1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,400 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,560 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:30,440 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,360 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,840 You're assigned to forgery detail. 6 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,120 An accomplished Czech forger is at work in your city. 7 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,040 His victims, small businessmen. 8 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,040 You know his M.O. 9 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,520 You don't know his identity. 10 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,200 Your job. 11 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,280 Get him. 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,520 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 13 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,520 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 14 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:02,920 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,160 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 16 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:12,640 To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 17 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,840 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,000 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,480 Best of all long cigarettes. 20 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,800 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 21 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:31,400 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 22 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:37,640 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 23 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,240 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 24 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,480 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:47,960 files. 26 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:53,200 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,080 in action. 28 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,800 Was Monday, February 4th. 29 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,840 Was cold in Los Angeles. 30 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,360 We were working a day watch out of forgery detail. 31 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,080 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Elliott. 32 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:07,080 My name's Friday. 33 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:11,920 I was on the way home from the office and it was 8.25 p.m. when I got to Collis Avenue. 34 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:12,920 Number 4656. 35 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:13,920 Joseph, is that you? 36 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:14,920 Yeah, Ma. 37 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:15,920 We're in the living room. 38 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:16,920 We have company. 39 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:17,920 Oh, is that so? 40 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:18,920 Hello, Joe. 41 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:19,920 You remember Mary Fowler, don't you, Mr. Joseph? 42 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:20,920 I sure do. 43 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:21,920 How are you, Miss Fowler? 44 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:22,920 Just fine, Joe, thank you. 45 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:23,920 Doing some shopping out this way and thought I'd stop by and have a cup of tea with your 46 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:24,920 mother. 47 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:25,920 Well, it's good to see you. 48 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:26,920 How are things in the old neighborhood, huh? 49 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:27,920 Oh, pretty much the same. 50 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:28,920 Oh, Miss Daly, remember her? 51 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:29,920 Mm-hmm. 52 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:30,920 Finally dying. 53 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:31,920 I suppose she's a little bit of a wimp. 54 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:32,920 I'm sorry. 55 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:33,920 I'm sorry. 56 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:34,920 I'm sorry. 57 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:35,920 I'm sorry. 58 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:36,920 I'm sorry. 59 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:41,920 I'm sorry. 60 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:45,920 I'm sorry. 61 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:48,920 Jim got a new job. Not by Aldadena. 62 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:49,920 Oh, is that so? 63 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,920 Yeah. My, you're certainly looking fine, Joe. 64 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:55,920 Don't you wear your police uniform anymore? 65 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,920 I know Mary Joseph's in the detective bureau now. 66 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:00,920 Hasn't worn his uniform for years. 67 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:02,920 Oh, that's right. I remember now. 68 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:06,920 That note you sent me, your Christmas card, year before last. 69 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,920 What do you do now, Joe? 70 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:11,920 Forgery detail. My partner and I handle bum check cases. 71 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,920 My, that certainly must be interesting. 72 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:14,920 Have you had your dinner, Joseph? 73 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:17,920 Yes, ma'am. I stopped at a place out in Santa Monica and had something. 74 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:21,920 Yes, well Mary brought me some nice coffee cakes and pineapple filling. 75 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:23,920 Wouldn't you like one with a cup of coffee, Joseph? 76 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:25,920 No, I don't know, ma'am. 77 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,920 You sit down in your chair there and rest yourself. You always look so tired. 78 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,920 I have no idea how hard they worked those young times, Mary. 79 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,920 You remember Genevieve, don't you Joe? My oldest girl. 80 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,920 Oh, yeah, sure. How is she? 81 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,920 Oh, just fine. Lots of boyfriends as usual. 82 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Going out all the time. 83 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:45,920 Oh, that's good. 84 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,920 She asked to be remembered to you. 85 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,920 I think you and Genevieve were stuck on each other at one time, weren't you Joe? 86 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,920 We went to a couple of dances in high school. 87 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,920 I think she started going steady with another fella, didn't she? 88 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,920 Young girls, they never know when they're well off. 89 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,920 Here's your coffee, Joseph. I set it here in the end table. 90 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,920 Thanks, I don't think I can use it, ma'am. 91 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,920 Oh, delicious coffee cake. You smell how fresh it is. 92 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:10,920 Yeah, it's nice. 93 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,920 Oh my, quarter to nine. I should have left half an hour ago. 94 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,920 Oh, you have to go, Mary. Seems our visits are always so short. 95 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,920 Well, I got a lot of ironing to do and I have to make Carl's lunch. 96 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:22,920 He's always so fussy about his lunches. 97 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,920 Yes, well, I'll get your coat. 98 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,920 Well, it's nice seeing you again, Joe. 99 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,920 Do you want to be remembered to Genevieve? 100 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,920 Yeah, tell her hello, William and Miss Pollard. 101 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,920 If you're over our way, be sure and drop in and see us, won't you? 102 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,920 Genevieve's home at the office by six. 103 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,920 She often says she'd like to see you again. 104 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,920 Oh, same. Good night, Joe. You be sure to come and see us now. 105 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:44,920 Gene will be looking forward to it. 106 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,920 Okay, Miss Pollard, good night. 107 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,920 Yeah, well, I'll show you to the door, ma'am. 108 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,920 You'll remember your strong and maker's vows. 109 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,920 All right, dear, I want you to take care of yourself now. 110 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:54,920 Good night. 111 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,920 Good night, Mary. 112 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,920 There's the person, Mary. 113 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,920 She's having a hard time trying to find a husband for Genevieve. 114 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,920 Yeah. Hey, ma, I'm not very hungry. I can't eat now. 115 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Oh? Well, it seems such a shame to waste. 116 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,920 That's a lovely coffee cake. 117 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,920 Been used to having the same case, hmm? 118 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,920 Yeah, same one. 119 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,920 It seems to me it's taken you an awfully long time. 120 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,920 Well, we've been on it two months, yeah. 121 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,920 You never understand it. 122 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,920 When people write bad checks, always get caught. 123 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,920 Well, it's easy living while it lasts. 124 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,920 Now, you know what the man's handwriting is like. 125 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,920 Don't you know who the man is? 126 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,920 Well, we think so, ma. We're not sure. 127 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,920 There's hundreds of checked men who work almost alike. 128 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,920 Some of them even look alike. 129 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,920 There's always a big enough field to pick from. 130 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,920 Our problem's picking the right one. 131 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,920 I don't know much about it, but the whole thing seems kind of silly to me. 132 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,920 Well, how's that? 133 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,920 What's this man supposed to be doing? 134 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,920 Going around your small neighborhood stores, cashing 15, 20 dollar checks. 135 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,920 If he got himself a job, he'd probably earn that much in one day, doing good honest work. 136 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,920 Say, Ben didn't call before I got home, did he? 137 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,920 Wasn't he with you? 138 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,920 He was going to interview one of the bum check victims on his way home, 139 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,920 a grocery store owner down at Highland Park. 140 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,920 It might be him now. 141 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,920 Now don't hang on that phone, Joseph. Your coffee gets cold. 142 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,920 Yeah. 143 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:30,920 Friday talking. 144 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,920 This is Ben, Joe. Got a partial identification from that grocer. 145 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:34,920 There's nothing great. 146 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:35,920 Which mug shot did he like? 147 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:36,920 Stanley Bubeck. 148 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,920 Grocer thinks it might have been the guy who pushed the check. 149 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,920 He can't be sure. 150 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,920 Thirty-three bum checks passed. Same MO. 151 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,920 Not one positive identification. Something's phony, isn't it? 152 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:47,920 It's got me stuffed. 153 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,920 We know the endorsements on every one of those checks was written by the same guy. 154 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,920 He was practically the same story on every one of his victims. 155 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,920 Those thirty-three people are either blind or they're kidding us. 156 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,920 Well, there's only one other answer. 157 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,920 We're looking for the wrong man. 158 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:07,920 For two months and two days in different shopping districts throughout the city, 159 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:13,920 a man described as well-dressed and middle-aged had been passing worthless checks on independent neighborhood businessmen. 160 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:19,920 Most of the victims were proprietors of small shops, meat markets, liquor stores, grocery stores. 161 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,920 In none of the cases was the check written for more than $25. 162 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,920 With the help of the stats office and our record bureau, 163 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:32,920 we've gone through the list of experienced checkmen until we found one man whose description and MO matched perfectly with that of the suspect. 164 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,920 The man's name was Stanley Bubeck. 165 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,920 We can't locate him, Captain. Another thing, we can't get a positive identification from any of the victims. 166 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,920 And find a suspect they can't identify. 167 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,920 You've been tracking the guy for two months. What's the big mystery? 168 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,920 Well, we tabbed the man as Stanley Bubeck and his record and his MO as description. They all tie in perfectly. 169 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:51,920 Now we're not sure it's him. 170 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:52,920 What do you mean? 171 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,920 Well, if it is Bubeck, it's almost a sure thing that one of the victims could have made him on one of his mug shots. 172 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,920 None of them can make up their minds. 173 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,920 Look, maybe one of you two would like to be captain of the forgery for a day, sit in this office, 174 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:10,920 and listen to complaints come in over that phone about this guy at the front office, neighborhood businessmen's clubs, retail merchants. 175 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,920 They tell me they're trouble-sowing, passing them on to you. 176 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,920 Now whoever this paper hanger is, we want him and we want him fast. 177 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,920 Lousy little $20 checks. We'd probably have a lot better target if he tried something bigger. 178 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,920 And don't think he and a hundred other checkmen like him don't know that. 179 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,920 You won't find them stealing company paychecks and flooding the town with paper. 180 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,920 They take it from the little guy and they take it in small amounts, 181 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,920 but add up those small amounts at the end of the year and they'll scare you. 182 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,920 That's the rotten part about it. None of those victims can afford a bad check. 183 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,920 That grocer Donnelly stands on his feet all day and had a profit of $10, $15. 184 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,920 He gets tagged with one bad check and he's working for nothing. 185 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,920 We've got bulletins out on the suspect, all the small businessmen in town have all been alerting. 186 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,920 Excuse me. 187 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,920 Have Nell in. 188 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,920 Yeah, okay Don, right away. 189 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,920 Don Myers, he went over the handwriting those last three checks, wants to see you. 190 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:00,920 Okay. 191 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,920 How about that special bulletin you got out to the prisons on Stanley Bubeck? Any replies? 192 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:06,920 Nothing yet, Skipper. 193 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:07,920 All right, stay on it. 194 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,920 Right, let's go. 195 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,920 That's a sour deal. I'd give a right arm for a line on this guy. 196 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,920 It'd move a lot faster if somebody'd help us follow those checks closer. 197 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,920 The way it's running now, we hear about the paper two weeks after it's been cashed. 198 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:25,920 That Bubeck thing isn't helping much. 199 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,920 You know, you just find another line and we get a settle. 200 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:31,920 Hi Don. 201 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:32,920 Oh, hi. 202 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,920 Just finished up on those last three checks that came in. You want to give them a look? 203 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:36,920 How do they shape up? 204 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,920 Well, you can see for yourself. Right here. 205 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:40,920 Yeah. 206 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,920 Here are the three I just went over. 207 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,920 And here are half a dozen bad ones for cash last month. 208 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,920 Now the endorsements on this half doesn't match perfectly. 209 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,920 And those other three? 210 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,920 Well, I'd say they were endorsed by the same person. 211 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,920 Now look here. You can notice the capital letters. 212 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,920 Now he still handles them the same way. 213 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,920 Disconnected from the other letters in the first name. See? 214 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:04,920 Yeah. 215 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,920 But he connects the capitals in the last name. See? 216 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:08,920 Mm-hmm. 217 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:09,920 Not very bright. 218 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:10,920 Yeah. 219 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,920 Not much doubt in my mind. All the other handwriting factors tie in. 220 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,920 Form, skill, shading. They all match up. 221 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,920 The movement, terminals, they're all the same for my money. 222 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,920 Here, the way he writes the lower case letters. 223 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:24,920 That cinches it for me. 224 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:25,920 How's that, Don? 225 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:31,920 Well, here. The inclination of the terminal stroke on the S. See it? 226 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,920 Degree of slant above the horizontal is just about 55 degrees in all cases. 227 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,920 The finger movement in his capitals have plenty of freedom. 228 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,920 They're not shaded much. 229 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,920 Nothing like this in his lower case letters, though. You see? Here. 230 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,920 Yeah, I think I know what you mean. 231 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,920 Not much freedom here. Lots of shading. 232 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,920 And the pressure on the lifts. Here. They match up. 233 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,920 Same on the down stroke. 234 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,920 Now I'd say the skill is medium in all cases. 235 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,920 Embellishment's both class, too. 236 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,920 No changes at all in the style? 237 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,920 Oh, he made the signatures look a little different. 238 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,920 All eight factors match up, though. It's the same person. 239 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,920 All we have to do is find him. 240 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,920 Hey, how about this fellow, Stanley Bubeck? I thought you had him tapped. 241 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,920 We're not too sure about him, but it's the only line we got to work on, so we'll have to do for now. 242 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,920 Romero, there's a man in the office that says you and Joe. His name's Loomis. 243 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:22,920 Right, Fred. Be there in a minute. 244 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:23,920 Okay. 245 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,920 Well, thanks, Don. We'll check you later, huh? 246 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,920 Sure. Okay. See you. 247 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:38,920 Let's go, Ben. 248 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,920 How you do? You Mr. Loomis? 249 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,920 Yes, sir. Sergeant Romero? 250 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,920 No, this is Sergeant Romero here. My name's Friday. 251 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,920 Oh, I thought you'd do. 252 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,920 What can we do for you? 253 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,920 It's about these checks, Sergeant. 254 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,920 These right here. 255 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:54,920 Well? 256 00:11:54,920 --> 00:12:02,920 You see, I run a delicatessen out on Sunset, and a few days ago a new customer came in for a few things and paid for them with these checks. He came in twice. 257 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:03,920 Yeah, go ahead. 258 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:11,920 Well, I got the checks back today. They're no good. I tried to look up the man at the address he gave, but there's no such address. 259 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:12,920 Mm-hmm. 260 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,920 You can see, one's for $15, the other one's for $20. 261 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:16,920 Yeah. 262 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:22,920 The reason I ask for you, man, is because I know the man who runs the drug store across the street, George Holmquist. 263 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,920 He had some bad checks about a month ago. He said you took care of them. 264 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,920 Oh, yeah, yeah. I remember. Do you recall the man who passed these checks, Mr. Loomis? 265 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:35,920 Yes, I think I do. He told me he was new in the neighborhood and he was looking for a place to trade. 266 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,920 Well, I guess we're all anxious for new business. I took the checks. 267 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:40,920 You got those mugshots there, man? 268 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,920 Yeah. 269 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:43,920 Here they are. 270 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:48,920 Thank you. How about these men, Mr. Loomis? Any of them look anything like the person who passed the checks on you? 271 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:58,920 No. Let's see. This one, yes, it does look like the man in a way. I don't know if I could be absolutely sure. 272 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,920 Stanley Bubeck, same MMO. 273 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:01,920 What about you, Bob? 274 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,920 Well, it looks like you're stuck with a couple of bad ones, Mr. Loomis. Probably the same man who passed checks on your drugist friend. 275 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,920 We're doing everything we can to run this man down. 276 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,920 Look, what about the checks? Isn't there anything I can do about them? 277 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:18,920 No, sir, I'm sorry. Not right now. We would like to have you make out a crime report, if you will, and would you leave these checks with us? 278 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:19,920 Sure. 279 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:20,920 Howdy, Romero. 280 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,920 Here it is, Mr. Loomis. 281 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:28,920 Hedge just came in for you. Reply from Salt Lake City, Utah on that bulletin you sent out on Stanley Bubeck. 282 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:29,920 Yeah. 283 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,920 He's been in jail for five months. 284 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:41,920 We sent a request to Salt Lake asking him to question Stanley Bubeck if he knew of any forger who matched his description or used his M.O. 285 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,920 Bubeck could tell us nothing. 286 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:50,920 Wednesday, February 6th, we threw away the results of two months of investigation. We went back and started from the beginning. 287 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,920 Despite all precautions and warnings, the checks kept coming in at the rate of half a dozen a week. 288 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,920 The same M.O. was used, the same handwriting showed up in the signatures on the checks. 289 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:07,920 Again, with the help of the staff and the statistician's office and the record bureau, we waded through hundreds of names of known checkmen and compiled a new list of 38 possible suspects. 290 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:15,920 Each one fitted the general description of the forger. Each one at some time in his forgery career had used the same general method of operation. 291 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:23,920 Well, after days of legwork, we finally boiled down the list of possible to three names, George Roberts, James Young, and Hariel Johansson. 292 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,920 We got out a flyer to all the small businessmen in the areas where the forger operated. 293 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,920 Another week passed. The worthless checks kept showing up at the rate of two and three a day. 294 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:36,920 On February 21st, Ben and I answered a call from a drugist in the Echo Park District. 295 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,920 He bought some toothpaste and a carton of cigarettes, Sergeant, asked me to cash a $20 check for him. 296 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,920 Did you ever see the man before, sir? 297 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:49,920 No, he gave me the same old story about being new in the neighborhood. That's when I remembered that police bulletin the department sent me. 298 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,920 Do you still have that bulletin? 299 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,920 No, I looked it over and then I guess it got mislaid. 300 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,920 I wonder if you'd mind taking a look at these pictures here. 301 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,920 Not at all. 302 00:14:58,920 --> 00:14:59,920 These right here. 303 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:03,920 Sure. This one right on top, that's the man. 304 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:04,920 Are you sure? 305 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,920 I am. It only happened a few hours ago. Do you know who he is? 306 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,920 Harry O. Johansson. That's the name we have on him. 307 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:13,920 Doesn't mean anything to me. 308 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,920 He got real huffy when I wouldn't take his checks. Stalked right out of the store. Very suspicious. 309 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:17,920 Did you follow him? 310 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,920 No, I told Ralph, my clerk, to follow him. Ralph? 311 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:22,920 Yeah, Mr. Butler? 312 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,920 You want to tell these officers about that man this morning? 313 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,920 I followed him down the street for a block and then turned the corner. That's where I lost him. 314 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:30,920 That's too bad. 315 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,920 Yeah, all I got was a license number. 316 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:43,920 Music 317 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:50,920 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation presented in the public interest by Fatima Cigarettes. 318 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:56,920 If you smoke a long cigarette, it will be in your interest to listen to a typical case history of a Fatima smoker. 319 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:02,920 It's the case of Northwest Airlines stewardess Jean Manson. 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He told us that he had loaned his car the day before to a friend of his. 338 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:25,920 He identified the friend as Harry L. Johansson and gave us his last known address, 614 Elderwood Avenue. 339 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,920 We got out of broadcast on the car. 340 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:36,920 The Elderwood Avenue address turned out to be a single-story wooden frame house in the southern part of the city on the edge of the industrial district. 341 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,920 It needed a coat of paint. 342 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:43,920 A woman in her elderly thirties answered the door and identified herself as Mrs. Johansson. 343 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,920 She invited us into the living room. There was a baby playing on the floor. 344 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,920 I don't expect my husband home for another two weeks, Sergeant. 345 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,920 He's a cosmetic salesman. Travels all over the western states. 346 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,920 When did he leave on this last trip, Mrs. Johansson? 347 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,920 The first of the month. Why, is anything wrong? 348 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,920 What's the name of the cosmetics company that your husband works for? 349 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,920 Harrington Universal. Offices are down on East Main. 350 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,920 Do you know a friend of your husband's named Russell Burroughs? 351 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,920 Yes, I do. He's kind of a friend of the family. 352 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,920 Please, Sergeant, if there's anything wrong, I ought to know. 353 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:21,920 We talked to Mr. Burroughs this afternoon. He told us your husband's in town. Burroughs loaned him his car. 354 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,920 Harry, with that silly of still on the road, he'd certainly let me know if he was coming back early. 355 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,920 You sure of that, ma'am? 356 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,920 Would you excuse me a minute, Sergeant? I'll have to put the baby to bed. 357 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:32,920 Certainly, ma'am. 358 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,920 Come on, Bonnie. I'll be back in a minute. 359 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,920 Kind of a funny setup, isn't it? 360 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:39,920 How you mean? 361 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,920 Well, if Johansson's pushing bum checks, the money isn't going into his home here. 362 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,920 Life doesn't act like she knows anything. Seems cooperative. 363 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,920 I'm afraid we're going to have to level with her if we're going to find out anything, huh? 364 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:52,920 Mm-hmm. 365 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,920 You sure got a cute little girl. 366 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:55,920 I'm sorry, Sergeant. 367 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,920 It's perfectly all right. Just a few more questions. 368 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,920 Is it possible that your husband could be in town and you might not know it? 369 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,920 I mean, could he be staying with a friend or some relevance? 370 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,920 No, if Harry was in town, he'd come home. Why would he stay with anyone else? 371 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,920 When did you last hear from your husband? 372 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,920 Last week. He wrote from San Francisco. 373 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,920 The letters write there on the mantle. 374 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,920 Oh, huh. 375 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,920 Well, besides that letter, do you have any other samples of your husband's handwriting run out? 376 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,920 Well, I think so, yes. 377 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,920 Where did you say you were from? 378 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,920 Central Division, Forgery Detail. 379 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:28,920 You investigate checks, bad checks. 380 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,920 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 381 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:31,920 And you know about my husband. 382 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,920 His prison record, yes. 383 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,920 Harry promised me he was through with all that. He gave me his word. 384 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:37,920 Sorry, ma'am. 385 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,920 About a month ago, he had some extra money. 386 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,920 He wouldn't tell me where he got it. 387 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,920 Look, Sergeant, maybe you've made a mistake. 388 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,920 Maybe it's not Harry at all. You're not sure, are you? 389 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,920 Did your husband use the phone much, I mean, for out-of-town calls, say? 390 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:54,920 No. 391 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,920 Just that one toll call, a Long Beach number, I think. 392 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,920 He has a business friend down there he used to call. 393 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,920 Do you know the number, ma'am? 394 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,920 I can show you. It's on last month's phone bill. 395 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Please, Sergeant, if Harry's done something wrong, he did it for us. 396 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,920 Me and the baby. Harry's not bad. 397 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:13,920 Yes, ma'am. 398 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,920 He's done something. He did it for us. 399 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,920 Harry hasn't had it easy. 400 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,920 He wanted to get things for the baby. 401 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,920 Clothes, a better house. All he wanted was a little happiness. 402 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:27,920 A little happiness. 403 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,920 You had it wrong, ma'am. 404 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,920 You don't buy it with bum checks. 405 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,920 Before we left Mrs. Johansson, we called and had a stakeout placed on the house. 406 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:45,920 And then we got a sample of her husband's handwriting and the Long Beach telephone number that he was in the habit of calling. 407 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:51,920 The next morning, Don Myers and handwriting compared Harry Johansson's letter with the signatures on the worthless checks. 408 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,920 It matched. 409 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,920 We called the Harrington Universal Cosmetics Company. They never heard of Harry Johansson. 410 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:02,920 We called that Long Beach phone number. A woman answered and gave us the address where the telephone was installed. 411 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,920 Turned out to be a swanky modern apartment house. 412 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,920 In apartment 18, we interviewed a good-looking brunette. 413 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,920 She identified herself as Harry Johansson's common-law wife. 414 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,920 She was well dressed and the apartment was richly furnished. 415 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,920 What's it all about? What do you want, Harry? 416 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,920 Police business. You know where he is? 417 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:20,920 Well, what's he done? 418 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,920 Do you know where he is? 419 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,920 He drove into Hollywood this morning. He might be back tonight. I don't know for sure. 420 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,920 Is this your apartment? 421 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,920 Yeah. Mine and Harry's. 422 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,920 You're sure that Johansson's not here now? 423 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,920 Of course I'm sure. Why? 424 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,920 Well, you won't mind if we come in and look around, huh? 425 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,920 I have a right to know what it's all about. 426 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,920 Johansson's wanted for forgery. Now if you want to get involved, you help him hide out. 427 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:49,920 I'm not asking for that kind of trouble. Go ahead and look. 428 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,920 Take the bedroom, will you, Ben? 429 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,920 All right. 430 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,920 Never mind, cop. 431 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,920 Thanks for the help, honey. 432 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,920 I don't want any part of your troubles, Harry. 433 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,920 I didn't know a thing about it, Johansson. 434 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:05,920 Ben. 435 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,920 Yeah. 436 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,920 You better come along too, lady. 437 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,920 Well, tell him, Harry. I don't know what it's about. 438 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,920 What's the idea of getting me mixed up in this? 439 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,920 How do you think I was paying for this place? 440 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,920 Taking you out and buying us clothes for you. 441 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,920 I don't want any part of it. 442 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,920 Three-room apartment, a couple of dresses. That's all he ever got me. 443 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,920 You got no complaints, lady. That's more than he bought his kids. 444 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:40,920 One p.m. Friday, Ben and I took Harry Johansson to the county jail where he was booked for suspicion of forgery. 445 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:42,920 We called Mrs. Johansson and notified her. 446 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:47,920 She immediately contacted friends and relatives and raised enough money for a writ to have her husband released from jail. 447 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,920 Three days later, Johansson was arraigned on a date set for his preliminary hearing. 448 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,920 After the arraignment, Ben and I took him back to the county jail for re-booking. 449 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,920 I'd like to ask you a question, Johansson. 450 00:22:58,920 --> 00:22:59,920 Yeah? 451 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,920 You got any money of your own left? 452 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,920 Why don't you stick to your own business, copper? 453 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,920 That family of yours is having a pretty rough time. 454 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,920 Your wife borrowed every cent she could find to bail you out. Now what's she gonna live on? 455 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,920 She's got relatives. 456 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:11,920 No, I was the elevator. 457 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:17,920 Come on, Johansson. 458 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,920 They're not gonna put me back in Fulton. Not in a hundred years. 459 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,920 You've done two stretches already for hanging paper. You should have known better, mister. 460 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,920 You got it all figured out, haven't you, fuzz? Well, I'm not going back. 461 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,920 Take it easy. You got a couple of more weeks on bail before the trial. 462 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,920 Yeah. A couple of weeks. 463 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,920 What's the matter with you? Don't you feel well? 464 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,920 They won't get me back to Fulton. 465 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:53,920 You're not making it any easier on yourself. All right, Archie. 466 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:03,920 Don't you cops understand? I hate it. Every lousy bit of it. I'm not going back to Fulton. 467 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,920 I'm not going back. Now, do you understand? 468 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:12,920 That's a good idea, mister. You remember that when you get out. 469 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:18,920 We booked Harry Johansson into county jail. His bail was continued and he was released pending a trial. 470 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:23,920 During the next week, along with the district attorney's office, Ben and I helped prepare the case against Johansson. 471 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,920 Three days before the trial opened, we had a phone call from Mrs. Johansson. 472 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,920 She told us that her husband had disappeared. 473 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,920 Although there was nothing we could do until he actually failed to appear in Superior Court at the appointed time. 474 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:39,920 On Monday, April 3rd, the case of the state versus Harry L. Johansson officially opened. 475 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:45,920 The defendant failed to show. A bench warrant was immediately issued and we got out of broadcast and an APB on the suspect. 476 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,920 Stakeouts were placed in his house and at the apartment of his common law wife. 477 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:55,920 Two days passed. No sign of him. 478 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,920 Nothing, Joe. Pummelay just checked it out. 479 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:03,920 How about those two ex-con pals of Johansson's? Did you check with them? 480 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,920 Yeah, nothing there. I don't see how it can last out much longer. One suit of clothes, no money. 481 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,920 He's still got a checkbook. When did the skipper say he was coming back? 482 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,920 Around 7.30 tonight. 7.15 now. 483 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,920 I'll get it. 484 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:20,920 Forgery Friday. 485 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,920 Joseph, this is your mother. 486 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:24,920 Oh, yeah. Hi, Ma. 487 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,920 I forgot to tell you when you called earlier. You're supposed to be home tonight by 8 o'clock. 488 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:30,920 What's that, Ma? 489 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,920 Mary Fowler. She's coming over to visit tonight and Genevieve's coming with her. 490 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:41,920 Yeah, well, look, will you try to explain to them that I'm working and I can't get away, huh? 491 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,920 Well, all right, Joseph. I'll try. 492 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,920 If I possibly can, I'll try to make it home by 10. Will that be all right? 493 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:52,920 All right, Joseph. I'll see what I can do. Genevieve's going to be disappointed. 494 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,920 Yeah. If I'm later than that, don't wait up for me, huh? 495 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,920 Yes, all right then. 496 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:58,920 Bye, Ma. 497 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,920 Yes. Bye, Joseph. 498 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,920 Oh, thanks, Giver. The call just came in. 499 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:06,920 Yeah? 500 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,920 I found Johansson. 501 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:16,920 Captain Elliott, Ben, and I drove out the highway to the Tehunga Wash. 502 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,920 We turned off and headed into the Mount Gleason area. 503 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,920 Captain Elliott directed us onto a dirt road halfway up one of the mountains. 504 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,920 We spotted a group of cars pulled off on the shoulder of the road. 505 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,920 We parked behind them, got out, and started over. 506 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,920 Who found the cars, Giver? 507 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,920 One of the people living back in the hills. 508 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,920 We spotted it on our way home from work. 509 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:36,920 Hmm. 510 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:37,920 Horn and got here in a hurry. 511 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,920 Yeah. Hi, Dave. 512 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,920 How you doing, Joe? Captain Elliott. 513 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:42,920 How long has he been dead? 514 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,920 Since last night, I figure. Come on over. 515 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,920 You talked to the man who found Johansson's body, Dave? 516 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:51,920 Yeah, he didn't touch a thing. 517 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,920 What'd you find? 518 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,920 Powder burns on the temple, powder on the hands. 519 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,920 Boys from Homicide found the note. 520 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,920 It's on the seat right next to him. 521 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,920 Here it is here. It's been checked. 522 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,920 Yeah, thanks. 523 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,920 All ties in, huh, Dave? 524 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:06,920 Pretty tight, yeah. 525 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,920 Gene Bechdel from Homicide wants to talk to you, Captain. 526 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:10,920 Okay, be right back, Joe. 527 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:11,920 Right. 528 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,920 Who do you address the note to, Joe's wife? 529 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,920 No, my girlfriend. 530 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,920 Look what he wrote it on. 531 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,920 Yeah, blank check. 532 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:30,920 The story you've just heard was true. 533 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,920 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 534 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,920 On April 9th, an inquest was held in the coroner's office 535 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,920 on the main floor of the Hall of Justice, Los Angeles, California. 536 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,920 In a moment, the results of that inquest. 537 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,920 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 538 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:45,920 Thank you. 539 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,920 The working detective comes in contact with many people in his daily tour of duty, 540 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,920 people who are willing to cooperate, and those who won't even try. 541 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,920 It's a difficult task, but the police officer has been trained 542 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,920 to try to please everybody to the best of his ability. 543 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,920 So with a cigarette. 544 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,920 The people who make Fatima try to please all long cigarette smokers. 545 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,920 They carefully select and blend the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 546 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,920 to make Fatima extra mild, the best of all long cigarettes. 547 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,920 Now, if you're a long cigarette smoker like I am, smoke Fatima. 548 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,920 Every pack is extra mild. 549 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,920 Fatima. 550 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:35,920 On April 9th, the coroner's jury returned a verdict that the death of Harry L. Johansson 551 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,920 was caused by a gunshot wound in the head, self-inflicted. 552 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:48,920 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 553 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,920 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 554 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,920 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 555 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,920 Fatima cigarettes, the best of all long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet from Los Angeles. 556 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,920 Coming up, Duffy's Tavern. 557 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,920 More good times on NBC.