1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,060 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:13,060 --> 00:00:16,380 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:16,380 --> 00:00:31,120 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:32,880 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,480 You're assigned to robbery detail. 6 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:39,480 Three persons are shot down in a $12,000 holdup. 7 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,720 One of the bandits is apprehended, convicted, and sent to prison for life. 8 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,220 The other one is still at large. 9 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:52,280 Your job, get him. 10 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,160 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 11 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,960 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 12 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:04,460 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 13 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:07,540 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 14 00:01:07,540 --> 00:01:13,880 To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 15 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,320 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 16 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:21,600 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 17 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,960 Best of all long cigarettes. 18 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:27,560 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 19 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:33,120 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 20 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:40,520 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 21 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,640 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 22 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,600 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 23 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,040 files. 24 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,920 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 25 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,920 in action. 26 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,640 It was Tuesday, June 6th. 27 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,120 It was cloudy in Los Angeles. 28 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,320 We were working a day watch out of robbery detail. 29 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,480 My partner's Ben Romero. 30 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:07,960 The boss is Captain Ed Walker. 31 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:08,960 My name's Friday. 32 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:15,240 I was on the way back from communications and it was 11.35 a.m. when I got to room 27A. 33 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,240 Robbery division. 34 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,240 Joe, how are you? 35 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,240 Oh, hi Dave. 36 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,240 Message in the book player. 37 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,240 Came in a couple of minutes ago. 38 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,240 Oh, thank you. 39 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,240 Woman's voice. 40 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:23,240 I'll need you to call as soon as you get in. 41 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:24,240 Yeah, thank you Dave. 42 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:25,240 I'll get it now. 43 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:43,640 Woman's voice. 44 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:44,640 Police woman River there please. 45 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:45,640 Just a minute. 46 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:46,640 River? 47 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:47,640 Hold on please. 48 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:48,640 All right. 49 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:49,640 Miss River. 50 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:50,640 Dorothy, Joe Friday. 51 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:51,640 Oh yes, Joe. 52 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:52,640 You got the message? 53 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,640 Yeah. 54 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,640 You worrying about your purse? 55 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:57,640 I can't find it anywhere. 56 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:59,640 Did I leave it in your car last night? 57 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:00,640 Found it this morning. 58 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:02,160 I can leave it at the desk here if you like. 59 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,160 You can pick it up sometime today. 60 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,160 Well, that'll be swell, Joe. 61 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,160 Thanks a lot. 62 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,160 Sure, Dorothy. 63 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,160 Had a wonderful time last night, Joe. 64 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,160 I certainly enjoyed it. 65 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,160 Yeah. 66 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,160 Pretty good movie, huh? 67 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,160 Say, uh, Dorothy? 68 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,160 Yeah. 69 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,760 Uh, Mother and I were talking this morning at breakfast. 70 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,800 Uh, like come over the house sometime for dinner? 71 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:21,800 Mom'd like to meet you. 72 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:22,800 Oh, well sure. 73 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:23,800 Fine. 74 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:24,800 I'd like to meet your mother. 75 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,120 How about a week from this coming Monday? 76 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,120 That's my day off. 77 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,120 Is that okay? 78 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,120 All right. 79 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,120 A week from this Monday. 80 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:31,120 The weather's good. 81 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,120 Well, maybe we can have a barbecue out in the back. 82 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,120 Oh, it sounds wonderful. 83 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,120 Okay. 84 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,120 See you later then. 85 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,120 All right, Joe. 86 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,120 Bye. 87 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,120 Bye. 88 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,120 Joe? 89 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,120 Hi. 90 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,120 How'd it work out, Ben? 91 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,120 It didn't. 92 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:45,120 Another false alarm. 93 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,000 Sure is a scorcher out today. 94 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,960 Four months work and not one solid lead. 95 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Where are we going? 96 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,960 I haven't got the answer. 97 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,960 I've run down so many bum tips, I don't think I know the real thing that hit me in the face. 98 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:58,960 Yeah. 99 00:03:58,960 --> 00:03:59,960 Romero? 100 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:00,960 Joe? 101 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:01,960 Yeah, Skipper? 102 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:02,960 Oh, McGuire and Morton Gear from San Diego just got here. 103 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:03,960 You want to come in? 104 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:04,960 Yeah, right away. 105 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:05,960 There they are. 106 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:06,960 Hi, McGuire. 107 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,960 Hi. 108 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:08,960 Oh, Ben. 109 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:09,960 How you doing? 110 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:10,960 Sit down. 111 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,960 Hope you two have more than we have. 112 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,760 It's all in that report on the Skipper's desk. 113 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Four months leg work, cold. 114 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Nothing at all? 115 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,160 Lots of phony tips, bum leads. 116 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,560 We got three stakeouts going. 117 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,640 His mug shots plastered all over town. 118 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:26,640 No go, huh? 119 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:27,640 I don't know. 120 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,720 I think he's got the perfect face for a killer. 121 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,520 You can hang his description on a million guys. 122 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,440 Got nothing on him at all. 123 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,560 Ben here just ran down the last lead we own. 124 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,560 Yeah, false alarm. 125 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,040 Nothing on the APB, huh? 126 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,040 Got dust on it. 127 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,040 Cold enough to bury. 128 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,360 How long's it been since it happened back in January, wasn't it? 129 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,360 Yeah, 27th. 130 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:45,760 Stanley Finance Company, San Diego. 131 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,960 It's all right there in the report, Ed. 132 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,960 Yeah, I see. 133 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,160 Hold up shooting, got 12,000 suspects. 134 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,880 Frank Cheney, Turk Weber, Cheney did the shooting. 135 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:55,880 That's what stopped me. 136 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:56,880 What's that? 137 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,000 It took us a couple of weeks to grab Turk Weber and put him away. 138 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,400 Here it's more than four months and Cheney's still on the loose. 139 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,040 Doesn't add, he can't be that smart. 140 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:05,040 Well, he's free. 141 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,040 I can't think of a better testimonial. 142 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,840 What about the other angles, Friday, besides those three stakeouts? 143 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,040 We covered the town for Cheney. 144 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,360 He had four months of it. 145 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,560 Hotels, rooming houses, motor courts, bars, restaurants, the works. 146 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,880 Must have a couple of thousand copies of his mug shots spread around. 147 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:19,880 No response? 148 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,840 We don't get four or five calls a day on him. 149 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:23,320 It's been going on for weeks now. 150 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:24,320 We check him out. 151 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:25,320 Never the right man. 152 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,320 What about his wife? 153 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,120 She's still supposed to be with Cheney, isn't she? 154 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,360 Funny thing, we haven't had one report on her. 155 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,040 Last time the two of them were supposed to have been seen together was five weeks ago. 156 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,040 That was up in Stockton. 157 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,040 Cheney's mother-in-law lives in Marysville, huh? 158 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,040 They still have a stakeout on her house? 159 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,040 Yeah, no leads there either. 160 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,040 How about it, Mort? 161 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,040 Nothing to offer? 162 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,120 About the same as up here. 163 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:45,880 There is something we'd like to check on, though. 164 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:46,880 Yeah? 165 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,160 One of McGuire's informants was paroled two weeks ago. 166 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:50,920 He served time with Cheney at Folsom. 167 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,480 You have anything to say? 168 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,480 Yeah. 169 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,680 His idea of Frank Cheney was the most hated man at Folsom. 170 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,400 Most of the cons had given their right arm to cool him off. 171 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,320 What made him so popular? 172 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:01,320 Pretty much of a heel. 173 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,800 Ran out of the warden's office three times a week, regular. 174 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,440 Informed on the other cons every chance he got. 175 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,320 You figure some of them might want to even the score. 176 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,520 If they know anything, I'm pretty sure they'll talk. 177 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,000 Worth a try, isn't it? 178 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Their leads can't be any colder than what we got, anyway. 179 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,640 You gonna need any help, Mort? 180 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,720 No, McGuire and I can handle the questioning. 181 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:17,720 We'll go up to Folsom tomorrow. 182 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,720 Okay. 183 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,320 I don't think there's any argument. 184 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,560 This thing needs a quick answer. 185 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,440 Joe, you and Ben will have to push a lot harder and a lot faster. 186 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,440 Cheney's robbed and killed before. 187 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,440 Give him a chance. 188 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:28,440 He'll do it again. 189 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:29,560 We've run down all the possible ankles, Ed. 190 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,040 We've checked every lead we could dig up. 191 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,040 There's one you missed. 192 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,040 Yeah? 193 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,040 The right one. 194 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,080 Find it. 195 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,520 From the day Frank Cheney had been identified as the killer in the San Diego hold-up murder 196 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,560 four months before, all of us realized the danger of another killing as long as he was 197 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,460 loose. 198 00:06:47,460 --> 00:06:50,760 After 18 years in prison, Cheney had a gun and he had his freedom again. 199 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,080 We knew he wouldn't give him up easily. 200 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:58,440 Thursday, June 8th, Lieutenant Mort Gere and Sergeant Tony McGuire returned from Folsom 201 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,840 prison. 202 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:03,520 After talking with most of the convicts who knew Cheney well during his prison days, they 203 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,560 had a list of more than 40 leads to run down. 204 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:07,680 Ben and I took half of them. 205 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,160 We started checking. 206 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,920 It went kind of slow and the results were thin. 207 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,440 After running down the first dozen leads, we'd found out nothing about the suspect that 208 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:17,840 we didn't already know. 209 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:23,080 Monday, June 12th, we checked with John Strezak, supposedly one of Cheney's close friends up 210 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,080 at Folsom. 211 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,640 He'd been paroled before Cheney and he was now working at a large commercial engraving 212 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:28,640 firm down in East Maine. 213 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:29,640 Yeah, I knew Cheney pretty well, Sergeant. 214 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:30,640 Pretty well. 215 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:31,640 Just a minute, will you? 216 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:32,640 Mm-hmm. 217 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:33,640 Yeah, I'll tell you. 218 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:34,640 I know why you're here, Sergeant. 219 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:35,640 I can't help you. 220 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:36,640 I'm sorry. 221 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:37,640 I'm sorry. 222 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:38,640 I'm sorry. 223 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:39,640 I'm sorry. 224 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:40,640 I'm sorry. 225 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:41,640 I'm sorry. 226 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:42,640 I'm sorry. 227 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:43,640 I'm sorry. 228 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:44,640 I'm sorry. 229 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:45,640 I'm sorry. 230 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:46,640 I'm sorry. 231 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:47,640 I can't help you. 232 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,640 You were pretty close to Cheney up at Folsom, weren't you, Strezak? 233 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Best friend? 234 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,520 Everybody was his best friend. 235 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:53,520 Everybody could do him some good. 236 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,080 And you haven't seen or heard from him since he got out, huh? 237 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,080 No, but I want to. 238 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,080 I learn fast. 239 00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,080 How do you mean? 240 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,480 He's a bum, Sergeant. 241 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:01,480 Some people are born that way. 242 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,200 Tried to talk me into a break once, it didn't buy. 243 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,000 I knew he didn't write to the warden with it. 244 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,760 Some people are born that way, bums. 245 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,480 You think somebody might be hiding him out? 246 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:11,480 Some of his pals. 247 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,480 How about them? 248 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,480 He's got any pals? 249 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,480 I don't know him. 250 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,840 I can tell you this, they didn't come out of Folsom. 251 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:21,000 Did you think of anything at all that might give us some kind of a lead on Cheney? 252 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 I wish I could, believe me. 253 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,840 I'd better get back on the job, shop for him. 254 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,760 He's no better than Cheney, bum. 255 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,560 All right, Strezak, thanks a lot. 256 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,520 If I can know if you hear anything, I'm gonna leave you one of our cards here. 257 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:33,520 Yeah, okay, Sergeant. 258 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,520 Hey, Strezak, what did you go up for in here? 259 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,520 Just what I'm doing. 260 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:39,520 Huh? 261 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:40,520 Braving. 262 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:45,560 We kept at it, checking out the leads one by one, the same slow, dull routine that we've 263 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:47,560 been on for four months. 264 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:51,360 It ate up valuable time, but it was necessary. 265 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,640 You never know what a lead's worth until you check it out. 266 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,400 During the past months, from the least promising sources, we'd uncovered a half a dozen bits 267 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,600 of information about the suspect, none of them conclusive, but they helped point the 268 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:03,600 way. 269 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,160 We found out Cheney's favorite sport was sailing. 270 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,800 Yacht clubs up and down the coast were contacted and asked to watch for him. 271 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,080 We learned where Cheney got his eyeglasses, contact lenses. 272 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,560 We went to the optician, got the prescription for them, and had copies of it distributed 273 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,760 to all optical firms in the area. 274 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,640 They got a request for lenses which matched those in Cheney's eyeglasses or contact lenses 275 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,800 they were to notify us. 276 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,400 From a former college friend, we found out that the suspect was once treated for tuberculosis, 277 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,440 and because of this, he drank only goat's milk. 278 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,800 All the retailers in the area who sold goat's milk were contacted and alerted. 279 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,040 We set up a system to check regularly all the mail received by relatives of both Cheney 280 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,480 and his wife, Thursday, June 15. 281 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:41,480 Hi. 282 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,440 San Diego called while you were out, and weren't here. 283 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,000 Did they come up with anything? 284 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Yeah. 285 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,120 One lead told them Cheney learned the printing trade while he was up at Folsom, knew the 286 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,800 business well enough to work at it. 287 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:53,960 San Diego checking that out? 288 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,440 They alerted the printer's union, we'll do the same up here. 289 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,000 Picture and story on Cheney will be in the union newspaper next week. 290 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Yeah. 291 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,560 Now we dug up another bit on Cheney, we got it this morning. 292 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:04,560 What's that? 293 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:08,320 Instead of ordinary eyeglasses, Cheney's been known to wear contact lenses, you know, 294 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:09,560 the glass fits right over your eye? 295 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:10,560 Uh-huh. 296 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:11,560 Good chance he might be wearing them now. 297 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:13,520 Kind of helped change his appearance. 298 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,280 We got the prescription for the lenses from Cheney's eye doctor, got the information to 299 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,760 all the optical firms in town. 300 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:19,760 Good. 301 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,760 Friday, the man out here to see you. 302 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:22,760 Oh, okay, thank you, Dave. 303 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:23,760 All right, that's all. 304 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,760 Better contact San Diego, keep him posted. 305 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:25,760 Right, Skipper. 306 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:26,760 This gentleman here's yours. 307 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,760 This is Sergeant Friday. 308 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:28,760 Yes, sir. 309 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:29,760 Hi, Sergeant. 310 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:30,760 You remember me, Vince Bertoli? 311 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:35,240 You were in my place last month, the White House Grill. 312 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,240 Place down on Alameda? 313 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,240 Yeah, that's right. 314 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Block from Union Station. 315 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,240 Both of you came in. 316 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,240 Oh, yeah. 317 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,240 You had coffee and an omelet. 318 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,240 You liked the omelet. 319 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,240 Sure, sure, yeah. 320 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,240 What can we do for you, Bertoli? 321 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,240 Well, remember you were talking to me? 322 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,240 You said you were looking for somebody. 323 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,240 You left some pictures in this card of yours here. 324 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,240 Yeah, that's right. 325 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Well, I lost the pictures. 326 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:50,240 I don't know where I lost them, but I kept your card. 327 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,240 That's why I came to see you. 328 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,240 Why? 329 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:53,240 Well, as I say, I lost the pictures, but I lost the pictures. 330 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:54,240 I lost the pictures. 331 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,240 I lost the pictures. 332 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,240 I lost the pictures. 333 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,240 I lost the pictures. 334 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:02,840 I lost the pictures, but I still have an idea what they look like. 335 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,960 Have you seen either one of those people, the man or the woman? 336 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,920 Well, that's why I came to check with you. 337 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,200 A week ago, one of my steady waitresses quit and I hired this brunette with a hard luck 338 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,200 story. 339 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,040 Care for a stick of gum, licorice flavor? 340 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,040 No, no. 341 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Nothing. 342 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,040 Well, after a couple of days, I remembered that picture you gave me, and I thought she 343 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,040 looked a little like it. 344 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,840 That's why I kept an eye on her. 345 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,720 Did you notice anything out of the ordinary? 346 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,720 I bet she never dates anybody. 347 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,280 Not even me, and I'm the boss. 348 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,280 Not ugly either. 349 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,280 Yeah. 350 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,740 She always claims she's got to get home. 351 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:36,560 Never gives a reason to say she lives alone. 352 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:37,920 Where does she live? 353 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,800 A couple of blocks from my place on North Jersey, I think. 354 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,520 I checked the place where she does her shopping. 355 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,040 They tell me she buys enough groceries for three people. 356 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,440 She still insists that she's living by herself, though. 357 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,560 Yeah, that's why I thought I'd better check with you. 358 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:53,480 I lost the pictures, but I hung on to your card. 359 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,000 Would you take a look at this photograph, Bertolli? 360 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Yeah. 361 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Sure, see one you gave me. 362 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,520 Looks just like her, Mary Sloan. 363 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:01,520 Who? 364 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:02,520 Mary Sloan. 365 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:03,520 That's her name, isn't it? 366 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,800 You want to turn that picture over? 367 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,720 Mrs. Frank Cheney. 368 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,280 Thursday, 4 p.m. 369 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,680 Ben and I drove down to the White House Grill and had a cup of coffee. 370 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:19,040 We got a good look at the waitress whom the owner, Vince Bertolli, suspected of being Mrs. 371 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:20,320 Cheney. 372 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,400 We left and waited outside in the car until 5 o'clock when the suspect came out. 373 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,560 We followed her to a grocery store and from there to a run-down apartment building on 374 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:29,360 Greystone Alley just off Temple. 375 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,160 We waited a few minutes and then we followed her in. 376 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,760 The tab on one of the mailboxes read, Mary Sloan, apartment 16. 377 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:40,760 We went up. 378 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:41,760 Which one, Joe? 379 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:42,760 Number 16. 380 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,760 It's down this way. 381 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,760 Come on. 382 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Mm-hmm. 383 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:55,760 I guess we better try the door, huh? 384 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,240 Who's there? 385 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,680 Who is it? 386 00:12:58,680 --> 00:12:59,680 Police officers. 387 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:00,680 Open up. 388 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:01,680 What do you want? 389 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:02,680 Open the door. 390 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:03,680 Just a minute. 391 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:08,600 Anybody else in here? 392 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,600 My brother, he's sick. 393 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:10,600 Sleeping in the next room. 394 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:11,600 He can't be disturbed. 395 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:12,600 Come on, Ben. 396 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,600 You can't go in there. 397 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:14,600 Honey, the couch! 398 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,600 Get out! 399 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:16,600 Joe, the window. 400 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:17,600 All right, get back inside here. 401 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,600 Come on, you. 402 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Let me go! 403 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Let go of me! 404 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,600 His arm's bent. 405 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:22,600 Grab him. 406 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:23,600 All right, you. 407 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:24,600 Are you all right? 408 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:25,600 Yeah. 409 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,600 Thought he broke my bridgework. 410 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:27,600 Yeah, and you got clipped for nothing. 411 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,600 Hmm? 412 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,600 Not Cheney. 413 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600 We drove the man in the window. 414 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,600 He's dead. 415 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,600 He's dead. 416 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,600 He's dead. 417 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,600 He's dead. 418 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600 He's dead. 419 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,600 He's dead. 420 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,600 He's dead. 421 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,600 He's dead. 422 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,600 He's dead. 423 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:40,600 He's dead. 424 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:41,600 He's dead. 425 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,600 He's dead. 426 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,600 He's dead. 427 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:44,600 He's dead. 428 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,240 We drove the man and the woman who identified herself as Mary Sloane back to the office where 429 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,720 they are identified as fugitives from Miami, Florida. 430 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,480 The man was wanted on charges of first-degree burglary. 431 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:55,600 The woman was the accomplice. 432 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,560 We turned the case over to Bunko Fugitive Detail. 433 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:02,840 A little after 11 o'clock Friday morning, Ben got a tip that Cheney had been seen the 434 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,000 night before at a small bar down near Fullerton. 435 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,440 That's a Los Angeles suburb. 436 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,320 He was supposed to be living in the area. 437 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,880 We spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday tracking it down. 438 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,240 It went nowhere. 439 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,140 On Monday, for the first time in three and a half weeks, we had some time off. Half a day. 440 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:22,680 I picked up policewoman Dorothy River and drove her out to the house for lunch. 441 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,680 We had a barbecue out in the backyard. 442 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,720 Certainly a wonderful place you have here, Mrs. Friday. Beautiful garden. 443 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:35,180 Oh, thank you. It's a lot of work keeping it up. 444 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:38,480 Roses didn't do well at all this year. 445 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,360 Aphids, you know. 446 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,680 How about some more spare ribs, Dorothy? The fire's just right now. 447 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,440 Oh, no thanks, Jo. I've had plenty. 448 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,440 Care for another cup of coffee, Dorothy? 449 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,440 All right, thank you. 450 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,160 I'm glad you could come today, Dorothy. 451 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,680 Joseph's been talking so much about you. 452 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,360 Oh? You surprised me a little when I met you. 453 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:01,960 How's that? 454 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,480 How about some more ribs, Ma? 455 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,320 Look at you, Joseph. 456 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,960 I don't think you look at all like a policewoman. 457 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,760 Most of them are rough looking, I think. 458 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,960 Oh, no, I don't think so. 459 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,240 They look like most women. Nothing much out of the ordinary about them. 460 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:24,440 Oh? Well, times have certainly changed. 461 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,120 We didn't have policewomen when I was a girl. 462 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:28,480 Probably could have used them. 463 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,280 Well, I don't know. I don't think we had so much crime then. 464 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,560 Times were much different. 465 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,640 You seem so young for such work, Dorothy. Policewoman. 466 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,600 I'm 25, Mrs. Friday. 467 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,320 Been with the department almost two years. 468 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,600 Oh, yes, you're a young girl. 469 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,480 Joseph's 31, you know. 470 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:51,200 Yes, I know. 471 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,280 Hey, Ma, how about letting me gather you the dishes I put you on? 472 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,080 Oh, no, no, that's all right, Joseph. You just sit there. 473 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,840 Have your coffee. 474 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,720 I'm used to this. 475 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,080 Have to get used to housework when you're married. 476 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,560 I'll bring up Pa. 477 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,760 You have a wonderful dinner, Jo. 478 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,160 Your mother's very sweet. 479 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:10,800 Yeah, real subtle, isn't she? 480 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,680 Motherly instinct. Somebody has to look after you. 481 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,800 That's the phone, Dorothy. I better grab it. I'll be right back. 482 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,320 OK. 483 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,000 Hello, Mr. Joseph. 484 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,760 Never mind, Ma. Let me get it. 485 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:30,320 Friday talking. 486 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,760 This is Walker, Jo. Check back in right away. 487 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,560 What have you got? 488 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,760 Spring and West Temple, the Second National Bank. 489 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Yeah, Frank Cheney just held it up. 490 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,200 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation 491 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,080 presented in the public interest by Fatima cigarettes. 492 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,000 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest 493 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,120 to listen to a typical case history of a Fatima smoker. 494 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,040 It's the case of registered nurse Shirley Gelman of Los Angeles, California. 495 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,440 You'll see her picture in leading magazines this week. 496 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,840 Now her actual signed statement. 497 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,520 When I go off duty, I appreciate a mild cigarette. 498 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,240 Fatimas are extra mild. 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It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 507 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,760 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 508 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,400 The best of all long cigarettes. 509 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,280 Monday, June 19th, 3 p.m. 510 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,920 I went back to the office, picked up Ben and Captain Walker, 511 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,760 and the three of us drove to the scene of the robbery 512 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,360 at the corner of Spring and West Temple, the Second National Bank. 513 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:12,160 Ricketts and Thaxter from robbery detail were already there questioning the witnesses. 514 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,400 We talked to the bank's vice president in charge at the time of the holdup, 515 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,720 Mr. Bronson. He had a welt on the right side of his head 516 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,240 and was pretty badly shaken. 517 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,920 He had his hand in one of his coat pockets and he walked straight over to me. 518 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,080 It's the first thing he said. This is a holdup. 519 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,600 You're positive of the identification, Mr. Bronson? 520 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,880 I'm certain this picture here, it's the man, all right. 521 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,680 The others will tell you the same. 522 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:35,840 Who's that, Mr. Bronson? 523 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,760 The tellers. They all got a good look at him. No mistake. 524 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,920 Well, what happened after Chaney approached you? 525 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,720 He was very calm, very quiet. 526 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:43,720 Uh-huh. 527 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,560 He said, do exactly what I tell you. 528 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,920 Call for help and I'll kill you. 529 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,000 He was calm all the way through it, just like it was an ordinary business with him. 530 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,600 Did he have you get the money for him? 531 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,600 No, he ordered me from back at the front counter there and... 532 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,400 we went from cage to cage. 533 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,400 Each time he had me say the same thing to the teller. 534 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,200 This is a holdup. 535 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,000 Give me all the currency you have. Don't call for help. 536 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,200 How many tellers did he have you collect from? 537 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,200 Five. 538 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,200 This line along here, windows one to five. 539 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,200 My knees were shaking so hard I could barely walk. 540 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,600 I kept wondering if one of the tellers might try to sound the alarm. 541 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,200 Yes, sir. What happened after he got the money? 542 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,600 He had me walk in front of him, down there to the side exit. 543 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,200 That's when he hit me, I guess. 544 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,800 Side of my head, you can see here where they bandaged it. 545 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,200 Uh-huh. Yes, sir. 546 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,000 How much money did he get, do you know? 547 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,200 Oh, I'm not quite sure. More than 4,000. 548 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,000 I can't help but think how lucky I am. 549 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,600 That man's a killer, I'm certain of it. 550 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Are you sure that we can't fix you up with a ride home? 551 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 No, no, I'll be all right. Thank you. My wife's on the way down now. 552 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,600 Hey, can I see you follow the man? 553 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,200 Yeah, thanks, sir. Excuse us, will you, Bronson? 554 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,600 Yes, certainly. 555 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,600 I've loaded up all the dope on the getaway car Cheney used. 556 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Yeah? 557 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,000 At 2 this afternoon, he went to a used car lot up in Figaro, about 8 blocks from here. 558 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 It has to be shown a late model Ford. 559 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Yeah, go ahead. 560 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,600 Salesman took him for a demonstration ride. 561 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,600 When he pulled up for an arterial, Cheney jabbed a gun at him and told him to get out. 562 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,200 Salesman got out, Cheney drove off. 563 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,600 And 15 minutes later, he walked in here and pulled the robbery. 564 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,600 That's it. The bank tellers tabbed the same Ford as the getaway car. 565 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,000 Broadcasted all points on the car, nothing yet. 566 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,400 What time you got, Romero? 567 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,600 Hmm, 10 minutes before. What time the alert go out, Tankster? 568 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,600 2.45. 569 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,600 Everything covered? 570 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,600 Yeah, Union Station, both airports, the bus depots, they're all alerted. 571 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,000 Roadblock set up in the highways. 572 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 Since 2.45. Just a bond. 573 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,600 And Cheney's somewhere in the city. 574 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:34,600 Find him. 575 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:40,600 6 p.m., the search went on. 576 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:45,600 We called into the office and had them notify San Diego of the latest developments in the case. 577 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,600 At 7 p.m., the weather started to cloud up. 578 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,600 Still no sign of Cheney or the getaway car. 579 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,600 At 8 o'clock, it started to rain. 580 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:59,600 A few minutes past 10, a two-door Ford sedan was found abandoned on San Pedro Street near South Park. 581 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,600 A license number matched that of Cheney's getaway car. 582 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,600 The sedan was impounded and towed to a garage for fingerprinting. 583 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:13,600 Ben called the office and an emergency detail from Metropolitan Division was sent out to help in a house-to-house canvas of the neighborhood where the car had been found. 584 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,600 By 4.30 the next morning, we got nowhere. 585 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,600 So we decided to give it up until later in the day. 586 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,600 At 6.30 a.m., we had poached eggs and coffee at an all-night drive-in. 587 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,600 At 7 a.m., it was still raining. We checked back in at the office. 588 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:33,600 I don't know. Seems like every time we have to work late, it's gonna rain. 589 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,600 You got any of those little white tablets in your locker? 590 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,600 That breakfast gave me an digestion. 591 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,600 I think I got a few there. 592 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,600 That reminds me, how'd the dinner come off yesterday? 593 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,600 Did it get along all right? 594 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,600 Oh, all right. You know how it is, mind, her usual few things to say. 595 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,600 Oh? 596 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,600 Dorothy handled it pretty good. Good sense of humor. 597 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,600 You got a nice-looking girl. Sends them. 598 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:57,600 Hiya. 599 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:58,600 What's up, Earl? 600 00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,600 Doing any good? 601 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,600 No, not much. 602 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,600 Phone message in the book for you. You're supposed to call as soon as you get in. 603 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,600 Oh. 604 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,600 M's Ted 4219. No name? 605 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,600 No, you're supposed to call the number, that's all. 606 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,600 Oh, okay. 607 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,600 Well, how's the new house, Earl? 608 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,600 Pretty good. Takes a lot of money. 609 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,600 Got the forms in for the patio. I'm gonna pour the cement this weekend. 610 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,600 Mm-hmm. Got the place fenced off yet? 611 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,600 Not yet, no. Most pickets cost money. 612 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,600 The fellows are telling me that you're doing all the work yourself, huh? 613 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Me and the brother-in-law, yeah. Costs a lot of money, a new house. 614 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,600 That sounds good, Joe. Who was it? 615 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,600 Frank Chaney's grandfather. Says to come over right away. 616 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,600 7.30 a.m. It was still raining. 617 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,600 Ben and I drove out to the older section of the Wilshire District to the Chaney Mansion. 618 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,600 Represented one part of the suspect's life that we could never figure. 619 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,600 As a child and later as a young man, 620 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,600 Frank Chaney had had every advantage and comfort that a millionaire father could buy for him. 621 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,600 Yet for some reason, he'd settled on a career of crime. 622 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:12,600 7.45 a.m. Ben and I were shown into the main hallway of the Chaney home by the butler. 623 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,600 He recognized us from previous visits. 624 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,600 He took our hats and coats and then led us up the staircase to the master bedroom 625 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,600 at the far end of the second floor. 626 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,600 We found Chaney's 82-year-old grandfather propped up in a four-poster bed. 627 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,600 His face was gray and sunken. 628 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,600 It was a nurse in a white starched uniform standing by. 629 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,600 You can go, nurse. Go on. 630 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,600 I'll be outside. Good evening, Mr. Chaney. 631 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,600 Yes, yes. 632 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,600 You have some information for us, Mr. Chaney? 633 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,600 Of course. It's my call. 634 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,600 Sit down. Sit down. 635 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,600 Thank you, sir. 636 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,600 That hold-up yesterday, the bank robbery, I know all about it. 637 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,600 Has Frank contacted you? 638 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,600 That's like the police. Get right to the point. 639 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,600 Has he contacted you, sir? 640 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,600 Yes. Hand me that glass of water, please. 641 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,600 Oh, yes. 642 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,600 There. There you are. 643 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,600 Thank you. No, don't leave it on the table there. 644 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,600 Oh, yes. 645 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,600 When Frank got out of prison last year, he came to see me. 646 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,600 I offered him one more chance. 647 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,600 I told him if he decided to earn his way, he'd have all the help I could give him. 648 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,600 He said he would. Yes, sir. 649 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,600 I was a fool like everyone else. I believed him. 650 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Any idea where Frank is now? 651 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,600 I gave him everything it was possible to give him. 652 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,600 He wrecked the family, his father's life, my life. 653 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Everything he touched he ruined. 654 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,600 You know where he is now, sir? 655 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,600 He telephoned me day before yesterday. 656 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,600 He was going away, Central America. 657 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,600 Why didn't you notify us? 658 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,600 When he was going away, I thought it'd be better. 659 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,600 We've had enough notoriety, newspaper stories. 660 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,600 We need to get to South America, sir. 661 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,600 A Swedish ship is going to work his way. 662 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,600 He called from San Pedro. He's staying in some hotel there. 663 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,600 You don't know the name? 664 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,600 Find him, take him away. 665 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,600 Bury him someplace. 666 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,600 Okay, Joe. Yeah. 667 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,600 Thank you very much, Mr. Chaney. 668 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,600 Sergeant. Yes, sir? 669 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,600 Frank will have a gun. He'll try to use it. 670 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,600 Yes, sir. Kill him. 671 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,600 9 a.m. Ben and I went back to the office 672 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,600 and put in a call to the Swedish vice consulate on South Spring Street. 673 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,600 They told us that three days before, a man answering Chaney's description 674 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,600 had signed on the Swedish motor ship Southern Cross 675 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,600 as a member of the engine room crew. 676 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,600 We picked up Sergeants Thaxter and Davis and drove down to San Pedro. 677 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,600 The Southern Cross was still taking on cargo when we got there. 678 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,600 We showed Chaney's mug shot to the first mate. 679 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,600 You're the American? 680 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,600 Cameron, that's him. He signed on this trip. 681 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,600 Was he aboard the ship? 682 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,600 No, he sat up there on deck. 683 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,600 He was there. I guess he went below. 684 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,600 What if you take us to him, please? 685 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,600 All right. 686 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,600 Lindgren? 687 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,600 All right, yes, sir. 688 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,600 The gang, they mind you? 689 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,600 Better watch it, Ben. Yeah. 690 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,600 Look forward. 691 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,600 Through here. Maybe you better stay behind here, sir. 692 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,600 We'll take him. What's that? 693 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,600 Might be a little trouble here. Do you want to stay behind us? 694 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,600 All right. You must be in the engine room. 695 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,600 Stay ahead and turn to your left. Don't be a companion, Ben. 696 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,600 All right, thank you. 697 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,600 Come on, now watch your step, Ben. 698 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,600 John, down there. 699 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:46,600 What's the matter? 700 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,600 I don't know. It's on the... 701 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,600 I spotted him. All right, Chaney, hold it. 702 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,600 He's making a break. Come on. 703 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,600 Keep going topside. Hustle. Come on, up the ladder. 704 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,600 Look out, Joe! 705 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,600 Give it up, Chaney. 706 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,600 He's going for the gang, man. 707 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,600 Now I'm banned. 708 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:16,600 Stop him. Come on. 709 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,600 Yeah. Through the shoulder. 710 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,600 Yeah. Bumped his head when he fell. 711 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,600 Better get the cuffs on him. 712 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,600 Where'd everybody disappear to? 713 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,600 I guess you didn't notice when we came aboard. 714 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,600 Huh? Looked topside. See? Red flag. 715 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,600 Oh, yeah. 716 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,600 Taking on fuel, huh? 717 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,600 There's some of the cargo right over there. 718 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,600 Oh. 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