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-1- .... ~ A~NOgNC~: O,, ' j Tonight '~ ~tary...~~. MUSIC: THE~ AND U OUOUOUOUOUO~. ~O~D: PHONE. WALTZ: Oh, eYening, Mr. Ydles. No sir, he% (;~DDLE 81XTIE8) City Club. not here, they all went home after the meeting. Ft. Hsgarty's upstaire in the card room, would you w~,t him, sir? Oh I see... _(~OUND: DOOR DPE~I OFF A LITTLE) Just a minute, sir, somebody's coming in, I'ii see if it's him,..(A BEAT)...no sir, it's not him, it's Mr. Gordon. You're welcome, Mr. Miles, good night, sir. ~.~O~_~Good evening, Mr. Gordon. NIO~: Hello, Walter. Is George M~gerty here? WALT~q: Yes, sir, he is, upstairs in the card room. HICK~ Okay, boys, go up and t~ke care of him. (SqU~/~: FpQTS~EPS UPST4[Bg/ Walter... Yes. sir? WALTER: tb FIT ~0"1 0'182210

-2- ~IOK: In a couple of ~/nutea you're going to hear a little noise upstaire, don't pay any attention te it. AIso there are going to be people asking questions about who eame to see Hagerty tonight. Yeu don% know who o~me to see him. There were three guy~ and they were i ~ask~..~E S~OPS AS:) I ~-IZ: ! e~ ~' S'E~U S "HELP: WALTER. HE,~~ l ', ~ ~ ..... NICK: <CONTIi'~ES) You ~ider~tand, Walter, three guys who wore m~ks, you oeul&n 't identify them, (A-~zA~-~-Wa&t, er,.-- , _~ t~ ~ WALT~q: (TERRIFIED) Yss, sir, I understand. NICK: You better, Walter...because wharfs happening to N~gerty happen~ to anybody who doesn't do ~bat he's toldo Always do what you're told, Walter...it'll keep you out of trouble. tb ~T~01 0182211

-3- SHEPpARD: On the night of September twelfth, 1949, t~cee men entered the City Club of Gifford, Ohio, and brutally essaulted George Hegerty, a minor ~litician on the City Council. H~erty died as a result of this beating and the newly formed Citizens Orime Co~nlissian asked your FB[ to conduct an investigation inbo the crindnal organization which h'~d g~ined control of the city. Our investigation began when ~geht Bailey and I called at the home of Walter Lewis, steward of the City Club. B~ILEY: ~Id you ~ay the men wore handkerchiefs over their faces, ~. Lewie. WALT~: (V~y SU~DU£~) Yes, sir, they did, SHEPpARD: /:~ they asked for George Negerty. W;~LTER: YesI sir. & ~HEp~ p~2D: You couldn't recognize any of their voices? WALTER: No, sir I...I...(HE STARTS COUGHI~G)-~.. (OFF A LITTL~)~Yesr dear. tb MARTHA: BTH01 0";1~22";2 I

-4- wgtT~: ° MARTHA: -. WALTER: - l d . (TO SHZPP~D) l~-~oi~i~,l just h~ven D been ~yself since.,. since this happened. BAILEY: We understand George H~erby was a good friend of yours, ~. Lewis, WALTI~R: ~de grew up on this block together. He was the best friend I hed. , , SHEPPI~D: i That-s-ell-~ight~-owelr~o% going to,keep ~eu.long, Er. Lewis~.l~ { one of these i~,en held you at gun point while the other two went upstairs to the oard room. i~i~t d~d you do when thoy came down and left, ~r. Lewis? W~ITER: I...I rushed upstairs to George. He.,.he was u~oonsoious then, I ca/led the polioe ~id I,,,well...I guess that!s all. The polloe oeme for Oeor~e,..he was bleeding some%hin~ terrible end...(}~ STOPS AS HE AU¢OST BREAKS UP) tb R~'HO'I 0182213

SHF2pARD: Well, I think that's enough for today, Yu. Lewis. We'll come back 'Borne other time. WALTFR: (DOW~) I 'm sorry, really I ~J~. ] 'd llke to help, but.,. BAILL~: Thet's all right, we'll get in touch with you if we need you. yo~ returning to work soon, ~. Lewis? W}iT~ : No, the doctor says my heart...he Bays I'll have to rest quite a long while. BAILEY: I see~ (SOU~_~.L_]~) Well thanks for helpi~,g us anyway. ~rs. Lewis, we'll phone first if we're coming back ~ain. "- " " MARTHA: i~my ~ime you want, gentlemen. SF~YPPARD: Oh, uh, ½". LewiS;.. "'" { ; • i Yes, sir, . ~ ,,~. BHEPPf~D: ~" " dust one thing b~fore we go. ~qat time was it when these men came into the club? tb Goodbye, A 1"~40 1 0182214 ii

-6- WALTER: About elevbn lhlrty, I d say. The meetlng br, oke.up at eleven, it ~as just about a h~f~ho~ ~t~P"the m~eting. .... • 8HEPPARD: OKay, thanks, Mr. Lewis. We'll be in touch with you. and Aw, M~r tha... M~RTHA: I can't help it. hhat's going to happen to us, Walter, you can't go on lying this way forevor. WALTZ: Yet tha... Maybe you should're told them the %rath. You saw what happened to George. ~hey'd k~ll me, one day after I talked. I wouldn't llve (MIS~qABLy) I know, I know. But there must be some way... tb Arao o 822 5

-7- WALTk3h There isn't, ]~artha, believe me, they run everything in this town, George told me. He knew they were coming for him. N~RTHA: lie knew? WALTER: Everybody knew it. They told George they wanted this bill passed in the ceuncil, they wonted to legalize their slat zaohineao George tried, he tried to get the bill passed, but he ~ou!dn't. mld that's what they did te him, just because he promised to Get the bill passed and he eouldn%. ~A~THA: But you c~n:t keep up like this, Walter, the doctor said... MARTHA: Don't answer it, ' Walter...it e him again, W~LTER: :ii have to ans~ver, Nartha..,he knows I 'm hero. Hello. NICK~ (FILTER) Hello, Walter, you know ~he this iso (DRY-r'OUTHED) Yc~. Yes, tb RT 01 0182216 W

-8- hICK: (FILTh) I'm calling from a phone booth down the corner, Valter. I just saw those men leave your house. You didn't have any trouble with them,did you? ho...no sir, I didz~'t. NICK: (FILTh) Okay, just checking up, You stick to your story, Valter, and you won't be sorry. I'ii call you later. Was that him? YeB. ~at did he say? MARTHA: "~ WALTER I "k NARTHA~ "~'~ WALTER: ha said I ehould atick to ~ 8tory..,he eald I ~on't be sorry, that'e \ ~-. all. tb Ar}~01 018221?