Highway Patrol 20 in Counterfeit

whatever the laws of any state are broken a duly authorized organization swings into action it may be called the state police state troopers militia the Rangers or the Highway Patrol these are the stories of the men whose training skill and courage have enforced and preserved our state laws in the endless battle against crime law enforcement agencies are sometimes called upon to apprehend a particularly elusive type of criminal such as the professional check forger the thief with a pen has one unique advantage over the thief with a gun a worthless check is like a bomb with the delayed-action fuse by the time the damage is discovered the criminal is miles away the passer of forged checks is not necessarily a glib well-dressed con artist in a manufacturing area he may look like any honest factory worker or the forger may appear to be an average housewife presenting her husband's paycheck to a neighborhood merchant late in May the Highway Patrol became aware that a ring of highly skilled Czech forgers was operating in the state their targets were manufacturing plants employing large numbers of workers in semi-skilled capacities four firms have been victimized in the past two months including yours these crooks are experts but look they're human they got to make mistakes someplace we're going to send the checks to our lab for the full treatment I'll let you know Highway Patrol laboratory technicians subjected the forged checks to careful examination the printing was identified as two type style and the paper stock analyzed by experts the signatures anything we can trace in our forgery files not yet but we know this much the handwriting experts are sure that the checks are being endorsed by five or six people using thirty different aliases 30 sets of funny identification that's gonna make it rough to find the passes yes that have to be caught in the act oh we can't do that unless we know where they're gonna hit next what about the checks themselves they're not only excellent forgeries it's a thorough job of counterfeiting look this is a micro photograph of a cheque used in the last job they've even duplicated the type he was in one of the real checks and they've matched the paper stack even to the water marking and identifying patterns well our job is to find out who's printing the phony checks we'll get in touch with all the supply houses find out where he's get these type and paper this is gonna be a rough job there are over a hundred printers who could stock that paper and tight as one thing in our favor the guy that did this he's not a legitimate pretty paper manufacturers and type foundries supplied the Highway Patrol with names of printing firms and stationers that had ordered paper and type of the kind used in the forgery one by one proprietors were questioned and shown blank samples of the check paper no one shop or store had all the various kinds of paper used in the crimes each of the firm's contacted had unblemished reputation another blank yeah but we still haven't run out of friendships resurrection I'll see is one only 800 block on 6th Street let's go to 6 skál what's this handbills for a charity dance it's a worthy cause so I cut the price to 16 bucks they all want something for nothing it's a good investment helps you front nice mr. Scoville here have a look at this it's a payroll check on the McGraw cement company up in Bradley our next job yeah do you have any paper on hand like this no but I can get it without any trouble the pipes no problem a point but don't okay okay when can you run out 50 of them for me how about next Wednesday come on this outfits payday is next Thursday I've got to have time to copy those signatures besides I've got to get that sample back to Moser so he can cash it well supposing he doesn't it's only for 48 bucks none cares checking the company books would be like footprints in the snow how about Monday I'll sure if I lay off some of these legit jobs here that's not so good the happier you keep your regulars the better your front is well I guess at these prices I can afford to lose a little sleep huh I'll have them ready for you Monday good I'll see you bye the victimized firms are all in small towns right in its area the Dayton the four checks show that the gang is working on they use the same em all passes unload their chicks at different markets he was funny identification there take Clos it's about averages about three thousand a week I have a question yeah what all these checks are nearly perfect obviously the crooks are working from samples how did they get them bribe someone working in the bookkeeping Department of the companies bringing in a new outsider for each job that'll be two a risky there's gotta be an easier way each one of these outfits has got a normal labour turnover an unskilled labor bz4 remember the gang to work for a couple of weeks for legit paycheck and then quit and then move on to a new job yeah we'll keep checking the Pharos of these different places we might come up with a drifter who's working there before the checks were cashed what if they use phony names they probably do that's why we got handwriting expert Matthews hold o mr. Lin yeah sure sure I love it Oh what's he address 1547 sixth Street thanks for your help Paper Company just give us a lead in the printer let's go take a look thirty five good ones I'm off the signatures on these Burnham I have a right to me just like to try to catch them never be careless with the signatures Scoville especially someone else's after I give these out to the passes up and Bradley I'll run Moser up to her and Shaw he gets in the wire plant up there that'll be our next job now don't forget to burn those checks right off and that's you Highway Patrol you got any paper like this no we haven't the reason I'm so sure is this a few months ago we printed this little book of poems for a wealthy woman she wrote him herself odd kind of paper for a book of portrait but that's what she wanted it sure is odd haven't got either stock left sir no there were only a few sheets left over and I sold them to a fellow who came in I could give you the name of the supply house what about this fella that came in who was he gee I don't know except that he was a printer I could tell that by his hands the ink stains on him you know and by the way he described exactly the paper stock he wanted you think this could be a hobby is oh no he's got a shop down the street he told me that whereabouts down the street mm-hmm just a little below walnut I believe he wasn't really very talkative man about 45 medium height I'm sorry that's all I can tell you that's enough thanks very much something in the printing line gist's Matthews Highway Patrol Oh howdy my name is Cole tell me if you got any paper like this no you see this is top grade safety paper for chicks we don't get much coal for printing checks I specialize in normal routine cobbler I see where can I get paper like that around here oh you could try some of the big wholesale supply paper houses well they only sell in large quantity suppose I just wanted four or five sheets White's cut around the stationery stores in print shops that's what I do matter of fact I the devil of a time finding the same kind of stock a while ago tell me where'd you get it Oh up on Fifth Street about 1500 block not much use going there though fella sold me only had left I only needed four or five she you say there's not much call for paper like this who wanted it well as it turned out nobody funny I heard an investment house uptown was looking for a direct mail order gimmick so I decided to print this little brochure using top grade check paper you know dignified substantial used up all the paper before I got it right then they turned it down that's too bad it's a nice job you haven't got any paper like this left huh not a scrap you take that along with you if you like sure glad I didn't buy a ream of it that stuff's expensive thanks very much okay yeah this one's from Hartville that's the Ziggler glass company pants for the same game same MO same passes to go to the handwriting experts this time I think we're once you up ahead of them the handwriting boys came up with a good lead the cement plant over and Bradley seems it's a new labor over there his signature matches those of the guy that worked at three of the victimized firms not the same name though well they're sure he's the same guy he signs on works a couple of weeks phony checks show up that he quits and very well be coincidence no it couldn't the gang works according to pattern they'll get Bradley on Thursday that's payday if we spot even one of the passes we're lucky well if we get one he lead us to the top man get up the brethren struggle I just got this check from Moser up and earnshaw this has got to be fast don't they all and I mean really fast the wire company up there is landed a big contract they're hiring men by the hundreds this is a big shot in the arm for the local merchants they won't be asking so many questions when the stranger passes a check I'm not so sure about that there was a cop in here yesterday at a sample of that chicks talk we used up in the construction company job what didn't know if I had any would you tell him I covered I showed him that fake brochure I run off just for an alibi it worked but it means they're getting warm it means their problem they are mo I think like done in the state say wait a minute wait a minute been moving north town by town earnshaw will be an unexpected jump all right well forget Bradley will hit earnshaw hard and get out of the state expecting the forgery ring to victimize the cement plant in the town of Bradley the Highway Patrol was ready plainclothesman were staked out in markets and stores where large numbers of the plant employees cashed their payroll checks market cashiers and banks were alerted as the patrols stood ready to trail any suspected passer of a bogus check five days after payday no forged checks on the cement company had cleared through the Bradley banks boy I sure mister that Bradley guess I missed by 23 miles well maybe they'd 23 months yeah exactly I work on Earnshaw how was Gregory on the phone they're Pleasant of town with phony checks so that plant up there we could pull our men out of Bradley and get him up during Shaw half an hour well that would add to the confusion earn sure that's full of new workers from the plan that'll make it easy on the passage yeah what is it the boys run a comparison test on up for sure from scovilles print shop I think we'd have something further the regular type is machine set we can't prove anything with that but the large type the display stuff this is handset now here is a blow-up of a printed word of one of the forged checks this is from scovilles brochure look at the cross bar on the capital T's each has a nick in exactly the same place then the same piece of type of a both T's I'm convinced of it handsets height has individual mark he's just like a fired bullet however I don't think these photos themselves would stand up in court well suppose we found the actual piece of type in Scoville shop we didn't have a printer and lose the rest of the gang see what you can find out about school I tell you I don't like it Daka we made a good haul around show why don't we quit while we're ahead that cop hasn't been back here has he no but that doesn't mean that he won't then you have nothing to worry about go back to the Bradley cement shop the checks are all printed and forged yes I suppose it would be a shame at that not to use them so be our last job in this state you stick around here and clean up the legit end of your business so nobody will be after you that won't take long I'll go back to Bradley and get in touch with the passers where they'll hit next is anybody's guess judging from the Earnshaw job they start to change their pattern and Johnson didn't find out anything about skull hill well skull has been running the print shop for about two months she rented her to another guy gavin immolates him later ran it for 20 years he 75 years old man arrests old and Scoville doesn't have a record oh there's a DMV report on a vehicle with Jenna Wallace was trailing Oh registered to third Ducker did you check the address yeah it's the Kennebec hotel doctor's been stayin there about two months the night clerk told me looks like dr. and Scoville belonged to a 2-month club yeah and they hold meetings in scovilles place after it's closed not yours we're all right you stay close to him I'll have somebody up there to help you within an hour doctor just checked into a hotel Bradley at 2:00 a.m. Bradley he's had two visitors so far let's get up early that morning the chief auditor of the cement plant in Bradley received a visit from the Highway Patrol as I understand it mr. Matthews you want us to put a small identifying mark on our payroll checks that's right something that wouldn't be noticed ordinarily but would stand right out if you were looking for it well how about an asterisk small star right under the bank number here that'll be fine well swell I'll send you a sample checks you'll know just what to look for in next week's checks wait a minute tomorrow's payday isn't it mr. Coburn oh yes but our checks are all made out in signed white to go over them now would upset the whole routine I've checked with the auditors at six other firms some of them bigger than yours their routine is upset too they're trying to trace several thousand dollars in Fords checks and you're sure that we're next yeah that's the way it looks mr. Coley a couple of extra hours work right now I'll save you another company's a lot of money all right mr. Matthews I'll have those checks marked right away man we think this head of the forgery ring he's staying at a local hotel he's had five visitors four men and a woman they could be passes hmm than anyone passing a check without our special mark we'll know is one of the forgers no it's not quite that simple some of the checks out is still good let's say up to may 31st we'll assume they're all good and some of these forgers could slip by undetected we're having him tailed all the time we'll catch him if the clerk's don't get rattled yes to catch these forgers you have to depend on the merchants to catch some checks they know we're fake yeah that's right how mr. Coley all we're trying to do is get their money back for him let me have a sample check so I can give it to the merchants in the banks mr. Matthews I have complete confidence in your organization you may give the merchants my personal guarantee that this company will make good on any check presented in our name well thanks for your cooperation I got a hutch we can round up the whole gang now thanks again look Turner hold off passing these until about one o'clock tomorrow afternoon that'll make it look as if you just get off the early shift okay what do you want me to meet you the hotel know anybody who has more than two guests there as a celebrity I'll meet you in the alley in back of Cypress Boulevard patrolmen in civilian clothes maintained close surveillance of the suspected passers while you were inside headquarters advisor the suspect just entered Becker's market fifth and cedar I've got 28 12 standing by looks like to start to move now it's up to the clerk some cash is the Highway Patrol had alerted scores of merchants and banks and distributed samples of the specially marked checks thirty to nineteen to twenty one fifty point away fifty by number one suspect checked out of the hotel and his driving east on Cypress Boulevard he is proceeding well under 30 miles speed limit I'd stay with him ten-four was like docker was tipped off yeah there hasn't been any slip-up with a check pastors but Bradley's a small town maybe doctor doesn't meet him at the hotel cause too much excitement you figure he's midium somewhere else it could be let's go over until your 32:19 needs any help the plainclothes officer trailed the suspected check passer to the alley the fact that docker had parked his car in the same alley indicated that this was the probable rendezvous for the forgery gang this information was conveyed to the other patrol units that's what Turner did the first one through any trouble he's used one yet took those checks like they were bank notes they did a yeah I guess I've got it on his face unit 1619 reported on the activities in the alley assuming that this was definitely the payoff location officers were deployed to apprehend each Czech passer after the payoff Harris is on the roof the stalkers in the alley one of the men met him they're making a payoff I'm sure this is the meeting place the boys will pick each one up as they come out we'll stay with Daka Seyed you got any more I could go back and that's all Turner you better move on doctor uh alright could I have my cut now I'm a little short and you know the setup we all get paid off tomorrow night in Silverton mmm there's 20 at least get you to Silverton well I got one of them so I'm gonna go Clark I must figure something's up read waiting for the woman I bet she ran out on it she won't be hard to find keep an eye on Doc his car the way he's headed doctor must be gonna meet sculpt it could be nonpareil printing company soccer anyone with you no where are you how do things go up at Bradley orders I just listen I'm in town in a phone booth on 10th I'm being tailed but I'll ditch them are you positive yeah yeah just be ready to pull out I'll be there in five minutes okay I didn't hear you drive up where's the car parked in front of the hotel duck tuned out the back door what about the cops they're still looking for me where's the money here here come on let's go let's call it I said hold it I'll get your hands on copy ad you payroll checks all set for your next jobs and a crime to print checks and the job another trade we call them samples by trade we call it evidence I come on move see the Highway Patrol election again next week until then remember leave your blood at the Red Cross not on the highway this is Broderick Crawford saying see you next week you you you

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Keywords: Counterfeit (Crime Type), Highway Patrol (TV Program), 1950s

Id: DalgjaJlAA8

Length: 26min 9sec (1569 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 02 2014