WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.740 Ladies and gentlemen, next week, Thursday, August 24th, 00:06.740 --> 00:12.740 Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. 00:12.740 --> 00:22.740 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:22.740 --> 00:26.240 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:26.240 --> 00:40.240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 00:40.240 --> 00:44.740 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to juvenile bureau. 00:44.740 --> 00:50.240 A vicious case of wanton and willful destruction of private property occurs in your city. 00:50.240 --> 00:58.240 Suspicion points to a juvenile. 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Best of all, long cigarettes. 01:31.240 --> 01:38.240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 01:38.240 --> 01:47.240 Dragnet, the document a drama of an actual crime. 01:47.240 --> 01:51.240 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 01:51.240 --> 02:04.240 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. 02:04.240 --> 02:13.240 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 02:13.240 --> 02:17.240 It was Tuesday, April 10th. It was cool in Los Angeles. 02:17.240 --> 02:20.240 We were working a day watch out of juvenile bureau. My partner is Ben Romero. 02:20.240 --> 02:23.240 The boss is Inspector Bowling. My name is Friday. 02:23.240 --> 02:30.240 It was 9.35 a.m. when we got to 1335 Georgia Street, the captain's office. 02:30.240 --> 02:33.240 I want to ask you to sit down. We're not going to be here that long. 02:33.240 --> 02:35.240 Get your hats. 02:35.240 --> 02:39.240 Right away. 02:39.240 --> 02:40.240 Where's your car? 02:40.240 --> 02:41.240 Right out front. 02:41.240 --> 02:42.240 All right. 02:42.240 --> 02:43.240 What's up? 02:43.240 --> 02:51.240 A rotten mess. 02:51.240 --> 02:56.240 We got in the car and drove south in figure oil. We got to West 103rd Street. 02:56.240 --> 03:00.240 According to Inspector Bowling's directions, we turned right and went about four miles. 03:00.240 --> 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. 03:06.240 --> 03:11.240 On the right side going in was a neighborhood jeweler's shop. We could see him working in the window. 03:11.240 --> 03:18.240 Over the door of the office on the left was a lawyer's shingle. The gold lettering was new. 03:18.240 --> 03:19.240 What's this way? 03:19.240 --> 03:20.240 Lawyers' house. 03:20.240 --> 03:23.240 That's right. Name's Paul Wilson. 03:23.240 --> 03:24.240 It's me, Miss Wilson. 03:24.240 --> 03:27.240 Oh, come in, Inspector Bowling. 03:27.240 --> 03:31.240 Mr. Wilson, this is Sergeant Friday. Romero, juvenile detail. I'm assigning him to this case. 03:31.240 --> 03:32.240 Hey, you, sir. 03:32.240 --> 03:33.240 How are you, Mike? 03:33.240 --> 03:35.240 All right. Look at it. Just look at it. 03:35.240 --> 03:37.240 Look at that, Joe. 03:37.240 --> 03:38.240 Yeah. 03:38.240 --> 03:41.240 Paint. It's all over everything. 03:41.240 --> 03:43.240 Look at that leather chair. It's ruined. 03:43.240 --> 03:46.240 The desk smeared with the stuff. 03:46.240 --> 03:47.240 Green paint. 03:47.240 --> 03:50.240 Yeah. Looks like they threw it on the mop, didn't they? 03:50.240 --> 03:53.240 Rug soaked with it, the walls. 03:53.240 --> 03:56.240 Look, Joe. They even got the clock. 03:56.240 --> 03:57.240 Yeah. 03:57.240 --> 04:02.240 Take a good look. Remember it when you tag whoever did it. 04:02.240 --> 04:04.240 These are your law books, Mr. Wilson? 04:04.240 --> 04:05.240 Yes, sir. 04:05.240 --> 04:07.240 I didn't have to do this. 04:07.240 --> 04:09.240 Bored paint all over them. 04:09.240 --> 04:10.240 Yes, sir. 04:10.240 --> 04:12.240 When did all this happen? 04:12.240 --> 04:15.240 Sometime last night. I found it this way when I came in this morning. 04:15.240 --> 04:17.240 Any idea who did it? 04:17.240 --> 04:19.240 That's why he called us. We're gonna find out. 04:19.240 --> 04:22.240 I don't know who'd want to do a thing like this. 04:22.240 --> 04:25.240 Just opened my office three days ago, just hung out my shingle. 04:25.240 --> 04:27.240 You just started practicing law, didn't you? 04:27.240 --> 04:30.240 Yes, sir. Graduated from Loyola University Extension Division. 04:30.240 --> 04:33.240 Been looking for office space for a long time. 04:33.240 --> 04:34.240 Was anything taken? 04:34.240 --> 04:37.240 No. It's such a dirty rotten thing to pull. Undoubtedly a kid. 04:37.240 --> 04:39.240 That's pretty vicious for a kid. 04:39.240 --> 04:42.240 Can you think of any enemies that you might have had, Mr. Wilson? 04:42.240 --> 04:45.240 No, sir. No one would do a thing like this. 04:45.240 --> 04:48.240 I can't understand it. There's no reason for it that I can think of. 04:48.240 --> 04:51.240 The crime report shows the gut in the back door. Is that right, Mr. Wilson? 04:51.240 --> 04:53.240 Can you come back here? I'll show you. 04:53.240 --> 04:55.240 Okay. 04:57.240 --> 04:59.240 Here it is, right here. 04:59.240 --> 05:01.240 See, this used to be the kitchen when this was a flat. 05:01.240 --> 05:03.240 I was gonna put a hot plate in here for coffee. 05:03.240 --> 05:04.240 Oh, yes. 05:04.240 --> 05:07.240 You can see where they cut through this green door. 05:07.240 --> 05:09.240 It's all right. It's been checked. 05:09.240 --> 05:11.240 Okay. 05:11.240 --> 05:13.240 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I see. 05:13.240 --> 05:16.240 Any pass key would fit the inside door here. 05:16.240 --> 05:18.240 Yes, sir. That's right. 05:18.240 --> 05:21.240 You can follow the trail of that green pane right from this door all the way through the house. 05:21.240 --> 05:22.240 Yeah. 05:22.240 --> 05:24.240 I don't know how I'll ever get it all off. 05:24.240 --> 05:26.240 You know of any cleaners that handle things like this? 05:26.240 --> 05:28.240 We're not allowed to recommend anybody, Mr. Wilson. 05:28.240 --> 05:30.240 If you have somebody in mind, we'd be happy to call them for you. 05:30.240 --> 05:32.240 Thank you. I'd appreciate it. 05:32.240 --> 05:35.240 I was gonna make some calls, but I haven't got my phone installed yet. 05:35.240 --> 05:37.240 Estimated damage about $1,800, is that right? 05:37.240 --> 05:39.240 That's what I figure, yes. 05:39.240 --> 05:41.240 My law books are over $600 alone. 05:41.240 --> 05:44.240 Borrowed the money from the bank for the furniture. 05:44.240 --> 05:48.240 You haven't noticed any kids in the neighborhood, none of them around while you were moving in? 05:48.240 --> 05:49.240 No, I didn't see any. 05:49.240 --> 05:51.240 I moved everything in myself, rented a trailer, 05:51.240 --> 05:53.240 made several trips to get it all over here. 05:53.240 --> 05:55.240 Guess that was a silly thing to do. 05:55.240 --> 05:56.240 Why? 05:56.240 --> 05:59.240 Well, a store where I bought the furniture said they'd deliver it, 05:59.240 --> 06:02.240 but I couldn't wait to see everything in. 06:02.240 --> 06:03.240 First office, you know. 06:03.240 --> 06:04.240 Yeah, we understand. 06:04.240 --> 06:07.240 Like I said, I made several trips with the trailer, 06:07.240 --> 06:09.240 and I didn't lock the office each time I left. 06:09.240 --> 06:11.240 Didn't figure it was necessary. 06:11.240 --> 06:14.240 The fellow across the hall with the jeweler said he'd keep an eye on things for me. 06:14.240 --> 06:16.240 But you did lock up last night, didn't you? 06:16.240 --> 06:20.240 Oh, yes. As soon as I was moved in, I locked the place at all times when I wasn't here. 06:20.240 --> 06:21.240 That's it. 06:21.240 --> 06:22.240 I'm gonna get right on it. 06:22.240 --> 06:24.240 I don't have to tell you again. I want a fast answer. 06:24.240 --> 06:25.240 Where do we start? 06:25.240 --> 06:27.240 With an empty pig can. 06:27.240 --> 06:31.240 Before we left attorney Paul Wilson, 06:31.240 --> 06:35.240 we took a sample scraping of the green paint to serve as a color check. 06:35.240 --> 06:38.240 We started to canvas the neighborhood door to door. 06:38.240 --> 06:40.240 We covered the area for a radius of six blocks, 06:40.240 --> 06:43.240 questioning the residents and checking out the youngsters. 06:43.240 --> 06:45.240 We failed to come up with anything. 06:45.240 --> 06:48.240 We figured another good angle was to try the schools in the area. 06:48.240 --> 06:52.240 We checked on the students who had been in any kind of trouble involving malicious pranks. 06:52.240 --> 06:54.240 We had the principals line their students up. 06:54.240 --> 07:00.240 We looked them all over thoroughly for any evidences of paint of any kind on their person or on their clothing. 07:00.240 --> 07:02.240 The few leads we found led nowhere. 07:02.240 --> 07:05.240 After a week without success, we went back and rechecked the neighborhood, 07:05.240 --> 07:08.240 the paint stores to see if anyone had bought any green paint, 07:08.240 --> 07:11.240 anyone they might have forgotten to tell us about the first time through. 07:11.240 --> 07:12.240 No leads. 07:12.240 --> 07:13.240 Monday, April 18th, 07:13.240 --> 07:18.240 been a nice stop for a coke at a hot dog stand in the corner of 103rd and Oakview Avenue. 07:18.240 --> 07:20.240 A couple of cokes please. 07:20.240 --> 07:21.240 Come on, help yourselves. 07:21.240 --> 07:23.240 Yeah, okay. 07:26.240 --> 07:28.240 Here's one. 07:28.240 --> 07:29.240 I don't see any more. 07:29.240 --> 07:30.240 There's one lying on the side. 07:30.240 --> 07:32.240 No, no, over there with the grape. 07:32.240 --> 07:34.240 Oh, yeah. 07:35.240 --> 07:36.240 Let me get it for you. 07:36.240 --> 07:38.240 Oh, thanks. 07:40.240 --> 07:41.240 Here you are. 07:41.240 --> 07:43.240 Good. 07:51.240 --> 07:54.240 Every time I think of that boy's office, it makes me sick. 07:54.240 --> 08:02.240 Well, if we could just get some kind of lead, anything for a start. 08:05.240 --> 08:06.240 Pardon me. 08:06.240 --> 08:08.240 I'd be satisfied. 08:08.240 --> 08:11.240 I have nothing to work on. It's like stabbing in the dark. 08:12.240 --> 08:13.240 Joe. 08:13.240 --> 08:14.240 Yeah? 08:14.240 --> 08:16.240 Look down the street there. 08:16.240 --> 08:17.240 Hmm? 08:17.240 --> 08:20.240 This is tin can day. Everybody's got them set out in front of their houses. 08:20.240 --> 08:22.240 It's worth a try, isn't it? 08:22.240 --> 08:25.240 Let's try a place across the street and then work down the block. 08:25.240 --> 08:27.240 All right. 08:27.240 --> 08:29.240 Come on. 08:29.240 --> 08:31.240 I had a cousin move down from San Francisco. 08:31.240 --> 08:34.240 It took him almost a year to get used to this tin can system here in L.A. 08:34.240 --> 08:35.240 Is that so? 08:35.240 --> 08:38.240 Yeah, up there they throw everything into one garbage can. Tin cans, no. 08:38.240 --> 08:39.240 Oh, I didn't know that. 08:39.240 --> 08:40.240 Yeah, sure. 08:40.240 --> 08:44.240 Tad, my cousin, never could get used to putting the cans out. 08:44.240 --> 08:47.240 Backyard was full up before his wife reminded him to put them out. 08:47.240 --> 08:49.240 Garbage kind of piled up too. 08:49.240 --> 08:52.240 They wouldn't pick it up with the tin cans in it. 08:52.240 --> 08:54.240 You want to check these here? 08:54.240 --> 08:55.240 I'll get this bunch here. 08:55.240 --> 08:57.240 Okay. 09:00.240 --> 09:03.240 Don't see any paint cans. 09:03.240 --> 09:06.240 No, none here either. 09:06.240 --> 09:08.240 How about those down there? 09:08.240 --> 09:09.240 No can. 09:09.240 --> 09:11.240 Let's go. 09:13.240 --> 09:16.240 I'll get this box. 09:18.240 --> 09:20.240 I wonder if this is any good. 09:20.240 --> 09:21.240 What's that? 09:21.240 --> 09:23.240 Prune juice. 09:23.240 --> 09:25.240 See a lot of empty bottles. 09:25.240 --> 09:27.240 Any paint cans? 09:27.240 --> 09:29.240 No. 09:29.240 --> 09:31.240 Let's go. 09:31.240 --> 09:33.240 That's the way it went. 09:33.240 --> 09:35.240 Block after block, house after house. 09:35.240 --> 09:39.240 We covered five blocks, checking the containers full of empty tin cans. 09:39.240 --> 09:42.240 Found a few paint cans, none of them the right color, 09:42.240 --> 09:45.240 or any combinations that would go together to make the right color. 09:45.240 --> 09:49.240 It was a tiring job, but we figured it was at least a place to start. 09:49.240 --> 09:51.240 Sure a lot of cans here. 09:51.240 --> 09:53.240 Must be a new bride, huh? 09:53.240 --> 09:54.240 I don't know. 09:54.240 --> 09:55.240 Find anything? 09:55.240 --> 09:57.240 No, not yet. 09:57.240 --> 09:58.240 How about this? 09:58.240 --> 09:59.240 Huh? 09:59.240 --> 10:00.240 This one. 10:00.240 --> 10:02.240 One gallon can? 10:02.240 --> 10:03.240 Green. 10:03.240 --> 10:05.240 Let's ask. 10:16.240 --> 10:17.240 Yes? 10:17.240 --> 10:18.240 Police officers, ma'am. 10:18.240 --> 10:20.240 Does empty paint can belong to you? 10:20.240 --> 10:22.240 You can have it if you want. We threw it out. 10:22.240 --> 10:24.240 Do you have any children here, ma'am? 10:24.240 --> 10:26.240 Yes, a boy. 10:26.240 --> 10:27.240 How old is he? 10:27.240 --> 10:28.240 One year. 10:28.240 --> 10:31.240 Would you mind telling us what this paint was used for? 10:31.240 --> 10:32.240 We just moved here. 10:32.240 --> 10:34.240 Is there any law about throwing out paint cans? 10:34.240 --> 10:36.240 Oh, no, ma'am. We're investigating a case. 10:36.240 --> 10:38.240 Just like to know what the paint was used for. 10:38.240 --> 10:40.240 Did old man Boone send you over? 10:40.240 --> 10:41.240 I beg your pardon? 10:41.240 --> 10:43.240 Mr. Boone, the man we rented this house from? 10:43.240 --> 10:44.240 No, ma'am. 10:44.240 --> 10:46.240 I thought maybe it was him. 10:46.240 --> 10:48.240 He said we couldn't do any painting inside. 10:48.240 --> 10:50.240 We don't know anything about that. 10:50.240 --> 10:52.240 You sure? I don't trust him. 10:52.240 --> 10:53.240 No, ma'am. 10:53.240 --> 10:56.240 You say the paint was used to redecorate? 10:56.240 --> 10:58.240 Yes, come in. I'll show you. 10:58.240 --> 10:59.240 Thank you. 11:04.240 --> 11:05.240 In here. 11:08.240 --> 11:09.240 See? 11:09.240 --> 11:10.240 Yeah. 11:10.240 --> 11:12.240 Carlos, dear, my husband. 11:12.240 --> 11:15.240 I told him he should have waited till Sunday. 11:16.240 --> 11:18.240 Whose idea was it to paint the bathtub? 11:18.240 --> 11:22.240 Carlos. He's going to night school learning English. 11:22.240 --> 11:24.240 The teacher told him the best way to learn 11:24.240 --> 11:26.240 was to speak it around the house. 11:26.240 --> 11:27.240 Yes, ma'am. 11:27.240 --> 11:29.240 It's better for the little one, too. 11:29.240 --> 11:32.240 Well, anyway, Carlos gets paid on Saturday night. 11:32.240 --> 11:34.240 Then he stops at the little place where the fellows he works with 11:34.240 --> 11:36.240 and have a little drink. 11:36.240 --> 11:38.240 He gets his paycheck cashed there. 11:38.240 --> 11:42.240 When he came home, he said he was going to paint the bathroom for me. 11:42.240 --> 11:45.240 This is rather a little dirt. 11:45.240 --> 11:49.240 I was in the kitchen and I yelled to him to paint around the top. 11:49.240 --> 11:51.240 Around the top, I said. 11:51.240 --> 11:55.240 Like I said, he doesn't know English too good yet. 11:55.240 --> 11:57.240 We have a green top. 11:57.240 --> 12:00.240 I see. Well, thank you. 12:00.240 --> 12:02.240 He's going to clean the top next Saturday. 12:02.240 --> 12:04.240 We use the shower. 12:06.240 --> 12:08.240 He painted that, too, didn't he? 12:08.240 --> 12:11.240 Well, thank you very much, ma'am. We're sorry to have disturbed you. 12:11.240 --> 12:13.240 That's all right. 12:13.240 --> 12:15.240 I'm worried about next Saturday night. 12:15.240 --> 12:16.240 Why is that? 12:16.240 --> 12:21.240 He's not telling what he's going to do with that paint remover. 12:25.240 --> 12:26.240 4.30 p.m. 12:26.240 --> 12:28.240 We were no closer to finding out who spread that paint around 12:28.240 --> 12:31.240 at the attorney's office than when we started. 12:31.240 --> 12:34.240 We continued checking the neighborhood, but we found nothing. 12:34.240 --> 12:38.240 A few minutes before 5, we got a call to check back in with Inspector Bowling. 12:38.240 --> 12:40.240 You doing any good out there? 12:40.240 --> 12:41.240 Nothing to tell. 12:41.240 --> 12:42.240 We had a little action, a new one. 12:42.240 --> 12:43.240 Yeah, what's that? 12:43.240 --> 12:46.240 Came in about an hour ago. Somebody poured kerosene on three palm trees 12:46.240 --> 12:47.240 and set them on fire. 12:47.240 --> 12:49.240 Three trees, three different blocks. 12:49.240 --> 12:52.240 Kept the fire department busy, tied up the traffic for several hours. 12:52.240 --> 12:54.240 I've sent additional juvenile cars out there to cover 12:54.240 --> 12:56.240 happened in the same general area as the paint job. 12:56.240 --> 12:57.240 Many leads. 12:57.240 --> 13:01.240 Now, anyone who would smear paint over an office might set a palm tree on fire. 13:01.240 --> 13:03.240 Same type of gag, malicious mischief. 13:03.240 --> 13:05.240 Think there's a connection between the two? 13:05.240 --> 13:06.240 Well, it's anybody's guess. 13:06.240 --> 13:08.240 Paint routine's a new one, so is the palm trees. 13:08.240 --> 13:10.240 They're both one-time only shots. 13:10.240 --> 13:12.240 Maybe the two connect somewhere along the line. 13:12.240 --> 13:15.240 Or maybe it's got to stop. We can't even find a place to begin. 13:15.240 --> 13:16.240 We've tried everything we know. 13:16.240 --> 13:18.240 Starting again tomorrow. 13:18.240 --> 13:20.240 That isn't going to make that young lawyer feel any better. 13:20.240 --> 13:22.240 RINGING 13:22.240 --> 13:24.240 Yeah? Who? 13:25.240 --> 13:27.240 You take him down to the detention room? 13:28.240 --> 13:30.240 He does, huh? 13:30.240 --> 13:32.240 All right, I'll see him. Yeah, right now. 13:34.240 --> 13:36.240 16-year-old boy out there says he's got to see me. 13:36.240 --> 13:37.240 Would you like to talk to him alone? 13:37.240 --> 13:39.240 No, that's all right. You stay. 13:39.240 --> 13:41.240 Come in. 13:41.240 --> 13:42.240 You the chief? 13:42.240 --> 13:44.240 My name's Bowling, juvenile bureau. Yeah. 13:44.240 --> 13:46.240 Could I talk to you alone? 13:46.240 --> 13:48.240 Well, these officers work with me. 13:48.240 --> 13:50.240 Can you talk in front of them, son? 13:50.240 --> 13:51.240 I guess so. 13:51.240 --> 13:53.240 Well, come on over here. 13:55.240 --> 13:56.240 You want to sit down, son? 13:56.240 --> 13:58.240 I'd rather stand if it's okay. 13:58.240 --> 14:00.240 All right, what's on your mind? 14:00.240 --> 14:01.240 I want to confess. 14:01.240 --> 14:03.240 What do you want to confess, son? 14:03.240 --> 14:15.240 I murdered somebody. 14:15.240 --> 14:17.240 You are listening to Dragnet, 14:17.240 --> 14:20.240 actual case histories taken from official police files. 14:20.240 --> 14:22.240 If you smoke a long cigarette, 14:22.240 --> 14:25.240 it will be in your interest to listen to these case histories 14:25.240 --> 14:28.240 taken from the file marked Fatima. 14:28.240 --> 14:31.240 On this card, reporter Lee Silver's statement. 14:31.240 --> 14:33.240 I need an extra mild cigarette. 14:33.240 --> 14:37.240 No other long cigarette I've tried is as mild as Fatima. 14:37.240 --> 14:39.240 Here is nurse Shirley Gelman's statement. 14:39.240 --> 14:42.240 When I go off duty, I appreciate a mild cigarette. 14:42.240 --> 14:44.240 Fatimas are extra mild. 14:44.240 --> 14:46.240 I can enjoy them more. 14:46.240 --> 14:50.240 On this card, the statement by drama critic Richard Watts, Jr. 14:50.240 --> 14:53.240 Anyone can tell Fatima contains the finest tobaccos. 14:53.240 --> 14:57.240 It's extra mild, has a much better flavor. 14:57.240 --> 15:01.240 All agree it's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima, 15:01.240 --> 15:04.240 and that's what more and more smokers are discovering every day. 15:04.240 --> 15:08.240 Yes, actual figures show extra mild Fatima 15:08.240 --> 15:11.240 has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 15:11.240 --> 15:14.240 So enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 15:14.240 --> 15:15.240 You'll agree. 15:15.240 --> 15:18.240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 15:18.240 --> 15:21.240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 15:21.240 --> 15:24.240 Best of all, long cigarettes. 15:24.240 --> 15:27.240 Next week, Thursday, August 24th, 15:27.240 --> 15:30.240 Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier 15:30.240 --> 15:34.240 at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. 15:34.240 --> 15:37.240 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 15:37.240 --> 15:40.240 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 15:40.240 --> 15:43.240 Six p.m. Monday, April 18th. 15:43.240 --> 15:45.240 The boy identified himself as Arnold Waterman, 15:45.240 --> 15:47.240 gave his age as 16. 15:47.240 --> 15:50.240 He told us that two days before, at 98th Street and 2nd Avenue, 15:50.240 --> 15:53.240 he had shot a man to death and hidden his body in the basement of a house. 15:53.240 --> 15:55.240 He was taken to the interrogation room, 15:55.240 --> 15:57.240 where a police stenographer took his statement. 15:57.240 --> 16:00.240 Inspector Bowling sent Ben and I out to check his story. 16:00.240 --> 16:02.240 9.30 p.m. We drove back to Georgia Street Juvel 16:02.240 --> 16:04.240 and went to the interrogation room. 16:04.240 --> 16:06.240 Arnold? Yes, sir? 16:06.240 --> 16:08.240 These two men have been out at 98th Street and 2nd Avenue 16:08.240 --> 16:09.240 checking your story. 16:09.240 --> 16:10.240 Do you find the body? 16:10.240 --> 16:11.240 Well, there's no body out there. 16:11.240 --> 16:13.240 There should be. I put it in the cellar. 16:13.240 --> 16:15.240 There's no house out there. It's a vacant lot. 16:15.240 --> 16:16.240 We checked all the houses near there. 16:16.240 --> 16:18.240 You sure you killed somebody? 16:18.240 --> 16:19.240 Of course I'm sure. 16:19.240 --> 16:21.240 I stole a gun. I shot him three times in the back. 16:21.240 --> 16:22.240 What'd you do with the gun? 16:22.240 --> 16:23.240 I threw it in Westlake Park. 16:23.240 --> 16:24.240 Where? 16:24.240 --> 16:25.240 In the water. 16:25.240 --> 16:27.240 I ran into a boat and rode out to the middle. 16:27.240 --> 16:28.240 That's where I threw it in. 16:28.240 --> 16:29.240 Why did you kill the man? 16:29.240 --> 16:31.240 I don't know. I didn't like him. 16:31.240 --> 16:33.240 Now, look, boy, you didn't kill anybody. 16:33.240 --> 16:34.240 There's nothing to back up your story. 16:34.240 --> 16:35.240 There's not an ounce of truth in it. 16:35.240 --> 16:37.240 How do you know you haven't found the body? 16:37.240 --> 16:39.240 Just wait. You'll find it and then you'll see. 16:39.240 --> 16:40.240 I killed him already. 16:40.240 --> 16:42.240 Will you show us where you hid the body? 16:42.240 --> 16:45.240 Why should I? I told you you couldn't find it. 16:45.240 --> 16:47.240 These men have gone over that entire area thoroughly. 16:47.240 --> 16:49.240 There's nobody out there and you know it. 16:49.240 --> 16:51.240 You cops are funny. 16:51.240 --> 16:53.240 When somebody won't admit a murder, 16:53.240 --> 16:55.240 you keep asking questions until they do. 16:55.240 --> 16:56.240 I'm telling you, I murdered somebody 16:56.240 --> 16:57.240 and you keep trying to talk me out of it. 16:57.240 --> 16:58.240 If we can find one shred of proof, 16:58.240 --> 16:59.240 we might go along with you. 16:59.240 --> 17:01.240 You can't be convicted without proof. 17:01.240 --> 17:03.240 How much do you need? You got my confession. 17:03.240 --> 17:04.240 I offered to sign it. They wouldn't let me. 17:04.240 --> 17:05.240 What more do you need? 17:05.240 --> 17:07.240 We need a victim, Arnold. 17:07.240 --> 17:09.240 If you knew where to look, you could find it. 17:09.240 --> 17:10.240 We've looked every place you told us to. 17:10.240 --> 17:13.240 You're lying to us, huh? And why? 17:13.240 --> 17:15.240 I never liked the old man. 17:15.240 --> 17:17.240 I hated his wife. 17:17.240 --> 17:18.240 I killed her too. 17:18.240 --> 17:19.240 I wasn't gonna tell you that. 17:19.240 --> 17:21.240 Where do you go to school? 17:21.240 --> 17:22.240 I quit school to sell papers. 17:22.240 --> 17:23.240 I had to support my mother. 17:23.240 --> 17:24.240 Who was your father? 17:24.240 --> 17:26.240 I don't know. My mother wouldn't tell me. 17:26.240 --> 17:28.240 That's where I met the old man I killed, 17:28.240 --> 17:29.240 selling papers. 17:29.240 --> 17:31.240 He was my boss. None of us liked him. 17:31.240 --> 17:33.240 Nobody had the nerve to do it but me. 17:33.240 --> 17:35.240 The rest of the guys were scared, but not me. 17:35.240 --> 17:37.240 What was the old man's name? 17:37.240 --> 17:38.240 I can't think of it right now. 17:38.240 --> 17:39.240 He was your boss. 17:39.240 --> 17:40.240 He never told us his name. 17:40.240 --> 17:41.240 We just worked for him. 17:41.240 --> 17:43.240 Where'd you sell papers? 17:43.240 --> 17:45.240 I don't remember. 17:45.240 --> 17:46.240 I had to sell papers. 17:46.240 --> 17:47.240 We were going hungry. 17:47.240 --> 17:49.240 I couldn't stand to see my mother starve. 17:49.240 --> 17:50.240 Wasn't your father where? 17:50.240 --> 17:51.240 I don't know where he is. 17:51.240 --> 17:52.240 I told you that. 17:52.240 --> 17:53.240 We tried to get on relief. 17:53.240 --> 17:55.240 They wouldn't let us. 17:55.240 --> 17:57.240 I made a lot of money selling papers. 17:57.240 --> 17:59.240 After a while, we didn't need relief anymore. 17:59.240 --> 18:01.240 I made $100 a week. 18:01.240 --> 18:02.240 Why are you lying to us, son? 18:02.240 --> 18:04.240 If you think I'm lying, why don't you let me go home? 18:04.240 --> 18:05.240 Well, you have anything to hold you for. 18:05.240 --> 18:06.240 You can go home. 18:06.240 --> 18:07.240 Not until I have a trial. 18:07.240 --> 18:08.240 I already called a lawyer. 18:08.240 --> 18:09.240 He'll be over pretty soon. 18:09.240 --> 18:10.240 I've sent for your mother, Arnold. 18:10.240 --> 18:12.240 She'll come down and take you home. 18:12.240 --> 18:15.240 I didn't want her to know anything about this. 18:15.240 --> 18:17.240 I may have to go to the gas chamber. 18:17.240 --> 18:19.240 It'll make her feel bad. 18:19.240 --> 18:20.240 You shouldn't have called her. 18:20.240 --> 18:21.240 It's no use. 18:21.240 --> 18:22.240 Let's go back to the office. 18:22.240 --> 18:23.240 His mother ought to be there by now. 18:23.240 --> 18:24.240 All right. 18:24.240 --> 18:25.240 Romero, you want to stay with the boy? 18:25.240 --> 18:26.240 All right. 18:26.240 --> 18:27.240 You better go out and find that body. 18:27.240 --> 18:28.240 Come on, Joe. 18:28.240 --> 18:30.240 I killed that old man. 18:30.240 --> 18:32.240 You can't say I didn't. 18:32.240 --> 18:34.240 My boy's a pathological liar. 18:34.240 --> 18:35.240 Well, it looks that way. 18:35.240 --> 18:36.240 Probably an inferiority complex. 18:36.240 --> 18:38.240 This is the way of making himself important. 18:38.240 --> 18:39.240 Well, we all know he didn't kill anybody, 18:39.240 --> 18:42.240 but I wonder if he's got something else in his mind, huh? 18:42.240 --> 18:45.240 How do you do? 18:45.240 --> 18:46.240 You're Mrs. Waterman? 18:46.240 --> 18:47.240 Yes. 18:47.240 --> 18:48.240 Inspector Bowling? 18:48.240 --> 18:49.240 Yes, ma'am. 18:49.240 --> 18:50.240 This is Sergeant Friday. 18:50.240 --> 18:51.240 How do you do, ma'am? 18:51.240 --> 18:52.240 How do you do? 18:52.240 --> 18:53.240 I have to excuse my appearance. 18:53.240 --> 18:54.240 I slept a little late today. 18:54.240 --> 18:55.240 We've got your boy down the hall. 18:55.240 --> 18:56.240 He's all right. 18:56.240 --> 18:57.240 Trying to get us to swallow a few tall stories. 18:57.240 --> 18:58.240 Yeah. 18:58.240 --> 18:59.240 He's like that. 18:59.240 --> 19:00.240 What did he tell you? 19:00.240 --> 19:02.240 He tried to give us a story about killing somebody. 19:02.240 --> 19:03.240 Well, I'm not surprised. 19:03.240 --> 19:04.240 This isn't the first time. 19:04.240 --> 19:05.240 I never understand that kid. 19:05.240 --> 19:06.240 Has your boy ever been in a car accident? 19:06.240 --> 19:07.240 No. 19:07.240 --> 19:08.240 He's been in a car accident. 19:08.240 --> 19:09.240 He's been in a car accident. 19:09.240 --> 19:10.240 He's been in a car accident. 19:10.240 --> 19:12.240 I never understand that kid. 19:12.240 --> 19:14.240 Has your boy ever been in an institution, Mrs. Waterman? 19:14.240 --> 19:15.240 No, he's not bad. 19:15.240 --> 19:17.240 He just likes to lie all the time. 19:17.240 --> 19:18.240 He's an awful liar. 19:18.240 --> 19:21.240 Went to his high school principal the other day, told him his father and I beat him. 19:21.240 --> 19:23.240 We wouldn't give him any lunch money. 19:23.240 --> 19:24.240 Where is your husband? 19:24.240 --> 19:26.240 He has a newspaper concession on one of the railroad trains. 19:26.240 --> 19:28.240 How often is he home? 19:28.240 --> 19:30.240 Once a week, sometimes every two weeks. 19:30.240 --> 19:32.240 It's the only business he knows. 19:32.240 --> 19:33.240 Yes, ma'am. 19:33.240 --> 19:38.240 Maybe that's the reason the kid's away is, my mom always used to tell me a kid needs 19:38.240 --> 19:39.240 his father. 19:39.240 --> 19:42.240 Still, whenever my hubby's home, he always does the right thing. 19:42.240 --> 19:48.240 Arnold started telling these lies a long time ago, ever since his father found out he catches 19:48.240 --> 19:49.240 it. 19:49.240 --> 19:50.240 How do you mean? 19:50.240 --> 19:51.240 Good strapping. 19:51.240 --> 19:53.240 That's all a kid like him understands. 19:53.240 --> 19:55.240 His father knows how to handle him. 19:55.240 --> 19:57.240 Whenever he lies, he takes the strap to him. 19:57.240 --> 19:59.240 You think that's the best way to handle him? 19:59.240 --> 20:00.240 Don't you? 20:00.240 --> 20:01.240 Well, you know what you're doing, Mrs. Waterman. 20:01.240 --> 20:02.240 He's your son. 20:02.240 --> 20:05.240 But if you wouldn't mind a little advice, do you mind my telling you? 20:05.240 --> 20:06.240 No, not at all. 20:06.240 --> 20:08.240 Well, that boy needs care and he needs it bad. 20:08.240 --> 20:10.240 The strap's not the answer. 20:10.240 --> 20:13.240 He needs attention, good supervision, and a lot of companionship. 20:13.240 --> 20:17.240 I'm not conducting a class in child psychology, but care for that boy of yours. 20:17.240 --> 20:19.240 Care for him before the state has to. 20:19.240 --> 20:21.240 It's just those stories he hits. 20:21.240 --> 20:22.240 That's what's wrong with him. 20:22.240 --> 20:25.240 He came home the other night with a wildest tale I ever heard. 20:25.240 --> 20:26.240 Yes, ma'am. 20:26.240 --> 20:31.240 Said he threw green paint all over somebody's office. 20:31.240 --> 20:33.240 Ben and I drove out to the Waterman home. 20:33.240 --> 20:34.240 We checked through the boy's belongings. 20:34.240 --> 20:35.240 His mother showed us his room. 20:35.240 --> 20:39.240 In his closet, we found a pair of corduroy trousers, a white t-shirt, and other articles of his clothing 20:39.240 --> 20:45.240 spattered with the same shade of green paint that had been found in the office and furnishings of Attorney Paul Wilson. 20:45.240 --> 20:49.240 We asked Mrs. Waterman where her son Arnold was on Sunday night, April 9th, 20:49.240 --> 20:52.240 the night that the office had been broken into and smeared with paint. 20:52.240 --> 20:56.240 She told us she didn't know, but that he came home that night with paint on his clothing. 20:56.240 --> 21:01.240 Ben and I went back to the office where we filed an application for a petition in detention, 21:01.240 --> 21:05.240 Section 700 Sub MWIC, a malicious mischief, one count. 21:05.240 --> 21:08.240 Two days later, in juvenile court, the calendar was called. 21:08.240 --> 21:10.240 Arnold Waterman's name was first on the list. 21:10.240 --> 21:14.240 The judge, the subject, and all those concerned in the case retired to the judge's private chambers, 21:14.240 --> 21:17.240 Ben and I, Arnold Waterman, and his mother. 21:17.240 --> 21:19.240 The subject was informed of his constitutional rights, 21:19.240 --> 21:23.240 and Judge Frank J. Smith read the findings of our investigation. 21:23.240 --> 21:28.240 Now, you're to ledgers in this petition that on April 9th at approximately 8.30 p.m., 21:28.240 --> 21:32.240 you entered the office of Attorney Paul Wilson at 9218 West 103rd Street, 21:32.240 --> 21:36.240 where you willfully and without Mr. Wilson's permission did maliciously damage his office 21:36.240 --> 21:41.240 to the extent of approximately $1,800 by pouring paint over his rugs, 21:41.240 --> 21:44.240 furniture, books, and other articles in his offices. 21:44.240 --> 21:45.240 Is this to Arnold? 21:45.240 --> 21:46.240 Yes, sir. 21:46.240 --> 21:47.240 Did you know Mr. Wilson? 21:47.240 --> 21:48.240 No. 21:48.240 --> 21:50.240 Arnold, I'd like to know why you did that. 21:50.240 --> 21:51.240 I felt like it. 21:51.240 --> 21:54.240 You have to give me a better answer than that, youngster. 21:54.240 --> 21:56.240 That's the best I can do. That's good enough, isn't it? 21:56.240 --> 21:58.240 No, it isn't good enough. 21:58.240 --> 22:01.240 We have a courtroom full of boys outside who probably want to be helped, 22:01.240 --> 22:03.240 and we're going to try to help them. 22:03.240 --> 22:05.240 We can't help you unless you want to be helped. 22:05.240 --> 22:08.240 You don't want to help me. You don't believe anything I tell you. 22:08.240 --> 22:10.240 Officer Fryder. 22:10.240 --> 22:11.240 Yes, Your Honor. 22:11.240 --> 22:14.240 You and Officer Romero investigated this case from its inception? 22:14.240 --> 22:15.240 We did. 22:15.240 --> 22:19.240 As a result of your investigation, what's your opinion of this boy's truthfulness? 22:19.240 --> 22:23.240 Well, Your Honor, I think I can speak for Officer Romero here as well. 22:23.240 --> 22:26.240 In all our talks with the boy and our observations of him, 22:26.240 --> 22:28.240 it's our opinion for what it's worth. 22:28.240 --> 22:30.240 The boy's a pathological liar. 22:30.240 --> 22:33.240 Basically, he seems to have the makings of a good youngster. 22:33.240 --> 22:35.240 His environment's bad. 22:35.240 --> 22:38.240 He seems to have very little, if any, parental guidance. 22:38.240 --> 22:40.240 He tells lies, Your Honor. Lots of them. 22:40.240 --> 22:42.240 That seems to be everyone's opinion. 22:42.240 --> 22:44.240 It's not mine. 22:44.240 --> 22:46.240 If you'd spend more time trying to find out if I'm lying 22:46.240 --> 22:48.240 instead of trying to put me on the spot, you'd earn your money. 22:48.240 --> 22:50.240 Your stories have been thoroughly investigated 22:50.240 --> 22:52.240 and double-checked by competent police officers. 22:52.240 --> 22:55.240 There is absolutely no basis of truth in anything you've said. 22:55.240 --> 22:57.240 I'm getting sick and tired of everybody calling me a liar. 22:57.240 --> 22:59.240 Do you hear me? 23:00.240 --> 23:04.240 Young man, sit down in that chair. 23:06.240 --> 23:09.240 We review a great many juvenile cases here in my private chambers, 23:09.240 --> 23:13.240 but that does not alter the fact that you are in a court of law. 23:14.240 --> 23:18.240 You will lower your voice, speak in a gentlemanly fashion, and tell the truth. 23:19.240 --> 23:21.240 Is that understood? 23:21.240 --> 23:23.240 Yes, sir. 23:23.240 --> 23:27.240 Mrs. Waterman, could you give this court any reason for your son's behavior? 23:27.240 --> 23:29.240 It's a mystery to me, Judge. 23:29.240 --> 23:32.240 Fred, that's his father. He can't understand it either. 23:32.240 --> 23:34.240 He's always lied. 23:34.240 --> 23:36.240 His father beats him for it, and I guess he'll always lie. 23:36.240 --> 23:38.240 That's all you can say on your son's behavior? 23:38.240 --> 23:40.240 What else is there to say? He's a liar. 23:40.240 --> 23:42.240 Arnold, I'm going to ask you once more. 23:42.240 --> 23:45.240 Why did you smear paint all over Attorney Paul Wilson's office? 23:45.240 --> 23:46.240 I didn't like him. 23:46.240 --> 23:47.240 Why didn't you like him? 23:47.240 --> 23:49.240 I didn't like him, that's all. 23:49.240 --> 23:51.240 Tall, skinny, funny-looking guy. 23:51.240 --> 23:54.240 You mean you destroyed his property because you didn't like his looks? 23:54.240 --> 23:55.240 Something like that. 23:55.240 --> 23:58.240 He was cheap. I saw him moving in. He had a trailer. 23:58.240 --> 24:00.240 He was moving his own stuff in. 24:00.240 --> 24:02.240 Why didn't he hire a mover like everybody else? 24:02.240 --> 24:03.240 I don't like cheap people. 24:03.240 --> 24:05.240 Do you know anything about this man, Wilson? 24:05.240 --> 24:06.240 No. Why? 24:06.240 --> 24:11.240 What business was it of yours whether or not Mr. Wilson decided to move his own furniture? 24:11.240 --> 24:13.240 Do you know that he's a young man, not much older than you? 24:13.240 --> 24:17.240 He just graduated from law school, took a lot of time, took a lot of his money. 24:17.240 --> 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. 24:24.240 --> 24:26.240 Boy, let me tell you something. 24:26.240 --> 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, 24:32.240 --> 24:34.240 that he hasn't lost patience with you. 24:34.240 --> 24:40.240 You'd better raise up those sights of yours, lad, and pray for forgiveness. 24:40.240 --> 24:44.240 I hope those tears mean something. 24:44.240 --> 24:48.240 Now, do you have anything to say before I pass judgment on this case? 24:48.240 --> 24:50.240 Yes, sir, I have. 24:50.240 --> 24:53.240 I'd like to tell you about something else I did. 24:53.240 --> 24:58.240 There were some palm trees out there. I put kerosene on them and set them on fire. 24:58.240 --> 25:00.240 Last Friday, would you know anything about this? 25:00.240 --> 25:02.240 Yes, your honor, that checks with the reports. 25:02.240 --> 25:03.240 Any property damage? 25:03.240 --> 25:07.240 No, your honor. Kept the fire department pretty busy, that's about all. 25:07.240 --> 25:09.240 I didn't kill anybody. I just made that up. 25:09.240 --> 25:10.240 Yes, we know, Arnold. 25:10.240 --> 25:13.240 Do you have anything else to add, Mrs. Waterman? 25:13.240 --> 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. 25:17.240 --> 25:21.240 According to the findings of the probationary officers and the investigating officers 25:21.240 --> 25:24.240 and what I've heard and observed in these chambers, I have no alternative 25:24.240 --> 25:27.240 but to remove this boy from his present home and environment 25:27.240 --> 25:31.240 and place him in a foster home where he will receive closer supervision 25:31.240 --> 25:33.240 and the care that he requires. 25:33.240 --> 25:35.240 Does that meet with your approval, Mrs. Waterman? 25:35.240 --> 25:37.240 It's fine with me, Judge. 25:37.240 --> 25:39.240 Fred and I can hardly make ends meet now, 25:39.240 --> 25:42.240 and it's a shame to waste what money we have on this kid. 25:42.240 --> 25:45.240 That's all I can do to squeeze out the new clothes I need. 25:45.240 --> 25:47.240 Then you approve this plan. 25:47.240 --> 25:49.240 I can't wait to tell Fred. 25:49.240 --> 25:53.240 Well, when you tell Fred, you can also tell him the taxpayers are not going to assume 25:53.240 --> 25:57.240 the burden of the mistakes that you and your husband lavished on this boy. 25:57.240 --> 25:58.240 What do you mean, Judge? 25:58.240 --> 26:03.240 The expense of placing the boy in this foster home comes to the amount of $35 a month. 26:03.240 --> 26:06.240 You and your husband will pay this sum. The law covers that. 26:06.240 --> 26:08.240 That's an awful lot of money. 26:08.240 --> 26:10.240 The payment will be due on the first day of each month. 26:10.240 --> 26:14.240 You will meet this requirement or be held in contempt of court. 26:14.240 --> 26:17.240 I'm only sorry that's as far as the law goes. 26:17.240 --> 26:22.240 The laws of the state of California do not make the parents responsible for the thoughts of their children 26:22.240 --> 26:25.240 unless contributory negligence can be proven. 26:25.240 --> 26:28.240 In my eyes, it is contributory negligence on your part, 26:28.240 --> 26:32.240 but unfortunately it cannot be proven. 26:32.240 --> 26:35.240 Any faults that this boy may have are yours. 26:35.240 --> 26:37.240 You as a parent are responsible. 26:37.240 --> 26:39.240 We did the best we could in raising the kid. 26:39.240 --> 26:41.240 Madam, you didn't raise him. 26:41.240 --> 26:42.240 Hearing is dismissed. 26:42.240 --> 26:51.240 The story you have just heard was true. 26:51.240 --> 26:54.240 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:54.240 --> 26:58.240 On April 18th, the hearing was held in the private chambers of Judge Frank J. 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