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Calling All Cars: History of Dallas Eagan

Calling All Cars · February 1, 1938 · 30 min · 4,203 words

The transcript of “History of Dallas Eagan”, an episode of Calling All Cars first broadcast February 1, 1938. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.

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All cars, a copyrighted program transcribed and dedicated to the prevention of crime. Calling all cars, pension all cars broadcast to 119 regarding a hold up on Promonter near eight, suspect is described as male American five feet ten inch, weight about 150 pounds, is mannered armed of dangerous, and it's all gone.

Allogist is often asked, what are the contributory causes of crime? This of course is a complicated subject and cannot be treated in a few words,

He may be safely said that it is rarely heredity, but almost always physical and social environment. That is, lack of proper home conditions, lack of good influence, bad companionship. One of the worst of all influences brings from making a criminal a romantic glamorous figure in whose footsteps it is easy and attractive to follow.

The criminal possesses none of these attributes. His path through life is the thorniest of all, and very often is cut short by the avenging bullet of the guardians of the law. though the criminal's life is not a paying one and should be shunned.

He should always be presented as he is, a scourge of civilized society. Never left it peace, but always hunted, never daring to call any man his friend, one whom all decency shunned. Crime is not a paying proposition.

Improve whereof, listen to a true story as taken from the files of agencies of law enforcement. The case history of Dallas Egan. You have been delivered to me, the warden of this penitentiary, in order that the sentence of the court should be executed against you.

Before we carry out this sentence, is there anything you'd like to say? Yes, warden. There is. Go ahead, Egan. The first thing I want to do is thank Eddie Romero for helping send me to the place I'm now standing.

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