May 1, 2025 • 29 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger
Chase Pearson, another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from
the Pales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Names, dates, and places in the.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Following story are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves
are a matter of records.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Before we bring you today as Tales of the Texas Rangers,
let's turn on our microphones down the hall in studio
A here at NBC's Hollywood Radio Well, rehearsal for the
Phil Harris Alice Fay show is in progress. Yeah, yeah,
now that's the way we'll do it on the show.
It sounded great, Fellas, Hill, would you like to talk
to the listeners during this break and rehearsal, Yeah, Bill,
I'd love to folks. I'd just like to take a
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few seconds here to remind you about part of the
fine lineup of entertainment for the rest of the evening
right here on NBC. Right after Tales the Texas Rangers,
listen to the Big Show with Tallulah Bankhead and all
of the dolling stars. I know you'll want to hear
the music and comedy the Big Show is lined up
for you today, and then we come on to keep
you entertained with our show starring Alice Fay, Frankie Rimley,
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Julius Abruzzio, and some band leader Phil what's his name?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Well, please, will you slow up a minute.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's the Phil Harris Alice Face Show right after the
Big Show today, and I hope you'll listen, folks. And
now let's return to tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I know from the files of the Texas Rangers called
Dream Farm.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It is seven forty pm June twelfth, nineteen forty one,
on a deserted stretch of highway through a thinly populated.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Area of Texas.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
A sedan pushes to the southwest, towing behind it a small,
heavily loaded, two wheeled trailer. In the front seat of
the car, there are three people, a man, his wife,
and their twelve year old son.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Don't seem to be much in the way of people
out here.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Wide open country, all right. I think we're gonna like
it here, Edel, I hope, so you just wait and
see you Why last month, when I was out here
to close the deal, I swear I just wanted to
start plowd right off. I gotta feeling this farm is
gonna be lucky for us.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Well, I just hope we can make a go at
that's all.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Now. I thought we've been all through that.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
I know, John, you can't blame me for being a
little worried. After all, we spend our lives in Iowa.
Here we are moving to a strange place where we
don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
It's so now we'll make friends soon enough. Texans are
nice people, real friendly. You'll see, pal I'm hungry. Well,
there's one thing that they change much from Ayowa to Texas.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
We ought to be coming to a town soon, don't
you think. Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Yeah, that time called Coronaville, not too far from here.
We'll find arrested pretty soon, Bobby, just hold on a
while longer.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
We're gonna keep driving all nightfall.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Well, I figured it might be best rather get the
farm in the morning, so as we can.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Move in the daylight.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Can I sleep on the back seat tonight?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
You can see what's there? There's some still a signal
up again? Why yes, there is so much.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Now, what do you suppose looks like he's having car trouble?
Speaker 4 (03:42):
You're not gonna stop?
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Well?
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Sure, why not?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Will you look at that rear whee.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
That must have been some blowout. You need some help? Yeah, John,
I just assume you kept going now.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Ethel, where's your Texas hospitality?
Speaker 6 (03:55):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (03:55):
It's all right now, how about a ride.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
The next justice, Sure, glad to take you. Get in
the back, never mind name. Yeah, what you say?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
You heard me? Get out a car?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Holly, Hey, you got a real gun. Bobby be quiet?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Yeah, Bobby be quiet. You won't get hurt, all right?
At you go? No, no, no, get out on this
side here. Well we're getting out. Be careful with that thing. Yeah, yeah,
i'd be real carefully.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
What are you gonna do? Shut up?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
You empty out of your pockets me and.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Talking to no one else. Well, I don't get you, mister.
What are you gonna do with us?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Did you figure it out? Yeah? Come on, lady, give
me a person.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
You throw everything you got in your pockets on the
front seat.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Hurry up, John, do what he tells you. Well a lot,
it's more like it, all right now back away in
the car.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
You're just leaving us out here. What do you think
you ain't going nowhere with my car? I won't everything
we got in the world's in there. Yeah, yeah, do
what the lady tells you. I'll show you what if tar.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
You should listen to you.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
You didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You didn't have very sure listen.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I gotta tell you too, you please. At one point
the following morning, the three bodies were discovered by a
State Highway patrolman. The two adults were dead, but the boy,
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although unconscious, was still alive. He was rushed to the
hospital in Coronaville and Sheriff King of Corona County was notified.
The sheriff requested aid in the Texas Rangers. Ranger Jason
Berson was a sign.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You jais yes, Jeff, Oh, I don't mind telling you.
I'm glad to see you. It's a bad one I
heard quirethy Oh, come on, I'll show you. JP been out, yes, yeah,
you ought to be along soon. Well there they are jays.
Not very pretty.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
No, never is.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
You've been over the area yet, Yeah, didn't find much.
Went over the car for Prince. Looks like there might
be a couple of good ones there will our lab
crew will be out pretty soon. They'll check him. Uh,
hold your flash on the body, Sheriff, I don't want
to have a look. How was at okay, mm, powder
burns on the clothing. He was shot from pretty close up. Yeah,
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shame with a woman jash the boy too. You talk
to him yet? The boy? Last I heard, he was
still unconscious. Is he gonna be all right? It's hard
to tell you. Doc says he may come through okay.
And it's tough break for the kid. These his folks,
I reckon they aren't you sure?
Speaker 5 (06:44):
Not exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Hospital found this wallet in the boy's pocket, But these
two had nothing on him, no papers, drive, his license, nothing,
no money either, I suppose. Yeah, that's right. And see
what you got from the kid. A library card from Clinton,
Iowa made out to Elwood. And here's a card for
the boy, Scouts Trop forty seven, Clinton, Iowa made doctor
Robert Elwood. I already notified the Clinton police jays. They're
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trying to find out if the boy was traveling with
his folks. What about this car, Sheriff, I notice it's
got Texas plates. Yeah, it's on the hut car list
stolen night before last, Rhindal killer could have taken their
car when this one broke down Rhineville. You said up
North figured the killer's head in salgs up to this
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point he was, I think I'll go into town, Sheriff.
The boy's conscious. I want to talk to him. We'd
like to talk to him myself. I'll go along on
the way to the hospital. Austin radio that the murder
victims were probably the Elwoods. The Clinton police had learned
from a former neighbor that the family was moving to Texas.
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The Iowa Division of Motor Vehicle Registration supplied to make
and license number the Elwood car and trailer. We relayed
this information to all Texas law enforcement agencies. It was
three forty am when the sheriff and I arrived at
the hospital. Robert Elwood was out of his coma, but
was still very weak. Robert, we want to ask you
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some questions, mister Sheriff King, and I'm Ranger Pearson, Texas Ranger.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Tell me, son, you remember what happened last night?
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Yeah? Man, kill my paw. Where's more? I want to
see her?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Well you can't right now, Robert.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Why I want to do to her?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Can you tell us what happened?
Speaker 6 (08:43):
Son?
Speaker 4 (08:45):
He had a gun, let me paw take everything out
of his pockets. Then he was gonna take the car.
Pau tried to stop.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Was it just one man?
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Uh huh?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
You think you'd know him?
Speaker 5 (08:59):
If you have?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I saw him again?
Speaker 4 (09:02):
I think so.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Was he a tall man? Bought as tall as taw
it'd be about five ages. How about his hair, Robert?
What color was it was? Dark?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Chips on his eyes?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Did you notice anything different about him and he scars
or anything like that?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
I don't remember.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Do you remember what he was wearing? Well, there's just
one more thing, Robert. What about his voice? Was it
high or low?
Speaker 4 (09:37):
I don't know? Kind in between? She was really.
Speaker 6 (09:45):
I?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
I reported, Robert, l what's description the killer to head
quarters and then turned in for some sleep. Two hours later,
a phone call from Austin woke me up. The Elwood
car had been found abandoned on Highway three forty six
near Burton, Texas, about one hundred miles away. Sheriff and
I were there by eight forty five. Patrolman Heartnet reported
that when he'd found the card about seven, it was
out of gas. The trailer was missing. We started checking.
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I think I'll take a look through the glove compartment.
What do you suppose he did with that trailer? Jason
must have been slowing him down, so young hitched it.
I expect it'll turn up in the brush somewhere between
here and Coronaville.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Yeah, I reckon.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
So if patrolman said when he found the car the
motor was still warm, yeah, that I must have left
it around six thirty, maybe a little later. Yeah, he's
only a couple of hours ahead of us. In hmm,
find something.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
The bank book from the state bank in Clinton count
was closed just four days ago on the ninth. Six
hundred eight dollars and forty cents Figureilwood had the money
with him. I know he had it with him. The
killer's probably got it. You look at this slip and
was stuck in the bank book list of numbers, serial numbers,
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record of travelers checks. It's supposed to be filled out
and kept in the safe place in case any of
the checks are lost. Hey, he had ten fifties five
hundred dollars. Yeah, but you can see where he's checked
off the top two numbers and would probably catch those
checks himself. Then the killer's still got four hundred dollars
worth and jaysh you don't think he'd take a chance
from trying to cash him. He might four hundred dollars.
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It's enough to tempt a man who would shoot three
people in cold blood. But he'd have to sign Elwood's
name when he cached him. Match. His signature's already on
the checks. Well, might even need identification. He's got identification.
Don't forget the killer took Elwood's wallet, as for the
signature as well. A lot of people can be fooled. Yeah,
one thing's certain. If he's going to cash him at all,
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he'll try to do it in a hurry. He's not
going to hang on him any longer. He has to,
then you reckon he's already got rid of I don't
think so. He hasn't had much of a chance. Why
not He could have cashed him anywhere between here in Coronaville.
You have a hard time cashing four hundred dollars worth
of checks in an all night restaurant. Banks his best bet. Yeah,
but what bank? There'll be fifty of them in this county,
opening in five minutes. If he left here at about
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six thirty and got into Burton around seven, he might
just wait for the banks to open there. We better
get to Burton and fast. There were two banks in
Burton had approximately nine to ten. I dropped the sheriff
at the Burton National and headed for the Burton Loan
and Savings Bank. A block away cashier there told me
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the checks hadn't come in, so I left instructions for
him to contact me if Then he turned up and
I went back to the Burton National for the sheriff. Sheriff, Hey, Jakes,
come here find anything.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I sure did.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
It was a mighty good hunt. You had checks turn
out cash here's getting them for me now, she said.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Pulla came in at nine o'clock.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
As soon as the gol Yeah. The checks all right,
all four hundred dollars worth. Could she give you a
description of description?
Speaker 3 (13:01):
She knows him fullaw Nadal Walker says we can find
him at the sales barn, a couple of blocks away.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
In just a moment, we will continue with Tales of
the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Jase Pearson.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Every minute of every day, someone somewhere calls on the
Red Cross for help. Last July, the nation's most devastating
flood since nineteen thirty seven smashed through four Midwestern states.
Property damage in Kansas and Missouri alone, exceeded one billion dollars.
Tens of thousands were made homeless. When the floods came,
the Red Cross was ready with rescue teams and first
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aid stations for the homeless. The Red Cross set up
shelters and feeding points, But the biggest job came when
the waters receded. Then began the rebuilding and repairing of homes,
the rehabilitation of broken lives. The total cost of relief
in this operation was almost fourteen million dollars. This was
only one of the three hundred domestic disasters in which
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the Red Cross gave aid last year.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
To answer the call.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
When help is needed again this year, the Red Cross
needs your support. Give and give generously. So the nineteen
fifty two Red Cross Fund Campaign. And now back to
tonight's adventure with the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
We continue now with tales of the Texas Rangers and
our authentic story Dream Farm.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
We found Al Walker at the sales barn, a couple
of blocks away. Sign over the entrants read al Walker Proprietor.
There was no loft, and all the feed was neatly
stacked at one end of the building. A small glassed
in office was at the other end. Walker was watering
a couple of horses in the corral at the rear.
Be right with you, all right, blond hair sheriff. He
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doesn't fit the description Robert Elwood gave us, but he
had the checks, and he was in an old fire
hurriedication might be best not to mention the killing sheriff.
Well that's what I was thinking. Oh then, gen you're
on Walker. That's me all right?
Speaker 5 (15:17):
Can I help you?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
You can answer some questions? All right, this is Sheriff
King I Rangel Pearson. Oh right, please to meet you.
Come on in the office, Jens. What kind of questions
you catch? Some travelers checks at the Burton National Bank
a little while ago. Yeah, that's right, four hundred dollars
worth some wrong. Where'd you get him?
Speaker 5 (15:39):
Oh? Fella brought him in this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
He come in body to clock just I was opening up.
Have a seat, rangers, shaff No thanks. Did he say
his name was John Elwood?
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Well that's what he said.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Can you describe the man, mister Walker? I reckon. So
here's a big fella. Big about your height anyway, it's
kind of heavy too. What color was his hair?
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Oh? He had?
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Well let me see now I had light hair. Would
you say it was as light as yours? Yeah, come
to think of what it was. What time did you
say came in mister Walker?
Speaker 5 (16:14):
Just budy?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
He always opened that early. Oh, I generally opened at six.
Set a lot of feed the farmers around here, and
they do business pretty early. Went to a lodge meeting
last night though outside of town. Stayed out late, so
I kind of overslept this morning. What time did he
leave here?
Speaker 5 (16:29):
Oh? It was eight thirty or so.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
I closed up about twenty minutes later so as I
could go down to the bank and cash the checks.
He was here about a half an hour. Then that's right,
It take you that long to cash the checks for him. Worry,
he bought something. He come in here to buy a horse,
to keep a little stock, you know, sold him a
saddle and bridle too. What did his bill come to
was one hundred and fifty dollars. You got a record
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of the sale, mister Walker.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
But no, no, As a matter of fact, I didn't
have time to end it in my book.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
What about the rest to the checks? Well, after he
paid me for the stuff he bought, he asked me
to cash the other checks.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
I give him two hundred and fifteen cash.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Yeah, that much cash at eight o'clock in the morning.
I always keep a few hundred dollars over night on
account opening up before the bank does. Mister Walker. Did
he sign those checks in front of you? But well,
sure he signed them in front of me. Let me
see the check, sheriff. Yeah, hey, jays, see the two
signatures on this check, mister Walker. Yeah, they don't match
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very well.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
They don't.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
What's wrong with him? I'll take a look. You see
the difference here and here? Well, they'll call it right
to me. I couldn't tell the difference. You mean it
ain't his right signature. The checks were stolen, mister Walker.
This isnt John Elwood's signature. Tall stolen? How told you
say that fellow was? Why?
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Oh he was a big fellow.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
I'll big. I don't know his six feet maybe taller.
You mean these checks are no good.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
I ain't gonna lose my four hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Am I recking your will unless we catch up with
the fellows?
Speaker 5 (18:02):
Got it?
Speaker 2 (18:03):
What color hair did you say he had? Was light
colored blonde? I was I to know they were stolen?
You should have checked the signatures. He did shine him
in front of you.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
You said, well, yeah, yeah, sure he did.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Oh excuse me, Rainder Hello Walkers, what well, yeah, yeah,
he's here.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Just a minute. It's for you, ranger.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Person speaking. What time they come in? All right, we'll
be right over. Thanks, mister Walker will have to pick
up our conversation a little later. You stick around.
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Sure, I ain't going nowhere.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Come on the sheriff. What's up, Jason? Is the Highway
patrol Austin identified a fingerprints from the car found at
the scene of the killing. Yeah, whose was it? A
fellow named Sam Bradley, and got his mug shots at
the patrol office. Bradley's description the one given us by
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Robert Elwood. Set of photographs had already been sent to
the Sheriff's office in Coronaville, and a deputy took them
to young Elwood at the hospital for positive identification. A
short time later, at the Highway Patrol office, I telephoned
the boy.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Yeah, reacher, I got the picture right here, right all right?
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Robert, do you recognize any of the men in the pictures?
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yes, this is the man. This is a man of
killed Paul.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Which one is it?
Speaker 6 (19:26):
Robert?
Speaker 4 (19:26):
This is the name on the back, it says Sam Brattley.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Thanks, Robert, you've been a big help.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
What do you say?
Speaker 6 (19:35):
It's Bradley all right?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
The boy picked his picture out of half a dozen
the deputy brought up to the hospital. Yeah, that shuttles
it then, But what about Walker? A description he gave
us show doesn't fit Bradley jays. You know he was lying. Yeah,
but I can't figure out why. His only stake in
this is four hundred dollars worth of traveler's checks. He
tried to cash him openly, so it's a since he
figured they wouldn't bounce. I don't think he knew they
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were stolen. Maybe not Jason, but he Oh, the man
who gave him the checks wasn't John Elwood? Now why
did he lie about them? Just as puzzled as you are?
Come on where you're going now? Not to Walker's. I
still want a written statement from him. You want to
bring him back here? Uh huh? Well, I breaking almos
around town in the meantime. Maybe I can find someone
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to saw Bradley go into Walker's bar. Good idea. I'll
meet you back here. I want to see if Walker
is gonna stick to his story when I got to Walkers,
the barn was closed up tight. I got his home
address from a telephone book in a store nearby and
walked back to the barn. The time I got to
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my car, Walker was just driving up. Walker. Yeah, I
thought I told you to stick around where you've been. Well,
no place, Ranger. I had to make it, deliver it
in your car, and much room there to hall feed.
Oh just to sack Oates, that's all. I want you
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to come down to the patrol office in England. But
fought to get your statement about the fellow who gave
you those checks.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
Oh well, what about the bond?
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I mean, you know, if any customers come, they'll have
to wait a while. You know where the Highway Patrol
office is. Yeah, you can take your car.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
I'll follow you.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
At the station. Walker's story began to change slightly. His
statement said that the man who catched the checks was
about five feet ten inches tall. Earlier, he told us
that the man was over six feet. Was twelve noon
when the stenographer completed typing the statement and I took
it into Walker to sign. Here's the statement, mister Walker.
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I'm sure you don't want to make any changes before
you sign.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
It.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Oh, I've been telling you.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
The truth, Ranger. Oh, one more thing before you sign it,
I'm going to show you some pictures, pictures, and look
at them carefully, mister Walker. Here are pictures of three man.
Was one of these the man who cashed the checks? No, no,
it wasn't any of these fellas. How about this one?
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Could he be the man? No?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
No, no, the fellow who cashed the checks.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
Wasn't ald to get a different kind of man.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
This ain't him, mister Walker. This man's already been identified
by one person as the man who killed John Elwood
and his wife. What'd you say, Ranger? Elwood was the
man the checks belonged to. He was killed last night.
Kill first, stealing, I'll kill him. You didn't say nothing before?
A bottom murder, two murders. This man Bradley killed two
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people and wounded a twelve year old boy. He stole
two cars that we know of. Well, I've I didn't
know about all them things. What about the picture? Is
this the man who cashed the checks? No, no, that
ain't him. I'm sure it ain't. All right, mister Walker
signed the statement. Walker was afraid he couldn't miss it.
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But I didn't know what was bothering him or why.
After he signed the statement, I let him go. A
few minutes later, the sheriff came into the office. He
had a newspaper in his hands.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Je, is that Walkery just aw fulling away?
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Yeah, Sheriff, he signed a statement, so I let him go. Well,
we better get him right back again.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Take a look at this newspaper, Burton Harold, what about it?
But did Walker identify the picture of Bradley. No, Well,
take a look at that eye to my mark. He'll
tell you why didn't.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Missus Nancy Walker, wife of Val Walker, proprietor Walker Sales Barn,
is in Fort Worth visiting her sister. Missus Walker is
the former Nancy Bradley get a jes. I checked around
as soon as I got a load of this Adam
and at Fitch. Missus Walker has a brother named Sam
Bradley Walker's his brother in law. We raced out to
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walker sales Barn, but it was still closed, so we
headed out toward his home, located in a farm section
west of town. Half a mile from there. We spotted
Walker's car turning into the driveway and so I'm rushed
into the house. We parked a short distance away and
covered the rest of the ground on foot, approaching the
house from the rear, let's move up to that open windows.
Share of white checks.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
It went food.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Nothing in the house to eat.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Damn you food?
Speaker 5 (24:17):
Where you've been? I've been looking all over for you.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
I took the bus over the hazel, bought me new suit.
Was by you.
Speaker 5 (24:26):
I don't care.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
You can take the money, but you just gotta get
right out of here as fast as you can.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
You know, wait a minute, what do you mean spending
your money?
Speaker 5 (24:32):
I thought you told me you got them check from
a friend of yours.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
I sure, What about you and your stories? It's just
like a toe. Yeah, you're playing cars last night and
the place was raided. This fellow was afraid of he
showed hisself. You get caught. That's why I asked me
to cast a check. I knew you wouldn't mind, So
damn don't you lie to me. You didn't have no
friend you.
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Signed them checks.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
They were stooless taling. I know all about it.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
I lied for you first because you told me you
and your friend Elwood was ducking a gambling raid.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Then I'll find your stool checks now, I find there's
a couple of killings besides, and I'm mixed up in it.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
Now you get out of here.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Look who you've been tough. It's been a ranger around
asking question that's who. Do you tell him anything?
Speaker 5 (25:08):
Not yet.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
If I didn't have to lie to save my own hat, i'd.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Have turned you with brother in law.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
No brother in law, come from Get out of Oh,
I'll leave to night on this job.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
You get out here right now.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I'm not getting myself home for you, but you can't.
Speaker 7 (25:27):
All right, Bradley, dumb move damn so arranging.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
You turn that gun.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Bradley, Sorry, your gun over here? Okay, James, Yeah, I'm okay,
Sheriff Ranger. It ain't my fault.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
I swear I didn't know nothing about the kill.
Speaker 5 (25:43):
I swear I.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Didn't say that Walker and Jerry, I want to know
why you didn't tell us where he was. Come on,
get up, Bradley. Better have some of that four hundred
dollars left for a good lawyer.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
You'll need one.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
In just a moment, we will tell you the results
of the case you have just heard.
Speaker 7 (26:13):
This is George Hikes reporting. I'm now in New Hampshire
for NBC. The names are Taft, Eisenhower, Truman, Keith, Hoover
and Stassen. We'll bring you the report soon on this
first state presidential primary.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
This evening, NBC will present a broadcast of great interest
to you in this election year.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
This is W. W.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Chaplin inviting you to follow the campaign of the next
President on NBC. Yes, from Conquer New Hampshire, the scene
of the important New Hampshire primary election, NBC brings you surveys,
reports and comments by New Hampshire voters and party leaders.
NBC is going to bring you full coverage of the
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the delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions, but
also give a pretty good indication as to the strength
of the leading presidential candidate.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
This is Leon Pearson.
Speaker 3 (27:02):
Inviting you to follow the campaign of the next President
on MBC. Here the New Hampshire Primary special broadcast tonight
on NBC. And now back to the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 8 (27:22):
And now here are the results of the case you
have just heard or harboring a fugitive from justice. Our
walker received a five year suspended sentence. Sam Bradley was
identified by Robert Elwood as the man who shot and
killed John and Ethelolwood. Ballistics confirmed that Bradley's gun was
the murder weapon. It was convicted of murder in the
first degree and on August fourth, nineteen forty two, was
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electrocuted at Huntsville Penitentiary.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Next week, Joel McRae and another authentic re enactment of
the case from the file gull that Texas Rangers Joel
(28:18):
McCrae will soon be seen in San Francisco Story, a
Warner Brothers release.
Speaker 5 (28:23):
The part of Robert.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Elwood was played by Richard Field. Ethel and John Elwood
were Barbara Luddy and Tom Tully, Tony Barrett with Sam Bradley,
and Barney Phillips.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
With Al Walker.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Ken Christie played the part of the sheriff. Technical advisor
was Captain M. C. Lone Wolf con sales of the
Texas Rangings. This story was transcribed and adapted by Shelby Gordon,
and the program was produced and directed by Katy Keach
Hell Gifney
Speaker 3 (28:51):
Speaking Next, The Big Show brings you ninety minutes of drama, comedy,
and music on NBC
Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger
Chase Pearson, another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from
the Pales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Names, dates, and places in the.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Following story are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves
are a matter of records.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Before we bring you today as Tales of the Texas Rangers,
let's turn on our microphones down the hall in studio
A here at NBC's Hollywood Radio Well, rehearsal for the
Phil Harris Alice Fay show is in progress. Yeah, yeah,
now that's the way we'll do it on the show.
It sounded great, Fellas, Hill, would you like to talk
to the listeners during this break and rehearsal, Yeah, Bill,
I'd love to folks. I'd just like to take a
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few seconds here to remind you about part of the
fine lineup of entertainment for the rest of the evening
right here on NBC. Right after Tales the Texas Rangers,
listen to the Big Show with Tallulah Bankhead and all
of the dolling stars. I know you'll want to hear
the music and comedy the Big Show is lined up
for you today, and then we come on to keep
you entertained with our show starring Alice Fay, Frankie Rimley,
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Julius Abruzzio, and some band leader Phil what's his name?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Well, please, will you slow up a minute.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's the Phil Harris Alice Face Show right after the
Big Show today, and I hope you'll listen, folks. And
now let's return to tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I know from the files of the Texas Rangers called
Dream Farm.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It is seven forty pm June twelfth, nineteen forty one,
on a deserted stretch of highway through a thinly populated.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Area of Texas.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
A sedan pushes to the southwest, towing behind it a small,
heavily loaded, two wheeled trailer. In the front seat of
the car, there are three people, a man, his wife,
and their twelve year old son.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Don't seem to be much in the way of people
out here.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Wide open country, all right. I think we're gonna like
it here, Edel, I hope, so you just wait and
see you Why last month, when I was out here
to close the deal, I swear I just wanted to
start plowd right off. I gotta feeling this farm is
gonna be lucky for us.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Well, I just hope we can make a go at
that's all.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Now. I thought we've been all through that.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
I know, John, you can't blame me for being a
little worried. After all, we spend our lives in Iowa.
Here we are moving to a strange place where we
don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
It's so now we'll make friends soon enough. Texans are
nice people, real friendly. You'll see, pal I'm hungry. Well,
there's one thing that they change much from Ayowa to Texas.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
We ought to be coming to a town soon, don't
you think. Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Yeah, that time called Coronaville, not too far from here.
We'll find arrested pretty soon, Bobby, just hold on a
while longer.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
We're gonna keep driving all nightfall.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Well, I figured it might be best rather get the
farm in the morning, so as we can.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Move in the daylight.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Can I sleep on the back seat tonight?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
You can see what's there? There's some still a signal
up again? Why yes, there is so much.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Now, what do you suppose looks like he's having car trouble?
Speaker 4 (03:42):
You're not gonna stop?
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Well?
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Sure, why not?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Will you look at that rear whee.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
That must have been some blowout. You need some help? Yeah, John,
I just assume you kept going now.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Ethel, where's your Texas hospitality?
Speaker 6 (03:55):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (03:55):
It's all right now, how about a ride.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
The next justice, Sure, glad to take you. Get in
the back, never mind name. Yeah, what you say?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
You heard me? Get out a car?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Holly, Hey, you got a real gun. Bobby be quiet?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Yeah, Bobby be quiet. You won't get hurt, all right?
At you go? No, no, no, get out on this
side here. Well we're getting out. Be careful with that thing. Yeah, yeah,
i'd be real carefully.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
What are you gonna do? Shut up?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
You empty out of your pockets me and.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Talking to no one else. Well, I don't get you, mister.
What are you gonna do with us?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Did you figure it out? Yeah? Come on, lady, give
me a person.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
You throw everything you got in your pockets on the
front seat.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Hurry up, John, do what he tells you. Well a lot,
it's more like it, all right now back away in
the car.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
You're just leaving us out here. What do you think
you ain't going nowhere with my car? I won't everything
we got in the world's in there. Yeah, yeah, do
what the lady tells you. I'll show you what if tar.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
You should listen to you.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
You didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You didn't have very sure listen.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I gotta tell you too, you please. At one point
the following morning, the three bodies were discovered by a
State Highway patrolman. The two adults were dead, but the boy,
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although unconscious, was still alive. He was rushed to the
hospital in Coronaville and Sheriff King of Corona County was notified.
The sheriff requested aid in the Texas Rangers. Ranger Jason
Berson was a sign.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You jais yes, Jeff, Oh, I don't mind telling you.
I'm glad to see you. It's a bad one I
heard quirethy Oh, come on, I'll show you. JP been out, yes, yeah,
you ought to be along soon. Well there they are jays.
Not very pretty.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
No, never is.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
You've been over the area yet, Yeah, didn't find much.
Went over the car for Prince. Looks like there might
be a couple of good ones there will our lab
crew will be out pretty soon. They'll check him. Uh,
hold your flash on the body, Sheriff, I don't want
to have a look. How was at okay, mm, powder
burns on the clothing. He was shot from pretty close up. Yeah,
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shame with a woman jash the boy too. You talk
to him yet? The boy? Last I heard, he was
still unconscious. Is he gonna be all right? It's hard
to tell you. Doc says he may come through okay.
And it's tough break for the kid. These his folks,
I reckon they aren't you sure?
Speaker 5 (06:44):
Not exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Hospital found this wallet in the boy's pocket, But these
two had nothing on him, no papers, drive, his license, nothing,
no money either, I suppose. Yeah, that's right. And see
what you got from the kid. A library card from Clinton,
Iowa made out to Elwood. And here's a card for
the boy, Scouts Trop forty seven, Clinton, Iowa made doctor
Robert Elwood. I already notified the Clinton police jays. They're
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trying to find out if the boy was traveling with
his folks. What about this car, Sheriff, I notice it's
got Texas plates. Yeah, it's on the hut car list
stolen night before last, Rhindal killer could have taken their
car when this one broke down Rhineville. You said up
North figured the killer's head in salgs up to this
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point he was, I think I'll go into town, Sheriff.
The boy's conscious. I want to talk to him. We'd
like to talk to him myself. I'll go along on
the way to the hospital. Austin radio that the murder
victims were probably the Elwoods. The Clinton police had learned
from a former neighbor that the family was moving to Texas.
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The Iowa Division of Motor Vehicle Registration supplied to make
and license number the Elwood car and trailer. We relayed
this information to all Texas law enforcement agencies. It was
three forty am when the sheriff and I arrived at
the hospital. Robert Elwood was out of his coma, but
was still very weak. Robert, we want to ask you
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some questions, mister Sheriff King, and I'm Ranger Pearson, Texas Ranger.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Tell me, son, you remember what happened last night?
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Yeah? Man, kill my paw. Where's more? I want to
see her?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Well you can't right now, Robert.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Why I want to do to her?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Can you tell us what happened?
Speaker 6 (08:43):
Son?
Speaker 4 (08:45):
He had a gun, let me paw take everything out
of his pockets. Then he was gonna take the car.
Pau tried to stop.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Was it just one man?
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Uh huh?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
You think you'd know him?
Speaker 5 (08:59):
If you have?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I saw him again?
Speaker 4 (09:02):
I think so.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Was he a tall man? Bought as tall as taw
it'd be about five ages. How about his hair, Robert?
What color was it was? Dark?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Chips on his eyes?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Did you notice anything different about him and he scars
or anything like that?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
I don't remember.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Do you remember what he was wearing? Well, there's just
one more thing, Robert. What about his voice? Was it
high or low?
Speaker 4 (09:37):
I don't know? Kind in between? She was really.
Speaker 6 (09:45):
I?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
I reported, Robert, l what's description the killer to head
quarters and then turned in for some sleep. Two hours later,
a phone call from Austin woke me up. The Elwood
car had been found abandoned on Highway three forty six
near Burton, Texas, about one hundred miles away. Sheriff and
I were there by eight forty five. Patrolman Heartnet reported
that when he'd found the card about seven, it was
out of gas. The trailer was missing. We started checking.
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I think I'll take a look through the glove compartment.
What do you suppose he did with that trailer? Jason
must have been slowing him down, so young hitched it.
I expect it'll turn up in the brush somewhere between
here and Coronaville.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Yeah, I reckon.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
So if patrolman said when he found the car the
motor was still warm, yeah, that I must have left
it around six thirty, maybe a little later. Yeah, he's
only a couple of hours ahead of us. In hmm,
find something.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
The bank book from the state bank in Clinton count
was closed just four days ago on the ninth. Six
hundred eight dollars and forty cents Figureilwood had the money
with him. I know he had it with him. The
killer's probably got it. You look at this slip and
was stuck in the bank book list of numbers, serial numbers,
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record of travelers checks. It's supposed to be filled out
and kept in the safe place in case any of
the checks are lost. Hey, he had ten fifties five
hundred dollars. Yeah, but you can see where he's checked
off the top two numbers and would probably catch those
checks himself. Then the killer's still got four hundred dollars
worth and jaysh you don't think he'd take a chance
from trying to cash him. He might four hundred dollars.
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It's enough to tempt a man who would shoot three
people in cold blood. But he'd have to sign Elwood's
name when he cached him. Match. His signature's already on
the checks. Well, might even need identification. He's got identification.
Don't forget the killer took Elwood's wallet, as for the
signature as well. A lot of people can be fooled. Yeah,
one thing's certain. If he's going to cash him at all,
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he'll try to do it in a hurry. He's not
going to hang on him any longer. He has to,
then you reckon he's already got rid of I don't
think so. He hasn't had much of a chance. Why
not He could have cashed him anywhere between here in Coronaville.
You have a hard time cashing four hundred dollars worth
of checks in an all night restaurant. Banks his best bet. Yeah,
but what bank? There'll be fifty of them in this county,
opening in five minutes. If he left here at about
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six thirty and got into Burton around seven, he might
just wait for the banks to open there. We better
get to Burton and fast. There were two banks in
Burton had approximately nine to ten. I dropped the sheriff
at the Burton National and headed for the Burton Loan
and Savings Bank. A block away cashier there told me
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the checks hadn't come in, so I left instructions for
him to contact me if Then he turned up and
I went back to the Burton National for the sheriff. Sheriff, Hey, Jakes,
come here find anything.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I sure did.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
It was a mighty good hunt. You had checks turn
out cash here's getting them for me now, she said.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Pulla came in at nine o'clock.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
As soon as the gol Yeah. The checks all right,
all four hundred dollars worth. Could she give you a
description of description?
Speaker 3 (13:01):
She knows him fullaw Nadal Walker says we can find
him at the sales barn, a couple of blocks away.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
In just a moment, we will continue with Tales of
the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Jase Pearson.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Every minute of every day, someone somewhere calls on the
Red Cross for help. Last July, the nation's most devastating
flood since nineteen thirty seven smashed through four Midwestern states.
Property damage in Kansas and Missouri alone, exceeded one billion dollars.
Tens of thousands were made homeless. When the floods came,
the Red Cross was ready with rescue teams and first
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aid stations for the homeless. The Red Cross set up
shelters and feeding points, But the biggest job came when
the waters receded. Then began the rebuilding and repairing of homes,
the rehabilitation of broken lives. The total cost of relief
in this operation was almost fourteen million dollars. This was
only one of the three hundred domestic disasters in which
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the Red Cross gave aid last year.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
To answer the call.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
When help is needed again this year, the Red Cross
needs your support. Give and give generously. So the nineteen
fifty two Red Cross Fund Campaign. And now back to
tonight's adventure with the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
We continue now with tales of the Texas Rangers and
our authentic story Dream Farm.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
We found Al Walker at the sales barn, a couple
of blocks away. Sign over the entrants read al Walker Proprietor.
There was no loft, and all the feed was neatly
stacked at one end of the building. A small glassed
in office was at the other end. Walker was watering
a couple of horses in the corral at the rear.
Be right with you, all right, blond hair sheriff. He
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doesn't fit the description Robert Elwood gave us, but he
had the checks, and he was in an old fire
hurriedication might be best not to mention the killing sheriff.
Well that's what I was thinking. Oh then, gen you're
on Walker. That's me all right?
Speaker 5 (15:17):
Can I help you?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
You can answer some questions? All right, this is Sheriff
King I Rangel Pearson. Oh right, please to meet you.
Come on in the office, Jens. What kind of questions
you catch? Some travelers checks at the Burton National Bank
a little while ago. Yeah, that's right, four hundred dollars
worth some wrong. Where'd you get him?
Speaker 5 (15:39):
Oh? Fella brought him in this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
He come in body to clock just I was opening up.
Have a seat, rangers, shaff No thanks. Did he say
his name was John Elwood?
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Well that's what he said.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Can you describe the man, mister Walker? I reckon. So
here's a big fella. Big about your height anyway, it's
kind of heavy too. What color was his hair?
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Oh? He had?
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Well let me see now I had light hair. Would
you say it was as light as yours? Yeah, come
to think of what it was. What time did you
say came in mister Walker?
Speaker 5 (16:14):
Just budy?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
He always opened that early. Oh, I generally opened at six.
Set a lot of feed the farmers around here, and
they do business pretty early. Went to a lodge meeting
last night though outside of town. Stayed out late, so
I kind of overslept this morning. What time did he
leave here?
Speaker 5 (16:29):
Oh? It was eight thirty or so.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
I closed up about twenty minutes later so as I
could go down to the bank and cash the checks.
He was here about a half an hour. Then that's right,
It take you that long to cash the checks for him. Worry,
he bought something. He come in here to buy a horse,
to keep a little stock, you know, sold him a
saddle and bridle too. What did his bill come to
was one hundred and fifty dollars. You got a record
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of the sale, mister Walker.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
But no, no, As a matter of fact, I didn't
have time to end it in my book.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
What about the rest to the checks? Well, after he
paid me for the stuff he bought, he asked me
to cash the other checks.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
I give him two hundred and fifteen cash.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Yeah, that much cash at eight o'clock in the morning.
I always keep a few hundred dollars over night on
account opening up before the bank does. Mister Walker. Did
he sign those checks in front of you? But well,
sure he signed them in front of me. Let me
see the check, sheriff. Yeah, hey, jays, see the two
signatures on this check, mister Walker. Yeah, they don't match
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very well.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
They don't.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
What's wrong with him? I'll take a look. You see
the difference here and here? Well, they'll call it right
to me. I couldn't tell the difference. You mean it
ain't his right signature. The checks were stolen, mister Walker.
This isnt John Elwood's signature. Tall stolen? How told you
say that fellow was? Why?
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Oh he was a big fellow.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
I'll big. I don't know his six feet maybe taller.
You mean these checks are no good.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
I ain't gonna lose my four hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Am I recking your will unless we catch up with
the fellows?
Speaker 5 (18:02):
Got it?
Speaker 2 (18:03):
What color hair did you say he had? Was light
colored blonde? I was I to know they were stolen?
You should have checked the signatures. He did shine him
in front of you.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
You said, well, yeah, yeah, sure he did.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Oh excuse me, Rainder Hello Walkers, what well, yeah, yeah,
he's here.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Just a minute. It's for you, ranger.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Person speaking. What time they come in? All right, we'll
be right over. Thanks, mister Walker will have to pick
up our conversation a little later. You stick around.
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Sure, I ain't going nowhere.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Come on the sheriff. What's up, Jason? Is the Highway
patrol Austin identified a fingerprints from the car found at
the scene of the killing. Yeah, whose was it? A
fellow named Sam Bradley, and got his mug shots at
the patrol office. Bradley's description the one given us by
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Robert Elwood. Set of photographs had already been sent to
the Sheriff's office in Coronaville, and a deputy took them
to young Elwood at the hospital for positive identification. A
short time later, at the Highway Patrol office, I telephoned
the boy.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Yeah, reacher, I got the picture right here, right all right?
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Robert, do you recognize any of the men in the pictures?
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yes, this is the man. This is a man of
killed Paul.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Which one is it?
Speaker 6 (19:26):
Robert?
Speaker 4 (19:26):
This is the name on the back, it says Sam Brattley.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Thanks, Robert, you've been a big help.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
What do you say?
Speaker 6 (19:35):
It's Bradley all right?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
The boy picked his picture out of half a dozen
the deputy brought up to the hospital. Yeah, that shuttles
it then, But what about Walker? A description he gave
us show doesn't fit Bradley jays. You know he was lying. Yeah,
but I can't figure out why. His only stake in
this is four hundred dollars worth of traveler's checks. He
tried to cash him openly, so it's a since he
figured they wouldn't bounce. I don't think he knew they
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were stolen. Maybe not Jason, but he Oh, the man
who gave him the checks wasn't John Elwood? Now why
did he lie about them? Just as puzzled as you are?
Come on where you're going now? Not to Walker's. I
still want a written statement from him. You want to
bring him back here? Uh huh? Well, I breaking almos
around town in the meantime. Maybe I can find someone
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to saw Bradley go into Walker's bar. Good idea. I'll
meet you back here. I want to see if Walker
is gonna stick to his story when I got to Walkers,
the barn was closed up tight. I got his home
address from a telephone book in a store nearby and
walked back to the barn. The time I got to
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my car, Walker was just driving up. Walker. Yeah, I
thought I told you to stick around where you've been. Well,
no place, Ranger. I had to make it, deliver it
in your car, and much room there to hall feed.
Oh just to sack Oates, that's all. I want you
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to come down to the patrol office in England. But
fought to get your statement about the fellow who gave
you those checks.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
Oh well, what about the bond?
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I mean, you know, if any customers come, they'll have
to wait a while. You know where the Highway Patrol
office is. Yeah, you can take your car.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
I'll follow you.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
At the station. Walker's story began to change slightly. His
statement said that the man who catched the checks was
about five feet ten inches tall. Earlier, he told us
that the man was over six feet. Was twelve noon
when the stenographer completed typing the statement and I took
it into Walker to sign. Here's the statement, mister Walker.
(21:43):
I'm sure you don't want to make any changes before
you sign.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
It.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Oh, I've been telling you.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
The truth, Ranger. Oh, one more thing before you sign it,
I'm going to show you some pictures, pictures, and look
at them carefully, mister Walker. Here are pictures of three man.
Was one of these the man who cashed the checks? No, no,
it wasn't any of these fellas. How about this one?
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Could he be the man? No?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
No, no, the fellow who cashed the checks.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
Wasn't ald to get a different kind of man.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
This ain't him, mister Walker. This man's already been identified
by one person as the man who killed John Elwood
and his wife. What'd you say, Ranger? Elwood was the
man the checks belonged to. He was killed last night.
Kill first, stealing, I'll kill him. You didn't say nothing before?
A bottom murder, two murders. This man Bradley killed two
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people and wounded a twelve year old boy. He stole
two cars that we know of. Well, I've I didn't
know about all them things. What about the picture? Is
this the man who cashed the checks? No, no, that
ain't him. I'm sure it ain't. All right, mister Walker
signed the statement. Walker was afraid he couldn't miss it.
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But I didn't know what was bothering him or why.
After he signed the statement, I let him go. A
few minutes later, the sheriff came into the office. He
had a newspaper in his hands.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Je, is that Walkery just aw fulling away?
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Yeah, Sheriff, he signed a statement, so I let him go. Well,
we better get him right back again.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Take a look at this newspaper, Burton Harold, what about it?
But did Walker identify the picture of Bradley. No, Well,
take a look at that eye to my mark. He'll
tell you why didn't.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Missus Nancy Walker, wife of Val Walker, proprietor Walker Sales Barn,
is in Fort Worth visiting her sister. Missus Walker is
the former Nancy Bradley get a jes. I checked around
as soon as I got a load of this Adam
and at Fitch. Missus Walker has a brother named Sam
Bradley Walker's his brother in law. We raced out to
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walker sales Barn, but it was still closed, so we
headed out toward his home, located in a farm section
west of town. Half a mile from there. We spotted
Walker's car turning into the driveway and so I'm rushed
into the house. We parked a short distance away and
covered the rest of the ground on foot, approaching the
house from the rear, let's move up to that open windows.
Share of white checks.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
It went food.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Nothing in the house to eat.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Damn you food?
Speaker 5 (24:17):
Where you've been? I've been looking all over for you.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
I took the bus over the hazel, bought me new suit.
Was by you.
Speaker 5 (24:26):
I don't care.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
You can take the money, but you just gotta get
right out of here as fast as you can.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
You know, wait a minute, what do you mean spending
your money?
Speaker 5 (24:32):
I thought you told me you got them check from
a friend of yours.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
I sure, What about you and your stories? It's just
like a toe. Yeah, you're playing cars last night and
the place was raided. This fellow was afraid of he
showed hisself. You get caught. That's why I asked me
to cast a check. I knew you wouldn't mind, So
damn don't you lie to me. You didn't have no
friend you.
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Signed them checks.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
They were stooless taling. I know all about it.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
I lied for you first because you told me you
and your friend Elwood was ducking a gambling raid.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Then I'll find your stool checks now, I find there's
a couple of killings besides, and I'm mixed up in it.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
Now you get out of here.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Look who you've been tough. It's been a ranger around
asking question that's who. Do you tell him anything?
Speaker 5 (25:08):
Not yet.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
If I didn't have to lie to save my own hat, i'd.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Have turned you with brother in law.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
No brother in law, come from Get out of Oh,
I'll leave to night on this job.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
You get out here right now.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I'm not getting myself home for you, but you can't.
Speaker 7 (25:27):
All right, Bradley, dumb move damn so arranging.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
You turn that gun.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Bradley, Sorry, your gun over here? Okay, James, Yeah, I'm okay,
Sheriff Ranger. It ain't my fault.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
I swear I didn't know nothing about the kill.
Speaker 5 (25:43):
I swear I.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Didn't say that Walker and Jerry, I want to know
why you didn't tell us where he was. Come on,
get up, Bradley. Better have some of that four hundred
dollars left for a good lawyer.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
You'll need one.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
In just a moment, we will tell you the results
of the case you have just heard.
Speaker 7 (26:13):
This is George Hikes reporting. I'm now in New Hampshire
for NBC. The names are Taft, Eisenhower, Truman, Keith, Hoover
and Stassen. We'll bring you the report soon on this
first state presidential primary.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
This evening, NBC will present a broadcast of great interest
to you in this election year.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
This is W. W.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Chaplin inviting you to follow the campaign of the next
President on NBC. Yes, from Conquer New Hampshire, the scene
of the important New Hampshire primary election, NBC brings you surveys,
reports and comments by New Hampshire voters and party leaders.
NBC is going to bring you full coverage of the
New Hampshire primary, a primary which will not only decide
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the delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions, but
also give a pretty good indication as to the strength
of the leading presidential candidate.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
This is Leon Pearson.
Speaker 3 (27:02):
Inviting you to follow the campaign of the next President
on MBC. Here the New Hampshire Primary special broadcast tonight
on NBC. And now back to the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 8 (27:22):
And now here are the results of the case you
have just heard or harboring a fugitive from justice. Our
walker received a five year suspended sentence. Sam Bradley was
identified by Robert Elwood as the man who shot and
killed John and Ethelolwood. Ballistics confirmed that Bradley's gun was
the murder weapon. It was convicted of murder in the
first degree and on August fourth, nineteen forty two, was
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electrocuted at Huntsville Penitentiary.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Next week, Joel McRae and another authentic re enactment of
the case from the file gull that Texas Rangers Joel
(28:18):
McCrae will soon be seen in San Francisco Story, a
Warner Brothers release.
Speaker 5 (28:23):
The part of Robert.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Elwood was played by Richard Field. Ethel and John Elwood
were Barbara Luddy and Tom Tully, Tony Barrett with Sam Bradley,
and Barney Phillips.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
With Al Walker.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Ken Christie played the part of the sheriff. Technical advisor
was Captain M. C. Lone Wolf con sales of the
Texas Rangings. This story was transcribed and adapted by Shelby Gordon,
and the program was produced and directed by Katy Keach
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