1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Here's another in NBC's great parade of new shows. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:16,400 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,320 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:31,440 NBC brings you Dragnet. 5 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,440 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,240 You're assigned to Homicide Bureau. 7 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,640 A police officer has been shot, mortally wounded. 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,200 One of the suspects has been apprehended. 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,480 The other is still at large. 10 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:45,920 Your job? 11 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,920 Find him. 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,120 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:59,040 who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,600 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 15 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,680 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,120 files. 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:14,880 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 18 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,880 in action. 19 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,640 It was Thursday, November 16th. 20 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,480 It was foggy in Los Angeles. 21 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,120 We were working the day watch out of homicide. 22 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,240 My partner's Ben Romero. 23 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,480 The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 24 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,480 My name's Friday. 25 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:35,120 It was 11 58 a.m. when we got to the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, second floor, room 26 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,120 five, treatment room. 27 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,040 Oh, you made good time. 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,040 How's Vamie, sir? 29 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,520 Got him the lungs banned three times. 30 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:44,520 He's going fast. 31 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:45,520 Is his wife with him? 32 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:46,520 They're bringing him down now. 33 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:47,520 Can we talk to him? 34 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:48,520 Make it fast. 35 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:49,520 Come on, Joe. 36 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,520 This way. 37 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,520 Easy. 38 00:01:51,520 --> 00:02:00,520 John, John, it's Friday in Romero. 39 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,120 I want to talk to you a minute. 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,440 Doc, Doc, it burns. 41 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,600 My chest burning up. 42 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:09,600 Nurse? 43 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,600 Yes, doctor? 44 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:11,600 The hypodermic? 45 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,600 Yes, doctor. 46 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:13,600 Easy. 47 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,600 All right, fellas. 48 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,600 Don't take too long. 49 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,840 John, it's Joe Friday. 50 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,840 Can you tell us how it happened? 51 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,840 Joe, Joe. 52 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,840 How did it happen, boy? 53 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,840 Can you tell me? 54 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:24,840 Can't figure it, Joe. 55 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:25,840 Why'd he do it? 56 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:26,840 We got to find out. 57 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:27,840 Now, how did it happen? 58 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:28,840 I don't know. 59 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:29,840 I was directing traffic. 60 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:30,840 East Broadway, first street, Gray Coop. 61 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:31,840 Pulled up for the stop. 62 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:32,840 Gray Coop. 63 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:33,840 How many men in the car? 64 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:34,840 How many, John? 65 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:35,840 Two. 66 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:36,840 Gray Coop. 67 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:37,840 Two men. 68 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,840 Two men. 69 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:39,840 Two men. 70 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:40,840 Two men. 71 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:41,840 Two men. 72 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:42,840 Two men. 73 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:43,840 Two men. 74 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:44,840 Two men. 75 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:45,840 Gray Coop. 76 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:46,840 Pulled up for the stop. 77 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:47,840 In the pedestrian lane. 78 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:48,840 Went over. 79 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Going to ask him to back up. 80 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:50,840 Back up out of lane. 81 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:51,840 Just going to ask him. 82 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:52,840 Yeah, John, and then what? 83 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:53,840 Driver. 84 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:54,840 Dark hair. 85 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,840 Eyes. 86 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:56,840 Dark. 87 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:57,840 Went over. 88 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:58,840 Going to ask him to back up. 89 00:02:58,840 --> 00:02:59,840 Pointed a gun. 90 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:00,840 No reason. 91 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:01,840 Pointed a gun at me. 92 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:02,840 All right, easy, John. 93 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,840 Take it easy. 94 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:04,840 No reason, Joe. 95 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:05,840 No reason to fire. 96 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Hurry it up, Joe. 97 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:07,840 Yeah. 98 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:08,840 I'm going to go. 99 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:09,840 I'm going to go. 100 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:10,840 I'm going to go. 101 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:11,840 I'm going to go. 102 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:12,840 I'm going to go. 103 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:13,840 I'm going to go. 104 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:14,840 Don't push him, Joe. 105 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:15,840 Yeah. 106 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:16,840 What about the other man in the car? 107 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:17,840 Did you see him? 108 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:18,840 Can you describe him? 109 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:19,840 Joe. 110 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,460 Joe, did you get him? 111 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:22,460 Gray Coop. 112 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:23,460 Driver. 113 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:24,460 Guy with him. 114 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:25,460 We've got the driver, John. 115 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:26,460 He's upstairs. 116 00:03:26,460 --> 00:03:27,460 The other one got away. 117 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:28,460 We got to find him. 118 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:29,460 You got to help us. 119 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:30,460 My wife. 120 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:31,460 Somebody sent Fedora. 121 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:32,460 She's on her way. 122 00:03:32,460 --> 00:03:33,460 She'll be here in a minute. 123 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:34,460 Can you tell us the other man in the car? 124 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:35,460 What did he look like? 125 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:36,460 Gray Coop. 126 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:37,460 What did he look like? 127 00:03:37,460 --> 00:03:38,460 Don't press him, Joe. 128 00:03:38,460 --> 00:03:39,460 Gray Coop. 129 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:40,460 The driver. 130 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:41,460 Pointed a gun. 131 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:42,460 Dark hair. 132 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:43,460 Yeah. 133 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:46,460 I know the other man, John. We got the driver. What did the other man look like? 134 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,460 Senfer. Dora. 135 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:52,460 Come on, Ben. 136 00:03:53,460 --> 00:03:54,460 Thanks, Doc. 137 00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:55,460 Okay, Joe. 138 00:03:58,460 --> 00:03:59,460 You're going fast. 139 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:00,460 Yeah. 140 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:03,460 John got any kids? 141 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:04,460 Two. 142 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:06,460 Always pick up family, man. 143 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:10,460 This thing's got a phony ring to it, Ben. You don't just pull a gun and shoot a man. 144 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:12,460 Not if you're saying you don't. There's a stairs. 145 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:14,460 The guy we got is as sane as they come. 146 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:15,460 And how do we explain it? 147 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:18,460 All I know is that hood shot John Bemus and I want to know why. 148 00:04:18,460 --> 00:04:20,460 Might be a lead in that car he was driving. 149 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,460 Maybe. Come on, here we are. 150 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:26,460 Phone message for you, Friday. Came in a few moments ago. 151 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:28,460 Thanks, Davis. It's from R. and I. 152 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:29,460 They got a make? 153 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:30,460 Take a look. 154 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:34,460 No make or warrants on James Vickers, Gray. 155 00:04:34,460 --> 00:04:36,460 Let's talk to him. Come on. 156 00:04:36,460 --> 00:04:37,460 All right. 157 00:04:41,460 --> 00:04:42,460 Minor wound, Joe. 158 00:04:42,460 --> 00:04:45,460 Bullet penetrated the fleshy part of his hand. Didn't touch the bone. 159 00:04:45,460 --> 00:04:47,460 Thought this guy had an arm wound, too. 160 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:48,460 Just a neck, Ben. 161 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:50,460 That officer you shot Vickers? 162 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:51,460 He's dying. 163 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:52,460 Is he? 164 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,460 He's a family guy. Got a wife, two kids. 165 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:56,460 Has he? 166 00:04:56,460 --> 00:04:58,460 Why did you shoot him, Vickers? 167 00:04:58,460 --> 00:04:59,460 Ask him. 168 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:00,460 We did. 169 00:05:00,460 --> 00:05:01,460 Then you know the reason. 170 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:02,460 Said there wasn't any reason. 171 00:05:02,460 --> 00:05:03,460 That's right. 172 00:05:03,460 --> 00:05:05,460 Look, we're going to make you on this, Vickers. You know that, don't you? 173 00:05:05,460 --> 00:05:06,460 I don't know anything. 174 00:05:06,460 --> 00:05:07,460 Why'd you shoot him? 175 00:05:07,460 --> 00:05:08,460 Shut up. 176 00:05:08,460 --> 00:05:09,460 Why'd you shoot him? 177 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:10,460 Joe. 178 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:11,460 Yeah. 179 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:13,460 Davis? 180 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:14,460 Yeah? 181 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:15,460 Stay with him. Doc, get us an M.T. slip on this guy, will you? 182 00:05:15,460 --> 00:05:16,460 We'll be back in a minute. Come on, Ben. 183 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:17,460 All right, Joe. 184 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:18,460 How about a rep? 185 00:05:20,460 --> 00:05:21,460 Too big a punk. 186 00:05:21,460 --> 00:05:22,460 Easy, Joe. 187 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:25,460 Oh, easy, nothing. I've seen too many good cops like Bemis cut down by punks like that Vickers. 188 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:26,460 Getting mad won't help. 189 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:27,460 Come on, down the stairs. 190 00:05:29,460 --> 00:05:30,460 Back to see Bemis? Why? 191 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:34,460 Just for the record. I want to see if the Doc thinks it's okay for us to bring Vickers down. 192 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:37,460 I'd like to have Bemis definitely identify him as the guy who shot him. 193 00:05:37,460 --> 00:05:38,460 We've got three good witnesses. 194 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:40,460 An identification for Bemis will clench it. 195 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:43,460 I want to see Vickers get everything he's earned when he goes to court. 196 00:05:43,460 --> 00:05:44,460 Here we are. 197 00:05:44,460 --> 00:05:45,460 Yeah. 198 00:05:54,460 --> 00:05:55,460 He went fast, Joe. 199 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:56,460 Yeah. 200 00:05:56,460 --> 00:05:57,460 That his wife? 201 00:05:57,460 --> 00:05:58,460 Yeah. 202 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:00,460 Did she make it in time? 203 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:01,460 No. 204 00:06:01,460 --> 00:06:04,460 Did he say anything that'd help? 205 00:06:04,460 --> 00:06:07,460 No, it might. He said a prayer. 206 00:06:28,460 --> 00:06:29,460 City Hall. 207 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:30,460 2625. 208 00:06:30,460 --> 00:06:31,460 2625. 209 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:33,460 Auto records, Crowley. 210 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:36,460 Joe Friday, Vince. What about a make on that car used in the Bemis shooting this morning? 211 00:06:36,460 --> 00:06:38,460 Yeah, Joe. Been trying to get a hold of you. Where are you now? 212 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:40,460 Georgia Street, second floor. What about the make? 213 00:06:40,460 --> 00:06:45,460 Car was reported stolen yesterday afternoon, registered to Harold Simpers, 716 Everett Street. 214 00:06:45,460 --> 00:06:48,460 Reports said the car was taken from a parking lot at Grandin Wabash. 215 00:06:48,460 --> 00:06:49,460 Okay, Vince, thanks. 216 00:06:50,460 --> 00:06:52,460 What about the guns they found in the car? 217 00:06:52,460 --> 00:06:54,460 Lee Jones still has them over at the crime lab. He's running them through. 218 00:06:54,460 --> 00:06:55,460 No word yet? 219 00:06:55,460 --> 00:06:56,460 No. 220 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:59,460 You make up the impound report on the car, Joe? 221 00:06:59,460 --> 00:07:01,460 Yeah, recovery report, too. They're still testing for prints. 222 00:07:01,460 --> 00:07:03,460 MT slip ready, Doc? 223 00:07:03,460 --> 00:07:06,460 Yeah, right here, Ben. Medical card, history, MT slip. 224 00:07:06,460 --> 00:07:07,460 You ready, Vickers? 225 00:07:07,460 --> 00:07:08,460 Yeah. 226 00:07:08,460 --> 00:07:12,460 All right, put out your wrists. Put the cuffs on him, Ben. Watch his hands. 227 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:15,460 You saving me for the headlights? 228 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:16,460 All right, let's go. 229 00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:19,460 I'm not going to jail. 230 00:07:19,460 --> 00:07:20,460 You're in jail now. 231 00:07:21,460 --> 00:07:22,460 Looks like a hospital. 232 00:07:22,460 --> 00:07:24,460 Bar is on the windows, aren't it? 233 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:25,460 All right, come on. 234 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:26,460 Give me a smoke. 235 00:07:27,460 --> 00:07:28,460 Here. 236 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:29,460 Okay. 237 00:07:30,460 --> 00:07:31,460 Lie. 238 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:36,460 What do I get if I open up? 239 00:07:37,460 --> 00:07:38,460 No deal. 240 00:07:38,460 --> 00:07:40,460 I might talk. Make it attractive. 241 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,460 Who was the other guy in the car? 242 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:44,460 Hitchhiker. I always give rides. 243 00:07:44,460 --> 00:07:45,460 Then why'd he run when we chased you? 244 00:07:46,460 --> 00:07:47,460 Maybe he was scared. 245 00:07:47,460 --> 00:07:48,460 You're proud of a gang. 246 00:07:50,460 --> 00:07:51,460 Maybe. 247 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:52,460 Who was the other guy? 248 00:07:52,460 --> 00:07:53,460 What's it worth? 249 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:58,460 Oh, come on, Vickers. You're wasting our time. 250 00:08:00,460 --> 00:08:01,460 Where are we going? 251 00:08:03,460 --> 00:08:04,460 All right. 252 00:08:07,460 --> 00:08:09,460 My hand hurts. I want to call my own doctor. 253 00:08:11,460 --> 00:08:12,460 You hear me? 254 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:19,460 That cop pulled his gun first. I can prove it. 255 00:08:19,460 --> 00:08:20,460 Yeah, down the stairs. 256 00:08:20,460 --> 00:08:22,460 Easy, Hutt. 257 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:25,460 Where are we going? 258 00:08:27,460 --> 00:08:28,460 I said, where are we going? 259 00:08:32,460 --> 00:08:34,460 All right, what's it worth if I talk? 260 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:38,460 I could tell you all about it. 261 00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:42,460 Let's make a deal. 262 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:43,460 You'll tell us anyhow. 263 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:45,460 Think so? 264 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:46,460 All right, you out the door. 265 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:49,460 Wait a minute, huh? Cigarettes out. 266 00:08:51,460 --> 00:08:52,460 All right, Ben, light it. 267 00:08:53,460 --> 00:08:54,460 Nice of you guys. 268 00:08:55,460 --> 00:08:56,460 Thanks. 269 00:08:57,460 --> 00:08:58,460 Get up, Ben. 270 00:08:58,460 --> 00:08:59,460 Vickers, stop. 271 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:00,460 He's crossing the street. 272 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:01,460 Fire over his head. Watch the crowd. 273 00:09:02,460 --> 00:09:03,460 Vickers! 274 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:04,460 Joe, he's running for that car. 275 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:05,460 All right, hold it, Vickers. 276 00:09:05,460 --> 00:09:06,460 All right, stop it, Ben. 277 00:09:07,460 --> 00:09:09,460 Please stop. Come on, Joe. 278 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:10,460 All right, come on, get back, please. 279 00:09:10,460 --> 00:09:12,460 Let us through here. Let us through. 280 00:09:13,460 --> 00:09:14,460 Shall I call the police? 281 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:16,460 Shall I call the doctor, Joe? 282 00:09:16,460 --> 00:09:18,460 No, he wouldn't be interested. The guy's dead. 283 00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:30,460 James Vickers, murder suspect, address unknown, died almost instantly at 1.13 p.m. November 16th while attempting to escape. 284 00:09:31,460 --> 00:09:33,460 His body was taken to the county morgue where it was posted. 285 00:09:34,460 --> 00:09:39,460 All the personal effects found on the body were listed by the coroner and a receipt for them given to our office. 286 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:43,460 At 8.35 the next morning, Ben and I met with Chief Detective Zed Backstrand. 287 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:48,460 Those four guns they found in the car Vickers was driving, they're all U.S. Army property. 288 00:09:48,460 --> 00:09:49,460 Where were they stolen from, Skipper? 289 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:53,460 I don't know. Each one of the guns is stamped U.S. Army. That's all. 290 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:54,460 Well, that makes it easy. 291 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:56,460 The coroner find anything on the body? 292 00:09:56,460 --> 00:09:58,460 Nothing to tell us why Vickers decided to kill a traffic cop. 293 00:09:58,460 --> 00:10:00,460 What did Bemis say before he died? 294 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:04,460 He was on traffic duty yesterday morning down at East Broadway and First. 295 00:10:04,460 --> 00:10:08,460 At 10.35 a gray coupe pulled up for a stop sign. Vickers was driving. 296 00:10:08,460 --> 00:10:13,460 Bemis started over to tell him to back up out of the pedestrian zone. Vickers pulled a gun and shot him. 297 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:14,460 How'd they catch Vickers? 298 00:10:14,460 --> 00:10:18,460 Chased him three miles before he piled into a lumber truck. The guy with him got away. 299 00:10:18,460 --> 00:10:19,460 Fine. 300 00:10:19,460 --> 00:10:23,460 Checked R. and I. No make or warrants on Vickers. Kickback's not in on his fingerprint. 301 00:10:23,460 --> 00:10:25,460 All right. What's your guess, Franny? 302 00:10:25,460 --> 00:10:26,460 I don't have one, Ed. 303 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,460 Vickers could have been hopped up. 304 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:31,460 Doc Stanley over at Georgia Street said no. We checked him. 305 00:10:31,460 --> 00:10:36,460 Wait a minute. Backstrand. Yeah, hold on. For you, Franny. 306 00:10:36,460 --> 00:10:41,460 Thanks. Friday talking. Yeah. Yeah, good. Be right over, Lee. 307 00:10:41,460 --> 00:10:44,460 We're in business, Ed. Crime lab just found Vickers' address. 308 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:52,460 There it is, Joe. 309 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:53,460 Thanks, Lee. Let's see, huh? 310 00:10:53,460 --> 00:11:00,460 Silver Dollar Hotel. Received a Mr. James Vickers, $6.50, room 345. 311 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:01,460 Where'd you find it, Lee? 312 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:02,460 Under the front seat, in with the tools. 313 00:11:02,460 --> 00:11:03,460 Anything else? 314 00:11:03,460 --> 00:11:04,460 Not a thing. 315 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:05,460 How about prints? 316 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:08,460 Two. Kind of smudged. Hope we can run a make with them. 317 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:10,460 No prints on those four guns, Lee? 318 00:11:10,460 --> 00:11:12,460 Smeared. Not enough to classify. 319 00:11:12,460 --> 00:11:14,460 This is it, Ben. 320 00:11:14,460 --> 00:11:15,460 That's all we got. 321 00:11:15,460 --> 00:11:17,460 Come on. Let's see if we can make it pay off. 322 00:11:20,460 --> 00:11:25,460 We located the Silver Dollar Hotel on East Grand between 16th Street and Pico. 323 00:11:25,460 --> 00:11:28,460 It was an old-type frame building with a brightly colored neon sign 324 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:31,460 jutting out over the sidewalk just above the dark entrance. 325 00:11:31,460 --> 00:11:33,460 The manager's name was Luther Gage. 326 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:35,460 We showed him a picture of James Vickers. 327 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:38,460 He definitely identified him as one of his former tenants. 328 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:42,460 He told us that Vickers had stayed at the hotel one week in room 345 329 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:44,460 and that he had checked out two days ago. 330 00:11:44,460 --> 00:11:47,460 Was Vickers staying here alone, Mr. Gay? 331 00:11:47,460 --> 00:11:49,460 Yes, alone. Quiet man. 332 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:51,460 Did he have any visitors? 333 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:53,460 Maybe. Wouldn't know. Paid his bills. 334 00:11:53,460 --> 00:11:56,460 Spent most of his time away from the hotel. Good tenant. 335 00:11:56,460 --> 00:11:58,460 Did Vickers have any friends here in the hotel? 336 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:00,460 Mmm, maybe. 337 00:12:00,460 --> 00:12:02,460 Fell in the room next to Mr. Vickers. 338 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:05,460 He still lives here. Two of them used to be kind of thick. 339 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:08,460 Can we look at that room Vickers stayed in, Mr. Gage? 340 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:11,460 Mmm, let's see. Yes, it's still vacant. 341 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:13,460 All right, this way. 342 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:18,460 This man Vickers was friendly with. What's his name, Gay? 343 00:12:18,460 --> 00:12:22,460 Mmm, Knight. Raymond Knight. Room 343. 344 00:12:22,460 --> 00:12:24,460 Is he in his room now? 345 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:26,460 No, went out about eight this morning. 346 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:28,460 Here's the elevator. 347 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:31,460 How well would you say Knight and Vickers knew each other? 348 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:35,460 Couldn't say. Good tenants, both of them. Paid their bills. 349 00:12:35,460 --> 00:12:38,460 Did they go out together, seem to know each other well? 350 00:12:38,460 --> 00:12:40,460 Wouldn't know. I don't pry. 351 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:42,460 Look, this case involves murder, Mr. Gage. We told you that. 352 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:44,460 We'd appreciate your cooperation. 353 00:12:44,460 --> 00:12:46,460 Cooperation? Don't pay the rent, Sergeant. 354 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:48,460 Third floor. 355 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:52,460 This way. 356 00:12:52,460 --> 00:12:54,460 Here, 345. 357 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:56,460 Open it up. 358 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:58,460 Open it up. 359 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:05,460 Nothing. 360 00:13:05,460 --> 00:13:07,460 Yeah, over here. 361 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:10,460 Looks pretty clean, Joe. 362 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:12,460 All my rooms are clean. 363 00:13:12,460 --> 00:13:14,460 You didn't mean it that way, Mr. Gage. 364 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:17,460 I wonder if you'd show us Knight's room now. That's next door, isn't it? 365 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:22,460 Hmm, I don't know about this. 366 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:25,460 Poking into other people's rooms. Not regular. 367 00:13:25,460 --> 00:13:27,460 Neither is murder. Come on, let's go. 368 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:29,460 Does Mr. Knight have this room to himself? 369 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:31,460 Sure ask questions, don't you? 370 00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:33,460 No, Knight has a friend staying with him. 371 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:35,460 About two weeks now. Not in much. 372 00:13:35,460 --> 00:13:37,460 Is he in now? Don't think so. 373 00:13:37,460 --> 00:13:39,460 Oh, I... Ben, watch it! 374 00:13:39,460 --> 00:13:41,460 Rough at you! 375 00:13:41,460 --> 00:13:43,460 That shot, Mr. Gage. Look out! 376 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:45,460 Come on, clumsy! 377 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:47,460 Ha! 378 00:13:51,460 --> 00:13:53,460 Come on, get up! 379 00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:05,460 Ben? 380 00:14:05,460 --> 00:14:07,460 He's out cold. 381 00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:09,460 Look what you've done to the room. 382 00:14:09,460 --> 00:14:11,460 I thought you said Knight wasn't in. 383 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:13,460 He isn't. This is his friend. 384 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:15,460 Great friends. 385 00:14:15,460 --> 00:14:17,460 45 automatic in his hand. 386 00:14:17,460 --> 00:14:19,460 38 snub nose in the bureau. Another 45. 387 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:21,460 Look in his bag. 388 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:23,460 I don't pry. He pays his bills. Good tenant. 389 00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:25,460 Yeah. Can I get outside on this phone? 390 00:14:25,460 --> 00:14:27,460 Hmm, yes. All outside calls are ten cents. 391 00:14:27,460 --> 00:14:29,460 Yeah. Here. 392 00:14:29,460 --> 00:14:31,460 Have to keep the book straight. 393 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:33,460 Sure you do. 394 00:14:33,460 --> 00:14:35,460 Who's gonna pay for the damage? 395 00:14:35,460 --> 00:14:37,460 Ask Mr. Knight's friend here. 396 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:39,460 Well, say... 397 00:14:39,460 --> 00:14:43,460 Why worry? He pays his bills. Good tenant. 398 00:14:45,460 --> 00:14:47,460 I called Ed Backstrand and he set out a special detail 399 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:51,460 to stake out the hotel and bring in Raymond Knight if and when he returned. 400 00:14:51,460 --> 00:14:53,460 Ben and I drove to the Georgia Street receiving hospital 401 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,460 where Doc Stanley patched up the cut on Ben's scalp 402 00:14:55,460 --> 00:14:59,460 and treated Raymond Knight's friend for simple cuts and bruises. 403 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:03,460 From papers found in his wallet and in the hotel room, 404 00:15:03,460 --> 00:15:05,460 he was identified as Frank Gannon, 405 00:15:05,460 --> 00:15:09,460 9896 Wasatch Street, Kansas City, Missouri. 406 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:12,460 When we got to headquarters, we had Gannon taken to the interrogation room 407 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,460 where we questioned him briefly. 408 00:15:14,460 --> 00:15:17,460 He told us that he was a self-employed watch salesman, 409 00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:19,460 that he was in the city on a business trip. 410 00:15:19,460 --> 00:15:23,460 He admitted friendship with Knight, but not with Fickers. 411 00:15:23,460 --> 00:15:27,460 We booked him at the Cotty jail for assault with intent to commit murder. 412 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:30,460 The three guns found in the hotel room were turned over to the crime lab. 413 00:15:30,460 --> 00:15:33,460 We reported back to the office. 414 00:15:33,460 --> 00:15:37,460 Joe, my head's pounding like mad. That Gannon's a mean one. 415 00:15:37,460 --> 00:15:39,460 Yeah, it's a nasty crack. I got some aspirin in my desk. 416 00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:40,460 It might help. 417 00:15:40,460 --> 00:15:42,460 Yeah. 418 00:15:43,460 --> 00:15:45,460 Hi, boys. Rough day? 419 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:47,460 I don't get much rougher, Eddie. 420 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:49,460 Message for you on the desk. 421 00:15:49,460 --> 00:15:51,460 I'm gonna eat. Starving. 422 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:52,460 Right, Tracy. 423 00:15:52,460 --> 00:15:53,460 What is it, Joe? 424 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:55,460 Well, Jones got a make on those prints he lifted off the car. 425 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:57,460 Let's see. 426 00:15:57,460 --> 00:15:59,460 Yeah, something else to know on James Baker's. 427 00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:03,460 Uh-huh. Wanted 10-14-43, desertion, U.S. Army. 428 00:16:03,460 --> 00:16:05,460 That could account for those stolen Army guns. 429 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:06,460 Yeah. 430 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:08,460 What about the make on those prints Lee found? 431 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:09,460 Let's take a look. 432 00:16:09,460 --> 00:16:12,460 Vance Taylor's. Good solid record. 433 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:15,460 Four burglaries. Two armed robberies, two assaults. 434 00:16:15,460 --> 00:16:17,460 Wait a minute. Here's the mama sheet. 435 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:18,460 Mm-hmm. 436 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:21,460 Born, so-and-so, age 36, height and weight. 437 00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:25,460 Alias John Fields, Harold Grant, Tom Bissell, Joe... 438 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:26,460 Hey. 439 00:16:26,460 --> 00:16:29,460 Yeah, alias Raymond Knight. 440 00:16:31,460 --> 00:16:33,460 The other man who rode in the car with James Baker's 441 00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:35,460 the morning he shot down traffic officer Bemis 442 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:37,460 finally had been identified. 443 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:39,460 Vance Taylor, alias Raymond Knight. 444 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:42,460 Well, that still didn't explain the unprovoked murder. 445 00:16:42,460 --> 00:16:44,460 It didn't explain the four guns found in the car 446 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:47,460 or the three guns found in the hotel room. 447 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:49,460 An assortment of arms like that could mean something big, 448 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:51,460 but we didn't know what. 449 00:16:51,460 --> 00:16:54,460 Gannon's sudden willingness to shoot it out in the hotel room 450 00:16:54,460 --> 00:16:57,460 meant something, too, but we didn't know what. 451 00:16:57,460 --> 00:17:00,460 We had Gannon brought back to the interrogation room. 452 00:17:02,460 --> 00:17:05,460 Hi, Gannon. Have a seat. 453 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:08,460 Everything all right? 454 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:09,460 I'll bet you're worried. 455 00:17:09,460 --> 00:17:11,460 No, we're not worried, Gannon. You ought to be. 456 00:17:11,460 --> 00:17:12,460 Don't make me laugh. 457 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:15,460 You're tied in with Raymond Knight. That's enough for us. 458 00:17:15,460 --> 00:17:16,460 You send me up for it. 459 00:17:16,460 --> 00:17:17,460 We're gonna try. 460 00:17:17,460 --> 00:17:18,460 Big talk. 461 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:20,460 How long did you know Vickers? 462 00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:21,460 I didn't. 463 00:17:21,460 --> 00:17:25,460 Funny. His prints are all over one of those guns we found in your room. 464 00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:26,460 I'm not worrying. 465 00:17:26,460 --> 00:17:29,460 Then you better start, Gannon. Vickers and Knight killed a man. 466 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:31,460 If you run with him, your hands are dirty, too. 467 00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:32,460 I room with Knight, that's all. 468 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:34,460 Knight didn't come back to the hotel. Where is he? 469 00:17:34,460 --> 00:17:35,460 We're not that close. 470 00:17:35,460 --> 00:17:38,460 You share your guns and your friends. That's close enough for us. 471 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:39,460 I don't know Vickers. 472 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:41,460 You mean you didn't know him? 473 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:42,460 I said I don't know him. 474 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:44,460 We got Vickers, Gannon. He's dead. 475 00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:46,460 Good story. 476 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:51,460 Okay. Come on, Gannon. Let's go down to the morgue. 477 00:17:58,460 --> 00:18:00,460 Down this way, Joe. 478 00:18:00,460 --> 00:18:01,460 Cold today, isn't it? 479 00:18:01,460 --> 00:18:02,460 Yeah, it's damp. 480 00:18:02,460 --> 00:18:03,460 Dead sinus, really. 481 00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:04,460 No. 482 00:18:04,460 --> 00:18:05,460 What is all this? 483 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:07,460 Never seen a corpse before? 484 00:18:07,460 --> 00:18:09,460 No, I'm not in this. 485 00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:10,460 Take me back. I don't want to look. 486 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:11,460 You can close your eye. 487 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:13,460 Take me back. I don't want to look. 488 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:15,460 Here we are, fellas. 489 00:18:15,460 --> 00:18:16,460 Sam 45. 490 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:17,460 This way, Gannon. 491 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:19,460 I get sick. I don't want to look. 492 00:18:19,460 --> 00:18:21,460 Throw back the sheet, Fred. 493 00:18:22,460 --> 00:18:24,460 Take a good look, Gannon. 494 00:18:24,460 --> 00:18:26,460 No, he's Knight's friend. I'm not in it. 495 00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:27,460 Who is in it? 496 00:18:27,460 --> 00:18:28,460 I don't know. 497 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:30,460 Take me out. I'm sick. 498 00:18:30,460 --> 00:18:31,460 All right, Fred. Thanks. 499 00:18:31,460 --> 00:18:33,460 Okay, bud. 500 00:18:42,460 --> 00:18:44,460 Interrogation room, Friday. 501 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:46,460 Joe, on stake out at the Silver Daughter Hotel. 502 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:48,460 No sign of Raymond Knight. Keep you posted. 503 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:50,460 Okay, Dave. Thanks. 504 00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:52,460 How long does this go on? I can call a lawyer, you know. 505 00:18:52,460 --> 00:18:54,460 Then you better call one right away, Gannon. 506 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:56,460 They just picked up Knight at the hotel. He's incriminated you. 507 00:18:56,460 --> 00:18:58,460 You're a liar. 508 00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:00,460 Sure. Like we were about Vickers. 509 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:02,460 We'll prove it to you, Gannon. The officers are on their way in now. 510 00:19:02,460 --> 00:19:04,460 They're going to put Knight in the next room. You can listen to him. 511 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:06,460 Look, I came here to sell watches. I ain't in this. 512 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:09,460 Gannon, you and Vickers and Knight were planning a job, a big one. We know that. 513 00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:12,460 If you want a way to get on the witness stand to tell your story, it's all right with us. 514 00:19:12,460 --> 00:19:15,460 Well, didn't take too long to break this one. 515 00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:17,460 Smoke, Joe? 516 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:19,460 Yeah. Thanks. 517 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:21,460 Gannon? Smoke? 518 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:25,460 What are you going to do? 519 00:19:25,460 --> 00:19:27,460 Nothing. Just kill a little time. They bring in Knight. 520 00:19:27,460 --> 00:19:29,460 You haven't got Knight. 521 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,460 I haven't unwrapped him yet, Joe. 522 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:33,460 You want to check me out? 523 00:19:33,460 --> 00:19:35,460 Okay, open him up. 524 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:40,460 Give him a good shuffle, huh? 525 00:19:42,460 --> 00:19:44,460 You're going to have some time on your hands, Gannon. 526 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:46,460 Want to learn a new card game? 527 00:19:46,460 --> 00:19:47,460 Nah. 528 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:49,460 Suit yourself. 529 00:19:49,460 --> 00:19:51,460 It's a good game for two. Better with three. 530 00:19:51,460 --> 00:19:53,460 You want a lot of coins. 531 00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:56,460 Yeah. You got two decks there. 532 00:19:56,460 --> 00:19:59,460 First off, this game is quite a bit like gin rummy. 533 00:19:59,460 --> 00:20:01,460 Yeah? 534 00:20:01,460 --> 00:20:04,460 There are eight of every suit. Four jokers. Jokers count 50 points. 535 00:20:04,460 --> 00:20:06,460 Mm-hmm. 536 00:20:06,460 --> 00:20:08,460 Red threes count 100 points each. 537 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:10,460 If you get a black three, you can freeze the deck. 538 00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:12,460 Oh, I see. 539 00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:14,460 I shouldn't say deck. In this game, they call it the pack. 540 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:16,460 The pack? What's a pack? 541 00:20:16,460 --> 00:20:18,460 Well, it's the discard pile. Same as in gin. 542 00:20:18,460 --> 00:20:20,460 You get a red three, you can freeze it. 543 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:22,460 No, it's a black three. 544 00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:24,460 What happens when you freeze it? 545 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:26,460 Nobody can pick it up. 546 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:28,460 All right. Let's deal out a dummy hand here. 547 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:31,460 Fine game, Ganon. Sure you won't change your mind? 548 00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:33,460 You don't want to play, Joe. 549 00:20:33,460 --> 00:20:36,460 All right. Now, I'm two-handed. You deal out 15 cards, see? 550 00:20:36,460 --> 00:20:38,460 How many can play? 551 00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:41,460 As many as six, I think. I've only played up to four. 552 00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:43,460 You play partners with four? 553 00:20:43,460 --> 00:20:45,460 Yeah, that's right. 554 00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:47,460 Okay. Count your cards. I think that's 15. 555 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:51,460 13, 14, 15. Right. Now, what do I do? 556 00:20:51,460 --> 00:20:53,460 Well, I guess you better lay your hand open. 557 00:20:53,460 --> 00:20:55,460 That'll be the easiest way to show it. 558 00:20:55,460 --> 00:20:58,460 Okay. I'll spread them all out over there. 559 00:20:58,460 --> 00:21:01,460 Well, you don't have a great hand there. 560 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:03,460 You got a couple of black threes. You can use those. 561 00:21:03,460 --> 00:21:05,460 Yeah, that's fine. They count 100 a pick. 562 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:07,460 No, no, no. Those are red threes. 563 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:09,460 Black threes don't count anything. 564 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:11,460 Oh, red three. That's right. 565 00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:13,460 Do you remember what black threes are for? 566 00:21:13,460 --> 00:21:15,460 You can use them to freeze a pile. 567 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:17,460 Pack. That's right. 568 00:21:17,460 --> 00:21:19,460 The pack. Well, you know what I mean. 569 00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:21,460 All right. Now, look, you see, I got a joker here. 570 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:23,460 Jokers are wild. Do you remember how much they count? 571 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:25,460 They're wild. 100 points. 572 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:27,460 No, red threes are worth 100. Jokers count 50. 573 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:29,460 You don't explain it very good. I don't understand. 574 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:31,460 Well, how simple can it be? Gannon's not even playing. 575 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:33,460 You get it, don't you, Gannon? 576 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:35,460 Okay. Red threes count 100. 577 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:39,460 Jokers count 50. Black threes, you can freeze the pack. 578 00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:41,460 Yeah, good. Now, hold on to that, will you? 579 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:43,460 Now, black threes freeze the pack, 580 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:45,460 but that's not the only card that can do it. 581 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:47,460 No? No. 582 00:21:47,460 --> 00:21:48,460 Deuces can do the same thing. 583 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:50,460 Well, you see, the only difference is if you use a deuce, 584 00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:52,460 which is also a wild card, 585 00:21:52,460 --> 00:21:55,460 you have to have a natural pair in order to pick up the pack. 586 00:21:55,460 --> 00:21:57,460 Now, with a black three, it's only good until... 587 00:21:57,460 --> 00:21:59,460 I knew it. I knew it wouldn't work. 588 00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:00,460 It was sour right from the start. 589 00:22:00,460 --> 00:22:02,460 Vickers killed the cop. 590 00:22:02,460 --> 00:22:03,460 Ben, call the denographer. 591 00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:05,460 I'm coming out. I'm taking no wraps. 592 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:07,460 Johnny, this denographer. 593 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:09,460 Right, Ben. 594 00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:11,460 All right, Gannon. 595 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:13,460 Too late. They haven't got time. 596 00:22:13,460 --> 00:22:15,460 20 after one are gonna do it. Do what? 597 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,460 Payroll. Brazier Company. 598 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:19,460 Messenger leaves at 120. He's got the payroll. 599 00:22:19,460 --> 00:22:21,460 30 grand, they're gonna get him. 600 00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:23,460 Where does the messenger leave? 601 00:22:23,460 --> 00:22:25,460 120. You're too late. I'm not in it. 602 00:22:25,460 --> 00:22:26,460 Where does he leave? 603 00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:28,460 120 leaves the bank, I think. 604 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:29,460 No, maybe the company. 605 00:22:29,460 --> 00:22:30,460 Where's the company? 606 00:22:30,460 --> 00:22:32,460 Third and Spring. They're gonna get him. 607 00:22:32,460 --> 00:22:34,460 Where's the bank the messenger goes to? 608 00:22:34,460 --> 00:22:36,460 Up the block, Second National, Third and Hill. 609 00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:38,460 Where are they gonna get the messenger? 610 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:40,460 By the alley, Clay Street. I'm not in it. 611 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:41,460 Ben, check it. Get out of communications. 612 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:42,460 Have them put out a call to block off the area. 613 00:22:42,460 --> 00:22:43,460 Give them the details. 614 00:22:43,460 --> 00:22:45,460 Right. 615 00:22:45,460 --> 00:22:46,460 Johnny. Yeah, John? 616 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:48,460 Stay with this guy. Okay. 617 00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:50,460 Davis? Davis? 618 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:52,460 Where's he going? 619 00:22:52,460 --> 00:22:54,460 Brazier. Brazier. 620 00:22:54,460 --> 00:22:56,460 Brazier Manufacturing. 621 00:22:56,460 --> 00:22:58,460 Olympia. 622 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,460 Olympia. 623 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:08,460 Good afternoon. Brazier Manufacturing Company. 624 00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:10,460 Give me your payroll division. This is a police department emergency. 625 00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:11,460 What's that, sir? 626 00:23:11,460 --> 00:23:13,460 Your payroll division. It's an emergency. 627 00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:14,460 One moment, sir. 628 00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:16,460 Come on, hurry up. 629 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,460 Come on, hurry up. 630 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:21,460 Payroll, Hopkins. 631 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:23,460 Mr. Hopkins, this is Sergeant Friday, police department. 632 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:25,460 We've had a tip your payroll messenger's going to be held up today. 633 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:26,460 Has he left your building yet? 634 00:23:26,460 --> 00:23:28,460 The messenger? Yeah. 635 00:23:28,460 --> 00:23:30,460 Oh, my, he left early today. 636 00:23:30,460 --> 00:23:31,460 Went out the door about ten minutes ago. 637 00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:33,460 Thanks. 638 00:23:34,460 --> 00:23:38,460 Second National, Second National, Second National, Second National, 639 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:40,460 what's the role of the three? 640 00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:44,460 Friday, with all the excitement, you're breaking that game? 641 00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:46,460 I'll be there in a minute, Ed. No time. 642 00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:49,460 Good afternoon, Second National. 643 00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:51,460 Give me the manager on duty, please. Emergency. 644 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:52,460 One moment, please. 645 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:54,460 One moment. 646 00:23:54,460 --> 00:23:55,460 Come on, come on. 647 00:23:55,460 --> 00:23:57,460 I'm sorry, sir. The line is busy. Would you care to wait? 648 00:23:57,460 --> 00:23:58,460 Give me the chief teller. 649 00:23:58,460 --> 00:24:00,460 Thank you. 650 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:02,460 Chief teller, Waters. 651 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:04,460 This is Sergeant Friday, police department. Emergency call. 652 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:06,460 Has the payroll messenger from the Brazier company left the bank yet? 653 00:24:06,460 --> 00:24:09,460 Well, I wouldn't know, Sergeant. 654 00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:11,460 Just a moment. I'll have your call switched. 655 00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:13,460 Yeah. 656 00:24:13,460 --> 00:24:15,460 Operator. 657 00:24:15,460 --> 00:24:17,460 Beatrice, would you give this call to Miss Chalmers? 658 00:24:17,460 --> 00:24:19,460 It's important. 659 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:21,460 Thank you, Mr. Waters. 660 00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:24,460 Miss Chalmers, good afternoon. 661 00:24:24,460 --> 00:24:25,460 Miss Chalmers. 662 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:26,460 What's the matter, Freddy? Are you sick? 663 00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:27,460 Yeah, I'm sick. 664 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:28,460 Miss Chalmers, good afternoon. 665 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:30,460 Miss Chalmers, this is Sergeant Friday, police department. 666 00:24:30,460 --> 00:24:32,460 Has the payroll messenger from the Brazier company left the bank yet? 667 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:34,460 From Brazier's? Why, yes, not more than two or three minutes ago. 668 00:24:34,460 --> 00:24:35,460 And he had the payroll with him? 669 00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:36,460 Of course. 670 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:37,460 Thanks. 671 00:24:37,460 --> 00:24:38,460 Got a tip on a payroll stick, I bet you coming? 672 00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:39,460 Yeah, let's go. 673 00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:41,460 Ben, down this way. Coming. 674 00:24:41,460 --> 00:24:43,460 Let's hustle it, down the stairs. 675 00:24:43,460 --> 00:24:44,460 Communications, get the story? 676 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:45,460 Got it on there now. 677 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:46,460 Where is this Brazier company? 678 00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:48,460 Third and Spring, about five blocks from here. 679 00:24:48,460 --> 00:24:50,460 Come on, here's the garage. 680 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,460 All right, come on, hit it. Let's make time. 681 00:24:58,460 --> 00:24:59,460 Get the radio on. 682 00:24:59,460 --> 00:25:01,460 Just warming up. 683 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:06,460 All units, attention all units. 684 00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:08,460 On third street corner, play alley 211. 685 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:12,460 A back messenger, suspects are headed west on play alley. 686 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:14,460 Suspects are armed. Code three. 687 00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:16,460 11R, take the call. 688 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:22,460 The cars are closing in fast. 689 00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:23,460 Fourth street up ahead, Ben. 690 00:25:23,460 --> 00:25:24,460 Might meet them at this end of play alley. 691 00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:25,460 Hold on. 692 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:30,460 No, looks pretty quiet at this end. 693 00:25:30,460 --> 00:25:31,460 Not much you can do without... 694 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:33,460 Hey, hey, look, coming out of the alley now. 695 00:25:33,460 --> 00:25:34,460 Guy with the police, brown coat. 696 00:25:34,460 --> 00:25:36,460 Guy with the pull-up, Ben. 697 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:37,460 Let's go. 698 00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:40,460 All right, you two, hold it. 699 00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:41,460 They're running for it. 700 00:25:41,460 --> 00:25:42,460 Come on. 701 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:44,460 Ben, watch this bus. 702 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:46,460 Let's go. 703 00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:47,460 Come on, they're losing it. 704 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:48,460 I see them up ahead. 705 00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:49,460 They're turning on the hill street. 706 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:50,460 Romero, come on. 707 00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:51,460 Where are you, skipper? 708 00:25:51,460 --> 00:25:52,460 You see them, Joe? 709 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:53,460 Heading for the subway terminal. 710 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:54,460 Yeah, they're going into the crowd. 711 00:25:54,460 --> 00:25:55,460 Don't lose them. 712 00:25:57,460 --> 00:25:58,460 All right, I'll take the ramp to the left. 713 00:25:58,460 --> 00:25:59,460 Ben, go with them. 714 00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:00,460 I'll take the one to the right. 715 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:01,460 You see them, Joe? 716 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:02,460 No, I lost them. 717 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:03,460 Now, wait a minute. There they are. 718 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:04,460 Over the turnstile. Come on. 719 00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:06,460 Joe, they're off the platform. 720 00:26:06,460 --> 00:26:07,460 They're crossing the track. 721 00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:10,460 Ed's got one of them. 722 00:26:10,460 --> 00:26:11,460 Come on, over the turnstile. 723 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:12,460 Come on, there. 724 00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:13,460 Joe, the other guy. 725 00:26:13,460 --> 00:26:14,460 He's just gone into the tunnel. 726 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:15,460 He's crazy. 727 00:26:15,460 --> 00:26:16,460 Come on, after him. 728 00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:17,460 Hug the side. 729 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:18,460 He's trapped, Ben. 730 00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:19,460 There's a train coming through. 731 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:20,460 You, come back. 732 00:26:20,460 --> 00:26:21,460 You're trapped. 733 00:26:21,460 --> 00:26:22,460 Ben, get out. 734 00:26:22,460 --> 00:26:23,460 Hug the side. 735 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:24,460 Get into it, Joe. 736 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:27,460 You all right, Joe? 737 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:28,460 Yeah. 738 00:26:28,460 --> 00:26:29,460 Yeah. 739 00:26:29,460 --> 00:26:30,460 Are you? 740 00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:31,460 Mm-hmm. 741 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:32,460 You want to check? 742 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:33,460 No, I don't think it's any use. 743 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:34,460 Yeah. 744 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:35,460 Well, let's go. 745 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:48,460 I wonder why he tried so hard, Joe. 746 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:54,460 I don't know, Ben. 747 00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:55,460 Some people are like that. 748 00:26:55,460 --> 00:26:57,460 You can blow the whistle all you want. 749 00:26:57,460 --> 00:26:58,460 You never know when to stop. 750 00:26:58,460 --> 00:27:05,460 The story you have just heard is true. 751 00:27:05,460 --> 00:27:14,460 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 752 00:27:14,460 --> 00:27:17,460 Frank Gannon, the only surviving member of the holdup gang, was tried and killed. 753 00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:22,460 Gannon was tried and convicted of the crime of assault with intent to commit murder. 754 00:27:22,460 --> 00:27:25,460 He is now serving out his sentence at the state penitentiary. 755 00:27:25,460 --> 00:27:35,460 You have just heard the 16th in a new series of authentic cases from official files. 756 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:40,460 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Acting Chief of Police, W.A. Wharton, 757 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,460 Los Angeles Police Department. 758 00:27:42,460 --> 00:27:47,460 Tonight's program is dedicated to Private Richard H. Taylor of the Washington, D.C. 759 00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:54,460 Police Department, who on the evening of December 13, 1946, gave his life so that yours might 760 00:27:54,460 --> 00:28:07,460 be more secure. 761 00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:17,460 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. 762 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:19,460 Phil Harris likes a great deal about the South. 763 00:28:19,460 --> 00:28:21,460 We like a great deal about Phil Harris. 764 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:24,460 For instance, we like his beautiful blonde wife, Alice Fay. 765 00:28:24,460 --> 00:28:30,460 In fact, we like the Phil Harris, Alice Fay show, and it just happens that it returns to the NBC air tomorrow. 766 00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:34,460 Why don't you take our advice and listen to one of the funniest shows around anywhere? 767 00:28:34,460 --> 00:28:58,460 That's the Phil Harris, Alice Fay show tomorrow on most of these same NBC stations. 768 00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:12,460 You're tuned for the stars on NBC.