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And you're really... No!

Let's get this business settled once and for all.

Is this true or isn't it?

It's a mistake.

I've told you time and time again, I am not the only Charles Berman in the Air

Force. I didn't write to them about Charles Berman.

I told them I was eloping with Charles Elton Berman, major hero.

Now, how many of those are there, Charlie, or whatever your name is?

regarding announcement of your marriage to Major Charles Elton Berman, USAF.

As guardians of your estate, we took liberty of contacting Washington, D .C.

further information.

Files indicate Major Berman killed in action August 67, South Vietnam.

It's a mistake.

And what are you doing checking up on me anyway? I wasn't checking up on you.

I thought I was sending my lawyer a wedding announcement.

Well, it just seems to me that if a bride can't trust her husband... All

stop the car.

Go on, pull over.

Look, I don't know what your game is.

I don't know why you married me, but I... All right, fine, fine. Let's not

and talk reason, okay? Let's get hysterical. Are you going to pull over

going to have to jump?

It was a gag.

It got out of hand.

I wanted to impress you.

I'm not in the Air Force.

Yeah, follow me.

Follow me?

Follow me.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbliss Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Chad Everett, Kathleen Widows,

Carmen Matthews.

Tonight's episode, The Hero.

Late on the afternoon of June 8, 13 -year -old Roger Fry led state police to

lonely beach south of Coquille, Oregon, and to the body of Mrs. Ann Taylor

Berman, strangled to death less than five hours after her marriage to a man

calling himself Major Charles Berman, United States Air Force.

According to the eyewitness, the victim had been slain by a man in uniform.

Almost at once, two more important clues were uncovered.

In Mrs. Berman's hand, the officers found a button and a scrap of cloth.

In her handbag, a telegram which provided a motive.

Both were sent immediately to the FBI in Washington.

The cloth is a very, very fine worsted, Inspector.

You'll notice that there's a maximum of uniformity in the fiber lengths.

The individual warp and weft yarns are clearly defined.

Anything unusual about the Woolroy?

Can you tell, for instance, where it came from?

Oh, I'd say Australia is an educated guess.

It's merino.

No apparent weak areas.

Very good tensile strength.

It's the type of fiber you get from the sheep of New South Wales or perhaps

Western Victoria.

Well finished?

Very. And the uniform was of good quality? May have been tailor -made?

Oh, yes, sir, probably.

Hello, Art.

We located the minister who married them. Here's his description of the

Distinguished flying cross, air metal.

Picked quite a background for himself.

Yeah, the hero.

Roy. Yes, sir.

How much wear has the uniform had? Can you determine that?

Well, it's probably never been dry cleaned.

The luster's high.

Would a tailor be apt to sell much of this material?

I mean, would this be one he'd remember?

Oh, I'd say so.

Yes, definitely.

Especially if he'd made a uniform from it.

Well, the girl lives in San Francisco.

Why don't you get in touch with Al Bennett out there, Roy?

Give him a description of the fabric and see what he can find out.

Yes, sir.

Place to start, anyway.

What's the matter?

Is it the right size?

The size you asked for.

I don't think it can be.

There's got to be some reason. Look at it.

Eight and a half C?

I'm just crazy about this style.

Well, let's try it again.

Oh, for heaven's sake, let me do it.

Tell me, young man, do the sizes ever vary? I mean, between companies.

Am I boring you?

Well, I asked you if it was possible for sizes to vary.

There's got to be some reason for this tight fit.

There is.

Your foot is too big.

What did you say?

Take it off.

Why don't we try a half size larger?

What's your name?

Sayers. Daniel Sayers.

How long have you been employed here, Daniel?

Well, just since this morning.

Ma 'am, if I've offended you in some way, I... Not some way.

Every way.

You're inattentive, you're rude, and you certainly don't know your product.

And I think these things should be reported.

Ma 'am. Yes?

What? I'm sorry. I beg your pardon.

Just go ahead and look, okay?

Excuse me.

Look, don't lose your cool, man. It's almost quitting time.

A couple of minutes, you can go home and take it out on your wife.

I'm not married.

Well, it's even better. Go out and pick up yourself a nice little chick.

Is this your first time in Salt Lake?

Yeah. I'll tell you where they congregate now. Just drop into some of

bowling alleys or driving ranges out along Carlisle.

Carlisle? Yeah.

Look, I know just how you feel.

Sometimes you'd really like to kill them, wouldn't you?

In a way, it's like your business, Mr... Who, Bennett?

Mr. Bennett.

Oh, I don't say that bolts of cloth are as individual as fingerprints, but a lot

of them have their own quirks, patterns. Excuse me.

Certainly. You think you were being kidnapped at the airport, Inspector?

Oh, yeah. I thought I would say time came right over.

Is this the right one?

Luis Sugano. You remembered the cloth.

You remembered Berman.

Under that name?

Believe it or not, he used Smith.

Mr. Pagano, Inspector Erskine, Special Agent Colby. How do you do?

Mr. Pagano, I understand you made an airport uniform recently for a man named

Smith? Yes.

Could you describe him?

Well, he was a dark blonde, about six feet tall, 180 pounds.

Do you remember all your customers that well?

No, but I remember this customer particularly because I tried so hard to

him out of his purchase.

Isn't that a little unusual?

You see, Sagano's doesn't make uniforms, but Major Smith insisted so.

Why did he insist?

Well, he said another of our customers had recommended him.

A man named, uh, Sands or Sales.

How did Smith pay for the uniform?

In cash.

And it was uniforms.

He ordered two of them.

By cash, you mean bills as opposed to a check?

Yeah, he builds.

He laughed. He said it would probably break him, but he didn't care.

Mr. Pagano, I wonder if I could trouble you for the address of this, um, fans or

fails. Yeah, certainly.

It won't take a moment. Thank you.

Excuse me.

Hal, have you had a chance to look into the victim's background?

Yes, her parents died when she was in her teens and left her a great amount of

money in trust.

She was to receive it next month.

So our con man's still broke, huh? Yes.

Mr. Serskin, I have to find another mark there. Excuse me.

Mr. Serskin, I remember the man's name. It was Sayers.

And I was wrong.

Sagano's used to make uniforms, at least, during World War II.

We made a uniform for our captain, Anthony Sayers, in 1942.

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Sagano.

I want him located as soon as possible.

Yes, sir.

This is very nice material.

How much would a suit from this cost?

Oh, that's very reasonable.

$350.

I'm not making you nervous, am I?

No, I... I just wish you wouldn't stand so close. I... I wouldn't want to hit

you.

Let me take a look at that grip.

Well, that's part of your trouble.

What?

Your ring.

Why don't you take it off?

That's right.

Well, not quite it.

Now, rub this hand in.

Open this hand up just a little bit more.

There.

Doesn't that feel better?

Yes.

By the way, what's your name?

Margaret Kane.

I'm Fred Nolan.

Hello.

What?

I said hello.

You're not afraid of me, are you, Margaret?

Of course not.

Should I be?

Well, the Bureau called Bennett again about ten minutes ago with some

information on Captain Sayers.

Uh, he was married 1937 to a Miss Eugenia Stafford.

And one child, a boy, Daniel, born 1938.

That'd be about the right age for Berman.

Yeah, about.

Any other children?

No. No arrest record on the son, I suppose.

Uh, no. He registered for the draft 1956, rejected on physical grounds,

hypertension, high blood pressure.

Last known address was Kingman, Arizona.

Where's the mother now?

Well, we don't have a current address on her.

Widow of an army officer. She ought to be on a pension roll.

Well, she apparently went to Canada after Thayer's death.

I called our liaison representative in Ottawa and asked him to see if he could

locate her.

There it is.

Did Captain Sayers have any brothers or sisters?

No, he was an only child.

There was one cousin in Ireland.

Sayers went to visit the family when he was in his teens, but I don't suppose

anyone there would remember him now.

Well, somebody remembers him. Those flowers can't be more than a week old.

Memorial Day?

I talked to the caretaker.

He told me he's found a grave decorated on every national holiday for the past

three years.

By Daniel Sayers himself?

We're lucky.

See if we have some agents out here on surveillance during visiting hours.

Next holiday is when?

Fourth of July?

It'll be a long wait till then.

Maybe we won't have to wait.

Look at his date of birth.

Tomorrow.

Oh, it's so lovely.

It's really beautiful.

Do you know?

That's the nicest, most loveliest birthday present. Oh!

Excuse me, I'm sorry.

Lumsy.

What's that, friend?

You heard me, friend.

Come on, it's all right. All right.

So pretty.

You know what I'm going to buy for you?

A new set of golf clubs.

I think it's terrible every time we come here you have to rent yours.

You have so much money.

You just don't know how to get rid of it. Is that your problem?

Yes, that's me.

Poor little rich girl.

Most of it untouchable, I suppose.

Stocks, bonds, securities.

No, not all of it. I have some of my own in my own name, and if they need to

count for sudden little extravagances like these.

Hmm.

Well, in that case, then, what kind of clubs did you have in mind?

Tamil Shatters?

Pebble Beach?

St. Andrews?

Happy birthday.

What are you doing, checking up on me?

Yes, I suppose so, a little bit.

Well, here's the mysterious Major Nolan.

Fred, Julia.

How do you do?

Hello.

Oh, and look.

Look what he gave me for my birthday.

How lovely.

Tin soldier cluttering up the place.

What is your problem, friend?

No problem, friend.

I thought you wanted to talk to me. Go ahead, talk.

She arrived about a half an hour ago. She's still at the grave. Just the one

woman? Yes, sir.

Mrs. Anthony Sayers?

Yes. I'm Inspector Erskine, Mrs. Sayers.

This is Mr. Colby. We're with the FBI.

Oh.

Well, you see, I really didn't know whether I was supposed to register with

Immigration Department or not.

I asked my landlord, and he didn't know either.

No, that isn't why we're here.

You see, the problem is I never did get my final Canadian papers, so...

I don't think I'm technically an alien.

You mean you have been living in Canada, but you're back in the United States

permanently now? Yes.

How long has you been gone, ma 'am?

Three years.

Mrs. Sayers, when was the last time you saw your son, Daniel?

Oh.

Daniel. So that's it.

This is theirs.

I told him it was against the law to wear a uniform when he was never in the

service.

He said he was in the Air Force, but I knew he wasn't.

He picked some high and mighty rank. What was it?

Major.

He just had to pretend to be better than his father.

Why, I don't know.

So I'd love him more, I guess, but it didn't work.

I said, oh, quit trying to impress me.

I said, you aren't impressing anybody, Daniel.

When was this, ma 'am?

When I came back in 1965.

I haven't seen him since.

I hear from him, but I haven't seen him.

Sends me little gifts, nothing sensible, nothing I can use.

Has he been doing that again?

Wearing the uniform, I mean.

Are you going to arrest him?

If it may turn out that way, Mrs. Sayers, yes.

I said something terrible to him once.

I said, your father didn't have to pretend to be a hero.

He was one.

And then I said, you aren't half the man your father was and never

will be.

I did it all wrong all of his life.

A human being can't help what they are.

Really, I don't think he's been such a terribly bad boy.

If he has been lying, or if he's hurt someone, I have a little money.

Has he hurt someone?

Did he hurt someone in the past?

No, Eve, sometimes I lose control, but... Mrs. says if

you should hear from your son again.

I won't. I know, but if you should, we'd appreciate a call.

This is the telephone number and address of the FBI office in San Francisco.

You mean turn him in?

don't you think i've done enough to him already don't you think i owe him

something don't you think you owe something to the person he may hurt next

Put her house under surveillance.

Let me know if she leaves town.

Yes, sir.

Here we are. Thank you very much, and do come back.

Okay, what happened?

Nothing happened.

Look, are you going to let old Doc Muir help you, man?

I mean, don't tell me nothing happened. You come in whistling every morning for

a week.

I know you got some wild little mystery lady on the string, huh?

Look, Muir, I appreciate your... Well, what's the big crime?

You meet a cute chick, you have a little healthy fun, and yesterday you had your

first fight, am I correct?

Matter of fact, I did get into a fight yesterday.

Sort of reminded me of... Forget it.

Made a date.

Fine, go talk to her. I mean, you can leave right now. I'll cover for you.

Look, Muir, I gotta cut out of this town. I have to.

How do I go about getting a final check?

Be somebody in accounting?

Dan, wait a minute.

Why don't you at least call her?

I mean, you said this girl has everything. Looks, money.

Why cut off your nose to spite your face?

Yes, this is Major Nolan.

Has Margaret Keene arrived there yet?

No, I don't think so.

Sayers was taller than that, and he uses an Air Force uniform.

All right, yes, if it fits in with our description.

Sayers and the girl he strangled were married in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Agents in Grants Pass located a garage he rented a car from.

He dropped it off on the afternoon of the murder at another branch of the same

company in Klamath Falls.

Yes, thank you.

Now, they checked the airport and bus terminals.

I found a clerk who thinks that she may have sold him a ticket to Salt Lake.

She said that he appeared to be alone, seemed nervous, fits Thayer's general

physical description, but he wasn't in uniform.

Yes. Contact the Salt Lake office.

Excuse me, Inspector.

His mother's here.

Won't you sit down?

Mr. Colby, of course, you know, and this is Mr. Bennett.

How do you do, Mrs. Smith?

Have you found him yet?

Not yet.

I was thinking all day yesterday about what you told me about Daniel hurting

somebody, and I want to ask you a question.

Read in the newspapers a while back about a girl who was killed up on the

in Oregon by an Air Force officer, they thought.

Yes.

Is that why you want to find Daniel?

Yes, Mrs. Sayre, that's why.

He didn't sound like pity, or was.

He sent me a gift from there, a handkerchief.

I had it in my purse all the time I talked to you.

I'll see about the plane tickets.

Yes? Give me the agent in charge, Salt Lake.

It says, was there a return address on the package?

No address.

Was it mailed by the store?

No.

John. Now, Bennett, hang on, please.

Do you still have the handkerchief with you?

Yes.

It's from Vance Boudry.

John, regarding Daniel Sayers...

You may have made a purchase in a Salt Lake store called Vans. V as in Victor,

-N -S.

Pet? Who is it?

May I come in, Mr. Page?

The name is Nolan.

Is it?

May I come in, Major Nolan?

Yeah. Of course.

Please do.

Now, just what's going on here?

What do you think is going on?

I don't know.

Some sort of con game, I suppose.

You think that? Why didn't you send the police up here? Why would you come

yourself?

because I don't like involving my daughter in a scandal, if I can help it.

But I will send for them if you force me to. You've been to the shoe store? Yes,

I have. And you think you've discovered some fantastically terrible dark secret

about me?

I've discovered that you're not the person you've claimed to be to my

Not at all.

You've discovered that I'm not the person I claim to be to the manager of

shoe store.

What?

You see, I made a bet with a friend of mine that I could get a job and hold it

for two weeks without anyone discovering that I was actually an officer on leave

from Vietnam.

But due to your instincts, Detective Julia, I seem to have lost the bet.

He doesn't believe me.

Oh, please.

Who are you calling?

Who do you think?

Wake up down there.

Does Margaret know about this? Not yet, but she will.

I've changed my mind.

Thank you very much.

Well, I never knew much about him. I mean, I liked him, but what did he do?

woman you spoke of, did she tell you why she wanted to see him? Oh, no, she just

asked if a Daniel Sayers worked here, and I said yes. But he was already gone

the time we tried to find him. And you gave her his home address?

His hotel, yeah.

How old a woman was she?

Oh, I don't... Roughly, 20?

Oh, no, I'd say maybe mid -40.

Oh, then this probably wouldn't be the girlfriend he mentioned.

Oh, no, the way Jim talked about her, she sounded more like 23, 24.

Hello? May I talk to you a minute?

Excuse me.

Just got a call from the agents at the hotel.

The manager's back now.

Still no sign of Seth.

Well, he locked the door to his room, but he didn't leave the key at the desk.

You better go over there yourself.

Darling, I'm sorry I'm late. I couldn't hear a breath of my own. Margaret.

Margaret, will you marry me?

What? I just got my orders. I have to be in San Francisco tomorrow, and it's

Vietnam again.

It'd have to be today, now.

All right.

Now.

We'll drive to Nevada.

I got to get rid of the cab.

Won't be needing you anymore.

You're calling your mother? Yeah.

She doesn't seem to be there. There's no answer.

Come on, we'll try again on the way.

Okay.

You may have to pay the minister. I have several accounts in San Francisco.

Don't worry about it.

I suppose you might as well close out your account and be Margaret Kane after

today. I guess you're right. I must have at least $10 ,000, I think.

This is Nolan. This is Margaret Nolan.

I won't let her be surprised.

How is she?

Bad. The ambulance attendants wouldn't move her until after the doctor had

her an E .O .K.

Is she conscious?

She had been open -eyed.

Her name is Julia Kane.

I'm Inspector Erskine, Mrs. Kane.

Please try to answer these questions as well as you can.

Why did you come here?

Why did you want to see Daniel Thayer?

Major Nolan.

That's what he told you his name was?

Me and Margaret.

Who's Margaret, Mr. Kane?

Daughter.

Did you have a chance to tell her you thought Major Nolan was an imposter?

Where is she?

Is she at home?

Date.

With him.

Do you know where they were going?

Maybe... Carlisle.

Driving range.

Get right over there. Then call the U .S. Attorney's. They'll authorize a

warrant.

We'll find him.

Say, they'll have to move fast now.

Alert all security officers at train, bus and air terminals and see that the

State Highway Patrol gets a description of both of them.

Oh, one thing more.

Find out where she banks and have them keep us informed of any withdrawals.

He really thought I flipped.

He could say, what do you mean, when Cash became... I could say, Cash, Cash,

what's the matter? Don't you have any?

Well, you finally broke him down.

Here, take it.

You can take it.

It's yours.

Or it will be when we're married.

Oh, I can't wait to tell Mom how happy I am.

Can we call her next time we stop?

Sure. Next time we stop.

Margaret Kane closed her savings account about 15 minutes ago.

The cashier said that she seemed highly emotional, said something about getting

married today.

Means about it.

Yeah, I asked the highway patrol to establish a roadblock on the state

I told them that they might be in a rented car, and I'd send them a

as soon as possible.

Well, the fellow here said he saw him leave in her car.

All my subscriptions are already in the air. Let's get after him.

Hey, that was pretty.

What are you looking for?

News.

Now, what's the matter?

This doesn't have a shortwave band on it, does it?

Oh, shortwave. What's on shortwave?

Police calls.

Police calls?

What do you want to listen to police calls for?

Well, how do I know you had an account at that bank?

Have you robbed the poor schnook?

You can relax my sweet baby.

You're absolutely safe with me.

You don't have a thing in the world to worry about.

There. There what?

Over there.

See those buildings?

There must be a telephone there.

Come on, let's stop.

Margaret, can we... Oh, Fred, please.

All right.

Is that a police car?

The girl either jumped or was pushed out of the car. Pick her up.

We're still after stairs.

you

Man with a chessboard, right ahead in the ditch.

What's happening?

He's been shot, Miss Kane.

But I... I don't understand.

The man who drove me here, he said his name wasn't Nolan.

It's true. His name was Daniel Fares.

But... That's not possible.

Listen, you... You call my mother, Miss Julia Kane. She'll tell you who he is.

We already talked to your mother, Miss Kane.

But I don't understand.

How did you... She's been hurt.

Saz hit her when she was trying to call the police to turn him in.

She'll be all right. She's in the hospital. We'll take you there in a

Why were you after him?

For illegal wearing of the uniform.

And murder.

Daniel Joseph Sayre, alias Major Charles Berman, alias Major Frederick Nolan,

was critically wounded while resisting arrest.

Sayre's died of his wounds three days later without regaining consciousness.