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 --> 00:00:06,000 ["Dragnet"] 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 ["Dragnet"] 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,000 NBC brings you Dragnet. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:30,000 ["Dragnet"] 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 You're a detective sergeant. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 You're assigned a homicide detail. 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 A 22-year-old girl has disappeared. 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 A letter has been received. 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,000 It demands $30,000 for the girl's return. 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 The letter is signed, the wolf. 14 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Your job, get him. 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,000 investigated and solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case 20 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 transcribed from official police files. 21 00:01:17,000 --> 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 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,000 It was Tuesday, October 18th. It was cloudy in Los Angeles. 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 We were working the night watch out of homicide. 25 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstram, chief of detectives. 26 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,000 My name is Fryden. 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 I was on the way back from the staff's office, 28 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,000 and it was 3.26 a.m. when I got to room 42, homicide. 29 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Got those mugs, you asked for them. Here they are. 30 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Thanks, Harris. Backstrand leave yet? 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 In a minute, I'm going out with him. 32 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 What's the address out there to Sullivan Floyd? 33 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 814 Castro Boulevard. You go straight out Santa Monica, take a left at Castro. 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000 All right, ma'am. 35 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 You ready, chief? 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Yeah, ma'am. 37 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Fryden, you call Romero yet? 38 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Right now. 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Get on it. This one we don't fool with. 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Yeah. 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Hello. 42 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Sorry to wake you, Ben. This is Joe. How you feeling? 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Oh, hi, Joe. What time is it? 44 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 3.30 a.m. How do you feel? 45 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Oh, a lot better. Be back to work tomorrow. 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 You'll be ready in 20 minutes. I'll pick you up. 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 20 minutes? Okay, what's up? 48 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 You remember Martin Sullivan, vice president of the Third National Bank? 49 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Sullivan? Yeah, yeah, what about him? 50 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 He's got a 22-year-old daughter. 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Or he had one. She's gone. 52 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Look, you made good time, Joe. 53 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Where are we headed? 54 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Sullivan Home, out on Castro Boulevard. It's out there now with Harris. 55 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Any leads to work on? 56 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 No, nothing so far. 57 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 The girl disappeared a little before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 58 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 At 11 last night, he got a letter. 59 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,000 They want $30,000. 60 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Sullivan hasn't got that kind of money. 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Yeah, I know it. Poor guy's almost out of his mind. 62 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Fill me in. How did it happen? 63 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Well, the guy took the girl out of a business school. 64 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 He had her called out of class. 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Told her her father was sick. Said he was a friend of the family. 66 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Well, how about the teachers? What was their story? 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Said the girl didn't want to go with the man at first, 68 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 but he finally talked her into it. 69 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Kept telling her her father was dying. 70 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 That's about as low as it comes? 71 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Yeah. 72 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Did he use a car? 73 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Witnesses said it was a blue sedan. 74 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 They didn't get the license number or the make. 75 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Did they remember what the guy looked like? 76 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 About 5'9", 160, brown suit, dark hair. 77 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Hmm. Nothing else? 78 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 No. Here's a copy of the letter. 79 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 The usual. Read it. 80 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Yeah. Yeah. 81 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I have your daughter Judy. 82 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Get, uh, what's that? 83 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 $30,000. 84 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 $30,000 quick if you want her back alive. 85 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Don't call police or I'll kill her. 86 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Contact you later. 87 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Signed, uh, what was it? 88 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 The wolf. 89 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Oh, wolf. 90 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 I can think of a better name. 91 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Come on. Here we are. 92 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Got the original note, Joe. 93 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Lee Jones down at the crime ivy 94 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 checking it for prints and handwriting. 95 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Well, if he was... Oh, hi, David. 96 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Right on the house, boys. Just waiting for you. 97 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Thanks, Dave. 98 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Hi, Joe. Ben. 99 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 In the living room. 100 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Thank you. 101 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 That's the way I see it, Mr. Sullivan. 102 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Now, you understand exactly what you have to do? 103 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Yes, sir. I'll do as you say. 104 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 All right. Here are the two men who will help you. 105 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Sergeant Friday and Sergeant Romero, homicide. 106 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Yes, sir. How do you do? 107 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Mr. Backstrand, I... Are you sure about all this? 108 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 He might get frightened. 109 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 He might do something to Judy. 110 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Believe me, Mr. Sullivan. It's the only way. 111 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 I know how you must feel, but we can't do anything else. 112 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,000 All right. I want to see Mr. Sullivan first. 113 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 I'll be ready in a moment. 114 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Any developments? 115 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Yeah. Come on back in the dining room. 116 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,000 There it is on the table. Second note from the guy. 117 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Tell it, man. When did this come? 118 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 About half an hour ago. Guy phoned it into Western Union from a public booth. 119 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Couldn't trace it. 120 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 I see, Joe. 121 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Yeah. 122 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Be at a lesion park, five o'clock this morning, near Balkan Drive. 123 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Come alone. Bring 30,000. We'll return, girl. 124 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Don't tell cops. Kill her if you do. You will. 125 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 4 AM now, skipper. Not much time. 126 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 I know it. We'll have to do as he says. No other way. 127 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Then Sullivan's going out there alone? 128 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 You're going with him. You and Romero. 129 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 You'll be hidden out in the trunk of the car. 130 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Any plan? 131 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Get in. That's all. 132 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Ben and I went out the back door and into the Sullivan garage. 133 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,000 We jammed ourselves into the trunk compartment and Harris closed the door on us. 134 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 The latch was fixed so that the door could be pushed open from the inside. 135 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000 A few minutes later, Mr. Sullivan came out, got in the car and we drove off. 136 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,000 At three minutes to five, we pulled up at the meeting place in the lesion park. 137 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,000 We waited. Nothing happened. 138 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,000 At five minutes past five, it started to thunder. 139 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000 That's all we need now. Thunderstorm. 140 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Stuff in here. There's trunk in it. 141 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Oh, yeah. 142 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Ben, listen. 143 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Someone in there? 144 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Must be. 145 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I wonder if he's seen anything. 146 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Sounds like he's pacing up and down alongside the car, doesn't it? 147 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Yeah, listen. 148 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Can't hear anything else. 149 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Can you? 150 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 No. We better stay undercover. 151 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Yeah. 152 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 It rains dark, man. 153 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,000 I wonder what happened to the wool. 154 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Cold feet, maybe. 155 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Let's wait it out. 156 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Joe. Yeah. 157 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 What time you got now? 158 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Move over. 159 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Let me get my watch up. 160 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Yeah. 161 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 A little past five-thirty. 162 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Sergeant. Sergeant. 163 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Mr. Sullivan? 164 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Yes. 165 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Do you think he's coming? Please. 166 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 He's coming. 167 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 He's coming. 168 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 He's coming. 169 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Do you think he's coming? Please. 170 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 It's getting daylight. 171 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 We better wait it out, Mr. Sullivan. 172 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Now, look, don't come back here again. 173 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 If he's watching, you might tip him off. 174 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Oh, all right. 175 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 All right. 176 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Poor guy. 177 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 I hear him. 178 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I hear him. 179 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Coming up the road toward us. 180 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 He's stopping. 181 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Yeah. 182 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 He's coming over to our car. You ready? 183 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Right. 184 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Talk to him. 185 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000 They're coming back here. Now watch it. 186 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Brandy. Romero. 187 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 That's you, Ed? 188 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Yeah. The meeting's off. 189 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Come on out. 190 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 All right. 191 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Got a cramp in my leg. 192 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 I'm cramped all over. 193 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Mr. Sullivan, drive back home. 194 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 We'll contact you there. 195 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 All right. All right, Chief. 196 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Ben, Joe, come on over to the car. 197 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 What's the story, Ed? 198 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Guy had no intention of following through with this meeting tonight. 199 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Well, how come? 200 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 He told us. 201 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Phoned at 5 o'clock. 202 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Tried to trace the call. 203 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 He wouldn't stay on the line long enough. 204 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 What did he have to say? 205 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 He wanted more money. 206 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Bragged about how smart he was. 207 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 How we'd never get him. 208 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Well, he knows Sullivan's called in the police. 209 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Sure. Said he didn't care. 210 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,000 We'd never get him anyway. 211 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Yeah, pretty cocky. 212 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Pretty smart. 213 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Take my word for it. He's no dummy. 214 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 Control 1 to 80K. 215 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Control 1 to 80K. 216 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 I'll get it. 217 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 80K to Control 1. 218 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 8-OK to Control 1. 219 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Go ahead. 220 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 80K, go to your office. 221 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Code 3. 222 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Go to your office. 223 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Code 3. 224 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 GM, Adrian, signal. 225 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 All right, Romero. 226 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Let's roll. 227 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 More than 12 hours had passed 228 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 since the word of Judy Sullivan's disappearance 229 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 had been phoned in a homicide. 230 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,000 During that time, an all-points bulletin 231 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 containing the descriptions of the suspect, his car, and the girl 232 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 had been sent out on the teletype to law enforcement agencies 233 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 throughout the area. 234 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 The same descriptions were broadcast over the police radio every hour. 235 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,000 The Sullivan home had been placed under strict surveillance, 236 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 and Mr. Sullivan instructed not to contact the suspect 237 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 without knowledge of the police. 238 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 He'd raised almost $10,000 in cash to buy him off. 239 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 The serial number on each one of the bills 240 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 had been copied by a police stenographer 241 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 and then rechecked by a homicide officer. 242 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 So far, the wolf, as he called himself, 243 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 had made three separate contacts, 244 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 and he'd covered his tracks well. 245 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 We knew that he was somewhere in the city, 246 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 500 square miles of it, 247 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 and we knew we had to find him fast. 248 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 It was 18 minutes past 6 when we got back to homicide. 249 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Hi, Chief. 250 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Fellas. 251 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 You got something for us, Mike? 252 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Here, there's a letter, special delivery. 253 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Came in about 25 minutes ago. 254 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Can I see that, Mike? 255 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Stay away from Sullivan. 256 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 If the kid's found dead, it's your fault. 257 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Stay away, the wolf. 258 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 All right, Mike. 259 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Get it over to the crime lab 260 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 and have Lee check it for prints. 261 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Right, Chief. 262 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Will he find any prints on the second note, Mike? 263 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Two. 264 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Run them through R&I now. 265 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Franny, Romero, get down there and see if they got a make. 266 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Right, Ed. Let's go, Ben. 267 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Who's watching the Sullivan house beside Harry? 268 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Carpenter and Davis. 269 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Max Benz afraid the girl's father 270 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 will try to make a deal with the guy. 271 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Has he tried it yet? 272 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 No, he hasn't yet. 273 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 He couldn't blame him if he did. 274 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 I'm worried sick. 275 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Oh, yeah. 276 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Here we are. 277 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Hi, fellas. 278 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Just coming down to see you. 279 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Got something there? 280 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Those two prints Lee Jones lifted off that letter 281 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 got a make on them from the single print file. 282 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Good, Larry. Let's see, huh? 283 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 There it is. 284 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Pulled the whole package on them. 285 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Donald Alfred Kiefer. 286 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Looks like a real bad one, doesn't he? 287 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Donald Alfred Kiefer, male, Caucasian, age 29, 288 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:23,000 5 feet 8 inches, 170 pounds, brown eyes, dark brown hair. 289 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 He had one previous arrest for forgery in Los Angeles 290 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 10 months before. 291 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Kiefer's occupation at the time of his arrest 292 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 was listed as bank clerk at the Third National Bank. 293 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Ben went back into the files and pulled the crime report. 294 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Then we called Ed Backstram. 295 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 There's the answer, Skipper. 296 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 At the time Kiefer pulled that forgery job at the bank, 297 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Mr. Sullivan was one of the vice presidents. 298 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Go on. 299 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Sullivan was the one who preferred charges against Kiefer 300 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 and saw that he was prosecuted. 301 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Where's this Kiefer now? 302 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Let me see. 303 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,000 His place on probation and on May 16th this year 304 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,000 he returned to his home in Omaha, Nebraska. 305 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 That's 1380 Mackinac Avenue. 306 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 All right, Romero. 307 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Get Omaha on the phone and have them check out Kiefer. 308 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Right, Skipper. 309 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Friday, take Kiefer's package 310 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 and this note down to Don Myers. 311 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Have him check the handwriting. 312 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,000 And get over to the crime lab and see what Jones lifted off that last letter we got. 313 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 All right, Ed. 314 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 The faster we work, the faster we'll put this guy behind bars. 315 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Now move. 316 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 How's the writing compared, Don? 317 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 What'd you find? 318 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 It looks good. 319 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 See here? 320 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Slants as crosses, double loops as Ls, open A's, 321 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 pressure on the downstroke. 322 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Donald Kiefer, a wolf, same handwriting. 323 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Lifted three prints off this last note, Joe. 324 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Brought them out with the iodine fume gun. 325 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,000 They match with the first. 326 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Thanks, Lee. 327 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Did you find anything else? 328 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,000 I don't know if it'll help you much. 329 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,000 We examined the paper for watermarks and texture. 330 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Both notes are written on the same kind of paper. 331 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Impressions show both pieces of paper from the same tablet. 332 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Check the density of the carbon and the pencil you use. 333 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Both specimens match. 334 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Same pencil. 335 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 By mid-afternoon, Donald Kiefer's description had been broadcast throughout the area. 336 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Bulletons were dispatched to all departments, and an APB was teletyped for the entire state. 337 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Men were stationed at every post office in the city to watch for notes that might come through the mail. 338 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:23,000 The bus depots, railroad terminals, the airports, and all the main roads leading out of the city were under strict surveillance. 339 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:29,000 The entire Los Angeles area was broken down into single square mile districts, and a house-to-house canvas was started. 340 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,000 A squad of men were assigned to cover each square mile. 341 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Outlying towns and cities were requested to do the same. 342 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:40,000 By five o'clock that afternoon, the greatest dragnet operation in the history of the city was underway. 343 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 We were sure Donald Kiefer was somewhere inside. 344 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 At 12 minutes past five, Ben got the call back from the Omaha police. 345 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Yeah, yeah, I got it. 346 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 6X-Ray 419. 347 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Nebraska place, right. 348 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Well, thank you a lot. Here, bye. 349 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 They had a make on the car. 350 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Lots more. The Omaha cops are looking for Kiefer, too. 351 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Wanted him for a robbery there two months ago. 352 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Yeah. 353 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 That robbery used a stolen 1939 blue sedan. 354 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Nebraska license plate. 6X-Ray 419. 355 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 How about his family and his friends back there? They all been checked? 356 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Yeah. 357 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Well, get that car description and communications, huh? 358 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 APB, teletype and broadcast. I'll tell him. 359 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Yeah, right, Joe. 360 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Right in, Romero. 361 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Yeah. 362 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,000 What are you tied up with? 363 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Well, just got a call from Omaha. Make on Kiefer in the car. 364 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Give it to me. You two get out to the Sullivan house as fast as you can. 365 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,000 T. Harris. 366 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,000 What's happened, Kevin? 367 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Martin Sullivan's disappeared. 368 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 All right, Harris, how did it happen? 369 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 About three this afternoon, Mr. Sullivan got a phone call. 370 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Said he had to go down to the bank and went with him. 371 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 He had me wait in the reception room and he went in his office. 372 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 After waiting ten minutes, I got suspicious and went in. 373 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 He was gone. That's it. 374 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Did he get any more money? 375 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 This morning. 376 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 $5,000. 377 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Did you get the serial numbers off the bills? 378 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Yeah. 379 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Shouldn't have let him get out of my sight. 380 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Forget it. Right now we've got to find out where he's gone to meet Kiefer. 381 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Did you talk to Mrs. Sullivan about it, Harris? 382 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 She says she doesn't know anything about it. 383 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Let's try her again. Come on, let's go inside. 384 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Hi, fellas. 385 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Hi. 386 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Where's Mrs. Sullivan, Dave? 387 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Back in the city room, lying down. 388 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Doctor's with her. 389 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Come on. 390 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 What time you got, Ben? 391 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 6.35. 392 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 I'll get it. 393 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Hello? 394 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Hello? 395 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Where are you? 396 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Where are you now? 397 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Where are you now? 398 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 We'll be right out. 399 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 That was Martin Sullivan. 400 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 He met with Kiefer. 401 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Up in World Canyon. 402 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Did he get his daughter back? 403 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Yeah. 404 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Wrapped in newspapers. 405 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,000 All cars in the area were notified that a contact had been made with Kiefer. 406 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 We got in the car and drove out to Laurel Canyon. 407 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 The entire area had been blocked off. 408 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:55,000 We found Martin Sullivan standing in the middle of the road at the end of East Winding Way. 409 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,000 500 feet down the hill was a private residence where Sullivan had telephoned us. 410 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 It was the only building in the immediate vicinity. 411 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,000 A few yards beyond the point where East Winding Way ended. 412 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Back in a clump of tall grass we found the body of Martin Sullivan's daughter. 413 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 We notified the crime lab. 414 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 She was backstranded in the corner. 415 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Despite a severe state of emotional shock, Martin Sullivan tried to tell us the story. 416 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 He said Judy was all right. 417 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 I believed him. 418 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 I wanted her back. 419 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Judy. 420 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 I tricked the officer. 421 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 I tricked the officer. 422 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 I tricked the officer. 423 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:41,000 The one watching me said come along, no police. 424 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Did you see his car, Mr. Sullivan? 425 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 I wanted her back. 426 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 I wanted Judy back. 427 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 I did as he said. 428 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,000 I drove here at six o'clock and I waited. 429 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,000 I put the money on the front seat, like he said. 430 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Did he get the money, Mr. Sullivan? 431 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 And I... 432 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,000 I got out, left parking lights on. 433 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,000 I stood up there by the end of the road, waiting. 434 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Mr. Sullivan. 435 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,000 And he drove up. 436 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 He took the money. 437 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,000 And then he came up to me. 438 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 He had a gun. 439 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:35,000 I wanted Judy back. 440 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 He had a gun. 441 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Did you see his car? 442 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:45,000 He said she was up there, beyond the road. 443 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Tied to a tree. 444 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 I brought her back. 445 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Mr. Sullivan, did you see his car? 446 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:57,000 I went to look for Judy. 447 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 He drove away. 448 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 She wasn't there. 449 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 By the tree. 450 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Couldn't find her. 451 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 On the way back. 452 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I saw her bundle on the way back. 453 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 I saw her bundle. 454 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Let me find her. 455 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 She killed her. 456 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Let me find her. 457 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Before he went into a state of complete collapse, 458 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 we showed Martin Sullivan a picture of Donald Alfred Keifert. 459 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 He definitely identified him. 460 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 The information was immediately relayed back to Central Division, 461 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 rebroadcast to the entire police radio system. 462 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 A teletype was dispatched to sheriff's offices, 463 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 and communications were sent to police stations throughout the country. 464 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 The house-to-house search throughout the entire city intensified. 465 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,000 The dragnet in which we hoped to trap Donald Keifert was drawing slowly inward. 466 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 It was 12 midnight. 467 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Ex-tree, Sullivan-Garland murder, ex-tree, read all about it, 468 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Finness and Jones, thanks for killing us. 469 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Brian, did the papers get a list of the numbers on that ransom money? 470 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Yeah, got them in the final night edition. 471 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Two and a half pages of serial numbers gave it a big spread. 472 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Look at these pictures of Keifert here, all over the front page. 473 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 The more the better, Romero. 474 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 I hope this town never forgets that face. 475 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Good reminder. 476 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 We don't make deals with killers. 477 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Hi, fellas. 478 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Come on over. 479 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Find anything here, Lee? 480 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Just checking over these towels here. 481 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Found them wrapped around the girl's body inside the papers. 482 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Funny thing about those papers. 483 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,000 What's that, Lee? 484 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 They're all yesterdays. 485 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Every story about the girl's disappearance has been clipped out. 486 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Maybe the guy's making up a scrapbook. 487 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 How about the towels, Jones? Any laundry marks? 488 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Not a one so far, Ed. 489 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Every one of them was clipped off. 490 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Pretty smart. 491 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 The morgue post the body in? 492 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 They're doing it now. 493 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 Nasty one. 494 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Yeah. 495 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,000 You got any footprints or time marks out where they found the body? 496 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Lots of them, all cast. 497 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Bossy and Taylor are checking them. 498 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 One sink. 499 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 When is it, Jones? 500 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,000 I don't know. 501 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 On the scene here. 502 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 This towel. 503 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Wait a minute, Joe. 504 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 That pair of snippers there. 505 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Yeah, there you are. 506 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Thanks. 507 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Just back under the scene. 508 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 There. 509 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 That's one tag he missed. 510 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Any markings, Lee? 511 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Yeah. 512 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Greenway Apartments, Los Angeles. 513 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 One look at the apartment was enough. 514 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,000 In an adjoining garage, we found the car which Kiefer had used. 515 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 A blue sedan. 516 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Nebraska license plate, 6X-Ray, 419. 517 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,000 When we got back to the office, Chief Backstrand immediately issued the cancellation of the 518 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 ward order for the blue sedan. 519 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Then he ordered a detail amend to stake out the car and the event keeper decided to come 520 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 back for it. 521 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Here's the coroner's report, Joe. 522 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Oh, let's see it. 523 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Cause of death, strangulation. 524 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Time of death, Monday, October 18th approximately. 525 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 2 p.m. 526 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 One hour after he grabbed her? 527 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000 That can't be right. 528 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Skip in his office? 529 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 No, he's out for a minute. 530 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Hey, Joe, Ben, take the call of 2503, will you? 531 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Thanks, Mike. 532 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Would you give me the call on 2503, please? 533 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Thanks. 534 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Hello? 535 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Yeah. 536 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Yeah, when? 537 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 We'll be right over. 538 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Some of the ransom money, Ben, just showed up. 539 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Beverly and Highland. 540 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:40,000 The man's name was Ralph Donahue. 541 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 He operated a used car lot on the corner of Beverly and Highland. 542 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,000 He told us that early that morning he sold a dark blue late model coupe to a man who 543 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 gave his name as Fred Sims. 544 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 The man paid for the car in cash. 545 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Donahue told us that he checked the serial numbers on the bills after the man had driven 546 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 away. 547 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Serial numbers check out, Joe, every one of them. 548 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,000 If I only thought to look, Officer, and you know, I generally do, I'm the suspicious kind 549 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 anyway, but, oh, this morning I must have been asleep. 550 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 You got the full description on the car, Ben? 551 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Yeah, Joe. 552 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 All right, let's get it on the air right away. 553 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 I saw his mug in the paper while I was waiting for you. 554 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Too late. 555 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 Sorry. 556 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Yeah, thanks. 557 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 At ten minutes past three that afternoon, another piece of the ransom money turned up 558 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 at a busy downtown department store. 559 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 The clerk was unable to remember who gave her the bill. 560 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 The detail throughout the general downtown area was strengthened. 561 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,000 The house-to-house search of the entire city for Judy Sullivan's murderer went on. 562 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,000 The afternoon dragged into the early evening. 563 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000 At twenty minutes to seven, Ben and I had a hamburger and a cup of coffee in the drug 564 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 store at East Broadway and Third. 565 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,000 And then we got back in the car, checked with communications, and started cruising the neighborhood 566 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 again. 567 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,000 At nine minutes to eight, a man answering the description of Donald Keefer was seen crossing 568 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Sunset Boulevard just below Highland. 569 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,000 Seven minutes later, the same man was reported near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard 570 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 and Las Palmas. 571 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Communications relayed the information. 572 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:07,000 At twenty-one minutes past eight, our car, 80K, along with a dozen others, were concentrated 573 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,000 in the Hollywood Boulevard area from Gower Street to La Brea, Franklin Avenue to Santa 574 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Monica Boulevard. 575 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 At twenty-four minutes past eight, another piece of the ransom money was passed at a 576 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,000 cigar store on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Hawthorne Street. 577 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 The number of men and radio cars in the area was redoubled. 578 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Plane close officers were stationed at every intersection to keep an eye on pedestrian 579 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 traffic. 580 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,000 At eighteen minutes to nine, the dark blue coupe which Keefer had bought that morning 581 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 was spotted parked in an alley just below Hollywood Boulevard and Cohinga. 582 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 We called Ed Backstrand. 583 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 City Hall. 584 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Two five oh three. 585 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Two five oh three. 586 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Chief of Detectives Office, Aaron. 587 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 This is Friday, Mike. 588 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Chief there? 589 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Yeah, wait a minute. 590 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Just going out the door. 591 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 That is for you. 592 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Backstrand. 593 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Friday, Ed. 594 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Just spotted Keefer's car, the one he bought this morning, parked in an alley off Cohinga. 595 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Harris and I are on our way up there now. 596 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 We'll take care of the car. 597 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 You take care of this call. 598 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Just came in. 599 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 What do you got? 600 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 The theater on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Fairview. 601 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,000 The girl in the box office just took in a ten dollar ransom bill. 602 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Yeah. 603 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 She got a good look at the man who passed the bill. 604 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 She says it's Keefer. 605 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 All right, Ben, come on. 606 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Yeah. 607 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 You got the list of zero numbers? 608 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Right here. 609 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Let's check it out. 610 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Yes, sir, how many, please? 611 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Police officers, Sergeant Romero, Sergeant Friday. 612 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Oh, yes, sir. 613 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Mr. Rabin, the police are here. 614 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Would you step around to the side door, Sergeant? 615 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Yes, ma'am. 616 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Margie, relieve Francis for a minute. 617 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Francis, come in. 618 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000 Bring that ten dollar bill with you. 619 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Sharp girl, Officer, that Francis. 620 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Sharp. 621 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Here it is, Mr. Rabin. 622 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000 All right, Sergeant, there you are. 623 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Ten dollar bill and the list of serial numbers. 624 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 Check out all right, Ben. 625 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 That's it, Jill. 626 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Good work, man. 627 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000 The report of the man came in about a half hour ago. 628 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,000 You're sure it was Keefer? 629 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Yes, sir. 630 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I have his picture in the box office just behind the change machine. 631 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 I recognized him right away. 632 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 And as far as you know, he hasn't left the theater. 633 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 That's right, sir. 634 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 All right, Mr. Rabin, I'm sorry. 635 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,000 I'm afraid we'll have to interrupt the show. 636 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Anything you say, Sergeant. 637 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Anything. 638 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Ben, you keep an eye on the front exit. 639 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 I'll call you back. 640 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 All right. 641 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,000 80K to Control 4, 8-OK to Control 4. 642 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 80K, go ahead. 643 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Control 4, clear all frequencies. 644 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:20,000 The Sullivan murder suspect, Donald Keefer, has been located in the theater on the southeast 645 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Fairview. 646 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Have all units surround the area. 647 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,000 80K, Roger. 648 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Attention all units. 649 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Attention. 650 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Assist 80K to theater on the southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Fairview. 651 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:41,000 The Sullivan murder suspect has been located in the theater. 652 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Go ahead, 80K. 653 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Control 4, have all units converge in the general area, Hollywood Boulevard and Fairview. 654 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Unit 62R to block off the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and North Cherokee. 655 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Stop all pedestrian and vehicular traffic. 656 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Unit 61A to block the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Hudson Street. 657 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 Stop all pedestrian and vehicular traffic. 658 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,040 Unit 71 and 72 are to block the alley behind the theater. 659 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,400 Unit 66 and 67 are to assist at main entrance to the theater. 660 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,880 Within a few minutes the one-half mile area around the theater was completely blockaded. 661 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,960 Every exit and entrance to the theater was covered. At 923 we met Harris and Ed 662 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,120 Backstrand in the theater manager's office. Backstrand outlined our plan of operation. 663 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:21,280 At 928 a detail of 14 men walked down the side aisles on the main floor of the theater and took 664 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,960 up their posts on either side of the orchestra pit. The picture was stopped and every light in 665 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,680 the theater was turned on. Ed Backstrand, Harris, Ben and I went down the aisle and up onto the stage. 666 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:30,960 Backstrand made the announcement. 667 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,560 Ladies and gentlemen, we're sorry to interrupt the picture but this is important. 668 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:40,160 We're police officers. We've traced the murderer of Judy Sullivan to this theater. 669 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:44,800 He is in this theater now. Now we're going to search the theater row by row and we'd like to 670 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:51,040 ask your cooperation. There's no need to be panicky or afraid. Those who wish to leave now may do so. 671 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,800 Lead by the main entrance. Each one of you will be checked as you go out the door. 672 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,520 And for the benefit of the man we're looking for, don't try to escape. 673 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:05,840 Every exit is covered and the entire area is blockaded. Don't place any more lives in jeopardy. 674 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:09,440 Come on, Ben. 675 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,800 Backstage Joe, we can make it from there. All right, let's go. 676 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,880 Come on, hustle it, Ben. Yeah, the next building. You'll probably try to jump for it. 677 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,720 All right, watch it. I think this door leads out to the rope. 678 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:26,880 There he goes. All right, keeper, hold it. 679 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,720 Don't shoot. Don't shoot. I give up. 680 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,560 Throw your gun down. Over here. 681 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:32,400 Don't shoot. Don't. 682 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,040 Let's get him. All right, coppers. I got it figured. They won't top me for this. 683 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:38,880 Didn't know what I was doing. Put the cuffs on him, Ben. 684 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,160 Get away from me, you crump. 685 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:52,560 You shouldn't have hit him, keeper. All right, Ben, try the cuffs now. 686 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,480 Yeah. Come on, let's get him in out of the rain. 687 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,720 What's the hurry? Why spoil a good rain? 688 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:15,040 The story you have just heard is cruel. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 689 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:20,720 Donald Alfred Keefer was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 690 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,080 He was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the state penitentiary. 691 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:29,360 You have just heard the 15th in a new series of authentic cases transcribed from official files. 692 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:33,280 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Acting Chief of Police, 693 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,400 W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 694 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:44,320 Tonight's program is dedicated to Deputy United States Marshal John B. Glenn of Boise, Idaho, 695 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:54,400 who on the morning of July 31, 1940, gave his life so that yours might be more secure. 696 00:28:54,400 --> 00:29:18,480 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. Theater Guild on the air returns tomorrow night on NBC.