1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,940 The story you're about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:16,600 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,600 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:31,760 First of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,600 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,600 You're assigned to homicide detail. 7 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,760 A notorious hoodlum in your city has been shot to death. 8 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,880 A gang war is threatened if his followers seek revenge. 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:49,920 Your job, find the killers. 10 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,720 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 11 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,240 Smoke king size Fatima. 12 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,800 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 13 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,840 superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. 14 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,280 And that's why Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 15 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,080 long cigarette. 16 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,920 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 17 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:23,680 So enjoy Fatima, the best of all long cigarettes. 18 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,600 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 19 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,880 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 20 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:43,040 DRAGNET, the documented drama of an actual crime. 21 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:56,520 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force 22 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,520 in action. 23 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:03,680 It was Saturday, July 22nd, it was hot in Los Angeles. 24 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,160 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 25 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,480 My partner is Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 26 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:10,480 My name is Friday. 27 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:16,080 It was 10 p.m. when we walked out of the murder room at the Ferndale Sanitarium and went down 28 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,400 to the end of the hall, the emergency room. 29 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,000 I'm sorry, I know that's hurting. 30 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,360 We have to irrigate the room. 31 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,640 Where are the bullets that were removed from his stalling? 32 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:26,640 Right on this table, doctor. 33 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:28,320 There they are, Captain Elliott. 34 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Thank you. 35 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,320 Romero, you want to mark them for evidence? 36 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,320 All right. 37 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,320 Doctor? 38 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,320 Yes, Sergeant. 39 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,040 I wonder if it'd be all right if we asked Miss Stallings a few questions. 40 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,040 I think so. 41 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,800 She's still in a bad state of shock, if you'll be as brief as possible. 42 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:40,800 Yes, sir. 43 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,680 Miss Stallings, these men are police officers. 44 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,920 This is Captain Elliott, this is Sergeant Friday, am I right? 45 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:47,920 That's right, this is my partner, Sergeant Romero. 46 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:48,920 Yes. 47 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:50,920 You were in the room when Gus Valentine was shot? 48 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:51,920 Yes. 49 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:52,920 Do you feel up to telling us what happened? 50 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:53,920 No, excuse me, please. 51 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:54,920 Surely. 52 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:55,920 I have to paint you. 53 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,360 I'll get a compress on it. 54 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,360 You were visiting Valentine? 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,440 You'd better wait until the nurse finishes up there. 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:02,520 All right, sorry. 57 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,920 She got hit twice, just flesh wounds, but they're very painful. 58 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:05,920 Yeah. 59 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:06,920 Excuse me. 60 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:07,920 Surely. 61 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:08,920 You're all right, I can reach it. 62 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:09,920 There. 63 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:10,920 All right. 64 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:11,920 You were in the room when Valentine was shot? 65 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:12,920 Yes, I thought. 66 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:24,920 Did you get a look at the men that did the shooting? 67 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:25,920 I don't remember. 68 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:26,920 Did you describe them? 69 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:27,920 I don't know. 70 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:30,920 Are you sure you're feeling up to talking now? 71 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,920 I don't know. 72 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 Do you have any idea who the men were? 73 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,920 No. 74 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:34,920 Maybe we can talk to you later. 75 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,920 I don't care what you do, I don't care what you do. 76 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,920 You hear me? 77 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:37,920 You hear me? 78 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:38,920 Nervous shock. 79 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,840 I'm sorry, we didn't mean to upset her. 80 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:41,840 You didn't. 81 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,160 Thought maybe she might be able to help you a little, but I guess not. 82 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,920 Better make it sometime tomorrow morning. 83 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:46,920 She'll be all right then. 84 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,920 Okay, thanks. 85 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:48,920 I don't know if I saw him, I don't know if I saw him. 86 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:49,920 How should I know if I saw him? 87 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:50,920 How should I know? 88 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:51,920 Let's go. 89 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:58,160 That's too bad. 90 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,040 Better have an ambulance move her up to County Hospital. 91 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,920 I don't think you should try to move her tonight, she needs rest. 92 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,720 All right, we'll have a detail of men stand watch here until she's moved. 93 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,080 What time tomorrow could we see her? 94 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,200 If you can make it close to noon, that'd be better. 95 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,480 Good rest, she'll be all right. 96 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:11,760 Better let me give you a ring. 97 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:12,760 Right. 98 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:13,760 Could you give us her full name and address? 99 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,800 Yes, I have it right here. 100 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,920 It's item A, Starling. 101 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,760 It's 837 Downho street, Lindwood. 102 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,760 All right, thank you. 103 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,640 Anybody else here in the sanatorium see the shooting? 104 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,040 Well, I saw the men, I couldn't describe them just their backs as they ran down the hall 105 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,040 after the shooting. 106 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:28,680 How were they built, do you remember? 107 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,680 About average, I'd say, hard to tell. 108 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:31,680 How were they dressed? 109 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,520 One of them was wearing a hat, looked like some kind of summer hat. 110 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:35,520 Straw hat? 111 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,000 No, it was one of those, what am I trying to say, you know the kind. 112 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Was it an open weave hat? 113 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,120 Oh, you know, very common in the summer. 114 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:42,120 You mean a Panama? 115 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,120 Panama, sure, that was it, white. 116 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,040 What kind of suits did they have on? 117 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,480 I couldn't tell you, I was in my office and I heard the shots, I came out in the corridor 118 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,440 and they were just making to the back door. 119 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:51,440 Anyone else see it? 120 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,040 Sylvia Proctor, the nurse who was in the room at the time. 121 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,360 Why'd they kill her? 122 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:56,360 I don't know. 123 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,360 Any of the patients, is it possible one of them might have seen her? 124 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,960 Yes, one of them did see something, Burt Anderson, like to talk with him? 125 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:03,960 Yes, we would. 126 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,680 And down this way, he's in room 38, just down the hall from the shooting. 127 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,640 I should tell you, Mr. Anderson lost his speech about nine years ago. 128 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,760 He uses a child's slate to write her. 129 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:15,400 Why is he here in the sanitarium? 130 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,760 He's old, 73, lives on a pension. 131 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,800 Except for losing his speech, he's as sharp as a high school boy. 132 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,520 Hello, Burt, sorry to bother you after all the excitement. 133 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,520 You're all right, we won't keep you up long, it's after your bedtime. 134 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,720 Would you hand me that box of chalk over there? 135 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:31,720 Oh, yeah. 136 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,840 Burt, these men are police officers. 137 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:37,400 I want you to tell them what you know about the shooting tonight. 138 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,360 Well, I thought you might have seen it. 139 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,800 This is Captain Elliott from the homicide department. 140 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:44,800 How you doing, Mr. Anderson? 141 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,920 And this is Sergeant Friday, is that right? 142 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:47,920 Yes, sir. 143 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,920 How are you, sir? 144 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:49,920 And this is Sergeant Romero. 145 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:50,920 How you doing, sir? 146 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:56,360 Where were you at the time of the shooting, Mr. Anderson? 147 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,000 Sitting in here with the door open, huh? 148 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,200 Did you get a good look at the men? 149 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,200 What did they look like? 150 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,200 Question mark. 151 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,000 I don't think he understands what you want to know. 152 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,600 Yes, that's a tough one. 153 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,840 Let's put it this way, Mr. Anderson, how many men were there? 154 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:16,880 Let's take one of these two men. 155 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,080 Can you describe one of them? 156 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,080 That's the way, Captain. 157 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,800 That slate's rather small, and he can only get so much on it at a time. 158 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,700 Like all of us, he wants to talk fast, and this is the only way he knows, so we have 159 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:27,900 to make it easy for him. 160 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:28,900 I understand. 161 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:30,320 Built like the captain. 162 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,840 You're built, skipper. 163 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,640 Same man, had a thin mustache. 164 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,080 That's all I can tell you about him. 165 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,700 How about the other man, Mr. Anderson? 166 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,400 Can you describe him? 167 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,740 Please, what's that second word? 168 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:44,500 I can't make it out. 169 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:45,500 Understand. 170 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:46,780 They were running very fast. 171 00:06:46,780 --> 00:06:47,700 Thanks. 172 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:49,020 Yes, we understand. 173 00:06:49,020 --> 00:06:51,220 Did you see the other man at all? 174 00:06:51,220 --> 00:06:53,140 Fine. What can you tell us about him? 175 00:06:54,140 --> 00:06:56,380 All he could see was... 176 00:06:56,380 --> 00:06:57,380 ...man was wearing a hat. 177 00:06:57,380 --> 00:06:59,580 A white Panama hat, Mr. Anderson? 178 00:06:59,580 --> 00:07:00,860 He says yes. 179 00:07:00,860 --> 00:07:03,820 Was there anything peculiar about the way they walked or ran? 180 00:07:03,820 --> 00:07:05,860 Did one of them have a limp, for instance? 181 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:09,100 Didn't notice anything. 182 00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:10,140 Says he didn't notice anything. 183 00:07:10,140 --> 00:07:12,340 Could you tell us anything about the men's faces? 184 00:07:12,340 --> 00:07:15,340 They passed by so quickly. 185 00:07:15,340 --> 00:07:17,740 I was worried about the... 186 00:07:17,740 --> 00:07:18,740 ...gunshots. 187 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:20,740 Yes, we can understand that, but... 188 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:23,740 ...do you think you could identify them if you ever saw them again? 189 00:07:24,740 --> 00:07:25,740 He says he could try. 190 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:27,740 Could Mr. Anderson come downtown if we have a show up? 191 00:07:27,740 --> 00:07:30,740 I don't see why not, but he gets around fine. 192 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:34,740 Now he wants to know why they killed Miss Proctor, the nurse. 193 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:36,740 He says she was one of his best friends. 194 00:07:36,740 --> 00:07:38,740 We don't know, Mr. Anderson. 195 00:07:38,740 --> 00:07:41,740 He says he wishes he could talk. Maybe he could help you more. 196 00:07:41,740 --> 00:07:43,740 It's all right, Bert. You talk loud enough. 197 00:07:47,740 --> 00:07:51,740 Monday, July 24th, a roundup of all known racketeers and their gang members... 198 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:53,740 ...was ordered by the chief of detectives. 199 00:07:53,740 --> 00:07:57,740 Three show ups were scheduled. One at 10 a.m., one at 2, and another one at 3 p.m. 200 00:07:57,740 --> 00:08:00,740 The witnesses that we had were unable to identify any of the men. 201 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:04,740 The incomplete descriptions we had of the suspects was not enough to help the artist and the crew. 202 00:08:04,740 --> 00:08:08,740 No matter what approach we took, it seemed that we were getting nowhere. 203 00:08:08,740 --> 00:08:13,740 The immediate apprehension of the killers was not only important because of their danger to the private citizen... 204 00:08:13,740 --> 00:08:16,740 ...but because of the ever-present threat of an open shooting war... 205 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:20,740 ...between Gus Valentine's followers and members of the murder gang, whoever they were. 206 00:08:20,740 --> 00:08:22,740 3.15 p.m. 207 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:24,740 I got it. 208 00:08:24,740 --> 00:08:26,740 Homicide, Romero. 209 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:28,740 Oh, yeah, they... 210 00:08:28,740 --> 00:08:29,740 All right. 211 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:31,740 I'm going to go get a drink. 212 00:08:31,740 --> 00:08:35,740 Oh, yeah, they... All right, thank you. 213 00:08:35,740 --> 00:08:36,740 Crime land. 214 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:38,740 They make a run on those slugs you got at the hospital? 215 00:08:38,740 --> 00:08:40,740 Yeah. No match. 216 00:08:40,740 --> 00:08:41,740 That's great. 217 00:08:41,740 --> 00:08:43,740 How fouled up can they get? 218 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:44,740 Hi. Come on, slow mo. 219 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:45,740 I'm with you. 220 00:08:45,740 --> 00:08:46,740 Hi, Rambo. 221 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:48,740 Rambo wants a message here to call you why. 222 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:49,740 Yeah, better do it right away. 223 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:53,740 Just know the skipper told Starr and me to work with you guys on the Valentine thing. 224 00:08:53,740 --> 00:08:54,740 We can use all the help we can get. 225 00:08:54,740 --> 00:08:55,740 Joel, you slide the phone over? 226 00:08:55,740 --> 00:09:05,740 Oh, yeah, here you go. 227 00:09:05,740 --> 00:09:06,740 What's the matter? Change your mind? 228 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:08,740 You know, let her ring once. She knows the signal. 229 00:09:08,740 --> 00:09:09,740 She's over at the mother-in-law's. 230 00:09:09,740 --> 00:09:10,740 Yeah? 231 00:09:10,740 --> 00:09:12,740 Mother-in-law's got lots of money and a limited phone. 232 00:09:12,740 --> 00:09:14,740 Let her call me. 233 00:09:14,740 --> 00:09:16,740 You got any ideas, Earl? 234 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:18,740 Well, I don't know anybody who liked Valentine. 235 00:09:18,740 --> 00:09:19,740 A lot of them could have killed him. 236 00:09:19,740 --> 00:09:22,740 Just got word from the crime lab there's no match on those slugs. 237 00:09:22,740 --> 00:09:24,740 And you didn't get anything out of the show-ups? 238 00:09:24,740 --> 00:09:25,740 No, nothing. 239 00:09:25,740 --> 00:09:27,740 Maybe that Stallings woman can give us something, huh? 240 00:09:27,740 --> 00:09:28,740 You haven't been out there yet? 241 00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:30,740 No, not yet. We've been sweating out the show-ups. 242 00:09:30,740 --> 00:09:32,740 Strami and I read your reports. Rough go. 243 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:33,740 We had an idea. 244 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:34,740 Yeah? 245 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:36,740 All of Valentine's boys you didn't get around to yet. 246 00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:37,740 Who's that? 247 00:09:37,740 --> 00:09:39,740 Benny Davis. He was pretty close to him. 248 00:09:39,740 --> 00:09:40,740 Thought a lot of them. 249 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:43,740 If anybody figures to take over his interest, it's probably Davis. 250 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:45,740 You think advancement could have been the motive for him? 251 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:46,740 No, he wouldn't kill him. 252 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:47,740 Anyway, he couldn't have. 253 00:09:47,740 --> 00:09:48,740 Just got in from Florida this morning. 254 00:09:48,740 --> 00:09:50,740 That doesn't mean he couldn't have engineered it. 255 00:09:50,740 --> 00:09:51,740 Impossible, but I doubt it. 256 00:09:51,740 --> 00:09:53,740 Strami and I know his operation pretty well. 257 00:09:53,740 --> 00:09:55,740 Pulled him in on that Patterson killing six months ago. 258 00:09:55,740 --> 00:09:58,740 Checked back to his record. Never picked up carrying a gun. 259 00:09:58,740 --> 00:10:00,740 Well, it doesn't mean he couldn't get one in a hurry. 260 00:10:00,740 --> 00:10:03,740 We're not gonna guarantee, Davis, but I don't think he's your man, Joe. 261 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:04,740 You got a line on him? 262 00:10:04,740 --> 00:10:06,740 Lives at the Churchill Arms out in Wilshire. 263 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:07,740 Near UCLA. 264 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:09,740 All right, we'll talk to him. 265 00:10:09,740 --> 00:10:12,740 What was the name of that girl who was wounded, the one at the sanitarium? 266 00:10:12,740 --> 00:10:13,740 Item A Stallings. 267 00:10:13,740 --> 00:10:15,740 We'll go out and talk to her if you like. 268 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:16,740 Fine. 269 00:10:16,740 --> 00:10:18,740 Who's gonna see the Stallings woman at the sanitarium? 270 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:19,740 We are. 271 00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:20,740 The doctor just called in from out there. 272 00:10:20,740 --> 00:10:21,740 Oh, yeah? 273 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:23,740 Said she got something important to tell us. 274 00:10:23,740 --> 00:10:24,740 What do you think? 275 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:26,740 She ran with Valentine. She knew his friends. 276 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:27,740 Yeah? 277 00:10:27,740 --> 00:10:28,740 Maybe she knows his enemies. 278 00:10:32,740 --> 00:10:38,740 As we planned, Detectives Rombo and Stromoil went out to the Ferndale sanitarium to talk to Item A Stallings. 279 00:10:38,740 --> 00:10:43,740 Ben and I drove out to the Churchill Arms apartments to see Benny Davis, one of Gus Valentine's close friends. 280 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:47,740 He left a message with the desk clerk that he would be at his tailor's most of the day. 281 00:10:47,740 --> 00:10:49,740 The clerk gave us the address. 282 00:10:49,740 --> 00:10:53,740 It was an exclusive custom shop on Crescent Drive in the heart of Beverly Hills. 283 00:10:53,740 --> 00:11:00,740 Franklin Smith Limited was one of those places that featured imported Scotch tweeds and fine English woolens. 284 00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:08,740 Good afternoon, gentlemen. May I serve you? 285 00:11:08,740 --> 00:11:10,740 Could you tell us if Benny Davis is in here? 286 00:11:10,740 --> 00:11:14,740 Mr. Davis. Yes, sir. Third fitting room. To the rear, on your left. 287 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:15,740 Thank you. 288 00:11:15,740 --> 00:11:18,740 Look at that brown cloth, old bird, Joe. 289 00:11:18,740 --> 00:11:20,740 Yeah, it's a Donnie Gaultweed. It's nice fabric. 290 00:11:20,740 --> 00:11:23,740 I had me one of them once. Where's that kind? 291 00:11:23,740 --> 00:11:28,740 Oh, yes. This blue spinstripe, certainly if it's a great deal better than the brown one, you turn around. 292 00:11:28,740 --> 00:11:30,740 Yes, yes. Excellent fit. 293 00:11:30,740 --> 00:11:34,740 Yeah, it looks fine. I don't know if I like that right shoulder. 294 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:36,740 Looks a little low, Mr. Davis. 295 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:37,740 Excuse me? 296 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:39,740 This fitting room's taken, gentlemen. Benny Davis in here. 297 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:40,740 Yeah, what is it? 298 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:42,740 What if we could see you alone? 299 00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:43,740 What about? 300 00:11:43,740 --> 00:11:44,740 Confidential. 301 00:11:44,740 --> 00:11:48,740 No, Cedric, not like that. Pull the shoulder up. More padding maybe. 302 00:11:48,740 --> 00:11:51,740 Do you think so? I don't know if I agree, Mr. Davis. 303 00:11:51,740 --> 00:11:54,740 Well, you can see how it slopes off there. I like a good full shoulder. 304 00:11:54,740 --> 00:11:58,740 Well, you've got a good full cut here. Of course, too much padding is going to ruin the line of the jacket. 305 00:11:58,740 --> 00:12:00,740 I'd like more padding. 306 00:12:00,740 --> 00:12:03,740 Very well. Number two padding the right shoulder and ease the armholes. 307 00:12:03,740 --> 00:12:06,740 Number two padding right shoulder, ease armholes. 308 00:12:06,740 --> 00:12:08,740 What is it, income tax? What's the secret? 309 00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:10,740 We're police officers. I'd like to talk to you alone for a minute. 310 00:12:10,740 --> 00:12:12,740 All right, be finished in a second. 311 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:16,740 That takes care of this one, Mr. Davis. You want two inch cuffs from the trousers. 312 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:20,740 Yeah, I know. Cedric, be sure to get these sleeves short enough. I'd like lots of linen to show. 313 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:21,740 Yes, sure. 314 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:23,740 Now, if you'll slip on the green tropical. 315 00:12:23,740 --> 00:12:24,740 Okay. 316 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:25,740 I'll take your jacket. 317 00:12:25,740 --> 00:12:26,740 Thanks. 318 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:31,740 Hey, now tell me what it's all about. 319 00:12:31,740 --> 00:12:32,740 Rather talk to you alone. 320 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:34,740 Here are the trousers. 321 00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:35,740 Okay. 322 00:12:37,740 --> 00:12:38,740 Good looking suit, huh? 323 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:39,740 Fine. 324 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:42,740 Yeah, I get all my stuff made here. 325 00:12:42,740 --> 00:12:45,740 I'll let Smith here make you a suit sometime. 326 00:12:45,740 --> 00:12:47,740 Gets a fine suit of clothes. 327 00:12:47,740 --> 00:12:48,740 Thank you, Mr. Davis. 328 00:12:48,740 --> 00:12:49,740 Here's your jacket, Mr. Davis. 329 00:12:49,740 --> 00:12:50,740 Right. 330 00:12:50,740 --> 00:12:52,740 There you go. That looks fine. 331 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:54,740 Here's the trousers just right. 332 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:57,740 A little fullness in the back of the jacket here. 333 00:12:57,740 --> 00:12:58,740 Uh-huh. 334 00:12:58,740 --> 00:12:59,740 And take in the center seam. 335 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:00,740 Take in center seam. How much? 336 00:13:00,740 --> 00:13:01,740 As you can. 337 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:02,740 Raise the back. 338 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:03,740 Raise the back. Shorten collar. 339 00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:04,740 Shorten collar. 340 00:13:04,740 --> 00:13:06,740 Heh, looks just fine. 341 00:13:06,740 --> 00:13:08,740 That's a nice soft roll of the lapels, isn't it? 342 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:09,740 Yeah, good. 343 00:13:09,740 --> 00:13:10,740 All right, Mr. Davis. 344 00:13:10,740 --> 00:13:11,740 Now how about the white palm beach? 345 00:13:11,740 --> 00:13:13,740 Nice Panama hat would go good with that one. 346 00:13:13,740 --> 00:13:16,740 I never wear a mime like a coconut palm with a wide bug reband. 347 00:13:16,740 --> 00:13:18,740 I wonder if you could hold off the next fitting for a minute. 348 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:19,740 We won't keep you long. 349 00:13:19,740 --> 00:13:20,740 All right. 350 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:22,740 Any place around here where it's private? 351 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:24,740 We can use Smith's office. Okay, Frank? 352 00:13:24,740 --> 00:13:25,740 Certainly. Go right ahead, gentlemen. 353 00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:26,740 Thank you. 354 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:27,740 Which way? 355 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:28,740 Back here. 356 00:13:35,740 --> 00:13:36,740 Okay, what's on your mind? 357 00:13:36,740 --> 00:13:38,740 Gus Valentine. 358 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:39,740 Yeah, that's a tough one to lose. 359 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:41,740 You got any idea who killed him? 360 00:13:41,740 --> 00:13:42,740 We're working on it. 361 00:13:42,740 --> 00:13:43,740 How do you mean? 362 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:44,740 Just that. 363 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:45,740 Well, that makes us even. 364 00:13:45,740 --> 00:13:46,740 There's only one difference. 365 00:13:46,740 --> 00:13:47,740 Yeah? 366 00:13:47,740 --> 00:13:48,740 We get paid for it. You don't. 367 00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:49,740 We thought a lot more of Gus than you did. 368 00:13:49,740 --> 00:13:51,740 Any law against striking down the killer? 369 00:13:51,740 --> 00:13:53,740 There's a law against shooting him down. 370 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:55,740 Tell that to the boys who cut down Gus. 371 00:13:55,740 --> 00:13:57,740 I don't think you can get to him without us. 372 00:13:57,740 --> 00:13:59,740 We've done it before. 373 00:13:59,740 --> 00:14:00,740 You're a little late with Gus. 374 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:01,740 We tried to keep him alive. 375 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:02,740 We warned him for a month. 376 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:03,740 He knew what was coming. 377 00:14:03,740 --> 00:14:04,740 We talked to him. 378 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:05,740 Yeah, he told me. 379 00:14:05,740 --> 00:14:06,740 He was a funny guy. 380 00:14:06,740 --> 00:14:07,740 He had a mind of his own. 381 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:09,740 He had a reason for not telling you. 382 00:14:09,740 --> 00:14:10,740 Who was it? 383 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:12,740 When we get there, we can ask him. 384 00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:14,740 You think you know who did it? 385 00:14:14,740 --> 00:14:16,740 Won't be too tough to find out. 386 00:14:16,740 --> 00:14:18,740 In the meantime, you can work it from your end. 387 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:20,740 And if you get to him first? 388 00:14:20,740 --> 00:14:21,740 Maybe we'll give you a call. 389 00:14:21,740 --> 00:14:22,740 Now, you listen, Davis. 390 00:14:22,740 --> 00:14:24,740 I'll tell you the same thing we told Valentine. 391 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:25,740 It's not open season for murder. 392 00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:26,740 This town's had all the shooting it's gonna have. 393 00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:28,740 Valentine's killer's gonna go to the gas chamber. 394 00:14:28,740 --> 00:14:29,740 That's the only way he's gonna go. 395 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:30,740 You understand? 396 00:14:30,740 --> 00:14:31,740 Nobody said any different. 397 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:32,740 All right. 398 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:33,740 Then you can tell us what you know. 399 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:35,740 Who do you think shot Valentine? 400 00:14:35,740 --> 00:14:36,740 I can't be sure. 401 00:14:36,740 --> 00:14:38,740 You've got somebody in mind. 402 00:14:38,740 --> 00:14:39,740 There's a dame. 403 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:40,740 Who? 404 00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:41,740 Audrey Thompson. 405 00:14:41,740 --> 00:14:42,740 What about her? 406 00:14:42,740 --> 00:14:43,740 She runs around with a couple of guys. 407 00:14:43,740 --> 00:14:44,740 Yeah? 408 00:14:44,740 --> 00:14:46,740 There's never any love lost between them and Gus. 409 00:14:46,740 --> 00:14:49,740 They were always talking big about what they'd do if Gus got on the line. 410 00:14:49,740 --> 00:14:51,740 What'd they have against him? 411 00:14:51,740 --> 00:14:52,740 Business. 412 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:53,740 Claimed Gus was squeezing them out. 413 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:54,740 Was he? 414 00:14:54,740 --> 00:14:55,740 I never knew much about Gus' out of town business. 415 00:14:55,740 --> 00:14:57,740 That's where these guys are from. 416 00:14:57,740 --> 00:14:58,740 They're new in town. 417 00:14:58,740 --> 00:15:01,740 Figured Gus was cutting them off out here on the coast. 418 00:15:01,740 --> 00:15:02,740 Who are they? 419 00:15:02,740 --> 00:15:03,740 Shaker brothers. 420 00:15:03,740 --> 00:15:04,740 Bud and Carl. 421 00:15:04,740 --> 00:15:05,740 Where can we find them? 422 00:15:05,740 --> 00:15:06,740 I don't know. 423 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:07,740 They're in town somewhere. 424 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,740 What about this Audrey Thompson? 425 00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:10,740 Nice dame. 426 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:11,740 Hard to figure. 427 00:15:11,740 --> 00:15:13,740 Her husband died a year ago. 428 00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:14,740 Real nice woman. 429 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:16,740 Been doing the town with the Shaker boys. 430 00:15:16,740 --> 00:15:17,740 Nobody can figure it. 431 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:18,740 You think she's in on it? 432 00:15:18,740 --> 00:15:21,740 No, but she could finger them if anybody could. 433 00:15:21,740 --> 00:15:24,740 Lives at 8700 North Serrano. 434 00:15:24,740 --> 00:15:25,740 All right, Davis. 435 00:15:25,740 --> 00:15:26,740 Thanks. 436 00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:28,740 What's the new wardrobe for? 437 00:15:28,740 --> 00:15:31,740 Going east to catch the new Broadway shows leaving Wednesday. 438 00:15:31,740 --> 00:15:33,740 Better hold off for a week, huh? 439 00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:35,740 All right. 440 00:15:35,740 --> 00:15:37,740 Come on, then. 441 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,740 Think he's got anything? 442 00:15:43,740 --> 00:15:44,740 Could be. 443 00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:45,740 We'll run it down. 444 00:15:45,740 --> 00:15:46,740 Wait a minute. 445 00:15:46,740 --> 00:15:47,740 Yeah? 446 00:15:47,740 --> 00:15:50,740 I sure do like that brown cloth. 447 00:15:50,740 --> 00:15:51,740 It's nice. 448 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:52,740 Yes, Sheldon. 449 00:15:52,740 --> 00:15:53,740 Can I help you? 450 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:56,740 How long does it take you to make up a suit? 451 00:15:56,740 --> 00:15:58,740 Anywhere from three days to a week. 452 00:15:58,740 --> 00:16:00,740 You interested in having us make one up for you? 453 00:16:00,740 --> 00:16:01,740 Yeah. 454 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:02,740 Yeah, how do they run? 455 00:16:02,740 --> 00:16:04,740 Prices start from $175 and up. 456 00:16:04,740 --> 00:16:08,740 This donical tweet here makes up for $250. 457 00:16:08,740 --> 00:16:09,740 Oh. 458 00:16:09,740 --> 00:16:11,740 Well, I guess not, thank you. 459 00:16:11,740 --> 00:16:13,740 Wears like iron. 460 00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:18,740 4.30 p.m. 461 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:20,740 We drove out to 8700 North Serrano 462 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:22,740 to the home of Audrey Thompson. 463 00:16:22,740 --> 00:16:23,740 There was nobody home. 464 00:16:23,740 --> 00:16:26,740 We went back to the office to check with Rambo and Stromwald. 465 00:16:26,740 --> 00:16:30,740 We drove in the Spring Street entrance of the City Hall garage. 466 00:16:35,740 --> 00:16:37,740 There's Rambo and Strom, they must have just got in. 467 00:16:37,740 --> 00:16:38,740 Hey, Rambo. 468 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:39,740 Hi. 469 00:16:39,740 --> 00:16:40,740 How'd you make out? 470 00:16:40,740 --> 00:16:42,740 Stolling's woman tell you anything? 471 00:16:42,740 --> 00:16:43,740 Well, we talked to her. 472 00:16:43,740 --> 00:16:44,740 Think maybe we got a lead. 473 00:16:44,740 --> 00:16:45,740 What's that? 474 00:16:45,740 --> 00:16:47,740 Girl around town by the name of Thompson. 475 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:48,740 Audrey Thompson? 476 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:49,740 Yeah, that's right. 477 00:16:49,740 --> 00:16:50,740 What'd she say about her? 478 00:16:50,740 --> 00:16:52,740 Said if anyone could put the finger on Valentine's killer, 479 00:16:52,740 --> 00:16:53,740 the Thompson girl could. 480 00:16:53,740 --> 00:16:55,740 Benny Davis told us the same thing. 481 00:16:55,740 --> 00:16:56,740 What do you think, Earl? 482 00:16:56,740 --> 00:16:57,740 Two and two makes four. 483 00:16:57,740 --> 00:16:59,740 Let's find her. 484 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:11,740 You are listening to Dragnet 485 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:15,740 for the step-by-step solution to an actual police case. 486 00:17:15,740 --> 00:17:19,740 Here, step-by-step are the reasons why Fatima 487 00:17:19,740 --> 00:17:22,740 has more than doubled its smokers from coast to coast. 488 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:23,740 Step one. 489 00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:28,740 The name Fatima has always stood for the best in cigarette quality. 490 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:29,740 Step two. 491 00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:33,740 Long cigarette smokers discover Fatima has a much different, 492 00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:35,740 much better flavor and aroma. 493 00:17:35,740 --> 00:17:36,740 Step three. 494 00:17:36,740 --> 00:17:40,740 Long cigarette smokers find Fatima extra mild. 495 00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:44,740 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest 496 00:17:44,740 --> 00:17:46,740 Turkish and domestic tobaccos 497 00:17:46,740 --> 00:17:49,740 superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. 498 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:54,740 And that's why more and more smokers every day agree. 499 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 500 00:17:58,740 --> 00:18:01,740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 501 00:18:01,740 --> 00:18:05,740 Yes, the name Fatima on that golden yellow package 502 00:18:05,740 --> 00:18:08,740 is your insurance of an extra mild smoke. 503 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:21,740 So enjoy king-size Fatima, the best of all long cigarettes. 504 00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:23,740 Five o'clock Monday afternoon. 505 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:26,740 We tried for three hours to get in touch with Audrey Thompson. 506 00:18:26,740 --> 00:18:28,740 A few minutes after eight p.m. we contacted her landlady. 507 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,740 She told us that the Thompson girl was out of town 508 00:18:30,740 --> 00:18:32,740 and would be gone for two days. 509 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:33,740 She didn't know where she'd gone, 510 00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:35,740 but she told us that she would be back. 511 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:36,740 We checked her apartment 512 00:18:36,740 --> 00:18:38,740 and found all of her clothing and personal effects. 513 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:41,740 A stakeout was placed at 8700 North Serrano, 514 00:18:41,740 --> 00:18:42,740 and then we went back to the office 515 00:18:42,740 --> 00:18:45,740 and got out a local broadcast on Audrey Thompson. 516 00:18:45,740 --> 00:18:48,740 Tuesday morning eight o'clock, Ben and I met with Captain Elliott 517 00:18:48,740 --> 00:18:50,740 and Detectives Rombo and Stromwell. 518 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:51,740 You get a line on the Shager brothers? 519 00:18:51,740 --> 00:18:53,740 I located them at the Eagle Towers apartments. 520 00:18:53,740 --> 00:18:54,740 Got them under surveillance. 521 00:18:54,740 --> 00:18:57,740 I don't think it would be a good idea to pull them in yet. 522 00:18:57,740 --> 00:18:59,740 See what the Thompson girl has to say, then we can move on them. 523 00:18:59,740 --> 00:19:00,740 That's what we figured. 524 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:01,740 Pull the packages on them? 525 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:03,740 Yeah, they both got fair records. 526 00:19:03,740 --> 00:19:05,740 Been up on three ramps, one conviction, 527 00:19:05,740 --> 00:19:07,740 second drug-a-robbery in Tulsa. 528 00:19:07,740 --> 00:19:08,740 That's where they're from. 529 00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:10,740 Couple of tough ones, always ready to use a gun. 530 00:19:10,740 --> 00:19:12,740 Apparently got a lot of dough somewhere. 531 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:13,740 They've been throwing a lot of money around town. 532 00:19:13,740 --> 00:19:15,740 Pick up any rumbles about them? 533 00:19:15,740 --> 00:19:16,740 We've been nosing around. 534 00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:17,740 We can't get anything on them for sure. 535 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:18,740 They're not known around here. 536 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:19,740 Showing the mug shots of the Shager brothers 537 00:19:19,740 --> 00:19:21,740 to Mr. Anderson at the sanitarium. 538 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:22,740 The doc, too. 539 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:23,740 Yeah. 540 00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:24,740 Looks like the guy's to them. 541 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:26,740 Everything hinges on the Thompson girl. 542 00:19:26,740 --> 00:19:27,740 Check her out? 543 00:19:27,740 --> 00:19:29,740 Yeah, she used to be married to a newspaper man, Blaine Thompson. 544 00:19:29,740 --> 00:19:31,740 Died last year in an auto accident. 545 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:32,740 No children. 546 00:19:32,740 --> 00:19:34,740 Went to high school here in town, local girl. 547 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:35,740 Chasing's good all the way. 548 00:19:35,740 --> 00:19:37,740 Why the sudden switch to tough guys? 549 00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:38,740 I don't think she knows. 550 00:19:38,740 --> 00:19:40,740 You satisfied Davis is leveling with you? 551 00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:42,740 Well, if he's not, he did a good job briefing 552 00:19:42,740 --> 00:19:43,740 the Stallings woman. 553 00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:45,740 They both came up with the same lead, the Thompson girl. 554 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:46,740 We had him in on the Patterson killing. 555 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:47,740 You remember that skipper? 556 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:48,740 He cooperated then. 557 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:49,740 At the time, it was his skin. 558 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:50,740 This time, it's not. 559 00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:51,740 Well, I laid it out for him. 560 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:52,740 He's been told. 561 00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:54,740 How's it feel to you fellas? 562 00:19:54,740 --> 00:19:55,740 Pretty quiet around town? 563 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:56,740 Yeah, it seems to be. 564 00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:58,740 I wouldn't make book on what might happen 565 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,740 if we don't wrap this thing up quick. 566 00:20:00,740 --> 00:20:02,740 I think after Joe and Ben gave Davis a word, 567 00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:03,740 he passed it down along the line. 568 00:20:03,740 --> 00:20:05,740 Anyway, it's an outside chance. 569 00:20:05,740 --> 00:20:07,740 They just brought in the Thompson girl. 570 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:08,740 Send her in. 571 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:09,740 Right. 572 00:20:09,740 --> 00:20:11,740 Come here. 573 00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:13,740 You can sit there, Miss Thompson. 574 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:14,740 All right. 575 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:15,740 Our detectives, Friday, Romero. 576 00:20:15,740 --> 00:20:16,740 How do you do? 577 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:17,740 Bromwell, Rambo. 578 00:20:17,740 --> 00:20:18,740 How do you do? 579 00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:20,740 I guess you're wondering why you've been picked up. 580 00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:21,740 Yes, I was rather surprised. 581 00:20:21,740 --> 00:20:23,740 I was down at Palm Springs for a few days. 582 00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:24,740 I don't often get away. 583 00:20:24,740 --> 00:20:25,740 My boss gave me a two-day holiday. 584 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:27,740 What do you know about the Shaker brothers, Miss Thompson? 585 00:20:27,740 --> 00:20:28,740 They're friends of mine. 586 00:20:28,740 --> 00:20:29,740 I go out with them. 587 00:20:29,740 --> 00:20:32,740 We have reason to believe they might be mixed up in a murder. 588 00:20:32,740 --> 00:20:34,740 I don't believe that. 589 00:20:34,740 --> 00:20:35,740 What's this all about? 590 00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:37,740 A Gus Valentine killing. 591 00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:38,740 Do you think they're mixed up in that? 592 00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:40,740 How well do you know the Shaker boys? 593 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:41,740 It would be truthful. 594 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:42,740 I don't know them at all, really. 595 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:43,740 I met them at a dance. 596 00:20:43,740 --> 00:20:44,740 Who introduced you? 597 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:45,740 Nobody. 598 00:20:45,740 --> 00:20:46,740 I go to the Brookdale Ballroom every Wednesday night 599 00:20:46,740 --> 00:20:48,740 with some of the girls from the office. 600 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:49,740 It's open to the public. 601 00:20:49,740 --> 00:20:51,740 Kraus Shaker asked me for a dance one night, 602 00:20:51,740 --> 00:20:52,740 and that's how I met him. 603 00:20:52,740 --> 00:20:53,740 You ought to pick your companions 604 00:20:53,740 --> 00:20:54,740 a little more carefully. 605 00:20:54,740 --> 00:20:56,740 Both of these men have criminal records. 606 00:20:56,740 --> 00:20:57,740 I didn't know that. 607 00:20:57,740 --> 00:20:59,740 You've been out with them quite a lot, have you? 608 00:20:59,740 --> 00:21:01,740 I've known them a little over a month, yes. 609 00:21:01,740 --> 00:21:03,740 They ever said anything that might lead you to believe 610 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:05,740 that they were mixed up in any rackets? 611 00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:06,740 No, I never heard anything like that. 612 00:21:06,740 --> 00:21:08,740 You're sure you never heard them discuss 613 00:21:08,740 --> 00:21:09,740 any business dealings of any kind? 614 00:21:09,740 --> 00:21:10,740 Yes, I'm sure. 615 00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:12,740 You've been to seen them quite a few night spots 616 00:21:12,740 --> 00:21:14,740 around Los Angeles with them, is that right? 617 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,740 Yes, they always take me to some nice place. 618 00:21:16,740 --> 00:21:18,740 You always go along with them? 619 00:21:18,740 --> 00:21:20,740 How do you mean? 620 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:23,740 Which one of them do you go with, Bud or Carl? 621 00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:24,740 I never really thought about it. 622 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:26,740 Both of them, I guess. 623 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:27,740 When you go out, they never take another girl 624 00:21:27,740 --> 00:21:28,740 along to the party? 625 00:21:28,740 --> 00:21:30,740 No, just Bud, Kraus, and myself. 626 00:21:30,740 --> 00:21:32,740 You go to most of the expensive clubs around towns, 627 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:33,740 is that right? 628 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:35,740 Yes, like I said, we always go to some nice place. 629 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:37,740 Did you ever wonder where they got the money? 630 00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:40,740 Well, they told me they worked for one of the aircraft plants. 631 00:21:40,740 --> 00:21:41,740 I thought you told us they didn't discuss 632 00:21:41,740 --> 00:21:42,740 their business with you. 633 00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:45,740 Well, I didn't consider telling me where they worked 634 00:21:45,740 --> 00:21:47,740 was discussing business. 635 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,740 Did you consider that an aircraft worker's salary 636 00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:51,740 wouldn't even handle a cover charge 637 00:21:51,740 --> 00:21:53,740 at most of the places they've been taking you? 638 00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:55,740 No, I guess I was having too good a time to question that. 639 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:57,740 You see, Miss Thompson, you could spend a great amount 640 00:21:57,740 --> 00:21:59,740 of time with people, not remember things about them. 641 00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:01,740 Now, you're sure you've told us everything you know 642 00:22:01,740 --> 00:22:02,740 about the Shaker brothers? 643 00:22:02,740 --> 00:22:03,740 Yes. 644 00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:05,740 All right, that's all. 645 00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:07,740 If you find out something you think we should know, 646 00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:09,740 we'd appreciate it if you'd give us a call. 647 00:22:09,740 --> 00:22:11,740 Well, I won't be knowing anything about them 648 00:22:11,740 --> 00:22:13,740 because I'm going to stop seeing them. 649 00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:15,740 I didn't know they had criminal records. 650 00:22:15,740 --> 00:22:16,740 That's entirely up to you. 651 00:22:16,740 --> 00:22:18,740 I think it's only fair to warn you that if you do have 652 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:20,740 any information you're withholding, 653 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:21,740 it'll libel you to persecution. 654 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:22,740 I understand. 655 00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:24,740 I'm not going out with them anymore. 656 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:26,740 I wouldn't let them know you've talked with us. 657 00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:28,740 If they are the men we're looking for, 658 00:22:28,740 --> 00:22:29,740 it might put you in danger. 659 00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:30,740 I'm not afraid of them. 660 00:22:30,740 --> 00:22:31,740 Neither was Gus Valentine. 661 00:22:34,740 --> 00:22:36,740 For the next ten days, Audrey Thompson, 662 00:22:36,740 --> 00:22:37,740 along with the Shaker brothers, 663 00:22:37,740 --> 00:22:39,740 was kept under close surveillance. 664 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:41,740 It was obvious that she'd either lied to us 665 00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:42,740 or changed her mind. 666 00:22:42,740 --> 00:22:44,740 She continued going out with them. 667 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:46,740 She was seen in all the important night spots around town. 668 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:49,740 Thursday, August 9th, we met with Captain Elliott. 669 00:22:49,740 --> 00:22:52,740 Skipper, maybe we better pull the Thompson girl in again 670 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:53,740 for questioning. 671 00:22:53,740 --> 00:22:55,740 Let's hold off for a few more days. 672 00:22:55,740 --> 00:22:56,740 I'm afraid if we bring her down here again, 673 00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:57,740 the Shaker brothers could get wise. 674 00:22:57,740 --> 00:22:59,740 Since she decided to ignore what we told her, 675 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:00,740 they might get rough with her. 676 00:23:00,740 --> 00:23:01,740 Why can't we move on them? 677 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:02,740 Shake down their apartment. 678 00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:04,740 If we're lucky enough to come up with a murder gun, 679 00:23:04,740 --> 00:23:05,740 we can work from there. 680 00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:06,740 I don't think so, Joe. 681 00:23:06,740 --> 00:23:07,740 The record and only one conviction, 682 00:23:07,740 --> 00:23:09,740 I think we'd be playing a long shot. 683 00:23:09,740 --> 00:23:10,740 That's the way it looks to me, Earl. 684 00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:12,740 Maybe something will break if we can hold off 685 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:13,740 just a few days more. 686 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:15,740 They're being watched awful close. 687 00:23:15,740 --> 00:23:17,740 If they try to move in any direction, 688 00:23:17,740 --> 00:23:18,740 our men will be with them. 689 00:23:18,740 --> 00:23:19,740 Marty. 690 00:23:19,740 --> 00:23:20,740 Yeah. 691 00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:21,740 Can you step out here for a minute? 692 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:22,740 Right. Excuse me. 693 00:23:22,740 --> 00:23:23,740 Sure. 694 00:23:23,740 --> 00:23:24,740 Come back when you're through. 695 00:23:24,740 --> 00:23:25,740 Yes, sir. 696 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:26,740 Yeah. 697 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:27,740 The lady out here to see you. 698 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:28,740 Thanks. 699 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:31,740 Mr. Friday. 700 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:32,740 Hello, Miss Thompson. 701 00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:34,740 I didn't stop seeing the Shaker boys. 702 00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:35,740 Yes, we know. 703 00:23:35,740 --> 00:23:37,740 What you men told me a couple of weeks ago 704 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:38,740 just made me sick. 705 00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:40,740 To think I'd been going out with these men, 706 00:23:40,740 --> 00:23:41,740 been seeing with them. 707 00:23:41,740 --> 00:23:44,740 I've never done anything like that in my life. 708 00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:45,740 Yes, ma'am. 709 00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:48,740 I decided to try and find out what you wanted to know. 710 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:49,740 You didn't ask them any leading questions. 711 00:23:49,740 --> 00:23:50,740 Oh, no. 712 00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:51,740 I knew better than that. 713 00:23:51,740 --> 00:23:52,740 Last night we were out 714 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:54,740 and they had a little too much to drink 715 00:23:54,740 --> 00:23:55,740 and they got to talking. 716 00:23:55,740 --> 00:23:56,740 Yeah. 717 00:23:56,740 --> 00:23:57,740 I didn't say anything. 718 00:23:57,740 --> 00:23:59,740 I let them talk and acted interested. 719 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:00,740 Yeah. 720 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:02,740 I confess now I'm terribly frightened. 721 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,740 I spent the night with my sister-in-law. 722 00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:07,740 Could I stay here till you get this thing straightened out? 723 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:08,740 Certainly. 724 00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:09,740 We'll give you protection, Miss Thompson. 725 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:10,740 What did they tell you? 726 00:24:10,740 --> 00:24:13,740 First they got to talking about some girl called 727 00:24:13,740 --> 00:24:14,740 Ida May. 728 00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:16,740 I didn't catch the last name. 729 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:18,740 Said they wondered if she saw them at the sanitarium. 730 00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:19,740 Yeah. 731 00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:21,740 Said they wished they'd finished the job that night, 732 00:24:21,740 --> 00:24:22,740 whatever that meant. 733 00:24:22,740 --> 00:24:25,740 Then Bud said, I don't think she saw us 734 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:27,740 or we'd have heard. 735 00:24:27,740 --> 00:24:28,740 Anything else? 736 00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:29,740 Yes. 737 00:24:29,740 --> 00:24:32,740 Carl said, did you see the look on Gus's face 738 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:33,740 when we opened up? 739 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:34,740 Then what? 740 00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:35,740 They laughed. 741 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:42,740 I had a stenographer take Audrey Thompson's statement 742 00:24:42,740 --> 00:24:45,740 and I filled in Captain Elliott, Rambo, Stromweil, and Ben. 743 00:24:45,740 --> 00:24:48,740 We checked the stake out on the Shaker Brothers' apartment. 744 00:24:48,740 --> 00:24:51,740 Suspects hadn't been seen since early that morning 745 00:24:51,740 --> 00:24:52,740 when they'd gone in. 746 00:24:52,740 --> 00:24:55,740 Detectives Rambo and Stromweil, together with Ben and I, 747 00:24:55,740 --> 00:24:57,740 drove to the Eagle Towers' apartments. 748 00:24:57,740 --> 00:24:59,740 It was 4.35 p.m. 749 00:25:01,740 --> 00:25:03,740 Stromweil and I will go up the back way. 750 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:05,740 We'll notify the men on stakeout to keep a sharp eye all around. 751 00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:06,740 Right. 752 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:07,740 Let's go. 753 00:25:18,740 --> 00:25:20,740 Apartment 410 is the top floor. 754 00:25:20,740 --> 00:25:22,740 Yeah, let's take the elevator. 755 00:25:27,740 --> 00:25:28,740 Push 4. 756 00:25:28,740 --> 00:25:29,740 Right. 757 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:35,740 Just thinking. 758 00:25:35,740 --> 00:25:36,740 Yep. 759 00:25:36,740 --> 00:25:38,740 That Thompson girl, long on nerve. 760 00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:43,740 It's this way. 761 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:48,740 Here it is. Cover me. 762 00:25:48,740 --> 00:25:50,740 Yeah. 763 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:56,740 Police officers. 764 00:25:57,740 --> 00:25:58,740 You all right? 765 00:25:58,740 --> 00:25:59,740 Hit the door. Come on. 766 00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:04,740 One is open. It's a fire escape. 767 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:05,740 Come on. 768 00:26:10,740 --> 00:26:12,740 There they go. Over by the ventilator. Watch it. 769 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,740 Stromweil and Rambo coming out the door under the roof. 770 00:26:17,740 --> 00:26:18,740 Rambo, watch it. They're up here. 771 00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:20,740 There goes one of them. Come on. 772 00:26:23,740 --> 00:26:24,740 All right. Hold it right there. 773 00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:25,740 I give up. 774 00:26:25,740 --> 00:26:27,740 There goes the other one. He's making for that cable house. 775 00:26:27,740 --> 00:26:28,740 Stay with this one. I'll get him. 776 00:26:32,740 --> 00:26:33,740 All right, Shaker. Let's put the gun away. 777 00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:36,740 You make a break under the roof, they'll cut you down. 778 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:38,740 Hold it, Shaker. 779 00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:45,740 You all right, Joe? 780 00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:46,740 Yeah. 781 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:47,740 Did you shoot him? 782 00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:48,740 No. I was trying to make it to the roof. 783 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,740 He grabbed that hot terminal over there and knocked him cold. 784 00:26:50,740 --> 00:26:51,740 Oh, yeah. 785 00:26:52,740 --> 00:26:53,740 Move your foot, will you? 786 00:26:53,740 --> 00:26:54,740 Yeah. 787 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:56,740 What's that? 788 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:57,740 White Panama hat. 789 00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:07,740 The story you have just heard was true. 790 00:27:08,740 --> 00:27:11,740 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 791 00:27:11,740 --> 00:27:17,740 On November 19th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 89, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 792 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:19,740 In a moment, the results of that trial. 793 00:27:20,740 --> 00:27:24,740 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to Fatima. 794 00:27:25,740 --> 00:27:26,740 Here is the actual report. 795 00:27:27,740 --> 00:27:31,740 From coast to coast, king-size Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 796 00:27:32,740 --> 00:27:38,740 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 797 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:44,740 Long cigarette smokers find Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 798 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:56,740 Long cigarette smokers find that Fatima is extra mild because it's the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, superbly blended to make it extra mild. 799 00:27:57,740 --> 00:27:59,740 So enjoy extra mild Fatima. 800 00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:02,740 Best of all long cigarettes. 801 00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:07,740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 802 00:28:08,740 --> 00:28:11,740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 803 00:28:21,740 --> 00:28:26,740 Adolf Budshaker and his brother Carl Shaker were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 804 00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:30,740 On recommendation of the jury, they received life sentences. 805 00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:33,740 They are now serving their terms in the state penitentiary. 806 00:28:38,740 --> 00:28:42,740 You have just heard Dragnet, authentic cases from official police files. 807 00:28:43,740 --> 00:28:49,740 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.A. 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