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 --> 00:00:16,480 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,440 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:31,840 NBC brings you Dragnet. 5 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,040 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,360 You're assigned to homicide. 7 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,240 A mad killer is loose in the city. 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,040 In every instance he leaves the murder weapon behind. 9 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,160 There are no fingerprints. 10 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:47,680 No clues to the killer's identity. 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,100 Your job? 12 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:51,880 Get him. 13 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,880 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men 14 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:02,720 who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,840 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 16 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,040 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 17 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,520 files. 18 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:18,560 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 19 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,000 in action. 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,680 It was Tuesday, June 3rd. 21 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,200 It was warm in Los Angeles. 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,960 We were working the day watch out of homicide. 23 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:30,560 My partner is Ben Romero. 24 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,040 The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 25 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,040 My name is Friday. 26 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,320 I was off duty reporting back in on an emergency call. 27 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:42,240 It was 3.57 a.m. when I got to the basement of the city hall, the carpool. 28 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:51,000 Let's go, Friday. 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,080 Sorry to call you back in. 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,080 Couldn't be helped. 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,080 All right, Ben. 32 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,080 No case, Giver. 33 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:56,080 What's up, Ben? 34 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,080 Double murder. 35 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,080 When? 36 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,080 I don't know. 37 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,080 I found out about it, oh, 40 minutes ago. 38 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,080 Got any ideas? 39 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:04,080 Roughly same M.O. 40 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,080 Was that 6413 Norwich, Giver? 41 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,080 No, 6430. 42 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:14,040 What do you mean, the same M.O.? 43 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,040 The same guy. 44 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,040 Brickbat killer. 45 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,720 How many does this make? 46 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,520 Counting tonight, four. 47 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,600 We got anything at all? 48 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Smudged fingerprint. 49 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,600 We can't even classify. 50 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,600 Sounds like a smart operator. 51 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,600 We got to get him. 52 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,640 We have to shake down the city from one end to the other. 53 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:30,640 Big job, Giver. 54 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:31,640 Big killer. 55 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:46,880 At 426 A.M., we pulled up in front of 6430 Norwich Drive, a small group of bungalow apartments 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,640 facing on an oval-shaped garden court. 57 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,280 Two uniformed officers were stationed at the door to the apartment. 58 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:53,280 Hiya, Chief. 59 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,280 Hiya, fellas. 60 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,280 We went inside. 61 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,040 Wilbert from homicide was waiting for us. 62 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,560 This way. 63 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:00,560 In here. 64 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,560 Well, there they are. 65 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,560 Yeah, mother, daughter. 66 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,160 Joe, on the floor beside the bed. 67 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:19,360 Yeah, a red brick. 68 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,040 Ms. Hafters, we know how you must feel about all this, but would you please try to answer 69 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,840 a few more questions for us? 70 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:25,840 Yes. 71 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:26,840 All right. 72 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,840 Oh, Margaret. 73 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:34,080 Ms. Hafters, how long had you known Mrs. Diaz and her daughter? 74 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,080 Nine years. 75 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,080 This November, they moved next door. 76 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,880 I remember it so well. 77 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,040 We got along right from the start. 78 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,480 And as far as you know, the only close friends the mother and daughter had lived right here 79 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:46,760 in the apartment court. 80 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:47,760 Yes. 81 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,960 Margaret was a pretty girl, but she was no chaser, no boyfriend. 82 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,880 Very close to her mother. 83 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,680 The two of them very close. 84 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,640 Did they keep any amount of valuables in the apartment? 85 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,280 Money, jewelry, things like that? 86 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,400 No, Mrs. Diaz and Margaret didn't have much, you know. 87 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,400 Very modest income. 88 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,400 They both worked. 89 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,400 And you can think of no good reason. 90 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,400 Oh, no, no. 91 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,400 Poor Margaret, poor Mrs. Diaz lying in there. 92 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,400 A shock. 93 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,400 A terrible shock. 94 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:18,400 Wellberg. 95 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,400 Yes, sergeant. 96 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,400 Would you show Ms. Hafters back to her apartment? 97 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,400 Sure, sergeant. 98 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:23,400 Thank you, Ms. Hafters. 99 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:24,400 We appreciate it. 100 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,400 Thank you. 101 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,400 Poor Margaret. 102 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,400 Poor Mrs. Diaz. 103 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,720 Well, Joe, let's check with Ed. 104 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,720 He's back in the bedroom. 105 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:37,720 You get anything from the neighbors? 106 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,400 The usual, Ed. 107 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,120 No jealous boyfriends, ex-husbands, nothing like that. 108 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,640 Boys find any evidence yet, Skipper? 109 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,680 No, still working on it. 110 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:46,680 You got any theories? 111 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Well, we know the killings were all done by the same guy. 112 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,440 Cuts the same pattern out of the window screen, cuts the same pattern with a glass cutter 113 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:54,440 out of the window. 114 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,960 Reaches in and flips the locks. 115 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:57,400 All right, where's that leaving? 116 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,160 Well, before he gets inside, he makes sure there are only women in the house. 117 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,120 That means he probably watches the house for a few days. 118 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,440 Once he gets inside, he wants only one thing, the kill. 119 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,320 He's never taken any valuables. 120 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,320 As far as we can tell, he's never searched for any. 121 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,360 What kind of a man works like that? 122 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,760 I think the guy's killed crazy. 123 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:16,760 Hey, fellas. 124 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:17,760 Yes, Donner? 125 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Here's a break. 126 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,080 Two fair prints, one thumb, one forefinger. 127 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:22,680 What'd you get, Pete? 128 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,000 Only got nine points. 129 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,240 Not enough to go into court, but enough to make him. 130 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,400 We'll know him when we get him. 131 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,400 Yeah. 132 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,520 Found the prints on the lens of the old lady's eyeglasses. 133 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,280 Probably knocked him off the night table when he went after her. 134 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,680 When he's done, he'll put them back on the table. 135 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:36,680 Yeah. 136 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,160 Had blood on his hands, see? 137 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:39,160 Yeah. 138 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,160 That's funny, isn't it? 139 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,080 Why would he go to the trouble of picking up the woman's glasses after he killed her? 140 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,800 We'll ask him when we find him. 141 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:56,480 All right, Ben, Joe, I might have something for you. 142 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:57,480 We can use it, Link. 143 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,480 Hold it just a minute. 144 00:05:58,480 --> 00:05:59,480 Yeah. 145 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:00,480 Crime lab, Jones. 146 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,480 Yeah. 147 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,480 Yeah, all right. 148 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:03,480 I'll tell him. 149 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Right, Ed. 150 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:05,480 Back strand. 151 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:10,560 If you're through checking the victim's clothes by eight o'clock, you can knock off asleep 152 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,560 until noon. 153 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:12,560 What if we're not through? 154 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Take it up with the chaplain. 155 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:14,920 Here's what I wanted to show you. 156 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,880 Here's a couple of casts. 157 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:19,880 Barefoot print. 158 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:20,880 That's right. 159 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:21,880 Those from the deer's place? 160 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,480 Found them outside the dining room window in the flower bed. 161 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,040 Take a look. 162 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,520 Good cast. 163 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:30,520 Size nine. 164 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Ten. 165 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,040 Missing toe there, huh? 166 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,040 Left foot, first toe. 167 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,040 That's lucky. 168 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,920 Well, then the guy took his shoes off before he went in that house. 169 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:39,920 That's the way it looks. 170 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,440 You leave any other prints late? 171 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,440 Three with his shoes on. 172 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,040 Here they are, here. 173 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,040 Yeah. 174 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,280 How would you say the guy is built, Lee? 175 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,960 Oh, from the impression, pretty heavy man. 176 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,240 There's no full length of stride or I might give you an idea of his height. 177 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,640 How about the bricks, Lee? 178 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,360 Here they are, all three of them. 179 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:05,200 Used this one in the first murder, this one in the second, this one last night. 180 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,920 Leaves them around like calling cards and there's no way to check them. 181 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,480 You'll never get a fingerprint off a common red brick like this, Ben. 182 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,560 Surface is too rough. 183 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,760 Well, we got an idea of his weight. 184 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,880 We know that the first toe is missing from his left foot. 185 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:19,880 That's something. 186 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:20,880 The one we had yesterday. 187 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,080 We can check that missing toe in the amputation file, Joe. 188 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,080 Yeah. 189 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,080 Well, we better get back. 190 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:27,080 Pete ought to have those prints ready, too. 191 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,080 Thanks a lot, Lee. 192 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,080 Okay, fellas. 193 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,080 Say, they post the bodies yet? 194 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,080 Yeah, they're doing it now. 195 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,080 Same as the first two. 196 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,080 The brain? 197 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,080 Concussion, hemorrhage. 198 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,080 They didn't have a chance. 199 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,080 Hold it a minute. 200 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,080 Crime lab, Jones. 201 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:39,080 Sure, just a minute. 202 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,680 Either one of you, fellas. 203 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,680 I'll get it, Joe. 204 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:43,680 Okay. 205 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:44,680 Here, Merrill. 206 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:45,680 Yeah. 207 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,680 Good, we'll be right over. 208 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,680 They got a make on those two fingerprints. 209 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:57,400 Okay, Joe. 210 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,400 Single print file. 211 00:07:58,400 --> 00:07:59,400 Made him on the index finger. 212 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,400 Let me see, Pete. 213 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,400 Take a look, Ben. 214 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,400 Yeah. 215 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,400 Doesn't look like a killer, does he, Joe? 216 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Kind of nice looking. 217 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,400 That's right, Pete. 218 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,400 They said the same thing at the end of the day. 219 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,400 Kind of nice looking. 220 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:10,400 That's right, Pete. 221 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,400 They said the same thing about John Dillinger. 222 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:17,680 The name at the top of the makesheet read, Carlos Richard Monterey, male, Caucasian, age 223 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:24,200 19, height 5 feet 11 inches, weight 165 pounds, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes. 224 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:29,080 Last known address, 1663 Naples Street, Los Angeles. 225 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,600 Previous arrests, one, auto theft, February 8th, 1936. 226 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,600 That was all. 227 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,880 Ben and I had been expecting more. 228 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,280 The information on the mama sheet for Monterey was 13 years old. 229 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,280 So was the picture. 230 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,280 So was the description. 231 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,280 So was the address. 232 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,200 In 13 years, a man can change in a thousand ways. 233 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,200 So can his habits, his appearance, his address. 234 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,320 In 13 years, everything can change except two things. 235 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:06,280 A man's fingerprints and a physical deformity. 236 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:18,080 Missing toe on left foot, Carlos Richard Monterey. 237 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,080 Here it is, Joe. 238 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,080 1663 Naples. 239 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,080 Yeah, come on. 240 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:26,880 Somebody's coming. 241 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:35,760 Yes, what is it? 242 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:36,760 They're police officers. 243 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,240 We'd like to ask you a few questions. 244 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,240 Oh, yes. 245 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,120 Would you like to come in? 246 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,120 Thank you, ma'am. 247 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,720 Yes? 248 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,520 Would you mind telling us your name? 249 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,520 Monterey. 250 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:50,520 Isabel Monterey. 251 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,480 What is it you want? 252 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:54,480 You're married? 253 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:55,480 Yes. 254 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,840 My husband is Francisco Monterey. 255 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,520 Would you explain why you are here? 256 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,120 We thought you might be able to help us. 257 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,600 We're looking for a man named Carlos Monterey. 258 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,480 I don't understand you. 259 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,480 We're looking for a man. 260 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:08,480 We'd like to talk to him. 261 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:09,480 Do you know where he is? 262 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,480 Yes. 263 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,480 Carlos is dead seven years ago. 264 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,840 He's dead, my husband told me. 265 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,960 Does your husband know Carlos or did he know him? 266 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:18,960 He was his brother. 267 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,000 What about your husband's parents, Miss Monterey? 268 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Where are they? 269 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 They're both dead. 270 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Some time now. 271 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,200 Have you ever met Carlos? 272 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,200 No, never. 273 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,680 I've only heard of him. 274 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:29,680 What have you heard of him, Miss Monterey? 275 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,560 Do not ask me. 276 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,600 This is important, very important. 277 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,240 Francisco wouldn't like it if I told you. 278 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,240 It's important, Miss Monterey, believe us. 279 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,440 Carlos, he's sick. 280 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,240 He's mined. 281 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,840 For eight years Francisco has not seen him, not heard from him. 282 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,280 He thinks he's dead. 283 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,000 But he only thinks so, Miss Monterey, no one's told him his brother's dead. 284 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 He just thinks so. 285 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 What else is there to think? 286 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Where's your husband now? 287 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 At his work, his store. 288 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 In Vera Street, near Main. 289 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Grocery. 290 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Monterey Cartwright grocery. 291 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,560 Here's your change. 292 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:11,560 Thank you, Mrs. Myers. 293 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:12,560 No look-alikes. 294 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:13,560 You know how it is. 295 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,320 You don't like to let these things get out. 296 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,320 That's why I trust you. 297 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:17,520 You can trust us, Mr. Monterey. 298 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,360 We just want to check on a few things. 299 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:20,360 Oh, fine. 300 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,280 I'm always glad to help out if I can. 301 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,120 Well, can you tell us if your brother was ever in a mental institution in his life? 302 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,440 Oh, I know there was nothing wrong. 303 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:30,440 1923. 304 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:36,680 Got a little bad so Mom and Dad had to put him away for a while, just till he calmed down. 305 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:38,960 I remember the day. 306 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,600 Sometimes dumb, stupid kid, what do you know? 307 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:47,800 Sitting there by himself in the train, crying, the public nurse, stupid way he cried, what 308 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,600 do you do? 309 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,000 I cried too. 310 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,080 I was only 10, Sergeant. 311 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,080 I saw him go. 312 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,080 He was alone. 313 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,960 Later on, Mr. Monterey, your brother was released from the state institution. 314 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,680 Yeah, he was 16. 315 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:04,440 And then he started running around, playing tough, carried a gun, lived by himself. 316 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,060 He never came around. 317 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:09,360 He dropped from sight about 1938. 318 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,440 You haven't heard from him since then? 319 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:12,440 Nothing. 320 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,440 I've never seen him. 321 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,520 Do you know of anybody who might have seen him? 322 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,920 There was a girl he had, Anita something, on Sateo Street. 323 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,280 Anita Martin, yeah, that's it. 324 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,960 Sateo Street. 325 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,960 Maybe she's seen him. 326 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,440 Ask her. 327 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,440 Maybe she's seen him. 328 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,440 Carlos? 329 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:30,440 Carlos Monterey? 330 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:31,440 Not in a year. 331 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:38,760 Less than a month she was in. 332 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:44,200 When I was working at the Peacock, down on South Main, he came in, we talked for a while. 333 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,200 That was all. 334 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,680 And you haven't seen Carlos for the past two months or so? 335 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:47,680 I tell you no. 336 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:48,680 Has he written to you? 337 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:49,680 Has he phoned you? 338 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:53,680 Once, three weeks ago he phoned. 339 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:56,520 Here, he left a message with my girlfriend. 340 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,520 But he didn't call back again. 341 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,080 Now that's it. 342 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,080 That's all I know. 343 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,080 Thank you, Miss Martin. 344 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,080 Here's our card. 345 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,880 If he does call, you'll let us know. 346 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,160 Yeah, I'll let you know. 347 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:08,680 You like Carlos, is that it, Anita? 348 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:09,680 Like him? 349 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,680 No, I didn't like him. 350 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:14,680 He was funny. 351 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,400 But he was nice. 352 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:18,400 You know, I pitied him. 353 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:19,400 Why did you pity him, Miss Martin? 354 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,120 Well, he was a good fellow who was strange. 355 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:28,480 He could smile, you know, he had a nice smile, but you could tell he was never laughing. 356 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,480 There was something in his mind. 357 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,480 Something... 358 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,480 Oh, I don't know. 359 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:42,440 At least a year, closer to two I haven't seen Carlos. 360 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,560 No letters, not a card, nothing. 361 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,000 He was in the East the last time I heard. 362 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,000 When was that? 363 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,640 A year ago, January, I was in here. 364 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,560 He sent me a calendar. 365 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:52,880 Sometimes he could get along fine, very well. 366 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:53,880 Other times terrible. 367 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,520 He couldn't keep him down. 368 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,840 How'd he manage to stay out of jail, that way of the city? 369 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:58,840 I don't know. 370 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,120 Sometimes he should have been in jail five times over. 371 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,040 You say you don't know of anybody who might have a recent picture of Carlos, a snapshot? 372 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,040 No. 373 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,480 No, no one I can think of. 374 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,240 Okay, Vincent, here's our card. 375 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,240 If you do think of somebody, let us know, will you? 376 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,240 It'll help. 377 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,240 Sure, glad to. 378 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,840 If I hear of anybody, what kind of a day is it outside? 379 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:17,840 Hot? 380 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:18,840 Hot. 381 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:29,520 By five o'clock that afternoon, Ben and I were certain of one thing. 382 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,160 Carlos Monterrey was in the city of Los Angeles, somewhere. 383 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,920 We drove back to the office and told Ed Backstrand about our interviews with Monterrey's relatives 384 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,920 and his friends. 385 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,600 Inquiries and requests for further identification and information on him were immediately relayed 386 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,920 to the state mental institutions. 387 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,440 The 13-year-old picture of Monterrey taken from the files was copied and distributed 388 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,200 with a note of caution as to the age of the photograph. 389 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,400 An APB was sent out. 390 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,480 Stakeouts were placed at the home of Monterrey's brother, at the brother's store, and at the 391 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,560 apartment of Anita Martin. 392 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:04,480 A special detail of 300 men was ordered to join the dragnet already in operation. 393 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,040 The details at the airport and the bus terminals were alerted, as well as the details at the 394 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,480 Union Depot and the main post office. 395 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,640 By six o'clock that night, almost 1,000 men were actively working at the job of tracking 396 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,200 down Carlos Monterrey. 397 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,960 At 6.30 p.m., Ben and I drew a four-hour relief period. 398 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,200 We drove out to Ben's place and his wife fixes some dinner. 399 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,360 At 10.30 that night, we reported into the office, picked up Ed Backstrand, and we drove 400 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,360 out to join the manhunt. 401 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:38,360 Unit 32R on the corner south-flowered, Loomis, a 390W, KMA-367. 402 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,360 Unit 12A, Code 1. 403 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,360 66A and 864, Rall Street. 404 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,360 See the man about a 507, KMA-367. 405 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:57,360 Unit 42, 5430, East Grand, apartment KMA-311, KMA-367. 406 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,360 We cruised with the dragnet operation until five o'clock that morning. 407 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,360 Ben and I took turns driving. 408 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:08,360 Actually, the tremendous job of scouring 500 square miles of city for one man was only 409 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,360 beginning. 410 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:14,360 Unless there was an unexpected break the search for Carlos Monterrey could wear on for weeks. 411 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:15,360 It did. 412 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,360 Night after night, the manhunt went on, and day after day. 413 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,360 There was no break. 414 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,360 Sixteen days later, on a Sunday night, I went to bed early. 415 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,360 I read a while, and then I turned off the lamp and went to sleep. 416 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,360 Hello. 417 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:36,360 Friday talking. 418 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,360 Sorry, Joe. 419 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,360 Get in here as fast as you can. 420 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:39,360 What's the matter? 421 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:40,360 That girl Monterrey knew. 422 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,360 The one you talked to? 423 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:42,360 Yeah. 424 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:43,360 She left her apartment, went to her girlfriend's. 425 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:44,360 Yeah? 426 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:45,360 She's dead. 427 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,360 There it is. 428 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,360 Ordinary red brick. 429 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:54,360 Found it by the body. 430 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,360 How long she been dead, Skipper? 431 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,360 She was seen alive about an hour and a half ago. 432 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,360 Got three bare footprints, good length of stride. 433 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,360 Found them down in the lab beside the house. 434 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,360 What do they look like? 435 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:05,360 Same guy. 436 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:07,360 First toe missing from the left foot. 437 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,360 The same weight impression. 438 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:11,360 Should be about five foot eleven. 439 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:13,360 That checks out with what you got, doesn't it? 440 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:15,360 All right, so it's the same guy. 441 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:16,360 What about those shoes we found, Lee? 442 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:18,360 Yeah, they correspond. 443 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:20,360 They were impregnated with foreign matter. 444 00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:22,360 What'd you find? 445 00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:27,360 Particles of lettuce leaf, dry onion skin, traces of red cabbage. 446 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:28,360 Maybe a vegetable counter. 447 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:30,360 Maybe. 448 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:32,360 What about the city wholesale market down on Front Street? 449 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,360 What about any market in Los Angeles? 450 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:37,360 No, Lee, that wholesale market is big enough to hide anybody. 451 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:38,360 Hundreds of tranchions work in there. 452 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,360 Some of them even sleep there. 453 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,360 For a guy like Monterrey, it'd be perfect. 454 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:43,360 That's a fair guess. 455 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:44,360 Check it when it opens. 456 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:45,360 I open at 2 a.m. 457 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:46,360 2.30 now. 458 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,360 All right, get back to the office and pick up as many extra men as you need. 459 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:49,360 Get down there right away. 460 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:50,360 Okay, Ed. 461 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:51,360 Now you know he's a rough one, so watch it. 462 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:58,360 On Monday, June 23rd, at two minutes past 3 a.m., 463 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:01,360 we pulled up at the city wholesale produce market. 464 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,360 With the exception of 54 police officers in plain clothes, 465 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:07,360 who mingled with the buyers and sellers, business went along as usual. 466 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:10,360 The market itself covered almost three square blocks 467 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:12,360 in the lower part of the downtown area. 468 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:16,360 It was divided off into hundreds of individual stalls by flimsy wooden partitions. 469 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:19,360 To make the search even tougher, the place was crowded. 470 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:22,360 For the first 45 minutes, we had the men circulate at random 471 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:26,360 through the crowd on the chance that one of them might spot Carlos Monterrey 472 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:28,360 from the 13-year-old picture. 473 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:29,360 It didn't happen. 474 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:32,360 After that, we started a systematic canvas. 475 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:35,360 We talked to the customers, we talked to the managers of the different booths, 476 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:38,360 we gave them Monterrey's description, we showed them his picture. 477 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:39,360 Nobody recognized him. 478 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,360 We checked the employment records one by one, not a sign. 479 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:46,360 Sorry, Sergeant. I'd like to help. I've never seen the guy. 480 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,360 Okay, Mr. Snyder, thank you. 481 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,360 We sure pick the sweet jobs, don't we? 482 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,360 Oh, yeah, we could spend a year at this. 483 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:53,360 Sergeant, Sergeant Friday. 484 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:55,360 Yeah, Comanski. Did you find something? 485 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:57,360 Guy at the booth over there against the far wall. 486 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,360 Thinks he might have hired Monterrey a couple of days ago. 487 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:01,360 Come on, Ben. Where? 488 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:02,360 Over there, Sergeant. 489 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,360 You showing Monterrey's picture? 490 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,360 Yeah, he thinks it might be him. 491 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:09,360 Mr. President, this is Sergeant Romero, Sergeant Friday. 492 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:14,360 Yes, I told your boy, Sergeant, that this fellow Carlos, I hired him to help last Thursday. 493 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:16,360 Big rush for me now, so I hired him. 494 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:17,360 You sure he's the man? 495 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:22,360 In the picture? I think so. A little older, maybe. 496 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,360 Oh, but I know faces. He's the man. You looking for him? 497 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,360 You say you hired this man last Thursday? 498 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:29,360 That's right. It's a big rush for me now in the morning. 499 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:34,360 I hired him Thursday. He worked Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 500 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:36,360 But he don't show up this morning, so I got no use. 501 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:40,360 Too many men to pick from. You know, show up, I let him go. 502 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:41,360 What kind of work did he do for you? 503 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:44,360 Same as he did for Schiller down there. Heavy work. 504 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,360 Moving the stores, cleaning up. 505 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:48,360 What kind of produce does Schiller handle, Mr. Fransenetti? 506 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,360 Fancy. Very fancy vegetables. 507 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:54,360 Choice. New potatoes, expensive red onions. 508 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:56,360 Schiller sells to the big hotels. 509 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,360 Does Schiller handle brown onions, Mr. Fransenetti? 510 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:03,360 Oh, only the best. Big deal that Schiller sells to the big hotels. 511 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,360 How long has this Carlos been working around the market? 512 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,360 Oh, I don't know. Is it just like the rest? 513 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,360 First he worked for me, then Largo Marzini, then Schiller. 514 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:15,360 Hey, why are you looking so hard for him? He stole something? 515 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,360 He murdered somebody. 516 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,360 Him? My, murder. 517 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,360 Do you have any idea where Carlos lives? 518 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:25,360 Me? No, no. And if he comes back here, I tell you to get out. 519 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,360 I got nothing to do with this trouble. 520 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,360 You'll tell him nothing, Mr. Fransenetti. Here's our card. 521 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,360 If you see Monterey again, call us. Say nothing to him. 522 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,360 Sure, sure. I'd remember. 523 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:35,360 Joel, call the chief at the office, William. Message just came in. 524 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:37,360 Thanks, Hal. Come on, Ben. 525 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,360 Yeah, there's a phone booth. See? 526 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,360 No, I don't. Where? 527 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:40,360 Right ahead. Little to the left. 528 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:42,360 Oh, yeah. You got a nickel? 529 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,360 Let's see. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there you are. 530 00:20:44,360 --> 00:21:02,360 Thanks. I'll see what Ed wants. 531 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:03,360 City Hall. 532 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:04,360 2511. 533 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:07,360 2511. 534 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,360 Chief, the detective's always had him. 535 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:10,360 Hi, Mike. Ed there? 536 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:14,360 Ed, take it on extension two, will you? 537 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:15,360 Backstrand talking. 538 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:16,360 Friday, Ed. 539 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:17,360 Move fast on this one, Joel. 540 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:18,360 What's up? 541 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,360 Main post office. Carlos Monterey picked up a letter 542 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:30,360 that led there less than five minutes ago. 543 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:32,360 Come on, Ben. There's Ed over there with Wellberg. 544 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:35,360 Yeah. Traffic sure jammed up around here. 545 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:36,360 Hi, Ed. 546 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,360 Friday. How's my home? You all set, Wellberg? 547 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,360 All set, Chief. Spring Street to San Pedro. 548 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:42,360 Sunset the first. Got it covered. 549 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,360 Good. 550 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:44,360 What's the story? 551 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:45,360 Post office detail tipped us off. 552 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,360 Five minutes after eight, a man answering 553 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:48,360 Carlos Monterey's description 554 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,360 picked up a letter at the general delivery window. 555 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,360 That was 16 minutes ago. 556 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:52,360 Who spotted him? 557 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:53,360 Sam Lane. 558 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,360 You got to look at him just as he was leaving the window. 559 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:57,360 Called to him to stop, but Monterey ran. 560 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,360 Lane called me and we threw a net over the area 561 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,360 for six blocks around. 562 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,360 And Monterey still somewhere inside this area? 563 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,360 I don't know how he could have gotten out. 564 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,360 What's next? 565 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:05,360 Well, I'll give him an hour to break for it. 566 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:07,360 After that, we start a house-to-house search 567 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:08,360 of the whole area. 568 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,360 Stop all pedestrian and vehicular traffic 569 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:11,360 for identification. 570 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:12,360 You're going to jam up the depot traffic. 571 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,360 That's cheaper than murder, Romero. Get going. 572 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,360 The first hour, we counted off in five-minute segments. 573 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:21,360 Like backstrand, we felt close enough to Monterey 574 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,360 to touch him, but he still wasn't there. 575 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:26,360 The north and south ends of the blockade 576 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:29,360 started to move in, slowly, searching every store, 577 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,360 every house, every conceivable place 578 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:32,360 where a man might hide out. 579 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,360 In the meantime, Ben and I worked the Spring Street 580 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,360 side of the blockade, watching the faces of the pedestrians 581 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:40,360 as they came through, one by one, 582 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:42,360 examining all vehicles and their drivers. 583 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:46,360 The morning wore on, the sun came out, 584 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:47,360 and it started to get warm. 585 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:51,360 By 11 o'clock that morning, Monterey still had not been found. 586 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:53,360 The temperature was 93 in Los Angeles. 587 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,360 It was still climbing. The search went on. 588 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:59,360 A ten-minute past 2 p.m. backstrand made the rounds. 589 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:01,360 How's it look, Skipper? 590 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:02,360 Not good. Going slow. 591 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:03,360 How much longer, you figure? 592 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,360 I don't know. It'll go to after dark, that's sure. 593 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:08,360 District down here is like a rat's nest. 594 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:09,360 Yeah. 595 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,360 Nothing? 596 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,360 Nothing. But he's someplace inside this blockade. 597 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,360 He's gotta be. 598 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,360 Any chance of getting relief for the men in our squad? 599 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:19,360 Some of them have been working straight through since yesterday. 600 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:20,360 Hmm, I'll see. 601 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:22,360 Check with me around 5 this afternoon. 602 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:23,360 Thank you, Skipper. 603 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,360 Keep a sharp lookout. One slip. That's all it takes. 604 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:28,360 The search went on. 605 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,360 At 3 o'clock that afternoon, the temperature was 95. 606 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:32,360 We sweltered and we waited. 607 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:38,360 At 3 45, backstrand sent a squad of men into the Union Depot to search it from top to bottom. 608 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:43,360 There was one false alarm when one of the men thought he saw Monterey slipping out a side door into a taxi. 609 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,360 He turned out to be a train conductor. 610 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:52,360 At 25 minutes past 4, backstrand passed along the order to our detail to start moving in, house by house. 611 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,360 It was a tedious job and it went slow. 612 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:56,360 The men were tired. 613 00:23:57,360 --> 00:23:59,360 At 5 30, the relief squad showed up. 614 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:01,360 Ben and I stayed on. 615 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:06,360 After another two hours of house to house searching, the trap was narrowed down to a three square block area. 616 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,360 A single block wide and three blocks long. 617 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,360 It started to get dark. 618 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:12,360 Backstrand ordered out batteries of floodlights. 619 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:16,360 By 8 p.m., the cordon closed in around the last two square blocks. 620 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:19,360 Line's raw set, Skipper. Ready to move. 621 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:20,360 Good. 622 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:21,360 What do you think? 623 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,360 I will know pretty soon. One way or the other. 624 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,360 Frank, keep that traffic moving. 625 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,360 All right, you two, get going. 626 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,360 See you later, Skipper. 627 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,360 Joe, let's take a look in here. 628 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:32,360 Okay. 629 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:36,360 Sure is an old building. 630 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:37,360 Yeah. 631 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:39,360 Where'd Kamansky go? 632 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:40,360 I don't know. He was here a minute ago. 633 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:42,360 Oh wait, there's his flashlight. 634 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:44,360 At the end of the corridor there. He's signaling. 635 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:45,360 Yeah, come on. 636 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,360 Kamansky? 637 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,360 Yeah. Down below, Sergeant, in the basement. Come on. 638 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,360 Monterey? 639 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,360 He's been there, I think. 640 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:53,360 Yeah, this way. 641 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,360 Where? 642 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,360 Over here. And watch the step, the light's bad. 643 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,360 Here he is. 644 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:01,360 Says he's a janitor. 645 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:02,360 Oh, my head. 646 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:03,360 He's been slugged. 647 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,360 All right, come on. How'd it happen? Can you tell us? 648 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:07,360 Yeah, a man, a big man, hit me. 649 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,360 I came down to empty the baskets. He hit me and ran. 650 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:11,360 Ran over to the new building. 651 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:12,360 The new building? Is that the one next door? 652 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:13,360 Yeah, just a few minutes ago. 653 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:17,360 Nobody's come out of this building for the past half hour every door in the place is guarded. 654 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,360 No, no, not the doors. He went through the tunnel. I saw him. 655 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:20,360 Over there's the tunnel. 656 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:21,360 I'll take a look, Joe. 657 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:23,360 Yeah, the tunnel. Next to two basements. 658 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:27,360 Next to two basements. Same company, old building, new building. The tunnel connects the basement. 659 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,360 Joe, come on. 660 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,360 Yeah. Come answer. You get out the backstrand. Tell them what's happened. 661 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:31,360 Right, Sergeant. 662 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:32,360 Call an ambulance. 663 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,360 Right. 664 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,360 All right, Ben. Through the tunnel. 665 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,360 Watch where you're going. The light's bad. 666 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:39,360 Yeah, it is. 667 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:43,360 Is that a door up ahead, dude? 668 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:46,360 Yeah, I think so. Yeah, yeah. Let's go. 669 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,360 Good. There's a stairway. Come on. 670 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:56,360 Watch the doors. 671 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:01,360 Joe, the elevator. They're both on the third floor. 672 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,360 Let's head for the stairs. Ben, come on. 673 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:12,360 One more floor. 674 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,360 Yeah, right. 675 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:15,360 Come on, hurry. 676 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,360 Yeah. 677 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,360 Look, top of the stairs. 678 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:18,360 Very good. 679 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:19,360 All right, hold it, Hugh. 680 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:22,360 Ducked in the elevator. Joey's going down. 681 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:23,360 Well, we'll never make it on the stairs. 682 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:26,360 Joe, look. This other elevator, the control lever's bent. 683 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:27,360 Let's try it anyway. 684 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:28,360 Yeah. 685 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,360 All right, kick the control lever. Kick it, Ben. 686 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:34,360 That's good. 687 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,360 All right, Ben. Knock the lever back. Come on, quick. 688 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:40,360 Yeah. 689 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:40,360 What's the matter? 690 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,360 Joey's jammed. We're going past. 691 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:42,360 All right, let's kick it. Here. 692 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:44,360 Yeah, that doesn't. Can you reach the door control? 693 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:45,360 Wait just a minute. I'll see. 694 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:47,360 Yeah. 695 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:48,360 Okay. 696 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:50,360 Well, he's still in the building. 697 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:51,360 Both elevators are here now. 698 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,360 Yeah. 699 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:54,360 Down the hall, Ben. The office on the left, I think. 700 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:55,360 Yeah. 701 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:56,360 Okay, here we are. 702 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:57,360 All right, keep clear of the door. 703 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,360 All right, man. All right. Put on that gun and come on out. 704 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,360 I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you! 705 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:04,360 All of you! 706 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:07,360 Okay, Joe. Let's take him. 707 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:08,360 Watch it, Ben. 708 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:10,360 He's throwing the gun. 709 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:13,360 Watch it, Ben. He's throwing everything he can get his hands on. 710 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:14,360 I'll kill you! 711 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:15,360 Come on! 712 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:16,360 I'll kill you! 713 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:18,360 Get away! I'll kill all of you! 714 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:20,360 All right, Monterey. 715 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,360 Come on, you. 716 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:22,360 I'll kill you! 717 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:23,360 I'll kill you! 718 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:24,360 I'll kill you! 719 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,360 Okay, Ben. Take him. 720 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:35,360 Nice looking guy. 721 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:37,360 Clean cut. 722 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:39,360 Yeah. 723 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:41,360 Doesn't figure, does it? 724 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:43,360 What's that? 725 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:48,360 My wife would say, he doesn't look like a killer, does he? 726 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,360 What's a killer supposed to look like? 727 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,360 The story you have just heard is true. 728 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:05,360 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 729 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,360 Carlos Monterey was examined by five different psychiatrists 730 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,360 appointed by the Superior Court and was found to be sane. 731 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,360 He was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 732 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:18,360 He was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary. 733 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:27,360 You have just heard the 17th in a new series of authentic cases from official files. 734 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:31,360 Technical advice board dragnet comes from the office of W.A. Wharton, 735 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:35,360 acting chief of police, Los Angeles Police Department. 736 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:39,360 Tonight's program is dedicated to motorcycle patrolman John Kramer 737 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,360 of the El Paso, Texas, Sheriff's Department, 738 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,360 who on the afternoon of April 26, 1940, gave his life, 739 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,360 so that yours might be more secure. 740 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,360 Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. 741 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,360 You're tuned for the stars on NBC.