1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,880 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,680 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,720 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:31,360 Most of all long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,200 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,720 You're assigned to robbery detail. 7 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:40,200 Vicious gunmen have committed assaults, robberies, attempted murders. 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,560 They're victims. 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,200 Army officers stationed in your city. 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:45,760 Your job. 11 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,840 You're a detective sergeant. 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,560 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,960 Smoke king size Fatima. 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:03,520 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,160 blended to make Fatima extra mild. 16 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:12,480 And that's why Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 17 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,280 long cigarette. 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,080 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 19 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,800 So enjoy Fatima. 20 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,800 The best of all long cigarettes. 21 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,840 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 22 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,680 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:41,560 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 24 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:46,120 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 25 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,520 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,840 files. 27 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:57,480 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 28 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,240 in action. 29 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,240 It was Wednesday, February 3rd. 30 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,120 It was cold in Los Angeles. 31 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,320 We were working a night watch out of robbery detail. 32 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:07,920 My partner is Ben Romero. 33 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,960 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 34 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:10,960 My name is Friday. 35 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,720 It was 1 45 a.m. when we got to Highland Park Division. 36 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:16,720 Booking desk. 37 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:17,720 Hi, Shepard. 38 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:18,720 Oh, hi, Friday, Ben. 39 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:19,720 Hi. 40 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:20,720 Brings you out here. 41 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:21,720 We've got one to book, Shep. 42 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:22,720 You want to do the honor? 43 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:23,720 Okay. 44 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:24,720 Just a minute. 45 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,720 I'm going to sharpen this pencil. 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:26,720 Right. 47 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:27,720 All right, Jackson. 48 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:28,720 Take it easy. 49 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:29,720 Yeah. 50 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:30,720 Relax, huh? 51 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:31,720 Jerks. 52 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:41,720 Okay. 53 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:48,680 Yeah, let me get a new form in the machine. 54 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,080 All right. 55 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,080 What's your name? 56 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Roy Jackson. 57 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,080 What's your address? 58 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,480 414 Alabama Street. 59 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:58,880 Age? 60 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,880 23. 61 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,520 Location of arrest? 62 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,040 1730 West Hill. 63 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,040 The old Ranger Tavern. 64 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,920 Ranger Tavern. 65 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:07,920 Time of arrest? 66 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:08,920 11 25 p.m. 67 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:09,920 Charge? 68 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:10,920 Suspicion 211 P.C. 69 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:11,920 Come on, come on. 70 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:12,920 Let's get this over with. 71 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:13,920 You got lots of time. 72 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:14,920 Let's check your property. 73 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:15,920 All right, Jackson. 74 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:16,920 Everything out of your pockets. 75 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:17,920 Put them on the desk. 76 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:18,920 What about my kids? 77 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:19,920 You won't need them for a while. 78 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:20,920 Put them in the locker. 79 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:21,920 I'll get them. 80 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:22,920 I'll get them. 81 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:23,920 I'll get them. 82 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:24,920 I'll get them. 83 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:25,920 I'll get them. 84 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:26,920 I'll get them. 85 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:27,920 I'll get them. 86 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:28,920 I'll get them. 87 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:29,920 I'll get them. 88 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:30,920 I'll get them. 89 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,920 I'll get them. 90 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 I'll get them. 91 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,920 I'll get them. 92 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:34,920 I'll get them. 93 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,920 I'll get them. 94 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,920 If you need anything a little bit more, 95 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:37,920 I'll just get them for a while. 96 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,420 Put them on the desk. 97 00:03:39,420 --> 00:03:40,420 There. 98 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:41,760 Oh, you forgot your watch. 99 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:42,760 Take it off. 100 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,760 All right. 101 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:44,760 And that ring, too. 102 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:45,760 Yeah. 103 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,760 Is that everything? 104 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:47,760 Oh, shake them down. 105 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:48,760 Yeah, that's everything. 106 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:49,760 Okay. 107 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:50,760 Let me list it here. 108 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:51,760 One brown mans wallet, contents. 109 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:52,760 I'll call them off with you, huh? 110 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:53,760 Okay. 111 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,120 One brown man's wallet, contents. 112 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,320 I'll call them off to you, huh? 113 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,560 Okay. 114 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,320 One black pocket comb. 115 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,120 Black pocket comb. 116 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:03,960 Got that. 117 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,700 One key chain and ring with two, five keys. 118 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:08,660 Good luck charm on there. 119 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:10,160 Five keys. 120 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:11,600 Good luck charm, yeah. 121 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,800 Let's see, there's 10, 11. 122 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,340 $11.63 in cash. 123 00:04:18,340 --> 00:04:19,180 11.63. 124 00:04:19,180 --> 00:04:24,180 One man's wrist watch, a Walton. 125 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:26,520 One man's ring, you got that? 126 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,360 Yeah. 127 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,160 Yellow metal, a ring. 128 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,000 Ring. 129 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,100 And a white stone. 130 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:33,460 It's a diamond ring, that's gold. 131 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:35,200 One man's fountain pen. 132 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,400 Fountain pen. 133 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:37,240 That's it. 134 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:38,060 Yeah, okay. 135 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,200 Just put all the stuff in the envelope. 136 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:48,620 Okay. 137 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:50,720 Get me a booking number, will you, Jimmy? 138 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,980 Here's a receipt for your stuff, Jackson. 139 00:04:55,980 --> 00:04:56,820 Itemized? 140 00:04:56,820 --> 00:04:57,660 Yeah. 141 00:04:57,660 --> 00:04:58,660 Here's your coffee, fella. 142 00:04:58,660 --> 00:04:59,500 Thank you, champ. 143 00:05:00,460 --> 00:05:01,460 Murdoch. 144 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:02,300 Yes, Sergeant? 145 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:04,020 Got one for you. 146 00:05:04,020 --> 00:05:04,860 You got a slip on? 147 00:05:04,860 --> 00:05:05,700 Yeah, here. 148 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:06,860 Thanks. 149 00:05:06,860 --> 00:05:07,700 Let's go. 150 00:05:08,540 --> 00:05:11,240 Wait a minute, you got nothing else to say, huh, Jackson? 151 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,640 Been yapping at me for two hours. 152 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,200 I told you all I'm gonna tell you. 153 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,500 Six robberies, six assaults, three attempted murders. 154 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:18,880 It's a tough rap to stand alone. 155 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:19,720 What about your pals? 156 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,840 You got my story. 157 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:22,840 Okay, take them. 158 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:23,680 Come on. 159 00:05:25,820 --> 00:05:26,660 Stubborn. 160 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:27,760 Yeah. 161 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,120 We better get the arrest on the teletap. 162 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:29,960 All right. 163 00:05:33,460 --> 00:05:34,460 What? 164 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:36,220 2 a.m., it's a long day. 165 00:05:36,220 --> 00:05:37,960 Oh, it's Thad Brown coming in the door. 166 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:38,800 Yeah. 167 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:39,640 Hi, Chief. 168 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,800 Hi. 169 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,140 What are you doing out here this time of the morning? 170 00:05:42,140 --> 00:05:43,800 On my way home, thought I'd drop by 171 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,500 and call the office if I got something. 172 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:47,540 How about Jackson? 173 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:48,380 Do any good? 174 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:49,500 Not much, he's got a story. 175 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:50,500 He's taking to it. 176 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:51,340 Where'd you pick him up? 177 00:05:51,340 --> 00:05:52,380 Bar on Hill Street. 178 00:05:52,380 --> 00:05:54,340 We booked him here, it's out of the way. 179 00:05:54,340 --> 00:05:55,540 Jackson fingering it again? 180 00:05:55,540 --> 00:05:57,040 No, questioned him two hours. 181 00:05:58,380 --> 00:05:59,580 You think he got a smoke? 182 00:05:59,580 --> 00:06:00,420 No. 183 00:06:00,420 --> 00:06:01,580 Yeah, here you go. 184 00:06:02,620 --> 00:06:05,620 Well, let's go in his office for a moment. 185 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:06,760 It's a good idea. 186 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:07,920 My feet are killing me. 187 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:10,960 Pretty hard to figure this thing. 188 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,300 Yeah. 189 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:13,140 You want a light? 190 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:13,960 Yeah. 191 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:14,800 Thanks. 192 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,800 Gang of cheap hoods, armed with the teeth, 193 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,600 slugging, shooting their way around town, 194 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,800 coming from all directions. 195 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,600 We got it fairly well narrowed down 196 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,640 and nine out of the 10 jobs they pulled, 197 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,340 they operated either in San Pedro, 198 00:06:26,340 --> 00:06:28,280 the central area, or Hollenbeck. 199 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,680 Still haven't any idea where they pick 200 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,440 army officers for their victims. 201 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:32,980 Jackson wouldn't tell us why. 202 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:35,520 You know what I'm always told the same? 203 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:36,360 Haven't switched? 204 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:37,280 Not a bit. 205 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:39,760 The hold up men still dress as army enlisted men. 206 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,720 They steal a car, offer rights to officers, 207 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,920 slug them, rob them, and shoot them. 208 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,360 Same thing, 10 times over. 209 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,500 Has the army checked their personnel out at the fort? 210 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:49,660 We're keeping tabs on them as close as possible. 211 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:52,360 I don't think it's the work of any bonafide enlisted men. 212 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,140 We'll haul out Jackson and talk to him again in the morning. 213 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:56,640 Maybe he'll be ready to tell us something by then. 214 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:57,480 Stay after him. 215 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:58,680 If you need any more men from Metropolitan 216 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,040 to help out on this thing, let me know. 217 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,480 Okay, Skipper. 218 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,940 Better make that call on their home late. 219 00:07:03,940 --> 00:07:11,960 Yeah. 220 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,360 Two 11 and shooting, code three. 221 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,960 Attention, all units, code three. 222 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,400 What was it, code three, chef? 223 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,660 31st and Stafford, two 11 and shooting. 224 00:07:20,660 --> 00:07:23,400 Chief Brown, Ben, and I got to the scene at 2 20 a.m. 225 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,800 An ambulance was already there along with two cruiser cars 226 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,800 and a half a dozen curious onlookers. 227 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,140 Lying face down, we were all in the same place. 228 00:07:30,140 --> 00:07:31,440 We were all in the same place. 229 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,180 And in the car, we saw a man with a half a dozen curious 230 00:07:34,180 --> 00:07:36,580 onlookers, lying face down on the dirt road 231 00:07:36,580 --> 00:07:38,220 about 15 feet off Stanford Avenue, 232 00:07:38,220 --> 00:07:40,820 was a man dressed in an Army officer's uniform. 233 00:07:40,820 --> 00:07:43,020 He wore first lieutenant bars. 234 00:07:43,020 --> 00:07:45,120 His blouse had been half ripped off. 235 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,180 The side of his face was bruised and swollen. 236 00:07:47,180 --> 00:07:49,760 The back of his head showed the results of a vicious beating. 237 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,000 There were two bullet wounds in his left shoulder. 238 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,960 A few feet away, sprawled out on his back, was a major. 239 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,500 He'd been brutally beaten, but he was still conscious. 240 00:07:57,500 --> 00:07:59,500 While the ambulance attendants gave first aid, 241 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:00,640 we questioned him briefly. 242 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,340 from the interurban railway tracks. 243 00:08:03,340 --> 00:08:05,600 You feel up to telling us how it happened? 244 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,840 Hit me on the off with a gun. 245 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,340 Can't talk too well. 246 00:08:09,340 --> 00:08:12,140 No, don't try to get at me. 247 00:08:12,140 --> 00:08:13,840 How's Lieutenant Kelly? He was with me. 248 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,740 They were okay. They're getting him in the ambulance. 249 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:19,340 They were hitchhiking downtown, Kelly and me. 250 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:21,140 Two men in a gray sedan. 251 00:08:21,140 --> 00:08:23,840 Kicked us up. Said they were going back to the fort. 252 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:25,640 And all of them in dress, do you remember? 253 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,140 Too much noise. What do you say? 254 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:31,140 Just a minute. 255 00:08:31,140 --> 00:08:32,640 What was that? 256 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,140 The Peaky train going by. 257 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:35,840 Now can you tell us about it? 258 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,240 Enlisted men. 259 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,940 One is a tech sergeant. 260 00:08:38,940 --> 00:08:40,840 You know, a private. 261 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,640 He said they'd drive us back to the fort. 262 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,540 In a gray sedan, Pontiac. 263 00:08:44,540 --> 00:08:45,540 Excuse me, Sergeant. 264 00:08:45,540 --> 00:08:46,440 Oh, sure. 265 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,840 I'll have to take care of those space bombs. 266 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,040 You can go ahead. 267 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:51,940 Okay. 268 00:08:51,940 --> 00:08:54,140 Do you see the license number on their car? 269 00:08:54,140 --> 00:08:55,240 Too dark, no. 270 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:56,740 Gray sedan. 271 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:59,240 Pulled a gun to stop the car here. 272 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:00,440 Took our money, everything. 273 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,840 I'm so stingy with them. 274 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:03,940 Yeah, it's good. 275 00:09:03,940 --> 00:09:06,940 You think you'd recognize the men if you saw them again? 276 00:09:06,940 --> 00:09:08,440 One was tall. 277 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,240 Six two, I guess. Think I know. 278 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,640 They shot Kelly. He tried to run. They shot him. 279 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:15,340 How is he? 280 00:09:15,340 --> 00:09:16,440 He's okay. 281 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,040 Is there anything else you can tell us about the men? 282 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,040 Ambulance is ready. 283 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,740 I'll take him. We can talk to him later. 284 00:09:20,740 --> 00:09:21,540 All right, Rob. 285 00:09:21,540 --> 00:09:27,440 Yeah. 286 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,340 All right, easy. 287 00:09:31,340 --> 00:09:35,540 Okay, let's go. 288 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:37,140 It's not getting any better. 289 00:09:37,140 --> 00:09:38,840 They sure like to cut them up, don't they? 290 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,440 Pretty good set of footprints over there. 291 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,440 Tire impressions. 292 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:42,440 Better call the crime lab. 293 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:43,540 Yeah. 294 00:09:43,540 --> 00:09:45,440 Two men in a gray sedan. 295 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,340 How does that match up? 296 00:09:46,340 --> 00:09:48,040 CMO, Army officers. 297 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,440 So one of the gunmen was tall. 298 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:50,540 Mean anything to you? 299 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:52,740 Most of the other victims gave us that description. 300 00:09:52,740 --> 00:09:55,040 Either the same tall guy works most of the jobs, 301 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,440 or he's got a twin brother. 302 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,440 Stat's office make a run on the description for you? 303 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,140 Four different times. Nothing yet. 304 00:10:00,140 --> 00:10:02,040 I better get this new information on the air out of the way. 305 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:02,940 Yeah. 306 00:10:02,940 --> 00:10:05,040 We steal a different car for every job, 307 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,640 and the morning after we find the car, 308 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,640 usually clean, no prints. 309 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,940 This thing doesn't add up in my book. 310 00:10:11,940 --> 00:10:17,640 Army officers aren't loaded with... 311 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,440 I said Army officers aren't loaded with dough. 312 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,840 These punks are after something else besides money. 313 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:22,740 What do you mean? 314 00:10:22,740 --> 00:10:24,340 For every dollar they steal, they break a bone. 315 00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:25,940 How does that shape up to you? 316 00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:27,140 You think they like to draw blood? 317 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:28,040 I think so. 318 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,140 I think they're pointing for murder. 319 00:10:29,140 --> 00:10:30,240 What's the motive, Chief? 320 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,640 Forget the motives. 321 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:32,840 I don't care what their reason is. 322 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,140 Somebody's robbing and shooting. 323 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:35,740 It's our job to stop them. 324 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:36,840 What's the trouble with motives? 325 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:37,540 How you mean? 326 00:10:37,540 --> 00:10:39,440 They always show up after the murder. 327 00:10:42,540 --> 00:10:44,240 2.40 a.m. 328 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,040 Crime lab crew arrived and went to work 329 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,340 searching the area for evidence 330 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:50,140 and taking casts of the footprints and tire impressions. 331 00:10:50,140 --> 00:10:51,540 The chief of detectives, Ben and I, 332 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:53,340 drove back to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 333 00:10:53,340 --> 00:10:54,940 in time to watch the doctor remove 334 00:10:54,940 --> 00:10:58,940 two 38 caliber slugs from the shoulder of one of the victims. 335 00:10:58,940 --> 00:11:01,740 From his ID bracelet, he was identified as Harold Kelly, 336 00:11:01,740 --> 00:11:04,040 1st Lieutenant Signal Corps, U.S. Army. 337 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,040 The other victim was Major Richard Farmer, Signal Corps. 338 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,440 I initialed the slugs for evidence 339 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,540 and then we drove back to the crime lab and dropped him off. 340 00:11:12,540 --> 00:11:14,440 The next morning, before they were transferred 341 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,940 to a military hospital for further treatment, 342 00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:19,240 we talked with Lieutenant Kelly and Major Farmer 343 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,740 and filled out a robbery report 344 00:11:20,740 --> 00:11:22,840 and one for a crime against person. 345 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,140 Five minutes past ten, we checked back into robbery detail. 346 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:28,340 I better see if we can get us to Noggle for any years. 347 00:11:28,340 --> 00:11:30,240 A lot of paperwork to get you up on. 348 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,940 Yeah, I'm gonna have to learn short. 349 00:11:31,940 --> 00:11:32,940 Mario, Joe. 350 00:11:32,940 --> 00:11:33,740 Yeah, yeah? 351 00:11:33,740 --> 00:11:34,640 Come in a minute, will you? 352 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,640 Right. 353 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,940 They picked up the gray sedan using that job last night. 354 00:11:38,940 --> 00:11:39,740 Where? 355 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:41,840 Out on Laguna, about a block from Echo Park. 356 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:42,840 They find any? 357 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:43,340 Nothing. 358 00:11:43,340 --> 00:11:45,840 The boys from Layton Fingerprints called just before you came in. 359 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,640 They dusted the car inside out. No luck. 360 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,640 That Roy Jackson we picked up last night, 361 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,840 has homicide got the stakeout on his apartment? 362 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,740 Yeah, Fremont and T-Trick. Nothing yet. 363 00:11:54,740 --> 00:11:56,440 What'd you find out at the hospital this morning? 364 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,740 Well, we talked to Lieutenant Kelly and that Major Farmer again. 365 00:11:59,740 --> 00:12:00,940 They're still in bad shape. 366 00:12:00,940 --> 00:12:01,840 You have anything to add? 367 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:02,540 No. 368 00:12:02,540 --> 00:12:05,140 We got their crime reports and a list of the property taken. 369 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:08,140 Gave it to pawn shop detail to put on the stolen property list. 370 00:12:08,140 --> 00:12:10,440 What are the holed up men doing with all the stuff they grab? 371 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,740 Watches, cigarette cases, men's jewelry. 372 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:14,440 It's all on the stolen property list. 373 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,740 Pawn shops have been alerted. 374 00:12:15,740 --> 00:12:18,340 It's not showing up. Robbery walker. 375 00:12:18,340 --> 00:12:19,840 Yeah, just a minute. You, Joe. 376 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,240 Thank you. 377 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,040 Friday. 378 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,540 Yeah, Lee. 379 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:27,540 Hmm? 380 00:12:27,540 --> 00:12:28,340 Yeah. 381 00:12:28,340 --> 00:12:29,440 We'll meet it. 382 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,240 Bye. 383 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:32,140 Lee Jones. 384 00:12:32,140 --> 00:12:35,040 He just ran a make on the two slugs they took out of the Lieutenant's shoulder. 385 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:35,840 Yeah. 386 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,340 They came from the same gun that wounded four of the other victims. 387 00:12:38,340 --> 00:12:39,140 Figures. 388 00:12:39,140 --> 00:12:41,440 How about the footprint cast they took out there last night? 389 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:42,540 No, it didn't work out. 390 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:46,140 Lee said he tried matching them up with that set of prints we came across on that job Sunday. 391 00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:47,840 There's no match. 392 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:48,640 Oh, all right, G. 393 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:49,840 Dad, sit down. 394 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,140 Thanks. 395 00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:52,140 Fell a man yet, Walker? 396 00:12:52,140 --> 00:12:54,140 Not yet. Just getting over last night's case. 397 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:54,940 What do you got? 398 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:59,640 Walker and I were talking over this morning before you two checked in about these hitchhike bandit jobs. 399 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:00,440 Yeah. 400 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,340 Tried everything short of a blockade to grab the holed up men. 401 00:13:03,340 --> 00:13:04,440 Obvious it's not working. 402 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:05,540 How about the Army brass? 403 00:13:05,540 --> 00:13:07,940 They're doing all they can already. It's up to us. 404 00:13:07,940 --> 00:13:10,040 We're gonna need more men and better coverage. 405 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,140 What are you figuring on? 406 00:13:11,140 --> 00:13:15,540 System decoys planted around the city and every area of these hitchhike bandits have been operating in. 407 00:13:15,540 --> 00:13:17,140 Gonna take a lot of men, innit? 408 00:13:17,140 --> 00:13:18,540 Be worth it if it pays off. 409 00:13:18,540 --> 00:13:20,440 About 50 or 60 men should do it. 410 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,540 They'll be dressed as second lieutenants all the way up to colonels. They'll travel in pairs. 411 00:13:24,540 --> 00:13:25,840 They gonna bunk out at the fort? 412 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:26,840 If we can arrange it, yeah. 413 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,040 They'll be instructed to hitchhike their way around town. 414 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,640 Bulk of them will operate between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. 415 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,140 What kind of support they gonna have? 416 00:13:33,140 --> 00:13:34,840 New men and robbery and homicide. 417 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,640 I'll have a special detailed car's metropolitan unit to help cover the unprotected spots. 418 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:39,440 When is it stuck? 419 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,040 Tonight. No use waiting. 420 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,840 You fellas might as well pass the word down the line. No time off till the gang's locked up. 421 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:45,340 Okay. 422 00:13:45,340 --> 00:13:47,140 We gotta get those punks and get them fast. 423 00:13:47,140 --> 00:13:50,540 We got the men and the machinery so there's no reason for not stopping them. No excuses. 424 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:51,140 Understood? 425 00:13:51,140 --> 00:13:51,740 Yes, sir. 426 00:13:52,340 --> 00:13:53,040 Excuse me. 427 00:13:54,540 --> 00:13:55,540 Robbery Walker. 428 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:57,140 Oh, hello, dear. 429 00:13:57,940 --> 00:13:59,540 Yeah, I know, but I can't make it. 430 00:13:59,540 --> 00:14:00,640 Let's go, Joe. 431 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:01,440 A little happy. 432 00:14:07,340 --> 00:14:07,840 Here. 433 00:14:08,340 --> 00:14:09,140 What's that? 434 00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:09,840 A nickel. 435 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,140 Call yours. 436 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,640 8 p.m. Thursday. 437 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,140 With the permission of the commanding general's 6th Army, 438 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:25,240 a total of 55 men dressed as Army officers spread out over the city to serve as decoys for the hitchhiked bandits. 439 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,840 They were well armed and they traveled in pairs. 440 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:33,540 For the first night, it was the plan to concentrate in the central area, Hollenbeck and San Pedro. 441 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:38,140 We started cruising the central area at 8 o'clock along with the rest of the detail. 442 00:14:38,140 --> 00:14:42,240 The time went slow. Midnight came. Still no sign. 443 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,940 We waited out the rest of the night and the early morning. Nothing happened. 444 00:14:45,940 --> 00:14:50,740 We figured on some action on the weekend. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Nothing happened. 445 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:54,840 It seemed like the holdup men somehow had sensed the decoys and were staying undercover. 446 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,640 Monday night, February the 8th, same thing all over again. 447 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,240 3 a.m. came and went. No sign. 448 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,740 I'm kind of hungry. You want a hot dog? We can eat them in the car. 449 00:15:03,740 --> 00:15:07,240 No, you go ahead. Maybe a bag of potato chips. You want to see if I got them? 450 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,540 Okay. I'll be right back. 451 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,040 Yes, or one hot dog? One. 452 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,840 And give me a bag of those potato chips here, too, would you please? 453 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,240 Okay. You want everything on that hot dog? Everything but relish. 454 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,540 Bless your mouth. You don't like relish? No. 455 00:15:24,540 --> 00:15:26,640 Okay. Yo, come on. 456 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,540 You can skip that hot dog, Mac. 457 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,040 What is it? Just came in. Catch the repeat. 458 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,440 Attention all units. Attention all units. 459 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,840 The vicinity of Washington, Figueroa. A shooting of a key ambulance suspension. 460 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,040 Okay. Hit the siren. Let's move. 461 00:15:49,540 --> 00:15:53,940 When we got to the scene, neither of the two victims were identified as police decoys. 462 00:15:53,940 --> 00:15:57,540 One of them had already been placed in the ambulance. Ben went over to talk to him. 463 00:15:57,540 --> 00:16:01,740 The second victim was still lying in the street, his chest riddled with bullet wounds. 464 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:05,040 Two figures bent over him. An ambulance attendant and a priest. 465 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,940 In that heavenly Jerusalem, where God shall wipe away the tears from your eyes. 466 00:16:08,940 --> 00:16:12,940 Where there shall be no more sorrow, no more sickness, no more death. 467 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:18,740 Where you will live forever in possession of that happiness which the eye hath not seen nor the ear hath heard. 468 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:23,540 Neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things God hath prepared for them that love him. 469 00:16:23,540 --> 00:16:25,940 Same as that after all. H.I. game. Yeah. 470 00:16:25,940 --> 00:16:28,040 One of the victims can't help us much. How about this, Mac? 471 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,340 Wait a minute. 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This is Sergeant Fry. I'm Sergeant Romero. 505 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,140 Oh, yes. I saw you the other day at the inquest. 506 00:19:03,140 --> 00:19:06,840 Yes, sir. We hate to bother you again, but we'd like to ask you a few questions. 507 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,240 Yes. All right. Will you step in? 508 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,540 Thank you. 509 00:19:11,540 --> 00:19:13,240 This way. 510 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:20,540 It was a small man, well built, with thick snow, white hair combed straight back and a neat white moustache well trimmed. 511 00:19:20,540 --> 00:19:26,140 He walked deliberately with his shoulders thrown back as he showed us into a large living room richly furnished. 512 00:19:26,140 --> 00:19:30,040 A picture of the Battle of Bellow Woods hung over the large fireplace. 513 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,340 The rest of the pictures in the room were of famous Marine Corps officers. 514 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,540 Now, gentlemen, how can I help you? 515 00:19:36,540 --> 00:19:40,440 It's about your son, Robert. We didn't want to bother you at the inquest. 516 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:45,240 Yes. I guess I don't have to tell you, Bob's death was a blow. 517 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:46,040 Yes, sir. 518 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:52,440 He's been staying here with me from time to time since my wife died last year. 519 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:57,040 How's this big, neat people? Just myself, the wife, going? 520 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,740 Yes, sir. It will only take a minute. 521 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:04,140 You see, everything had been taken from your son, and we'd like to find out if you know what personal property he was carrying at the time he was... 522 00:20:04,140 --> 00:20:11,740 Well, I don't know. I guess he had the usual things, a few dollars, his wallet, St. Christopher medal, silver, his watch. 523 00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:13,840 Was the St. Christopher medal valuable? 524 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,340 Oh, not too much. No, not monetarily. 525 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:17,140 And that watch? 526 00:20:17,140 --> 00:20:20,240 Well, yes, that was worth something, a pocket watch. 527 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,240 I gave it to Robert when he was commissioned at Quantico. 528 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:29,540 That's his graduation picture on the medal. 529 00:20:29,540 --> 00:20:31,940 Here. This is Robert. 530 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:33,840 Yes, sir. 531 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,240 Fine boy sight. Robert was a good Marine. 532 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,640 You think you could describe the watch for us? 533 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:46,340 Gold pocket watch. Caught quite a bit when I bought it for him. There's some engraving on the inside of the cover. 534 00:20:46,340 --> 00:20:47,140 What is it? 535 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:50,840 Says, from an old Marine to a young one, signed there. 536 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,140 Anything else about it, sir? 537 00:20:52,140 --> 00:21:01,440 Very fine jewel, a friend of mine made the watch. It has small chimes inside. When you push the lever on the side, it chimes the hour or nearest quarter hour. Very clever. 538 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,940 Yes, sir, I think. And as far as you know, then, those are all the valuables he had with him. 539 00:21:05,940 --> 00:21:06,840 Yes. 540 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,840 All right, Colonel Lawrence. Thanks very much. 541 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,140 You don't have to rush off. Can I fix you a couple of cars? You stay a while, won't you? 542 00:21:12,140 --> 00:21:14,340 I'm sorry, Colonel. We have to get back to the office. 543 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:18,340 Oh. Well, let me show you to the door. 544 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:22,340 I hope I've been of some help to you. I'm not feeling too well. 545 00:21:22,340 --> 00:21:24,140 You've helped a lot, sir. Thank you. 546 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:31,840 Thank you. Goodbye. 547 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,840 Nice home, dear. Beautiful furniture. Everything a man could want. 548 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,340 Except the sun. 549 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:45,340 For the next six days, we got nowhere. Both robbery and homicide details stayed at work on the case. 550 00:21:45,340 --> 00:21:50,940 The citywide decoy plan continued along with the extra night patrol of cruiser cars from the Metropolitan Division. 551 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:54,740 Dozens of leads were received and tracked down. None of them paid off. 552 00:21:54,740 --> 00:22:01,240 We stayed on it, but despite all our work, in one week, the hitchhike bandits were credited with 16 car thefts, 553 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,940 eight actual holdups, and three more assaults with intent to commit murder. 554 00:22:04,940 --> 00:22:08,340 February 18th, 2 p.m. Ben and I were called to Captain Walker's office. 555 00:22:08,340 --> 00:22:09,540 Close the door, will you, Ben? 556 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:11,340 Oh, yeah. 557 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:12,340 What is it, Ed? 558 00:22:12,340 --> 00:22:14,140 Both of you know Burdick here, theft detail? 559 00:22:14,140 --> 00:22:15,640 Oh, sure. Hi. 560 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,440 You want to tell them what you just told me, Burdick? 561 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:23,940 Yeah, just telling the captain. I was on night watch last night with Resnick, and we picked up this guy for grand theft auto. 562 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:26,140 Got him out in the bowling alley on Vermont. 563 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:30,740 Well, Resnick and I didn't think too much about it. We took him into Central and had him booked. 564 00:22:30,740 --> 00:22:35,040 Gave his name as Clyde Black. As I say, I didn't think too much about it. 565 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,140 But on the way into work, I got to thinking. 566 00:22:37,140 --> 00:22:41,240 This fella comes pretty close to the description of one of your hitchhike bandits. 567 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,940 Yeah, he's pretty tall. 6'2", dark hair, dark eyes. Pretty tough. 568 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:45,840 He still in jail? 569 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:46,340 Still there. 570 00:22:46,340 --> 00:22:47,940 Anybody else talk to him besides you? 571 00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:49,540 Resnick and me, that's all. 572 00:22:49,540 --> 00:22:51,940 Here's the mugshot we got on him last night. Take a look. 573 00:22:51,940 --> 00:22:53,140 Let me see. 574 00:22:53,140 --> 00:22:55,640 Mm-hmm. It seems pretty close. 575 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,840 You got a home address on him? 576 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,840 Yeah, a place out on South Flower. Here's the number. 577 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:00,740 Thanks. 578 00:23:00,740 --> 00:23:03,640 Oh, yeah, there was something else. It struck me kind of funny. 579 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:04,940 What's that? 580 00:23:04,940 --> 00:23:06,440 When we booked the guy in last night... 581 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:07,240 Yeah? 582 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,340 ...in his back pocket, he had a St. Christopher medal. 583 00:23:10,340 --> 00:23:16,740 Ben, Ed, Burdick, and I drove out to the address on South Flower Street, 584 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:19,440 which the prisoner Clyde Black had listed as his home address. 585 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,740 It was a rooming house, and the landlord remembered Black, 586 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:23,640 but he hadn't lived there for two months. 587 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,140 He gave us Black's forwarding address, an apartment on MacArthur Drive. 588 00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:30,940 There, the manager told us he hadn't lived in the building for at least a month. 589 00:23:30,940 --> 00:23:32,940 He had moved and left no forwarding address. 590 00:23:32,940 --> 00:23:36,240 We put tracers through on him with DMV, our business office, 591 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,840 and with local merchants in the neighborhoods where he had lived. 592 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,740 By 6.30 p.m., we had an answer. 593 00:23:40,740 --> 00:23:43,640 An apartment on Pico Boulevard just east of Alvarado. 594 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,840 At 7 o'clock, we were on our way up in the elevator to the third floor of the apartment house. 595 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,340 It's number 307. It must be down this way. 596 00:23:55,340 --> 00:23:57,040 Come on. 597 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,440 Pretty run-down place. 598 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:00,040 Musty. 599 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,240 Yeah. 600 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,540 This is it. 307. 601 00:24:04,540 --> 00:24:05,640 Somebody's in there. 602 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,540 The apartments have back doors, Joe. You want me to cover it? 603 00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:08,340 Yeah, you better hustle. 604 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:10,440 Right. Okay. 605 00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:16,240 Stop talking. 606 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,040 Yeah, what is it? 607 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,140 Mailman. Registered letter. 608 00:24:21,140 --> 00:24:22,640 Okay. 609 00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:25,140 Give me. 610 00:24:25,140 --> 00:24:25,740 Police officer. 611 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:26,540 Move, you guys! 612 00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:28,240 What's up, Joe? 613 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,440 They're going out the back, Ben. Watch it. 614 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:37,240 The verdict's got him stopped out back. 615 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,440 All right, you now cut it. 616 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,440 Let me go, I said. Let me go! 617 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:43,940 That's one of them. 618 00:24:43,940 --> 00:24:45,640 One more, Joe, here. There were three. 619 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,140 All right, let's go inside. Come on. Come on. 620 00:24:48,140 --> 00:24:49,240 Yeah. 621 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:50,940 That's all of them. Watch them, will you, Bertie? 622 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:52,140 Yeah. 623 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:53,240 All right, let's look around, huh? 624 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,540 Yes. 625 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,240 Take a look. 626 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,840 Yeah. Enough uniforms for an army. 627 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,640 The Police Department 628 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,040 Before we left the apartment, we searched it thoroughly 629 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,840 and found dozens of personal valuables, watches, rings, and wallets. 630 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,940 There was also a.38 caliber Colt. 631 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:17,840 We took the three men downtown and booked them at Central Jail. 632 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,940 Then we dropped off the gun that we found at the crime lab for a ballistics check. 633 00:25:21,940 --> 00:25:26,040 8.35 p.m. We brought suspect Clyde Black to the interrogation room. 634 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,840 Captain Walker, Ben, and I confronted him with the evidence. 635 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,240 Here you are, Black. 636 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,940 Take a look at these. 637 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:41,640 Well, they're not mine. 638 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:42,440 We know that. 639 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:43,440 Never saw them before. 640 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,440 Watches, jewelry, wallets. They were found in your apartment, all of them. 641 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,240 They were. Take a close look. 642 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,640 Auto, Seth. That's all you got me on. 643 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:50,540 Yeah. 644 00:25:50,540 --> 00:25:51,940 I want them. 645 00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:53,440 I want this stuff in a crap game. 646 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:54,540 You must be lucky. 647 00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:57,140 Crap game. I tell you, that's how I got it, in a crap game. 648 00:25:57,140 --> 00:25:58,140 Why not do it easy, Black? 649 00:25:58,140 --> 00:26:01,040 Let's call a stenographer and get it over with. 650 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,340 How much evidence you want? 651 00:26:02,340 --> 00:26:03,640 I didn't do it. 652 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,740 I get it. 653 00:26:05,740 --> 00:26:07,140 Targation room, Friday. 654 00:26:07,140 --> 00:26:08,640 Yeah. All of them? 655 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,640 Fine. Thank you. 656 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,840 The gun, Black. They checked it. 657 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:12,540 I didn't do it. 658 00:26:12,540 --> 00:26:15,240 Your gun killed that Marine. Your prints are all over it. 659 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,040 It was one of the other guys, Max. 660 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,540 Max was him. Him and Johnny. 661 00:26:19,540 --> 00:26:20,840 You ready to dictate a statement? 662 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,840 Put them on the fire. Why me? You talk to Max. Talk to Johnny. 663 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,240 Add him, yeah, will you? 664 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,640 Yeah. 665 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,140 Thanks. 666 00:26:28,140 --> 00:26:30,840 We got this watch out of your apartment, too, Black. 667 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:31,840 Where'd you get this? 668 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:32,640 Which? 669 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,140 This one right here. The pocket watch. 670 00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:35,040 I don't know. 671 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,440 I'll tell us you won it in a crap game. 672 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,740 It's not mine. I never saw it before. 673 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:40,240 It's a beautiful watch. It's engraving on the inside cover. 674 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,240 Yeah. Look here. From an old Marine to a young one. 675 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,440 It's not mine. 676 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,240 Let me show you how it works. 677 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:59,140 Push this lever here, see, on the side. 678 00:26:59,140 --> 00:27:01,440 Well, how about it? 679 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,940 I hated them. I hated all of them. 680 00:27:03,940 --> 00:27:05,940 Everything about them. 681 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:08,640 That lieutenant, I had to kill him. He was gonna get away. 682 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:09,640 I had to kill him. I had to. 683 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,040 Why'd you pick on officers? 684 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,640 They had it coming. 685 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,240 Pushing guys around. I hated them. 686 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,940 I hated every lousy bone in their bodies. 687 00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:16,940 I'll get the stenographer. 688 00:27:16,940 --> 00:27:19,240 Yeah. Then knock off and go home. You too, then. 689 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,440 I had to kill him. I hated him. 690 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,040 I'll tell them that. I'll... 691 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,540 I'll tell them like I told you. Just like I told you. 692 00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:27,240 Yeah. 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