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It was 7.55 a.m. when I got to room 27A, 02:12.440 --> 02:16.360 robbery detail. Morning. 02:16.360 --> 02:17.680 Hi, Joe. Morning. 02:17.680 --> 02:19.880 Hi, Joe. Cold out, isn't it? 02:19.880 --> 02:22.640 Right. What are you doing here this early? Can't you sleep? 02:22.640 --> 02:25.520 I'm waiting for something. A special liver letter from my brother. 02:25.520 --> 02:27.280 Went up in Frisco with the police department? 02:27.280 --> 02:30.040 Yeah. Only up there, they don't like it when you call it Frisco. 02:30.040 --> 02:30.960 Yeah. 02:30.960 --> 02:34.960 These are robbery detail. I called them last night. All three kids had their 02:34.960 --> 02:38.280 tonsils out the same day. Thought it'd be nice to call, see how they were. 02:38.280 --> 02:39.320 All three at once? 02:39.320 --> 02:42.040 Yeah. Tonsils are nothing these days. 02:42.040 --> 02:42.840 How'd they make out? 02:42.840 --> 02:44.560 Good. Home already. 02:44.560 --> 02:45.800 What's the letter got to do with it? 02:45.800 --> 02:49.040 Oh, well, my brother told me he was sending down some dope on four pretty 02:49.040 --> 02:52.400 rough characters. Thinks they're headed our way, sending mug shots too. 02:52.400 --> 02:55.760 You and your brother running a detective agency on the side? 02:55.760 --> 02:59.400 It's a little irregular. The official correspondence will come a little later. 02:59.400 --> 03:00.800 What do you know about the guys? 03:00.800 --> 03:04.600 Almost killed a man. I didn't get any details. It's all in the letter. 03:04.600 --> 03:07.280 I ought to be here any minute. Melded at noon yesterday. 03:07.280 --> 03:09.280 How come you moved down here with your family, Frank? 03:09.280 --> 03:10.360 Don't you like it up north? 03:10.360 --> 03:13.640 Well, like L.A. better. More elbow room. Here you live in a house and lot, 03:13.640 --> 03:15.280 not just an apartment. 03:15.280 --> 03:17.560 I get it. 03:17.560 --> 03:18.560 Robbery Friday. 03:18.560 --> 03:20.920 This is Wilson. The only shop is that, Joe. 03:20.920 --> 03:24.520 Yeah, I think so. Hold it, will you? Tony here. 03:24.520 --> 03:25.040 Huh? 03:25.040 --> 03:26.560 Oh, I didn't see you behind that paper. 03:26.560 --> 03:27.280 For me? 03:27.280 --> 03:28.160 Yeah, he's here. 03:28.160 --> 03:31.360 Well, if he's not busy asking to come over to order, it's a question to a couple 03:31.360 --> 03:33.240 of Mexican girls who can't speak English. 03:33.240 --> 03:35.480 Well, I guess we can spare him for a while. I'll tell him. 03:35.480 --> 03:36.880 What's up? 03:36.880 --> 03:39.320 Well, that's Wilson in auto detail. He'd like you to go over and act as an 03:39.320 --> 03:41.000 interpreter for a couple of Mexican girls. 03:41.000 --> 03:41.840 Are they pretty? 03:41.840 --> 03:43.800 You're not going down there to marry them. 03:43.800 --> 03:46.480 I'll bet you a while I'm at parties. 03:46.480 --> 03:52.320 Eh, nothing much doing. Slow day. 03:52.320 --> 03:54.400 They don't come often enough for me. 03:54.400 --> 03:59.080 If they did, we'd be out of a job. 03:59.080 --> 04:01.920 It was one of those rare slow days. 04:01.920 --> 04:05.080 We killed a couple of hours going over the daily reports, 04:05.080 --> 04:06.880 cleaned out the top drawer on my desk, 04:06.880 --> 04:08.880 sharpened a few pencils. 04:08.880 --> 04:12.280 At 10.15 a.m., the special delivery letter came for Frank. 04:12.280 --> 04:20.040 We slit the top open with his pocket knife and we shook out four mug shots. 04:20.040 --> 04:21.720 Here it is. 04:21.720 --> 04:25.640 Following four men wanted for robberies, auto thefts and safe burglaries in San 04:25.640 --> 04:29.560 Francisco Bay Area. Cliff Small, 19. 04:29.560 --> 04:33.200 George Shum, 20. Both escaped from Preston. 04:33.200 --> 04:35.000 Julius Carver, 18. 04:35.000 --> 04:37.560 Fred Malick, 20. Both army deserters. 04:37.560 --> 04:39.960 Well, that checks out with that APB from SF last week. 04:39.960 --> 04:41.240 What are the records of that? 04:41.240 --> 04:45.160 Small shot an army captain during an argument at a bar. 04:45.160 --> 04:48.520 And two capers, these men shot it out with us and escaped. 04:48.520 --> 04:53.720 Information shows all four left for Los Angeles several days ago. 04:53.720 --> 04:57.400 Driving stolen car, blue Chevrolet, probably using cold plates. 04:57.400 --> 05:00.680 Let me see those mug shots. 05:00.680 --> 05:05.960 Well, now we know who we're looking for. Brother tell us where. 05:05.960 --> 05:08.760 Just a couple of nice girls that got mixed up with the wrong guys. 05:08.760 --> 05:10.360 Take a look at these pictures, will you, Tony? 05:10.360 --> 05:11.640 Oh, the mugs from San Francisco. 05:11.640 --> 05:14.680 Yeah, says they're in a stolen car, cold plates. 05:14.680 --> 05:17.560 That's how these girls were picked up, in a hot car. 05:17.560 --> 05:20.360 They went for a ride with a couple of guys they met at a movie. 05:20.360 --> 05:23.320 When the car ran out of gas, the boys dug, the girls got picked up. 05:23.320 --> 05:24.600 They have a lead on the guy? 05:24.600 --> 05:25.640 No, not a thing. 05:25.640 --> 05:26.840 The young guys? 05:26.840 --> 05:29.880 Around 20. You think these might be the ones from Frisco? 05:29.880 --> 05:32.120 Let's talk to the girls. Come on. 05:32.120 --> 05:33.400 Frank, you want to cover the office? 05:33.400 --> 05:39.160 Oh, yeah, sure. 05:39.160 --> 05:40.600 Do they speak English at all? 05:40.600 --> 05:47.000 Not enough to make sense. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.920 That's Dolores and this one is Marie. 05:48.920 --> 05:49.960 Yes. 05:49.960 --> 05:53.080 Senoritas, these ladies are involved in the robbery, they say. 05:53.080 --> 05:55.320 They say they want to ask you some questions. 05:55.320 --> 05:57.320 We didn't do anything. 05:57.320 --> 05:58.040 Nothing? 05:58.040 --> 05:59.320 She says they didn't do anything. 05:59.320 --> 06:01.480 I suppose they told you all they know already, huh? 06:01.480 --> 06:02.440 They're not much help. 06:02.440 --> 06:05.240 They say they don't know anything about the fellows they were with. 06:05.240 --> 06:07.320 Show them these. Ask them if they've ever seen them before. 06:07.320 --> 06:11.000 Do you know these individuals? 06:11.000 --> 06:18.040 Yes. These are the guys. 06:18.040 --> 06:19.640 Yes. 06:19.640 --> 06:21.800 These are the guys that took them out last night? 06:21.800 --> 06:22.600 Ask them. 06:22.600 --> 06:25.800 Do you mean these two are the ones that took them out last night? 06:25.800 --> 06:27.880 Yes, they are. 06:27.880 --> 06:30.120 Carver and Malik, the army deserters. 06:30.120 --> 06:31.640 Ask them to describe them, will you? 06:31.640 --> 06:33.240 How were the boys? 06:33.240 --> 06:38.520 We already told them. We were in the car all the time and it was dark. 06:38.520 --> 06:43.960 But they looked very handsome and they spoke well. 06:43.960 --> 06:46.680 She says they sat in the car all the time, it was dark. 06:46.680 --> 06:48.600 But they looked very handsome and they talked nice. 06:48.600 --> 06:50.040 Where did the fellows pick them up? 06:50.040 --> 06:52.520 They told me in front of the Jubilee Theater, second in Brockwood. 06:52.520 --> 06:53.960 Yeah. And then what? 06:53.960 --> 06:59.640 The girls couldn't understand English, but they understood when the boys motioned them to hop in. 06:59.640 --> 07:03.400 Have you ever taken strange walks before? 07:03.400 --> 07:05.240 Of course not. 07:05.240 --> 07:09.480 Maria thinks she saw them in the church on Sunday. 07:09.480 --> 07:10.920 She says no. 07:10.920 --> 07:13.560 Maria thought she recognized them from church Sunday. 07:13.560 --> 07:15.560 But she was mistaken. 07:15.560 --> 07:16.760 But she was mistaken. 07:16.760 --> 07:20.920 Must have been some date. The boys couldn't talk Spanish and the girls couldn't talk English. 07:20.920 --> 07:22.440 Where'd they go on this ride, Tony? 07:22.440 --> 07:23.880 They don't know the streets. 07:23.880 --> 07:26.040 They just know they got to the beach and then they turned around 07:26.040 --> 07:28.840 about halfway back when the car ran out of gas. 07:28.840 --> 07:31.640 Ask him again. See if you can get Maria here to talk. 07:31.640 --> 07:32.520 Maria. 07:32.520 --> 07:33.240 Yes. 07:33.240 --> 07:35.960 What did they take to get to the beach? 07:35.960 --> 07:36.920 I don't know. 07:36.920 --> 07:39.160 Oh, Maria. 07:39.160 --> 07:43.800 First, we stopped near a hotel. 07:43.800 --> 07:50.600 We waited until the boys took a puppy and left it in their room. 07:50.600 --> 07:53.800 She doesn't know, but she remembers they stopped near a little hotel. 07:53.800 --> 07:57.080 The girls waited while the boys took a little puppy out of their car and put it in their room. 07:57.080 --> 07:58.040 A puppy? 07:58.040 --> 08:02.280 Well, if they don't know where the hotel was, maybe they can tell us when it was near. 08:02.280 --> 08:06.360 What buildings were near the hotel? 08:06.360 --> 08:11.080 There was a gas station in the corner. 08:11.080 --> 08:13.240 She says there was a gas station on the corner. 08:13.240 --> 08:13.960 What else? 08:13.960 --> 08:15.560 What else? 08:15.560 --> 08:21.480 On the other side of the rails there were two or three garages. 08:21.480 --> 08:22.760 Two or three? 08:22.760 --> 08:25.400 I think so. Two or three. 08:25.400 --> 08:28.040 She says across the car tracks there were two or three big garages. 08:28.040 --> 08:29.240 Yeah. 08:29.240 --> 08:32.040 Hmm. Could be in the Westlake district. 08:32.040 --> 08:35.320 That's a garage in second-rate hotels around there. 08:35.320 --> 08:36.920 Or East 1st Street. 08:36.920 --> 08:38.440 Maybe Grand Avenue and Pico. 08:38.440 --> 08:40.440 Pico. Pico. 08:40.440 --> 08:47.320 Now I remember. This street was Pico. 08:47.320 --> 08:49.800 We took the girls with us and drove out to Grand and Pico, 08:49.800 --> 08:54.200 and then up and down Pico slow until the girls pointed out a hotel just south of Flower. 08:54.200 --> 08:56.440 They weren't sure. Ben and I got out. 08:56.440 --> 08:58.200 We walked up to the hotel desk. 08:58.200 --> 09:02.360 The clerk was just starting to vacuum. 09:02.360 --> 09:04.840 We're looking for Julius Carver and Fred Malick. 09:04.840 --> 09:06.040 Do they stand here? 09:06.040 --> 09:07.160 What's the names? 09:07.160 --> 09:08.440 Can't hear you over the vacuum. 09:08.440 --> 09:10.280 Julius Carver and Fred Malick? 09:10.280 --> 09:11.320 No, I'm not here. 09:11.320 --> 09:12.280 Police officers. 09:12.280 --> 09:14.680 Can you take a look at these pictures? 09:14.680 --> 09:17.720 Well, it could have been two of the boys who checked out this morning, 09:17.720 --> 09:20.200 but they didn't look as tough as this. 09:20.200 --> 09:21.080 How many were there? 09:21.080 --> 09:22.360 Four. 09:22.360 --> 09:23.480 Here are two more pictures. 09:23.480 --> 09:25.480 You have a look, please. 09:25.480 --> 09:27.800 Could be about the right age. 09:27.800 --> 09:28.920 How long did they stay? 09:28.920 --> 09:30.040 Just two nights. 09:30.040 --> 09:31.720 Did they have a pup with them? 09:31.720 --> 09:32.440 What? 09:32.440 --> 09:34.440 I said they have a pup with them. 09:34.440 --> 09:36.200 Puppy dog? Yes, they did. 09:36.200 --> 09:38.280 Yes, a little collie pup. 09:38.280 --> 09:39.560 Did they pay up? 09:39.560 --> 09:42.440 No, they skipped out owing me two days. 09:42.440 --> 09:44.520 Can we see how they registered, please? 09:44.520 --> 09:46.280 Shut off this dang vacuum. 09:46.280 --> 09:50.360 Person can't hardly hear himself think over that dragon. 09:50.360 --> 09:51.960 Now, you want to see the register. 09:51.960 --> 09:53.560 We use cards here. 09:53.560 --> 09:55.560 All right, sir. 09:55.560 --> 09:59.560 Let me see. 09:59.560 --> 10:01.640 Now, here they are. 10:01.640 --> 10:12.440 Bob Reynolds, Jack Sharp, Jim Smith, and William Grant, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10:12.440 --> 10:14.360 I must have picked those names out of a hat. 10:14.360 --> 10:15.560 Did they say where they were going? 10:15.560 --> 10:17.560 No, no forwarding address. 10:17.560 --> 10:19.080 Did they write these cards out themselves? 10:19.080 --> 10:20.680 I bet they did. That's the law. 10:20.680 --> 10:23.400 You mind if we borrow them for a while? We'll have them photostatted and return to you. 10:23.400 --> 10:24.760 We're supposed to keep them, you know. 10:24.760 --> 10:25.560 You'll get them back. 10:25.560 --> 10:26.920 I like to do everything legal. 10:28.040 --> 10:30.600 When those boys in some kind of trouble. 10:30.600 --> 10:32.040 Did they leave anything in their room? 10:32.040 --> 10:33.560 They did. It's all in the vacuum. 10:33.560 --> 10:36.600 If they happen to come back, give us a ring, will you? Here's our card. 10:36.600 --> 10:38.840 Robbery detail. Who'd they rob? 10:38.840 --> 10:40.280 They took you for two days rent. 10:42.600 --> 10:45.080 It was 2 p.m. when Tony Chavez picked us up. 10:45.080 --> 10:46.760 He had Frank O'Donnell with him. 10:46.760 --> 10:50.600 We stopped at a dairy lunch, and I called the office, and we split up into two teams. 10:50.600 --> 10:53.960 While Tony and Frank checked parking lots in the neighborhood for stolen cars, 10:53.960 --> 10:55.640 Ben and I ran down the other hotels. 10:56.280 --> 11:00.200 In the next three hours, we talked to a dozen desk clerks and roaming house managers. 11:00.200 --> 11:01.800 Always the same answer. No. 11:02.680 --> 11:05.880 5.30 p.m. we tried the Achilles Hotel on Grand Avenue. 11:05.880 --> 11:09.160 We walked into an overheated lobby crowded with modern furniture. 11:09.160 --> 11:12.520 There were a couple of canary cages in front of the faded wall tapestries. 11:12.520 --> 11:14.600 The desk clerk was a woman in her early 40s. 11:15.560 --> 11:17.400 Good afternoon, ma'am. Police officer. 11:17.400 --> 11:18.360 Police officer. 11:18.360 --> 11:21.560 Walter! Walter, will you see what these policemen want? 11:21.560 --> 11:22.520 Well, just take a minute. 11:22.520 --> 11:24.520 I'd like to know if you recognize these pictures here. 11:26.040 --> 11:26.540 No. 11:26.920 --> 11:27.560 This one? 11:27.560 --> 11:28.060 No. 11:29.320 --> 11:31.640 No, we only take in honest, hard-working men. 11:31.640 --> 11:32.140 Sure. 11:32.140 --> 11:33.880 I don't like anybody lazing around the rooms all day. 11:33.880 --> 11:35.080 It keeps me from cleaning up. 11:35.080 --> 11:37.080 Any of your rumors got a collie pup? 11:37.080 --> 11:40.040 A dog? I'd die before I'd allow a dog in this house. 11:40.040 --> 11:42.920 Well, if these fellas were the dogs riding around the room, would you please phone us? 11:42.920 --> 11:43.880 Here's the number. 11:43.880 --> 11:46.200 Millie. Now, get on back in there, honey. 11:46.200 --> 11:47.960 We're at the nice moor. Go on, Millie. 11:47.960 --> 11:48.460 Go on. 11:49.400 --> 11:50.920 Millie's on the nest now. 11:50.920 --> 11:53.400 Yes, ma'am. We'd appreciate you watching for these men. 11:53.400 --> 11:54.760 For your own protection, too. 11:54.760 --> 11:55.880 No, I'll let you know. 11:55.880 --> 11:56.840 Thank you, ma'am. Let's go, ma'am. 11:56.840 --> 12:00.600 Oh, say, before you go, would you gentlemen do me a favor, seeing as how you're a policeman? 12:00.600 --> 12:01.240 Yes, ma'am. 12:01.240 --> 12:03.800 Mr. Marinelli up in room 14 is a week behind on his rent. 12:03.800 --> 12:05.640 Would you do me a favor and go up and talk to him? 12:05.640 --> 12:07.800 I'm sorry, lady. We can't handle that. That's a civil matter. 12:07.800 --> 12:10.200 I'd advise you to go to room 260 and out the city hall. 12:10.200 --> 12:11.720 See the city attorney. They'll help you. 12:11.720 --> 12:13.720 Walter, what'd I tell you? They won't do it. 12:13.720 --> 12:17.400 That's the way it went. It was dark out now and getting cold again. 12:17.400 --> 12:19.880 We walked back to Pico and Flower to pick up Frank and Tony. 12:19.880 --> 12:21.400 Tony was there waiting for us. 12:21.400 --> 12:24.280 Hi. Come on up to the next corner. Frank's up there. 12:24.280 --> 12:25.640 We got a hot car staked out. 12:25.640 --> 12:26.280 Yeah? 12:26.280 --> 12:28.600 Just half a block from the hotel where the guy's checked out. 12:28.600 --> 12:29.720 You had any luck? 12:29.720 --> 12:30.280 No. 12:30.280 --> 12:31.640 Did you find anything in the car? 12:31.640 --> 12:33.080 The key's still in it. Nothing else. 12:33.080 --> 12:35.480 They could have stolen it last night after they left the girls, huh? 12:35.480 --> 12:36.840 I called in and checked. 12:36.840 --> 12:40.920 It was taken in front of 1192 Doheny Drive between 2 and 4 this morning. 12:40.920 --> 12:43.880 We got out of code for it. 12:43.880 --> 12:45.880 It's about six blocks from where they ditched the car with the girls in it. 12:45.880 --> 12:47.880 Yeah, we're out of gas. It's all downhill. 12:47.880 --> 12:49.880 It would have been a natural way for them to go. 12:49.880 --> 12:51.880 Could be the right car. Better keep the stake out. 12:51.880 --> 12:52.600 I am. 12:52.600 --> 12:53.400 Oh, hi, Frank. 12:53.400 --> 12:55.400 Hi. You do any good? 12:55.400 --> 12:55.880 No. 12:55.880 --> 12:58.840 Frank, you and Tony want to go eat and Ben and I'll cover the car. 12:58.840 --> 13:00.280 When you get back, we'll go for a chop. 13:00.280 --> 13:01.000 Good deal. 13:01.000 --> 13:01.480 Well... 13:01.480 --> 13:02.280 So long. 13:04.040 --> 13:05.480 Well, let's sit in the car, huh? 13:05.480 --> 13:11.480 Yeah, all right. Go ahead. 13:11.480 --> 13:13.480 Mm-hmm. 13:13.480 --> 13:15.480 Get the radio on. 13:15.480 --> 13:17.480 Want a cigarette? 13:17.480 --> 13:21.480 No. 13:21.480 --> 13:23.480 What do you think? 13:23.480 --> 13:27.480 I don't know. Maybe it's the same guys, maybe not. 13:27.480 --> 13:29.480 Same neighborhood. 13:29.480 --> 13:31.480 Couple of things might tie in. 13:31.480 --> 13:35.480 Can't be sure. 13:35.480 --> 13:37.480 They're really making headway. 13:37.480 --> 13:39.480 About all we know is they're in town. 13:39.480 --> 13:41.480 Yeah, and it's a good-sized town. 13:41.480 --> 13:43.480 Right now, it's the biggest in the world. 13:43.480 --> 13:45.480 Thirty-two points. 13:45.480 --> 13:47.480 Seven p.m. 13:47.480 --> 13:49.480 We knew the four gunmen were in town. 13:49.480 --> 13:51.480 We knew they'd been seen. 13:51.480 --> 13:55.480 We figured there was no reason for them to skip town until they pulled a job or heard that we were looking for them. 13:55.480 --> 13:57.480 Time was in their favor. 13:57.480 --> 13:59.480 Time to rob, time to kill, time to get away. 13:59.480 --> 14:01.480 Time to kill, time to get away. 14:01.480 --> 14:03.480 The check on the hotel's continued. 14:03.480 --> 14:07.480 We left Frank O'Donnell and Tony Chavez on the stakeout, and Ben and I picked up the hotel routine. 14:07.480 --> 14:09.480 One place after another. 14:09.480 --> 14:11.480 Eight-thirty p.m. 14:11.480 --> 14:15.480 We walked down a long, narrow lobby to a little ball-headed man at the desk. 14:15.480 --> 14:19.480 He was wearing glasses and reading a magazine called Astrology. 14:19.480 --> 14:21.480 When we walked in, he tried to hide the bottle. 14:21.480 --> 14:23.480 Police officer. 14:23.480 --> 14:27.480 Would you take a look at these pictures, please? 14:27.480 --> 14:29.480 What for? 14:29.480 --> 14:31.480 See if you can identify them. 14:31.480 --> 14:33.480 No. 14:33.480 --> 14:35.480 They don't look familiar to me. 14:35.480 --> 14:37.480 They may be carrying a collie pup. 14:37.480 --> 14:39.480 Collie pup? 14:39.480 --> 14:41.480 Let me see those pictures again. 14:41.480 --> 14:43.480 All right. 14:43.480 --> 14:45.480 They look familiar now? 14:45.480 --> 14:47.480 They had a pup with them all right. 14:47.480 --> 14:49.480 Yes, I think so. 14:49.480 --> 14:51.480 I study faces. 14:51.480 --> 14:53.480 Yes, the same. 14:53.480 --> 14:55.480 Are they here? 14:55.480 --> 14:57.480 I don't know. 14:57.480 --> 14:59.480 You mean they're out for the evening? 14:59.480 --> 15:01.480 I don't know. 15:01.480 --> 15:03.480 Are they registered here? 15:03.480 --> 15:05.480 Yes, they are. 15:05.480 --> 15:07.480 What room? 15:07.480 --> 15:09.480 Are they expecting you? 15:09.480 --> 15:11.480 Now listen, this is important. Just answer the questions. 15:11.480 --> 15:13.480 What did they do? 15:13.480 --> 15:15.480 What's their room number? 15:15.480 --> 15:17.480 Second floor, room 22. 15:17.480 --> 15:19.480 Do you have the key? 15:19.480 --> 15:21.480 Just a sec. 15:21.480 --> 15:23.480 Here. 15:23.480 --> 15:25.480 Cover me. 15:25.480 --> 15:27.480 How? 15:27.480 --> 15:29.480 22. 15:33.480 --> 15:35.480 Give me the key. 15:39.480 --> 15:41.480 Watch it. 15:43.480 --> 15:45.480 Well, maybe we're home. 15:45.480 --> 15:47.480 Clothes, shoes, all our stuff's here. 15:47.480 --> 15:53.480 They'll be back. 15:59.480 --> 16:01.480 You are listening to Dragnet 16:01.480 --> 16:05.480 for the step-by-step solution to an actual police case. 16:05.480 --> 16:11.480 Here, step-by-step are the reasons why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers from coast to coast. 16:11.480 --> 16:13.480 Step one. 16:13.480 --> 16:17.480 The name Fatima has always stood for the best in cigarette quality. 16:17.480 --> 16:19.480 Step two. 16:19.480 --> 16:25.480 Long cigarette smokers discover Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 16:25.480 --> 16:27.480 Step three. 16:27.480 --> 16:29.480 Long cigarette smokers find Fatima extra mild. 16:29.480 --> 16:35.480 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 16:35.480 --> 16:39.480 superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. 16:39.480 --> 16:43.480 And that's why more and more smokers every day agree. 16:43.480 --> 16:47.480 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 16:47.480 --> 16:51.480 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 16:51.480 --> 16:57.480 Yes, the name Fatima on that golden yellow package is your insurance of an extra mild smoke. 16:57.480 --> 17:01.480 So enjoy king-size Fatima. 17:01.480 --> 17:09.480 The best of all, long cigarettes. 17:09.480 --> 17:13.480 In the files of the Los Angeles Police Department, there are countless case histories 17:13.480 --> 17:16.480 that never got space in the daily newspapers. 17:16.480 --> 17:21.480 The case of Cliff Small, George Shum, Julius Carver, and Fred Malick was one of these. 17:21.480 --> 17:26.480 Four young hoodlums wanted for a series of robberies and petty burglaries. 17:26.480 --> 17:30.480 These men were armed and they'd shown that they wouldn't hesitate to shoot. 17:30.480 --> 17:36.480 By comparison with the sensational crime headline, the news value of this story rated an inch of type 17:36.480 --> 17:38.480 on the fourth page of the second section. 17:38.480 --> 17:43.480 Yet the line separating these four young thieves from banner headlines and back page space 17:43.480 --> 17:46.480 is much thinner than the average citizen realizes. 17:46.480 --> 17:51.480 The danger in a criminal case isn't always determined by the space allotted to it in the newspapers. 17:51.480 --> 17:56.480 Many a peace officer's name has appeared in the obituary column of the same newspaper 17:56.480 --> 18:01.480 allotted one inch of back page space to the crime story that was considered unimportant. 18:01.480 --> 18:05.480 I phoned the office and asked for two men to cover the stolen car. 18:05.480 --> 18:09.480 As soon as the replacements arrived, Frank O'Donnell and Tony Chavez left the stakeout on the stolen car 18:09.480 --> 18:13.480 and joined us at the hotel. It was 8.55 p.m. 18:13.480 --> 18:15.480 When are they due back? Any idea? 18:15.480 --> 18:18.480 No, sir. I told these other officers. 18:18.480 --> 18:19.480 I did tell you, didn't I? 18:19.480 --> 18:21.480 Yeah, you said they were out for the evening. 18:21.480 --> 18:23.480 That's it. I knew I told you something. 18:23.480 --> 18:25.480 Was it you two? Or was it you two? 18:25.480 --> 18:26.480 It was this fellow and I. 18:26.480 --> 18:30.480 Oh, yeah. I don't remember things I say so good, but I know faces, things. 18:30.480 --> 18:32.480 Are you the manager here? 18:32.480 --> 18:34.480 Oh, no. This place belongs to Claude. 18:34.480 --> 18:35.480 Claude who? 18:34.480 --> 18:35.480 Tinney. 18:35.480 --> 18:36.480 Then you're in charge now. 18:36.480 --> 18:39.480 Only when Claude's not around. This is one of his places. 18:39.480 --> 18:42.480 Where are we going to stake out, Joe? Not enough room to turn around this lobby. 18:42.480 --> 18:46.480 That's what I've been telling Claude. Claude Tinney. This is one of his places. 18:46.480 --> 18:48.480 Yeah, maybe you better leave that bottle alone until we get this straightened out, huh? 18:48.480 --> 18:54.480 Oh, no. I don't hit it heavy anymore. Just a little nip now and again. Crafty in here. 18:54.480 --> 18:57.480 Any idea where we can wait for these fellows and keep an eye on the lobby? 18:57.480 --> 19:00.480 No, not enough room in this lobby to turn around in. I've said that to Claude. 19:00.480 --> 19:01.480 Yeah, we know. 19:01.480 --> 19:04.480 Hey, clerk, where does this door lead to? 19:04.480 --> 19:05.480 No, don't go in there. 19:05.480 --> 19:07.480 There are light in here. 19:09.480 --> 19:12.480 I save old bottles. Ragman gives me a penny each for them. 19:12.480 --> 19:13.480 Is that a storage room? 19:13.480 --> 19:14.480 What's that? 19:14.480 --> 19:16.480 That room over there. 19:16.480 --> 19:19.480 Oh, that's the linen room. We keep all the linen there. 19:19.480 --> 19:22.480 That's about the only place there is, Joe, unless we want to wait out in the car. 19:22.480 --> 19:23.480 All right, we're waiting there. 19:23.480 --> 19:26.480 There's a couple of chairs in there. I'll send the boys back when they come in. 19:26.480 --> 19:28.480 It'd be better if you tell them nothing. 19:28.480 --> 19:29.480 How are they going to know you're here? 19:29.480 --> 19:31.480 We'll tell them. You just don't say anything. 19:31.480 --> 19:33.480 All right, sir. 19:35.480 --> 19:38.480 Now then, if I can just have your names, I'll see that the boys get the message. 19:38.480 --> 19:42.480 Now look, mister, you just sit there and read your magazine. Don't say anything. You got that? 19:42.480 --> 19:44.480 Okay. That's the way you want it. 19:44.480 --> 19:53.480 Come on, let's go. 19:55.480 --> 19:57.480 What's that smell in here? 19:58.480 --> 19:59.480 Bleach, I think. 19:59.480 --> 20:00.480 Strong. 20:00.480 --> 20:04.480 Oh. What time is it? 20:04.480 --> 20:06.480 Can't see. 20:06.480 --> 20:08.480 Frank, you got a luminous watch. 20:08.480 --> 20:10.480 928. 20:10.480 --> 20:12.480 Good evening, Mike. 20:12.480 --> 20:13.480 Good evening, Mr. Swinney. 20:13.480 --> 20:14.480 Give me an eight o'clock call. 20:14.480 --> 20:15.480 Yes, sir. 20:15.480 --> 20:16.480 All right. 20:16.480 --> 20:18.480 Good night. 20:29.480 --> 20:32.480 That smell's giving me a headache. 20:32.480 --> 20:33.480 Air is bad in here. 20:33.480 --> 20:35.480 Yeah. 20:35.480 --> 20:37.480 Is there anything I can get you, gentlemen? 20:37.480 --> 20:39.480 No, you just stay at the desk, will you please? 20:39.480 --> 20:42.480 Say, Claude Tinnies' name. He's the manager. 20:42.480 --> 20:43.480 Remember you asked me about that? 20:43.480 --> 20:45.480 Yeah, yeah, we know. 20:45.480 --> 20:46.480 What do you want him for? 20:46.480 --> 20:49.480 Look, you're going to have to stay away from this door. We don't want them to know we're here. 20:49.480 --> 20:52.480 Okay. That's the way you want it. 20:54.480 --> 20:56.480 I could use a cigarette. 20:56.480 --> 20:57.480 Yeah. 20:57.480 --> 20:58.480 I'll take it. 20:58.480 --> 21:00.480 I'll take it. 21:00.480 --> 21:05.480 All we need in here now is smoke. 21:05.480 --> 21:06.480 What time is it, Frank? 21:06.480 --> 21:07.480 Oh. 21:07.480 --> 21:30.480 Never mind. 21:37.480 --> 22:01.480 That's it. There's two of them. Ben, you come with me. Frank, Tony, stay here. 22:01.480 --> 22:02.480 Right. 22:02.480 --> 22:04.480 All right. We're checking out tomorrow. 22:04.480 --> 22:06.480 It's Carver and Malik. Let's go, Ben. 22:06.480 --> 22:08.480 Yeah, come on. 22:08.480 --> 22:09.480 Now, get your hands up. 22:09.480 --> 22:10.480 Hey, what's going on? 22:10.480 --> 22:11.480 Stand still. 22:11.480 --> 22:13.480 Okay. What's it be? 22:13.480 --> 22:15.480 Frisk them. 22:15.480 --> 22:23.480 There's a.380 automatic on Carver,.38 caliber revolver in this hip pocket. 22:23.480 --> 22:24.480 Another.38 on Malik. 22:24.480 --> 22:25.480 I'll hold it. 22:25.480 --> 22:30.480 That's it. Put out your hand. 22:30.480 --> 22:31.480 Let me have your cuff, Joe. 22:31.480 --> 22:34.480 Here you go. 22:34.480 --> 22:36.480 Where are your pals? 22:36.480 --> 22:37.480 What pals? 22:37.480 --> 22:39.480 Cliff Small and George Shum. We know you're running with them. 22:39.480 --> 22:41.480 If you know that, you know where they are. 22:41.480 --> 22:42.480 How old are you? 22:42.480 --> 22:43.480 18. 22:43.480 --> 22:44.480 What's your name? 22:44.480 --> 22:46.480 Fred Malik. I'm 20. 22:46.480 --> 22:47.480 Tony. 22:47.480 --> 22:48.480 Yeah? 22:48.480 --> 22:49.480 You and Frank want to take them downtown? 22:49.480 --> 22:54.480 Right. We'll see you down there. Let's go, Frank. 22:54.480 --> 22:56.480 Say, you got them, huh? 22:56.480 --> 22:59.480 Got two of them. We're going to wait for the other two now. 22:59.480 --> 23:02.480 You just play it straight and stay away from that linen room. 23:02.480 --> 23:04.480 How long are you going to be in there? 23:04.480 --> 23:06.480 Chambermaid starts making up the beds around 7 a.m. 23:06.480 --> 23:08.480 You'll have to be getting out that linen in there. 23:08.480 --> 23:10.480 It's only 10.30. Lots of time. 23:10.480 --> 23:13.480 We change the sheets three times a week in this hotel. 23:13.480 --> 23:15.480 Another worry in the world. 23:15.480 --> 23:25.480 Let's get back in there. 23:25.480 --> 23:28.480 I know what that smell is in here. Lysol. 23:28.480 --> 23:31.480 Yeah. I forgot about that pup. 23:31.480 --> 23:32.480 That'll be the tip-off. 23:32.480 --> 23:36.480 I'll go get him. 23:36.480 --> 23:45.480 Come on, little fella. Here we go. Come on, boy. 23:45.480 --> 23:46.480 He's hungry, Joe. 23:46.480 --> 23:48.480 Yeah. Look, I'll put him down on the floor. 23:48.480 --> 24:00.480 Don't step on him. 24:00.480 --> 24:01.480 Yeah, what do you want? 24:01.480 --> 24:03.480 Are you going to wait for the other two boys? 24:03.480 --> 24:05.480 Yeah, will you get away from the door? 24:05.480 --> 24:07.480 Say, I want to help you all I can. 24:07.480 --> 24:08.480 Yeah, yeah. 24:08.480 --> 24:11.480 That fuzzy little pup of theirs, he's running all around the lobby. 24:11.480 --> 24:12.480 Yeah, we've got him in here. 24:12.480 --> 24:14.480 Yeah, you better go out there and get him. He's barking. 24:14.480 --> 24:15.480 It'll tip him off. 24:15.480 --> 24:17.480 Yeah, all right. Now go on back to the desk. 24:17.480 --> 24:20.480 All right, then. You stay in here. I'll see if I can catch him. 24:20.480 --> 24:24.480 He comes around here again. He'll have to wait in here. 24:24.480 --> 24:26.480 Can you see your watch? 24:26.480 --> 24:27.480 No. 24:27.480 --> 24:28.480 Must be around 11. 24:28.480 --> 24:36.480 Yeah, must be. 24:36.480 --> 24:38.480 It's that clerk again. 24:38.480 --> 24:39.480 Yeah. 24:39.480 --> 24:43.480 Say, listen, I've been all over the lobby. You fellas are in the clear. 24:43.480 --> 24:44.480 What do you mean? 24:44.480 --> 24:48.480 That dog of theirs, he's gone. You're in the clear. 24:48.480 --> 24:51.480 Look, he's in here with us. Now will you stay away from here, please? 24:51.480 --> 25:02.480 Yeah, it's OK. The dog's gone. 25:02.480 --> 25:04.480 Hey, Pop, give me the key from 22. 25:04.480 --> 25:05.480 Yes, sir. 25:05.480 --> 25:07.480 That's their room. Come on. 25:07.480 --> 25:09.480 Yeah. 25:09.480 --> 25:11.480 Get your hands up. Watch him, Joe. 25:11.480 --> 25:12.480 Wait a minute, you. 25:12.480 --> 25:13.480 You hold it. 25:13.480 --> 25:14.480 Get your hands off me. 25:14.480 --> 25:15.480 All right. 25:15.480 --> 25:17.480 You didn't have to slap me. 25:17.480 --> 25:18.480 You didn't have to pull that gun. 25:18.480 --> 25:22.480 All right, now over here. Stand still. 25:22.480 --> 25:26.480 38 revolver on this one. 25:26.480 --> 25:30.480 Here it is, 45 Colt. What's your names? 25:30.480 --> 25:32.480 I'm Cliff Small. He's George Shum. 25:32.480 --> 25:33.480 How old are you? 25:33.480 --> 25:34.480 19. 25:34.480 --> 25:35.480 Cops? 25:35.480 --> 25:37.480 We weren't. You'd be in a lot more trouble than you are. 25:37.480 --> 25:38.480 That's all of them. 25:38.480 --> 25:44.480 Yeah. Now let's feed that pup. 25:44.480 --> 25:48.480 It was 12.15 a.m. We took the prisoners down to the City Hall to the interrogation room. 25:48.480 --> 25:52.480 Tony Chavez and Frank O'Donnell were there with the other two, Carver and Malick. 25:52.480 --> 25:56.480 While Ben helped question the suspects and made out the necessary reports, 25:56.480 --> 25:58.480 I went across the street to the Federal Cafe. 25:58.480 --> 26:05.480 I picked up two 10-cent bottles of milk and a few slices of bread. 26:05.480 --> 26:08.480 Look at him go. He was hungry. 26:08.480 --> 26:09.480 Yeah. How'd you come out? 26:09.480 --> 26:15.480 I got it all here. Four stolen cars, eight known robberies in San Francisco. 26:15.480 --> 26:18.480 They copped out two. Three jobs in Portland, they admitted. 26:18.480 --> 26:21.480 You remember that Bakersfield liquor store hold up about four weeks ago? 26:21.480 --> 26:23.480 A Watson job? Did they pull that? 26:23.480 --> 26:27.480 Yeah, probably a lot more. They haven't told us all of it yet. 26:27.480 --> 26:30.480 We got out an APB. We'll probably get a lot more wants on them. 26:30.480 --> 26:34.480 Well, that's it. None of them are even old enough to vote yet, 26:34.480 --> 26:37.480 but they've committed practically every crime in the book. 26:37.480 --> 26:40.480 Just one thing more left to work out. What do we do with the pub? 26:40.480 --> 26:42.480 How about the SPCA? They'll find a home for him. 26:42.480 --> 26:44.480 No, not this little guy. 26:44.480 --> 26:46.480 Why don't you take him, Tony? You got kids. 26:46.480 --> 26:48.480 You got a deal. 26:48.480 --> 27:00.480 Translation. Your mother was a colleague, but from now on you're a police dog. 27:07.480 --> 27:14.480 The story you have just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:14.480 --> 27:18.480 On February 9th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 88, 27:18.480 --> 27:21.480 City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:21.480 --> 27:23.480 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:23.480 --> 27:28.480 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to Fatima. 27:28.480 --> 27:30.480 Here is the actual report. 27:30.480 --> 27:35.480 From coast to coast, king-size Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 27:35.480 --> 27:42.480 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 27:42.480 --> 27:49.480 Long cigarette smokers find Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 27:49.480 --> 27:55.480 Long cigarette smokers find that Fatima is extra mild because it's the long cigarette 27:55.480 --> 28:01.480 which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly blended to make it extra mild. 28:01.480 --> 28:07.480 So enjoy extra mild Fatima. Best of all long cigarettes. 28:07.480 --> 28:11.480 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:11.480 --> 28:15.480 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:23.480 --> 28:29.480 Clifford Small, George Shum, Julius Carver and Fred Malick were released to San Francisco authorities 28:29.480 --> 28:33.480 where they were tried and convicted on eight counts of robbery in the first degree. 28:33.480 --> 28:36.480 A hold was placed on them by the State of Oregon. 28:36.480 --> 28:42.480 They are now serving their terms in the state penitentiary. 28:42.480 --> 28:46.480 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:46.480 --> 28:52.480 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.A. 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