Crime Wave Page #5

6', 160 pounds. Blonde hair, blue eyes.

Suspect was wearing tweed sport coat,

khaki trousers, white shirt.

Last seen on foot, but may be driving

stolen gray Lincoln sedan.

License in the fore column.

1- Sam-69417.

1- Sam-69417.

KMA 367.

- They didn't take much with them.

- Must have left in a hurry.

Not much food in the house.

What did Lacey have against Hessler?

Hessler was here tonight. I sent him.

Must have stumbled into something.

But to beat a guy to death?

Yeah, that bothers me, too.

It's out of character.

Let's go.

All right, I'll send somebody up

to stake the apartment.

You stay around till you're relieved.

What are you doing here?

Looking for a lost dog.

You've found him. Get out of here.

Yes, sir.

Hold them here.

- Who is it?

Two from the main line.

It's okay. It's Doc Penny.

- You boys remember Lacey.

- Yeah, we remember him.

Nice to see you, Steve.

Before Johnny and Zenner got out,

I told them about this deal down here.

Looks good, Steve.

"Who do we know in this town?"

They said. "Steve Lacey. "

"But will Steve play ball with us?"

"Sure, he's a great guy. "

Besides, he's got

a sweet little girl for a wife.

That interested Johnny. You know Johnny.

Yeah. Me and Steve, we know a good doll

when we see one, don't we, Steve, huh?

But we were worried about you.

We thought maybe you'd gone soft.

You know how the word

gets around up there.

Forget it. He's with us.

Especially now his wife's in on the deal.

What kind of deal are you talking about?

Getting Doc and Hastings

out of the country.

Tomorrow night.

Aren't you in this deep enough?

If you help them,

won't it make it worse for you?

That's the way it's got to be.

And if anything happens, if someone talks,

Johnny here will collect.

We gotta collect.

If one guy sings and gets away with it,

they all sing.

I've got to see it through.

There's nothing I can do about it.

But I want her left out of it.

Get that through your heads.

If this touches her in any way, any way,

I'll scramble it so you'll all be stopped.

Sure, sure. Johnny will take care of her.

He'll be her bodyguard.

Now, we all better get some rest.

We had a tough night.

Yeah, we heard the police calls

on the radio.

You're the hottest thing in town, boy.

We'll keep him safe.

We've got to. We need him.

Now, let's see. Where do we all sleep?

Wanted for murder. Steve Lacey.

White, male American.

Age 32, looks younger.

6', 160 pounds. Blonde hair, blue eyes.

Suspect was wearing tweed sport coat,

khaki trousers, white shirt.

Last seen on foot, but may be driving

a stolen gray Lincoln sedan.

License in the fore column.

1- Sam-69417.

1- Sam-69417.

KMA 367.

1A-12, 1A-12, gray Lincoln sedan.

Yeah, they found the car on Boyd

between Wall and San Pedro.

It's a cinch Lacey had that car.

Now, say he walked six blocks

before he found a place to hole up.

It's my guess he's somewhere in there,

that gives us roughly two square miles.

That's a lot of territory to cover.

Could take us a couple of days.

Yeah, it will, but it's worth it.

What I can't figure

is what happened to his wife.

- Maybe he took her with him.

- Yeah, he must have.

All right, get to work on this area.

Borrow all the men you can.

If you can find her, you can find him.

Kelly, you and Jones stake out the car.

- All right.

- Yes, sir.

Unit 1A-12, 1A-12.

Keep out of sight

and maintain surveillance.

Detectives en route to stake car KMA 367.

Steve Lacey.

White, male American.

Age 32, looks younger.

6', 160 pounds. Blonde hair, blue eyes.

Suspect wearing...

Now, here's the Glendale branch

of the Bank of America.

Here's where you wait in the car, Steve,

today at noon, sharp.

- What car?

- Never mind. We got one.

Wait till you see that job, Steve.

Now, I want you to get

the rest of this by heart.

When we're through inside,

we follow the boulevard to Colorado,

turn right and double back

on Central to Broadway.

Turn right again and continue to Verdugo.

We follow that to the Arroyo Seco

and then out onto the Hollywood Freeway.

Here, I got it all written down for you.

It's okay.

Mrs. Lacey just dropped the soap.

She's taking a bath.

Oh, you got a nice, clean kid, there, Steve.

What becomes of Ellen

while we're doing all this?

She's out of it, just like you said.

So now we're rolling nice and easy, see?

Part of the noonday crowd,

one of 1,000 cars headed for the Valley.

And when we hit the Valley?

- That's the good part, Steve.

- Yeah, get this.

Not far from the airport where you work,

there's an old, abandoned warehouse.

No houses around it, a dead spot.

We roll in there, car and all,

and that's where we hole up until night.

Till it's time to go and grab that plane.

What if that part goes wrong?

You said there was a plane

you could get to.

One with a tank full of gas, a charter job,

always ready to take to the air.

Yeah, but what if...

If that's gone, we grab another one.

If we fail at that point,

it'll be just too bad for you

and that missus of yours.

I've been working on this for seven years.

It can't miss now.

Okay.

- You two guys set?

- Yeah, all set.

All right, take off.

Where are they going?

Never mind. You can come with me.

What about Johnny?

He stays.

Did you figure

I'd leave your wife here alone?

Johnny will stick with her until he knows

we've pulled the caper

and made our getaway.

He'll meet us at the airport tonight.

He's our insurance.

Listen, we've got no time to waste.

I don't want to cripple you

because I need you,

but she's expendable.

Okay. I'll just say goodbye to her.

Never mind that.

I'll give her your love, Steve.

Come on. Get going.

Well, where's Steve?

Steve just stepped out. He won't be long.

How about a little game of gin

to pass away the time?

All right.

Those dashboard clocks

never do keep time.

You got a swell gal, Steve.

You send her a wire in a couple of days

and she'll come running. She'll stick.

- You know the way out, you're sure?

- It's my town.

Your town? I want to know.

Give me the way out. What streets?

Round to Colorado, turn right.

Turn right again at Central,

double back to Broadway,

Broadway to Verdugo, Verdugo

to the Arroyo Seco, then the freeway.

Okay. Keep it solid in that head of yours.

I don't want any mistakes, see?

I'll do my job.

Sure. Sure.

But things go wrong. Possibilities.

You've got to figure on those things.

It's the only way

to stay ahead in this business.

Watch what you're doing!

It helps to have steady nerves

in this business, too.

Don't let it fool you. I'm always jumpy

before a job. Temperament.

Not so good for a guy with a gun.

Yeah, but I come through. You'll see.

Wait till you see the split you get.

Somebody gets killed,

we split the gas chamber.

No chance.

We'll be 10 jumps ahead

of those dumb cops and their roadblocks.

No roadblocks in the air.

This one's perfect.

Take it easy from now on.

We can't afford a ticket now.

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