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02:17.160 --> 02:18.160 Yeah, that's right. 02:18.160 --> 02:19.160 Pete Sutton, Sheriff's Department. 02:19.160 --> 02:20.160 How are you? 02:20.160 --> 02:21.160 Hello. 02:21.160 --> 02:22.160 We got here as soon as we could. 02:22.160 --> 02:23.160 Did Inspector Bowers fill you in? 02:23.160 --> 02:26.160 Yeah, you know, Ed Baxter in Central Homicide told us to check with Bowers at the Sheriff's 02:26.160 --> 02:27.160 Office. 02:27.160 --> 02:28.160 And Bowers' directors to come out here and lend you a hand. 02:28.160 --> 02:29.160 This thing happens so close to the county line they figure both departments ought to 02:29.160 --> 02:30.160 go to work on it. 02:30.160 --> 02:31.160 Sure. 02:31.160 --> 02:32.160 Glad to have you. 02:32.160 --> 02:33.160 Looks like a tough one. 02:33.160 --> 02:34.160 Is this the one? 02:34.160 --> 02:35.160 Yeah. 02:35.160 --> 02:44.160 This isn't just the way we found it. 02:44.160 --> 02:47.000 We turned off the ignition. 02:47.000 --> 02:48.440 Motor was running, lights were on. 02:48.440 --> 02:49.960 It's been idling quite a while. 02:49.960 --> 02:51.880 The temperature was up pretty high. 02:51.880 --> 02:53.160 When did you find it this way? 02:53.160 --> 02:54.440 45 minutes ago. 02:54.440 --> 02:57.200 Missing patrolman's name is Eugene Brewer. 02:57.200 --> 03:00.440 State Highway Patrol called the Sheriff's Department a little before 6 a.m. 03:00.440 --> 03:04.000 Told us the missing officer wasn't acknowledging his radio call. 03:04.000 --> 03:05.320 I talked to Mark Benson. 03:05.320 --> 03:06.480 Is the radio all right? 03:06.480 --> 03:07.480 We checked it. 03:07.480 --> 03:09.960 In fact, it was operating normal when we found the car. 03:09.960 --> 03:12.600 Mike was out of the bracket, laying on the seat there. 03:12.600 --> 03:13.600 Any ideas? 03:13.600 --> 03:14.600 No signs of struggle. 03:14.600 --> 03:15.600 No blood stains. 03:15.600 --> 03:16.600 Is this the asphalt here? 03:16.600 --> 03:17.600 No footprints anywhere. 03:17.600 --> 03:18.600 Nothing on the shoulder of the road. 03:18.600 --> 03:19.600 You said the car was running? 03:19.600 --> 03:20.600 That's right. 03:20.600 --> 03:21.600 That eliminates any engine trouble. 03:21.600 --> 03:22.600 Yeah. 03:22.600 --> 03:23.600 No, there's more to it than that. 03:23.600 --> 03:24.600 Gotta be. 03:24.600 --> 03:25.600 Nobody has any idea why or when he left his car. 03:25.600 --> 03:26.600 You've got it all, you know, that's the way it is. 03:26.600 --> 03:27.600 I'm not going to tell you. 03:27.600 --> 03:28.600 I'm not going to tell you. 03:28.600 --> 03:29.600 I'm not going to tell you. 03:29.600 --> 03:30.600 I'm not going to tell you. 03:30.600 --> 03:31.600 I'm not going to tell you. 03:31.600 --> 03:35.640 And when he left his car, you've got it all, you know, as much as we do. 03:35.640 --> 03:37.400 What was the check on Brewer? 03:37.400 --> 03:39.320 Mark Benson says he's one of their top men. 03:39.320 --> 03:41.160 Been with Highway Patrol for eight years. 03:41.160 --> 03:42.160 Good record all the way. 03:42.160 --> 03:44.540 Have you talked to anybody around here? 03:44.540 --> 03:45.920 Pretty remote spot out here. 03:45.920 --> 03:48.400 A lot of truck gardens, that's about all. 03:48.400 --> 03:50.320 My partner, Dave Terry, turned up one man. 03:50.320 --> 03:51.600 Maybe he's got something. 03:51.600 --> 03:53.160 That's him over by our car. 03:53.160 --> 03:55.200 Hey, Dave, would you send him over here, please? 03:55.200 --> 03:56.200 Who is the fella? 03:56.200 --> 04:00.280 One of the farmers, works at truck garden out here. 04:00.280 --> 04:02.280 His name's Henry Taniguchi. 04:02.280 --> 04:04.880 Tenant Sutton? 04:04.880 --> 04:06.760 Yes, sir. 04:06.760 --> 04:09.560 Mr. Taniguchi, this is Sergeant Friday in Romero. 04:09.560 --> 04:10.560 Yes, sir. 04:10.560 --> 04:11.560 Hi, sir. 04:11.560 --> 04:15.640 I know you filled my partner in, but would you mind going over it again for us? 04:15.640 --> 04:17.040 Oh, all right. 04:17.040 --> 04:18.880 I can tell you very little. 04:18.880 --> 04:21.680 You know, we start work early in the garden. 04:21.680 --> 04:22.680 Yes, sir. 04:22.680 --> 04:26.360 Conrad, a fellow I work with, Conrad Ishikawa. 04:26.360 --> 04:34.520 We started in a string beans about five o'clock this morning, bean patch near Imperial Highway. 04:34.520 --> 04:37.800 We noticed a headlight stop off the side of the road. 04:37.800 --> 04:42.800 This happened all the time along the highway, but this stayed very long. 04:42.800 --> 04:45.920 By what time did you notice this, Mr. Taniguchi? 04:45.920 --> 04:50.600 Must have been, oh, ten minutes past five. 04:50.600 --> 04:55.320 I remember I asked Charlie Fujikuni, our cultivator man, what time was. 04:55.320 --> 04:56.320 I see. 04:56.320 --> 04:58.400 Did you see or hear anything out of the ordinary? 04:58.400 --> 05:00.280 Oh, no, sir. 05:00.280 --> 05:04.080 We wait a while and headlight do not move. 05:04.080 --> 05:07.600 Conrad and I decide that maybe somebody was in trouble. 05:07.600 --> 05:10.360 This highway quite deserted early morning hours. 05:10.360 --> 05:12.620 What did you do then? 05:12.620 --> 05:14.920 We walked up to see what was wrong. 05:14.920 --> 05:20.040 When we get close, we could see what state highway cars, so we know everything all right. 05:20.040 --> 05:21.840 Did you see the officer in the car? 05:21.840 --> 05:22.840 No. 05:22.840 --> 05:24.900 A door was open on the other side. 05:24.900 --> 05:27.960 We thought maybe officer investigates something down in the brush. 05:27.960 --> 05:28.960 Did you see him down there? 05:28.960 --> 05:29.960 Oh, no. 05:29.960 --> 05:34.360 We just think he was check up something, so we go back to work. 05:34.360 --> 05:36.880 You saw nothing out of the ordinary, nothing unusual? 05:36.880 --> 05:39.620 No, we don't. 05:39.620 --> 05:41.500 We hear the radio play. 05:41.500 --> 05:42.760 We know everything okay. 05:42.760 --> 05:44.080 That checks out. 05:44.080 --> 05:46.800 The radio was functioning when we got here. 05:46.800 --> 05:49.520 You didn't notice any other cars around anywhere, did you? 05:49.520 --> 05:51.080 No, sir. 05:51.080 --> 05:52.600 Thank you very much, Mr. Taniguchi. 05:52.600 --> 05:55.080 Here's my card, appreciate it. 05:55.080 --> 05:56.520 If you think of anything else, please let us know. 05:56.520 --> 05:58.920 Yes, sir, I will. 05:58.920 --> 06:00.520 What happened to officer in this car? 06:00.520 --> 06:01.520 We don't know. 06:01.520 --> 06:04.520 Oh, he's all right. 06:04.520 --> 06:06.000 Probably look for somebody. 06:06.000 --> 06:07.200 Well, it makes us even. 06:07.200 --> 06:10.200 We're looking for him. 06:10.200 --> 06:14.120 Monday, June 4th, 8 a.m. 06:14.120 --> 06:17.360 According to our instructions, we headed back to the Hall of Justice to check in with Inspector 06:17.360 --> 06:21.340 Gordon Bowers and Captain Garner Brown of the Sheriff's Department. 06:21.340 --> 06:25.280 They were coordinating the search for the missing highway patrolman Eugene Brewer. 06:25.280 --> 06:29.040 Inspector Ed Backstrand, Central Homicide, was helping out. 06:29.040 --> 06:33.560 To the peace officer, cooperation with all branches of the various law enforcement agencies 06:33.560 --> 06:35.240 is essential. 06:35.240 --> 06:38.860 Each man on the force knows the value of a coordinated effort. 06:38.860 --> 06:42.600 He knows that without the aid of the many divisions of law enforcing bodies in his city 06:42.600 --> 06:47.420 and county, the task of maintaining law and order would be a total failure. 06:47.420 --> 06:51.080 The local officer depends on the men in the federal, state, and county departments as 06:51.080 --> 06:53.000 they depend on him. 06:53.000 --> 06:56.080 Without this coordination, no one department could survive. 06:56.080 --> 06:57.080 8.25 a.m. 06:57.080 --> 07:01.000 We met with Inspector Bowers and Ed Backstrand in the sheriff's office. 07:01.000 --> 07:02.720 Nothing, huh? 07:02.720 --> 07:03.720 Nobody saw him. 07:03.720 --> 07:06.280 If somebody did, we haven't found him, Inspector Bowers. 07:06.280 --> 07:10.320 We both figured the only thing to do was to ask for cooperation of the newspapers. 07:10.320 --> 07:11.320 We got him. 07:11.320 --> 07:12.320 Pretty good layout, huh? 07:12.320 --> 07:14.320 There's stories in every morning edition in town. 07:14.320 --> 07:17.320 They're running a picture and full description of the missing patrolman. 07:17.320 --> 07:20.120 We talked to everybody we could find in the general area out there. 07:20.120 --> 07:21.480 We worked two hours at it. 07:21.480 --> 07:24.040 The spot where the patrol car was found is pretty remote. 07:24.040 --> 07:26.160 A couple of gas stations, some vegetable gardens. 07:26.160 --> 07:28.080 We told you about the town of Goochie, fellow. 07:28.080 --> 07:29.760 Checked all his friends that worked with him. 07:29.760 --> 07:31.280 They couldn't add anything. 07:31.280 --> 07:33.880 Maybe the newspaper will turn up something. 07:33.880 --> 07:38.360 I sent a special detail out there to fan out and search the entire area, five square miles. 07:38.360 --> 07:39.360 Yeah. 07:39.360 --> 07:40.360 It'll take time. 07:40.360 --> 07:41.360 There's nothing else we can do. 07:41.360 --> 07:43.480 No, there's nothing more we can do. 07:43.480 --> 07:47.400 Nothing anybody can do until we can show them the patrol car's out of carry two men. 07:47.400 --> 07:49.980 Nobody seems to be able to do anything about it. 07:49.980 --> 07:51.120 Maybe they will now. 07:51.120 --> 07:54.440 Sending one officer out in a patrol car is like trying to run a trolley line with one 07:54.440 --> 07:55.440 man. 07:55.440 --> 07:57.480 How many cases can you remember in our department? 07:57.480 --> 08:00.600 Ed Dudman pulled the car over and dug 10 at 3 o'clock one morning. 08:00.600 --> 08:01.600 I remember. 08:01.600 --> 08:03.000 Driver turned out to be a guy with a record. 08:03.000 --> 08:04.000 Dudman couldn't know that. 08:04.000 --> 08:07.240 While he was making out the traffic ticket, the guy shot him down in the street. 08:07.240 --> 08:08.640 Dudman died before he could get help. 08:08.640 --> 08:09.640 Yeah. 08:09.640 --> 08:13.680 We do a lot of griping in the detective division, but those men in the patrol cars and the motorcycle 08:13.680 --> 08:16.600 boys, they get the dirty end of the deal for sure. 08:16.600 --> 08:17.600 You bet they do. 08:17.600 --> 08:21.080 When a detective is sent out on a job, he knows who he's after, what he looks like, 08:21.080 --> 08:23.240 what he can expect when he finds him. 08:23.240 --> 08:27.320 The boys in the patrol cars answer a call at 390 or 415 or 507. 08:27.320 --> 08:30.280 Sure we know what they're supposed to be, but how often do they turn out that way? 08:30.280 --> 08:32.280 Prowler or Peeping Tom? 08:32.280 --> 08:33.840 How many times do they have a gun in their pocket? 08:33.840 --> 08:35.520 How many cops do they kill every year? 08:35.520 --> 08:36.520 We've all been through it. 08:36.520 --> 08:37.520 We know what it is. 08:37.520 --> 08:40.760 Yeah, but how often do we think about it when we're griping on steakhouse? 08:40.760 --> 08:41.760 Let me tell you something. 08:41.760 --> 08:43.920 This goes for me as well as you. 08:43.920 --> 08:47.440 Let's not forget who the real cream of the force is, the backbone of any police department. 08:47.440 --> 08:48.440 We've got to get him on wheels. 08:48.440 --> 08:49.440 No question there, Skipper. 08:49.440 --> 08:52.520 Sorry, I didn't mean to make a speech, but when something like this happens, it gets 08:52.520 --> 08:53.520 to me. 08:53.520 --> 08:55.200 They're riding on short odds as it is. 08:55.200 --> 08:57.120 There ought to be two men in every patrol car. 08:57.120 --> 08:58.960 Well, I wish there'd been somebody else with Brewer. 08:58.960 --> 09:02.000 The guy on the job just doesn't disappear without a trace. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.480 It's just what he's done. 09:03.480 --> 09:05.560 We've checked everywhere, everything. 09:05.560 --> 09:07.560 Excuse me. 09:07.560 --> 09:08.560 Prowler? 09:08.560 --> 09:09.560 Who? 09:09.560 --> 09:14.160 Yeah, send him right in. 09:14.160 --> 09:15.160 This might help. 09:15.160 --> 09:19.160 A truck driver by the name of Nat Wolf says he's got something for us. 09:19.160 --> 09:20.160 Come in. 09:20.160 --> 09:21.160 Mr. Wolf? 09:21.160 --> 09:22.160 Yes, sir. 09:22.160 --> 09:23.160 Come in. 09:23.160 --> 09:31.160 Mr. Wolf, Inspector Backstrand, Sergeant Friday, and Romero. 09:31.160 --> 09:32.160 Hi. 09:32.160 --> 09:33.160 How do you do? 09:33.160 --> 09:37.320 I saw the story in this morning's Times. 09:37.320 --> 09:41.600 I don't know if what I got's worth anything, but I figured I'd better pass along to you 09:41.600 --> 09:42.600 guys. 09:42.600 --> 09:44.600 Something on the missing highway patrolman? 09:44.600 --> 09:45.600 I don't know. 09:45.600 --> 09:49.400 The reason I'm here, maybe it's just a coincidence, but I gave a fellow a hand early this morning 09:49.400 --> 09:53.160 out on the Imperial Highway, not far from where the paper here says the empty patrol 09:53.160 --> 09:54.160 car was found. 09:54.160 --> 09:55.720 About what time was that, Mr. Wolf? 09:55.720 --> 09:57.040 All around 4.30 this morning. 09:57.040 --> 09:58.600 You want to tell us about it? 09:58.600 --> 09:59.600 Yeah. 09:59.600 --> 10:00.600 Yeah. 10:00.600 --> 10:02.080 I'm an independent trucker. 10:02.080 --> 10:04.760 I haul topsoil for different nurseries. 10:04.760 --> 10:06.440 Stuff out there on Imperial is good rich stuff. 10:06.440 --> 10:08.240 We dig it right out the side of the hill. 10:08.240 --> 10:09.240 Near Zim? 10:09.240 --> 10:12.600 Well, I just loaded up and as I'm on my way back to town, this fellow flags me down. 10:12.600 --> 10:16.240 Said he'd had a flat, pulled out on the shoulder of the road to fix it. 10:16.240 --> 10:17.800 Said he didn't know what was saying. 10:17.800 --> 10:19.600 After he'd fixed the flat, he found out he stuck. 10:19.600 --> 10:20.800 He couldn't get his car. 10:20.800 --> 10:21.800 You gave him a hand, huh? 10:21.800 --> 10:22.800 No, not with the flat. 10:22.800 --> 10:25.320 He already had that fixed, but I towed him out. 10:25.320 --> 10:26.960 That's how I became suspicious of this fellow. 10:26.960 --> 10:27.960 How do you mean? 10:27.960 --> 10:30.280 Well, I offered to get out and hook up the tow chain. 10:30.280 --> 10:32.720 He said, no, no, just stay in the cab. 10:32.720 --> 10:35.760 I figured if he could do it alone, it was all right with me. 10:35.760 --> 10:36.760 I pulled him out. 10:36.760 --> 10:37.760 Here's the funny part. 10:37.760 --> 10:38.760 Here's him. 10:38.760 --> 10:42.280 The chain got a kink in it from the way to the pole. 10:42.280 --> 10:43.880 He had no mean job to handle that alone. 10:43.880 --> 10:46.040 He says, no, he'll do it himself. 10:46.040 --> 10:51.240 It seemed to me like he didn't want me to get a good look at him or his car. 10:51.240 --> 10:54.480 I could be wrong, but well, that's the way it struck me. 10:54.480 --> 10:55.480 Did you notice anything? 10:55.480 --> 10:56.480 Yes, sir, I did. 10:56.480 --> 11:00.480 For one thing, I got a look at him when I threw on my backup lights in his car. 11:00.480 --> 11:01.960 That's a real funny one. 11:01.960 --> 11:02.960 What do you mean? 11:02.960 --> 11:04.960 Well, this is a fairly new car. 11:04.960 --> 11:08.400 It's saying older than last year's model, Plymouth. 11:08.400 --> 11:12.480 Well, at the risk of sounding completely nuts, I'm going to tell you that car looked like 11:12.480 --> 11:13.480 it had just been painted. 11:13.480 --> 11:15.360 There's nothing wrong in that, is there? 11:15.360 --> 11:18.440 Well, there is if you're off on the side of the road that time of the morning throwing 11:18.440 --> 11:20.960 cheap black paint all over a fairly new car. 11:20.960 --> 11:22.720 He's using a spray gun. 11:22.720 --> 11:24.320 I could understand part of it. 11:24.320 --> 11:25.320 What's that? 11:25.320 --> 11:26.320 It's his license plate. 11:26.320 --> 11:27.320 The front one. 11:27.320 --> 11:28.680 It was all painted over. 11:28.680 --> 11:31.240 You couldn't read any of the numbers. 11:31.240 --> 11:33.320 What led you to believe he just finished painting his car? 11:33.320 --> 11:35.560 All his hands and arms and all of his clothes. 11:35.560 --> 11:36.560 Oh, I see. 11:36.560 --> 11:37.560 It's that kind of paint you put on the rag. 11:37.560 --> 11:38.560 Oh, yeah. 11:38.560 --> 11:39.560 Well, I don't know. 11:39.560 --> 11:40.560 Was it worth bothering you guys about? 11:40.560 --> 11:41.560 You bet it was, Mr. Wolf. 11:41.560 --> 11:42.560 I can't tell you just what it means now. 11:42.560 --> 11:43.560 Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but certainly it's out of the ordinary and worth reporting 11:43.560 --> 11:44.560 to the police. 11:44.560 --> 11:45.560 Well, I hope so. 11:45.560 --> 11:46.560 I'd like to see your boys find that missing officer. 11:46.560 --> 11:47.560 Something's pretty rotten in Denmark about that one, huh? 11:47.560 --> 11:48.560 Maybe we found a hole. 11:48.560 --> 11:49.560 Maybe. 11:49.560 --> 11:50.560 Friday, I'd like to have you and Romero help out in the next step. 11:50.560 --> 11:51.560 What's that? 11:51.560 --> 11:52.560 Throw up a roadblock. 11:52.560 --> 12:14.600 Ten-thirty a.m. 12:14.600 --> 12:20.080 Before we left the sheriff's office, the truck driver Nat Wolf gave Inspector Bowers a description 12:20.080 --> 12:22.400 of the man in the Plymouth sedan. 12:22.400 --> 12:26.720 Together with Lieutenant Pete Sutton and Dave Terry, we drove to the Imperial Highway. 12:26.720 --> 12:29.480 Nat Wolf showed us the spot beside the road where he towed the man. 12:29.480 --> 12:32.520 The area was checked and sample scrapings of the black paint were taken. 12:32.520 --> 12:36.920 There was no chance of taking a tire impression because of the loose sand in the area. 12:36.920 --> 12:40.360 All physical evidence was taken back to the crime lab for analysis. 12:40.360 --> 12:43.760 Nat Wolf returned to the office to check through mug books for possible identification of the 12:43.760 --> 12:44.760 man he helped out. 12:44.760 --> 12:49.080 Meantime, a special detail of men continued to search the area where the missing patrolman 12:49.080 --> 12:50.080 had disappeared. 12:50.080 --> 12:51.080 Three a.m. 12:51.080 --> 12:54.560 According to instructions, a roadblock was established at the spot where the abandoned 12:54.560 --> 12:56.120 patrol car had been found. 12:56.120 --> 12:58.520 Imperial Highway, San Pedro Cut-Off. 12:58.520 --> 13:00.520 Police business? 13:00.520 --> 13:03.520 Yes, sir. 13:03.520 --> 13:15.040 I wonder if you could help us out. 13:15.040 --> 13:16.040 Certainly. 13:16.040 --> 13:17.840 You travel this highway every night, ma'am? 13:17.840 --> 13:18.840 Yes, I do. 13:18.840 --> 13:19.840 I'm in the vegetable business. 13:19.840 --> 13:22.640 Did you come this way last night about this time? 13:22.640 --> 13:23.640 I run pretty much on schedule. 13:23.640 --> 13:24.640 Yes, I did. 13:24.640 --> 13:27.640 Did you notice anything unusual along the highway? 13:27.640 --> 13:30.440 I bet I know what this is about, that missing highway patrolman. 13:30.440 --> 13:31.440 Yes, ma'am. 13:31.440 --> 13:34.440 We're stopping everybody to see if they can give us any information that might help us 13:34.440 --> 13:35.440 out. 13:35.440 --> 13:36.440 I wish I could, but I didn't see a thing. 13:36.440 --> 13:37.440 That poor fellow. 13:37.440 --> 13:38.440 Do you think you'll find him? 13:38.440 --> 13:39.440 We're trying off hard. 13:39.440 --> 13:40.440 Sorry, I can't help you. 13:40.440 --> 13:41.440 Can I go now? 13:41.440 --> 13:42.440 Yes, ma'am. 13:42.440 --> 13:43.440 Thank you. 13:43.440 --> 13:50.440 How'd you do? 13:50.440 --> 13:51.440 Nothing. 13:51.440 --> 13:55.080 What time you got, Joe? 13:55.080 --> 13:56.080 Almost four. 13:56.080 --> 13:58.880 Got a little more hot coffee in that jug, you want some? 13:58.880 --> 14:03.880 It's fine with me, ain't it? 14:03.880 --> 14:08.880 Here we are. 14:08.880 --> 14:09.880 Cups in the lid here. 14:09.880 --> 14:10.880 Ben, Joe? 14:10.880 --> 14:11.880 Thanks, ma'am. 14:11.880 --> 14:14.880 Watch your fingers. 14:14.880 --> 14:17.880 It's hot. 14:17.880 --> 14:19.880 Yeah. 14:19.880 --> 14:26.040 It's good. 14:26.040 --> 14:27.040 I'll take this one. 14:27.040 --> 14:28.320 I'm gonna put my coffee on the fender here. 14:28.320 --> 14:29.320 Don't knock it off, huh? 14:29.320 --> 14:30.320 I won't. 14:30.320 --> 14:31.320 Thank you. 14:31.320 --> 14:32.320 Hey, wait a minute. 14:32.320 --> 14:33.320 Wait a minute, fella. 14:33.320 --> 14:34.320 Can you see my light? 14:34.320 --> 14:35.320 I haven't even got a cigarette. 14:35.320 --> 14:36.320 I mean my flashlight. 14:36.320 --> 14:37.320 I got some. 14:37.320 --> 14:38.320 I'll get you a cigarette. 14:38.320 --> 14:39.320 I'll get you a cigarette. 14:39.320 --> 14:44.320 I mean my flashlight. 14:44.320 --> 14:45.320 You've been drinking, haven't you? 14:45.320 --> 14:46.320 Yes, I have. 14:46.320 --> 14:49.320 I never get drunk, but I've had a little drink. 14:49.320 --> 14:53.320 I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you to pull over to the side of the road. 14:53.320 --> 14:54.320 Okay. 14:54.320 --> 14:56.600 What happened to my car? 14:56.600 --> 14:57.600 It's broke. 14:57.600 --> 14:59.320 You better let me do it, huh? 14:59.320 --> 15:01.120 You want to slide over a little bit there? 15:01.120 --> 15:02.640 I never pick up hitchhikers. 15:02.640 --> 15:05.320 I'm just gonna move your car off the side of the highway now. 15:05.320 --> 15:06.320 Any trouble, Joe? 15:06.320 --> 15:07.320 No. 15:07.320 --> 15:08.320 Five-oh-two. 15:08.320 --> 15:10.320 I'll tell your friend to get in, too. 15:10.320 --> 15:11.320 Here's the sedan. 15:11.320 --> 15:18.320 We're not going far. 15:18.320 --> 15:19.320 Where are we going? 15:19.320 --> 15:20.320 Right here. 15:20.320 --> 15:23.320 Is this the road to Pismo Beach? 15:23.320 --> 15:25.320 No, sir, not this one. 15:25.320 --> 15:28.320 Well, that dirty little Ernie, he lied again. 15:28.320 --> 15:29.320 He hates clams. 15:29.320 --> 15:30.320 What's that? 15:30.320 --> 15:35.320 I've been trying for five months to get to Pismo Beach for a bowl of clam chowder. 15:35.320 --> 15:36.320 I haven't made it yet. 15:36.320 --> 15:37.320 All right. 15:37.320 --> 15:38.320 You just sit here a while and sober up, will you? 15:38.320 --> 15:39.320 I'm gonna hold on to your keys. 15:39.320 --> 15:40.320 I'll give them back to you. 15:40.320 --> 15:42.320 You haven't got a bottle in the car, have you? 15:42.320 --> 15:45.320 No, I never drink and drive. 15:45.320 --> 15:48.320 Alcohol and gasoline do not mix. 15:48.320 --> 15:49.320 Yeah. 15:49.320 --> 15:51.320 Do you drive this road every night? 15:51.320 --> 15:52.320 Every night. 15:52.320 --> 15:56.320 Ernie keeps telling me he'll take me to Pismo Beach. 15:56.320 --> 15:58.320 I love clams. 15:58.320 --> 16:04.320 You just sit here and sober up. 16:04.320 --> 16:05.320 Happy drunk? 16:05.320 --> 16:07.320 Yeah, he's too drunk to drive. 16:07.320 --> 16:10.320 Yeah, getting along towards daylight. 16:10.320 --> 16:11.320 Where'd I put my coffee? 16:11.320 --> 16:12.320 I put it over here, Joe. 16:12.320 --> 16:13.320 Afraid we'd knock it off. 16:13.320 --> 16:15.320 Oh, thanks. 16:15.320 --> 16:16.320 This one's mine. 16:16.320 --> 16:17.320 Dave. 16:17.320 --> 16:21.320 You seem to come in bunches. 16:21.320 --> 16:23.320 You get two or three and then you wait for an hour. 16:23.320 --> 16:25.320 Well, they don't use this highway much since they put that all in it, you know. 16:25.320 --> 16:26.320 Police business. 16:26.320 --> 16:27.320 Yes, sir? 16:27.320 --> 16:30.320 Do you travel this highway every night about this time? 16:30.320 --> 16:31.320 Once in a while. 16:31.320 --> 16:32.320 I haven't been over this way in a week. 16:32.320 --> 16:34.320 You didn't drive this way last night? 16:34.320 --> 16:35.320 No, sir, I didn't. 16:35.320 --> 16:36.320 Anything of the matter? 16:36.320 --> 16:37.320 Routine check. 16:37.320 --> 16:38.320 Thank you very much. 16:38.320 --> 16:41.320 You can go on. 16:41.320 --> 16:44.320 Nothing. 16:44.320 --> 16:49.320 Well, it looks like a hopeless job, doesn't it? 16:49.320 --> 16:51.320 Business is picking up. 16:51.320 --> 16:52.320 Here comes another one. 16:52.320 --> 16:54.320 Looks like one of your sheriff's cars, Pete. 16:54.320 --> 16:55.320 Yeah. 16:55.320 --> 16:56.320 Reynolds, homicide. 16:56.320 --> 16:57.320 Beach Sutton? 16:57.320 --> 16:58.320 Yeah, Reynolds. 16:58.320 --> 16:59.320 You can pack up. 16:59.320 --> 17:00.320 They found him. 17:00.320 --> 17:01.320 Is he all right? 17:01.320 --> 17:20.040 Two bullet holes in the back of his head. 17:20.040 --> 17:24.720 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation presented in the 17:24.720 --> 17:27.320 public interest by Fatima cigarettes. 17:27.320 --> 17:31.600 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest to listen to a typical case 17:31.600 --> 17:33.520 history of a Fatima smoker. 17:33.520 --> 17:36.800 It's the case of Northwest Airlines stewardess Jean Madsen. 17:36.800 --> 17:39.740 You'll see her picture in leading magazines this week. 17:39.740 --> 17:41.320 Now her actual signed statement. 17:41.320 --> 17:46.640 There's one thing I really look forward to after long flight, a good, mild smoke. 17:46.640 --> 17:49.120 That's why I prefer king-size Fatima. 17:49.120 --> 17:51.840 It's milder than any other long cigarette I've tried. 17:51.840 --> 17:53.120 Yes, I agree. 17:53.120 --> 17:55.640 It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 17:55.640 --> 17:58.640 And so do more and more smokers every day. 17:58.640 --> 18:03.720 Actual figures show extra-mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 18:03.720 --> 18:07.080 So enjoy extra-mild Fatima yourself. 18:07.080 --> 18:12.600 The king-size cigarette, which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, superbly 18:12.600 --> 18:14.720 blended to make it extra-mild. 18:14.720 --> 18:19.540 You will prefer Fatima's much different, much better flavor and aroma. 18:19.540 --> 18:20.680 You will agree. 18:20.680 --> 18:23.800 It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 18:23.800 --> 18:26.800 It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 18:26.800 --> 18:29.080 Best of all, long cigarettes. 18:29.080 --> 18:33.080 Five a.m. Tuesday. 18:33.080 --> 18:41.320 The body of highway patrolman Eugene Brewer was found half buried in a shallow grave approximately 18:41.320 --> 18:45.200 four and a half miles from the point where his car had been found standing on the highway. 18:45.200 --> 18:49.400 The scene was roped off, photographed, and measurements were taken in the area carefully 18:49.400 --> 18:51.360 gone over for any physical evidence. 18:51.360 --> 18:56.320 A few scattered residents were again checked and asked if they'd heard gunshots. 18:56.320 --> 18:59.880 Since the nearest dwelling to the place where the body was found was two miles, there was 18:59.880 --> 19:02.640 a possibility that they could have not heard the shots. 19:02.640 --> 19:05.080 No one could give us any further information. 19:05.080 --> 19:09.720 The coroner's autopsy showed that patrolman Brewer had been shot three times in the chest, 19:09.720 --> 19:11.640 one bullet directly entering his heart. 19:11.640 --> 19:14.080 He'd also been shot twice through the base of the skull. 19:14.080 --> 19:15.080 One p.m. Wednesday. 19:15.080 --> 19:16.080 I get it. 19:16.080 --> 19:17.080 Homicide Friday. 19:17.080 --> 19:18.080 Pete Sutton, Joe. 19:18.080 --> 19:19.080 Yeah. 19:19.080 --> 19:23.680 Just had a call from our Hollywood substation. 19:23.680 --> 19:25.760 Woman reported her car stolen on Sunday night. 19:25.760 --> 19:27.440 Thought the guy was going to bring it back. 19:27.440 --> 19:28.800 That's why she didn't report it sooner. 19:28.800 --> 19:29.800 What about it, Pete? 19:29.800 --> 19:31.920 It's a Plymouth sedan, last year's model. 19:31.920 --> 19:34.040 Same type the truck driver told us about. 19:34.040 --> 19:35.040 Sounds good. 19:35.040 --> 19:36.480 We already have a broadcast out on it. 19:36.480 --> 19:37.960 We're putting out an APB now. 19:37.960 --> 19:40.280 You want to check and see if they got it on tonight's hot sheet? 19:40.280 --> 19:41.280 Right. 19:41.280 --> 19:42.280 Anything on the guy who stole the car? 19:42.280 --> 19:43.840 Boyfriend of the woman who owned it. 19:43.840 --> 19:46.120 He left her in a restaurant and got away with her car. 19:46.120 --> 19:49.360 You remember the description of the guy the truck driver helped out Monday morning? 19:49.360 --> 19:50.360 Mm-hmm. 19:50.360 --> 19:52.360 The guy that stole this woman's car, it's the same. 19:52.360 --> 19:53.360 Yeah. 19:53.360 --> 19:55.200 Still doesn't prove he had anything to do with it. 19:55.200 --> 19:59.960 Doesn't prove he didn't. 19:59.960 --> 20:03.240 Together with Pete Sutton and Dave Terry from the sheriff's office, we drove out and interviewed 20:03.240 --> 20:05.020 the woman whose car had been stolen. 20:05.020 --> 20:08.840 She told us that the man who had taken her car had also been seen in the company of one 20:08.840 --> 20:13.480 of her girlfriends, a Miss Helen Farrell, who worked as a cashier at a Hollywood theater. 20:13.480 --> 20:17.640 The Farrell girl identified the man as Mike Lopino, and she gave us a snapshot of him. 20:17.640 --> 20:20.160 She also gave us his last known address. 20:20.160 --> 20:23.480 We had no actual tie-in between the theft of the woman's car and the murder of patrolman 20:23.480 --> 20:28.080 Eugene Brewer, but the circumstantial evidence made it at least worth checking out. 20:28.080 --> 20:32.000 The only car known to have been in the vicinity the morning of the murder was the car the 20:32.000 --> 20:34.400 truck driver Nat Wolford reported. 20:34.400 --> 20:37.800 The same make and model car had been stolen the night before the killing. 20:37.800 --> 20:41.120 The general descriptions of the man from two different people tallied closely. 20:41.120 --> 20:44.840 We figured before we passed this lead by, we'd check it out all the way. 20:44.840 --> 20:45.840 Four p.m. Wednesday. 20:45.840 --> 20:48.760 We met with Inspector Bowers at the sheriff's office. 20:48.760 --> 20:52.720 We checked this Lopino's apartment, found a shirt and a pair of pants, black paint on 20:52.720 --> 20:53.720 both of them. 20:53.720 --> 20:57.120 I sent for that truck driver Nat Wolford to identify this picture here. 20:57.120 --> 20:59.200 Did you find anything else, any problem? 20:59.200 --> 21:01.920 Well, this address book, there's no local places in it. 21:01.920 --> 21:04.240 They're all Las Vegas and Nevada addresses. 21:04.240 --> 21:05.240 That's it, huh? 21:05.240 --> 21:06.240 Yeah. 21:06.240 --> 21:07.640 What'd you get from the record bureau on the guy? 21:07.640 --> 21:09.440 The eye bureau pulled a package on him. 21:09.440 --> 21:10.440 That is Mama Sheep. 21:10.440 --> 21:11.440 Thank you. 21:11.440 --> 21:12.440 Mike Lopino. 21:12.440 --> 21:15.440 Spent some time at San Quentin. 21:15.440 --> 21:18.440 Armed robbery, grand theft auto, assault. 21:18.440 --> 21:20.440 Pretty good record. 21:20.440 --> 21:26.080 Still not positive if he had anything to do with the brewer killing where he's had the 21:26.080 --> 21:27.080 training for. 21:27.080 --> 21:28.080 Yeah. 21:28.080 --> 21:29.080 Send him right in. 21:29.080 --> 21:30.080 Nat Wolford. 21:30.080 --> 21:31.080 Come in, Mr. Wolford. 21:31.080 --> 21:32.080 Thanks. 21:32.080 --> 21:33.080 Dirty shame about that boy. 21:33.080 --> 21:34.080 I read about it in the papers. 21:34.080 --> 21:35.080 He's a good man. 21:35.080 --> 21:36.080 He's a good man. 21:36.080 --> 21:37.080 He's a good man. 21:37.080 --> 21:38.080 He's a good man. 21:38.080 --> 21:39.080 He's a good man. 21:39.080 --> 21:40.080 He's a good man. 21:40.080 --> 21:41.080 You read about it in the papers? 21:41.080 --> 21:42.080 Yeah. 21:42.080 --> 21:44.840 Got a photograph we'd like you to look at, Mr. Wolford. 21:44.840 --> 21:47.840 You bet. 21:47.840 --> 21:50.120 Yeah. 21:50.120 --> 21:51.120 That's the man. 21:51.120 --> 21:52.120 You're sure? 21:52.120 --> 21:53.120 Sure. 21:53.120 --> 21:54.120 No mistake. 21:54.120 --> 21:58.480 Hey, uh, why do you suppose he was painting that car at four o'clock in the morning? 21:58.480 --> 22:00.720 Maybe that's what that patrolman wanted to know. 22:00.720 --> 22:08.200 We waited for an answer on the APB. 22:08.200 --> 22:09.200 Two days passed. 22:09.200 --> 22:10.200 We arrived at the APB on Saturday, June 9th. 22:10.200 --> 22:14.360 We received a phone call from the Las Vegas, Nevada police department. 22:14.360 --> 22:18.320 The stolen black sedan had been found in the downtown area of Las Vegas. 22:18.320 --> 22:21.600 We requested them to put a stake out on the sedan and ask them not to disturb either the 22:21.600 --> 22:23.680 car or its contents. 22:23.680 --> 22:27.040 Together with Pete Sutton from the sheriff's office, Mark Benson from the highway patrol, 22:27.040 --> 22:31.120 and Ray Pinker of our crime lab, we flew to Las Vegas. 22:31.120 --> 22:32.560 Pinker checked the stolen car. 22:32.560 --> 22:34.480 Embedded in the rear seat were two spent bullets. 22:34.480 --> 22:37.760 There were also blood stains on the seat and on the floor of the car. 22:37.760 --> 22:40.800 Pinker flew back to Los Angeles where the evidence was analyzed. 22:40.800 --> 22:43.760 The bullets found in the car were fired from the same gun as the bullets found in the body 22:43.760 --> 22:45.360 of the dead patrolman. 22:45.360 --> 22:48.760 Fingerprints lifted from the stolen car matched those of Mike Lupino. 22:48.760 --> 22:52.080 Saturday afternoon we checked in with Chief Harry Miller, Las Vegas police department. 22:52.080 --> 22:57.160 This is all you've got on him, huh, Chief? 22:57.160 --> 22:58.720 That's most of it, yeah. 22:58.720 --> 23:02.280 Since we staked out that black sedan, I've had the town covered for Lupino. 23:02.280 --> 23:04.080 No one saw him abandon that car, huh? 23:04.080 --> 23:05.800 No one would know of, no. 23:05.800 --> 23:08.000 Had good cooperation from the newspapers. 23:08.000 --> 23:10.040 Story's been on page one since the thing broke. 23:10.040 --> 23:13.560 Anything come of those names we got from Lupino's address book, the ones we phoned to you? 23:13.560 --> 23:15.960 Let's see, I got the list right here. 23:15.960 --> 23:18.360 Yeah, here we are. 23:18.360 --> 23:20.560 These are the ones my men have checked out already. 23:20.560 --> 23:24.320 George Connolly, nothing there. 23:24.320 --> 23:28.560 Harry Carlson, he and his wife have been checked out, nothing there. 23:28.560 --> 23:30.400 William Spencer, nothing in his place. 23:30.400 --> 23:32.120 We've got them all staked out. 23:32.120 --> 23:33.720 That leaves two to go, huh? 23:33.720 --> 23:34.720 That's right. 23:34.720 --> 23:36.480 We're checking the last two now. 23:36.480 --> 23:38.280 Nothing from the railroad station, the airlines? 23:38.280 --> 23:40.520 They've been covered ever since we got your phone call. 23:40.520 --> 23:41.520 Yeah. 23:41.520 --> 23:43.800 I could be wrong, but I think your man's still here in town. 23:43.800 --> 23:44.800 Any reports on him? 23:44.800 --> 23:46.680 A couple of wild ones, nothing definite. 23:46.680 --> 23:47.680 Checked him out. 23:47.680 --> 23:50.440 Had one this morning from a dealer at one of the clubs downtown. 23:50.440 --> 23:53.760 About 10.30 this morning, he saw Lupino playing the two-bit slot machine. 23:53.760 --> 23:55.040 We showed him his mug shot. 23:55.040 --> 23:56.040 He swears it's the guy. 23:56.040 --> 23:58.600 Well, all we can do now is sweat it out, huh? 23:58.600 --> 23:59.600 My men have covered everything. 23:59.600 --> 24:00.960 I don't know what else we can do. 24:00.960 --> 24:01.960 Yeah. 24:01.960 --> 24:02.960 Excuse me. 24:02.960 --> 24:03.960 Yeah. 24:03.960 --> 24:04.960 You sure it's him? 24:04.960 --> 24:07.600 No, don't try to handle it alone. 24:07.600 --> 24:12.600 Keep the place covered the best you can. 24:12.600 --> 24:13.600 We'll be right out. 24:13.600 --> 24:14.600 They found him. 24:14.600 --> 24:22.280 Two Las Vegas detectives named Billings and Vance answered a phone tip from a grocer 24:22.280 --> 24:23.760 man in the east end of town. 24:23.760 --> 24:27.120 He said a man had been buying groceries from him for the past two days and lived in the 24:27.120 --> 24:28.960 apartment house above the store. 24:28.960 --> 24:31.440 The two detectives showed the grocer man Lupino's mug shot. 24:31.440 --> 24:33.800 He gave a positive identification. 24:33.800 --> 24:36.360 They then checked with the apartment house manager. 24:36.360 --> 24:40.720 After looking at the mug shot, he identified Lupino as the tenant in apartment 10B. 24:40.720 --> 24:43.800 Detectives Billings and Vance staked out the place until our arrival with enough men to 24:43.800 --> 24:46.800 cover the area. 24:46.800 --> 24:48.800 Vance? 24:48.800 --> 24:51.800 Yeah, Chief. 24:51.800 --> 24:56.120 What's the story? 24:56.120 --> 24:57.120 He's in there. 24:57.120 --> 24:58.120 Hasn't been out all day. 24:58.120 --> 24:59.120 Apartment 10B. 24:59.120 --> 25:00.120 We'll take the front, Chief. 25:00.120 --> 25:01.800 Manager thinks Lupino has a gun. 25:01.800 --> 25:04.480 Made us clean in the apartment, found some loose slugs in the dresser drawer. 25:04.480 --> 25:05.480 You still want it, Friday? 25:05.480 --> 25:06.480 Well, it's our headache. 25:06.480 --> 25:08.480 Joe and I will go in, Chief. 25:08.480 --> 25:09.480 Right. 25:09.480 --> 25:10.480 Vance gets the men up on the roof to cover. 25:10.480 --> 25:12.480 We've already fanned them out around the building. 25:12.480 --> 25:15.520 I don't know what they tell you in LA on one of these things, but here we tell them to 25:15.520 --> 25:16.520 be careful. 25:16.520 --> 25:17.520 Right, Chief. 25:17.520 --> 25:18.520 Joe, let's go. 25:18.520 --> 25:29.800 10B is on the second floor. 25:29.800 --> 25:36.800 Let's take the stairs here. 25:36.800 --> 25:47.040 Long way up in there. 25:47.040 --> 25:55.320 This way. 25:55.320 --> 25:56.320 You cover, huh? 25:56.320 --> 25:57.320 Yeah. 25:57.320 --> 26:00.320 Watch out, Pete. 26:00.320 --> 26:09.120 He shot right through the door. 26:09.120 --> 26:10.120 He's got two left. 26:10.120 --> 26:11.400 He's got another gun. 26:11.400 --> 26:12.400 Let's take him. 26:12.400 --> 26:13.400 One good kick ought to get the lock. 26:13.400 --> 26:14.400 Right. 26:14.400 --> 26:15.400 Just a minute. 26:15.400 --> 26:16.400 Let's go, Pete. 26:16.400 --> 26:17.400 Watch it. 26:17.400 --> 26:18.400 I got it. 26:18.400 --> 26:19.400 Watch that gun, will you? 26:19.400 --> 26:20.400 Drop it. 26:20.400 --> 26:21.400 Look, here. 26:21.400 --> 26:28.400 Let it alone, Lupino. 26:28.400 --> 26:31.400 I got it. 26:31.400 --> 26:32.400 All right, come on. 26:32.400 --> 26:33.400 Get up. 26:33.400 --> 26:34.400 You all right, Pete? 26:34.400 --> 26:35.400 Okay. 26:35.400 --> 26:36.400 I got the cops. 26:36.400 --> 26:37.400 What's the big idea? 26:37.400 --> 26:40.400 They tell us you killed that patrolman. 26:40.400 --> 26:41.880 He got tough. 26:41.880 --> 26:42.880 You didn't have to kill him. 26:42.880 --> 26:44.680 You spotted the stolen car. 26:44.680 --> 26:45.680 What else could I do? 26:45.680 --> 26:46.680 Come on, you. 26:46.680 --> 26:49.080 You had as much chance as I did. 26:49.080 --> 26:50.080 That figures. 26:50.080 --> 26:51.080 Yeah. 26:51.080 --> 26:52.080 He's got holes in the back of his head. 26:52.080 --> 27:03.440 The story you have just heard was true. 27:03.440 --> 27:07.200 Only the names and locations were changed to protect the innocent. 27:07.200 --> 27:11.680 On October 2nd, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 91, City and County of Los 27:11.680 --> 27:13.340 Angeles, State of California. 27:13.340 --> 27:15.200 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:15.200 --> 27:17.900 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:17.900 --> 27:19.220 Thank you. 27:19.220 --> 27:24.040 The working detective knows that every member of his local police department is a qualified 27:24.040 --> 27:25.280 man. 27:25.280 --> 27:29.880 He knows that his fellow peace officers have been carefully selected to perform their specific 27:29.880 --> 27:35.200 duties by trial, by examination, and by results. 27:35.200 --> 27:39.920 So with a cigarette, the makers of Fatima carefully select and blend only the finest 27:39.920 --> 27:43.960 Turkish and domestic tobaccos to make Fatima extra mild. 27:43.960 --> 27:45.280 Best of all, long cigarettes. 27:45.280 --> 27:50.720 If you're a long cigarette smoker like I am, smoke Fatima. 27:50.720 --> 27:52.720 Every pack is extra mild. 27:52.720 --> 27:53.720 Fatima. 27:53.720 --> 28:06.320 Michael Everett Lupino was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 28:06.320 --> 28:08.760 The jury failed to recommend the death penalty. 28:08.760 --> 28:13.040 Lupino is now serving his life term in the state penitentiary. 28:13.040 --> 28:17.840 Ladies and gentlemen, the Los Angeles Police Department requests the cooperation of all 28:17.840 --> 28:21.680 Dragnet listeners in the following police matter. 28:21.680 --> 28:26.560 The Los Angeles Police Department would like every and any information regarding a gun 28:26.560 --> 28:28.360 fitting the following description. 28:28.360 --> 28:33.380 38 caliber special Smith & Wesson revolver, gold seal model. 28:33.380 --> 28:36.240 The gun has a blue steel four inch barrel. 28:36.240 --> 28:43.360 The serial number is 210088. 28:43.360 --> 28:48.000 If you have any information as to the past or present whereabouts of this gun, contact 28:48.000 --> 28:49.000 W.H. 28:49.000 --> 28:51.700 Parker, Chief of Police, Los Angeles, California. 28:51.700 --> 28:53.840 This is a very important matter. 28:53.840 --> 28:56.920 All information furnished will be held in strictest confidence. 28:56.920 --> 28:57.920 Thank you. 28:57.920 --> 29:02.840 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 29:02.840 --> 29:06.620 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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