“On October 14th, 1932, the grand jury heard the evidence against Theodore Newberry and handed up a true bill. Ness spots the telegram on the table and apologizes to Newberry for having forgotten to sign it. On the day of the hearing, Newberry is stunned to find Ness enter the courtroom with Imbry. Emerging long enough to buy gasoline for the boat that will take Imbry and Delgado out to sea for disposal, Ness intercepts Charcas and returns to save the pair and capture Fanning.īefore returning to Chicago, Ness sends Newberry a brief telegram intending to mislead the gangster into believing his plan had worked.
Ness assumes his identity and proceeds to Mexico.Įscaping an attempt on his life by another of Newberrys contacts, this time a wealthy Mexican businessman named Guzman (Rudolfo Hoyos), Ness loses track of everyone until he runs across spurned girlfriend, Luchita (Barbara Luna) who reveals enough to point Ness in the direction of Max Charcas. En route, they intercept the hitman (Joseph Ruskin) on the train, who willingly reveals his contacts and itinerary. Ness then contacts federal agent Nick Delgado (Vince Edwards) to accompany him to Mexico. Newberry orders gunsel Jerry Fanning (Martin Landau) to reveal that Imbry was taken to Mexico where a hired killer would be sent to dispatch him. Furious, Ness slaps the man silly and launches an aggressive campaign to find Imbry. A photographer suddenly appears, snaps a picture and rushes off. As he does, the man thrusts an envelope stuffed with cash at Ness, literally under the table. Before departing, the man drops his portfolio and Ness leans over to help retrieve it. Soon afterwards, Ness is confronted in a restaurant by a polite man posing as an acquaintance.
Rumors circulate that Imbry was kidnapped by “city hall boys” who feared that his testimony would implicate them if the case came to trial. To protect this witness, police guarded his home twenty-four hours a day.”Ī key witness against mobster Theodore Newberry (Ken Lynch), Julius Imbry (Byron Foulger) is abducted by two men posing as detectives. The key witness in the case against Newberry was an obscure clerk at city hall named Julius Imbry. Justice was finally able to catch up with this man. In thirty two hours in closed session, Judge McGinnis would consider evidence against a racketeer named Theodore Newberry, the owner of gambling parlors, speakeasies and houses of prostitution.
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