1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,760 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,560 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:34,400 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,440 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,880 You're assigned to Narcotics Bureau. 6 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,720 A vicious criminal has resumed operations in your city. 7 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,080 His profession, dealer in narcotics. 8 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,540 You know his name. 9 00:00:47,540 --> 00:00:49,400 You know he's guilty. 10 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:54,760 Your job, prove it. 11 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,880 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 12 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:00,880 Smoke Fatima. 13 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:06,920 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 14 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,060 superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. 15 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:16,040 And that's why Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 16 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,720 long cigarette. 17 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:22,280 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers, coast to coast. 18 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:28,400 So if you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 19 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,400 Smoke Fatima. 20 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:35,320 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 21 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:39,560 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 22 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,860 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 23 00:01:43,860 --> 00:01:45,260 files. 24 00:01:45,260 --> 00:01:50,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 25 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,240 in action. 26 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,240 Was Thursday, January 21st. 27 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,240 Was cold in Los Angeles. 28 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,080 We were working the night watch out of Narcotics Bureau. 29 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,640 My partner is Ben Romero. 30 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,600 The boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. 31 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:04,600 My name is Friday. 32 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,080 I was on the way back into work and it was 3.49 p.m. when I got to the main lobby of 33 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,080 the City Hall. 34 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,080 Public phone booth. 35 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:16,080 Hello? 36 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:23,080 Hello, Ma. 37 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:30,080 This is Joe. 38 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:39,080 Joseph, you said you were going to be home at 4 o'clock. 39 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,080 Oh, I couldn't help it, Ma. 40 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,080 They changed the schedule. 41 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,080 I got my stuff all right. 42 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,080 Thanks for packing it. 43 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,080 Well, I put your socks and your clean T-shirts on the bed. 44 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,080 Did you put them in your bag? 45 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,080 Yeah, I got them. 46 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,080 You got them off the clothesline right after you called. 47 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:54,080 They weren't quite dry or I would have packed them for you. 48 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,080 I got them all right. 49 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,080 Listen, Ma, I'll call you whenever I get the chance, and don't worry. 50 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,080 How long are you going to be gone? 51 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,080 I haven't any idea. 52 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,080 Maybe a month. 53 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,080 All depends. 54 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,080 How can I get in touch with you? 55 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,080 You can't. 56 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,080 Call Ben. 57 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,080 He'll get the message to me somehow. 58 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,080 Where is it you're going, Joseph? 59 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Well, I'm not going anyplace, Ma. 60 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,080 I'll be right here in the city, but I just won't be able to come home for a little while. 61 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,080 It's a special job. 62 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,080 Oh, like the last time? 63 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,080 Yeah. 64 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,080 Well, you be careful now. 65 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Watch what you order when you're eating out and there was awful rest, but then get your rest. 66 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,080 Yes, Ma. 67 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,080 You need plenty of rest. 68 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,080 Yeah, okay, Ma. 69 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,080 I'll be all right. 70 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,080 I was shopping today. 71 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,080 I bought a nice loin roast for dinner tomorrow night. 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,080 No, you won't be here. 73 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,080 Why don't you invite the neighbors over? 74 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,080 The Newtons? 75 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,080 That'd be good company for you. 76 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,080 Maybe I'll ask your Aunt Elizabeth over. 77 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,080 Yeah. 78 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,080 Now, don't worry, if you want to get in touch with me, you deliver the message to Ben, okay? 79 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:39,080 Yes, all right. 80 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,080 What kind of work are you going to be doing? 81 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:43,080 Is it going to be dangerous? 82 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,080 Oh, it's just another job, Ma. 83 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,080 It'll work out. 84 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,080 I'll call you when I can. 85 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,080 All right, Joseph. 86 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,080 Be careful now. 87 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:49,080 Take care of yourself. 88 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,080 Yeah, you too. 89 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Bye, Ma. 90 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,080 Bye, Joseph. 91 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,080 Bye. 92 00:03:53,080 --> 00:04:02,080 I left the phone booth and started down the corridor. 93 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:07,080 I went up a short flight of stairs and turned left. 94 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,080 The afternoon crowd in the city hall seemed heavier than usual. 95 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,080 I walked past the elevators and turned right down another corridor. 96 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,080 It was 3.58 p.m. 97 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,080 And I got to room 24, Narcotics Bureau. 98 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,080 Captain White? 99 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,080 Hi, Joel. 100 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,080 You want to take these? 101 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,080 Yeah, sure. 102 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,080 Here's my badge. 103 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,080 Okay. 104 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:32,080 Here's all my identification and my gun. 105 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,080 All right. 106 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,080 I'll take care of them for you. 107 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,080 These clothes look all right. 108 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,080 Just a minute. 109 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,080 Now let's see. 110 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,080 Yeah, I don't like that tie. 111 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,080 Romero? 112 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,080 Yes, Gabor? 113 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,080 Let's see your tie. 114 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,080 Yeah, swap with Friday, will you, Ben? 115 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,080 Christmas tie is pretty loud. 116 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,080 Mine's not. 117 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,080 That's the idea. 118 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,080 Here. 119 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,080 Here's some stuff to carry in your pocket. 120 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,080 Social Security card, ID card, all made out to Joe Kibert. 121 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,080 And some book matches from St. Louis, a couple from Reno, Nevada. 122 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,080 Okay. 123 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,080 You pick up another gun? 124 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,080 I loaned him my.25 automatic. 125 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,080 It's small, it's easy to carry. 126 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,080 Suit yourself. 127 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,080 I don't have to tell you to be careful. 128 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,080 No. 129 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,080 It's a chance we've been waiting for, Joe. 130 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,080 A lot depends on you. 131 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,080 I'll do what I can. 132 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,080 Just one thing I want to tell you. 133 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,080 Take your time. 134 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,080 Take all the time you need. 135 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,080 Don't push it. 136 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:22,080 I understand. 137 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,080 No time limit. 138 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,080 Your time's up when they find out who you are. 139 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Captain Lynn White and I left the Narcotics Bureau together with Ben and Johnny Bingham. 140 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,080 We went down the hall to the office of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. 141 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:41,080 As in most major narcotic cases, the plan involved the coordinated work of all three offices. 142 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,080 The federal, state, and our own local bureau. 143 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,080 The operation involved a great many men and a lot of time. 144 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,080 When we got to the Chief of Detectives office, two men were with him. 145 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:55,080 Bill Craig, the agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics for the Southern California area, 146 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:59,080 and Inspector Virgil Beckner, head of the State Narcotics Bureau for our district. 147 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,080 All of us had one common goal, the apprehension and conviction of two men, 148 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,080 Arthur Belmont and Ralph Costello. 149 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,080 The first man on the list, Ralph Costello. 150 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,080 Chief Brown outlined the overall plan. 151 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,080 Craig, your federal men have been tracking Costello off and on for three years now. 152 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,080 Becks of your state agents. 153 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,080 Same for our men. 154 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,080 There's time we can't afford to miss. 155 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,080 You figure an undercover man working locally? 156 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,080 That right, Chief? 157 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:27,080 Yeah, Craig, he'll start right from the bottom, work up the line until he gets to Costello if he gets there. 158 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,080 Beck? 159 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,080 Where are you going to start? 160 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,080 Uh, Kevin White, would you lay it out to Beck and Craig? 161 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,080 Yeah. Friday here is going to handle the job. He's got his full instructions. 162 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,080 Joe, you want to film him? 163 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,080 All right. I'll make my first contact tonight. 164 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,080 I'll meet in a bar down on South Pico with another one of our undercover men, Benny Arradondo. 165 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,080 He'll introduce me as Joe Kiber to one of his informants. 166 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,080 The informant is supposed to help get me into the Flats gang. 167 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,080 The same bunch running on the south end of town? 168 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,080 Yeah, small time peddlers. Precurious, a little bit of everything. Go on Friday. 169 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:01,080 When I get in the gang, I run with them until I find out where and how they make their buys. 170 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,080 You actually get a contact, you make buys all the way up the line and get as close as you can to the town. 171 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:06,080 Yeah, that's right. 172 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,080 Worked out your contact with us? 173 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,080 He knows that under no conditions will he be seen around the department here. 174 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,080 It's been set up that I have a hotel room lined up down on the east side. 175 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,080 Romero here and Captain White will be my only contact with the office. 176 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,080 I'll be using the name Joe Kiber. 177 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,080 Sounds all right to me. How about you, Craig? 178 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,080 How about that informant Friday? Can you count on him? 179 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,080 Arradondo thinks a lot of him. He says he's a good man. 180 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,080 He's the first rung on the ladder. He's got to be solid. 181 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,080 If he's not, we won't have far to fall. 182 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,080 Depends on how you look at it. You can kill yourself in the bathtub. 183 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,080 8 p.m. Thursday, January 21st. 184 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,080 I checked in at the Casino Hotel on Terminal Street. 185 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,080 I registered as Joe Kiber, Omaha, Nebraska. 186 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,080 I was given the key for room 5. 187 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,080 The rent was $7 a week. 188 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,080 I unpacked a few things I had in my bag and went down the hall and took a shower. 189 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,080 I went down to the lunch room on the corner. 190 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,080 I had an egg sandwich and a cup of coffee. 191 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,080 It was 11.18 p.m. when I walked into Blue Rites Bar and Grill. 192 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,080 I ordered a beer and sat down. 193 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,080 I watched the Missing Persons program on the television set above the bar. 194 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,080 Hello, somebody, Kiber? 195 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,080 Hello, Benny. Been here long? 196 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,080 I just got here. Where's your boy? 197 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,080 Sitting over there with that fella in the blue suit. 198 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,080 His name's Gene. 199 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,080 Who is the guy in the blue suit? 200 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,080 One of the flats gang. 201 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,080 Gene's lining up your introduction now. 202 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,080 Guy's name is Ludwig. I call him Lud. 203 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,080 He knows me as Steve. 204 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Right. What do we do? 205 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,080 Sit tight till Gene gives us the word. 206 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,080 The tie of yours looks like it's on fire. 207 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,080 It'd look all right? 208 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,080 I wouldn't wear it. Lud would. 209 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,080 Get in the hotel, okay? 210 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,080 Yeah, all set. Room 5. 211 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,080 Gene wants us. Let's go. 212 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,080 Hi, Steve. 213 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,080 So your boy got here. 214 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,080 Yeah. Gene, meet Joe Kiber. 215 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,080 Hi. 216 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,080 This is Lud. Joe Kiber. 217 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,080 Sit down. 218 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,080 You like the fights, Kiber? 219 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,080 Yeah. I got nothing out here in that line. 220 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,080 I used to go to the garden when I was east. 221 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,080 I got some fine cards with the Legion. 222 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,080 Where? 223 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,080 Hollywood Legion. Friday nights. Some classy looking fighters out there. 224 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,080 Where is that? 225 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,080 Out in Hollywood. Nice little stadium. 226 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,080 I'd like to go with you sometime. 227 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,080 Tomorrow? 228 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,080 I got a date. Maybe next week. 229 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,080 Bring her along. A lot of women go. 230 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,080 Not this one. 231 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,080 Okay. 232 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,080 Are you guys hungry? 233 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,080 I could eat. 234 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,080 Yeah. 235 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,080 Joe? Sure. How about here? 236 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,080 Nobody eats here. 237 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,080 Steam table over there. This stuff smells pretty good. 238 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,080 So does garbage if the wind's blowing the other way. 239 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,080 Let's get a French tip sandwich, huh? 240 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,080 How about Galbraith's over on Satella? 241 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,080 Okay. How about you guys? 242 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,080 Sure. 243 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,080 Let's go. 244 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,080 All right. 245 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,080 You from the east, Kibit? 246 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,080 Omaha, Memphis. All around. 247 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,080 Yeah. 248 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,080 You don't talk very much. 249 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,080 You do. 250 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,080 You talk tough. Are you tough? 251 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,080 Sometimes. 252 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,080 This place we're gonna go eat sometimes the meat's tough too. 253 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,080 Yeah. 254 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,080 Just like a piece of tough meat, you can always cut it down to size. 255 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,080 The following week at the fights, I met some of the other members of the Flats gang. 256 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,080 They were a typical group of hoodlums. 257 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:12,080 Unlike fiction writers who portrayed them, generally gangs of this type do not operate under a gang leader. 258 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,080 Each member considers himself the best of the lot. 259 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,080 For all practical purposes, they didn't need a leader. 260 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,080 But as in any group, some men are more dominant than others. 261 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,080 Lud was one of these. 262 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,080 Because of his tough manner, I observed that the gang members placed confidence in Lud. 263 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:32,080 It was then that I decided that I had to be tougher than he was if the gang was going to accept me. 264 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:33,080 Five weeks went by. 265 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:38,080 March 7th. There was still no mention by any of them that they were either using or dealing in narcotics. 266 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,080 Come on in, Kibber. Sit down. 267 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,080 Lud. 268 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,080 Kibber, meet Jerry Phil. 269 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,080 Hi. 270 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,080 I picked up the tickets for the basketball game tonight. 271 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,080 Good seats? 272 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,080 Yeah, they look okay. 273 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,080 Got an extra, Ducky? Maybe I tag along. 274 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:52,080 Yeah, we got four. 275 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,080 You look kind of sad, Kibber. 276 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,080 He always looks that way. First he was tough, now he's sad. 277 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,080 You and that mouth, you know it all, don't you? 278 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,080 No offense, you look a little low. 279 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,080 I don't know about you, Kibber, but I'm a little under par. 280 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,080 I'm gonna have myself a pop. You interested? 281 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:08,080 No, I don't use it. 282 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,080 Why don't you try it? You might get a kick out of it. 283 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,080 I have. It's all right going up, but it's nothing coming down. 284 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,080 That's where you make a mistake. Stay up, don't come down. 285 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,080 Huh, Lud? 286 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,080 You heard what he said, Jerry. You don't like it. 287 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,080 How does he know? He never stayed up long enough. 288 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,080 Take your pop and shut up. 289 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,080 You talk about Kibber trying to be tough, you think you're the big wheel around here. 290 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:27,080 That's enough. 291 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,080 You ought to quit giving orders, Lud. You're no better than the rest. 292 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,080 Little man, knock off that kind of talk and keep us both happy. 293 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,080 You, you... 294 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,080 ...deboss man. 295 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,080 You know, I got one positive way to shut you. 296 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,080 Why don't you two quit, huh? 297 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,080 This concerns me and Fell, you keep your mouth shut. 298 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,080 Well, don't get mad at me. I only wanted to save an argument. 299 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,080 Can't I, sir? 300 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,080 Now look, big mouth, you can push Fell around, but not me. 301 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,080 Now you're playing the tough guy again, ain't you? 302 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,080 Why don't you go over there and sit down, huh? 303 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,080 You'll sit me down, punk. 304 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,080 All right, now listen to me, both of you. 305 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,080 I'm tired of being talked down to like a junior member of the firm. 306 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,080 You either treat me equal or leave me alone. You understand? 307 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,080 You had it coming, Lud. 308 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,080 Yeah. 309 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,080 All right, put that bottle down, Lud. 310 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,080 Where'd you get that gun? 311 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,080 The car, that thing right along? 312 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,080 Right along. Put it down, Lud. 313 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,080 Okay. 314 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,080 I'm long on memory, Cabba, remember that. 315 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,080 Yeah, and I'm real short on patience with you. 316 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,080 Well, I still haven't had my pop. 317 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,080 Better hurry, I don't want to miss the game. 318 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,080 You've got good seats, huh, Cabba? 319 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,080 They're not too low. 320 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,080 I can't see nothing if they're too low. 321 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,080 Don't worry, you'll be high enough. 322 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,080 Two months went by. 323 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:39,080 By playing the tough guy, I gained a great deal of prestige in the eyes of the other gang members. 324 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,080 Jerry Fell made sure that all the members heard about that episode up in Lud's room. 325 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,080 Dealers and users of narcotics rarely carry guns. 326 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,080 The members of the Flats gang were small-time peddlers and users. 327 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,080 They're referred to as mules or small fry. 328 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,080 When they found that I carried a gun at all times, they were impressed. 329 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,080 They considered me one of them. 330 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:03,080 Since the very beginning of my undercover work, I met weekly with Ben Romero and Captain Lynn White of the Narcotics Bureau. 331 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,080 I would be picked up at a different location each time, making sure that I wasn't followed, 332 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:12,080 and we would remain in the car and drive around in a remote section of the city discussing my progress with the gang. 333 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,080 During this first three-month period, under the pretext that I had clients to furnish, 334 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:21,080 I made two small narcotics buys, one for $13 and one for $8. 335 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,080 As soon as the purchases were made, I would mark them for identification, contact Ben, 336 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:30,080 and then turn the narcotics over to him to be booked as evidence by the property clerk at Central Division. 337 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:34,080 Another month went by. Thursday, June 5th, 11 p.m. 338 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,080 We had just returned from the midget auto races and we were sitting around in Lud's room. 339 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,080 You mentioned something out at the races, Carpenter. What's on your mind? 340 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:46,080 I told you, Lud, I need a half a dozen caps right away. I got people putting a bite on me. Old customers. 341 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,080 How old can they be? You've only been out here five months, remember? 342 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,080 When they're hooked, they get to be old customers in a month. 343 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:56,080 I fixed up two buys with Morris for you. Tony says he can't handle any more, hasn't got enough around. 344 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,080 You got on board late, you know. All of us are ahead of you. 345 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,080 Tony can get more. Who's his source? 346 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,080 A couple of guys. I know them. 347 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,080 How about an office to one of them? 348 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,080 You deal with Tony. 349 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,080 You said he hasn't got enough. 350 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,080 That's right, I did. 351 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,080 Okay. How much do you want? 352 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,080 They're your customers. What's it worth? 353 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,080 They'll pay. What's the guy's name? 354 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,080 Costello's one of them. He'll have enough for you. 355 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,080 Who's the other guy? 356 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,080 He'll deal with Costello for now. 357 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,080 Where can I meet him? 358 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,080 Marcell will set it up for you. I got a meeting in an hour. 359 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,080 Coming. 360 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,080 Police officers. Shake it down down a hole. 361 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,080 What's the trouble? 362 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,080 Checking for a robbery suspect. 363 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Find anything, George? Room's clean. 364 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,080 We don't know anything about a heist. 365 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,080 You'll have to come downtown to answer a few questions. 366 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,080 What's the matter with you, fella? 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They remembered their etiquette. 407 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,080 If either one of them had said hello before you did, you might have been in big trouble. 408 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,080 Well, I'm in big trouble anyway. 409 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,080 I had a meet all set with Costello. Almost set, anyway. 410 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,080 Just a case of bad timing in that pick-up, huh? 411 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,080 Well, if they'd have got there two hours later, it might have been different. 412 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,080 Well, how do you stand now? How close are you to Costello? 413 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,080 I need some more money. I got to pay off Lud. 414 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,080 And he'll take you to Costello if you pay the right price? 415 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,080 Yeah. Lud's working through more so you know about him. 416 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,080 Remember Friday, if there's any questions when you get back to that gang, 417 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,080 you were booked for CCW. You're out on bail. 418 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,080 I got you another gun, Joe. 32 automatic, okay? 419 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,080 Yeah, thanks. I couldn't go back with the same one. 420 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,080 What about the federal and state men? How are they doing? 421 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,080 Pretty good. Federal men picked up Costello in Fresno. 422 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,080 He was connected with a sale of six cans of H. 423 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,080 That much heroin up there, no wonder Lud can afford to hold me up. 424 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,080 He knows there's a shortage down here. 425 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,080 The case isn't too strong against him. 426 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,080 When it looked definite that we had him, they were going to call you off. 427 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,080 He's out on bail. 428 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,080 Costello's back down here now. 429 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,080 Yeah. Seems like we got our hands on the guy, but we can't hold him. 430 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,080 The narcotics in their possession are under their control. 431 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,080 That's what the book says. That's the way we got to get him. 432 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,080 We'll get him that way. 433 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,080 It's up to you now, Friday. Stay with it and keep your chin covered. 434 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,080 Well, if you need anything, Joe, call. 435 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,080 Mother's been over at the house for dinner a few times. She's okay. 436 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,080 Thanks. Tell her I'm all right, will you? 437 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,080 Sure. She worries a lot about you, Joe. 438 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,080 Anything happen to you is just about killer. 439 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,080 That makes two of us. I'll see you. 440 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,080 Before I left the city hall, Captain White drew out some more money 441 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,080 for the drug service fund. 442 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,080 This fund is for the sole purpose of undercover work. 443 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,080 This latest amount was for the narcotics buy that I hoped to make with Ralph Costello. 444 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,080 An hour before I left, Ludd was released on a writ that he'd arranged for. 445 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:45,080 Saturday, June 7th, 9 a.m., I checked back into my room at the Casino Hotel. 446 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:50,080 During the three weeks that followed, I kept asking Ludd to arrange a meeting for me with Tony Moores, 447 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,080 the next man on the ladder on the way up to Costello. 448 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,080 Ludd kept stalling me. 449 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Another week went by. 450 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:00,080 Captain Lynn White, Ben and I held our regular weekly meetings. 451 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:05,080 On July 6th, Ludd told me that a meeting with Moores had finally been arranged for 8 p.m. that night. 452 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,080 I called Ben and told him I'd meet him and the captain immediately after I talked with Moores. 453 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:13,080 At 8 p.m., following the instructions Ludd had given me, I was in the downstairs waiting room 454 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,080 at the subway terminal at 5th and Hill. 455 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,080 I was told to wait by the apple vending machine. 456 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,080 Excuse me, mister. 457 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,080 Oh, yeah. Sure. 458 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,080 Kiber? 459 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:37,080 Yeah. You Moores? 460 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,080 That's right. Want an apple? 461 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,080 No, no thanks. 462 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,080 Well, sit down. 463 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,080 All right. 464 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,080 Now, what do you have in mind? 465 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,080 I got a couple hundred bucks to spend. Can you handle it? 466 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:51,080 Who sent you? 467 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:52,080 You know who sent me. 468 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,080 Sure I do. I just want to hear you say it. 469 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:55,080 Ludd. 470 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,080 We can handle it. What do you have in mind? 471 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,080 I said $200 worth. That's 40 caps. 472 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,080 We got it. 473 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,080 No, not that Mexican junk. I want European stuff. 474 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,080 You bought before. You'll take what we got. 475 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,080 That last buy I made through Ludd, the junk was cut to nothing. 476 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,080 I can only use so much milk and sugar, you know. 477 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,080 By the time it got to you, it was probably cut pretty thin. So is the price you paid for it. 478 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,080 I'm not looking for bargains. I push to good people. I want good stuff. 479 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,080 You'll do better this time. You're not dealing with Ludd. 480 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,080 Sure, we cut it. No more than anybody else. Not as much as Ludd. 481 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:21,080 When can I get it? 482 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:22,080 You got some sick people? 483 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,080 Couple. 484 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,080 Have it for you in an hour. 485 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,080 Where's the meat? 486 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,080 Got a watch? 487 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,080 Yeah. 488 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,080 What time you got? 489 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,080 Twelve minutes after eight. 490 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,080 Add a minute. Make it thirteen after. 491 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,080 Okay. 492 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:38,080 An hour from now. Nine thirteen. Meet Ludd at Macy and Brooklyn on the corner. 493 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,080 He'll tell you what to do. 494 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,080 Will Ludd have it? 495 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,080 Meet Ludd at nine thirteen. See you later, Kiber. 496 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,080 Oh, wait a minute. How do I know you're leveling? 497 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,080 How do I know you are? 498 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,080 I went out the front of the subway terminal building. I took a cab down to Seventh and Main. 499 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,080 I got off and walked into Pop Sherman's bar. 500 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,080 I called the office and set up a meeting with Ben and the captain. 501 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:01,080 I ordered a beer, paid for it, left my change in the bar, asked the bartender to watch it, told him I'd be right back. 502 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,080 I went out the back way, crossed the alley, and got down to Los Angeles Street. 503 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,080 I walked up to Ninth and picked up a cab to take me to Fulton and Covina Avenue. 504 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,080 I got out and walked two blocks. It was 841. 505 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:17,080 I got out and walked two blocks. It was 841. 506 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,080 Hi. 507 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,080 You meet Morse? 508 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:23,080 Yeah. 509 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,080 Sure nobody tailed you? 510 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,080 I took all the precautions. 511 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,080 What's the set up? 512 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,080 I'm not sure and I don't have much time. I'm gonna make the buy tonight. 513 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,080 When? 514 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,080 Nine thirteen. 515 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,080 You don't have much time. You're kind of rushing it, aren't you? 516 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,080 I figured I'd better play along. 517 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,080 Who's we'll meet where? 518 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,080 Morse told me to meet Ludd at Macy and Brooklyn. He said that he'd carry it from there. 519 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,080 Costello in on it? 520 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,080 I don't know. You got it all. 521 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,080 All right. We'll start picking up the flats gang. Everyone but Ludd. 522 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,080 What do you think? 523 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,080 The way I got it figured. Morse is Costello's runner. He checked me out. As far as I could tell, he thinks I'm okay. 524 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,080 Yeah. 525 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,080 I got a hunch Ludd's gonna take me to either Morse again or Costello or possibly both. 526 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,080 I don't know where the actual meet's gonna be. 527 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,080 That means a tail job. 528 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:02,080 We'll have to pick you up at Macy and Brooklyn and stick with you until after Ludd leaves, if he does, and follow through with you. 529 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:03,080 Figure it wide, Skipper. 530 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,080 Don't worry. I know we're close. What time you got, Romero? 531 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,080 Ten minutes to nine. 532 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,080 Turn down the next block. 533 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,080 Right. 534 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,080 Pull up here, Ben. 535 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,080 Here you go, Friday. Keep your chin covered. 536 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,080 Yep. 537 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,080 Hey. 538 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,080 Hello, Phil. 539 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,080 Friends of yours in the car? 540 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Why? 541 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,080 I know them. They ain't friends of mine. 542 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:28,080 I didn't say I knew them. 543 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:36,080 I don't know the guy driving, but the other guy, I seen him lots. Just about four weeks ago, we all seen him. That fuzz white, a carix man. 544 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,080 Oh, yeah. Well, they been ridin' me since they picked me up with a gun. 545 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:44,080 Won't do, cop. A carix man ain't got nothin' on you. That was robbery, remember? 546 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,080 They got a make on me from Nebraska. They been on me ever since I got here. 547 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,080 Bad figures. You're one of them. 548 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,080 All right, look, Jerry, I'll argue with you later. I'm in a hurry. I gotta meet Ludd. 549 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,080 I tag along. I wanna see Ludd, too. 550 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,080 You gonna spill the Ludd about what you think? 551 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:03,080 Maybe. I figure I owe it to him. I known him a lot longer than you. I know he ain't up, cop. 552 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,080 You're sure that I am? 553 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,080 I know you are. Let's see what Ludd thinks. 554 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,080 Yeah. 555 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,080 All right, come on. On your feet. Get out. 556 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:17,080 I looked at my watch. It was two minutes to nine. In 15 minutes, I had to meet Ludd. 557 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:21,080 I had to get Jerry fell. I couldn't take the chance of him getting to Ludd before I did. 558 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,080 I couldn't leave him. I couldn't take him with me. 559 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,080 I pulled him to his feet and half dragged and half carried him two blocks before I spotted a patrolman. 560 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,080 Hey, officer. Officer, over here. 561 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,080 Yeah, what's the trouble? 562 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,080 I'm Friday, central narcotics. 563 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,080 Yeah. 564 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,080 Take this man and get him downtown. Contact Chief Brown. He'll identify me. 565 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:41,080 Serial number 2288. Friday, narcotics. Suspect's name here is Jerry Fell. You got it? 566 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,080 Yeah. You got some kind of identification? 567 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,080 No, I haven't. Not a thing. It's a special duty. 568 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,080 I'm sorry. I don't know you. I have to hold you till I call in. 569 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,080 All right. But hurry, huh? 570 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,080 Call box right here. 571 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:01,080 This is Carlson, box 117. Check on a matter with Chief of Detective Brown, will you? 572 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:06,080 Yeah, that's right. I have a man here who identifies himself as Friday. What's your first name? 573 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,080 Joe. Joe Friday. Tell him to hurry. 574 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:16,080 Yeah. Joe Friday, central narcotics. Serial number 2288. Says he's in a hurry. Holding a suspect, Jerry Fell. I'll hold on. 575 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,080 You might watch this five after nine. What time you got? 576 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,080 I got six minutes after. It might be a little fast. 577 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,080 Any cab stands around here? 578 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,080 Four blocks up the street. 579 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,080 Which way? 580 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,080 That way. Yeah. Okay, I will. Thank you. 581 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,080 Okay, Sergeant. Sorry to hold you up. Need any help? 582 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,080 No, you just hang on to this guy. Don't let him go. 583 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:39,080 I started to run. Macy and Brooklyn. Six blocks away and I had eight minutes to make it. 584 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:44,080 A narcotics buy is one date you're not late for. Either you're there at the specified time or there's no deal. 585 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,080 The veteran narcotics peddler knows that that's the only safe way for him to operate. 586 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,080 A minute one way or the other could mean an arrest. I ran. 587 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,080 You're out of breath, Kuyber. Anything wrong? 588 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,080 No, the cab broke down. I didn't want to be late. 589 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:04,080 You got 40 seconds. That's cutting it pretty thin, but it'll do. Come on. 590 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,080 Right here. By this lamppost? 591 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:27,080 I said right in front of it. Don't move to the left or right. Stay put. They'll handle the rest. So long. 592 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,080 Get in, Kuyber. 593 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,080 Got the money? 594 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,080 Right here. 595 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,080 Two hundred. Here's your package. 596 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:49,080 That's it. Joe Kuyber, meet Ralph Costello. 597 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,080 Hi. Hello. 598 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,080 Out this side, Kuyber. 599 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,080 Okay. I'll see you. 600 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,080 Did you make the buy Friday? 601 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,080 Yeah. Take him. 602 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,080 Hi, Joe. 603 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,080 Ben, I thought you were with the captain. 604 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:18,080 They don't need me. That intersection's blocked off up there. They're pulling them over right now. See? 605 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,080 Yeah. They got him. 606 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,080 Costello in the car? 607 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,080 Yeah. 608 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,080 Well, that's half of the team. Now what? 609 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,080 We'll go after the big man, Arthur Belmont. 610 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,080 Took us seven months and four days to get to Costello. Lots of time. 611 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:34,080 Yeah. Always seems to work out that way, doesn't it? 612 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,080 What's that? 613 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,080 They always run out of time before we do. 614 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:53,080 The story you have just heard was true. 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