04x26 - Moment of Truth

[bunniefuu]

[instrumental music]

[telephone ringing]

- Hello? - Hello.

Uh, is Wally Shanks there, please?

- Who's this? - Uh, Jo Foxx.

- Hang on, I'll get him. - Thank you.

Wally?

Hey.

Hmm.

Mm. I've got a message for you.

Mm. You certainly have.

Mm-mm. Watch my nails.

You're wanted on the telephone.

- Mnh-mnh. - Mm-hmm.

- Who is it? - Um, Jo Foxx.

- Well, I'll take it. - Okay.

Hey, Jo?

Wally, I gotta have 1500 bucks.

- Can you help me? - Fifteen hundred?

Alright, W-Wally, 1000 then.

Jo, I don't have that kind of money.

Alright, Wally, half of that, Listen, I just..

Jo?

What happened?

We were cut off.

You told me you'll give me till midnight.

It's 12:17, Jo.

That's the third call you've made

without coming up with anything.

Well, give me a chance.

I've already paid you guys over $500 in interests alone.

[grunts]

John.

[male narrator] "The FBI."

A Quinn Martin Production.

Starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott..

...William Reynolds.

With guest stars, Marlyn Mason..

...Michael Witney..

...Richard Carlson.

Tonight's episode, Moment Of Truth.

Shortly after midnight on the 20th of January

Specialist 4th Class Joseph Foxx

was found critically injured

near the post exchange of Fort Marshall, California.

Apart from some latent fingerprint impressions

on a phone booth

military authorities were unable to discover

any other significant clues to the beating.

And on January 21

agents of the FBI entered the case.

It's the circumstances I don't like, Arthur.

The design of it.

It's beginning to look like a part of a pattern to me.

Hold on a minute, Bryan.

Lewis is here. I'll put you on the speaker.

- Bryan, how are you? - 'Good afternoon, Lew.'

- What have you got? - 'Well, I don't know really.'

[Bryan] 'I can tell you what we've got on the surface.'

'A soldier named Foxx was struck on the head last night'

'with a blunt instrument.'

His assailant got away and Foxx is still unconscious.

- Was he robbed? - Probably not.

His wallet was empty, but it was still in his pocket.

It could have been a personal fight of some kind.

Yes, maybe. We're still running that down.

However initial reports indicate Foxx was very well liked.

No known enemies, on the base at least.

Of course, his assailant could have been a civilian.

'Marshall's just a support center now.'

'Visitors aren't checked in and out.'

Is Foxx married or single?

Married, no children.

His wife is on her way here from Topeka.

You mentioned something about a pattern.

'Yes, let me read you something.'

I'm referring to a report of a case

we handled at the base last November 3.

The victim was Sergeant Jacob Tolliver.

'He maintained that he'd, uh, fallen and hurt himself.'

- Any other similar cases? - Uh, not at Marshall.

However, we've checked with the commanding officers

of half a dozen other military bases here and in Arizona.

"Sergeant Ralph Huggins, Fort Caldwell

"and private Victor Ferrara, Camp Rockne

"were both beaten badly enough in December

to require hospitalization."

'They've both been interviewed.'

'Neither was willing to give any information'

'about his assailant.'

Was there any kind of a link?

I mean, do these men know each other?

[Bryan] 'Not as far as we can determine though.'

And when is Foxx's wife due in?

[Bryan] 'Tomorrow.'

I think we ought to interview her as soon as possible.

I can be there by, um



What is Foxx's prognosis now, Bryan?

Very bad.

He's due to undergo a brain operation tonight.

They're giving less than a 50-50 chance.

- Wow. - What?

Oh, what's that? Let me see.

[chuckles] Is that the new ad campaign daddy was talking about?

Isn't that sweet?

Been a long time since I've had that jersey on.

Well, that's the way everybody remembers you, love.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a word to the office.

[laughs] Give him time and he will.

Listen, he thinks you're the greatest running back

that ever did whatever it is running backs do.

They run.

- I'll see you tonight, baby. - Okay.

Honey?

Huh?

- Never mind. Bye-bye. - Have a good day.

Uh, Wally?

Wally, you alright?

You've heard me speak about Jo Foxx, haven't you?

Foxx?

He was in the Saigon with me when I was hit.

Oh, yes, yes.

Oh, no.

I read about this.

I didn't realize it was the same one. Foxx.

It's terrible.

Harold, I think it was my fault.

Why?

He called me night before last. He asked for $1500.

I could've helped him. We could've helped him.

We?

He came in here last month for a loan.

We turned him down.

- Well, Wally-- - 'I know. I know.

It's too bigger risk.

It's just that sometimes I think

that I'm in the wrong business, Harold.

Every time we have to reject one of those applications..

Wally..

...when you were playing football

did you ever deliberately let an opposing back score on you

just because you felt sorry for him?

- Of course, I didn't. - Of course, you didn't.

You're not in the wrong business, Wally.

You're in a new business.

Give yourself time to learn the plays, will ya?

Yeah.

Oh, uh, you said something the other day

about a new business proposal?

Well, if you've got your facts and figures together

I'd like to hear about it. Uh..

Oh, gentleman.

Harold, you got a couple of minutes?

We'd like to talk to you about that last account

we serviced.

Yes, I was wondering when you were gonna file

a report on that.

Looks like we may just lose that account, doesn't it?

Oh, uh, this is my son-in-law, Wally Shanks.

- Mr. Tobias, Mr. Beeker. - How do you do?

- How are you? - Nice to know you.

Tell you, Wally, why don't you and Julie

come to dinner at the house tonight?

We can talk about it then, huh?

- Tonight? Sure. - Good, good.

And I am sorry about your friend.

Thank you, Harold.

Step over to my office, John.

"Further interviews with the army personnel

"indicate that Foxx has always been scrupulously honest

"about paying off his debts.

He's, uh, run up bills as high as $800."

Recently?

He paid off a $750 debt 10 days ago.

[phone buzzes]

Yes?

Uh, Mrs. Foxx is here.

Ask her to come in, please.

Mrs. Foxx, I'm Bryan Durant. This is Inspector Erskine.

Why don't you sit down, Mrs. Foxx?

I-I'm sorry I'm late.

I wanted to stop by the hospital first.

It wasn't any use. He didn't even know me.

How do you divorce a man that doesn't even know you?

You're, uh, planning a divorce then?

Well, I mean, everybody has just so much rope.

'Sooner or later, you come to an end of it.'

It's the second time I had seen Jo

since he got back from Vietnam.

The first time we were together, he took every cent I had.

'A hundred and twelve bucks and split.'

You see, Jo is a horseplayer and..

Well, you know it's funny

but when your feet hurts, everything hurts.

Mrs. Foxx, you said you, you hadn't seen your husband

uh, since that other time.

Had you heard from him?

Yeah, I heard from him a couple times.

Requests for money?

'Did you lend him any?'

Nobody would lend Joey Foxx a rowboat in a flood.

Yet 10 days ago , he paid off a $750 debt.

Seven hun..

- Do you know where he got it? - No.

Unless a horse came in.

What about the loan companies?

He tried them all.

Around here, anyway, before he was even inducted.

Though he did say that a friend of his

had gone to work for one of them.

Do you know the name of the company?

- No. - Or the friend?

Oh, you'd know it if you'd heard it.

He was a big baseball player or something.

Is there a guy by the name of Shanks?

Mr. Shanks?

Yes, what can I do for you?

I'm Inspector Erskine, FBI.

Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?

No, no, not a bit, inspector. Sit down, please.

Thank you.

First of all, I'd like to thank you

for a very exciting afternoon.

About, uh, three years ago

playoff game against Baltimore?

[laughs]

You have a very good memory.

You played a great game. I was looking forward to more.

So was I.

I'm sorry.

You said you had some questions, inspector?

Yes.

I believe this man applied for a loan here.

Jo Foxx.

Yes, he applied for a loan last month.

He was turned down.

I've known Foxx for a long time, inspector.

He came to us because he thought I could help him

and because Integrity does advertise

special consideration to servicemen.

As a matter of fact, that's..

...probably my principal value here.

You mean, you're, uh, reputation attracts them?

I suppose so.

They come in thinking I'll help them.

But most of the time, they're turned away.

How many branches does Integrity have?

There's 18, all in Southern California and Arizona.

We're located near most of the big military bases.

Caldwell? Rockne?

Yeah.

Here's a list of the officers.

Hi, there. Ready to go?

Uh, Inspector Erskine, my wife, Julie.

- How do you do? - Mrs. Shanks.

- Uh, may I keep this? - Certainly.

- Pleasure to have met you. - Thank you.

Mm. Inspector?

He's a FBI, Julie. When there's somebody in my--

FBI? Oh, how exciting.

Who is he going to arrest, hmm?

Well, everybody ready?

Hi, daddy. Sure.

Bill, when did Private Ferrara apply for the loan?

Was it granted?

I see.

- Thanks very much, Bill. - Same story?

Four GI's at three different military posts.

All four applied for loans at Integrity Finance.

All four were rejected.

All four were beaten up.

What kind of a company is this?

A very good one.

An old-line firm with a long record of reliability.

Bryan, call the bureau, will you?

Ask them to fix Colby up with a name and identity.

Send him out here as soon as possible.

- Any special background? - Ex-GI.

A bad credit rating.

[laughs]

First field goal you missed all season

and I had 50 bucks riding on it.

Then after the game, after the game

you had the nerve to ask to marry my daughter.

If you hadn't been so big, I'd have thrown you out.

Well, daddy, look at it this way.

You lost the bet, but you gained a loan officer.

- Wally, what about a cognac? - Yeah, please.

Oh, I'll get it. I wanna put some music on, anyway.

Thanks, honey.

[Julie] 'Uh, Wally, tell daddy about your business proposal.'

[male #1 on radio] 'And the president is expected to meet'

'with congregational leaders later this week.'

'Turning to the local scene.'

'A mysterious as*ault on a serviceman'

'has assumed tragic proportions.'

'Specialist 4th Class Joseph Foxx'

'victim of a brutal beating by an unidentified assailant'

'died today at the Fort Marshall Hospital.'

'Foxx who was 26 years of age..'

And you see this as what? A chain?

A group of related small businesses

all gathered together under one central financing umbrella?

Everything from shoe repair shops to stocks and bonds

operated exclusively by handicapped men and women.

It'd take a considerable investment.

But you'd be financing self-respect, Harold.

Creating futures for people.

Mm-hmm.

And who is going to organize this chain?

I would.

And leave Integrity?

Harold, believe me

I'm more grateful then I can say for this job

but I wanna do something on my own.

You don't need me behind that desk.

Now that's where you're wrong, Wally.

That's where you're wrong.

But we'll talk about it later.

Wally?

Honey, what's the matter?

Wally, your friend Jo Foxx..

...he just died. I heard on the radio.

Honey, is that why the FBI man came to see you?

What FBI man?

Oh, I-I don't remember his name. He came just before we left.

Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't think it was important.

He wanted to know if Foxx ever applied for a loan.

I said that he had and that he'd been rejected.

Wally, you've been with us long enough

to know our files are confidential.

We have an obligation to protect our customers.

So is the FBI.

You made a mistake, Wally. You made a bad--

Alright.

I'm sorry.

Thanks for the dinner, Harold. Julie.

Oh, now wait a minute, wait..

Oh, it's alright, Julie.

Goodnight, daddy.

- Good morning. - Ah, good morning.

Is there, uh, something I can do for you?

Oh, yes, I, I hope so.

Uh, I'd like to borrow some money.

Well, we'd like to lend you some.

Now sit down, please, Mr., uh..

Uh, Ed Loomis.

Let me get that down.

It's L-O-O-M-I-S.

Edwin G.

Address?



You know, you look just like your pictures.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

I've never been this close to a celebrity before.

I suppose that's why I'm here.

I, I've seen all the ads around the post

and I figured if, uh, Wally Shanks says

it's a good place, it's gotta be a good place.

Around the post? A-are you in the service?

Well, yeah, I, I was.

It's not gonna count against me, is it?

Oh, no, no, Integrity gives

special consideration to ex-GIs too.

Just answer the questions in part A.

Sign your name at the bottom.

Is your application in?

He said I'll have an answer by tomorrow.

Tell me..

...what do you think of Shanks?

Well, he's personable.

Appears to be intelligent.

Honest?

Well, he sure seems to be straightforward enough.

Push him as far as you can when he turns down your loan.

Suppose they cross us up? Give me the loan.

With your credit rating?

[sighs]

Mr. Loomis, I'm sorry.

- No loan, huh? - What can I say?

It's just that your credit rating

isn't all that it should be.

What did they expect?

'If I could pay my bills, I wouldn't need a loan.'

If you had some collateral, uh..

- Car, furniture. - Yeah.

Well..

Maybe next time.

Mr. Shanks..

...you must know somebody, a private party

somebody who might lend me the money.

No, I'm sorry.

I'd be willing to pay any interest.

I'm a good mechanic.

I get my tools out of hawk, I can always make a buck.

Now I know you have people around.

Yeah, and they're parasites, Mr. Loomis.

They're not licensed, so they can't be regulated by law.

Now take my advice and stay away from them.

Well, that's my problem.

And I don't need your advice. I need money.

It's everybody's problem. What was wrong?

Oh, yeah, I remember this one.

[scoffs] Why do they even bother to come in?

What's left? Robbing a bank?

Harold, I told you before.

I don't think I'm tough enough for this job.

'Sounds like a two weeks' notice.'

Maybe it is.

Wally, I'm sure there are a hundred other jobs

you could get, but I doubt if any of them

would pay you a quarter of what we're paying you.

Now one of the questions you've got to ask yourself is

am I being fair with Julie?

My wife knows how I feel. She'll back me up.

I've known your wife a good many more years than you have, Wally.

She has expensive tastes.

'Are you sure she'll back you up?'

You think about it, Wally. I'll see you at lunch.

[knocks]

- Yeah? - Ed Loomis?

That's right.

I hear you're a little hung up, buddy.

I can do you some good.

- What does that mean? - Personal loan.

Come in.

I have to make a break, Julie.

I'm grateful to your father, but..

Darling, he's a big boy now.

If you quit, he'll understand.

He'll, uh, be disappointed, but..

And you're not?

Oh, well, I have a funny philosophy about marriage.

I'm hung up on the idea that the man's the breadwinner.

And if he's not happy with what he's doing

then he ought to find something that will make him happy.

Any word on the newspaper I sent in?

Yeah, Tobias' prints don't match the one on the phone booth.

Well, you can't win 'em all.

You haven't met any of his friends yet?

Not yet.

How late are you with your first payment?

Three days.

You should've heard from them by now.

Well, I did get a mild sort of threat this morning.

Tobias reminded me of their late charges.

'Ten percent of the principal per day for special handling.'

He said he'd call again about noon.

Let's force his hand.

Tell him to get off your back or you'll go to the police.

Good evening, Mr. Loomis.

This is Mr. Beeker, one of my associates.

Mr. Beeker is our collection supervisor.

Since you mentioned the police this noon

I thought I better have Mr. Beeker straighten out

your thinking a little.

You're not worried about getting your money, are you?

We're not worried, Mr. Loomis.

But I think you have a great deal to worry about.

First week's interest, $120.

Special handling and late charges first day, $112.

Second day, $123.

Third day, $135.

You now owe $1490.

Your loan's only ten days old.

I know things didn't work out as quick as I thought.

Couple more days.

Just don't push me.

I meant what I told you.

You get off my back or I go to the cops.

Mr. Loomis?

Let's, uh, clarify one thing here.

You don't tell us anything, we tell you.

We're telling you to stay away from the police

and to find the money.

What do you expect your customers to do?

Push dope?

Rob liquor stores?

Oh, that's your problem, Mr. Loomis.

You solve it.

Tell you what we will do.

Your total interest charges are $490.

You pay part of it as a sign of your good faith

and we'll stop bothering you.

- How much? - Say, 400.

We'll be back at 11:00.

It's only 9 o'clock. You got two full hours.

Oh, and by the way, liquor stores are open.

I mean, in case if you wanna drink or something.

[chuckles]

Yeah, once you give the man a job

you, you give him a decent salary

and all of a sudden, he wants to start functioning as--

- Harold. - No, no, no, no.

Now you hear me out.

You think I gave you a job because I like you.

Because you married my daughter.

Well, all this is true up to a point

but I'm afraid I'm a good deal more selfish

than you and Julie give me credit for.

You see, the truth is, Wally..

...I need you.

- Oh, Harold, come on-- - No, no, no, it's true.

I need your drive. I need your energy.

- I need your impatience. - Impatience?

Yeah. With me, with yourself

when everything doesn't go just exactly the way you want it to.

Oh, now don't look at me. I'm strictly neutral.

Oh, I don't suppose I'm the most patient man in the world, but..

No, no, that's good. You keep that.

Now once we get this chain of handicap outlets

of yours organized..

You're going ahead with that?

Integrity will finance..

...if..

...if you'll stay with Integrity.

Okay.

Unit 2 to Unit 1, they're coming now, inspector.



Mr. Loomis.

Now, fellows, uh..

Is this what you call good faith, Mr. Loomis?

I'm gonna pay you the money, uh..

I just need a little bit more time.

FBI. Hold it!

[g*nshots]

Handcuffs.

Call an ambulance.

Indeed, the results have been gratifying.

Ah, make that most gratifying.

Uh, loan applications at all 18 branches have increased

an average of 7% since the campaign began--

Harold.

I wanna talk to you.

Can it wait a minute? I'm in the middle of a letter--

No, I don't think it can.

What does this mean?

Give me a minute.

I'll get back to this.

Wally.

Listen.

"An interstate loan shark racket

"preying on servicemen in Arizona and California

"was dealt a crippling blow last night

"with the apprehension in Los Angeles.

"A Vincent R. Tobias, a Phoenix underworld figure.

"John Leslie Beeker, also of Phoenix, was shot to death

while resisting arrest."

Well?

Harold, what's your connection in this dirty business?

Wally, I think maybe that's the most insulting remark

ever addressed to me.

Do you realize what you're implying?

I realize that both Beeker and Tobias were in this office

to talk to you about an account they'd served.

I heard the whole conversation.

'You said that you've been waiting for them'

'to file a report. You said that--'

And what do you think that meant?

It meant that they were working for you.

Wally, Wally.

Come on in to your office.

I hired Vincent Tobias for one day to collect a personal bill.

He failed to collect it and I dismissed him.

That's what that conversation was about.

Harold, you can get a complete rundown on any bill collector

in the business in five minutes.

Are you trying to tell me you didn't know

what kind of a man Tobias was?

I'm trying to tell you I made a human mistake.

Sure, they'd been to my house once or twice.

But I certainly didn't know

they were connected with any loan shark racket.

I just hope I'm not making another mistake right now.

What does that mean?

Well, Wally.

As far as I know, you're the only human being alive

who could possibly connect me with Beeker and Tobias.

It was the first time they'd ever been in the office.

I didn't even give their names to my secretary.

I only introduced them to my son-in-law.

Harold, what does it matter

whether or not they're linked to you?

Personal embarrassment.

And I suppose the board would ask me to resign.

I like this job.

I love this job.

Wally..

...I'm not going to insult you

by, by saying that you owe me anything. You don't.

If I haven't earned your loyalty by now

then that's my fault.

But I would hope that..

Listen, I'm feeling a little rocky.

Well, why don't you go on home?

Take the day off.

Harold, can you swear to me

that Beeker and Tobias had nothing whatsoever

to do with Joe Fox's beating?

Yes, I can.

Because they were both with me having a drink at my home

when Foxx was attacked.

Alright.

Now you go on home. I'll see you tomorrow.

Right, yes, I'll tell..

Oh, hang on, he just came in.

It's Arthur.

Yes, Art.

Congratulations on the Tobias arrest, Lewis.

Thank you.

Did Durant tell you about the fingerprint match

Identification Division came up with?

No, he didn't.

Well, the print on the phone booth

at Fort Marshall belonged to John Beeker.

- Beeker. - Mm-hmm.

- Did you talk to Tobias? - Yes, he's uncooperative.

I guess he's willing to take his chances on the extortion charge.

[chuckles]

In regard to your query about Harold David Dewitt--

'Yes.'

...there's no arrest record.

Seems to be no tie with Beeker or Tobias.

'You say he's the vice president of the company?

That's right.

And you think he's mixed up in loan-sharking somehow?

Well, somebody had to feed Tobias

the information about Tom.

Now roughly two dozen people were familiar with it.

All the way from Shanks and the clerks who processed it

to Dewitt who rejected it.

Uh, Durant's been gathering all the information he can

and we've hit on an interesting fact.

The only one of the two dozen

who had access to records at the offices

near Camp Rockne and Fort Caldwell was Dewitt.

The only one who visited Phoenix

in the last six months was Dewitt.

But you have no specific tying with this man or Tobias.

Nothing conclusive enough to ask for a warrant, no.

Mm-hmm.

Well, keep Dewitt and Shanks both under surveillance.

It may turn into a waiting game now.

Yes, I will. Goodbye, Art.

'Good luck.'

Report from Colby.

Shanks has just left the finance cut in the office.

He appears to be on his way home.

- And Dewitt? - Still there.

Maybe it's time to interview Shanks again.

I'll be at his house if you need me.

Right.

[doorbell rings]

Oh, inspector.

Mrs. Shanks, I'm sorry to bother you.

Is your husband in?

Uh, yes. Come in, please.

I'll get him.

Honey, it's the FBI agent I met in your office.

Well, inspector.

- Erskine, wasn't it? - That's right.

Well, sit down, please.

Do you care for some coffee?

Uh, no, thank you.

What's happened? Have you found the man who k*lled Foxx?

I think so. Unfortunately, he's dead.

You aren't speaking about the hood who was shot last night

are you? Beeker, John Beeker?

Yes, I am.

I'm afraid you've made a mistake, inspector.

Beeker wasn't your man. He couldn't have been.

Well, why couldn't he?

He had an alibi for that night.

Provided by whom?

[telephone rings]

Oh, excuse me.

I'm sorry, uh..

I don't wanna talk about this, inspector.

- Did you ever meet Beeker? - No.

- 'Or Vincent Tobias?' - No.

Did Dewitt know either one of them?

I don't know. I couldn't say.

Who vouched for Beeker?

- Look, inspector. - 'Was it Dewitt?'

What if it was? What are you gonna make of that?

A lie.

Beeker and Foxx were together that night.

He wasn't lying.

Both Beeker and Tobias were with Harold that night.

Beeker's prints were found on a phone booth

next to Foxx's body.

What?

Julie?

On the 20th, it was a Monday night

the night that Foxx was beaten?

You stopped by your dad's place after your club meeting, right?

Yes.

Was there anybody else there?

No, he was alone. He was watching television.

'It was about 10 o'clock.'

Now wait a minute. What's going on here?

First, you come home, then the FBI's here.

Now father calls.

- That was your father just now? - Yes.

What did he want, honey?

[sighs] Well, he started to ask about you

and then I mentioned that Inspector Erskine was here

and-and he hung up.

'Now what is going on?'

You're a very close family, aren't you?

- Is that against the law? - No, I think it's a fine thing.

Inspector, Harold Dewitt's a fine man.

When I came back from Vietnam, I wasn't fit for anything.

All I knew was football.

'He gave me a whole new life.'

Yes, but you gave him something, too, didn't you?

What? Experience? Mnh-mnh.

[Lewis] 'Perhaps something more usable than that?'

Your name? Your reputation?

Oh.

You know, it seems to me you have a great sense

of responsibility toward Dewitt.

Don't you think you have a certain responsibility

as well to the servicemen who came to him

because of your recommendation?

He's been using you.

Can't you see that?

You're the bait in one of the dirtiest rackets I've ever seen.

Oh, Harold couldn't be mixed up in anything like that.

Alright, he admitted that Tobias worked for him

for one day and that's all.

Will you testify to that?

- Yes, certainly. - Thank you.

LA 20 to LA 45.

LA 45. Go ahead, Lew.

Dispenser reports that Dewitt left Integrity Finance.

- Where are you? - We're at Dewitt's house.

We drove directly here from the office.

He's been inside just over five minutes.

Durant's calling the US attorney now.

- Stand by. - 45, clear.

LA 45 to LA 20.

- LA 20. - Dewitt just left his home.

Heading west on Graham.

Roger. We're joining you now.

LA 20 to dispatcher.

[male #2 on radio] 'Go ahead, 20.'

No word from the US attorney?

[male #2] 'Mr. Durant is talking to him now.'

Thank you. 20, clear.

- 'LA 20?' - 20.

[male #2] 'Your warrant has been issued.'

Roger. 20, clear. Go.

LA 45, did you read?



[engine droning]

There he is.

Harold Dewitt, FBI. We have a warrant for your arrest.

Over here.

Keep your hands on top of the car.

Step back.

The whole thing is incredible.

If I'd caught on sooner, maybe I could have helped.

[sighs] Well, from all we've been able to gather, Dewitt was involved

long before you started to work for him, Mr. Shanks.

He used your name to attract GI applications

but all the time, he was doing a land office business

in civilian loan-sharking too.

This was a man I thought I knew as well as I know my own father.

What do you plan to do now, Mr. Shanks?

Well, I had a, a thought

about opening a, a chain of small businesses

for handicapped men and women.

Sounds interesting.

All I need now is to find somebody to back it.

Somehow, I have a feeling you will.

Good luck.

Harold David Dewitt, operating alone

without his company's knowledge

was found guilty of extortion

in connection with credit transactions.

Vincent Roger Tobias was convicted

of the m*rder of Joseph Foxx.

Both men are serving sentences in a federal penitentiary.

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