WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.300 Here is another in NBC's great parade of new shows. 00:04.300 --> 00:06.300 ["Dragnet Theme"] 00:11.600 --> 00:16.300 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:16.300 --> 00:20.300 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:20.300 --> 00:23.300 NBC brings you Dragnet. 00:23.300 --> 00:30.300 ["Dragnet Theme"] 00:33.000 --> 00:35.000 You're a detective sergeant. 00:35.000 --> 00:37.600 You're assigned to burglary detail. 00:37.600 --> 00:40.800 A sudden wave of jewel thefts is sweeping the city. 00:40.800 --> 00:46.000 In 16 days, 16 burglaries have been committed, one each night. 00:46.000 --> 00:47.900 They bear the same trademark. 00:47.900 --> 00:50.300 Thousands of dollars of jewels are missing. 00:50.300 --> 00:52.800 The thief is a master at his trade. 00:52.800 --> 00:54.300 Your job. 00:54.300 --> 00:55.300 Get him. 00:55.300 --> 00:57.300 ["Dragnet Theme"] 00:57.300 --> 01:00.500 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, 01:00.500 --> 01:04.300 investigated and solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch 01:04.300 --> 01:08.500 on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 01:08.500 --> 01:12.500 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 01:12.500 --> 01:16.100 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case 01:16.100 --> 01:18.800 transcribed from official police files. 01:18.800 --> 01:22.100 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 01:22.100 --> 01:24.800 Dragnet is the story of your police force. 01:24.800 --> 01:25.800 In action. 01:25.800 --> 01:31.100 ["Dragnet Theme"] 01:31.100 --> 01:33.100 It was Tuesday, June 17th. 01:33.100 --> 01:34.800 It was warm in Los Angeles. 01:34.800 --> 01:37.300 We were working the day watch out of burglary. 01:37.300 --> 01:38.700 My partner's Ben Romero. 01:38.700 --> 01:41.300 The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 01:41.300 --> 01:42.600 My name's Friday. 01:42.600 --> 01:45.600 I was on the way in to work that morning, and it was 7.53 a.m. 01:45.600 --> 01:47.700 when I got to room 45. 01:47.700 --> 01:49.800 Burglary detail. 01:49.800 --> 01:50.500 Hi, Joel. 01:50.500 --> 01:51.700 How are you, Walker? 01:51.700 --> 01:53.000 Gonna be a scorcher out today. 01:53.000 --> 01:54.500 Yeah, just like yesterday. 01:54.500 --> 01:55.300 Ben in yet? 01:55.300 --> 01:57.600 I think he's over in communications picking up the mail. 01:57.600 --> 01:58.900 Oh, thanks. 01:58.900 --> 02:00.200 You guys been busy? 02:00.200 --> 02:01.400 Eh, kinda. 02:01.400 --> 02:02.200 Jewel thefts. 02:02.200 --> 02:02.900 Anything big? 02:02.900 --> 02:04.900 No, no big hauls, but he's consistent. 02:04.900 --> 02:06.100 16 nights in a row. 02:06.100 --> 02:07.400 Hm, same guy? 02:07.400 --> 02:08.700 Think so. Same M.O. 02:08.700 --> 02:10.800 Eh, everybody's got troubles. 02:10.800 --> 02:12.800 Gotta check some records. See you later, Joel. 02:12.800 --> 02:15.400 Okay, Willie. 02:15.400 --> 02:18.500 ["Dragnet Theme"] 02:18.500 --> 02:19.800 Burglary, Friday. 02:19.800 --> 02:20.600 Yeah. 02:20.600 --> 02:22.800 Okay, Mike, soon as Ben gets back. 02:22.800 --> 02:24.000 He's picking up the mail. 02:24.000 --> 02:25.000 Right, bye. 02:25.000 --> 02:27.700 ["Dragnet Theme"] 02:27.700 --> 02:28.300 Hi, Joel. 02:28.300 --> 02:28.800 Hi, Ben. 02:28.800 --> 02:30.000 Hannon just called. 02:30.000 --> 02:30.900 Chief wants to see us. 02:30.900 --> 02:31.900 Take a look at these first. 02:31.900 --> 02:33.000 What do you got? Overnight reports? 02:33.000 --> 02:34.300 Yeah, I have these two. 02:34.300 --> 02:35.800 Hm, yeah. 02:35.800 --> 02:37.000 Two of them. 02:37.000 --> 02:40.400 Three diamond rings, one sapphire, one necklace, jade. 02:40.400 --> 02:41.300 Big haul. 02:41.300 --> 02:42.900 Look at the other one. 02:42.900 --> 02:45.800 Ladies watch, diamond band, emerald bracelet, 02:45.800 --> 02:47.400 tourmaline brooch. 02:47.400 --> 02:48.700 What's tourmaline, Ben? 02:48.700 --> 02:50.700 I don't know. Must be valuable. It's gone. 02:50.700 --> 02:51.600 Uh-huh. 02:51.600 --> 02:53.500 Let's see. Owner left house about 9 p.m., 02:53.500 --> 02:55.100 returned about 1.30 a.m., 02:55.100 --> 02:57.600 found property gone, scratches on the door. 02:57.600 --> 02:59.400 Probably using the cellophane method. 02:59.400 --> 03:00.800 Hasn't missed yet. 03:00.800 --> 03:02.300 Two in one night. 03:02.300 --> 03:03.900 Now he's picking up his pace. 03:03.900 --> 03:06.900 Must have a bag full of loot somewhere, whoever it is. 03:06.900 --> 03:09.300 You get the description sheet from pawn shop detail? 03:09.300 --> 03:10.400 Yeah, I got them right here. 03:10.400 --> 03:11.300 You take half of them. 03:11.300 --> 03:12.700 Let's see what luck we got this morning. 03:12.700 --> 03:17.100 Yeah, yeah. 03:17.100 --> 03:18.200 Nothing so far. 03:18.200 --> 03:20.400 No. Me neither. 03:20.400 --> 03:22.000 Let's see. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.900 I'll get it, Joe. 03:23.900 --> 03:24.800 Burglaro Merrill. 03:24.800 --> 03:25.600 Hi, Ben. 03:25.600 --> 03:27.300 Chief still wants to talk to you boys. 03:27.300 --> 03:28.600 He's got an appointment on day 30. 03:28.600 --> 03:29.700 Wants to see you before he leaves. 03:29.700 --> 03:31.500 Okay, Mark. Just checking some buy sheets. 03:31.500 --> 03:31.900 Be right in. 03:31.900 --> 03:33.800 Better make it fast. He's in a bad mood this morning. 03:33.800 --> 03:35.900 Okay, Mark. Thank you. 03:35.900 --> 03:36.700 Back straight again? 03:36.700 --> 03:39.900 Yeah, he's in a bad mood. Come on. 03:39.900 --> 03:41.200 Wonder what's bothering him. 03:41.200 --> 03:43.500 Something's bad. He doesn't blow very often. 03:43.500 --> 03:45.400 Chief of Detective's Office, Hannan. 03:45.400 --> 03:46.600 Go ahead in, boys. He's waiting. 03:46.600 --> 03:47.400 Thank you, Mike. 03:47.400 --> 03:50.100 All right, ma'am. I'll connect you. 03:50.100 --> 03:52.000 Friday. Romero, sit down. 03:52.000 --> 03:53.600 Wait till I get the phone. 03:53.600 --> 03:55.100 Back strand. 03:55.100 --> 03:56.800 Oh, yes, Mrs. Winthrop. 03:56.800 --> 03:58.200 Yes, ma'am. 03:58.200 --> 04:00.200 We're doing all we can. 04:00.200 --> 04:03.300 Yes, ma'am. 04:03.300 --> 04:04.300 Yes, ma'am. 04:04.300 --> 04:05.900 Yes, I'll do that. 04:05.900 --> 04:07.100 Yes, ma'am. 04:07.100 --> 04:08.300 Goodbye. 04:08.300 --> 04:09.300 Got trouble, Ed? 04:09.300 --> 04:11.500 Taxpayer. Mrs. Winthrop. 04:11.500 --> 04:12.700 You two ought to remember the name. 04:12.700 --> 04:13.700 We do, Skipper. 04:13.700 --> 04:16.700 Ten days ago, somebody lifted $2,000 worth of diamonds from her bedroom 04:16.700 --> 04:18.200 while she was at the symphony. 04:18.200 --> 04:20.200 Last night, she was hit again. 04:20.200 --> 04:22.600 Diamond watch, an emerald bracelet, and some kind of a brooch. 04:22.600 --> 04:23.300 Tourmaline. 04:23.300 --> 04:25.200 I don't care what kind it was. It's gone. 04:25.200 --> 04:25.800 What's the pitch? 04:25.800 --> 04:28.300 We just read a report a couple of minutes ago, Skipper. 04:28.300 --> 04:30.400 Could be a time with those other 16 jobs. 04:30.400 --> 04:32.600 16 jobs in 16 days. 04:32.600 --> 04:34.200 You haven't got a lead on the thief yet? 04:34.200 --> 04:36.200 Nothing shows up. No prints, nothing. 04:36.200 --> 04:37.500 What about the pawn shops? 04:37.500 --> 04:39.700 Nobody's tried to soak any hot stuff as far as we know. 04:39.700 --> 04:40.800 We double-checked the detail. 04:40.800 --> 04:42.500 We got every hawk shoving town on the alert. 04:42.500 --> 04:45.100 Whoever it is, they've got to try to pawn the stuff sometime. 04:45.100 --> 04:47.400 Unless they're going to give diamond rings for Christmas presents. 04:47.400 --> 04:49.200 They haven't tried to pawn shops yet, Skipper. 04:49.200 --> 04:49.900 We sure they. 04:49.900 --> 04:52.400 Look, 16 burglaries in 16 days. 04:52.400 --> 04:54.500 Jewels and watches. Good ones. 04:54.500 --> 04:55.600 That's got to stop. 04:55.600 --> 04:57.100 That's got to stop soon, you understand? 04:57.100 --> 04:59.000 We'll stay right on top of it, Ed. We're doing all we can. 04:59.000 --> 05:01.600 For two weeks, I've had half a dozen women calling me every day. 05:01.600 --> 05:03.000 Society women. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.700 Some of them figured they should get extra treatment. 05:04.700 --> 05:06.400 They're only D.R. numbers to us, Skipper. 05:06.400 --> 05:07.800 They all get the same attention. 05:07.800 --> 05:09.700 Try and explain that to some of them. 05:09.700 --> 05:11.400 They think you're in on the racket. 05:11.400 --> 05:13.600 Maybe you boys would like to take these calls some morning. 05:13.600 --> 05:14.300 No thanks, Ed. 05:14.300 --> 05:16.200 All right, then. Let's get some action. 05:16.200 --> 05:20.400 Keep the pawn shop operators on their toes and get after every known fence in town. 05:20.400 --> 05:21.700 That's all. I've got an appointment. 05:21.700 --> 05:23.600 All right, Ed. Check you later. 05:25.700 --> 05:27.400 Holding a call for you, Ben. 05:27.400 --> 05:28.800 Oh, thank you. 05:28.800 --> 05:30.400 Hello. 05:30.400 --> 05:31.700 Oh, hi, Max. 05:31.700 --> 05:33.200 What? 05:33.200 --> 05:35.100 Well, hold it. Be right down. 05:35.100 --> 05:36.000 First break, Joe. 05:36.000 --> 05:36.400 What do you got? 05:36.400 --> 05:38.800 Necklace and a watch. Both of them on the stolen property list. 05:38.800 --> 05:39.300 Where? 05:39.300 --> 05:40.600 Henry's Pawn Shop. 05:40.600 --> 05:41.800 Fifth and main. 05:41.800 --> 05:50.700 Six minutes later, at 8.25 a.m., Ben and I drove up in front of Henry's Square Deal Pawn Shop. 05:50.700 --> 05:54.500 Quick cash, no red tape, watches bought and sold. 05:54.500 --> 05:57.400 The proprietor was Max Murphy, an old friend of Ben's. 05:57.400 --> 05:59.800 Well, pal, of all days, it had to happen yesterday. 05:59.800 --> 06:02.100 Took the day off and went fishing up at Big Bear. 06:02.100 --> 06:03.600 I left my nephew in charge. 06:03.600 --> 06:05.600 Harry. A real nuthead, that kid. 06:05.600 --> 06:06.600 How do you mean, Max? 06:06.600 --> 06:09.000 Joe, if I told him once, I told him a hundred and once. 06:09.000 --> 06:12.300 Whatever you do, whatever they come in with to hock, check it with the list. 06:12.300 --> 06:14.300 Check it with the stolen property list. 06:14.300 --> 06:15.300 What does he do? 06:15.300 --> 06:16.000 He forgot. 06:16.000 --> 06:16.800 He forgot. 06:16.800 --> 06:18.700 Oh, a real nuthead, that boy. 06:18.700 --> 06:19.900 How old is he, Max? 06:19.900 --> 06:22.300 Thirty-two. A real nuthead. 06:22.300 --> 06:23.900 I checked the slips from yesterday. 06:23.900 --> 06:25.900 Then I checked the stolen property list. 06:25.900 --> 06:27.700 There it is. Hot stuff. 06:27.700 --> 06:29.200 When did the stuff come in, Max? Do you know? 06:29.200 --> 06:31.300 About four o'clock yesterday afternoon. 06:31.300 --> 06:32.400 Can we look at it? 06:32.400 --> 06:33.800 Oh, sure. 06:33.800 --> 06:37.500 Back here behind the car. 06:37.500 --> 06:38.500 There it is. 06:38.500 --> 06:41.300 Did you check out the serial numbers on the watch yet, Max? 06:41.300 --> 06:43.000 When I found out, yes. 06:43.000 --> 06:44.000 They matched to a tee. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 All right, let's see. 06:46.000 --> 06:46.700 Yeah. 06:46.700 --> 06:48.900 Description on this necklace matches, too. 06:48.900 --> 06:50.500 Let's have a look at your buy book, huh, Max? 06:50.500 --> 06:53.100 Yes, sir, Joe. 06:53.100 --> 06:54.300 Here you are. 06:54.300 --> 06:55.600 There's a deal right there. 06:55.600 --> 06:56.300 Here? 06:56.300 --> 06:57.700 Yeah. That's him. 06:57.700 --> 06:59.500 That's how he gave his name. 06:59.500 --> 07:03.200 Walter Tracy. One thirty-two and a half Blackstone Court, Los Angeles. 07:03.200 --> 07:05.100 Let me check the book for the description, Max. 07:05.100 --> 07:07.100 Oh, sure. 07:07.100 --> 07:08.300 Yeah, here. 07:08.300 --> 07:10.200 Mm-hmm. 07:10.200 --> 07:11.500 Okay, Max, thanks. 07:11.500 --> 07:12.700 We'll be checking with you later. 07:12.700 --> 07:15.000 Sure, Joe. Anytime. Sorry. 07:15.000 --> 07:16.600 All right, Max. See you later. 07:16.600 --> 07:18.300 Yeah. You fellas take it easy. 07:18.300 --> 07:20.800 Right. 07:20.800 --> 07:25.500 Hmm. 07:25.500 --> 07:26.900 Want to check and see if we're clear, Joe? 07:26.900 --> 07:28.200 Yeah, I will. 07:28.200 --> 07:29.700 80K to Control One. 07:29.700 --> 07:32.500 8-OK to Control One. Are we clear? 07:32.500 --> 07:34.700 Control One to 80K. Stand by. 07:34.700 --> 07:36.900 Good lead, Joe. Got a description in here. 07:36.900 --> 07:39.800 Yeah. It's too bad Max's nephew had to slip up. 07:39.800 --> 07:43.000 Control One to 80K. Call your office immediately. 07:43.000 --> 07:46.500 Call your office immediately. KMA-367. 07:46.500 --> 07:47.400 Wonder what that's about. 07:47.400 --> 07:49.100 You don't know it, Colleen. 07:49.100 --> 07:49.900 You got some change? 07:49.900 --> 07:52.600 I'll use Max's phone. 07:58.900 --> 08:00.500 Use your phone a minute, Max. 08:00.500 --> 08:02.700 Oh, you bet. Sure. Help yourself. 08:02.700 --> 08:07.000 Thank you. 08:16.400 --> 08:17.600 City Hall? 08:17.600 --> 08:18.900 2524. 08:18.900 --> 08:22.100 2524. 08:22.100 --> 08:23.500 Burglary. Levine. 08:23.500 --> 08:25.200 This is Ben, George. You got something? 08:25.200 --> 08:28.300 Hotwin. Universal Loan Shop. 6th and Barton Place. 08:28.300 --> 08:30.900 Guy just took in a couple of rings. He checked too late. 08:30.900 --> 08:31.500 What you mean? 08:31.500 --> 08:36.300 He checked the form after the guy left. It was signed, Walter Tracy. 08:43.100 --> 08:46.400 There they are, Sergeant. Both rings. Fine quality diamonds. 08:46.400 --> 08:50.300 Don't you usually check your stolen goods list before you take in stuff like this? 08:50.300 --> 08:54.100 Usually, yes. Last night, no. I don't know what I was thinking about. 08:54.100 --> 08:55.400 Can we have a look at your buy book? 08:55.400 --> 08:58.600 Right here. 08:58.600 --> 09:07.500 There it is. Walter Tracy. 699 Olive Street. 145 pounds, 5'9", dark hair, billed, thin. 09:07.500 --> 09:09.200 We'll have to slap a hole on these rings. 09:09.200 --> 09:10.700 I know. I should have thought. 09:10.700 --> 09:13.800 Can you think of anything else that might help us to identify the man? 09:13.800 --> 09:19.500 Well, no. Had a light suit on. Nice cut. Very well dressed. 09:19.500 --> 09:22.100 Thank you. That's all for now. Here's our card. 09:22.100 --> 09:24.200 If the guy happens to drop back, give us a call, will you? 09:24.200 --> 09:25.600 Sure will, Sergeant. Say. 09:25.600 --> 09:26.100 Yeah? 09:26.100 --> 09:30.300 I've got some nice watch pens. Yours look gold. Can I interest you? 09:30.300 --> 09:36.900 No, thanks. Some other time. Come on, Ben. 09:36.900 --> 09:40.500 That afternoon and the following morning, despite our alert and our warnings, 09:40.500 --> 09:44.200 two more pawn shops called in with reports of stolen watches taken in. 09:44.200 --> 09:48.700 We checked them out. The serial numbers on the watches matched those on the stolen property list. 09:48.700 --> 09:52.700 On the pawn shop account books, the loan was listed under the name Walter Tracy. 09:52.700 --> 09:57.800 The addresses were given as number 12 St. Vincent Place and 700 East Flower. 09:57.800 --> 09:59.600 The descriptions of the man were the same. 09:59.600 --> 10:05.300 Slight build, well dressed, about 145 pounds, five feet, nine inches tall, dark wavy hair. 10:05.300 --> 10:10.500 We had the name and description distributed to every pawn shop in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. 10:10.500 --> 10:13.700 Through our informants, we checked up on every known fence in the city. 10:13.700 --> 10:17.300 For the next two nights, we received no reports of stolen jewels. 10:17.300 --> 10:20.100 That made up for the double burglary the night before. 10:20.100 --> 10:26.900 On June 19th, the box score read 18 successive nights, 18 successive jewel burglaries. 10:26.900 --> 10:31.700 At 325 in the afternoon, Ben and I sat down to check over the late incoming reports. 10:31.700 --> 10:33.800 Got anything, Joe? 10:33.800 --> 10:36.000 Not yet, no. 10:36.000 --> 10:38.900 Nothing here. Maybe the guys left town. 10:38.900 --> 10:42.300 Nope. No such luck. Take a look. 10:42.300 --> 10:45.500 That's it, number 19. He may set a record. 10:45.500 --> 10:52.900 Now he's making monkeys out of us, isn't he? Look, man's watch, lady's watch, Chinese amber necklace, diamond shirt studs, and a bracelet with two large rubies. 10:52.900 --> 10:55.800 He's getting ambitious. How's the value listing? 10:55.800 --> 11:01.400 Let me see. $1,800. One haul. I'll get it. 11:01.400 --> 11:03.600 Burglary Friday. Yell. 11:03.600 --> 11:07.500 What? Yell. Be right down. Stall him. 11:07.500 --> 11:09.700 Let's go, Ben. Where? Kaplan's down on East Second. 11:09.700 --> 11:12.200 Walter Tracy's in there now trying to hock a gold watch. 11:12.200 --> 11:23.600 Ben, cover the door. I'll go and look like I'm shopping around. 11:23.600 --> 11:25.500 Right, but watch your step. We don't know this guy. 11:25.500 --> 11:29.500 Yeah, stay close to the door, huh? 11:29.500 --> 11:32.100 I'm sorry. That's the best we can do on the watch. 11:32.100 --> 11:35.100 Look, Mac, this is gold. 21 jewels. 11:35.100 --> 11:36.900 Well, that's the best I can do. 11:36.900 --> 11:38.300 Ah, drop dead. 11:38.300 --> 11:40.200 What's the best I can do? Don't get sore. 11:40.200 --> 11:42.900 Yeah, sure. See you later. 11:42.900 --> 11:45.600 That's him, Sergeant. Walter Tracy. I stalled him as long as I could. 11:45.600 --> 11:49.400 All right. I'll check back with you later. 11:49.400 --> 11:50.700 Did you spot the guy that just came out? 11:50.700 --> 11:55.500 Yeah, went up the street. Let's follow him. Hustle it. 11:55.500 --> 11:56.800 Did you spot him, Ben? 11:56.800 --> 11:59.200 Straight ahead, about 15 yards. He's crossing the street. 11:59.200 --> 12:01.400 Yeah. Let's get up a little closer. 12:01.400 --> 12:02.900 We'll lose him, sure, if the light changes. 12:02.900 --> 12:06.500 Come on, run for it. Watch the traffic light. 12:06.500 --> 12:08.000 That was close. 12:08.000 --> 12:10.500 You might have spotted us as it's going faster. 12:10.500 --> 12:11.500 Come on, Joe, run. 12:11.500 --> 12:14.700 Yeah. Don't lose him. 12:14.700 --> 12:15.700 This crowd's not helping. 12:15.700 --> 12:18.700 Hey, hey, wait a minute. I bet you're a cop. You're chasing somebody? 12:18.700 --> 12:20.100 All right, let go of my arm, mister. Let go. 12:20.100 --> 12:23.500 Well, you don't have to get tough. Blaszy cops take the only street. 12:23.500 --> 12:24.700 I'm gonna write the mayors off. 12:24.700 --> 12:26.300 Come on, Joe. He's running for it. 12:26.300 --> 12:29.200 Yeah, I see him. Watch the signal up ahead. 12:29.200 --> 12:32.400 Hurry, Joe. 12:32.400 --> 12:33.600 Almost up to him. 12:33.600 --> 12:35.200 Into the parking lot. 12:35.200 --> 12:37.600 Hey, you! Stop! Look out, Joe. A gun! 12:37.600 --> 12:38.600 Yeah, I see him. 12:38.600 --> 12:39.600 Get away. Get away. 12:39.600 --> 12:44.100 All right, smart guy. 12:44.100 --> 12:45.900 It's a nice job. 12:45.900 --> 12:49.400 Yeah. He's too fast for an honest man. 12:49.400 --> 12:53.900 Let's take him in. 12:53.900 --> 12:55.300 When we got back to headquarters, 12:55.300 --> 12:57.400 Walter Tracy was under technical arrest. 12:57.400 --> 12:59.300 We took him directly to the interrogation room. 12:59.300 --> 13:00.900 We searched him thoroughly. 13:00.900 --> 13:04.100 We had him take everything out of his pockets and put it on the table. 13:04.100 --> 13:07.200 Then we had him take all the money he had in his wallet, count it out, 13:07.200 --> 13:08.700 and hold it in his hand. 13:08.700 --> 13:10.600 What is all this routine? 13:10.600 --> 13:12.100 That's all the money you have on you? 13:12.100 --> 13:14.200 Forty-seven dollars and seventeen cents, right? 13:14.200 --> 13:15.100 Yeah. 13:15.100 --> 13:16.600 Okay, keep it in your hand. 13:16.600 --> 13:17.800 Ben, shake him down. 13:17.800 --> 13:20.900 All right, Tracy. Take off your coat, shirt, tie, and your shoes and stuff. 13:20.900 --> 13:23.100 What kind of a pitch is this? I'm no hood. 13:23.100 --> 13:24.100 Take them off. 13:24.100 --> 13:26.000 Two big cops. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.700 You're not pinning anything on me. 13:27.700 --> 13:29.000 I don't care what you do. 13:29.000 --> 13:31.900 Sleeves, pockets, lining. 13:31.900 --> 13:33.400 Nothing in the coat, Joe. 13:33.400 --> 13:34.400 Get his shirt. 13:34.400 --> 13:37.700 They get light with the threads, huh? Cost money. 13:37.700 --> 13:38.900 How about the trousers, Ben? 13:38.900 --> 13:42.200 I'm seeing. Curves, pockets. 13:42.200 --> 13:44.600 No. Let me get the belt. 13:44.600 --> 13:46.100 Zipper on the inside of the belt? 13:46.100 --> 13:48.800 No, it's clean. Shoes are okay. 13:48.800 --> 13:51.000 All right, Tracy, let's see the soles of your feet. 13:51.000 --> 13:53.600 I hope you don't mind, uh, they're dirty. 13:53.600 --> 13:56.600 Why don't you take a shower? Let's see. 13:56.600 --> 13:58.500 All right, Joe, nothing. 13:58.500 --> 13:59.900 Put your clothes back on. 13:59.900 --> 14:01.600 Yeah, thanks. 14:01.600 --> 14:03.000 All right, Joe, what's your name? 14:03.000 --> 14:03.300 Huh? 14:03.300 --> 14:04.500 I said, what's your name? 14:04.500 --> 14:05.900 You telling jokes? 14:05.900 --> 14:07.300 Walter Tracy, you know that. 14:07.300 --> 14:09.900 Your real name. 14:09.900 --> 14:11.800 How old are you, Tracy? 14:11.800 --> 14:12.600 Twenty-seven. 14:12.600 --> 14:13.300 Where do you live? 14:13.300 --> 14:16.100 No place. Just got in town a couple of days ago. 14:16.100 --> 14:16.800 Where are you from? 14:16.800 --> 14:18.600 Salina, Kansas. 14:18.600 --> 14:20.400 Where you been sleeping the last two nights? 14:20.400 --> 14:22.600 The park. Pershing Square. 14:22.600 --> 14:25.300 Clothes don't show it. Pretty natty. 14:25.300 --> 14:26.200 I had him pressed. 14:26.200 --> 14:27.200 Where? 14:27.200 --> 14:29.400 Down by the square. 14:29.400 --> 14:31.000 I don't remember. 14:31.000 --> 14:32.600 You ever been arrested before? 14:32.600 --> 14:34.300 No. 14:34.300 --> 14:36.600 Where'd you get this gun, Tracy? The one you pulled on us? 14:36.600 --> 14:40.000 I didn't know who you were. It could have been a couple of hoods. 14:40.000 --> 14:41.900 You kind of look like it. 14:41.900 --> 14:43.400 Where'd you get the gun? 14:43.400 --> 14:46.200 I won it in a crap game coming out on the train. 14:46.200 --> 14:47.300 Where'd you get the watch? 14:47.300 --> 14:48.900 Graduation present. 14:48.900 --> 14:51.800 You want to run a make on them, Joe? A gun and a watch? 14:51.800 --> 14:56.200 Yeah, I'll call them. 14:56.200 --> 15:02.400 Go on, check. You can't prove a thing. 15:02.400 --> 15:04.000 Pawn shop records, Gilmore. 15:04.000 --> 15:06.500 Gil, this is Friday. Can you give me a make on a watch? 15:06.500 --> 15:08.300 Sure, Joe. Go ahead. 15:08.300 --> 15:11.300 Time Master, yellow gold, man's wrist watch. 15:11.300 --> 15:12.500 Okay. 15:12.500 --> 15:16.900 Case number 716F23. 15:16.900 --> 15:17.800 Right. 15:17.800 --> 15:22.200 Movement number B351708. 15:22.200 --> 15:23.000 Got it. 15:23.000 --> 15:25.900 Okay. Now give me a make on this gun, huh? 15:25.900 --> 15:27.500 32 S&W automatic. 15:27.500 --> 15:31.700 Serial number 579461. 15:31.700 --> 15:32.700 Okay. 15:32.700 --> 15:33.500 Call me back? 15:33.500 --> 15:35.000 Right. What's your station number? 15:35.000 --> 15:36.300 2572. 15:36.300 --> 15:37.100 I'll ring you, Joe. 15:37.100 --> 15:38.400 Thanks. 15:38.400 --> 15:40.600 Having fun? 15:40.600 --> 15:42.400 What'd you do with all those jewels you stole? 15:42.400 --> 15:43.500 When do I get out of here? 15:43.500 --> 15:44.700 I don't think you're going to get out. 15:44.700 --> 15:45.800 You got nothing on me. 15:45.800 --> 15:47.100 How tall are you, Tracy? 15:47.100 --> 15:48.700 Get your tape measure. 15:48.700 --> 15:49.600 Five nine. 15:49.600 --> 15:50.900 How much you weigh? 15:50.900 --> 15:52.100 140. 15:52.100 --> 15:55.900 I'm 27. My name's Walter Tracy. I come from Salina. 15:55.900 --> 15:59.000 I've been in town two days and I don't know what you guys are talking about. 15:59.000 --> 16:00.600 You sound smart. You don't act it. 16:00.600 --> 16:02.300 And you're flying blind, copper. 16:02.300 --> 16:04.100 What'd you do with those jewels you stole? 16:04.100 --> 16:05.900 I don't know what you're talking about. 16:05.900 --> 16:08.200 What color are your eyes? 16:08.200 --> 16:10.000 I don't know. I'm color blind. 16:10.000 --> 16:11.800 What color would you say your hair is? 16:11.800 --> 16:13.000 You color blind, too? 16:13.000 --> 16:14.200 You ever been arrested before? 16:14.200 --> 16:16.100 Straighten out. He asked me that. 16:16.100 --> 16:16.900 I'm asking you. 16:16.900 --> 16:17.800 No. 16:17.800 --> 16:18.900 You ever done any big time? 16:18.900 --> 16:20.100 No. 16:20.100 --> 16:21.800 All right. I don't care if you level with us or not. 16:21.800 --> 16:24.000 We're going to make you on those prowl jobs. All 19 of them. 16:24.000 --> 16:25.400 Sure, sure. 16:25.400 --> 16:26.400 You guys are smart. 16:26.400 --> 16:28.700 You got in Los Angeles two days ago, is that right? 16:28.700 --> 16:29.400 Yeah. 16:29.400 --> 16:31.500 You don't know anything about any jewel thefts. 16:31.500 --> 16:32.600 That's what I said. 16:32.600 --> 16:36.800 And how come your name and your handwriting's on the account books in four pawn shops in Los Angeles? 16:36.800 --> 16:38.700 It's not mine. You can't prove it. 16:38.700 --> 16:40.000 We can, Tracy. Come clean. 16:40.000 --> 16:42.900 What'd you do with the stuff you stole from 1250 Moraga Drive, June 5th? 16:42.900 --> 16:44.200 I didn't steal any stuff. 16:44.200 --> 16:47.600 What'd you do with the rings and watches you took from 1400 Placerville Road, June 9th? 16:47.600 --> 16:48.600 I wasn't in town. 16:48.600 --> 16:52.200 What'd you do with the diamond dresspins you stole June 13th, 123 South Van Es? 16:52.200 --> 16:53.000 Did I do that? 16:53.000 --> 16:54.500 You're not only kinky, you're a bad liar. 16:54.500 --> 16:55.500 You prove it. 16:55.500 --> 16:59.300 Order to get you a sawbuck, your prints bounced, Tracy. 16:59.300 --> 17:01.700 Our handwriting man's gonna work on those signatures of yours. 17:01.700 --> 17:03.800 You haven't got a chance. Now, come on. Where'd you hide the stuff? 17:03.800 --> 17:05.400 You can't prove a thing. 17:05.400 --> 17:07.500 Where'd you say you've been sleeping the last two nights? 17:07.500 --> 17:09.600 In the park. Pershing Square. 17:09.600 --> 17:10.800 You want a map? 17:10.800 --> 17:11.900 Clothes sure look nice. 17:11.900 --> 17:13.500 I said I had them pressed. 17:13.500 --> 17:14.700 But you can't remember where. 17:14.700 --> 17:16.300 No, I can't remember where. 17:16.300 --> 17:17.300 Is that a crime? 17:19.900 --> 17:20.800 Friday time. 17:20.800 --> 17:23.200 Joe, this is Gilmore. Here's the stuff you asked for. 17:23.200 --> 17:24.300 Let's have it, Gil. 17:24.300 --> 17:27.500 No make on the watch, no make on the gun. 17:27.500 --> 17:29.500 Okay, y'all. Thanks a lot. 17:29.500 --> 17:30.300 Yeah. 17:30.300 --> 17:31.500 You're in up your neck. 17:31.500 --> 17:32.800 You said that, didn't you? 17:32.800 --> 17:34.800 You're gonna talk, Tracy. 17:34.800 --> 17:35.800 Kinda tired. 17:35.800 --> 17:37.300 All right, we'll let you sleep on it. 17:37.300 --> 17:38.300 Come on, Ben. Let's book him. 17:38.300 --> 17:38.900 All right. 17:38.900 --> 17:40.600 Now get your jobs, coppers. 17:40.600 --> 17:42.000 Sure. Come on. 17:45.800 --> 17:49.700 We took Walter Tracy to the county jail and had him booked on suspicion of burglary. 17:49.700 --> 17:51.400 He was still sullen. 17:51.400 --> 17:54.700 We knew we had the guilty man. Now we had to prove it. 17:54.700 --> 17:58.300 As it often happens, the victims never see the burglar. They only know he's been there. 17:58.300 --> 18:01.500 They can't identify him, but they can identify their property. 18:01.500 --> 18:03.600 Our job was to find the property. 18:03.600 --> 18:06.100 When we did, we'd have Walter Tracy. 18:06.100 --> 18:08.700 And the 19 victims would have their property returned. 18:08.700 --> 18:10.400 But Tracy wasn't talking. 18:10.400 --> 18:13.000 We knew he'd never talk unless he thought it might help him. 18:13.000 --> 18:14.700 We took the problem dead back strand. 18:14.700 --> 18:17.100 Smart punks, Gifford, but he's done time before. 18:17.100 --> 18:17.800 How do you know? 18:17.800 --> 18:19.600 Tried him out last night when we brought him in. 18:19.600 --> 18:21.000 He talks like it and he acts like it. 18:21.000 --> 18:22.500 But he won't cop out. 18:22.500 --> 18:23.300 Are you sure? 18:23.300 --> 18:26.200 He won't talk in a hundred years. He knows he's got us in the spot. 18:26.200 --> 18:27.600 One thing's sure. 18:27.600 --> 18:30.700 We're not going to send him up without finding the loot first. 18:30.700 --> 18:33.400 He's planted the stuff somewhere in the city. We've got to find it. 18:33.400 --> 18:34.900 Ben and I have got an idea, Ed. 18:34.900 --> 18:36.500 It's not going to be easy, but it might work. 18:36.500 --> 18:37.200 What is it? 18:37.200 --> 18:41.100 Tracy tried to soak some of the stolen property at four separate pawn shops in the downtown area. 18:41.100 --> 18:41.800 Yeah? 18:41.800 --> 18:44.400 At each one of those four pawn shops, he gave a local address. 18:44.400 --> 18:47.100 We're sure he must have a room or an apartment someplace in town. 18:47.100 --> 18:48.100 All right. Where? 18:48.100 --> 18:50.000 That's where our guesswork comes in, Skipper. 18:50.000 --> 18:53.300 Every one of those addresses he gave falls within a certain area. 18:53.300 --> 18:54.500 How big an area? 18:54.500 --> 18:56.600 Oh, you've got that street diagram, Joe. 18:56.600 --> 18:57.600 Yeah. 18:57.600 --> 18:59.900 Here it is, Ed. 18:59.900 --> 19:03.800 From Figueroa here to San Pedro, 19:03.800 --> 19:07.800 and from Pico down to First Street. 19:07.800 --> 19:10.500 The area's about 12 blocks wide, 14 blocks long. 19:10.500 --> 19:11.400 Hmm. 19:11.400 --> 19:13.200 That's a lot of territory. 19:13.200 --> 19:14.300 How are you going to cover it? 19:14.300 --> 19:16.200 On foot. We'll take Tracy with us. 19:16.200 --> 19:17.500 Plenty of legwork. 19:17.500 --> 19:18.400 You sure it's the answer? 19:18.400 --> 19:21.200 We've got to find the stuff, and it's the only way we can figure it. 19:21.200 --> 19:23.900 Hotels, apartments, rooming houses. 19:23.900 --> 19:27.000 There must be hundreds of places he could stay in that territory. 19:27.000 --> 19:28.000 It'll take a couple of weeks. 19:28.000 --> 19:29.600 Yeah. On foot it will. 19:29.600 --> 19:30.700 All right. 19:30.700 --> 19:32.900 It's tough, but it's your idea. 19:32.900 --> 19:34.000 Go to it. 19:34.000 --> 19:39.600 An hour after we left Chief Backstrand, 19:39.600 --> 19:43.900 we got Tracy out of his cell in the county jail and started our canvas of the appointed area. 19:43.900 --> 19:47.600 We took the usual precautions and handcuffed Tracy's wrists to our own. 19:47.600 --> 19:51.400 We started the search for his hideout at First Street and Figaroa. 19:51.400 --> 19:53.400 It was a warm day in Los Angeles. 19:53.400 --> 19:55.500 The temperature was 91. 19:55.500 --> 20:00.600 After the first three hours, I could tell Ben's feet were ready to give out, and so were mine. 20:00.600 --> 20:02.700 We couldn't even have the comfort of complaining. 20:02.700 --> 20:05.500 That had encouraged Tracy, and he was cocky enough already. 20:05.500 --> 20:09.200 He cursed and threatened every step of the way. 20:09.200 --> 20:11.400 All right. Quit pulling, will you? 20:11.400 --> 20:15.500 Come on, Tracy. Up the stairs for another one to check. 20:15.500 --> 20:16.800 Warm day, Gil. 20:16.800 --> 20:17.800 Yeah, a little. 20:17.800 --> 20:19.100 What do you mean a little? 20:19.100 --> 20:21.000 Must be 110. 20:21.000 --> 20:22.400 Yes? What is it? 20:22.400 --> 20:23.400 You're the manager? 20:23.400 --> 20:24.400 Yes. 20:24.400 --> 20:27.900 Could you tell me which apartment this man has in your house, ma'am? 20:27.900 --> 20:28.500 Who, him? 20:28.500 --> 20:30.300 Yes, ma'am. This one. 20:30.300 --> 20:32.900 Never saw him before. He don't live here. 20:32.900 --> 20:34.300 All right, ma'am. Thank you. 20:34.300 --> 20:38.500 Yeah. Hot, ain't it? 20:38.500 --> 20:40.400 When are you gonna get wise? 20:40.400 --> 20:42.600 Come on, Tracy. 20:42.600 --> 20:44.400 Well, that finishes this side of the street. 20:44.400 --> 20:46.400 You want to cross over, Gil? 20:46.400 --> 20:47.700 Yeah. Let's go. 20:47.700 --> 20:49.100 I'm hungry. I want to eat. 20:49.100 --> 20:51.000 After we cover the other side of the street. 20:51.000 --> 20:52.400 You can't do this to me. 20:52.400 --> 20:55.200 I'm gonna get a lawyer. I'll have your jobs, both of you. 20:55.200 --> 20:57.100 Yeah, come on. 20:57.100 --> 21:02.400 We only got a couple hundred places to go. 21:02.400 --> 21:07.400 Hi, Jance. What can I do for you? 21:07.400 --> 21:08.300 You're the manager? 21:08.300 --> 21:09.600 I run the place, yeah. 21:09.600 --> 21:11.500 Which room does this man have in your place? 21:11.500 --> 21:15.300 Him? You made a mistake. He doesn't live here. 21:15.300 --> 21:18.000 All right, thanks. 21:18.000 --> 21:20.300 My feet are killing me. 21:20.300 --> 21:23.900 Wait till I get a lawyer. I'll burn both of you dumb cops. 21:23.900 --> 21:26.300 What do you think you're doing anyway? 21:26.300 --> 21:29.200 All that day and the day after that and the day after that, 21:29.200 --> 21:31.500 Ben and I, with Tracy handcuffed to our wrists, 21:31.500 --> 21:34.400 canvassed the designated areas from hotel to hotel, 21:34.400 --> 21:37.600 from rooming house to rooming house, and the apartments too. 21:37.600 --> 21:41.000 Every day, our feet ached a little more, our pace slowed down, 21:41.000 --> 21:43.800 Tracy got more irritable, and the weather got hotter. 21:43.800 --> 21:47.300 The second day, it reached a high of 92, the third day, 94, 21:47.300 --> 21:49.800 the fourth day, 94. 21:49.800 --> 21:52.600 Police regulations say plain clothes officers must wear a coat 21:52.600 --> 21:55.300 and necktie on the street at all times. 21:55.300 --> 21:57.400 We wore our coats and neckties. 21:57.400 --> 21:59.700 The search continued into the fifth day. 21:59.700 --> 22:01.600 Our pace got even slower. 22:01.600 --> 22:03.800 Ben and I started to lose heart. 22:03.800 --> 22:06.800 After a while, we forgot our object was to recover the stolen jewels. 22:06.800 --> 22:08.800 All we wanted was to find Tracy's hideout. 22:08.800 --> 22:11.200 We knew we were right. We knew Tracy was our man. 22:11.200 --> 22:13.800 It was a point of pride. Whether your feet hurt or not, 22:13.800 --> 22:15.800 you don't give into a thief. 22:15.800 --> 22:21.600 Yes? What do you want? 22:21.600 --> 22:23.000 You the landlady here? 22:23.000 --> 22:23.700 I am. 22:23.700 --> 22:26.200 Which apartment does this man have in the building? 22:26.200 --> 22:29.300 Well, none of them. He's not one of my tenants. 22:29.300 --> 22:33.000 Thank you, ma'am. Come on, Tracy. 22:33.000 --> 22:36.800 By the sixth day, all three of us had special pads in our shoes. 22:36.800 --> 22:38.800 Our feet ached worse than ever. 22:38.800 --> 22:42.100 Tracy let us know about his every three minutes. 22:42.100 --> 22:43.800 By late afternoon of the sixth day, 22:43.800 --> 22:46.800 we'd covered more than half of the designated area. 22:46.800 --> 22:49.000 The temperature was 95. 22:49.000 --> 22:51.800 You guys gonna go on forever? 22:51.800 --> 22:53.800 I'm sweating like a horse. 22:53.800 --> 22:56.700 I'm getting tired of your moaning. 22:56.700 --> 22:59.400 That looks like the manager behind the desk. 22:59.400 --> 23:00.800 Yes, sir? 23:00.800 --> 23:01.800 You the manager? 23:01.800 --> 23:03.900 Yes, sir. What can I do for you? 23:03.900 --> 23:06.800 Can you tell us which room this man has in the hotel? 23:06.800 --> 23:08.900 Him? He doesn't live here. 23:08.900 --> 23:11.200 Hey, you fellas look awfully warm. 23:11.200 --> 23:12.900 Like to cool off in the lobby? 23:12.900 --> 23:14.800 We're air conditioned. 23:14.800 --> 23:18.000 No, thanks. 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 I'm hungry. When do we eat? 23:20.000 --> 23:21.500 You're always hungry. 23:21.500 --> 23:24.400 You got the biggest mouth on a cop I ever saw. 23:24.400 --> 23:27.100 All right. 23:27.100 --> 23:28.900 I'm hungry. I want to eat. 23:28.900 --> 23:30.700 Now. 23:30.700 --> 23:33.300 Wait till I give this story to the papers. 23:33.300 --> 23:35.300 Mistreating innocent guys. 23:35.300 --> 23:37.300 I'll break you. All right. 23:37.300 --> 23:39.300 Come on. Up the stairs. 23:39.300 --> 23:41.600 I'm gonna get a lawyer tonight. 23:41.600 --> 23:44.300 I'll show you. 23:44.300 --> 23:46.000 Yes? 23:46.000 --> 23:50.600 Why, Mr. Baker, where have you been? 23:50.600 --> 23:53.100 We questioned the landlady of Miss Elizabeth Hunter. 23:53.100 --> 23:55.000 She told us that Baker, alias Tracy, 23:55.000 --> 23:57.800 had rented an apartment from her about two months before. 23:57.800 --> 23:59.800 That's all the information she could give us. 23:59.800 --> 24:02.500 Tracy clammed up. He would admit nothing. 24:02.500 --> 24:05.000 We asked Miss Hunter to accompany us as a witness. 24:05.000 --> 24:08.000 We took the elevator up to Tracy's apartment on the sixth floor. 24:08.000 --> 24:12.500 Miss Hunter, Tracy, Ben, and I. 24:12.500 --> 24:15.000 Down this way. 24:15.000 --> 24:16.500 Here. 24:16.500 --> 24:17.600 Do you want me to open it? 24:17.600 --> 24:22.000 Please, Miss Hunter. 24:22.000 --> 24:23.500 What? There's a girl. 24:23.500 --> 24:25.800 Walter? What is it, Walter? 24:25.800 --> 24:28.300 I told you to get out of town if I didn't come back. 24:28.300 --> 24:31.300 I didn't want to leave. I didn't want to leave without you. 24:31.300 --> 24:32.800 I thought you slept in the park. 24:32.800 --> 24:34.200 Ah, take a jump. 24:34.200 --> 24:37.000 Where is the stuff hidden? 24:37.000 --> 24:38.500 All right, Ben, handcuff him to a chair. 24:38.500 --> 24:40.700 The girl behind him will find the stuff ourselves. 24:40.700 --> 24:43.800 All right, Tracy. 24:43.800 --> 24:44.800 All right, you next. 24:44.800 --> 24:47.300 I haven't done anything either. See, you can't prove it. 24:47.300 --> 24:49.800 Billy, shut up. 24:49.800 --> 24:51.200 That's better. 24:51.200 --> 24:53.800 No talking between you two. First, we'll separate you. 24:53.800 --> 24:55.700 All right, Ben, you take the living room here. 24:55.700 --> 24:58.000 I'll try the kitchen. Get a window open. It's hot in here. 24:58.000 --> 25:01.300 All right. 25:01.300 --> 25:03.600 Sergeant, you will be careful of the furniture. 25:03.600 --> 25:04.600 Yes, ma'am. 25:04.600 --> 25:06.400 I had no idea. 25:06.400 --> 25:08.200 You, Mr. Baker, of all people. 25:08.200 --> 25:09.700 Don't talk to him, please, ma'am. 25:09.700 --> 25:11.400 Oh, yes. 25:11.400 --> 25:12.800 Tin cop. 25:12.800 --> 25:15.400 Why don't you spell? 25:15.400 --> 25:17.400 Ben, look, it's only the beginning. 25:17.400 --> 25:19.500 He's got the stuff scattered seven ways for Sunday. 25:19.500 --> 25:20.500 We're going to need help. 25:20.500 --> 25:21.700 In the milk bottle? 25:21.700 --> 25:23.600 Yeah, two rings, three loose diamonds, 25:23.600 --> 25:24.700 and this bottle of mayonnaise. 25:24.700 --> 25:26.400 We found some kind of a broach in it. 25:26.400 --> 25:29.700 Couple of watches taped to the underside of the kitchen sink. 25:29.700 --> 25:33.200 All right, you. Convinced? 25:33.200 --> 25:37.700 Okay, Ben. Call backstrand. 25:37.700 --> 25:40.900 There was a definite possibility that Walter Baker, alias Tracy, 25:40.900 --> 25:43.700 had stored some of his stolen loot outside his apartment. 25:43.700 --> 25:47.100 We stood little chance of ever recovering it unless we got him to break. 25:47.100 --> 25:50.100 Ben called Chief Backstrand, and in ten minutes he arrived at the apartment 25:50.100 --> 25:53.400 with another man from burglary detail, George Levine. 25:53.400 --> 25:56.100 Together we went over the four-room apartment foot by foot. 25:56.100 --> 25:59.800 We found jewelry, watches, loose stones, and every conceivable place. 25:59.800 --> 26:02.500 In cartons of cottage cheese, in jars of cold cream, 26:02.500 --> 26:05.200 in the garbage can, everywhere. 26:05.200 --> 26:06.800 Who's your girlfriend? 26:06.800 --> 26:09.400 All right, I'll ask her. What's your name? 26:09.400 --> 26:10.700 I said, what is your name? 26:10.700 --> 26:14.100 Billy. Billy Crawford. He didn't do anything. He didn't. 26:14.100 --> 26:16.500 All right, Billy. Maybe you can tell us. 26:16.500 --> 26:17.900 Where's the rest of the stuff he stole? 26:17.900 --> 26:19.500 He didn't steal. He didn't steal anything. 26:19.500 --> 26:20.300 Billy, shut up. 26:20.300 --> 26:21.500 Keep quiet, you. 26:21.500 --> 26:22.400 Ed, wait a minute. 26:22.400 --> 26:23.200 What? 26:23.200 --> 26:25.300 Just a minute. I want to look over here. 26:25.300 --> 26:28.000 Papers taped to the underside of that top drawer. 26:28.000 --> 26:28.600 What is it, Franny? 26:28.600 --> 26:30.300 No, no, you can't. You can't. 26:30.300 --> 26:31.300 Look at these. 26:31.300 --> 26:33.600 All right, you found them. I'll talk. 26:33.600 --> 26:34.500 No, Walter, don't. 26:34.500 --> 26:37.200 They're all papers. He's an ex-con. 26:37.200 --> 26:38.200 Yeah, I'll cop out. 26:38.200 --> 26:39.200 Don't do it, Walter. 26:39.200 --> 26:41.700 Billy, shut up. 26:41.700 --> 26:43.200 Dumb dame. 26:43.200 --> 26:44.800 The rest of the stuff, where is it? 26:44.800 --> 26:45.800 On the roof. 26:45.800 --> 26:49.700 Inside the ventilator, the one near the front, you'll find a couple of paper bags. 26:49.700 --> 26:50.300 That's it. 26:50.300 --> 26:50.800 Levine? 26:50.800 --> 26:53.800 Got it, Chief. I'll check it. 26:53.800 --> 26:56.400 Your papers say you did time in Oregon. What for? 26:56.400 --> 26:59.400 Fell for robbery. Did five, I owe him seven. 26:59.400 --> 27:00.000 What about the girl? 27:00.000 --> 27:01.500 Walter, I'm going with you. 27:01.500 --> 27:03.100 Her? 27:03.100 --> 27:04.100 I don't know. 27:04.100 --> 27:05.000 You figure it. 27:05.000 --> 27:08.900 All right, Franny, Romero, take the girl to Lincoln Heights and book her. 27:08.900 --> 27:09.800 We'll take him. 27:09.800 --> 27:10.800 Right, Ed. Come on, Ben. 27:10.800 --> 27:12.600 No. No, Walter, I want to go with you. 27:12.600 --> 27:15.500 I'm sorry, ma'am. This way out. 27:15.500 --> 27:16.300 All right, easy, lady. 27:16.300 --> 27:18.900 No, no, wait a minute. Just a minute. Walter. 27:18.900 --> 27:23.000 You're a dumb dame, Billy. So long. 27:23.000 --> 27:25.000 Walter. 27:25.000 --> 27:27.000 All right, come on. Let's go. 27:27.000 --> 27:29.300 What's the matter? You feel all right? 27:29.300 --> 27:35.600 He lied. He said he loved me. He lied to me. 27:35.600 --> 27:38.600 Don't feel hurt, lady. He lied to everybody. 27:38.600 --> 27:53.000 The story you have just heard is true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:53.000 --> 27:58.200 Walter Baker, alias Walter Tracy, was tried and convicted on three counts of first-degree burglary 27:58.200 --> 28:01.200 and received the maximum sentence prescribed by law. 28:01.200 --> 28:04.400 He is now serving out his term in the state penitentiary. 28:04.400 --> 28:10.800 A hold has been placed on him by the state of Oregon, where he will serve out seven years for violation of parole. 28:10.800 --> 28:15.700 Billy Crawford, Baker's accomplice, was tried and convicted of receiving stolen property 28:15.700 --> 28:23.900 and is now serving time in the state penitentiary for women. 28:23.900 --> 28:29.900 You have just heard the eleventh in a new series of authentic cases transcribed from official police files. 28:29.900 --> 28:36.200 Technical advice for Dragnet is furnished by the Los Angeles Police Department. 28:36.200 --> 28:42.400 Tonight's program is dedicated to warden Clarence A. Larkin of Folsom Prison, Sacramento, 28:42.400 --> 28:51.400 who on the evening of September 24, 1937, gave his life so that yours might be more secure. 28:51.400 --> 28:59.400 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. 28:59.400 --> 29:05.400 If you enjoyed tonight's production of Dragnet, you'll want to listen this Saturday evening to a pair of adventure shows 29:05.400 --> 29:08.400 featuring two well-known Hollywood personalities. 29:08.400 --> 29:12.000 You'll enjoy Brian Donlevy, star of Dangerous Assignment. 29:12.000 --> 29:19.700 Also on Saturday's schedule is Richard Diamond, private detective, as played by the screen's romantic tough guy, Dick Powell. 29:19.700 --> 29:27.400 Listen to both of these exciting programs this Saturday over most of these same NBC stations. 29:27.400 --> 29:33.400 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company. 29:33.400 --> 29:53.400 Thank you.