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It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 14 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:34,800 DRAGNET, the documented drama of an actual crime. 15 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,160 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 16 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:44,440 you will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case from official police files. 17 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:51,360 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force in action. 18 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:57,600 It was Tuesday, November 3rd. It was chilly in Los Angeles. 19 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,200 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 20 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,920 My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Ed Walker. 21 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,840 My name's Friday. It was five minutes to midnight when we got to 318 Silver Avenue. 22 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,720 Stendhal's Bakery Shop. Romero and Friday Central Robbery. 23 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:18,680 Hi, I'm Jacob. She's in at 16R. My partner Olson's back there in the shop talking to the owner. 24 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,080 You answered the call, did you? 25 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,320 Yeah, must have been a crazy man shot two of them down, cold blood. 26 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,680 There they go in the ambulance now. Shot up pretty bad. 27 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:27,840 Who runs the place? 28 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,880 Swedish family named Stendhal. Father, mother, two daughters, all four of them work in the bakery here. 29 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,440 They all here at the time of the robbery? 30 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,440 Yeah, the holdup man shot the father and the oldest daughter. 31 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,360 The mother and the younger girl are in the back straight through that door. 32 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,800 Okay. Thanks, Jacob. 33 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,040 Right, Sergeant. 34 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,400 Joe. 35 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,640 On the side of the door here, looks like a bullet hole. 36 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:52,440 Hey, Jacob. 37 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,200 Yes, Sergeant. 38 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,560 You want to call into the crime lab, ask them to send somebody out? 39 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,000 Right. 40 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,640 Thank you. 41 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:02,920 Hi. You Olson? 42 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:03,320 That's right. 43 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,960 Romero and Friday Central Robbery. 44 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,360 Oh, how are you? These are two of the victims, Mrs. Signy Stendhal. 45 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,040 The girl's her daughter, name's Jennifer. 46 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,040 Any other witnesses? 47 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,440 Not so far. Neighborhood around here is pretty deserted this time of night. 48 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,040 The holdup man made a fast getaway. 49 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,640 Two people who were shot, what kind of shape are they in? 50 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:22,000 Father, Mr. Stendhal, he's got a bullet wound in the right shoulder. 51 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,440 Older daughter's a lot worse. Her name's June. 52 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,840 19 years old, shot four or five times through the stomach. 53 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:28,800 You want to stand by? 54 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,440 Right, yeah. 55 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:30,840 Okay. 56 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,520 Mrs. Stendhal, we're from robbery detail. 57 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,720 Yeah, how do you do? 58 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:35,720 How do you do? 59 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,520 Jenny, you're worse than Alex. 60 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,720 I'm sitting right here in the... 61 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:40,920 ...two chairs. 62 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,120 Yes, Mama. 63 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,720 You will excuse me for not getting up, officer. 64 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,720 I don't feel so well. 65 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,720 That's perfectly right, ma'am. 66 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,320 Chair for you, officer. 67 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,720 Thank you, I'll get it. Thank you very much. 68 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,720 You and your daughter here, are you going to be able to get out of here? 69 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,720 You and your daughter here were in the front of the bakery shop at the time of the robbery. 70 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:04,720 Is that right, Mrs. Stendhal? 71 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,320 No. 72 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,320 Jenny was back here with her father. 73 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,320 Lars, my husband. 74 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,920 Jenny and I were in the shop in front. 75 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,320 Who were you with, ma'am? 76 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,720 Jenny, Jenny and I. 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:18,320 June? 78 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,120 Mama means June, my older sister. She calls her June. 79 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,120 Yeah, June. 80 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,320 Oh, I don't know. 81 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,120 You mind telling us what happened? 82 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,120 Well... 83 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,920 June and I were scrubbing the floor of the shop. 84 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,920 Every Tuesday night we scrubbed the floor of the shop. 85 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,320 Then this man came in and pointed a gun. 86 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,720 He wanted our money. 87 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,720 By what time did he come in? 88 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,520 11.15, 11.20. 89 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,320 I don't remember for certain. 90 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,920 He wanted our money and I gave it to him. 91 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,720 How much was that, ma'am? 92 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,120 Jenny, you know. 93 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,320 How much money was in the bag? 94 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,320 Twenty-four dollars. 95 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,120 Yeah, twenty-four dollars. 96 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,720 He used the paper money. 97 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,920 He took it and put it in his pocket. 98 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,120 June, my daughter, she started to cry. 99 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,720 The man hit her. 100 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,120 She cried some more. 101 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,920 Then Lars and Jenny came running from the back. 102 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,320 Yes, ma'am. 103 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,320 The man pointed the gun. 104 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:25,320 He made Lars and me and Jenny stand against that wall. 105 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,120 But not June. 106 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,520 He took hold of her. 107 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,920 Jenny, who said today? 108 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,520 Then we came in the morning. 109 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,520 And, but, June... 110 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,720 It was getting fresh with her, ma'am. 111 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,720 The man tried to get fresh with June officers. 112 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,120 June hit him. 113 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,920 He tried to drag her out the door with... 114 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,520 Yeah, June hit him. 115 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,320 Hit him good. 116 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,520 And he went like that, 117 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,320 drew her against the counter and pushed June down. 118 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,920 Crazy man. 119 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,320 Crazy look. 120 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,520 He kicked her. 121 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,920 Then Lars, my husband, he ran at the man. 122 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,720 He heard the gun loud. 123 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,720 And Lars fell down. 124 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:21,920 And I screamed. 125 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:22,920 Yeah. 126 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,120 Jenny screamed. 127 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:29,520 He turned and I saw the man standing over June. 128 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,720 He pointed the gun down at her. 129 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,120 Yes, ma'am. 130 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,720 Crazy look on him. 131 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,320 He kept shooting her. 132 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,120 Four, maybe five times. 133 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,920 Jenny screamed. 134 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,920 She kept screaming. 135 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,320 The man ran out the door. 136 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,520 It's all right now, Miss Stender. 137 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,320 Had either one of you ever seen this man before? 138 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:58,120 No, no. 139 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,120 Neither did I. 140 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,720 Would you know him if you saw him again? 141 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,720 Yeah, I think so. 142 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:02,720 I would, officer. 143 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,120 I got a good look at him. 144 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,520 He was wearing a blue cap like a baseball player wears. 145 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:08,120 How'd he get away? 146 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,920 Was he on foot or did he have a car? 147 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,120 Nobody followed him, but after he left, 148 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,920 I heard a car start up down the block and then it drove away. 149 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,320 Do you have anything else to add, Miss Stender? 150 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,520 I hope you catched the man. 151 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,720 His bed. 152 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:24,920 Please catch him. 153 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:25,520 Yes, ma'am. 154 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,320 We're going to try. 155 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,320 Jenny, first and foremost, 156 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,120 I need to get my nickels from the cash register. 157 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:30,720 Yes, ma'am. 158 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:38,920 Here, ma'am. 159 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,520 Here, officer. 160 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,120 When you find the man, please call me. 161 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,120 You keep the nickels. 162 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:51,720 We'll call you. 163 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,720 Before we left the scene of the robbery and shooting, 164 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,720 Mrs. Stendall and her daughter gave us their description of the holdup man 165 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,920 together with the clothing he wore. 166 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,720 The suspect had no outstanding physical characteristics that they'd noticed. 167 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,320 The only thing unusual about his clothing was that he wore what appeared to be a baseball cap 168 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,920 at the time of the holdup. 169 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,920 She described the cap as light blue with a visor. 170 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,320 Together with officers Bechtel and Lopez from Central Robbery, 171 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,320 we canvassed the immediate neighborhood for other possible witnesses. 172 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:17,920 We found none. 173 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,120 The next morning we went out to the hospital. 174 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,920 The condition of the older daughter, June, was critical. 175 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,120 We interviewed the father. 176 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:25,720 He could tell us nothing. 177 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,720 At 10 a.m., Mrs. Stendall and her younger girl, Jenny, were brought to the office 178 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:34,720 and we started them looking through mug books of parolees previously convicted of armed robbery. 179 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:39,120 Within two hours, both of them positively identified the picture of a recent San Quentin release 180 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:40,720 as that of the holdup man. 181 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,320 His name was Harold Best. 182 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,320 We started a quick rundown. 183 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:48,320 You pulled the package on? 184 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,320 Yeah, here's the dope. Harold Best. 185 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Uh, alias Harold Norris, alias Harold Thompson, alias Tom Norris. 186 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,720 One term for armed robbery and Q. Got out four months ago. 187 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,320 M.O. and description both mads. 188 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,120 How about the ex-con files you're checking? 189 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,120 He's registered. Did you get ahold of his parole officer? 190 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,920 Yeah, 244 to Excelsior Avenue is roaming us. 191 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,320 Well, that checks with the ex-con files. 192 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,120 Parole officer says Bechtel went to work two weeks ago at a filling station over on Vermeer. 193 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:11,920 Yeah. 194 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,520 Doesn't seem to be able to hold a job. 195 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,120 Quorrelsome, run himself into death. 196 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,920 I got it. 197 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,620 Robbery, Romero. 198 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:21,120 Yeah, Ray. 199 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,720 That's all, huh? 200 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:23,720 Yeah. 201 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,220 Right, bud. 202 00:09:25,220 --> 00:09:28,220 Ray Pinker at the crime lab. They checked the slugs taken from the two victims. 203 00:09:28,220 --> 00:09:28,820 Yeah. 204 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:31,520 They came with a.32 caliber revolver. 205 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:32,720 Probably a Colt. 206 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,020 Anything else? 207 00:09:34,020 --> 00:09:35,320 That's it. 208 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,520 Not too bad a start. 209 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:37,620 We've had worse. 210 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:38,620 Yeah. 211 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:45,020 Maybe we can make that phone call very quick. 212 00:09:45,020 --> 00:09:46,320 Two p.m. Wednesday. 213 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,520 Ben and I drove out to his rooming house at 2440 Excelsior Avenue, 214 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,720 and we found that Herbert Best was still living there. 215 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,820 We had the landlady show us his room. 216 00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:58,020 Besides the usual personal belongings, we came across nothing of consequence. 217 00:09:58,020 --> 00:10:01,220 After questioning the landlady, we drove to the service station on Vermont Avenue, 218 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:10,520 where Best was supposed to be employed. 219 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,320 I don't see anyone around. 220 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,820 Oh, hey, there's a fellow over there greasing your car in the rain. 221 00:10:14,820 --> 00:10:20,920 Oh, oh, yeah. 222 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,320 That looks like Best. 223 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,020 Hey, fella. 224 00:10:25,020 --> 00:10:26,420 You. 225 00:10:26,420 --> 00:10:27,420 Yeah? 226 00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:30,020 Can you tell us if there's a Herbert Best working here? 227 00:10:30,020 --> 00:10:31,620 Oh, I'm him. 228 00:10:31,620 --> 00:10:35,020 Why? 229 00:10:35,020 --> 00:10:36,820 Police officers would like to talk to you. 230 00:10:36,820 --> 00:10:38,220 Yeah? 231 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:38,720 What's the matter? 232 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:39,920 Routine investigation. 233 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,620 Got a few questions for you. 234 00:10:41,620 --> 00:10:45,920 Supposed to have this car greased up in a quarter to four. 235 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,420 What am I supposed to do, please? 236 00:10:47,420 --> 00:10:48,320 You or the boss? 237 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,020 I'll find him, Joe. 238 00:10:51,020 --> 00:10:52,120 You got any heat on you? 239 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,520 No. 240 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,720 What's it all about? 241 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,020 How long is this going to be? 242 00:10:56,020 --> 00:10:57,620 Couple minutes. 243 00:10:57,620 --> 00:11:00,520 Won't take more than a grease job to put this thing in shape. 244 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,920 Well, we'll wait for you. 245 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,220 How'd you find me? 246 00:11:05,220 --> 00:11:06,920 A nosy landlady of mine? 247 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:13,720 No, routine general. 248 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,620 Every fetten on this trap is froze. 249 00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:20,920 Piece of junk. 250 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,520 Well, what's it all about? 251 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,220 Got a few things to straighten out, Best. 252 00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:25,520 How long you been working here? 253 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,620 Well, you didn't drive out here for that. 254 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,020 That's not your game. 255 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:29,820 What's the pitch? 256 00:11:29,820 --> 00:11:30,820 Routine investigation. 257 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:32,620 We'd like to know where you've been spending your nights. 258 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:33,520 For instance? 259 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,220 Sunday night. 260 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:35,120 Where were you? 261 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:36,020 Well, I don't know. 262 00:11:36,020 --> 00:11:39,020 I went to a show. 263 00:11:39,020 --> 00:11:41,220 Yeah, I saw a Mickey Rooney picture. 264 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:41,920 Where? 265 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:42,720 Downtown. 266 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,720 I had a beer after the show. 267 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,220 Come home. 268 00:11:46,220 --> 00:11:47,620 How about Monday night? 269 00:11:47,620 --> 00:11:49,720 Well, I went home after work. 270 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,420 I was poked. 271 00:11:51,420 --> 00:11:52,520 Went to bed early. 272 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:53,720 Can you prove it? 273 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,320 Landlady saw me come in while we were snooping around. 274 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,720 She ought to know if I was there or not. 275 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,620 How about last night, Tuesday? 276 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:05,320 Played some cards with a friend of mine, him and his wife, 277 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:06,520 Penny Annie Booker. 278 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:07,320 Where? 279 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,120 A place that's down on Pico, near the park. 280 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,120 You can ask them. 281 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,720 What time did you get there? 282 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,520 I'm not sure, about 8 o'clock, I guess. 283 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,320 What time did you leave? 284 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:20,320 What's it all about? 285 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:21,220 What time did you leave? 286 00:12:21,220 --> 00:12:23,920 Around midnight, yeah. 287 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,520 Must have been around midnight. 288 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,120 What did you play with your friend and his wife? 289 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:28,920 Booker. 290 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,120 Booker, a loss as usual. 291 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,720 Took a streetcar home, went to bed. 292 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,120 Sure you didn't leave earlier. 293 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,020 Of course I'm sure. 294 00:12:37,020 --> 00:12:39,220 It was around midnight, I remember. 295 00:12:39,220 --> 00:12:40,620 How do you remember? 296 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:42,920 I looked at my watch. 297 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,620 Good enough for you? 298 00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:45,820 What time did you get home? 299 00:12:45,820 --> 00:12:48,720 Well, it takes about a half hour on a trolley. 300 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,320 Must have been about 12.30. 301 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,120 Did your landlady say you'd come in? 302 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,820 I don't know if she saw me or not. 303 00:12:54,820 --> 00:12:56,720 Always snooping around. 304 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:57,520 Probably did. 305 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:58,720 You're not sure? 306 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,820 No, of course I'm not sure. 307 00:13:00,820 --> 00:13:03,520 She looks for me, I don't look for her. 308 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,220 You own a gun, bastard. 309 00:13:05,220 --> 00:13:09,120 You know better than that cop or ex-cons can't have a gun. 310 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Your friend and his wife, now they're going to back you up 311 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,320 if you were playing cards with them till midnight? 312 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:13,920 Why not? 313 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,920 I was. 314 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,920 Say that there's a boss looking for me. 315 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,320 I better let him know I'm here. 316 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,820 Just a minute, Bess. 317 00:13:20,820 --> 00:13:22,220 Yeah? 318 00:13:22,220 --> 00:13:23,920 What's that you got in your back pocket there? 319 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:24,620 Huh? 320 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:27,220 In your back pocket, the right one there. 321 00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:28,220 Oh, this? 322 00:13:28,220 --> 00:13:29,020 Yeah. 323 00:13:29,020 --> 00:13:30,220 Baseball cap? 324 00:13:30,220 --> 00:13:31,220 Why? 325 00:13:33,620 --> 00:13:34,720 4 p.m. 326 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,320 Ben and I checked the suspect's locker at the service station 327 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,320 and then drove him back to the office of the interrogation room. 328 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,720 We continued questioning him. 329 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,620 He denied any knowledge of the holdup and shooting 330 00:13:43,620 --> 00:13:46,220 at Stendhal's Bakery Shop the night before. 331 00:13:46,220 --> 00:13:48,820 We asked him again about the friends he was supposed to be playing cards with 332 00:13:48,820 --> 00:13:50,520 at the time of the robbery. 333 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,620 He told us that they lived over on Pico, but he couldn't remember the address. 334 00:13:53,620 --> 00:13:57,320 He volunteered to direct us there, but he said they wouldn't be home. 335 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,820 He told us their names were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mitchell 336 00:13:59,820 --> 00:14:01,620 and that they were in charge of the food concessions 337 00:14:01,620 --> 00:14:04,320 at one of the football stadiums in town. 338 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,620 Bess was held for suspicion of robbery. 339 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:09,420 That night we drove out and interviewed the landlady at his boarding house. 340 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:12,520 She knew nothing of Bess' whereabouts the previous night. 341 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,420 She didn't know what time he left or what time he returned. 342 00:14:15,420 --> 00:14:16,720 Ben and I went over his room again. 343 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,620 There was no sign of a gun. 344 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:21,920 Friday, 2 p.m., officers Beckle and Lopez went out to the hospital 345 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,820 to see if Mr. Stendhal and his daughter June could identify Bess Mugshot. 346 00:14:25,820 --> 00:14:28,920 Ben and I drove out to the stadium to locate Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mitchell. 347 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,820 There was a high school football game going on. 348 00:14:32,820 --> 00:14:35,620 High school kids sure have a lot of fun nowadays. 349 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:37,120 The best years of your life, Joe. 350 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,420 You sound like you're 85. 351 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:40,420 Some nights I feel like it. 352 00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:42,320 The way those kids turn out for these things, 353 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,920 you'd think USC and Notre Dame were playing. 354 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,420 You see the number on that gate over there? 355 00:14:46,420 --> 00:14:48,720 Yeah, it's 23. 356 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,320 That's the number the gatekeeper gave him? 357 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:51,120 Yeah. 358 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,520 Must be the Mitchell stand over there. 359 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:53,920 Come on. 360 00:14:58,020 --> 00:15:01,120 Oh, Miss, can you tell us where to find Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell? 361 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,220 Yeah, around back of the stand. You're knocking the door. 362 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:04,620 Thank you. 363 00:15:08,420 --> 00:15:10,520 Yeah, come on in. 364 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,520 You're Mrs. Mitchell? 365 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,720 That's right. What is it? 366 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,520 Police officers. Like to talk to you if you have a few minutes. 367 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,020 All right, I'm having a bite of lunch, but come on in. 368 00:15:17,020 --> 00:15:18,120 Shut the door. 369 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:19,720 Yes, ma'am. Thank you. 370 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,920 Lousy food business. You never get a chance to feed yourself. 371 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:23,820 Yes, ma'am. 372 00:15:23,820 --> 00:15:26,920 Hey, care for some of these? New kind of potato chips. 373 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,520 Revolutionary, it says. 374 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,020 Mother Thompson's puff chips, flavored. 375 00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:32,420 Get all kinds, see? 376 00:15:32,420 --> 00:15:35,020 These here are a combination, see. 377 00:15:35,020 --> 00:15:37,220 Garlic and eggplant. Sure tastes different. Have some? 378 00:15:37,220 --> 00:15:38,720 No, thank you. I wouldn't. 379 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:39,820 Thank you. 380 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:41,820 See, we're inquiring about a friend of yours, Mrs. Mitchell. 381 00:15:41,820 --> 00:15:43,320 Maybe you can tell us something about him. 382 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,320 Oh, who's that? 383 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,320 A man by the name of Herbert Best. 384 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,520 Herb, yeah. Old time friend of my husband's. 385 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:50,320 Why you want to know? 386 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,020 You see him quite often, do you, Mrs. Mitchell? 387 00:15:52,020 --> 00:15:54,520 Mm-hmm. Once, twice a month. 388 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,020 Clyde and I play cards or go out bowling with him. 389 00:15:57,020 --> 00:15:59,520 Herb's pretty company. 390 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,320 When's the last time you saw him? 391 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,420 Early this week, Tuesday, I think it was. 392 00:16:03,420 --> 00:16:04,620 Sure it was Tuesday. 393 00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:07,220 Hmm, see, yeah. It was. We played cards twice. 394 00:16:07,220 --> 00:16:07,920 That's your play? 395 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:09,620 That's right, a little poker. 396 00:16:09,620 --> 00:16:11,120 Clyde and Herb and me. 397 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,220 What time did Best get to your place, Mrs. Mitchell? 398 00:16:14,220 --> 00:16:18,220 Well, right after I finished up with the dinner dishes, around 7.45, I'd say. 399 00:16:18,220 --> 00:16:19,420 How long did he stay? 400 00:16:19,420 --> 00:16:22,520 A couple hours. We sat around, had a few drinks, played poker, nickel limit. 401 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,320 What time did he leave, do you remember that? 402 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:25,920 A little before ten, I think. 403 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,720 Are you sure that man was important? 404 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:28,920 Sure as I can be. 405 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,020 Must have left before ten because Clyde and I listened to the ten o'clock news alone. 406 00:16:33,020 --> 00:16:34,620 Then we went to bed right after. 407 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:37,420 Your friend Best tells us he didn't leave your place until midnight. 408 00:16:37,420 --> 00:16:39,320 Oh, that's not right. 409 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,220 He must be mixed up. He left before ten, I'm sure of that. 410 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:43,620 All right, Mrs. Mitchell, thank you. 411 00:16:43,620 --> 00:16:46,720 See, I hope I haven't said anything I shouldn't have. I know Herb's next con. 412 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:47,220 Yeah. 413 00:16:47,220 --> 00:16:48,620 He likes to gamble. 414 00:16:48,620 --> 00:16:50,920 I'm not checking up on him for Tuesday night, are you? 415 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,620 That's right. 416 00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:52,820 You're playing too much poker? 417 00:16:52,820 --> 00:16:54,220 We're not playing enough. 418 00:16:57,820 --> 00:16:59,020 3.30 p.m. 419 00:16:59,020 --> 00:17:03,320 We located Mr. Mitchell, corroborated his wife's story, and then we went back to the city hall. 420 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,820 Officers Beckland-Lopez were waiting for us. 421 00:17:05,820 --> 00:17:09,620 They told us that they had seen Mr. Stendall and his daughter June at the hospital. 422 00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:13,620 Both of them had identified Herbert Best's mugshot as that of the hold-up man. 423 00:17:13,620 --> 00:17:17,820 At a show up, Mrs. Stendall and her daughter identified Best. 424 00:17:17,820 --> 00:17:22,020 We checked auto records for all stolen cars that might tie in. There were none. 425 00:17:22,020 --> 00:17:25,320 We then started to work on the theory that he had taken a bus from his friend's place 426 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,920 where he had been playing cards at the Stendall bakery where the shooting took place. 427 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,320 Lopez and Bechtel rode the bus over the same route. 428 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,820 It took 43 minutes. 429 00:17:32,820 --> 00:17:36,720 Plenty of time for Best to have gotten from one place to the other even on a slow run. 430 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,020 We interviewed the bus driver who had been on duty that particular line 431 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:42,120 Tuesday night between 10 p.m. and midnight. 432 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:46,120 He identified Best as one of his passengers, but he didn't remember where he got off. 433 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:49,120 The next morning, Ben and I met with Ed Walker, captain of the robbery. 434 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,320 Hi. How'd you make out? 435 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,820 Just saw the deputy DA. Made out the case for him. 436 00:17:54,820 --> 00:17:55,220 Yeah. 437 00:17:55,220 --> 00:17:57,520 We got the complaint. He'll be arraigned this afternoon. 438 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:58,720 How strong a case you got. 439 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,220 Well, each one of the Stendall family identified Best. 440 00:18:01,220 --> 00:18:03,020 His alibi didn't stand up for Tuesday night. 441 00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:03,920 Uh-huh. 442 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,320 And we got that bus driver. He tapped Best, too, in that blue baseball cap. 443 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,720 All we need now is the hold-up gun. 444 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,120 I hate to spoil it for you. 445 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:11,620 Hmm? 446 00:18:13,020 --> 00:18:15,520 This letter just came through in the mail. 447 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:16,020 Have a look. 448 00:18:16,020 --> 00:18:17,420 Oh, thanks. 449 00:18:17,420 --> 00:18:18,320 What do you think? 450 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,320 Uh... 451 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,820 I read in the paper this morning about Herbert Best. 452 00:18:22,820 --> 00:18:26,520 You got the wrong guy. I'm the one who held up that bakery. 453 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,020 Every detail about that robbery is written down in that letter. 454 00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:33,820 The information wasn't in the newspaper story. Nobody else but the hold-up man would know all those details. 455 00:18:33,820 --> 00:18:34,920 Hey, wait a minute. 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497 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,520 No, but don't park it in any one of the city councilmen's stalls. 498 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,120 Yeah, it might get so... 499 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:16,820 Well, why don't you pull up here, Boyd will take care of it. 500 00:21:16,820 --> 00:21:17,520 Okay. 501 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,920 ["The Best of All, Long Cigarettes"] 502 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,320 That's good, that's good. 503 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:31,320 Oh, Garnet, I knew there was something I forgot to do. 504 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:31,820 What's that? 505 00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:33,420 Oh, they had an underwear sale today. 506 00:21:33,420 --> 00:21:36,320 That place down in the South, fake shorts, t-shirts. 507 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,520 My wife told me to be sure and get down there. 508 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:39,820 Oh, that'd be another one. 509 00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:41,620 That place has sales all the time, don't they? 510 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:43,320 Only twice a year on underwear. 511 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,420 Stuff I've got's not gonna last until next time. 512 00:21:45,420 --> 00:21:47,820 Riley, Ben, wait a minute. 513 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:48,720 Gene Beckman. 514 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:49,520 Hi, Beck. 515 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:50,620 Hi. 516 00:21:50,620 --> 00:21:51,120 Going up? 517 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:51,720 Yeah. 518 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:52,720 How'd you make out? 519 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,520 Two men we checked were clean. 520 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,020 Picked up something 77th Street station. 521 00:21:57,020 --> 00:21:57,620 Now go ahead, Ben. 522 00:21:57,620 --> 00:22:00,020 Mm-hmm. 523 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,220 Watch that elevator door. 524 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:03,720 Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. 525 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,520 What's with 77th Street? 526 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,720 Oh, a couple of men in traffic out there covered in accidents this afternoon. 527 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,120 91st and Central hit and run. 528 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,020 That's how? 529 00:22:11,020 --> 00:22:14,820 One of our traffic cars saw the collision, took out after the guy, chased him ten blocks. 530 00:22:14,820 --> 00:22:15,720 Mm-hmm. 531 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,220 While they were chasing him, they thought they saw the driver throw something out of the car window. 532 00:22:19,220 --> 00:22:20,320 Yeah, what? 533 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:21,620 I'm coming to that. 534 00:22:21,620 --> 00:22:26,520 When they finally pulled the car over, great coup, the driver told him his shoulder was wrenched in the accident, 535 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,020 he was on his way to his own doctor. 536 00:22:28,020 --> 00:22:28,620 Mm-hmm. 537 00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:31,120 Our men took him to 77th Street, had the doctor look at him. 538 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,320 Yeah. 539 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,020 Well, the doctor's treating the guy, only one of the officers was in the room. 540 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:35,520 Mm-hmm. 541 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:41,120 When he turned to get a drink of water, the suspect slugged him, then the doctor jumped out of the window, got away. 542 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,120 Teletypes out on him. 543 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:45,920 Oh, he went through an awful lot of trouble to beat a traffic rap, didn't he? 544 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,120 Yeah, that's the way to impress the boys out there. 545 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:52,120 They got out of broadcast, and the guy went back to the spot where they thought they saw the guy 546 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,320 toss this thing out of his car when they were chasing him. 547 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,720 Did it pay off? 548 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,920 They found a.32 Colt revolver. 549 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,320 The arrest camp's checking it now in the crime lab. 550 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,920 What did they say the man looked like? 551 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,220 Description measures pretty close to our holdup guy. 552 00:23:04,220 --> 00:23:05,720 I'll get it. 553 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,920 Robbery Friday. 554 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,420 Yeah, just a minute. See you back. 555 00:23:10,420 --> 00:23:11,920 Oh, thanks. 556 00:23:13,420 --> 00:23:14,920 Yeah. 557 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,120 Oh, yeah, Russ. 558 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:18,120 Yeah. 559 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,020 Okay, fine, right. 560 00:23:20,020 --> 00:23:23,420 Russ Camp checked.32 revolver with the slugs in the Stendall case. 561 00:23:23,420 --> 00:23:24,120 Yeah. 562 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:25,120 Positive make. 563 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:34,120 The gray coupe, which the unidentified suspect had been driving, had been checked out by traffic officers at 77th Street Division. 564 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:42,120 They had found that the owner and driver of the car was a man named Bruno Stock, a two-time loser with a page full of major and minor crimes to his credit. 565 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,720 We checked his mama's sheet, and we got out of broadcast on him in an APB. 566 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,720 The stakeout had been placed at his last known address. 567 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:54,520 We picked up a sandwich and a cup of coffee for dinner, and then we started checking out Bruno Stock's relatives and friends. 568 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,920 By six o'clock the following night, we still had no idea where he was. 569 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:06,120 A little after 9 p.m., we got a call from an informant who told us that Tommy Josephson, a small-time thief and reputedly a friend of Bruno's, wanted to talk to us. 570 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,120 We found him in a small apartment over on West 6th. 571 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,620 One thing I want to set you straight on, Bruno's no friend of mine. 572 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:16,120 He's in on the heavy rackets. No heavy racket man's a friend of mine. 573 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,620 All right, we got it. Now where's Bruno? 574 00:24:17,620 --> 00:24:21,620 He came here tonight, quarter after six, moved right in on me, didn't even ask me. 575 00:24:21,620 --> 00:24:22,620 What do you want with you? 576 00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:24,620 Now you remember, Bruno's no friend of mine. 577 00:24:24,620 --> 00:24:26,620 Yeah, we got that. Now what do you want? 578 00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:31,820 A gun. He knew I had one. I keep it for self-protection. You can't trust these heavy men. 579 00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:32,820 Did you give him a gun? 580 00:24:32,820 --> 00:24:37,620 Give it to him. He took it, shook me down like a rat, made me go out and buy dinner for him. 581 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:40,520 My own dog had to bring it back here from. 582 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:41,220 Yeah. 583 00:24:41,220 --> 00:24:45,720 Bruno's no friend of mine. What he does with that gun is his grief. It's out of my hands. 584 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:46,820 When did he leave here? 585 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:51,920 An hour ago, I think. Maybe a little less. Shook me down like a rat. Real heavy guy. 586 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:53,120 Where was Bruno going? 587 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:58,420 I don't know. He's crazy. All them heavy guys are crazy. Talk like somebody with a paper head. 588 00:24:58,420 --> 00:24:59,720 Did he tell you where he was going? 589 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,620 I see a friend of his over in Dogtown. Guy runs a bowling alley. Bruno's gonna borrow his car. 590 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:05,420 What for? 591 00:25:05,420 --> 00:25:11,920 He's heavy, I tell you. Said he was going out on a heist tonight. Did he ever write you guys a letter? 592 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:12,720 Why? 593 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:18,220 Well, he told me he was gonna prove what he wrote to you. Crazy. I didn't get it at all. 594 00:25:18,220 --> 00:25:18,920 Yeah. 595 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:24,320 Said he was going out to kill a couple of jerks. 596 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:29,820 9.30 p.m. We got the address of the bowling alley run by Bruno Stock's friend and we called the office. 597 00:25:29,820 --> 00:25:35,120 An alert for the suspect was broadcast immediately. Together with Gene Bechtel and Lopez, we drove to the bowling alley. 598 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:40,620 Ben and I went in. Bechtel and Lopez covered the outside. 599 00:25:40,620 --> 00:25:43,820 That's a good crowd. I wonder where they do business. I don't see any counter. 600 00:25:43,820 --> 00:25:44,620 No, neither do I. 601 00:25:44,620 --> 00:25:46,620 Oh, yeah, yeah. There it is. Way over in the corner. 602 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:51,620 Oh, yeah. There's nobody behind the cash register. How about that fellow in the white t-shirt standing by the cigarette machine? 603 00:25:51,620 --> 00:25:56,520 Yeah, looks like he works here. Let's go. 604 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,620 Joe, the guy with him just turned towards you. 605 00:25:58,620 --> 00:25:59,220 Bruno, come on. 606 00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:00,520 He sees us. He's going to the back. 607 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:01,820 All right, Joe. Let's hold it up. 608 00:26:01,820 --> 00:26:05,820 Come on. He ducked in there to the right, Joe. Down behind the alley. 609 00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:07,020 Hold it up, Stock. 610 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:08,420 The window, Joe. 611 00:26:08,420 --> 00:26:14,020 The window right through it. Come on. Here. 612 00:26:14,020 --> 00:26:16,120 There he is. Now get out. 613 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:16,820 Joe! 614 00:26:16,820 --> 00:26:18,420 He's in there, Bechtel. Cover the front. 615 00:26:18,420 --> 00:26:19,220 Right. 616 00:26:19,220 --> 00:26:21,020 Over the fence, Joe. There he is. 617 00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:23,720 All right, give it back. Yeah. 618 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:31,220 Come on. 619 00:26:31,220 --> 00:26:32,920 You see him? 620 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,120 No. 621 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,620 He's got to be in the yard somewhere. 622 00:26:36,620 --> 00:26:40,520 Yeah. 623 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:45,020 Where'd he come from? I can't see. Keep down. 624 00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,220 Backstairs to that house. There he is. 625 00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:47,720 Give it up, Stock. 626 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,320 All right, mister. 627 00:26:50,320 --> 00:27:00,720 Give tag. Come on. 628 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,020 What's it look like? 629 00:27:04,020 --> 00:27:06,020 It's a shoulder wound. You want to shake him down? 630 00:27:06,020 --> 00:27:07,220 Yeah. 631 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:08,820 Joe, Ben, you all right? 632 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:10,320 Yeah. Get an ambulance. We'll be back. 633 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,820 Right. 634 00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:20,120 I'll throw the cuffs on him, huh? Yeah. 635 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:22,120 Well, that's it, Joe. 636 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,120 Yeah. 637 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,220 Where you going? 638 00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:34,720 I got a phone call to make. 639 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,420 The story you have just heard was true. 640 00:27:37,420 --> 00:27:40,520 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 641 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,520 On February 18th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 84, 642 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,220 Sadeem County of Los Angeles, State of California. 643 00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:49,120 In a moment, the results of that trial. 644 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:51,820 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 645 00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:53,220 Thank you. 646 00:27:53,220 --> 00:27:55,820 In the record bureau of all Metropolitan Police Departments, 647 00:27:55,820 --> 00:27:59,120 there's a special file in which all known criminals are catalogued 648 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:02,120 and cross-indexed according to identifying marks. 649 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,820 Marks which help the working detective. 650 00:28:04,820 --> 00:28:06,320 And so, with a cigarette. 651 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,620 The outstanding identifying mark of Fatima is quality. 652 00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:13,620 The careful selection and blending of only the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos 653 00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:16,320 to make Fatima extra mild. 654 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,020 If you're a long cigarette smoker, you'll find, like I did, 655 00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:21,320 that every pack is extra mild. 656 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,420 You'll find it's the best of long cigarettes. 657 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:24,620 Smoke Fatima. 658 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:36,520 Bruno Alfred Stock was tried and convicted of first-degree robbery 659 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,520 and assault with intent to commit murder, two counts. 660 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,920 Because of his prior convictions, he was a judged and habitual criminal 661 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,920 and sentenced to a life imprisonment. 662 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,320 He is now serving his term in the state penitentiary. 663 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:55,320 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 664 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,420 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 665 00:28:58,420 --> 00:29:01,120 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 666 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:02,820 Fatima cigarettes, the best of all. 667 00:29:02,820 --> 00:29:05,920 Long cigarettes has brought you Dragnet from Los Angeles. 668 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,920 Coming up, Duffy's Tavern, next Tuesday at Spiber McGee on NBC.