WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.260 --> 00:00:09.660 Hello? 2 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:11.240 Hello. 3 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:12.380 Billy Wall. 4 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:14.040 Billy, this is Joe Weil. 5 00:00:14.740 --> 00:00:16.500 I've just cut into a fat mark. 6 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:18.020 The one you've been tailing? 7 00:00:18.340 --> 00:00:19.280 Right, Fetterman. 8 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:21.060 He's going for the gold wire. 9 00:00:21.660 --> 00:00:22.760 Is he a live one, Joe? 10 00:00:23.240 --> 00:00:23.640 Live? 11 00:00:23.720 --> 00:00:25.920 He's so hungry for the best of it, he can almost taste it. 12 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:27.300 I'll bring him to meet you tomorrow. 13 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:29.800 Western Union? 14 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:31.760 Outside the washroom on the fifth floor. 15 00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:33.180 The old brother-in-law dodge. 16 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:34.440 Make it good, but short. 17 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.060 Too many detectives around there. 18 00:00:36.620 --> 00:00:37.100 Meet you at ten. 19 00:00:38.020 --> 00:00:38.960 See you then. 20 00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:40.280 Goodbye. 21 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:48.280 You have just witnessed a scene from this week's expose of the life of the yellow kid. 22 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:55.280 The true story of swindles worked on rich and poor alike by Joseph Weil, who took more 23 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:57.280 than eight million dollars from unsuspecting 24 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:02.920 citizens, and who became notoriously known as America's master con man. 25 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:09.360 Our hope is to inform you of con games by which you may be victimized even today. 26 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.400 Get rich quick schemes such as this one, the gold wire. 27 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.560 The story in a moment after this message. 28 00:01:28.060 --> 00:01:31.160 And now to our true story, the gold wire. 29 00:01:31.880 --> 00:01:35.560 The case history of this particular sucker dates back some 40 years. 30 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:39.900 It was in the days when handbooks and horse parlors were legal enterprises. 31 00:01:40.740 --> 00:01:44.340 Telegraph companies were free to send race results within the law. 32 00:01:45.660 --> 00:01:51.260 It began one day as I stood at the bar of a prominent buffet in the city of Chicago. 33 00:01:51.940 --> 00:01:57.120 After all, Mr. Fetterman, a young lady has a certain social position she's got to think 34 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:57.940 of and about. 35 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:04.480 She's not being out of line in wanting a few simple things which a party like yourself 36 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:05.760 is in a position to offer. 37 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:08.620 But Agnes, Agnes, please be reasonable. 38 00:02:08.820 --> 00:02:10.660 The diamonds will all come in due time. 39 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:13.380 I'm just a little short of cash at the moment, that's all. 40 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:18.800 Oh, now Mr. Fetterman, a party which I happen to know on LaSalle Street told me that you 41 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.880 made a killing in the market last week. 42 00:02:22.380 --> 00:02:25.120 Greatly exaggerated, my dear, greatly exaggerated. 43 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:31.500 Oh, I do dabble about in the market now and then with reasonable success, but as for a 44 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:32.440 killing, oh no. 45 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:35.160 Mr. Fetterman, you're holding out on me. 46 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:38.960 Agnes, my darling, haven't I always given you everything you've ever asked for? 47 00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:43.060 Furs, a carriage, excursions to Diamond Lake. 48 00:02:43.480 --> 00:02:45.900 That's not the kind of diamond I mean. 49 00:02:46.140 --> 00:02:49.200 I know, my dear, and if you'll just be patient a little while longer. 50 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:51.900 Just a few more weeks, my pretty, just a few weeks. 51 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:54.660 She which hesitates is lost. 52 00:02:55.320 --> 00:03:01.000 The party I mentioned earlier is just begging to do something for me in the way of diamonds. 53 00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:06.620 Now I have a terrible headache which is causing me no end of distress, so pardon me. 54 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.060 Oh, but Agnes, Agnes, please be patient a little while longer. 55 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:10.440 When I make my killing... 56 00:03:10.440 --> 00:03:12.640 Au revoir, Mr. Fetterman. 57 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:17.860 A brandy, Otto. 58 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:19.340 Give me a brandy. 59 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:21.940 Woman the eternal enigma. 60 00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:25.460 So charming, but so impatient for the luxuries of life. 61 00:03:28.460 --> 00:03:30.040 Well, here you are for the drinks. 62 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.420 And this is for... 63 00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:36.940 Would you kindly give me change for a 10 cent piece? 64 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:39.540 Say, pardon me, Mr. Fetterman. 65 00:03:39.740 --> 00:03:41.560 Yes, Mr.... 66 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:42.920 Weill, Joseph Weill. 67 00:03:43.060 --> 00:03:43.520 Oh, yes. 68 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:45.600 Aren't you in the market? 69 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:47.360 Oh, yes, I'm always in the market. 70 00:03:48.040 --> 00:03:51.540 Say, I don't presume to intrude myself in your affairs, Mr. Fetterman. 71 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:55.000 But if I were you, I wouldn't display that cash too openly. 72 00:03:56.700 --> 00:03:58.960 Why, this is a perfectly reputable establishment, sir. 73 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:05.280 Yes, I know, but nowadays one can never tell when some opportunist or a person of dubious character may be lurking in the vicinity. 74 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:07.760 You're right, Mr. Weill. 75 00:04:09.160 --> 00:04:10.340 You're absolutely right. 76 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:13.560 Common sense, common caution, I always say. 77 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.280 I noticed you finished your brandy. 78 00:04:16.280 --> 00:04:19.980 Otto, Otto, pour Mr. Fetterman a drink and charge it to my account. 79 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:22.660 Well, that's very generous of you, sir. Won't you join me? 80 00:04:22.760 --> 00:04:26.720 Well, thank you, I'd like to, but I'm afraid I'll have to abstain my stomach. 81 00:04:27.200 --> 00:04:28.560 Oh, nothing serious, I hope? 82 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.940 No, no, no, just a touch of indigestion brought on by a business problem. 83 00:04:33.260 --> 00:04:35.100 A problem? What sort of a problem, sir? 84 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:38.280 I'm looking for an investor, a splendid opportunity. 85 00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:42.840 Unfortunately, my working funds are tied up at the moment or I'd jump in myself. 86 00:04:42.840 --> 00:04:46.200 Yes, money is scarce these days. 87 00:04:46.580 --> 00:04:52.300 Disappearing all the time, but what man can pass up a 300% profit on a 24-hour investment? 88 00:04:53.320 --> 00:04:56.220 Well, thank you, Mr. Fetterman, but I'm afraid I must be leaving. 89 00:04:56.420 --> 00:05:00.420 Oh, please, what's your hurry, Mr. Weill? Couldn't we discuss this further? You interest me. 90 00:05:00.540 --> 00:05:02.720 Well, after all, it's a family matter. 91 00:05:02.820 --> 00:05:08.280 You see, I'm acting on behalf of my brother-in-law and I wouldn't want to have you think that I'm soliciting you. 92 00:05:08.320 --> 00:05:10.300 Why, nonsense, nonsense, not at all. 93 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:15.040 After all, if this is a family affair, you should be in a position to vouch for the authenticity of the plan. 94 00:05:15.580 --> 00:05:15.980 Absolutely. 95 00:05:16.620 --> 00:05:19.560 Well, let's sit down over here at a table where we can talk privately. 96 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:21.320 Let's discuss this a little further. 97 00:05:23.320 --> 00:05:25.680 Now, supposing you explain further. 98 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:31.260 Well, you see, Mr. Fetterman, my brother-in-law went as co-maker on a series of notes for a friend. 99 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:33.980 We turned them over to a loan shark for $2,500. 100 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:41.240 Now the friend has skipped town and the loan shark has threatened my brother-in-law with only a week to pay up. 101 00:05:41.660 --> 00:05:48.460 Now, I'm afraid that if his wife or his employer finds out about it, he'll lose both his job and his family. 102 00:05:48.820 --> 00:05:52.700 Well, how could a man in such a predicament make a fortune for me? 103 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.580 Mr. Fetterman, can I take you into my confidence? 104 00:05:57.100 --> 00:05:58.420 Why, yes, yes, of course. 105 00:05:58.660 --> 00:05:59.120 Good. 106 00:06:01.020 --> 00:06:04.060 My brother-in-law is a telegrapher for Western Union. 107 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:06.660 He works on the gold wire. 108 00:06:07.740 --> 00:06:08.400 The gold wire? 109 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:13.120 Yes. He receives the race results from Eastern Tracks and sends them to the local bookmakers. 110 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:20.080 Now, if you were to loan him the $2,500, I'm sure that he'd be glad to let you know a winner before he gives the bookies the results. 111 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:22.740 You could bet on a sure thing and make a killing. 112 00:06:23.940 --> 00:06:25.960 I have always wanted to beat them. 113 00:06:27.100 --> 00:06:29.960 Could we, can we... 114 00:06:31.020 --> 00:06:32.420 Would your brother-in-law be reliable? 115 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.340 Oh, I'd rather have you convince yourself of that. Let's have a talk with him. 116 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:41.360 Excellent. But mind you, no commitment on the loan until after I see him. 117 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:46.200 A sure thing. A sure thing. 118 00:06:47.500 --> 00:06:49.180 Agnes, you'll get them yet. 119 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:54.620 Hello? 120 00:06:55.820 --> 00:06:57.340 Hello. Billy Wall. 121 00:06:58.080 --> 00:07:01.440 Billy, this is Joe Weil. I've just cut into a fat mark. 122 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:03.040 The one you've been tailing? 123 00:07:03.320 --> 00:07:06.040 Right. Fetterman. He's going for the gold wire. 124 00:07:06.640 --> 00:07:07.660 Is he alive, Joe? 125 00:07:08.220 --> 00:07:12.280 Alive? He's so hungry for the best of it he can almost taste it. I'll bring him to meet you tomorrow. 126 00:07:13.940 --> 00:07:14.600 Western Union? 127 00:07:15.080 --> 00:07:16.640 Outside the washroom on the fifth floor. 128 00:07:17.020 --> 00:07:22.100 The old brother-in-law, Dodge. Make it good, but short. Too many detectives around there. Meet you at ten. 129 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:23.600 See you then. 130 00:07:25.580 --> 00:07:25.980 Goodbye. 131 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:44.680 I hope this is the right place. I've never been here before. 132 00:07:44.880 --> 00:07:47.180 And I hope your brother-in-law is willing to cooperate. 133 00:07:47.440 --> 00:07:48.460 Oh, I'll see to that. 134 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:50.220 Ah, Billy. 135 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:53.760 Mr. Fetterman, I want you to meet my brother-in-law, William Wall. 136 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:54.540 Billy? 137 00:07:54.880 --> 00:07:57.420 Billy, this is the gentleman whom I hope to prove your benefactor. 138 00:07:57.420 --> 00:08:02.100 Not so loud, Joe. I'm sorry, Mr. Fetterman, but I'm a nervous wreck. 139 00:08:02.460 --> 00:08:04.820 Why, Billy, I've already explained about the loan sharks. 140 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:06.400 Same a heaven, Joe. Be quiet. 141 00:08:06.980 --> 00:08:10.700 If the company ever found out I borrowed all that money, they'd have to fire me. It's a company rule. 142 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:15.200 Now, Billy, calm down. After all, we're here to help you, aren't we? 143 00:08:15.260 --> 00:08:17.300 Yes, for certain considerations. 144 00:08:18.340 --> 00:08:20.340 Considerations? What do you mean? 145 00:08:20.540 --> 00:08:25.340 Well, I told Mr. Fetterman, in return for his generosity, you would do him a favor. 146 00:08:26.020 --> 00:08:26.880 What kind of favor? 147 00:08:27.580 --> 00:08:31.740 Well, we thought that you would give us the name of a winning horse before you pass it on to the bookmakers. 148 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:33.500 We could bet on a sure thing. 149 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:35.300 But that's dishonest. 150 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:38.780 Why, if the company found out, they'd fire me on the spot. 151 00:08:38.940 --> 00:08:41.420 Say, see here, Wile, you led me to believe that he... 152 00:08:41.420 --> 00:08:45.420 Billy, if the loan sharks were to tell the company or to tell my sister about those notes, 153 00:08:45.420 --> 00:08:48.340 you'd lose your job and you'd lose your wife, right? 154 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:50.060 Well, yes, but... 155 00:08:50.060 --> 00:08:53.400 Think of the shame. Think of those poor little hungry mouths to feed. 156 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:56.240 Yes, your only hope is to go along with this. Think of your wife and family. 157 00:08:57.560 --> 00:09:00.960 Well, all right, I will, but only this once. 158 00:09:01.060 --> 00:09:01.620 Good, good. 159 00:09:01.920 --> 00:09:03.720 Good boy, Billy, I knew you'd come through. 160 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.920 Now, how do we get the winner? We have to move fast when the results are in. 161 00:09:07.060 --> 00:09:10.220 I've already thought of that. Here, Billy, take this rubber ball. 162 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:14.080 Cut a slit in the side and slip a piece of paper in it with the name of the winner on it. 163 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.080 Make it the fifth that's there. Throw it tomorrow. 164 00:09:16.900 --> 00:09:19.480 All right, but how do I get the ball to you? 165 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:22.180 Uh, toss it out of the washroom window. 166 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:24.000 We'll be waiting in the alley below. 167 00:09:24.180 --> 00:09:25.600 We'll make a killing for sure. 168 00:09:25.680 --> 00:09:26.320 All right. 169 00:09:26.520 --> 00:09:28.360 Oh, about that 2,500. 170 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:30.140 Oh, yes, yes, money, of course. 171 00:09:30.140 --> 00:09:31.060 Oh, no, I don't want the cash. 172 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:32.180 You don't want it? 173 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:33.060 Well, not right now. 174 00:09:33.660 --> 00:09:36.140 As long as I'm in this deep, I may as well win, too. 175 00:09:36.540 --> 00:09:37.940 Bet it for me on the winner I give you. 176 00:09:38.140 --> 00:09:38.940 Glad to, my boy. 177 00:09:39.040 --> 00:09:41.380 Come on, we'd better be going before someone overhears us. 178 00:09:41.380 --> 00:09:43.920 Now, don't forget, Billy, throw the ball out the window. 179 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:45.300 The fifth at Saratoga. 180 00:09:45.660 --> 00:09:46.140 Gotcha. 181 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:00.000 When's he gonna throw that ball? It's getting late. 182 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:01.740 There it is. 183 00:10:04.420 --> 00:10:06.380 Quick, let's get to the bookmaker. 184 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:15.820 Ah, it slipped, it slipped. Let's see the slip. 185 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:17.680 Not so loud, man. Don't lose your head. 186 00:10:17.780 --> 00:10:19.920 I know, but I can't get it out. My hands are here to try it. 187 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:20.480 Let me hold the ball. 188 00:10:20.540 --> 00:10:22.320 My hands are trembling so I can't get a hold of it. 189 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:23.540 Ah, here it is. 190 00:10:23.880 --> 00:10:25.520 Jerry Hunter, that's the name of our horse. 191 00:10:25.760 --> 00:10:26.480 Fine, what are the odds? 192 00:10:26.780 --> 00:10:28.760 Look at those odds. Six to one, you'll make a killing. 193 00:10:29.660 --> 00:10:29.660 194 00:10:29.920 --> 00:10:30.240 Here. 195 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:30.980 All right, gentlemen. 196 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:31.360 Get in the cage. 197 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:35.300 The horses are now foraging to the post in the fifth at Saratoga. 198 00:10:35.420 --> 00:10:37.260 It's about time. Why the delay? 199 00:10:37.540 --> 00:10:39.180 Billy's on the job. You'd better get your bet down. 200 00:10:39.260 --> 00:10:40.100 Yeah, what's his number? 201 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:41.480 Number seven, number seven. 202 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:42.900 Get your money ready. 203 00:10:43.300 --> 00:10:46.180 Look, cashier, I don't want this number seven. 204 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:46.840 Hurry, gentlemen. 205 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:47.800 Don't make up your minds. 206 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:50.280 $5,000 on number seven. 207 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.140 I'm saying number seven. 208 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:53.640 Well, hurry up, will you? 209 00:10:54.140 --> 00:10:54.900 Seven, I said. 210 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.260 I just think we heard this man say number nine. 211 00:10:57.940 --> 00:10:59.280 Please, gentlemen, please, hurry. 212 00:10:59.340 --> 00:11:00.400 It's almost post time. 213 00:11:00.420 --> 00:11:01.820 Mr. Wyles, can you do it again? 214 00:11:03.140 --> 00:11:04.220 I'm trying to place a bet on number seven. 215 00:11:04.300 --> 00:11:07.020 That's what I want to do. I'm trying to place a bet on number seven. 216 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:08.980 Out of my way, will you? 217 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:10.120 Please, gentlemen. 218 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:11.020 Mr. Kettif. 219 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:11.800 Get off! 220 00:11:12.140 --> 00:11:14.500 Sorry, gentlemen, the betting is closed. 221 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:19.260 And now into the clubhouse turn, it's prevaricator, 222 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:23.060 lazy Joe, Dale's downfall in that order. 223 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:25.980 And now in the back stretch, it's still prevaricator. 224 00:11:27.380 --> 00:11:29.120 Prevaricator, number nine in the lead. 225 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.260 That's the horse that I wanted to bet on, here. 226 00:11:31.260 --> 00:11:31.780 Number nine. 227 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.840 Fat lot, you know about it. 228 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:35.420 At the end of the back stretch, prevaricator, 229 00:11:35.420 --> 00:11:39.460 a lazy Joe, and moving to third is number seven, 230 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:40.440 Jerry Hunter. 231 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:42.000 Oh, come on, Jerry, come on, Jerry. 232 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:43.940 Please don't have a wager down. 233 00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:45.940 Jerry Hunter, now second. 234 00:11:46.900 --> 00:11:47.540 Oh, come on. 235 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:49.600 And now in the home stretch, prevaricator, 236 00:11:49.640 --> 00:11:52.060 and Jerry Hunter, our neck and neck. 237 00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:53.900 Oh, come on, boy, come on. 238 00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:55.980 Now it's Jerry Hunter in the lead. 239 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:01.000 Jerry Hunter by a length, and now by two, it's Jerry Hunter. 240 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.520 Jerry Hunter, home the winner. 241 00:12:03.520 --> 00:12:05.060 Oh, hee hee. 242 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.980 With prevaricator, second, and lazy Joe, third. 243 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:11.780 Hold your tickets, please, until it's official. 244 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:14.020 Oh, boy, what a lucky accident. 245 00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:17.240 $15,000 at six to one. 246 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:18.720 Yes, $90,000. 247 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.160 $90,000 they made on my horse, 248 00:12:21.380 --> 00:12:22.580 and I couldn't get a bet down. 249 00:12:22.760 --> 00:12:24.420 We lost a golden opportunity. 250 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:25.700 Tomorrow, maybe tomorrow, huh? 251 00:12:25.880 --> 00:12:27.200 Not tomorrow, Mr. Fenneman. 252 00:12:27.220 --> 00:12:28.300 I'm interested in today. 253 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:30.480 I'm interested in what you're going to tell my brother-in-law 254 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.520 when he asks for his winnings. 255 00:12:31.640 --> 00:12:34.640 After all, he's expecting you to give him $15,000. 256 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:37.140 $15,000. 257 00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:39.160 Oh, thank God. 258 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.680 There'll be more about the fleecing 259 00:12:42.680 --> 00:12:45.520 of the unfortunate Mr. Fenneman in just a moment 260 00:12:45.520 --> 00:12:46.840 after this message. 261 00:13:06.400 --> 00:13:08.280 Joe, Mr. Fenneman, where have you been? 262 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:08.880 You're late. 263 00:13:09.900 --> 00:13:10.720 You had me worried. 264 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.420 I'm sorry, Billy. 265 00:13:12.280 --> 00:13:14.360 Well, it's all right now. 266 00:13:14.660 --> 00:13:15.760 My worries are over. 267 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:18.720 Here, let me buy you a drink out of my winnings. 268 00:13:18.920 --> 00:13:20.820 Billy, there aren't any winnings. 269 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:22.040 What do you mean? 270 00:13:22.880 --> 00:13:25.680 I told you to bet my $2,500 on the winner I gave you. 271 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:26.740 He paid six to one. 272 00:13:27.140 --> 00:13:28.640 What's the big idea, Mr. Fenneman? 273 00:13:28.760 --> 00:13:30.000 Well, you see, I... 274 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:31.620 He tried, Billy, but there was an argument 275 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:31.620 276 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:33.520 at the window and he was shut out. 277 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:35.080 How do you like that? 278 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:36.440 I risk my job, my future, 279 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:38.000 and he can't even get a bet down for me. 280 00:13:38.060 --> 00:13:39.140 Well, I'm sure that tomorrow... 281 00:13:39.140 --> 00:13:39.520 Tomorrow? 282 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:42.460 Do you think I'll take this terrible risk again? 283 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:44.140 But we can double the bets tomorrow. 284 00:13:44.260 --> 00:13:44.860 Nothing doing. 285 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:46.620 No, Billy, we're only trying to help you, 286 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:47.360 right, Mr. Fenneman? 287 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:48.260 Of course, of course. 288 00:13:48.280 --> 00:13:49.640 The answer is no. 289 00:13:50.060 --> 00:13:51.040 You let me down. 290 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:52.340 291 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:53.500 Excuse us, Mr. Fenneman, 292 00:13:53.880 --> 00:13:55.660 but I'm sure that we can reach an agreement. 293 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:57.300 Come on to the bar, Billy. 294 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:58.820 Let's talk a little sense now. 295 00:14:02.640 --> 00:14:03.080 Well... 296 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:03.620 All right. 297 00:14:08.260 --> 00:14:09.480 Have you got him, Joe? 298 00:14:09.640 --> 00:14:11.160 We couldn't shake this sucker loose 299 00:14:11.160 --> 00:14:12.720 with a ten pound sledge. 300 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.160 Tomorrow we'll let him play against the store. 301 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.660 Really let him bet in earnest. 302 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:19.940 Put the big touch on him tomorrow and get rid of him. 303 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:20.700 Nothing doing. 304 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.300 You can fleeze the lamb forever, 305 00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:24.140 but you can take his hide only once. 306 00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.200 You're right. 307 00:14:26.540 --> 00:14:27.460 That's the ticket, Billy. 308 00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:30.160 Now, let's talk a little business with Mr. Fenneman. 309 00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.400 You'll go alone? 310 00:14:34.380 --> 00:14:35.920 Yes, but no more rubber ball. 311 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:37.640 I nearly got caught today. 312 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:39.740 Can you reach a phone without exciting suspicion? 313 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:40.940 I think so. 314 00:14:41.180 --> 00:14:42.220 Well, then call us here. 315 00:14:42.520 --> 00:14:44.100 The bookmaker's only just around the corner. 316 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.360 You can give us the winner, the fifth at Saratoga, 317 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.700 and we can make it with plenty of time to spare. 318 00:14:49.260 --> 00:14:49.980 All right. 319 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.900 But please, please, no more mistakes tomorrow. 320 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:54.380 I need the money. 321 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.780 I'm desperate. 322 00:14:59.180 --> 00:15:00.780 Why doesn't he call with the winner? 323 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.180 Billy won't let us down. 324 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.940 He's as good as his... 325 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:06.500 Joe Weill. 326 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.340 Hello, Joe. 327 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:09.440 Billy, put Fenneman on the line. 328 00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:11.580 Just a minute, Billy. 329 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:14.800 Mr. Fenneman, I don't seem to be able to make out what he's saying. 330 00:15:15.160 --> 00:15:16.140 Maybe I'd better try again and... 331 00:15:16.140 --> 00:15:16.960 Here, give me that phone. 332 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:17.680 I'll take the message. 333 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.360 Hello, Billy. 334 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.140 Give me the name of that horse. 335 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.000 Give me the name of that horse. 336 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:27.360 The odds were short on the winner. 337 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.200 Place your money on Hummingbird. 338 00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:31.300 Place your money on Hummingbird. 339 00:15:31.760 --> 00:15:32.480 Repeat that. 340 00:15:32.640 --> 00:15:34.160 Place your money on Hummingbird. 341 00:15:34.760 --> 00:15:35.100 Right. 342 00:15:36.380 --> 00:15:37.180 Hummingbird is a horse. 343 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.000 Come on, Weill. 344 00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:45.140 I just put $20,000 on Hummingbird to win. 345 00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:47.100 Yes, I bet $300 myself. 346 00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:49.320 You bet $300? I thought you said you were broke. 347 00:15:49.420 --> 00:15:51.380 Well, the current investment is beginning to pay off. 348 00:15:51.780 --> 00:15:54.080 I still wish I had some real money to bet on this thing. 349 00:15:55.760 --> 00:15:58.620 They're off and running in the fifth at Saratoga. 350 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.500 The race, the race. 351 00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:02.440 King Arthur now breaks in front on the outside 352 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:04.340 and is moving to the rail at the first turn. 353 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:07.360 Still King Arthur the favorite out in front 354 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.000 with Lulabelle running second. 355 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.060 The long shot Hummingbird is running third. 356 00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:12.520 Hear that? 357 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:16.580 And now down the back stretch, King Arthur still showing the way. 358 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:18.580 Hummingbird now second. 359 00:16:19.140 --> 00:16:20.820 On guard running third. 360 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.840 And Lulabelle back to fourth. 361 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:23.720 Come on, Lulabelle. 362 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.200 I mean, I just, I mean, Hummingbird, Hummingbird, that's our horse. 363 00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.140 Come on, Hummingbird. 364 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:31.420 And at the three quarter mark, Hummingbird begins to close the gap. 365 00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:33.800 King Arthur now opening up. 366 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:35.760 King Arthur now by five links. 367 00:16:36.400 --> 00:16:37.660 King Arthur by six. 368 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.960 And up to seven. 369 00:16:39.520 --> 00:16:41.620 And that's your winner, King Arthur. 370 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.600 Hummingbird is the prize second pan, jeans folly third. 371 00:16:46.260 --> 00:16:46.820 Hummingbird. 372 00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:48.720 Oh, man. 373 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:50.120 We lost. 374 00:16:51.260 --> 00:16:52.740 $20,000 I lost. 375 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:55.180 Look up, the results aren't official as yet. 376 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:58.360 And now the results of that race are now official. 377 00:17:00.640 --> 00:17:05.440 Mr. Wilde, I think we better see Billy. 378 00:17:09.800 --> 00:17:10.280 Stupidity. 379 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.320 That's all it is. 380 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:15.600 I've upheld my end of the bargain every time, but you, Fetterman, you've bungled it. 381 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:17.500 I'm the one who's taking the risks. 382 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.380 And what do I get? 383 00:17:19.020 --> 00:17:19.920 Nothing but alibi. 384 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.980 But I didn't make a mistake. 385 00:17:21.020 --> 00:17:22.200 You gave me the wrong horse. 386 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.960 Oh, I did. 387 00:17:24.060 --> 00:17:24.360 Yes. 388 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:26.440 What did I tell you over the telephone? 389 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:28.000 What were my exact words? 390 00:17:28.040 --> 00:17:29.660 You said place your money on Hummingbird. 391 00:17:29.800 --> 00:17:30.860 That's it, place. 392 00:17:31.280 --> 00:17:33.500 I told you that the odds were short on the winner. 393 00:17:33.800 --> 00:17:35.320 To place your money on Hummingbird. 394 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.000 Don't you know what the word place means in a horse race? 395 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:41.620 Sure, place means come in second. 396 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:44.100 Then why did you bet Hummingbird to finish first? 397 00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:47.000 Well, when you said place, I didn't know you meant place that way. 398 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:49.620 Mr. Fetterman, I don't want to seem a hard loser, 399 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:51.860 but I've lost quite a sum because of your mistakes. 400 00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:53.800 Well, if you can't afford to lose, you shouldn't bet, sir. 401 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:55.440 I don't mean my losses through betting. 402 00:17:55.580 --> 00:17:57.520 I mean my losses in potential winnings. 403 00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.420 Oh, I see. 404 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:00.580 Well, I'm sorry. 405 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:00.860 I apologize. 406 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:04.120 Well, now, what about tomorrow? 407 00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:08.620 We'll just let bygones be bygones and double up on our bets. 408 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:10.060 But we can't make a mistake tomorrow. 409 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.860 I've got to come through. 410 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.980 I've got to make up my losses. 411 00:18:13.060 --> 00:18:14.920 I just may be thinking out loud, 412 00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:18.080 but perhaps this racing form will do the trick. 413 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:19.720 Here, Billy, here's a duplicate for you. 414 00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:20.240 Now what? 415 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.240 We'll just give every horse that's running a number. 416 00:18:24.020 --> 00:18:27.320 And then, Billy, when you call, you give us the winning horse's number. 417 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:27.920 Got that? 418 00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:29.720 Just one simple number. 419 00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:30.980 That's all we have to know. 420 00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:32.040 I got you, Joe. 421 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:34.180 Yes, no possible confusion that way. 422 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:35.380 We can't make a mistake that way. 423 00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.960 Just give me the winning horse's number. 424 00:18:37.300 --> 00:18:37.600 Right. 425 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.300 Let's number the horses. 426 00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:43.500 It's getting late. 427 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.460 Don't worry. 428 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:48.160 Here, take the racing form and check over the numbers. 429 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:49.400 Yes, yes, we've got to be ready. 430 00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:52.700 All right, Billy. 431 00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:53.880 Now remember, no mistakes. 432 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.600 Give us the number of the winning horse. 433 00:18:56.040 --> 00:18:57.120 The winning horse. 434 00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.400 Just a moment. 435 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.700 Mr. Fetterman has our number cheat. 436 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.700 Mr. Fetterman, would you mind taking over? 437 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.460 No, no. 438 00:19:04.260 --> 00:19:04.780 All right. 439 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.440 All right, Billy. 440 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:06.660 What's your winner? 441 00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:08.100 Twenty-one. 442 00:19:09.260 --> 00:19:10.040 Twenty-one. 443 00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.580 Twenty-one. 444 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:15.600 Twenty-one, twenty-one, twenty-one. 445 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.440 Black Bonanza. 446 00:19:16.580 --> 00:19:17.960 Forget the name. It's the number we want. 447 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.280 I don't know about you, 448 00:19:19.280 --> 00:19:22.000 but I've dug up another thousand and I'm going to put it on the nose. 449 00:19:22.040 --> 00:19:23.020 Come on. 450 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:31.800 And as they come down the whole stretch, it's still Prince Oscar by a length. 451 00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:34.440 Colfax second by two. 452 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.340 Prrrrramma nida third. 453 00:19:36.780 --> 00:19:38.620 Leaving the field far behind. 454 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:41.400 And that's the way they go under the wire. 455 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:43.220 One, two, three. 456 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:46.900 Prince Oscar, Colfax and Prrrramma nida. 457 00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:49.200 These are unofficial results. 458 00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:51.560 I'm lost again. 459 00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:53.200 Number 21, Black Bonanza. 460 00:19:53.280 --> 00:19:54.340 What happened? I lost. 461 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:56.060 Cheer up. The result isn't official yet. 462 00:19:57.280 --> 00:19:57.400 Attention. 463 00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:58.140 A flash, a flash. 464 00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.800 Attention, please. 465 00:19:59.280 --> 00:20:01.220 Now here's a flash from Saratoga. 466 00:20:02.540 --> 00:20:07.000 Black Bonanza pulled up lame in the back stretch and is still on the track. 467 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:09.580 Results of the race are now official. 468 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:10.600 Forty thousand dollars? 469 00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:13.060 I've lost forty thousand dollars in two days. 470 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:15.580 Why did I get my hands on you? You scoundrel. 471 00:20:15.780 --> 00:20:16.160 You scoundrel. 472 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.680 Let go of me. 473 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:19.260 You lied to me. You told me to bet on number 21, Black Bonanza. 474 00:20:19.260 --> 00:20:19.720 You lied. 475 00:20:19.780 --> 00:20:21.100 I did not. Now wait a minute. 476 00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:22.380 You told me to bet on number 21. 477 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.580 I did not. 478 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:25.220 You told me to bet on number 21. 479 00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:25.560 480 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:29.180 You asked me what horse won and I told you to bet on number 20. 481 00:20:29.820 --> 00:20:30.220 21. 482 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.880 W-O-N-1. 483 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.160 Can't you understand English? 484 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.100 W-O-N-1. 485 00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:35.500 That's right. 486 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:37.560 Another mistake. Fetterman and Acosta won to me. 487 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:39.300 But I lost forty thousand dollars. 488 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:41.460 If you can't afford to lose, you shouldn't bet, sir. 489 00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:43.540 Billy, in heaven's name, what are you doing here? 490 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:44.740 The police are after us. 491 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.280 The police? 492 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.160 Who could heaven know? 493 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:48.300 A company detective tapped our phone conversation. 494 00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:49.860 They came for me right after I talked to you. 495 00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:50.600 They listened to me. 496 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:52.760 They know my name. They know Mr. Fetterman's name. 497 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.940 Mr. Fetterman, we've got to get out of town. 498 00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:55.340 Yes. 499 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.660 Come on. 500 00:20:55.800 --> 00:20:56.580 Oh, the disgrace. 501 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.620 Jail, I'd be ruined. 502 00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:59.200 What's going on here? 503 00:21:00.040 --> 00:21:01.320 I got to get out of here. 504 00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:02.200 Where's my money? 505 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.200 Where's my money? 506 00:21:04.060 --> 00:21:04.880 Where's my money? 507 00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:05.840 Let me go. 508 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.220 I tell you. 509 00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.340 Mr. Fetterman, you can't get it all. 510 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.780 Come on. 511 00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:08.920 I'm going to the horse. 512 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:10.360 Listen, you promised me 2,500. 513 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:10.680 Stop that. 514 00:21:17.520 --> 00:21:18.840 Nice going, boys. 515 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:21.240 Boy, you should have seen that guy run. 516 00:21:21.280 --> 00:21:22.240 Did you see his face? 517 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:28.660 Well, boys, that's the end of our nice old friend Fetterman. 518 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.760 Now let's cut up the score. 519 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.360 $40,000. 520 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.920 Hell, I could use some money. 521 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:35.300 Oh, just one thing, though, Benny. 522 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.880 Let me see some of my boogaloo. 523 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.940 Here you are, Joe. 524 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.620 What's the matter? 525 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.160 Something wrong? 526 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:42.040 Be a little more careful with it when I hand it to you. 527 00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:43.120 Look what happened to it today. 528 00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:47.160 You pulled out the stuffing, and there's a whole chunk of classified ads falling out. 529 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:49.220 That newspaper's fragile. 530 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:52.560 There's nothing fragile about that money of Fetterman's, though. 531 00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:55.100 Good old hard cash. 532 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.960 Let's cut it up and get out, boys. 533 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:03.400 Somewhere in the city, there's another rich sucker waiting for a rendezvous with the yellow kid. 534 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:09.700 The yellow kid found plenty of suckers and prayed upon them for his own temporary gain. 535 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:13.720 In just a moment, you'll meet him, Joseph Weil in person. 536 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:17.760 You can judge for yourself whether his life of crime has been worth it. 537 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:20.220 In the meantime, listen to this. 538 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:29.820 Here he is, Joseph Weil, alias the yellow kid. 539 00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:33.320 Once on other people's money, he lived the life of a millionaire. 540 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.680 He has paid his debt to society. 541 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.800 Now he comes to warn you. 542 00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.720 Mr. Weil. 543 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:42.960 I did not come here to brag about my career in crime. 544 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:46.140 I am not proud about it. 545 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:53.300 And I have yet to meet the individual who ever planned, prepared, 546 00:22:53.300 --> 00:23:02.360 and perpetrated a crime who was ever possessed of one minute of real happiness. 547 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:10.160 There's that bleak, drab, dreadful gray stone wall and the bars of steel, 548 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:18.040 the hard bed, the coarse food, and the degrading felon's uniform. 549 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.540 And there's your conscience. 550 00:23:20.540 --> 00:23:27.740 And the mighty architect has yet to create the individual who can flee from it. 551 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:35.760 In your uprising, in your down setting, in your sleepless night and your wakeful days, 552 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:45.460 that monitor that reposes in your bosom cries out constantly the shame of your sin. 553 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:49.080 And there's no punishment so excruciating. 554 00:23:49.080 --> 00:24:01.940 No pain so severe as that inflicted when you stand alone accused in the courtroom of your own conscience. 555 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:08.480 What will it profit man if by an effarge and unscrupulous depredation, 556 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:14.080 he enriches his purse with ill-gotten gold and defiles his conscience 557 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:19.660 and sacrilegiously desecrates his soul? 558 00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:20.820 The End