1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,340 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:13,340 --> 00:00:17,220 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:17,220 --> 00:00:32,320 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,440 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,160 You're assigned to robbery detail. 6 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:41,040 Sixteen persons have been robbed and beaten senseless. 7 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,360 The victims describe the assailant as a tall, beautiful woman. 8 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:50,840 Your job, stop her. 9 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,600 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 10 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,600 Smoke Fatima. 11 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:02,840 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly 12 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,200 blended to make Fatima extra mild. 13 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,100 And that's why Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 14 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:12,720 long cigarette. 15 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,440 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 16 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:22,080 So if you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 17 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,080 Smoke Fatima. 18 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,560 Ladies and gentlemen, next week marks the beginning of National Crime Prevention Week 19 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,520 sponsored by your local police department. 20 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,420 These seven days are set aside to call your attention to the fact that you're a police 21 00:01:35,420 --> 00:01:41,240 officer to better ensure the safety of your community relies on the cooperation of the 22 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,020 individual citizen. 23 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:50,240 We feel that crime prevention should be observed not seven, but 365 days a year. 24 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,280 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 25 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,560 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 26 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,840 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 27 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,280 files. 28 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,860 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 29 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:13,560 in action. 30 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,080 Was Wednesday, October 3rd. 31 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,360 It was warm in Los Angeles. 32 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,760 We were working a night watch out of robbery detail. 33 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:20,960 My partner is Ben Romero. 34 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,000 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 35 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 My name's Friday. 36 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,440 We were on the way over from the city hall and it was 6.55 p.m. when we got to the county 37 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,760 hospital ward 9800, room 12. 38 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:38,800 This way gentlemen, the third Ben. 39 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,800 Thank you. 40 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,640 Here we are. 41 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:45,640 Please try not to excite him, Sergeant. 42 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:46,640 He's had a pretty hard time. 43 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:47,640 Yes ma'am, thank you. 44 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:48,640 Make your visit as brief as possible. 45 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:49,640 We will, thank you. 46 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:50,640 Mr. Maloney, how are you feeling? 47 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:51,640 Not so good. 48 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:52,640 You fellas, doctors? 49 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,640 No sir, police officers. 50 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,640 This is Sergeant Romero. 51 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:55,640 My name's Friday, robbery detail. 52 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:56,640 Find out anything yet? 53 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:57,640 No, sir. 54 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:58,640 I'm not sure. 55 00:02:58,640 --> 00:02:59,640 I'm not sure. 56 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:00,640 I'm not sure. 57 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:01,640 I'm not sure. 58 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,640 I'm not sure. 59 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:03,640 I'm not sure. 60 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:04,640 I'm not sure. 61 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:05,640 I'm not sure. 62 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:06,640 I'm not sure. 63 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:07,640 I'm not sure. 64 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:08,640 I'm not sure. 65 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:09,640 I came out on Monday. 66 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:10,640 Still checking, Mr. Maloney. 67 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,840 We'd like to have you tell us exactly what happened that night before that. 68 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,960 Oh, she sure had me fooled. 69 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:16,980 That's all I can say. 70 00:03:16,980 --> 00:03:19,580 And you're not the first 15 others ahead of you. 71 00:03:19,580 --> 00:03:21,520 Would you tell us what happened? 72 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,140 Well I left the shop a little after midnight and started to drive home. 73 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:27,920 Out central Avenue. 74 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:31,960 You work at Maloney's Steakhouse down on South Commercial, is that right? 75 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Yes, and my uncle owns the place. 76 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,340 His name's J. Brown Maloney. 77 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,440 He knows a lot of cops. 78 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:38,440 You know him? 79 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:44,440 this afternoon. Could you tell us what happened after you left work? Well, I started to drive 80 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:51,960 home out Central Avenue. I guess it must have been around 18th Street. Would you push that 81 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:59,320 pill up a little bit? Yes, sir. I'll get it here. How's that? Thanks. I pulled up for the arterial. I 82 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,720 saw this gal standing on the corner. She was hitchhiking. Do you remember what she looked like, 83 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:13,160 how she was dressed? Well, you know, kind of flashy but nice clothes. Good-looking dame, tall, long, 84 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:19,720 blonde hair, beautiful eyes. You're sure about the color of her hair? Yeah, it was blonde. And you offered 85 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:27,320 her a ride? I didn't think there was anything wrong in it. I'm a married man, you know. I didn't think 86 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:34,760 there was anything wrong. What happened then? Well, she got in the car and we drove off. We talked a 87 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:40,440 while and she pulled a gun on me. Told me to drive up an alley. Where was that? Do you remember? 88 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:51,560 Around 32nd Street, 32nd and Central. And then what? She took my wallet, watch, car keys, everything I had. 89 00:04:51,560 --> 00:05:00,040 And she made me get out of the car, lay down on the street. I felt her shove that gun again. 90 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:07,880 Can you fix that pill? Yeah, you bet. Just lie still. There you are. I felt her shove that gun again, 91 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:13,800 see, and then she pulled the trigger, I guess. That's all I remember. You know what we call her slugging you? 92 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:22,840 Must have happened after she shot me. Her face looks pretty bad, huh? You'll be all right, Mr. Maloney. 93 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:28,120 You think you would recognize the girl if you saw her again? I sure would. Nice looking, you know. 94 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:37,720 Tall, blonde, beautiful shape. Doesn't figure, does it? What's that? She's made more money on the stage 95 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:43,880 than she would row in guys like me. Must be crazy. Maybe. Would you look at these mug shots, Mr. Maloney, 96 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:52,840 and see if any of these look like her? Let's see. Yeah. This one? No. 97 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:04,120 What about this one here? No, let's see. No. All right. How about this one? 98 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,280 No, she was better looking. Here's the last one. 99 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:17,400 I don't know. This might be her. The hair was fixed right. Maybe a little more makeup. 100 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,840 I'm not sure. All right, Mr. Maloney. Thank you. We'll be back to seeing the deer or so when you're 101 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:29,320 feeling better. Okay. Say, my name won't be in the papers, will it? No, sir. Not unless you give it to 102 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:35,160 him. I was just wondering. A wife might not understand giving a girl a ride, you know. Yes, sir. 103 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,120 We know. Well, thank you, Mr. Maloney. We'll be checking back with you later on. Okay, officers. I 104 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:49,000 hope you get a line on that dame. We're gonna try. Goodbye. Sure messed up, didn't you? Yeah. That dame's 105 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:56,440 got some other motive besides money. Psycho. Some kind of a sadist, maybe. Yeah. Find out what you 106 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,840 wanted, Sergeant. Yes, we did. Thanks, nurse. What did the doctor say about Maloney? Is he gonna be 107 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:04,760 all right? Well, he had a severe beating, but he'll get over that all right. It's the bullet wound in 108 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,840 the back. He'll recover, won't he? The bullet shattered part of the spinal cord. There was nothing 109 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:18,120 the doctor could do. Yeah? Paraplegia. He'll never walk again. We left the county hospital, went back 110 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:22,440 to the office and got out a local broadcast for the woman whose mugshot Maloney had partially 111 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:28,680 identified. Her name was Beverly Allen. She had a record of three arrests and one conviction of 240 112 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:34,840 PC assault and battery. After we checked in the office, we went across the street to the crime lab. 113 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,400 Lee Jones had already examined the bullet taken from Maloney's spine and the cartridge casing found 114 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,800 at the scene of the shooting. Both of them bore the same markings as those which had wounded the 115 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:49,560 two previous victims. From the striations, the gun had been previously identified as a.45 Colt. 116 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:54,360 Maloney's car was examined. We found nothing. We went back to the city hall and checked in at the 117 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,160 stats office. It was 8.35 p.m. 118 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,840 Hi, Ethel. Make that run for us here. Just a minute, Sergeant. 119 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:20,200 I'll be right back. Hi, how are you coming, Ethel? I'm here. Same old run. I've been back seven years on this one. 120 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,560 Yeah, that's right. Did you get any more names? A few. Let me check the list for you. All right. 121 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:31,080 You have the names and D.R. numbers on Caucasian women. Five feet to five feet eight, 115 to 130 122 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:37,800 pounds, 20 to 30 years, blonde or brunette assault and battery. M.O. Hitchhikes rides and robs drivers, 123 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:43,080 uses his gun. Yeah, that's it. Here's what the machine turned out. 19 of them. Good. Here are the names. 124 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:48,840 The D.R. numbers opposite each one. Fine. Any new names? More than the last time. Anything else for 125 00:08:48,840 --> 00:09:01,960 the night? No, that's it for now. Thanks a lot, Ethel. Let's go. Bad start. How's that? 17 of these names we 126 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,480 checked and cleared already. And the other two? One's Catherine Collins. The other one's Beverly Allen. 127 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,960 She might tie in. We've got nothing else to go on. You want to get to the record bureau and pull the 128 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,800 packages on these two names? Yeah, okay. I'll check robbery and see if we have any calls. All right, Joe. 129 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:27,640 Hi, Captain. Any calls for us? Just one fat brown wants to see you. Oh, bad mood? Kind of. 130 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,360 Wants me too. Let's go. 131 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,360 Did that fellow Maloney tell you anything? Nothing that helped much. Same old story. 132 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,640 No reports on that broadcast we put out for that Beverly Allen? Not yet. No. Are you banking on it? 133 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:44,280 It's first lead in 16 nights. Here we are. 134 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:55,160 Walker, Friday. Come in. How are you, boss? Sit down. I'll take you to the office. 135 00:09:55,160 --> 00:10:01,320 Woman bandit gets 16th victim. Beautiful holdup queen, Rob's, Schuetz, resident worker. Yeah. 136 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:07,960 It's on the editorial page too. Something else. Melville from the chief. Here, letter from the 137 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:13,080 downtown citizens committee. Another one, the civic club. They all want answers. Men are doing all they 138 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:19,000 can, chief. We got two other teams besides Friday and Romero. We've got a lot of people. 139 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:25,880 Another one, the civic club. They all want answers. Men are doing all they can, chief. We got two other teams besides Friday and Romero working the case. 140 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,360 Special squad from metropolitan division. They're on it too. I don't care what we've done. We got to do more. 141 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:35,480 16 nights, 16 robberies, and three shootings. Three victims still in the hospital. When did we blow the whistle on her? 142 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,720 Checked out every possible lead, chief. We got a want out on one suspect. We're checking out another one. 143 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,480 Talked to that man Maloney, the one she got last night. What did he tell you? 144 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:48,680 Well, not much more than the other 15 that she took. Descriptions still don't match in one respect. 145 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:49,720 Well, how do you mean? 146 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:56,360 Well, in 10 of the 16 cases we've had reported, the victims tagged the girl hitchhiker as a blonde, long hair. 147 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:03,000 Four of them say she was a brunette with a short hairdo. Two of them tell us the girl had red hair, long. 148 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:08,120 She's using wigs. That's what we figured. Checked every place in town where she could have rented or bought them. No leads. 149 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,000 What about some of the bigger supply houses out of town? 150 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,720 We've started in checking them. It'll take a little time. 151 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,640 And you've got practically nothing on the woman? 152 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:20,200 Same gun,.45 Colt. Lee Jones examined the bullet they took out of Maloney's spine. 153 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:21,880 How's he doing? 154 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,600 Not good. Bullet smashed his spinal cord. His legs are paralyzed. 155 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:27,480 When do we stop her? 156 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:28,520 Yeah? 157 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,160 Uh, Romero? 158 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:32,360 Hi, chief. Captain. 159 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:33,400 What have you got? 160 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,560 Both the packages on two possibles and this woman hold up thing. It's no good, Joe. 161 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,040 Why not? What about that Alan, Dean? 162 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,400 Jail in Kansas City? I called him. Been in for a month. 163 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,360 And the other one? 164 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:50,440 Catherine Collins. I checked Seattle. Been in the hospital up there for the past three months in TB ward. 165 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:55,160 Where does that leave you, Friday? Right back where we started. No leads and no suspects. 166 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:59,240 All right, Walker. Starting tonight, we cover every street and alley in the central area until we get that woman. 167 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,960 We'll order up more men and more detectives from the Metropolitan Division. 168 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:02,840 Right, chief. 169 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:08,040 Get out more decoy cars. Have the area covered from sundown till sunrise until further notice. Get that woman. 170 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,200 Right. Come on, Joe. Yeah. 171 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:13,720 Hot shot. I get it. 172 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:20,280 A two-eleven shooting at Gatewood and Cameron. A two-eleven shooting at Gatewood and Cameron. 173 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:20,840 Let's go. 174 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,680 The name on his driver's license said William Gillespie. We found him 50 feet from the corner 175 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:33,720 of Gatewood Alley and Cameron Street. His face and head bore the marks of a vicious beating. 176 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:38,040 There was a single bullet wound in his left shoulder. It was conscious when we arrived. 177 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,680 Chief of Detectives Brown, Captain Walker, and Ben checked the area for physical evidence. 178 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:47,400 I spoke briefly with the victim before he was placed on a stretcher and carried to the ambulance 179 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,480 on the way he lapsed into unconsciousness. I went over to where Ben was standing with 180 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:57,480 Chief Brown and Captain Walker. Take a look, Joe. Captain found over there near the lamp post. 181 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,240 Yeah. 45 shell casings, same as the others. How's Gillespie, Friday? 182 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,120 Doc says he'll be all right. Badly beaten. 183 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,520 Tough day. She really works him over. 184 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,080 Wonder what makes a woman do things like this. 185 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,200 What makes a man do it. 186 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,120 William Gillespie was taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 187 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:21,480 The shell casing, which we had found at the scene, was taken to Lee Jones at the crime lab for 188 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:26,520 examination. It compared with the others. Jones confirmed that the markings on the bullet, 189 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,720 which had wounded Gillespie, matched those on the bullet, which had been taken from Maloney's back. 190 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:37,160 Both bullets had been fired from the same gun. The dragnet operation for the woman bandit went on. 191 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:43,240 The men in the special detail covered every street and alley in the central area from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. 192 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,600 the following morning. During the next five days, 11 suspects were picked up and brought in for 193 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,200 questioning and released after the victims failed to identify any of them. 194 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:58,360 Well, at least we got her stopped temporarily. She hasn't pulled a caper for almost a week. 195 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,280 Yeah, that doesn't bring us any closer to her. 196 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:08,040 I don't know about you, but it's got me beat. 17 jobs and she's as free today as she was before she 197 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:13,640 started. Joe, Ben, what'd you find? Nothing. The last four women we questioned were clear. 198 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,880 What about the other men on the case, Ed? Did they get anything? 199 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,920 Axter and Olson are down at the record bureau being in a minute. 200 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,360 They've been out talking to some of the victims again. Tough one. 201 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,080 What are we thinking? How about a composite picture? We got enough to work with. 202 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,280 Artists in the crime lab's working up a couple of sketches now. 203 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,560 A lot of guesswork. What about the descriptions of the clothes the girl wears? 204 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,720 Anything there we could start on? No, other than the fact that she wears flashy clothes. 205 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,960 Hi, Olson. Hi. Any luck? Not much. 206 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,800 None of the victims have a very good idea what the dame looked like. 207 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,720 It's all good looking, nice figure, that's all. Nothing out of the ordinary, huh? 208 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,160 Well, I'll tell them the same thing. Kind of an unusual voice, soft, low. 209 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,520 That's about all they can remember. Not much here. She's been describing three 210 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,400 different outfits, is that right? Yeah, green dress with a pink coat, 211 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,800 white dress, dark blue jacket, bright red sweater and a brown skirt. Always carries a dark brown 212 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,200 alligator handbag, shoes to match, no hat. Not much of a wardrobe, is it? 213 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,160 Maybe that's why she took up robbery. Now look, let's get on this thing. We've been 214 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,600 chasing this woman for almost a month now and she's still got the run of the town. How long's it 215 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,840 going to take us? If we only had a lead that was worse, I'll find it. It's there someplace. 216 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,040 I've never reached a thief yet without digging for him. Now I'll get it. 217 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,560 Robbery, Olson. Yeah, right, Andy, I'll tell him. 218 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:33,240 Anderson and Bergler, Joe, wants to see you and Ben. Thanks, Captain. That's all. Come on, Ben. 219 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:42,920 Yeah. I'd like a day off, wouldn't you? We'll get one when we get this day. Right, Ed. 220 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,520 This thing isn't doing much for the skipper. It's not doing much for our time off either, is it? 221 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:57,400 That fire department's got the racket 24 hours on, 24-0. Sometimes they get three days off in a row. 222 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:05,080 That's what you keep telling me. Here we are. Joe, Ben, Andy, what do you got? Checking back on a 223 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,240 job out in Hollywood. Heard you were having troubles, came across this thing, thought I might help you out. 224 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,640 What's that, Ed? One of the picture studios had a burglar about a month ago. Thief got in the 225 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:20,280 wardrobe department, then next door in a makeup. Yeah, let's see. Here's some of the stuff taken, 226 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:29,240 dress, coat. Oh, here you can read it. Okay, thanks. Red sweater, brown skirt. I look down here, Joe. 227 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:35,160 Where? Right here. Oh, yeah. Took two makeup kits and four wigs. Two blondes, one redhead, 228 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:40,920 one brunette. That's it. Any leads on this job? Not so far, no. We got one thing to go on, a single 229 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:50,520 footprint, size nine. Pretty large size for a woman. I didn't say it was a woman. Print was made by a man's shoe. 230 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,600 You are listening to Dragnet, authentic stories of your police force in action. 231 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:10,520 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 232 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:17,000 Those words are echoing across the country. Yes, Fatima has more than doubled its sales because 233 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:23,720 Fatima smokers are telling their friends, it's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. And why? 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It's his job 241 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,960 to protect citizens and apprehend criminals, and it's a job he doesn't do alone. To assist him in 242 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:20,680 collecting and analyzing evidence, he has the aid of the crime laboratory. To help him identify 243 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:25,160 oddities and suspects or possible suspects, he has the record bureau, latent fingerprints, 244 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,560 the statistician's office, the ballistics department, a battery of men and machines to aid him in 245 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:37,000 reaching conclusions based on fact. Tuesday, October 9th, 9 p.m. For the past eight hours, 246 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,120 Thaxter and Olsen from robbery and Ben and I had been requesting all of the 16 victims of the woman 247 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:48,120 bandit. We asked them one question. Could their assailant possibly have been a man dressed as a 248 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:54,680 woman? The majority didn't think so. Those that did weren't very sure. We followed the lead through 249 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,440 at 9 25 p.m. We checked in and headed down the hall for the stats office. 250 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:05,000 Do you think it was a man dressed as a woman? I don't know. One male footprint, 251 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:12,360 pretty slim arms. Maybe the machines here can tell us. Hello Sergeant. Back again Ethel. Can you 252 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:19,000 make a run for us tonight? 9 25, sure I can. So here's a dope right here. I'm gonna try another 253 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:29,800 angle. Yeah. Male precisions about 5 feet 8 or 9, 130 to 135 pounds, feminine features, size 9 shoe, 254 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:37,240 impersonating women robbery and assault. That's it? Mhm. Arm 45 automatic, MO hitchhikes, rides, 255 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:42,600 and robs drivers. How soon you think you can have it for us? Well, make the run on the collator, 256 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:47,720 have to punch up the master first with all this information and let the machine work the cards. 257 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,360 I don't think I'll have it for you much before 11 then, all right? Fine, we'll check back a little 258 00:19:52,360 --> 00:20:00,040 before 11 then, huh? We'll be ready. Good. Come on, Ben. Did you call your wife after dinner? Yeah. Wish 259 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,600 I hadn't. She's mad as a horny. What's the matter? Kid's having a birthday party tomorrow and I forgot 260 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:10,120 to order the cake. What's she gonna do for the party? Bake one? She have to. Then she pulled this gun on 261 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:14,760 me and told me to stop the car. Well, I'm telling you, Captain, I just grabbed that gun and slapped 262 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,440 that kid just as hard as I could. Hold it just a minute, will you please, Collins? This man's name is 263 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,280 Amel Collins. Mr. Collins is Sergeant Friday, Sergeant Romero. How are you? How do you do? 264 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:27,000 How are you? I was just telling the captain here, I'm down here on a vacation. I'm from Sacramento, 265 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:32,680 South Sacramento. I was driving down your Figueroa Street about half an hour ago and picked up this 266 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,360 girl hitching a ride and she tried to rob me. Collins took the gun away from her, subdued the 267 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:40,360 girl and brought her in. Where is she now? Interrogation room. Faxed her and Olsen her with her. 268 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:45,400 The description match? Not too close. Sounds like you didn't have too much trouble with her, Mr. Collins. 269 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:51,080 Well, now that I come to think of it, maybe I didn't. When she pointed that gun, I just grabbed for it 270 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:56,360 and slapped her as hard as I could. Sure took the starch out of her. Who is the girl? Any identification? 271 00:20:56,360 --> 00:21:00,600 None. Faxed her and Olsen haven't been able to get anything out of her. You want to try? Sure. What do 272 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:06,200 you think, Skipper? You tell me. See if you can make her talk. I'll have a stenographer take Mr. Collins 273 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:12,200 report. Okay. Glad to meet you, Mr. Collins. It's a pleasure. I'm only down here for a vacation, 274 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,680 but if you need me, just call. You bet we will. Thanks. 275 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,000 How do you figure that one? I don't know. Let's see what the girl has to say. 276 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:27,400 Olsen? Joe, I want to talk to you before you go in. Sure. Did you find and get her to talk? 277 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:32,280 Faxed her, did. Pretty sure she's not the one we're after. What's her story? Said she read about this 278 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:36,840 woman bandit in the paper, decided to try her hand at it, needed money. Yeah. Claims her husband 279 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:41,560 left her. She's pregnant, needs the dough for a hospital. She live here? Up the coast, Monterey. 280 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:46,760 Got in town four days ago, staying at the YWCA. We checked there. She's not lying. You called Monterey? 281 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:51,960 Yeah, they confirmed it. She left there last Wednesday night. She's not the one. Where do we go from 282 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,600 here? You'll take care of having her booked, huh, Olsen? Yeah, as soon as we get a statement. Okay, fine. 283 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,120 Friday band this way. Hustle it. You too, Olsen. What do you got, Ed? 284 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:05,480 Fourth and Lucas, 211 shooting. Let's go. Any detail? Yeah. A tall blonde with a gun. Come on. 285 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:13,800 The woman bandit's 18th victim was a truck driver. His name, Harry Reese. His story differed a little 286 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,520 from that of the first victim. The woman was hitchhiking near Alvarado and Third Street. He 287 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:23,240 gave her a ride. She robbed him at gunpoint, slugged him, and then shot him through the left shoulder. 288 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:29,320 He described her as tall, blonde, attractive, and well dressed. I guess I should have known better. 289 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,240 I remember reading about the dam in the papers. You're sure that the person who held you up was a 290 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,680 woman? Hmm? I don't get you. What he means is you don't think it could have been a man dressed like a 291 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:44,680 woman. Oh, no. I'm sure of that. No guy ever looked that good to me. All right, Mr. Reese. We'll check 292 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:53,240 with you later at the hospital. Okay. We keeping that truck, Fred? Yeah. Olsen's got a couple of men 293 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,280 watching it. He's going over it. Same old story. Just another version. Don't you think she's spreading 294 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:03,160 it pretty thin? Her luck can't last forever. It's got me beat how she always manages to disappear 295 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:08,760 without a trace. Now, Ben, this way. Over here. Yeah, okay. What do you got? Better hustle it. Four 296 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:16,680 blocks down on Colfax. A shooting. Just came in on the car radio. Let's go. Slide over, Jim. Yeah. 297 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:25,720 Hit the signs, Ben. The crowd watching. All right, Skipper. Is that all that came over, Ben? A shooting? 298 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,800 All they said. See the cab driver. An ambulance shooting. He's working real fast. What's the 299 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,520 address for now? 3rd and East Flower Hotel. Hold on. 300 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,920 This is it coming up. Should be to the right here. Yeah, take a right. 301 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:47,160 That must be it up ahead. I can't see. What's that sign say? Edgemarr Hotel for young women. 302 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:57,400 Here's a cab driver. Right over here. Looks like blood stains to me here all over the sidewalk. 303 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,760 Yeah, I guess it couldn't have happened any more than five or 10 minutes ago. I had this 304 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:05,640 faece. He picked her up at 4th and Bixel and I drove her here. She paid the fare and got out. 305 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:10,600 Yeah, go on. I was about halfway down the block when I heard a shot. At least it sounded like one. 306 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:15,000 When I looked back, this dame was down on one knee near the door to the hotel here and by the time I 307 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,560 backed up, she was gone. And you noticed the blood, huh? That's right. Yeah, I figured I better call 308 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,200 somebody. Can you tell us what the girl looked like? Not bad at all. Blonde, tall, pretty girl, 309 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,200 nervous. But you didn't see where she went. No, but I didn't. I'll get the driver's name and address. 310 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,960 Joe, you and Ben, see if you can follow that trail. Stuff's all over the place. Right. 311 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:40,840 Over this way, Ben. Yeah. It's not hard to follow. Down this alley between the buildings. 312 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:48,840 How does this figure? Let's find out. Here we go. All the way back here. You got your flashlight? 313 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:56,360 Yeah. Here it is. Yeah, this way. Come on. This must be the rear of the hotel. 314 00:24:56,360 --> 00:25:01,480 Look, the stains lead over this way to the back door here. Let me try. 315 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,680 Okay, inside. 316 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:14,920 Still follow it? Yeah. Careful. Up these stairs. Yeah. 317 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:25,000 Second floor. What's the matter? Did you lose them? No, just a minute. 318 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:33,480 See anything? Yeah. Stains lead on up the stairs here. Let's go. 319 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:38,680 I just happened to think this is a woman's hotel. Then they ought to keep the back door closed. 320 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:47,240 Come on. Third floor. Let's hold it. What is it? I thought I saw a door open down the hall. 321 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:54,760 See anybody? No, let's go this way. 322 00:25:54,760 --> 00:26:02,440 It's an easy trail to follow. This is it. They stop here at this door. That doesn't sound like a woman. 323 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:08,760 Yeah. You ready? Try the door first. Easy. It's locked. All right. Come on together now. Let's hit it. 324 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:19,240 Watch your jaw. All right, you. I got the gun. Yeah. Oh, we found what we came for. Look. 325 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:26,040 Still got the clothes on. Blonde wig, makeup, everything. Please help me. My leg. Call an ambulance. 326 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:32,840 It's on the way. Take it easy. Have a look, Joe. The wigs, full makeup, kit, clothes, living in a woman's hotel. The works. 327 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:41,720 It was an accident. You never would have got me. I dropped the gun. It went off. You never would have got me. 328 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,600 Yeah, that's right, Mr. Hicks. It was an accident. You better get the boss in here, all right? 329 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:51,320 It was an accident. You better get the boss in here. I'll stay with Glamour Boy. 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