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Thank you.

What's the problem?

I just broke down. I got a sick woman in back. I gotta get her to a hospital.

Let me take a look at her.

Thanks.

Get your hands up against the car.

Move!

Turn around.

Now, where's the manifest?

In the tractor next to my seat. Open the rig!

Get out over there.

On the ground!

Okay. Lock it up.

All right. Freeze!

Wide world merchandise. Dave speaking.

Told me. Everything all right?

Consignment acquired and it's on its way.

There's just one thing.

What's that?

Something wrong with one unit.

Serial number XN52921.

Better take it out of the shipment.

Why? What's wrong?

I got a split.

Bye.

Pacific Warehouse and Storage.

Yes, Colby, Wide World Merchandise. On invoice number 661 arriving from San

Francisco on the SS Palomar.

Uh, let's see. One moment, please.

Due the 21st of this month.

That's it. I'd like you to remove one unit from the rest. That's serial number

XN-53921.

Just put it aside.

I'll have a man pick it up. Right.

And it's fun.

Deep six then.

Yeah? Over 100,000, Lou. It's a work of art. It looks so real, we hate to send

it to you guys in Treasury.

Yeah, I know.

Let us know when you put a match to it. We'll cry a little.

Yeah. So long.

Put this in the safe until Treasury picks it up and get a receipt for it.

See?

This just came up on a net down in Yowie Bay.

Mail.

Approximately 35.

Shot to death around two weeks ago.

We're checking his fingerprints now.

Mob hit?

Could be, but if it is, it's a new M.O.

Are there any new M.O.s now?

This guy was stuffed in a refrigerator.

In a refrigerator?

Yeah, brand new.

Warranties and tags still on.

Just got this of the telex.

Name of victim, Lloyd Donaldson, age 36, occupation, federal agent.

Federal agent.

Poor guy.

Call Washington. Find his last known whereabouts and the case he was working

on last time they had contact with him.

OK.

Hey, Arnold.

How are you, sweetheart?

Watch this man. He's one of the original 40 thieves. Steals from everybody, keeps

everything. Take care of yourself, baby.

Hello, man.

So?

Oh, yes.

Beautiful.

In case you're interested, the blonde at the bar just loves to travel. You might

keep that in mind next time you go to the trade fair.

Listen, be careful. This is my Uncle Charlie, right? Now, he watches

everything I do just like an uncle.

Really, he reports to my wife everything.

Oh, Larry, don't be silly. What you do on the road is your own business. I

mean, it's the retailer's code. Charlie Portman, me Ron Cole.

How do you do that?

Best commission man in the line.

Well, gentlemen, shall we drink our lunch? Oh, just tomato juice for me.

I'll have a perfect manhattan. Make that two. And bring us a platter of the

special hors d'oeuvres. The sliced steak tidbits, very rare. Yes, sir.

Well, what lines do you handle, Mr. Colby? Might be a better question if you

ask what lines I don't handle. He's beautiful.

Couple of weeks ago, right?

He got me a lot of major merchandise, 15% off street price.

That's quite a buy.

Anything you want, I can get it. I can get the best prices in the island, plus,

um...

A bonus to the buyer of $1,000 for every order of $10,000 or more.

Beautiful.

Sportswear, too? I mean, that's my department.

Right.

I could use some fancy swimwear.

Women's. I mean, first quality.

About 40 gross.

What's your number, Charlie? I'll call you. It's 786-2300.

That's the wear-right chain.

Listen, I may as well take down your number, too, while I'm... I make all the

calls.

That's the way I do business.

All right.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Yeah, go ahead.

I've got a line on the TV set you wanted.

How does he do it? I mean, how could he slice so much off the street price and

give the buyer a kickback besides?

You need the bread, right?

You know I do.

Jones in college.

Taxes on the house have doubled, and I'm into the bank for about $10,000.

All right, then. No questions, okay?

Yeah, but I... No, no, no. No questions.

See? Mainland report.

Federal agent was working undercover at the time of his death.

Driving for a California trucking company.

Hijacking investigation.

Still going on.

Last known to be driving van from Santa Rosa to Oakland.

Contents of van?

Refrigerators. Yeah, 110 disappeared.

Here's the serial numbers.

There it is.

XN53921.

XN53921.

That's the refrigerator that Agent Donaldson was found in.

Maybe they all ended up in Hawaii, huh?

110 refrigerators fenced in Hawaii?

Why not?

Steve, just a few stores handle that many appliances.

Well, big stores, legit.

They wouldn't handle stolen goods.

Not if they knew they were stolen.

But it's possible.

It's just possible they didn't know.

We're used to a different kind of fencing.

Jewelry, watches, cameras, things that are sold in an alleyway from inside a

hustler's coat.

But what about the big stuff?

How do you fence a truckload of refrigerators?

Not from inside a hustler's coat.

No. But from inside a hustler's head.

Somehow, some way, they've got to flow into normal channels.

I want every store in Hawaii that handles appliances checked for these

serial numbers.

Get all the help you need.

Right.

Super frost air conditioners. Yeah.

15%. Below wholesale.

You heard me, Marty.

Super frost air conditioners. Yeah, 15% below wholesale.

Yeah, I thought you would.

I'll let you know as soon as they're here.

Shipping room, Slater.

Colby. I've got a customer interested in women's swimwear, 40 gross.

When do you need it?

Sooner the better.

Get back to me in a day or two.

I'll let you know what's going out.

Good.

Please, stand down.

We're investigating a very serious crime.

In your store, Mr. Rogers, we found six dozen refrigerators bearing the serial

numbers of stolen merchandise.

Impossible. But that's not all.

A man was murdered, brutally murdered, in the commission of that theft.

There's a list of your stock, a list of machines stolen in California two weeks

ago.

How did this happen?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know?

Where did you buy the merchandise?

From a jobber, from a commission man.

I mean, how was I to know?

You're supposed to have ways of knowing.

Gentlemen, we realize that you both could be innocent victims, and I

certainly hope you are.

Who was this jobber you referred to?

Uh, Colby, Ron Colby.

Located where?

Uh, I don't know.

You don't know?

You buy thousands and thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from

someone and you don't know where he's located?

Well, uh, we, uh, we meet at restaurants, you know, trade places,

hangouts, you know, and, uh, we talk on the telephone.

What's his telephone number?

I don't know.

He calls me.

Mr. Swift, don't you think that's a bit much?

Nano, check the telephone company, the real estate board, utility company. See

if there's a phone listed for a Colby. What's his first name? Ron.

Wide world merchandise.

Any place on this island, if not, try Kauai, Maui, or the Big Island. Right.

Gentlemen, I would say that someone is in very serious trouble.

Dave speaking.

Colby, I've got a customer interested in color TV sets.

All you can beg, borrow, or steal.

Check with the telephone company, the real estate board, and all the

utilities. There is no listing for Colby or Wide World Merchandise. But the buyer

swears that his refrigerators came from Wide World and his invoices bear him

out. Well, anything can be printed.

Okay, so you've got a fictional company, let's say.

Nothing more than a printed letterhead, but you've got 100 refrigerators or more

to store.

What do you do with them?

Easy. Yeah, okay. Then check every warehouse and storage company on this

rock. Somewhere there's got to be one, maybe more, that has done business with

Colby. Right. Chin, run this over to the computer.

Slater. Mr. Colby, any word on the swimwear?

Good thing you called.

We shipped 100 gross to Honolulu, arriving tomorrow.

They'll be on warehouse 12, Alakea.

Good.

Got it.

Charles Portman speaking.

This is Ron Colby here.

How are you, Charlie?

Fine. Say, that was a great lunch the other day.

Fast? That's how I do business. How's fashions and swimwear brand, okay?

Only the best.

You're on the list of happy customers, Charlie.

Look, I'm giving a little party today in the Lanai room of the Illiki.

Why don't you drop by around 5 o'clock?

I'm sure you'll meet a lot of your old friends.

That's all the goods we've stored for Wide World over the past 12 months.

You holding anything for them now?

No. Something wrong?

That's what I'd like to find out.

Did you ever meet any of the wide world people?

No.

Not one?

Well, voice over the telephone.

Well, how do they pay their bills?

By certified check and right on time.

He's stashing his stuff all over town.

He's made use of every warehouse on this island one time or another.

Look at this invoice.

700 cartons of film.

Moved from warehouse four, March 21st. Went into Ali'i storage, March 22nd.

Moved out, March 23rd.

Moves his stuff around like checkers on a board.

He uses different warehouses, different invoice numbers, until the source of the

merchandise is lost.

No link to Colby. He never goes near the stuff.

How does he move it?

Rental trucks.

We've checked that out with the warehouse people.

He's got a million dollar fencing operation and no capital investment.

Just a man and a telephone.

But we know that he surfaces every once in a while to make contact with buyers.

Once in a while.

Well, next time he comes up, he goes down.

Good to see you again.

That's the best thing I've heard.

Max, I see you're in very good company here, gentlemen, so enjoy your lunch.

A little sour.

Mr.

Colby? Yes?

Five-0 State Police.

We'd like you to come with us, please.

Certainly.

May I make a telephone call?

Sure. From our office.

What business are you in, Mr. Colby?

I'm a jobber. I buy, I sell.

Buy and sell what?

Merchandise. Including refrigerators?

No, I never handle them.

Oh?

That's strange.

Mr. Swift of the Rogers department store said that he bought a large shipment of

refrigerators from, uh, Wide World Merchandise. Is that yours?

No. No connection with them?

No. Have you ever met Mr. Swift?

I might.

And, uh, did you ever sell him anything?

I don't remember.

Suppose Mr. Swift were to walk in here right now. Would that refresh your

memory? That might.

How long have you lived in Hawaii?

Uh, two years and two months.

Nothing wrong with your memory there, is there?

And before that?

A lot of places.

Such as?

New York, Detroit, Chicago, L.A.

We checked all those cities, Mr. Colby, and others.

Nobody seems to know anything about you, at least not under that name.

Well, a man leads a clean life. There's no reason for the police to keep a chart

on him, is there?

Dave, see you in a minute.

Colby's lawyer's here. He's got a writ of habeas corpus. Says we've got to

charge him or let him go.

Okay, you may go for a while.

I, uh, can't say it's been a pleasure.

Dano, have they left?

I want every available man in plain clothes assigned to warehouses across

the island. I want to know if as much as a pencil is moved by that guy or anybody

from wide world merchandise.

Hey, Charlie, you made it, huh?

What do you want? Something to eat, something to drink, whatever you want.

We can supply it, asking you to receive, and then we'll talk a little business,

okay? It's Jimmy Sopardo. I know. Do you know Jimmy?

Of course I know him. You just ask him, we've got him. His job is closed by at

purpose. He's been buying for 50 years.

I was wondering how you could sell those suits so cheap.

Let me interrupt his boss. Charlie, I can do the same for you.

Charlie, I got a little business. You take care of Mr. Portman, will you,

please? See you later, Charlie. Have a good time. Make yourself comfortable,

huh? Thank you. Come on, kid.

Where'd you get them? I don't stay in business by revealing my sources.

I know your sources.

They called me in the 5-0.

They showed me a list of stolen goods. They showed me a list of my stock, and

that's just the beginning. You know, there's gonna be a grand jury probe. I

know all about it. I fully expect it.

Expect it? Yes.

I mean, that's what you're telling me now, right? You expect it? My career and

reputation ruined, and all you can tell me is you expect it? I would save the

big innocent act for the grand jury probe, Larry. Don't waste it on me.

After all, I'm your accomplice.

Accomplice? What, are you crazy or something? I didn't think I was getting

the stuff from the Salvation Army!

You know what's going on. They all know what's going on, but they don't want to

admit it. No, Larry, you're an accomplice.

Right from the very beginning.

Don't worry about it.

Because the only link between you and I is your memory, and your memory is going

to fail. And if it doesn't fail, then I have friends that can help to make it

fail.

Permanently.

You better come inside and have a drink, Larry.

You look as if you need it.

Charlie, where the hell are you, Charlie?

You're having a good time. Oh, it's a swell party, Ryan. I don't know when

I've had this much fun.

I think I got a line on that ship in July. Want to talk prices?

Well, the same discount you gave Larry Swift, right? A little better than that.

How about 500 bucks?

It's incredible.

But, uh, what delivery date?

That's a little luck. Tomorrow morning.

I got no invoice on it.

You have now. Get inside and lay down. Move it!

knees on your face

Hey, I only work here, please.

All right, on the floor.

You won't get hurt.

All right, truck's ready.

Freeze. Police officer.

Unmarked van arrived at 5.09 p.m.

Challenged at the door by a security guard, was overcome very quickly by

gunpoint. The van contained five men, three in back, two in front.

Driver seemed to be the leader.

Van departed at 5.25.

Officer Ralph Hale Lenny.

Working undercover.

Killed in the line of duty.

Has his family been notified?

Yes.

The chief called his wife.

Duke, I want a thousand copies of that stolen property list run off.

I want every detective in the Honolulu Police Department to get one.

I want every warehouse, every trucking company, every retail outlet canvassed

until we get that stuff and find out who did this.

Right.

Larry, wait, wait.

There was a robbery in a warehouse last night. A policeman was killed.

All right, so what about it? Well, it's what they stole.

Swimsuits. Look.

Fashions and swimwear. That's what your friend Colby was getting for me. Come

on, I don't get to go into that. No, look.

Larry, don't you see? It all comes together now. That's how he sells so

cheap. He's a crook. He's a dealer in stolen merchandise.

Come on.

Twenty years in the business, I should have seen it before.

Now, look, you calm down. I got to split.

No, wait.

Larry, for your own sake, you have got to break it off with that man.

And so will I. We can't deal with him anymore.

We've already dealt with him. That can't be changed, understand?

That can't be changed.

But, Larry... Listen to me now. I want you to go back to work.

And I want you to remember what you told me about silence being golden.

Use it, Uncle Charlie, because it just might save our lives.

This is Williams checking in. We're at Pacific Warehouse and Storage.

Out.

What do you got, Jen? A truckload of swimwear came in last night. Matches the

stolen property.

What kind of truck?

It's a rented job.

Can we see the swimwear?

That went out this morning.

General, this is Williams.

Pass me through to McGarrett.

McGarrett. Yes, Steno.

They shipped out the swimwear this morning.

In another rented truck?

That's right.

Well, at least we know what we're looking for. Thanks, Steno.

Jenny, get me the Honolulu Retailers Association.

Morning, Louise.

Morning, Mr. Portman.

Any calls?

The Honolulu Retailers Association.

They had some questions about our inventory.

Any special items?

I don't know. I turned them over to the stockroom.

All right.

Charles Portman speaking.

This is Colby.

Did the swimwear arrive?

Yes. And I want it out of here fast.

I know why. Something wrong? The colors? The style?

You know what's wrong.

I don't want that merchandise in this store.

That's impossible, Charlie.

You made a deal.

I can't return the merchandise.

But you didn't tell me where you were getting it. You didn't ask me where I

was getting it.

You owe me $22,000, Charlie.

You better put a check in the mail because you might not like the people I

send to collect.

Not you.

And not your family.

Who are they? Mr. McGarrett and Mr. Williams, Hawaii 5-0.

Show them in.

Thank you.

Portman?

We understand that you took delivery of some swimwear this morning.

Forty gross?

That's correct.

Where did it come from, Mr. Portman?

From one of our regular jobbers.

Which one?

The name slips my mind at the moment.

Are you saying you don't know?

We deal with so many of these people.

Mr. Portman, I must caution you about any statements you make.

We're investigating an armed robbery and murder.

And anyone who conspired to rob and or receive that stolen goods might be

considered an accessory to that murder.

I assure you, we have been in business for 20 years.

We wouldn't be party to anything like... Where's the merchandise?

It's in the storeroom.

I'd like to see it. Oh, certainly.

Excuse me. It's this way.

Watch it, Dennis.

Here it goes.

501. 501.

Pursuing flea solid.

Petty Mackay of Ward Avenue.

Black Lincoln sedan.

Request assistance on all cars.

Request assistance on all cars.

Heading Ewa on Ala Moana Avenue. Suspect not believed to be armed, nor dangerous.

Tell him the dock area.

Yeah, heading towards the dock area.

Oyeva on Ala Moana.

Heading towards the docks.

McGarrett to Central.

McGarrett to Central. 10-4.

Give me the harvest squad on the double.

We talking?

Yeah, sure.

You know, I've been doing a lot of things about my Uncle Charlie.

He was stupid.

Really?

And I thought you liked him, Larry.

I didn't know where it was at.

I mean, nothing would have happened to him.

You know, even if they did prove that the swimwear was... Look at me. Nothing

happened to me. All I had to say is, I don't know.

That's all he had to say.

So why the visit?

I'd like a few idols.

What kind of items?

Uh, tape recorders, cassettes.

Hey, but listen, no rough stuff, all right?

How many do you need?

5,000?

That's a lot.

I know, but it's a promotion thing, you know what I mean? It's Hawaiian Music

Week, and we gotta have it for the kids, you know, kids and cassettes.

I also know the market, and I know you can get all the cassettes you want for 4

,100 a gross.

Oh, yeah, but it's gotta be less than that. I mean, I really gotta come in

cheap. It's gotta be below cost.

Hey.

If you knew how Rogers was on my back, I mean... Hey, I got to come through, Ron.

I don't know, Larry. I don't know.

I mean, you come to my party and you yelled at me.

And now you're telling me that everything is cool. See, I just don't

know.

You know, before Charlie sent me this...

Very kind of crazy letter. It jumps all over the place from here to here.

But the main point is he says, I should cool it with you.

And then he mentions, he mentions the stolen swimwear.

Now look, this could be evidence in court, right?

All right.

I'll think about it.

I'll see what I can do.

How did it go?

He said he'd let me know.

Central, Chin Ho.

Patch me through to McGarrett.

McGarrett.

Chin, Steve.

Phase one, Operation Colby, complete.

Did Colby bite?

I'm not sure. He's thinking about it.

Well, I guess that's all we can hope for now, Chin.

Is Swift in the taxi?

Yeah, right here.

Swift, I'm sending the U.S. attorney and the federal district judge a full report

on your cooperation.

I'm doing this for another reason, McGarrett.

I want to get that guy.

Good luck.

Swespy. Hello, Larry.

Yes. This is Ron.

Are you still interested in those cassette recorders?

Sure. What kind?

Alstranasonic.

Oh, Tranisonic will be just fine.

Just moving on now, Steve.

Setting diamond head on Nimitz Highway.

Follow.

My bus broke down.

I got a sick kid in there.

Can you help me take him to the hospital?

Yeah, I'll see what I can do.

All right, get your face on the ground.

You won't get hurt.

Move it!

Williams to 50.

McGarrett. They pulled the heist. How'd it go?

Gin's okay.

Thank God. Okay, Dano, I've got everything set at the warehouse. Now

keep them in sight.

10-4.

It said recorded for Pan Pacific.

Yeah, I got the invoice in there.

Pull right in.

Yep.

Walk forward to the front of the building.

Sergeant, they see no one, talk to no one, phone no one.

Donna, we'll need some men to unload those recorders. If Colby's M.O. stands

up, there'll be a rented truck along here to pick them up. Right.

All right, let's clear the area.

Appliances.

Call for you, Mr. Swift.

Where is it, honey?

Pan Pacific Imports.

Thank you.

Swift. How do you like them?

Like what?

The recorders, the transonics.

Oh, hey, I'll let you know when I get them.

Are you kidding me, pal?

About what?

5,000 transonics delivered to you this morning.

Not to this store, pal.

This is childish, Larry. I have the receipts.

Hey, I don't care what you've got.

Now, they never came here.

you know i look into it more carefully ron maybe somebody is ripping you off

Can I help you?

Yeah.

We'll get up to 70 grand.

Oh, these aren't yours, Colby.

I mean, I got these legit.

They're from a regular jobber. Boo.

You got them from me.

I checked the numbers.

Can't tell your opinion, but I say you're wrong.

And what are you gonna do about it? You gonna take me to court, huh?

There's a door, Mr. Colby. You're gonna knock me off?

You know what I can do to you in making one telephone call?

I gotta be interested first. You'll be interested. When you see the people that

I send to visit you, you'll be interested.

You don't scare me, Colby.

Maybe that's because you're too dumb to be scared, because you should be scared,

Larry. Guys who rip off trucks and warehouses, they don't care much what

they bury.

And those guys work for me.

And soon, you'll be working for the state, Colby.

Turn around, put your hands on your head. You're under arrest.

Chin.

He's clean.

All your rights are on this card. Read them and try not to weep. I don't need

any rights. You can't hold me to anything.

No?

These are recorders, remember?

Don't be scared, because you should be. Guys who rip off trucks and warehouses

don't care much what they bury. And those guys work for me.

Guys who rip off trucks and warehouses don't care much who they bury. And those

guys work for me.

Book him, Dino. Murder one, grand theft for openers.

Oh.

Here's a present for yourself.