All language subtitles for American.Lawmen.S01E06_English

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE.
OPEN THE DOOR.

Narrator:
PLUNGED INTO THE LAWLESSNESS

OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION...

Millwee: THESE CRIMINALS DID NOT
WANT TO GO BACK TO PRISON.

THEY WERE GOING TO BE HUNG.

[ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ]

Narrator:
...OKLAHOMA CITY IS FALLING PREY

TO SOME OF
THE DEADLIEST GANGSTERS

AMERICA HAS EVER SEEN...

THEY WANTED TO OUTGUN THE COPS,
AND THEY HAD THEM OUTGUNNED.

FREEZE!

[ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ]

Narrator: ...UNTIL A COURAGEOUS
LAWMAN, DELF "JELLY" BRYCE,

ARMED WITH AN AMAZING GIFT...

OKAY. LET'S SEE YOU TRY.

...STEPS UP
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Millwee: HE COULD DRAW A GUN
IN 2/5th OF A SECOND.

HE SAID, "IT'S EITHER ME
OR THEM, SON."

JELLY BRYCE WOULD KILL

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 19 AND 38 MEN
IN HIS CAREER.

Narrator:
JELLY BRYCE DRAWS FIRST...

[ GUN COCKS ]

...AND SHOOTS LAST.

Millwee: THAT TAKES A HERO.

HE WAS THE REAL DEAL.

Narrator: AS AMERICA RISES
AS A NATION...

VIOLENCE REIGNS.

A FEW BRAVE SOULS
FACE THE DANGER,

FIGHTING TO CREATE JUSTICE
FROM CHAOS.

THESE ARE THE STORIES
OF AMERICAN LAWMEN.

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**

Owens: THERE'S ALL THIS MYSTIQUE

ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
JELLY BRYCE KILLED.

YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE
IN THE 400 OR 500 PAGES

OF HIS FBI FILE
THAT ARE MISSING.

THE THING ABOUT BRYCE WAS,

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
HE WAS ALL IN.

IT WAS A VIOLENT TIME
IN AMERICAN HISTORY,

AND HE WAS CREATED
OR FORMED BY HIS TIMES.

Millwee: I WOULD REFER TO JELLY
AS MY SECOND FATHER.

I HAD A GREAT DAD, AND, UH --

BUT JELLY TAUGHT ME
HOW TO BE A LAWMAN.

IN 1895,

THERE WERE ESTIMATED
FOUR VEHICLES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU'VE GOT 30 MILLION CARS,
BANG, OVERNIGHT.

THE AUTO-THEFT SQUAD --

AS HE DESCRIBED IT,

90% OF THE PEOPLE YOU ARRESTED
HAD A GUN.

JACK.

THE OKLAHOMA CITY CHIEF
OF POLICE HAD THIS VISION --

IF YOU COULD CUT DOWN
THE NUMBER OF AUTO THEFTS,

YOU COULD CUT DOWN
THE NUMBER OF OTHER CRIMES.

THIS CAR BETTER BE IN AS GOOD
AS CONDITION AS YOU SAY.

OH, SHE'S A BEAUT.

BUT, UH...
JUST A LITTLE HOT.

THOSE ARE EXACTLY
THE KIND OF CARS I BUY.

CAR THEFT WAS THE IMPETUS
FOR BANK ROBBERIES.

THE GANGSTERS WANTED TO STEAL
THE LATEST FORD MODEL,

'CAUSE IT WAS FASTER THAN WHAT
THE COPPERS HAD AT THE TIME.

OH, YEAH.

THIS IS THE ONE
I WAS LOOKING FOR.

Owens: BONNIE AND CLYDE
WROTE LETTERS TO HENRY FORD,

COMPLIMENTING HIM
ON HIS NEW V-8 ENGINE

BECAUSE THE COPS
JUST COULDN'T KEEP UP.

SO THEY'RE A MORE VIOLENT CLASS
OF CRIMINAL,

AND THEY'RE NOT
YOUR BASIC CAR THIEF.

THEY'RE A BANK ROBBER
STEALING A CAR.

THE CAR'S IN GREAT CONDITION.

STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR.

OFFICER, IT'S MY CAR.

SORRY, JACK.
I'M NOT BUYING.

Owens:
THEY WERE MORE LIKELY ARMED,

MORE LIKELY TO VIOLENTLY RESIST,
MORE LIKELY TO KILL YOU.

Conti:
AND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT NOW,

WE STILL DON'T REALLY HAVE

THE MODERN VERSION
OF THE LAWMAN.

[ GUN COCKS ]

WHEN YOU LOOK AT
JELLY BRYCE'S EARLY LIFE,

NOBODY IN HIS FAMILY WAS
A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT HE HAD A FASCINATION WITH
FIREARMS FROM A VERY EARLY AGE.

[ GUN UNCOCKS ]

Owens: HIS SISTER
HAD ALWAYS TOLD THE STORY

ABOUT HIS FATHER PUTTING
HIS OLD .38 REVOLVER IN THE CRIB

AND LETTING HIM TEETHE ON IT
AS A BABY.

[ BOTTLE CLINKS ]

Conti: HE SPENT HOURS
AND HOURS AND HOURS

JUST SHOOTING AND SHOOTING
AND SHOOTING.

ONE, TWO, THREE...

Conti: NOW, HE WASN'T TRAINING
HIMSELF FOR COMBAT.

HE WAS SHOOTING
'CAUSE HE LOVED TO SHOOT.

IT WAS A COMPULSION.
HE WAS DRIVEN TO DO THIS.

HE WOULD TIE A STRING
AROUND THE NECK OF A BOTTLE

AND HANG IT
FROM THE BRANCH OF A TREE.

AND JUST HE SET IT SWINGING
BACK AND FORTH.

BUT HE WOULDN'T AIM
AT THE BOTTLE.

HE'D AIM AT THE STRING.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ BOTTLE CLATTERS ]

HE WAS A PRODIGY AT IT.

HE WAS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE
RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

THE MORE HE PRACTICED,
THE BETTER HE GOT.

HE GOT TO BE PHENOMENAL.

[ BOTTLE CLATTERS ]

HE TOLD PEOPLE THAT HE FELT

THAT HE COULD ACTUALLY SEE
THE BULLET LEAVING THE GUN,

AND HE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THINGS
MOVING IN SLOW MOTION.

WHEN HE GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL,

HE APPARENTLY HAD NO ITCHING
TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Conti: LIKE MANY OF US
AT THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE,

YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY.

YOU'RE FIGURING OUT
WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO,

WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO,
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE.

HE HAS DECIDED TO GO TO COLLEGE
AND GET SOME KIND OF A DEGREE.

BUT HE'S LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING MORE, YOU KNOW?

NOW, THIS IS JELLY BRYCE'S
MOMENT WHERE FATE INTERVENES.

Owens: AT THAT TIME,

THE OKLAHOMA SHERIFFS
AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

PUT ON PISTOL MATCHES.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

YEAH?

I WAS WONDERING
IF I CAN COMPETE.

YOU HAVE TO ASK
YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD.

I'M NOT IN A DEPARTMENT.

Conti:
HE MEETS CLARENCE HURT,

THE NIGHT CHIEF
AT OKLAHOMA CITY P.D.

LISTEN, KID,
THIS IS A SERIOUS COMPETITION.

I CAN SHOOT.

HONEST.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

HENDRICH, WILLIAMS,
TAKE A BREAK.

Man: YES, SIR.

Conti:
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BRYCE

THAT MAKES HURT
WANT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE.

WILLIAMS...

SIR?

...STICK THIS TO THE TARGET.

YES, SIR.

OKAY,
LET'S SEE YOU TRY.

Owens: HE WAS VERY MUCH
HIS OWN MAN, EVEN AT 20.

HE WASN'T INTIMIDATED
BY ANYBODY,

REGARDLESS OF THEIR POSITION
OR TITLE.

YOU MIND
IF I JUST DRAW AND FIRE?

I SHOOT BETTER THAT WAY.

[ LAUGHS ]

DO WHATEVER YOU WANT,
KID.

HERE'S THIS BABY-FACED KID,

AND HE IS HANDLING THE PRESSURE
LIKE THERE IS NO PRESSURE.

LET'S SEE HOW YOU DID.

Conti: HE FIRES SO QUICKLY

THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE ONLY ONE
OR TWO ROUNDS HAVE BEEN FIRED,

BUT HE FIRES SIX SHOTS
FROM HIS REVOLVER.

HE'S THAT FAST.

HE BROUGHT FIREARMS SKILLS
THAT NOBODY ELSE HAD.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

DELF BRYCE, SIR.

WELL, BRYCE,

LOOKS LIKE WE DO NEED YOU
ON OUR TEAM.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE
THE CHANCE TO COMPETE.

NO. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WE NEED YOU ON THE FORCE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

THREE WEEKS LATER, HE BECAME
AN OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE OFFICER.

HE WAS THROWN RIGHT
INTO THE FIRE, SO TO SPEAK,

BY CLARENCE HURT

AND HAD TO PROVE HIMSELF
VERY FAST,

BECAUSE HERE HE'S
THE YOUNG KID COMING IN,

AND SO HE HAD TO LEARN QUICK.

[ TIRES SCREECHING ]

HANDS UP.
TURN AROUND.

Owens: I THINK HE FOUND OUT

THAT IT JUST FIT HIM
LIKE A HAND IN A GLOVE.

GET IN. GET IN.

YOU KNOW, "THIS IS FOR ME.
I'M GOOD AT IT.

WHY NOT KEEP DOING IT?"

Millwee: THE CAR-THEFT SQUAD

WAS THE COVETED POSITION
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THE ACTION WAS.

[ TAP ]
GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
PLACES TO WORK

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

AS A YOUNG DETECTIVE
IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

HE HAD SEEN
SOME POLICE OFFICERS KILLED.

Owens: THERE WAS STILL A LOT
OF THE WILD-WEST MENTALITY.

THERE WERE GUN FIGHTS
IN THE STREETS.

AND THEY NEEDED SOME SOUTHWEST
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

WHO COULD HANDLE THESE GANGSTERS

AND WOULD KILL THEM WITHOUT
GETTING KILLED THEMSELVES.

[ ENGINE CRANKS, STOPS ]

[ GUN COCKS ]

[ ENGINE CRANKS, STOPS ]

[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]

Conti: THIS IS THE PART

WHERE BRYCE MAKES
THE COMPETE TRANSITION.

HE'S STILL A COUNTRY BOY.

HE HAS NEVER ENGAGED
A HUMAN BEING LIKE THIS.

HE'S NEVER INJURED
OR KILLED ANYBODY.

[ ENGINE CRANKS ]

[ ENGINE STOPS ]

SIR, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

OFFICER...JUST, UH...

UNSTICKING THE CHOKE HERE,
AND I'LL BE ON MY WAY.

JUST -- JUST STEP OUT
OF THE VEHICLE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.
I'M COMING OUT, OFFICER.

[ GROANS ]

THE LEGEND WAS
THAT HE KILLED THE GUY.

HE DIDN'T KILL HIM.
HE SHOT HIM IN THE ARM.

[ GROANS ]

AND THE GUY
DIDN'T GET A SHOT OFF.

-YOU SON OF A BITCH.
-TAKE THE GUY IN THE CAR.

I'LL KILL YOU.

I'LL KILL YOU,
YOU SON OF A BITCH.

[ GROANS ]

Millwee:
THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.

"I DON'T REMEMBER
PULLING MY GUN."

THAT'S HOW FAST IT WAS.

HE SAID, "IT WAS JUST INSTINCT.
IT WAS ME OR HIM."

Man: [ GROANS ]
MY ARM! MY ARM!

HE NEARLY SHOT IT
CLEAN OFF!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'VE NEVER SHOT A MAN BEFORE.

IT WAS EITHER HIM OR YOU.

THE FACT THAT HE WAS INVOLVED
IN HIS FIRST SHOOTING

WITHIN LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS

NO DOUBT BROUGHT IT HOME TO HIM

THAT, YOU KNOW, "MY LIFE
DEPENDS UPON THESE KILLS."

IT WAS A GOOD SHOOT, KID.

**

I THINK HE RECOGNIZED
NOT ONLY WAS HE A GOOD SHOT

BUT NOW HE'S A GOOD SHOT
WHEN SOMEONE'S SHOOTING BACK.

HE WHO SHOOTS FIRST,
SHOOTS LAST.

**

POLICE OFFICERS WOULD BE HIRED,
THEY'D COME ON,

THEY WOULD BE GIVEN
THE EQUIPMENT,

INCLUDING THE FIREARM,

ASKED IF THEY UNDERSTOOD
HOW TO WORK THE GUN.

USUALLY GUYS WOULD SAY "YES"
EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T,

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO LOOK LIKE

THEY DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO USE A GUN.

NO TRAINING AT ALL.

Owens: BRYCE MADE IT A POINT

TO PERFECT HIS FAST DRAW
AND HIS MARKSMANSHIP.

Millwee: JELLY BRYCE

DEVELOPED A TECHNIQUE
FOR SHOOTING A HANDGUN

THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY MOST
IN HIS ERA AS JUST CRAZINESS.

Conti: HE PRACTICED
LIKE A MADMAN, RELIGIOUSLY.

SOMETIMES FOR EIGHT HOURS
AT A WHACK,

HE WOULD STAND
IN FRONT OF A MIRROR

SO HE COULD WATCH HIMSELF
DO THE PRESENTATION,

SHOULD HE COULD ELIMINATE
ANY EXTRANEOUS MOVEMENTS.

Owens:
HE COULD BRING THE GUN OUT

AND JUST BARELY CLEAR
THE HOLSTER.

HE'D START FIRING
FROM WAIST LEVEL.

AND THAT'S THE QUICKEST WAY
TO BRING THE GUN INTO ACTION

WHEN YOUR LIFE IS THREATENED.

BRYCE HAD A LUCKY GUN.
IT WAS A SMITH & WESSON.

IT HAD IVORY HAND GRIPS.

IT WAS ENGRAVED.

YOU DEVELOP A SPECIAL ATTACHMENT
TO A GUN LIKE THAT.

AND IT SAVED HIS LIFE
SEVERAL TIMES.

THAT'S OUR CAR.

SHOULD WE GO?

NO. LET'S WAIT THEM OUT.
WE'LL GET THE WHOLE GANG.

BRYCE AND FARIS
WERE PARTNERS IN AUTO THEFT.

THEY FOUND THE STOLEN CAR
AT A ROOMING HOUSE,

AND THEY STAKED IT OUT.

Millwee:
YOU'D JUST HAVE TO WAIT.

SOMETIMES YOU'D BE IN A CAR,

PISSING IN A CAN, LITERALLY,
NOT TO BLOW YOUR COVER.

Owens: IT'S MOMENTS OF BOREDOM,
MOMENTS OF TERROR.

**

THE THREE MEN WERE ROY GAGE,
JACK VAUGHN, AND EARL JOHNSTON.

Man: HERE WE GO.

GOING FOR A DRIVE,
ARE WE, GENTLEMEN?

I WOULDN'T.

LET'S GO.
HANDS AGAINST THE CAR.

PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE CAR.

HANDS AGAINST THE CAR.

Burke: BECAUSE OKLAHOMA
WAS A POOR PLACE,

THE LOCAL CITY BUDGET

DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN IT
TO EVEN BUY HANDCUFFS.

Bryce: ALL RIGHT.

YOU TAKE THE THREE OF THEM
IN HERE, AND I'LL TAIL YOU.

Conti: IT COMES DOWN TO THIS.

THERE'S MORE CRIMINALS
THAN THERE ARE POLICE.

THEY WANT TO
TAKE THE CRIMINALS BACK.

THEY ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE CAR
BACK TO THE STATION.

LET'S GO. GET IN THE CAR.
COME ON.

-LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
-LET'S GO!

I GOT THEM.

LET'S GO.

KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.

[ ENGINE STARTS ]

Owens:
THEY HAD TO GO NINE BLOCKS.

THEY PUT ROY GAGE
DRIVING THE CAR,

JACK VAUGHN
IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,

EARL JOHNSTON BEHIND THE DRIVER,

DETECTIVE FARIS
BEHIND THE PASSENGER.

AND THEN BRYCE WAS IN
THE POLICE CAR FOLLOWING THEM.

Millwee:
THE BAD GUYS OF THAT ERA

HAD THE MIND-SET THEY WERE NOT
GOING BACK TO PRISON.

PRISON LIFE --
YOU SERVED HARD TIME.

TAKE THE WHEEL!

[ GRUNTING ]

GET THE GUN, ROY!
GET IT!

[ GRUNTING CONTINUES ]

JOHNSTON, YOU COWARD!
HELP HIM OUT! DO SOMETHING!

GET THE GUN!

[ GRUNTING CONTINUES ]

[ GRUNTING ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

BRYCE PULLS AROUND THEM...

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

...PARKS THE CAR...

[ GRUNTING ]

HE JUMPS ON THE RUNNING BOARDS
IN ORDER TO SAVE FARIS.

Owens:
THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE IN THERE,

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIRE
THREE SHOTS IN THERE

AND NOT HIT YOUR PARTNER.

[ GRUNTING ]

[ GUNSHOT ]
AAH!

AAAAH!

AAAAH!

[ MAN GROANS ]

Owens: THE THEATER

THAT THEY FINALLY ROLLED
TO A STOP IN FRONT OF

HELD 2,000 PEOPLE,

AND THEY'RE POURING OUT
ONTO THE STREET.

IT'S A CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE.

Conti: THE ROBBER IS DYING.

AND HE SUPPOSEDLY
LOOKS UP AT BRYCE,

WHO WAS ALWAYS A SHARP DRESSER.

THAT'S WHERE THE TERM JELLY BEAN
COMES FROM.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT KILLED
BY A JELLY BEAN LIKE YOU.

THAT'S HOW HE SUPPOSEDLY GOT
THE NICKNAME "JELLY" BRYCE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID
OVER THE YEARS --

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM --

THAT HE SEEMED TO FEEL BAD

ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
HE HAD TO DO.

Millwee: I ASKED HIM ONE TIME,
"HAVE YOU HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING?"

AND HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER HAD
A MOMENT OF UNREST

ABOUT THE MEN I'VE KILLED.

IT WAS EITHER ME OR THEM, SON.

WHEN THE BAD GUY
MAKES THE CHOICE,

PUT HIM IN THE GROUND.

AND THEN DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP
OVER IT."

Burke:
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OKLAHOMA

WAS CHANGED
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

IT BECAME A TIME OF DESPERATION.

AND, OF COURSE, THAT FED CRIME.

YOU HAD A HUGE RISE
IN BANK ROBBERIES.

THE '30s HIT,

AND WE'RE AVERAGING AT LEAST
A BANK ROBBERY A WEEK.

SO, YOU'VE GOT THAT GOING ON,
AND YOU'VE GOT PROHIBITION.

[ BOTTLES CLINKING ]

Burke:
BOOTLEGGING IS RUNNING RAMPANT.

IT'S CREATING MORE CRIME.

[ BOTTLES CLINKING ]

Owens: CRIMINALS OF THE DAY

TYPICALLY ARM THEMSELVES
WITH .38 REVOLVERS.

THEN THEY GOT INTO THE SHOTGUNS,
THE MACHINE GUNS --

THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUNS.

READY?

FREEZE!
[ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ]

THEY WANTED TO OUTGUN THE COPS,
AND THEY HAD THEM OUTGUNNED.

**

YOU'VE GOT CRIMINALS TAKING
MILITARY-CLASS FIREARMS...

...WEAPONS OF WARFARE.

THEY'RE USING THEM
ON THE STREET.

[ GUN COCKS ]

THE FIRST THING YOU'D NOTICE
ABOUT JELLY BRYCE WAS HIS EYES.

THEY COULD LOOK
RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

THEY WERE DEAD MAN'S EYES --

SOMEONE WHO HAD TAKEN LIVES...

AND HAD LIVED TO DEAL WITH IT.

Owens: IT WAS
AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TIME

TO BE A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THE 1930s WAS AN ESPECIALLY
ACTIVE DECADE HERE.

WE LOST NINE OFFICERS IN
THE LINE OF DUTY THAT DECADE.

HOLD ON.
GIVE ME A SECOND.

Owens: IT DOESN'T GET
ANY MORE IMPORTANT

THAN PEOPLE WHO KILL PEOPLE,

AND YOU'RE THE ONLY JUSTICE
THEY'RE GONNA GET.

BRYCE...
THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER SHOOTING.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOU.

JELLY TOLD ME ONE TIME

THAT THE WORST EXPERIENCE
FOR HIM

WAS DOING A DEATH NOTIFICATION
OF A FALLEN OFFICER.

LET'S GO.

"THE LOOK ON THEIR FACE,"
HE SAYS,

"YOU'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

NO MAN SHOULD HAVE TO GO
TELL ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE

THAT HE GOT KILLED ON THE JOB."

Owens: OKLAHOMA, TEXAS,
AND MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS

SEEMED TO BE A CENTRAL LOCATION
FOR A GREAT MANY

OF THE WORST HOME-GROWN
CRIMINALS OF THE '30s.

BONNIE AND CLYDE

KILLED THEIR FIRST
LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

IN OKLAHOMA.

THE BARKERS LIVED OUT BY TULSA

AND GOT THEIR FIRST ARREST FROM
THE TULSA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

"PRETTY BOY" FLOYD

KILLS SEVERAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS AROUND HERE.

MOST OF THEM HAD DONE
ONE OR MORE PRISON TERMS,

AND THEY HAD USED PRISON

AS A WAY OF GETTING
A GRADUATE DEGREE IN CRIME.

Millwee: BUT I WITNESSED HIM
SHOOT A HANDGUN SO FAST

THAT IT WAS VERY HARD
TO DISTINGUISH,

'CAUSE HE COULD JUST
RAPID-FIRE SO FAST.

YOU HAD TO BE FASTER
THAN THE BAD GUYS,

'CAUSE THEY ALREADY KNEW
THEY WERE GONNA KILL YOU.

Burke:
IT WAS A NEW DAY IN THE 1930s.

YOU HAD THIS NEW BREED

OF EXTRA AND ULTRA-VIOLENT
CRIMINAL.

Owens: WILBUR UNDERHILL GOT
ARRESTED FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY,

GIVEN FIVE YEARS.

HE GOT OUT,
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY COMMITTED

A ROBBERY AND A MURDER
IN OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA,

FOR WHICH HE WAS SENTENCED
TO OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY

FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

HE ESCAPED IN 1931.

WITHIN A MONTH, HE KILLED A
WICHITA, KANSAS, POLICE OFFICER

AND WAS RE-ARRESTED,

GIVEN ANOTHER LIFE SENTENCE
IN KANSAS.

Conti: I'VE KNOWN CRIMINALS
WHO HAD A CODE.

THEY WOULD DO SO MANY THINGS,

BUT THEY WOULDN'T CROSS
ANY LINES.

AND YOU HAD THOSE TYPES OF
CRIMINALS THAT YOU DEALT WITH.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SOCIOPATH.

LET'S GO.

SOMETHING'S MISSING.

THEY DON'T FEEL EMPATHY
FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

THEY CAN KILL SOMEBODY
AND FEEL NOTHING ABOUT IT.

DON'T SAY A WORD.

LET'S GO. COME ON!

-COME ON! LET'S GO.
-EASY.

KEEP MOVING! LET'S GO.

UNDERHILL, BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
A SOCIOPATH.

HE WAS JUST A MAD MAN.

OPEN IT.

Owens: HE WAS A THRILL KILLER.

HURRY UP.

ESCAPING FROM PRISON,

HE KNEW IT WASN'T A CASE
OF GOING OUT AND SAY,

"PUT UP YOUR HANDS."

IT WAS GONNA BE A FIGHT
TO THE DEATH.

**

Burke: UNDERHILL HAD KILLED
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE,

SO OKLAHOMA
WAS GRIPPED WITH FEAR

BECAUSE HARDLY EVER
DID HE COMMIT A CRIME

IN WHICH SOMEBODY
WASN'T WOUNDED OR KILLED.

Owens: AFTER HE ESCAPED
FROM THE KANSAS PENITENTIARY,

BASICALLY EVERY COP IN
THE COUNTRY WAS LOOKING FOR HIM,

ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.

BRYCE.
IT'S UNDERHILL.

SON OF A BITCH
IS AT IT AGAIN.

Millwee: UNDERHILL, THE WAY
DELF BRYCE DESCRIBED HIM,

HAD A BLOODLUST.

HE ENJOYED KILLING.

HE'D GUN DOWN A POLICE OFFICER
IN COLD BLOOD

JUST TO SEE HIM DIE.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

[ GUN COCKS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

UNDERHILL WANTED PEOPLE
TO SUFFER.

HE WANTED TO TERRORIZE THEM.

[ GASPING ]

[ GASPING CONTINUES ]

FOUND ANOTHER BOTTLE, BOYS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME AND WENT
IN THE SO-CALLED UNDERHILL GANG

AS HIS ASSOCIATES,

BECAUSE HE PROBABLY FRIGHTENED
SOME OF THEM.

THEY JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW,

THIS GUY'S JUST
TOO FAR OUT THERE."

CHEERS.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

DIDN'T YOUR MOTHER
TEACH YOU ANY MANNERS?

SHUT UP.

Owens: PUGH AND O'DONNELL

WERE REPUTED TO BE
ASSOCIATES OF UNDERHILL,

AS WELL AS BONNIE AND CLYDE.

SO, THIS POLICE OFFICER,
RIGHT?

HE'S WALKING THROUGH MY HOTEL
ROOM, SNOOPING AROUND.

SO, I SAY, "OFFICER,
YOU'RE ONE NOSY BASTARD."

[ LAUGHTER ]

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

HE'S COMING AT ME WITH HIS CLUB,
SO BAM! BAM! BAM!

THREE TIMES IN THE HEAD.

[ CHUCKLES ]

WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS,

HE COMMITTED
AT LEAST TWO ARMED ROBBERIES,

AT LEAST NINE BANK ROBBERIES.

HE WAS NICKNAMED
THE TRI-STATE TERROR.

EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.

HE WAS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.

THE LOCAL SHERIFFS,
THE CITY POLICE CHIEFS

RECOGNIZED THAT THEY COULD NOT
CATCH THIS GUY.

SINCE HIS ESCAPE,

UNDERHILL HAS TERRORIZED
OKLAHOMA.

HE'S HIT BANKS IN KINGFISHER,
IN TYRONE,

IN HASKELL, OKMULGEE.

IF WE DON'T ACT FAST,
MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA DIE.

IT HAD TO BE
THE FIRST JOINT TASK FORCE

AMONG THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES OF
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

GENTLEMEN,
WHEN WE ENCOUNTER HIM,

WE HAVE GOT TO BE PREPARED.

IF YOUR MEN
ENCOUNTER UNDERHILL,

YOU'RE GONNA WANT THEM
CARRYING THOMPSONS.

OUTLAWS
IN THE TRI-STATE

GOT FIREPOWER
LIKE YOU NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

FULL ARMED,
WELL-TRAINED AGENTS

IS WHAT YOU NEED TO STOP
A MAN LIKE UNDERHILL.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
HE WAS REALLY GETTING TO THEM.

UNDERHILL WAS READY
TO GO DOWN IN A BLAZE.

AND SO, WHEN THEY GOT THE TIP

THAT UNDERHILL
WAS IN SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA,

IT WAS THE SPECIAL AGENT
IN CHARGE WHO SAID,

"WE NEED BRYCE AND HURT."

YOU MEN FOLLOW ME.
YOU BOYS COVER UP FRONT.

COME ON.

THE IDEA WAS TO TAKE HIM DOWN

IN AS CONTROLLED
A MANNER AS POSSIBLE.

SO, THEY WENT IN VERY, VERY
EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING.

OH-DARK-THIRTY.

THEY'VE GOT
THE HOUSE SURROUNDED.

AND HE SAID, "A [BLEEP] DOG
STARTED BARKING."

[ DOG BARKING ]

[ CLOCK TICKING ]

[ BARKING CONTINUES ]

Man: WILBUR UNDERHILL!

WE HAVE THE HOUSE SURROUNDED!

COME OUT
WITH YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!

Millwee: THIS WAS ON THE CUSP
OF THE WILD WEST.

YOU MATCHED
THE LEVEL OF FORCE OR WEAPONRY

IF NOT BETTER
THAN WHAT THE BAD GUYS HAD.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

TAKE COVER!

[ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ]

A WITHERING HAIL OF GUNFIRE.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

MACHINE GUNS, SHOTGUNS,
ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

[ GROANING ]

[ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ]

GET THE TEAR GAS!

[ GROANING ]

[ CLATTERS ]

[ GROANING CONTINUES ]

[ GAS HISSING ]

[ GROANING CONTINUES ]

Conti:
GAS IS BILLOWING INTO THE HOUSE.

IT'S A VERY UNFRIENDLY
ENVIRONMENT.

YOUR EYES CLOSE,
YOU'RE TEARING,

YOU'RE COUGHING,
YOU CAN'T BREATHE.

[ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ]

OHH!

[ GROANS ]

Millwee: JELLY GAVE IT TO HIM
WITH THE THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN

AND HIT HIM THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

AND HE SAYS
HE THOUGHT HE WAS DOWN.

HOLD YOUR FIRE!

Millwee:
IF THEY HAD A BAD GUY CORNERED,

HE WAS ALWAYS,
WITHOUT EXCEPTION,

THE FIRST ONE THROUGH THE DOOR.

HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT DOOR

MANY TIMES
IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER,

IT'S A FRIGHTENING MOMENT.

IT'S PURE FEAR.

BUT JELLY WENT THROUGH THAT DOOR
EVERY TIME.

[ COUGHING ]

[ COUGHING CONTINUES ]

WHERE IS HE?

HE'S NOT INSIDE.

HE'S GONE.

LET'S SEARCH THE AREA!

**

WELL, THE MANHUNT MOVES
TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

WHEN YOU'RE IN A SHOOTING
WITH ANOTHER OFFICER,

IT CREATES A BOND.

You take that side.
I'll go around here.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW
THIS GUY'S GONNA STEP UP

WHEN THE BULLETS ARE FLYING.

SOMEHOW, WOUNDED 13 TIMES,

UNDERHILL MADE IT 16 BLOCKS.

[ GUN COCKS ]

[ WHEEZING ]

I GUESS YOU GOT ME.

SOMEBODY
GET AN AMBULANCE!

Conti: WHEN HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL

AND THEY'RE PATCHING HIM
TOGETHER

AND THEY THINK HE'S A DEAD MAN,
NO WAY HE'S GONNA LIVE,

UNDERHILL'S QUESTION IS,

"HOW FAR IS THE HIGHWAY
FROM HERE?"

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

HE LIVED FOR ABOUT A WEEK,
AND HE DIED.

BRYCE.

IS IT TRUE THAT YOU TEETHED
ON A .38 IN THE CRIB?

IT WOULD EXPLAIN A LOT, NOW,
WOULDN'T IT?

[ CHUCKLES ]

Millwee: SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA,

REALLY BECAME,
I THINK, THE IMPETUS

FOR MR. HOOVER
TO BECOME AWARE OF THIS IDEA

THAT HE DID NOT HAVE
MEN IN THE FBI

WHO KNEW HOW TO SHOOT GUNS.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

THEY WERE ACCOUNTANTS
AND LAWYERS.

HE NEEDED GUNMEN.

HERE.

WHAT'S THIS?

A BUREAU APPLICATION FORM.

HE LIKED MR. HOOVER.

HE LIKED HIS VISION
FOR WHAT THE FBI STOOD FOR.

I'M HONORED, SIR.

THERE'S STILL
A LOT OF UNDERHILLS

HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY,
THOUGH.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERHILLS
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.

AND THAT'S WHY
THE BUREAU NEEDS YOU.

YOU'RE THE BEST DAMN SHOT
I'VE EVER SEEN, BRYCE.

THINK ABOUT IT.

I WILL.

EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
ARE YOU THE OWNER?

MY DAUGHTER'S THE OWNER.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PUGH.

WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU?

DIDN'T YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU
ANY MANNERS?

SHUT UP.

AND THEY WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING
FOR RAY O'DONNELL,

WHO WAS AN ASSOCIATE
OF WILBUR UNDERHILL.

SO, I'M AT THE GAS STATION
THE OTHER DAY THERE, BOYS.

I SAID, "BOY,
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

O'DONNELL WITH TWO 'L's.'"

[ LAUGHTER ]

THEY HEAR
THAT PUGH MIGHT BE IN TOWN

AND HE MIGHT BE STAYING
AT THIS HOTEL.

THEY TALK TO THE MOTHER OF
THE WOMAN WHO OWNS THE HOTEL.

SHE'S SICK TODAY,
I'M AFRAID.

IS SHE HERE?

YES.
SHE'S TAKEN A ROOM.

COULD YOU TAKE ME TO HER,
PLEASE? IT'S VERY URGENT.

[ SIGHS ]

ALL RIGHT.
SHE MAY NOT EVEN BE IN HERE.

Owens: THE WREN HOTEL

WAS WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF
AS A FLOPHOUSE --

YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE
YOU CAN RENT ROOMS BY THE HOUR,

BRING A PROSTITUTE.

THEY CATER TO UNSAVORY
CHARACTERS A LOT OF TIMES.

CRIMINAL ELEMENTS COME IN,
THEY LAY LOW THERE,

THEY SET UP, WHATEVER.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU.

IN THE ROOM IS NOT PUGH.

IT'S RAY O'DONNELL.

HE'S IN THERE WITH THE DAUGHTER.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

[ KNOCKING CONTINUES ]

OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE.
OPEN THE DOOR.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

OPEN UP!

MA'AM, OPEN THAT DOOR.

[ KEYS JANGLING ]

HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
HIS GUN OUT AT THE TIME.

IN THE FACE
OF A POINTED, LOADED GUN,

FINGER ON THE TRIGGER,

WHAT DO YOU DO?

[ GASPS ]

**

[ GUNS COCK ]

[ DOOR UNLOCKS, KEYS JANGLE ]

[ GASPS ]

THE FACT
THAT SHE'S COMING BACK OUT

ALERTS THEIR SENSES
THAT SHE HAS SEEN SOMETHING.

THERE'S THIS GUY
WHO'S GOT THE DROP ON HIM.

Conti: YOU'VE GOT O'DONNELL

POINTING A LARGE MUZZLE
OF A PISTOL RIGHT AT YOU.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

HE DOES WHAT HE DOES.

[ WOMAN CRYING ]

Conti: BRYCE WAS SO QUICK

THAT O'DONNELL NEVER EVEN HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY

TO PRESS THE TRIGGER.

Owens: THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEAT
OF COMBAT SHOOTING.

IT'S PHENOMENAL.

Millwee:
HE DESCRIBED IT LIKE THIS.

"IF YOU HAVE TO STOP
AND THINK ABOUT IT,

YOU'RE GONNA BE A DEAD MAN.

YOU JUST HAVE TO GO WITH
YOUR TRAINING, YOUR INSTINCTS,

AND TAKE THE PERSON DOWN."

**

PUGH.

WAS WONDERING
WHEN YOU'D SHOW UP.

Millwee: IN THAT ERA,
AND THEY WERE ALL ARMED

AND THEY'RE ALL WILLING
TO KILL YOU.

WHAT HAPPENED TO O'DONNELL?

DEAD.

"WHEN IT'S YOU OR THE BAD GUY,
YOUR JOB'S TO GO HOME."

THAT'S WHAT JELLY BRYCE SAID.

YOU WANT TO JOIN HIM?

'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T TAKE
YOUR HAND OFF THAT GUN,

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

IF THEY WANT TO DIE,
THEY'VE MADE THAT CHOICE.

THEY JUST MADE IT FOR YOU.

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

Owens:
THEY CALLED IT THE BRYCE EFFECT

BECAUSE THE GUY
WOULD IMMEDIATELY GIVE UP.

BECAUSE HE'D FIGURE
BRYCE WAS GONNA KILL HIM.

J. EDGAR HOOVER
HEARD THE STORY ABOUT PUGH.

JELLY IS HIRED BY THE FBI
TO BECOME A SPECIAL AGENT.

LOOSEN UP.
LOOSEN UP.

STIFF IS SLOW.
BE COMFORTABLE.

DELF BECAME THE SPECIAL AGENT
IN CHARGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY,

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO,
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

IF THEY HAD A BAD GUY CORNERED
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR,

THEY CALLED HIM
AND WAITED FOR HIM TO ARRIVE.

HE HAD MANY MORE GUN FIGHTS.

Owens: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE COMBINATION

OF DRAWING AND FIRING,

THERE'S NO PEER.

HE'S LIKE THE MODEL OF THE IDEAL
LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

[ GROANS ]

Millwee:
DURING THE ERA OF THE GANGSTER,

IT TOOK REAL LAWMEN
LIKE JELLY BRYCE

TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE THESE MEN DOWN.

AND IT TOOK COURAGEOUS MEN
LIKE JELLY BRYCE

TO TAKE THE RISK
TO DO THE JOB THE RIGHT WAY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE UP
STORIES ABOUT JELLY BRYCE.

HE WAS THE REAL DEAL.

THERE WE GO.
BOTH EYES ON THE TARGET.

Millwee: I THINK ONE OF HIS MOST
PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FBI

WAS CREATING THE SHOOTING
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR NEW AGENTS.

I DRAW.
MY EYES STAY ON THE TARGET.

Owens: THEIR DRAW
AND THEIR FIRING STANCE...

[ GUNSHOTS ]

...IS AN EXACT COPY OF BRYCE'S.

Burke: HE PERHAPS SAVED
MANY, MANY LIVES

BY TRAINING
A WHOLE GENERATION OF LAWMEN.

HE WAS SO PROUD OF THAT,

BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT WOULD HAVE
A LASTING, LIVING LEGACY.

FOR JELLY BRYCE,
IT WASN'T ABOUT JELLY BRYCE.

-NICE.
-IT WAS ABOUT THE BUREAU.

IT WAS ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA CITY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JELLY BRYCE HELPED MOLD
WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS TODAY.

Owens: HE HAD GONE TO A MEETING

OF THE SOCIETY OF FORMER SPECIAL
AGENTS OF THE FBI

AND HAD A HEART ATTACK
DURING THE NIGHT.

Millwee: HE DIED IN HIS SLEEP.

IT WAS GOD
WELCOMED HIM TO HEAVEN

AND SAYING, "JELLY, GOOD JOB.

I PUT YOU ON THE EARTH
FOR A REASON,

AND YOU DID MY WORK --
GOOD AGAINST EVIL."

THAT WAS JELLY BRYCE.