1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,740 Ladies and gentlemen, next week, Thursday, August 24th, 2 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:12,740 Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. 3 00:00:12,740 --> 00:00:22,740 The story you are about to hear is true. 4 00:00:22,740 --> 00:00:26,240 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 5 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:40,240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 6 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,740 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to juvenile bureau. 7 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:50,240 A vicious case of wanton and willful destruction of private property occurs in your city. 8 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:58,240 Suspicion points to a juvenile. 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Best of all, long cigarettes. 16 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:38,240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 17 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:47,240 Dragnet, the document a drama of an actual crime. 18 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,240 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 19 00:01:51,240 --> 00:02:04,240 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. 20 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:13,240 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 21 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,240 It was Tuesday, April 10th. It was cool in Los Angeles. 22 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,240 We were working a day watch out of juvenile bureau. My partner is Ben Romero. 23 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,240 The boss is Inspector Bowling. My name is Friday. 24 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:30,240 It was 9.35 a.m. when we got to 1335 Georgia Street, the captain's office. 25 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,240 I want to ask you to sit down. We're not going to be here that long. 26 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,240 Get your hats. 27 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Right away. 28 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,240 Where's your car? 29 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:41,240 Right out front. 30 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,240 All right. 31 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,240 What's up? 32 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:51,240 A rotten mess. 33 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:56,240 We got in the car and drove south in figure oil. We got to West 103rd Street. 34 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,240 According to Inspector Bowling's directions, we turned right and went about four miles. 35 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:06,240 He directed us to pull up in front of a one-story frame residence that had been converted into small business offices. 36 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,240 On the right side going in was a neighborhood jeweler's shop. We could see him working in the window. 37 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:18,240 Over the door of the office on the left was a lawyer's shingle. The gold lettering was new. 38 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,240 What's this way? 39 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,240 Lawyers' house. 40 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,240 That's right. Name's Paul Wilson. 41 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,240 It's me, Miss Wilson. 42 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,240 Oh, come in, Inspector Bowling. 43 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,240 Mr. Wilson, this is Sergeant Friday. Romero, juvenile detail. I'm assigning him to this case. 44 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,240 Hey, you, sir. 45 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:33,240 How are you, Mike? 46 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,240 All right. Look at it. Just look at it. 47 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,240 Look at that, Joe. 48 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Yeah. 49 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,240 Paint. It's all over everything. 50 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,240 Look at that leather chair. It's ruined. 51 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,240 The desk smeared with the stuff. 52 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,240 Green paint. 53 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Yeah. Looks like they threw it on the mop, didn't they? 54 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Rug soaked with it, the walls. 55 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,240 Look, Joe. They even got the clock. 56 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Yeah. 57 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,240 Take a good look. Remember it when you tag whoever did it. 58 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,240 These are your law books, Mr. Wilson? 59 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,240 Yes, sir. 60 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,240 I didn't have to do this. 61 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,240 Bored paint all over them. 62 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,240 Yes, sir. 63 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,240 When did all this happen? 64 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,240 Sometime last night. I found it this way when I came in this morning. 65 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,240 Any idea who did it? 66 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,240 That's why he called us. We're gonna find out. 67 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,240 I don't know who'd want to do a thing like this. 68 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,240 Just opened my office three days ago, just hung out my shingle. 69 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,240 You just started practicing law, didn't you? 70 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,240 Yes, sir. Graduated from Loyola University Extension Division. 71 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,240 Been looking for office space for a long time. 72 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,240 Was anything taken? 73 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,240 No. It's such a dirty rotten thing to pull. Undoubtedly a kid. 74 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,240 That's pretty vicious for a kid. 75 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,240 Can you think of any enemies that you might have had, Mr. Wilson? 76 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,240 No, sir. No one would do a thing like this. 77 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,240 I can't understand it. There's no reason for it that I can think of. 78 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,240 The crime report shows the gut in the back door. Is that right, Mr. Wilson? 79 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,240 Can you come back here? I'll show you. 80 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,240 Okay. 81 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,240 Here it is, right here. 82 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,240 See, this used to be the kitchen when this was a flat. 83 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,240 I was gonna put a hot plate in here for coffee. 84 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,240 Oh, yes. 85 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,240 You can see where they cut through this green door. 86 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,240 It's all right. It's been checked. 87 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Okay. 88 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,240 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I see. 89 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,240 Any pass key would fit the inside door here. 90 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,240 Yes, sir. That's right. 91 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,240 You can follow the trail of that green pane right from this door all the way through the house. 92 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,240 Yeah. 93 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,240 I don't know how I'll ever get it all off. 94 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,240 You know of any cleaners that handle things like this? 95 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,240 We're not allowed to recommend anybody, Mr. Wilson. 96 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,240 If you have somebody in mind, we'd be happy to call them for you. 97 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,240 Thank you. I'd appreciate it. 98 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,240 I was gonna make some calls, but I haven't got my phone installed yet. 99 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,240 Estimated damage about $1,800, is that right? 100 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,240 That's what I figure, yes. 101 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,240 My law books are over $600 alone. 102 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Borrowed the money from the bank for the furniture. 103 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:48,240 You haven't noticed any kids in the neighborhood, none of them around while you were moving in? 104 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,240 No, I didn't see any. 105 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,240 I moved everything in myself, rented a trailer, 106 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,240 made several trips to get it all over here. 107 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,240 Guess that was a silly thing to do. 108 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,240 Why? 109 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,240 Well, a store where I bought the furniture said they'd deliver it, 110 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,240 but I couldn't wait to see everything in. 111 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:03,240 First office, you know. 112 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,240 Yeah, we understand. 113 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,240 Like I said, I made several trips with the trailer, 114 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,240 and I didn't lock the office each time I left. 115 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,240 Didn't figure it was necessary. 116 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,240 The fellow across the hall with the jeweler said he'd keep an eye on things for me. 117 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,240 But you did lock up last night, didn't you? 118 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,240 Oh, yes. As soon as I was moved in, I locked the place at all times when I wasn't here. 119 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,240 That's it. 120 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:22,240 I'm gonna get right on it. 121 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,240 I don't have to tell you again. I want a fast answer. 122 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,240 Where do we start? 123 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,240 With an empty pig can. 124 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,240 Before we left attorney Paul Wilson, 125 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,240 we took a sample scraping of the green paint to serve as a color check. 126 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,240 We started to canvas the neighborhood door to door. 127 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,240 We covered the area for a radius of six blocks, 128 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,240 questioning the residents and checking out the youngsters. 129 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,240 We failed to come up with anything. 130 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,240 We figured another good angle was to try the schools in the area. 131 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,240 We checked on the students who had been in any kind of trouble involving malicious pranks. 132 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,240 We had the principals line their students up. 133 00:06:54,240 --> 00:07:00,240 We looked them all over thoroughly for any evidences of paint of any kind on their person or on their clothing. 134 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,240 The few leads we found led nowhere. 135 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,240 After a week without success, we went back and rechecked the neighborhood, 136 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,240 the paint stores to see if anyone had bought any green paint, 137 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,240 anyone they might have forgotten to tell us about the first time through. 138 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:12,240 No leads. 139 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:13,240 Monday, April 18th, 140 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:18,240 been a nice stop for a coke at a hot dog stand in the corner of 103rd and Oakview Avenue. 141 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,240 A couple of cokes please. 142 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,240 Come on, help yourselves. 143 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,240 Yeah, okay. 144 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,240 Here's one. 145 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,240 I don't see any more. 146 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,240 There's one lying on the side. 147 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,240 No, no, over there with the grape. 148 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,240 Oh, yeah. 149 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,240 Let me get it for you. 150 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,240 Oh, thanks. 151 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,240 Here you are. 152 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,240 Good. 153 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,240 Every time I think of that boy's office, it makes me sick. 154 00:07:54,240 --> 00:08:02,240 Well, if we could just get some kind of lead, anything for a start. 155 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,240 Pardon me. 156 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,240 I'd be satisfied. 157 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,240 I have nothing to work on. It's like stabbing in the dark. 158 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Joe. 159 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,240 Yeah? 160 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,240 Look down the street there. 161 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,240 Hmm? 162 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,240 This is tin can day. Everybody's got them set out in front of their houses. 163 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,240 It's worth a try, isn't it? 164 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,240 Let's try a place across the street and then work down the block. 165 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,240 All right. 166 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,240 Come on. 167 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,240 I had a cousin move down from San Francisco. 168 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,240 It took him almost a year to get used to this tin can system here in L.A. 169 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,240 Is that so? 170 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,240 Yeah, up there they throw everything into one garbage can. Tin cans, no. 171 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,240 Oh, I didn't know that. 172 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,240 Yeah, sure. 173 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,240 Tad, my cousin, never could get used to putting the cans out. 174 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,240 Backyard was full up before his wife reminded him to put them out. 175 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,240 Garbage kind of piled up too. 176 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,240 They wouldn't pick it up with the tin cans in it. 177 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,240 You want to check these here? 178 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:55,240 I'll get this bunch here. 179 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,240 Okay. 180 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,240 Don't see any paint cans. 181 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,240 No, none here either. 182 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,240 How about those down there? 183 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,240 No can. 184 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,240 Let's go. 185 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,240 I'll get this box. 186 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,240 I wonder if this is any good. 187 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,240 What's that? 188 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,240 Prune juice. 189 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,240 See a lot of empty bottles. 190 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Any paint cans? 191 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,240 No. 192 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Let's go. 193 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,240 That's the way it went. 194 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,240 Block after block, house after house. 195 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,240 We covered five blocks, checking the containers full of empty tin cans. 196 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,240 Found a few paint cans, none of them the right color, 197 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,240 or any combinations that would go together to make the right color. 198 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,240 It was a tiring job, but we figured it was at least a place to start. 199 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,240 Sure a lot of cans here. 200 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,240 Must be a new bride, huh? 201 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:54,240 I don't know. 202 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,240 Find anything? 203 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,240 No, not yet. 204 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:58,240 How about this? 205 00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,240 Huh? 206 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:00,240 This one. 207 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,240 One gallon can? 208 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Green. 209 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,240 Let's ask. 210 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,240 Yes? 211 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:18,240 Police officers, ma'am. 212 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,240 Does empty paint can belong to you? 213 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,240 You can have it if you want. We threw it out. 214 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,240 Do you have any children here, ma'am? 215 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,240 Yes, a boy. 216 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,240 How old is he? 217 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,240 One year. 218 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,240 Would you mind telling us what this paint was used for? 219 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:32,240 We just moved here. 220 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,240 Is there any law about throwing out paint cans? 221 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,240 Oh, no, ma'am. We're investigating a case. 222 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Just like to know what the paint was used for. 223 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,240 Did old man Boone send you over? 224 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,240 I beg your pardon? 225 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,240 Mr. Boone, the man we rented this house from? 226 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,240 No, ma'am. 227 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,240 I thought maybe it was him. 228 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,240 He said we couldn't do any painting inside. 229 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,240 We don't know anything about that. 230 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,240 You sure? I don't trust him. 231 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:53,240 No, ma'am. 232 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,240 You say the paint was used to redecorate? 233 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,240 Yes, come in. I'll show you. 234 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Thank you. 235 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,240 In here. 236 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,240 See? 237 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Yeah. 238 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,240 Carlos, dear, my husband. 239 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,240 I told him he should have waited till Sunday. 240 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,240 Whose idea was it to paint the bathtub? 241 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,240 Carlos. He's going to night school learning English. 242 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,240 The teacher told him the best way to learn 243 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,240 was to speak it around the house. 244 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:27,240 Yes, ma'am. 245 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,240 It's better for the little one, too. 246 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,240 Well, anyway, Carlos gets paid on Saturday night. 247 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,240 Then he stops at the little place where the fellows he works with 248 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,240 and have a little drink. 249 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,240 He gets his paycheck cashed there. 250 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,240 When he came home, he said he was going to paint the bathroom for me. 251 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,240 This is rather a little dirt. 252 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,240 I was in the kitchen and I yelled to him to paint around the top. 253 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,240 Around the top, I said. 254 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,240 Like I said, he doesn't know English too good yet. 255 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,240 We have a green top. 256 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,240 I see. Well, thank you. 257 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,240 He's going to clean the top next Saturday. 258 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,240 We use the shower. 259 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,240 He painted that, too, didn't he? 260 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,240 Well, thank you very much, ma'am. We're sorry to have disturbed you. 261 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,240 That's all right. 262 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,240 I'm worried about next Saturday night. 263 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:16,240 Why is that? 264 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:21,240 He's not telling what he's going to do with that paint remover. 265 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,240 4.30 p.m. 266 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,240 We were no closer to finding out who spread that paint around 267 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,240 at the attorney's office than when we started. 268 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,240 We continued checking the neighborhood, but we found nothing. 269 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,240 A few minutes before 5, we got a call to check back in with Inspector Bowling. 270 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,240 You doing any good out there? 271 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,240 Nothing to tell. 272 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,240 We had a little action, a new one. 273 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,240 Yeah, what's that? 274 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,240 Came in about an hour ago. Somebody poured kerosene on three palm trees 275 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,240 and set them on fire. 276 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,240 Three trees, three different blocks. 277 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Kept the fire department busy, tied up the traffic for several hours. 278 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,240 I've sent additional juvenile cars out there to cover 279 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,240 happened in the same general area as the paint job. 280 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,240 Many leads. 281 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,240 Now, anyone who would smear paint over an office might set a palm tree on fire. 282 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,240 Same type of gag, malicious mischief. 283 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,240 Think there's a connection between the two? 284 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,240 Well, it's anybody's guess. 285 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,240 Paint routine's a new one, so is the palm trees. 286 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,240 They're both one-time only shots. 287 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,240 Maybe the two connect somewhere along the line. 288 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,240 Or maybe it's got to stop. We can't even find a place to begin. 289 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,240 We've tried everything we know. 290 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,240 Starting again tomorrow. 291 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,240 That isn't going to make that young lawyer feel any better. 292 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,240 RINGING 293 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,240 Yeah? Who? 294 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,240 You take him down to the detention room? 295 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,240 He does, huh? 296 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,240 All right, I'll see him. Yeah, right now. 297 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,240 16-year-old boy out there says he's got to see me. 298 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:37,240 Would you like to talk to him alone? 299 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,240 No, that's all right. You stay. 300 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,240 Come in. 301 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,240 You the chief? 302 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,240 My name's Bowling, juvenile bureau. Yeah. 303 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,240 Could I talk to you alone? 304 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Well, these officers work with me. 305 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,240 Can you talk in front of them, son? 306 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:51,240 I guess so. 307 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,240 Well, come on over here. 308 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,240 You want to sit down, son? 309 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,240 I'd rather stand if it's okay. 310 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,240 All right, what's on your mind? 311 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,240 I want to confess. 312 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,240 What do you want to confess, son? 313 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:15,240 I murdered somebody. 314 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,240 You are listening to Dragnet, 315 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,240 actual case histories taken from official police files. 316 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,240 If you smoke a long cigarette, 317 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,240 it will be in your interest to listen to these case histories 318 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,240 taken from the file marked Fatima. 319 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,240 On this card, reporter Lee Silver's statement. 320 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,240 I need an extra mild cigarette. 321 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,240 No other long cigarette I've tried is as mild as Fatima. 322 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,240 Here is nurse Shirley Gelman's statement. 323 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,240 When I go off duty, I appreciate a mild cigarette. 324 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,240 Fatimas are extra mild. 325 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,240 I can enjoy them more. 326 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,240 On this card, the statement by drama critic Richard Watts, Jr. 327 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,240 Anyone can tell Fatima contains the finest tobaccos. 328 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,240 It's extra mild, has a much better flavor. 329 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,240 All agree it's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima, 330 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,240 and that's what more and more smokers are discovering every day. 331 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,240 Yes, actual figures show extra mild Fatima 332 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,240 has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 333 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,240 So enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 334 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:15,240 You'll agree. 335 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 336 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 337 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,240 Best of all, long cigarettes. 338 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,240 Next week, Thursday, August 24th, 339 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,240 Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier 340 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:34,240 at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. 341 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,240 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 342 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,240 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 343 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,240 Six p.m. Monday, April 18th. 344 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,240 The boy identified himself as Arnold Waterman, 345 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,240 gave his age as 16. 346 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,240 He told us that two days before, at 98th Street and 2nd Avenue, 347 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,240 he had shot a man to death and hidden his body in the basement of a house. 348 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,240 He was taken to the interrogation room, 349 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,240 where a police stenographer took his statement. 350 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,240 Inspector Bowling sent Ben and I out to check his story. 351 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,240 9.30 p.m. We drove back to Georgia Street Juvel 352 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,240 and went to the interrogation room. 353 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,240 Arnold? Yes, sir? 354 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,240 These two men have been out at 98th Street and 2nd Avenue 355 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,240 checking your story. 356 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:10,240 Do you find the body? 357 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,240 Well, there's no body out there. 358 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,240 There should be. I put it in the cellar. 359 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,240 There's no house out there. It's a vacant lot. 360 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,240 We checked all the houses near there. 361 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,240 You sure you killed somebody? 362 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:19,240 Of course I'm sure. 363 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,240 I stole a gun. I shot him three times in the back. 364 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,240 What'd you do with the gun? 365 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,240 I threw it in Westlake Park. 366 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,240 Where? 367 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,240 In the water. 368 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,240 I ran into a boat and rode out to the middle. 369 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,240 That's where I threw it in. 370 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,240 Why did you kill the man? 371 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,240 I don't know. I didn't like him. 372 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,240 Now, look, boy, you didn't kill anybody. 373 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:34,240 There's nothing to back up your story. 374 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,240 There's not an ounce of truth in it. 375 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,240 How do you know you haven't found the body? 376 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,240 Just wait. You'll find it and then you'll see. 377 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,240 I killed him already. 378 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,240 Will you show us where you hid the body? 379 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,240 Why should I? I told you you couldn't find it. 380 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,240 These men have gone over that entire area thoroughly. 381 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,240 There's nobody out there and you know it. 382 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,240 You cops are funny. 383 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,240 When somebody won't admit a murder, 384 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,240 you keep asking questions until they do. 385 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:56,240 I'm telling you, I murdered somebody 386 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,240 and you keep trying to talk me out of it. 387 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:58,240 If we can find one shred of proof, 388 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,240 we might go along with you. 389 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,240 You can't be convicted without proof. 390 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,240 How much do you need? You got my confession. 391 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,240 I offered to sign it. They wouldn't let me. 392 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,240 What more do you need? 393 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,240 We need a victim, Arnold. 394 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,240 If you knew where to look, you could find it. 395 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:10,240 We've looked every place you told us to. 396 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,240 You're lying to us, huh? And why? 397 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,240 I never liked the old man. 398 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,240 I hated his wife. 399 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:18,240 I killed her too. 400 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:19,240 I wasn't gonna tell you that. 401 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,240 Where do you go to school? 402 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,240 I quit school to sell papers. 403 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,240 I had to support my mother. 404 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,240 Who was your father? 405 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,240 I don't know. My mother wouldn't tell me. 406 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,240 That's where I met the old man I killed, 407 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,240 selling papers. 408 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,240 He was my boss. None of us liked him. 409 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,240 Nobody had the nerve to do it but me. 410 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,240 The rest of the guys were scared, but not me. 411 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,240 What was the old man's name? 412 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:38,240 I can't think of it right now. 413 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,240 He was your boss. 414 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,240 He never told us his name. 415 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,240 We just worked for him. 416 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,240 Where'd you sell papers? 417 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,240 I don't remember. 418 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:46,240 I had to sell papers. 419 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:47,240 We were going hungry. 420 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,240 I couldn't stand to see my mother starve. 421 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:50,240 Wasn't your father where? 422 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,240 I don't know where he is. 423 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:52,240 I told you that. 424 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,240 We tried to get on relief. 425 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,240 They wouldn't let us. 426 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,240 I made a lot of money selling papers. 427 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,240 After a while, we didn't need relief anymore. 428 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,240 I made $100 a week. 429 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:02,240 Why are you lying to us, son? 430 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,240 If you think I'm lying, why don't you let me go home? 431 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,240 Well, you have anything to hold you for. 432 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:06,240 You can go home. 433 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,240 Not until I have a trial. 434 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:08,240 I already called a lawyer. 435 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,240 He'll be over pretty soon. 436 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,240 I've sent for your mother, Arnold. 437 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,240 She'll come down and take you home. 438 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,240 I didn't want her to know anything about this. 439 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,240 I may have to go to the gas chamber. 440 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,240 It'll make her feel bad. 441 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,240 You shouldn't have called her. 442 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:21,240 It's no use. 443 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,240 Let's go back to the office. 444 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,240 His mother ought to be there by now. 445 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,240 All right. 446 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,240 Romero, you want to stay with the boy? 447 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,240 All right. 448 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,240 You better go out and find that body. 449 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,240 Come on, Joe. 450 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,240 I killed that old man. 451 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,240 You can't say I didn't. 452 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,240 My boy's a pathological liar. 453 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,240 Well, it looks that way. 454 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:36,240 Probably an inferiority complex. 455 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,240 This is the way of making himself important. 456 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,240 Well, we all know he didn't kill anybody, 457 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,240 but I wonder if he's got something else in his mind, huh? 458 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,240 How do you do? 459 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,240 You're Mrs. Waterman? 460 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,240 Yes. 461 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:48,240 Inspector Bowling? 462 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,240 Yes, ma'am. 463 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,240 This is Sergeant Friday. 464 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,240 How do you do, ma'am? 465 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,240 How do you do? 466 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:53,240 I have to excuse my appearance. 467 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,240 I slept a little late today. 468 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:55,240 We've got your boy down the hall. 469 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:56,240 He's all right. 470 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:57,240 Trying to get us to swallow a few tall stories. 471 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,240 Yeah. 472 00:18:58,240 --> 00:18:59,240 He's like that. 473 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,240 What did he tell you? 474 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,240 He tried to give us a story about killing somebody. 475 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:03,240 Well, I'm not surprised. 476 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:04,240 This isn't the first time. 477 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,240 I never understand that kid. 478 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,240 Has your boy ever been in a car accident? 479 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:07,240 No. 480 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,240 He's been in a car accident. 481 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,240 He's been in a car accident. 482 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,240 He's been in a car accident. 483 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,240 I never understand that kid. 484 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,240 Has your boy ever been in an institution, Mrs. Waterman? 485 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,240 No, he's not bad. 486 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,240 He just likes to lie all the time. 487 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,240 He's an awful liar. 488 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,240 Went to his high school principal the other day, told him his father and I beat him. 489 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,240 We wouldn't give him any lunch money. 490 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,240 Where is your husband? 491 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,240 He has a newspaper concession on one of the railroad trains. 492 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,240 How often is he home? 493 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,240 Once a week, sometimes every two weeks. 494 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,240 It's the only business he knows. 495 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:33,240 Yes, ma'am. 496 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:38,240 Maybe that's the reason the kid's away is, my mom always used to tell me a kid needs 497 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,240 his father. 498 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,240 Still, whenever my hubby's home, he always does the right thing. 499 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:48,240 Arnold started telling these lies a long time ago, ever since his father found out he catches 500 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,240 it. 501 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:50,240 How do you mean? 502 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,240 Good strapping. 503 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,240 That's all a kid like him understands. 504 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,240 His father knows how to handle him. 505 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,240 Whenever he lies, he takes the strap to him. 506 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,240 You think that's the best way to handle him? 507 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,240 Don't you? 508 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,240 Well, you know what you're doing, Mrs. Waterman. 509 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:02,240 He's your son. 510 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,240 But if you wouldn't mind a little advice, do you mind my telling you? 511 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:06,240 No, not at all. 512 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,240 Well, that boy needs care and he needs it bad. 513 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,240 The strap's not the answer. 514 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,240 He needs attention, good supervision, and a lot of companionship. 515 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:17,240 I'm not conducting a class in child psychology, but care for that boy of yours. 516 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,240 Care for him before the state has to. 517 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,240 It's just those stories he hits. 518 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,240 That's what's wrong with him. 519 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,240 He came home the other night with a wildest tale I ever heard. 520 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:26,240 Yes, ma'am. 521 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:31,240 Said he threw green paint all over somebody's office. 522 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,240 Ben and I drove out to the Waterman home. 523 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,240 We checked through the boy's belongings. 524 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,240 His mother showed us his room. 525 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,240 In his closet, we found a pair of corduroy trousers, a white t-shirt, and other articles of his clothing 526 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:45,240 spattered with the same shade of green paint that had been found in the office and furnishings of Attorney Paul Wilson. 527 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,240 We asked Mrs. Waterman where her son Arnold was on Sunday night, April 9th, 528 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,240 the night that the office had been broken into and smeared with paint. 529 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,240 She told us she didn't know, but that he came home that night with paint on his clothing. 530 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:01,240 Ben and I went back to the office where we filed an application for a petition in detention, 531 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,240 Section 700 Sub MWIC, a malicious mischief, one count. 532 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,240 Two days later, in juvenile court, the calendar was called. 533 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,240 Arnold Waterman's name was first on the list. 534 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:14,240 The judge, the subject, and all those concerned in the case retired to the judge's private chambers, 535 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,240 Ben and I, Arnold Waterman, and his mother. 536 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,240 The subject was informed of his constitutional rights, 537 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,240 and Judge Frank J. Smith read the findings of our investigation. 538 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:28,240 Now, you're to ledgers in this petition that on April 9th at approximately 8.30 p.m., 539 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,240 you entered the office of Attorney Paul Wilson at 9218 West 103rd Street, 540 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,240 where you willfully and without Mr. Wilson's permission did maliciously damage his office 541 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:41,240 to the extent of approximately $1,800 by pouring paint over his rugs, 542 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,240 furniture, books, and other articles in his offices. 543 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,240 Is this to Arnold? 544 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,240 Yes, sir. 545 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,240 Did you know Mr. Wilson? 546 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,240 No. 547 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,240 Arnold, I'd like to know why you did that. 548 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:51,240 I felt like it. 549 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,240 You have to give me a better answer than that, youngster. 550 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,240 That's the best I can do. That's good enough, isn't it? 551 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,240 No, it isn't good enough. 552 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,240 We have a courtroom full of boys outside who probably want to be helped, 553 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,240 and we're going to try to help them. 554 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,240 We can't help you unless you want to be helped. 555 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,240 You don't want to help me. You don't believe anything I tell you. 556 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,240 Officer Fryder. 557 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,240 Yes, Your Honor. 558 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,240 You and Officer Romero investigated this case from its inception? 559 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,240 We did. 560 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,240 As a result of your investigation, what's your opinion of this boy's truthfulness? 561 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,240 Well, Your Honor, I think I can speak for Officer Romero here as well. 562 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,240 In all our talks with the boy and our observations of him, 563 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,240 it's our opinion for what it's worth. 564 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,240 The boy's a pathological liar. 565 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,240 Basically, he seems to have the makings of a good youngster. 566 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,240 His environment's bad. 567 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,240 He seems to have very little, if any, parental guidance. 568 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,240 He tells lies, Your Honor. Lots of them. 569 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,240 That seems to be everyone's opinion. 570 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,240 It's not mine. 571 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,240 If you'd spend more time trying to find out if I'm lying 572 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,240 instead of trying to put me on the spot, you'd earn your money. 573 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,240 Your stories have been thoroughly investigated 574 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,240 and double-checked by competent police officers. 575 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,240 There is absolutely no basis of truth in anything you've said. 576 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,240 I'm getting sick and tired of everybody calling me a liar. 577 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,240 Do you hear me? 578 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,240 Young man, sit down in that chair. 579 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,240 We review a great many juvenile cases here in my private chambers, 580 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,240 but that does not alter the fact that you are in a court of law. 581 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:18,240 You will lower your voice, speak in a gentlemanly fashion, and tell the truth. 582 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,240 Is that understood? 583 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,240 Yes, sir. 584 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,240 Mrs. Waterman, could you give this court any reason for your son's behavior? 585 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,240 It's a mystery to me, Judge. 586 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,240 Fred, that's his father. He can't understand it either. 587 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,240 He's always lied. 588 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,240 His father beats him for it, and I guess he'll always lie. 589 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,240 That's all you can say on your son's behavior? 590 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,240 What else is there to say? He's a liar. 591 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Arnold, I'm going to ask you once more. 592 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,240 Why did you smear paint all over Attorney Paul Wilson's office? 593 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,240 I didn't like him. 594 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,240 Why didn't you like him? 595 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,240 I didn't like him, that's all. 596 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,240 Tall, skinny, funny-looking guy. 597 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,240 You mean you destroyed his property because you didn't like his looks? 598 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,240 Something like that. 599 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,240 He was cheap. I saw him moving in. He had a trailer. 600 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,240 He was moving his own stuff in. 601 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240 Why didn't he hire a mover like everybody else? 602 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,240 I don't like cheap people. 603 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,240 Do you know anything about this man, Wilson? 604 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,240 No. Why? 605 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,240 What business was it of yours whether or not Mr. Wilson decided to move his own furniture? 606 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,240 Do you know that he's a young man, not much older than you? 607 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,240 He just graduated from law school, took a lot of time, took a lot of his money. 608 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:24,240 He earned to put himself through school, and you sit there a mere sketch of a boy passing judgment on a fine young man like Paul Wilson. 609 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,240 Boy, let me tell you something. 610 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:32,240 I don't know if you're a God-fearing lad or not, but you'd better fall on your knees and ask forgiveness and hope that somebody hears you, 611 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,240 that he hasn't lost patience with you. 612 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:40,240 You'd better raise up those sights of yours, lad, and pray for forgiveness. 613 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,240 I hope those tears mean something. 614 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,240 Now, do you have anything to say before I pass judgment on this case? 615 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,240 Yes, sir, I have. 616 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,240 I'd like to tell you about something else I did. 617 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:58,240 There were some palm trees out there. I put kerosene on them and set them on fire. 618 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,240 Last Friday, would you know anything about this? 619 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,240 Yes, your honor, that checks with the reports. 620 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,240 Any property damage? 621 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,240 No, your honor. Kept the fire department pretty busy, that's about all. 622 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,240 I didn't kill anybody. I just made that up. 623 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,240 Yes, we know, Arnold. 624 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,240 Do you have anything else to add, Mrs. Waterman? 625 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,240 No, I don't know what else you can do with a kid. I'm glad it's somebody else's problem. 626 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,240 According to the findings of the probationary officers and the investigating officers 627 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,240 and what I've heard and observed in these chambers, I have no alternative 628 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,240 but to remove this boy from his present home and environment 629 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,240 and place him in a foster home where he will receive closer supervision 630 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,240 and the care that he requires. 631 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,240 Does that meet with your approval, Mrs. Waterman? 632 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,240 It's fine with me, Judge. 633 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,240 Fred and I can hardly make ends meet now, 634 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,240 and it's a shame to waste what money we have on this kid. 635 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,240 That's all I can do to squeeze out the new clothes I need. 636 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,240 Then you approve this plan. 637 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,240 I can't wait to tell Fred. 638 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,240 Well, when you tell Fred, you can also tell him the taxpayers are not going to assume 639 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,240 the burden of the mistakes that you and your husband lavished on this boy. 640 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,240 What do you mean, Judge? 641 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:03,240 The expense of placing the boy in this foster home comes to the amount of $35 a month. 642 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,240 You and your husband will pay this sum. The law covers that. 643 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,240 That's an awful lot of money. 644 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,240 The payment will be due on the first day of each month. 645 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,240 You will meet this requirement or be held in contempt of court. 646 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,240 I'm only sorry that's as far as the law goes. 647 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:22,240 The laws of the state of California do not make the parents responsible for the thoughts of their children 648 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,240 unless contributory negligence can be proven. 649 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,240 In my eyes, it is contributory negligence on your part, 650 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,240 but unfortunately it cannot be proven. 651 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,240 Any faults that this boy may have are yours. 652 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,240 You as a parent are responsible. 653 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,240 We did the best we could in raising the kid. 654 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,240 Madam, you didn't raise him. 655 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,240 Hearing is dismissed. 656 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:51,240 The story you have just heard was true. 657 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,240 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 658 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:58,240 On April 18th, the hearing was held in the private chambers of Judge Frank J. 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