This is Your FBI: The Fugitive Horse Player 05/17/1946

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Episode: This is Your FBI: The Fugitive Horse Player (Original Air Date: 05/17/1946)
Release Date: March 15, 2026
Host: Choice Classic Radio

---

Episode Overview

In this compelling "This is Your FBI" episode, the story follows a seemingly ordinary bank teller, Fred Williams, who succumbs to the lure of the racetrack, leading to embezzlement, a desperate flight, and entanglement with ruthless horse-racing touts. The drama showcases how even minor lapses in judgment can snowball into crime, while offering a fast-paced procedural perspective from the FBI as they close the net on both the criminal and the opportunists exploiting him. The underlying message: crime does not pay.

---

Key Discussion Points & Plot Highlights

The Criminal Lure of Easy Money

• [02:14] Narrator's Framing
  The episode opens with the narrator laying out the dual world of horse racing: one of honest, dedicated professionals and another of unscrupulous "parasites"—the touts who promise easy riches but often bring only ruin.

  "Where you find millions of loose dollars, you will also find many loose characters... sometimes... he takes his payment in blood."

Introduction of the Main Characters

• [03:37] Joe Muncie and Brownie
  Joe Muncie, a dapper tout, and Brownie, his girlfriend/secretary, wait in their shabby city office for a mark to arrive, hoping their ad in the newspaper will lure in a big fish.

  Brownie: "The place to find suckers is at the track." (03:46)

• [04:20] Enter Fred Williams, alias 'Mr. Adams'
  Williams appears, looking for a 'sure thing' at the track and ready to wager big—though with suspiciously large bills.

The Horse-Racing Grift

• [05:13] Muncie Offers a "Super Special"
  Realizing Williams has a lot of money, Muncie ups the ante from selling a simple tip for $10 to asking Williams to make a $1,000 bet, 20% of which would be for Muncie.

  Joe Muncie: "I'm gonna give you, a complete and absolute stranger, Joe Muncie Super Special." (06:17)

• [07:54] FBI Involvement
  Special Agent Terrell and Mr. Naylor discuss a bank teller absconding with $28,000—a crime gradually linked to Williams, based on his new interest in gambling.

The High-Stakes Bet

• [09:14] Track Scene
  Muncie, Brownie, and Williams (as Mr. Adams) attend the races. Williams places a large bet on Muncie's tip, winning big.

  Joe Muncie: "This is only the beginning." (11:41)

The Criminal Past Revealed

• [12:55] Brownie Discovers Williams is a Fugitive
  Brownie spots Williams’ photo in the newspaper; his true name and crime are revealed.

  Brownie: "His real name is Williams... Bank teller... short $28,000." (13:14)

• [14:17] Extortion by Muncie
  Muncie and Brownie now leverage this information, coercing Williams into bigger bets for them, threatening exposure.

  Joe Muncie: "Today you're laying a thousand a race for me." (14:17)
  Brownie: "Here's a nice picture of you, Mr. Adams. Or should I say Mr. Williams?" (14:23)

Violence and Escalation

• [15:27] When Williams Refuses
  Williams resists the extortion; Muncie assaults him, taking his money.

The FBI Closes In

• [19:05] Williams Turns Himself In
  Bruised and defeated, Williams reports his ordeal to the FBI.

  Mr. Naylor: "Does that bruise on your face have something to do with it being out of the question?" (19:55)
  Fred Williams: "Yes, sir." (19:59)

• [21:13] FBI Search
  Agents track the serial numbers of the stolen bills, narrowing Muncie's probable location to the racetrack.

The Final Sting at the Track

• [22:36] The Chase
  As Muncie and Brownie celebrate a streak of lucky wins at the track, the FBI waits for their signal—Williams' arrival to identify the pair and the passing of marked bills.
• [25:46] The Capture
  Williams confronts Muncie at the payout window, with the FBI agents closing in.

  Mr. Naylor: "We're special agents of the FBI, monsieur... We want you too. Together, you make a wonderful parlay." (25:57)

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

Joe Muncie’s Touting Philosophy

• "You don't have to go looking for horse players. They think you know something, they'll come looking for you." (04:00)

The Lure of the Grift

• Brownie: "What's with letting that... 10 bucks get away?"
  Muncie: "Chicken feed, honey. The sucker is good for a bundle." (07:14)

Cold Reality of Crime

• Narrator: "The fact that the victim of the tout called Joe Muncie was himself guilty of a crime does not lessen Muncie's guilt in striking down his victim and robbing him. Rather, it stresses the meanness of his crime." (18:15)

The Lesson

• Narrator: "Crime does not pay." (end of episode, 27:15)

---

Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Event/Segment | |-----------|---------------| | 02:14 | Narrator discusses dual world of horse racing and the danger of touts | | 04:20 | Williams (as Mr. Adams) makes contact with Muncie | | 06:29 | Muncie sets up the “Super Special” tip for a big bet | | 09:14 | Race – Williams’ big bet wins | | 13:14 | Brownie discovers Williams is a bank embezzler | | 14:17 | Muncie extorts Williams for larger bets | | 14:23 | Brownie confronts Williams with his true identity | | 15:27 | Muncie attacks Williams when he tries to leave | | 19:05 | Williams turns himself into the FBI | | 22:36 | FBI agents zero in on Muncie at the track | | 25:46 | Williams and FBI confront Muncie and Brownie | | 27:15 | Closing moral: "Crime does not pay." |

---

Tone & Language

The episode captures the brisk, hard-boiled style typical of 1940s radio crime drama: snappy patter, streetwise slang, tense exchanges, and a didactic narration that underscores the larger message. The interaction is marked by a rhythm of threat, urgency, and irony, especially in the interplay between predators (Muncie, Brownie) and prey (Williams), then between lawbreakers and law—the ever-watchful FBI.

---

Recap and Lessons

Final Outcomes:

• Williams is convicted and sentenced for embezzlement.
• Muncie and Brownie are tried and found guilty of attempted murder and robbery, receiving long prison sentences.

Core Message:
Even those who believe they can outsmart the system—whether a bank teller turned gambler or a sleazy racing tout—ultimately face justice. "Crime does not pay."

---

Essential Listening Segments

• [02:14-05:57]: Introduction of touts, Muncie, Brownie, and the desperate gambler Williams.
• [09:14-11:53]: The racetrack tension and Williams' big win.
• [12:55-14:31]: Brownie and Muncie realize Williams’ criminal status and set up the extortion.
• [19:05-20:01]: Williams reports to FBI, relaying the full story.
• [22:36-26:15]: FBI operation at the racetrack, the tense final identification and arrest.

---

Conclusion

This classic crime episode is a rollercoaster of deceit, desperation, and dogged law enforcement, embodying the moral clarity and dramatic punch of golden-age radio. It’s a memorable tale for fans of old-time radio detectives and newcomers alike, reiterating in no uncertain terms: quick schemes and shady partners lead only to downfall.

Transcript

[Announcer]

Safeway and Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week at Safeway and Albertsons. USDA Choice Beef Boneless Tri tip whole or flankin style ribs bone in our $6.99 per pound member price and asparagus or $1.99 per pound member price plus 16 ounce strawberries, 6 ounce raspberries or blackberries are $1.97 each. Limit three member price with digital coupon. Hurry in. These deals won't last. Visit safewayoralbertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. Welcome to Choice Classic Radio where we bring to you the greatest old time radio shows like us on Facebook. Subscribe to us on YouTube and thank

[Narrator]

you for [e-mail] the Equitable Life Assurance Society presents this is your FBI. This is your FBI an official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, presented as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Societies representative in your community. Do you own your own home or are you planning to buy or build a home? Then we suggest that you have pencil and paper ready to make notes when the Equitable Life Assurance Society, sponsor of this program, tells you about America's finest plan for home ownership. The announcement on this plan is due in about 14 minutes. Have your pencil ready because this Equitable Society plan can save you money and give you greater security in a home of your own. Tonight's FBI file the fugitive horse player.

There are many decent, honest people connected with the sport of horse racing. These people are interested in trying to keep the sport clean and well conducted. However, there are millions of loose dollars connected with the business. And where you find millions of loose dollars, you will also find many loose characters, parasites who will engage in any amount of hard work to make a dishonest dollar. Such a parasite of racing is the tout, the genius with patches in his pants who offers to make you a millionaire overnight. Sometimes the price is $10, sometimes the price is $5, and sometimes, as you will learn from tonight's case from the files of your FBI, he takes his payment in blood. Just about the time a recent meeting opened at an eastern racetrack, a shabby office was opened in the large city nearby. There was more than coincidence in the twin openings because the office was to be the headquarters for Joe Muncie, official title Joe Muncie Tout Muncie, a trimly built, dapper man, is sitting at his desk. Brownie, his girl, his secretary, his life, who had just entered the office in the small reception room.

[Brownie]

Joe.

[Joe Muncie]

Come right in, Ms. Brown.

[Brownie]

What is Believe that?

[Joe Muncie]

Oh. Thought you had a customer, Brownie.

[Brownie]

Are you kidding?

[Joe Muncie]

Well, don't worry, baby. That code ad I put in the Morning Record will bring them in.

[Brownie]

The place to find suckers is at the track.

[Joe Muncie]

We'll get a bite right here.

[Brownie]

Don't say that word bite. It makes me hungry.

[Joe Muncie]

Look, baby, I don't like this no dough routine any more than you do.

[Brownie]

Then let's get out to the track and find some umpchae.

[Joe Muncie]

Brownie, you don't have to go looking for horse players. They think you know something, they'll come looking for you. That ad in the paper will bring us a cup. Listen. See what I told you? Somebody come in.

[Brownie]

Probably the landlord.

[Narrator]

All right, open the door.

[Announcer]

Open the door.

[Joe Muncie]

Don't let him get away. Okay.

[Brownie]

Something I can do for you, sir?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Yes, I. I saw your ad in the Morning Record.

[Joe Muncie]

Don't keep the gentleman waiting, Ms. Brown. Show him right in.

[Brownie]

Come inside, please.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Thank you.

[Brownie]

This gentleman has come here in regard to your ad, Mr. Muncie.

[Joe Muncie]

Oh, splendid. That'll be all, Mrs. Brown.

[Brownie]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Muncie]

Sit down, Mr. Adams. Sit down, Mr. Adams. Muncie's the name. Joe Muncie.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

How do you do?

[Joe Muncie]

Fine, fine. Mr. Adams is a new customer. You're entitled to know about the firm established 1933. Fifteen years of satisfied customers. We pick them, you play them. Results guarantee.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I see.

[Joe Muncie]

And I suppose, like the dozens of other turf lovers that have been in here this morning, you're interested in today's cold special. Well, yes. You couldn't depict a better day, Mr. Adams. I can underwrite the fact that today's pig will be under Bill Daly from wire to wire.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, I. I'm afraid I don't understand, sir.

[Joe Muncie]

Oh, just parlance to the turf, Mr. Adams. This horse is a sure winner.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, now, how much is the Code Special?

[Joe Muncie]

Since you're a new customer, you're entitled to a special rate. The usual tariff is 20 bob, but I'm letting you in for a saw.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

What's a saw?

[Joe Muncie]

$10.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Oh, well, that's certainly reasonable enough. Let me see now. Goodness, I thought I had $10. I'm afraid I haven't anything less than a hundred. This. Well, I'd be very.

[Special Agent Terrell]

100.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Yes. Can you change it?

[Joe Muncie]

Well, not at the moment. I just sent my bookkeeper to the bank to make a deposit.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, now, maybe I can go downstairs and get some change.

[Joe Muncie]

No, no, no. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Mr. Adams. Just sit right down there. Very well, Mr. Adams, I'm going to ask you a very direct question.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Yes?

[Joe Muncie]

Just what kind of money are you prepared to bet?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, if I thought a horse had a real good chance, I. I'd be willing to wager $1,000.

[Joe Muncie]

I'm gonna sit down, too. You said a thousand dollars?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

That's right.

[Joe Muncie]

A thousand dollars. Well, that does it. I'm gonna break a rule of a lifetime, Mr. Adams. I'm gonna give you a complete and absolute stranger, Joe Muncie Super Special.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, now, how much does that cost?

[Joe Muncie]

Absolutely nothing.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, I don't understand.

[Joe Muncie]

You're getting the winner absolutely free. All you gotta do is bet 20% for me.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

What do you mean?

[Joe Muncie]

If you bet a grand, then you lay two yards. 200, that is. You bet that much for me, you understand?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

That certainly sounds fair enough. I'll have to go to get the money, though.

[Joe Muncie]

Well, okay. Okay. But you be back here at noon and we'll go out to the track together. Right?

[Special Agent Terrell]

I'll be here.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

You can count on it, sir. Well, I'll. I'll be getting along.

[Joe Muncie]

Okay, Mr. Adams.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Goodbye, Mr. Muncie.

[Joe Muncie]

Goodbye, Mr. Adams. Goodbye.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Brownie.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Brownie.

[Joe Muncie]

What is it, sweetheart? Did we just make a score? That was the sweetest.

[Brownie]

I heard everything.

[Joe Muncie]

What's with that tone of voice?

[Brownie]

What's with letting that. Sure, 10 bucks get away.

[Joe Muncie]

Chicken feed, honey. The sucker is good for a bundle.

[Brownie]

If he comes back.

[Joe Muncie]

He'll come back.

[Brownie]

And what's the Super Special you dreamed up that's going to come through today?

[Joe Muncie]

And I get one. What's the best bet in the scratch sheet?

[Brownie]

Breakaway in the third.

[Joe Muncie]

That's the Super Special.

[Brownie]

And if he blows the Duke, he's a stick out.

[Joe Muncie]

Besides, we got 200 going for us for nothing before we're through, baby, we're liable to wind up with 20, 50, maybe 100 G's. Yeah. You got two bits. I'm hungry.

[Narrator]

Farther downtown that same morning in the local office of the FBI, Special Agent Terrell is just entering. The office of an assistant to the agent in charge.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Did you want to see me, Mr. Naylor?

[Mr. Naylor]

Yes, Terrell. Say, do you ever hear of a town called Bentley?

[Special Agent Terrell]

No.

[Mr. Naylor]

It's about a hundred miles upstate.

[Special Agent Terrell]

It must just be a wide place in the road.

[Mr. Naylor]

It's bigger than that. It's at least big enough to have a bank where a teller could get away with $28,000.

[Narrator]

Wow.

[Mr. Naylor]

The teller didn't show up this morning. He left Bentley sometime after five o'clock yesterday.

[Special Agent Terrell]

They think he's come here?

[Mr. Naylor]

They think it's possible, but they have no evidence yet.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Has he any friends or relatives here?

[Mr. Naylor]

None that they know of. I think you'd better train up there right away and investigate. He could be back in the morning.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Okay.

[Mr. Naylor]

The missing teller's name is Fred Williams.

[Special Agent Terrell]

He's probably changed that by now.

[Mr. Naylor]

Yes, he'd been with the bank 12 years. One of their most trusted employees.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Did he take the $28,000 all in one lump?

[Narrator]

No.

[Mr. Naylor]

The default cases cover a period of a year. Oh. But he did take a little over 10,000 of it yesterday.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Must have known the examiners were due then.

[Mr. Naylor]

Not necessarily. Anyway, do a thorough checkup on his friends and personal habits. We may get a good lead on him that way.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Right.

[Brownie]

It's almost post time. You want the glasses, Mr. Adams?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Oh, yeah.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Yes.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Thank you. Now, let me see. Which one is breakaway, Mr. Muncie?

[Joe Muncie]

That chestnut colt with number seven on the saddle cloth.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Number seven?

[Joe Muncie]

Oh, yes.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Oh, he's beautiful.

[Joe Muncie]

Yeah, he'd be even more beautiful when they put his number up there on a tote board.

[Brownie]

I don't like that. Outside post position, Brownie.

[Joe Muncie]

Break awake and stop for lunch at the head of the stretch with these pigs and still win it.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, I'm glad you're so confident, Mr. Muncie.

[Joe Muncie]

You know how confident I am. No. With the price up to 2 to 1, I think you ought to press.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Press?

[Joe Muncie]

Yeah, press. Send in another thousand. This is the bet of the year.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I hope you're right.

[Joe Muncie]

You're gonna press them? Oh, no, no, no.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I'm satisfied. Winning $2,000 on a race is enough for me.

[Joe Muncie]

Ha. I get it. You want to see if my merchandise is any good first.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, something like that.

[Joe Muncie]

Why, Mr. Adams, the last time I had a loser, they closed the schools for three days.

[Brownie]

It was also Christmas time.

[Narrator]

It is now post time.

[Joe Muncie]

Too late to make another bet now, even if you wanted to. When that bell rings, the windows are closed.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I wish this race would start.

[Joe Muncie]

They'd be out of there any second now. Keep your eye on that outside stall. They're off. There they go.

[Brownie]

It's Breakaway. Where's Breakaway?

[Joe Muncie]

He must be in the pack.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Come on, Breakaway.

[Race Announcer]

Angelique. That's Western Story. Transatlantic and Hot Tamale. Then comes Glamour Boy, Dixie Lee, Southern Cross and the last horses, Breakaway.

[Joe Muncie]

We got left. Left at the post for goodness.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

They go my thousand.

[Joe Muncie]

Not yet, Mr. Adams. Not yet.

[Brownie]

Come on, you break a wing in the back.

[Race Announcer]

Stretches Western Story by one line. Hot Tamale and Southern Cross neck and Neck per a gap of three lengths. We come to Dixie Lee and on the rail, breakaway.

[Joe Muncie]

He's breakaway. Mr. Adams. He's rakey.

[Race Announcer]

Climber Boy. And the last horse is Transatlantic.

[Joe Muncie]

He's making a move. Breakaway is making a move.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Is that good, Mr. Munson?

[Joe Muncie]

Shut up, will you?

[Brownie]

Come on, Breakaway.

[Joe Muncie]

Come whip him, Eddie.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Whip him.

[Joe Muncie]

Go to Whip.

[Race Announcer]

Come on.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Come on, Eddie.

[Race Announcer]

Stretch that Southern Cross in front with Breakaway ranging alongside. In Story. And the last one is Francis.

[Brownie]

Come on, Eddie.

[Narrator]

Come on.

[Joe Muncie]

Come with it. Break away. Come on, Eddie. Come on. Come on. We win it. We win it. We win it. I was never worried, Mr. Muncie.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

How much do I win?

[Joe Muncie]

Well, you ain't put the prices up yet, but you should win over 2000. Oh, that's wonderful, Mr. Adams. Let me tell you something. Huh?

[Narrator]

What?

[Joe Muncie]

This is only the beginning.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Good morning, Mr. Naylor.

[Narrator]

Oh, hello, Terrell.

[Mr. Naylor]

Just get in?

[Special Agent Terrell]

Yeah.

[Mr. Naylor]

Get anything that might give us a lead on that bank teller?

[Special Agent Terrell]

I think so.

[Mr. Naylor]

What is it?

[Special Agent Terrell]

He's probably right here in town.

[Mr. Naylor]

How do you know?

[Special Agent Terrell]

I talked to a friend of his. He told me the teller had just taken a sudden interest in playing horses. Uh oh, which probably accounts for the series of defalcations over the past year.

[Mr. Naylor]

I would think so.

[Special Agent Terrell]

And since there's a race meet going on here, that's probably where he is. With the last 10,000 he took.

[Mr. Naylor]

Yes. Did you get a picture of him?

[Special Agent Terrell]

Uh huh.

[Mr. Naylor]

Then I guess you and I'll be out at the track this afternoon.

[Joe Muncie]

Brownie, let me see that newspaper, will you?

[Brownie]

I'm reading something.

[Joe Muncie]

I want to look at the selection.

[Brownie]

You got eight tout sheets there.

[Joe Muncie]

Now I'm making up a consensus.

[Brownie]

You can lose without that. Where's Adam?

[Joe Muncie]

He's due at the hotel here any minute now. We're gonna do a little playing on our own today, baby.

[Brownie]

Let's figure.

[Joe Muncie]

Well, look, we made 400 yesterday. We gotta put it to work, don't we? Remember that old French saying, you can't accumulate unless you speculate? Joe, what's the matter?

[Brownie]

Take a look at this guy's picture on the paper here. Who does he look like?

[Joe Muncie]

Hey, it's Adams.

[Brownie]

Yeah. Only his real name is Williams.

[Joe Muncie]

What's a gig?

[Brownie]

He's a bank teller from a jerk town named Bentley. Skipped out and short $28,000.

[Joe Muncie]

Hey, no wonder he has that bundle.

[Brownie]

Oh, this ain't so good.

[Joe Muncie]

What do you mean?

[Brownie]

Well, the guy's red hot. The law picks him up, he's a cinch to tell who helped him spend that money.

[Joe Muncie]

You're forgetting one thing, sweetheart. The law ain't got him yet. But we have.

[Brownie]

I don't get it.

[Joe Muncie]

Today's special is going to cost Mr. Adams plenty. That must be him now. Let me handle it.

[Brownie]

Okay.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Hello, Mr. Monson.

[Joe Muncie]

Hi, Mr. Adams. Come right in.

[Narrator]

Thank you.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Hello, Ms. Brown.

[Brownie]

Hi.

[Joe Muncie]

Well, all set for another day of fun and speculation?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Yes, indeed. I certainly hope we're as fortunate as we were yesterday.

[Joe Muncie]

Well, I case the card and come up with nothing but winners in every race. That's right, Mr. Adams.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Well, that's very reassuring.

[Joe Muncie]

Just one thing, though, Mr. Adams.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

What's that?

[Joe Muncie]

Today we bet a little different.

[Narrator]

How?

[Joe Muncie]

Today you're laying a thousand a race for me.

[Narrator]

What?

[Joe Muncie]

Show him the paper, Brownie.

[Brownie]

Okay. Here's a nice picture of you, Mr. Adams. Or should I say Mr. Williams?

[Announcer]

Safeway and Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week at Safeway and Albertsons. USDA choice. Beef, boneless, tri tip, whole or flank and style ribs. Bone in are 6.99 per pound member price and asparagus or 199 per pound member price plus 16 ounce strawberries. 6 ounce raspberries or blackberries are 197 each. Limit 3 member price with digital coupon. Hurry in. These deals won't last. Visit Safeway or albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save.

[Mr. Naylor]

Huh?

[Joe Muncie]

That's why we're betting my way.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

But now look here, I can't afford to bet that kind of money for you. I have to win a lot of money myself.

[Joe Muncie]

No kidding.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

You see, I've got to pay the bank back that $28,000. And betting on those winners is the only way I can raise it.

[Joe Muncie]

The bank can wait, mister. Oh, no, no. Look, you got no choice.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Oh, yes, I have. I can discontinue our relationship right now.

[Brownie]

Joey's walking out.

[Joe Muncie]

Oh, no, he ain't.

[Brownie]

Well, you finally picked a winner.

[Narrator]

And now, before the FBI file on the fugitive horseplayer resumes as it will in just a moment, here's that important message for homeowners and home buyers. This week at the Equitable Life Assurance Society, somebody asked how much it was wise for the average man earning $5,000 a year to pay when he buys a home on mortgage. The answer was $12,500 or two and a half times his yearly income. On this sound basis, a man getting $50 a week won't be over his head if he buys a six or seven thousand dollar house. But no matter what your Income is. It will pay you to investigate the Equitable Society's Assured Home Ownership Plan which offers you five important advantages. One, the mortgage is cancelled, paid off in full if owner dies. Every dollar previously paid on principal is returned in full to the widow along with a cancelled mortgage. Two, a special cash fund is built up, always ready to be used if financial emergencies threaten the home. Three, this cash fund increases as the mortgage shrinks. It can be used to shorten the term of the mortgage. Pay off a 20 year mortgage, for example, in as little as 14 years. Four, mortgage interest not at 6%, not at 5%, but at only 4%. Five, liberal allowance to cover title search, lawyers fees and other closing costs. No broker's commission, no bonus charges. Well, frankly, there is no other plan like this anywhere. The Equitable Society calls it America's Finest plan for Home Ownership. It protects you against the two major hazards of home mortgages, death and hard times. So if you're planning to buy or build a house, or if you now own a house, get complete information on the Assured Home Ownership plan from your Equitable Society representative. That's the Equitable Society equi table, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. And now back to the FBI file. The fugitive horse player.

Racing touts fall into the category of chiselers. And old chiselers are unscrupulous opportunists. To them, money is something to be gotten by any method, even though it be criminal, as in tonight's case from the files of your FBI. The fact that the victim of the tout called Joe Muncie was himself guilty of a crime does not lessen Muncie's guilt in striking down his victim and robbing him. Rather, it stresses the meanness of his crime. It is nearly noon now, some two hours after Joe Muncie struck down and robbed the absconding bank teller Fred Williams, alias Fred Adams, in Muncie's hotel room. The FBI's assistant to the agent in charge, Naylor, is sitting at his desk when Special Agent Terrell enters.

[Special Agent Terrell]

I'm ready to leave for the racetrack whenever you are, Mr. Naylor.

[Mr. Naylor]

Since we're driving out, maybe we better get started.

[Special Agent Terrell]

I gave some prints of the teller's photo to the police who will be working the track too.

[Mr. Naylor]

Good. Between us all, we should be able to. Wait a minute. Naylor speaking. Yes? What? Are you sure?

[Narrator]

No, no.

[Mr. Naylor]

Just send him in the regular way. Right. We don't have to go to the racetrack, Terrell. Why not just watch who comes through that door,

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Mr. Naylor?

[Mr. Naylor]

Come in, Mr. Williams.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Thank you.

[Narrator]

Well, for the love. Sit down.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I'm sure you gentlemen are a little surprised.

[Mr. Naylor]

Oh, hell, that surprised hardly the word for it, Williams.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I was going to give myself up anyway after I got the money back. But getting it back is out of the question.

[Announcer]

Now.

[Mr. Naylor]

Does that bruise on your face have something to do with it being out of the question?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Yes, sir.

[Mr. Naylor]

Then let's have your story, Williams. From the beginning.

[Joe Muncie]

Waiter.

[Narrator]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Muncie]

Let's have a check with her. Right. Come on, baby, finish that coffee.

[Brownie]

Don't rush me.

[Joe Muncie]

We just about got time to get to the station. You can eat at the track.

[Brownie]

Did somebody pass the law? We have to get there for the first race.

[Joe Muncie]

I got the winner. You don't want to miss a sure thing, do you?

[Brownie]

You've been reading your own ads. Relax. But, honey, I, I, I'm not so sure I even want to go to the track.

[Joe Muncie]

Look, I've only got the first four races. Handicapped, we blow after the fourth.

[Announcer]

Okay?

[Brownie]

What about Adam Williams, whatever his name is?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

What?

[Joe Muncie]

You're, you're afraid you go to the cops, huh?

[Brownie]

Yeah, aren't you?

[Joe Muncie]

Honey, Mr. Williams is hotter than the inside of a glove. He can't go near the cops, so they put him away for 50.

[Brownie]

I hope you're right.

[Joe Muncie]

I know I am. Now, look, we play the first four races, beat it back to town, get the car and head west.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Are you sure this is the room Williams was slugged in?

[Mr. Naylor]

Yes. Here's the passage. Arrow.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Right. Well, I didn't lose any time getting out of here.

[Mr. Naylor]

Come on, let's see what we can find.

[Special Agent Terrell]

No telling where they're headed for.

[Mr. Naylor]

They'll leave a trace, wherever it is.

[Narrator]

What do you mean?

[Mr. Naylor]

Muncie's got all those hundred dollar bills Williams took from the bank. Oh, and we've already sent out lists of the serial numbers to all field officers this morning.

[Joe Muncie]

Good.

[Mr. Naylor]

Anything in the desk over there?

[Special Agent Terrell]

No, not a thing.

[Mr. Naylor]

I guess we'd better wait a minute.

[Special Agent Terrell]

What'd you find?

[Mr. Naylor]

This scratch sheet and the racing form. I think we better go out to the track after all.

[Narrator]

Why?

[Mr. Naylor]

Muncie is handicapped. Well, Muncie's a horse player, Terrell. Nothing short of an earthquake could keep him from playing these four horses before he jumps town. After slugging Williams, Muncie would figure that Williams couldn't afford to go to the police.

[Special Agent Terrell]

That's true. Do you suppose he bet with a bookmaker or went to the track?

[Mr. Naylor]

We'll just have to gamble.

[Narrator]

It's the track.

[Special Agent Terrell]

He missed the first race.

[Mr. Naylor]

But Muncie's got three more to go to make us four. And we'll be there before the third race. Come on.

[Joe Muncie]

That's two winners in a row, Brownie.

[Brownie]

That's par for the course. Let's quit.

[Joe Muncie]

Are you kidding? Let me collect our 3,000. Then I'll buy our tickets for the third and we'll head for the bar.

[Brownie]

I wish we were heading west.

[Joe Muncie]

Honey, we will be right after the fourth.

[Brownie]

I don't like it, Joe.

[Joe Muncie]

Paying off. You like that, don't you?

[Brownie]

Sure.

[Joe Muncie]

But we leave this town with a satchel for baby. Now, come on, let's collect.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Over here, Mr. Naylor.

[Joe Muncie]

Well, we're in, fella.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

You mean you spotted Muncie?

[Mr. Naylor]

Nobody's here.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

How do you know?

[Mr. Naylor]

Two of those hundred dollar bills have shown up at the bedding window. Huh?

[Narrator]

The fifty dollar window.

[Special Agent Terrell]

I wish we had some positive way of identifying him. Williams can do that, but he's back in the city.

[Mr. Naylor]

He's on his way out here right now.

[Brownie]

Huh?

[Mr. Naylor]

I phoned the United States Attorney before we left town.

[Special Agent Terrell]

The fourth race starts in 20 minutes.

[Mr. Naylor]

Williams will be here for it.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Suppose Muncie's fourth selection doesn't win? He won't be going to the window for the payoff.

[Mr. Naylor]

What's he playing in the fourth race?

[Special Agent Terrell]

Ragman, Harold.

[Narrator]

Yeah?

[Mr. Naylor]

Here's where you and I have got

[Narrator]

to root a winner home.

[Special Agent Terrell]

The horses are on the way to the starting gate and Williams isn't here yet.

[Mr. Naylor]

Who's this coming now?

[Special Agent Terrell]

Okay, you win.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Did we make it in time, Mr. Naylor?

[Mr. Naylor]

Yes, Williams. Just in time to help us route Ragman home and catch Munsey good.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

That's going to be a real pleasure.

[Narrator]

Come on.

[Mr. Naylor]

Here's a good place to watch and root.

[Race Announcer]

It is now pulse time.

[Mr. Naylor]

Ragman's got post position three with the jockey wearing the bright gold blouse.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I think I can get really get excited about this one.

[Mr. Naylor]

They all seem pretty quiet. Maybe we're going to get a start.

[Race Announcer]

And they're off.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

They're off.

[Race Announcer]

And for the lead, that's Ragman. The gap of two lengths enters the Colonel, Tootsie Buttons in Alaskan fusing. Come on, Ragman.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Whip him, young man, whip him.

[Joe Muncie]

Stay up there, Ragman.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

He's moving away from him.

[Race Announcer]

At the half, it's Ragman by three. The Colonel and Tootsie head to head a length back. Buttons and the last horse, Confusing.

[Joe Muncie]

Come on, Ragman. Stay up there with that horse. Keep moving.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I think he's going to do it.

[Race Announcer]

Going into the Stretch turn. Ragman by three. Tootsie. The Colonel and Buttons lapped each other. A gap of eight flames. Confusing.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

He's starting to quit.

[Joe Muncie]

Ragman's quitting.

[Special Agent Terrell]

Stay out of there, Bobby.

[Joe Muncie]

Go to the whip. Hold him up, Bobby.

[Brownie]

Come on.

[Joe Muncie]

Drive.

[Race Announcer]

Now stretches Ragman on the rail by one. Tootsie ranging over the outside, three lengths back. Buttons in the Colonel headed head and 15 lengths back. Confusing. Hang on, ragman.

[Joe Muncie]

Only a 16th to go, Bobby. Hit him, Bobby. Come on, you Ragman.

[Race Announcer]

Come on, Bobby.

[Joe Muncie]

Come on. Come on.

[Brownie]

He lasted.

[Joe Muncie]

He lasted. He won. Ragman number is up.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

His picture's for place.

[Joe Muncie]

Let's go down to the $50 window. Oh, baby, what a day. Four bets, four winners.

[Brownie]

Honey, I take back everything I said about you. Now, do me a favor.

[Mr. Naylor]

Sure, honey.

[Narrator]

What?

[Brownie]

Let's go as soon as you collect.

[Narrator]

Sure, sure.

[Joe Muncie]

We're going to be on our way in five minutes. Just let me get on this line here.

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Hello, Mr. Muncie.

[Narrator]

What?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

Adams Williams is the name.

[Brownie]

What are you doing here?

[Fred Williams / Mr. Adams]

I'm here with these gentlemen.

[Joe Muncie]

Huh?

[Mr. Naylor]

We're special agents of the FBI, monsieur. Wait a minute, miss. We want you, too. Together, you make a wonderful parlay.

[Narrator]

Frederick Williams was tried and convicted of embezzlement. And sentenced to a long term in the federal penitentiary. Joe Muncie and Florence Brown were jointly tried and found guilty of attempted murder. And are likewise serving long terms in the penitentiary. Joe Muncie did hit four winners in a row. Because touts, like anyone else who follow the horses. Have their lucky days at selecting winners. But ask any veteran of the sport, and he'll tell you. That you cannot possibly beat it or keeps the bank. Teller. Williams learned this the hardest way possible, the criminal way. And he learned, too, a lesson many hardened criminals could have told him. A lesson your FBI continues to prove 24 hours a day that crime does not pay.

Next week, another thrilling case from the files of your FBI. We'll tell you about it in just a moment. But now let me refresh your memory. On the more important features of the Equitable Society's assured home ownership plan. Remember that the mortgage interest is only 4%. Remember that if the owner dies. The widow owns the home without any mortgage at all. Yes, the assured home ownership plan is practically foreclosure proof. To get the full story, talk to the Equitable Society representative in your community. Ask him for literature that gives all details. You'll find him in your local phone book under the name the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Equi T A B L E. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Next week we will bring you another colorful story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Homicide Hideout.

The incidents used in tonight's Equitable Life Assurance Societies broadcast are adapted from the files of the Federal Bureau Investigation. However, all names used are fictitious and any similarity thereof to the names of persons living or dead is accidental. Tonight the music was composed and conducted by Frederick Steiner. The author was Frank Ferrays. And your narrator was Dean Carlton. This is your FBI is a Jerry Devine production. Now this is Carl Frank speaking for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. And the Equitable Society's representative in your community. And inviting you to tune in again next week at this same time when the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States will bring you another colorful story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Homicide Hideout on this this is your FBI. This is ABC, the American Broadcasting Company.

[Announcer]

At McCurley Subaru, your tax refund arrives at the right time. For the Subaru A lot to Love event. New incentives have been released giving you more savings. That means your refund can go further. Helping lower your monthly payment on a vehicle you rely on every day. Whether you're looking for a brand new subaru or a McCurley certified pre owned vehicle, this is a smart window to upgrade. Don't let your refund disappear. Invest it in something newer, safer and more reliable McCurley Subaru.

[Fred's Appliance Announcer]

Your way home At Fred's, discover the largest selection of in stock. Get it today inventory in our region. Express your personal style with GE Cafe modern colors with sleek custom hardware to access any stylish kitchen. Save up to $3,000 with a cafe package rebate. Plus save up to an additional $800 with an exclusive Buy More Save more rebate. Customize your kitchen style and take advantage of special savings. Today at Fred's Appliance we sell appliances only appliances.