1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Ladies and gentlemen, this true story concerns the heart of a great city. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,320 It took 58 minutes to resolve the question of its safety or its total destruction. 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,400 This is the story of those 58 minutes. 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,400 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:33,640 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. 6 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,640 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,440 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 8 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:45,640 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 9 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,720 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 10 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:55,000 To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 11 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,760 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 12 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,900 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 13 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:03,900 Best of all long cigarettes. 14 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:07,320 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 15 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:13,160 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 16 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:19,920 Dragnet, the document a drama of an actual crime. 17 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:25,040 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 18 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,560 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 19 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,360 police files. 20 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:36,660 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 21 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:41,200 in action. 22 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,160 Last Tuesday, November 15th was raining in Los Angeles. 23 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,080 We were off duty reporting in on an emergency call. 24 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,760 My partner's Ben Romero. 25 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,920 The boss is Lynn White, Deputy Chief of Police. 26 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:51,920 My name's Friday. 27 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,000 It was 825 a.m. when I walked into the main street entrance of the city hall. 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 I'm Friday? 29 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Yeah, that's right. 30 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:08,000 You have to take this elevator to start. 31 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 It's the only one to serve. 32 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Thank you. 33 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Yeah. 34 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,000 I'm going to run you up to 16. 35 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,840 The chief's waiting for you up there. 36 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:24,840 What's the pitch? 37 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,240 Only one elevator here in service out of 10. 38 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,760 The place looks deserted. 39 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:29,760 What's going on? 40 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Well, nobody in the building, Sergeant. 41 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,760 All the office people have been sent home. 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,400 Lots of trouble. 43 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,400 Somebody declare a holiday? 44 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,400 No joke, Sergeant. 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,400 Big trouble. 46 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:39,400 You convinced me. 47 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,400 What is it? 48 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,400 Here we are. 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:42,400 16th floor. 50 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:43,400 Okay. 51 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,400 Over here, Friday. 52 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:45,400 Right. 53 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:46,400 Hi, Jim. 54 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,400 Hello, Ben. 55 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,400 You made good time. 56 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:49,400 I came as soon as I got the call, Lynn. 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,400 I'm sorry to have to bring you back in. 58 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:51,400 You worked last night, didn't you? 59 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Yeah, midnight to eight this morning. 60 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Sorry. 61 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:54,400 Come on. 62 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:55,400 I wonder if you'll skip a while in the hush hush. 63 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:56,400 When will we get inside? 64 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,400 In here. 65 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,400 Okay. 66 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,400 Number one, let's keep our voices down. 67 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Okay. 68 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:13,000 I'll make it as brief as I can. 69 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Every night counts. 70 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 What time you got, Friday? 71 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Eight thirty-three. 72 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 All right, here it is. 73 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Fifty-five minutes ago, a man walked into this building with a homemade bomb under his 74 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 arm. 75 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,720 If we don't release his brother from the county jail by nine o'clock this morning, he says 76 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,200 he'll pull the trigger on the bomb and blow up the whole building. 77 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,200 He's kidding, Skipper. 78 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:29,200 Who is the guy? 79 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,200 His name is Vernon Kearney. 80 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,200 Here's his package. 81 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,000 He and his brother have been in and out of jail since 1937, small-time thieves. 82 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,200 FBI kickback here. 83 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,400 We had him once before, both of them. 84 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:41,400 Brother's name is Elwood. 85 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,800 Serving a year for car stripping. 86 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,440 And this two-bit thief is sitting here in the city hall with a bomb on his left? 87 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,440 That's right. 88 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,440 The next room. 89 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,080 What kind of a bomb is it, Len? 90 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,080 You think he's bluffing? 91 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,080 Could be bluffing. 92 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,080 The crime lab says no. 93 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Lee Jones from the lab, get a look at it? 94 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,080 He's been in here twice. 95 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,440 One under the box is glass, says he can't see much without a closer look, but you can't 96 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,440 get near the guy. 97 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,440 All right, what do you want us to do? 98 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:03,440 It's a volunteer job. 99 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:04,440 I can take it or leave it. 100 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,440 I won't order you to do it. 101 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,440 How do you want to handle it? 102 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:07,440 Are you sure you want a piece of this, Romero? 103 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:08,440 No, no, he doesn't. 104 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,440 He's got a family. 105 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:10,440 Can you get me another single man? 106 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,440 We'll give it a try. 107 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,440 Wait a minute, Joe. 108 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,440 What makes this job so different? 109 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,440 Every time we kick in a door, we never know what's on the other side. 110 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,440 That's what makes it different. 111 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:16,440 This time we do. 112 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:17,440 No, you're not going to cut me out, not the only time I know what I'm getting into. 113 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,440 All right. 114 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:27,440 Chandler's tried, Hannah and Davis, Watson, they've all tried. 115 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,720 This guy Carney knows what he's doing. 116 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,960 He's no pushover, but somebody's got to get that bomb away from him. 117 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:33,800 Joe, baby, now. 118 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:34,800 I looked at my watch. 119 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:35,800 It was 836. 120 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,960 We left Chief White and started down the hall. 121 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,960 If Carney was going to make good his threat to blow up the building by nine o'clock, we 122 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,000 had exactly 24 minutes to talk him out of it. 123 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,400 Ben and I figured we'd better look him over first and then work out some kind of a plan. 124 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,040 Maybe just talking to him would do it. 125 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,960 Vernon Carney was sitting in a straight back chair against the far wall facing the door. 126 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,160 It was seated between two windows that looked out over the city. 127 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,240 In the center of the right wall was a connecting door leading to the office where Chief White 128 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,480 had briefed us. 129 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,000 The door was locked on both sides. 130 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,280 Just off the center and favoring the left of the room was a small filing table. 131 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:12,760 There was a dictaphone on it. 132 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,480 In the near left corner, shielded by a white screen, was a small wash basin. 133 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,320 Vernon Carney sat erect holding a black box on his lap. 134 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,840 He held his right hand inside one end of the box. 135 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,400 Ben and I walked into the room. 136 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,160 What do you say to a man with a bomb? 137 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:35,280 That's close enough. 138 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:36,280 Cigarette Carney? 139 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,840 I'm not smoking right now. 140 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:39,840 What are you trying to prove? 141 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,160 You know what I want. 142 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,280 We're not going to let your brother out of jail. 143 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:47,680 You've got until nine o'clock to change your mind. 144 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,520 According to that clock up there in the ward, you got 24 minutes. 145 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,400 If we go, you're going with us, Carney. 146 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,520 Don't take much of a brain to figure that one out, copper. 147 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,400 What made you think you could get away with this? 148 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,400 I haven't yet. 149 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,400 It ain't nine o'clock. 150 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,400 Unless that clock's slow. 151 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,960 I haven't checked it against my pocket watch lately. 152 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,080 That's the one that's running this show. 153 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,920 You giving any thought to all the innocent people that are going to go up with that thing 154 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:10,920 of yours? 155 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:11,920 My brother's innocent. 156 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:12,920 I want him out of jail. 157 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,400 The court says he's guilty. 158 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,520 He'll get out when he serves his time. 159 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,520 That's where you're wrong, copper. 160 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,520 He gets out at nine o'clock this morning. 161 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,960 All right, come on, Carney. 162 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:23,960 Get your hand out of that box. 163 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:24,960 Put the box on the table. 164 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,960 You think I'm bluffing, don't you? 165 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,480 I'm going to let you get within five feet of me before I make a liar out of you. 166 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:33,480 All right, Carney. 167 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,160 I guess you mean business. 168 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,680 You can take three more steps and find out for sure. 169 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,240 Suppose we did let your brother out. 170 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,720 We'd just come out and pick him up again, you along with him. 171 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,280 If you could find us. 172 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,080 Let's get this straight. 173 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,280 If we let your brother hellwood out, how do we know you'll keep your promise? 174 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:53,280 What promise? 175 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,120 I haven't made any promises. 176 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,280 You just get all wood down here first, then we'll talk about it. 177 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:01,440 Look, there's just one thing I can't figure, Carney. 178 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,400 Yeah, what's that? 179 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,800 If we don't let your brother out, you say you'll pull the trigger on that bomb. 180 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,800 What are you going to prove by then? 181 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,760 Say 37 now. 182 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:11,960 You got 23 minutes left? 183 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,080 No, I wish you'd answer that one for me. 184 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,600 Why do you want to kill a lot of innocent people? 185 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,600 Don't try to con me, copper. 186 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,480 I know they cleared everybody out of this building 45 minutes ago. 187 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,680 I know they cleaned out the whole block. 188 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,680 They got it roped off. 189 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,320 Where'd you get your information? 190 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,560 I got a couple of windows here to look at her. 191 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:31,360 Don't you think it's about time you sent somebody over to get out of wood? 192 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,560 What's to stop us from leaving the building along with the other few officers and let 193 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,000 you sit here and touch off that bomb? 194 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Go ahead. 195 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,040 Won't be a long wait without you. 196 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,840 Who are you trying to kid? 197 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,920 You'd let me blow up $10 million with a taxpayer's money? 198 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,840 No, you're going to let out without. 199 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:57,240 You'll wait till the last minute to do it, but you let him out. 200 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,880 All right, let's go. 201 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:11,040 Well, then listen, I'm still not convinced that Kearney can back up what he says. 202 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,040 Why don't you take the box away from him? 203 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,040 Yeah. 204 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,760 We're in a spot, let's face it. 205 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:16,960 How about us getting him first? 206 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:17,960 How are you going to handle it? 207 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,480 I'm not top man on the pistol range, but I can wing him. 208 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,800 Then he hands the box to you? 209 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,040 Or maybe it falls and his reflex action pulls the trigger. 210 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,040 Okay, I don't wing him. 211 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,040 I stop him for key. 212 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,360 You just can't walk in there and shoot him down. 213 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,360 Why not? 214 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:29,360 You do the same thing with any armed criminals. 215 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:30,360 Yeah, but you warn them first. 216 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:31,360 I'll warn him. 217 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,120 And then after you shoot him, you find out it's a harmless gadget. 218 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:34,560 Couldn't have gone off in a million years. 219 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:35,560 No, a gun's not the answer. 220 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:36,560 We can't shoot him till we're positive. 221 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:39,880 It'll be positive by nine o'clock, but then there might not be anybody around to shoot 222 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:40,880 him. 223 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:41,880 We've located Kearney's apartment. 224 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,480 There's a detail out there checking it now, but Chelly and Morris. 225 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,280 Have you got any ideas at all? 226 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,280 Anything we could try? 227 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,280 That's why I called you in. 228 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,520 None of us have gotten any further than you did just now. 229 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,840 But there's just one thing I want to know for sure. 230 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:54,840 Yeah, Friday. 231 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,840 Is it or isn't it? 232 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:56,840 We all want to know. 233 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,160 Either way, we got to get that box away from him. 234 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:00,160 I get it. 235 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,160 White speaking. 236 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,160 Yeah. 237 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,160 Did? 238 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,160 Now stay out there. 239 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:05,160 I'll call you. 240 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:06,160 That was Chelly. 241 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:23,520 They just found 28 sticks of dynamite in Kearney's apartment. 242 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,960 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation presented in the 243 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,560 public interest by Fatima cigarettes. 244 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:34,480 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest to listen to a typical case 245 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,280 history of a Fatima smoker recorded last week in New York. 246 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:39,640 Hi there. 247 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,240 My name is Bab Beckwith. 248 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,480 Bab, that's short for Bethany Ann Beckwith. 249 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,680 I live in New York City and I'm a fashion stylist. 250 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:52,280 The other day at a showing of the New Fall Styles, I ran out of cigarettes. 251 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:57,200 A friend of mine, a designer, introduced me to the new long Fatima. 252 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,000 I really wish someone had told me about them sooner. 253 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,400 Fatimas are a lot milder than the cigarettes I've been smoking and they have a delightful 254 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,000 flavor too. 255 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:13,480 I'm very glad to recommend them to you because I know from experience it's wise to smoke 256 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,440 extra mild Fatima. 257 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,840 And more and more smokers every day are finding that out. 258 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:23,440 Actual figures show extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 259 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,780 So enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 260 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:32,000 The king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobacco superbly 261 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,280 blended to make it extra mild. 262 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,780 You will prefer Fatima's much different, much better flavor. 263 00:10:37,780 --> 00:10:38,780 You will agree. 264 00:10:38,780 --> 00:10:42,000 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 265 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,120 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 266 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,760 The best of all long cigarettes. 267 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:56,760 We knew now Carney wasn't kidding. 268 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,360 We could see into the bomb through the glass window on one end. 269 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,200 There was dynamite inside and there was dynamite in Carney's room. 270 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,160 We didn't know if he had the nerve to pull the trigger. 271 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,360 We didn't know if it would go off when he did but with only minutes remaining nobody 272 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,200 wanted to take the chance. 273 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,780 From here on in all of us agreed that Vernon Carney sat in the next room holding in his 274 00:11:13,780 --> 00:11:16,840 two hands a force powerful enough to destroy us all. 275 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,840 I looked at my watch. 276 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,320 It was 20 minutes till nine. 277 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,800 How do we get it away from him? 278 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:23,800 I got an idea. 279 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:24,800 It might work. 280 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:25,800 Let's have it. 281 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,720 Well Carney's sitting against the firewall between two windows and they're both open. 282 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:29,720 I'll try. 283 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,760 If we could get a man through one of those windows we might get Carney from behind. 284 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,760 How are you going to get him? 285 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,000 Well whoever gets through the window could slug him. 286 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,440 What do you do then? 287 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:38,440 Somebody grabs the box. 288 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,160 The crime lab can tell us what to do with it then. 289 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,920 How do we get a man through one of those windows around the 16th floor? 290 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,480 Well there's some kind of a ledge that runs around the building on each story isn't it? 291 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,760 Tight enough for a man to walk on? 292 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,760 Let's take a look. 293 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:49,760 Let's see. 294 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:50,760 Looks pretty narrow Joe. 295 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:51,760 A good 18 inches could be done. 296 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:52,760 Too risky. 297 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:53,760 It's been raining out that ledge is slippery. 298 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:54,760 Strong wind out there Joe would tear a man right off the building. 299 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:55,760 Yeah I guess you're right. 300 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:56,760 Well there's still a way. 301 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:57,760 How about a ladder? 302 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:58,760 16th floor skipper. 303 00:11:58,760 --> 00:11:59,760 Well there might be a way. 304 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:00,760 The fire department would know that. 305 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:01,760 I'll get Battalion Chief Erickson. 306 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:02,760 There's Lee Jones. 307 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:03,760 I'll get him. 308 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,760 I'll get him. 309 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:05,760 I'll get him. 310 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:06,760 I'll get him. 311 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,760 I'll get him. 312 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:08,760 I'll get him. 313 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,760 I'll get him. 314 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:10,760 I'll get him. 315 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:11,760 I'll get him. 316 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:12,760 I'll get him. 317 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:17,760 I'll get him. 318 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:24,680 I'll get him. 319 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:39,960 I'll get him. 320 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,600 Leave it down. Get the receiver off the hook and leave it off. 321 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:43,720 Leave the receiver off. 322 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,320 That's right. You know, if it isn't off the hook, we won't be able to hear a thing in here. 323 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:47,920 Right. Come on, Ben. 324 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,960 Glenn White speaking. Give me chief actions. 325 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,520 Where's my brother? 326 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:01,800 Still in his cell. 327 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,520 You coppers are long on talk, short on time. 328 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:05,320 Yeah, we know. 329 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,200 I'm telling you, for your own good, you better get over it over here. 330 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,320 Carney, I'll bet if we get your brother on the phone here, 331 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,600 he'll tell you that he doesn't want any part of this. 332 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,600 You mean Elwood doesn't want to get out since when? 333 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,240 Sure he wants out, but not your way. 334 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,880 He's only got a year to serve. Why don't you leave him alone? 335 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,120 I told Al. I told him I'd get him out. 336 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,520 He didn't think I could do it, but I'm doing it. 337 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,000 I'll make you a bet, Carney. 338 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,280 You let us get your brother on the phone, he won't walk out of here with you. 339 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:29,520 Get him on the phone. 340 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:30,720 All right. 341 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,920 Where are you going? The phone's over here. 342 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,160 After you use the dictaphone, I gotta get an okay from the chief. 343 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,400 Elwood's still a prisoner. 344 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,640 What's the matter with the phone? 345 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,760 No operators. You know the building's been cleared. 346 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,080 That's right. I almost forgot. 347 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,400 Okay, you can use the dictaphone. 348 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,120 It's Friday, Chief. 349 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,360 Carney wants to talk to his brother. 350 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,280 I know you'll have to send somebody over. 351 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,440 Have him put the call on the extension. Wait a minute. 352 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,840 What's that extension number there? 353 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,160 2351. 354 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,840 2351, Lennon. 355 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,080 Right? 356 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,360 It'll take a minute. 357 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,200 All right. 358 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,520 I'd kinda like to talk to El. 359 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,400 Been a couple of months since I seen him. 360 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,920 We've always been together, me and El, most of the time. 361 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,120 Joe, let's go in and see if we can't hurry that call. 362 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,520 That's a good idea, boy. It's 16 minutes to 9. 363 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,160 Yeah. 364 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,240 Hey, Cop. 365 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:22,400 Yeah. 366 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,720 You got to hang up the dictaphone, didn't you? 367 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,560 I put the receiver back on the dictaphone. 368 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,600 Ben and I had failed to make good on the first step of the plan. 369 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,160 When we got outside the door, we briefed Davis and Watson. 370 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,840 They went in to sit with Kearney. 371 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,640 It would be their job to keep us posted on Kearney's movements. 372 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,280 The dictaphone was out. 373 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,000 We went back into the office next door. 374 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,640 Chief Sam Erickson of the fire department 375 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,560 and Lieutenant Lee Jones from the crime lab were already there. 376 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,040 Would have been a help. We haven't got time to cry over it. 377 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,400 Kearney's wide awake, Skipper. He doesn't miss a thing. 378 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,400 White told us the plan Friday. We can't run a ladder up from the street. 379 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:56,240 Too high, huh, Chief? 380 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,240 The best we've got is a 100-foot aerial. 381 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,080 You figure 12 foot to the story, that'll take you at 96 feet, eight floors. 382 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,320 We got the latest equipment. 383 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,640 What's that idea you had, Jones? 384 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,040 Sam, can you get a hold of a pompier in a hurry? 385 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,560 Sure, we got a lot of scaling ladders, 386 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,400 but you got nothing out there to hook them on. 387 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,240 You figure on dropping down from the floor above? 388 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,240 That's right, and I figure a pompier would do it. 389 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,080 Sure it would. You could make it fast the window cell up there, 390 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,520 but you got a foot and a half ledge in the way. 391 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,800 No, it's you want a lifeline. 392 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,600 You mean lower a man on a rope, Chief? 393 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,800 Yeah, Romero, that's quickest and the quietest. 394 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,560 Could you rig it so one of my boys could do it? 395 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:27,280 Surely. 396 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:28,440 What's the risk? 397 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,080 None if you work it right. 398 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,760 We'll strap on a life belt, give the man heavy leather gloves. 399 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,360 Two of my men will lower him down. 400 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,800 Pick your lightest man. 401 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:37,640 What do you think, Lee? 402 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:38,640 That's it. 403 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,080 What do we do with the bomb when we get it? 404 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,840 I figure that box Connie's holding is about a foot square. 405 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,080 Here's what I'll do. 406 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,080 I'll get you a bucket with a foot and a half mouth, 407 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,000 and it'll be full of water. 408 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:47,480 Yeah? 409 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,480 I'll have it right outside the door of that office. 410 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,560 When you get that box, place it in the water. 411 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,680 We'll get the bucket out of the building as fast as we can. 412 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,800 And once we get the bomb under water, we're in a clear? 413 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:56,920 I can't promise you that, 414 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,120 but it's the safest way to handle it under the circumstances. 415 00:15:59,120 --> 00:15:59,880 All right, that's it. 416 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:00,920 Sam, you take care of your own? 417 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:01,400 Right away. 418 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,800 I'll get a detail to give me a hand down the street, 419 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,400 and we'll take the bomb to a safe area and decommission it. 420 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,280 Let's move on it. 421 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,280 All right, then. 422 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,440 Which part do you want, the rope or the bomb? 423 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:15,240 You call it. 424 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,200 Fire Chief Erickson said the lightest man on a rope. 425 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:17,960 That's me, Joe. 426 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,280 All right, I'll get the bomb out of the building. 427 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:20,640 OK, that's the routine. 428 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,600 We carry this with you. 429 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,760 The man that comes down that rope has one chance to make good. 430 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:24,760 Slug him and make it count. 431 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:25,920 There's no second try. 432 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:26,360 Yeah. 433 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:27,400 And Joe, when you grab that box, 434 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,600 you've got to get it away from Connie 435 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:29,840 before he can squeeze the trigger. 436 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,160 Then you've got to get it down the street. 437 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:31,760 The elevator. 438 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:32,560 You know how to operate it? 439 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,560 Well, it's pretty simple, but I'll 440 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,760 double check with the operator. 441 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,760 And you've got to do it right now. 442 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:36,240 OK. 443 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,040 Say we better get Connie's brother on the phone for him. 444 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:38,800 He seemed anxious. 445 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,200 That might be a pretty good idea. 446 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,720 All right, Romero, that's the outside phone. 447 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:42,440 Get the city jail. 448 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:43,240 Right, Skipper. 449 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:43,960 Get going, Friday. 450 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:44,440 Bye. 451 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,120 Hey, you, elevator man. 452 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:51,720 Yes, Sergeant? 453 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,360 I want to see if I know how to work this thing of yours. 454 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:57,320 You taking over the elevator? 455 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,000 In a couple of minutes. 456 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,160 You want to check me out? 457 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,080 Nothing to it, Sergeant. 458 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,000 Here's the control. 459 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,160 You push this lever right to go up, left to go down. 460 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,160 See this little trigger on the underside of the handle? 461 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:06,720 Yeah. 462 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:07,640 That's a safety lock. 463 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,400 Be sure you squeeze it. 464 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,440 You can't move the lever. 465 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:10,520 Sorry, if I try it? 466 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,480 OK, where do I turn off the master switch? 467 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,280 All right. 468 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:16,040 That's it. 469 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:17,480 Right to go up, left to go down. 470 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:18,000 Uh-huh. 471 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,600 All right, now how do you operate the doors? 472 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:20,280 Automatic. 473 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,480 They work off the control lever. 474 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,480 When the control lever's locked to the up or down position, 475 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,280 the doors will close. 476 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,040 I got it. 477 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,400 Now, in case they jam, this red emergency button up here? 478 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:28,920 Yeah. 479 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:29,680 Push it. 480 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,600 If that doesn't close, then we call the repairman. 481 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:32,520 OK, I think I got it. 482 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:33,800 You want to turn that switch back on? 483 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,040 All right. 484 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:35,640 You're sure now? 485 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,360 I have my artists to get out of the building. 486 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:38,480 I'll just leave the elevator right here 487 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:39,640 and take the stairs down. 488 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:40,200 All right. 489 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,600 Thanks a lot. 490 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,480 Sergeant? 491 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,120 Just curious, you going to take the bomb down this car? 492 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:46,120 We're going to try. 493 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,320 You won't have any trouble. 494 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,400 We haven't had an elevator failure in 18 months. 495 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,520 The elevator man turned and went down the stairs. 496 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,120 I started down the corridor and met Ben outside the office. 497 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:58,920 He told me that Lee Jones and Chief Erickson 498 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,320 were on their way up in the freight elevator 499 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,760 at the rear of the building with the necessary equipment. 500 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,960 The two fire department volunteers were with them. 501 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,080 The phone call had been put through the city jail, 502 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:08,800 and in a minute, Elwood Carney would be ready 503 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,160 at the other end of the line. 504 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,920 We went in to tell Carney. 505 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,280 I told him over to jail to put the call through on extension 506 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,320 2351. 507 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:17,200 When's it coming through? 508 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,200 Right now. 509 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,520 You got Elwood with you? 510 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:21,400 No. 511 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,240 We told you we'd get him on the phone for you. 512 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,480 Call will be through in a minute. 513 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,640 A minute's a long time, cop. 514 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,440 You only got 12 of them left. 515 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,760 Elwood's going to talk you out of this. 516 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:30,800 Oh, sure, sure. 517 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,440 Everybody's going to talk me out of this. 518 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,600 First it was him other two cops, the little porky guy 519 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,320 and another monkey. 520 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,600 And you and this dixie doughhead here. 521 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:39,840 Now it's Elwood. 522 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,720 Now come off it, will you? 523 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:41,920 Get my brother over here. 524 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:42,680 That's him now. 525 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:43,800 It's your brother, Carney, I guess. 526 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,840 They put you. 527 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,120 Just going to get the phone. 528 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:47,760 You want to talk to your brother, don't you? 529 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,440 I'll take care of the phone. 530 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,200 We'll just disconnect it for a little. 531 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,240 Now get this straight, copper. 532 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,840 I'm through with you stinking rotten lion. 533 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,160 I want Elwood here and I want him now. 534 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,760 I'll bring him here before I blow you all to pieces. 535 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:06,960 Who threw that phone out in the hall? 536 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,160 I did. 537 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,720 You want me to go out there and pick it up? 538 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,320 Carney, that's not going to get you any place. 539 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,600 Are you the big boss around here? 540 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,200 Maybe. 541 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,000 Are you, Lonch? 542 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:15,800 I answered you. 543 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,280 All right, big boy, I got a piece of advice for you. 544 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,160 You take your rookie cops here and get it 545 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,240 through their thick heads. 546 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,560 I mean what I say. 547 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,480 I want my brother over here in this room. 548 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,880 And you've got just 11 minutes to get it done. 549 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,920 Now you tell them that, will you? 550 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,240 All right, Carney. 551 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,120 It's your show. 552 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,400 All right, we got to work fast now. 553 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:48,560 Jones, everything set for you? 554 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:49,880 Got the bucket with the water right here. 555 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:50,960 Car's waiting down the street. 556 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,360 Right. 557 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:52,400 Erickson, your boys ready? 558 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,800 Upstairs waiting. 559 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:54,800 We all know what to do. 560 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,280 I'll need somebody to give me a hand with Carney 561 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:56,840 when he falls. 562 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:57,920 I'll be in there with you Friday. 563 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,160 Ready to go upstairs, Chief? 564 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,040 Anytime. 565 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:00,920 One thing you ought to know. 566 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,720 What's that? 567 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,640 Wind's getting stronger, about 20 mile an hour 568 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:04,640 out there right now. 569 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:05,480 That going to allow us to start? 570 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,800 No, but it's going to increase the sway. 571 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,640 You got to allow for it. 572 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,480 How do you mean? 573 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:09,840 Wind's coming from the south. 574 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,640 We'll lower you just to the right of the window. 575 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,560 If I figure right, the wind will do the rest. 576 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,600 Bigger risk, but we don't control the weather. 577 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,480 How you going to do it, Ben? 578 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:17,960 Soon as I get in position, I'll reach in 579 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:18,960 through the window on his right, 580 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,360 and I'll use the billy and try to catch him 581 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:25,360 on the right side of the head and one good hit should put him away. 582 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:26,360 Make it two and be sure, huh? 583 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:27,360 All right, you ready, Chief? 584 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:28,360 Let's go. 585 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:30,360 What's the time, Friday? 586 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:31,360 8.50. 587 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,360 Shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes for Romero 588 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:36,360 to get down to that window unless the wind gives him trouble. 589 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,360 Jones, there's no use you sticking around. 590 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,360 I'll give Friday a hand. 591 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,360 That's my job. 592 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:42,360 We got to keep you allowed to decommission the bomb. 593 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,360 Bomb joke. 594 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:44,360 See you downstairs. 595 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:45,360 You ready, Lynn? 596 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:46,360 Yeah. 597 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:47,360 Scared, Friday? 598 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:48,360 Yeah. 599 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:49,360 It makes us even. 600 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:50,360 Come on. 601 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:56,360 Lynn White and I went into the next room with Vernon Kearney. 602 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:59,360 Ben was going to make a try from the window on Kearney's right. 603 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:02,360 Somehow he had to keep his attention on us and away from that window. 604 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:05,360 If anything went wrong and Kearney got out of position, the plan had failed. 605 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,360 If Chief Erickson didn't actually make it, 606 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,360 he would have been in trouble. 607 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,360 He would have been in trouble. 608 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,360 If Kearney got out of position, the plan had failed. 609 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,360 If Chief Erickson didn't estimate the force of the wind correctly, 610 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:17,360 the plan had failed. 611 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:18,360 I looked at my watch. 612 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,360 It was eight minutes to nine. 613 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:22,360 Kearney, anything we can say that will make you change your mind? 614 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:23,360 I've asked you a hundred times. 615 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,360 Now I'm ordering you. 616 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:29,360 They're going to get to a phone and have somebody send Elwood over here right now. 617 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:30,360 I'm through waiting. 618 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:31,360 Now move. 619 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:32,360 You rip the phone out, Kearney. 620 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:33,360 Well, then find another one. 621 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,360 I told you, I'm sick of you two-bit stalling. 622 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,360 We've got until nine o'clock to make up our mind about this. 623 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,360 You had until nine. 624 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:41,360 You wouldn't do what I told you. Now I'm cutting you short. 625 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,360 You guys got exactly one minute to get a phone in this room right 626 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,360 and here you call a jail and have him send Elwood over here. 627 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:48,360 You said nine, Kearney. 628 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:51,360 All right, Joe. We'll give him what he wants. 629 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:56,360 David, Sunlock and Connection go to this office. 630 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:58,360 I'll get the phone, Lee. 631 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:01,360 McCord, reach. 632 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:02,360 Just a minute. 633 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,360 Yeah. 634 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,360 Your brother's a prisoner. 635 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:07,360 He's in our custody and he's under our protection. 636 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:09,360 We can't place his life in jeopardy. 637 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:10,360 Leave that up to El. 638 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,360 Kenworthy, this is Lynn Mike. 639 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:22,360 He want Elwood Kearney over here at City Hall. 640 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,360 His brother wants to see him. 641 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:25,360 Explain the situation. 642 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,360 If he wants to come, get him over here. 643 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:28,360 Leave it up to him. 644 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:31,360 Room 1614, you'll have to use the freight elevator. 645 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:32,360 And tell him to hurry. 646 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:33,360 Yeah. 647 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:34,360 Tell him to hurry. 648 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,360 Now, that's the only smart thing you've done today. 649 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,360 Now, why don't you go next door and figure out another angle. 650 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:40,360 We'll wait for Elwood, too. 651 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:42,360 You don't think I'd let you get out now, do you? 652 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,360 We're all gonna wait right here for my brother. 653 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:47,360 In case he don't show up, you're gonna see me pull the plug. 654 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,360 Now, sit down. 655 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:50,360 Not so close, right where you are. Sit down. 656 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:57,360 Sit down. Not so close, right where you are. Sit down. 657 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:01,360 It's a loud clock, isn't it? 658 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:06,360 The wind is getting cold in here. 659 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:09,360 Maybe I ought to close the windows. 660 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:10,360 Turn on the heat. 661 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,360 Stay put, cop. 662 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:14,360 What's that? What's going on? 663 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,360 Just the wind, cop. 664 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,360 Shut up! 665 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,360 Let somebody out there and see his feet. 666 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:20,360 You stupid cunts! Pull him up! 667 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,360 Get back there! You'll pull him up! 668 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:23,360 I ain't telling him to pull him up. 669 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:29,360 Pull him out! Pull him out! Pull him out! 670 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:34,360 All right, Connie. You win. 671 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,360 You bet I win, you dumb coppers. 672 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,360 You didn't think I'd miss a trick like that. 673 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:40,360 Now, we'll just close the windows, boys. 674 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:43,360 That's one. And locked. 675 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,360 There's your brother, Connie. 676 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:46,360 Yeah. 677 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,360 Hi, ya know. 678 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,360 Hi, Vern. You did it. 679 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:54,360 I told you. I told you I'd do it, didn't I? 680 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,360 That's far enough for the rest of you. 681 00:23:57,360 --> 00:23:59,360 Al, you come on over here. 682 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:05,360 You're crazy, Vern. You're crazy. 683 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,360 That's what they've been trying to tell me. 684 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:09,360 We're going home, Al. 685 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,360 How you gonna do it? There's a million cops outside. 686 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:14,360 People all over town heard about this. They're holding the crowd. 687 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,360 They ain't gonna stop us now, Al. 688 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:16,360 You'll never make it either one of you. 689 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:18,360 I got him this far, didn't I? We'll make it. 690 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:20,360 Vern, you think we could do it? 691 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,360 Yo. Yeah? 692 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,360 They're gonna get a car ready for us. A fast one. 693 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,360 Have it in front of the building. Move! 694 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,360 All right, Friday. Do what he tells you. 695 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:29,360 All right. 696 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:30,360 Hold it! Yeah? 697 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:33,360 If you ain't back by nine o'clock, the deal still holds. 698 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,360 I told them I'd pull the pin at nine, Al, if they didn't let you out. 699 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:38,360 You ain't fooling, are you, Vern? 700 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:41,360 That gadget really blow? Four miles high. 701 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,360 They won't let you pull us. We're getting out. 702 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:47,360 All right, copper, get the car. You got four minutes. 703 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,360 Hey, Ben. Ben! 704 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:57,360 What happened? He spot me? 705 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,360 Yeah. No time to explain. Now, listen, we gotta work fast. 706 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,360 Yeah? 707 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:01,360 We had to bring Carney's brother over from the jail. 708 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:02,360 How much time we got? 709 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:03,360 Less than four minutes. 710 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:04,360 How about the ledge? 711 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,360 Think you can do it? Strong wind, you'll have to hang on like a fly. 712 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:07,360 I don't know. I can give it a try. 713 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,360 Okay. Same plan. Every second counts. 714 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:11,360 Now, I can't brief Lynn. He's in the room with the guy. 715 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:12,360 It's up to you and me. 716 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:13,360 I'll get on the ledge from one of these offices. 717 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:14,360 I hope I'll make it. 718 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:15,360 If you don't, we'll know you tried to hurry. 719 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:16,360 Hey, Ben, wait a minute. 720 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:17,360 Yeah? 721 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:18,360 I forgot. The window is the one on his right. 722 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:20,360 He locked it. You'll have to crawl around the one on the left. 723 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:21,360 You got it? 724 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:22,360 Right. 725 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:23,360 Okay. 726 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,360 Carl, be ready in two minutes out front. 727 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:30,360 Fine. 728 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,360 Ellen and I are just sitting here waiting. 729 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,360 It's gonna be good being back together, Val. 730 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,360 We always were real good together, Vern. 731 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:39,360 Well, that's the way brothers ought to be together all the time. 732 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:41,360 Yeah, Vern, I'd feel better with a gun. 733 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,360 We don't need no gun. We got the bomb. 734 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:46,360 We need a gun when we get out. When we get on the road. 735 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:49,360 Okay, take your pick. They all got them. 736 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,360 You, give him yours. 737 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,360 I'm not carrying a gun. I left it in the other room. 738 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:56,360 A cop without a gun? Who's getting who? 739 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:58,360 I left it in the other room. 740 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,360 First the big boy, Ellen. He's got one. 741 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:04,360 It's about time for that car, ain't it? 742 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:06,360 It's two minutes to nine. 743 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,360 Yeah, this feels like it right in his mouth. 744 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:10,360 This feels like it right in his hip. 745 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,360 Get him, Joe. I got him. Get the box. 746 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,360 Give that guy a load. 747 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:15,360 I got him, Ben. I gotta get his hand out of it. 748 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:17,360 Run, Joe. Get him to water. Run! 749 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:32,360 In a fast elevator, 16 floors isn't very much, 750 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,360 but I never shared an elevator with a live bomb. 751 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:37,360 It seemed like hours between floors. 752 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,360 I kept watching the bucket. 753 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,360 The bomb was completely underwater. 754 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,360 A small stream of bubbles was hissing to the surface. 755 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,360 I waited. 756 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,360 Main floor. 757 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:51,360 I picked up the bucket and ran for the street. 758 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,360 I missed the first step. 759 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,360 I fell forward, the bucket spun out of my hand. 760 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:57,360 I sprawled flat on the sidewalk. I waited for the explosion. 761 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,360 It didn't go off, Friday. 762 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:03,360 Yeah, I gave it a good chance, Lee. 763 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,360 It was all there. 764 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:08,360 Look, at least a dozen sticks of dynamite. 765 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,360 Snyder, bring that over here. 766 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:16,360 Here you are, Lieutenant. 767 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:17,360 Thanks. 768 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:19,360 Here's why it didn't go off. 769 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:21,360 Had it rigged for us. 770 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:23,360 It was a good idea. 771 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,360 I'm glad you're happy. 772 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,360 Had it rigged for a hard trigger pull. 773 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:31,360 Would have taken a good yank to set this one off. 774 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:34,360 Hi, Joe. 775 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:36,360 Hi, Ben. 776 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:38,360 Clumsy. 777 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:47,360 The story you have just heard was true. 778 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,360 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 779 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,360 On February 15th, trial was held in Superior Court, 780 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:56,360 Department 87, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 781 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:58,360 In a moment, the results of that trial. 782 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:02,360 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to extra mild Fatima. 783 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:04,360 Here is the actual report. 784 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:08,360 From coast to coast, extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 785 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:14,360 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the king size cigarette that is extra mild. 786 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:18,360 Extra mild because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 787 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,360 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 788 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,360 To give it a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 789 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:26,360 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 790 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,360 Best of all, long cigarettes. 791 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:30,360 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 792 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,360 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 793 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,360 Vernon Carney was examined by five different psychiatrists 794 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,360 appointed by the Superior Court and found to be mentally incompetent. 795 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,360 He is now confined in the state mental institution for the criminally insane. 796 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:56,360 Elwood Carney is now serving the balance of his sentence with no time off for good behavior. 797 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:03,360 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 798 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:08,360 Next, Sarah's Private Caper with comedian Sarah Burner on NBC. 799 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,360 ific.com