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watch out of robbery detail. 01:59.120 --> 02:00.640 My partner is Ben Romero. 02:00.640 --> 02:02.560 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 02:02.560 --> 02:03.560 My name is Friday. 02:03.560 --> 02:07.600 I was on the way over from the city hall and it was 8.35 p.m. when I got to the second 02:07.600 --> 02:11.640 floor of the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital treatment room. 02:11.640 --> 02:14.200 Joe, hi. 02:14.200 --> 02:15.200 Hi, Doc. 02:15.200 --> 02:17.240 Ben, how's it going? 02:17.240 --> 02:18.240 Okay. 02:18.240 --> 02:19.240 It hurt for a while. 02:19.240 --> 02:20.240 Doc gave me an injection. 02:20.240 --> 02:24.160 Six of a grain of morphine, novocaine injection. 02:24.160 --> 02:25.160 Bullet still on your shoulder? 02:25.160 --> 02:26.840 Doc's about ready to take it out. 02:26.840 --> 02:32.120 As soon as I get the wound cleaned, here's a soap and water nurse, alcohol sponge leak. 02:32.120 --> 02:33.680 How's it look, doctor? 02:33.680 --> 02:38.280 There's the x-ray, shallow penetrating wound in the deltoid area, sludge, larger than the 02:38.280 --> 02:40.280 soft tissue right here. 02:40.280 --> 02:41.280 No bone involvement. 02:41.280 --> 02:43.200 Okay, the bullet was spent. 02:43.200 --> 02:44.640 That's good. 02:44.640 --> 02:45.640 Feel okay? 02:45.640 --> 02:46.640 Feel her. 02:46.640 --> 02:49.640 Nurse, with my late applicators, please. 02:49.640 --> 02:50.640 Thanks. 02:50.640 --> 02:51.640 Let's see now. 02:51.640 --> 02:54.640 Where'd you leave Tad, I don't know. 02:54.640 --> 02:55.640 Interrogation room. 02:55.640 --> 02:56.640 Reynolds and Thompson are with him. 02:56.640 --> 02:59.640 Let me have the probe, nurse. 02:59.640 --> 03:00.640 Yeah. 03:00.640 --> 03:01.640 Feel anything, Romero? 03:01.640 --> 03:02.640 No. 03:02.640 --> 03:03.640 That's it. 03:03.640 --> 03:04.640 You hear that? 03:04.640 --> 03:05.640 Hear what? 03:05.640 --> 03:07.640 Located the slug with a probe. 03:07.640 --> 03:08.640 Oh. 03:08.640 --> 03:09.640 Nurse, faucet. 03:09.640 --> 03:10.640 Thanks. 03:10.640 --> 03:11.640 Here we go. 03:11.640 --> 03:14.920 Hello, this is Teddy. 03:14.920 --> 03:15.920 You call your wife? 03:15.920 --> 03:16.920 No, she don't have worry. 03:16.920 --> 03:17.920 Here it is, boys. 03:17.920 --> 03:18.920 On the market for evidence? 03:18.920 --> 03:19.920 Yeah, give it to me, will you? 03:19.920 --> 03:20.920 I will. 03:20.920 --> 03:21.920 Nurse, sterile saline solution, irrigate the wound. 03:21.920 --> 03:22.920 No sign of Tyler's partner, huh, Joe? 03:22.920 --> 03:23.920 Guy got me? 03:23.920 --> 03:24.920 No, not yet, no. 03:24.920 --> 03:25.920 Sterile dressings, please. 03:25.920 --> 03:26.920 How long did you know this Tyler? 03:26.920 --> 03:27.920 Before he went wrong on me. 03:27.920 --> 03:30.920 I met him in the army, helped him line up a job when he got out of the stew brand. 03:30.920 --> 03:31.920 Sure is funny. 03:31.920 --> 03:32.920 Leading a friend of yours pulled an armed robbery. 03:32.920 --> 03:33.920 I'm not sure I've ever seen him. 03:33.920 --> 03:34.920 I don't know. 03:34.920 --> 03:35.920 I don't know. 03:35.920 --> 03:36.920 I don't know. 03:36.920 --> 03:37.920 I don't know. 03:37.920 --> 03:38.920 I don't know. 03:38.920 --> 03:41.840 Leading a friend of yours pulled an armed robbery. 03:41.840 --> 03:43.840 Must have surprised you, huh? 03:43.840 --> 03:44.840 Yeah, kind of. 03:44.840 --> 03:47.240 You want me to drive you home when the doc's finished? 03:47.240 --> 03:49.240 Let's go back to the office and talk to Tyler first. 03:49.240 --> 03:50.240 Okay. 03:50.240 --> 03:51.240 Is that all right, Doc? 03:51.240 --> 03:52.240 No. 03:52.240 --> 03:53.240 You're staying right here, Romero, until tomorrow morning. 03:53.240 --> 03:55.520 If you haven't got a temperature by then, I might release you. 03:55.520 --> 03:57.160 Well, it's only a flesh wound, Doc. 03:57.160 --> 03:58.160 I feel all right. 03:58.160 --> 04:01.080 I'm not taking any chances with gunshot wounds. 04:01.080 --> 04:04.120 Infection set in and you were laid up, I'd have the pension committee to answer to. 04:04.120 --> 04:05.120 You're staying here. 04:05.120 --> 04:06.120 Sounds like an order. 04:06.120 --> 04:07.120 It is. 04:07.120 --> 04:09.120 I'll pick him up and pay an F-word in my morning. 04:09.120 --> 04:10.120 Okay. 04:10.120 --> 04:12.120 You gonna need anything, Ben? 04:12.120 --> 04:13.120 Yeah. 04:13.120 --> 04:18.000 I've phoned to tell my wife I won't be home for dinner. 04:18.000 --> 04:19.520 His name was Max Tyler. 04:19.520 --> 04:22.680 White, male American, age 32. 04:22.680 --> 04:26.560 Dark hair, brown eyes, medium build, married, father of twin boys. 04:26.560 --> 04:28.240 He was a friend of mine. 04:28.240 --> 04:31.960 We served together in the Army overseas and when the war finished, I came back to my job 04:31.960 --> 04:34.800 on the force and Max went back to his old job. 04:34.800 --> 04:36.680 It didn't fit him anymore. 04:36.680 --> 04:38.480 He stopped working and started drinking. 04:38.480 --> 04:40.560 His wife didn't help much. 04:40.560 --> 04:42.880 Max started with small trouble, but it grew fast. 04:42.880 --> 04:47.360 On the afternoon of February the 8th, Tuesday, Ben and I surprised two men holding up a Main 04:47.360 --> 04:48.360 Street jewelry shop. 04:48.360 --> 04:52.240 Shots were exchanged and Ben received a flesh wound in the shoulder. 04:52.240 --> 04:53.660 One of the holdup men escaped. 04:53.660 --> 04:54.940 The other one was apprehended. 04:54.940 --> 04:56.880 His name was Max Tyler. 04:56.880 --> 04:58.960 Hi, Larry. 04:58.960 --> 05:01.000 Hi, Joe. 05:01.000 --> 05:05.240 Glad you got here. 05:05.240 --> 05:07.160 I'm glad you won't talk to anybody but you. 05:07.160 --> 05:08.160 Okay, boy. 05:08.160 --> 05:09.160 Thanks for standing by. 05:09.160 --> 05:10.160 Sure. 05:10.160 --> 05:15.160 I'll be outside if you need anything. 05:15.160 --> 05:16.160 Max. 05:16.160 --> 05:17.160 Joe. 05:17.160 --> 05:21.160 You're in deep this time. 05:21.160 --> 05:22.160 You shot a cop. 05:22.160 --> 05:23.160 I didn't. 05:23.160 --> 05:24.160 There's a guy that was with me. 05:24.160 --> 05:25.160 I didn't fire once. 05:25.160 --> 05:26.160 You were in on the job. 05:26.160 --> 05:27.160 Yeah. 05:27.160 --> 05:28.160 Then don't expect presents. 05:28.160 --> 05:31.160 I don't expect anything, Joe. 05:31.160 --> 05:32.160 Glad you came back. 05:32.160 --> 05:33.520 I don't want to talk to those other cops. 05:33.520 --> 05:35.840 I work in the same department they do, same job. 05:35.840 --> 05:37.720 It's easier to talk to you. 05:37.720 --> 05:38.720 What's your story? 05:38.720 --> 05:41.040 I was crazy to try it. 05:41.040 --> 05:43.840 No alibis, Joe, but I didn't know what I was doing. 05:43.840 --> 05:44.840 Believe me, I just didn't realize. 05:44.840 --> 05:45.840 I won't buy it, Max. 05:45.840 --> 05:48.520 You told me the same thing 14 months ago when they picked you up for those bum checks you 05:48.520 --> 05:49.520 were passing. 05:49.520 --> 05:51.920 Sure, I hung some paper, but I'm no hood. 05:51.920 --> 05:52.920 Joe, you know that. 05:52.920 --> 05:53.920 I was drinking. 05:53.920 --> 05:56.600 I needed dough for Dorothy and the kids. 05:56.600 --> 05:57.600 You gotta believe me. 05:57.600 --> 05:58.600 I need a break. 05:58.600 --> 05:59.600 You said that before, too. 05:59.600 --> 06:01.440 I went to bat for you, got off with six months and three years probation. 06:01.440 --> 06:03.640 Now you turn up with another caper. 06:03.640 --> 06:04.640 I'm not, Joe. 06:04.640 --> 06:05.640 I'm not. 06:05.640 --> 06:06.640 I'm sorry. 06:06.640 --> 06:09.680 You're sorry once, Max, and it works, but one free ride's enough for anybody. 06:09.680 --> 06:10.680 Now that's it. 06:10.680 --> 06:12.800 Did I say I wanted that kind of a break? 06:12.800 --> 06:13.800 I'll serve my time, Joe. 06:13.800 --> 06:15.800 I'll serve every day I own. 06:15.800 --> 06:18.680 And then what can you tell me you couldn't have told the other cops? 06:18.680 --> 06:21.680 I want to ask you a favor. 06:21.680 --> 06:22.680 Yeah? 06:22.680 --> 06:24.520 I know you're going to hook me on this. 06:24.520 --> 06:30.160 So while I'm doing my time, Dorothy and the kids are staying with relatives out in Inglewood. 06:30.160 --> 06:32.680 Sure. 06:32.680 --> 06:34.600 Just keep an eye on them, you know, Joe. 06:34.600 --> 06:35.600 I don't mean dough. 06:35.600 --> 06:38.600 Dorothy can work with them. 06:38.600 --> 06:39.600 Kind of watch out for them, huh? 06:39.600 --> 06:40.600 Give them a break. 06:40.600 --> 06:41.600 George's not there for them. 06:41.600 --> 06:42.600 Will you do it, Joe? 06:42.600 --> 06:43.600 Yeah. 06:43.600 --> 06:44.600 Sure, I'll take care of it. 06:44.600 --> 06:45.600 Now you do something for me. 06:45.600 --> 06:46.600 Anything you want, guy. 06:46.600 --> 06:47.600 Let's have the straight story. 06:47.600 --> 06:48.600 Who was the guy with you on that holdup this afternoon? 06:48.600 --> 06:49.600 Cresta, George Cresta. 06:49.600 --> 06:50.600 You know him. 06:50.600 --> 06:51.600 Out of Folsom, short guy, black hair? 06:51.600 --> 06:52.600 Yeah. 06:52.600 --> 06:53.600 Yeah, he's got a room above the Red Owl bar down on East Third near Broadway. 06:53.600 --> 06:54.600 He's got a room above the Red Owl bar down on East Third near Broadway. 06:54.600 --> 07:01.520 That's where he hangs out. 07:01.520 --> 07:02.520 Where can we find Cresta now? 07:02.520 --> 07:03.520 Well, maybe there, I don't know. 07:03.520 --> 07:04.520 I'll give you a list of the places he goes. 07:04.520 --> 07:05.520 Some of his friends I've met. 07:05.520 --> 07:06.520 He sure roped me in. 07:06.520 --> 07:07.520 He said there wasn't going to be any rough stuff. 07:07.520 --> 07:08.520 You were carrying an SNW-38? 07:08.520 --> 07:09.520 Sure, sure. 07:09.520 --> 07:10.520 When they 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exception. 17:24.720 --> 17:28.080 He's schooled in the thousand and one ways in which the criminal operates. 17:28.080 --> 17:30.320 His psychology, his mode of operation. 17:30.320 --> 17:34.800 Then, when he's thoroughly acquainted with the methods of the criminal and how best to detect them, 17:34.800 --> 17:37.600 the police officer starts to learn the most difficult lesson of all. 17:37.600 --> 17:42.360 How to distinguish between the confirmed criminal and the law breaker in whom there is hope 17:42.360 --> 17:44.940 of rehabilitation. 17:44.940 --> 17:48.080 After nine and a half years of police work, my first experiment in this field was with 17:48.080 --> 17:49.080 Max Tyler. 17:49.080 --> 17:53.120 I'd given him two chances to prove himself and he'd lost on both of them. 17:53.120 --> 17:55.040 So did I. 17:55.040 --> 17:58.400 Two months before his parole hearing, which might have given him his freedom, Max Tyler 17:58.400 --> 18:00.240 had suddenly decided to escape. 18:00.240 --> 18:04.280 How he figured it, I didn't know, but it was my job to find him. 18:04.280 --> 18:07.320 At five o'clock that afternoon, Ben and I met in the chief of detective's office. 18:07.320 --> 18:11.000 Two officers, Holland and Grayson from the state adult authority escape detail were there. 18:11.000 --> 18:13.120 How did Tyler manage his escape, Grayson? 18:13.120 --> 18:14.120 Same old story. 18:14.120 --> 18:15.520 They figured they could trust him up there. 18:15.520 --> 18:17.200 He had a good job on the prison farm. 18:17.200 --> 18:18.200 They trusted him. 18:18.200 --> 18:19.200 When did they find out he was gone? 18:19.200 --> 18:20.400 On the early morning count. 18:20.400 --> 18:22.280 Have you checked his relatives out in Inglewood yet? 18:22.280 --> 18:23.280 Yeah, we have. 18:23.280 --> 18:26.080 We've got the home staked out, recovering all the places we figure he might go. 18:26.080 --> 18:27.080 How about Mrs. Tyler? 18:27.080 --> 18:28.480 You getting in touch with her, Friday? 18:28.480 --> 18:32.360 Her relatives told us that she's on a weekend vacation with the two kids, staying with friends 18:32.360 --> 18:33.360 down at Laguna Beach. 18:33.360 --> 18:34.560 We got a call in to them. 18:34.560 --> 18:35.560 Should be hearing from them soon. 18:35.560 --> 18:37.760 I understand Tyler's a friend of yours, Friday. 18:37.760 --> 18:39.320 He was ready for parole. 18:39.320 --> 18:40.320 Yeah. 18:40.320 --> 18:41.320 I was trying to help him along. 18:41.320 --> 18:43.160 I thought the guy deserved a break. 18:43.160 --> 18:44.160 He didn't need you, Joe. 18:44.160 --> 18:45.160 He made his own. 18:45.160 --> 18:46.600 Well, he was feeling bad. 18:46.600 --> 18:48.280 You weren't the only one fooled, Friday. 18:48.280 --> 18:50.560 He had the prison officials buffaloed, too. 18:50.560 --> 18:51.560 Yeah, I know. 18:51.560 --> 18:52.560 I helped convince them. 18:52.560 --> 18:54.880 You got any leads on Tyler at all, Grayson? 18:54.880 --> 18:57.440 I mean, from the time he broke prison? 18:57.440 --> 18:58.440 Pretty strange. 18:58.440 --> 19:01.440 I think they chased him as far as Stockton, and then they lost the trail completely. 19:01.440 --> 19:03.040 The Stockton police in on the search? 19:03.040 --> 19:04.040 Yeah, sure. 19:04.040 --> 19:05.040 Funny. 19:05.040 --> 19:07.320 The guy has no money, no car, we know of, no change of clothes. 19:07.320 --> 19:08.800 You figure he's getting help from somebody? 19:08.800 --> 19:09.800 Could be. 19:09.800 --> 19:10.800 Excuse me a minute. 19:10.800 --> 19:11.800 Brown speaking. 19:11.800 --> 19:12.800 Just a moment. 19:12.800 --> 19:13.800 You, Friday. 19:13.800 --> 19:14.800 Well, thank you. 19:14.800 --> 19:15.800 Friday. 19:15.800 --> 19:16.800 Yeah. 19:16.800 --> 19:17.800 When? 19:17.800 --> 19:18.800 Where? 19:18.800 --> 19:19.800 Just a minute. 19:19.800 --> 19:20.800 Will you hold on, please? 19:20.800 --> 19:24.800 It's the Tyler's friends down at Laguna Beach. 19:24.800 --> 19:25.800 Mrs. Tyler there? 19:25.800 --> 19:27.560 No, she called them last night, about 7 o'clock. 19:27.560 --> 19:29.480 Told them she changed her plan, she wasn't coming. 19:29.480 --> 19:30.480 She told them where she was going? 19:30.480 --> 19:35.720 She wanted to know which highway would take her to Stockton. 19:35.720 --> 19:39.240 We told the Tyler's friends in Laguna Beach to contact us immediately if they heard from 19:39.240 --> 19:41.400 either Mr. or Mrs. Tyler. 19:41.400 --> 19:44.720 We got on an APB on Dorothy Tyler, and then we drove out to interview her relatives in 19:44.720 --> 19:45.720 Inglewood. 19:45.720 --> 19:49.140 They told us that Mrs. Tyler had the two children with her. 19:49.140 --> 19:52.120 She had left their house at 6 p.m. the night before by taxi. 19:52.120 --> 19:54.680 As far as they knew, she didn't own a car. 19:54.680 --> 19:56.480 We talked with some of her friends in the neighborhood. 19:56.480 --> 20:00.240 The only thing they could tell us was that she had not borrowed a car from any of them. 20:00.240 --> 20:04.000 We drove down to the telephone exchange where she was employed as an operator, and we spoke 20:04.000 --> 20:06.960 with a manager, a Mr. Ralph Cartwright. 20:06.960 --> 20:09.920 I'm sorry, gentlemen, this is Mrs. Tyler's night off. 20:09.920 --> 20:12.200 Is there something I can help you with? 20:12.200 --> 20:15.000 When is Miss Tyler due back at work, Mr. Cartwright? 20:15.000 --> 20:20.360 She's working the 10 to 7 starting tomorrow, due in at 10 a.m. 20:20.360 --> 20:22.800 We understand that she's on a weekend vacation, huh? 20:22.800 --> 20:26.440 Yes, you see, today was payday, so she asked me if she could have her check ahead of time. 20:26.440 --> 20:29.400 Said she had to have the money for the weekend. 20:29.400 --> 20:30.400 Did you give her the check? 20:30.400 --> 20:33.920 Oh, my, no, I couldn't give her the check ahead of time. 20:33.920 --> 20:36.680 But I did do her a favor, just to help her over the weekend. 20:36.680 --> 20:37.680 What was that? 20:37.680 --> 20:38.680 I loaned her my car. 20:38.680 --> 20:45.280 We got a complete description of the car together with a license number and called the office. 20:45.280 --> 20:49.000 The information was broadcast to all units throughout the city and teletyped to all points 20:49.000 --> 20:50.120 in the state. 20:50.120 --> 20:54.020 Chief of Detective Thad Brown ordered an immediate stakeout on the telephone exchange where Mrs. 20:54.020 --> 20:55.020 Tyler was employed. 20:55.020 --> 20:58.560 The stakeout at the home of Inglewood continued. 20:58.560 --> 20:59.560 Another day passed. 20:59.560 --> 21:02.280 We checked with the bank where Mrs. Tyler maintained her account. 21:02.280 --> 21:05.480 It was 10.25 a.m. when we got back to robbery detail. 21:05.480 --> 21:08.280 Gentlemen, what did you find out? 21:08.280 --> 21:12.240 Miss Tyler closed her account three days ago, withdrew all her savings, $46.55. 21:12.240 --> 21:14.680 They're not gonna go far on that. 21:14.680 --> 21:16.640 Any word about that car she borrowed? 21:16.640 --> 21:17.840 Teletype came in about an hour ago. 21:17.840 --> 21:20.720 They found it just outside Santa Barbara abandoned. 21:20.720 --> 21:21.720 Anyone see the Tylers? 21:21.720 --> 21:22.720 No reports. 21:22.720 --> 21:25.120 What are those poor kids making out? 21:25.120 --> 21:26.880 He must be crazy and his wife too. 21:26.880 --> 21:28.040 She was gonna help him pull an escape. 21:28.040 --> 21:29.520 Why'd she have to drag the kids along? 21:29.520 --> 21:31.360 It's the way some parents figure, Friday. 21:31.360 --> 21:32.600 They owe their children nothing. 21:32.600 --> 21:33.600 The children owe them everything. 21:33.600 --> 21:34.600 Call for you, Friday. 21:34.600 --> 21:35.600 Take it on two. 21:35.600 --> 21:36.600 Oh, thanks, Larry. 21:36.600 --> 21:37.600 Friday. 21:37.600 --> 21:38.600 This is Hopkins, Friday. 21:38.600 --> 21:39.600 On stakeout at the phone exchange. 21:39.600 --> 21:40.600 Yeah, Bert. 21:40.600 --> 21:41.600 Tyler Woman came for a check. 21:41.600 --> 21:42.600 We got her. 21:42.600 --> 21:56.240 Dorothy Tyler was brought into the city hall where there was one of her children. 21:56.240 --> 21:59.760 He was delivered to the juvenile authorities for the time being. 21:59.760 --> 22:01.840 Mrs. Tyler was brought to the interrogation room. 22:01.840 --> 22:04.720 She refused to admit anything to the officers from the adult authority. 22:04.720 --> 22:06.680 She said she wanted to talk to me. 22:06.680 --> 22:07.680 I went in. 22:07.680 --> 22:09.680 She threw her arms around me and started crying. 22:09.680 --> 22:10.680 Joe! 22:10.680 --> 22:11.680 Joe, you won't let him get back. 22:11.680 --> 22:12.680 You won't let him. 22:12.680 --> 22:16.360 I'm after him as much as they are, maybe more. 22:16.360 --> 22:17.360 Where is he? 22:17.360 --> 22:18.360 I can't tell you. 22:18.360 --> 22:19.360 Why'd you do it, Dorothy? 22:19.360 --> 22:20.360 Why? 22:20.360 --> 22:21.360 Oh, you know why, Joe. 22:21.360 --> 22:22.360 You know why. 22:22.360 --> 22:23.360 I had to see him. 22:23.360 --> 22:24.360 I had to be with Max. 22:24.360 --> 22:25.360 It's a bum deal. 22:25.360 --> 22:26.360 You traded days for years. 22:26.360 --> 22:27.360 They can't get him. 22:27.360 --> 22:28.360 If I don't tell them where he is, they won't find him. 22:28.360 --> 22:29.360 They'll find him. 22:29.360 --> 22:30.360 He's got to eat. 22:30.360 --> 22:31.360 So do you and the kids. 22:31.360 --> 22:32.360 He has to go to work and working with a gun is all he knows. 22:32.360 --> 22:33.360 He'll leave a trail. 22:33.360 --> 22:34.360 We'll find him. 22:34.360 --> 22:35.360 Joe, I'm sorry. 22:35.360 --> 22:36.360 I'm sorry. 22:36.360 --> 22:37.360 I'm sorry. 22:37.360 --> 22:38.360 I'm sorry. 22:38.360 --> 22:39.360 I'm sorry. 22:39.360 --> 22:40.360 I'm sorry. 22:40.360 --> 22:41.920 They're going to find him. 22:41.920 --> 22:42.920 Children? 22:42.920 --> 22:43.920 What have they done to the children? 22:43.920 --> 22:44.920 Where's Jimmy? 22:44.920 --> 22:45.960 They're taking care of him. 22:45.960 --> 22:47.280 That's more than you did. 22:47.280 --> 22:49.000 Where's your other boy, Vance? 22:49.000 --> 22:50.000 Who's Max? 22:50.000 --> 22:51.600 Max has him. 22:51.600 --> 22:53.480 Oh, that's fine. 22:53.480 --> 22:56.040 You and Max ought to be real proud of yourselves. 22:56.040 --> 22:57.780 I had to see him. 22:57.780 --> 22:58.780 You know that. 22:58.780 --> 23:00.400 I had to see Max. 23:00.400 --> 23:03.140 Has he got a gun? 23:03.140 --> 23:04.140 Has he? 23:04.140 --> 23:05.300 Has he used it? 23:05.300 --> 23:06.300 No. 23:06.300 --> 23:08.800 He just thought he might need it. 23:08.800 --> 23:09.800 He hasn't hurt anyone. 23:09.800 --> 23:12.000 I didn't hurt anyone, I swear it. 23:12.000 --> 23:13.300 You helped him escape, is that right? 23:13.300 --> 23:14.500 You helped him. 23:14.500 --> 23:16.400 He needed help. 23:16.400 --> 23:18.400 I met him at San Rafael. 23:18.400 --> 23:20.300 We drove all night. 23:20.300 --> 23:22.100 He didn't hurt anyone, Joe. 23:22.100 --> 23:23.500 He hasn't hurt anyone. 23:23.500 --> 23:25.900 Where is he now? 23:25.900 --> 23:28.300 Where is he? 23:28.300 --> 23:31.200 All right, Dorothy, we'll find him. 23:31.200 --> 23:35.600 Joe, if I tell you... 23:35.600 --> 23:37.900 If I tell you... 23:37.900 --> 23:40.300 Are you going to go alone? 23:40.300 --> 23:42.900 I can show you the way. 23:42.900 --> 23:43.900 Will you go alone? 23:43.900 --> 23:45.700 Yeah. 23:45.700 --> 23:47.800 All right. 23:47.800 --> 23:50.300 I'll take you to him, Joe. 23:50.300 --> 23:51.300 I trust you. 23:51.300 --> 23:53.400 Yeah, I trusted him once, too. 23:53.400 --> 23:59.300 Five p.m. Monday, April 25th. 23:59.300 --> 24:01.100 Dorothy, Tyler, Ben and I got in the car 24:01.100 --> 24:03.900 and headed north for the coast town of Santa Maria. 24:03.900 --> 24:06.400 Acting under orders of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown, 24:06.400 --> 24:09.500 Henry Thompson from Robbery Detail followed in another car. 24:09.500 --> 24:12.900 Holland and Grayson from the State Adult Authority were with him. 24:12.900 --> 24:15.900 It was ten minutes past eight when we drove through the town of Santa Maria. 24:15.900 --> 24:20.100 Just outside the city, Dorothy Tyler directed us to turn off onto a dirt road. 24:20.100 --> 24:21.700 We drove about two miles. 24:21.700 --> 24:26.300 She told us to pull up. 24:26.300 --> 24:30.300 Across that field, shacked by those trees. 24:30.300 --> 24:31.700 It's lonely out here. 24:31.700 --> 24:33.100 I'll go with you, Joe. 24:33.100 --> 24:34.700 Maybe Max won't understand. 24:34.700 --> 24:35.900 You stay here. 24:35.900 --> 24:37.100 I'll get the car. 24:37.100 --> 24:38.600 The car's stopped here. 24:38.600 --> 24:40.100 It's cops, Dorothy. It had to be. 24:40.100 --> 24:41.700 They won't shoot unless Max does. 24:41.700 --> 24:43.100 But you promised. 24:43.100 --> 24:44.300 You said you'd go alone. 24:44.300 --> 24:49.900 I'll go alone. 24:49.900 --> 24:50.800 Friday? 24:50.800 --> 24:51.800 Hello, Grayson. 24:51.800 --> 24:52.900 Where is he? Should I tell you? 24:52.900 --> 24:55.500 That shack over there across the field with that clump of trees. 24:55.500 --> 24:57.200 He's got one of the kids with him, that right? 24:57.200 --> 24:58.700 Yeah. He won't be any trouble. 24:58.700 --> 25:00.300 He's armed. The con's up at Quentin's. 25:00.300 --> 25:01.400 They say he won't be taking it alive. 25:01.400 --> 25:02.400 They say he'll shoot it out. 25:02.400 --> 25:03.600 They talk a lot. 25:03.600 --> 25:05.000 Better let us take him. 25:05.000 --> 25:07.000 You're not getting paid to do this one. 25:07.000 --> 25:08.700 I'll take him alone. I made a promise. 25:08.700 --> 25:10.700 That guy in the shack's in the habit of breaking promises. 25:10.700 --> 25:11.900 I keep mine. 25:11.900 --> 25:14.000 Keep an eye on Miss Tonner, will you, Ben? 25:14.000 --> 25:16.200 Thompson's watching her. I'm coming with you. 25:16.200 --> 25:17.900 I told her I'd go alone. 25:17.900 --> 25:20.500 There's two doors, front and back. Which one you going in? 25:20.500 --> 25:21.400 Front. 25:21.400 --> 25:22.900 I'll be around back. 25:22.900 --> 25:23.700 Careful, Joe. 25:23.700 --> 25:25.700 Yeah. 25:25.700 --> 25:31.400 I'll be right back, Grayson. 25:31.400 --> 25:33.800 I started across the field. 25:33.800 --> 25:37.500 The shack was about a hundred yards from the road. 25:37.500 --> 25:41.200 The field was uncultivated and I wasn't sure of my footing. 25:41.200 --> 25:44.300 I stumbled over a tree stump. 25:44.300 --> 25:49.400 Halfway across the field, the lights in the shack went out. 25:49.400 --> 25:52.600 Who's there? 25:52.600 --> 25:53.300 Who is it? 25:53.300 --> 26:05.600 It's me, Max. Joe Friday. 26:05.600 --> 26:08.200 Max? 26:08.200 --> 26:11.200 Come on, open up. 26:11.200 --> 26:18.000 All right, Max. 26:18.000 --> 26:20.300 Why the gun, Joe? 26:20.300 --> 26:22.000 I never thought you'd take me with a gun. 26:22.000 --> 26:24.600 I never thought I'd have to kick down a door to get you. 26:24.600 --> 26:26.800 You've changed a lot, Max. 26:26.800 --> 26:30.600 How'd you find me, Dorothy, tell you? 26:30.600 --> 26:31.800 Where is she? 26:31.800 --> 26:32.800 Outside. 26:32.800 --> 26:34.200 Your boy over there, Vance. 26:34.200 --> 26:36.000 He's sleeping. He's okay. 26:36.000 --> 26:38.500 Put out your hands. 26:38.500 --> 26:43.200 Put out your hands. 26:43.200 --> 26:44.100 I'm sorry, Joe. 26:44.100 --> 26:46.400 Yeah. 26:46.400 --> 26:47.600 You... 26:47.600 --> 26:49.400 You better go to his home and try to explain. 26:49.400 --> 26:58.400 Neither will I, Max. Come on. 26:58.400 --> 27:01.900 The story you have just heard was true. 27:01.900 --> 27:05.700 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:05.700 --> 27:11.400 On June 2nd, trial was held in Superior Court, City and County of Marin, State of California. 27:11.400 --> 27:13.300 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:13.300 --> 27:17.800 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to Fatima. 27:17.800 --> 27:19.800 Here are the actual figures. 27:19.800 --> 27:21.000 New York Division. 27:21.000 --> 27:24.100 Fatima sales up 132%. 27:24.100 --> 27:25.400 Los Angeles Division. 27:25.400 --> 27:29.000 Fatima sales up 545%. 27:29.000 --> 27:30.200 St. Louis Division. 27:30.200 --> 27:33.900 Fatima sales up 548%. 27:33.900 --> 27:41.400 Yes, in 1949, more and more smokers discovered that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 27:41.400 --> 27:43.800 They found Fatima extra mild. 27:43.800 --> 27:47.100 They found Fatima has a much different, much better flavor. 27:47.100 --> 27:51.800 They found the name Fatima means the best in cigarette quality. 27:51.800 --> 27:55.400 In 1950, enjoy Fatima yourself. 27:55.400 --> 28:06.300 Best of all long cigarettes. 28:06.300 --> 28:11.900 Max Tyler pleaded guilty to the charge of escape and was sentenced to the term as prescribed by law. 28:11.900 --> 28:16.200 He was returned to San Quentin and then transferred to Folsom Penitentiary, 28:16.200 --> 28:22.700 where he is now serving his sentence. 28:22.700 --> 28:27.600 You have just heard Dragnet, a new series of authentic cases from official files. 28:27.600 --> 28:31.500 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Acting Chief of Police, 28:31.500 --> 28:34.700 W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:34.700 --> 28:40.100 Dragnet honors the State of California and the men of the California Highway Patrol, 28:40.100 --> 28:44.200 another of America's outstanding law enforcement agencies. 28:44.200 --> 28:48.700 One of these men, Highway Patrol Commissioner Clifford E. Peterson, 28:48.700 --> 28:53.000 outstanding administrator and educator in the field of law enforcement, 28:53.000 --> 28:59.100 dedicates his life to making yours more secure. 28:59.100 --> 29:03.800 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet from Los Angeles. 29:03.800 --> 29:11.800 Be sure to hear Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman in the halls of Ivy starting tomorrow on NBC. 29:11.800 --> 29:39.100 Ohhh hiring expert to the