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There. That better?

Yes, that's fine. Thank you, Joe.

Lovely party, Mrs. Daly.

Oh, I'm glad you like it, Mr. Daly.

Have you, uh, spoken to Michael yet?

No. He asked me if you'd talk to a lawyer. I told him I didn't know.

No, I, uh... I haven't.

He suggested that we, uh...

Did we separate for a while before filing the actual papers?

I suppose they always try to keep the parties together.

Yes, I suppose they do.

Kate, I wonder...

Oh, excuse me.

Very nice.

Michael.

Don't look so glum. It isn't the end of the world, you know.

You know, Catherine, it's a funny thing.

I've been handing divorce cases for 25 years, but I've never yet gotten used to

the idea that it could happen to friends of mine.

Well, then, we're in the same boat.

I can't seem to get used to the idea that it's happening to me.

Now, if you feel that way, don't you think you ought to consider it? I think

better put that back on the wall before you impale someone with it. No,

Catherine. Excuse me, Michael, dear.

Be right back.

Maria. Don't scream, Miss Daly.

You're not a child.

Take this, ma 'am.

Now you go right on ahead of me, ma 'am.

Go on.

Freeze, Mr. Daly.

Now, I'd be much obliged, ladies and gentlemen, if you'll just take your

and your jewels and hand them to Miss Daly here as we pass them on you.

That's it. Just drop them right in the bag there.

That's very nice of you. Thank you very much.

Thank you, ma 'am. That's very nice of you.

Much obliged, sir.

Right on around here, Ms. Daly.

Mr. Daly.

Out in the bucket there, sir.

That's very nice. Thank you very much, sir.

Thank you, ma 'am. That's very nice of you.

Thank you, sir.

Ms. Daly.

Just here.

Very nice. Thank you very much.

There, ma 'am.

Very much, that's very nice of you.

Bailey, here you go.

Can you make it?

Catherine,

anyone sets foot out of this house, and the lady's dead.

Didn't move.

Move!

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Anne Baxter, Steve Einat,

Arthur Franz.

Tonight's episode, Region of Peril.

On the morning of December 6th, the car used by the abductors of Mrs. Joseph

Daly was found abandoned in New Mexico, just across the Arizona state line, 45

miles south of the Daly Ranch.

A second set of tire tracks indicated that at this point, the kidnappers might

have transferred their victim to another vehicle.

Although there was no sign of violence, the investigating officer was able to

find evidence that Mrs. Daly had been in the area.

A single diamond earring had been dropped in the dirt.

It's definitely Mrs. Daly's, Inspector.

Her husband identified it this morning.

You've had a chance to examine the car yourself?

Yes.

Hello, Chano. I'm San Pablo.

Could you tell which direction the second car took?

It continued south for about a mile and a half to County Highway 14, then turned

west toward Tucson.

Were those dirt roads?

follow the tire marks so far.

Well, the kidnappers ran off onto the shoulders several times.

Well, suppose this is a deliberate attempt at misdirection on their part.

What are their chances of crossing into Mexico?

Poor. Both sides of the border are well patrolled in that area. Could they have

gone east?

Well, again, Mr. Ward, it's not very likely. That's primarily desert country,

few mountains, no roads, no water.

You've alerted the Mexican authorities?

Yes.

Well, let's start an air search over the ground to the east, too.

I'll be out there by noon your time.

Yes, sir.

Home about 11 .30.

I better get going. I don't want to hold you up.

You won't hold anybody up. Just don't fret about it.

Sure went off just like clockwork, didn't it, Frank?

She sure did.

Where'd you bury the woman?

the woman's still alive.

That's... That's a mistake.

That's... That's a mistake.

You kill that woman, yeah?

They won't know.

They'll think you still got a hostage to keep the distance.

Where's Tony?

Tony took the other car and picked Linda up in Barstow.

Now you kill that...

Kill that woman, you hear me?

You hear me?

You don't want to pay any attention to him, Mrs. Daly.

He's delirious.

Listen.

My father's an oil man.

I can give you his address.

He'll give you any ransom you want.

But see, ma 'am, we didn't take you for ransom.

We don't have time for that.

You were just insurance, so nobody would follow us.

Please, don't kill me. Please, please don't kill me.

Mrs. Daly.

There's the one I ought to kill for spooking you like that.

All right, I'll tell you the truth.

We talked about it.

We talked about it, we did.

I mean, we had the whole thing timed out pretty tight.

Tony, he was...

Going to lead the police off on a wild goose chase to L .A.

Al and me would hike out into the desert.

Got a plane heading out there.

We figured you wouldn't be able to keep up anyways.

I would.

I would.

I was born here.

I know the desert.

I'm even a licensed pilot.

Where are you going?

Mexico? Mm -hmm.

Helped out on the trip.

I could help out.

And after you landed, you could let me go.

And then I could find my way home later, later on.

Could you find a place up here called Silver Mesa, Mrs. Daly?

Silver Mesa.

Well, not at night, but in the daytime, I think I could.

See, I don't know the desert at all.

Al's the guide.

So you might say that our lives kind of depend on each other, don't they?

I mean, Val doesn't make it.

What about the insurance, Uncle Will? Any possibility of collusion on Daly's

part?

I looked into his financial background. He's sovereign.

He's a millionaire ten times over.

Any ransom notes?

Nothing yet.

We had a few crank calls to Daly and to us.

One might be significant.

A woman in Barstow telephoned the resident agent.

She claimed she saw a woman in an evening gown struggling with three men

gray Fairlane sedan.

The agent asked for her name and address.

She just gave the license number, a California plate, and hung up.

What time did the call come in?

Six this morning.

A car traveling at normal speeds would have gone through Barstow about that

time.

A break in the case?

Or more misdirection?

There is one thing, Inspector, that made us wonder if this trio hadn't come from

Los Angeles.

An informant mentioned that an L .A. thief named Frank Padgett had been seen

the Tucson area.

Now, Padgett has been connected with a number of jewel robberies. He likes to

work with one or two helpers, particularly a man named Al Barnes.

And he has used stocking masks.

What else do we have on him, Will? Not much.

He's unmarried. He was a pilot in a war.

A pilot?

Yes.

Is he considered dangerous?

Yes, sir.

Homicidal. Power in the Near East.

Now for a look at the local news.

There was still no word today on the fate of Mrs. Joseph Daly, kidnapped

evening from her Arizona ranch home.

Police and FBI agents continue to search the area.

Homer persists that the kidnappers may have fled to California.

Prices continue to climb in the San Pablo area as a reflection of... So now

we've fled to California.

How about that, Al?

Make you feel safer?

Just leave them here like this.

All right.

Put some rocks out front.

Cover the open.

Keep the coyotes away.

Get ready. We're leaving.

All right, what's the matter?

I just don't see why I should lead you to your plane and just have you shoot me

in the head right there and leave me there.

I'm gonna die.

Might as well both die right here.

Now, what makes you think I'd do a thing like that?

Why should I think you wouldn't?

Because I told you, Mrs. Daly.

You see, with Al gone, I'm in what you might call a sort of a weakened

I admit it.

Now, I could kill you here and now, I guess.

Take my chances out there alone, but that just seems to me like cutting off

nose to spite my face.

On the other hand, I see your point.

You want to make sure I'll take you past, Silver Mason.

I'm probably gonna regret this to my dying day, but I'm gonna live over with

you.

You see, Al, he was my pilot, too.

How about that?

Without you, I'm really grounded, aren't I?

So come on, Kate.

You lead me to the plane, and when we get to Mexico, I swear I'll turn you

loose.

Okay?

Anyway, he must have circled around and he came through the back of the house.

He came through that door.

No one noticed him at first.

We were all looking at Peterson.

Then he yelled something and he fired.

What did he yell, Mr. Daly?

A name, I think.

Al.

Mr. Daly, several of the guests Mr. Chanahone spoke to...

commented on how somber your wife looked during the party. I was wondering, had

she had any premonitions of trouble? Had there been any threats, perhaps from

discharged servants?

No, not that she mentioned to me.

They said she looked somber.

Somber? Sad?

Reoccupied?

Well, we've... we've had certain personal problems.

We're not trying to pry into your affairs, Mr. Daly, but sometimes it

to know a kidnapped victim's mental and emotional attitude.

We lost our son about four years ago.

Or rather, my son, by my first marriage.

We never talked about it much, but it was always with us.

Do you mind telling us how it happened?

Catherine... accidentally killed him.

He was ten.

They wanted to fly to Denver to visit some friends.

Catherine had her on plane.

I didn't want them to go.

It was just about this time of year.

Yeah, December.

Anyway, they went.

A storm came up and they...

They crashed in the mountains.

A couple of days later, Catherine crawled down to one of the roads with

Mac in her arms.

He was dead.

The doctor said he would have made it if she hadn't picked him up.

The rescue party had already reached the plane.

Yes. Just a minute.

Lou.

Los Angeles.

Erskine. Hello, Lou. Durant.

Yes, Brian.

We found a 1967 gray Fairlane sedan listed in the barstow report.

Where? It had been left in front of a South Pasadena duplex.

One of the tenants noticed it when he drove to work this morning and called

police. They took one look at it and contacted us.

Any leaden prints?

Nothing so far.

The car might have been wiped clean.

But we did come up with one significant item.

Let me make a wild guess. A diamond earring?

Yeah.

Did anyone there actually see the car arrive?

Well, not the arrival itself.

But a woman in one of the apartments across the street saw a girl looking

the car around 9 a .m.

Could she give you a description?

Just that she was young, flashy.

She walked to the bus stop on the corner and sat down on the bench there.

The next time the witness looked... The girl was gone.

I've been trying to locate the bus driver who might have picked her up.

Have somebody meet me at the airport. I'm leaving now.

Will do.

Do you think you found the kidnapped car?

No, but I think we found the car that at least one of the kidnappers used, and

that's almost as important.

Keep as many flights over the desert as you can.

If they're out there, this is when they'll be moving.

Please, please, can I rest a minute?

I guess you should have wore a good, sensible pair of walking shoes to your

party, okay?

But just, just let me rest a minute.

You don't mind me calling you Kate, do you?

You afraid of me, Kate?

Yes.

Good.

You like your women scared, do you?

I like my women obedient.

A little fear generally helps in that direction.

Yeah.

I suppose it does.

That's why you and I get along so well, Kate.

I can trust you.

I'm not always afraid you're gonna run off and do some dumb thing on your own.

How'd you get so smart?

I learned my lesson once.

I ran off and did a dumb thing on my own.

Made your husband mad, huh?

So he put the fear of God into you, and you've been a good girl ever since.

Am I right?

Either that or I put the fear of God into myself, I really don't know.

That mountain lion, don't panic.

We'll see where he is.

What do we got you called?

I ran into a dead end so far as the bus drivers were concerned.

No one remembered picking up a girl at the South Pasadena stop.

So I thought I'd play a hunch, see if there'd been any cabs cruising in the

area. I found Mr. Gilroy.

Mr.

Gilroy? This is Inspector Erskine.

Hi. Mr. Gilroy?

I gather you picked up a fare and... South Pasadena, about 9 this morning?

Yes, sir.

She was a cute kid.

19, maybe 20 years old.

Where'd you take her?

Well, I took her to Colorado Boulevard.

She wanted to take a bus to Hollywood.

See, I got her address, if that'll help.

I mean, I think it's her address.

She was in a kind of a hurry. She forgot her magazine.

You cut your feet on the rocks, Kate.

I just followed the blood.

That's it.

Sooms? Yes.

FBI.

Hey, now, what'd you do, baby doll? Rob a bank or something?

What's your name?

Uh, Anthony Chandler.

We'd like to talk to you.

Perhaps you'd be more comfortable inside.

Uh, yeah, maybe we would.

Oh, honey, you have the keys, don't you? Oh, yeah, I left them in the car.

They're holding them.

Didn't you hear me back there on the bluff?

I said we couldn't waste any more time.

Couldn't take any more rests.

Couldn't play any more games.

Come on.

I can't walk.

You got the worst attitude I ever saw.

Always looking on the dark side.

How do you know you can't if you won't try?

You try, you can make it.

No.

No.

I'll bet you can.

No.

Come on, let's bet.

Now, I'll bet by the time I count to three, you'll find the strength key.

Okay?

Okay. One.

Two.

See, what did I tell you?

Who got you into this mess, Barnes or Padgett?

Padgett.

It was all his plan, his baby.

He thought of the earring bit, the second car, the phone call in Barstow.

Hey, uh, hey, you go easy on Linda, huh?

She just did what I told her.

Go on.

We stole a second car in Arizona.

Kept the Arizona plates on the top.

Then we got to Pasadena. Then I put on the stolen California plates so you

find it.

Was there a third car?

No.

You say they took the woman east into New Mexico.

Walked it.

There's no roads out there anyhow.

Where's the airplane hidden?

Under the Mesa.

That was Al's department. He and Paget are both flyers.

Al, he rented a plane on Monday and flew it to this spot he knew, and then he

hiked back alone.

How far away do you think the plane was from the way Vaughn spoke?

A good day's hike, maybe more. There was a mine just over on the New Mexico side

where they were going to rest, pick up the radio, canteen, whatever.

That's where...

That's where Padgett figured he could... Figured he could what?

Bury the woman.

Al said she'd just be a drag to him.

You said Padgett has a radio.

No, a weather report. News about the job.

There's this 24 -hour station.

KNZT.

They have a news broadcast every hour on the half hour.

Can you guys sing around?

Well, the same bad Kate, is it?

What do you suppose this was? Some prospectus, please?

Yeah. I sure wish you'd quit acting like I was going to haul off and kick you

any minute.

I'm sorry it's been such a rough trip. I really am.

I'm sorry you didn't have a better pair of shoes.

I'm sorry I didn't have a car for us.

here to toil with you, Kate.

All I want is to get to my plane.

That's all.

Now, if you fight me, we're both in trouble.

But if you cooperate, then we both make it.

How can it be any simpler?

You could have let me rest.

Well, I'll tell you the truth. I wasn't... Sure at first whether I could

you or not.

I mean, I wanted to make sure that you weren't leading me around in circles.

How are your feet?

Walking isn't over yet, Kate.

How much farther do you think it is now?

About ten miles.

Well, it could be worse.

I suppose it was fifty.

I just... I just can't do it.

Sure you can, Kate.

We'll take it slow.

Communicate with her. What are you talking about? How? You don't even know

she is.

We know she's in the desert, somewhere east of the state line.

We know the men she's with have a radio.

We know the station they'll be listening to, and we know what time they'll be

listening. But even if she's alive, even if you broadcast 24 hours a day from

every station in the Southwest, what could you possibly tell her that could

help? You realize, Mr. Daly, that if she's alive, it's only because of her

as a guide.

Padgett can't get through that desert without her or Barnes.

Then you'd think Barnes is dead, huh? Dead or immobilized at least. All right,

all right.

But what are we going to say on these broadcasts? Dear Catherine, this is your

FBI. Would you please hit Padgett over the head when he isn't looking and run?

We're going to try to arrange a place where we can all meet. Where you can...

I've got a detailed map of the area.

Excuse me.

I talked to a pilot who knows this country. He said there are half a dozen

places that... Barnes could have hidden the plane.

They'd all be in this section.

The terrain both north and south is either too rough for takeoff or too

for camouflage.

Mr. Daly, what's this Tiburon Wells?

Oh, they're all dried up now.

Hasn't been any water there for 20 years.

Centrally located.

I assume your wife speaks Spanish.

Oh, yes, yes.

Is she familiar with Tiburon Wells?

Certainly.

I'll tell you what we'll do, then.

We'll translate this loosely into English. Call it, what, Shark Hollow?

Good. Inspector, I don't understand what you're talking about. Well, Mr. Daly,

we're going to devise a code, a message that your wife will understand in words

that won't mean anything to Padgett.

We're going to ask her to change direction and lead him to Tiburon Wells

of to his plane.

But if he finds out she's trying to trap him... Well, Mr. Daly...

If she takes him to his plane, there's no doubt as to what will happen, is

there? He's a pilot, he won't need her anymore, and he'll certainly kill her.

Inspector, it won't work.

I know Kate.

She'll be too scared to try to trap him.

Then it's up to us to see that she does try, isn't it?

Because it's the only chance she's got.

What happened?

You don't care for my new type alarm clock, okay?

Well, a little visitor.

A cheese -eating guest.

A mouse?

A rat.

What? Where?

Oh, don't worry, he's gone.

I didn't hit him, but I sure feared he might have a couple years of growth.

Come on, you miserable.

Is it broken?

It's a shame, too, that you had your husband on.

My husband?

What do you mean? Who had him on?

The news.

It started in about 2 .30 this morning.

What kind of interview? It must have been on tape.

I thought you might have got a kick out of hearing him.

They fight it every 15 minutes or so.

What, uh... What did he say?

Was he worried?

Well, when you and him were first married, we used to live in Shark

Lived where?

Shark Hollow.

Yeah, we had each other.

I'll never forget the day we moved in.

Catherine came to me and she said,

But Joe, what in the world did you bring me here for? There's nothing here but a

couple of wells.

Of course, that was before they dried up.

So what did you say then, Mr. Daly?

I told her her friends would be coming, that she'd have help, you know.

Yes. I said that the very fact that she could speak Spanish would be a lifesaver

at Shark Hollow.

No, no, wait.

Please. So I said, Kate, do this one thing for me.

Try.

And I said...

heard most of it.

It's just the same thing over and over again.

Those were the good old days.

Do you ever like to go back to Shark Hollow?

Mrs. Hobb, go ahead.

Well, we finally found the right mine.

Barnes is dead.

And the woman?

There's no sign of her, but the indications are that she and Padgett

together. The tracks disappear about a quarter mile to the east.

Well, at least we know she was alive yesterday.

Still quiet at the wells?

Still quiet.

Wait. I know it's tough, Kate, but we can't stop here. There's no place to

if the planes come over.

Get up, Kate.

Can't be much farther now, can it?

No.

Well, then, come on.

This way.

I thought you said it was straight on to the slash in the hill.

This way.

Okay.

It's harder ground to cover, but it's shorter.

How long should it take us then?

At the outside?

Half an hour.

An hour if we go straight ahead.

You know what'll happen to you if you're lying to me?

Just trying to keep me out here?

Yes. No, I mean, do you really know?

Have I made it clear enough to you that you'd run out of options?

Okay, I'll give you half an hour.

And 15 more minutes to boot.

And if we haven't found that plane by then, I'll kill you.

Do you understand that?

Yes.

You still want to take the shortcut?

I don't know whether this will work, Inspector, if she'd heard.

It's been a half hour.

Almost there.

Doesn't look much like the way I'll describe it.

Well, it's... You see it?

It gets more level.

Up behind those big rocks.

All right. You got 15 more minutes.

Uh -huh.

Joe, will you please stop fussing?

I'm fine. I'm a big girl. No problems.

You can say that again.

Then you didn't hear the broadcast until morning, Mrs. Daly.

No. No, that's right.

And you see, after I saw he was finally going to let me sleep for a little

while, I couldn't think of anything else.

And when I finally got around to listening, I thought you were crazy.

Shark hollow. Now, whose idea was that?

Theirs. It was your husband who thought of the interview.

He thought you might respond more quickly to a voice you recognize.

Yes, I did.

I thought it was time we started to communicate again, no matter how far

we'd been.

And we weren't so far apart after all, were we?

Frank Padgett and Anthony Chandler were convicted of kidnapping in federal

court. Both received life sentences.

Linda Soames was sentenced to five years in prison for her part in the

kidnapping conspiracy.

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