1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,960 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,400 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:28,520 NBC brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,200 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,680 You're assigned to robbery detail. 6 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:38,120 A ruthless fiend roams the streets of your city, masquerading as a police officer. 7 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:42,880 For months, helpless citizens have been robbed, beaten senseless, and kidnapped. 8 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,640 The criminal is a twisted genius, vicious, cunning. 9 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,120 Your job is to get him. 10 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:58,680 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men 11 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:04,840 who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 12 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,960 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 13 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,120 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 14 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,880 files, from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. 15 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,120 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 16 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:27,520 It was Wednesday, June 4th. 17 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,320 It was warm in Los Angeles. 18 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:32,320 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 19 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:33,640 My partner is Ben Romero. 20 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,120 The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 21 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,120 My name's Friday. 22 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:43,600 I was on my way back from communications and it was 11.13 p.m. when I got to room 27A. 23 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:44,600 Robbery detail. 24 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,600 Oh, hi, Joe. 25 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,600 Hi, Ben. 26 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,560 You got that message to call home? 27 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,560 Yeah, bad news. 28 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:51,560 What's the matter? 29 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,840 That dog gone kid of mine chicken pox. 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:54,840 Oh, again? 31 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,320 Last year it was a mumps. 32 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,040 Year before that, the measles. 33 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,120 Every time I get set for a vacation, he decides to catch something. 34 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,120 Forget it, Ben. 35 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,480 Think what a comfort he's gonna be in your old age. 36 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,080 Go ahead, lad. 37 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:07,080 You'll find out. 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,080 Yeah? 39 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,080 How are you Friday, Romero? 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,080 Fine. 41 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,480 What can we do for you? 42 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,200 You don't look like you remember me. 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,200 Oh, no, wait a minute. 44 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,200 Name's Savage, isn't it? 45 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,200 George? 46 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,200 Johnny, Sergeant. 47 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Johnny Savage. 48 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,200 You remember now? 49 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,200 Oh, sure. 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,720 Those liquor store robbers out in the Wilshire district. 51 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,520 About six, seven years ago, wasn't it? 52 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,520 Ten years, Romero. 53 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,520 You ought to remember that. 54 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,760 You went to trial. 55 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,720 We testifying court every week. 56 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,320 Ten years is a long time. 57 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,600 It's longer in the state pen. 58 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,480 It's a lot longer. 59 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,600 You cried a little at that trial, didn't you, Savage? 60 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,600 You said we beat that confession out of you. 61 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,120 Yeah, that's why I figured I'd drop in for a little visit. 62 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,720 I kind of apologized to you fellas. 63 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:50,720 You gave me a square deal. 64 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,480 I guess I kind of lost my head. 65 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:53,480 I figured I'd apologize. 66 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:54,480 Oh, that's all right, Savage. 67 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:55,480 When did you get out? 68 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,200 A couple of weeks ago. 69 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,360 I did it the hard way. 70 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,360 Served ten flat. 71 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:02,360 I don't own my day. 72 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,360 You find a job yet? 73 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,360 Yeah, Friday. 74 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,360 I'm working nights. 75 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,360 What kind of a job? 76 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,360 Laborer in a warehouse south end of town. 77 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,360 Good. 78 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,840 You decided to level? 79 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,040 Ten years in prison's a long time. 80 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,040 You learn a lot of things. 81 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,040 Nights are long. 82 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,040 You think a lot. 83 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,720 You get things straightened out. 84 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:19,720 I hope you mean that. 85 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,720 Sure I mean it, Friday. 86 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,040 I've got everything straightened out. 87 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,840 I know who my friends are and I know who to watch out for. 88 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,960 You sound like maybe on the right track. 89 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,560 I got a figured room, Harold. 90 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,440 I like you two fellas. 91 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,240 You caught me red-handed and you send me up for ten years. 92 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,040 Well, you did all right, Savage. 93 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,040 Five armed robberies. 94 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,160 You got off pretty easy. 95 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,720 You got a break, Savage. 96 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:41,720 Make the best of it. 97 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:42,720 Sure, I'm not kicking. 98 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,040 Ten years, a real break. 99 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,040 That's right. 100 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,880 Well, I just dropped in for a little visit. 101 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,440 Maybe I'll see you fellas sometime. 102 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,240 All right, Savage. 103 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,240 Keep your nose clean. 104 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Sure. 105 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,240 No heart feelings? 106 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,240 No. 107 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,760 You just took ten years of my life. 108 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,680 That's all. 109 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,680 There's no such thing as a man going through prison without changing. 110 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,280 Ben and I have seen him switch in both directions. 111 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,280 Some men learn their lesson after they land behind bars, and when they're released, they 112 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:16,960 turn into good citizens. 113 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,960 Johnny Savage was sour. 114 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,400 We made a mental note to check him out later on, and then we went down to the record bureau 115 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:23,960 and pulled his coming out mug. 116 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,520 That's about all that we had time for, because about an hour later, we started to get busy. 117 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:30,520 Hot shot, Joe. 118 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:31,520 Grab it. 119 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,360 On the corner of Selma and Naples, the drug store. 120 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,520 Two-eleven and probable attack. 121 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,320 On the corner of Selma and Naples, two-eleven and prob... 122 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:41,320 What you got, Joe? 123 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,320 On the corner of Selma and Naples, two-eleven and attack. 124 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,320 Come on. 125 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:44,320 Here we are, Joe. 126 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,320 Don't play on the corner. 127 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:46,320 Yeah. 128 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,320 All right. 129 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,320 Come on. 130 00:04:48,320 --> 00:05:04,440 We got the story from the victim, the store owner, Mr. Thomas. 131 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,760 For the most part, it was the usual rundown of an early morning holdup. 132 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:08,760 There was only one exception. 133 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,880 Oh, I've had young hoodlums try to hold me up before, but there was nothing like this 134 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:13,880 one. 135 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,880 How you mean, Mr. Thomas? 136 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,200 Well, he came in here just before closing, and ordinarily I'd have kept an eye out, because 137 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,760 that's the time to look for him. 138 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,840 But this fellow came to the door and said he was a policeman, so I let him in. 139 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:23,840 He looked like a cop. 140 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,600 Boy, it's right up to me and the wife behind the counter and pointed a gun. 141 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,640 And she screamed, and he hit her in the face with the butt of the gun. 142 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Sergeant, it was horrible. 143 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,280 That's the way it started, and that's the way it kept going, because most of the victims 144 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:40,360 and most people don't realize that as a citizen, they have the right to check on police officer's 145 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:45,480 identification when in doubt. 146 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,480 After we got the story from Mr. Thomas and checked the store in the neighborhood, Ben 147 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,480 and I headed back for the office. 148 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:57,480 Attention, all units, at the end of North Baxter Road near Hillcrest, victim of 211 and slugging. 149 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,480 Car 71-72, take the call, code 3. 150 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,080 Attention, all units, at the end of North Baxter Road. 151 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:04,080 That's four blocks away from the last one. 152 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:05,080 Let's roll on it, huh, Ben? 153 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,080 Right, I'll hit the siren, you get the last. 154 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:15,080 By the time Ben and I got up to the end of North Baxter, the men from Car 71 were already 155 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,080 there. 156 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,080 The victim was telling his story. 157 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,560 His face looked like it had been through a meat grinder. 158 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,280 We were just shifting the car into second to make the hill when I hear this siren behind 159 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:25,680 me and I see this red light flashing in the side view mirror. 160 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,920 Well, naturally, I pulled over to the curb and I was just reaching for my driver's license 161 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,160 when the cop runs up, yanks me out of the car and starts clubbing me in the face with 162 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,160 the butt of his gun. 163 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:36,160 Did you get a look at him? 164 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,160 Think you can describe him? 165 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:38,160 No, I'm afraid not. 166 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,400 He swung me around and kept me staring into that red light on his car all the time he 167 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,400 was beating me. 168 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,880 After a while, everything just went black. 169 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,120 When I woke up, my wallet was gone, all my money's... 170 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,400 45 minutes later, Ben and I were interviewing the third victim, a young housewife out in 171 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,400 the Wilshire district. 172 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:55,400 Same trademark. 173 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,400 I tried to tell him, Sergeant. 174 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,400 I tried to tell him I didn't have any money, but he wouldn't listen. 175 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:58,400 He kept holding me. 176 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,400 He kept holding me. 177 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,400 He kept holding me. 178 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,400 He kept holding me. 179 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:02,400 He kept holding me. 180 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,400 He kept holding me. 181 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,400 He kept holding me by the throat and beating me with his fist like he enjoyed it. 182 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:05,400 Beating me. 183 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Beating me. 184 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,400 Yeah, all right, all right, Mrs. Jamison. 185 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:08,400 Could you tell us how he got in the house? 186 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,400 He came in the front door and rang the bell. 187 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,400 I opened the door, but I left the burglar chain on. 188 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,400 He said he was a policeman. 189 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 So when he demanded I open the door all the way, I did. 190 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,400 And he grabbed me. 191 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,400 And you can't describe the man-forced, Mrs. Jamison. 192 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,400 He was a man-forced. 193 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,400 He was a man-forced. 194 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:17,400 He was a man-forced. 195 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,400 He was a man-forced. 196 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:19,400 He was a man-forced. 197 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:20,400 He was a man-forced. 198 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,400 He was a man-forced. 199 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,400 He was a man-forced. 200 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:33,400 He was a man-forced. 201 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:42,400 He was a man-forced. 202 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:52,400 He was a man-forced. 203 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,400 He was a man-forced. 204 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,400 He was a man-forced. 205 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:55,400 He was a man-forced. 206 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,400 He was a man-forced. 207 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,400 He was a man-forced. 208 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,400 It was like a nightmare. 209 00:07:58,400 --> 00:07:59,400 It was like a nightmare. 210 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,400 Tall, dark hair, big hands. 211 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,400 Your guess is the same as mine, Joe. 212 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,400 Maybe. 213 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,400 Let's wait and see. 214 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Come on. 215 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,400 Let's check with the boss. 216 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,400 Hi, Mike. 217 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,400 Hi. 218 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,400 He's waiting for you in there. 219 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,400 Come on, Ben. 220 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:10,400 He's with the Detectives, always. 221 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,400 Hannan. 222 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,400 You two, let's have it. 223 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:13,400 The guy with the red light? 224 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,400 Yes, the guy with the red light posing as a policeman. 225 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,400 Why hasn't he been picked up? 226 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,400 You know as much about it as we do, Ed. 227 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,400 We got our first call around midnight. 228 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,400 He knocked over a drug store out on Selma. 229 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,400 He hasn't stopped working since. 230 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Didn't you get any definite lead on him? 231 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,400 No description, no license number? 232 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,400 Nothing. He's tall, big hands, dark hair. That's all. 233 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:28,400 Fine. 234 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,400 Either of you got any ideas? 235 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,400 Could be anybody, Skipper, with that description. 236 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,400 You're sure it wasn't anybody on the force? 237 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,400 We sent all the victims down to personnel. 238 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,400 Lowry showed them the mugbook of all police officers. 239 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,400 Wasn't one of our men. 240 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Works fast. Drug store motorist, a pedestrian, a housewife out in the Wilshire district. 241 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Went right in the house after her. Four of them, right in a row. 242 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,400 Five. 243 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,400 Huh? 244 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,400 There's a 20-year-old kid in the next room. 245 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,400 Came in just before you got here. 246 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,400 Couple of hours ago he was sitting in a car with his girl up in Mulholland Drive. 247 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,400 This red light bandit comes along, slugs him and kidnaps the girl. 248 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Kidnaps? He still missing? 249 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:01,400 Not a trace. 250 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,400 When did this happen? 251 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,400 Couple of hours ago. They brought the kid over from Georgia Street Hospital. 252 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,400 We can talk to him now. 253 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,400 He's had a bad time. 254 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,400 Right in here. 255 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,400 Okay. 256 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,400 Pete, we're going to have to ask you a few more questions. 257 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Oh, yeah. Okay. 258 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,400 It feels a little better now. 259 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,400 This is Sergeant Friday and Sergeant Romero. 260 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,400 Hi, Pete. 261 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:22,400 Hi. 262 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,400 Can you tell us what time the trouble started? 263 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,400 Oh, about 10.15, 10.30. 264 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:32,400 Sally and I were sitting in the car talking about wherever we're going on our honeymoon. 265 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,400 We're going to be married next month. 266 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:40,400 And then this car pulls up behind us and starts flashing a red spotlight on us. 267 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,400 A guy runs over and pulls open the door. He said he was a cop. 268 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,400 Did you get a good look at his car, Pete? 269 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,400 I think it was a black sedan. 270 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,400 Did you get a look at the man, Pete? 271 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,400 No. No, I didn't. 272 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:56,400 It was pretty dark and he kept me staring into that red spotlight. 273 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,400 It all happened so fast. Then he started slugging me and I went down. 274 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:00,400 What happened then? 275 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,400 Well, the next thing I knew Sally was screaming. 276 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,400 He had one hand on her throat and he had her backed up against the side of the car. 277 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,400 He was beating her with the other hand. 278 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,400 Some kind of a short billy club. 279 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,400 I got up and I started for him and he slugged me again. 280 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,400 When I came to, Sally was gone. 281 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,400 Anybody check the area up there, Ed? 282 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,400 Yeah, Davis and Griffin. Didn't find a thing. 283 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,400 Oh, Sergeant, you've got to find it. You've got to. 284 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,400 I wouldn't know what to tell her folks. I wouldn't know what to say. 285 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,400 That's all right, Pete. We'll find her. You take it easy. 286 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,400 Got a hot shot, Ed, up in Summit Road near Westmore. 287 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,400 A woman, unconscious, ambulance follow-up, possible dead body. 288 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,400 All right, Hannon, look after Pete here. 289 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,400 Frady, Romero, let's go. 290 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,400 Up ahead, Romero, to the right. 291 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,400 Okay, Skipper. 292 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,400 Yeah, there's the ambulance and the cruiser car. 293 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,400 You're a lonely-looking spot. 294 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,400 All right, come on. 295 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,400 Hiya, Doc. What'd you find? 296 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,400 Hiya, fellas. Right over here. 297 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,400 Just gonna take her in. 298 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,400 Oh, where'd you find her? 299 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,400 Over there by the side of the road. 300 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,400 Somebody driving by us, sorry. They called us. 301 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Any identification? 302 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,400 This bracelet on her wrist. 303 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:16,400 Hmm, to my dearest Sally from Pete, December 25th, 1947. 304 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,400 That's a girl, all right. What are the chances, Doc? 305 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,400 I wouldn't bet on them. Pretty bad shape. 306 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,400 All of you seen enough? 307 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,400 Yeah. Frady, Romero, call the crime lab and check the area for footprints and tire tracks. 308 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,400 I'll ride back in the ambulance with the girl. 309 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,400 If she regains consciousness, I want to talk to her. All right? 310 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,400 Okay, Ed. 311 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,400 I'll meet you in the office by 8.30. 312 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,400 We're working straight through till we get this guy. 313 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,400 See you at the office, Skipper. 314 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,400 What time you got, Ben? 315 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,400 Seven minutes to four. Long night. 316 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,400 That car up there ahead, let's take a look at it, huh? 317 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,400 Black sedan. 318 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,400 Hey, look, he's flashing a red spot on that convertible. 319 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,400 Come on. 320 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,400 I'll take a look. 321 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,400 I'll take a look. 322 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,400 I'll take a look. 323 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,400 I'll take a look. 324 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,400 I'll take a look. 325 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,400 I'll take a look. 326 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,400 I'll take a look. 327 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,400 I'll take a look. 328 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,400 I'll take a look. 329 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,400 He sees us, Joe. 330 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,400 He's pulling away. 331 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:17,400 Get that gas pedal down to the floor. 332 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,400 Already there. He's turning off right. 333 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,400 Hit the siren. I'll get the light. 334 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,400 We're gaining a little, Ben. Next corner to the left. 335 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,400 Joe, where'd he go? 336 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,400 It's a fancy driver. Try the alley up ahead, to the left, here. 337 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:32,400 Must've turned up that cross street. 338 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,400 He gets through the alley and double back on him. 339 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,400 There he is, Ben, look out. 340 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,400 He's gonna ram us! 341 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,400 We got hit just in front of the rear bumper. 342 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,400 Our car was forced into the curbing and it turned over. 343 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,400 He was real lucky. He kept right on going. 344 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,400 But this time Ben and I were sharing the luck. 345 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,400 All we got out of it was a couple of nasty cracks in the head and a few bruises, 346 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,400 but it was enough to keep us in a hospital under observation for a day. 347 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,400 By this time Ed Backstrand was fuming, so were the newspapers. 348 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,400 During the day we spent in the hospital, a red light bandit went on a real blitz. 349 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:13,400 He pulled six more jobs, one liquor store, two residential holdups and three car robberies. 350 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,400 Five of the six victims were slugged and beaten. 351 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,400 Davis and Griffin had taken over for Ben and me, 352 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,400 and by the time we got back on the job, they'd built up a lead for us. 353 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,400 We've been working with Wilkerson up an auto theft job. 354 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,400 He's used four stolen cars already. We got the makes and numbers on each one of them. 355 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,400 How about the dark sedan he was driving when he rammed us? 356 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,400 The boys picked it up this morning out on Sepulveda. We're checking it for prints now. 357 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,400 That's fine, Dave. You got any description on the guy yet? 358 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,400 No luck there, Joe. He works too fast. 359 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,400 Nothing at all? 360 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:43,400 Same as you had. Tall, black hair, big hands. Loves to use them. 361 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,400 Friday, Romero, got a minute? 362 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,400 Okay, Skipper. Check you later, honey. 363 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,400 Sure thing, boys. 364 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,400 Sit down. How do you feel? 365 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:53,400 Pretty fair, Ed. 366 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,400 Little stiff here and there. 367 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,400 All right. Did Davis fill you in? 368 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:56,400 Up to date. 369 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,400 Okay. I just called the doctor who's handling Sally Wilder, Pete's girlfriend. You remember? 370 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,400 Oh, yeah. 371 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,400 She's been in pretty bad shape since we found her up there on Summit Road. 372 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,400 This morning she took a turn for the better. 373 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,400 She's conscious and her doctor thinks she might be able to talk to us a little bit. 374 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 Good. When? 375 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,400 About an hour. I cleared it with the doctor and with her family. 376 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,400 You'll only be able to stay a couple of minutes to make the most of them. That's all. 377 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,400 All right, Ed. We'll check with you later. 378 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,400 Hey, Joe, Ben, here's some mail came for you fellas while you were gone. 379 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,400 Oh, thank you, Mike. We're going over to the county hospital. We ought to be back in a couple of hours. 380 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,400 Okay. Say, there's been a couple of phone calls too. 381 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,400 Yeah. Anything important? 382 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,400 I don't think so. The guy just called to say hello. Said his name was Johnny Savage. 383 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,400 Just called to say hello. 384 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,400 I presume you men are aware of the girl's critical condition? 385 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:45,400 Yeah, that's right, Dr. Frohman. 386 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,400 We saw her before she was taken here to the hospital. 387 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Ah, yes. You understand, of course, that you'll be able to see her for only a few minutes and please try your best not to excite her, huh? 388 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:58,400 Right, doctor. 389 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:07,400 Sally isn't able to talk. Bad mouth and face injuries. So your questions will have to be answered simply yes or no and nod of the head. 390 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:12,400 Okay, we got you. We only have a few questions and we want to know if she can identify the man who beat her from these pictures we've got here. 391 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,400 All right, Sergeant. This way, please. 392 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,400 Thank you. 393 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:25,400 Sally. Sally, these gentlemen are from the police department. They'd like to ask you a few questions. 394 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:30,400 Now, there's no need to be nervous or afraid. Just simply nod your head yes or no. 395 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,400 That's fine. All right, Sergeant. 396 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,400 Sally, did you see the man who attacked you? 397 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,400 Yes. She says yes. 398 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,400 Did you get a good look at his face? 399 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:47,400 You did. All right, Sally. Now you can answer these three together. Just yes or no. 400 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,400 Was he tall? Did he have dark hair? Did he have large hands? 401 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,400 He did. Ben. 402 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,400 All right. Yeah, Jim. 403 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:55,400 Hand me the folder. 404 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:56,400 Here you go. 405 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,400 Thanks. 406 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,400 Now, just one more thing, Sally. I'm going to show you some pictures now. 407 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,400 Take all the time you want before you make up your mind about each one. 408 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:07,400 If you recognize any one of these men as the person who attacked you, just nod your head. All right? 409 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,400 All right, that's fine. Good. Here's the first one. 410 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,400 No? All right. Here's the next one. 411 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,400 No. 412 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,400 How about this one? 413 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,400 No? All right. Here's another. 414 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,400 Do you recognize him? 415 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,400 This was the man? Are you sure, Sally? 416 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,400 Thank you. That's all. Let's go. 417 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,400 Did you find what you wanted, Sergeant? 418 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:33,400 Yes, Doctor, we did. 419 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,400 Here. It's this one. 420 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,400 Nice looking chap. Who is he, Sergeant? 421 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,400 His name's Savage, Doctor Frohman. Johnny Savage. 422 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,400 When we got back to the office, we checked in with Ed Backstrand. 423 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:57,400 In five minutes, an all-points bulletin and a full description of the suspect was broadcast to every radio car, every motorcycle officer, to every sheriff and law enforcement agency in Los Angeles and Southern California. 424 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,400 By nightfall, the manhunt was on. 425 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,400 More than a dozen extra patrol units were called in for duty that night. 426 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:10,400 And when they pulled out of the police garage, the name, the picture, and the full description of Johnny Savage was in the possession of every officer. 427 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:15,400 The same for the patrolmen. Whether they walked a beat downtown or out in the residential areas, the picture of Johnny Savage went with them. 428 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,400 Everything was done that could be done. 429 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:25,400 On the second night of the manhunt, far out on the edge of town, Johnny Savage, the red light bandit, got his 12th victim, a 63-year-old storekeeper. 430 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:30,400 Attention all units. 939 Markham Street, near Clark. 431 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:37,400 2-11 and slugging, code 3, ambulance dispatched. All units, 939 Markham Street, near Clark. 432 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,400 Here it is, skipper. Tie in. 433 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,400 What'd you get? 434 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,400 Wilkinson lifted the prints off that black sedan that rammed you and me. 435 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,400 Yeah? 436 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,400 They belonged to Johnny Savage. 437 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,400 Yeah, good. 438 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,400 That storekeeper last night, it was Savage, all right. Victim identified him from his mug. 439 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,400 They got enough in this Savage guy to put him on ice for life. All we have to do now is to get him. 440 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:08,400 Now look, the way we figure it, Ed, this red light bandit is using stolen cars with cold plates, so there's no way of tracking down the cars at regular commercial garages. 441 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,400 He's got to be running private garages someplace around town. 442 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,400 All right, let's get the neighborhood patrolmen on the job. Advertise it. All over town. 443 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:20,400 It's a city ordinance, isn't it? People who rent private garages are bound by law to register the car and license number with the police. 444 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,400 Start a campaign if you want, but find those cars. 445 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,400 Right. 446 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:32,400 All right, wait a minute. Hello, backstrand. Yeah? When? I see. Yeah, thanks. 447 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,400 What is it, Ed? 448 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,400 It was the hospital about the girl, Sally. 449 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,400 Sally Wilder? What about? 450 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,400 She died five minutes ago. 451 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:51,400 That night everybody went back on the job as usual. The cruiser cars, the patrolmen, the motorcycle officers, and about a dozen decoy cars. 452 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:56,400 We were armed police women riding alone in cars or parked in lonely spots with a police officer escort. 453 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,400 Our car, 80K, was still in the garage for repairs, so they assigned us another one. 454 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,400 And we started to make the rounds. Everything was usual. 455 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:10,400 Except one thing. We weren't tracking down just a thief anymore or a sadist who liked to beat people's faces in. We were out to get a murderer. 456 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,400 It was a perfect night for the suspect. Dark, no moon. 457 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,400 I gave Ben two to one odds and I put up five dollars that we'd get Savage that night. 458 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:25,400 I lost the five dollars. We cruised until seven the next morning, but there wasn't even a nibble. 459 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:33,400 We had breakfast at the Federal Cafe, a little restaurant down the street from the city hall, and it was about 8.15 when we got back to the office. We were pretty tired. 460 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,400 Robert D.T., I'm Romero. 461 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,400 I would like to speak to Sergeant Friday. 462 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,400 Just a minute. It's for you, Joe. 463 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,400 Okay, thanks. Friday talking. 464 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,400 Sergeant Friday, I want to talk to you. 465 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:45,400 Well, I'm listening. Go ahead. 466 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,400 I mean, I want to talk to you in person as soon as possible. 467 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,400 Can't you tell me over the phone? What is it? 468 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,400 I cannot tell you over the phone. It is very important. Can you come now? 469 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,400 Well, now look, mister, I'm awful sorry, but we're very busy down... 470 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,400 554 Ramona Avenue. Can you come now? 471 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,400 What's this all about? Who is this speaking? 472 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:05,400 My name is Carl Savage. My son's name is John. 473 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,400 Here it is, Joe. 474 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,400 Neat looking little place. 475 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,400 Yeah. 476 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,400 Yeah? 477 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,400 I'm Sergeant Friday. You Mr. Savage? 478 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,400 Yeah, come in. 479 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,400 Okay. This is my partner, Sergeant Romero. 480 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,400 How do you do? I will be brief, gentlemen. I am the father of John Savage. 481 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,400 I wish for you to catch him. I will help you. 482 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,400 I noticed the name on the mailbox outside, Mr. Savage. 483 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:42,400 You changed your name lately? 484 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,400 I changed my name ten years ago when John first got into trouble. 485 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:52,400 My own name I had to change. The shame. Always from him, my son. Shame. 486 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,400 Mr. Savage, has your son been home since he got out of prison? 487 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,400 Yeah, many times. To ask for money. I would not give him any, so he stuck me. 488 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:05,400 Last night I read in the newspaper the little girl he beat up. She is dead. 489 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,400 Then I make up my mind. 490 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,400 Do you know where your son is now, Mr. Savage? 491 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,400 Not now, no. But our garage has a car in there. It is not his, I know. 492 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:21,400 Also in the garage I find many license plates. I find spotlights with red glass lens. 493 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,400 But you don't have any idea where we could find him. 494 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,400 No, but he will come back. He always comes back for money. 495 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,400 We're going to station an officer here in the house, Mr. Savage. 496 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:37,400 Anything you want, if it will catch him. He's bad, Sergeant. Like something poison. All true, he's bad. 497 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,400 See a sewing basket over there, Mr. Savage? Does your wife live here with you? 498 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:50,400 Ten days ago, before this starts, I buried Gertrude, my wife, his mother. 499 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:57,400 Sergeant, for ten years she is sick, but for ten years she stays alive to see him from prison. 500 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:04,400 Ten days ago, she died. He did not even come to the funeral. 501 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,400 Does your son have any idea that you might call us? 502 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:12,400 No, no, I don't think so. But when you catch him, give me a gun. 503 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,400 With my own two hands, I will kill him, Johnny Savage. 504 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:24,400 Before we left, we called Ed Backstrand and we brought him up to date. 505 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,400 He sent three detectives out to relieve us, Davis, Griffin, and Marsh. 506 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,400 We told them to keep an eye on the house and the stolen car in the garage. 507 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,400 That night after dinner, Ed Backstrand, Ben and I went out and relieved them. 508 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,400 We parked the cruiser car in the garage next door, and then we took up our posts. 509 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,400 Carl Savage had a light supper, and then he went to bed about nine. 510 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,400 The three of us sat at the front windows in the darkened house and we waited. 511 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:53,400 Ben kept his eye on the garage. Outside, across the city, the manhunt continued as usual. 512 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,400 Three hours went by. The waiting got monotonous. 513 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,400 Friday, Romero, look alive, will you? 514 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,400 Oh, yes, Caperman, sorry. 515 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,400 That clock's enough to put anybody to sleep. 516 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,400 What time you got? 517 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,400 12.23 a.m. 518 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,400 Thanks. 519 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:15,400 The clock kept ticking. We were tired. We took turns keeping each other awake. 520 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:21,400 At ten minutes past two, I looked at my watch, and then I settled back and tried to find some kind of a comfortable position. 521 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,400 They started so faintly, it was just like the ticking of the clock. Same rhythm. 522 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,400 And then they came closer and the sounds got out of rhythm. 523 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,400 Backstrand's head came up with a snap. 524 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,400 Friday. Romero, you hear that? 525 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,400 Yeah, Ed. 526 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,400 Get up to the window once the curtains. You see anything? 527 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,400 Yeah. Yeah, somebody's coming. 528 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:40,400 Savage? 529 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:45,400 Can't tell. Wait a minute, he's slowing down. 530 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:51,400 He's going up the driveway to the garage. He's going inside. 531 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,400 That's him. 532 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,400 Come on. 533 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,400 Watch it, he spotted us. 534 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,400 He went over that fence, into the yard. 535 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,400 There he is, Friday. 536 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,400 He hit him, Joe. 537 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:06,400 Maybe. 538 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,400 He's going for the street. 539 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,400 He's headed for that car, Ed, that sedan up on the corner there. 540 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:11,400 Romero, go back and get the car. 541 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:18,400 Right, skipper. 542 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,400 Must have parked at the block before he came around. Where's Romero? 543 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,400 I don't know. Oh, here he comes now. 544 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,400 All right, let's go. 545 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,400 Get that radio on, Joe. 546 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,400 It's already on, Ed. 547 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,400 All right, give him a call. Any sign yet? 548 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,400 No, nothing so far. Next corner to the right, Ben. 549 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,400 Unit 80K to Control 4. 80K to Control 4. 550 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,400 Control 4 to Unit 80K, go ahead. 551 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,400 Clear and keep Frequency 4 open. This is an emergency. 552 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,400 80K, Roger. Frequency 4, open and clear. 553 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:51,400 Attention all units on Frequency 4, stand by. 80K, go ahead. 554 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,400 Yeah, there he is, Friday. Up ahead, dark blue sedan. 555 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,400 Control 4, we are in pursuit of the possible red light bandit. 556 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,400 Suspect is driving a dark blue 1949 sedan. 557 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,400 License number in the 7 column. 558 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,400 6-1, Robert, 7-8-4. Use caution. Suspect is armed. 559 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,400 Code 3. 560 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,400 Attention all units. Attention all units. 561 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,400 Unit 80K now pursuing possible red light bandit. 562 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,400 Suspect is driving a dark blue 1949 sedan. 563 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,400 License number in the 7 column. 564 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,400 6-1, Robert, 7-8-4. 565 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,400 Use caution. Suspect is armed. Code 3. 566 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,400 Your location, 80K. 567 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,400 Control 4, we are headed east on Wilshire Boulevard, crossing La Brea. 568 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:35,400 Attention all units. Suspect is headed east on Wilshire Boulevard, crossing La Brea. 569 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,400 Watch it, Romero. Don't lose him. 570 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:37,400 I see him, Skipper. 571 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,400 Control 4, still pursuing red light bandit. 572 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,400 Headed east on Wilshire, now crossing Rossmoor. 573 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:48,400 Attention all units. Suspect is still headed east on Wilshire, now crossing Rossmoor. 574 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,400 Suspect is armed. Use caution. Code 3. 575 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:52,400 That truck pulling out of the head. 576 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,400 Get to the siren, will you, Skipper? 577 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,400 Yeah. 578 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,400 All right, hold on to the taxi, please. 579 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,400 He's not on, Romero. A lot of traffic up ahead. He's got to slow down. 580 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,400 Control 4. Suspect headed east on Wilshire, crossing Western Avenue, closing in. 581 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,400 Attention all units. 582 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,400 There he goes. He'll go right down Sherman Alley. It's a dead end. 583 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,400 Yeah. 584 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:16,400 Control 4. Suspect turned south into Sherman Alley, closing in on Suspect. 585 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,400 Attention all units. Suspect has turned south into Sherman Alley. 586 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,400 Suspect is trapped in the urge on Sherman Alley. 587 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,400 There he is, Skipper. Pulling up ahead. He's jumping out. 588 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,400 All right, take the mike. What do you have here? Come on, Ben. 589 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,400 I'll direct the other cars in. If you need help, holler. 590 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,400 All right, Skipper. 591 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,400 All right, which way to go, Ben? 592 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,400 Down the front of the building. 593 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,400 Come on. 594 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,400 Starting up the back fire escape. 595 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,400 All right, keep him busy. 596 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,400 All right, Savage, come on down. 597 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,400 He wants to go to the roof. 598 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,400 One more chance, Savage. Come on down. 599 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,400 No use, Joe. He's heading up for the roof. Come on. 600 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,400 He climbs like a monkey. Come on, let's get him. 601 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,400 Come on. 602 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,400 All right, here, I'll give you a hand. 603 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:57,400 Here's the roof. 604 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,400 Where'd he go? 605 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,400 I don't know. Let's spread out. 606 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,400 All right, Savage, you're through. 607 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,400 Throw your gun out. Come on, with your hands up. 608 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,400 Watch it, Joe. He's running for the edge. He's gonna jump. 609 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,400 I'll get him. 610 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:08,400 All right. 611 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,400 Guy back here. 612 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,400 You lousy copper, you dirty lousy cop. 613 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,400 I'll kill you. 614 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,400 You're through, Savage. You're through. 615 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,400 Good, Joe. 616 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,400 Yeah. 617 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,400 Throw the cups out, will you? 618 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,400 You just betcha. 619 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,400 You want a smoke? 620 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:39,400 Yeah, I can sure use a little. 621 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,400 Thanks. 622 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,400 Quiet up here. 623 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,400 Yeah. 624 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,400 I was just thinking. 625 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,400 Yeah? 626 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,400 Carl Savage, this guy's father. 627 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,400 Mm-hmm. 628 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,400 What about him? 629 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,400 Nothing. 630 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:09,400 What would you do, Ben, if your son was a murderer? 631 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,400 The story you have just heard is true. 632 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,400 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 633 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,400 John Savage was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 634 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:29,400 He was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary. 635 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:34,400 You have just heard the sixth in a new series of authentic cases from official files. 636 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:40,400 Technical advice for Dragnet is furnished by the Los Angeles Police Department. 637 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:49,400 Tonight's program is dedicated to Patrol Officer Robert Steele of the Montana State Highway Patrol, 638 00:28:49,400 --> 00:29:10,400 who on the morning of November 2, 1947, gave his life so that yours might be more secure. 639 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:21,400 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. 640 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:41,400 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.