1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,960 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,680 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:34,360 Fatima cigarettes, best of long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,280 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,880 You're assigned to homicide detail. 6 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,440 A vicious killer has taken the life of a 62-year-old woman. 7 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,560 Suspicion points in only one direction. 8 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,040 The murderer was heartless, cold-blooded. 9 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:55,720 Your job, get him. 10 00:00:55,720 --> 00:01:00,560 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of long cigarettes. 11 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,560 Smoke Fatima. 12 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:07,400 It's the long cigarette that contains an essential ingredient of all the very popular cigarettes, 13 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,960 Turkish tobacco. 14 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,840 That's why you see the Turkish symbols on the attractive golden yellow Fatima package. 15 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:20,320 That's why Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long 16 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:21,320 cigarette. 17 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:24,680 That's why Fatima doubles and redoubles its smokers. 18 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:30,440 Yes, if you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of long cigarettes. 19 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,440 Smoke Fatima. 20 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:38,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 21 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,320 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 22 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:46,480 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 23 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:47,480 files. 24 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:54,120 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 25 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,800 in action. 26 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,400 It was Saturday, November 5th. 27 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,320 It was foggy in Los Angeles. 28 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,520 We were working the day watch out of homicide. 29 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:04,680 My partner is Ben Romero. 30 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,760 The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. 31 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:07,760 My name's Friday. 32 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,760 It was 3.35 p.m. when I got to room 42, homicide. 33 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:12,760 Long distance. 34 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:13,760 This is Friday in homicide. 35 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,760 I'd like to place a call to Mr. Frank Granard in Murphy, Idaho, the number is 761. 36 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,760 Frank Granard, Murphy, Idaho, 761. 37 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:22,760 Yeah, that's right. 38 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:23,760 The call's been cleared with the business office. 39 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:24,760 All right. 40 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:25,760 Do you want me to call you back, Sergeant? 41 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:26,760 No, I'll hang on. 42 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:27,760 Okay, I'll place it for you. 43 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:48,760 Long distance. 44 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:58,760 To Frank Granard, Murphy, Idaho, Murphy, 761. 45 00:02:58,760 --> 00:02:59,760 Thank you. 46 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:00,760 Your number, please. 47 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:01,760 Charge the call to Madison, 7961. 48 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:02,760 Thank you. 49 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,760 The time in charge is when the call's completed, operator. 50 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,760 Raid operator. 51 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:15,760 Yes, Murphy, Idaho, rooting and person raided. 52 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,760 I'm calling Napa. 53 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,760 N-A-M-P-A, Napa. 54 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:22,760 Hi. 55 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,760 The number is 9. 56 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:25,760 Boise. 57 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,760 Hi. 58 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,760 160 plus. 59 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:30,760 160, thank you. 60 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,760 You're welcome. 61 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:41,760 Through Boise. 62 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:42,760 Boise. 63 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:50,760 I'm calling Napa. 64 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,760 Murphy, 761. 65 00:03:54,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Thank you. 66 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,760 Keep ringing, 761. 67 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:05,760 They're ringing the number, Sergeant. 68 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:15,760 Okay, thanks. 69 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:16,760 Hello? 70 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:17,760 Mr. Frank Granard, please. 71 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Los Angeles calling. 72 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Who do you want? 73 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,760 Mr. Frank Granard, please. 74 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:22,760 Los Angeles calling. 75 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:23,760 I'm Frank Granard. 76 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:24,760 Go ahead, please. 77 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:25,760 All right, Sergeant, go ahead. 78 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:26,760 Hello? 79 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:27,760 Hello? 80 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:28,760 Hello, Frank Granard? 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:29,760 Yeah, who's this? 82 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,760 This is Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 83 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:35,760 I've got an urgent message for you. 84 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:36,760 For me? 85 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:37,760 What's the matter? 86 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,760 Your wife, Dolores, asked me to call you. 87 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:41,760 Something's happened to your mother. 88 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:42,760 What do you mean? 89 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:43,760 What's happened? 90 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,760 I better let your wife tell you. 91 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,760 She wants you back in Los Angeles right away. 92 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:48,760 Look, what's this all about? 93 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,760 I can't leave my job now. 94 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:51,760 You better come. 95 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:52,760 Your mother's been murdered. 96 00:04:52,760 --> 00:05:06,760 Talk to the skipper, Joe. 97 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:07,760 He's on his way in. 98 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:08,760 That's good. 99 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:09,760 Did you call my husband? 100 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:10,760 Did you? 101 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,760 He's flying down from Idaho tonight. 102 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:13,760 Be here in the morning. 103 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:14,760 You tell him about me? 104 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:15,760 The trouble I'm in? 105 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:16,760 I told him his mother was murdered. 106 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:17,760 That's all I told him, Mrs. Granard. 107 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,760 What am I going to say to Frank? 108 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:21,760 He always sided in with his mother. 109 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,760 He'll never believe me. 110 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:23,760 What can I tell him? 111 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Jury can give you more trouble than your husband can. 112 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,760 What are you going to tell them? 113 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,760 Are you stupid or something? 114 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:29,760 How many times do I have to say it? 115 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:30,760 I didn't kill her. 116 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:31,760 I didn't kill her. 117 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:32,760 It's a small room, Mrs. Granard. 118 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:33,760 We can hear you. 119 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,760 Sit down, please. 120 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:35,760 I won't sit down. 121 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,760 You're not pinning this on me because I didn't do it. 122 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,760 Anybody could have killed the old hag, but I didn't. 123 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:40,760 Will you sit down, please? 124 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:41,760 I don't have to take this. 125 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,760 I'm no tramp. 126 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,760 Keeping me in here, asking me questions, I told you all I know. 127 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,760 Look, you're in a bad spot. 128 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:47,760 I hope you realize that. 129 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:48,760 I didn't kill her. 130 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,760 Mrs. Granard, how long have you and your mother-in-law been living together in the house on Chavez Road? 131 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,760 Since Frank took the job up in Idaho. 132 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,760 About six months. 133 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,760 He said it'd be better for me while he was away living with her. 134 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,760 Your neighbors told us you didn't get along very well with your mother-in-law. 135 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:04,760 That's right, I didn't. 136 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,760 She hated me, I hated her. 137 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:07,760 You used to fight with her, is that right? 138 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:08,760 You hit her. 139 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:09,760 Only a couple of times. 140 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,760 She called me dirty names. 141 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:12,760 I hit her. 142 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,760 She pulled me by the hair. 143 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:15,760 I hit her. 144 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,760 I hated her like everything. 145 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:19,760 I didn't kill her. 146 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:20,760 Once more, Mrs. Granard. 147 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,760 Would you mind telling us how you spent your time since early this morning? 148 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:24,760 Where you went, what you did, everything? 149 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,760 I told you already everything. 150 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,760 Will you tell us again, please? 151 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,760 I got up about quarter to nine. 152 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,760 I had a cup of coffee and then I got dressed. 153 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,760 The old lady was on the back porch doing the washing. 154 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,760 What did your mother-in-law do for a living? 155 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,760 I told you. 156 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,760 She took in washers. 157 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,760 After I got dressed, I left the house. 158 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,760 About ten minutes after nine, I went downtown to the dentist. 159 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,760 He filled a tooth for me. 160 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,760 It's right here, you can ask him. 161 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,760 What time did you leave the dentist's office? 162 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,760 About quarter after ten. 163 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:57,760 Maybe twenty after. 164 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:58,760 You can ask him. 165 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,760 What did you do after that? 166 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,760 I walked around window shopping. 167 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:02,760 Did you buy anything, talk to anybody? 168 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:03,760 I told you no. 169 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,760 What time did you get home? 170 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,760 Half past twelve. 171 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,760 I went in the bedroom. 172 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,760 The old lady was there. 173 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,760 Blood all over. 174 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,760 I felt her heart. 175 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,760 It wasn't beating. 176 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,760 Is that when you got the blood on your dress? 177 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,760 Yeah. 178 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,760 Now that's all I'm going to say. 179 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,760 Three times I told you the same story already. 180 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,760 And you still can't account for your time between ten, twenty this morning 181 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,760 and the time you found the body and called the police at twelve thirty. 182 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,760 I told you. 183 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,760 I left the dentist. 184 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:32,760 I went window shopping. 185 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:33,760 Then I walked home. 186 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,760 And during that time, you didn't talk to anyone and no one saw you. 187 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,760 Lots of people saw me. 188 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:39,760 People saw me. 189 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,760 People on the street downtown. 190 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:42,760 I'm no tramp. 191 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:43,760 I don't talk to everybody. 192 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,760 None of your neighbors saw you come home, Miss Renard? 193 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,760 Of course they didn't see me. 194 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,760 I cut across the back lot from San Jose Avenue. 195 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:50,760 I came in the back way. 196 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,760 The lady who lives next door to you, she says she was in the backyard about noon time. 197 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,760 She stayed there until after one o'clock. 198 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,760 She didn't see you come in the back way. 199 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,760 Then she's a liar. 200 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:58,760 She's a dirty liar. 201 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,760 You and your husband took out an insurance policy on your mother-in-law last year. 202 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:02,760 Is that right, Miss Renard? 203 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,760 Sure it is. 204 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:05,760 What of it? 205 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,760 Five thousand dollars. 206 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,760 Five thousand dollars? 207 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:10,760 Yes, so what? 208 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,760 Do you know a man by the name of George Martino? 209 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,760 No. 210 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,760 You better tell the truth, Miss Renard. 211 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:17,760 All right, so I do. 212 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:18,760 He's a friend of mine. 213 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,760 You've been running around with him since your husband's been away. 214 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:21,760 None of your business. 215 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,760 I do what I want. 216 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,760 Your mother-in-law found out about Martino. 217 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:25,760 That's what you fought about most of the time. 218 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,760 Oh, she was crazy. 219 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:28,760 He's a friend of mine. 220 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:29,760 That's all. 221 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,760 Are you telling the truth, Miss Renard? 222 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,760 Martino's a boyfriend of mine. 223 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:34,760 I told you. 224 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:35,760 That's all. 225 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:36,760 Your mother-in-law found out you were running around with him. 226 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,760 She warned you if you didn't shake Martino, she'd write your husband. 227 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,760 You said you'd kill her if she did. 228 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:41,760 That's a lie. 229 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,760 That's what your mother-in-law told one of the neighbor ladies. 230 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,760 I said it just to scare her. 231 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,760 One night I was drinking. 232 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,760 We had a fight. 233 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,760 She was yapping at me all night. 234 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:51,760 I said it just to scare her. 235 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,760 But she wrote the letter anyway. 236 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,760 That's what she said. 237 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,760 But I didn't kill her. 238 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,760 You had the time, the motive, and the opportunity. 239 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:01,760 It wasn't me. 240 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,760 I didn't kill her. 241 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:05,760 Interrogation room, Friday. 242 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:06,760 This is Brennan, Joe. 243 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:07,760 Yeah, Bill. Where are you? 244 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:08,760 Santa Monica. 245 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,760 Picked up George Martino. 246 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,760 Ben and I drove Mrs. Renard to Lincoln Heights Jail, 5th floor, 247 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,760 and had her booked on suspicion of 187 PC. 248 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,760 When we checked back in at the office, Brennan and Wiseman, 249 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,760 the other two men on the case with Ben and I, 250 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,760 were questioning George Martino in the interrogation room. 251 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,760 Ben and I stood by. 252 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,760 Martino admitted only two things. 253 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,760 He had been running around with Mrs. Renard since her husband left town, 254 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,760 and he had heard Mrs. Renard express a desire to do away with her mother-in-law. 255 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,760 After the questioning of Martino, Sergeant Brennan, Ben and I met with Chief Ed Backstrand. 256 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:43,760 It was 5.15 p.m. 257 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,760 You got everything but the murder weapon, huh? 258 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,760 That and Mrs. Renard's confession. 259 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:48,760 She ought to come through, huh, Joe? 260 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:49,760 I don't know. 261 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,760 She's scared, but she's still got a smart mouth. 262 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:53,760 What about Martino, Brennan? 263 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,760 You think he had a hand in it? 264 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,760 I don't think so. 265 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,760 We spent most of the afternoon talking to him. 266 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:58,760 He hasn't got the guts. 267 00:09:58,760 --> 00:09:59,760 We took a statement. 268 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:00,760 And does he have an alibi? 269 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:01,760 Solid. 270 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:02,760 What was the cause of death? 271 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,760 Strangulation, multiple fractures of the skull. 272 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,760 All the motives are with Mrs. Renard, Chief. 273 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:07,760 Pretty clear-cut job. 274 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,760 No evidence of robbery or burglary, I guess. 275 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,760 A couple of dresser drawers in her bedroom were emptied on the floor 276 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:14,760 and clothes tossed all around. 277 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,760 Pretty obvious plan to make it look like burglary. 278 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:17,760 Maybe. 279 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,760 We found three one-dollar bills in plain sight. 280 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,760 They were on the floor near the body. 281 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,760 If a burglar went through this stuff, he wouldn't have missed that money. 282 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,760 And it shouldn't be too much trouble tying it up. 283 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:26,760 Shouldn't be skipper. 284 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,760 Friday and Romero, you follow the case through. 285 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,760 Just a minute. 286 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:33,760 Hello. 287 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:34,760 Backstrand. 288 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:35,760 Yeah. 289 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,760 What? 290 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,760 All right, I'll send him over. 291 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,760 Lee Jones. 292 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,760 Just finished checking the evidence at the crime lab. 293 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:44,760 Yeah. 294 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,760 He thinks Mrs. Renard's innocent. 295 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:53,760 There they are, fellas. 296 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:54,760 Facts don't lie. 297 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,760 But she had every reason in the world to kill old lady. 298 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:58,760 In my book, she couldn't have killed her. 299 00:10:58,760 --> 00:10:59,760 All right, let's have it, Lee. 300 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:00,760 How does the evidence add up? 301 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:01,760 That's just it, Joe. 302 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:02,760 It doesn't. 303 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:03,760 Take a look. 304 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,760 The dress Mrs. Renard was wearing when she found the body. 305 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:07,760 That's it. 306 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:08,760 Blood smears near the hem. 307 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:09,760 Two smears, that's all. 308 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:10,760 Now, if she murdered her mother-in-law, 309 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,760 there should be more blood on this dress. 310 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:13,760 It shouldn't be smeared. 311 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,760 How do you mean? 312 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,760 First of all, the man on which the old lady was killed, 313 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,760 head was battered in, must have bled profusely. 314 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:19,760 No question about that. 315 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:20,760 All right, go ahead. 316 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,760 Whoever murdered the old lady must have stains all over their clothes. 317 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,760 Here's the important part. 318 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:26,760 Because of the nature of the wound, 319 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,760 it would have stained in drops, not smears. 320 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:30,760 Well, how can you tell the difference? 321 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,760 Maybe these are drop stains on her desk. 322 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,760 They're not. 323 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,760 I checked them with the microscope. 324 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,760 Only the higher ribs of the cloth are stained. 325 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:37,760 The smears, nothing else. 326 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,760 But a drop forms its own definite drop pattern 327 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,760 and permeates the cloth, soaks in. 328 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,760 No signs of that on her dress. 329 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:44,760 Not a one. 330 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,760 Now, here's the silk scarf the old lady was strangled with. 331 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:47,760 Yeah? 332 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,760 Here's what I found in the knot tied in the scarf. 333 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,760 A blonde hair, wavy. 334 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:53,760 Old lady had dark hair. 335 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:54,760 So does Mrs. Renard. 336 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:55,760 So does her boyfriend. 337 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:56,760 That's what I mean. 338 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,760 This blonde hair is one of two things that didn't belong at that murder scene. 339 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:01,760 What else you got? 340 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:02,760 This hair. 341 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:03,760 What is it, Lee? 342 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,760 Small piece of plastic from a gun butt, I'd say. 343 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:06,760 See here? 344 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,760 Crisscross surface, then a little smooth area. 345 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,760 Yeah? 346 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,760 The killer could have hit the old lady with the butt of a gun. 347 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,760 And a piece of the stock could have chipped off like this, huh? 348 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:14,760 Mrs. Renard doesn't own a gun. 349 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,760 You didn't murder no one. 350 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:17,760 Where does that leave us? 351 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,760 I don't know, Joe. 352 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:19,760 There's the stuff. 353 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:20,760 You can't disregard it. 354 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:21,760 Maybe you can explain it. 355 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:22,760 Yeah. How? 356 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,760 You'll first prove this dress isn't the one Mrs. Renard was wearing this morning. 357 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:27,760 Then find the dress she did wear. 358 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,760 And we know she wore this when the dentist identified it, and so did two of the neighbors. 359 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:31,760 That's what I mean. 360 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:32,760 The dress is too clean. 361 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:33,760 It doesn't belong. 362 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:34,760 Yeah. 363 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,760 And this blonde hair, this piece of gun butt, they don't belong either. 364 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,760 Well, and you think she's innocent. 365 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:39,760 You're looking at the evidence. 366 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,760 What do you think? 367 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,760 Six p.m. Saturday, November 5th. 368 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,760 Ben and I went back to the office and met with Brennan Wiseman and Ed Backstrand. 369 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,760 The open and shut case against Mrs. Renard was up in the air. 370 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,760 But we still weren't sure that she was innocent of the murder of her mother-in-law. 371 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,760 Ben and I drove to the Lincoln Heights jail and interviewed the suspect again. 372 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,760 She agreed to submit to a lie detector test. 373 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,760 We drove back to the office, contacted Sergeant Berger, the department's polygraph man, 374 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,760 and set up a special test for the following day. 375 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,760 The next morning we met with Berger and formulated a list of key questions. 376 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:18,760 And then we picked up Mrs. Renard and brought her to the third floor of the Old City jail building, the polygraph room. 377 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,760 At 10.33 a.m., the test got underway. 378 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,760 As usual, Sergeant Berger conducted the interview alone. 379 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,760 Backstrand, Ben, and I waited outside. 380 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,760 Well, how about Mrs. Renard's husband? Get in town yet? 381 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,760 He's due in around noon, Skipper. 382 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,760 Got a smoke? 383 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,760 Yeah. Here you are, Ed. 384 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,760 Yeah, thanks. 385 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,760 What time is it now? 386 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,760 10.25. 387 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,760 Here's Berger now. 388 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:51,760 That's it, Ed. 389 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:52,760 What'd you get? 390 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,760 I can study the chart a little more. The results are pretty well defined, though. 391 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:56,760 How's it look? 392 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,760 No reaction to the key questions. 393 00:13:58,760 --> 00:13:59,760 What's your opinion? 394 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,760 I don't think she did it. 395 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,760 You are listening to Dragnet, 396 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,760 authentic stories of your police force in action. 397 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,760 And in leading magazines this week, you'll see this authentic story. 398 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:21,760 Headline. 399 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,760 Fatima's sensational growth sets a record for long cigarettes. 400 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:30,760 Then you'll read the actual reasons smokers give for changing to Fatima. 401 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,760 Fatima is different. It's mild and has a wonderful flavor. 402 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,760 Fatima's best. 403 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,760 These are the words of Miss Pamela Bookman of New York, 404 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,760 where Fatima has increased its smokers 132%. 405 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,760 Fatima tastes much better than any other long cigarette. It's the best. 406 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,760 Says Mr. James S. Winterhalter of Detroit, 407 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:55,760 where Fatima smokers have increased 348%. 408 00:14:55,760 --> 00:15:00,760 I like the flavor, and Fatima is mild. It's the best long cigarette. 409 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,760 That's the statement of Mrs. Mary C. Werdeman of Los Angeles, 410 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:09,760 where Fatima has increased its smokers 545%. 411 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:14,760 Yes, more and more long cigarette smokers every day agree. 412 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,760 A change to Fatima is a change to the best. 413 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,760 Enjoy Fatima yourself. Best of long cigarettes. 414 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,760 8 a.m. Monday, November 7th. 415 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,760 Mrs. Renard was released from custody. 416 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,760 We questioned her husband, Frank Renard, briefly. 417 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,760 He could tell us nothing more than we already knew. 418 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,760 Brennan and Wiseman were called back on the case, 419 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,760 and together the four of us started over again from the beginning. 420 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:44,760 We had a dead body, two pieces of physical evidence to work with, 421 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,760 no idea how to fit them together, and no suspects. 422 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,760 We went back to the Chavez Road neighborhood, 423 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,760 where the murdered woman lived and started pushing doorbells. 424 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:54,760 We canvassed the neighborhood for three days, 425 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,760 and we uncovered one slim lead. 426 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,760 He was selling magazines, officer. 427 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,760 Went door to door, right up the street here, young fellow. 428 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,760 Could you describe the man for us, please? 429 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:04,760 Nothing to talk about. 430 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,760 Pasty face, pimply complexion, blonde hair. 431 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,760 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, November 9th. 432 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,760 Ben and I met with Brennan and Wiseman 433 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,760 and head Backstrand's office to compare notes. 434 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,760 Together we had more than a dozen reports of the magazine salesman's presence 435 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,760 in the neighborhood just prior to the murder of Mrs. Renard's mother-in-law. 436 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,760 The various descriptions of the man, 437 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,760 which we obtained from the people in the neighborhood, tallied closely. 438 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:31,760 About 6 feet, 170 pounds, pimply complexion, blonde hair, fast talkum. 439 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,760 About 25 years old. 440 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,760 As far as we know, Skipper, he was the only stranger in the neighborhood last Saturday morning. 441 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,760 Only one the people remember, anyway. 442 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,760 How close did you trace him to the Renard house? 443 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:41,760 You got your list there, Brennan? 444 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,760 Yeah. There you are. 445 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:44,760 Thanks. Let's see. 446 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,760 Well, he picked up his tracks down on Floresta Street, 447 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,760 sold a couple of descriptions there, 448 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,760 then he headed up Landers Avenue onto Chavez Road. 449 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:51,760 Yeah. 450 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,760 The Renards live at 2280 Chavez Road. 451 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,760 That salesman talked to the woman at 2274 Chavez. 452 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,760 That's three doors away from the Renards. 453 00:16:58,760 --> 00:16:59,760 When was he seen there? 454 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:00,760 Let me see. 455 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,760 Where is that, Brennan? 456 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:03,760 Oh, on the 15-7 sheet, Joe. 457 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,760 Didn't have enough room on the report. 458 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,760 Oh. Yeah. Here it is. 459 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,760 Mrs. John Rico, 2274 Chavez. 460 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,760 The guy was there about 11.45 Saturday morning. 461 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,760 Well, that puts him in the running. 462 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,760 First time he ever showed in that neighborhood. 463 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,760 First time, Skipper. Fresh kid. Not a very good salesman. 464 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,760 Here's the name of the company he's working for, the Harrison News Distributors. 465 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:21,760 Did you check with them? 466 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,760 No, they're closed for the night. We'll call them the first thing tomorrow. 467 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,760 Good. Here's something else for you. 468 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,760 I had a call from Frank Renard this afternoon. 469 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,760 What did he have to say? 470 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,760 Seems in the excitement, just after the murder, 471 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,760 Mrs. Renard overlooked a couple of things. 472 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:34,760 What's that? 473 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,760 They're missing a yellow table model radio. 474 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,760 It was in the bedroom where the old lady was killed. 475 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:40,760 Well, that ties in with the robbery motive. 476 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,760 They're missing a ring, too. Belonged to Mrs. Renard. 477 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,760 Topaz ring. 478 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,760 Supposed to be worth a little money. 479 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,760 But she didn't notice it was gone until today. 480 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:49,760 That's right. 481 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:50,760 You got the serial number on the radio? 482 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,760 Yeah, let's see. Yeah, Ben, here we are. 483 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,760 It's an Emerson model 511-180-000-277609. 484 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,760 Not a small radio in town. 485 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,760 There's only one with that serial number on it. 486 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,760 Track it down. 487 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,760 A complete description of the Topaz ring and the serial numbers 488 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,760 and description of the yellow table model radio 489 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,760 were sent to the pawn shop detail. 490 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,760 The information was then placed on the stolen property list 491 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,760 and relayed to every pawn shop operator in the city. 492 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,760 The next morning, Ben and I interviewed the manager 493 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,760 of the Harrison News Distributing Company. 494 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,760 There, the suspect had given his name as Sam Bricker. 495 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,760 We checked out his home address. 496 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,760 Turned out to be a gas station in North Hollywood. 497 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,760 We took the suspect's job application blank 498 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,760 with a specimen of his handwriting, 499 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,760 and then we drove back to the office. 500 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,760 Sam Bricker. We were unable to get a make 501 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,760 on the name from the record bureau. 502 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,760 We checked the cards and every known criminal 503 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,760 who was catalogued in the oddity file as having a pimply complexion. 504 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,760 None of them matched. 505 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,760 That night, we got out an APB and a radiogram. 506 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,760 The suspect's trail led from one salesman's job to the next. 507 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,760 On his last job, he gave his name as Albert Berry. 508 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,760 His address is 1430 Palo Alto Drive. 509 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,760 It was in the Echo Lake District. 510 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,760 Ben and I drove out to check it. 511 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,760 1428. 1430. There it is, Joe. 512 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,760 Yeah. At least it's not a gas station, huh? 513 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,760 Come on. 514 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,760 Tiresome, huh? 515 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,760 Yeah. I could stand a change. 516 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,760 Yes, what is it? 517 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,760 We're looking for an Albert Berry, ma'am. 518 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,760 Does he live here? Mr. Berry, I'm sorry. 519 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,760 He and his wife moved four days ago. 520 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,760 We identified ourselves as police officers 521 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,760 and had the landlady, a Mrs. Catherine Hoffman, 522 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,760 show us the apartment which Berry and his wife had occupied. 523 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,760 It was still vacant. 524 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,760 In one of the closets in the apartment, we found a cheap overnight bag. 525 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,760 The lock on it was broken and one of the seams had ripped. 526 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:48,760 I forgot about that old bag and Mr. Berry told me I could throw it away. 527 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,760 Take a look. I'm in. 528 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,760 How long has Berry been married? Do you know Mrs. Hoffman? 529 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,760 No, I don't. But the way they acted, lovey-dovey all the time, 530 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,760 I don't think they've been together long. 531 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,760 Hey, Joe. Look. Some kind of an identification tag. 532 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,760 Yeah, let me see. Look over here. 533 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,760 It's a tool disc. It looks like it's down here. 534 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,760 Jameson Larrabee, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 535 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,760 You're not after Mr. Berry, are you, officer? 536 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,760 Yes, ma'am, we are. 537 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,760 Did he leave a forwarding address? I wish he did. 538 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,760 I'm holding three letters for Mrs. Berry in my apartment right now. 539 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,760 May we see them, please? Certainly. 540 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,760 Would you step this way, please? My apartment's just across the hall. 541 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,760 Yes, ma'am. 542 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,760 Would you like a bottle of beer or something? 543 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,760 No, ma'am, thanks. 544 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,760 Let's see. I thought I... 545 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,760 Yes, here they are. Three of them, Sergeant. 546 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,760 From her folks, I think. Mrs. Berry's from Fresno. 547 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,760 Oh, that's good. I want to copy down this return address, ma'am. 548 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,760 Yeah, go ahead. Okay. 549 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,760 That's C.K. Ulrich, U-L-R-I-C-K. 550 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,760 525 North Lamona, Fresno. 551 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,760 Yeah, got it. 552 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:51,760 There you are, Ms. Hoffman. 553 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,760 By the way, did the Berry say they'd call for their mail? 554 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,760 Mrs. Berry did. That's why I'm holding on to it. 555 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,760 All right. Just one more question. 556 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,760 Do you remember if Mr. and Mrs. Berry had a radio? 557 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,760 Yes, they did. A small one. 558 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,760 Do you remember what brand it was? 559 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:09,760 No, I don't. It had a yellow case. That's all I remember. 560 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,760 Before we left, we called Ed Backstrand, 561 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,760 and he had an immediate stakeout placed at the apartment house 562 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,760 in case the Berries returned to pick up their mail. 563 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,760 Ben and I went back to the office and placed a call 564 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,760 to the Pittsburgh Police Department. 565 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,760 We gave them the description and the number of the tool disc 566 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,760 which we'd found in Berry's old suitcase. 567 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,760 They said they'd check with the Jamison Larrabee Company in the morning, 568 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,760 and then they'd call us back. 569 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,760 That night, Ben and I drove to Fresno 570 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,760 and checked in at the police station up there. 571 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,760 Two officers were assigned to stake out the Ulrich home. 572 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,760 We interviewed Mr. Ulrich, who identified himself 573 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,760 as Albert Berry's father-in-law. 574 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,760 He told us his daughter had married the murder suspect 575 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,760 eight months before, and he gave us pictures 576 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,760 of Berry taken at the wedding. 577 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,760 Ulrich told us that he'd catch a Santa Fe train out of Fresno 578 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,760 the next morning. He wanted to be in Los Angeles 579 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,760 to take his daughter home when Berry was apprehended. 580 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,760 It was almost 2 a.m. when Ben and I left Fresno 581 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,760 and started back for Los Angeles. 582 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,760 We checked in at the office at 10 minutes past 8 the next morning. 583 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,760 At 8.35, the call came through from the Pittsburgh Police Department. 584 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:09,760 What did they say, Joe? 585 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,760 It was a tool disc, all right. 586 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,760 Jamison Larrabee Company issued 18 months ago to one of their workers. 587 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:14,760 May I give a name? 588 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,760 Albert Berry. 589 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,760 11 a.m. Monday, December the 5th. 590 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,760 One month to the day since the 62-year-old woman had been beaten to death. 591 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,760 The pictures of Berry and his wife, which had been taken at their wedding, 592 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,760 were printed up in wholesale lots and distributed to all points. 593 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,760 Mr. Ulrich, Berry's father-in-law, arrived in town and got himself a hotel room. 594 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:36,760 We waited. 595 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,760 There was no report from the stakeout at the apartment house. 596 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,760 We checked back in at the office at 5 minutes to 1. 597 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:43,760 I'll get it. 598 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:47,760 I'm a side Friday. 599 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,760 This is Mr. Ulrich, Sergeant. 600 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,760 I just got a call from my wife in Fresno. I thought you'd want to know. 601 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:53,760 What's that? 602 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,760 The wife got a letter from Norma. They're living in South Pasadena, an apartment. 603 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,760 You got the address there? 604 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:03,760 Yes, sir. That's what the wife called about. It's 134 Norway Terrace. 605 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:04,760 When was the letter mailed, do you know? 606 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,760 Wife said it was postmarked December 3rd, day before yesterday. 607 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,760 Get your coat on. Ulrich will be right over. 608 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,760 Ben and I picked up Mr. Ulrich at his hotel and drove to the South Pasadena address. 609 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,760 Berry and his wife had the apartment on the top floor. Neither of them were at home. 610 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,760 The landlord let us in with a passkey. In the bedroom we found a small yellow radio. 611 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:32,760 We checked the serial numbers. They matched. It was the same radio stolen from the Renard house. 612 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,760 In the bedroom closet we found two suitcases. We checked through them. 613 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,760 Nothing in this one, Joe. 614 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,760 Here we are. Look at these. 615 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:41,760 What are they, Sergeant? 616 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,760 A pair of plastic gun butts. 617 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,760 Let's see, Joe. 618 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,760 One of them's been chipped, see? 619 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,760 Sergeant, somebody coming up the stairs. 620 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,760 All right, let's get in the living room. Be quiet. 621 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,760 Ben, what are you doing here? 622 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,760 Who are these men? 623 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,760 Police, Norma. They want Albert. He killed a woman. 624 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,760 Oh, Dad. Dad. 625 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,760 It's all right, Norma. It'll be all right. 626 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,760 Did you know your husband killed a woman, Miss Berry? 627 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,760 He told me last Saturday. 628 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,760 We've been running away for a month now. 629 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,760 Moving all the time. I wanted to know why. 630 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:39,760 He told me. He said I wasn't in as much as he was. 631 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,760 And I'm tired of running. I'm coming with you. 632 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Why did he kill her? Did he tell you that? 633 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,760 He said he broke in the house. 634 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,760 He didn't know anyone was home. 635 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,760 The old woman was in the bedroom. 636 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,760 She started to cry out. 637 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,760 He had a gun. He hit her with it. 638 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,760 Where's your husband now? 639 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,760 I don't know. 640 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,760 He said he'd come home for dinner. 641 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,760 Bought five. Bought the groceries. 642 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,760 What time you got, Ben? 643 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,760 Half past three. 644 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,760 That ring you were wearing, Miss Berry. 645 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,760 Did your husband give you that? 646 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:19,760 Yes, why? 647 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,760 What kind of a stone is that? 648 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,760 Topaz. 649 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,760 Britt gave it to me. Why? 650 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,760 Nothing. We'll wait. 651 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,760 Five o'clock came and went. 652 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,760 Berry failed to show. 653 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,760 Five-thirty. Ulrich started to get nervous. 654 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Six o'clock. Six-thirty. 655 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:41,760 No sign of Berry. 656 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,760 I went to the window and kept an eye on the street below. 657 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,760 At six-forty-five, a light green Nash sedan pulled to a stop in front of the apartment house. 658 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,760 A man got out and went into the main floor entrance. 659 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,760 It's Bert. I'll let him in. 660 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,760 All right. How long have you had the new car? 661 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,760 A couple of days. 662 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,760 Bert got it in credit. 663 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,760 What do you want me to do now? 664 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,760 Does he have a key to the apartment here? 665 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:07,760 He lost it. 666 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,760 Okay, when he rings, let him in. Just act natural. 667 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,760 Ben, you cover me. I'll get the cuffs on him. 668 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:13,760 Right. 669 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:21,760 Hi, Bert. 670 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:22,760 Look out, Joe! 671 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,760 All right, drop it, Berry. 672 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:29,760 Okay, Ben. 673 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,760 Yeah, he's fast with a gun. 674 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,760 Nice looking, isn't he, Sergeant? 675 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,760 You'd never think he'd kill anybody. 676 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,760 Come on, let's take him in. 677 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,760 I love him. 678 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,760 I still love him. 679 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,760 But you're a cop. You wouldn't understand. 680 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,760 That's right. I wouldn't understand. I'm a cop. 681 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,760 The story you have just heard was true. 682 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,760 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 683 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,760 On February 16, 1947, trial was held in Superior Court, 684 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,760 Department 82, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 685 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,760 In a moment, the results of that trial. 686 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,760 Earlier tonight, you heard the reports of amazing increases 687 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,760 in Fatima smokers from New York to Los Angeles. 688 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:25,760 Yes, all over the country, Fatima is doubling and redoubling its sales. 689 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,760 And here's reason one. 690 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,760 Fatima is the long cigarette that contains an essential ingredient 691 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,760 of all the very popular cigarettes, Turkish tobacco. 692 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:35,760 Reason two. 693 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,760 Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma 694 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,760 than any other long cigarette. 695 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:42,760 Reason three. 696 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,760 To millions of smokers, the name Fatima has always stood for the best 697 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,760 in cigarette quality. 698 00:27:49,760 --> 00:28:02,760 Smoke Fatima, the best of all long cigarettes. 699 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,760 Albert Ralph Berry was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 700 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,760 His wife Norma Berry was found innocent of the charge that she harbored a criminal. 701 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,760 She was returned home with her father. 702 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:20,760 Berry was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary. 703 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:26,760 You have just heard Dragnet, a new series of authentic cases from official files. 704 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,760 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Acting Chief of Police, 705 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,760 W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 706 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,760 Tonight's program is dedicated to private Hubert W. Estes 707 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,760 of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, 708 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:54,760 who on the night of May 16, 1947, gave his life so that yours might be more secure. 709 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,760 Fatima cigarettes, best of long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet, 710 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,760 portion transcribed from Los Angeles. 711 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:10,760 Be sure to hear songs by Morton Donnie tonight on NBC. 712 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:32,760 Thank you.