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02:25.640 --> 02:26.640 Right on this table, doctor. 02:26.640 --> 02:28.320 There they are, Captain Elliott. 02:28.320 --> 02:29.320 Thank you. 02:29.320 --> 02:31.320 Romero, you want to mark them for evidence? 02:31.320 --> 02:32.320 All right. 02:32.320 --> 02:33.320 Doctor? 02:33.320 --> 02:34.320 Yes, Sergeant. 02:34.320 --> 02:36.040 I wonder if it'd be all right if we asked Miss Stallings a few questions. 02:36.040 --> 02:37.040 I think so. 02:37.040 --> 02:39.800 She's still in a bad state of shock, if you'll be as brief as possible. 02:39.800 --> 02:40.800 Yes, sir. 02:40.800 --> 02:42.680 Miss Stallings, these men are police officers. 02:42.680 --> 02:45.920 This is Captain Elliott, this is Sergeant Friday, am I right? 02:45.920 --> 02:47.920 That's right, this is my partner, Sergeant Romero. 02:47.920 --> 02:48.920 Yes. 02:48.920 --> 02:50.920 You were in the room when Gus Valentine was shot? 02:50.920 --> 02:51.920 Yes. 02:51.920 --> 02:52.920 Do you feel up to telling us what happened? 02:52.920 --> 02:53.920 No, excuse me, please. 02:53.920 --> 02:54.920 Surely. 02:54.920 --> 02:55.920 I have to paint you. 02:55.920 --> 02:58.360 I'll get a compress on it. 02:58.360 --> 02:59.360 You were visiting Valentine? 02:59.360 --> 03:01.440 You'd better wait until the nurse finishes up there. 03:01.440 --> 03:02.520 All right, sorry. 03:02.520 --> 03:04.920 She got hit twice, just flesh wounds, but they're very painful. 03:04.920 --> 03:05.920 Yeah. 03:05.920 --> 03:06.920 Excuse me. 03:06.920 --> 03:07.920 Surely. 03:07.920 --> 03:08.920 You're all right, I can reach it. 03:08.920 --> 03:09.920 There. 03:09.920 --> 03:10.920 All right. 03:10.920 --> 03:11.920 You were in the room when Valentine was shot? 03:11.920 --> 03:12.920 Yes, I thought. 03:12.920 --> 03:24.920 Did you get a look at the men that did the shooting? 03:24.920 --> 03:25.920 I don't remember. 03:25.920 --> 03:26.920 Did you describe them? 03:26.920 --> 03:27.920 I don't know. 03:27.920 --> 03:30.920 Are you sure you're feeling up to talking now? 03:30.920 --> 03:31.920 I don't know. 03:31.920 --> 03:32.920 Do you have any idea who the men were? 03:32.920 --> 03:33.920 No. 03:33.920 --> 03:34.920 Maybe we can talk to you later. 03:34.920 --> 03:35.920 I don't care what you do, I don't care what you do. 03:35.920 --> 03:36.920 You hear me? 03:36.920 --> 03:37.920 You hear me? 03:37.920 --> 03:38.920 Nervous shock. 03:38.920 --> 03:40.840 I'm sorry, we didn't mean to upset her. 03:40.840 --> 03:41.840 You didn't. 03:41.840 --> 03:44.160 Thought maybe she might be able to help you a little, but I guess not. 03:44.160 --> 03:45.920 Better make it sometime tomorrow morning. 03:45.920 --> 03:46.920 She'll be all right then. 03:46.920 --> 03:47.920 Okay, thanks. 03:47.920 --> 03:48.920 I don't know if I saw him, I don't know if I saw him. 03:48.920 --> 03:49.920 How should I know if I saw him? 03:49.920 --> 03:50.920 How should I know? 03:50.920 --> 03:51.920 Let's go. 03:51.920 --> 03:58.160 That's too bad. 03:58.160 --> 04:00.040 Better have an ambulance move her up to County Hospital. 04:00.040 --> 04:02.920 I don't think you should try to move her tonight, she needs rest. 04:02.920 --> 04:05.720 All right, we'll have a detail of men stand watch here until she's moved. 04:05.720 --> 04:07.080 What time tomorrow could we see her? 04:07.080 --> 04:09.200 If you can make it close to noon, that'd be better. 04:09.200 --> 04:10.480 Good rest, she'll be all right. 04:10.480 --> 04:11.760 Better let me give you a ring. 04:11.760 --> 04:12.760 Right. 04:12.760 --> 04:13.760 Could you give us her full name and address? 04:13.760 --> 04:15.800 Yes, I have it right here. 04:15.800 --> 04:17.920 It's item A, Starling. 04:17.920 --> 04:19.760 It's 837 Downho street, Lindwood. 04:19.760 --> 04:20.760 All right, thank you. 04:20.760 --> 04:22.640 Anybody else here in the sanatorium see the shooting? 04:22.640 --> 04:26.040 Well, I saw the men, I couldn't describe them just their backs as they ran down the hall 04:26.040 --> 04:27.040 after the shooting. 04:27.040 --> 04:28.680 How were they built, do you remember? 04:28.680 --> 04:30.680 About average, I'd say, hard to tell. 04:30.680 --> 04:31.680 How were they dressed? 04:31.680 --> 04:34.520 One of them was wearing a hat, looked like some kind of summer hat. 04:34.520 --> 04:35.520 Straw hat? 04:35.520 --> 04:38.000 No, it was one of those, what am I trying to say, you know the kind. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 Was it an open weave hat? 04:39.000 --> 04:41.120 Oh, you know, very common in the summer. 04:41.120 --> 04:42.120 You mean a Panama? 04:42.120 --> 04:43.120 Panama, sure, that was it, white. 04:43.120 --> 04:45.040 What kind of suits did they have on? 04:45.040 --> 04:48.480 I couldn't tell you, I was in my office and I heard the shots, I came out in the corridor 04:48.480 --> 04:50.440 and they were just making to the back door. 04:50.440 --> 04:51.440 Anyone else see it? 04:51.440 --> 04:54.040 Sylvia Proctor, the nurse who was in the room at the time. 04:54.040 --> 04:55.360 Why'd they kill her? 04:55.360 --> 04:56.360 I don't know. 04:56.360 --> 04:59.360 Any of the patients, is it possible one of them might have seen her? 04:59.360 --> 05:02.960 Yes, one of them did see something, Burt Anderson, like to talk with him? 05:02.960 --> 05:03.960 Yes, we would. 05:03.960 --> 05:07.680 And down this way, he's in room 38, just down the hall from the shooting. 05:07.680 --> 05:11.640 I should tell you, Mr. Anderson lost his speech about nine years ago. 05:11.640 --> 05:13.760 He uses a child's slate to write her. 05:13.760 --> 05:15.400 Why is he here in the sanitarium? 05:15.400 --> 05:17.760 He's old, 73, lives on a pension. 05:17.760 --> 05:20.800 Except for losing his speech, he's as sharp as a high school boy. 05:20.800 --> 05:24.520 Hello, Burt, sorry to bother you after all the excitement. 05:24.520 --> 05:28.520 You're all right, we won't keep you up long, it's after your bedtime. 05:28.520 --> 05:30.720 Would you hand me that box of chalk over there? 05:30.720 --> 05:31.720 Oh, yeah. 05:31.720 --> 05:33.840 Burt, these men are police officers. 05:33.840 --> 05:37.400 I want you to tell them what you know about the shooting tonight. 05:37.400 --> 05:41.360 Well, I thought you might have seen it. 05:41.360 --> 05:43.800 This is Captain Elliott from the homicide department. 05:43.800 --> 05:44.800 How you doing, Mr. Anderson? 05:44.800 --> 05:46.920 And this is Sergeant Friday, is that right? 05:46.920 --> 05:47.920 Yes, sir. 05:47.920 --> 05:48.920 How are you, sir? 05:48.920 --> 05:49.920 And this is Sergeant Romero. 05:49.920 --> 05:50.920 How you doing, sir? 05:50.920 --> 05:56.360 Where were you at the time of the shooting, Mr. Anderson? 05:56.360 --> 05:59.000 Sitting in here with the door open, huh? 05:59.000 --> 06:03.200 Did you get a good look at the men? 06:03.200 --> 06:04.200 What did they look like? 06:04.200 --> 06:05.200 Question mark. 06:05.200 --> 06:09.000 I don't think he understands what you want to know. 06:09.000 --> 06:10.600 Yes, that's a tough one. 06:10.600 --> 06:14.840 Let's put it this way, Mr. Anderson, how many men were there? 06:14.840 --> 06:16.880 Let's take one of these two men. 06:16.880 --> 06:18.080 Can you describe one of them? 06:18.080 --> 06:19.080 That's the way, Captain. 06:19.080 --> 06:22.800 That slate's rather small, and he can only get so much on it at a time. 06:22.800 --> 06:26.700 Like all of us, he wants to talk fast, and this is the only way he knows, so we have 06:26.700 --> 06:27.900 to make it easy for him. 06:27.900 --> 06:28.900 I understand. 06:28.900 --> 06:30.320 Built like the captain. 06:30.320 --> 06:31.840 You're built, skipper. 06:31.840 --> 06:34.640 Same man, had a thin mustache. 06:34.640 --> 06:37.080 That's all I can tell you about him. 06:37.080 --> 06:38.700 How about the other man, Mr. Anderson? 06:38.700 --> 06:40.400 Can you describe him? 06:40.400 --> 06:42.740 Please, what's that second word? 06:42.740 --> 06:44.500 I can't make it out. 06:44.500 --> 06:45.500 Understand. 06:45.500 --> 06:46.780 They were running very fast. 06:46.780 --> 06:47.700 Thanks. 06:47.700 --> 06:49.020 Yes, we understand. 06:49.020 --> 06:51.220 Did you see the other man at all? 06:51.220 --> 06:53.140 Fine. What can you tell us about him? 06:54.140 --> 06:56.380 All he could see was... 06:56.380 --> 06:57.380 ...man was wearing a hat. 06:57.380 --> 06:59.580 A white Panama hat, Mr. Anderson? 06:59.580 --> 07:00.860 He says yes. 07:00.860 --> 07:03.820 Was there anything peculiar about the way they walked or ran? 07:03.820 --> 07:05.860 Did one of them have a limp, for instance? 07:07.300 --> 07:09.100 Didn't notice anything. 07:09.100 --> 07:10.140 Says he didn't notice anything. 07:10.140 --> 07:12.340 Could you tell us anything about the men's faces? 07:12.340 --> 07:15.340 They passed by so quickly. 07:15.340 --> 07:17.740 I was worried about the... 07:17.740 --> 07:18.740 ...gunshots. 07:18.740 --> 07:20.740 Yes, we can understand that, but... 07:20.740 --> 07:23.740 ...do you think you could identify them if you ever saw them again? 07:24.740 --> 07:25.740 He says he could try. 07:25.740 --> 07:27.740 Could Mr. Anderson come downtown if we have a show up? 07:27.740 --> 07:30.740 I don't see why not, but he gets around fine. 07:31.740 --> 07:34.740 Now he wants to know why they killed Miss Proctor, the nurse. 07:34.740 --> 07:36.740 He says she was one of his best friends. 07:36.740 --> 07:38.740 We don't know, Mr. Anderson. 07:38.740 --> 07:41.740 He says he wishes he could talk. Maybe he could help you more. 07:41.740 --> 07:43.740 It's all right, Bert. You talk loud enough. 07:47.740 --> 07:51.740 Monday, July 24th, a roundup of all known racketeers and their gang members... 07:51.740 --> 07:53.740 ...was ordered by the chief of detectives. 07:53.740 --> 07:57.740 Three show ups were scheduled. One at 10 a.m., one at 2, and another one at 3 p.m. 07:57.740 --> 08:00.740 The witnesses that we had were unable to identify any of the men. 08:00.740 --> 08:04.740 The incomplete descriptions we had of the suspects was not enough to help the artist and the crew. 08:04.740 --> 08:08.740 No matter what approach we took, it seemed that we were getting nowhere. 08:08.740 --> 08:13.740 The immediate apprehension of the killers was not only important because of their danger to the private citizen... 08:13.740 --> 08:16.740 ...but because of the ever-present threat of an open shooting war... 08:16.740 --> 08:20.740 ...between Gus Valentine's followers and members of the murder gang, whoever they were. 08:20.740 --> 08:22.740 3.15 p.m. 08:22.740 --> 08:24.740 I got it. 08:24.740 --> 08:26.740 Homicide, Romero. 08:26.740 --> 08:28.740 Oh, yeah, they... 08:28.740 --> 08:29.740 All right. 08:29.740 --> 08:31.740 I'm going to go get a drink. 08:31.740 --> 08:35.740 Oh, yeah, they... All right, thank you. 08:35.740 --> 08:36.740 Crime land. 08:36.740 --> 08:38.740 They make a run on those slugs you got at the hospital? 08:38.740 --> 08:40.740 Yeah. No match. 08:40.740 --> 08:41.740 That's great. 08:41.740 --> 08:43.740 How fouled up can they get? 08:43.740 --> 08:44.740 Hi. Come on, slow mo. 08:44.740 --> 08:45.740 I'm with you. 08:45.740 --> 08:46.740 Hi, Rambo. 08:46.740 --> 08:48.740 Rambo wants a message here to call you why. 08:48.740 --> 08:49.740 Yeah, better do it right away. 08:49.740 --> 08:53.740 Just know the skipper told Starr and me to work with you guys on the Valentine thing. 08:53.740 --> 08:54.740 We can use all the help we can get. 08:54.740 --> 08:55.740 Joel, you slide the phone over? 08:55.740 --> 09:05.740 Oh, yeah, here you go. 09:05.740 --> 09:06.740 What's the matter? Change your mind? 09:06.740 --> 09:08.740 You know, let her ring once. She knows the signal. 09:08.740 --> 09:09.740 She's over at the mother-in-law's. 09:09.740 --> 09:10.740 Yeah? 09:10.740 --> 09:12.740 Mother-in-law's got lots of money and a limited phone. 09:12.740 --> 09:14.740 Let her call me. 09:14.740 --> 09:16.740 You got any ideas, Earl? 09:16.740 --> 09:18.740 Well, I don't know anybody who liked Valentine. 09:18.740 --> 09:19.740 A lot of them could have killed him. 09:19.740 --> 09:22.740 Just got word from the crime lab there's no match on those slugs. 09:22.740 --> 09:24.740 And you didn't get anything out of the show-ups? 09:24.740 --> 09:25.740 No, nothing. 09:25.740 --> 09:27.740 Maybe that Stallings woman can give us something, huh? 09:27.740 --> 09:28.740 You haven't been out there yet? 09:28.740 --> 09:30.740 No, not yet. We've been sweating out the show-ups. 09:30.740 --> 09:32.740 Strami and I read your reports. Rough go. 09:32.740 --> 09:33.740 We had an idea. 09:33.740 --> 09:34.740 Yeah? 09:34.740 --> 09:36.740 All of Valentine's boys you didn't get around to yet. 09:36.740 --> 09:37.740 Who's that? 09:37.740 --> 09:39.740 Benny Davis. He was pretty close to him. 09:39.740 --> 09:40.740 Thought a lot of them. 09:40.740 --> 09:43.740 If anybody figures to take over his interest, it's probably Davis. 09:43.740 --> 09:45.740 You think advancement could have been the motive for him? 09:45.740 --> 09:46.740 No, he wouldn't kill him. 09:46.740 --> 09:47.740 Anyway, he couldn't have. 09:47.740 --> 09:48.740 Just got in from Florida this morning. 09:48.740 --> 09:50.740 That doesn't mean he couldn't have engineered it. 09:50.740 --> 09:51.740 Impossible, but I doubt it. 09:51.740 --> 09:53.740 Strami and I know his operation pretty well. 09:53.740 --> 09:55.740 Pulled him in on that Patterson killing six months ago. 09:55.740 --> 09:58.740 Checked back to his record. Never picked up carrying a gun. 09:58.740 --> 10:00.740 Well, it doesn't mean he couldn't get one in a hurry. 10:00.740 --> 10:03.740 We're not gonna guarantee, Davis, but I don't think he's your man, Joe. 10:03.740 --> 10:04.740 You got a line on him? 10:04.740 --> 10:06.740 Lives at the Churchill Arms out in Wilshire. 10:06.740 --> 10:07.740 Near UCLA. 10:07.740 --> 10:09.740 All right, we'll talk to him. 10:09.740 --> 10:12.740 What was the name of that girl who was wounded, the one at the sanitarium? 10:12.740 --> 10:13.740 Item A Stallings. 10:13.740 --> 10:15.740 We'll go out and talk to her if you like. 10:15.740 --> 10:16.740 Fine. 10:16.740 --> 10:18.740 Who's gonna see the Stallings woman at the sanitarium? 10:18.740 --> 10:19.740 We are. 10:19.740 --> 10:20.740 The doctor just called in from out there. 10:20.740 --> 10:21.740 Oh, yeah? 10:21.740 --> 10:23.740 Said she got something important to tell us. 10:23.740 --> 10:24.740 What do you think? 10:24.740 --> 10:26.740 She ran with Valentine. She knew his friends. 10:26.740 --> 10:27.740 Yeah? 10:27.740 --> 10:28.740 Maybe she knows his enemies. 10:32.740 --> 10:38.740 As we planned, Detectives Rombo and Stromoil went out to the Ferndale sanitarium to talk to Item A Stallings. 10:38.740 --> 10:43.740 Ben and I drove out to the Churchill Arms apartments to see Benny Davis, one of Gus Valentine's close friends. 10:43.740 --> 10:47.740 He left a message with the desk clerk that he would be at his tailor's most of the day. 10:47.740 --> 10:49.740 The clerk gave us the address. 10:49.740 --> 10:53.740 It was an exclusive custom shop on Crescent Drive in the heart of Beverly Hills. 10:53.740 --> 11:00.740 Franklin Smith Limited was one of those places that featured imported Scotch tweeds and fine English woolens. 11:06.740 --> 11:08.740 Good afternoon, gentlemen. May I serve you? 11:08.740 --> 11:10.740 Could you tell us if Benny Davis is in here? 11:10.740 --> 11:14.740 Mr. Davis. Yes, sir. Third fitting room. To the rear, on your left. 11:14.740 --> 11:15.740 Thank you. 11:15.740 --> 11:18.740 Look at that brown cloth, old bird, Joe. 11:18.740 --> 11:20.740 Yeah, it's a Donnie Gaultweed. It's nice fabric. 11:20.740 --> 11:23.740 I had me one of them once. Where's that kind? 11:23.740 --> 11:28.740 Oh, yes. This blue spinstripe, certainly if it's a great deal better than the brown one, you turn around. 11:28.740 --> 11:30.740 Yes, yes. Excellent fit. 11:30.740 --> 11:34.740 Yeah, it looks fine. I don't know if I like that right shoulder. 11:34.740 --> 11:36.740 Looks a little low, Mr. Davis. 11:36.740 --> 11:37.740 Excuse me? 11:37.740 --> 11:39.740 This fitting room's taken, gentlemen. Benny Davis in here. 11:39.740 --> 11:40.740 Yeah, what is it? 11:40.740 --> 11:42.740 What if we could see you alone? 11:42.740 --> 11:43.740 What about? 11:43.740 --> 11:44.740 Confidential. 11:44.740 --> 11:48.740 No, Cedric, not like that. Pull the shoulder up. More padding maybe. 11:48.740 --> 11:51.740 Do you think so? I don't know if I agree, Mr. Davis. 11:51.740 --> 11:54.740 Well, you can see how it slopes off there. I like a good full shoulder. 11:54.740 --> 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. 11:58.740 --> 12:00.740 I'd like more padding. 12:00.740 --> 12:03.740 Very well. Number two padding the right shoulder and ease the armholes. 12:03.740 --> 12:06.740 Number two padding right shoulder, ease armholes. 12:06.740 --> 12:08.740 What is it, income tax? What's the secret? 12:08.740 --> 12:10.740 We're police officers. I'd like to talk to you alone for a minute. 12:10.740 --> 12:12.740 All right, be finished in a second. 12:12.740 --> 12:16.740 That takes care of this one, Mr. Davis. You want two inch cuffs from the trousers. 12:16.740 --> 12:20.740 Yeah, I know. Cedric, be sure to get these sleeves short enough. I'd like lots of linen to show. 12:20.740 --> 12:21.740 Yes, sure. 12:21.740 --> 12:23.740 Now, if you'll slip on the green tropical. 12:23.740 --> 12:24.740 Okay. 12:24.740 --> 12:25.740 I'll take your jacket. 12:25.740 --> 12:26.740 Thanks. 12:29.740 --> 12:31.740 Hey, now tell me what it's all about. 12:31.740 --> 12:32.740 Rather talk to you alone. 12:32.740 --> 12:34.740 Here are the trousers. 12:34.740 --> 12:35.740 Okay. 12:37.740 --> 12:38.740 Good looking suit, huh? 12:38.740 --> 12:39.740 Fine. 12:39.740 --> 12:42.740 Yeah, I get all my stuff made here. 12:42.740 --> 12:45.740 I'll let Smith here make you a suit sometime. 12:45.740 --> 12:47.740 Gets a fine suit of clothes. 12:47.740 --> 12:48.740 Thank you, Mr. Davis. 12:48.740 --> 12:49.740 Here's your jacket, Mr. Davis. 12:49.740 --> 12:50.740 Right. 12:50.740 --> 12:52.740 There you go. That looks fine. 12:52.740 --> 12:54.740 Here's the trousers just right. 12:54.740 --> 12:57.740 A little fullness in the back of the jacket here. 12:57.740 --> 12:58.740 Uh-huh. 12:58.740 --> 12:59.740 And take in the center seam. 12:59.740 --> 13:00.740 Take in center seam. How much? 13:00.740 --> 13:01.740 As you can. 13:01.740 --> 13:02.740 Raise the back. 13:02.740 --> 13:03.740 Raise the back. Shorten collar. 13:03.740 --> 13:04.740 Shorten collar. 13:04.740 --> 13:06.740 Heh, looks just fine. 13:06.740 --> 13:08.740 That's a nice soft roll of the lapels, isn't it? 13:08.740 --> 13:09.740 Yeah, good. 13:09.740 --> 13:10.740 All right, Mr. Davis. 13:10.740 --> 13:11.740 Now how about the white palm beach? 13:11.740 --> 13:13.740 Nice Panama hat would go good with that one. 13:13.740 --> 13:16.740 I never wear a mime like a coconut palm with a wide bug reband. 13:16.740 --> 13:18.740 I wonder if you could hold off the next fitting for a minute. 13:18.740 --> 13:19.740 We won't keep you long. 13:19.740 --> 13:20.740 All right. 13:20.740 --> 13:22.740 Any place around here where it's private? 13:22.740 --> 13:24.740 We can use Smith's office. Okay, Frank? 13:24.740 --> 13:25.740 Certainly. Go right ahead, gentlemen. 13:25.740 --> 13:26.740 Thank you. 13:26.740 --> 13:27.740 Which way? 13:27.740 --> 13:28.740 Back here. 13:35.740 --> 13:36.740 Okay, what's on your mind? 13:36.740 --> 13:38.740 Gus Valentine. 13:38.740 --> 13:39.740 Yeah, that's a tough one to lose. 13:39.740 --> 13:41.740 You got any idea who killed him? 13:41.740 --> 13:42.740 We're working on it. 13:42.740 --> 13:43.740 How do you mean? 13:43.740 --> 13:44.740 Just that. 13:44.740 --> 13:45.740 Well, that makes us even. 13:45.740 --> 13:46.740 There's only one difference. 13:46.740 --> 13:47.740 Yeah? 13:47.740 --> 13:48.740 We get paid for it. You don't. 13:48.740 --> 13:49.740 We thought a lot more of Gus than you did. 13:49.740 --> 13:51.740 Any law against striking down the killer? 13:51.740 --> 13:53.740 There's a law against shooting him down. 13:53.740 --> 13:55.740 Tell that to the boys who cut down Gus. 13:55.740 --> 13:57.740 I don't think you can get to him without us. 13:57.740 --> 13:59.740 We've done it before. 13:59.740 --> 14:00.740 You're a little late with Gus. 14:00.740 --> 14:01.740 We tried to keep him alive. 14:01.740 --> 14:02.740 We warned him for a month. 14:02.740 --> 14:03.740 He knew what was coming. 14:03.740 --> 14:04.740 We talked to him. 14:04.740 --> 14:05.740 Yeah, he told me. 14:05.740 --> 14:06.740 He was a funny guy. 14:06.740 --> 14:07.740 He had a mind of his own. 14:07.740 --> 14:09.740 He had a reason for not telling you. 14:09.740 --> 14:10.740 Who was it? 14:10.740 --> 14:12.740 When we get there, we can ask him. 14:12.740 --> 14:14.740 You think you know who did it? 14:14.740 --> 14:16.740 Won't be too tough to find out. 14:16.740 --> 14:18.740 In the meantime, you can work it from your end. 14:18.740 --> 14:20.740 And if you get to him first? 14:20.740 --> 14:21.740 Maybe we'll give you a call. 14:21.740 --> 14:22.740 Now, you listen, Davis. 14:22.740 --> 14:24.740 I'll tell you the same thing we told Valentine. 14:24.740 --> 14:25.740 It's not open season for murder. 14:25.740 --> 14:26.740 This town's had all the shooting it's gonna have. 14:26.740 --> 14:28.740 Valentine's killer's gonna go to the gas chamber. 14:28.740 --> 14:29.740 That's the only way he's gonna go. 14:29.740 --> 14:30.740 You understand? 14:30.740 --> 14:31.740 Nobody said any different. 14:31.740 --> 14:32.740 All right. 14:32.740 --> 14:33.740 Then you can tell us what you know. 14:33.740 --> 14:35.740 Who do you think shot Valentine? 14:35.740 --> 14:36.740 I can't be sure. 14:36.740 --> 14:38.740 You've got somebody in mind. 14:38.740 --> 14:39.740 There's a dame. 14:39.740 --> 14:40.740 Who? 14:40.740 --> 14:41.740 Audrey Thompson. 14:41.740 --> 14:42.740 What about her? 14:42.740 --> 14:43.740 She runs around with a couple of guys. 14:43.740 --> 14:44.740 Yeah? 14:44.740 --> 14:46.740 There's never any love lost between them and Gus. 14:46.740 --> 14:49.740 They were always talking big about what they'd do if Gus got on the line. 14:49.740 --> 14:51.740 What'd they have against him? 14:51.740 --> 14:52.740 Business. 14:52.740 --> 14:53.740 Claimed Gus was squeezing them out. 14:53.740 --> 14:54.740 Was he? 14:54.740 --> 14:55.740 I never knew much about Gus' out of town business. 14:55.740 --> 14:57.740 That's where these guys are from. 14:57.740 --> 14:58.740 They're new in town. 14:58.740 --> 15:01.740 Figured Gus was cutting them off out here on the coast. 15:01.740 --> 15:02.740 Who are they? 15:02.740 --> 15:03.740 Shaker brothers. 15:03.740 --> 15:04.740 Bud and Carl. 15:04.740 --> 15:05.740 Where can we find them? 15:05.740 --> 15:06.740 I don't know. 15:06.740 --> 15:07.740 They're in town somewhere. 15:07.740 --> 15:09.740 What about this Audrey Thompson? 15:09.740 --> 15:10.740 Nice dame. 15:10.740 --> 15:11.740 Hard to figure. 15:11.740 --> 15:13.740 Her husband died a year ago. 15:13.740 --> 15:14.740 Real nice woman. 15:14.740 --> 15:16.740 Been doing the town with the Shaker boys. 15:16.740 --> 15:17.740 Nobody can figure it. 15:17.740 --> 15:18.740 You think she's in on it? 15:18.740 --> 15:21.740 No, but she could finger them if anybody could. 15:21.740 --> 15:24.740 Lives at 8700 North Serrano. 15:24.740 --> 15:25.740 All right, Davis. 15:25.740 --> 15:26.740 Thanks. 15:26.740 --> 15:28.740 What's the new wardrobe for? 15:28.740 --> 15:31.740 Going east to catch the new Broadway shows leaving Wednesday. 15:31.740 --> 15:33.740 Better hold off for a week, huh? 15:33.740 --> 15:35.740 All right. 15:35.740 --> 15:37.740 Come on, then. 15:41.740 --> 15:43.740 Think he's got anything? 15:43.740 --> 15:44.740 Could be. 15:44.740 --> 15:45.740 We'll run it down. 15:45.740 --> 15:46.740 Wait a minute. 15:46.740 --> 15:47.740 Yeah? 15:47.740 --> 15:50.740 I sure do like that brown cloth. 15:50.740 --> 15:51.740 It's nice. 15:51.740 --> 15:52.740 Yes, Sheldon. 15:52.740 --> 15:53.740 Can I help you? 15:53.740 --> 15:56.740 How long does it take you to make up a suit? 15:56.740 --> 15:58.740 Anywhere from three days to a week. 15:58.740 --> 16:00.740 You interested in having us make one up for you? 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16:45.740 --> 16:47.740 Girl around town by the name of Thompson. 16:47.740 --> 16:48.740 Audrey Thompson? 16:48.740 --> 16:49.740 Yeah, that's right. 16:49.740 --> 16:50.740 What'd she say about her? 16:50.740 --> 16:52.740 Said if anyone could put the finger on Valentine's killer, 16:52.740 --> 16:53.740 the Thompson girl could. 16:53.740 --> 16:55.740 Benny Davis told us the same thing. 16:55.740 --> 16:56.740 What do you think, Earl? 16:56.740 --> 16:57.740 Two and two makes four. 16:57.740 --> 16:59.740 Let's find her. 17:09.740 --> 17:11.740 You are listening to Dragnet 17:11.740 --> 17:15.740 for the step-by-step solution to an actual police case. 17:15.740 --> 17:19.740 Here, step-by-step are the reasons why Fatima 17:19.740 --> 17:22.740 has more than doubled its smokers from coast to coast. 17:22.740 --> 17:23.740 Step one. 17:23.740 --> 17:28.740 The name Fatima has always stood for the best in cigarette quality. 17:28.740 --> 17:29.740 Step two. 17:29.740 --> 17:33.740 Long cigarette smokers discover Fatima has a much different, 17:33.740 --> 17:35.740 much better flavor and aroma. 17:35.740 --> 17:36.740 Step three. 17:36.740 --> 17:40.740 Long cigarette smokers find Fatima extra mild. 17:40.740 --> 17:44.740 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest 17:44.740 --> 17:46.740 Turkish and domestic tobaccos 17:46.740 --> 17:49.740 superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. 17:49.740 --> 17:54.740 And that's why more and more smokers every day agree. 17:54.740 --> 17:58.740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 17:58.740 --> 18:01.740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 18:01.740 --> 18:05.740 Yes, the name Fatima on that golden yellow package 18:05.740 --> 18:08.740 is your insurance of an extra mild smoke. 18:08.740 --> 18:21.740 So enjoy king-size Fatima, the best of all long cigarettes. 18:21.740 --> 18:23.740 Five o'clock Monday afternoon. 18:23.740 --> 18:26.740 We tried for three hours to get in touch with Audrey Thompson. 18:26.740 --> 18:28.740 A few minutes after eight p.m. we contacted her landlady. 18:28.740 --> 18:30.740 She told us that the Thompson girl was out of town 18:30.740 --> 18:32.740 and would be gone for two days. 18:32.740 --> 18:33.740 She didn't know where she'd gone, 18:33.740 --> 18:35.740 but she told us that she would be back. 18:35.740 --> 18:36.740 We checked her apartment 18:36.740 --> 18:38.740 and found all of her clothing and personal effects. 18:38.740 --> 18:41.740 A stakeout was placed at 8700 North Serrano, 18:41.740 --> 18:42.740 and then we went back to the office 18:42.740 --> 18:45.740 and got out a local broadcast on Audrey Thompson. 18:45.740 --> 18:48.740 Tuesday morning eight o'clock, Ben and I met with Captain Elliott 18:48.740 --> 18:50.740 and Detectives Rombo and Stromwell. 18:50.740 --> 18:51.740 You get a line on the Shager brothers? 18:51.740 --> 18:53.740 I located them at the Eagle Towers apartments. 18:53.740 --> 18:54.740 Got them under surveillance. 18:54.740 --> 18:57.740 I don't think it would be a good idea to pull them in yet. 18:57.740 --> 18:59.740 See what the Thompson girl has to say, then we can move on them. 18:59.740 --> 19:00.740 That's what we figured. 19:00.740 --> 19:01.740 Pull the packages on them? 19:01.740 --> 19:03.740 Yeah, they both got fair records. 19:03.740 --> 19:05.740 Been up on three ramps, one conviction, 19:05.740 --> 19:07.740 second drug-a-robbery in Tulsa. 19:07.740 --> 19:08.740 That's where they're from. 19:08.740 --> 19:10.740 Couple of tough ones, always ready to use a gun. 19:10.740 --> 19:12.740 Apparently got a lot of dough somewhere. 19:12.740 --> 19:13.740 They've been throwing a lot of money around town. 19:13.740 --> 19:15.740 Pick up any rumbles about them? 19:15.740 --> 19:16.740 We've been nosing around. 19:16.740 --> 19:17.740 We can't get anything on them for sure. 19:17.740 --> 19:18.740 They're not known around here. 19:18.740 --> 19:19.740 Showing the mug shots of the Shager brothers 19:19.740 --> 19:21.740 to Mr. Anderson at the sanitarium. 19:21.740 --> 19:22.740 The doc, too. 19:22.740 --> 19:23.740 Yeah. 19:23.740 --> 19:24.740 Looks like the guy's to them. 19:24.740 --> 19:26.740 Everything hinges on the Thompson girl. 19:26.740 --> 19:27.740 Check her out? 19:27.740 --> 19:29.740 Yeah, she used to be married to a newspaper man, Blaine Thompson. 19:29.740 --> 19:31.740 Died last year in an auto accident. 19:31.740 --> 19:32.740 No children. 19:32.740 --> 19:34.740 Went to high school here in town, local girl. 19:34.740 --> 19:35.740 Chasing's good all the way. 19:35.740 --> 19:37.740 Why the sudden switch to tough guys? 19:37.740 --> 19:38.740 I don't think she knows. 19:38.740 --> 19:40.740 You satisfied Davis is leveling with you? 19:40.740 --> 19:42.740 Well, if he's not, he did a good job briefing 19:42.740 --> 19:43.740 the Stallings woman. 19:43.740 --> 19:45.740 They both came up with the same lead, the Thompson girl. 19:45.740 --> 19:46.740 We had him in on the Patterson killing. 19:46.740 --> 19:47.740 You remember that skipper? 19:47.740 --> 19:48.740 He cooperated then. 19:48.740 --> 19:49.740 At the time, it was his skin. 19:49.740 --> 19:50.740 This time, it's not. 19:50.740 --> 19:51.740 Well, I laid it out for him. 19:51.740 --> 19:52.740 He's been told. 19:52.740 --> 19:54.740 How's it feel to you fellas? 19:54.740 --> 19:55.740 Pretty quiet around town? 19:55.740 --> 19:56.740 Yeah, it seems to be. 19:56.740 --> 19:58.740 I wouldn't make book on what might happen 19:58.740 --> 20:00.740 if we don't wrap this thing up quick. 20:00.740 --> 20:02.740 I think after Joe and Ben gave Davis a word, 20:02.740 --> 20:03.740 he passed it down along the line. 20:03.740 --> 20:05.740 Anyway, it's an outside chance. 20:05.740 --> 20:07.740 They just brought in the Thompson girl. 20:07.740 --> 20:08.740 Send her in. 20:08.740 --> 20:09.740 Right. 20:09.740 --> 20:11.740 Come here. 20:11.740 --> 20:13.740 You can sit there, Miss Thompson. 20:13.740 --> 20:14.740 All right. 20:14.740 --> 20:15.740 Our detectives, Friday, Romero. 20:15.740 --> 20:16.740 How do you do? 20:16.740 --> 20:17.740 Bromwell, Rambo. 20:17.740 --> 20:18.740 How do you do? 20:18.740 --> 20:20.740 I guess you're wondering why you've been picked up. 20:20.740 --> 20:21.740 Yes, I was rather surprised. 20:21.740 --> 20:23.740 I was down at Palm Springs for a few days. 20:23.740 --> 20:24.740 I don't often get away. 20:24.740 --> 20:25.740 My boss gave me a two-day holiday. 20:25.740 --> 20:27.740 What do you know about the Shaker brothers, Miss Thompson? 20:27.740 --> 20:28.740 They're friends of mine. 20:28.740 --> 20:29.740 I go out with them. 20:29.740 --> 20:32.740 We have reason to believe they might be mixed up in a murder. 20:32.740 --> 20:34.740 I don't believe that. 20:34.740 --> 20:35.740 What's this all about? 20:35.740 --> 20:37.740 A Gus Valentine killing. 20:37.740 --> 20:38.740 Do you think they're mixed up in that? 20:38.740 --> 20:40.740 How well do you know the Shaker boys? 20:40.740 --> 20:41.740 It would be truthful. 20:41.740 --> 20:42.740 I don't know them at all, really. 20:42.740 --> 20:43.740 I met them at a dance. 20:43.740 --> 20:44.740 Who introduced you? 20:44.740 --> 20:45.740 Nobody. 20:45.740 --> 20:46.740 I go to the Brookdale Ballroom every Wednesday night 20:46.740 --> 20:48.740 with some of the girls from the office. 20:48.740 --> 20:49.740 It's open to the public. 20:49.740 --> 20:51.740 Kraus Shaker asked me for a dance one night, 20:51.740 --> 20:52.740 and that's how I met him. 20:52.740 --> 20:53.740 You ought to pick your companions 20:53.740 --> 20:54.740 a little more carefully. 20:54.740 --> 20:56.740 Both of these men have criminal records. 20:56.740 --> 20:57.740 I didn't know that. 20:57.740 --> 20:59.740 You've been out with them quite a lot, have you? 20:59.740 --> 21:01.740 I've known them a little over a month, yes. 21:01.740 --> 21:03.740 They ever said anything that might lead you to believe 21:03.740 --> 21:05.740 that they were mixed up in any rackets? 21:05.740 --> 21:06.740 No, I never heard anything like that. 21:06.740 --> 21:08.740 You're sure you never heard them discuss 21:08.740 --> 21:09.740 any business dealings of any kind? 21:09.740 --> 21:10.740 Yes, I'm sure. 21:10.740 --> 21:12.740 You've been to seen them quite a few night spots 21:12.740 --> 21:14.740 around Los Angeles with them, is that right? 21:14.740 --> 21:16.740 Yes, they always take me to some nice place. 21:16.740 --> 21:18.740 You always go along with them? 21:18.740 --> 21:20.740 How do you mean? 21:20.740 --> 21:23.740 Which one of them do you go with, Bud or Carl? 21:23.740 --> 21:24.740 I never really thought about it. 21:24.740 --> 21:26.740 Both of them, I guess. 21:26.740 --> 21:27.740 When you go out, they never take another girl 21:27.740 --> 21:28.740 along to the party? 21:28.740 --> 21:30.740 No, just Bud, Kraus, and myself. 21:30.740 --> 21:32.740 You go to most of the expensive clubs around towns, 21:32.740 --> 21:33.740 is that right? 21:33.740 --> 21:35.740 Yes, like I said, we always go to some nice place. 21:35.740 --> 21:37.740 Did you ever wonder where they got the money? 21:37.740 --> 21:40.740 Well, they told me they worked for one of the aircraft plants. 21:40.740 --> 21:41.740 I thought you told us they didn't discuss 21:41.740 --> 21:42.740 their business with you. 21:42.740 --> 21:45.740 Well, I didn't consider telling me where they worked 21:45.740 --> 21:47.740 was discussing business. 21:47.740 --> 21:49.740 Did you consider that an aircraft worker's salary 21:49.740 --> 21:51.740 wouldn't even handle a cover charge 21:51.740 --> 21:53.740 at most of the places they've been taking you? 21:53.740 --> 21:55.740 No, I guess I was having too good a time to question that. 21:55.740 --> 21:57.740 You see, Miss Thompson, you could spend a great amount 21:57.740 --> 21:59.740 of time with people, not remember things about them. 21:59.740 --> 22:01.740 Now, you're sure you've told us everything you know 22:01.740 --> 22:02.740 about the Shaker brothers? 22:02.740 --> 22:03.740 Yes. 22:03.740 --> 22:05.740 All right, that's all. 22:05.740 --> 22:07.740 If you find out something you think we should know, 22:07.740 --> 22:09.740 we'd appreciate it if you'd give us a call. 22:09.740 --> 22:11.740 Well, I won't be knowing anything about them 22:11.740 --> 22:13.740 because I'm going to stop seeing them. 22:13.740 --> 22:15.740 I didn't know they had criminal records. 22:15.740 --> 22:16.740 That's entirely up to you. 22:16.740 --> 22:18.740 I think it's only fair to warn you that if you do have 22:18.740 --> 22:20.740 any information you're withholding, 22:20.740 --> 22:21.740 it'll libel you to persecution. 22:21.740 --> 22:22.740 I understand. 22:22.740 --> 22:24.740 I'm not going out with them anymore. 22:24.740 --> 22:26.740 I wouldn't let them know you've talked with us. 22:26.740 --> 22:28.740 If they are the men we're looking for, 22:28.740 --> 22:29.740 it might put you in danger. 22:29.740 --> 22:30.740 I'm not afraid of them. 22:30.740 --> 22:31.740 Neither was Gus Valentine. 22:34.740 --> 22:36.740 For the next ten days, Audrey Thompson, 22:36.740 --> 22:37.740 along with the Shaker brothers, 22:37.740 --> 22:39.740 was kept under close surveillance. 22:39.740 --> 22:41.740 It was obvious that she'd either lied to us 22:41.740 --> 22:42.740 or changed her mind. 22:42.740 --> 22:44.740 She continued going out with them. 22:44.740 --> 22:46.740 She was seen in all the important night spots around town. 22:46.740 --> 22:49.740 Thursday, August 9th, we met with Captain Elliott. 22:49.740 --> 22:52.740 Skipper, maybe we better pull the Thompson girl in again 22:52.740 --> 22:53.740 for questioning. 22:53.740 --> 22:55.740 Let's hold off for a few more days. 22:55.740 --> 22:56.740 I'm afraid if we bring her down here again, 22:56.740 --> 22:57.740 the Shaker brothers could get wise. 22:57.740 --> 22:59.740 Since she decided to ignore what we told her, 22:59.740 --> 23:00.740 they might get rough with her. 23:00.740 --> 23:01.740 Why can't we move on them? 23:01.740 --> 23:02.740 Shake down their apartment. 23:02.740 --> 23:04.740 If we're lucky enough to come up with a murder gun, 23:04.740 --> 23:05.740 we can work from there. 23:05.740 --> 23:06.740 I don't think so, Joe. 23:06.740 --> 23:07.740 The record and only one conviction, 23:07.740 --> 23:09.740 I think we'd be playing a long shot. 23:09.740 --> 23:10.740 That's the way it looks to me, Earl. 23:10.740 --> 23:12.740 Maybe something will break if we can hold off 23:12.740 --> 23:13.740 just a few days more. 23:13.740 --> 23:15.740 They're being watched awful close. 23:15.740 --> 23:17.740 If they try to move in any direction, 23:17.740 --> 23:18.740 our men will be with them. 23:18.740 --> 23:19.740 Marty. 23:19.740 --> 23:20.740 Yeah. 23:20.740 --> 23:21.740 Can you step out here for a minute? 23:21.740 --> 23:22.740 Right. Excuse me. 23:22.740 --> 23:23.740 Sure. 23:23.740 --> 23:24.740 Come back when you're through. 23:24.740 --> 23:25.740 Yes, sir. 23:25.740 --> 23:26.740 Yeah. 23:26.740 --> 23:27.740 The lady out here to see you. 23:27.740 --> 23:28.740 Thanks. 23:30.740 --> 23:31.740 Mr. Friday. 23:31.740 --> 23:32.740 Hello, Miss Thompson. 23:32.740 --> 23:34.740 I didn't stop seeing the Shaker boys. 23:34.740 --> 23:35.740 Yes, we know. 23:35.740 --> 23:37.740 What you men told me a couple of weeks ago 23:37.740 --> 23:38.740 just made me sick. 23:38.740 --> 23:40.740 To think I'd been going out with these men, 23:40.740 --> 23:41.740 been seeing with them. 23:41.740 --> 23:44.740 I've never done anything like that in my life. 23:44.740 --> 23:45.740 Yes, ma'am. 23:45.740 --> 23:48.740 I decided to try and find out what you wanted to know. 23:48.740 --> 23:49.740 You didn't ask them any leading questions. 23:49.740 --> 23:50.740 Oh, no. 23:50.740 --> 23:51.740 I knew better than that. 23:51.740 --> 23:52.740 Last night we were out 23:52.740 --> 23:54.740 and they had a little too much to drink 23:54.740 --> 23:55.740 and they got to talking. 23:55.740 --> 23:56.740 Yeah. 23:56.740 --> 23:57.740 I didn't say anything. 23:57.740 --> 23:59.740 I let them talk and acted interested. 23:59.740 --> 24:00.740 Yeah. 24:00.740 --> 24:02.740 I confess now I'm terribly frightened. 24:02.740 --> 24:04.740 I spent the night with my sister-in-law. 24:04.740 --> 24:07.740 Could I stay here till you get this thing straightened out? 24:07.740 --> 24:08.740 Certainly. 24:08.740 --> 24:09.740 We'll give you protection, Miss Thompson. 24:09.740 --> 24:10.740 What did they tell you? 24:10.740 --> 24:13.740 First they got to talking about some girl called 24:13.740 --> 24:14.740 Ida May. 24:14.740 --> 24:16.740 I didn't catch the last name. 24:16.740 --> 24:18.740 Said they wondered if she saw them at the sanitarium. 24:18.740 --> 24:19.740 Yeah. 24:19.740 --> 24:21.740 Said they wished they'd finished the job that night, 24:21.740 --> 24:22.740 whatever that meant. 24:22.740 --> 24:25.740 Then Bud said, I don't think she saw us 24:25.740 --> 24:27.740 or we'd have heard. 24:27.740 --> 24:28.740 Anything else? 24:28.740 --> 24:29.740 Yes. 24:29.740 --> 24:32.740 Carl said, did you see the look on Gus's face 24:32.740 --> 24:33.740 when we opened up? 24:33.740 --> 24:34.740 Then what? 24:34.740 --> 24:35.740 They laughed. 24:35.740 --> 24:42.740 I had a stenographer take Audrey Thompson's statement 24:42.740 --> 24:45.740 and I filled in Captain Elliott, Rambo, Stromweil, and Ben. 24:45.740 --> 24:48.740 We checked the stake out on the Shaker Brothers' apartment. 24:48.740 --> 24:51.740 Suspects hadn't been seen since early that morning 24:51.740 --> 24:52.740 when they'd gone in. 24:52.740 --> 24:55.740 Detectives Rambo and Stromweil, together with Ben and I, 24:55.740 --> 24:57.740 drove to the Eagle Towers' apartments. 24:57.740 --> 24:59.740 It was 4.35 p.m. 25:01.740 --> 25:03.740 Stromweil and I will go up the back way. 25:03.740 --> 25:05.740 We'll notify the men on stakeout to keep a sharp eye all around. 25:05.740 --> 25:06.740 Right. 25:06.740 --> 25:07.740 Let's go. 25:18.740 --> 25:20.740 Apartment 410 is the top floor. 25:20.740 --> 25:22.740 Yeah, let's take the elevator. 25:27.740 --> 25:28.740 Push 4. 25:28.740 --> 25:29.740 Right. 25:33.740 --> 25:35.740 Just thinking. 25:35.740 --> 25:36.740 Yep. 25:36.740 --> 25:38.740 That Thompson girl, long on nerve. 25:42.740 --> 25:43.740 It's this way. 25:47.740 --> 25:48.740 Here it is. Cover me. 25:48.740 --> 25:50.740 Yeah. 25:55.740 --> 25:56.740 Police officers. 25:57.740 --> 25:58.740 You all right? 25:58.740 --> 25:59.740 Hit the door. Come on. 26:03.740 --> 26:04.740 One is open. It's a fire escape. 26:04.740 --> 26:05.740 Come on. 26:10.740 --> 26:12.740 There they go. Over by the ventilator. Watch it. 26:15.740 --> 26:17.740 Stromweil and Rambo coming out the door under the roof. 26:17.740 --> 26:18.740 Rambo, watch it. They're up here. 26:19.740 --> 26:20.740 There goes one of them. Come on. 26:23.740 --> 26:24.740 All right. Hold it right there. 26:24.740 --> 26:25.740 I give up. 26:25.740 --> 26:27.740 There goes the other one. He's making for that cable house. 26:27.740 --> 26:28.740 Stay with this one. I'll get him. 26:32.740 --> 26:33.740 All right, Shaker. Let's put the gun away. 26:34.740 --> 26:36.740 You make a break under the roof, they'll cut you down. 26:37.740 --> 26:38.740 Hold it, Shaker. 26:44.740 --> 26:45.740 You all right, Joe? 26:45.740 --> 26:46.740 Yeah. 26:46.740 --> 26:47.740 Did you shoot him? 26:47.740 --> 26:48.740 No. I was trying to make it to the roof. 26:48.740 --> 26:50.740 He grabbed that hot terminal over there and knocked him cold. 26:50.740 --> 26:51.740 Oh, yeah. 26:52.740 --> 26:53.740 Move your foot, will you? 26:53.740 --> 26:54.740 Yeah. 26:55.740 --> 26:56.740 What's that? 26:56.740 --> 26:57.740 White Panama hat. 27:05.740 --> 27:07.740 The story you have just heard was true. 27:08.740 --> 27:11.740 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:11.740 --> 27:17.740 On November 19th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 89, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:18.740 --> 27:19.740 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:20.740 --> 27:24.740 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to Fatima. 27:25.740 --> 27:26.740 Here is the actual report. 27:27.740 --> 27:31.740 From coast to coast, king-size Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 27:32.740 --> 27:38.740 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 27:38.740 --> 27:44.740 Long cigarette smokers find Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 27:45.740 --> 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. 27:57.740 --> 27:59.740 So enjoy extra mild Fatima. 28:00.740 --> 28:02.740 Best of all long cigarettes. 28:02.740 --> 28:07.740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:08.740 --> 28:11.740 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:21.740 --> 28:26.740 Adolf Budshaker and his brother Carl Shaker were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 28:27.740 --> 28:30.740 On recommendation of the jury, they received life sentences. 28:30.740 --> 28:33.740 They are now serving their terms in the state penitentiary. 28:38.740 --> 28:42.740 You have just heard Dragnet, authentic cases from official police files. 28:43.740 --> 28:49.740 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.A. 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