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Good morning.

All the bills, please.

All right, all of you get right over there.

Come on, right over there, you two. Come on, hurry up, let's go.

All right, let me have it.

Come on.

All right, now everybody's going to stay right there for about 10 minutes. You

hear me?

You understand what I say?

anywhere near San Francisco?

I'm going all the way. Just got to make a fast stop at Flagstaff. Great.

Hey, man, what's the chance of me jumping in the back seat?

Well, I ain't going to Phoenix. I'm going to Flagstaff.

Out of sight. I can grab a ride down.

I got sickness in the family. I got to get home.

Okay, get in the back.

All right.

Where are you from, my aunt?

Omaha, originally.

But in about the last eight months, I've been just about everywhere.

What place do you like best?

I don't think I found it yet.

Maybe it's just down the highway, huh?

Maybe it's just the highway itself.

They got something going.

Now you just let me do the talking.

And you just nod your heads to whatever I say.

Okay, Chuck.

Mary Ann.

Morning, soldier.

Hi. Would you and your passengers mind identifying yourselves?

Are you sure?

I'm on pass in Fort Harris.

This is my sister, Mary Ann, your boyfriend, Chuck.

We're going to Phoenix.

All right, Williams.

Your name Davis?

Yes, sir.

Well, what happened?

Bank robbery.

Farmers and merchants in Albuquerque got hit just before they opened up.

Any idea who did it?

A lone gunman is all we know. Would you move on, please?

I can see why you wanted more people in the car.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

William Reynolds, with guest stars Michael Douglas, Donna

Mills, Peggy McKay.

Tonight's episode, The Hitchhiker.

On the morning of December 9th, the Farmers and Merchants Bank of

was robbed by a lone young gunman who was described as calm and deadly. By the

time Inspector Lewis Erskine arrived at the scene, the suspect had been

identified as U .S. Army Private Jerome Williams, absent without leave for 22

days from Fort Harris, Colorado.

Ordered one of the tellers to put all the bills in a bag. Then he made all the

employees and the patrons in the bank line up.

Did he get in the vault? No. That's what's odd, Inspector.

He only went to one teller.

It was almost as if he wanted an audience.

How were you able to identify him so quickly?

Mr. Edgars, the bank loan officer, recognized Williams this morning.

Apparently, Williams came in here two days ago trying to get a car loan.

Edgars went over the application but had to turn it down, and he pulled the

application before I came here.

Williams claimed to be on leave, but I called the Denver office and they found

out he was AWOL from Fort Harris.

They came up with his photo right away.

to get this out in a flyer along with the description of the car he was

Yes, sir.

Was he alone the first time he came in here?

Yes, and he was in uniform then.

This morning, he was wearing slacks, a brown shirt, and carrying a blue jacket.

It wasn't until the loan application was pulled that we realized he was a

soldier.

Were you able to determine the route that Williams took after he left the

Pretty much.

The bank was hit about 10 .07.

He was stopped by the roadblock at 1035, which means he probably drove directly

through the Albuquerque Central District and then swung onto Highway 40. And he

had two other people with him.

Yes, and they weren't with him when he drove away from the bank.

So he must have picked them up somewhere between here and the roadblock.

Any of you recognize this man?

What'd he do?

He's a suspect in a bank robbery that took place a few hours ago.

He's armed, and we think he has two other people with him.

Well, he did pick up Mary Ann and some kind of lonesome cowboy type this

morning.

Do you know Mary Ann's last name or where she's from?

I'm pretty sure it's Collins.

And I know she comes from Omaha.

And the man?

Just a traveler.

Can you describe him?

He's big and tall and blonde.

Long blonde hair and a leather hat.

Agents have interviewed William's commanding officer at Fort Harris.

They're sending a teletype summary of William's 201 file.

What did his CO have to say about him?

No court -martials, no record of violence, but he seems to have been kind

misfit.

We can hitch a ride in one of those rigs.

Well, most of those don't pick up riders.

Well, then we'll sneak on.

Now, come on, let's quit worrying, huh?

Let's get out of here.

written stuff before.

You going with us?

Well, I don't know if we have much of a choice, but why not?

What are you going to do with the car?

Well, I think I'm going to leave it.

Probably broadcast the descriptions of it already.

Well, farmers and merchants of Albuquerque didn't seem fit to loan

it.

I mean, that's why you robbed them? Because they wouldn't give you a loan?

Yeah.

Well, then they must know who you are.

They know, all right.

I made sure of that.

Man, you should have seen their faces.

What are you trying to do, make a name for yourself?

Been nothing all my life.

Joined the army. You know, I thought I'd figure out something.

I was wrong.

But they ain't seen nothing yet.

Was that to surprise you?

No.

No, not really.

Some of my best friends break the rules.

Hey, man, we helped you get through the roadblock.

How about letting us cut out now?

Okay, but I want you here to stay with me.

Now, why don't you come on? What?

Come on, let's go.

Hey, you're not going to hurt him, are you? No.

All right, turn around.

Take your belts off. No, no way, man.

Look, you turn around. You just put your hands behind your back.

Now, you'll be free in a couple hours. Listen, don't tie me up. Now, will you

turn around?

It was an accident, Marianne.

I didn't mean to shoot him.

He's alive.

All right, come on.

Come on. We've got to help him. We can't do anything here. We'll get help.

Come on.

Didn't mean to do it. I was always trying to tie up his pants.

The

conference

broke up early.

I got a call you'd identified the parents. We're flying out to talk to

I'll get back to Washington a couple of hours later.

Well, we're filling in the picture on Williams up to the time he went AWOL.

That's it.

Well, wherever Marianne is now, that's what she ran away from.

I'm going to have to ask you to excuse my wife, gentlemen, at least for the

being. Of course, Mr. Collins.

Do you have a recent photograph of Marianne?

Yes, I think so.

We'll need a physical description of her as well.

Well, I see she's nearly 20, 5 '4", slender.

Well, her hair's rather light.

Does she have any relatives in the Southwest we could speak to?

No.

Well, I don't think that I could give you one specific reason why Mary Ann

this house.

We didn't have any...

real trouble with her. It was just that she always seemed to see things exactly

opposite from the way the rest of us did.

Whom do you mean by the rest?

Margaret, our son James.

I don't mean to sound like a stereotype parental apologist, but we did what we

could. We changed her schools. We finally found a school that was supposed

very good at handling children with the...

Well, those who lack acceptable motivations.

I hate words like that.

Acceptable motivations.

Why don't they just say some kind of pride and courage?

I'm sorry, gentlemen.

It's all right, honey.

I just thought it would be easier for you up in your room. Why did you think

would be easier for me sitting in a room staring at four walls with Mary Ann out

there someplace?

Margaret, this is Assistant Director Arthur Ward of the FBI and Inspector

Erskine.

Mary Ann does not come from a bad, broken home.

She comes from a good, loving one.

If she has a chance, Mrs. Collins...

Do you think she'll contact you?

I don't know.

I honestly don't know.

It doesn't matter about my feelings anymore.

Get her back for us, please.

We'll do everything we can.

Hello?

Just a moment, please.

Inspector Erskine.

Thank you.

Erskine.

Yes, Tom.

You think it was Williams who called?

Where were they taking him?

And the Collins girl?

All right, I'll be in the next flight out.

I found the young man Williams picked up.

A few hundred yards from a secondary highway outside Gallup.

And?

Tell me, Inspector.

We still haven't found Marianne.

What are you doing?

You just look like you're freezing. I want to keep you warm.

Thank you.

Are we still getting off in Flagstaff?

Why?

Well, I was thinking before, you know...

Your picture and your name and everything's probably on television.

They may even know about me.

She wish I had time to see it.

Boy, you really dig it, don't you? You really need that attention.

You know, you said, um... You said something before about the Army.

You trying to prove how much you hate it?

I loved it.

Couldn't wait to get in.

Well, what happened?

Ava, you're in the news, too.

You got folks that are going to worry?

Yeah.

Listen, I don't suppose maybe I could call them?

Why'd you split?

Mom? Yeah.

I couldn't breathe there.

I really feel kind of sorry for them.

They're so uptight.

You know, I don't think that I can ever remember my folks laughing.

Isn't that weird?

Do you love them?

Oh, yeah, I... Yeah, I guess I...

Really do.

It sure hurts sometimes when I think about them.

They just... I don't know, passing through.

Nothing really ever touches them or moves them.

I used to get so mad at them, sometimes I just wanted to scream.

Somehow I just know that there's more to life than a trip to the dentist.

What about you?

Do you have family?

Just my brother Joe.

Is that who we're going to see in Flagstaff?

Maybe.

Is Davis still in surgery?

It's been over two hours.

Well, putting together what we got from the Army and the report from the

resident agent in Durham, we have a pretty complete picture of Williams.

He was born and raised in Durham and lived there until he volunteered for the

Army. His parents died in a fire. He was about two years old. He has an older

brother, Joseph.

Do we have a current address on it?

No. Not since he was separated from the service in 1968.

Military service records couldn't be more different.

Joseph Williams was considered to be a resourceful, aggressive soldier.

Won several battlefield promotions and commendations.

Is there an address on the brother in Williams' army file?

No, and Jerry Williams' file is pretty sad.

It was at the bottom of his class in the training company.

Lacked initiative.

Company punishments for minor infractions and finally AWOL.

I'm sure young Davis is going to make an inspector. His condition is much

better.

But I'm carrying him as critical for the time being. He's in the recovery room

now.

Now, I've left instructions to notify you as soon as he's conscious and able

talk. Thank you, Doctor.

Well, so far at least, my name doesn't kill you of murder.

Well, yes.

Yes, operator, I'll accept the charges.

Hello, Daddy?

Mary Ann.

Oh, thank God.

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine. I thought you might be worried, so I wanted to call.

Where are you?

Well, I can't tell you that. I just wanted you to know that I'm all right.

Is Mother there?

Hello, darling.

Hello.

Hello?

Mary Ann.

Who is this speaking, please?

This is Mrs. Fred Collins of Omaha.

Who is this?

Officer John Brill, Flagstaff Police Department.

Flagstaff Police Department.

We think they may be in this general area right here.

Excuse me.

FBI.

Well, yes.

Fred Collins, Inspector.

Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Collins.

Inspector, we just wanted to tell you that we're leaving for Flagstaff in a

minutes.

We'll be arriving there about 2 p .m. your time.

Where do you, uh...

You have the right to do as you please, of course, Mr. Collins, but I must point

out to you that we can't involve you in our investigation.

We understand that, but if we could just come to your office and wait, or if we

could just wait in our hotel room until you call us with some news, we'll do

that. I can certainly understand how you feel.

You see, Inspector, my wife and I have been talking, and, well, I may have

been... Too easygoing. She may have been too strict.

But there's one thing we do know.

Marianne is out there someplace.

And regardless of whose fault it is, we want her back alive, Inspector.

We want to see our little girl again.

Hi, Joe.

Hello, kid.

Well, you really got yourself into something this time, didn't you?

Sounds a lot worse than it is.

That's what I want to talk to you about.

Come on. Come on in.

Oh, Marianne.

I want you to meet my brother, Joe.

Joe, this is Marianne. Hello.

Hey, I hear I got a new little niece.

Where's Ellen?

Oh, she took the baby to the doctor's for a checkup.

Hey, I was just making some sandwiches.

You kids hungry?

Starved. Mary Ann, why don't you do it?

Oh, sure.

Um, where is it? Here? Yeah.

You holding her against her will?

No, no, not me.

You're lucky.

That kid you shot didn't die.

He's gonna be all right.

I'm glad.

Really glad.

So what are you going to do now, Jerry?

Well, I got about 300 bucks.

And I thought if you'd lend me a couple hundred more, I'd get to Mexico, maybe

even further.

You'll never make it.

The FBI and every cop between here and the border is looking for you.

Well, what are you trying to do, tell me to turn myself in?

I'll get you the best lawyer we can afford.

I'll use every cent I've got.

Oh, man, I thought I could count on you. I figured you were on my side.

I am.

When back in the county home we were kids, you were always fighting for me.

And I'll keep on fighting for you. But I can't fight if you run.

Sorry, Joe.

We're gonna be going. What is this, huh?

This isn't like you.

What started all this?

Couldn't cut it. The Army.

The Army? Yeah.

You wanted to join. Oh, I know.

I know I wanted to be like you.

What happened?

You remember the grenade range?

One trainee throws, then coaches the next, yeah?

Right.

Well, the trainee in front of me threw his.

They exploded.

Got mine off the cartridge belt, pulled the pin, and I froze.

I couldn't throw it.

Couldn't let it go either.

Must have been about 50 men there.

And the guy right next to me, if it slipped, that would have been it.

I couldn't even move.

Well, it got real quiet then.

And the range officer, he came down along the line and eased out the guy

next to me.

And then he pried my fingers loose in the grenade and he threw it.

He ordered me to leave the range.

Then I had to walk past all those GIs.

And every one of them looking at me like I was nothing.

Took off that night.

Couldn't face him again.

So, you held up a bank.

You picked up two kids, you nearly killed one.

Did that make you feel big, important?

Did that make you a man?

Look, don't you understand that I had to do something?

All my life, everybody's always looking at me like I couldn't measure up.

Like I wasn't good enough.

Hey, I, uh...

I found some sodas, but I couldn't get the ice cube tray out.

I'll get it. Okay.

Don't worry, Jerry.

I'll help you.

Thanks.

FBI.

You sure?

It's Joe Williams, the fugitive's brother.

Inspector Eskin.

Inspector.

My brother's here now.

I'll keep him here till you come.

What's your address there, Mr. Williams?

4241 Priam Street, apartment 7.

I'll try and get his gun.

I don't want anything to happen to him.

You handed me over.

You're all I ever had in my life.

And you just handed me over.

They can't have been gone more than ten minutes.

What kind of a car do you drive?

Tan Mercury.

Arizona license, KHQ 642.

Did he say where they were going?

Mexico.

Frank called Border Patrol.

I had about 400 in cash.

Overtime checks I cashed last night.

It took it all.

During the time they were here, did the Collins girl seem to be a hostage?

No, she was quiet.

She seemed kind of shy, but she did what he told her.

It seems like she just kind of went along with what he said.

Well, miss, I've been gone three days, driven thousands of miles across three

states, but you've got to be the prettiest sight I've seen so far.

Are you going anywhere near Phoenix?

If I don't, the boss gets a new man in the morning.

Hop in.

See you right there.

You just keep it about 40.

What do you got in these boxes?

Novelty items.

Custom jewelry.

Why don't you pull off the road just past those railroad tracks?

Get out.

Bring the key with you. Jerry, what are you going to do?

A couple they've been talking about on the radio. That's right. Now, you open

the trunk, huh? Sure.

They've got roadblocks set up all over the state.

Jerry,

let's go.

Stuff looks awful good, Marianne.

Is it?

Yes.

Yeah, well, how much is it worth?

It's insured for $20 ,000. Take it. Take it, but just leave me alone.

Marianne, if you can take one of these bracelets, we can sell the rest in the

gallows. No, I don't want anything.

Please, let's just get out of here. All right. All right.

All right.

Mr., we're going to go take a walk.

Oh, wait a minute.

Please. I got a wife and three kids.

Then you stop arguing and start going, Vance. No, Jerry, don't. Just let go of

me, will you?

Did you kill him?

No, I didn't kill him.

You hurt him, though, didn't you?

Why did you hurt him?

Don't push me, please.

All you do is hurt people and then run.

Will you lay off of me, Marianne?

Jerry, I'm not going with you anymore.

I don't care if you kill me.

Marianne. No. Look, I didn't want it to happen. I didn't want any of it,

honestly. Oh, no.

Well, you could have stopped it anywhere along the line, but you didn't. You

just kept copping out.

Now, who are you to talk about a cop -out, huh?

You never stuck around for anything either.

You had everything going for you.

You had a family.

And a home.

You even had parents that loved you.

You just gave up.

Just dropped out.

So don't you go judging me.

Come on, let's go.

You have alerted the border?

Yes, sir.

We've covered everything.

Airline terminals, bus and railroad stations.

The border patrol is set and waiting at a half a dozen crossing points.

VX7.

7. We have a report just passed on by the Phoenix PD.

A motorist on Highway 17 saw a young couple closely resembling Williams and

Collins girl get into a car driven by a lone driver.

This is Inspector Erskine.

Anything in the report on the circumstances?

The girl was apparently out on the road, Inspector. The car was pulling over.

She then waited while the man who may be Williams came from off the road.

By the time the motorist passed them, both were in the car.

10 -4.

Well, it looks like the girl set the victim up this time.

Hey, why are you going in such a rush, honey? That phone doesn't work. Is there

one around here that does?

Well, sure. There's one right over there. No, it can't go that way. He's

Well, who's he?

Well, you're in a little trouble, aren't you?

So there's a man on Highway 17 that's been hurt, maybe even killed.

What happened?

It's a jewelry salesman that picked us up on the road and Jerry robbed him. I

tried to help the guy, but I couldn't.

Now, look, I'll take you down to some station myself.

Now, I don't want you to worry about a thing. You hear?

Thank you.

Inspector Erskine of the FBI.

Is this the man who attacked you?

Yes, sir.

Did you get any idea where he and the girl were going?

No.

We... The kids said that they were going to sell my samples in Nogales.

One thing more. Did she help Rob you?

No, she tried to help me.

She was as afraid of him as I was.

Thanks, Mr. Putter.

Now, Marianne, your boyfriend has two cases of jewelry.

Worth a lot of money. I told you, he's not my boyfriend.

You're off the problem again, baby.

I don't seem to get through to you too well.

Please, couldn't you just let me go?

Now, the U .S. Customs Department, they ain't about ready to give you a

boyfriend a passport.

So that must mean he's got some other way to get that jury into Mexico.

For the last time, Marianne, where?

I don't know. He had a map, and he said something about taking the Via... The

Via Marquez cutoff, maybe?

Let's get started.

Well, you don't need me.

Oh, sure we do.

Your boyfriend's gonna be missing you about now.

Inspector, this is John Tamper.

Good day.

He says that Williams was here, got some gas, and then drove out in a hurry.

What about the girl?

She left a message on the mirror in the ladies' room asking for help, and she

gave us Potter's license number of his car.

She was with Williams when he left?

I'm not sure, sir. He took off so fast.

I don't think she was in the front, but she could have been in the back or in

the trunk, I guess.

Is it possible she could have gotten out of here without you seeing her?

Yes, sir. There is a small window in the back.

You know, after he took off, I did see sort of a pretty blonde girl around, but

I don't think it's the girl you're looking for.

Why not?

She was with some cycle jockey. She rode off with him.

Two of his buddies were right behind him.

Thanks, Mr. Cameron.

Unit 7.

Go ahead.

Inspector, Arizona Highway Patrol Helicopter 8A reports no sign of subject

vehicle on State Highway 84.

However, I have recently observed three males accompanied by one female at

intersection of 84 and the Amarquez Cut -Off.

Females generally fit at the description of Mary Ann Collins.

How are they traveling?

By motorcycle, sir.

10 -4.

PX -9 to all units.

We're moving on the intersection indicated.

Converge.

According to the map, that intersection closed for months.

Not Williams' map, obviously.

Get rid of the gun.

Your hand's on your head.

You all right?

I, uh, I guess I really kind of made a myth out of things, didn't I?

I'm sorry.

You must be very tired.

I don't think I've ever been so tired.

Would you like to come home?

Jerome Williams was tried and convicted in federal court of bank robbery.

He was turned over to New Mexico authorities and found guilty of

murder. He was subsequently tried in an Arizona court for aggravated assault and

robbery. Miles and his confederates were found guilty of assaulting federal

officers.

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