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- Narrator: The enforcement of the traffic laws is one of the major functions of the Highway Patrol. Despite constant vigilance, recklessness and speed bring their daily toll of life and property. On May first, two men were speeding to a resort area. They were dressed like fishermen, they looked like fishermen. But they were different from most fishermen.
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- [Mathews asks the cooperation of Gil Martin and his friend Joe in the investigation of a robbery and an automobile crash]
- Dan Mathews: That's beautiful equipment you've got. New, too.
- Gil Martin: Okay, Joe. Put the stuff away. And get rid of the bait.
- Sergeant Johnson: I'll help you.
- [Joe opens a fisherman's creel and reaches for a revolver inside it. Sgt. Johnson grabs the gun out of Joe's hand, and Mathews draws his weapon]
- Dan Mathews: Hold it!
- [to Sgt. Johnson]
- Dan Mathews: Search 'em!.
- [Johnson searches the two men]
- Dan Mathews: Get on the radio to headquarters. Tell 'em to get a warrant out here so I can search the cabin.
- [to the suspects]
- Dan Mathews: Unless you guys wanna tell us where the money is.
- Joe: [Exasperated, he turns his head toward Gil] You hadda hang around here to fish.
- Dan Mathews: Okay, take 'em out.
- [Sgt. Johnson leads the suspects to the patrol car]
- Dan Mathews: Not a bad day's catch for this early in the season.
- Officer Dorsey: [Officers are at the scene of a double-fatal car crash] Maybe it was the first time they made a trip.
- Dan Mathews: Well, it's their last. They'd be alive right now if they had safety belts.
- [In 1956, most cars did not have seatbelts]