He Walked by Night Page #3

and see what gives.

I'll notify Burglary

that we're following up on it.

Right. Come on, junior.

- What else did he place with you for rental?

- A number of things.

Old war surplus

that he bought on his veteran training.

- Is this more of his equipment?

- Yes, he left it here on consignment.

I'm sure that Roy can explain everything.

Maybe he can, Mr. Reeves,

if you'll tell us where he lives.

But I don't know.

Mr. Martin's on the phone, sir.

- I'd better talk to him.

- I think so, Mr. Reeves.

I'll take it in the superintendent's office.

Tell him that you sold the set...

and his money's waiting for him here.

Find out what time he's coming by.

Put Mr. Martin on.

Hello, Roy.

Yes, I've sold it.

Your money is waiting here for you.

Yes, I'll be working late tonight.

What time will you be by?

First thing in the morning.

Maybe you should come in tonight.

A couple of things I want cleared up.

Like what?

Technical things.

Besides I don't like to leave the money

in the plant overnight.

How about 8:
30?

Fine. I'll see you then.

I'll leave the front door unlocked.

He'll be here at 8:30.

I'll just run along home

and get some dinner.

We'd like you to stay, too, Mr. Reeves.

- Why?

- For company.

You want to cooperate,

don't you, Mr. Reeves?

- Certainly.

- Good.

You just wait in your office. We'll be around.

Very well. This way, gentlemen.

Is that you, Roy?

Go outside and block that alley door.

Where are you, Roy?

Who's in here?

No one. I'm alone.

Come on in. I've got your money for you.

Bring it out here.

All right.

Just a minute.

No. None of them

even looks like Roy Martin.

He had such a fine face.

That didn't keep him from carrying a gun.

Or didn't you know that?

No, I didn't.

I've told you all I know, all he ever told me.

What about his friends?

Didn't he have a girl?

No, I don't think so.

He had no interest

in anything but electronics.

- Where did he pick up the subject?

- Books, magazines.

Mostly from the Signal Corps.

He was attached to a radar unit.

Send a teletype off to the War Department.

It might help.

Ready on your call to Receiving Hospital,

Captain Breen.

Hello, this is Captain Breen.

What is the latest report on Sgt. Jones?

I see.

Let me know if there's any change, will you?

Thanks.

Chuck's in pretty bad shape, Marty.

He's paralyzed. May never walk again.

I'm sorry.

It's funny Martin showed up at 7:00, when

he told you he wouldn't be there till 8:30.

I don't know why.

Except he was always unpredictable.

I'll tell you why. You warned him.

So he came early, through the back way.

You heard me say

the front door would be open.

- The key to the back?

- He must have made one.

Why don't you tell us the truth?

Now look, Paul...

you can make it a lot easier

for us to believe your story...

if you'll just give us some facts.

Something that might help us.

I've told you all I know.

I've been gullible, all right,

letting him make a fool of me.

But I'd do anything to make up for

what he did to Detective Jones.

Sure you would.

- You can go now.

- Thanks.

My friends, they can vouch for my character.

That's good. We'll call you if we need you.

Thank you very much.

I think he's telling the truth.

I think he's just gullible, like he said.

What about the stolen stuff

he was peddling for Martin?

We'll use it for bait.

Maybe Martin will come back for it,

then we can ask him.

Here.

Nevertheless, I want a 24-hour tail

put on Reeves...

and I want a watch

on his home and his factory.

- Right.

- You can keep those.

Okay, Captain.

And now the killer changed his tactics,

his modus operandi.

It would baffle the police.

They always expected burglars

to remain burglars...

not go in for stickups.

They'd never tie this up with him.

So, wearing a variety of disguises,

coming and going like a shadow...

ready to kill if cornered...

he struck the bottle stores

in a one-man blitz...

that had the robbery detail dizzy.

The killer, always resourceful...

always thinking along lines

that would baffle his hunters...

had discovered an ideal avenue of escape.

Under Los Angeles is a vast

and intricate system of huge storm drains...

built to siphon off the flash floods

of the rainy season.

Many of the tunnels are large enough

for two cars to drive abreast.

Here was 700 miles of hidden highways...

ideal for the use of someone

who needed to hurry from place to place...

without being seen.

Ideal as a hiding place for guns

and supplies, in case of emergency.

What is it, Lee?

I asked you to come,

because I think I've hit on something.

- An identification?

- No, not quite, but a tie-up.

These are the shells

from the gun that killed Rowlins.

These were fired in the liquor store holdup

in which the bandit got away.

And these were fired at Chuck.

As you know, every ejector...

even in guns of the same model and caliber,

is different.

Each one leaves its own markings

on the cartridge casing.

Look at these fine striations.

This deep gouge.

It's the same on all three.

In other words,

the man who killed Rowlins...

and the man who shot at

Jones and Brennan...

the stickup who's blitzing the liquor stores

are all the same man.

All we need to know

is what that man looks like.

Get me Chandler in Robbery, will you?

I've got an idea about that.

Also, it will give us a chance to see

if Reeves is on the level with us.

About those blitz holdups you're on...

round up all the victims

and have them down here tonight, will you?

It's just a little scheme.

Thanks, Steve.

That's good.

Now sketch another one of the same type...

- only this time, thin it out a little.

- All right.

- How's it coming? You ready for tonight?

- We'll be ready.

- Think it will work?

- It should.

- Where did you get the idea?

- From a kidnapping case in Chicago.

I thought these slides might be

an improvement over what they used.

Could be. Captain thinks so.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

May I have your attention

for a moment, please?

You've all been asked to sit in on

our little experiment tonight.

We're going to try to build

a picture of a face...

the face of a man who's cunning,

resourceful, and deadly.

He's a man who killed a police officer.

Now, some of you,

he held up at the point of a gun.

You may have seen his face,

remembered something about him.

And we want you to tell us

exactly what you remember...

whether it's his hair, eyes, nose, or mouth.

And we're going to try

to put those pieces together...

so that they add up into a picture

of the face of the man we want.

You can see how we're depending on you.

Lights.

First, we're going to concentrate

on the type of hair our man had.

If the picture looks anything like his hair,

I want you to speak right up.

All right, the first slide, Lee.

His hair had waves in it, well-groomed.

That's the idea, Miss Smith.

Is that any closer?

No, it was parted on the side.

That's more like it, except it was thicker.

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