1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,640 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,840 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:31,120 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,280 You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned to homicide detail. 5 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,640 The owner of a fur store has been shot and killed. 6 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,320 You're only lead a missing fur coat. 7 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,360 The killer is at large. 8 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:49,400 Good job, get him. 9 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,840 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 10 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,800 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 11 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:02,520 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 12 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,760 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 13 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:12,200 To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 14 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,200 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 15 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,400 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 16 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,640 Best of all long cigarettes. 17 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,280 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 18 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:30,640 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 19 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:38,200 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 20 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:43,120 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 21 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,680 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 22 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,400 police files. 23 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:54,760 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 24 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,480 in action. 25 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,760 Was Saturday November 23rd, was warm in Los Angeles. 26 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,120 We're working the night watch out of homicide detail. 27 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,440 My partner is Ben Romero, boss is Blaine Steed, captain of homicide. 28 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:10,440 My name is Friday. 29 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:16,600 It was 6.35 p.m. and we got to the corner of Western and Lexington, a Western fur shop. 30 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,480 Hi, Brennan. 31 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,800 Hi. 32 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,120 What happened, Frank? 33 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,120 The owner's been shot. 34 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,360 His name's Albert Kriber. 35 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,360 Yeah. 36 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,360 Who is that? 37 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,360 Mrs. Kriber. 38 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,280 Haven't been able to get anything out of her. 39 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,280 Where's the body? 40 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:30,280 In the back. 41 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:31,600 Monkress is back there. 42 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,200 Did you call the lamp? 43 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,200 Yeah. 44 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:35,200 He's got stones on his way. 45 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,440 Photographer and fingerprint men with him. 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,960 All right, let's take a look. 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,160 Nothing seems to be messed up. 48 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:43,160 Backroom is. 49 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:48,800 It was a small shop, a couple of fur coats on dummies on one side of the store and on 50 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,360 the other a tall glass case holding about 15 more. 51 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Mrs. Kriber sat on a straight back chair staring at the floor. 52 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,760 We went through the curtains into the back room of the store. 53 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,680 Sprawled out on the floor at the far end of the room was the body of a man. 54 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,440 He had a fur coat gripped in one hand. 55 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,000 Sergeant Monkress from Hollywood division was standing by. 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 What do you figure, Monk? 57 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Looks like a couple of hours. 58 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Did you call the coroner? 59 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Yeah. 60 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 How long have you been here, Monk? 61 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Just a couple of minutes. 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 You think Mrs. Kriber moved anything here? 63 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I don't think so. 64 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 She was sitting in that chair when we got here. 65 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 I don't think she's moved except to call in. 66 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Did she put in the call? 67 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Yeah. 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Empty shelves down on the floor. 69 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,000 You got a pencil? 70 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Yeah. 71 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Yeah, 32. 72 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Yeah. 73 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,000 You think robbery? 74 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 I don't know. 75 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Let's talk to the wife. 76 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Wait a minute. 77 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 A bottle here. 78 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,480 Sierra Valley Wine Company. 79 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,040 World's finest muscatel. 80 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,680 27 cents a pint. 81 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:50,680 Nobody touched this today. 82 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:51,680 Well, I've been here, though. 83 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,680 Okay. 84 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:53,680 Let's get out front. 85 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,720 Anything in the customer files running? 86 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:00,720 Not so far. 87 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,880 Have you tried to talk to Mrs. Kriber again? 88 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:03,880 No, pretty bad. 89 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,880 Let's give it a try. 90 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,880 Mrs. Kriber? 91 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,760 I'm Sergeant Friday. 92 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:14,760 This is Sergeant Romero. 93 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,120 We'd like to talk to you if we could. 94 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,800 We know how you must feel, but there are a few questions that we have to ask you. 95 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,040 Did you telephone the police? 96 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,160 We have to know how it happened, Mrs. Kriber. 97 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,360 Mrs. Kriber? 98 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,360 Can you tell us what happened? 99 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,360 Who is it? 100 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,360 What do you want? 101 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,360 We're police officers. 102 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,360 Albert. 103 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,360 Albert's dead. 104 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:51,720 Albert, Albert! 105 00:04:51,720 --> 00:05:01,120 Someone call the police? 106 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,120 Mrs. Kriber, we are the police. 107 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,120 My husband's been murdered. 108 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,120 He's dead. 109 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,120 Albert, Albert! 110 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,120 We'd better leave her. 111 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:28,520 Friday, here's something I found in the customer file. 112 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,640 Miss Terry Shepherd, 10113 Normandy, apartment three. 113 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,240 What about it? 114 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,240 She took a code out that was in storage. 115 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,240 We'll check it out today. 116 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,240 We'll check her out when we're finished here. 117 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,240 Thanks. 118 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,240 Looks like the only hot receipt in the file. 119 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Hi, Lee. 120 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Joe, again? 121 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,240 In the back room. 122 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,240 What is it? 123 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,240 Killing. 124 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,240 Monkries will show you. 125 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,240 Okay. 126 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,240 That's long. 127 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,240 Think we ought to try to laugh again? 128 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:59,240 We can try. 129 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,240 Miss Kriber, can we do anything for you? 130 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,240 Oh, I'm a little better. 131 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:11,240 I'll try to tell you what I can. 132 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,240 All right. 133 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,240 When did you get here? 134 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:19,240 It must have been about six o'clock, a few minutes after. 135 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,240 I came to take him home. 136 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,240 Any customers around? 137 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,240 No, the store was empty. 138 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,240 I stood here for a few minutes waiting, and then I went in the back. 139 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,240 And... 140 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,240 Yes, I know. 141 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,240 Did the front door open? 142 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,240 No. 143 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:39,240 Yes. 144 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,240 The front door? 145 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,240 Yes, ma'am, the front. 146 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,240 Yes, open. 147 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,240 Did you telephone the police? 148 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,240 I think I did. 149 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,240 Did you come here to pick him up? 150 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,240 No. 151 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,240 No, usually he drives home himself. 152 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,240 I came down on the streetcar to ride home with him. 153 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,240 What kind of a car do you have? 154 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,240 An Oldsmobile. 155 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,240 1939 or... 156 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,240 40, I guess it is. 157 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,240 Where does he usually park? 158 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,240 In the rear of the store, this little place back there. 159 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:14,240 I'll take a look. 160 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,240 All right. 161 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,240 Where is your home? 162 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,240 3412 Northwestern. 163 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,240 I thought there was something wrong when I got a telegram from him. 164 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,240 He said not to come down tonight. 165 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,240 He said he'd be home late. 166 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,240 What time was that? 167 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,240 About four o'clock. 168 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,240 Well, I'm all mixed up. 169 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,240 I haven't told it to you as I remember it. 170 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,240 First, yes, first I telephoned here to the shop. 171 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,240 That was this afternoon? 172 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,240 Yes, 3.30. 173 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,240 I'm sure of that because I made some other calls. 174 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,240 I spoke to Albert. 175 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,240 He didn't say he was going to be late. 176 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,240 Then at four o'clock I received the telegram. 177 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,240 Do you have that with you? 178 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,240 Yes, it's in my purse somewhere. 179 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,240 Somewhere, somewhere. 180 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,240 Oh, here it is. 181 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,240 Thank you. 182 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Don't come down. 183 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,240 I won't be home until late. 184 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,240 I have to see a customer, Albert. 185 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,240 Can I keep this? 186 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,240 We'll return it to you. 187 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,240 Yes. 188 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,240 What did you do after you got this wire, Ms. Kriver? 189 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,240 Well, nothing. 190 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:28,240 I thought it was strange, but I didn't think too much about it. 191 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:33,240 Then I started wondering why he didn't say anything over the telephone about being late. 192 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,240 So I came down here on the streetcar. 193 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,240 Did you phone the store just before you left your house? 194 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,240 Yes, but there was no answer. 195 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,240 Fortunately, it's not empty. 196 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,240 Better get out an APB on the car, huh? 197 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,240 Ms. Kriver, you said your car was a 1939 or 40 Oldsmobile, didn't you? 198 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,240 1940, I remember now. 199 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:55,240 What model is that? 200 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,240 Oh, it's a sedan, light blue. 201 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,240 Do you remember the license number? 202 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,240 Well, I have it on this chain with the extra keys. 203 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,240 Here it is, on this little tag. 204 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,240 The veterans make these. 205 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,240 Thank you. 206 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,240 Joe, can I see you a minute? 207 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,240 Sure. 208 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:11,240 Excuse me, Ms. Kriver. 209 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,240 Do you want me to wait? 210 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,240 I'd like to go home. 211 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,240 We'd like you to wait for a little while, yes. 212 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,240 Do you have any relatives living here? 213 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,240 A niece and a nephew in Beverly Hills. 214 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,240 Jerome Reed. 215 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,240 They live on Cannon Drive. 216 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,240 We'll call them for you. 217 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Thank you. 218 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,240 Lee, is this phone out here all right to handle? 219 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,240 Yeah, it's been dusted. 220 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Okay. 221 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,240 Is Joe here coming in? 222 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,240 Yeah, right away. 223 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,240 Pretty clear, easy to trace. 224 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:41,240 I'd say he was standing over here by the curtains when he was shot. 225 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,240 That's where the stains began. 226 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,240 And he must have stumbled along this glass case. 227 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,240 You can see the smears here on the glass where he tried to grab hold of something. 228 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,240 Yeah. 229 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,240 And I guess he caught hold of that fur coat and pulled it down on him. 230 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:57,240 Uh-huh. 231 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,240 And he stumbled and bumped up against this coat rack, 232 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,240 fell through that and up against the safe. 233 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,240 How many times does he hit? 234 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,240 Six empty casings on the floor. 235 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,240 Looks like four through-and-through wounds. 236 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,240 Thirty-two, huh? 237 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:12,240 That's right. 238 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,240 And you know what's going on? 239 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,240 The wife knows if anything is missing? 240 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,240 She's in pretty bad shape. 241 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:23,240 It looks to me like somebody took his wristwatch and a ring from his left hand. 242 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,240 If he had a bill fall, that's gone. 243 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,240 No coat. 244 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,240 All the trouser pockets are turned inside out. 245 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,240 And what about that wine bottle? 246 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,240 It's smeared. 247 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:32,240 Can't lift a thing. 248 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,240 Okay, thanks. 249 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,240 Ben? 250 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,240 I'm still on the phone. 251 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Okay. 252 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,240 No, no, no. 253 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,240 License 15, Boston. 254 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,240 6707. 255 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,240 No, 707. 256 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,240 Yeah, driver might be on. 257 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,240 Hang on a minute, Wallace. 258 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,240 What? 259 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,240 Now give that to DMV, will you? 260 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,240 Save another call. 261 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,240 Miss Kriber, did your husband have a wallet? 262 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,240 Yes, yes, brown alligator. 263 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,240 Did he keep his identification in it? 264 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Yes. 265 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:00,240 Did he carry much cash? 266 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,240 No, just a few dollars. 267 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,240 He was always afraid of holdups. 268 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,240 Thank you. 269 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:06,240 You want to give that to him, Ben? 270 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:07,240 Yeah, okay. 271 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Hey Wallace, suspect might have a brown alligator wallet 272 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,240 with identification cards of Albert Kriber. 273 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,240 Yeah, that's C-R-I-B, Boston B, Boston E-R. 274 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,240 3412 Northwestern Avenue. 275 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,240 Yeah. 276 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,240 Yeah, okay. 277 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,240 Yeah, bye. 278 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,240 Joe? 279 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,240 Might just be here. 280 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:27,240 Yeah, Monk? 281 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,240 Invoiced from a far north fur company. 282 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,240 Three mink coats delivered here today. 283 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,240 I looked all around. 284 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,240 I only found two, one missing. 285 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,240 Did you find a sales slip for the other ones? 286 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,240 No. 287 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,240 Mr. Kriber, would you come over here, please? 288 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:41,240 Yes. 289 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,240 Where are they, Monk? 290 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,240 Over here. 291 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:48,240 All right, over this way. 292 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,240 These are mink coats here, aren't they? 293 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,240 Yes, yes, wild mink. 294 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,240 Albert told me he ordered them. 295 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,240 Yes, ma'am, we found the invoice. 296 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,240 He ordered three. 297 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,240 There are only two here. 298 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,240 Do you know anything about any of his customers? 299 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,240 No, no, I don't. 300 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,240 I never met any of them. 301 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,240 Oh, I remember now. 302 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:14,240 Just the night before last, he called someone from home, 303 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,240 told her he had some minks in today, 304 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,240 and she could come in and look them over. 305 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,240 Do you know who that was? 306 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,240 I didn't hear any name. 307 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:26,240 Mrs. Kriber, do you have any idea who might have wanted to shoot your husband? 308 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,240 No, none at all. 309 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,240 He was friendly with everyone. 310 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,240 Everybody liked Albert. 311 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,240 He didn't run around. 312 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,240 He was either working or at home. 313 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:39,240 Did he drink? 314 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:40,240 Not at all. 315 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,240 No, I mean beer, a little wine maybe. 316 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,240 No, no, no, he never touched anything. 317 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,240 All right, thank you. 318 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,240 Brennan, will you see that Mrs. Kriber gets to her nephews? 319 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,240 Right away. 320 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,240 Thank you. 321 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:50,240 Might as well go, Ben. 322 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Yeah. 323 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,240 We can talk to some of the neighbors. 324 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,240 Six shots fired. 325 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,240 Wonder why nobody heard him. 326 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,240 Pretty heavy traffic outside, huh? 327 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,240 Somebody wanted a mink coat pretty bad. 328 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,240 Coat like that costs quite a bit, doesn't it? 329 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,240 This one's going to come a little high? 330 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:07,240 Yeah. 331 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,240 Seven o' five p.m. 332 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,240 Most of the stores along the street were closed, 333 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,240 but a small shoe repair shop across the street was open, 334 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,240 so we went over there. 335 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,240 On the window was one word, Pete, and a picture of a shoe. 336 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,240 Sitting in the window was a small dark man wearing a leather apron 337 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,240 who was working on a pair of shoes. 338 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:36,240 Hello. 339 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,240 We're police officers. 340 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,240 I see you drive up across the street. 341 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,240 Are you Pete? 342 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,240 Sure. 343 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,240 What happens to Mr. Kriber? 344 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,240 Is he robbed? 345 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,240 No, he was killed. 346 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,240 No. 347 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Shut? 348 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,240 I do not hear anything. 349 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,240 Have you been sitting in your window all afternoon? 350 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,240 Oh, most all the time. 351 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,240 You see, I have machinery here. 352 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,240 I advertise that way. 353 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,240 People watch me. 354 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:00,240 Mm-hmm. 355 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,240 Do you remember seeing anybody going into Mr. Kriber's this afternoon? 356 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,240 This afternoon, four men. 357 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,240 Two, three long black cars. 358 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,240 Anybody else? 359 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,240 Some. 360 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,240 Were they women? 361 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,240 Officer, they are all women. 362 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,240 I see. 363 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,240 Did any of them walk out with a new fur coat? 364 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,240 There. 365 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,240 All done. 366 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,240 I do not see all of them, I guess, but I see two. 367 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,240 Can you describe? 368 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,240 One beautiful young girl, tall, red hair. 369 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,240 She walked out with a big package. 370 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,240 What time was that? 371 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,240 Three, four o'clock. 372 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,240 The second woman is about the same time. 373 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,240 Funny thing, I do not see the bottle, but Benny from liquor store in corner 374 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,240 tell me the second one, the blonde, she buys bottle wine. 375 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,240 Did he tell you what kind? 376 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:51,240 No. 377 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,240 Reason I remember, I laugh when he tell me. 378 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,240 I go over to Benny's for a can of beer. 379 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:02,240 He tells me she buys cheap wine, walks out of Krivors with new fur coat. 380 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,240 Me, I spend five dollars for good wine and my wife has no fur coat. 381 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,240 How old was this blonde? How is she dressed? 382 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,240 She is maybe 25. 383 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,240 Young, you know, not too young, but young. 384 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,240 She has on slacks, gray. 385 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,240 What kind of fur coat was she wearing when she came out? 386 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,240 Mink. 387 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,240 Look from here like mink. 388 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,240 I see. 389 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,240 Did you notice where she went? 390 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,240 The blonde, gray slacks, mink coat. 391 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,240 Yes, turned the corner on to Lexington and she went up the street. 392 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,240 Did you see Mr. Krivors car drive away? 393 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,240 No, he parking back. I don't see him come in, I don't see him come out. 394 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,240 All right, thanks a lot Pete. 395 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:45,240 You know officer, that blonde, something wrong there. 396 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,240 How do you mean? 397 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:51,240 Well, she has got fur coat, but she drinks wrong wine. I don't understand. 398 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,240 Why do you say that? 399 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,240 Five thousand dollar coat, 27 cent wine. 400 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:01,240 Seven forty five p.m. 401 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,240 Ben and I questioned Benny Davis at the safety liquor store. 402 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:11,240 He remembered the blonde and said she bought a bottle of Sierra Valley Muscatel from him between 2.30 and 3 o'clock that afternoon. 403 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,240 He had never seen her before. 404 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:18,240 We contacted communications and gave a description of the blonde to supplement the All Points Bulletin. 405 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:24,240 Then we started checking Western Union offices to find out where Mrs. Krivors telegram had been sent from. 406 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,240 We finally traced it to the office at Normandy and Hollywood Boulevard. 407 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:32,240 The operator who sent the telegram to Mrs. Krivors also remembered receiving the call. 408 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:37,240 She told us that the person who phoned in the message was a woman, the time 3.22 p.m. 409 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,240 We asked her to put a tracer on it and told her we'd check back. 410 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:48,240 8.24 p.m. Ben and I went to 10113 Normandy to talk to Miss Terry Shepherd whose name had appeared in the customer files at the first store. 411 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:53,240 The receipts showed she'd taken a coat out of storage that afternoon. 412 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,240 This is something like the place the wife and I used to live in. 413 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,240 Yeah? 414 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,240 Same people must have built it. 415 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,240 Apartment three. 416 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,240 Miss Terry Shepherd. 417 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,240 Alright, come in. The door is open. 418 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,240 Find yourself a seat, Fred. I'll be in a minute. 419 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,240 Police officers, Miss Shepherd. 420 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,240 Oh? What's wrong? 421 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,240 We'd like to talk to you. 422 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,240 What about? 423 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,240 What if you could come out here, please? 424 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,240 I just got out of the shower. You'll have to wait a minute. 425 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,240 Yeah? Now this place has got the same floor plan as mine, huh? 426 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,240 Kind of small, isn't it? 427 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,240 Not too bad. 428 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,240 Wonder what rent she pays. 429 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,240 You don't mind if I wear this too, do you? My hair's wet. 430 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,240 It's alright. We're sorry to bother you. 431 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,240 What can I do for you? 432 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,240 You got a fur coat, Miss Shepherd? 433 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,240 Yeah, sure. 434 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,240 What if we could see it, please? 435 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:44,240 Sure, but I don't think it'll throw you. It's only muskrat. I bought it in Pittsburgh. 436 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,240 Where is it? In the closet? 437 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:46,240 Yeah. 438 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:47,240 Okay. 439 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,240 It's down the hallway, first door on the right. 440 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:50,240 I think I know where it is. 441 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,240 What's this all about, Lieutenant? 442 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,240 What time were you at the Western Fur Shop today? 443 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,240 Oh, I'd say three o'clock. Why? 444 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,240 What'd you do while you were down there? 445 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,240 I got my coat out of hawk. I had it there during the warm weather. 446 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,240 Paid the man, signed something, and he put the coat in the box and I took it. 447 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:12,240 Mm-hmm. Do you know Mr. Kriber down there, the man that owns the store? 448 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:18,240 You got me. The man was about fifty. His hair was a little gray. I hardly even looked at him. 449 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,240 This is the only fur coat, Joe. 450 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,240 Could have passed from Mink when I first bought it. It's pretty sad now, isn't it? 451 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,240 Not in Mink. I'll give that closet a last check. 452 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,240 What happened? Did somebody steal a coat? 453 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,240 Was anybody else in the store while you were there? 454 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,240 Yeah. Yeah, there was another girl there. 455 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:34,240 What was she doing? 456 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,240 Nothing, just sitting. 457 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,240 Do you remember how she was dressed? 458 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,240 Oh, she was wearing a gray suit. Slacks. Blonde. 459 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,240 Her face wasn't much, but she had a neat little figure. 460 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,240 Do you remember anything else about her? 461 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,240 I didn't pay that much attention. 462 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,240 Anything else in there, Ben? 463 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,240 Not a thing, Joe. 464 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,240 Maybe I'd better take this towel off my head. 465 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,240 It doesn't look so hot when it's wet, but it's natural. It's natural red. 466 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:00,240 Yeah. Is there anything else that you might be able to tell us? 467 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,240 Hmm, I think that's about all. 468 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,240 I gave the man my claim check and the money, 469 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,240 and he got the coat and put it in a box and gave me a receipt. 470 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,240 Mm-hmm. Nothing else? 471 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:17,240 No. When I got the receipt, I saw the blonde walk over and pick up the telephone. 472 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,240 I was just leaving then. 473 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,240 Did you hear any of the conversation? 474 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:31,240 She asked for Western Union. 475 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,240 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation 476 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,240 presented in the public interest by Fatima Cigarettes. 477 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:45,240 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest to listen to a typical case history of a Fatima smoker. 478 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,240 It's the case of Edith Gwyn, well-known Los Angeles columnist. 479 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,240 This is her actual signed statement. 480 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,240 It's my job to keep up with what's going on around town. 481 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,240 And here's one thing I've noticed lately, more and more people smoking Fatima. 482 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,240 You certainly can tell why once you smoke them. 483 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,240 I found them milder than any other king-sized cigarette, and that's important to me. 484 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,240 Yes, I agree. 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523 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,240 No, I finished at midnight and started at 10 this morning. 524 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:21,240 I kept waiting for somebody to claim this thing, and well, and after supper I figured it might be stolen, 525 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,240 so I phoned the police. 526 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,240 It's been sitting here all that time. 527 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,240 Are there any keys in it? 528 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,240 No, sir, there weren't last night either. 529 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,240 Have you ever seen this particular car before? 530 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,240 No, sir. 531 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,240 Have you ever seen a blonde woman about 25 wearing gray slacks? 532 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:36,240 You mean hanging around here? 533 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Yeah, or in the neighborhood. 534 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Yeah, but not today or yesterday. 535 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,240 Do you remember one? 536 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,240 Yes, sir. 537 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,240 Does she drink a lot? 538 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,240 Maybe. 539 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,240 Well, there's one that hangs out in these bars around here. 540 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,240 Once in a while she comes in the lot, but not lately. 541 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,240 When did you see her last? 542 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,240 Well, a couple of weeks ago. 543 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,240 Was she with anyone? 544 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,240 Yeah, but I don't remember him. 545 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,240 I've seen her with a lot of different guys. 546 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,240 Does she hang around with anybody in particular? 547 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,240 Yeah, her husband. 548 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:07,240 Before leaving the parking lot, we pulled the rotor out of the distributor 549 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,240 so that nobody could drive the car away. 550 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,240 8.12 p.m. 551 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,240 We called homicide and asked for more men to canvas the bars in the neighborhood. 552 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,240 Met a nice date out on the car. 553 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,240 We sat in our car across the street from the parking lot until midnight. 554 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,240 Nobody showed up to claim the car. 555 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,240 The streets were almost empty. 556 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,240 Our only chance was that the blonde lived in the neighborhood 557 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,240 or was in a bar and would sooner or later try to claim the car. 558 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,240 1.53 a.m. 559 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,240 Hmm. 560 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,240 What rent do you suppose that shepherd girl pays? 561 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,240 You got me. 562 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,240 Seventy-five? 563 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,240 I don't know. 564 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,240 I bet I pay more than she does. 565 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,240 Is that Monkrie's? 566 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,240 Yeah. 567 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,240 Hi, Monk. 568 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,240 Hi. 569 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,240 Take a look up the street. 570 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,240 See that couple? 571 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:52,240 Where? 572 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,240 Coming this way. 573 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,240 Blonde, gray slacks, fur coat. 574 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,240 She's pretty drunk. 575 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,240 Where'd you spot her? 576 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,240 Turned the corner from Olympic. 577 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,240 They've been looking in parking lots. 578 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,240 Monk, there's a rear entrance to this lot off the alley. 579 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,240 Do you want to cover that? 580 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,240 Yeah. 581 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,240 Thank you. 582 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,240 You see them all right? 583 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,240 That's it. 584 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,240 Where'd they walk under that light? 585 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,240 Yeah. 586 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,240 Pretty drunk. 587 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,240 Looks like the same kind of coat, isn't it? 588 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,240 Yeah. 589 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,240 They're stopping. 590 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,240 Looking for another parking lot again. 591 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,240 Sierra Valley Wine, world's finest muscatel. 592 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,240 And going into the parking lot? 593 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,240 She's not carrying a purse. 594 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,240 Those coats don't have pockets big enough for a 32 automatic. 595 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,240 That stuff sure gets people. 596 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,240 All right, let's go. 597 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,240 They're getting in Kriber's car. 598 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,240 Look, you can't even find the door if she's helping. 599 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,240 She's helping. 600 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,240 Look out the window, can't you? 601 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,240 You take the other side of the car, will you? 602 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,240 Yeah. 603 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,240 Stop pushing me. 604 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:01,240 Who are you? 605 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:02,240 Police officers. 606 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,240 Can I see your driver's license, please? 607 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,240 I ain't got a driver's license. 608 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,240 What's going on? 609 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,240 What's your name? 610 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,240 Betty Moore. 611 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,240 What's it to you? 612 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,240 The registration slip on the steering column says Albert Kriber. 613 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,240 What's the matter with this car anyway? 614 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:14,240 Who's Albert Kriber? 615 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,240 Oh, I know who he is. 616 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,240 There's a guy out here. 617 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,240 Who is this man? 618 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,240 Huh? What'd he say? 619 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,240 He's a friend. That satisfy you? 620 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,240 Yeah, I'm a friend. 621 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,240 What's the matter with this thing? 622 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,240 Take a look in the glove compartment, Ben. 623 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,240 Okay. 624 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,240 Come on, honey, let's get going, huh? 625 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,240 It's locked. 626 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,240 What do you want in there for? 627 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:31,240 Let me have those keys. 628 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,240 Hey. 629 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,240 Here you are, Ben. 630 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:34,240 How about going home? 631 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,240 There's nothing in there. 632 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:39,240 Here, let's go. 633 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:40,240 Here's a purse. 634 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,240 Give me that. 635 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,240 And keep your hands in the wheel. 636 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,240 Some gun, 32. 637 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,240 It's his. It's empty anyway. 638 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,240 There's nothing wrong in that. 639 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:48,240 You have a permit to carry it? 640 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,240 Yeah, I got a permit. 641 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,240 Can I see it? 642 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,240 I lost it. 643 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,240 Give me those keys. 644 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,240 Keep your hands on that wheel. 645 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,240 Here's a wallet, identification cards, Albert Kriber. 646 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,240 Where'd you get these? 647 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,240 I don't know. 648 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,240 Man's watch, Albert Kriber engraved on the back. 649 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:02,240 Who's Albert Kriber? 650 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,240 I don't know, I told you. 651 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,240 All right, let's get out of the car. 652 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,240 Why didn't that car start? 653 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,240 All right, come on. 654 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:09,240 Stand up. You get over there. 655 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,240 Where'd you get the fur coat? 656 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,240 I bought it. 657 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,240 Where? 658 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,240 I don't know. 659 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,240 What did you buy? 660 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,240 A box of wine, I spilled wine on them. 661 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,240 What kind of wine? 662 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,240 Muscatel. 663 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:20,240 Muscatel isn't a red wine. 664 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:21,240 It's a white wine. 665 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,240 Who's Albert Kriber? 666 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,240 I don't know. 667 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,240 This is his wallet. 668 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,240 This is his car. 669 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,240 Where'd you get them? 670 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,240 I don't know, I don't know. 671 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,240 Is this the gun you shot him with? 672 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,240 Is this the gun you shot him with? 673 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:39,240 I was going out with him. 674 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:44,240 He said he'd give me a fur coat. 675 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,240 He promised me a watch and he never gave me one. 676 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,240 Then we sent a telegram to his wife and everything. 677 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:58,240 He said he'd give me a fur coat and take me out. 678 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,240 He backed out of me. 679 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,240 So you shot him. 680 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,240 Sure I did. 681 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,240 He promised me the coat. 682 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:12,240 If I could have any coat in the shop, he promised me. 683 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,240 What are you crying for? 684 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,240 You got the coat. 685 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:25,240 The story you have just heard was true. 686 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,240 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 687 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,240 On February 27th, trial was held in Superior Court, 688 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,240 Department 86, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 689 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,240 In a moment, the results of that trial. 690 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:42,240 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to extra mild Fatima. 691 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,240 Here is the actual report. 692 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:49,240 From coast to coast, extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 693 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:57,240 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the king size cigarette that is extra mild. 694 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:02,240 Extra mild because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 695 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:08,240 superbly blended to make it extra mild, to give it a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 696 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,240 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 697 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,240 Best of all, long cigarettes. 698 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 699 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 700 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:29,240 Music 701 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:34,240 Betty Moore was tried and convicted of second degree murder and received sentence as prescribed by law. 702 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,240 She is now serving her term in the state penitentiary at Tehachapi. 703 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,240 Music 704 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:47,240 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 705 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:54,240 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, WA Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 706 00:28:54,240 --> 00:29:01,240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 707 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:06,240 Next here, Sarah Burner in Sarah's Private Caper on NBC. 708 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:12,240 Music 709 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:27,240 Music