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By the 30th.

Now, if Rayburn is unable to supply the raw materials by then, have the legal

department bring action against them for breach of contract.

Four, tell Tony I looked into the plans for the Ohio River factory and I agree

with him.

Let's go ahead.

Five, on that bond issue.

I got a surprise for you, officer. No alibi. I was speeding and I'm sorry.

John Graham?

Hey, what's the pitch?

This him?

Yeah.

Get in the car, Mr. Graham.

Now, wait a minute. I got $200 in here. I presume this is a holdup. Now, what do

you want me for?

A very good question.

It must not be a holdup.

Get in the car.

The FBI.

A Gwen Martin production starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Russell Johnson, Martin Sheen,

John Kerr, and Edward Asner as Walter Gretzler.

Tonight's episode, The Dynasty.

The son of one of America's richest and most prominent industrialists had been

kidnapped.

Shortly before sunrise on Saturday, September 16th, officers of the Illinois

Highway Patrol found an abandoned sports car on a secondary road near the

Indiana border.

It had been stripped of wheels, radio, and all other valuable instruments and

components. The vehicle was registered to John C. Graham of Flemington,

Illinois, a Chicago suburb.

Graham, a bachelor, had not returned home from his office the previous night,

although this was not considered unusual by his maid.

What had worried her, however, was the arrival that morning of a letter

addressed to Graham's father.

Marshal Graham's vacationing in Europe right now, so the officer took the

to the family attorney.

He opened it and then called us.

I wanted the lab and the identification division to see it as soon as possible.

Yes?

Oh, Lewis, come on in.

WSAC Chicago, don't you? Of course.

Nice to see you, Inspector.

Well, we've got a major case on our hands, Lewis.

John Graham's been kidnapped.

Here's a teletax summary and the ransom note.

Is this Marshall Graham's grandson?

Our son.

His youngest son. He's the working head of the parent organization right now.

Marshall's retired.

The oldest son, Philip, started a new business and made millions on his own.

$300 ,000 for John.

Go to add John Wright to Dad.

Have you talked to the father yet?

He's on his way back from Europe now. He'll be landing in O 'Hare tonight.

The attorney told us he's promised to cooperate with us in every way possible.

We've assured them that we'll stay well in the background until after Graham's

son has been returned.

Is Philip with him?

No, sir. Philip and his father haven't spoken to each other for almost ten

years. We contacted Philip in Seattle.

He'll be flying into Chicago late this afternoon, staying at the Lenox.

He's already asked to talk to the agent in charge of the case.

Cecil, uh, you say here the car was stripped.

Yes, they took everything they could carry, right down to and including the

wheels.

Who are they?

Well, we don't know.

I wouldn't think the kidnappers would want to waste the time.

Might have been kids.

This is postmarked Gary, Indiana.

Where did the abduction take place?

On a back country road on the Illinois -Indiana border.

South of Chicago and Gary, but close to both cities.

How did Graham happen to be on it? It was the road he usually took home from

work. Are there any houses around there?

One or two farms.

Tom, why don't you try a few discreet interviews?

I agree with Arthur. I think kids are our best bet as far as the vandalism is

concerned.

Professionals probably would have taken the whole car.

$300 ,000.

No dates mentioned, no deadlines, and no promise to send him back alive.

Are they being casual, or do you think they've killed him already?

Come in, Norm.

Is it in there?

No.

He's fine. You don't have to worry about him.

What's he breathing so hard for?

Who knows?

Sinus trouble.

He'll be all right.

I thought maybe you gave him too many sleeping pills.

Hey, Norm, when your dad and I were kids, he used to say to me, Walt, if

afraid of the dips, don't get on the roller coaster.

Yeah, yeah.

I know.

Listen, Walt,

why didn't they put the ad in yet?

What do we do if he dies?

What do you mean, if he dies?

Well, I mean, what if he has a heart attack or something?

There's a shovel.

The floor is dirt. What's the problem?

I don't think I could touch him.

Oh, sure you could.

No, I couldn't touch my folks in the funeral parlor.

You were a little kid, four or five years old. That was a long time ago.

You know what I used to think about you?

What?

Well, let me ask you, why did you keep sending me money all those years?

I don't know.

You were my brother's kid.

You know what I used to think about you?

What?

Huh?

Did you ever read Pinocchio?

Man, I never read nothing unless they serialized it in the San Quentin News.

Well, there was this man named Geppetto, and he built a puppet, Pinocchio.

And Pinocchio thought that Geppetto was his father, and Geppetto kept sending

him money all the time, you know?

Yeah.

Well, when you came in here last month, that's the first thing I thought of.

Geppetto.

What did you think when I told you I wanted you to help me kidnap him?

I didn't.

I mean, I guess I figured you knew what you were doing.

Listen, Walt, we won't have to kill him, will we?

We might.

But don't worry about it.

You won't need to lay a hand on him.

I'll do the job myself.

Philip Graham?

Yes, that's right.

FBI, Mr. Graham. I'm Inspector Eskin.

Oh, yes. Come in, please.

Thank you.

I just got here. I've been unpacking a few things. Oh, well, please go ahead.

Come in.

Thank you.

Do you have a seat, please?

All right.

Let's talk about our problem.

What has the FBI got so far?

A ransom note made up of words and letters cut out of newspapers.

pasted on ordinary dime store paper, no fingerprints.

Your brother's car, stripped by vandals.

Fingerprints on that?

Yes, several.

Now, Mr. Erskine, you said you were an inspector, so I take it you've worked on

major kidnappings before.

How would you say this case stacks up in terms of number of clues available?

I'd say there are probably more than usual.

So you fully expect to capture the kidnapper sooner or later?

Oh, yes.

How soon?

How late?

As soon as possible, after your brother's been returned.

So that's the important factor, his return.

His safe return.

Yes.

Would you like a drink?

No, thank you. Mind if I have one?

Of course not.

Please.

I suppose my father has decided to pay the ransom.

So I understand.

Well, he must be very worried.

He's always loved John.

John was the son who stayed home.

John... John obeyed him.

He always thought that John and I hated each other, but we don't.

Just that we never had anything in common.

John always tried to please him.

Well, so did I, I suppose.

Only I could never do anything I couldn't live with just to please him.

the difference.

Mr. Erskine, I have a theory.

I'm convinced that the payment or non -payment of ransom in a kidnap case

doesn't make a dime's worth of difference to the outcome. Am I right?

You see, Mr. Graham, when you're involved with kidnappers, you're dealing

kind of human nitroglycerin.

There's no way to predict what persons like that are out to do.

Well, let me put it this way.

Is the payment of ransom any guarantee that the victim will be returned alive?

No.

All right, you've told me you intend to capture these criminals sooner or later.

Suppose we tell them the same thing.

Suppose I promise to pour a million dollars into tracking them down if they

my brother.

Suppose we make it absolutely pointless for them to kill him.

Wouldn't we, in effect, be forcing them to let him go?

There'd be no guarantee of that either.

But if I could get my father to agree...

Would the FBI object to the withholding of ransom?

Not if that was the family's choice.

But, um... From what I've heard of your father, I, um...

Excuse me.

Hello?

Yes, just a moment.

Erskine.

Marshal Graham's plane landed a few minutes ago.

Good. Have you had a chance to talk with him?

He hasn't disembarked yet.

Why not?

I don't know.

Wait a minute, Lou.

Let me get back to you. Something's wrong.

FBI, what's going on?

Sick passenger aboard.

You know his name? Marshall Graham.

Well, the steward of the city was evidently under some sort of extreme

during the whole trip.

He had a stroke while they were landing.

He can't say a word.

All right, under the circumstances, I think you'd better... Hold on a minute.

It's a pleasure. It's Colby.

How's Graham?

He's alive, still paralyzed.

Oh, and by the way, Philip's gone back to the hotel to shower and shave. He

he'd be back in a few minutes.

Sorry, Tom. Go ahead.

Lou, we've located most of the heavier items taken from John Graham's car.

Where? An old shed about a mile north of the scene of the kidnapping.

There's, uh, no sign of the thieves.

We have the approaches in the shed under surveillance.

How'd you happen to find it?

One of the farm boys we talked to, uh, had taken a... Rear view mirror away

his little brother.

It was Graham's. When we asked him where he'd gotten it, he led us to the shed.

He'd stumble across it on his way home from school.

Did the boy have any idea who the thieves were?

No idea.

All right, continue the surveillance and follow anyone who shows up.

Yes, sir.

Inspector.

Inspector, any word?

No, I'm sorry.

This is my father's attorney, Daryl Sloan.

Inspector Erskine? Mr.

Morrow. I called the doctor just before I left the hotel. He said my father was

conscious.

Yes.

Have you spoken with him, Inspector?

I saw him for a few minutes. I explained who I was and what was happening.

As far as I could tell, his mind seems clear.

Can he talk?

Not yet.

Well, I suppose I can go ahead with the negotiations on my own.

If cash should be a problem, because if he can't sign his name, I imagine you

could provide the $300 ,000, couldn't you, Philip?

I'd like to see him now.

Of course.

Just

a

minute, Inspector. Something I'd like to tell you.

The last time I saw him, he was in bed, too.

He had a cold. He was home from work.

He ordered me to rehire a man I'd fired for incompetence.

I wouldn't do it.

So he picked up the phone and he rehired him back himself.

I left that night.

That was ten years ago.

I tried to see you last night, but they wouldn't let anybody in.

I talked to the doctor this morning, and he tells me your paralysis will

improve.

With time and work.

Maybe a matter of years, but it'll improve.

There's no further word about John, Mr. Graham.

They appear to be waiting for the family to make the next move.

I'll put the ad in the Chicago Post today.

Let me take care of that, Sloan.

Well, it's no inconvenience to me. I can do it just as easily as anyone.

No, I want to do it myself, if you don't mind.

Certainly not.

Meanwhile, I think we'd better start rounding up the cash.

I'll need your signature, Marshal.

Here on the bottom line.

I asked the doctor about this. He said it was all right for him to try.

I wonder how we should do this.

All right, stop

it.

Inspector.

I want your advice on exactly how to word this ad, Mr. Graham.

I wish you'd think this over very carefully before coming to a final

want to make it perfectly clear to these criminals that the only way they can

escape the death penalty is to release my brother unharmed. No objection to

that. Absolutely no question of money. Philip, what are you talking about? The

ransom. I don't intend to pay it. But they'll kill him. They may.

They may have already killed him.

They may be planning on killing him the moment they get the money.

It's a classic way of gaining time. You kill the victim and skip the country

while the family waits for his return.

Isn't that true?

It's possible.

But this is your brother's life you're playing with. I am certainly as aware of

that as you are.

But how do you think I'd feel if I thought for one moment that I'd cause my

brother's death?

Well, what do you think it would do to him?

Inspector, in your experience... No, Mr. Graham.

It's your decision.

Once you've made it, we'll do everything in our power to help you.

Okay. Time for your pill.

Time for Johnny's pill.

Come on. Come on.

Boy, what's the matter with you?

Now, I tell you to knock. I tell you over and over.

I mean, you act like you haven't got any good sense.

You're going to come busting in like that sometime.

And you're going to have two more holes in your forehead.

And they ain't going to be eyes.

Okay.

Okay.

Got it. All right. I'll knock. I'll kick. I'll scream. What do you want?

Just knock.

Twice. Right.

Twice.

Twice.

There's still no ad.

Well, well, well.

Look, what do you think's going wrong, Walt?

Hey, maybe we didn't put enough stamps on the letter, huh? They got it.

No, I think they're playing games with us, buddy boy.

Why?

Make us write another letter.

Make a phone call.

Get a fix on it.

You know what I think we ought to do now?

What?

Kill him.

Wait a second, Walt.

Look, you said, at least I thought you said we wouldn't have to do that. Be the

safest thing, Norman.

Kill him.

Bury him.

Move on to something else.

Check outside.

Get away from me. No, Walt, wait. What about the money?

What if they want to talk to him or see his signature?

I mean, you said yourself they might want to do that.

Oh, we've come this far. What's the point, Walt?

him up over there.

Okay, Walt.

He won't get away this time, Walt. You'll see.

You make sure of it.

Oh, I will.

Hang on, Mr.

Richgrass.

Oh, that's very good.

Switch him around. Okay.

He's not going to get out of that. Don't worry, huh?

You know, Walt, I'll bet they'll put that ad in tomorrow, huh?

They better do something by tomorrow, buddy.

Because that's when this show is over.

Last day.

Any more fun and games out of the grams, and our boy gets a bullet in the head.

So I wouldn't expect you to agree with me.

We haven't agreed on many things in our lives.

But I don't think that's because we're so different from each other. I think

it's because we're so much alike.

But I believe that the only way to stop extortion and blackmail and

kidnapping... is to take the profit out of it.

And I believe that these kidnappers will trade John for their own lives in the

final analysis.

Of course, if I'm wrong, then someone, sooner or later, is going to tell you

that I did it deliberately, that I hated John and wanted to see him dead,

consciously or subconsciously.

If you believe that, then we really are a different breed.

Talking a different language.

And no way at all to communicate.

Well, here's the ad I've written.

John, write to Dad.

But there'll be no money.

Send him home alive and there'll be no further move against you on the family's

part.

Kill him.

And we'll spend a million dollars to send you to the electric chair.

Well, I hope that...

Mr.

Graham, I called the newspaper.

You have exactly five minutes to phone your ad in.

Otherwise, I won't make tomorrow's edition.

Have you come to a decision?

Yes, I have.

Operator, get me the Chicago Post, please.

Right.

Well, he's right here. Just a minute.

Inspector. Thank you.

It's Colby.

Tom.

Any progress?

No, not a thing.

When you first got to Chicago, you went over Graham's car, didn't you?

Yes. Was there any gas in the tank?

No, they'd siphoned that out, too. It's in a ten -gallon can in the shed. Why?

I keep wondering how the kidnappers stopped him.

He could have out -raced any car on the road.

No skid marks. He wasn't out of gas.

Could they have flagged him down, asked for help?

Well, his desk calendar listed a dinner engagement in Chicago.

He was late leaving the office. He had to go home, change, drive all the way

back. I don't think he was stopped under those conditions.

Well, something convinced him to pull over.

No matter how they did it, it was a good trick.

That stretch of road is tailor -made for a kidnapping.

It's quiet as the moon.

Once they knew he took that route every night, all they had to figure out was

how to stop him.

All right, continue the surveillance.

Let me know the minute anything happens.

Cecil. Yes, sir? I want a mechanic to go over every inch of Graham's car.

Ask him to look for anything it might have been tampered with. Right.

Cecil, if you were in a hurry, what would make you slow down on a lonely

I don't know. Accident ahead?

Chicago Post, Inspector. Oh, thank you.

How about a siren?

That's a thought.

See if you can get any kind of a rundown on ambulances, police or fire units in

the area at the time of the kidnapping.

Right.

Here we are.

Well, they've got a choice now.

One way or another.

Well, where's the paper?

He didn't deliver them.

He didn't deliver them?

No, maybe his truck broke down.

Oh, come on.

Oh, it's happened before.

Hey, fella.

Hey, fella.

He's alive.

Leave him alone.

Hey, Graham.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing. I just thought maybe you had... I told you I wouldn't touch him until I

saw the paper.

Yeah, well, you know, I can't figure out what went wrong, Walt. You know, maybe

they're on strike.

What'd you do, have a couple of beers?

Who, me?

No.

He's never been late before.

Oh, listen, sometimes you don't even hit this place.

Where can I pick up another copy?

Well, let's see.

This place is about a half mile down the road.

I'll get you a copy, Walt.

Sit down.

No, that's all right. I can get it. I said sit down.

Will you sit down?

Sure, Walt. Sure.

I'll be right back.

No fires in the area for several months. No ambulances, no police units on or

near that stretch of highway at any time during the day of the kidnapping.

What about the mechanics report?

Well, the car had taken considerable punishment.

Graham apparently drove it at top speed whenever he thought he could get away

with it.

The car was currently in excellent condition, but there was evidence that

several parts had been replaced.

He must have had a minor accident at some time.

Yes?

Inspector, it's Colby.

Yes, Tom.

Two little mice with shotguns just walked into the trap. Boys, late teens,

twenties. Did they stumble into it or did they seem to know where they were

going? They knew.

Pick them up.

Yes, sir.

There's no other way out.

I'll give you five seconds to throw out your guns.

Go shoot!

Easy, fella. Easy.

Shh.

Can you hear me?

Listen, no one helped you, right?

Okay.

Look, I'm going to untie your hands, see, and then I'm...

Gonna take off.

And, uh, the rest is up to you. The door's open.

Okay? But nobody helped you.

Right?

Okay, easy now.

Here we go.

Hello No,

I'm afraid you have the wrong extension this is a private room

All right, we'll start again.

Name is Robert Hendricks.

You're 23 years old.

Look, what did you do with my brother?

He's being interviewed.

Where?

What were you doing in that shed?

Look, Jack, I asked you a question.

Now, you let your stinking Gestapo hurt that kid, and I'm going to smash every

kid. He's 21 years old. He's literate. He read and signed the same way that you

did. He can call a lawyer any time he wants to, and so can you.

Now, what were you doing in the shed?

Picking mushrooms.

You've got quite a record.

All frame -ups.

Society really picks on you, huh?

I get along.

Must have taken you a while to strip the car.

Made you think the owner wasn't coming back.

Will you stop? I never stripped a car in my life.

Including Graham's? Including Graham's.

All right, now you listen to me.

And you listen hard, because you're in trouble.

You figure you can do a petty theft sentence standing on your head, don't

Can you do a kidnapping?

That's pretty good, but you're reaching.

All right, think it through.

You're right in the outside edge of an FBI case. Haven't you started to wonder

why we happen to be interested in a car stripping?

Who got snatched?

The owner of the car.

Now, why did you pick that particular one, and what made you think he wasn't

coming back?

We saw the cops pick him up.

He was speeding.

They give him the red light, he stops, two men get out.

Uniform?

No.

We figured they were playing close.

Was the car marked?

Black sedan with a red light.

I remember I had an Indiana license plate.

We thought that was kind of strange, but figured we were probably over the state

line.

Anything else?

We didn't stick around.

You got a cigarette?

How were these two men dressed?

Suits, shirts, hats.

Did you get a look at their faces?

Mm -mm.

Can you give us their approximate height, weight?

Average height, average weight. I don't know.

Where'd you get this?

I don't know.

When were you and Tyler in Indiana last?

Never in my life.

These people do any work for you?

I found those by the car.

Where's Tyler?

Right across the state line, outside of Gary.

Call the resident agent and tell him to put a discreet surveillance on Norman's

garage.

No.

How's this, Walt?

How am I doing, Uncle Walt?

A little deeper.

Deeper?

What are you going to do, put us both in it?

Man, I ought to, huh?

The way you kidded me about that newspaper?

Oh, no, I wasn't kidding.

That delivery boy just missed us.

Uh -huh.

Well, it's lucky you found another one, huh?

Right.

What did you think, Walt, when you came back in here and saw me tying up his

hands again?

Oh, well, I didn't know what to think, you know?

I mean, it almost looked like you were trying to untie his hands, Normie.

Oh, no, no.

Well, he was almost out of there when you came in.

Hmm.

I'll be darned.

Yeah?

Now, what would I want to untie his hands for?

I'm with you, buddy.

All the way.

Good, buddy

Pretty

hot

work. You're almost there

Recapping service.

We're here to pick up the tires.

Anybody in there?

call the police.

I'll wait here.

What made them decide to kidnap John in the first place? Or was that just an

accident? It seems your brother hit a soft shoulder on that same stretch of

about two months ago. He called Norman's towing service and mentioned that he

always took the same route home.

Later on, Norman passed that information on to his uncle. It was Gretzler who

dreamed up the kidnapping.

Is John here?

He's in with his father.

I understand Marshall can move his hand now.

Yes. Can we go in?

Of course.

Well, he can almost talk.

Boy, you ought to feel that grip.

Marshal, I've brought a power of attorney for you to look over.

You'll need someone to handle your affairs while you're recovering.

Someone to sign papers in your name, someone you can trust.

Now, John here is president of the company.

I assume that's the name you'll want me to designate him.

No?

Well, who then?

I think that's a wonderful idea.

That is, if it's alright with you, Phil.

Yes.

Yes, certainly.

Walter Gretzler did not survive his wounds.

Norman Gretzler was convicted of kidnapping and is currently serving a

sentence in a federal penitentiary.

Robert Hendricks and his brother were found guilty of assaulting federal

officers, and state larceny charges against them are still pending.

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