Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

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THE EDDIE DOLL CASE O’Brien. — {Coming in) O’Brien reporting, sir. Haynes. — What about that Hoosier gang, O’Brien? O’Brien. — There are six robberies laid to them. Inspector. In all six cases they entered the bank, bound their prisoners, took all money . , . incltiding loose silver. Only in one case was there shooting of a guard. The gang wore gloves in all cases, and only in one instance did they desert their car. Haynes. — Thanks, O’Brien. ... Is Smith waiting outside ? O’Brien. — Yes, sir. Haynes. — Ask him to come in. O’Brien. — {Fading) Yes, sir. Sound. — Door opens and closes. Haynes. — Dennison . . . this gang sounds more like the one we’re after. . . . their not shooting guards agrees. . . . Not deserting their car agrees. . . . Taking all loose silver agrees. . . . Dennison. — But the tying up of all those in the banks. . . . Sound. — Door opens and closes. Haynes. — That’s where the Hoosier method differs from the gang that pulled this job. Hello, Smith. . . . Smith. — {Comes on) I got reports on the Five-finger Mob and on the Yates gang. Haynes. — Let’s have them. Smith. — Three bank robberies during the past year have been laid to the Five-finger Mob. In every case they’ve been scared off. Dennison. — Isn’t that the gang that always leaves a girl in the car out front as a blind ? Smith. — Yes, sir. Haynes. — Um . . . they’re just a rattlebrained mob. But there was a super thinking mind in back of this Lincoln, Nebraska, job. What about the Yates gang? 375