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This is Graham. We've got to find him.

Can you help us in any way?

Yes.

Look in the library under great crimes of the century.

He was always fascinated by brilliantly executed robberies.

Fire.

Fire.

He's got to lead somewhere.

Well, see for yourself, Inspector.

You say he hasn't left this area, I tell you there isn't a target of opportunity

worth his effort.

At any given time, there's no more than $40 ,000 in one place on this base.

What about payday?

That's different.

That money is shipped from Flagstaff.

How much?

$750 ,000.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbliss, Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

and Shelley Novak, with guest stars Peter Haskell, Richard

Jekyll, Lawrence Dobkin, special guest star Roger

Robinson.

Tonight's episode, Selkirk's War.

Major Selkirk. Sergeant.

Uh, nobody said anything about you coming back this soon, sir.

Is this another inspection, Major?

Well, that's what the Inspector General's office usually does, Sergeant.

Doesn't it meet with your approval?

Oh, yes, sir. Of course, sir.

Your driver.

He wasn't feeling very well. I dropped him off at the clinic at Tuba City.

You can go ahead, sir.

Just a moment, Corporal.

All I gave you were orders authorizing me to inspect the stockade.

It's your duty, soldier, to verify the fact that I am the officer so specified

in those orders.

May I see your ID, Major?

Sergeant, three months ago you took it upon yourself to notify the entire base

of my arrival. Don't make that mistake this time.

No, sir.

We're very careful not to overcrowd the facilities, Major.

We try to assign one prisoner per cell.

Do you mind if I check?

Do you, Major?

Of course not.

Go right ahead.

Okay, let's go.

Excuse me, Major.

Regulations state that nobody is permitted to carry anything into the

area without being inspected.

That's exactly what regulations do state, Major Durkin.

What's going on? I'm going to keep your mouth shut.

And just who are you?

I'm going to keep you from spending the next 20 years of your life in

Leavenworth.

Out.

This is your only chance, Dylan. Do what I tell you and do it now. Move.

There's two .45s in the case. Get them out.

All right, Carter.

This is your party, too.

finds a way.

Devlin, you bring the case.

Let's move. Come on.

Your weapon, sir.

I want to inspect your weapon, soldier.

All right.

Devlin, you drive.

And take it easy.

Nice and easy.

In the early hours of July 19th, Edward Henry Selkirk, Jr., a former major in

the United States Army, engineered the escape of James Charles Devlin and Floyd

Carter, prisoners in the detention facilities of Camp Duncan near Tuba

Arizona.

Both Devlin and Carter were classed as incorrigibles and dangerous by the

States Army.

Because these crimes were committed on a government reservation, the FBI was

called into the case.

Inspector Lewis Erskine and Special Agent Chris Daniels were assigned to

the investigation.

Major Durkin, are you sure it was Selkirk who assaulted you?

Yes. He was here not three, four months ago for an inspection.

I didn't know he'd been separated from the service.

The sergeant at arms will confirm my identification, Inspector.

Call the U .S. attorney for a warrant.

Yes, sir. You can use my office.

Colonel, these two men Selkirk broke out of your facility.

Carter and Devlin?

Certainly knew how to pick them. Have a look at these personnel files.

We don't get men like that in the Army very often, but when we do... Bad news,

huh?

Well, both these men are combat veterans. Carter is a demolitions

And Devlin?

Heavy vehicles. A driver.

What were they in for?

They went on a rampage about three months ago. They knocked off the NCO

they both went AWOL. And then they almost beat to death one of the MPs who

arrested them.

Do you know if Selkirk ever met them?

No.

He might have heard of them, though.

They were court -martialed right here on the base.

And that was just about the time Selkirk last inspected the stockade.

You know what interests me, Colonel?

Why Selkirk risked so much to get these two men.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Bring it in.

Thank you. Thank you very much, Sergeant.

One of the guards saw Carter drop this.

Now, according to Durkin, Selkirk had three guns in his attache case.

Any missing from the base? Not a one.

All three came in from outside.

Of course, those grenades must have been stolen while he was still in the

service.

I spoke with Mr. Ward. He's been in contact with Selkirk's former superior

the Inspector General's office. We meet with him in an hour.

Have the RA flagstaff check the serial numbers on this.

Maybe they can tell us where Selkirk got it.

Thanks, Colonel. Not at all, Inspector. I'll get you a line.

Flagstaff line, please.

The FBI office.

How does it feel?

Terrific.

Devlin, get to work.

All right, stay off the leg.

I want you ready to function in 48 hours.

Now, what's going to happen in 48 hours?

I'll tell you when we get there.

Meanwhile, paint out the serial numbers of the jeep and stencil in the new set.

Now, hold it.

You've been giving us a lot of orders and no answers for the last two days.

Burn the fatigues, paint the jeep, oil the weapons, huh?

Now, what is the deal?

Huh? Because nobody shoots up a stockade or blasts an army base to get me and

Carter out of there without wanting something.

Yeah, Major.

We never saw you before. We never even heard of you. Why us?

I told you not to put a strain on that leg, soldier.

All right.

Now, he's going to be a good boy and eat his vitamins.

But for what?

See, I want to be sure that I ain't just busting out of one jail just to get

stuck into another one. Yeah, Major. I'd feel better if I was on my way to

Mexico.

Well, you keep pushing, you're going to find yourselves on the way to an early

grave.

You're nothing.

You're less than nothing. The army had you behind bars, remember?

Well, I'm going to give you a chance to get back at them.

And at the same time, make yourselves rich. Richer than you have ever dreamed.

Yeah, well, you tell me something, Major.

Just what are you, huh? Some deserter, a maniac, or what?

There's a quarter of a million dollars in each of your pockets. Sound crazy?

Well, I'm going to put it there.

All you have to do is follow orders.

Carter, get off the lake.

Devlin, get to work on the jeep.

Hey, Dev, you know something?

You're right.

He's freaked out.

I say we head for the border now.

Yeah?

Walk away from a quarter of a million dollars? Yeah, man, you don't buy that.

Yeah.

Yeah, I do. Look, he broke us out, didn't he?

He risked his neck.

Somehow he stole all this ordinance from an armory and never did get caught.

So I don't think he's going to play any game.

Where are you going?

I'm going to paint the Jeep.

Hey, wait a minute.

What makes you think that after he uses us, he won't dump us?

Look, baby, you've got it all wrong.

We're going to use him.

Because as soon as we find out what he's got going...

You and me are going to take over.

He's got the brains, yeah.

You and me, we got the muscle, huh?

Of course I remember Selkirk.

He was a malcontent.

Nothing ever moved fast enough for him.

Coffee, gentlemen?

Please. No, thank you.

Colonel, I understand he mentioned to several other officers that he had no

future in the Army.

He'd been bucking for a promotion for over a year.

His efficiency reports were poor. He was passed over.

What was his reaction?

Well, he claimed it was part of an army plot against him. I assure you, there

was no plot.

Selkirk was kept at his rank because I felt, along with others, that he was

too anxious to move up.

It made him trigger -tempered, intolerant of the slightest mistake.

An angry man instead of a good officer.

Angry enough to seek revenge on the army?

In my opinion, yes.

But knowing Selkirk, I'd say that he had more in mind.

Much more.

If he is a former member of the Inspector General's staff, he'd have had

to a great deal of classified information.

Those two men he broke out, they just may be a means to an end.

Do you have any idea where we might find anybody that could help us?

Well, the only personal contact I'm aware of was his wife.

Her name's Eleanor.

Where can we find her? All I know is they were divorced five years ago.

Somehow he'd been deeply hurt, either by his wife or something connected with

her.

Pardon?

Yes? Excuse me, Colonel Brandt. General Rosen wants to see you right away.

Okay.

Well, gentlemen, if there's any way I can help you, let me know.

Thank you, Colonel. You're welcome.

See if you can locate his ex -wife.

We want to talk to her as soon as possible.

Mm -hmm.

Your orders were specific, gentlemen.

You were to cover this ground undetected.

You're gonna kill the fire on that coast!

Go back up top and come down again. No way, baby.

Why don't you let us take a smoke first, Major? I don't need no smoke.

I've had it with your crazy exercises, running up and down hills at 50 pounds

my back.

enough money in the world for me to let somebody buy out that close to me.

I gave you an order, Carter. Follow it.

No way.

You know, you've gone too far this time, Major, even for a quarter of a million

dollars.

Very well.

If you won't accept my conditions, clear out.

You wanted to go to Mexico, Carter?

It's that way. Start walking.

I'm in no shape to walk.

The key's to the jeep.

Devlin!

The gun, soldier?

Or you're a very dead man.

Test me.

How does your leg feel now, Carter?

Nice.

Good.

That means I won't have to put you out of your misery.

We'll secure drills for today. Go pick up your equipment.

Thanks, Tom.

Mr. Spees, this is Special Agent in Charge Waldman. How are you?

Recognize this?

It's nice.

Sweet little weapons.

I feel there's some folks who say the Uzi is a better piece.

But this little baby has stood the test.

You familiar with this particular one?

Yes, sir. I remember selling it. But even if I didn't, I've got my books.

I keep a good set of records, Inspector.

Do you remember who bought it?

The Major.

He knew almost as much about guns as I do.

You know, some of these collectors are walking manuals. What was his name?

Major Graham.

Wounded in Vietnam.

He was a Green Beret.

Would he be one of these?

Yeah, he's the middle one on the lower row.

Has he done something wrong?

What else did he buy?

Well, this and a .50 caliber World War II surplus.

That's a lot of guns.

Yes, sir, it is.

He said he was a collector.

Now, I know the law, Inspector.

I took this Schmeisser and all the other pieces I had, and I registered them

with the Treasury Department back in November 68.

Now, after I sold them to the Major, I took the sales paper and the transfer

tax, and I mailed it to him right away to the department.

That was it.

Well, it was the last week.

What about ammunition?

Oh, test rounds.

He said he wanted 10 or 12 test rounds for each piece. He wanted to cite them

in.

Can you give me the serial numbers of the other guns?

Oh, yes, sir. I brought a copy here from my records.

Inspector?

We found Mrs. Salkirk. She's living in San Francisco under her maiden name,

Eleanor Graham.

Tom, check every war surplus dealer in town. Find out what else Selkirk is

collecting.

We don't understand a system.

Hey,

get back to work.

I'm taking a break.

Well, finish the job, man.

What, are you bucking for something with him?

Yeah, I want our share of the money and his, okay?

Yeah, you as crazy as he is.

You bought the whole package.

There's something else you don't even know what's in it. Well, I'm going to

gamble because he smells like a winner.

Nobody else ever took me out, not even you.

If he's so good, how are we going to get his share?

That's easy.

Nobody's that good if you hit him when he ain't looking.

Oh, if you're looking for Major Selkirk, he's in there with the plans to Fort

Knox.

I'll be back after dark. You can knock off at 1600 hours, police the area, get

your child.

If I last that long.

I have every confidence.

Yes, sir.

Don't worry about him, sir. He's going to be okay.

Stay away from the mine office.

Oh, sure.

I mean it.

Let's go.

Ain't nowhere near four o 'clock. Hey, let's go.

You crazy?

You heard the man say. I don't care what he said. I want to find out what's in

here. I don't think he'd leave it wide open.

I got the key.

Hold it.

Is that a...

Booby trap?

Yeah.

He wanted us to find it.

Well, whatever's in it ain't worth getting our heads blown off for.

Yeah, that's what the man's trying to tell us.

Yes, sir?

Yes, sir, we'll have at least three women there this afternoon.

What's the address?

This is Grant. Come in.

Yes, thank you.

Miss Graham.

Oh, I know it isn't easy, but at least here in headquarters, a little lip

service?

I'm Inspector Erskine. This is Special Agent Daniels.

What do you want with me?

Information about your ex -husband.

Ed?

What's wrong? What's he done?

Have you seen or heard from him in the past few weeks?

You have to be kidding. I haven't seen or heard from him in the past five

Why so surprised?

Because we have a daughter?

Ed paid no more attention to Jody than he did to me.

As a matter of fact, he hated her.

Inspector, I don't know anything about my ex -husband, and I don't want to.

Nothing I ever did was good enough for that man, including our child.

He wanted a son.

Mrs. Graham, we've got to find him.

Can you help us in any way?

Yes.

Look in the library under great crimes of the century.

He was only fascinated by brilliantly executed robberies.

No, I have no difficulty with a pickup schedule.

But we always have the money ready when the truck gets here.

That's something you better clear with the main office.

All right.

I'm sorry, Mr. Graham.

These are the abandoned claims you asked about.

We made an estimate of the capital necessary to get them going again.

Good. I'll check this against my own figures.

If it's a matter of capitalization, we can... No, no, I have my own money

sources.

Well, thank you for the coffee. When I get back from the East in a couple of

weeks, I'll let you know my decision. Thank you, Mr. Gray.

I just finished talking to the people at Camp Duncan.

The only time Selkirk could have come in contact with Carter or Devlin was

during the trial.

Does the date coincide with this inspection trip?

Colonel Horrigan thinks it's possible that Selkirk could have attended the

as a spectator. We're still trying to nail it down.

Inspector, Mr. Ward is on the phone for you.

Thank you.

Hello, Arthur.

Lewis, I have the results of our interviews with surplus war material and

dealers between Omaha and Flagstaff.

Does Hillcook approach any of them?

About a dozen so far.

I can give you a list of what he bought.

Everything from fatigues to sidearms, explosives and binoculars to a jeep and

half -track.

That's enough for an army. What about ammunition?

No, nothing.

Except for the rounds he bought in Omaha, there's no record of any other

purchases. Well, he's either got it by now or he's going to get it.

You guys in trouble?

Yeah. Yeah. You got any tools?

Yeah.

Oh, God.

Slide over and get out the other side.

Tie him up, get him out of sight, and let's get out of here.

Move it, soldier. Move it.

This load does it.

Hey.

What are you looking at me for?

Take it easy, soldier.

Why are you staring at me?

I'm not staring.

You know me, don't you?

Huh?

Now you drag him inside.

We're lucky to find the drivers of those stolen trucks in the last six hours in

that heat that have been dead.

It was the same trio that hit the armory later? Oh, yes. Positive

identification.

One of the MPs of the National Guard Armory recognized Devlin.

Well, Selkirk has a demolitions expert, a heavy vehicle driver, enough ordnance

to equip an army post, and now the ammunition.

Raise the elevation and turn.

Fire.

Back a half a degree left.

Lower the elevation a quarter turn.

Bullseye. Hold it.

Why, what's down there? A man in a pickup truck.

Secure operations.

Back to the camp in a double. We're moving out. What, just for some guy in a

pickup? I want to be underway at midnight.

He's right, Major. That guy probably thinks we're a bunch of miners blasting

gold or something.

It's a risk I won't take.

I gave you an order, soldier.

Let's see, you were approximately here, huh? Yeah.

Tell me a little more about the gunfire you heard.

Well, I'm not sure it was gunfire or I'd have figured another hunter like me.

It was something heavier.

Such as?

Well, matter of fact, for a minute there, I would have figured I was back

Enchon. More like mortar fire.

Thanks. Is there anything up there?

Like an abandoned mine or... Closer to 20.

25 abandoned mines.

Inspector, the pilot says the visibility is so poor, he's saying we're taking a

chopper up right now.

right there down out

the camper down by the highway if you police the area won't even find a

cigarette butt around here we better pull that truck now major all right

go we'll drive all night i'll leave remember no lights but i don't even know

road by this time the guy in the pickup truck could have reported what he heard

but you don't know that so why kill the three of us i have considered the risk

stevelyn Now move out.

Let's go.

Hanford Mining Company, number two.

Check the shack.

Selkirk used her weapons carrier at the armory.

Pretty bad.

Get a stretcher. Yes, sir.

Selkirk's declared war.

Twenty seconds.

Hey, what is this? We go through infiltration exercises, machine gun

for what? Some crummy bank?

Why aren't we going to use the half track?

Or any of the other stuff we stole?

Ten seconds.

What was the point, Selkirk?

Five seconds.

Three.

Two.

From the looks of that vault, Carter knows his business. It just doesn't make

sense. All of this destruction for less than $10 ,000.

Is this the man who called himself Edward Graham?

Well, now, Graham had a mustache and glasses, but it sure does look like him.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Selkirk's got more than $10 ,000 in equipment, breaks two men out of a stock

cage, shoots an MP, pretty well roughs up four GIs, and puts one of our agents

in the hospital just for that.

Can't pay just for that.

There's got to be something bigger coming up.

You ripped this off for a lousy 10 grand. There was more than 25 ,000

come you stopped this?

You weren't there for the money.

Oh, really?

Then this is where I get off, mister. You give me my share, and I'm gone.

I won't be traveling first class, Dylan.

Oh, here he goes again.

Mister, I don't mind you holding out a carrot on the end of a stick, but for

once, let me see the carrot.

All right, it's time.

This is Camp Duncan.

And this is where we are right now.

And this is the route that will be taken by the convoy that delivers the base

payroll.

Three quarters of a million dollars.

$750 ,000.

You're kidding.

I don't kid.

I got an armored car, three or four trucks with machine guns. Your

is inaccurate.

You're crazy.

Who are you to question me?

Either of you.

I planned this mission down to the last round of ammunition, to the smallest

detail. I have tested every aspect.

And I tell you categorically, at three trained, dedicated men.

Cannot be stopped.

Major, they got five, six times the men.

Not men like us.

We were tested tonight.

Proven.

Army never would give me my own combat command. They didn't trust me.

Well, I showed them.

And I'll show them again.

They'll pay for what they did to all of us.

And they will pay.

$750 ,000 worth.

Peplum, don't buy that.

That's a quarter of a million dollars, man.

I got something better than that going for me? We're out men, but not out guns.

I've seen to that.

Okay, Carter.

What is it, man? Are you with us or not?

Carter?

Yeah, why not?

Every move he's made was for a purpose.

He broke out two highly trained specialists, raided the armory for

tear gas, landmines, none of which he's even used yet. And now the bank.

It's got to lead somewhere.

Well, see for yourself, Inspector.

You say he hasn't left this area, I tell you there isn't a target of opportunity

worth his effort.

Not even the base itself, Inspector.

Our PX receipts are shipped out of here daily.

At any given time, there's no more than...

$40 ,000 in one place on this base.

What about payday?

That's different.

That money is shipped from Flagstaff.

How much?

$750 ,000.

It's worth it, isn't it? You can't be serious.

No one would dare try to hit this base.

How does the money come in?

Armored car.

But there are guard vehicles. There are men with automatic weapons.

Selkirk has tear gas, landmines. Plus his own automatic weapons.

What are you thinking?

Convoy's already on its way to the base.

But I don't know by which route.

I think a helicopter.

That's a convoy route. Cover it with your 50.

Right. Go ahead.

Ready, Devlin?

Rolling stock, rolling stock, this is base one. Come in.

Rolling stock, rolling stock, this is base one. Come in.

It's no good, sir.

You get in some of those canyons and the reception is spotty. He tried.

Yes, sir.

Rolling stock, rolling stock, this is base one. Come in.

Rolling stock, rolling stock, this is base one. Come in.

Devlin?

Yes, sir.

Wait for my signal.

Right.

All right, Carter, connect firing.

Devlin I caught a cover -up

This is base one. Go ahead.

Under fire.

Cut off from armored car 300 yards inside Pasadena Canyon.

We're using 50 calibers and lines.

Anyone deceptive south of that hill?

10 -4.

Get the topper. Try to cut him off.

On your feet.

Well, at least it isn't antropocan.

You know, Inspector, it never was a money.

Never.

Sure, that's a great comfort to everyone involved.

Inspector.

Must take a long time to become an inspector.

Is it worth it?

All that work?

one of the best officers the Army ever had.

Edward Selkirk, James Devlin, and Floyd

Carter were tried and convicted in federal court for crimes committed on a

government reservation, bank burglary, theft of government property, and

on federal officers.