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This is a police lineup.

Here, desperate criminals who have been brought to bay appear before the

detective force and are questioned by the chief detective.

Listen. Take your hat off.

Name, Hitchcock, comma, Alfred.

Height, 5 '6". Weight, prisoner refuses to make a statement.

Here's his record.

1940, picked up on suspicion.

1942, spellbound.

1944, notorious.

1955, rear window.

1956, the man who knew too much.

Anything to say, Hitchcock?

Well, sir, I'm not doing any good record, but I'm trying to do better.

Better? Do you call this latest charge doing better?

Appearing on television.

I'm sorry, sir, but my family was hungry.

Take him away.

Wait a minute, sir. You've got the wrong man.

Don't you want to see a sample of his work?

Okay. Here's what we found on him when we picked him up.

Come on down.

And when we caught him in the alley with it, Officer Rand turned it over to me.

It looked like a .38 automatic.

But upon examination, it turned out to be a toy.

This could have been bought in a five and ten.

That's it.

You make a statement?

No.

Want to make one now?

Yeah.

I didn't know it was loaded.

Okay. Madden.

Put him away.

Come on, kid.

Come on.

I'm sorry. Come here.

Mark Punk?

No. Dumb kid.

Okay, that's all.

Hey. Hey!

How long they keep you in here?

Depends on what you've done.

It's a felony, you go to the lineup in the morning.

You're a rapper felony?

Yeah.

What's yours, sleeping one off on a park bench?

Get smart with me, kid, and I'll break your arm.

Well, I'm just asking.

Want to ask? Ask.

Don't be a wise guy.

What's your squeal stick up?

Yeah an assault Hurt the guy bad. I just slugged him with a gun. I just knocked

him down. That's all Take a good look at the line in the morning. Take a good

hard. Look see how you like it

Well, they do, too. You have to line up. They take you down to get mugged and

fingerprinted and then to the criminal court's building for arraignment.

They take your picture?

Yeah.

All the reporters gonna be there from the papers?

You're all charged up, ain't you, kid?

Oh, boy, I'd like to be a Chesky's who makes the papers.

What's Chesky's?

It's kind of a pool hall place, you know?

Guys hang out there.

They're all such big shots they think they never cared for me much

Once

because my mother you know Do this

don't do that she always treated me like a baby

Once when I was a kid

I cried because another kid had a nosebleed.

Boy, I was really something.

But you're not anymore, huh?

Well, there's something I hope the papers don't say. What?

About the gun not being real. I swiped it from a five and dime.

It was good enough, wasn't it?

Huh? It got you in here.

Yeah.

When do we go? After we eat? Soon after.

Well, what'll they do to us?

They shoot questions at you.

The bull that pinched you'll be there.

Boy, he was the card.

Did you make a statement?

No. But they caught me as soon as I left the place, and you're all about it.

First time?

Yeah, I told you. First time.

It doesn't matter how long you've been at it, don't admit nothing else.

Tell them you did it, but you don't know why you did it, and you'll never do it

again. What are you? You're a chaplain or something? Listen, kid, get out of it

while you can.

It's no picnic, and I'm a guy who knows. Go!

Hey, what's going on in here?

Nothing. Hey, you.

What do I do about a shave?

Rub in some milk from a cereal. I'll send a cat in to lick it off. Oh, he's a

riot. If they want to see me with a beard on, it's okay with me. Let's go.

Okay, let's get this show on the road.

All right,

let's line up against the wall.

Skinner and Morgan.

Your lineup number is 22.

22. Skinner, you're 21.

All right, let's go with the head in line.

That's a neat trick.

No talking.

All right, let's move ahead. Come on.

Step back behind the white line and face front.

Number 21, step forward to the center. Take the circle, please.

Suspicion of robbery.

How old are you?

Forty -nine.

Where were you arrested?

I don't remember, sir.

I've just been drinking a little.

Officer Boland, do you want to refresh his memory a little?

10th Avenue and 39th Street.

Were there any weapons found in connection with your arrest?

No, sir.

You own a car?

No, sir.

You have access to one?

No, sir.

That's all. Step back, please.

Next man, number 22. Take the circle.

Suspicion of robbery and assault.

How old are you?

I'm 20.

Where were you arrested?

I don't know. I got lost running. 12th Street and 2nd Avenue.

Was there any weapons found in connection with your arrest?

Yeah.

I had a gun.

Keep your face to the front, please.

It was a toy gun, wasn't it?

It was good enough to keep that bull away behind me.

Do you own an automobile?

No. Do you have access to one?

I guess I could get one if I wanted to.

That's all. Step back, please.

Go on, kid. Step back and lie.

Next, man.

That's you, Tyrone.

Do you own an automobile?

No, sir.

You have access to one?

No, sir.

Take off your hat, please.

Turn to the left, please.

To your left.

Now walk a few steps.

That's enough.

Put your hat back on.

Face the front.

That's all. Step back, please.

Hold on 22.

Anyone else?

21.

21 and 22. Step forward, please.

All right, everybody, step right. Come on, move along.

Fall in at the end of the line. Hold him, Charlie.

Right, Chief.

Hey.

Hold 21 and 22.

That was a lineup.

Big deal.

I thought we got printed and mugged next.

What are we in here for?

Because they ain't through with us.

You mean we go back?

We go back.

They pick me out special?

Yeah. You happy?

Well, they didn't pick out those other guys

What's your

squeal look but I don't know you and I don't want to so shove off for you

What

they got you on can't you tell by looking at him

I spotted you for a lush, didn't I?

Didn't I?

I'm just asking for kicks. You're having a ball, ain't you?

What are they going to ask us this next time? The story of our lives.

More than last time, huh? Yeah, a lot more.

You ain't going to learn, are you? You want to come back, don't you?

If I do, I won't be looking like you.

This ain't going to be such a ball. Sure, you know all about it, don't you?

been around a little. On park benches all over the country.

You're the kind of guy that's afraid of cops.

They don't scare me none.

I hate them, dumb jerks. I hate them all.

All right, boys, on your feet. They're about ready for you. Okay.

Okay, because I'm ready for them.

Stop behind the white line and face front.

Number 19, take the circle, please.

You want to change anything you said before when you were out here?

Like the part about whether or not you had a gun?

When I picked him up, he was carrying a .45 automatic.

What about that?

So I was carrying a gun.

Where?

In my pocket.

What were you doing with a gun?

I was just carrying it.

Why?

Look, I got a permit for it.

That's all I'm telling you.

Well, if you've got a permit for it, we haven't been able to find it.

This is a Navy gun, isn't it?

What?

Come on, speak up.

Yeah, yeah, it's a Navy gun.

Well, what were you doing with it? Why were you carrying it around?

I don't know.

Well, you certainly must have a reason for carrying around a loaded .45. It was

loaded, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was loaded. Look, I was just carrying it. I didn't shoot anybody, did

I?

I don't know. Were you planning on shooting somebody?

Yeah, sure. Now you got it just right.

Who?

Anybody, all right? Everybody, all right? I was planning on wholesale

all right?

All right, not murder. Maybe just a little larceny, huh?

No, murder!

I was going to shoot the whole town.

You happy now?

Okay?

Where'd you get this gun?

In the Navy.

Oh, so you admit stealing government property, is that it?

I found it.

All right.

Why did you leave the Navy?

Don't you want to tell us?

I've got a photostatic copy of your discharge here. What does it say?

What does it say? Come on, tell us. What does it say?

Dishonorable!

Does that make everything okay now?

Any other questions?

That's all. Step back, please.

Nice going. No talking. A face front.

Oh, so this is the man that appears to have the bad memory.

Officer Boland, you want to tell him about it?

He threw a garbage can through the window of a clothing store.

I found him inside the place with a bundle of overcoats. Is that right?

I don't remember, sir.

Well, is it or isn't it?

All I remember is waking up in the jail this morning, sir.

And you don't remember throwing anything through a window?

No, sir.

And you don't remember taking those overcoats?

No, sir.

But you did do it, didn't you?

A detective found you inside the store with the coats in your arms.

I got only his word for that, sir.

His word is pretty good, isn't it, considering the way he found you?

Well, is his word good or isn't it?

I just don't remember, sir. You've been here before, haven't you?

I don't remember, sir.

What do you do for a living?

Oh, I'm unemployed, sir.

When's the last time you've worked?

Huh? When's the last time you've worked?

I don't remember, sir.

You don't remember much of anything, do you?

I have a very bad memory, sir.

Well, it just so happens that I've got a copy of your record here.

Maybe this will jog your memory.

1948 assault and robbery.

1949, statutory offense.

1951, burglary.

1952, assault and robbery again.

You're quite a guy, aren't you?

You say so, sir.

Not exactly a desirable citizen.

Why did you break into that store?

I don't remember breaking into any store, sir.

Hey,

what's this?

Maybe I should have started looking back into the record a little further.

1938, homicide.

Sentenced to life imprisonment.

What happened there?

I don't know what you mean, sir.

Well, how come you're on the loose?

It was mistaken identity, sir.

The case was appealed.

And never retried?

No, sir.

There was insufficient evidence, sir. Well, this time there is sufficient

evidence. That makes you a four -time loser. You know that, don't you?

All I know is you want to get the police on you, all you got to do is buy a

cheap bottle of hooch and drink it quiet and run your own business.

And that's all you did?

That's all I did, sir. I don't remember anything else.

All right, step back. Next, ma 'am.

Well, don't you want your hat?

Number 22.

Take the circle, please.

This is your boy, Kelly.

I spotted him running out of a candy store.

He robbed and slugged the owner.

Is this your first offense, son?

Don't you know?

Well, we don't have a record on you. That's why I'm asking.

Yeah, it's my first offense.

You want to tell us about it?

What's there to tell? You know it all anyway.

Come on, just tell us your story.

What are you making a big federal case out of a lousy stick -up for?

Ain't you got nothing better to do with your time?

We got plenty of time. You're not going anywhere for a while.

Why don't you just tell us about it? What's there to tell? There was a candy

store stuck up, that's all.

You mean a candy store you stuck up, don't you?

Well, that's for me to know and you to prove.

Well, we know you did it. Why?

I ran out of butts.

Shut up!

Why did you do it?

Look, I told you. What more do you want?

We want to hear what you've got to say. Why you picked this particular candy

store. Okay, I'll tell you why.

I put slips in a hat and I picked it.

Now, you're much smarter than that.

Okay.

I picked it because this old crumb that runs it looks like he's a pushover.

Makes sense. Look, I'm up here so you can take a good look at me, okay?

Look, see me? Take a good look.

Did you have a gun?

Just a toy.

You pulled a stick up with a toy gun?

Yeah, that's right.

How do you scare a man with a toy weapon?

Well, I used a dirty look.

I got a real mean look when I use it.

So you did use a gun? Well, if I used my dirty look, it wouldn't have made much

sense to use a toy gun, now would it?

Didn't you tell that old man to open up that cash register or you'd give him the

barrel of that gun over his head?

Is that what you said or isn't it?

I didn't make a tape recording of what I said.

But you did force him to open that cash register while you were holding the gun

on him, now, didn't you? I suppose I... And how much money did you get?

I don't know. Your cops took it. Can't they count?

Twelve dollars. Is that right? Yeah. I cleaned out that register and I blew,

period. You mean you cleaned out the register and hit that old man, don't

I never hit nobody in my life.

Why did you hit him?

I didn't. Where did you hit him? I told you, I didn't hit him.

He started yelling. That's why you hit him, isn't it? I don't know what you're

talking about.

Well, we know you hit him. We just want to know why.

Maybe somebody else hit him after I left.

Oh, you were picked up just as you were leaving the store. Now, why did you hit

him?

I told you I didn't hit him.

Right after you robbed that old man, he was taken to the hospital with a gash in

his scalp. Now, what about that?

You saved your questions for the trial. I'm not going to say another word.

You already had your money. Why did you have to hit him? Were you afraid?

Is that it? Were you afraid?

Afraid of what?

An old man?

Afraid he'd tell who held him up.

Afraid he'd start yelling.

What were you afraid of? I wasn't afraid of nothing. I told that old crumb to

keep his mouth shut. He should have listened to me.

Then he did start yelling.

You ask him!

We're asking you.

All right, then he yelled.

I just came in there, and I cleaned out the register, and I took 12 lousy bucks.

He should have listened to me.

Then what did you do?

I told him to shut up.

But he... He wouldn't. He just kept yelling and yelling.

He shouldn't have yelled.

You ask him if I ever did him any harm before that. Go ahead, ask him.

I never even touched him before that.

Before he opened his mouth.

Now you go and ask him. Go to the hospital and ask him.

We can't ask him, Steve.

Why? Why can't you ask him?

He died this morning. His skull was fractured.

I didn't mean him to die.

What? What'd you say?

I didn't mean for him to die.

Speak up. I can't hear you.

He says he didn't mean for him to die.

Well, just the same he did, didn't he?

All right, step back.

Step back. You're through.

You picked a good one for your first time, didn't you, kid?

Number 17, take the circle, please.

Occasionally in our series, we touch on a subject.

that is far too real to be made the butt of my usual flippant remarks.

Tonight's story of juvenile delinquency is certainly a case in point, and we

have presented it with the hope that it might in some small way throw a little

light on what has become a serious national problem.