Gang Busters - The Death Mask Killer

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After dinner, a young.

Couple will see that on the porch swing looking out over the lake, which was brightened the silver by a full moon. But never always like that. Hard No, that was in the land spring. I don't know. I had to come give it with some time.

She's out my family.

I guess I would pet you or anything like you.

But they mean, you mean well we made a lot of progress in three weeks.

I yes, it's alright.

Well, there's not many women I'd give a second look.

It was a lot kiss Oh oh, darling, Yeah, can you really have to leave I'll be back packing there, so I got to go. Please made me babby. There's nothing I like better.

Than staying here with you. But I ain't got the language. Soon as Andy cans down, says, hm, that Andy, what happened?

Then? Like that work too for it's Andy to dol around Andy gris a car carries my samples and know there's a lot of people.

No, I still don't care much for it. He takes you away from him.

But I'll be back They hm, he dodter tomorrow.

Oh mean I should have blest her? Whom I would you stick around? Toady A's Andy?

What right?

Now?

That look kid, there's nothing for it at home? Wait here for him? All right? Hard hit se long baby, that's going to like more than that is or what H called it?

Never toup on my shoe.

So you wanna get me robb with a day for a ble? Sayn we got enough troub We let it be a couple Pennsylvania's. I'd have to her, that's the idea and the you don't get it chest in case, take me Foster.

It's gonna be our rabbibi, She's gonna be our pooff. We were right here when the cops sing went.

Yeah, you couldn't get her to tell a lie? You know it?

You know, just give me another week or so and she'll jump.

Into the leg if I actaid. Yeah, sure she might care if you'll say so.

But I just like when to look at her face when she finallys out you how to stag and the sting shot up and hop in the car.

Hey, I thought it wasn't take.

It as great. I meant, know, what's bine? Grab another car? Then, oh, I say it is a double switch. Yeah, I got a nice buck picked out the owner.

Know miss for a week, they're going I wanna make the switch and take that night brother in Easton before midnight.

And general all police be on watch.

But two bandits and stolen black goods a dad.

To leave pleading north from Stroud's back Pennsylvan On Highway six eleven. Brutal gunman identified as ex convicts bow Wow Bowers and partner and Beoli held up five night clubs in Taverns Vicinity, Easton during past.

Forty eight hours. Block all roads authority Captain.

Hall, Pennsylvania State Police. Do you wanna see me at the hall?

Oh?

True of Bosky, sit down, sit down, Yes, Barski, this wave of assaults and hold ups has got to be stopped. Well, at least we know what we're looking for, Yes, but where the devil only knows what kind of a hide out Bars is using. Now you haven't got any lens, kitten, almost nothing, Boski. I want you to take charge of the hunt, just the chance I've been waiting for. Can are You'll have to work in playing clothes of course, haunt all the taverns and night clubs in this area.

At the lake yet.

Day I couldn't make it.

Take your business?

Well, when are you coming back? Maybe tomorrow?

Maybe next week?

Oh taw I look cat, I got an idea.

Un' drive down the world expiring to meet me.

Well, alright, where right full of lottie.

It's a nice quiet place. Suppose you meet me there to morrow night?

Uh about eleven all a barty walks there? Yeah, I'll see it all about eleven to my night. Understanding here, Hi walk dolling? IY right.

Now? Wherever is this dame bow? She's an hour later already? How we're gonna use it for another shot out? You know?

And he I'm sorry, I forgot you rubbing it in and stop putting nickels in that juice bar. And you gotta play around with a dame one thick on one like that.

Piggy's class. That's wild, Okay, she's class. I only think she stick around. She you know where you will shoot.

Stick kill them anything that bars you.

Stick at that moon in your rise when the summary is.

Shut up, I know what I'm doing. Yeah you sure you throw a bulevard in.

That's the name of this gine in.

It buller out in. That's what I told her. Well, bars express skin up coming to this giant butch like's waiting around for an hour?

Whatever is this dame?

Something could have happened. Beg you gonna show up in five minute time? Going the phone.

Uh, there's major state beliefs.

Captain Hall speaking Herbert Browsky. Captain, Oh, anything new on bars Brusky. I've been to a lot of clubs and taverns. Didn't learn much.

I gotta report a little while to go, Old Rusky two nightclubs held up early tonights just across.

New Jersey line Barways looks like his work.

I'll take your report over the phone, and.

Rusky, it's too dark to read my notes in this spools Captain.

Besides, it's a.

Guy outside basing of him down right a tire white names the phone a speech thinking twins or something.

But where are your Brosky? Case?

I wanna reach you when.

He's going the boulevard d in Willis Bire bulevard In and Willsbury. Right, Okay, let.

The other bella have the phone.

Maybe it's triplets by Captain Okay, inste the phones all you is about time? Followays now you down top harder.

Last all right?

The next guy that most gets the same children, Why not, Mama land This is.

A stick up.

Every police officer in northeastern Pennsylvania joined in the hunt for the killers of Trooper John Brosky. But police will stying me down until they saw young boys spend three cents in Philadelphia before you tell us the significance of this, Doctor Simon, here's a word from Waterman's.

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This is ridiculous.

I didn't even see the shooting. Matam all.

This is miss Peggy Foster.

How do you do?

Captain?

Would you mind explaining all this to me? Did you sit down in this? Foster?

All right? But I still don't sit down?

Please?

Would you hum?

Now?

Uh? Would you explain exactly what you were doing at the boulevard ter night? Coursy explained.

I'm a guest at a.

Summer resort in Wayne County. I went to meet another guest, Miter Burne, the torrest.

Burns at the BOULEVARDI at eleven o'clock, but you didn't arrive until after midnight, five minutes after the shooting.

I now it's not tire on the way.

I had to change it myself.

Look at my clothes.

When you came into the tavern, and when there was a murder, you became hysterical. When I didn't see mister Burns, befot suddenly truck me that he was the one who'd been killed.

You didn't know it, mis Trooper Breusky. Somebody finally told me, And.

You never did see this mister Burns at the tavern. No, sir, I don't know what could have happened to him, Miss Foster, would you take a look at this photographic? Certainly is that mister Burns.

Yes, that's Horrs.

But this number?

Why the number?

What do you think?

He's no criminal?

And he killed Troop le Breusky. Why he's wanted for twenty four recent hold ups? She could not hard, Miss Foster, It's true. No, now look please, miss Foster, please try to help us, all right, Ki, Well, uh time, your Mrs Burns is really Horace Bowers is a kill up? There must be a miss think he he was so recently sooner it was supposed to the phrase. He wasn't

The day I registered at the lake?

Two week two?

Now?

Was he dressed very smartly? He always liked to beat Well did you.

See us like? How many suit CAATs?

Was a cat?

I don't remember that?

What else did Bowers have to drink? No thing?

Only too highbor. What time did he.

Leave the next day?

Ten? I think it was ten.

What was he wearing, oh, foot jack?

Did I think?

Did he didn't going to be all way behind when he drove away that day? No?

There, I think down.

How many think about the noises trains make nearest home? You say, yes, yes, all the way in Philadelphia?

Philadelphia?

Is this north Philadelphia? Yes, yes, North Philadelphia? And Barbers said he was heading for Philadelphia as soon as he left this part of the country here. And the last time he read from Bowers was when he calls you tonight. That was a lot of time. Yes, well, well, I think that's all over the dollar, and we're very much obliged. We was forced to okay, goodness, thank you very much for su forsed to. Sorry, we had two questions along.

Ah, that caps.

Good night, I have Captain.

What's our first movie? Oh?

From what the girls said, Bowers apparently sees a lot of Philadelphia.

Ours knows.

We're hotter active than him than ever, Captain, And you have.

A good hideout. You don't show his face outside and all it will be easy.

But did the girl's answers convey any particular quirks to you about Borrow's personality? He seems pretty vain and curious, right, so we would be especially curious about the progress of our investigation in the Troupebreski's murder.

He means he will read the newspaper, saying.

Exactly and the most detailed the coast will be carried in the wolf's parents papers and bows will wanna see them. Most of all, I think you've got a captain. I put an immediate cover on every stand in Philadelphia. Hang those out of town newspapers. Aw aw aw captain all speaking.

Sergeant Haine's captain. I think we've.

Located bars Good. An hour ago, a young boy bought yesterday's Wilkes Barren paper the main news stand and off Philadelphia Railroad station. Yes, boy's never been near Wilsbire.

He was buying a paper for someone else.

Bowers from the description.

Yes, he's at the Palm Manor apartments. Two men are covering the place.

Now get set for Radamada e sillience.

We'll see if we can put a muscle on this bow of.

Bars and then posted all the street corner.

Sergeant got the blocks around the captain.

With a night like this, Barers might slip out through the storm.

This is the house, captain, Come on.

Some doors, open the apartment at the end of the hall. We may run in the gunfire and I'll be ready for breathing. Why is that?

But yourr is h The wall is leaking down into the basement from your apartment.

Uh that reckon? Set the move past?

Now guns out? Yes, alright, Bowers, get your hand on him.

What's that?

And all.

You down?

Promologue, you too, You're awarded for murder. Bowers and Andreoli were tried promptly for the murder of State Troopebraski don and both received life sentences in Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia. In prison, Bowers was assigned to the corner cell of the tenth cell block. He became sullen and moody at night when the other convicts were asleep. Bowers paced his cell, brooding and thinking, Hey, Bowers, for peach sake, when you stopped walking up and down, how can other guys sleep?

Who act like he was going?

Still crazy?

I'm getting out of this can. Who's gonna boosed you over the wall, the one I ain't going over the wall.

Oh no, oh, no, under it we huh?

Yeah, a tunnel, Oh, you're nuts. The guards that spot a tunnel another time.

They gotta have camouflage.

I got it all worked out. Any con can get permission to build a bookcase in.

Its cell right and the shelf. So what so we'll build that bookcase. Then all we need is some plaster and some water. That's for the rest of the camouflage.

Uh.

Now, I know you're nine and I've been.

Reading the magazine.

There was a picture of it, a picture of a death mask with that mask you you mean one of them plaster cash that they making your face and your head.

And yeah, we build a tunnel right.

From this cell here a bookcase.

I'll cover up the tunnel so nobody can see it.

The death masks and some stuff bunched up under the colors. I'll make the guard think it's our sleeping while we're really digging the tunnel.

Uh, you forget one little thing bout us, my the DT.

What do we do with the dyt from the tunnel?

Easy?

Lots of times during the day all our cells are opening, us cons can come and go.

We get a dozen guys in on this. We give 'em the dirt to carry out in their hats.

Their pockets, paper bags, anything. They dump it around the grounds. Us birds, I'll be flying out of this kings before you know it.

Kay, okay, God's gone get out of here better.

Yeah. I always something moves this bookcase.

I like musing out yet Yeah, okay, grum at the time, I'll fix the bookcase back in the place and the range.

The death mask things are going for us. We gotta break through with another couple.

Of nights where he got that talk and clwyning the night before the God comes back around here.

Yeah, yeah, okay, care.

I mean.

Sat guard another guardian myself just noticed something to evening in the grounds around the prison buildings. It looks very suspicious.

Ere there's some spots in.

The yard where it looks like fresh airt that has been stamped into the ground fresh earth.

Eh.

Yeah, I mean only one thing, convicts digging your tunnel somewhere and trying to dispose of the dirt they take out, or an immediate search the cell blocks in every building in the prison. They don't care who says, so they can't be any Cunne will being dug from this part of the prison. Just the same.

We're going to check and recheck every hour right through the night.

Okay, why share light of this?

Uh nah, both convicts sound asleep.

We'll try the next one.

Okay, here.

Whose there was this?

Power?

Powers? Last?

Share light? Sound asleep? You move back along the next row.

Yeah, okay, at you wait a minute. Pressure laid outside the cell again?

Which the man of both those kinds of a sleep? Yes, we just watch those parties mm and not crazy.

Right opened the cell doors, m kept 'em. Pull the covers off this car sempty only blankets and the plaster cast the death mass. Look, Dad, under the bookcase.

A tunnel. Ye get out in alarm. I'm I watch here.

They aren't still of the tunnel. They didn't get very far. They found it out off a quick color.

Lucky it still die. Keep running the chair.

We need a car quick Ryan, Ryan will get a cope.

Hell look hun o truck, flight 'em down tay sight with trou hold it light.

Come on.

Some of the cups stopped me back there they you guys a cup.

I just guess, brother, get out of the truck.

Try any funny stuff.

You'll get this knife in the throat.

He has to click he has Oh, I don't.

Keep the driver a class all right, guys, plan.

Aboard emergency police bowlers and escaping convicts and just luck driver and stolen quality.

Dairy milk truck.

Last scene headed west on Brown Street. Much for escaping convicts and stolen quality dairy milk truck. Last scene heading west on Brown Street.

You should have brung the driver, Bowers.

She'll squeal and cops and spot the smolk truck of min over the head tensing the next corway, say if he has the cut up her head to hide after it follers what the cops behind us, give it the gas right, we ain't got a chance.

Follow after fast.

They got it down on the floor.

Think the next corner thank him.

Watch oh come out of their hand and followers.

The cops go ahead and taken me.

Come on there, watch you's good night.

I ain't killed one cop.

I'll show you out.

You the rest of you come out, okay, kicking my hands up, sargeants get nablus for Bowers.

The rest to line up against the wall.

One move and you get the same thing.

Bowers recovered from his wound down and he and the other men who participated in that break last April the third are back in Eastern State penitentiary. That certainly was quick work on the part of Pennsylvania police, doctor Simon, and I can see what you mean by the necessity of knowing how the criminal mind thinks and acts in combating crime. Thank you for a fine case, doctor Simon. And now before we broadcast our Gangbusters clues, here is

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Thirty years of.

Age, five eet nine and one hundred forty five pounds, dark hair, left four.

Finger missing, left fore finger missing.

Warning.

Burdham is heavily alarmed. Attention citizens Southwest be on lookout for escape murderer.

Missouri State pheneticiary chess edger aged.

Forty five feet five inches, one hundred forty five pounds, red hair, brown eyes, large red birthmark, center of forest, red marks on back of Nick, large red birthmark, center of fore red marks on back of Nick. Watching for chess etcher escape murderer warning citizen states be an alert for carried Gexon want.

It a charge of fleeing Mississippi to avoid prosecution.

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Abro about forty three, five eighty nine inches.

One hundred fifty five.

Pounds, black hair, maroon eyes, very dark complexion, large scar across forehead, cut scar all.

Arms, use his profanity constantly, carried gexson shot a murder charge. These are the clues on the most urgently sought persons in the United States Tonight, March sixteenth, nineteen forty six. If you have any information concerning these clues, notify your local police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or Gangbusters at once.