- Dan Mathews: [to Sergeant Johnson] Make a note - another APB on Desmond. Have the fellas cover all points in this area. He might be traveling with a gal in a brown convertible.
- [to Grundy]
- Dan Mathews: Describe her, will you?
- Grundy: Well, about 25, 26.
- [hesitates]
- Dan Mathews: Oh, come on, Mr. Grundy - you've gotta do better than that!
- Grundy: Well, brown hair, about five foot four or five. Kinda silly-lookin'.
- Dan Mathews: You have a doctor take a look at that neck of yours. I'll send an officer back to get a full report. Next time, look out for who you hire!
- [to Sergeant Johnson]
- Dan Mathews: Desmond's got everything he needs - car, money, and a girlfriend. He's probably headed back for the city. If we don't pick him up before he gets there, we'll lose him again. C'mon - let's roll!
- [first lines]
- Narrator: Like any law enforcement agency, the Highway Patrol encounters many unforseen obstacles in apprehending the criminal who is at large and dangerous to a community and its citizens. Many times, it is the citizen himself who unwittingly aids the criminal in his flight from the law. Such was the case when, on October seventh, Irv Desmond, having been unsuccessful in his attempt at robbing a drugstore, killed a pharmacist. For four days, Desmond had eluded the Patrol. Time and again he had been tracked down. Time and again he was able to avoid capture due to the unintentional help of a citizen. He had now been traced to the outskirts of the small farming community of Littleton, where Patrolman Norton had discovered the stolen car Desmond had abandoned.
- [last lines]
- [Dan Mathews questions a man and a woman sitting in a booth in a restaurant. While standing behind a counter, pretending to be the restaurant owner, fugitive Irv Desmond draws his gun and is shot by Sergeant Johnson]
- Dan Mathews: Send for the ambulance.
- Sergeant Johnson: How'd you know which one?
- Dan Mathews: Well, they were too nervous. He said he was a laborer. Look at his face. He's pale as a ghost.
- Susan Keefe: I don't understand.
- Dan Mathews: Well, he was wanted for murder.
- Susan Keefe: Murder? Oh, but he was...
- Dan Mathews: Yeah, sure. I know. He seemed like such a nice guy.