1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,180 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:16,760 Only the names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,580 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:18,580 --> 00:00:32,200 First of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,120 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,880 You're assigned to homicide detail. 7 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,880 You answer an early morning call. 8 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,280 A police officer on patrol duty disappears. 9 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,920 Any attempt to contact him by car radio fails. 10 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,640 Your job. 11 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,760 Find him. 12 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,960 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 13 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,800 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 14 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:04,480 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 15 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,820 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 16 00:01:07,820 --> 00:01:14,360 To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 17 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,440 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 18 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,480 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 19 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,960 Best of all, long cigarettes. 20 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:27,680 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 21 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,560 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 22 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,600 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 23 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,400 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 24 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,360 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 25 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:49,680 files. 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:55,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,000 in action. 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,640 It was Monday, June 4th. 29 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,240 It was sultry in Los Angeles. 30 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,600 We were working early morning watch out of homicide. 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,320 My partner's Ben Romero. 32 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,080 The boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 33 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,360 My name's Friday. 34 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,160 It was 6.45 a.m. when we got to the Imperial Highway. 35 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,160 San Pedro cutoff. 36 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,160 Hi. 37 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,160 Friday and Romero? 38 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:18,160 Yeah, that's right. 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:19,160 Pete Sutton, Sheriff's Department. 40 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,160 How are you? 41 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,160 Hello. 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:22,160 We got here as soon as we could. 43 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,160 Did Inspector Bowers fill you in? 44 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,160 Yeah, you know, Ed Baxter in Central Homicide told us to check with Bowers at the Sheriff's 45 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,160 Office. 46 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,160 And Bowers' directors to come out here and lend you a hand. 47 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,160 This thing happens so close to the county line they figure both departments ought to 48 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,160 go to work on it. 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,160 Sure. 50 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,160 Glad to have you. 51 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,160 Looks like a tough one. 52 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,160 Is this the one? 53 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,160 Yeah. 54 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:44,160 This isn't just the way we found it. 55 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,000 We turned off the ignition. 56 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,440 Motor was running, lights were on. 57 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:49,960 It's been idling quite a while. 58 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,880 The temperature was up pretty high. 59 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,160 When did you find it this way? 60 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,440 45 minutes ago. 61 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,200 Missing patrolman's name is Eugene Brewer. 62 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,440 State Highway Patrol called the Sheriff's Department a little before 6 a.m. 63 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,000 Told us the missing officer wasn't acknowledging his radio call. 64 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,320 I talked to Mark Benson. 65 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,480 Is the radio all right? 66 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:07,480 We checked it. 67 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,960 In fact, it was operating normal when we found the car. 68 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,600 Mike was out of the bracket, laying on the seat there. 69 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:13,600 Any ideas? 70 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:14,600 No signs of struggle. 71 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:15,600 No blood stains. 72 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:16,600 Is this the asphalt here? 73 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,600 No footprints anywhere. 74 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:18,600 Nothing on the shoulder of the road. 75 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,600 You said the car was running? 76 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,600 That's right. 77 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,600 That eliminates any engine trouble. 78 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,600 Yeah. 79 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,600 No, there's more to it than that. 80 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Gotta be. 81 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Nobody has any idea why or when he left his car. 82 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,600 You've got it all, you know, that's the way it is. 83 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:27,600 I'm not going to tell you. 84 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:28,600 I'm not going to tell you. 85 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:29,600 I'm not going to tell you. 86 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,600 I'm not going to tell you. 87 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:31,600 I'm not going to tell you. 88 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,640 And when he left his car, you've got it all, you know, as much as we do. 89 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,400 What was the check on Brewer? 90 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,320 Mark Benson says he's one of their top men. 91 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,160 Been with Highway Patrol for eight years. 92 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,160 Good record all the way. 93 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,540 Have you talked to anybody around here? 94 00:03:44,540 --> 00:03:45,920 Pretty remote spot out here. 95 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,400 A lot of truck gardens, that's about all. 96 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,320 My partner, Dave Terry, turned up one man. 97 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,600 Maybe he's got something. 98 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,160 That's him over by our car. 99 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,200 Hey, Dave, would you send him over here, please? 100 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,200 Who is the fella? 101 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,280 One of the farmers, works at truck garden out here. 102 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,280 His name's Henry Taniguchi. 103 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,880 Tenant Sutton? 104 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,760 Yes, sir. 105 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,560 Mr. Taniguchi, this is Sergeant Friday in Romero. 106 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:10,560 Yes, sir. 107 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,560 Hi, sir. 108 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,640 I know you filled my partner in, but would you mind going over it again for us? 109 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,040 Oh, all right. 110 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,880 I can tell you very little. 111 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,680 You know, we start work early in the garden. 112 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:22,680 Yes, sir. 113 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,360 Conrad, a fellow I work with, Conrad Ishikawa. 114 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:34,520 We started in a string beans about five o'clock this morning, bean patch near Imperial Highway. 115 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,800 We noticed a headlight stop off the side of the road. 116 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,800 This happened all the time along the highway, but this stayed very long. 117 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,920 By what time did you notice this, Mr. Taniguchi? 118 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:50,600 Must have been, oh, ten minutes past five. 119 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:55,320 I remember I asked Charlie Fujikuni, our cultivator man, what time was. 120 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,320 I see. 121 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,400 Did you see or hear anything out of the ordinary? 122 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,280 Oh, no, sir. 123 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:04,080 We wait a while and headlight do not move. 124 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,600 Conrad and I decide that maybe somebody was in trouble. 125 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,360 This highway quite deserted early morning hours. 126 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,620 What did you do then? 127 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:14,920 We walked up to see what was wrong. 128 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:20,040 When we get close, we could see what state highway cars, so we know everything all right. 129 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,840 Did you see the officer in the car? 130 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:22,840 No. 131 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:24,900 A door was open on the other side. 132 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:27,960 We thought maybe officer investigates something down in the brush. 133 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:28,960 Did you see him down there? 134 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:29,960 Oh, no. 135 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,360 We just think he was check up something, so we go back to work. 136 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,880 You saw nothing out of the ordinary, nothing unusual? 137 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,620 No, we don't. 138 00:05:39,620 --> 00:05:41,500 We hear the radio play. 139 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:42,760 We know everything okay. 140 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,080 That checks out. 141 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,800 The radio was functioning when we got here. 142 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,520 You didn't notice any other cars around anywhere, did you? 143 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,080 No, sir. 144 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,600 Thank you very much, Mr. Taniguchi. 145 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,080 Here's my card, appreciate it. 146 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:56,520 If you think of anything else, please let us know. 147 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,920 Yes, sir, I will. 148 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,520 What happened to officer in this car? 149 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:01,520 We don't know. 150 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,520 Oh, he's all right. 151 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,000 Probably look for somebody. 152 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,200 Well, it makes us even. 153 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,200 We're looking for him. 154 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,120 Monday, June 4th, 8 a.m. 155 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,360 According to our instructions, we headed back to the Hall of Justice to check in with Inspector 156 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,340 Gordon Bowers and Captain Garner Brown of the Sheriff's Department. 157 00:06:21,340 --> 00:06:25,280 They were coordinating the search for the missing highway patrolman Eugene Brewer. 158 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:29,040 Inspector Ed Backstrand, Central Homicide, was helping out. 159 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,560 To the peace officer, cooperation with all branches of the various law enforcement agencies 160 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,240 is essential. 161 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,860 Each man on the force knows the value of a coordinated effort. 162 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:42,600 He knows that without the aid of the many divisions of law enforcing bodies in his city 163 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:47,420 and county, the task of maintaining law and order would be a total failure. 164 00:06:47,420 --> 00:06:51,080 The local officer depends on the men in the federal, state, and county departments as 165 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,000 they depend on him. 166 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,080 Without this coordination, no one department could survive. 167 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,080 8.25 a.m. 168 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,000 We met with Inspector Bowers and Ed Backstrand in the sheriff's office. 169 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,720 Nothing, huh? 170 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:03,720 Nobody saw him. 171 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,280 If somebody did, we haven't found him, Inspector Bowers. 172 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:10,320 We both figured the only thing to do was to ask for cooperation of the newspapers. 173 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,320 We got him. 174 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,320 Pretty good layout, huh? 175 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,320 There's stories in every morning edition in town. 176 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,320 They're running a picture and full description of the missing patrolman. 177 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,120 We talked to everybody we could find in the general area out there. 178 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,480 We worked two hours at it. 179 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,040 The spot where the patrol car was found is pretty remote. 180 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,160 A couple of gas stations, some vegetable gardens. 181 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,080 We told you about the town of Goochie, fellow. 182 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,760 Checked all his friends that worked with him. 183 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,280 They couldn't add anything. 184 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,880 Maybe the newspaper will turn up something. 185 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,360 I sent a special detail out there to fan out and search the entire area, five square miles. 186 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,360 Yeah. 187 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,360 It'll take time. 188 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,360 There's nothing else we can do. 189 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,480 No, there's nothing more we can do. 190 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,400 Nothing anybody can do until we can show them the patrol car's out of carry two men. 191 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,980 Nobody seems to be able to do anything about it. 192 00:07:49,980 --> 00:07:51,120 Maybe they will now. 193 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,440 Sending one officer out in a patrol car is like trying to run a trolley line with one 194 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,440 man. 195 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,480 How many cases can you remember in our department? 196 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,600 Ed Dudman pulled the car over and dug 10 at 3 o'clock one morning. 197 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,600 I remember. 198 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,000 Driver turned out to be a guy with a record. 199 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Dudman couldn't know that. 200 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,240 While he was making out the traffic ticket, the guy shot him down in the street. 201 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,640 Dudman died before he could get help. 202 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:09,640 Yeah. 203 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,680 We do a lot of griping in the detective division, but those men in the patrol cars and the motorcycle 204 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,600 boys, they get the dirty end of the deal for sure. 205 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:17,600 You bet they do. 206 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,080 When a detective is sent out on a job, he knows who he's after, what he looks like, 207 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,240 what he can expect when he finds him. 208 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,320 The boys in the patrol cars answer a call at 390 or 415 or 507. 209 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,280 Sure we know what they're supposed to be, but how often do they turn out that way? 210 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,280 Prowler or Peeping Tom? 211 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,840 How many times do they have a gun in their pocket? 212 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,520 How many cops do they kill every year? 213 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:36,520 We've all been through it. 214 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:37,520 We know what it is. 215 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,760 Yeah, but how often do we think about it when we're griping on steakhouse? 216 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:41,760 Let me tell you something. 217 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,920 This goes for me as well as you. 218 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,440 Let's not forget who the real cream of the force is, the backbone of any police department. 219 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:48,440 We've got to get him on wheels. 220 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:49,440 No question there, Skipper. 221 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,520 Sorry, I didn't mean to make a speech, but when something like this happens, it gets 222 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:53,520 to me. 223 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,200 They're riding on short odds as it is. 224 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,120 There ought to be two men in every patrol car. 225 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,960 Well, I wish there'd been somebody else with Brewer. 226 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,000 The guy on the job just doesn't disappear without a trace. 227 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,480 It's just what he's done. 228 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,560 We've checked everywhere, everything. 229 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,560 Excuse me. 230 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:08,560 Prowler? 231 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:09,560 Who? 232 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:14,160 Yeah, send him right in. 233 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,160 This might help. 234 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,160 A truck driver by the name of Nat Wolf says he's got something for us. 235 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,160 Come in. 236 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,160 Mr. Wolf? 237 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,160 Yes, sir. 238 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:23,160 Come in. 239 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:31,160 Mr. Wolf, Inspector Backstrand, Sergeant Friday, and Romero. 240 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,160 Hi. 241 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,160 How do you do? 242 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,320 I saw the story in this morning's Times. 243 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,600 I don't know if what I got's worth anything, but I figured I'd better pass along to you 244 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,600 guys. 245 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,600 Something on the missing highway patrolman? 246 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:45,600 I don't know. 247 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,400 The reason I'm here, maybe it's just a coincidence, but I gave a fellow a hand early this morning 248 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,160 out on the Imperial Highway, not far from where the paper here says the empty patrol 249 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,160 car was found. 250 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,720 About what time was that, Mr. Wolf? 251 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,040 All around 4.30 this morning. 252 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,600 You want to tell us about it? 253 00:09:58,600 --> 00:09:59,600 Yeah. 254 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:00,600 Yeah. 255 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,080 I'm an independent trucker. 256 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,760 I haul topsoil for different nurseries. 257 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,440 Stuff out there on Imperial is good rich stuff. 258 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,240 We dig it right out the side of the hill. 259 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,240 Near Zim? 260 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,600 Well, I just loaded up and as I'm on my way back to town, this fellow flags me down. 261 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,240 Said he'd had a flat, pulled out on the shoulder of the road to fix it. 262 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,800 Said he didn't know what was saying. 263 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,600 After he'd fixed the flat, he found out he stuck. 264 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:20,800 He couldn't get his car. 265 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:21,800 You gave him a hand, huh? 266 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:22,800 No, not with the flat. 267 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,320 He already had that fixed, but I towed him out. 268 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,960 That's how I became suspicious of this fellow. 269 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:27,960 How do you mean? 270 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,280 Well, I offered to get out and hook up the tow chain. 271 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,720 He said, no, no, just stay in the cab. 272 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,760 I figured if he could do it alone, it was all right with me. 273 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:36,760 I pulled him out. 274 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:37,760 Here's the funny part. 275 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:38,760 Here's him. 276 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,280 The chain got a kink in it from the way to the pole. 277 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,880 He had no mean job to handle that alone. 278 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,040 He says, no, he'll do it himself. 279 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:51,240 It seemed to me like he didn't want me to get a good look at him or his car. 280 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,480 I could be wrong, but well, that's the way it struck me. 281 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:55,480 Did you notice anything? 282 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,480 Yes, sir, I did. 283 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,480 For one thing, I got a look at him when I threw on my backup lights in his car. 284 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:01,960 That's a real funny one. 285 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:02,960 What do you mean? 286 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,960 Well, this is a fairly new car. 287 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,400 It's saying older than last year's model, Plymouth. 288 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,480 Well, at the risk of sounding completely nuts, I'm going to tell you that car looked like 289 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,480 it had just been painted. 290 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,360 There's nothing wrong in that, is there? 291 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,440 Well, there is if you're off on the side of the road that time of the morning throwing 292 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,960 cheap black paint all over a fairly new car. 293 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:22,720 He's using a spray gun. 294 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,320 I could understand part of it. 295 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,320 What's that? 296 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:26,320 It's his license plate. 297 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:27,320 The front one. 298 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,680 It was all painted over. 299 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,240 You couldn't read any of the numbers. 300 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,320 What led you to believe he just finished painting his car? 301 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,560 All his hands and arms and all of his clothes. 302 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,560 Oh, I see. 303 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:37,560 It's that kind of paint you put on the rag. 304 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:38,560 Oh, yeah. 305 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:39,560 Well, I don't know. 306 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:40,560 Was it worth bothering you guys about? 307 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:41,560 You bet it was, Mr. Wolf. 308 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:42,560 I can't tell you just what it means now. 309 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:43,560 Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but certainly it's out of the ordinary and worth reporting 310 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:44,560 to the police. 311 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:45,560 Well, I hope so. 312 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:46,560 I'd like to see your boys find that missing officer. 313 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:47,560 Something's pretty rotten in Denmark about that one, huh? 314 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:48,560 Maybe we found a hole. 315 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:49,560 Maybe. 316 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:50,560 Friday, I'd like to have you and Romero help out in the next step. 317 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:51,560 What's that? 318 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:52,560 Throw up a roadblock. 319 00:11:52,560 --> 00:12:14,600 Ten-thirty a.m. 320 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:20,080 Before we left the sheriff's office, the truck driver Nat Wolf gave Inspector Bowers a description 321 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,400 of the man in the Plymouth sedan. 322 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,720 Together with Lieutenant Pete Sutton and Dave Terry, we drove to the Imperial Highway. 323 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,480 Nat Wolf showed us the spot beside the road where he towed the man. 324 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,520 The area was checked and sample scrapings of the black paint were taken. 325 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,920 There was no chance of taking a tire impression because of the loose sand in the area. 326 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,360 All physical evidence was taken back to the crime lab for analysis. 327 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,760 Nat Wolf returned to the office to check through mug books for possible identification of the 328 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,760 man he helped out. 329 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,080 Meantime, a special detail of men continued to search the area where the missing patrolman 330 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,080 had disappeared. 331 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,080 Three a.m. 332 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,560 According to instructions, a roadblock was established at the spot where the abandoned 333 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,120 patrol car had been found. 334 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,520 Imperial Highway, San Pedro Cut-Off. 335 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,520 Police business? 336 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,520 Yes, sir. 337 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:15,040 I wonder if you could help us out. 338 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,040 Certainly. 339 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,840 You travel this highway every night, ma'am? 340 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:18,840 Yes, I do. 341 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:19,840 I'm in the vegetable business. 342 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,640 Did you come this way last night about this time? 343 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:23,640 I run pretty much on schedule. 344 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,640 Yes, I did. 345 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,640 Did you notice anything unusual along the highway? 346 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,440 I bet I know what this is about, that missing highway patrolman. 347 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,440 Yes, ma'am. 348 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,440 We're stopping everybody to see if they can give us any information that might help us 349 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:35,440 out. 350 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:36,440 I wish I could, but I didn't see a thing. 351 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,440 That poor fellow. 352 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:38,440 Do you think you'll find him? 353 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:39,440 We're trying off hard. 354 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:40,440 Sorry, I can't help you. 355 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:41,440 Can I go now? 356 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:42,440 Yes, ma'am. 357 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:43,440 Thank you. 358 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:50,440 How'd you do? 359 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:51,440 Nothing. 360 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,080 What time you got, Joe? 361 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,080 Almost four. 362 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,880 Got a little more hot coffee in that jug, you want some? 363 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,880 It's fine with me, ain't it? 364 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,880 Here we are. 365 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:09,880 Cups in the lid here. 366 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:10,880 Ben, Joe? 367 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,880 Thanks, ma'am. 368 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,880 Watch your fingers. 369 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,880 It's hot. 370 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,880 Yeah. 371 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:26,040 It's good. 372 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,040 I'll take this one. 373 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,320 I'm gonna put my coffee on the fender here. 374 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,320 Don't knock it off, huh? 375 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,320 I won't. 376 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,320 Thank you. 377 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:32,320 Hey, wait a minute. 378 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Wait a minute, fella. 379 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,320 Can you see my light? 380 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,320 I haven't even got a cigarette. 381 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:36,320 I mean my flashlight. 382 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:37,320 I got some. 383 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:38,320 I'll get you a cigarette. 384 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,320 I'll get you a cigarette. 385 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:44,320 I mean my flashlight. 386 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,320 You've been drinking, haven't you? 387 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:46,320 Yes, I have. 388 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,320 I never get drunk, but I've had a little drink. 389 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,320 I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you to pull over to the side of the road. 390 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:54,320 Okay. 391 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,600 What happened to my car? 392 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 It's broke. 393 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,320 You better let me do it, huh? 394 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,120 You want to slide over a little bit there? 395 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:02,640 I never pick up hitchhikers. 396 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,320 I'm just gonna move your car off the side of the highway now. 397 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:06,320 Any trouble, Joe? 398 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,320 No. 399 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,320 Five-oh-two. 400 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,320 I'll tell your friend to get in, too. 401 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:11,320 Here's the sedan. 402 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:18,320 We're not going far. 403 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,320 Where are we going? 404 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:20,320 Right here. 405 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,320 Is this the road to Pismo Beach? 406 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,320 No, sir, not this one. 407 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,320 Well, that dirty little Ernie, he lied again. 408 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,320 He hates clams. 409 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,320 What's that? 410 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:35,320 I've been trying for five months to get to Pismo Beach for a bowl of clam chowder. 411 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:36,320 I haven't made it yet. 412 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:37,320 All right. 413 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:38,320 You just sit here a while and sober up, will you? 414 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:39,320 I'm gonna hold on to your keys. 415 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,320 I'll give them back to you. 416 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,320 You haven't got a bottle in the car, have you? 417 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,320 No, I never drink and drive. 418 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,320 Alcohol and gasoline do not mix. 419 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:49,320 Yeah. 420 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,320 Do you drive this road every night? 421 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Every night. 422 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,320 Ernie keeps telling me he'll take me to Pismo Beach. 423 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,320 I love clams. 424 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:04,320 You just sit here and sober up. 425 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:05,320 Happy drunk? 426 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Yeah, he's too drunk to drive. 427 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,320 Yeah, getting along towards daylight. 428 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:11,320 Where'd I put my coffee? 429 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,320 I put it over here, Joe. 430 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:13,320 Afraid we'd knock it off. 431 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,320 Oh, thanks. 432 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,320 This one's mine. 433 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,320 Dave. 434 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,320 You seem to come in bunches. 435 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,320 You get two or three and then you wait for an hour. 436 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,320 Well, they don't use this highway much since they put that all in it, you know. 437 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:26,320 Police business. 438 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,320 Yes, sir? 439 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,320 Do you travel this highway every night about this time? 440 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,320 Once in a while. 441 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,320 I haven't been over this way in a week. 442 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,320 You didn't drive this way last night? 443 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,320 No, sir, I didn't. 444 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:36,320 Anything of the matter? 445 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,320 Routine check. 446 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,320 Thank you very much. 447 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,320 You can go on. 448 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,320 Nothing. 449 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:49,320 Well, it looks like a hopeless job, doesn't it? 450 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320 Business is picking up. 451 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,320 Here comes another one. 452 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,320 Looks like one of your sheriff's cars, Pete. 453 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:55,320 Yeah. 454 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,320 Reynolds, homicide. 455 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,320 Beach Sutton? 456 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,320 Yeah, Reynolds. 457 00:16:58,320 --> 00:16:59,320 You can pack up. 458 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,320 They found him. 459 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,320 Is he all right? 460 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:20,040 Two bullet holes in the back of his head. 461 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,720 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation presented in the 462 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,320 public interest by Fatima cigarettes. 463 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,600 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest to listen to a typical case 464 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,520 history of a Fatima smoker. 465 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,800 It's the case of Northwest Airlines stewardess Jean Madsen. 466 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,740 You'll see her picture in leading magazines this week. 467 00:17:39,740 --> 00:17:41,320 Now her actual signed statement. 468 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:46,640 There's one thing I really look forward to after long flight, a good, mild smoke. 469 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,120 That's why I prefer king-size Fatima. 470 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,840 It's milder than any other long cigarette I've tried. 471 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,120 Yes, I agree. 472 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:55,640 It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 473 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,640 And so do more and more smokers every day. 474 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,720 Actual figures show extra-mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 475 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,080 So enjoy extra-mild Fatima yourself. 476 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:12,600 The king-size cigarette, which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, superbly 477 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,720 blended to make it extra-mild. 478 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:19,540 You will prefer Fatima's much different, much better flavor and aroma. 479 00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:20,680 You will agree. 480 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,800 It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 481 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,800 It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 482 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,080 Best of all, long cigarettes. 483 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,080 Five a.m. Tuesday. 484 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:41,320 The body of highway patrolman Eugene Brewer was found half buried in a shallow grave approximately 485 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:45,200 four and a half miles from the point where his car had been found standing on the highway. 486 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,400 The scene was roped off, photographed, and measurements were taken in the area carefully 487 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,360 gone over for any physical evidence. 488 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:56,320 A few scattered residents were again checked and asked if they'd heard gunshots. 489 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,880 Since the nearest dwelling to the place where the body was found was two miles, there was 490 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:02,640 a possibility that they could have not heard the shots. 491 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,080 No one could give us any further information. 492 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,720 The coroner's autopsy showed that patrolman Brewer had been shot three times in the chest, 493 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,640 one bullet directly entering his heart. 494 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,080 He'd also been shot twice through the base of the skull. 495 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,080 One p.m. Wednesday. 496 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:16,080 I get it. 497 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,080 Homicide Friday. 498 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,080 Pete Sutton, Joe. 499 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,080 Yeah. 500 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,680 Just had a call from our Hollywood substation. 501 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,760 Woman reported her car stolen on Sunday night. 502 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,440 Thought the guy was going to bring it back. 503 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:28,800 That's why she didn't report it sooner. 504 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800 What about it, Pete? 505 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,920 It's a Plymouth sedan, last year's model. 506 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,040 Same type the truck driver told us about. 507 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,040 Sounds good. 508 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,480 We already have a broadcast out on it. 509 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:37,960 We're putting out an APB now. 510 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,280 You want to check and see if they got it on tonight's hot sheet? 511 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:41,280 Right. 512 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,280 Anything on the guy who stole the car? 513 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,840 Boyfriend of the woman who owned it. 514 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,120 He left her in a restaurant and got away with her car. 515 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:49,360 You remember the description of the guy the truck driver helped out Monday morning? 516 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,360 Mm-hmm. 517 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:52,360 The guy that stole this woman's car, it's the same. 518 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:53,360 Yeah. 519 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,200 Still doesn't prove he had anything to do with it. 520 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,960 Doesn't prove he didn't. 521 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:03,240 Together with Pete Sutton and Dave Terry from the sheriff's office, we drove out and interviewed 522 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,020 the woman whose car had been stolen. 523 00:20:05,020 --> 00:20:08,840 She told us that the man who had taken her car had also been seen in the company of one 524 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:13,480 of her girlfriends, a Miss Helen Farrell, who worked as a cashier at a Hollywood theater. 525 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,640 The Farrell girl identified the man as Mike Lopino, and she gave us a snapshot of him. 526 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,160 She also gave us his last known address. 527 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,480 We had no actual tie-in between the theft of the woman's car and the murder of patrolman 528 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:28,080 Eugene Brewer, but the circumstantial evidence made it at least worth checking out. 529 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,000 The only car known to have been in the vicinity the morning of the murder was the car the 530 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,400 truck driver Nat Wolford reported. 531 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,800 The same make and model car had been stolen the night before the killing. 532 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,120 The general descriptions of the man from two different people tallied closely. 533 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,840 We figured before we passed this lead by, we'd check it out all the way. 534 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:45,840 Four p.m. Wednesday. 535 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,760 We met with Inspector Bowers at the sheriff's office. 536 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,720 We checked this Lopino's apartment, found a shirt and a pair of pants, black paint on 537 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:53,720 both of them. 538 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,120 I sent for that truck driver Nat Wolford to identify this picture here. 539 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,200 Did you find anything else, any problem? 540 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,920 Well, this address book, there's no local places in it. 541 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,240 They're all Las Vegas and Nevada addresses. 542 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,240 That's it, huh? 543 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,240 Yeah. 544 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,640 What'd you get from the record bureau on the guy? 545 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,440 The eye bureau pulled a package on him. 546 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:10,440 That is Mama Sheep. 547 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,440 Thank you. 548 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,440 Mike Lopino. 549 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,440 Spent some time at San Quentin. 550 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,440 Armed robbery, grand theft auto, assault. 551 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,440 Pretty good record. 552 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:26,080 Still not positive if he had anything to do with the brewer killing where he's had the 553 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,080 training for. 554 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,080 Yeah. 555 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,080 Send him right in. 556 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,080 Nat Wolford. 557 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Come in, Mr. Wolford. 558 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,080 Thanks. 559 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,080 Dirty shame about that boy. 560 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,080 I read about it in the papers. 561 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,080 He's a good man. 562 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,080 He's a good man. 563 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,080 He's a good man. 564 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,080 He's a good man. 565 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,080 He's a good man. 566 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,080 He's a good man. 567 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,080 You read about it in the papers? 568 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,080 Yeah. 569 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,840 Got a photograph we'd like you to look at, Mr. Wolford. 570 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,840 You bet. 571 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,120 Yeah. 572 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,120 That's the man. 573 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,120 You're sure? 574 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,120 Sure. 575 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,120 No mistake. 576 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:58,480 Hey, uh, why do you suppose he was painting that car at four o'clock in the morning? 577 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,720 Maybe that's what that patrolman wanted to know. 578 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:08,200 We waited for an answer on the APB. 579 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,200 Two days passed. 580 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,200 We arrived at the APB on Saturday, June 9th. 581 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,360 We received a phone call from the Las Vegas, Nevada police department. 582 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:18,320 The stolen black sedan had been found in the downtown area of Las Vegas. 583 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,600 We requested them to put a stake out on the sedan and ask them not to disturb either the 584 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,680 car or its contents. 585 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,040 Together with Pete Sutton from the sheriff's office, Mark Benson from the highway patrol, 586 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,120 and Ray Pinker of our crime lab, we flew to Las Vegas. 587 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,560 Pinker checked the stolen car. 588 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,480 Embedded in the rear seat were two spent bullets. 589 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,760 There were also blood stains on the seat and on the floor of the car. 590 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,800 Pinker flew back to Los Angeles where the evidence was analyzed. 591 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,760 The bullets found in the car were fired from the same gun as the bullets found in the body 592 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,360 of the dead patrolman. 593 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,760 Fingerprints lifted from the stolen car matched those of Mike Lupino. 594 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,080 Saturday afternoon we checked in with Chief Harry Miller, Las Vegas police department. 595 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:57,160 This is all you've got on him, huh, Chief? 596 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,720 That's most of it, yeah. 597 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,280 Since we staked out that black sedan, I've had the town covered for Lupino. 598 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,080 No one saw him abandon that car, huh? 599 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:05,800 No one would know of, no. 600 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,000 Had good cooperation from the newspapers. 601 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,040 Story's been on page one since the thing broke. 602 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,560 Anything come of those names we got from Lupino's address book, the ones we phoned to you? 603 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,960 Let's see, I got the list right here. 604 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,360 Yeah, here we are. 605 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:20,560 These are the ones my men have checked out already. 606 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,320 George Connolly, nothing there. 607 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,560 Harry Carlson, he and his wife have been checked out, nothing there. 608 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,400 William Spencer, nothing in his place. 609 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,120 We've got them all staked out. 610 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,720 That leaves two to go, huh? 611 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:34,720 That's right. 612 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,480 We're checking the last two now. 613 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,280 Nothing from the railroad station, the airlines? 614 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,520 They've been covered ever since we got your phone call. 615 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,520 Yeah. 616 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,800 I could be wrong, but I think your man's still here in town. 617 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:44,800 Any reports on him? 618 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,680 A couple of wild ones, nothing definite. 619 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:47,680 Checked him out. 620 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,440 Had one this morning from a dealer at one of the clubs downtown. 621 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,760 About 10.30 this morning, he saw Lupino playing the two-bit slot machine. 622 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,040 We showed him his mug shot. 623 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,040 He swears it's the guy. 624 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,600 Well, all we can do now is sweat it out, huh? 625 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,600 My men have covered everything. 626 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:00,960 I don't know what else we can do. 627 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:01,960 Yeah. 628 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:02,960 Excuse me. 629 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:03,960 Yeah. 630 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:04,960 You sure it's him? 631 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,600 No, don't try to handle it alone. 632 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:12,600 Keep the place covered the best you can. 633 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:13,600 We'll be right out. 634 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:14,600 They found him. 635 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:22,280 Two Las Vegas detectives named Billings and Vance answered a phone tip from a grocer 636 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,760 man in the east end of town. 637 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,120 He said a man had been buying groceries from him for the past two days and lived in the 638 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,960 apartment house above the store. 639 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,440 The two detectives showed the grocer man Lupino's mug shot. 640 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,800 He gave a positive identification. 641 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,360 They then checked with the apartment house manager. 642 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:40,720 After looking at the mug shot, he identified Lupino as the tenant in apartment 10B. 643 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,800 Detectives Billings and Vance staked out the place until our arrival with enough men to 644 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,800 cover the area. 645 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Vance? 646 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,800 Yeah, Chief. 647 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:56,120 What's the story? 648 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,120 He's in there. 649 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,120 Hasn't been out all day. 650 00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,120 Apartment 10B. 651 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,120 We'll take the front, Chief. 652 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:01,800 Manager thinks Lupino has a gun. 653 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,480 Made us clean in the apartment, found some loose slugs in the dresser drawer. 654 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,480 You still want it, Friday? 655 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,480 Well, it's our headache. 656 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,480 Joe and I will go in, Chief. 657 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,480 Right. 658 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:10,480 Vance gets the men up on the roof to cover. 659 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,480 We've already fanned them out around the building. 660 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,520 I don't know what they tell you in LA on one of these things, but here we tell them to 661 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:16,520 be careful. 662 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:17,520 Right, Chief. 663 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:18,520 Joe, let's go. 664 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:29,800 10B is on the second floor. 665 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:36,800 Let's take the stairs here. 666 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:47,040 Long way up in there. 667 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:55,320 This way. 668 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,320 You cover, huh? 669 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:57,320 Yeah. 670 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,320 Watch out, Pete. 671 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:09,120 He shot right through the door. 672 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,120 He's got two left. 673 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:11,400 He's got another gun. 674 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,400 Let's take him. 675 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:13,400 One good kick ought to get the lock. 676 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:14,400 Right. 677 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,400 Just a minute. 678 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,400 Let's go, Pete. 679 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,400 Watch it. 680 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,400 I got it. 681 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,400 Watch that gun, will you? 682 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,400 Drop it. 683 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:21,400 Look, here. 684 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:28,400 Let it alone, Lupino. 685 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,400 I got it. 686 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,400 All right, come on. 687 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,400 Get up. 688 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,400 You all right, Pete? 689 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,400 Okay. 690 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,400 I got the cops. 691 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,400 What's the big idea? 692 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,400 They tell us you killed that patrolman. 693 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:41,880 He got tough. 694 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:42,880 You didn't have to kill him. 695 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,680 You spotted the stolen car. 696 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:45,680 What else could I do? 697 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:46,680 Come on, you. 698 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,080 You had as much chance as I did. 699 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,080 That figures. 700 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,080 Yeah. 701 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,080 He's got holes in the back of his head. 702 00:26:52,080 --> 00:27:03,440 The story you have just heard was true. 703 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,200 Only the names and locations were changed to protect the innocent. 704 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,680 On October 2nd, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 91, City and County of Los 705 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,340 Angeles, State of California. 706 00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:15,200 In a moment, the results of that trial. 707 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,900 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 708 00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:19,220 Thank you. 709 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:24,040 The working detective knows that every member of his local police department is a qualified 710 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,280 man. 711 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,880 He knows that his fellow peace officers have been carefully selected to perform their specific 712 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:35,200 duties by trial, by examination, and by results. 713 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,920 So with a cigarette, the makers of Fatima carefully select and blend only the finest 714 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,960 Turkish and domestic tobaccos to make Fatima extra mild. 715 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,280 Best of all, long cigarettes. 716 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:50,720 If you're a long cigarette smoker like I am, smoke Fatima. 717 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,720 Every pack is extra mild. 718 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:53,720 Fatima. 719 00:27:53,720 --> 00:28:06,320 Michael Everett Lupino was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 720 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,760 The jury failed to recommend the death penalty. 721 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:13,040 Lupino is now serving his life term in the state penitentiary. 722 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:17,840 Ladies and gentlemen, the Los Angeles Police Department requests the cooperation of all 723 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,680 Dragnet listeners in the following police matter. 724 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:26,560 The Los Angeles Police Department would like every and any information regarding a gun 725 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,360 fitting the following description. 726 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:33,380 38 caliber special Smith & Wesson revolver, gold seal model. 727 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,240 The gun has a blue steel four inch barrel. 728 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:43,360 The serial number is 210088. 729 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:48,000 If you have any information as to the past or present whereabouts of this gun, contact 730 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,000 W.H. 731 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,700 Parker, Chief of Police, Los Angeles, California. 732 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:53,840 This is a very important matter. 733 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,920 All information furnished will be held in strictest confidence. 734 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:57,920 Thank you. 735 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:02,840 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 736 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,620 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles 737 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:07,620 Police Department. 738 00:29:07,620 --> 00:29:09,680 Coming up, Duffy's Tavern. 739 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:36,880 Three chimes mean good times on NBC.