1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,680 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:28,480 NBC brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,440 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,080 You're assigned to robbery detail. 6 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,160 There's a potential killer on the loose in your city. 7 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:39,840 Eighteen women have been beaten and robbed by this man. 8 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,360 The newspapers call him the werewolf. 9 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,920 Your job is to get him. 10 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:54,240 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime investigated and solved by the men who 11 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:00,680 unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 12 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,100 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 13 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:09,920 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case, from beginning to 14 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,360 end, from crime to punishment. 15 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:19,160 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 16 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:26,280 It was Thursday morning, February 2nd. 17 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,000 It was raining in Los Angeles. 18 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,840 We were working the early morning watch out of robbery detail. 19 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,040 Detectives in Los Angeles work in pairs. 20 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,040 My partner's Ben Romero. 21 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,320 He's a sergeant and so am I. 22 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:40,120 My name's Friday. 23 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,520 The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,720 I was on the way back from the teletype room and it was 3 a.m. when I got to room 27A, robbery 25 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:49,720 detail. 26 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:50,720 Hi, Ben. 27 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:51,720 What's up? 28 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:52,720 Keep your coat on, Joe. 29 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Just had a hot shot call. 30 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:54,720 Coming, Skipper. 31 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:55,720 Right behind you. 32 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Let's go, Freddie. 33 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:57,720 Well, what was it, Ed? 34 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,720 Another woman robbed, almost beaten to death. 35 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,720 Well, how many does that make? 36 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,720 About 18 in six weeks. 37 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:05,720 Is that right, Skipper? 38 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:06,720 Yeah, 18 too many. 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,720 Come on down these stairs to the garage. 40 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,720 Yeah. 41 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,200 What about that suspect we had, Ed? 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,200 You mean Martin? 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,200 Yeah. 44 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,200 Had to release him this morning. 45 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,200 But I got a good tail on him, Henderson. 46 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,200 Yeah, we got any reports yet? 47 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,200 Nothing definite to hold him for. 48 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Here's the garage. 49 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,200 Let's hustle it. 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Right. 51 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,200 Then if this isn't Martin's job, Skipper, and he's not the right man... 52 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,200 Then we start all over again and we work night and day till we find the right man. 53 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,200 Here's the car. 54 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,200 Let's go. 55 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,200 Ben, you drive. 56 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:35,200 Yeah, all right. 57 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:40,200 How do the victims describe this guy, Ed? 58 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,200 Pretty sketchy. 59 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,200 Supposed to be tall, dark, long black hair. 60 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,200 Last woman said he had a face like an animal, something like a dog. 61 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,200 A wolf. 62 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,200 A wolf? 63 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Yeah. 64 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:57,200 She said, something like a werewolf. 65 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Something like a werewolf. 66 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Well, he almost had to be that, judging from the way he operated. 67 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,200 He was either an animal or a raving maniac. 68 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,200 One thing we were sure of, he was smart and he was dangerous. 69 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:15,200 For almost two months, he'd foul the streets in a stolen car in the early morning, usually 70 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,200 between 3 and 5 a.m. 71 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:23,200 And the victims were always lone women, most of them waitresses coming to work or going 72 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,200 home. 73 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,200 He dragged them into the car, robbed them, beat them until they were unconscious, and 74 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,200 then threw the body out into the street. 75 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:34,200 That's just what we found when we pulled up to the curb near the corner of 8th and Grand. 76 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:39,200 One cruiser car was already there and so was the ambulance. 77 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,200 About a dozen people were standing around looking at the crumpled figure of a woman 78 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,200 sprawled out on the sidewalk. 79 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,200 Two officers were talking to the only witness, a thin, sallow-faced newsboy. 80 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,200 His story didn't give us much to go on. 81 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,200 Like I was telling these cops or these officers, sir, I was walking up 8th Street on my way 82 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:59,200 home as usual when I see this blue Chevy sedan pull up down a block there a little way and 83 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,200 dump out the dame's body. 84 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Actually, I don't know what to think. 85 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,200 Did you get a look at the license plate? 86 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,200 Well, no, I didn't. 87 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,200 To tell you the truth, I could hardly keep from... 88 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,200 I was just plain scared. 89 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,200 What did you do after you saw him throw the body out, son? 90 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,200 I just stood there for a minute and the fellow in the car drove right on past me. 91 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,200 Did you get a look at him? 92 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,200 I sure did. 93 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,200 How close were you when he drove past? 94 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,200 Well, couldn't have been more than 8 or 10 feet away. 95 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,200 I was right over there by the street light near the curb. 96 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,200 Would you know this man if you saw him again? 97 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,200 I don't know about his height or his build or his weight, but, mister, his face I'll never forget. 98 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,200 Why do you say that? 99 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,200 It was just like the paper says about him. 100 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Right here on the front page. Here, read it. 101 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,200 See? 102 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,200 Woman says the attacker looked like werewolf. 103 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:51,200 That's all the newsboy could tell us. 104 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,200 The suspect drove a blue sedan. 105 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,200 He had a face like a werewolf. 106 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,200 We covered the neighborhood for clues and we questioned a dozen people, but we got nowhere. 107 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:09,200 We took the witnesses' name and address and we drove down a couple of blocks to an all-night gas station. 108 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,200 14-R, ultimate call. 109 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,200 I'm going in here and call the office and see if Henderson's called in on Martin. 110 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,200 We might still have a suspect. 111 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,200 Right, skipper. 112 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Looks as mad as a wet hornet, doesn't it, you? 113 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:24,200 Yeah. 114 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,200 Did you get a good look at that woman's face when they moved her in the ambulance? 115 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:32,200 Hell. Sure does like to mess them up. 116 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,200 I don't know how we're going to get them, Ben, but we better do it fast. Next time it'll probably be murder. 117 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,200 Well, here comes the skipper, Joe. 118 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,200 Uh-oh. Doesn't look good. 119 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,200 What is it, Ed? 120 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,200 Just talked to Henderson. 121 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,200 He tailed Martin to a bar in Long Beach. 122 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,200 He hasn't been out of his sight for two minutes since yesterday. Martin's clear. 123 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,200 And we're right back where we started. 124 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Yeah, with one more half-dead woman in the hospital. 125 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,200 Well, how about that stone and cars, skipper? 126 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,200 Wait a minute, wait a minute. Get that radio up. 127 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,200 Okay. 128 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,200 Code 3, ambulance dispatched. 129 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,200 Attention, all units on Grand Avenue between Venice and Washington. 130 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,200 A woman victim of robbery and attack. Code 3, ambulance detached. 131 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,200 Code 3, red light and siren. Come on, Friday, let's roll. 132 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,200 Oh, we couldn't be sure, but it sounded like another one. 133 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,200 Six minutes later we were there. 134 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,200 Same story. Werewolf. 135 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,200 The next day the chief ordered the number of cruiser cars doubled in the central district. 136 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,200 This was for the early morning watch with plain clothesmen to back them up. 137 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:48,200 Then the newspapers played it vague and in two days the story was on the front page of every paper in town. 138 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,200 Maybe that should have made the werewolf lay low, but it didn't. 139 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:57,200 Because at four o'clock that morning while Ben and I were patrolling with the other cars he got his twentieth victim. 140 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,200 Attention, all units. Whittier between Soto and Matthews. 141 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:08,200 A woman victim of 211 and attack. Code 3, ambulance dispatched. 142 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,200 Here's a report on that blue sedan he used the other night, Joe. 143 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,200 Found it out on Anaheim Telegraph Road. 144 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,200 Any luck with it? 145 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,200 Not one fingerprint we can use. 146 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Anything else? 147 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Nothing. 148 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,200 Well, how about the auto theft details? 149 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:25,200 Same old story, Joe. He steals a car, use it once and then drops it. Never leaves a thing behind. 150 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,200 That's great. We're sure moving fast. 151 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,200 How about that big guy you picked out of the line up this morning? 152 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,200 Oh, I checked his alibi. It's perfect. 153 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,200 Now we haven't got even half a clue. 154 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,200 Yeah. Well, come on, let's check with Eddie. He's instructing the police women on a plan for tonight. 155 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:42,200 All right. Now you've heard the reports, you understand how the suspect operates and what you're to do. 156 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,200 Remember, all of you forget you were ever police women. Change the way you walk. 157 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,200 The way you carry yourselves. That's the part you're playing, all right? 158 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,200 And be careful and don't take any chances. All right, Freddie. 159 00:07:53,200 --> 00:08:00,200 Okay, Ed. Now, just to make sure you look the part, we're spotting each one of you at different restaurants and coffee shops throughout the central district. 160 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,200 From seven o'clock tonight until daylight tomorrow, each one of you is going to be a waitress. You got that? 161 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,200 Yeah. 162 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,200 Okay, Ben, you want to give them their assignments? 163 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,200 Okay, Joe. Now here's the way it lines up. 164 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,200 Marge Kissel at the Top Hat Cafe. That's on 9th Street between Alpharad and Westlake. 165 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,200 Okay. 166 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,200 And Katie Wells, Joe's Coffee House, Brooklyn Soto. 167 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,200 Right. 168 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,200 Pat Fieldon at the All Night Steakhouse on Fegarore Street between Florida and Denver. 169 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:30,200 No, the trick of using decoys to lure criminals into a trap wasn't exactly new, but, well, it was just one of the old tricks that we figured might land the werewolf behind bars. 170 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:35,200 At seven that night, Ben and I made the rounds and found each of the police women on her job as a waitress. 171 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:44,200 Well, the overall plan was simple. The girls were to leave the different restaurants between 3 and 5 a.m. that morning and pretend they were walking home. 172 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:51,200 We mapped different courses for each one of them to throw out as much bait as possible and yet not to make it look suspicious. 173 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:58,200 Each police woman from the time she left the restaurant and stepped out into the deserted streets would be pretty much on her own. 174 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:05,200 We had officers planned it all along the way at designated intervals, but a big element of chance and danger was still there. 175 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,200 All we could do was cross our fingers and hope. 176 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,200 How much more time, Joe? 177 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Let me see. She's doing two minutes. 178 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,200 Yeah. Waiting gets on your nerves. 179 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,200 That'll won't be long. 180 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,200 This corner doorway's a pretty good look, houseboy. 181 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,200 Yeah. Wait a minute. Listen. 182 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,200 Who is it, Joe? Can you see? 183 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,200 Get back. 184 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,200 What is it? 185 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,200 Wait a minute. It's Marge Kissel. There's a man following her. 186 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,200 A big guy. 187 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,200 If it's the werewolf, where's his car? 188 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,200 I don't know. Maybe he changed his plans. Get back. Here they come. 189 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:41,200 Get a look at him, Joe. 190 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,200 Oh, pretty good. Not too suspicious. Might be coincidence. 191 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,200 I got a pretty good lead. Come on, let's go. 192 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,200 Stay back in the shadows. 193 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,200 Joe. 194 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,200 So where'd the guy go to? I lost him. 195 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,200 A little coffee shop up on the next corner. See? Take a look. 196 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,200 Oh, yeah, yeah. He's opening the door. 197 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:03,200 He's turning on the latch. Looks like a false alarm, Joe. 198 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,200 Well, let's check him anyway. 199 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,200 Well, I didn't think we'd be that lucky on the first try, and we weren't. 200 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:19,200 We asked the man a few questions, and it didn't take him long to show us he wasn't our man. 201 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,200 He owned the coffee shop. 202 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:26,200 So Ben and I went back and took up our posts again and waited for the next decoy. 203 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:33,200 We covered that ten-block course six times that morning, back and forth, following the bait. 204 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,200 But it was almost as if the guy could sense a trap. 205 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,200 Not once did we get a nibble. 206 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,200 By the time our last decoy finished the route, it was almost daylight. 207 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,200 Joe, I never was so glad to see that sun come up in my whole life. 208 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,200 My feet feel like they're puffing right up out of my shoes. 209 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,200 Yeah, me too. 210 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,200 Come on, let's get over to the car and check on the other squad out in Boyle Heights. 211 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,200 Oh, hit the radio, will you, Ben? 212 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,200 Yeah. 213 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,200 Joe, there must be some easier job on the force than this. 214 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,200 Yeah, you and me both. 215 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,200 Now let's see what happens to the others, huh? 216 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,200 80K to unit 104K, come in. 217 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,200 104K to unit 80K, go ahead. 218 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,200 104K, this is Friday. 219 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,200 You doing any good out there? 220 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,200 This is Miller, I'll call Curtis. 221 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,200 Stand by. 222 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,200 80K to 104K, Roger. 223 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,200 What do you think, Joe? Maybe a buy? 224 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,200 I don't know. 225 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,200 This guy seems to work like a mind reader. 226 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:24,200 Well, he can't win all of them. 227 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,200 104K to unit 80K, this is Curtis, go ahead. 228 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,200 This is Friday, Al. 229 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,200 How'd you do out there? Any luck? 230 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,200 Just checked in the last gal, Joe. 231 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,200 Eddie Welch, not assigned. 232 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,200 Okay, Al, have the men check in. 233 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,200 80K clear, KGPL. 234 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,200 Okay, let's go, Ben. 235 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,200 When we finally got back to the office that morning, 236 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,200 both Ben and I were ready for some sleep, 237 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,200 but it didn't look like we were gonna get it. 238 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,200 We just about finished going through the overnight reports 239 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,200 for some kind of a lead when the phone rang. 240 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,200 Robbery Friday. 241 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,200 Hi, Joe, this is Wilkerson, auto theft. 242 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,200 Hi, Wilkie, you got something for us? 243 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,200 Not much, Joe, but it might work into something. 244 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,200 Just got a report in on a pair of stolen license plates. 245 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,200 Oh? 246 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,200 Yeah, I'm not much of a hawk show, 247 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,200 but I figure there's just a chance 248 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,200 it might be you a werewolf boy. 249 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,200 How come? 250 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,200 I don't know, maybe just a hunch. 251 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,200 After 13 years in this business, 252 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,200 you get to know thieves pretty well. 253 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,200 Sometimes you got to even think like them. 254 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,200 Okay, Wilkie, thanks. 255 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,200 We'll check by in a couple of minutes. 256 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,200 All right, Joe. 257 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,200 What do you have to say? 258 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,200 A pair of license plates stolen last night. 259 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,200 Wilkie's got a hunch it could have been our man. 260 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,200 That might be an angle, Joe. 261 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,200 If that werewolf guy had hang on to one car long enough, 262 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,200 we'd have a chance at him. 263 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,200 Well, he's too smart for that. 264 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:39,200 I don't know, Joe. 265 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,200 Sooner or later, he's gonna make a mistake. 266 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,200 Yeah. 267 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,200 Come on, let's check with Wilkie. 268 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,200 Well, we checked with Wilkerson. 269 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,200 We got the best piece of news we'd had in days. 270 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,200 On the average, 95% of stolen cars 271 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,200 are recovered or located within 24 hours. 272 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,200 In the remaining 5%, 273 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Wilkerson, by a simple process of elimination, 274 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,200 narrowed down the number of cars 275 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,200 the suspect might be driving. 276 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,200 Wilkie figured six cars. 277 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,200 There they are. 278 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,200 Now, I'll bet you if you picked up your man tonight, 279 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,200 he'd be in one of these cars. 280 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,200 Let me see, huh? 281 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,200 Two-door black sedan, yellow convertible, 282 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,200 another sedan, green, blue coupe, black coupe, 283 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,200 and a gray convertible. 284 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:16,200 Well, that's good work, Wilkie. 285 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,200 At least we got something to look for now. 286 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,200 Yeah, you're right, Joe. 287 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,200 Now, Wilkie, you got the numbers 288 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,200 of those stolen plates you're talking about? 289 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Yeah, right here, Ben. 290 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,200 They're already on the hot sheet. 291 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,200 Good. Keep us posted, huh? 292 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:27,200 As usual, Ben. 293 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,200 See you later, Wilkie. 294 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,200 That's a good break, Ben. 295 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,200 Something to keep us busy tonight. 296 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:35,200 Tonight? What do you mean? 297 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:36,200 We're setting another trap. 298 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,200 Same thing as last night. 299 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,200 Same police women, same everything. 300 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,200 Well, only this time let's hope he steps into it. 301 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,200 You know, Joe, this werewolf character's getting me mad. 302 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,200 That night, we followed in our own footsteps. 303 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,200 We planted the police women decoys 304 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:56,200 in three separate districts, 305 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,200 and a few minutes before 3 a.m., 306 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,200 our squad of men took up their positions. 307 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,200 The same police women went to their waitress jobs 308 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,200 in the same restaurants, 309 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,200 and Ben and I and the rest of the men 310 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:06,200 stood in darkened doorways 311 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,200 or empty filling stations. 312 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,200 Whatever cover we could find. 313 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,200 And we waited and waited. 314 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,200 What time is it, Joe? 315 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,200 Let me look. 316 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,200 Half past four. 317 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,200 Thank you. 318 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,200 Any sign, Joe? 319 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,200 No, nothing yet. 320 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,200 Come on, stay in the shadows. 321 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,200 That's the way it went all through the early morning. 322 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,200 Same plan over and over again until daylight. 323 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,200 Ben and I had to check in at the station, 324 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,200 go over the late stolen car reports with Wilkie, 325 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,200 catch a few hours sleep at home, 326 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,200 and then come back and do it all over again. 327 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,200 The next night, the next morning, 328 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,200 the night after that, and the morning after that. 329 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,200 Five days later, Ben and I were ready to call it quits. 330 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,200 I'll admit it, Joe, I can't figure it. 331 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,200 The guy's either psychic 332 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,200 or else he can smell a cop a mile away. 333 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,200 Yeah, well, at least we got that stolen car angle left. 334 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,200 You check with Wilkie yet this morning? 335 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,200 I'll give him a call now. 336 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,200 All right. 337 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,200 Auto theft, Wilkerson. 338 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,200 This is Ben, Wilkie. 339 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,200 Got anything for us this morning? 340 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,200 Yeah, I was just gonna call you. 341 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,200 You fellas ought to let me solve your cases for you. 342 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,200 Why? What'd you get? 343 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,200 The boys picked up three of those six stolen cars 344 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,200 since late yesterday. 345 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,200 Great. Now what does that leave us with? 346 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:28,200 I hear the three still missing. 347 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Yeah. 348 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,200 Four, X-ray, 763. 349 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:32,200 Yeah. 350 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,200 Five, six, young, 342. 351 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,200 Mm-hmm. 352 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,200 Six, one, Robert, 385. 353 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,200 Yeah. 354 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:39,200 Got those? 355 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,200 Yeah, thank you, Wilkie. 356 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,200 I'll check you later. 357 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,200 Good news? 358 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,200 Remember those six missing cars? 359 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,200 Yeah. 360 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:45,200 Wilkie says the boys found three of them 361 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,200 since late yesterday. 362 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:47,200 Here's what's still out. 363 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,200 The blue coupe, the yellow convertible 364 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,200 and the gray convertible. 365 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,200 Yeah. 366 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,200 Well, this feels like the right track for a change, Ben. 367 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,200 Blighty, Romero, got a minute? 368 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,200 Sure thing, skipper. Come on, Joe. 369 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,200 What do you got, Ed? 370 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,200 Woman up in Hollywood just called in with this. 371 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,200 She said she walked down to the corner from her house last night 372 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:06,200 to mail a letter. 373 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:07,200 On the way back, a guy pulled up in the car 374 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,200 and tried to drag her inside. 375 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,200 Any description? 376 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,200 Big, heavy, set, dark, same thing. 377 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,200 Well, how'd you get away from them, skipper? 378 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,200 She said she started running as soon as he made a motion toward her. 379 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200 When he saw her on up the steps of her house, 380 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:19,200 he jumped back in the car and took off. 381 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,200 Well, how come she didn't call in before this? 382 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,200 She hasn't got her phone. 383 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,200 She's ready to leave the house again until this morning. 384 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,200 Sounds good, chief. You got her address there? 385 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,200 Yeah, yeah. 386 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,200 Mrs. Tom Burdick, 1237 Wilcox, 387 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,200 apartment 10. 388 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,200 Come on, Ben. This might be what we're looking for. 389 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,200 Who is it? Who's there? 390 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,200 Sergeant Friday, ma'am. Police. 391 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,200 Oh, just a moment. 392 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,200 I'm Sergeant Romero, Miss Burdick. 393 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,200 This is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 394 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,200 We come out to check on your call about that little trouble last night. 395 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,200 Oh, well, I don't know if I'm going to be much help to you. 396 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,200 I was so frightened about all I could do was just run. 397 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,200 Well, could you add anything to the man's description, Miss Burdick? 398 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,200 I mean, other than what you told the chief on the phone? 399 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,200 Well, no. Honestly, I don't think I can. 400 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:19,200 All I saw was this tall, dark man jumping out of his car and starting for me. 401 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,200 He had a heavy build and seemed to me, well, a large head, 402 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,200 with lots of long, black hair. 403 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,200 Oh, hmm. 404 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,200 Miss Burdick, would you recognize this man if you ever saw him again? 405 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,200 Well, I think I might. 406 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,200 He was such an unusually big man, almost frightened me to death. 407 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,200 Well, just one more question, Miss Burdick. 408 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,200 Could you describe the car this man was driving when he approached you? 409 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,200 His car? Why, yes. 410 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,200 It was a gray convertible. 411 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,200 Miss Burdick, are you sure of that? 412 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,200 Yes, I'm sure of it. A gray convertible. 413 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:58,200 Thank you, Miss Burdick. That's all we wanted to know. 414 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,200 Sometimes when you're on a case, you can chase yourself around in circles for weeks 415 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,200 trying to fit together just two little pieces of a yard-long jigsaw puzzle. 416 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:10,200 And a lot of the time, you find the answer where you least expect it. 417 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,200 But once you get that feeling you're after the right man in the right way, 418 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,200 there's nothing that can shake you. 419 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,200 When Ben and I got back to headquarters, we went straight to the chief's office 420 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,200 with a story, and we had him stake out the gray convertible. 421 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,200 In other words, if any detective or officer spotted the car, 422 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,200 he reported it back to us, but he stayed away from it. 423 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,200 We figured that there probably weren't more than two of the victims 424 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,200 who could take the witness stand and identify the man who robbed and beat them. 425 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,200 Not with a smart defense lawyer, anyway. 426 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,200 So there was only one way to catch this suspect. Red-handed. 427 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,200 Here they are, Joe. 428 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,200 Both sets of license numbers for that gray convertible. 429 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,200 Here are the original, and here are the numbers on the stolen plates. 430 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,200 Good. Everybody got a hot sheet? 431 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,200 From the chief all the way down to the gen. 432 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,200 Fine. Now let's get together with Ed, huh? 433 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,200 Hot shot, Joe. Grab it. 434 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,200 I got it. 435 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,200 On the corner of California and Oakwood, a woman badly beaten. 436 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,200 On the corner of California and Oakwood, a woman badly... 437 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,200 Come on, Ben, another one. 438 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,200 But Joe, it's broad daylight. 439 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,200 Yeah. Doesn't figure, does it? Come on. 440 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,200 That vacant lot over, Joe. 441 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Two plain clothesmen and uniformed officers were keeping the crowd back. 442 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,200 An ambulance was drawn up by the curb, but it was empty. 443 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,200 When we got down to the rear of the lot, we found out why. 444 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,200 They were waiting for the coroner. 445 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,200 The woman was young, not much more than 30. 446 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,200 Her body was half sprawled across the muddy ground, and her face was turned upward. 447 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,200 It had been badly beaten. 448 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,200 They figured it happened last night, and they were waiting for the coroner. 449 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,200 The woman was turned upward. It had been badly beaten. 450 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,200 They figured it happened last night, Sergeant. 451 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Have the fingerprint men been notified? Yeah. 452 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,200 How about the crime lab? Just called them. 453 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,200 That's good. Now let's keep everybody out of the area till they get here. 454 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,200 All right, Sergeant. Who found the body? 455 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,200 One of the kids in the neighborhood. Owen was dead when he found her. 456 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,200 Did she live around here? About a half mile away. 457 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,200 I hear she's got three kids. Or she had three kids. 458 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,200 You've seen enough, Ben? 459 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,200 Let's get on back to headquarters. 460 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,200 All the way back to headquarters, Ben and I planned our next move. 461 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,200 And by the time we got to Ed Backstrand's office, we knew exactly what had to be done. 462 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:27,200 When we told him about the werewolf murder, he didn't say a thing for a minute. 463 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,200 He just stared across the room at the calendar on the wall. 464 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,200 Then he brought his hand down hard against the desk. 465 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,200 Friday, Romero, I'm only going to say this once, so get it straight. 466 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,200 That guy's pulled his last job in this city. 467 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,200 He's through robbing and beating women, and he's through with murder. 468 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,200 I've given you time to track him down, and now I want him in. 469 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,200 No stalls, no excuses. I want him. 470 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,200 I don't care how many men you use, and I don't care how you get him, but get him. 471 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,200 That's all. 472 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,200 Ben and I worked all that afternoon right through dinner, up until 8 o'clock. 473 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,200 By that time, the overall plan was down on paper and already in action. 474 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:10,200 It was one of the biggest things we'd ever tackled, and well, we didn't know if it was going to work. 475 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,200 We only knew it had to work. 476 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:19,200 We had a squad of 65 cars to stretch out over 40 square miles of the city in one big dragnet. 477 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:25,200 The blockade itself would be stationary most of the time, and we had to get the rest of the people to come. 478 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:31,200 We'd have to get the rest of the time, and working inside it would be two cars, 14 policewomen as decoys, 479 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,200 with two plainclothesmen assigned to watch each policewoman. 480 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,200 If and when the werewolf was sighted in the gray convertible, 481 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,200 we'd automatically take over the police radio for the whole city, 482 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,200 and Backstrand would direct the chase from headquarters. 483 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,200 A little after 8, we had coffee and hamburgers, and we went to Ben's for a few hours. 484 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,200 Ben tucked his kid in bed as usual, and then he laid down for a nap. 485 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,200 I talked to his wife until I dozed off in the chair. 486 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,200 At 11.30, she woke us up. I combed my hair, put on my coat. 487 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:07,200 Cops' wives are like everybody else's. They worry. 488 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:12,200 When we met at headquarters, we did some last-minute checking on details with Backstrand for about a half an hour, 489 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,200 and then we were all ready to go. 490 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:20,200 By five minutes past two, half the dragnet crew pulled out of the police garage and scattered over the city to their places. 491 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:27,200 By 2.35, the other half pulled out, and a few minutes later, Ben and I followed. 492 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:36,200 At three minutes to three that morning, Backstrand took over communications and checked every car in the operation. 493 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:41,200 It was a good start. Every man in his right place by the right time. 494 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:47,200 The trap was set. All we needed now was to find our suspect, the werewolf, inside. 495 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,200 Control 4 to unit 80K. Control 4 to unit 80K. 496 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,200 80K to Control 4. Go ahead. 497 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,200 This is Backstrand. Standing by. 498 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,200 80K. Roger. Clear. KGPL. 499 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,200 Okay, Ben. Now let's go find him. 500 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,200 I've got a hunch, Joe. Let's try the Wilshire District first. 501 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Sounds all right to me. Let's go. 502 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,200 For the first hour and a half, we raked the Wilshire District back and forth. Not a sign. 503 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:24,200 Then about 38 minutes past four, we headed back for the downtown area and parked in an alley where we could double check on one of our police women decoys. 504 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Here comes one of the girls now, Joe. Pat Field. Bet her feet are almost as tired as mine. 505 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,200 You see anything else, Ben? 506 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,200 Nothing. Quiet as a church. 507 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,200 No, no, wait a minute. 508 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,200 The car just turned a corner. Heading up in the same direction she is. 509 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,200 Joe, Joe, it's slowing down. Wait a minute. 510 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,200 It's pulling up beside her. 511 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,200 It's a gray convertible. It's him, Joe. Come on. 512 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Ben, get down. He sees it. He's got a gun. 513 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,200 You all right here? 514 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,200 Yeah, look at that guy take off. 80K to Control 4. 80K to Control 4. 515 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:13,200 We've spotted the suspect. He's driving a gray Ford convertible. License 6-1-ROBERT-385. 516 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:18,200 Suspect's headed east on Olympic from Alameda. Driving without lights, suspect is armed. 517 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,200 He had a fast car and he knew how to drive it. We almost lost him twice. 518 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,200 Two minutes after we sighted him, Backstrand took over full radio control. 519 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,200 Control 4 to Unit 80K, your location. 520 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:37,200 80K to Control 4. We're traveling at a high rate of speed headed east on Olympic crossing Soto Street. 521 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,200 Control 4 to all units, stand by. 522 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:45,200 Units 11A, 12 and 13R close in on the intersections at Olympic and Lina. 523 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:51,200 Units 41, 42, 45 and 104K move on on the next four crossings east to left. 524 00:24:51,200 --> 00:25:01,200 To the north and south, Units 105, K14, A17, R43T. Lock all main arteries. 525 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:08,200 In the next half hour, the 65 cars in the drag net had pulled in like a noose around a five-mile area. 526 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,200 Ben and I hoped it was just a matter of time. 527 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,200 Unit 80K to Control 4. Control 4 to 80K, go ahead. 528 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,200 He's headed north on Fresno Street, crossing Whittier Boulevard. 529 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:25,200 Attention all units, 80K now pursuing suspect north on Fresno from Whittier Boulevard. 530 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:31,200 Units 15, 105, K11R and 18A block off the intersection on Fresno and 4. 531 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,200 Hey Ben, up there ahead, what's he trying to do now? Look, he's turning around. 532 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,200 Yeah, yeah, and he's coming right forth. Watch it Joe, look out! 533 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,200 Pretty close, 80K to Control 4. 534 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,200 Control 4 to 80K, go ahead. 535 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:49,200 Exchanging shots with suspect, watch it Ben, here he comes again. 536 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,200 Sure likes to use that gun, doesn't he? Sure does. 537 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,200 Hey Joe, look, he's turning east. He's running for Hollenbeck Park. 538 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,200 Yeah, 80K to Control 4. Control 4, go ahead. 539 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,200 Suspect just drove up over Curb and into Hollenbeck Park. 540 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:06,200 Control 4 to all units, Control 4 to all units, converge on Hollenbeck Park. 541 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:21,200 Suspect is in the walkies on, use caution, Code 3. 542 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,200 There he is Ben, watch it. 543 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,200 Looks like a nice baseball game with all these headlamps. 544 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,200 Yeah, come on, let's get him. 545 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,200 Never say die, huh Joe? Joe, can you get a shot at him? 546 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:37,200 Don't shoot, don't shoot, I'll give up, don't shoot. 547 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,200 Ben, step out on the open and get your hands in the air. 548 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,200 Alright, alright, I give up, but don't shoot. 549 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,200 You're a brave killer. Yeah, come on. 550 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Alright, get your hands in the air, come on, higher. 551 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,200 Joe, look out, he's got a knife. I got him. 552 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:56,200 Joe, those women were right. He does look like a werewolf. 553 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,200 Yeah, you got your handcuffs. 554 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,200 Yeah. 555 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,200 Okay, got a cigarette? 556 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:14,200 I've been out for an hour, middle place across the street, maybe we can get some there. 557 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,200 Okay, there's the crew from the 41R. 558 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,200 Hey fellas, take him into robbery, will you? 559 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,200 Okay, brother. 560 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,200 I think there's a vending machine in there. 561 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,200 Uh huh. 562 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,200 Say, you got some chains for the cigarette machine, mister? 563 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,200 I think so. 564 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,200 Say, who was that guy all them cops were after over in the park a little while ago? 565 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,200 I picked up the werewolf. Been reading the papers. 566 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,200 Yeah. You a fellow of the cops? 567 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,200 Yeah. 568 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,200 Sure made it easy for you, didn't he? 569 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,200 All you cops had to do was surround the little fella in the park. 570 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,200 Nothing to it, huh? 571 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,200 Yeah, that's right, mister. Nothing to it. 572 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,200 The story you have just heard was true. 573 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,200 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 574 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,200 Walter Barton, known as the werewolf, was tried and convicted, 575 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,200 and is now serving a full life sentence at the state penitentiary. 576 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:36,200 This has been Dragnet, the third in a new series of authentic cases from official files. 577 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:41,200 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the office of C.B. Horrell, 578 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,200 Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department. 579 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:52,200 Tonight's program is dedicated to Sergeant Mario Victor Diro of the Los Angeles Police Department, 580 00:28:52,200 --> 00:29:00,200 who on the morning of January 1st, 1943, gave his life so that yours might be more secure. 581 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,200 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. 582 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:27,200 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.