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I'll check the matter

He's

been here three days no visitors no phone calls let's go

Collins? Jack,

my name is Mercer, FBI.

We have a warrant for your arrest.

This is Deputy Sheriff Oldham.

Turn around. Put your hands against the wall.

Stand back.

The warrant charges you with violating the terms of your release from prison.

I guess I should have reported regularly. I know that you have the

remain silent because anything you say may be used against you.

Memphis thinking I had a job then will you have the chance to explain all that?

Yep God

what did

you do?

He recognized me. What do you expect me?

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Robert Duvall, Birgit Benning,

Davy Davison.

Tonight's episode, Nightmare Road.

On the morning of October 17th, Deputy Sheriff Floyd Oldham and Special Agent

Douglas Mercer were gravely wounded.

Even as they were rushed to a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, the name of the

man Mercer had arrested, Lawrence Jack Collins, was placed at the head of the

ten most wanted list.

Collins, 24 years old and with no prior history of violent assault, then became

the subject of one of the most intensive investigative efforts ever launched by

the FBI.

Barbara Mercer, who had been preparing to join her husband in St. Louis on his

new assignment, flew there immediately.

She was accompanied on the flight by Inspector Lewis Erskine and Assistant

Director Arthur Ward.

With Mercer and Deputy Oldman still unconscious, we still don't have a real

witness. Wasn't the motel owner any help?

No, sir. As far as he was concerned, Collins never had a companion until this

morning.

Is there some chance?

So far, he hasn't responded to treatment. We had hopes.

I think we ought to go into surgery immediately.

I'd like to have a signature of consent from you.

The hospital has placed a suite on this floor at your disposal.

Oh, it's very kind of them.

I don't suppose there's anything more I can do now.

Nurse, if you like, I'll have the nurse call you when we go up to surgery.

Oh, yes, please, Doctor.

Deputy Oldham recovered consciousness a few minutes ago. I took his statement.

Did he identify the second man?

No, sir. He never really got a clear look at him.

The other man appeared suddenly, firing from the kitchen doorway.

Then it wasn't Collins who did the shooting.

No, no. All the shots were fired by the second man.

Mr. Ward, I just got word a team of agents found Collins' car abandoned on a

downtown street.

They're grid -searching the area now, but nothing on Collins or his companion

has turned up yet.

Anything in the car?

A hunting rifle.

Wiped completely clean of prints.

At the same time, teams of FBI agents throughout the Midwest are pressing an

intensive hunt for the two young men involved.

It's been the 1 a .m. news brought to you by station KMVO, the sound of Kansas

City.

Oh, Jack.

Carolyn, this is Jerry Wilson.

Carolyn?

I can see why Jack talks so much about you.

You wouldn't have a drink around here, would you?

In the kitchen, there's some bourbon in the cupboard above the icebox.

Those are the guys I met in Memphis.

I heard about Jerry when I was in prison. He's pulled some big jobs.

He shot those men, didn't he?

He had to.

One of them recognized him. Jerry's on the top ten.

How are you now, Jack?

I was just on the news.

It'll be all right.

Don't worry about it.

Start with him.

They turned me down with that job I was sure I had.

I couldn't come back for you empty -handed.

And then I met Jerry.

I figured one more score.

Just enough to set us up, you and me. And I wouldn't ever have to see him

Jerry sent me up to a little town outside St. Louis to stick out a bank.

I had it all set up when he walked into my room.

But the law was there, too.

I gotta go with him for a while till it's safe.

And then I'll send for you.

When, Jack?

It's no good.

I don't want to lose you again.

and things together. I'm going with you.

No, I can't let you do that.

Just get us some money and some wheels.

I don't have any money, but I've got a car and I'm going, Jack.

Don't talk her out of it, Jack. It's a good idea.

They won't be looking for us with a pretty girl.

Hair dye.

Jerry thought I should darken my hair.

Like a new man, Adam Carroll.

Just don't start laughing when I come out.

You and Jack have known each other a long time.

That's right.

I heard you got into some trouble about the time you were going to get married.

I'm sure you know all the details.

A couple of wild kids.

Stole a car to win Joyride.

Jack hit a man and killed him.

I was driving.

I see.

So that's why you're going to come with us. You figure you owe him something.

No, I love him.

That's all the reason I've ever needed

The next few hours, she'll tell.

What time is it, Inspector?

Barbara?

Glad you're here.

Jack.

Where are we?

Memorial Hospital in St. Louis.

How's the kids?

Fine.

Just waiting for you to get well.

Hello, Douglas.

Sword. Get him.

Doug.

Who was the other man?

Wilson.

Gerald Wilson.

Are you positive it was Wilson?

He came through the kitchen with a rifle.

Thanks, Doug. That's all we need for now.

Sir, is Deputy Oldham going to be all right?

He's going to make it.

That's enough for now.

Get the move.

We'll talk later.

Relax.

Just keep remembering it's your ticket to Jack's out of all this.

Now, when I go inside, you leave and wait for fun.

Nice and easy, and don't kill the motive.

Police officer, will you just ease that hand out of your jacket? I don't want to

see anything in it.

That's right now, son.

Nobody moves, you won't get hurt.

Let's go.

It still seems so hard to accept.

Thank you for being so kind.

Patient.

Mr. Hoover wants me to tell you we'll stand behind you in any way through the

years.

Thank you very much.

And if you feel up to it, we'll go over the benefits provided for you.

Hello, Inspector.

Bob, thanks for your help.

Mrs. Keller, thank you. We'll be in touch with you.

Good to see you again.

Here's the sketch I had made of the girl who drove the car.

We got a good description from the woman who saw them drive off.

Who identified Collins and Wilson?

One of the tellers and the off -duty police officer who tried to stop it

identified Collins from seeing him on a 10 Most Wanted bulletin that was

broadcast late last night.

They said his hair is darkened now, but both still made a positive

identification.

Actually, Collins entered the bank first, then went back to the door before

Wilson came in.

How is he, officer?

Tom? Well, he's got a fractured skull, but the doctors say he's not in any

danger.

All right, Tom, call the bureau. Tell them we're wire photoring an artist

sketch. Ask them to give it the widest possible circulation.

I'll get started.

Oh, just a minute.

Let's take another look at all arrest records on Wilson and Collins.

Whom they wanted notified in case of emergency. Maybe we can come up with a

girl.

Right.

How much was taken in the robbery?

A little less than $400. They had to leave in a hurry.

We're not going to get them very far.

Lou, you figure they might be trying to get out of the country.

It's a possibility.

Wilson's parents have been in California the last 20 years.

Tulsa.

to keep running with him.

You and the market.

He called a friend of his in Tulsa.

He's getting a stake to get us to Mexico.

Or maybe...

I promised we'd leave him right after the bank. I only went along with it

because you promised.

Please, please, let's leave before something worse happens.

Okay. I'll tell him.

Oh, no, don't tell him.

Don't let us just leave. We know too much.

Besides, you've seen the way he looks at me.

I'm afraid of him, Jack.

Do you think he's sleeping?

Get out of the car.

Get out slow.

I ought to bury both of you right here.

Hey, Gun.

Flip this under the distributor cap.

We'll all try and forget about this.

I like to think of us as members of a little club.

There's a lot of little rules, just one big one.

Nobody quits unless I quit them.

Wilson's been arrested here in Tulsa four times, one through 1962.

Twice in 1966, where he picked up a year in the county jail on an aggravated

assault conviction.

And again in 1968 for bank robbery and murder, when he escaped while being

tried. Do you still have contact there?

An Eldon Hunter runs a pawn shop here.

I ran his name through the Post Identification Bureau.

Long arrest record for receiving stolen property, loan sharking.

Might be the kind of friend Wilson would turn to if he needs money.

That's right.

I ran his shop under surveillance.

Arthur, I'd like to go directly to this man, Hunter.

Maybe there's a way I can get him to cooperate.

All right. It's worth a try.

Might break things open.

Now, hold on a minute, Lewis.

I think we've identified that girl for you.

Baltimore PD just wired a photo of the girl who was arrested with Collins in 66

for auto theft and manslaughter.

She strongly resembles the sketch of the girl who was driving the car in the

bank robbery.

What do we have on her?

Her name is Carolyn Palmer, age 22.

Last known address, General Delivery, Kansas City.

She received permission to live there after she was released from prison.

No other criminal record?

No. Neither she nor Collins had any previous record.

That's before the manslaughter charge.

Until now, that is.

All right, all right. Thank you.

Now, let me know how you make out with Hunter.

Good luck.

Elton Hunter?

Yes. What can I do for you?

Clear with the FBI.

I'd like to talk to you about your friend, Gerald Wilson.

My friend?

I haven't seen him in years.

Not since 1966 when you bailed him out on a burglary charge?

I don't follow you.

Wilson killed an FBI agent, Hunter.

We want him. You helped him in the past.

We think he may come to you again.

But I told you, I haven't seen him.

You went to the bank this morning.

You withdrew $2 ,000.

The largest withdrawal you've made since 1966.

Well, yeah, I... We'll get him anyway, you know.

It's just a matter of time.

If you're afraid of him, we might be able to help you get him off your back.

Think it over.

No, wait.

Day before yesterday.

A stake?

He's holding me up.

But nobody crosses him.

When is he supposed to pick it up?

He wouldn't say, have it ready, he says, and he'd call me again.

All right.

We'd like to make use of your shop, if you don't mind. You have an extension

phone? Yeah.

All right.

You put your agents in here.

You have them listen on the phone.

But when he gets in here, you kill him. Do you understand?

just fine, Jerry.

I've got a little over 2 ,000. Good.

Anybody talk to you?

No.

You talk to anybody?

You know me, Jerry.

That's fine. I'll see you soon, Elder.

When are you coming?

Soon.

Fill it.

Jerry,

please. You yell, you wake.

Where's the pawn shop?

It's one block over and four blocks west.

You'll see the sign Hunters.

But he doesn't know me.

Well, he knows somebody's coming in to pick up the money.

It'll take about 15 minutes.

Why can't we go with him?

Because Tulsa's my hometown. A lot of people around here know me.

And not just prowl cops.

It's four o 'clock in the morning.

That's why I figured it was safe to come this far.

I have 15 minutes, but you should be able to do it in 10.

Okay.

I'll be right back.

Unit 2 to Unit 1.

All other units on the special.

Unit 1, go ahead.

Suspect who looks like Collins just passed me and headed for the pawn shop.

10 -4.

I'm Jack Cullen.

Gary sent me, Mr. Hunter.

It's an old safe.

Hurry up.

Why didn't Jerry come with you?

Why do you ask?

There's no reason.

I just would like to see him.

What's the matter with you? You're jumpy, is it?

Nothing, honest.

What's going on here? Are there cops outside?

No, I swear there's not.

Why? No!

No! FBI!

Let him go!

Where's Wilson?

Who?

That's it. I'm not waiting here any longer.

He's probably on his way back

Settle down

Once more

Jerry would talk if he'd gone the other way.

What do you think?

Remember, if he gets away, he's got Carolyn with him.

I think you know what that means.

Look at me. There's a park about four blocks east and one over the south.

Come on, you're going to show us.

a few minutes more.

No.

Besides, it's better this way now.

Just you and me now, Carolyn.

I got her into this.

She didn't have anything to do with any of it.

What about the bank robbery at Lee's Summit?

Wilson forced her.

She only went along because she was afraid.

the car was sooner, she'd be out of danger by now.

You'll never give up.

You'll never take him alive.

You gotta save her.

And you have to help me.

Now, where were you heading?

Mexico. Any particular route?

I don't see why we have to dump my car.

On every hot list in the country by now, sweetheart.

Operator, connect me with the FBI, please. Hurry, it's an emergency.

Can I speak with an agent, please? This is Carolyn Palmer.

Try that again, it's all

over.

14, go ahead.

Stand by, please.

Lewis? Oh, hello, Art.

Lewis, a couple of things just broke.

One, a girl identifying herself as Carolyn Palmer phoned the Waco resident

agency just a short time ago.

The call was cut off before they got anything more than her name.

Waco, huh?

I've alerted all law enforcement agencies in a 12 -minute mile radius.

Right, I'm flying down there now.

Lewis, we just picked up a report here in the NCIC from... The Waco PD.

The car Wilson was driving was abandoned there just a few minutes ago. Any

reports of another stolen car in the immediate vicinity?

I may have something for you on that right now.

Yes. The 69 White Country Squire, Texas license GIL

717.

It was reported stolen at about the same time and just a short distance from

where the other vehicle was abandoned.

I'll have them send us out right away.

All right. Talk to you later, Rod.

21 miles more.

Just right. We'll get there by dark.

You upset five words all day.

a little more pleasant if it's a little conversation what do you want me to say

in a little while we'll both be dead at least it'll all be over sorry i asked

we'll be in mexico soon you'll see and i got a lot of friends there you

can see it now we'll be on the beach somewhere like puerto vallarta soaking

the sun i bet you stopped traffic in a bikini

Sheriff Patel spotted a suspect station wagon about here. He attempted to

follow, but lost him behind a slow -moving freight at a railroad crossing.

Have you got all frequencies cleared?

Yes, sir. We have four of our units in the field, and the clearance gave us the

local police department's sheriff's offices.

We've got a roadblock here and here and this one. We felt this is the most

likely route to the border.

I want you people to pull back.

Otherwise, I'll get rid of her right now.

Now, let us take the car on down the road.

I don't want to see any unmarked cars or any helicopters over us.

When I'm convinced it's safe, I'll let her go.

All right, I agree.

Let him through.

Okay, honey, take it easy.

Just keep going.

Down to the border here.

What's there?

A small border patrol station.

Ordinarily, there's only two men this side of the bridge.

But one of our units is there now, and the Mexican federal police are waiting

the other side.

Got to have them hold our unit in reserve out of sight.

Well, what do we tell the border patrolmen at the bridge?

It's not being too big a rush here.

You noticed a general pattern of Wilson's always sending someone ahead,

having Collins go into the bank first?

Yeah.

And on his point shot, Wilson never showed at all.

He sent Collins.

Even when they came up to St. Louis, Collins waited in that motel three days

before Wilson showed up.

He's very consistent.

You think he'll try sending the girl across the border alone, hoping to draw

off?

Instruct the board of station to make no attempt to stop the car.

Yes, sir.

Tell you what, Carolyn, you drive on down there. I'll jump out before you

over and I'll meet you on the other side.

I don't understand.

Suppose the Mexican police are waiting across the bridge.

Give them my best.

Go on, and if you stop, remember the first bullet that hits the car will be

mine.

It's them.

It is.

Subject's car.

The girl appears to be alone.

Wilson might be down out of sight.

I'll go.

Guy Wilson, hold it right there.

Would you sign it, please?

What happens now, Mr. Erskine?

You and Collins will be arraigned in federal court here in Kansas City.

Can I see him for just a minute?

But I don't know.

No matter what happens, you're never going to see me again.

Why?

There's got to be a chance sometime to start over.

These two people love each other.

Lawrence Jack Collins and Carolyn Palmer were cleared of complicity in the death

of FBI agent Douglas Mercer.

Collins was tried and convicted for his part in the armed robbery of the Lee's

Summit Bank and returned to federal prison to serve his sentence.

Ms. Palmer was found guilty of harboring a federal fugitive.