1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Here's another in NBC's great parade of new shows. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:11,000 ["Dragnet Theme"] 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,000 NBC brings you Dragnet. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:31,000 ["Dragnet Theme"] 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to narcotics detail. 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 For more than two months, doctors' offices have been burglarized, 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,000 hospital pharmacies pillaged, drugstores robbed, 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,000 medical supply firms ransacked, with one purpose in mind. 11 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 The theft of narcotics. 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 The criminals are expert, cunning, vicious. 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Your job? Get them. 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 ["Dragnet Theme"] 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 investigated and solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,000 on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 18 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,000 For the next 30 minutes, transcribed in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 through an actual case from official police files. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 ["Dragnet Theme"] 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,000 It was Thursday, March 23rd. It was windy in Los Angeles. 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 We were working the night watch out on narcotics. 26 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,000 My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 My name's Friday. I was on my way back from the record bureau, 28 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 and it was 10.35 p.m. when I got to room 24. 29 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Narcotics detail. 30 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Yeah, yeah, okay. Well, we'll be right over. Thank you. 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Get anything, Joe? 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Nothing we don't know already. How about you? 33 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 That was the county hospital on the phone. Doc Welch. 34 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Pretty fair lead. I told him we'd be right over. 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 What's he got? 36 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 One of our informants. Benny Trounsall. 37 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Ready? Let's go. 38 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 What's with Benny? 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Bad shape. Somebody worked him over. 40 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 They found him in an alley off of South Main. 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Yeah? 42 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Doc says Trounsall talked before he passed out. 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Anything good? 44 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 He claimed he knows who's running the new dope racket in town. 45 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Says they got him. 46 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 No, let's take the stairs in. 47 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Why should they bother with small fry like Benny? 48 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 That's what I'm wondering. Blackmail, maybe. 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 If Benny's still on the needle, maybe that accounts for his story. 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Doc says his skull is fractured. Morphine doesn't do that to you. 51 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Yeah. Benny mention any names? 52 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I don't know. Doc didn't say. 53 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Here's the garage. Come on. 54 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 When did they pick up Benny? 55 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 About an hour ago. 56 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000 He had a pocket full of bentels on him. Heroin. 57 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Trounsall's small fry. He never had that much dope on him in his life. 58 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:13,000 That's what makes it interesting. Let's go. 59 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 County hospital? 60 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Yes, sir. 61 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 The line is busy, will you wait? 62 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Thank you. 63 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Can I help you, gentlemen? 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 We'd like to see Dr. Welch. She's expecting us. 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Your names, please? 66 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 This is Sergeant Romero. My name's Friday. Police officer. 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Oh, yes. Around the corner to your left, room 127. The doctor's waiting for you. 68 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Thank you. Come on, Ben. 69 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I hope Benny's still talking. We could sure usually. 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yeah. Here it is. 127. 71 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Hiya, Ben. Joe. 72 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 How are you, Doc? Anything new? 73 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Just left Trounsall upstairs. 74 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 You think we can talk to him now? 75 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,000 I think we could. He died about six minutes ago. 76 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:03,000 For almost two years, Benny Trounsall and Haddock himself had been one of the most valuable informants Ben and I had in the narcotic gangs. 77 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:12,000 More than once he had helped us solve a case, but this time, if Benny Trounsall had any direct leads to the nerve center of the newest narcotic ring, he took them with him. 78 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Besides his dying accusation that the ring had gotten to him, he left behind only two small scraps of information. 79 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,000 First, when he arrived at the county hospital, Dr. Welch reported that Trounsall repeatedly muttered the name Patterson. 80 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Secondly, among the few personal effects found in his pockets was a good amount of heroin and a small piece of white paper with two words scrawled on it, Tucker Building. 81 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Benny Trounsall's body was taken to the county morgue and the next morning it was posted. 82 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:47,000 At the coroner's inquest, the cause of death was listed as a brain hemorrhage induced by severe blows by a blunt instrument on the sides and base of the skull, 83 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,000 inflicted by a person or persons unknown. 84 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Besides Ben and myself, the only identification witness at the inquest was a woman who managed a rooming house in Benedict Alley where Trounsall used to stay periodically. 85 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,000 After the inquest, we questioned her briefly in our office. 86 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Miss Stratt, you say you can't remember any friends Trounsall had while he stayed at your room and house? 87 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:12,000 No, I can't. Besides, if I knew that man used dope, I never would have rented him a room. 88 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 How long did he rent from you, Miss Stratt? 89 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:21,000 About six months. I run a respectable house. I don't mind if my people drink a little now and then, but those dope users, no sir. 90 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Did you know anything about Trounsall, Miss Stratt, where he spent his time, where he had his meals? 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Well, don't serve at my place, too much trouble. Most of the people eat at the Ace lunchroom down the corner. 92 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Where's that, Miss Stratt? 93 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Oh, Grant and South Main, right down the corner. 94 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 And you think Trounsall might have spent some time there? 95 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 He might have, I don't know. 96 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Miss Stratt, did Trounsall ever mention anyone by the name of Patterson? 97 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 No. Patterson? No. 98 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,000 And you can't recall any friends he might have had? 99 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 He had any friends. He never set foot in my house. That's all I know. 100 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 All right, Miss Stratt, thank you. 101 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Here's a card, ma'am. If you come across any information about Trounsall, we'd appreciate it if you'd call us. 102 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 All right. That all? 103 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 That's all, ma'am. Thank you. 104 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Yeah? Bye. 105 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Goodbye, ma'am. 106 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Big help. 107 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Yeah, not even a good identification witness. 108 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 You got those listings we made on the Tucker building? 109 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Yeah. Yeah, let's see. Here it is. 110 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Okay, let me have it, huh? 111 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Tucker building, 7310 South Wilshire. 112 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 I wonder what Benny Trounsall could have been doing out there. 113 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Shouldn't be too hard to check. It's a small building. 114 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Yeah. Six listings for the whole place. 115 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 A couple of law officers, real estate guy, dentists, architect, and a doctor. 116 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 One dentist, one doctor. Could be a lead. 117 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Maybe. Pretty thin. 118 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Friday. Romero. You got a minute? 119 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Yes, Gipper. Come on in. 120 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Yeah. 121 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 What do you got, Ed? 122 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Letters. Here's a sample. Now listen to this. 123 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Chief of Detectives, Ed Backstrand, City Hall, Los Angeles. 124 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Mm-hmm. 125 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 In view of mounting wave of narcotic robberies, 126 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 strongly recommend that your efforts to curb this lawlessness be redoubled. 127 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 They all like that? 128 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 All of them. They're mad. Can you blame them? 129 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Not a bit. We haven't got much to go on, Chief. The gang's pretty smart. 130 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 All right. Then let's be smarter. There's no law against it. 131 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Doing our best, Gipper. 132 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Then make it better. I'm sick of that bunch and I'm tired of these letters. 133 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 And look at that record. 134 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 In two months, 15 drug store robs, eight medical offices, 135 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,000 two supply houses, two hospital pharmacies. 136 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Narcotics missing every time. Now who's behind it? 137 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 None of the old timers. We've checked them out. 138 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Gone over every hype and mainliner we know of. 139 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 All right. Then get on the tranchions. New faces. 140 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Climb on every one of them that shoots the stuff 141 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 until you get to that gang and break it. 142 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,000 If you need help, holler. But get to that gang and break it. Do you understand? 143 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Okay, Scapa. We'll try. 144 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 You dig up anything on that Trounsall case yet? 145 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Still checking out one late... 146 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 What? 147 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Slip of paper we found in Trounsall's pocket, Ed. 148 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Said Tucker Building on it, that's all. 149 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Just gonna check it out when you called. 150 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 All right. Hop on it. Fast. 151 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 We got a lot of pressure on us. Keep in touch with the office. 152 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000 It was almost noon when Ben and I got out to the Tucker Building. 153 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,000 It was a two-story affair, comparatively small, very modern. 154 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 We checked with the dentist in the building first, 155 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 but he'd never heard of anyone with the name of Benny Trounsall. 156 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 His records and appointment books proved it out. 157 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Well, that's one down, Jill. 158 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Yeah. Let's try that doctor's office now. What's his name? 159 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Let me see. Oh, Springer. Dr. Fred Springer. He's on the second floor. 160 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Okay. There's a stairway down there. Come on. 161 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Pretty close to lunchtime. Might not be in. 162 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Maybe. Somebody should be there. We haven't got much time to play with. 163 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Yeah. Chief sure was up in there this morning. 164 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Here's the office. Fred Springer, M.D. 165 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Good morning. May I help you, gentlemen? 166 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 We'd like to see Dr. Springer, please. 167 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Do you have an appointment? No, we don't. 168 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Well, the doctor's not in at present. 169 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Would you like to make an appointment for later in the day? 170 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,000 No, we're police officers. This is Sergeant Friday. I'm Sergeant Romero. 171 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,000 How do you do? I'm Miss Turner. I'm the doctor's nurse. 172 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Then you must take care of the appointment and record books for the doctor. 173 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Yes, I do. 174 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Well, maybe you can give us the information we're looking for, Miss Turner. 175 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Did the doctor ever have a patient with the name of Trounsall, Benny Trounsall? 176 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Trounsall? No, I don't think so. Just a moment. I'll check. 177 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Thank you. 178 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 No? T-R-O-U-N-S-E-L. Is that the way you spell it? 179 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Yes, ma'am. 180 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,000 No. The name's not listed here. Let me check the account book. 181 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,000 No. Wait. It's funny. 182 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 What's that, Miss Turner? 183 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Here in the back of the book in the doctor's handwriting. Look. 184 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Hmm. Trounsall. The black parrot. 185 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Certainly funny. I can't remember seeing that notation before. It must be fairly recent. 186 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Miss Turner, what kind of a clientele would you say Dr. Springer has? 187 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Oh, it's quite exclusive. Beverly Hills, Bel Air. That's where most of the bills are mailed. 188 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Can you recall seeing Trounsall in the office here, Miss Turner? Small man, thin, walk with a kind of a limp, not very well dressed? 189 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 No, I don't think so. Doesn't sound like any of our patients. 190 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Would you show us the doctor's prescription lists for the last two months? We'd like to check them. 191 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Well, I'm afraid I can't. Dr. Springer keeps them in the safe. He's the only one who has the combination. 192 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 How long have you been with Dr. Springer? 193 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 About ten months. Ever since he started his practice out here. 194 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Where was he before that? Philadelphia. 195 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 I don't understand all these questions. Is anything the matter? 196 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Just a routine check, Miss Turner. When do you expect the doctor back? 197 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 About four this afternoon. He's out making home calls. 198 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,000 All right. Here's our card. Would you ask him to call us as soon as he comes in? 199 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,000 I'll do that. 200 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Thank you, Miss Turner. Bye. 201 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Goodbye. Bye. 202 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Oh, say, Miss Turner, one more question. Yes? 203 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Does Dr. Springer have a patient by the name of Patterson? 204 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Oh, yes. One of a doctor's first patients, John Patterson. He lives out on East Beverly Drive. 205 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:02,000 When we left Dr. Springer's office, we called R. and I. There was no make on John Patterson. 206 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Ben and I drove over to see him, just on a hunch. It didn't pay off right then, but it showed a little promise. 207 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,000 When the maid came to the door of the swank apartment, she told us Patterson was out for the day. 208 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 We asked her about Patterson's occupation. She didn't know. 209 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:21,000 We asked her about his friends, his business acquaintances. She could remember only two people visiting the apartment. 210 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,000 One of them was Dr. Springer, apparently a constant visitor. 211 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,000 The other, a tall, dark man who spoke bad English. 212 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,000 We asked the maid how long she had worked for Patterson. 213 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,000 She said ever since he moved to Los Angeles, about six months before. 214 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,000 A few things started to fall into place, but it was strictly a guesswork operation. 215 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Ben and I got in the car and headed for the south end of the city to check out some of the places Benny Trounsall was supposed to have frequented. 216 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,000 We met a stone wall from the Ace Lunchroom near Benny's former rooming house to the Black Parrot. 217 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,000 No one was willing to talk. Threats didn't work and neither did promises. 218 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Ben and I gave up for the moment and headed back to the office. 219 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Specific ambulance, one call to Alhambra is now code three. 220 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Seems like Skid Row doesn't want any part of this. 221 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Yeah, there's a bad feeling. Something's got him scared. 222 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Sure would like to know what it is, or who it is. 223 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Yeah, I'd like to know what it is. 224 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Control one to unit 80K. 225 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 That's Joe. Get it, will you? 226 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,000 I got it. 80K to control one. 80K to control one. Go ahead. 227 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,000 80K. Call station 2511, code three. 228 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,000 80K to control one. Roger. KMA 367. 229 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 I wonder what that's all about. 230 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Let's find out. There's a drug store. They ought to have a phone. Pull over, huh? 231 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 You got a nickel? 232 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Yeah, I got it. Oh, yeah, yeah, sure. 233 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Thanks. I'll be back in a minute. 234 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 City Hall. 2511. 235 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Thank you. 236 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Chief of Detectives Office, Hannan. 237 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 This is Friday, Mike. The chief there? 238 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Oh, yeah. Just a minute. 239 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Backstrand talking. 240 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 This Friday, Ed. What do you got? 241 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 You tied up? 242 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Nothing big. 243 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Then check in as soon as you can. Got something good. 244 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 What? 245 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,000 You remember the stick-up at St. Agnes Hospital about a month ago? Pharmacy there? 246 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 What about it? 247 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Two patrolmen picked up a user down near Union Station about an hour and a half ago. 248 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Yeah? 249 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Guy was way back in his heels. He had two vials of morphine on him. Vials had serial numbers. 250 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Good. Did they match out? 251 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Perfectly. 252 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Thanks, Ed. We'll be right in. 253 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:50,000 When Ben and I got back to the office at 3.52 p.m., we picked up Chief Ed Backstrand and went directly to the crime lab, 254 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:55,000 where Lieutenant Lee Jones analyzed the contents of the two vials taken from the suspect. 255 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Jones told us it was high-grade morphine. 256 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:04,000 We went back to the office and double-checked the serial numbers on the vials with the crime report on the St. Agnes Hospital robbery. They matched. 257 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:09,000 There's a good break. These vials were in the loot when the gang knocked over the hospital 28 days ago. 258 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 We'll stay on the trail and we'll crack that gang wide open. 259 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 This the arrest report on the guy, Ed? 260 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Yeah. Picked him up in a bar off South Main. 261 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Who is the guy? A trangian? 262 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Yeah, here it is, Ben. James Steiner, Phoenix, Arizona, age 37, tranch and laborer. 263 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Anybody talk to this guy yet, Ed? 264 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Not yet. He shouldn't be too hard. You better get on it. 265 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Right, skipper. Come on, Jill. 266 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Check you later, Ed. 267 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 What time you got, Ben? 268 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Let me see here. 25 past four. 269 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Did a phone call for you, Ben? 270 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Yeah, who was it? 271 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Your wife. Wants you to pick up some aspirin and a bottle of nose drops for your kid on your way home. 272 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Oh, yeah. I almost forgot. 273 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000 That the only call we had, Mike? 274 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 That's right. 275 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Thanks. 276 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 You got that Dr. Springer's number, Ben. 277 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Yeah. 278 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Here it is. Questview 55284. 279 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Thanks. 280 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Nurse said he'd call us around four, didn't he? 281 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Yeah. 282 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Yeah. 283 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Dr. Springer's office. 284 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,000 This is Sergeant Friday down at the police department. Dr. Springer there? 285 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Well, no, he isn't, Sergeant. He called in about 20 minutes ago and I gave him your message. He said he'd call you. 286 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,000 All right, Miss Turner. When he comes in, tell him to call us and press on him. It's urgent. 287 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 All right, Sergeant. I'll do that. Goodbye. 288 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Goodbye. 289 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 No luck? 290 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,000 I don't know. Just a hunch he may be ducking us. 291 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Who are you calling now? 292 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,000 State Medical Board. Maybe they can check us out on Dr. Springer. 293 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:43,000 I put the call through to the State Medical Board and asked for a check on Dr. Fred Springer. 294 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:50,000 They said they'd call back within the hour. In the meantime, we had James Steiner brought to one of the interrogation rooms for questioning. It was all talk. 295 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Look, it's like I told the Sergeant when they booked me. I don't know anything about this hospital, John. 296 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Sit down, Steiner. 297 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Oh, all right. Thanks. 298 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 How long you been in the city, Steiner? 299 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,000 L.A. 300 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:06,000 About a month. I came from Phoenix looking for work. Things are pretty slow in Phoenix. 301 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Where'd you get the morphine? 302 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Huh? 303 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 I said, where'd you get the morphine? 304 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:17,000 The stuff? I bought it just for a pop now and then I just play around with it. Just for kicks. 305 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Who'd you buy the vials from? 306 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Who? I don't know. A guy in a bar gave me a price. 307 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Which bar was that? 308 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Which bar? Black Parrot. I'm not hooked. I just play around with it just for kicks. 309 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 What'd the guy look like, Steiner? 310 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 What did he look like? I don't know. Tall, I guess. 311 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Would you remember him if you saw him again? 312 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Remember him? Sure. I talked to him a couple of nights at the bar. 313 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Was he on the stuff? Was he a hype? 314 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,000 A hype? Yeah. Maybe. Tall fella, dark. 315 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 You shooting the stuff? 316 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Shooting the stuff? No. I'm no mainliner. I never took it in the veins of my life. 317 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:01,000 I told you I'd do it just for kicks. Just a pop now and then. 318 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Take off your shirt. Let's see your arms. 319 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Huh? My arms? 320 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Come on. Take it off. 321 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Where? 322 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Who are you kidding, Steiner? Your arm looks like a pincushion. 323 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000 I told you. Just once in a while. Just for the kicks. I'm not hooked on it. 324 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:21,000 They found two vials of stolen morphine on you, Steiner. You can go two ways, hard or easy. 325 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Hard or easy? I told you I ain't done nothing. I bought the stuff. 326 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,000 I use a cap or a spindle once in a while for kicks, but I'm not hooked. 327 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 I bought the stuff, I tell you. 328 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Who was he, Steiner? Who sold it to you? 329 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Who? I told you. I met him in a bar. The black parrot. 330 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Who was he? 331 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 He was tall. Dark. He gave me a good price. 332 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,000 Come on, let's have it, Steiner. His name. 333 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,000 I'm feeling sick. You got something for me. I'm sick. 334 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 All right. Mike! 335 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Yeah, Joe? 336 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Get some milk. A couple of quarts right away. 337 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Okay, Joe. 338 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 You ready to tell us, Steiner? Who was he? 339 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 I'm sick. I'm sick. 340 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,000 We're getting some milk for you now. Come on, you better talk. 341 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Max. That's all he said. Name was Max. He gave me a good price. 342 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 I only take a pop now and then just for kicks. 343 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 You think you could point him out for us? 344 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. 345 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 I'm sick. I'm sick. 346 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Narcotics from Meryl. 347 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Hello. This is Dr. Springer calling. You wanted to talk to me. 348 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Yes, we did, Doctor. And we've got a few questions we'd like to ask you. 349 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Oh, hold on just a minute, will you? It's Dr. Springer, Joe. 350 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 All right. Tell him we've got to see him tonight. We'll call him back later. 351 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Dr. Springer? 352 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Yes? 353 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Sorry, Doctor. We'll have to see you later on tonight. You be at home? 354 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Well, I have an appointment this evening. Would you mind telling me what this is all about? 355 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Sure, Doctor. It's about a man named Benny Trounsall. 356 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Oh. I see. 357 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 And if you don't mind, we'd like to check over your prescription list with you. 358 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Yes. I'll cancel my appointment. 359 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:09,000 You can contact me here at home. 1538 South Road. I'll be here all night. 360 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,000 All right, Doctor. Thank you. We'll see you later then. 361 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Yes. Goodbye. 362 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Goodbye. 363 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 What'd he say? All right? 364 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Yeah, it's all right. I'll buy that hunch of yours now, Joe. 365 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Dr. Springer, he knows who killed Benny Trounsall. I bet he knows why. 366 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,000 When Mike Hannon came back with the milk, we fed it to Steiner and then we put him back in his cell. 367 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,000 We put in another call to John Patterson out on East Beverly Drive, but there was no answer. 368 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:41,000 We left word with Hannon where we were going, and Ben and I headed out for Dr. Springer's home. 369 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:48,000 It was 735 when we pulled up into the driveway at 1538 South Road, a low, rambling, ranch-type home. 370 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000 We got out of the car and made our way down the path to the front door. 371 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 A gray Persian cat followed us. 372 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,000 The door was half open. We knocked, but there was no answer. 373 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Through the window, we could see the living room was dimly lighted. We went in. 374 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,000 We found Dr. Springer sitting in a large, carved mahogany chair in the dining room. 375 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:16,000 The room was hung with draperies. It was slumped forward, face down, on the dining table. 376 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 There was a bullet hole in his right temple. 377 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,000 On the floor near his right hand was a.32 automatic pistol. 378 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,000 In the center of the dining table was a piece of white paper. 379 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Looks like he beat us. 380 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Yeah. Any names on that confession? 381 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 One says he killed Trump. 382 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:42,000 No, wait a minute. It says John Patterson, he forced me to this. 383 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 What? 384 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 I don't know. What's it look like to you? 385 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Here's another one. Norberg. That's all it says. 386 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Then he signed his name, Dr. Fred Springer. 387 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Ben, come over here. Look at these. 388 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Epidermic needle. No works. Is this morphine? 389 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 White powder. Could be. 390 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 And he was on it himself. 391 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Looks like it. We'll find out when they post him. I'll get it. 392 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Yeah. 393 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Sergeant Friday there, please. 394 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 This is Joe, Mike. What do you got? 395 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Can you talk all right there? 396 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Yeah, go ahead. 397 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Just got a kickback on your call at the state medical board on this Dr. Fred Springer. 398 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 He's not a registered physician in the state of California. 399 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Besides that, his license was revoked in Pennsylvania two years ago. 400 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Illegal operations. 401 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,000 That explains it. Notify homicide. Get the crime lab in the corner out here, will you? 402 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Looks like Springer shot himself. 403 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Okay, Joe. Right away. 404 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 We'll wait for him, but hurry him up, Mike. 405 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 We got a couple more places to check out tonight. 406 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Okay, Joe. See you later. 407 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Right. 408 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 What's next? Patterson place? 409 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 I don't know. Maybe we ought to try Steiner first. 410 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Sounds good to me. 411 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Feels like we're getting close. 412 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Yeah, man. Real close. 413 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Twelve minutes later, homicide and the crime lab men checked in at the Springer house, and Ben and I checked out. 414 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 We went back to the office and found Ed Backstrand waiting for us. 415 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,000 We told him our story, and he sent two men out to keep an eye on the Patterson place. 416 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Two other men went to work to try and track down the other name in Springer's confession note, Norberg. 417 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Ben and I went up to the county jail and picked up Steiner. 418 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:16,000 The three of us started out to look for the man who sold Steiner the two vials of morphine stolen from a hospital pharmacy a month before. 419 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 The man's name was Max. 420 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,000 He was tall and dark. That was all we knew. 421 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 The rest of it was up to Steiner. 422 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Two other men from the detail, Davis and Emerson, came along with us to take care of Steiner if anything went wrong. 423 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Our first stop was the Black Parrot Tavern. 424 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Davis parked the car in an alley down the street. 425 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Steiner, Ben, and I got out and walked the rest of the way. 426 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,000 You understand what you're supposed to do, Steiner. 427 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Me? Yeah. I go in first and sit at the bar. 428 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000 You two will follow me. 429 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,000 I sit at the bar and if I see Max, I give you the sign. 430 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 That's okay, huh? 431 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 That's right. And you don't try to break for it. 432 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Break for it? Me? I told you, I'm squaring with you guys. 433 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 All right, Steiner. Go ahead. 434 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Let's hope it works, Jill. 435 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Yeah. There he goes inside. Come on. 436 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Now look, try to grab one of the booths along the wall if you can, huh? 437 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Right. Here we are. 438 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 The first booth, Ben, it's empty. 439 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Yeah. 440 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Well, there's left order at the bar. Waitress got a night off. 441 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Make it a couple of beers, will you? 442 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Couple of beers? Okay. 443 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Jill, go look at Steiner. 444 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Yeah, he's signaling. Must mean the guy putting on his coat over there. 445 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 No, no, hold it, Ben. We'll get his passes. 446 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,000 All right, get Steiner back to the car. I'll tell you the guy. You come after me. 447 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,000 I didn't know how right Steiner was or how much we could trust him. 448 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,000 All I knew was that the man I was following was tall and he was in a hurry. 449 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 I followed him three quarters of a block before he turned in at a motel. 450 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,000 He went to a cottage at the rear of the lot, let himself in and closed the door quickly behind him. 451 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 A minute later, Ben and the others pulled up in the car. 452 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Got him staked, Joe. Steiner says that was Max. 453 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Let's make sure. Come on. 454 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Which one is he in? 455 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 The one down at the end here. Now be careful. 456 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 You too. 457 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 All right, here we are. Wait a minute right there. 458 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,000 All right, look, there's no rear door. He's got to come out the front and keep the door clear. 459 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000 You ready? 460 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,000 All set. 461 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Cover me. 462 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Open up in there. 463 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Who is it? 464 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Police officers. Open up. 465 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 Just a minute. 466 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,000 All right, Ben, give it back to him. 467 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 No, Joe, don't shoot. We'll come out. 468 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 All right, throw your guns out first and come out with your hands behind your head and make it fast. 469 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Watch it, Ben. He's making a break. 470 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 All right, mister, that's four and a... 471 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Get out of my way. Get out of my way. 472 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Get him, Ben. 473 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 That's good, Ben. You all right? 474 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Yeah. 475 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 He didn't mean it, Cooper. He didn't mean it. 476 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 He didn't know what he was doing. 477 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Well, that must be a good excuse, lady. A lot of people use it. 478 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Come on, Ben, let's take him in. 479 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 It was ten minutes past midnight when we got back to headquarters. 480 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Both the man and the woman were booked for violation of the State Narcotics Act, a felony. 481 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 He gave his name as Max Jansen. 482 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:34,000 In his luggage, we found 13 vials of morphine, large quantities of heroin, and a small amount of panopin. 483 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,000 He gave us the names and addresses of six active members of the narcotics gang. 484 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 He identified Dr. Springer as second in command. 485 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Just a few more questions, Jansen. 486 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Yeah, all right. 487 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Why did Springer kill Trounsall? 488 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 He had it coming. 489 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Trounsall knew the score and he was blackmailing them, bleeding them white. 490 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Why didn't the gang take care of him? 491 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000 The boss said no rough stuff. 492 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,000 Things were going too good. 493 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 He warned Springer, but he wouldn't listen. 494 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 All right, Jansen, just one more question. 495 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Who's the boss? 496 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Do I get off-flight? State's witness? 497 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 It might help. We can't promise you anything. 498 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Who's the boss, Patterson? 499 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Yeah. 500 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000 138 East Beverly Drive? 501 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 That's right. 502 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 What about Norberg? How does he figure? 503 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 It's the same guy. Patterson and Norberg, both the same. 504 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 And what's his real name? 505 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Norberg. Tony Norberg. 506 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 What's his front? 507 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 He's legit or he used to be. 508 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Importing business. 509 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Where? 510 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Here. Got an office downtown. 511 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Do I get protection? 512 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Where's Norberg now? 513 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Home out in Laurel Canyon. 514 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Do I get protection? 515 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 I thought you said he lived out on East Beverly. 516 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 His apartment, his home's out in the canyon. 517 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Where? What's the address? 518 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000 Do I get protection? 519 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 You'll get protection. 520 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Wind and weigh. 860 Wind and Weigh. 521 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:55,000 All right, Fratty. Romero, take some men with you. 522 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 All right, Davis, cover the back of the house. 523 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Levine, you cover the front. Come on, Ben. 524 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,000 Yes? 525 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Mr. Norberg in? 526 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Who's calling? 527 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Police officers. 528 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Oh, come in, won't you? 529 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Thank you. 530 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Now get your hands up. Face the wall. 531 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,000 You'll never make it, lady. The house is surrounded. 532 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Tony, get the stuff. It's our only chance. 533 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 They'll cut you down, Norberg. 534 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 All right, Jeannie, give them the gun. 535 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Don't be a fool. 536 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 They're going to march out the door in front of us, right to the car. 537 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,000 I'm not going, Jeannie. Try it if you want. I'm not going. 538 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,000 All right, Tony, stay. Come on, coppers. 539 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 You'll never make it, lady. 540 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 I said move. Fast. 541 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 All right, Ben, hit the dirt. 542 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 She's going for the car. 543 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 See if you can get those tires. 544 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000 Come on. 545 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Dane? 546 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Yeah. 547 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Norberg was smart. Must be the girlfriend. 548 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Guess so. 549 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Wonder why they're starved. 550 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Why do they get on the stuff, Joe? 551 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,000 For kicks, Ben. None of them ever get hooked. 552 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000 Just for kicks. 553 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,000 The story you have just heard is true. 554 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 555 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:37,000 Tony Norberg, alias John Patterson, was tried and killed 556 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000 for possession of drugs, robbery, and conspiracy, 557 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,000 and sentenced to the maximum term prescribed by law, 558 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 each count to run consecutively. 559 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:51,000 He died three years and 11 days after his arrival at the state penitentiary. 560 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,000 You have just heard the ninth in a new series of authentic cases 561 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 transcribed from official files. 562 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:07,000 Technical advice for Dragnet is furnished by the Los Angeles Police Department. 563 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Tonight's program is dedicated to Chief Erskine Erkfish 564 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,000 of the North Sacramento Police Department, 565 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:18,000 who on the night of August 11, 1935, gave his life 566 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000 so that yours might be more secure. 567 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,000 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. 568 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,000 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.