care of that of him. Meanwhile, I don't want the I nose the cops spotting at Jimmy Dawes. So we go in with the watchman's keys, and we keep the watchmen where he can.

Do no damn.

Yeah, yeah, and I see a point, but why you night you'll take a walk for that watchman at ten fifteen when you get to the corner drug store, go into a cigarette eat the watchman standing in the corner. You the boys go handle with these hairs from there on, just you have the watchman outside that drug store.

See, well, I hope you didn't mind walking down there by the drug store.

Oh no, so it's me. It's long as girl walking. It's okay, you know, walkings.

Wire like being a night watchman.

Yeah, yeah, you can go out prayer, you know, between ride.

Well, I just wanna step in here for a minute. Okay, let's go Uh no, no, I all I want a cigarette. Yeah you wait here.

Let that'll wait time.

To figure But don't need figurette myself.

Oh yeah, well, uh okay, what do you talk?

I'll get a knowledge and I couldn't let you do that.

I'll come on.

When the pack of right, just stay here a minute, I'll bring it to out, okay, okay with me.

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I means we dropped the key and the curve back there.

Yeah, we wondered that you hold a match while we look for it.

Yes, I guess so think I got a box. I'm at some place here in my pocket and fly say had right here? It's a sure if the second hours like a match?

Right now?

Yo, got called? Hold him up? Out here comes the car, alright, keet him in the car?

Question, okay, step on a head for the vault.

Look at that thousand a gold mine.

Look at all them rings and things.

Come on, we kind of play with a crack fox.

On a hall. I might see him right.

Uns with all the boots.

So yeah, Ivan, I mere you find cracking and boxes. Boys, I like to see what Ervan wants? Did you ever see so much? Do Ivan's gonna be the biggest hall anybody ever got? H What time?

Is the girl so much?

One? I'm ting another round with the watchman's time point. Yeah, I'll take care of him. I'm about to watch them.

I just check him. She won't wake up for hours. When it does, it'll take him a week on top, I have.

A perfect Joe perfectly all right. Hurry up, you guys, get the mask boxet open, we get knock.

Looks like whoever booke in the VI volt made quite a hard, doesn't it. Sac I'm telling you how much, Captain Rodgers, what a man?

Look at it?

Mortgage papers, registered bonds, heir loom, everything they couldn't use, thrown it all over the place, say, left this behind. Imagine what they took with him? And he finger prince side a lot of print. Captain Rodgers, did you check that watchman story? Yes, sir, I'm sure he's in the Claire, but he's always got to work with Right now.

Somebody kissed this job perfectly. Yes, they knew.

Every corner like a book right now at points to the man and the Watchman took a walk to the guns show we just before the robbery.

And what's the Watchman have to say about this man?

He's given us a.

Pretty accurate description.

But it could ThReD a.

Thousand suspects, all right, But then they're questioning everyone in the neighborhood sackings. Maybe if someone else knows this Fingerman meantime, I'll get an nestmate of the loot. I hate to think of the figure when it gets totaled.

Not playing them wings and thinks, Joh, I'm trying to ask joy boy what I take? How much urban how much? Let me check the figure now, let's see currency, coins, negotiable bonds, jewelry eight thirteenth, twenty two thirty eight sixty twenty four mm, how much urb and how much? That's the second moion man ey think of us three hundred grand? Take another look, Jill see hunts. Oh, three thousand thousand.

I been, But don't forget what I say about the darpest knight. Yeah, so he may rather little punk more than he had the right dope. You gotta give him credit here Morgan's.

Then in case in this job it's ten percent. You know what ten percent of three million is? See hundred grand? So what's a hundred Dollarsand it's a lot of though more than we expected from the whole job. He earned it. Ah, what business of punk like Morgan got for three hundred sizement? It's danger for him. For uh. He tossed that door around and get picked up. Cops make him singing, we fly. You can't spend no three million in jolly yet, so

Not twenty four US at Urban Rubb Devout Commision Valentine. He was planning to dispose of the weakest member of his gangs.

Lieutenant mcgrant. We're all anxious to hear what happened next to the Thuring Eights.

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All back to Gangbusters and Commissioner Valentine, Lieutenant McGrath went some Urbans had given instructions to his gang to murder Lou Morgan, the man who led Urbans for the three million dollar Loop.

What's happened next.

Well, Chicago detectives questioned hundreds of people commissioned Valentine to uncover even the smallest lead to the man who cased the vaute for the gang. One of those questions was the doctor who had his office above the vault. Campton Rogers went there.

I remember every detail, doctor, if, I said, the night watchman has told us he first met this aspect in the hallway outside coming out of your.

Office here about ten days ago.

You see about van doctor, The watchman said, he was wearing a plaid shirt, but now.

Where a thicker? Do recall him? Good?

Let me look back at my record.

Mmm.

Here every sect in jail, Miss he'd use a phony name, and certain this is the man.

He examined him thoroughly.

He complains of feeling sick. Was he or I could find nothing wrong? Hypochondriac type?

For tell me when you were examining him, doctor, did you notice anything about him any peculiar scars, a mink.

Whre he did have a testoo, bathing beauty tattoo where the year lift four? I noticed a tattoo while taking.

His boat any other match?

Doctor?

Uh?

And that predicted me?

Good?

How about his teeth, uh are called several moorers missing.

He wore a dental breed perfect perfect. Thanks very much.

I hope I've been helpful, Captain.

Doctor, you don't know how helpful you've been. This was a professional job. Man Vove probably have records that tattoo, the appendectmy scar, and the missing teeth are distinctive. Pool they may lead us to these criminals.

Identification Bureauner. Captain Rogers have checked cross file system for known criminals with one bathing beauty tattoo, two appendectomy scar, three missing molars and detal bridge results seven known criminals answering general description and having those marks. Sending these criminals records to your office.

And once.

I asked you two gentlemen to come here the police headquarters to look at some pictures.

Yes, doctor, will you.

Please sit on one side of that table and the watchman I'm the other. H I have here seven photographs. Doctor, I'm going to hammond you first. It's the man who visited your offices in that group and pick him up.

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Here, captain this one.

Mm alright, don't just make a note of that number. Thank you. Doctor.

Now I'm going to shuffle these same pictures of it in Hamden.

To the watching.

Yes, now see it's the man who went walking with you on the night of the robbery. Is any one of these seven men, yes, by take your time's it's this one, captain. I have known him anywhere.

I swear it is. If you've been that photograph for.

Mm hmm number four, five, six eight two Lou Morgan. It seems you, gentlemen agree.

I know him.

I know him, and thank you, gentlemen for your cooperation. I less signed the entire robbery and burger required to get a line on this Lou Morgan at once.

Well even yeah, Lou Morgan.

I just got back to town Ivan.

He was this good idea good nothing.

He was in seventh figures. Yeah, so what terrific my commission? Ready, Evans?

Not for a big chunk of dover your Morgan, I get.

Ten percent of you gonna pay off?

Sure, Sure, I'm gonna pay I say, how about coming around tonight? Boys will be here boys, Yeah, we're playing a little party. Party.

I don't know party, Evan.

Don't you want what's coming?

Do I know how you wake up? I'm not doing ain't coming around?

I said, coming around here? Morgan, or I send the boys.

No, no, I I don't want to nice for my back, let me pay, wait, let me pay?

Hop what up?

Bargain?

Wait a, you're inside.

Hop p u bargin.

Push the door in.

Okay, you don't seem.

To be here, poset.

Keep your gun ready?

Okay, Morgan, come out of that closet.

Or will shoot through the door?

I will? We don't tell us, tell lets keep the door. I want to, don't want to. I want to. I don't want to. Please, don't want to die? Tell I don't want to. Let Okay, Hello are you?

Who are you? Guys?

He didn't send you? Take your copy?

Yes, Morgan, we're a police officers. What were you saying about urban heaven ven?

I don't know any such guy.

No, Well, you told us what we want to know, Morgan. Take him downtown side.

Mm hmm.

Pie the bad news for the urban Yeah, what we want to get, lot Morgan. The cops got there first on ar They hooked out.

To you gotta move fast round a ball of boys having the hotel at seven on each of them. It's full of the balance of the doll and blow. As soon as Morgan's sings, Char cargo's not going to be so healthy.

Dog In Thompson speaking, it is Captain Rogers shargon. You get any more out of.

Morgan, dodget Captain, but he'll talk in time.

We can't wait.

Charging.

As soon as word of Morgan's red spread that gangs scattered the four winds the Loop.

With them, we'll get Urban. Captain will work day and night until we do.

And it's important to we cover the loop too.

Charging.

Hundred of people have lost their life saving Now you check every place Urban has been changed. Couldn't carry three million dollars around with him, must be hidden out someplace.

Find it? Okay, Urban, wake up? Hey, Hey, what are your Urban?

Joe?

H I have.

Yeah, I brought the boys along. He took this little room sixty miles out of town. Didn't think we could find your hands.

Guys, you got this all wrong.

Yeah, he was supposed to show up at the hotel at seven o'clock three days ago. Instead you took the dough.

And stn't telling you. Joe, you're wrong. I ain't got the dough.

Remember Urban, I said I'd be the guy with the sharpest knife.

Hop for getting too close to me, trying to reach where's the dough? Urban? He plays it always.

Where where is it?

You'll get your end of time?

We want it now?

Where's the door?

Urban?

If I tell you you grab this three minute and take a walk with my split.

Where's the door?

Urban?

He's kid, good.

Way, what is it?

My boss? Is this Marborina? You ate Urban?

We just stolen for time, alright, but we want that dough quick. Gotta work our boys, make him tell us where it is. No, no, no, boy, I tell you, Joe, we shouldn't kill living to give a handsom a dove. He wasn't lying about the door being up here in this attic, but a pipe.

Be sure after that work god we gave him. Urban wasn't telling no life. Uh oh, June, June, you're the boss them any home?

Alright, you guys when we go in the attics, no noise, no lights, The does in a tin box under the floor by a pipe. Now, I don't want myself cut to pieces and dumping at dicks like Urban, So we split the dough right hair, Okay, Okay, maybe open the door poiet.

Now that's the corner over there at the crowbarry Yeah, shot four? Sorry Joe showing up the floorboard. Easy now, oh h you see you Joe say no, we shouldn't have not enough yet?

See what did I tell you?

Here it is?

And help me get the box. I'll s what I said.

No, right, we'll turn them right, nobody turn him on. Put your hands up, everybody, we'll hop it.

Keep him up.

Your trusts all right? So I didn't start putting the cup on him.

Saw a plot.

He found Wich eleven's body in a ditch the Kankakey a few hours ago.

So what?

And Morgan told us about this house one of the many places I've been used. And you headed hit was quite obvious where the luke was hidden. You walked right into our train.

At Morgan, he'll get what's come of the hand between our web.

You won't be the ones to give it to him. He's got your red energ. You're going up for a.

Long, long time, Lieutenant McGrath.

The Night's case is an outstanding example of a fiction police work. What happened to Erben's gang?

All seven of them commissioned Valentine and now serving terms ranging up to life imprisonment.

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