WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.000 The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.000 --> 00:20.000 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. 00:20.000 --> 00:33.000 You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned to homicide detail. 00:33.000 --> 00:37.000 A woman has been shot to death. The apparent motive, robbery. 00:37.000 --> 00:41.000 The killer is still at large. Your job, find him. 00:41.000 --> 00:51.000 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. Smoke extra mild Fatima. 00:51.000 --> 00:58.000 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 00:58.000 --> 01:08.000 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 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The boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name is Friday. 02:05.000 --> 02:10.000 It was 11.45 p.m. when we got to where we'd parked our car, second in Maine. 02:10.000 --> 02:15.000 A couple of drops on the windshield. 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 Yeah, I hope it holds off. 02:17.000 --> 02:22.000 I think we're going out to see the Cubs and Pirates play an exhibition game tomorrow. I guess maybe not alone. 02:22.000 --> 02:23.000 You might be lucky. 02:23.000 --> 02:24.000 What's the weatherman say? 02:24.000 --> 02:27.000 I don't know. I'll get the radio on. 02:27.000 --> 02:30.000 It's a slow night. 02:30.000 --> 02:31.000 Yeah. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Might not be tomorrow night. 02:33.000 --> 02:34.000 Why? 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 March 17th, isn't it? 02:35.000 --> 02:37.000 Oh, yeah. 02:37.000 --> 02:42.000 62A, call your station. 02:42.000 --> 02:47.000 All units in vicinity of 102 South Virgil, 211 and shooting, code 3. 02:47.000 --> 02:48.000 It's a hot one. 02:48.000 --> 02:53.000 All units in vicinity of 102 South Virgil, 211 and shooting, code 3. 02:53.000 --> 02:55.000 Unit 13, take the call. 02:55.000 --> 03:01.000 Happy St. Patrick's Day. 03:01.000 --> 03:07.000 11.58 p.m. We arrived at 102 South Virgil, the Botelan Hotel, a four-story building. 03:07.000 --> 03:16.000 Sergeant Shimer met us in the lobby and informed us that the shooting took place at 11.40 p.m. in room 432, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore V. Benham. 03:16.000 --> 03:18.000 Mrs. Benham was the victim. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 We went up to the fourth floor where Officer McCready was stationed outside the room. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Any witnesses? 03:22.000 --> 03:24.000 Only Benham says it was a thief. 03:24.000 --> 03:26.000 Did you talk to any of the people on this floor? 03:26.000 --> 03:28.000 None of them saw anything. They're all in their rooms. 03:28.000 --> 03:30.000 Any other way out of here? 03:30.000 --> 03:33.000 That stairway in the rear leads to the roof. I took a look. 03:33.000 --> 03:35.000 Nothing up there. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 Where's Benham? 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Across the hall, lying down. Cox is with him. 03:38.000 --> 03:43.000 Okay. Let's look at the body. 03:43.000 --> 03:48.000 We went into the room, a dreary place with a single light hanging from the center of the ceiling. 03:48.000 --> 03:51.000 The carpet was faded and worn in spots. 03:51.000 --> 03:54.000 On the north side were a closet and a bathroom. 03:54.000 --> 03:56.000 Against the east wall was a dresser. 03:56.000 --> 04:04.000 Across the room was a double bed and at the foot of the bed a window, looking out over the roofs of adjoining buildings and the marquee of a movie house down the street. 04:04.000 --> 04:09.000 A stumer trunk was in the corner and a straight back chair was next to the door. 04:09.000 --> 04:13.000 The mirror of the dresser was smashed and on the dresser a Gideon Bible. 04:13.000 --> 04:16.000 On the bed was the body of a woman sprawled face down. 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 There were several splotches of blood on her coat. 04:19.000 --> 04:25.000 In the chair was a.32-20 revolver which McCready said belonged to Benham, the husband of the murdered woman. 04:25.000 --> 04:29.000 We asked McCready to put in a call to the crime lab and we went across the hall to question Benham. 04:29.000 --> 04:31.000 This is an awful shock. 04:31.000 --> 04:33.000 I'm not feeling well. I'm under doctor's care. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Hemophilia. 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 It's an awful shock. 04:36.000 --> 04:37.000 Sit down, please. 04:37.000 --> 04:39.000 Yes. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 Hi. 04:41.000 --> 04:44.000 I don't know what it'll do to me. I should be in the sanitarium right now. 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 What's the thing you're taking care of? 04:46.000 --> 04:48.000 Lincoln Sanitarium and Eagle Rock. 04:48.000 --> 04:50.000 Could you tell us what happened tonight? 04:50.000 --> 04:52.000 Why, yes. 04:52.000 --> 04:55.000 We, my wife and I, went out to the Sycamore Cafe over in Alvarado. 04:55.000 --> 04:57.000 What time was that? 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Oh, about nine thirty. 04:59.000 --> 05:03.000 We had a cup of drinks and something to eat, listened to a piano play, then came home. 05:03.000 --> 05:07.000 I unlocked the door and Elizabeth went in first and went over to the dresser. 05:07.000 --> 05:10.000 I just walked over to her when a man stepped out of the closet in the back of us. 05:10.000 --> 05:11.000 He had a gun. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 Can you describe him? 05:13.000 --> 05:14.000 I don't know, I don't know. 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 Did you see his face? 05:15.000 --> 05:16.000 No. 05:16.000 --> 05:20.000 He had a blue bandana over his face and he had a cap on, a blue and white check. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 Did you notice his clothes? 05:22.000 --> 05:23.000 No, no I didn't. 05:23.000 --> 05:25.000 Anything else? 05:25.000 --> 05:28.000 He seemed very nervous and he wasn't holding the gun still. 05:28.000 --> 05:33.000 My wife was opening a purse and I said, well I haven't got very much but I'll give you what we have. 05:33.000 --> 05:35.000 And he fired and hit Elizabeth. 05:35.000 --> 05:37.000 I pulled my gun from my overcoat and started shooting. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 Are you in the habit of carrying a gun? 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 No, no, no. 05:41.000 --> 05:44.000 I noticed suspicious looking men following me lately so I bought one. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 Is this the gun here? 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 Yes. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 Then what happened? 05:48.000 --> 05:50.000 Well, I fired all the bullets. 05:50.000 --> 05:51.000 I don't know how I missed. 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 The room was small. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 It kept moving around all the time. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 Uh-huh. 05:55.000 --> 05:58.000 But I guess I did miss. 05:58.000 --> 05:59.000 Then he ran out of the room. 05:59.000 --> 06:02.000 But how old would you say this man was? 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 Officer, I haven't finished. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 See you a minute, Sergeant. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 Sure. 06:07.000 --> 06:09.000 We'll be back, Mr. Benham. 06:09.000 --> 06:13.000 This has been an awful shock to me. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 I wonder how his wife felt. 06:15.000 --> 06:21.000 McCready told us that Sergeant Shimer had found a woman in the Nevada hotel next door who might know something. 06:21.000 --> 06:28.000 When next door in question, Mrs. Caroline Cromwell, a resident of the hotel, she occupied room 415 on the top floor. 06:28.000 --> 06:34.000 She told us that about 20 seconds after she heard the shots, she looked out the door of her room and saw a man come down the back stairs, 06:34.000 --> 06:38.000 which leads to the roof of the hotel, and enter room 402. 06:38.000 --> 06:42.000 She'd seen the man several times and was positive of her identification. 06:42.000 --> 06:48.000 Sergeant Shimer said the man was registered as Jack Morrison, who went to room 402. 06:48.000 --> 06:52.000 Try it again. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 What was that? 06:53.000 --> 06:58.000 Police officers. 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 What do you want? 06:59.000 --> 07:01.000 I'd like to ask a couple questions. 07:01.000 --> 07:02.000 I was going to bed. 07:02.000 --> 07:03.000 We'd like to talk to you. 07:03.000 --> 07:05.000 Won't take very long. 07:05.000 --> 07:08.000 All right. 07:08.000 --> 07:10.000 What do you want to know? 07:10.000 --> 07:12.000 How long have you been in your room? 07:12.000 --> 07:13.000 About 10 minutes. 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 What? 07:14.000 --> 07:15.000 Where were you? 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 To the movie. 07:16.000 --> 07:17.000 Which one? 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 Right down the street. 07:18.000 --> 07:20.000 Why are you asking me all these questions? 07:20.000 --> 07:22.000 You been drinking? 07:22.000 --> 07:23.000 A little. 07:23.000 --> 07:24.000 Not much. 07:24.000 --> 07:25.000 Mind if we look around a little? 07:25.000 --> 07:27.000 I was out all the time. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 I didn't know nothing about a shooting. 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 Then you won't mind if we look around. 07:31.000 --> 07:34.000 You won't find nothing here. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 These are all the clothes you've got? 07:36.000 --> 07:39.000 Yeah. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 Is this your coat? 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 Yeah. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.000 Yeah. 07:43.000 --> 07:45.000 You were wearing this tonight, were you? 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 No. 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 You were only coating the closet. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 What'd you do with the coat you were wearing? 07:49.000 --> 07:53.000 Guess I was wearing that one. 07:53.000 --> 07:54.000 Just spill it. 07:54.000 --> 07:55.000 What? 07:55.000 --> 07:56.000 The bottle of whiskey. 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 It broke. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 How? 07:58.000 --> 07:59.000 How do I know? 07:59.000 --> 08:01.000 You got a hole here in the sleeve. 08:01.000 --> 08:03.000 What did you do with the broken bottle? 08:03.000 --> 08:04.000 Threw it away. 08:04.000 --> 08:05.000 Where? 08:05.000 --> 08:06.000 I don't know. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 On the street. 08:08.000 --> 08:09.000 Yo, I found something. 08:09.000 --> 08:10.000 A shirt. 08:10.000 --> 08:13.000 Stuck down between the wall and the bathtub. 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 Looks like blood on it. 08:15.000 --> 08:18.000 Is this yours? 08:18.000 --> 08:22.000 Where's the shirt you wore tonight? 08:22.000 --> 08:24.000 Take off your pajamas, Tom. 08:24.000 --> 08:25.000 Why? 08:25.000 --> 08:26.000 Take it off. 08:26.000 --> 08:28.000 All right. 08:28.000 --> 08:34.000 But I didn't have nothing to do with that shooting next door. 08:34.000 --> 08:36.000 What happened to your arm? 08:36.000 --> 08:38.000 Guy shot at me. 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 Who? 08:39.000 --> 08:40.000 I don't know. 08:40.000 --> 08:44.000 I bought a bottle and had a couple of drinks and went to the movie for a little while. 08:44.000 --> 08:46.000 Would you mind moving away from the bed, please? 08:46.000 --> 08:47.000 No, no. 08:47.000 --> 08:48.000 Thank you. 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 I came out of the movie because I was getting dizzy. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 I went up on the roof here to get some air. 08:52.000 --> 08:56.000 While I was standing there, a guy ran across the roof and shot at me. 08:56.000 --> 08:57.000 What did the man look like? 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 I don't know. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 He came from the roof of the hotel next door and ran into this place. 09:01.000 --> 09:02.000 How big was he? 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 It was dark. 09:03.000 --> 09:04.000 I couldn't see. 09:04.000 --> 09:05.000 What did you do? 09:05.000 --> 09:09.000 Well, after I was sure he was gone, I came down. 09:09.000 --> 09:12.000 I was going to have my arm fixed in the morning. 09:12.000 --> 09:15.000 Better get your clothes on. 09:15.000 --> 09:16.000 Why? 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 Well, you got a pretty bad arm. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 You better have it fixed up. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 We'll take you to George Street Receiving Hospital. 09:22.000 --> 09:23.000 It's all right. 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 I don't have to go there. 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 Find anything, Ben? 09:26.000 --> 09:27.000 No. 09:27.000 --> 09:29.000 You got a clean shirt? 09:29.000 --> 09:30.000 No. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Well, you better wear your pajama top in. 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 Here's something. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 What did you say your name is? 09:36.000 --> 09:37.000 Jack Marston. 09:37.000 --> 09:39.000 Here's a card I found in the closet. 09:39.000 --> 09:44.000 It says, Tommy Kane, report for work, Joe's Cafe, 8 o'clock, March 1st. 09:44.000 --> 09:47.000 Who's Tommy Kane? 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 That's me. 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 Where are you from? 09:51.000 --> 09:52.000 Elgin, Illinois. 09:52.000 --> 09:53.000 How old are you? 09:53.000 --> 09:54.000 I'm 22. 09:54.000 --> 09:56.000 Why'd you leave Elgin? 09:56.000 --> 09:57.000 No work. 09:57.000 --> 09:59.000 I've been bumming around. 09:59.000 --> 10:01.000 You ever been arrested? 10:01.000 --> 10:03.000 I was picked up on a vague charge a month ago. 10:03.000 --> 10:04.000 Here? 10:04.000 --> 10:05.000 Yeah. 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 I don't know why you guys are balling with me. 10:07.000 --> 10:09.000 When somebody gets shot, we bother. 10:13.000 --> 10:14.000 1.30 a.m. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 We took Kane to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 10:16.000 --> 10:19.000 where they found that a muscle in his upper right arm had been severed 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 and the right side of his chest was bruised. 10:22.000 --> 10:25.000 Before taking him to Ward 1300 General Hospital for further treatment, 10:25.000 --> 10:29.000 we took him back to the roof of the Nevada Hotel. 10:29.000 --> 10:31.000 Still trying to rain. 10:31.000 --> 10:33.000 Yeah. 10:33.000 --> 10:36.000 Where were you standing when you got shot at, Kane? 10:36.000 --> 10:37.000 Right over there. 10:37.000 --> 10:39.000 I was leaning against the bricks. 10:39.000 --> 10:40.000 Where'd the man come from? 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 Out of that door and the other roof. 10:42.000 --> 10:44.000 The roof of the Bartlett Hotel? 10:44.000 --> 10:45.000 Yeah. 10:45.000 --> 10:46.000 Was he running when he shot at you? 10:46.000 --> 10:47.000 Yeah, yeah, he was. 10:47.000 --> 10:48.000 Where'd he run? 10:48.000 --> 10:50.000 Right across here where we are. 10:50.000 --> 10:54.000 Then he went through this door here into the Nevada Hotel. 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 Did you notice anything unusual about him? 10:56.000 --> 11:00.000 Well, his face was covered with a handkerchief and he wore a checkered cap. 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 But you said before it was too dark. 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 Well, I could see that. 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 I mean, you know, I could see that. 11:05.000 --> 11:06.000 I couldn't see his face. 11:06.000 --> 11:08.000 And you were standing over there with the paramedic? 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 Yeah. 11:09.000 --> 11:13.000 So how about, uh, about here? 11:13.000 --> 11:14.000 Yeah, that's it. 11:18.000 --> 11:19.000 Mm-hmm. 11:19.000 --> 11:22.000 All right, let's get over the roof of the Bartlett. 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 It's a little high. Can I help you over? 11:27.000 --> 11:28.000 No. 11:28.000 --> 11:35.000 Come on, Ben. 11:38.000 --> 11:40.000 Ever been in this hotel before, King? 11:40.000 --> 11:41.000 No. 11:44.000 --> 11:46.000 Everything all right, McCray? 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 Yeah. Crime lab's here. Checking the murder room. 11:49.000 --> 11:50.000 Is Benham awake? 11:50.000 --> 11:51.000 I think so. 11:54.000 --> 11:55.000 Mr. Benham? 11:55.000 --> 11:56.000 Yes? 11:56.000 --> 11:58.000 Mind if we come in? 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 Of course not. 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 You ever seen this man before? 12:03.000 --> 12:06.000 Let me see. Can you stand over there in the light? 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 My eyes aren't as good as they used to be. 12:08.000 --> 12:09.000 Okay. 12:09.000 --> 12:10.000 Move over there. 12:10.000 --> 12:11.000 How's that? 12:11.000 --> 12:12.000 That's better. 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 Is this the man who shot your wife? 12:15.000 --> 12:17.000 No, that's not the man. 12:19.000 --> 12:24.000 We left instructions for another car to take Theodore Benham to the Lincoln Sanitarium on Eagle Rock. 12:24.000 --> 12:27.000 We took Kane toward 1300 General Hospital. 12:27.000 --> 12:34.000 2.42 a.m. We arrived back at the Bartlett Hotel where police chemist Ray Pinker had finished his examination. 12:34.000 --> 12:42.000 Three slugs, 38 caliber and five slugs, 3220, were found in the mattress and the walls, all on the same side of the room. 12:42.000 --> 12:47.000 On the floor of the room were found a piece of white cloth and some brown threads. 12:47.000 --> 12:56.000 Ray Pinker returned to the crime lab while Ben and I made a search of both hotels, the incinerators, the alley and all likely places for the missing 38 was not found. 12:56.000 --> 13:02.000 3.48 a.m. Ben went to the record bureau to check on any possible criminal record Kane might have had. 13:02.000 --> 13:05.000 I went to the crime lab to see what Ray Pinker had found. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 Nothing on this one. It's been a clean mess. 13:09.000 --> 13:11.000 And nothing on these four 3220s. 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 What'd you find out? 13:13.000 --> 13:18.000 I dug the 38 out of the window for him. 3220s are in the south and east walls. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 How about the others here? 13:20.000 --> 13:27.000 Well, on these two 38 slugs I found minute portions of threads. They compare with the dress and coat one of the deceased. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 Hi. 13:28.000 --> 13:29.000 Hi, Ben. 13:29.000 --> 13:31.000 I checked Kane's record. He told the truth. 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 Nothing more than a vague charge, huh? 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 How's this come? 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 There's threads on two of the 38 slugs. 13:37.000 --> 13:39.000 And on one of the 3220s. 13:39.000 --> 13:40.000 Same kind of threads? 13:40.000 --> 13:41.000 Same kind. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 3220, that's the gun Benham used. 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 Yeah. 13:44.000 --> 13:45.000 Did you check the cloth yet? 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 I will right now. 13:47.000 --> 13:50.000 Benham must have been shooting off a while. 13:50.000 --> 13:53.000 Where'd you find that 3220 slug, Ray? 13:53.000 --> 13:54.000 On the floor near the bed. 13:54.000 --> 13:56.000 Nothing on any of the other 3220s? 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 No. 13:59.000 --> 14:01.000 Yeah, this piece of cloth matches the shirt. 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 How about the coat and those threads? 14:03.000 --> 14:06.000 Got only a couple threads that might match. 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 Let me have a coat. 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 Here you are. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 I'm gonna have Benham take another look at Kane, huh? 14:14.000 --> 14:17.000 Yeah, I guess so. I could use a cup of coffee. How about you? 14:17.000 --> 14:19.000 As soon as we get finished. 14:20.000 --> 14:22.000 How about it, Ray? 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 You gotta make it. 14:25.000 --> 14:27.000 All right. 14:27.000 --> 14:29.000 Yeah, they match. 14:29.000 --> 14:30.000 Now that's it, huh? 14:30.000 --> 14:31.000 Oh, one more thing. 14:31.000 --> 14:32.000 Yeah? 14:32.000 --> 14:33.000 Fresh stains on the carpet of that room. 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 What kind? 14:34.000 --> 14:35.000 Whiskey. 14:35.000 --> 14:39.000 March 18th, we picked up Benham at Lincoln Sanitarium and drove him to the General Hospital. 14:39.000 --> 14:42.000 Three times he asked us to stop someplace so he could have a drink. 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 We told him he'd have to wait. 14:44.000 --> 14:48.000 We arrived at Ward 1300 at 1.40 p.m. and Kane was brought out. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.000 Take a good look, Mr. Benham. 14:52.000 --> 14:54.000 Now that isn't the man, I'm sure of it. 14:54.000 --> 14:58.000 All right, Kane, tie this handkerchief over your face. 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 No, no, this way. That's right. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 All right, you can go. 15:02.000 --> 15:05.000 No, no, this way. That's right. 15:05.000 --> 15:07.000 I'll put on this cap. 15:07.000 --> 15:09.000 Kane, now stand over there, please. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 Now a little further. 15:13.000 --> 15:15.000 That's good. 15:15.000 --> 15:17.000 All right, Mr. Benham. 15:17.000 --> 15:21.000 You know, his eyes and forehead look a little familiar, but I don't know. 15:21.000 --> 15:25.000 All my nerves are all shot. I can't be positive. I'm a sick man. 15:25.000 --> 15:27.000 All right, Kane. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 I wish I could help you, boys. 15:29.000 --> 15:32.000 So do we. Come along, please. 15:33.000 --> 15:35.000 You don't have to take me back to the sanitarium. 15:35.000 --> 15:37.000 Just take me to your streetcar. I'll make it all right. 15:37.000 --> 15:38.000 Good day. 15:38.000 --> 15:39.000 Sergeant. 15:39.000 --> 15:40.000 Yeah. 15:40.000 --> 15:41.000 Can I see you a minute? 15:41.000 --> 15:42.000 Sure. 15:44.000 --> 15:45.000 Yeah. 15:45.000 --> 15:48.000 Did you notice anything when you first brought Kane out of the ward? 15:48.000 --> 15:49.000 No. 15:49.000 --> 15:51.000 You must have been closing the door. 15:51.000 --> 15:52.000 Yeah, I was. 15:52.000 --> 15:55.000 And that man, Benham, he winked at you. 15:55.000 --> 15:58.000 And that man, Benham, he winked at him. 16:08.000 --> 16:12.000 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation 16:12.000 --> 16:15.000 presented in the public interest by Fatima cigarettes. 16:15.000 --> 16:22.000 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest to listen to a typical case history of a Fatima smoker. 16:22.000 --> 16:27.000 It's the case of Dick Hyland, sports columnist for one of the great Los Angeles newspapers. 16:27.000 --> 16:30.000 This is his actual signed statement. 16:30.000 --> 16:33.000 Do I smoke a lot when I'm reporting a close ball game? 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What's wrong? 19:10.000 --> 19:11.000 Whole setup. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 Yeah? 19:12.000 --> 19:13.000 Yeah. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 What Benham say about me? 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 We told you, he says you look a little bit like the man. 19:16.000 --> 19:17.000 Did you say anything else? 19:17.000 --> 19:18.000 He winked at you, Kane. 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 Why? 19:19.000 --> 19:21.000 She wasn't a bad looking woman. 19:21.000 --> 19:22.000 Wasn't she, Kane? 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 All right, now how about it? 19:28.000 --> 19:30.000 You guys swear that was his wife? 19:30.000 --> 19:31.000 Yeah. 19:31.000 --> 19:33.000 Okay, I'll tell you where the 38 is. 19:33.000 --> 19:34.000 Where? 19:34.000 --> 19:36.000 The mattress on the roof of the Nevada hotel. 19:36.000 --> 19:38.000 Benham cut a hole in it that day. 19:38.000 --> 19:40.000 He told me to hide the gun there after the shooting. 19:40.000 --> 19:41.000 All right, let's have a look. 19:41.000 --> 19:44.000 I don't want anybody to know I'm telling you this. 19:44.000 --> 19:45.000 Why? 19:45.000 --> 19:47.000 Benham's a real smart guy. 19:47.000 --> 19:48.000 He's got a gang. 19:48.000 --> 19:50.000 He's in on it as much as I am. 19:50.000 --> 19:51.000 Yeah? 19:51.000 --> 19:52.000 He double crossed me. 19:52.000 --> 19:53.000 He tried to kill me. 19:53.000 --> 19:54.000 I'm going to jail. 19:54.000 --> 19:55.000 He's going with me. 19:55.000 --> 19:56.000 Maybe he will. 20:00.000 --> 20:02.000 Kane told us that he had known Benham for about two months. 20:02.000 --> 20:07.000 During that time, Benham helped him along by giving him a couple of dollars every once in a while. 20:07.000 --> 20:13.000 On March 11th, Benham got Kane a room in the Nevada hotel and gave him $20 to buy a gun, which Kane did. 20:13.000 --> 20:17.000 On March 15th, he gave Kane a blue bandana and a checkered cap. 20:17.000 --> 20:23.000 On March 16th, he told Kane that he'd been sent by a gang in Chicago to kill a woman who was a stool pigeon. 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 He promised Kane $100 for his help. 20:25.000 --> 20:29.000 Early that evening, Benham told Kane how to enter their room and where to hide. 20:29.000 --> 20:32.000 When they came home, Benham stood by the door. 20:32.000 --> 20:35.000 Kane stepped out of the closet and, after a few words, shot the woman. 20:35.000 --> 20:38.000 As he moved toward the bed, Benham started shooting at him. 20:38.000 --> 20:41.000 Kane ran from the room and hid the gun in the mattress on the roof, 20:41.000 --> 20:44.000 then went to his room and flushed the cap and bandana down the drain. 20:44.000 --> 20:48.000 1115 p.m. Ben and I found the gun where Kane said it would be. 20:48.000 --> 20:54.000 38 Special Detective Colt Revolver, 2-inch barrel, number 381327. 20:54.000 --> 21:00.000 1152 p.m. We checked and found no evidence that Benham belonged to any kind of a gang. 21:00.000 --> 21:05.000 March 19th, 9 a.m. Ben and I reported into homicide and picked up Captain Steed. 21:05.000 --> 21:08.000 We went over to Dr. Wagner to learn his autopsy report. 21:08.000 --> 21:11.000 It showed that the deceased had been shot three times. 21:11.000 --> 21:15.000 Two 38 slugs and one 3220 were recovered from the victim's body. 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 They were initialed for evidence. 21:17.000 --> 21:24.000 8 p.m. Captain Steed, Ben and I went to the sanitarium and told Benham that there were a few angles we wanted to clear up before the inquest next morning. 21:24.000 --> 21:27.000 Benham got dressed and we drove back to the Bartlett Hotel. 21:27.000 --> 21:30.000 It was raining. 21:30.000 --> 21:34.000 I'm still trying to remember what happened. I was very shocked that night. 21:34.000 --> 21:35.000 Yeah, I suppose you were. 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 Sometimes my memory comes back for a little bit. 21:37.000 --> 21:38.000 The red light? 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 Yeah, I see. 21:40.000 --> 21:46.000 You know, the man who did the shooting knew you lived in room 432 and he knew you'd be gone that night. 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 How do you suppose he figured that out? 21:48.000 --> 21:51.000 Well, I've been noticing a lot of men have been following me. 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 Suspicious looking men. 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 I told that to Sergeant Friday, didn't I, Sergeant? 21:55.000 --> 21:56.000 Yeah, that's right. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 Must have been one of them. 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 You ever give money to characters on the street so much they might follow you? 22:01.000 --> 22:02.000 Yeah, that must be it. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 Many times I used to do that. 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 I'd be nice to them and they'd try to make friends. 22:06.000 --> 22:07.000 You remember any of them? 22:07.000 --> 22:17.000 Yeah, I do. There was a young man, Dorsey, and Jolly Swanson, and a fellow named, uh, Mane, Blaine. 22:17.000 --> 22:18.000 Kane? 22:18.000 --> 22:21.000 Yeah, that's it, Kane. There you are. There you are. 22:21.000 --> 22:24.000 The young man you took me to see in the hospital. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 I'm, I'm thinking I believe that's Kane. 22:26.000 --> 22:27.000 Are you sure? 22:27.000 --> 22:29.000 Quite sure. He's the burglar. 22:29.000 --> 22:31.000 What makes you think he was a burglar? 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 Well, what else would he be? 22:32.000 --> 22:35.000 He didn't rifle any of the drawers or steal anything, did he? 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 Must have got there just before us. 22:37.000 --> 22:40.000 Did you have anything important there? 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 Ah, yes. Some insurance policies. 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 And your wife? 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 Yeah. 22:44.000 --> 22:45.000 How much? 22:45.000 --> 22:51.000 Oh, one policy for 4,000 and two for 2,500 each. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 Who's the beneficiary? 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 Well, I am. 22:59.000 --> 23:04.000 We took Benham up to room 432 where he got out the insurance policies on his wife and showed them to us. 23:04.000 --> 23:07.000 Then Captain Steed asked him to reenact the shooting. 23:07.000 --> 23:12.000 Benham acted as the killer. I played Benham. And Ben acted as his wife. 23:12.000 --> 23:17.000 Well, the man was over here in the closet. My wife and I came in that door and then my wife went over to the dressing room. 23:17.000 --> 23:20.000 Oh, over here? Did you turn on the light? 23:20.000 --> 23:23.000 Oh, yeah. And then I closed the door and went over behind her. 23:23.000 --> 23:24.000 Like this? 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 Oh, she was closer to the bed. 23:26.000 --> 23:27.000 Here? 23:27.000 --> 23:28.000 Yeah. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 Were you standing next to her? 23:30.000 --> 23:31.000 Yeah. 23:31.000 --> 23:32.000 You started to take off your coat? 23:32.000 --> 23:35.000 Well, I was just going to when this man stepped out of his closet here. 23:35.000 --> 23:36.000 How far? 23:36.000 --> 23:40.000 Oh, here. Yeah, right here. 23:40.000 --> 23:41.000 Then what? 23:41.000 --> 23:45.000 Well, he held the gun in his hand and asked how much money we had. Elizabeth said we didn't have much. 23:45.000 --> 23:46.000 From here? 23:46.000 --> 23:48.000 Yeah, but she turned around. 23:48.000 --> 23:49.000 Like this? 23:49.000 --> 23:50.000 Yeah, that's it. 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 What happened then? 23:52.000 --> 23:57.000 Well, then I said I haven't got very much, but I'll give you what we have. And he started shooting. 23:57.000 --> 24:00.000 Yeah, but you said before that your wife started looking in her purse. 24:00.000 --> 24:03.000 Yeah, that's it she did. I forgot. And that made him think she was going after a gun. 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 How do you know? 24:05.000 --> 24:14.000 Well, I suppose that's what he thought. He shot and Elizabeth fell on the bed. I pulled out my gun and started shooting and the man ran out the door and that's all. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 That's exactly what happened, huh? 24:16.000 --> 24:20.000 Just as I remember it. Will I help you? 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 Not very much. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 What's the matter? 24:24.000 --> 24:28.000 Well, if you were standing where I am, there'd be bullet holes on that side of the room there, wouldn't there? 24:28.000 --> 24:31.000 They're all on this side. 24:31.000 --> 24:35.000 I see. I got it. Come with me. 24:35.000 --> 24:36.000 Where are you going? 24:36.000 --> 24:37.000 On the roof. 24:37.000 --> 24:38.000 What for? 24:38.000 --> 24:41.000 I want to show you something. It's raining. There are two umbrellas in the closet. I'll get them. 24:41.000 --> 24:43.000 Why do you want to go up there? 24:43.000 --> 24:49.000 I think I know where that gun might be hidden. I'll bet it's there. Here, you take this umbrella. 24:49.000 --> 24:50.000 Thanks. 24:50.000 --> 24:51.000 We'll take this one, Captain. 24:51.000 --> 24:57.000 Let's go. 24:57.000 --> 25:10.000 I'll bet it's up there. We'll find it. 25:10.000 --> 25:15.000 You got your flashlight, Ben? 25:15.000 --> 25:17.000 It should be around here somewhere. 25:17.000 --> 25:18.000 What? 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 A mattress. My wife used to take sun baths on it. 25:20.000 --> 25:21.000 Where would it be? 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 Just about here. 25:23.000 --> 25:24.000 I don't see any. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 You sure it's up here? 25:26.000 --> 25:32.000 I bet it's on the next roof. Didn't you say Cain lived in that hotel? He probably moved it. 25:32.000 --> 25:34.000 There's a flashlight over there, behind that elevator shaft. 25:34.000 --> 25:35.000 There? 25:35.000 --> 25:39.000 Yeah, there. You see it? We have to climb over this pair, but to get on the other roof. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 Watch it, Captain. It's pretty slippery. 25:41.000 --> 25:51.000 Okay. It is slippery. 25:51.000 --> 25:52.000 This mattress here? 25:52.000 --> 25:53.000 That's it. 25:53.000 --> 25:54.000 Take a look, Joe. 25:54.000 --> 25:59.000 Right. 25:59.000 --> 26:00.000 No, nothing here. 26:00.000 --> 26:04.000 Did you look all around there? Did you look in the corners? 26:04.000 --> 26:05.000 No. 26:05.000 --> 26:09.000 That'd be a good place to hide a gun, don't you think? 26:09.000 --> 26:13.000 Let me see. It might be a hole cut in one of them. 26:13.000 --> 26:17.000 No. Maybe the other corner. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 No. 26:19.000 --> 26:22.000 Maybe this one. 26:22.000 --> 26:26.000 Yeah. You see the mattress has been cut. 26:26.000 --> 26:31.000 No. No. It's got to be here. 26:31.000 --> 26:35.000 Where is it? 26:35.000 --> 26:42.000 It's here, I tell you. It's here. I know it's here. 26:42.000 --> 26:54.000 I'll find it. I'll find it. You wait. You see. I'll get it. I know it's here. 26:54.000 --> 27:04.000 I'll find it. You wait. I'll get it. I'll get it. 27:04.000 --> 27:06.000 It's getting wet, Joe. 27:06.000 --> 27:09.000 We got the 30-18 told us about it. 27:09.000 --> 27:11.000 You ready to talk? 27:11.000 --> 27:12.000 Yeah. 27:12.000 --> 27:15.000 The insurance. That why you did it? 27:15.000 --> 27:19.000 Yeah. I'm a sick man. 27:19.000 --> 27:24.000 Let's go, Bannum. On your feet. 27:24.000 --> 27:29.000 All right. 27:29.000 --> 27:32.000 They played that ball game the other day. 27:32.000 --> 27:33.000 Yeah? Who won? 27:33.000 --> 27:38.000 Pirates, eight to seven. Sure do like baseball. 27:38.000 --> 27:39.000 Must be a real nice business. 27:39.000 --> 27:40.000 Yeah. 27:40.000 --> 27:42.000 The fans only yell if they never do it. 27:42.000 --> 27:43.000 What's that? 27:43.000 --> 27:51.000 The Holy Empire. 27:51.000 --> 27:54.000 The story you have just heard was true. 27:54.000 --> 27:57.000 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:57.000 --> 27:59.000 On July 2nd, trial was held in Superior Court, 27:59.000 --> 28:03.000 Department 89, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 28:03.000 --> 28:04.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 28:04.000 --> 28:09.000 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to extra mild Fatima. 28:09.000 --> 28:11.000 Here is the actual report. 28:11.000 --> 28:15.000 From coast to coast, extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 28:15.000 --> 28:22.000 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the king-size cigarette that is extra mild. 28:22.000 --> 28:28.000 Extra mild because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobacco superbly blended to make it extra mild, 28:28.000 --> 28:32.000 to give it a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 28:32.000 --> 28:36.000 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. Best of all, long cigarettes. 28:36.000 --> 28:39.000 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:39.000 --> 28:43.000 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:43.000 --> 28:54.000 Thomas Cain was convicted of second-degree murder and received a term as prescribed by law. 28:54.000 --> 28:59.000 Theodore V. Venom was convicted of first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. 28:59.000 --> 29:05.000 He received a life sentence and died in prison one year later. 29:05.000 --> 29:08.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 29:08.000 --> 29:13.000 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 29:13.000 --> 29:19.000 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 29:19.000 --> 29:38.000 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.