by Hal Erickson
synopsis
With grim determination, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) search for a pair of armed bandits who have robbed and tortured elderly Wendell Bartell, savagely beating and burning the man while repeatedly stabbing his hands with a hatpin. Clearly, the thieves had "inside" information as to where Bartell kept his jewelry hidden in his home; also, Mrs. Bartell recalls that one of the crooks spoke with a "funny" accent. But it takes the testimony of a magazine delivery boy to put the detectives on the trail of a brand-new sedan with old license plates that was seen in the vicinity of the crime. This episode was adapted from the Dragnet radio broadcast of September 20, 1951.
