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Best of all, long cigarettes. 01:35.000 --> 01:38.000 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 01:38.000 --> 01:48.000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:48.000 --> 01:53.000 For the next 30 minutes, transcribed in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 01:53.000 --> 01:59.000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. 01:59.000 --> 02:09.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 It was Wednesday, April 9th. It was foggy in Los Angeles. 02:12.000 --> 02:14.000 We were working a day watch out of personnel. 02:14.000 --> 02:18.000 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss's deputy chief home and commander of BIA. 02:18.000 --> 02:19.000 My name's Friday. 02:19.000 --> 02:24.000 We're on the way over from the city hall and it was 525 p.m. when we got to central division. 02:24.000 --> 02:29.000 The assembly room. 02:29.000 --> 02:30.000 See him, Joe? 02:30.000 --> 02:32.000 Yeah, that looks like him over there. 02:32.000 --> 02:35.000 Hi, are you Russell Clark? 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 Yeah, that's right. 02:36.000 --> 02:38.000 Friday and Romero personnel. 02:38.000 --> 02:39.000 All right. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 Lieutenant Drummond over at BIA. He'd like to talk to you. 02:40.000 --> 02:41.000 All right, when'd you want to see me? 02:41.000 --> 02:42.000 Right now. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 Okay. 02:43.000 --> 02:47.000 We're not going to cap. 02:47.000 --> 02:54.000 Okay, let's go. 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 What do they want to see me about, you know? 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 Drummond will tell you. 02:58.000 --> 03:03.000 Okay. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 How long you been on the job, Clark? 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 About two and a half months. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 How do you like it? 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Oh, I like it fine. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Wife doesn't think much of it. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 She want me to stay at my old job. 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 What was that? 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Selling insurance. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 I like to have me home. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 Doesn't like to be alone, especially now. 03:17.000 --> 03:18.000 Yeah? 03:18.000 --> 03:19.000 She's expecting a couple of months. 03:19.000 --> 03:20.000 You know how they get. 03:20.000 --> 03:21.000 Yeah, that's gross, yeah. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Hey, I put in a request for day work. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 You think that's why personnel wants to see me? 03:23.000 --> 03:24.000 I don't know. 03:24.000 --> 03:25.000 I don't think so. 03:25.000 --> 03:26.000 Why, would you like to get that day watch? 03:26.000 --> 03:27.000 Yeah. 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 Is that the way you fill us in? 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 I did, yeah. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 You started in traffic, didn't you, Ben? 03:30.000 --> 03:31.000 Yeah, I had nine months, Alan. 03:31.000 --> 03:32.000 Go ahead, Clark. 03:32.000 --> 03:33.000 No, thanks. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 I'm going to go. 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 Okay. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 I'll see you later. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 Bye. 03:37.000 --> 03:38.000 Bye. 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 Bye. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Bye. 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 Bye. 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 Bye. 03:42.000 --> 03:43.000 Bye. 03:43.000 --> 03:44.000 Bye. 03:44.000 --> 03:45.000 See you later, sir. 03:45.000 --> 03:46.000 Yeah, thanks. 03:46.000 --> 03:47.200 I have to be on the job at six. 03:47.200 --> 03:49.720 Think it's going to take very long? 03:49.720 --> 03:50.720 I don't know. 03:50.720 --> 03:51.720 Bye, Friday. 03:51.720 --> 03:52.720 Bye. 03:52.720 --> 03:53.720 Right in. 03:53.720 --> 03:54.720 We're just waiting. 03:54.720 --> 03:55.740 Personnel, Coleman. 03:55.740 --> 03:56.740 Lieutenant. 03:56.740 --> 03:57.740 Yeah? 03:57.740 --> 03:58.740 Come in. 03:58.740 --> 03:59.740 This is Officer Clark, Lieutenant Drummond. 03:59.740 --> 04:01.440 How did you say? 04:01.440 --> 04:02.440 Oh, hey, Clark. 04:02.440 --> 04:03.440 Sit down. 04:03.440 --> 04:04.440 Thanks. 04:04.440 --> 04:05.440 Couple of questions for you. 04:05.440 --> 04:06.440 Yes, sir. 04:06.440 --> 04:07.440 You're on special duty at the Olympic Games. 04:07.440 --> 04:08.440 What's wrong? 04:08.440 --> 04:09.440 Uh, uh, I don't know. 04:09.440 --> 04:10.440 I'm out of here. 04:10.440 --> 04:11.440 I've had it with this guy. 04:11.440 --> 04:12.440 Okay? 04:12.440 --> 04:15.440 You were on special duty at the Olympic auditorium last night, they're right. 04:15.440 --> 04:16.940 Yes, sir, for the fights. 04:16.940 --> 04:18.940 Anything unusual happen out there last night? 04:20.440 --> 04:22.440 Well, it wasn't very important, Lieutenant. 04:22.440 --> 04:26.940 After the fights, a drunk fell down the stairs on the way out of the auditorium, broke his arm. 04:26.940 --> 04:31.940 I took him to Georgia Street and they took care of the arm and I drove him home. He was pretty drunk. 04:31.940 --> 04:33.440 Why didn't you book the man? 04:34.940 --> 04:36.440 I didn't think it was necessary. 04:36.940 --> 04:38.440 How long you been with the department, Clark? 04:38.440 --> 04:39.940 Two and a half months, sir. 04:39.940 --> 04:43.440 Didn't you know he should have been booked for violation of 41-27A LAMC? 04:43.440 --> 04:46.440 Well, the man was in pretty bad shape, Lieutenant, broken arm. 04:47.440 --> 04:49.440 I guess I didn't think the law was that strict. 04:49.440 --> 04:53.440 Law is there for a purpose. You decided to forget it, now you're in a mess, right up to your neck. 04:53.940 --> 04:55.440 I don't understand. 04:55.440 --> 04:57.440 You remember the name of that drunk who took care of last night? 04:57.440 --> 04:59.440 Yes, sir, his name was Stacy, lives out in West LA. 04:59.440 --> 05:00.940 What's the matter with him? 05:00.940 --> 05:03.940 That drunk, Mr. Stacy, wants to file a complaint against you. 05:04.440 --> 05:05.440 What for? 05:05.440 --> 05:09.940 He claims you took him back to the auditorium, beat him up, broke his arm and robbed him of $128. 05:09.940 --> 05:11.940 He's crazy, he's lying, I didn't do that. 05:11.940 --> 05:14.940 You got his word against yours, Clark. Fact seemed to favor him. 05:14.940 --> 05:20.940 But I can prove it. There was at least a couple of dozen people around. There was a doctor, he can tell you. 05:20.940 --> 05:24.940 Maybe you better take it from the beginning, Clark. Exactly how did it happen? 05:24.940 --> 05:28.940 I was right after the fight, so I was on duty in the lobby and I saw a bunch of people crawling around the foot of the stairs. 05:28.940 --> 05:32.940 I went over to see what the trouble was and they were looking at this man lying on the pavement. 05:32.940 --> 05:36.940 It was Stacy, a doctor was examining him. This doctor, did he identify himself? 05:36.940 --> 05:42.940 Yeah. I asked for his identification, he showed it to me, gave me a card. He was a doctor, all right? 05:42.940 --> 05:43.940 Yeah, go ahead. 05:43.940 --> 05:47.940 Well, he told me that he had seen Stacy fall down the stairs coming out of the auditorium. 05:47.940 --> 05:49.940 Said that Stacy had broken his left arm. 05:49.940 --> 05:50.940 What did you do then? 05:50.940 --> 05:55.940 Well, the doc said it would be okay to move him, so I helped him into my car and took him down to Georgia Street. 05:55.940 --> 05:57.940 He was so drunk he could hardly stand up. 05:57.940 --> 06:01.940 The attendants at Georgia Street took care of his arm. They can tell you all about this. 06:01.940 --> 06:07.940 Maybe, but they can't help you out as witnesses. You could have beaten up Stacy, robbed him, then taken him to Georgia Street. 06:07.940 --> 06:09.940 But I didn't, Lieutenant. Lieutenant, this Stacy's lying. 06:09.940 --> 06:11.940 What did you do when you left Georgia Street? 06:11.940 --> 06:18.940 Well, I drove into Central and told them what happened. I told the watch commander I was going to drive this Stacy home and he warned me about it. 06:18.940 --> 06:22.940 I guess I should have known better, but well, I swear to you this Stacy's lying. 06:22.940 --> 06:26.940 You should have known better. Where did you go after you left Central? 06:26.940 --> 06:32.940 I drove him home. On the way, he said he was hungry, so I stopped. I bought him a sandwich and some black coffee. 06:32.940 --> 06:36.940 He kept telling me what a nag his wife was. Said he was afraid to go home. 06:36.940 --> 06:37.940 Go on. 06:37.940 --> 06:41.940 Well, when I got him to his place, his wife started chewing me out. I just said good night and left. 06:41.940 --> 06:42.940 That's it, huh? 06:42.940 --> 06:44.940 That's it. So help me. That's exactly what happened. 06:44.940 --> 06:49.940 Now, how about the doctor at the auditorium, the one who saw Stacy fall? Did you get his name and address? 06:49.940 --> 06:53.940 Well, no, no, Lieutenant. I didn't. I didn't think it was necessary. 06:53.940 --> 06:57.940 How about the crowd that was standing around? Did you spot anybody you know? 06:57.940 --> 07:01.940 No, no, no, I didn't. Just a bunch of people coming out of the fights. 07:01.940 --> 07:03.940 Then you haven't got anyone to corroborate your story. 07:03.940 --> 07:05.940 But all those people saw it. There must have been a couple of dozen of them. 07:05.940 --> 07:07.940 What are their names? 07:07.940 --> 07:12.940 I don't know. All I know is I didn't beat him up and I didn't take his money. I told you, this Stacy's lying. 07:12.940 --> 07:14.940 You could be lying. We got no proof either way. 07:14.940 --> 07:16.940 I'm not lying, Lieutenant. I didn't do it. 07:16.940 --> 07:21.940 We might believe you, Clark, but it doesn't make any difference. If this man files a 211 against you, it's got to be settled in court. 07:21.940 --> 07:24.940 But I didn't do it. I tell you, I swear I didn't. 07:24.940 --> 07:31.940 Just a minute. Mike, send in Mr. and Mrs. Stacy, will you? 07:31.940 --> 07:33.940 You can hear the story the way we get it from Stacy and his wife. 07:33.940 --> 07:37.940 I'd like to hear it. I don't know why he's doing this. Tell me. I helped him all I could. 07:40.940 --> 07:41.940 Look, Jerry, there he is. That's the one. 07:41.940 --> 07:43.940 Yeah, that's him, Chief. 07:43.940 --> 07:45.940 Now, wait a minute, Mr. Stacy. What's this all about? 07:45.940 --> 07:50.940 Hold it, Clark. Mr. Stacy, would you repeat the same story you told us this morning, please? 07:50.940 --> 07:54.940 You know what I told you, Chief. You had the stenographer take it all down. It's the same thing. 07:54.940 --> 07:58.940 I'd like to have you repeat it in front of Officer Clark here. He's entitled to know what you're charging him with. 07:58.940 --> 08:02.940 A man like that's entitled to nothing. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. 08:02.940 --> 08:03.940 Look, lady, your husband's lying. 08:03.940 --> 08:06.940 Don't call my husband a liar. You're not a policeman. You're a hoodlum. 08:06.940 --> 08:07.940 All right, wait a minute. 08:07.940 --> 08:11.940 I'd like to know what this city's coming to. Cops going around beating up private citizens. Who do we trust if we can't trust a policeman? 08:11.940 --> 08:12.940 Just a minute, please. 08:12.940 --> 08:18.940 No, no, Captain. You should have seen my husband when that officer brought him home last night. Arm all bandaged, his face all cut up. 08:18.940 --> 08:20.940 He was hurt so bad he could hardly stand up. 08:20.940 --> 08:21.940 He was too drunk to stand up, lady. 08:21.940 --> 08:22.940 Don't you get fresh with me. 08:22.940 --> 08:24.940 All right, that's enough. 08:24.940 --> 08:27.940 This cop got hold of me as I was coming out of the fights. 08:27.940 --> 08:32.940 Took me in back to the auditorium. Told me if I didn't hand over my wallet, he'd book me on a drunk charge. 08:32.940 --> 08:33.940 Were you drunk, Stacy? 08:33.940 --> 08:36.940 I was not. Had a couple of beers, that's all. 08:36.940 --> 08:40.940 When I wouldn't give him my money, he beat me up, broke my arm, and took my wallet. 08:40.940 --> 08:42.940 How do men like you ever get on the police force? 08:42.940 --> 08:47.940 He figured he'd cover up, so he took me and had my arm fixed at the emergency hospital, then he drove me home. 08:47.940 --> 08:52.940 Threatened me all the way. He said, you tell anybody about this and I'll get you. That's just what he said. 08:52.940 --> 08:56.940 I don't get it, Stacy. You know that story's a pack of lies. Why are you doing this to me? 08:56.940 --> 08:59.940 It's the truth. And I'm going to press charges and get my money back. 08:59.940 --> 09:01.940 $128. What have you done with it? 09:01.940 --> 09:03.940 We can take care of the questioning, Mrs. Stacy. 09:03.940 --> 09:05.940 I don't see you doing it. Make him tell. Where's our money? 09:05.940 --> 09:06.940 I haven't got it. 09:06.940 --> 09:07.940 Don't talk back to me. 09:07.940 --> 09:11.940 Mr. Stacy, you and your wife want to file a crime report at this time. 09:11.940 --> 09:12.940 We want to press charges. 09:12.940 --> 09:13.940 Romero? 09:13.940 --> 09:14.940 Yeah? 09:14.940 --> 09:18.940 Take Mr. and Mrs. Stacy down to the record bureau and have them make out a report for 211 and himself. 09:18.940 --> 09:20.940 All right. Get them out of the way, please. 09:20.940 --> 09:24.940 Now, listen. We're going to get action if we have to take this to the district attorney. 09:24.940 --> 09:28.940 We're not afraid of the publicity. We'll go to the newspaper if we don't get action. 09:28.940 --> 09:29.940 Yes, ma'am. 09:34.940 --> 09:35.940 What's it, Clark? 09:35.940 --> 09:39.940 They're lying. I can't prove it, but they're lying. 09:39.940 --> 09:41.940 You can see the position it puts us in. 09:41.940 --> 09:45.940 If you're innocent, we'll do all we can. If you're guilty, we'll see you get everything that's coming to you. 09:45.940 --> 09:47.940 But they're lying. You know that. 09:47.940 --> 09:49.940 It's not up to us. The court's going to have to decide. 09:49.940 --> 09:52.940 That's it. That's it. 09:54.940 --> 09:58.940 No, there's no other way, Clark. We got 4,500 men in the department. 09:58.940 --> 10:04.940 We don't claim they're all saints. Once in a while, a bad cop comes along, he pulls a caper, and all of us get a black eye. 10:04.940 --> 10:07.940 This book of rules is the only protection we got against that. 10:07.940 --> 10:10.940 By failing to enforce the law, you violated your duties as a police officer. 10:10.940 --> 10:15.940 That's yourself in a real mess, Clark. Like anybody else, you get a fair trial. 10:15.940 --> 10:18.940 That means I'm dropped from the force. 10:18.940 --> 10:22.940 Those people have filed a crime report. You draw a suspension pending the outcome of the case. 10:22.940 --> 10:26.940 After that, if you're cleared, there'll be a hearing before the Board of Rights. 10:26.940 --> 10:31.940 Right through right now, you'll be booked for robbery and assault and held in county jail. 10:31.940 --> 10:33.940 The case will be presented to the district attorney tomorrow. 10:33.940 --> 10:35.940 What can I do? 10:35.940 --> 10:37.940 I'll have to have your badge. 10:37.940 --> 10:39.940 On the desk. 10:40.940 --> 10:42.940 Your gun. 10:46.940 --> 10:48.940 ID card. 10:48.940 --> 10:50.940 On the desk. 10:50.940 --> 10:52.940 Hang on. 10:52.940 --> 10:54.940 All right, Joe, that's it. 10:54.940 --> 10:55.940 Okay. 10:55.940 --> 10:57.940 Take him. 10:57.940 --> 11:01.940 Take him. 11:05.940 --> 11:11.940 6 p.m. Ben returned to the office, and together we took rookie police officer Russell Clark across the street to the Hall of Justice. 11:11.940 --> 11:16.940 At the county jail booking desk on the 12th floor, he was booked on suspicion of 211 P.C. 11:16.940 --> 11:19.940 and assault with intent to do great bodily harm. 11:19.940 --> 11:21.940 He was lodged in the cell block. 11:21.940 --> 11:28.940 Investigating charges against a police officer involves exactly the same procedure as cases where private citizens are concerned. 11:28.940 --> 11:31.940 Prove the suspect innocent or guilty. That's the job. 11:31.940 --> 11:35.940 If Clark was innocent, it looked like there was only one way of proving. 11:35.940 --> 11:42.940 That was somehow to find the unnamed doctor who was supposed to have seen Stacy fall down the auditorium stairs and then examined him afterward. 11:42.940 --> 11:48.940 If Clark was guilty, we had to find proof that his story about Stacy falling down the stairs was a lie. 11:48.940 --> 11:56.940 Besides that, we had to find evidence that he beat up Stacy at the rear of the auditorium that night, and then he robbed him of $128. 11:56.940 --> 12:02.940 Thursday, April 10th, Ben and I checked in for work at 7.45 a.m. and found a message from the jailer on the phone board. 12:02.940 --> 12:04.940 Clark wanted to see us right away. 12:04.940 --> 12:08.940 We met with him in the county jail interview room. 12:10.940 --> 12:11.940 How are you doing? 12:11.940 --> 12:13.940 Not too bad. 12:13.940 --> 12:15.940 Don't let it sour you, huh? 12:15.940 --> 12:21.940 Sergeant, you really think I rolled that character? Come on, tell me the truth. 12:21.940 --> 12:26.940 We checked you out. Good family. You got a fine Army record. 12:26.940 --> 12:27.940 No, we don't think you did it. 12:27.940 --> 12:33.940 I just can't understand why you picked me out. I tried to help him all I could, then he walks in the next day with a framed story like that. 12:33.940 --> 12:36.940 You got any idea why Stacy would pull something like this on you? 12:36.940 --> 12:42.940 I don't know. I'm worried, Sergeant, believe me. I can't afford to sit here missing my pay. 12:42.940 --> 12:48.940 We live pretty close to the budget with a baby coming. I'm worried about the wife. I just don't know what to do. 12:48.940 --> 12:51.940 Are you sure you told us everything about this that you remember? 12:51.940 --> 12:56.940 Well, that's the one reason I wanted to see you. I didn't sleep much last night. I kept trying to remember the name of that doctor. 12:56.940 --> 12:57.940 Yeah? 12:57.940 --> 13:01.940 I remember once he did mention his name, and then when I asked for his identification, he showed me one of his cards. 13:01.940 --> 13:03.940 Any idea what his name was? 13:03.940 --> 13:11.940 Well, I'm not sure, but as I remembered, it was some kind of a Swedish or Norwegian name, something like Johnson, Tolleson, you know, something with a sun on the end of it. 13:11.940 --> 13:12.940 It's on that card. 13:12.940 --> 13:15.940 That doesn't narrow it down too much. Where is the card? 13:15.940 --> 13:19.940 Well, I think I put his card in one of the pockets of my other uniform shirt. That's why I called you. 13:19.940 --> 13:21.940 I wonder if you could check that for me. It's at home. 13:21.940 --> 13:22.940 Sure. Where do you live? 13:22.940 --> 13:25.940 Out on Norwich Road, 411. It's right near the Coliseum. 13:25.940 --> 13:27.940 411? 13:27.940 --> 13:28.940 Yeah. 13:28.940 --> 13:29.940 All right, we'll check it out for you. 13:29.940 --> 13:32.940 Just ask the wife, will you? Card should be in one of the pockets. 13:32.940 --> 13:46.940 Yeah, if you put it there. Ben and I left the interview room at the county jail and drove out to the home of Officer Clark on Norwich Road. 13:46.940 --> 13:54.940 We introduced ourselves to his wife and told her what we were after. Her eyes were red and looked like she'd been crying. She asked about her husband. We told her he was all right. 13:54.940 --> 13:58.940 They're making a terrible mistake. Sergeant Russ never did anything crooked in his life. He didn't do it. I know he didn't. 13:58.940 --> 14:02.940 We'll do everything we can to straighten it out, Mrs. Clark. The court will have the final say. 14:02.940 --> 14:06.940 I knew Russ shouldn't have left his insurance job. I just knew it all was trouble. 14:06.940 --> 14:10.940 How about that shirt your husband told us about, the one he wore that night at the auditorium? 14:10.940 --> 14:12.940 Oh, yes, his other uniform shirt. 14:12.940 --> 14:13.940 Can we see it, please? 14:13.940 --> 14:19.940 Yes, certainly. It's right this way, back in bedroom. What's so important about the shirt, Sergeant? 14:19.940 --> 14:23.940 Your husband told us that there might be a card in one of the pockets. It might help clear up things. 14:23.940 --> 14:27.940 Well, it should be hanging up here in the closet. 14:27.940 --> 14:37.940 I always like to keep Russ's shirts on handers. He keeps them much nicer looking. 14:37.940 --> 14:39.940 What's the matter? 14:39.940 --> 14:46.940 This morning I sent it to the cleaners. 14:46.940 --> 14:51.940 Clark's wife, Ben and I drove down to a dry cleaning shop a few blocks away where Mrs. Clark had left the shirt. 14:51.940 --> 14:56.940 The counter girl there told us that the truck had already been by that morning and picked up the day's cleaning. 14:56.940 --> 15:00.940 It was a store rule to check all garments for contents. She had found nothing. 15:00.940 --> 15:05.940 We got the address of the main plant, the Great Northern Dry Cleaners, a place down on Factory Street. 15:05.940 --> 15:10.940 Ten fifteen a.m. We checked in at the main plant and explained to the manager what we were after. 15:10.940 --> 15:15.940 We gave him the tag number of her cleaning. Mrs. Clark gave him the description of the shirt. 15:15.940 --> 15:19.940 We waited in the manager's office while he made a search for the dark blue wool police shirt. 15:19.940 --> 15:24.940 How about this one, lady? It's the only blue wool shirt picked up at your cleaners this morning. 15:24.940 --> 15:27.940 Yes, that's Russell's shirt. That pocket flap there amended it. 15:27.940 --> 15:33.940 I'll check the pockets for you. I had to pull it out of the tank. It's all wet. 15:33.940 --> 15:34.940 Anything? 15:34.940 --> 15:38.940 Not in this pocket. 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Ben and I went back to the county jail and told Clark that we'd failed to find the card. 17:37.940 --> 17:41.940 He could give us no other lead that might help in clearing the case. 17:41.940 --> 17:46.940 During the next two days that followed, Ben and I ran down every possible lead, no matter how remote it was. 17:46.940 --> 17:51.940 We made a thorough check on Mr. and Mrs. Stacey. We double-checked back on Clark's record. 17:51.940 --> 17:55.940 For one full day, we did nothing but phone doctors in and around the city of Los Angeles. 17:55.940 --> 18:00.940 From a list of hundreds, we came across three doctors who had been present at the fights in Olympic Auditorium 18:00.940 --> 18:04.940 on the night Stacey claimed he was beaten up and robbed by Officer Clark. 18:04.940 --> 18:08.940 None of the three had seen a man tumble down the stairway leading from the balcony to the lobby. 18:08.940 --> 18:13.940 None of them had seen any accident or had been called on to help anyone professionally. 18:13.940 --> 18:16.940 Monday, April 14th, we met with Lieutenant Ralph Drummond. 18:16.940 --> 18:17.940 No go, huh? 18:17.940 --> 18:21.940 That's got us, Ralph. We can't figure. It's almost a fact, Stacey's line. 18:21.940 --> 18:22.940 Clark, what about him? 18:22.940 --> 18:27.940 Well, there's still nothing to show that he didn't do it. He had the opportunity, maybe he had a motive. He needs money, you know. 18:27.940 --> 18:30.940 Who doesn't? How much you get on Stacey? 18:30.940 --> 18:35.940 He and his wife run a secondhand furniture store in South Flower. It's a small business. Stacey's quite a gambler. He bets on the fights. 18:35.940 --> 18:36.940 Yeah? 18:36.940 --> 18:40.940 We checked around with some of the gang down at the auditorium. Stacey's well known down there. 18:40.940 --> 18:42.940 He laid some pretty heavy bets the night he claims Clark rolled him. 18:42.940 --> 18:43.940 How much? 18:43.940 --> 18:45.940 You got the dope there, Ben. How's it figure out? 18:45.940 --> 18:50.940 Well, he lost over $75 in small amounts. Add to that the fact that he was doing some partying. 18:50.940 --> 18:53.940 That might have count for the $128 this measure. 18:53.940 --> 18:57.940 Stacey blew the roll, was afraid to tell his wife, so he cooked up the story against Clark. 18:57.940 --> 18:59.940 Yeah, sure. Maybe that could have been the way it happened. 18:59.940 --> 19:01.940 What do you got on the other side? 19:01.940 --> 19:07.940 Not much, Ralph. Couldn't dig up anything against Clark. I don't know, he doesn't seem like the type to pull something like that. 19:07.940 --> 19:12.940 Maybe not. Still can't prove he didn't do it. How about the papers? You been plugging for witnesses? 19:12.940 --> 19:16.940 Yeah. Here's the ad. Had it running in personals for four days now. 19:16.940 --> 19:25.940 Oh, thanks. All those, oh man, falling on stairway, auditorium, please call Michigan 521-175. 19:25.940 --> 19:26.940 No, he's on, sir. 19:26.940 --> 19:29.940 No? All the possible doctors in town have been checked out, too. 19:29.940 --> 19:33.940 How about the local medical magazines? Got an ad in there, Ralph? Nothing's happened. 19:33.940 --> 19:40.940 Well, one thing is sure, something's gotta happen. Newspapers are scorching the kid in the department along with him. 19:40.940 --> 19:43.940 Victim without a trial makes good reading in the tabloids. 19:43.940 --> 19:49.940 There's one thing I can't understand. If Clark's leveling and there was a doctor at the fights, it might have looked at Stacy. Then where's the doctor? 19:49.940 --> 19:52.940 We've had this thing noised all around town. 19:52.940 --> 19:57.940 Well, give it a little more time. He might turn up. I kinda like the Stacy angle. 19:57.940 --> 19:58.940 What do you mean? 19:58.940 --> 20:01.940 Well, suppose we get him in here. Think we could break him down into questioning? 20:01.940 --> 20:06.940 No, I doubt that. We can't even get close to him. That wife of his and that lawyer, they're with him all the time. He's afraid to talk to us. 20:06.940 --> 20:11.940 Hmm. Maybe if we pass the word to his wife he'd been gambling, how far could we go on that? 20:11.940 --> 20:14.940 Well, she might believe it, she might not. You've seen what she's like. 20:14.940 --> 20:19.940 Yeah. I got an idea he sold her on a story and she's tagging along to get the $128 back. 20:19.940 --> 20:22.940 Well, it gives me an idea, Joe. One thing we might have missed. 20:22.940 --> 20:23.940 Yeah, what's that? 20:23.940 --> 20:27.940 We found out that Stacy did a little partying before he went to the fights at the auditorium that night, didn't we? 20:27.940 --> 20:28.940 Yeah, go ahead. 20:28.940 --> 20:34.940 We checked out a couple of the bars he was drinking at, but we figure he must have parted away at least $50 out of that $128. 20:34.940 --> 20:35.940 Mm-hmm. 20:35.940 --> 20:37.940 He didn't spend that much at the bars. 20:37.940 --> 20:39.940 Oh, well, sure. He probably hid a few other places, too. 20:39.940 --> 20:42.940 That's what I mean. That's still a lot of money to drink up alone. 20:42.940 --> 20:44.940 You figure a woman? 20:44.940 --> 20:47.940 Maybe. You got any reason to think Stacy plays around? 20:47.940 --> 20:48.940 Just one. 20:48.940 --> 20:49.940 Yeah? 20:49.940 --> 20:50.940 His wife. 20:50.940 --> 21:03.940 Monday, 1 p.m. Ben and I started a canvas of bars and small nightclubs in the general area around the Olympic auditorium. 21:03.940 --> 21:06.940 We started with those where Stacy was a regular customer. 21:06.940 --> 21:13.940 We failed to turn up any leads. Either the bartenders refused to tell us or they had no knowledge of Stacy's running around with other women. 21:13.940 --> 21:18.940 We kept at it. Another day passed. Two days. Nothing. 21:18.940 --> 21:23.940 One of the newspapers started a campaign against the brutality of police officers. 21:23.940 --> 21:28.940 On Thursday, we got a tip from a bartender at a place out on Washington Street, the Brown Cow. 21:28.940 --> 21:35.940 He told us that he thought he saw a man answering Stacy's description in his bar a few nights before with a flashy blonde in their late 20s. 21:35.940 --> 21:40.940 He said he didn't know Stacy too well, but he knew the girl and he knew the hotel where she stayed. 21:40.940 --> 21:44.940 Her name was Sandra Gay, an acrobatic specialty dancer at the Cheat Nightclub. 21:44.940 --> 21:47.940 We checked out her hotel, but she wasn't in. 21:47.940 --> 21:55.940 We left word for her to get in touch with us and then we picked up a hamburger and some potato salad for lunch and checked back in at the office. 21:55.940 --> 21:56.940 How you doing, Coleman? 21:56.940 --> 21:57.940 Not as good as you two. 21:57.940 --> 21:58.940 How you mean? 21:58.940 --> 21:59.940 Can't you smell the perfume? 21:59.940 --> 22:00.940 Hmm? 22:00.940 --> 22:03.940 It's off a blonde named Sandra Gay. She's waiting in the next room. 22:03.940 --> 22:05.940 Won't talk to anybody but you. 22:05.940 --> 22:07.940 Thanks. Come on, Ben. 22:07.940 --> 22:09.940 Didn't waste much time, did you? 22:09.940 --> 22:12.940 Perfume. Pure strong. 22:16.940 --> 22:18.940 Your name, Sandra Gay? 22:18.940 --> 22:22.940 Yeah, it's nice. You're the cellist been looking for me? 22:22.940 --> 22:25.940 Drop by your hotel. We'd like to ask you a few questions. 22:25.940 --> 22:26.940 Sure, that's all right. 22:26.940 --> 22:28.940 This is my partner, Sergeant Romero. My name's Friday. 22:28.940 --> 22:29.940 I know. 22:29.940 --> 22:34.940 Hello. Romero. Kind of cute for a cop. What can I help you with? 22:34.940 --> 22:37.940 Do you know anybody by the name of Gerald Stacy, Miss Gay? 22:37.940 --> 22:39.940 Gerald, yeah, I hate that name. 22:39.940 --> 22:41.940 Do you know any man who calls himself that? 22:41.940 --> 22:44.940 No. I think that's a terrible name for a man, Gerald. 22:44.940 --> 22:49.940 The man we have in mind is pretty short, stocky-billed, dark-haired, and he wears steel-rimmed glasses. 22:49.940 --> 22:50.940 Yeah, where does he hang out? 22:50.940 --> 22:55.940 A place out in Washington, the Brown Cow. Supposed to have been seen with you. Gerald Stacy. 22:55.940 --> 23:00.940 Oh, yeah, I think I know him. He's in the furniture business and runs a place near the Brown Cow. 23:00.940 --> 23:01.940 That's right. You know him? 23:01.940 --> 23:06.940 The old pops. Sure, I know him. We get together once in a while. He's a kick. 23:06.940 --> 23:07.940 Pretty big spender? 23:07.940 --> 23:14.940 Oh, he's got it, yeah. Last time we went out, he was fine. He can kick it around when he wants to. Old pops. 23:14.940 --> 23:17.940 When's the last time you were out with him, Miss Gay? 23:17.940 --> 23:22.940 Maybe a week, two weeks ago. The Tuesday night, I think, yeah. 23:22.940 --> 23:24.940 Tuesday the 8th? Is that about right? 23:24.940 --> 23:27.940 Yeah, it must have been. Why was it all about? 23:27.940 --> 23:29.940 Did you spend most of the evening with him? 23:29.940 --> 23:34.940 No, I had to get back to the club to do my act. He went under the fights over at Linton. 23:34.940 --> 23:35.940 I get it. 23:37.940 --> 23:38.940 Personnel, Friday. 23:38.940 --> 23:39.940 Is this Sergeant Friday? 23:39.940 --> 23:40.940 Yes, that's right. 23:40.940 --> 23:47.940 This is Dr. Samuelson talking, Sergeant. I've been out of town. I just got back this morning. I saw the ad in the paper. 23:47.940 --> 23:48.940 Yes, sir. 23:48.940 --> 23:51.940 I was at the fights that night, Sergeant. What is it you want to know? 23:51.940 --> 23:55.940 Would you mind telling us, Doctor, did you see a man fall down one of the stairways to the lobby? 23:55.940 --> 23:57.940 Certainly. I was the one who examined him. 24:02.940 --> 24:06.940 5 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Stacy were called to Lieutenant Drummond's office. 24:06.940 --> 24:10.940 Arrangements were made to have Officer Russell Clark brought over from his cell in County Jail. 24:10.940 --> 24:15.940 At 5.15, Ben and I checked into the Lieutenant's office. Stacy and his wife were already there. 24:15.940 --> 24:20.940 I'm certainly proud of our police department, Chief. No whitewashing this time. You gave that fellow exactly what he had coming. 24:20.940 --> 24:22.940 Thanks. You're sure you didn't make a mistake? 24:22.940 --> 24:24.940 I'm sure, Chief. That's the right man. You got him. 24:24.940 --> 24:29.940 Jerry, don't make mistakes on things like this, Inspector. How about our money, the $120, 80? Did he tell you where he hid it? 24:29.940 --> 24:33.940 No, he hasn't. We're bringing Officer Clark in from County Jail. Figure we tried to crack him. 24:33.940 --> 24:35.940 That's right. Make him tell what he did with our money. 24:35.940 --> 24:37.940 Joe, will you have Officer Clark brought in? 24:37.940 --> 24:38.940 By the way. 24:40.940 --> 24:41.940 All right. 24:44.940 --> 24:46.940 There he is. Where's our money? What have you done with it? 24:46.940 --> 24:51.940 Just a minute, please. Stacy, are you sure Officer Clark here is the man who beat you up and robbed you? 24:51.940 --> 24:55.940 Of course he is. He dragged me behind the auditorium and almost beat me to death. 24:55.940 --> 24:57.940 Broke my arm. Took all my money. 24:57.940 --> 24:58.940 $128? Where is it? 24:58.940 --> 24:59.940 I haven't got your money. 24:59.940 --> 25:00.940 Joe, bring the doctor in. 25:00.940 --> 25:01.940 Aye, sir. 25:03.940 --> 25:04.940 In here, Doc. 25:04.940 --> 25:05.940 All right. 25:07.940 --> 25:11.940 Mr. Stacy, you're a liar. This officer didn't break your arm. 25:11.940 --> 25:15.940 I saw you fall down a flight of stairs at that auditorium and break your own arm. 25:15.940 --> 25:16.940 I examined it. 25:16.940 --> 25:17.940 Jerry, who is this man? 25:17.940 --> 25:18.940 What about it, Stacy? 25:18.940 --> 25:21.940 He doesn't know what he's talking about. I never saw him before in my life. 25:21.940 --> 25:25.940 No, but I've seen you, Stacy. You were drunk. I saw you fall down those stairs. 25:25.940 --> 25:26.940 You're crazy. 25:26.940 --> 25:27.940 Joe, send Miss Gay in. 25:27.940 --> 25:28.940 Aye. 25:30.940 --> 25:31.940 All right, Miss Gay. 25:31.940 --> 25:32.940 Okay. Thanks. 25:33.940 --> 25:35.940 Here is some perfume. 25:35.940 --> 25:37.940 You recognize any of these people, Miss Gay? 25:38.940 --> 25:39.940 Hello, Pops. 25:39.940 --> 25:40.940 I don't know you. 25:40.940 --> 25:43.940 Don't you remember the perfume you give it to me? 25:43.940 --> 25:44.940 Who is this woman? 25:44.940 --> 25:45.940 Just a friend, honey. 25:45.940 --> 25:47.940 All right, Stacy. Now let's have it straight. 25:49.940 --> 25:53.940 It was all a mistake. I don't want to make trouble for anybody. It wasn't this cop's fault. 25:53.940 --> 25:54.940 I don't want to make any trouble. 25:54.940 --> 25:55.940 What about this woman? 25:55.940 --> 25:56.940 It was all a mistake. Believe me. 25:56.940 --> 25:58.940 You took that money, Gerald. You spent it on her. 25:58.940 --> 25:59.940 Now wait a minute. 25:59.940 --> 26:01.940 Causing all this trouble squandering our money. 26:01.940 --> 26:05.940 After all I did for you, you're no good. This time I'm through. 26:05.940 --> 26:06.940 All right, Clark. Let's go. 26:06.940 --> 26:07.940 Okay. 26:11.940 --> 26:13.940 Well, that's it. 26:13.940 --> 26:15.940 I don't know how to thank you, fellas. 26:15.940 --> 26:17.940 And the doctor's the best friend you've got. 26:17.940 --> 26:20.940 Yeah. 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