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02:21.120 --> 02:22.120 The owner's been shot. 02:22.120 --> 02:23.360 His name's Albert Kriber. 02:23.360 --> 02:24.360 Yeah. 02:24.360 --> 02:25.360 Who is that? 02:25.360 --> 02:26.360 Mrs. Kriber. 02:26.360 --> 02:28.280 Haven't been able to get anything out of her. 02:28.280 --> 02:29.280 Where's the body? 02:29.280 --> 02:30.280 In the back. 02:30.280 --> 02:31.600 Monkress is back there. 02:31.600 --> 02:33.200 Did you call the lamp? 02:33.200 --> 02:34.200 Yeah. 02:34.200 --> 02:35.200 He's got stones on his way. 02:35.200 --> 02:37.440 Photographer and fingerprint men with him. 02:37.440 --> 02:39.960 All right, let's take a look. 02:39.960 --> 02:42.160 Nothing seems to be messed up. 02:42.160 --> 02:43.160 Backroom is. 02:43.160 --> 02:48.800 It was a small shop, a couple of fur coats on dummies on one side of the store and on 02:48.800 --> 02:52.360 the other a tall glass case holding about 15 more. 02:52.360 --> 02:55.160 Mrs. Kriber sat on a straight back chair staring at the floor. 02:55.160 --> 02:57.760 We went through the curtains into the back room of the store. 02:57.760 --> 03:00.680 Sprawled out on the floor at the far end of the room was the body of a man. 03:00.680 --> 03:03.440 He had a fur coat gripped in one hand. 03:03.440 --> 03:06.000 Sergeant Monkress from Hollywood division was standing by. 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 What do you figure, Monk? 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Looks like a couple of hours. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 Did you call the coroner? 03:10.000 --> 03:11.000 Yeah. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 How long have you been here, Monk? 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 Just a couple of minutes. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 You think Mrs. Kriber moved anything here? 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 I don't think so. 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 She was sitting in that chair when we got here. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 I don't think she's moved except to call in. 03:17.000 --> 03:18.000 Did she put in the call? 03:18.000 --> 03:19.000 Yeah. 03:19.000 --> 03:20.000 Empty shelves down on the floor. 03:20.000 --> 03:21.000 You got a pencil? 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Yeah. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Yeah, 32. 03:23.000 --> 03:34.000 Yeah. 03:34.000 --> 03:37.000 You think robbery? 03:37.000 --> 03:38.000 I don't know. 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 Let's talk to the wife. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Wait a minute. 03:40.000 --> 03:43.000 A bottle here. 03:43.000 --> 03:46.480 Sierra Valley Wine Company. 03:46.480 --> 03:48.040 World's finest muscatel. 03:48.040 --> 03:49.680 27 cents a pint. 03:49.680 --> 03:50.680 Nobody touched this today. 03:50.680 --> 03:51.680 Well, I've been here, though. 03:51.680 --> 03:52.680 Okay. 03:52.680 --> 03:53.680 Let's get out front. 03:53.680 --> 03:59.720 Anything in the customer files running? 03:59.720 --> 04:00.720 Not so far. 04:00.720 --> 04:02.880 Have you tried to talk to Mrs. Kriber again? 04:02.880 --> 04:03.880 No, pretty bad. 04:03.880 --> 04:06.880 Let's give it a try. 04:06.880 --> 04:09.880 Mrs. Kriber? 04:09.880 --> 04:13.760 I'm Sergeant Friday. 04:13.760 --> 04:14.760 This is Sergeant Romero. 04:14.760 --> 04:18.120 We'd like to talk to you if we could. 04:18.120 --> 04:21.800 We know how you must feel, but there are a few questions that we have to ask you. 04:21.800 --> 04:25.040 Did you telephone the police? 04:25.040 --> 04:29.160 We have to know how it happened, Mrs. Kriber. 04:29.160 --> 04:32.360 Mrs. Kriber? 04:32.360 --> 04:33.360 Can you tell us what happened? 04:33.360 --> 04:34.360 Who is it? 04:34.360 --> 04:35.360 What do you want? 04:35.360 --> 04:36.360 We're police officers. 04:36.360 --> 04:37.360 Albert. 04:37.360 --> 04:38.360 Albert's dead. 04:38.360 --> 04:51.720 Albert, Albert! 04:51.720 --> 05:01.120 Someone call the police? 05:01.120 --> 05:03.120 Mrs. Kriber, we are the police. 05:03.120 --> 05:07.120 My husband's been murdered. 05:07.120 --> 05:10.120 He's dead. 05:10.120 --> 05:15.120 Albert, Albert! 05:15.120 --> 05:18.120 We'd better leave her. 05:18.120 --> 05:28.520 Friday, here's something I found in the customer file. 05:28.520 --> 05:32.640 Miss Terry Shepherd, 10113 Normandy, apartment three. 05:32.640 --> 05:34.240 What about it? 05:34.240 --> 05:36.240 She took a code out that was in storage. 05:36.240 --> 05:37.240 We'll check it out today. 05:37.240 --> 05:38.240 We'll check her out when we're finished here. 05:38.240 --> 05:39.240 Thanks. 05:39.240 --> 05:42.240 Looks like the only hot receipt in the file. 05:42.240 --> 05:43.240 Hi, Lee. 05:43.240 --> 05:44.240 Joe, again? 05:44.240 --> 05:45.240 In the back room. 05:45.240 --> 05:46.240 What is it? 05:46.240 --> 05:47.240 Killing. 05:47.240 --> 05:48.240 Monkries will show you. 05:48.240 --> 05:49.240 Okay. 05:49.240 --> 05:50.240 That's long. 05:50.240 --> 05:52.240 Think we ought to try to laugh again? 05:52.240 --> 05:59.240 We can try. 05:59.240 --> 06:01.240 Miss Kriber, can we do anything for you? 06:01.240 --> 06:06.240 Oh, I'm a little better. 06:06.240 --> 06:11.240 I'll try to tell you what I can. 06:11.240 --> 06:12.240 All right. 06:12.240 --> 06:14.240 When did you get here? 06:14.240 --> 06:19.240 It must have been about six o'clock, a few minutes after. 06:19.240 --> 06:21.240 I came to take him home. 06:21.240 --> 06:23.240 Any customers around? 06:23.240 --> 06:25.240 No, the store was empty. 06:25.240 --> 06:30.240 I stood here for a few minutes waiting, and then I went in the back. 06:30.240 --> 06:31.240 And... 06:31.240 --> 06:34.240 Yes, I know. 06:34.240 --> 06:37.240 Did the front door open? 06:37.240 --> 06:38.240 No. 06:38.240 --> 06:39.240 Yes. 06:39.240 --> 06:42.240 The front door? 06:42.240 --> 06:44.240 Yes, ma'am, the front. 06:44.240 --> 06:45.240 Yes, open. 06:45.240 --> 06:48.240 Did you telephone the police? 06:48.240 --> 06:50.240 I think I did. 06:50.240 --> 06:52.240 Did you come here to pick him up? 06:52.240 --> 06:53.240 No. 06:53.240 --> 06:57.240 No, usually he drives home himself. 06:57.240 --> 07:00.240 I came down on the streetcar to ride home with him. 07:00.240 --> 07:02.240 What kind of a car do you have? 07:02.240 --> 07:05.240 An Oldsmobile. 07:05.240 --> 07:07.240 1939 or... 07:07.240 --> 07:09.240 40, I guess it is. 07:09.240 --> 07:11.240 Where does he usually park? 07:11.240 --> 07:13.240 In the rear of the store, this little place back there. 07:13.240 --> 07:14.240 I'll take a look. 07:14.240 --> 07:16.240 All right. 07:16.240 --> 07:18.240 Where is your home? 07:18.240 --> 07:21.240 3412 Northwestern. 07:21.240 --> 07:25.240 I thought there was something wrong when I got a telegram from him. 07:25.240 --> 07:28.240 He said not to come down tonight. 07:28.240 --> 07:30.240 He said he'd be home late. 07:30.240 --> 07:31.240 What time was that? 07:31.240 --> 07:33.240 About four o'clock. 07:33.240 --> 07:36.240 Well, I'm all mixed up. 07:36.240 --> 07:39.240 I haven't told it to you as I remember it. 07:39.240 --> 07:43.240 First, yes, first I telephoned here to the shop. 07:43.240 --> 07:44.240 That was this afternoon? 07:44.240 --> 07:46.240 Yes, 3.30. 07:46.240 --> 07:49.240 I'm sure of that because I made some other calls. 07:49.240 --> 07:51.240 I spoke to Albert. 07:51.240 --> 07:53.240 He didn't say he was going to be late. 07:53.240 --> 07:56.240 Then at four o'clock I received the telegram. 07:56.240 --> 07:58.240 Do you have that with you? 07:58.240 --> 08:01.240 Yes, it's in my purse somewhere. 08:01.240 --> 08:05.240 Somewhere, somewhere. 08:05.240 --> 08:08.240 Oh, here it is. 08:08.240 --> 08:12.240 Thank you. 08:12.240 --> 08:13.240 Don't come down. 08:13.240 --> 08:14.240 I won't be home until late. 08:14.240 --> 08:16.240 I have to see a customer, Albert. 08:16.240 --> 08:17.240 Can I keep this? 08:17.240 --> 08:18.240 We'll return it to you. 08:18.240 --> 08:19.240 Yes. 08:19.240 --> 08:21.240 What did you do after you got this wire, Ms. Kriver? 08:21.240 --> 08:23.240 Well, nothing. 08:23.240 --> 08:28.240 I thought it was strange, but I didn't think too much about it. 08:28.240 --> 08:33.240 Then I started wondering why he didn't say anything over the telephone about being late. 08:33.240 --> 08:37.240 So I came down here on the streetcar. 08:37.240 --> 08:40.240 Did you phone the store just before you left your house? 08:40.240 --> 08:43.240 Yes, but there was no answer. 08:43.240 --> 08:45.240 Fortunately, it's not empty. 08:45.240 --> 08:47.240 Better get out an APB on the car, huh? 08:47.240 --> 08:51.240 Ms. Kriver, you said your car was a 1939 or 40 Oldsmobile, didn't you? 08:51.240 --> 08:54.240 1940, I remember now. 08:54.240 --> 08:55.240 What model is that? 08:55.240 --> 08:57.240 Oh, it's a sedan, light blue. 08:57.240 --> 08:59.240 Do you remember the license number? 08:59.240 --> 09:02.240 Well, I have it on this chain with the extra keys. 09:02.240 --> 09:05.240 Here it is, on this little tag. 09:05.240 --> 09:07.240 The veterans make these. 09:07.240 --> 09:08.240 Thank you. 09:08.240 --> 09:09.240 Joe, can I see you a minute? 09:09.240 --> 09:10.240 Sure. 09:10.240 --> 09:11.240 Excuse me, Ms. Kriver. 09:11.240 --> 09:13.240 Do you want me to wait? 09:13.240 --> 09:15.240 I'd like to go home. 09:15.240 --> 09:16.240 We'd like you to wait for a little while, yes. 09:16.240 --> 09:18.240 Do you have any relatives living here? 09:18.240 --> 09:21.240 A niece and a nephew in Beverly Hills. 09:21.240 --> 09:23.240 Jerome Reed. 09:23.240 --> 09:25.240 They live on Cannon Drive. 09:25.240 --> 09:26.240 We'll call them for you. 09:26.240 --> 09:27.240 Thank you. 09:27.240 --> 09:29.240 Lee, is this phone out here all right to handle? 09:29.240 --> 09:30.240 Yeah, it's been dusted. 09:30.240 --> 09:31.240 Okay. 09:31.240 --> 09:32.240 Is Joe here coming in? 09:32.240 --> 09:34.240 Yeah, right away. 09:34.240 --> 09:37.240 Pretty clear, easy to trace. 09:37.240 --> 09:41.240 I'd say he was standing over here by the curtains when he was shot. 09:41.240 --> 09:43.240 That's where the stains began. 09:43.240 --> 09:47.240 And he must have stumbled along this glass case. 09:47.240 --> 09:51.240 You can see the smears here on the glass where he tried to grab hold of something. 09:51.240 --> 09:52.240 Yeah. 09:52.240 --> 09:56.240 And I guess he caught hold of that fur coat and pulled it down on him. 09:56.240 --> 09:57.240 Uh-huh. 09:57.240 --> 10:01.240 And he stumbled and bumped up against this coat rack, 10:01.240 --> 10:03.240 fell through that and up against the safe. 10:03.240 --> 10:05.240 How many times does he hit? 10:05.240 --> 10:07.240 Six empty casings on the floor. 10:07.240 --> 10:10.240 Looks like four through-and-through wounds. 10:10.240 --> 10:11.240 Thirty-two, huh? 10:11.240 --> 10:12.240 That's right. 10:12.240 --> 10:13.240 And you know what's going on? 10:13.240 --> 10:15.240 The wife knows if anything is missing? 10:15.240 --> 10:17.240 She's in pretty bad shape. 10:17.240 --> 10:23.240 It looks to me like somebody took his wristwatch and a ring from his left hand. 10:23.240 --> 10:25.240 If he had a bill fall, that's gone. 10:25.240 --> 10:26.240 No coat. 10:26.240 --> 10:28.240 All the trouser pockets are turned inside out. 10:28.240 --> 10:30.240 And what about that wine bottle? 10:30.240 --> 10:31.240 It's smeared. 10:31.240 --> 10:32.240 Can't lift a thing. 10:32.240 --> 10:35.240 Okay, thanks. 10:35.240 --> 10:36.240 Ben? 10:36.240 --> 10:37.240 I'm still on the phone. 10:37.240 --> 10:38.240 Okay. 10:38.240 --> 10:39.240 No, no, no. 10:39.240 --> 10:41.240 License 15, Boston. 10:41.240 --> 10:43.240 6707. 10:43.240 --> 10:45.240 No, 707. 10:45.240 --> 10:47.240 Yeah, driver might be on. 10:47.240 --> 10:48.240 Hang on a minute, Wallace. 10:48.240 --> 10:49.240 What? 10:49.240 --> 10:51.240 Now give that to DMV, will you? 10:51.240 --> 10:52.240 Save another call. 10:52.240 --> 10:54.240 Miss Kriber, did your husband have a wallet? 10:54.240 --> 10:57.240 Yes, yes, brown alligator. 10:57.240 --> 10:58.240 Did he keep his identification in it? 10:58.240 --> 10:59.240 Yes. 10:59.240 --> 11:00.240 Did he carry much cash? 11:00.240 --> 11:02.240 No, just a few dollars. 11:02.240 --> 11:04.240 He was always afraid of holdups. 11:04.240 --> 11:05.240 Thank you. 11:05.240 --> 11:06.240 You want to give that to him, Ben? 11:06.240 --> 11:07.240 Yeah, okay. 11:07.240 --> 11:10.240 Hey Wallace, suspect might have a brown alligator wallet 11:10.240 --> 11:13.240 with identification cards of Albert Kriber. 11:13.240 --> 11:17.240 Yeah, that's C-R-I-B, Boston B, Boston E-R. 11:17.240 --> 11:20.240 3412 Northwestern Avenue. 11:20.240 --> 11:21.240 Yeah. 11:21.240 --> 11:22.240 Yeah, okay. 11:22.240 --> 11:24.240 Yeah, bye. 11:24.240 --> 11:25.240 Joe? 11:25.240 --> 11:26.240 Might just be here. 11:26.240 --> 11:27.240 Yeah, Monk? 11:27.240 --> 11:29.240 Invoiced from a far north fur company. 11:29.240 --> 11:31.240 Three mink coats delivered here today. 11:31.240 --> 11:32.240 I looked all around. 11:32.240 --> 11:34.240 I only found two, one missing. 11:34.240 --> 11:35.240 Did you find a sales slip for the other ones? 11:35.240 --> 11:37.240 No. 11:37.240 --> 11:40.240 Mr. Kriber, would you come over here, please? 11:40.240 --> 11:41.240 Yes. 11:41.240 --> 11:42.240 Where are they, Monk? 11:42.240 --> 11:43.240 Over here. 11:43.240 --> 11:48.240 All right, over this way. 11:48.240 --> 11:50.240 These are mink coats here, aren't they? 11:50.240 --> 11:53.240 Yes, yes, wild mink. 11:53.240 --> 11:55.240 Albert told me he ordered them. 11:55.240 --> 11:57.240 Yes, ma'am, we found the invoice. 11:57.240 --> 11:59.240 He ordered three. 11:59.240 --> 12:01.240 There are only two here. 12:01.240 --> 12:03.240 Do you know anything about any of his customers? 12:03.240 --> 12:05.240 No, no, I don't. 12:05.240 --> 12:07.240 I never met any of them. 12:07.240 --> 12:10.240 Oh, I remember now. 12:10.240 --> 12:14.240 Just the night before last, he called someone from home, 12:14.240 --> 12:16.240 told her he had some minks in today, 12:16.240 --> 12:18.240 and she could come in and look them over. 12:18.240 --> 12:20.240 Do you know who that was? 12:20.240 --> 12:22.240 I didn't hear any name. 12:22.240 --> 12:26.240 Mrs. Kriber, do you have any idea who might have wanted to shoot your husband? 12:26.240 --> 12:28.240 No, none at all. 12:28.240 --> 12:31.240 He was friendly with everyone. 12:31.240 --> 12:34.240 Everybody liked Albert. 12:34.240 --> 12:36.240 He didn't run around. 12:36.240 --> 12:38.240 He was either working or at home. 12:38.240 --> 12:39.240 Did he drink? 12:39.240 --> 12:40.240 Not at all. 12:40.240 --> 12:42.240 No, I mean beer, a little wine maybe. 12:42.240 --> 12:44.240 No, no, no, he never touched anything. 12:44.240 --> 12:45.240 All right, thank you. 12:45.240 --> 12:47.240 Brennan, will you see that Mrs. Kriber gets to her nephews? 12:47.240 --> 12:48.240 Right away. 12:48.240 --> 12:49.240 Thank you. 12:49.240 --> 12:50.240 Might as well go, Ben. 12:50.240 --> 12:52.240 Yeah. 12:52.240 --> 12:54.240 We can talk to some of the neighbors. 12:54.240 --> 12:56.240 Six shots fired. 12:56.240 --> 12:57.240 Wonder why nobody heard him. 12:57.240 --> 12:59.240 Pretty heavy traffic outside, huh? 12:59.240 --> 13:02.240 Somebody wanted a mink coat pretty bad. 13:02.240 --> 13:04.240 Coat like that costs quite a bit, doesn't it? 13:04.240 --> 13:06.240 This one's going to come a little high? 13:06.240 --> 13:07.240 Yeah. 13:15.240 --> 13:17.240 Seven o' five p.m. 13:17.240 --> 13:19.240 Most of the stores along the street were closed, 13:19.240 --> 13:21.240 but a small shoe repair shop across the street was open, 13:21.240 --> 13:23.240 so we went over there. 13:23.240 --> 13:27.240 On the window was one word, Pete, and a picture of a shoe. 13:27.240 --> 13:30.240 Sitting in the window was a small dark man wearing a leather apron 13:30.240 --> 13:32.240 who was working on a pair of shoes. 13:35.240 --> 13:36.240 Hello. 13:36.240 --> 13:38.240 We're police officers. 13:38.240 --> 13:40.240 I see you drive up across the street. 13:40.240 --> 13:41.240 Are you Pete? 13:41.240 --> 13:42.240 Sure. 13:42.240 --> 13:44.240 What happens to Mr. Kriber? 13:44.240 --> 13:45.240 Is he robbed? 13:45.240 --> 13:46.240 No, he was killed. 13:46.240 --> 13:47.240 No. 13:47.240 --> 13:48.240 Shut? 13:48.240 --> 13:50.240 I do not hear anything. 13:50.240 --> 13:52.240 Have you been sitting in your window all afternoon? 13:52.240 --> 13:54.240 Oh, most all the time. 13:54.240 --> 13:57.240 You see, I have machinery here. 13:57.240 --> 13:58.240 I advertise that way. 13:58.240 --> 13:59.240 People watch me. 13:59.240 --> 14:00.240 Mm-hmm. 14:00.240 --> 14:03.240 Do you remember seeing anybody going into Mr. Kriber's this afternoon? 14:03.240 --> 14:06.240 This afternoon, four men. 14:06.240 --> 14:09.240 Two, three long black cars. 14:09.240 --> 14:11.240 Anybody else? 14:11.240 --> 14:12.240 Some. 14:12.240 --> 14:13.240 Were they women? 14:13.240 --> 14:16.240 Officer, they are all women. 14:16.240 --> 14:17.240 I see. 14:17.240 --> 14:20.240 Did any of them walk out with a new fur coat? 14:20.240 --> 14:22.240 There. 14:22.240 --> 14:24.240 All done. 14:24.240 --> 14:27.240 I do not see all of them, I guess, but I see two. 14:27.240 --> 14:28.240 Can you describe? 14:28.240 --> 14:32.240 One beautiful young girl, tall, red hair. 14:32.240 --> 14:34.240 She walked out with a big package. 14:34.240 --> 14:35.240 What time was that? 14:35.240 --> 14:37.240 Three, four o'clock. 14:37.240 --> 14:40.240 The second woman is about the same time. 14:40.240 --> 14:44.240 Funny thing, I do not see the bottle, but Benny from liquor store in corner 14:44.240 --> 14:48.240 tell me the second one, the blonde, she buys bottle wine. 14:48.240 --> 14:50.240 Did he tell you what kind? 14:50.240 --> 14:51.240 No. 14:51.240 --> 14:53.240 Reason I remember, I laugh when he tell me. 14:53.240 --> 14:56.240 I go over to Benny's for a can of beer. 14:56.240 --> 15:02.240 He tells me she buys cheap wine, walks out of Krivors with new fur coat. 15:02.240 --> 15:06.240 Me, I spend five dollars for good wine and my wife has no fur coat. 15:06.240 --> 15:08.240 How old was this blonde? How is she dressed? 15:08.240 --> 15:11.240 She is maybe 25. 15:11.240 --> 15:14.240 Young, you know, not too young, but young. 15:14.240 --> 15:16.240 She has on slacks, gray. 15:16.240 --> 15:19.240 What kind of fur coat was she wearing when she came out? 15:19.240 --> 15:20.240 Mink. 15:20.240 --> 15:22.240 Look from here like mink. 15:22.240 --> 15:23.240 I see. 15:23.240 --> 15:24.240 Did you notice where she went? 15:24.240 --> 15:28.240 The blonde, gray slacks, mink coat. 15:28.240 --> 15:32.240 Yes, turned the corner on to Lexington and she went up the street. 15:32.240 --> 15:34.240 Did you see Mr. Krivors car drive away? 15:34.240 --> 15:38.240 No, he parking back. I don't see him come in, I don't see him come out. 15:38.240 --> 15:40.240 All right, thanks a lot Pete. 15:40.240 --> 15:45.240 You know officer, that blonde, something wrong there. 15:45.240 --> 15:46.240 How do you mean? 15:46.240 --> 15:51.240 Well, she has got fur coat, but she drinks wrong wine. I don't understand. 15:51.240 --> 15:52.240 Why do you say that? 15:52.240 --> 15:56.240 Five thousand dollar coat, 27 cent wine. 15:56.240 --> 16:01.240 Seven forty five p.m. 16:01.240 --> 16:04.240 Ben and I questioned Benny Davis at the safety liquor store. 16:04.240 --> 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. 16:11.240 --> 16:13.240 He had never seen her before. 16:13.240 --> 16:18.240 We contacted communications and gave a description of the blonde to supplement the All Points Bulletin. 16:18.240 --> 16:24.240 Then we started checking Western Union offices to find out where Mrs. Krivors telegram had been sent from. 16:24.240 --> 16:27.240 We finally traced it to the office at Normandy and Hollywood Boulevard. 16:27.240 --> 16:32.240 The operator who sent the telegram to Mrs. Krivors also remembered receiving the call. 16:32.240 --> 16:37.240 She told us that the person who phoned in the message was a woman, the time 3.22 p.m. 16:37.240 --> 16:40.240 We asked her to put a tracer on it and told her we'd check back. 16:40.240 --> 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. 16:48.240 --> 16:53.240 The receipts showed she'd taken a coat out of storage that afternoon. 16:53.240 --> 16:56.240 This is something like the place the wife and I used to live in. 16:56.240 --> 16:57.240 Yeah? 16:57.240 --> 16:59.240 Same people must have built it. 16:59.240 --> 17:02.240 Apartment three. 17:02.240 --> 17:05.240 Miss Terry Shepherd. 17:05.240 --> 17:08.240 Alright, come in. The door is open. 17:08.240 --> 17:10.240 Find yourself a seat, Fred. I'll be in a minute. 17:10.240 --> 17:12.240 Police officers, Miss Shepherd. 17:12.240 --> 17:14.240 Oh? What's wrong? 17:14.240 --> 17:15.240 We'd like to talk to you. 17:15.240 --> 17:16.240 What about? 17:16.240 --> 17:18.240 What if you could come out here, please? 17:18.240 --> 17:21.240 I just got out of the shower. You'll have to wait a minute. 17:21.240 --> 17:25.240 Yeah? Now this place has got the same floor plan as mine, huh? 17:25.240 --> 17:27.240 Kind of small, isn't it? 17:27.240 --> 17:28.240 Not too bad. 17:28.240 --> 17:30.240 Wonder what rent she pays. 17:30.240 --> 17:33.240 You don't mind if I wear this too, do you? My hair's wet. 17:33.240 --> 17:35.240 It's alright. We're sorry to bother you. 17:35.240 --> 17:36.240 What can I do for you? 17:36.240 --> 17:38.240 You got a fur coat, Miss Shepherd? 17:38.240 --> 17:39.240 Yeah, sure. 17:39.240 --> 17:40.240 What if we could see it, please? 17:40.240 --> 17:44.240 Sure, but I don't think it'll throw you. It's only muskrat. I bought it in Pittsburgh. 17:44.240 --> 17:45.240 Where is it? In the closet? 17:45.240 --> 17:46.240 Yeah. 17:46.240 --> 17:47.240 Okay. 17:47.240 --> 17:49.240 It's down the hallway, first door on the right. 17:49.240 --> 17:50.240 I think I know where it is. 17:50.240 --> 17:52.240 What's this all about, Lieutenant? 17:52.240 --> 17:55.240 What time were you at the Western Fur Shop today? 17:55.240 --> 17:58.240 Oh, I'd say three o'clock. Why? 17:58.240 --> 18:00.240 What'd you do while you were down there? 18:00.240 --> 18:04.240 I got my coat out of hawk. I had it there during the warm weather. 18:04.240 --> 18:08.240 Paid the man, signed something, and he put the coat in the box and I took it. 18:08.240 --> 18:12.240 Mm-hmm. Do you know Mr. Kriber down there, the man that owns the store? 18:12.240 --> 18:18.240 You got me. The man was about fifty. His hair was a little gray. I hardly even looked at him. 18:18.240 --> 18:20.240 This is the only fur coat, Joe. 18:20.240 --> 18:23.240 Could have passed from Mink when I first bought it. It's pretty sad now, isn't it? 18:23.240 --> 18:26.240 Not in Mink. I'll give that closet a last check. 18:26.240 --> 18:28.240 What happened? Did somebody steal a coat? 18:28.240 --> 18:30.240 Was anybody else in the store while you were there? 18:30.240 --> 18:33.240 Yeah. Yeah, there was another girl there. 18:33.240 --> 18:34.240 What was she doing? 18:34.240 --> 18:35.240 Nothing, just sitting. 18:35.240 --> 18:37.240 Do you remember how she was dressed? 18:37.240 --> 18:41.240 Oh, she was wearing a gray suit. Slacks. Blonde. 18:41.240 --> 18:44.240 Her face wasn't much, but she had a neat little figure. 18:44.240 --> 18:46.240 Do you remember anything else about her? 18:46.240 --> 18:47.240 I didn't pay that much attention. 18:47.240 --> 18:49.240 Anything else in there, Ben? 18:49.240 --> 18:50.240 Not a thing, Joe. 18:50.240 --> 18:53.240 Maybe I'd better take this towel off my head. 18:53.240 --> 18:56.240 It doesn't look so hot when it's wet, but it's natural. It's natural red. 18:56.240 --> 19:00.240 Yeah. Is there anything else that you might be able to tell us? 19:00.240 --> 19:03.240 Hmm, I think that's about all. 19:03.240 --> 19:06.240 I gave the man my claim check and the money, 19:06.240 --> 19:10.240 and he got the coat and put it in a box and gave me a receipt. 19:10.240 --> 19:12.240 Mm-hmm. Nothing else? 19:12.240 --> 19:17.240 No. When I got the receipt, I saw the blonde walk over and pick up the telephone. 19:17.240 --> 19:18.240 I was just leaving then. 19:18.240 --> 19:19.240 Did you hear any of the conversation? 19:19.240 --> 19:31.240 She asked for Western Union. 19:31.240 --> 19:35.240 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation 19:35.240 --> 19:39.240 presented in the public interest by Fatima Cigarettes. 19:39.240 --> 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. 19:45.240 --> 19:49.240 It's the case of Edith Gwyn, well-known Los Angeles columnist. 19:49.240 --> 19:51.240 This is her actual signed statement. 19:51.240 --> 19:54.240 It's my job to keep up with what's going on around town. 19:54.240 --> 19:59.240 And here's one thing I've noticed lately, more and more people smoking Fatima. 19:59.240 --> 20:02.240 You certainly can tell why once you smoke them. 20:02.240 --> 20:06.240 I found them milder than any other king-sized cigarette, and that's important to me. 20:06.240 --> 20:10.240 Yes, I agree. 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22:13.240 --> 22:16.240 No, I finished at midnight and started at 10 this morning. 22:16.240 --> 22:21.240 I kept waiting for somebody to claim this thing, and well, and after supper I figured it might be stolen, 22:21.240 --> 22:22.240 so I phoned the police. 22:22.240 --> 22:24.240 It's been sitting here all that time. 22:24.240 --> 22:25.240 Are there any keys in it? 22:25.240 --> 22:27.240 No, sir, there weren't last night either. 22:27.240 --> 22:30.240 Have you ever seen this particular car before? 22:30.240 --> 22:31.240 No, sir. 22:31.240 --> 22:35.240 Have you ever seen a blonde woman about 25 wearing gray slacks? 22:35.240 --> 22:36.240 You mean hanging around here? 22:36.240 --> 22:38.240 Yeah, or in the neighborhood. 22:38.240 --> 22:40.240 Yeah, but not today or yesterday. 22:40.240 --> 22:41.240 Do you remember one? 22:41.240 --> 22:42.240 Yes, sir. 22:42.240 --> 22:43.240 Does she drink a lot? 22:43.240 --> 22:44.240 Maybe. 22:44.240 --> 22:47.240 Well, there's one that hangs out in these bars around here. 22:47.240 --> 22:50.240 Once in a while she comes in the lot, but not lately. 22:50.240 --> 22:51.240 When did you see her last? 22:51.240 --> 22:52.240 Well, a couple of weeks ago. 22:52.240 --> 22:53.240 Was she with anyone? 22:53.240 --> 22:55.240 Yeah, but I don't remember him. 22:55.240 --> 22:57.240 I've seen her with a lot of different guys. 22:57.240 --> 22:59.240 Does she hang around with anybody in particular? 22:59.240 --> 23:00.240 Yeah, her husband. 23:00.240 --> 23:07.240 Before leaving the parking lot, we pulled the rotor out of the distributor 23:07.240 --> 23:09.240 so that nobody could drive the car away. 23:09.240 --> 23:11.240 8.12 p.m. 23:11.240 --> 23:14.240 We called homicide and asked for more men to canvas the bars in the neighborhood. 23:14.240 --> 23:16.240 Met a nice date out on the car. 23:16.240 --> 23:19.240 We sat in our car across the street from the parking lot until midnight. 23:19.240 --> 23:21.240 Nobody showed up to claim the car. 23:21.240 --> 23:23.240 The streets were almost empty. 23:23.240 --> 23:25.240 Our only chance was that the blonde lived in the neighborhood 23:25.240 --> 23:28.240 or was in a bar and would sooner or later try to claim the car. 23:28.240 --> 23:30.240 1.53 a.m. 23:30.240 --> 23:32.240 Hmm. 23:32.240 --> 23:35.240 What rent do you suppose that shepherd girl pays? 23:35.240 --> 23:36.240 You got me. 23:36.240 --> 23:38.240 Seventy-five? 23:38.240 --> 23:40.240 I don't know. 23:40.240 --> 23:42.240 I bet I pay more than she does. 23:42.240 --> 23:44.240 Is that Monkrie's? 23:44.240 --> 23:45.240 Yeah. 23:45.240 --> 23:47.240 Hi, Monk. 23:47.240 --> 23:48.240 Hi. 23:48.240 --> 23:50.240 Take a look up the street. 23:50.240 --> 23:51.240 See that couple? 23:51.240 --> 23:52.240 Where? 23:52.240 --> 23:53.240 Coming this way. 23:53.240 --> 23:54.240 Blonde, gray slacks, fur coat. 23:54.240 --> 23:55.240 She's pretty drunk. 23:55.240 --> 23:56.240 Where'd you spot her? 23:56.240 --> 23:57.240 Turned the corner from Olympic. 23:57.240 --> 23:59.240 They've been looking in parking lots. 23:59.240 --> 24:01.240 Monk, there's a rear entrance to this lot off the alley. 24:01.240 --> 24:02.240 Do you want to cover that? 24:02.240 --> 24:03.240 Yeah. 24:02.240 --> 24:03.240 Thank you. 24:06.240 --> 24:07.240 You see them all right? 24:07.240 --> 24:08.240 That's it. 24:08.240 --> 24:10.240 Where'd they walk under that light? 24:10.240 --> 24:12.240 Yeah. 24:12.240 --> 24:14.240 Pretty drunk. 24:14.240 --> 24:16.240 Looks like the same kind of coat, isn't it? 24:16.240 --> 24:18.240 Yeah. 24:18.240 --> 24:20.240 They're stopping. 24:20.240 --> 24:23.240 Looking for another parking lot again. 24:23.240 --> 24:27.240 Sierra Valley Wine, world's finest muscatel. 24:27.240 --> 24:29.240 And going into the parking lot? 24:29.240 --> 24:31.240 She's not carrying a purse. 24:31.240 --> 24:34.240 Those coats don't have pockets big enough for a 32 automatic. 24:34.240 --> 24:37.240 That stuff sure gets people. 24:37.240 --> 24:39.240 All right, let's go. 24:43.240 --> 24:45.240 They're getting in Kriber's car. 24:45.240 --> 24:47.240 Look, you can't even find the door if she's helping. 24:47.240 --> 24:49.240 She's helping. 24:49.240 --> 24:51.240 Look out the window, can't you? 24:51.240 --> 24:53.240 You take the other side of the car, will you? 24:53.240 --> 24:54.240 Yeah. 24:54.240 --> 24:56.240 Stop pushing me. 25:00.240 --> 25:01.240 Who are you? 25:01.240 --> 25:02.240 Police officers. 25:02.240 --> 25:03.240 Can I see your driver's license, please? 25:03.240 --> 25:05.240 I ain't got a driver's license. 25:05.240 --> 25:06.240 What's going on? 25:06.240 --> 25:07.240 What's your name? 25:07.240 --> 25:08.240 Betty Moore. 25:08.240 --> 25:09.240 What's it to you? 25:09.240 --> 25:11.240 The registration slip on the steering column says Albert Kriber. 25:11.240 --> 25:13.240 What's the matter with this car anyway? 25:13.240 --> 25:14.240 Who's Albert Kriber? 25:14.240 --> 25:15.240 Oh, I know who he is. 25:15.240 --> 25:16.240 There's a guy out here. 25:16.240 --> 25:17.240 Who is this man? 25:17.240 --> 25:18.240 Huh? What'd he say? 25:18.240 --> 25:20.240 He's a friend. That satisfy you? 25:20.240 --> 25:22.240 Yeah, I'm a friend. 25:22.240 --> 25:24.240 What's the matter with this thing? 25:24.240 --> 25:25.240 Take a look in the glove compartment, Ben. 25:25.240 --> 25:26.240 Okay. 25:26.240 --> 25:28.240 Come on, honey, let's get going, huh? 25:28.240 --> 25:29.240 It's locked. 25:29.240 --> 25:30.240 What do you want in there for? 25:30.240 --> 25:31.240 Let me have those keys. 25:31.240 --> 25:32.240 Hey. 25:32.240 --> 25:33.240 Here you are, Ben. 25:33.240 --> 25:34.240 How about going home? 25:34.240 --> 25:36.240 There's nothing in there. 25:38.240 --> 25:39.240 Here, let's go. 25:39.240 --> 25:40.240 Here's a purse. 25:40.240 --> 25:41.240 Give me that. 25:41.240 --> 25:42.240 And keep your hands in the wheel. 25:42.240 --> 25:44.240 Some gun, 32. 25:44.240 --> 25:46.240 It's his. It's empty anyway. 25:46.240 --> 25:47.240 There's nothing wrong in that. 25:47.240 --> 25:48.240 You have a permit to carry it? 25:48.240 --> 25:49.240 Yeah, I got a permit. 25:49.240 --> 25:50.240 Can I see it? 25:50.240 --> 25:51.240 I lost it. 25:51.240 --> 25:52.240 Give me those keys. 25:52.240 --> 25:54.240 Keep your hands on that wheel. 25:54.240 --> 25:57.240 Here's a wallet, identification cards, Albert Kriber. 25:57.240 --> 25:58.240 Where'd you get these? 25:58.240 --> 25:59.240 I don't know. 25:59.240 --> 26:01.240 Man's watch, Albert Kriber engraved on the back. 26:01.240 --> 26:02.240 Who's Albert Kriber? 26:02.240 --> 26:03.240 I don't know, I told you. 26:03.240 --> 26:05.240 All right, let's get out of the car. 26:05.240 --> 26:07.240 Why didn't that car start? 26:07.240 --> 26:08.240 All right, come on. 26:08.240 --> 26:09.240 Stand up. You get over there. 26:09.240 --> 26:10.240 Where'd you get the fur coat? 26:10.240 --> 26:11.240 I bought it. 26:11.240 --> 26:12.240 Where? 26:12.240 --> 26:13.240 I don't know. 26:13.240 --> 26:14.240 What did you buy? 26:14.240 --> 26:17.240 A box of wine, I spilled wine on them. 26:17.240 --> 26:18.240 What kind of wine? 26:18.240 --> 26:19.240 Muscatel. 26:19.240 --> 26:20.240 Muscatel isn't a red wine. 26:20.240 --> 26:21.240 It's a white wine. 26:21.240 --> 26:22.240 Who's Albert Kriber? 26:22.240 --> 26:23.240 I don't know. 26:23.240 --> 26:24.240 This is his wallet. 26:24.240 --> 26:25.240 This is his car. 26:25.240 --> 26:26.240 Where'd you get them? 26:26.240 --> 26:27.240 I don't know, I don't know. 26:27.240 --> 26:30.240 Is this the gun you shot him with? 26:30.240 --> 26:34.240 Is this the gun you shot him with? 26:34.240 --> 26:39.240 I was going out with him. 26:39.240 --> 26:44.240 He said he'd give me a fur coat. 26:44.240 --> 26:48.240 He promised me a watch and he never gave me one. 26:48.240 --> 26:53.240 Then we sent a telegram to his wife and everything. 26:53.240 --> 26:58.240 He said he'd give me a fur coat and take me out. 26:58.240 --> 27:01.240 He backed out of me. 27:01.240 --> 27:02.240 So you shot him. 27:02.240 --> 27:04.240 Sure I did. 27:04.240 --> 27:06.240 He promised me the coat. 27:06.240 --> 27:12.240 If I could have any coat in the shop, he promised me. 27:12.240 --> 27:14.240 What are you crying for? 27:14.240 --> 27:16.240 You got the coat. 27:16.240 --> 27:25.240 The story you have just heard was true. 27:25.240 --> 27:29.240 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:29.240 --> 27:32.240 On February 27th, trial was held in Superior Court, 27:32.240 --> 27:35.240 Department 86, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:35.240 --> 27:37.240 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:37.240 --> 27:42.240 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to extra mild Fatima. 27:42.240 --> 27:44.240 Here is the actual report. 27:44.240 --> 27:49.240 From coast to coast, extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 27:49.240 --> 27:57.240 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the king size cigarette that is extra mild. 27:57.240 --> 28:02.240 Extra mild because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 28:02.240 --> 28:08.240 superbly blended to make it extra mild, to give it a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 28:08.240 --> 28:11.240 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 28:11.240 --> 28:13.240 Best of all, long cigarettes. 28:13.240 --> 28:16.240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:16.240 --> 28:20.240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 28:20.240 --> 28:29.240 Music 28:29.240 --> 28:34.240 Betty Moore was tried and convicted of second degree murder and received sentence as prescribed by law. 28:34.240 --> 28:38.240 She is now serving her term in the state penitentiary at Tehachapi. 28:38.240 --> 28:42.240 Music 28:42.240 --> 28:47.240 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:47.240 --> 28:54.240 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, WA Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:54.240 --> 29:01.240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 29:01.240 --> 29:06.240 Next here, Sarah Burner in Sarah's Private Caper on NBC. 29:06.240 --> 29:12.240 Music 29:12.240 --> 29:27.240 Music