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Anything wrong with the drink, miss?

I'm just feeling strange.

Don't worry. I'm sure I'll be fine in a minute or two.

Have you, gentlemen, decided yet?

What is it, miss? What's wrong?

Is there someplace I could lie down?

Here, let me help you.

What happened?

She started to faint.

Lee, if I could just lie down for a while. Oh, of course.

Call the doctor. Oh, no, no. I know it's nothing serious. If I could just rest

here a while, I'm sure I'll be fine.

You've been very kind.

Thank you.

Well, you sure you'll be all right?

Well, alone at last.

All right. Everything in the safe. Go on.

Move.

Feeling better? Yes, and thank you.

Don't hold out.

They wouldn't be very smart.

Oh, and don't try to follow me.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

William Reynolds.

With guest stars Tom Skerritt.

Penny Fuller.

Tonight's episode, The Deadly Species.

On the afternoon of September 5th, a New Orleans restaurant was held up and

robbed. The fact that the robbery was perpetrated by a woman suggested several

suspects to local police, including Jean Margaret Scott, an escapee from a

woman's prison in Texas.

Since Jean Scott was already the subject of an FBI identification order, her

picture was on file with the New Orleans Police Department.

The restaurant manager and other witnesses identified Jean Scott.

as the hold -up woman.

What's she done now?

She's been identified in the hold -up of a restaurant here a few hours ago.

I suppose there'll be publicity about my being her sister.

I'll have to think of my family first.

What do you want to know?

We appreciate your cooperation, Mrs. Marshall.

When did you last hear from her?

Last night. It was nearly 12. Woke us out of a sound sleep.

Why did she call?

To see if I knew where her ex -husband and son were.

And what did you tell her?

That I hadn't heard from John in years.

You know, he divorced her. That was nearly eight years ago.

When she went to prison the first time.

He took little Tommy with him.

There was a man with her in the robbery.

Do you know who he is?

She did mention that she was just passing through with a... Charlie.

Charlie Claiborne, that was it.

Did she say where they were going?

Here we are, talking about this criminal you're trying to catch.

She's my baby sister.

I looked after her when our parents died.

I tried the best I could, but I wasn't much more than a child myself.

She was always getting into trouble.

I was the one who pushed her to marry John.

I figured that would be the end of it.

Would you let us know if you hear from her again?

Britt, will you stop that?

Stop it. Eat your sandwich.

I ain't so hungry right now.

Well, eat it anyway.

Ham and cheese.

Hey, you know what I've been thinking?

No, what?

I've been thinking that me and you could really make folks around here sit up

and take notice.

We could hit some big jobs. I got a million ideas and you'd fit in just

I can just imagine land right back in jail.

Hey, no way.

As long as we keep moving, change cars like we have been, we'll always stay one

jump ahead of the law.

What's the matter? Don't you buy it?

It's that kid of yours again, isn't it?

How about paying some attention to me?

Oh, poor boy.

Come on now, you can do better than that.

Hey, listen.

If you and me are going to be a team, we've got to have a whole lot better

understanding. You can stop worrying, Red.

Because we're not going to be a team.

Hey, cut that out.

That's a bad joke.

Hey, come on now. Quit getting around.

Who's kidding?

Give me the keys to the car, Red.

Oh, give me that.

The keys, Red.

You're just going to take off?

Leave me out here?

What about the money from the restaurant?

What about my share?

Forget it. I'm going to need it.

All of it.

You're going to have to find yourself another partner.

Pardon?

Yeah, that's the guy.

You're sure he's the one who drove off with the girl? Yeah, I'm positive. I

because I remember wondering, why would a guy hang around a restaurant parking

lot for 45 minutes?

I thought he got stood up.

Thanks, you've been a big help. Yeah, you bet.

Mr. Ward.

Yes, Art.

Lewis, the Little Rock office just located Scott's getaway car.

It was abandoned in a state park just across the Arkansas line.

Did the name check and photograph of Claiborne pay off?

The parking attendant here identified him as the man who was with her.

Fine, fine.

Do you have an address yet on him in Dallas?

Not yet. We're working on it.

You better get down there right away, Lewis, and see what you can find out.

I'll let the office there know you're on the way.

Right, Art.

Yeah? Yeah?

Oh.

If it isn't my favorite client.

Real nice to see you again, Scott.

You know, you're not the easiest person in the world to find.

Yeah.

I was sure surprised to hear you were looking for me.

But, uh...

You're full of surprises.

What's that supposed to mean?

Oh, nothing.

Just that I hear the FBI is interested in you.

Well, it's nice to be loved.

Oh, excuse me.

Have a seat, miss.

There's just one thing I want to know from you. Have you found my son yet?

Well, I guess you know, uh...

Me and the middle end detective agency split company a while back. Well, spare

me the details.

Well, I was working on your case right up until the agency discovered the real

reason your husband got that divorce.

They made me drop it.

A couple of weeks later, I quit.

You mean you haven't even been looking for them?

Look, Miss Scott, I could probably wrap up your case in less than a week.

But I mean, your retainer went to Midland.

I was just on salary there.

So how much will it cost me to have you keep looking?

Well, it's an out -of -town case. That runs it up a little.

I get a bill a day plus expenses.

A hundred dollars is more than the agency was getting.

Okay. Look, I've got a hundred, and I'll pay my own expenses.

How's that?

Plus travel. I mean... I gotta reimburse for my travel.

I tell you what, Mr. Jennings.

Flat deal.

500 now, 500 when you find him.

Plus travel.

Well, I don't... Okay, okay, you got it.

Sure as night's seeing you again.

Hey, listen.

You don't have to rush off.

What do you say we have a drink?

Get better clinkers.

I'll be moving around, so how do I get in touch with you?

Well, I figure they're somewhere up around Lincoln, Nebraska.

Call me at the Fourth Street Motel in Lincoln in a couple of days.

And if I'm not there, I'll leave a number where I can be reached.

You'll be hearing from me.

You, what have you got?

Claiborne's landlord said he got back his old job with the sandblasting crew.

He'd be gone for work by the time we got there.

Which one is he?

One up on the scaffold, this side in the blue jeans.

U .S. Attorney in New Orleans has authorized an unlawful flight warrant

arrest.

Let's go.

I don't know.

Maybe if I work on the timing, go over the valves and lifters again.

Quit kidding yourself. We need a new engine.

I know what we need, Billy boy.

I'm talking what we can get.

Not a new engine.

Can't even make qualifying time.

Look, don't be such a pessimist.

I've rebuilt this thing before and I can do it again.

We're going to win some races, Bill.

We've just got to.

Gonna be our year, huh, partner?

You play with the engine. I'm gonna go play with that

bird over there.

Bill Leonard.

Now don't tell me we met before. I'd remember that.

You're a racing fan, right?

Nope. We have a mutual friend.

Who? A girl named Angie Pierce.

She told me a lot about you.

Angie.

Last I heard of her, she was in prison.

She's still there. That's where I met her.

What are you doing there? A little social work?

What I was doing was five to ten.

Hmm.

So you got out and came here with a message from Angie?

No, she doesn't know I'm here.

I don't get it.

She talked about you all the time. Sounded interesting.

I thought I'd come and see for myself.

What do you think?

I think she was right.

You come right on, don't you?

It's the only way to fly.

You gonna buy me a drink or do I have to sit here all day?

Anything

you

say may be used against you and you have the right to an attorney.

Do you waive your rights to remain silent?

Why not?

I tell you, the sorry stay of my life, the day I let that witch get her hooks

me. What happened? Did she run out on you?

But not before she came within a skinny inch of drilling me full of holes.

Do you know where she was going?

I guess she's out looking for her kid.

Boy, she hasn't even seen in years.

She's got some detective agency working on it.

Trying to track him and her ex -husband down.

What's the name of the agency?

I don't know.

It's in Kansas City.

Do you know the investigator's name?

Yeah, it's Jensen or Jenner or something like that.

Did she talk about what she plans to do, if and when she finds him?

Yeah.

She's going to steal her kid back.

Smuggle him out of the country.

That's why she's been pulling these holdups.

Get enough money together to take her kid away someplace.

All right, Claiborne, that's all for now.

Inspector, any of this helps you catch up with that little gal.

You be sure and tell our old Red Claiborne to help get her busted.

Well... Angie didn't tell me you had a sense of humor.

What did she tell you?

That you were... different.

Am I?

You are.

So are you.

How?

Well, I... I have mixed feelings about you.

And only some of them are good.

Okay, what's on your mind, Scotty?

I'm looking for someone to team up with.

Well, what's that supposed to mean?

I mean, thanks, but no thanks.

What, are you going to go back and play with your car?

That's a lot better in jail.

Had enough of that.

Maybe you had the wrong partner.

Then again, maybe I was wrong about you.

You probably are better off where you are.

Might have been nice.

Honestly, I'm just scared to death of guns, but I live alone, and I've been

thinking of buying a small gun to keep in my apartment.

Certainly. If you'd like, I'll be happy to offer a suggestion or two.

Now, here's a real nice item.

It's a .38 police special.

That's as good a gun as anybody can want.

Here.

See how it peels in your hand?

Well, is it loaded?

Oh, no. None of our guns are ever loaded.

Oh, wow.

It's so heavy.

I think I need two hands just to lift it. Well, actually, that's not a bad way

to shoot a pistol, with two hands. A lot of your real fine pistol shots do it

that way.

Yeah?

I don't know.

Do you have something lighter?

Mm -hmm.

Now, here's one they call the detective model.

This is the same gun as that one, only with a two -inch barrel. I'll be with

in just a minute, sir.

Now, give that one a try.

This is much better.

Now, will you show me how to hold it?

Well, yeah.

Put your finger on the trigger, just like that. Put your other hand like so.

Now, stiffen your elbows so your arms are straight.

Now, pull back the hammer with your thumb.

Now, with your thumb.

Until it clicks.

Now, take a real fine aim and just squeeze up.

Is that all there is to it? That's all.

Now, if you're interested, I can make you a real nice deal on that particular

item. Oh, well, I'm interested.

In fact, I'll take it.

In fact, we'll take both of them.

Hey, don't end that thing. Even an unloaded gun, you shouldn't.

Six more of these in this gun, mister.

We're, uh, together.

We want the guns, we want ammunition, and naturally we wouldn't want to leave

any loose cash lying around. See what he's got in the register.

Now, what was that part about squeezing it off?

Come on, let's get out of here.

right in, gentlemen.

Please take a seat.

Jennings is the man you're looking for.

Lou Victor Jennings.

He was one of our investigators, but he resigned about a month ago.

Where is he now?

He left town the last I heard, but I don't know where he went.

May we see your file on the Gene Scott case, please?

Of course.

Gene, here.

Now, let's see.

Oh, yes, that, uh... That was an investigation to locate her ex -husband

son.

According to Jennings' report, the husband changed his name and moved away

Kansas City.

He had information they located in or around Lincoln, Nebraska, but he

pin it down any finer than that.

Do you know what name the ex -husband's using now?

Nothing on that. I'm sorry.

Yes?

Oh, all right.

Call for you on my private line, Inspector. You can take it here.

Thank you.

Erskine. Lewis.

Gene Scott has been identified in a holdup of a gun shop in Des Moines,

man who's with her on the job.

Has he been identified?

Not yet.

You'd better get right out there.

You're sure, Mr. Jennings? You're sure it's them?

Well, look, you stay right where you are, and I'll get up there as soon as I

can.

Right.

You give where, and who's Jennings?

The private detective I hired to find my little boy.

And he did it until he found him in Lincoln.

Well, that's terrific.

Now you're going to go running off to Lincoln to get your kid, huh?

Guess again, Scotty.

If you knew how long I waited, it's been seven years.

I haven't seen him since he was a little boy. He's six years old.

You just waited seven years. You can wait a couple more days.

We got plans here in Omaha, remember?

I had the big ideas. You came to me, right?

You want to walk out on me? No way, baby.

I said no way.

Hey.

You come on pretty strong yourself, you know that?

You ain't seen nothing yet, baby.

Try walking out on me again, you'll see.

You really mean it, don't you?

You better believe it.

Okay, you're right.

We'll pull the job tomorrow.

I'm gonna need all the money I can get my hands on when I do have my kid.

I'll call Jennings and tell him I'll be up day after tomorrow.

Yeah, that's better.

Hey, Bill?

Hmm?

Have you ever thought of settling down with the family?

Why?

Hi. Can I do you a favor of something?

Amos Wick? Yeah.

We were the FBI.

You phoned our office that you had information about the gun shop robbery?

That's right.

I did.

That Gene Scott you fellas are looking for, I can tell you who her partner was.

A guy named Bill Leonard, my ex -partner.

How do you know?

I saw her the day she picked him up out there at the rate track.

Then a couple of days later, I see this picture in the paper and read where she

just knocked over a gun shop here in town with some unidentified guy.

Well, it was Bill Leonard.

William T.

You look him up. He's been in trouble before down in Texas.

Got a record mugshot on him down there, I bet.

Do you know where we can find him?

He moved out of his room.

I haven't seen him since he took off with that female Jesse James.

You know, we could have won some races.

I mean, he had the makings of a darn good driver.

Instead, he takes off, leaves me with a bunch of bills to pay.

That jerk.

Well, if he should contact you, would you get in touch with us right away?

Don't worry, I will.

Let me see Mr. Edwards.

Mr. Edwards, you'd better come with me. Yes, what is it?

We may have some trouble, sir. A lady apparently had an accident at the stand.

She claims she caught a heel on a broken step. Says she's going to sue. Sue? She

won't even let the doctor treat her. Well, we'll see about that. Thank you.

Hello, I'm Mr. Edwards, the track manager.

Can I help you, miss?

Mr. Edwards.

You're gonna be a bigger help than you ever dreamed All right over there

Holly get on the floor except mr. Edwards and get your hands behind your

I gotta get to Janelle.

I'm back, George.

Hands on your head.

Come on.

All right, get down.

Put your hand behind your back.

All right.

All the bills, no change.

That's him.

If you want to know, he didn't scare me half as much as that Scott woman.

I swear she was just hoping for somebody to give her an excuse to open up with

that gun.

How much did they get?

Around $30 ,000, all in small bills.

Excuse me. Sure.

Mr. Ward just called. We've located Gene Scott's ex -husband and son.

They're living in Lincoln, and they're using the name Denton.

Where is he? You said he'd be here. Slow down. What do you think, I have him in

my back pocket or something?

First the bread, then the kid.

What? I said the money you owe me. Five bills, remember?

Where is he?

On the tennis court, right there.

Tommy? Yes?

Tommy, how are you?

Okay.

How come you know my name?

Well, I guess I know it better than anybody.

I gave it to you.

Did you know who I am?

Well, um...

I know this is going to be hard for you to believe, but I'm your mother.

That's right, Tommy. I am. I really am.

Oh, Tommy, baby, I've waited so long.

I spent years looking for you.

And now I've found you. And nobody will ever take you away from me again.

We're going away. We live somewhere.

Thousands of miles from here and you could have everything you ever wanted.

Please, I have to go. Oh, we'll be so happy.

Jean, leave him alone.

Tommy, come here.

Leave him alone.

Tommy, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Let's go home, Dad, can't we? Sure.

You did this.

You made him hate me.

You spoiled it.

You spoiled everything.

Who was it that spoiled everything, Jean?

No,

Scott. Let me love him. I'm going to get my son. With a gun?

Get in the car. No, he's mine. Get in the car. He belongs to me.

Not anymore, he doesn't.

Get in.

Mr. Denton?

Yes?

We were the FBI.

Could we talk to you privately?

Why don't you run on inside, son? I'll see you in a minute.

I don't want to leave him alone too long. He just had a rather rough

His mother?

I just saw her at Northside Park not more than 30 minutes ago.

She wanted to take Tommy away with her.

Is she still there, do you know?

No, she drove off.

Did she say where she was going?

No.

What about the car?

It was a new fastback, kind of a medium blue.

She had a man with it.

You picked a bad time for a joke.

Joke?

It's a joke, baby. Little mother looking for a boy with a gun in her hand.

I'm leaving.

But, Bill, I love you. Oh, really?

Bill, that money is just a start. I mean, we can make a real bundle and we

go away, just the two of us. Not with me, baby.

Bill, I never wanted anyone before.

But with you...

It's different.

Please.

What do I want with a screwball like you?

There's a lot of sweet young things out there.

But no hang -ups.

Don't go. Please don't walk out on me now.

I need you. Please.

Inspector, the car parked in the lot answers the description all right.

And the parking lot attendant identified their photographs, too.

Leonard just called the desk.

He's on his way down to check out.

Clear the lobby.

Would you and the telephone operator mind moving in the back room, please?

Hi, Leonard. You're under arrest.

When you walked out that door a few minutes ago, I said to myself, well,

that's it, baby.

There's no use in going on anymore.

Isn't that crazy?

Bill, I couldn't take it if you left me.

Everything that's ever happened to me has been so rotten.

I used to think it's my fault.

Everyone can't wait to get away from me.

My own folks, my own mother and father, they died just to get away from me.

I'm so tired of fighting.

I want someone to stay.

I want someone to care.

I want just you and Tommy and me.

I want something that's mine.

I want someone who belongs

to me.

that you came back, Bill.

You won't be sorry.

You'll see.

I almost forgot.

We have to pick up Tommy.

My little boy.

You see, we're planning to take a trip.

Just the three of us.

Bill, Tommy, and me.

Oh, I'm a lucky girl.

I have two handsome men in my life.

Jean Margaret Scott was returned to the custody of penal authorities in Texas,

where she was afforded psychiatric care until such time as she was able to

complete her original sentence.

Robbery detainers were placed against her in Louisiana, Iowa, Nebraska.

Charles Bryant Claiborne and William Leonard were tried in state courts and

found guilty of armed robbery.

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