The Spanish Prisoner Page #6

What do you want to do?

- I want to help you catch him?

- Uh-huh, yeah,

- Hurt your feelings, did he?

- That's right,

- We're rolling.

- Time to get to work. Where's the meet?

Plaza, Noon.

He's going to change it,

Don't worry,

- Let's go.

- How will I contact you?

No, we're gonna be watching you,

Keep your sense of humor,

Come on,

- Hello, Joe. Jimmy.

- Jimmy, how are you?

Did you go out last night?

I was calling you.

- yeah, I went to a movie.

- What'd you see?

l--

Listen, Joe. Gotta change the meeting.

The lawyer can't do noon.

- Can't do noon?

- Make it at 10:
00, can you?

- 10:
00 a.m.?

- And listen.

Here's what he wants to do.

Meet us In the park.

- In the park?

- By the carousel.

- Why is that?

- For secrecy, to protect yourself.

The carousel at 10:00,

and bring the process.

Bring the process,

- yeah?

- We have if.

You are to meet

at the carousel at 10:00.

Do what he said.

Do everything he said.

But meet us first at 9:30

at the Navy Fountain...

at 72nd Street, Central Park.

- Do you know It?

- yes.

Navy Fountain, Central Park, 9:30.

Would you point to your right

like you're directing me somewhere?

Just point to your right.

Thank you, Now, walk under the arches,

please, and up the steps,

Get in the room,

Just get in the room.

It's an interesting setup,

Mr. Ross,

It is the oldest

confidence game on the books,

The Spanish prisoner.

So how far back it goes--

glory days of Spain,

- We're clear outside.

- We're gonna have you wear a wire,

Fellow says him and his sister

left a fortune in the home country.

He got out, The girl

and the money got stuck in Spain,

Im gonna put this transmitter

on you, Mr. Ross,

Here is her

most beautiful portrait,

He needs money

to get her and the fortune out.

The man who supplies the money

gets the fortune and the girl,

Oldest con in the world,

intelligent people,

Play on their vanity and greed,

Interesting twist.

How are we doing for time?

- We have a couple of minutes.

- you sure you want to do this?

- Yes, Im very sure,

- All right.

Plug him in.

you're wearing a radio transmitter,

Here is what we need,

He will ask you for the material.

We need you to refuse to give it to him,

- To refuse?

- you have to refuse. What's this?

Its the formula for a process.

This the real thing?

- your man said to bring it,

- He told you to bring it?

He said to do

whatever Del told me to do.

I was just following his orders,

Well, he's all set.

How're we doing?

The important thing is to refuse

when Dell asks you for it.

Why?

Because he will then

either bribe or threaten you.

That's what we want on tape, and

that's what he will have to answer for,

you've been after him a long time,

That's why you were down in the islands.

This is a very bad actor,

Mr. Ross,

We've been after him some time.

We're very grateful for your help.

- Can we have the reading, please?

- Will you speak, please?

Just speak normally,

- It's time.

- Well have you in sight all the time.

- Can we put a vest on him?

- We're out of time,

There is very little likelihood

of physical danger.

Should it start to break out,

if there is shooting, do not move,

- What did I just tell you?

- Do not move,

- It's time to go.

- We appreciate your help,

The transmitter's good for three hours,

you wait until he offers you money...

or he threatens you, and then

hand him the material,

Give him a word.

you get in trouble,

just say the word ''happiness.''

- Say it.

- Happiness.

That looks good.

You have reached

a nonworking number.

Federal Bureau of investigation.

This call is being recorded.

Please patch me through

to Special Agent Pat McCune,

One moment.

yeah, I'd like to speak

to Special Agent Pat McCune,

This is Pat McCune.

Hello?

Can I help you?

And these were his living quarters?

Absolutely clean.

Not a print anywhere.

It's a coat check room, Mr. Ross.

It's not the office of anything.

Its a restaurant.

Always has been.

Never been a club.

That's what I'm talking about,

What goes around comes around,

The photos of our trip.

And this fellow

getting off the seaplane?

And this fellow

getting off the seaplane?

- Well, we joked about that.

- What do you mean?

I said he was never

on the seaplane.

That this fellow Mr. Dell

was never on the seaplane?

- That's what we joked about,

- you joked about it?

- yes.

- And was he on the seaplane?

Well, I don't know if he

was on the seaplane or not.

I just used it as an excuse

to make conversation,

- To make conversation with Mr. Ross?

- That's right,

Why? Are you having an affair

with Mr. Ross?

What? What's--

Now, do we have any photographs

in which we see this other man's face?

What's the matter?

Has something happened to Mr. Ross?

Not that I know of.

But I will have to ask you

a few more questions about your trip,

- The company paid for the trip?

- That's right,

And you've been working

for the company how long?

A few months,

But is Mr. Ross all right?

As far as I know, he's fine.

But I don't understand.

The lieutenant--

- This man didn't offer you anything.

- I told you--

you purchased a first-class ticket

for Susan Ricci, an office employee,

Paid cash, a total of--

- The money was from Mr. Lang,

- George Lang, your colleague?

- He won at the casino and told me to--

- Give it to a charitable cause?

- That's right,

- And you thought that meant a ticket?

Well, perhaps I was--

- you were what?

- Showing off.

Showing off for the girl? Why?

I don't know, What does it matter?

It wasn't my money, Ask George.

- Well, he's sick, right?

- That's right,

Well, well have him in

as soon as--

- Bought some clothes down there?

- That's right,

In the town of St. Estphe,

Paid cash again.

Yes, I went to the hotel office

and changed some traveler's checks.

and, yes, I went into town

and paid cash in a clothing store,

So Mr. Lang didn't give you

that money too?

Why did you change the checks

at the hotel office?

Why not just use them

at the clothing store? Why not?

- I don't know.

- you don't know why you did that?

Spent a lot of money on clothes.

- I wanted to indulge myself,

- Indulge yourself?

I did it reluctantly.

you can ask Mr. Lang,

He's your attorney?

He's an attorney for the company,

He's my friend.

- Why isn't he here?

- Well, he's ill,

- He's gonna clear you of everything?

- I've done nothing wrong,

- He has special knowledge of this case?

- yes, he does. And when you see him--

you know, Mr. Ross,

you're in a lot of trouble.

- I came to you!

- And we're the least of it,

I promise you, you can turn back

the clock right now,

Give your employer back what you took,

if you have it, and Ill deal with you,

- But if we turn this over--

- What do you mean?

The feds won't deal with you, you know?

They'll put you inside for all days,

- What are you talking about?

- I'm talking about unreported income.

- I don't understand,

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