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That's why Fatima has more 01:14.200 --> 01:21.640 than doubled its smokers coast to coast. Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. Best of all long 01:21.640 --> 01:28.920 cigarettes. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 01:28.920 --> 01:41.600 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the 01:41.600 --> 01:46.320 Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an 01:46.320 --> 01:52.080 actual case from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 01:52.080 --> 02:01.440 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, March 7th. It was cloudy 02:01.440 --> 02:06.640 in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide. My partner's Ben Romero, the 02:06.640 --> 02:11.800 boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name is Friday. I was on the way home from the office 02:11.800 --> 02:25.040 and it was 2 25 a.m. when I got to Collis Avenue. Number 4656. Joseph? Is that you? Yeah, 02:25.040 --> 02:33.240 Ma. Did I wake you? What time is it? A little after two. Oh, you can't keep this up. You've got to have your rest. 02:33.240 --> 02:37.960 Don't worry, I'm okay. Got any cold meat in the icebox? There's some pressed ham, 02:37.960 --> 02:44.080 a few slices of bologna. Didn't you have any dinner? A couple hamburgers and a piece of pie. 02:44.080 --> 02:49.920 I got hungry again. I had some nice beef stew for dinner. There's some left in the icebox. 02:49.920 --> 02:54.160 I'll come down and warm it for you. No, no, all I want is a sandwich, Ma. You go on back to sleep. 02:54.160 --> 03:05.720 You can't live on pie and sandwiches and keep up your strength. I'm working all hours. First thing, 03:05.720 --> 03:11.480 you know you'll be getting sick. You need your food and you need your rest. Nobody cares when you're sick. 03:11.480 --> 03:16.520 You didn't have to get up, Ma. All I want is a sandwich, pie and fix it. You better have a bowlful of stew. 03:16.520 --> 03:24.680 Here, it won't take a minute to warm it up. Nice new potatoes in it. Some of those onions you like, too. 03:24.680 --> 03:33.080 Like Bermuda's. Okay, not too much now. I'll get the milk. It's half past two in the morning. 03:33.080 --> 03:39.080 What kept you so late again? Another steakhouse, the same job. Is that the murder in Highland Park? 03:39.080 --> 03:43.080 No, Ma, the badge bandit, the one that poses as a policeman. Oh, that one. 03:43.080 --> 03:49.240 You certainly ought to do something about him. Yeah, well, I'm trying to. I can't find him. 03:49.240 --> 03:54.160 There was a piece in the paper about it tonight. They say it's just terrible the way he beats up 03:54.160 --> 04:01.640 people and robs them. Yeah. Badge bandit. The way he treats women ought to be a shame. They ought to 04:01.640 --> 04:10.360 put him away. You know, you got some more rye bread. Mm-hmm. You're going to have tomorrow off, Joseph? 04:10.360 --> 04:14.520 Thanks. You know, the captain says we work straight through till we get the guy. 04:14.520 --> 04:21.000 Oh, I thought you were going to have tomorrow off. You ought to tell the captain you need your rest. 04:21.000 --> 04:26.120 You can't go on like this working all hours. You'll be coming down sick one of these days. 04:26.120 --> 04:33.160 Mm-hmm. 15 robberies, 15 assaults, all in two months. Somebody's got to stop him. 04:33.160 --> 04:38.680 You ready? Oh, yeah, I think so. Well, can't they warn the people? 04:38.680 --> 04:43.640 They wouldn't be getting robbed and beaten up if they weren't parked in those lonely places. 04:43.640 --> 04:51.160 Spooning. So silly. Yeah. I'm afraid we can't do anything about that, Ma. It's a public place. 04:51.160 --> 04:56.200 It's a public place. We got to write the park, though, huh? Yeah, I suppose. Let me have your plate. 04:56.200 --> 05:01.400 Right here. Now hold it, hold it. That's fine. Another spoonful. You can't work if you don't eat. 05:03.880 --> 05:09.080 Mm. This is good stew. Yeah, sure it is. But you're down to shop rides nice. 05:10.280 --> 05:16.760 His stewing beef's just wonderful. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Ben work late with you? Yeah, his wife saw too. He 05:16.760 --> 05:22.120 hasn't been home much since we started on this. It's a tough one. Oh, my. Time certainly have 05:22.120 --> 05:29.960 changed since I was a girl. All this robbing, beating up, crazy people. Yeah. Any mail today? 05:30.760 --> 05:36.280 No, just a couple of bills. Well, you set the alarm. I got to check back in at eight in the morning. 05:36.840 --> 05:42.760 Eight o'clock? Why so early? Badge band had got two more victims tonight. They were college kids. 05:42.760 --> 05:46.920 The doctor said he didn't think we should talk to him tonight, so we'll have to see him tomorrow morning at the hospital. 05:46.920 --> 05:53.000 And were they badly injured? Well, pretty bad. A boy took a terrible beating. The girl was attacked, same as others. 05:53.000 --> 06:01.000 Oh, my. Well, it's very good, Ma. I better get to bed. Yeah, well, your face looks so thin. You need all the rest you can get. 06:01.000 --> 06:04.520 I'll get it. Now who can that be? It's almost three in the morning. 06:07.160 --> 06:12.120 Hello. This is Lorman down homicide, Joe. Sorry to bother you. Yeah, Lorman. What is it? Kevin wants you 06:12.120 --> 06:17.400 and America to meet him in Hollywood and Laurel right away. What's the matter now? Attack and hold up in Laurel Canyon 20 minutes ago. 06:17.400 --> 06:22.840 Yeah. Got the area blocked off. Figure they got the man trapped. The victims get out and look at the guy? Same description the badge banded. 06:27.480 --> 06:31.560 I left the house, went over and picked up Ben. We drove out to the edge of the Santa Monica mountains 06:31.560 --> 06:36.120 where Hollywood Boulevard ends and Laurel Canyon begins. We headed back into the canyon to the 06:36.120 --> 06:42.360 blockaded area. Captain Steed from homicide was there waiting for us. 06:45.720 --> 06:49.960 Hi, Skipper. Hi, just a minute. Taylor, call communications again. Have them tell the men out on the 06:49.960 --> 06:53.320 ventour to start moving in. Right, Captain. Sorry to call you back. Couldn't be helped. 06:54.280 --> 06:56.200 How's it shaping up? Wait a minute. 06:56.200 --> 07:03.320 Search detail in the vicinity of Laurel Canyon. Unit 62K reports that they are at Mulholland Drive and Oakstone Avenue. 07:03.320 --> 07:08.520 Nothing further to report. Okay, what did you say, Joe? How's it shaping up? Well, here's a sketch of the area. 07:08.520 --> 07:13.800 It covers just about all the Laurel Canyon district. The badge banded got his victims near the top of this hill here. 07:14.520 --> 07:18.920 Old man in the neighborhood heard a woman scream and phoned in. How sure are we the guy didn't get away? 07:18.920 --> 07:23.960 Well, the man who called in said the banded had trouble starting his car. Finally left it and took off into the brush. 07:23.960 --> 07:28.360 He was headed west down this road here. Captain, I just had a call from communications. The crew from 07:28.360 --> 07:33.560 Leighton Prince are on their way. All right, any report from the detail up on Canyon Road? Nothing yet. I'll stand by the radio. Okay. 07:34.840 --> 07:40.280 How much area we got to cover? From the mouth of the canyon here all the way back to Ventura Boulevard. 07:40.280 --> 07:46.040 On the west here from Lookout Mountain Avenue over to Crestview Drive on the east. How much have we got to go on? 07:46.040 --> 07:50.200 Crowley talked to the victims for a minute before they took him to Georgia Street. Yeah. The guy's 07:50.200 --> 07:53.880 description is the same. Heavy set, blonde hair, chubby face, horn rimmed vassals. 07:53.880 --> 07:59.880 Uh-huh. Well, if he's on foot, there's plenty of underbrush around here to hide him. Just a minute. 07:59.880 --> 08:05.080 I want to get this call in first. Taylor, I have communications contact 72K. Tell them to hold their 08:05.080 --> 08:09.880 line stationary. Yeah. We'll have the others close in from the west to the north. Right. You two better 08:09.880 --> 08:14.840 get up on Groland Drive. Line's pretty thin up there. Use the help. Is that the area where you've 08:14.840 --> 08:19.240 been in the car? Yeah. I want you to cover all the houses in that area. Check with everybody. You can 08:19.240 --> 08:23.800 find the neighborhood. They may be able to help. If they don't answer, find out why. Okay. Now we're making 08:23.800 --> 08:28.280 the rounds in another 10 minutes. Check with you then. All right. Let's go. One more thing. Yes, sir. 08:28.280 --> 08:32.360 I'll tell you what I told the rest of the men. This guy's in a corner and he's got a gun. 08:32.360 --> 08:35.000 There's only one way out for him. Yeah. Make sure it's not you. 08:38.200 --> 08:44.120 3 45 a.m. Ben and I drove up to Groland Drive and joined the search. We started our house to house 08:44.120 --> 08:48.600 canvas of the neighborhood where the suspect had abandoned his car. None of the residents had any 08:48.600 --> 08:59.080 further information to give us. 4 a.m. We kept on checking. 23 hours. It's a long shift. Yeah. I could 08:59.080 --> 09:05.240 use some sleep. My wife of mine is boiling mad. She's even mad at the kid. Yeah? What's the trouble? 09:05.240 --> 09:11.240 Oh, aunt of hers sent down some flower bubs from Oregon yesterday. Bloody old bub. Yeah. The kid was 09:11.240 --> 09:16.440 playing with a little girl next door yesterday and they found a box of flower bubs. They put the mess 09:16.440 --> 09:21.640 of them in a pot of water and boiled them on the stove. What'd they do that for? Who knows? 09:23.240 --> 09:25.880 There's another house up ahead. We better check it. Yeah. 09:29.880 --> 09:32.120 We ought to get some street lights up here. Yeah. 09:33.400 --> 09:37.960 That's nice work. Working people up in the middle of the night. I don't like it any more than they do. 09:37.960 --> 09:39.560 Wish we could make them believe that. 09:39.560 --> 09:40.840 Yeah. 09:45.400 --> 09:51.160 Nice neighborhood up here. I wonder what the price is on these lots. Well, it shouldn't be too high. 09:51.160 --> 09:58.120 Say real estate's coming down. Yeah. What is it? Place officers. Sorry to disturb you. We'd like to 09:58.120 --> 10:06.280 talk to you a minute. Oh, all right. Let me get the door open. What's been going on in the neighborhood 10:06.280 --> 10:10.120 tonight? Some kind of trouble? Cars racing up and down the hill. What's the trouble? Have you noticed 10:10.120 --> 10:14.360 any strangers in the neighborhood last hour? No, I just got to bed 20 minutes ago. I work out a 10:14.360 --> 10:18.120 paramount. We're shooting nights. What's all the commotion anyway? We're looking for a suspect. 10:18.120 --> 10:21.640 He's supposed to be around this area. Well, I haven't seen anybody. I thought I heard somebody 10:21.640 --> 10:25.160 out of the garage a few minutes ago. Went out and looked around, but I didn't see anything. Did you 10:25.160 --> 10:29.880 check to see if your car is still in the garage? No, I left it in the driveway. No, sir. There's no car 10:29.880 --> 10:36.920 in your driveway. Sure there is. Let me show you. Hey, it's gone. Can we use your phone? Yeah. Yeah, 10:36.920 --> 10:41.400 but I saw it just a few minutes ago. The car was right there in the driveway. You think that guy 10:41.400 --> 10:45.800 took my car? Yes, sir. It's a pretty good bet. You got your license number handy there. I don't 10:45.800 --> 10:49.640 remember it. I got it on a card in my wallet. Can you give me communication? Can you give us a 10:49.640 --> 10:53.720 description of your car? It's a Plymouth sedan black. Two door sedan with search detail. Laurel 10:53.720 --> 10:59.400 Canyon. I got some new information for all units in the details. Here's the license number. 10:59.400 --> 11:05.000 Thanks. Will you broadcast this information to all units in the search detail? What was the make and 11:05.000 --> 11:11.400 model of your car? 46 black Plymouth, a two door sedan. Uh, 1946 black Plymouth, two door sedan, 11:11.400 --> 11:18.520 license number, let me see, seven x-ray, two five six nine. This car has just been stolen from 11:18.520 --> 11:24.760 102-11, Groven Drive. Any identifying marks on the car? Well, I left my keys in it. No, no, 11:24.760 --> 11:28.840 sir. I mean any special markings on the car. Maybe a dent in one of the fenders. Well, 11:28.840 --> 11:32.840 yeah, George, hold on. We're getting it. The right headlight went out on me last night. I haven't had 11:32.840 --> 11:36.920 it fixed yet. The right headlight on the car is out. Notify all units in the search detail that we 11:36.920 --> 11:42.200 believe suspect is now in possession of this car. Right, thank you. Let's go. Must have happened in 11:42.200 --> 11:46.040 the last 15 minutes. I heard that noise and I went out to check the car was there then. Well, 11:46.040 --> 11:49.640 here's our card. We'll be checking with you later. Yeah, I sure hope you find it. I don't know how I 11:49.640 --> 11:53.880 can get to work tomorrow without my car. Yeah, we'll notify. Yeah, gee, I sure hope you find it. Thanks 11:53.880 --> 12:01.960 for your help. Come on, Ben. 12:17.400 --> 12:19.640 I don't think he could have gotten that car through the blockade yet. You 12:19.640 --> 12:27.640 know, better start searching the side roads. Yeah, there's one leading off to the left up ahead. 12:27.640 --> 12:28.440 Okay, let's try it. 12:32.120 --> 12:35.720 Wait a minute. There's a car coming down the hill toward us. You're always making time. 12:36.760 --> 12:40.600 Joe, only one headlight on the car. It's coming right at us. Turn around quick. There's no room. 12:40.600 --> 12:51.480 Get over to the inside. 12:59.800 --> 13:05.480 Ben, you all right? Ben. 13:05.480 --> 13:13.640 An ambulance was called and Ben and I were taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 13:14.360 --> 13:18.760 There I received emergency treatment for multiple cuts and bruises and a sprained left shoulder. 13:18.760 --> 13:23.400 Ben didn't do so well. He had a possible concussion, two broken ribs, and half a dozen 13:23.400 --> 13:28.200 severe cuts about the face and arms. We were then taken to the PNF ward. The next afternoon 13:28.200 --> 13:31.160 we had a visit from Captain Steed and Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 13:31.160 --> 13:39.000 Friday, how are you feeling? Oh, pretty good, Chief. I saw Romaro across the hall. You came out 13:39.000 --> 13:43.800 better needed. Yeah, that's what I hear. You resting any? Much better. No danger involved. 13:43.800 --> 13:48.360 Needs rest. That's about all. How long? Oh, you'll be here two weeks, according to the doctor. 13:48.360 --> 13:54.200 What about you? A couple of days. Too bad, Joe. Bad's been? Yeah. Looks like you two got banged up 13:54.200 --> 13:58.520 for nothing. Oh. After he rammed your car, he ditched the black Plymouth and then we figure he hit 13:58.520 --> 14:02.600 with the underbrush. Yeah. Somehow when we were hauling you and Ben out of that wreck, 14:02.600 --> 14:07.800 he slipped through the line. Any fingerprints on the car? None we could use. It's rotten luck. I 14:07.800 --> 14:11.880 guess it was his night, huh? We're getting more men from Metro Division to help out. And we're 14:11.880 --> 14:16.280 doubling the number of decoys around the city. Police women, huh? We'll have each of them planted 14:16.280 --> 14:20.120 in a parked car along with an officer in every area of the badge bend that's been working. 14:20.120 --> 14:24.760 All he has to do is grab at the bait once. Yeah, if he goes for it. He'll have plenty of time to 14:24.760 --> 14:29.480 choose. We work the same setup every night till we reach him. It's a big operation. Might have to run 14:29.480 --> 14:34.200 it for weeks unless he quits. There's only one way a guy like that ever quits. Yeah. When we stop him. 14:38.200 --> 14:43.720 Saturday, March 10th, 2 p.m. I was released from the PNF ward and went home. Ben stayed on at the 14:43.720 --> 14:49.960 hospital. He had at least another 10 days to go before release. Sunday I spent at home. Monday 14:49.960 --> 14:54.440 afternoon I checked back in at the office and Captain Steed put me on decoy duty for that week 14:54.440 --> 14:59.240 along with policewoman Dorothy River. We were assigned to cover an isolated parking area near 14:59.240 --> 15:05.480 Mulholland Drive in Beverly Glen. It was a nice view but the duty was slow. No sign of the badge 15:05.480 --> 15:11.400 bend. Policewoman River and I waited it out from late evening to early morning from Monday through 15:11.400 --> 15:20.840 Thursday. Friday night came. Same thing. We waited. How's Ben? You see him today? Yeah, he's doing fine. 15:20.840 --> 15:28.440 Be out next week. Grouchy I guess. Oh sure. You want a cigarette? Thank you. You sure tell it's 15:28.440 --> 15:39.720 Friday night. Yeah. In fact, college kids are out in force. What time you got? A quarter to two. 15:40.840 --> 15:48.680 Long nights. Yeah, slow. You cold? No, you? Just a little. It's chilly up here in the early morning. 15:48.680 --> 15:54.520 What's that? A car full of kids just pulling out. Where the car's gone to? 15:55.880 --> 16:04.840 Yeah, the only ones left. Steakhouse got on your nerves. So look if you're cold you can have my coat. 16:04.840 --> 16:11.720 It doesn't bother me. No, no, it's all right Joe. Thanks. It's a beautiful view from up here isn't it? 16:11.720 --> 16:21.080 All the lights. Yeah. You like to dance Joe? What? I said do you like to dance? Oh once in a while I guess. 16:21.080 --> 16:27.080 I'm not too good. Why? Well our club's having its big annual dance two weeks from Saturday. Yeah. 16:27.080 --> 16:31.720 Might get a kick out of it as a former. That leaves me out. I don't own a tux. You could rent one. It'd 16:31.720 --> 16:37.080 be fun. Nah, I'm afraid I don't look good in a tux. I never met a man who thought he did. Why don't you try it? 16:37.080 --> 16:42.600 I might be working. Well I mean if you're not working why don't you come? You going? Well I was 16:43.240 --> 16:49.400 planning on it. Got a date? Yeah, I have hope. There's a car pulling in. 16:51.320 --> 17:00.120 See? Yeah, parked over in back of us. I can only make out one person in the car. Yeah, looks like a man I 17:00.120 --> 17:07.960 can't be sure. All right, come on over closer. We might as well look the part huh? All right. 17:07.960 --> 17:13.720 He's getting out of the car. Is he coming this way? Walking over to the side of the road. He's got a flashlight 17:15.320 --> 17:22.200 looking around. He's built like the badge bandit. Short and heavy set. Yeah, he's turning around. He's 17:22.200 --> 17:30.600 got his flashlight on us. He's coming up on your side of the car. All right, take it easy. You know what to do. 17:31.880 --> 17:36.040 Come on out of that car. Police officer. All right, hold on. Got a gun Joe. Yeah. 17:37.240 --> 17:41.800 Come on. I said out of the car. Both of you. All right. All right. Drop the gun. Drop it. 17:41.800 --> 17:58.920 Oh my god. That's him. Yeah. Now I'll get the cuffs on him. Thanks. I didn't think I hit him that hard. You didn't. I didn't. 18:03.960 --> 18:07.320 Policewoman Dorothy River Knight took the suspect to Hollywood Division where he was 18:07.320 --> 18:12.120 booked on suspicion of robbery. He gave his name as Charles Leon Kirby age 46. 18:13.160 --> 18:17.160 Monday, March 19th, Ben was released from the hospital and checked back in for work. 18:17.160 --> 18:21.800 A special show-up was held at which 10 of the 17 victims definitely identified Kirby as the badge 18:21.800 --> 18:27.880 bandit. The suspect had finally been apprehended. Now we started the slow process of formally charging 18:27.880 --> 18:33.640 the man and presenting our evidence against him to bring him to trial. 10 a.m. Ben and I went across 18:33.640 --> 18:37.480 the street to the sixth floor of the Hall of Justice to present our case against Kirby and 18:37.480 --> 18:41.320 to obtain a formal complaint against him. We met with Deputy District Attorney Broker. 18:41.320 --> 18:45.720 When'd you get out of the hospital Ben? This morning. Sure got sick of that play. Heard about your 18:45.720 --> 18:49.800 accident. That guy sure gave you enough trouble didn't he? Yeah, he's still giving us trouble. 18:49.800 --> 18:54.360 How's that? He got in a tangle with another prisoner out in Hollywood Division. Yeah? The other 18:54.360 --> 18:59.560 prisoner gave Kirby a pretty bad going over. Cut him up and broke his left forearm. They're moving 18:59.560 --> 19:03.560 him in an ambulance from Hollywood to the prison ward at the general hospital. When this happen? 19:03.560 --> 19:08.280 This this morning. I think they're moving him downtown now. Tough one. Now how about your 19:08.280 --> 19:13.160 reports on Kirby? Are they all in order? Here's a summary report. Alleges 10 positive identifications 19:13.160 --> 19:18.600 containing 10 counts of robbery and 10 counts of forcible rape. All right. And here are seven 19:18.600 --> 19:24.840 other crime reports. Only partial identification on these. Okay. What do you got for corroborating 19:24.840 --> 19:29.240 evidence against him? Oh we went through Kirby's apartment. Found at least a dozen pieces of 19:29.240 --> 19:34.040 property that he took from his victims. Mostly watches and jewelry. The victims identified every 19:34.040 --> 19:40.600 piece we found. Okay let me get the details down here. Excuse me Matt. Sure. Broker speaking. 19:41.880 --> 19:50.200 Yeah it's a minute. You Friday. Thank you. Friday. When? Yeah right away. Well that does it. 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We found a message from Captain Stead to meet him 21:39.960 --> 21:44.600 in the chief of detective's office. No man in that area will further notice. Check the bus depots in 21:44.600 --> 21:49.320 the Union Station. Right. What's the story chief? That's what I'm trying to find out. Where'd he make 21:49.320 --> 21:53.560 the break? Near 4th and Main. Couldn't have picked a better spot. The ambulance had just crossed 3rd 21:53.560 --> 21:58.040 and Main when Kirby slugged the guard. Driver was too busy dodging traffic to notice what was going on 21:58.040 --> 22:02.200 in back. That's a lousy break. Kirby jumped out of the back end of the ambulance and disappeared in 22:02.200 --> 22:06.200 the crowd. No sign of him since. That's fine. Takes us almost three months to reach the guy and he 22:06.200 --> 22:10.360 breaks away on a cheap loop like that. Well he doesn't have many friends in town. He's only got 22:10.360 --> 22:15.080 one we know of. Yeah. A brother. Kirby stays with him pretty often from what we gather. His brother 22:15.080 --> 22:19.080 lives in a roomy house down on Alameda. Anybody check that yet? We've got it staked out. The brother 22:19.080 --> 22:22.840 works at a box factory in the south end of town. Let's cover it too. He's not going far with a 22:22.840 --> 22:27.880 broken arm. What have you got? One shop pulled up 6th Street happened a few minutes ago. Yeah. Here's 22:27.880 --> 22:32.840 the description of the hold-up man. Stocky bill blonde hair horn rimmed lashes. Chubby face. You 22:32.840 --> 22:41.400 were wrong about that broken arm. Come on. 11 20 a.m. Ben and I pulled up at the East Asia pawn shop 22:41.400 --> 22:46.280 on 6th Street. Inside we found the proprietor Morris Brubaker lying propped up against one of 22:46.280 --> 22:51.160 the showcases. It was an elderly man. His face and head showed the marks of a savage beating. 22:51.160 --> 22:54.680 His wounds were hemorrhaging badly and ambulance attendants were giving him first aid. 22:55.240 --> 23:01.000 We showed him Charles Kirby's mug shot. That's the man. I wouldn't make a mistake. That's him. 23:01.000 --> 23:06.360 Was he alone Mr. Brubaker? Yes by himself. He asked to look at a watch and when I 23:06.360 --> 23:12.840 turned to get it he kicked me. I fell against the showcase and cut myself. He pulled me in the back 23:12.840 --> 23:18.040 room. I didn't even know him. He kept beating me. Easy Mr. Brubaker. Let me get this compass on. 23:18.600 --> 23:24.280 How much did he get away with do you know? I'm not sure. Blue suit, blue overcoat, wrap around, 23:25.080 --> 23:29.640 navy blue both. He kept hitting me. All right sir just take it easy though. I'll be out of here in a 23:29.640 --> 23:33.240 minute. He kept hitting me like a crazy man. This is antiseptic might sting a little. 23:34.440 --> 23:40.760 Okay. What else did he take Mr. Brubaker? Can you remember? Yes from the cash register. He took 23:40.760 --> 23:46.120 money. How much? 13, 14 dollars. I can't be sure. When he left your store did you see which way he 23:46.120 --> 23:51.720 was going? No he dragged me in the back room. He locked me in. Ready to move now sergeant. Okay. 23:51.720 --> 23:57.240 I don't know. I saw him going through the shelves there in the back of the counter. I don't know. 23:57.240 --> 24:03.320 What'd you keep there? My account books and my gun. Box of shells too. You want to take a look Ben? 24:03.320 --> 24:07.000 Well my head. Yes sir just take it easy. It's only going to be a minute now. 24:07.560 --> 24:10.280 Account books are still there. Yeah. He got the gun. 24:14.280 --> 24:19.720 4 p.m. Kirby alias the Badge Bandit was still at large. As far as we were concerned the case was 24:19.720 --> 24:24.760 almost back to where it started from 11 weeks before. The suspect was still loose. It was well 24:24.760 --> 24:31.000 armed. Was still free to rob, assault, or murder. We had two big advantages. Kirby's possible broken 24:31.000 --> 24:36.920 arm which would need medical attention and secondly the lead to Kirby's brother. At 5 30 p.m. we had a 24:36.920 --> 24:40.600 report that the suspect was seen purchasing a ticket at a theater box office out on Hollywood 24:40.600 --> 24:47.480 Boulevard. We ran it down. It didn't pay off. At 6 15 a taxi driver thought he spotted Kirby boarding 24:47.480 --> 24:53.720 an outbound streetcar at Figaro and Pico. Was checked out. No results. At seven o'clock Ben and 24:53.720 --> 24:57.880 I got something to eat at a drive-in and we relieved the men on stakeout at the rooming house on 24:57.880 --> 25:06.280 Alameda Street where Kirby's brother was staying. 10 p.m. Midnight. No sign of Kirby. We waited. 25:07.320 --> 25:11.640 At 3 a.m. Hanson and Cummings of Homicide relieved us and Ben drove me home. 25:11.640 --> 25:23.080 It was 3 45 when he dropped me off at Collis Avenue number 4656. 25:27.400 --> 25:34.760 Joseph? That you? Yeah Ma. I didn't mean to wake you. What time is it? Almost four. Oh my. 25:34.760 --> 25:42.440 These late hours you've got to get your rest Joseph. I'll be all right Ma. Got something to eat in the 25:42.440 --> 25:46.760 ice box? There's a little cold meat and some cheese in the cupboard. Just want a sandwich. 25:46.760 --> 25:53.080 You're going back to sleep. I had some nice meatballs and spaghetti for dinner. I can warm some for you. 25:55.960 --> 26:03.240 My kind sandwich is working all hours. You just get sick Joseph and you'll see nobody cares about 26:03.240 --> 26:07.800 you when you're sick. I wish you wouldn't get up Ma. I can fix something. Warm up the meatballs and 26:07.800 --> 26:14.280 spaghetti. You need something substantial. I get it. 4 a.m. I hope it's not that awful. 26:16.760 --> 26:21.400 Hello. Warman down Homicide. Yeah Warman. Thought you'd like to know they just got Kirby. 26:21.960 --> 26:26.040 Where? At his brother's place about 15 minutes ago. Hanson and Cummings grabbed him. 26:26.040 --> 26:30.840 Any trouble? No. Grabbed him before he got to his gun. We just locked him up. Thought you'd like to know. 26:30.840 --> 26:34.600 Yeah. Thanks Warman. Night. Night. 26:37.720 --> 26:47.080 Well that wasn't Joseph. The office Ma. I got Kirby the badge bandit. Oh did they? Well that's nice. 26:47.080 --> 26:52.760 Maybe you'll have some time off now. Yeah. Never fails does it. We work on a case for three months. 26:52.760 --> 27:00.120 Leave it for 30 minutes and it's all over. Well the food's warm. Is there anything else you want? 27:00.120 --> 27:06.200 No no that's fine Ma. You go on to bed. Well all right Joseph. Now don't stay up too long. 27:06.200 --> 27:24.200 All right. Night. Hey Ma. Yes Joseph. Have I still got that old tuxedo around? 27:24.200 --> 27:30.600 The story you have just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:30.600 --> 27:36.200 On June 27th trial was held in Superior Court, Department 87, City and County of Los Angeles, 27:36.200 --> 27:41.400 State of California. In a moment the results of that trial. It's amazing how many long cigarette 27:41.400 --> 27:48.120 smokers are changing to extra mild Fatima. Here is the actual report. From coast to coast 27:48.120 --> 27:54.200 extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. Yes more and more smokers every day 27:54.200 --> 28:01.000 are discovering that Fatima is the king-size cigarette that is extra mild. Extra mild because 28:01.000 --> 28:07.240 it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly blended to make it extra mild 28:07.240 --> 28:13.560 to give it a much different much better flavor and aroma. Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 28:13.560 --> 28:21.400 The best of all long cigarettes. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. It's wise to smoke 28:21.400 --> 28:34.680 extra mild Fatima. Charles Leon Kirby alias the badge bandit was tried and convicted in Superior 28:34.680 --> 28:39.400 Court on several counts of armed robbery, rape and assault with intent to commit murder. He was 28:39.400 --> 28:44.520 sentenced to life imprisonment. After serving one year in the state penitentiary he was judged insane 28:44.520 --> 28:49.160 and committed to the state mental hospital at Mendocino. After two months there he escaped. 28:49.160 --> 28:55.560 Charles Kirby alias the badge bandit is still at large. 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