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It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 01:25.560 --> 01:34.800 DRAGNET, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:34.800 --> 01:39.160 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 01:39.160 --> 01:44.440 you will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case from official police files. 01:44.440 --> 01:51.360 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force in action. 01:51.360 --> 01:57.600 It was Tuesday, November 3rd. It was chilly in Los Angeles. 01:57.600 --> 02:00.200 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 02:00.200 --> 02:02.920 My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Ed Walker. 02:02.920 --> 02:07.840 My name's Friday. It was five minutes to midnight when we got to 318 Silver Avenue. 02:07.840 --> 02:13.720 Stendhal's Bakery Shop. Romero and Friday Central Robbery. 02:13.720 --> 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. 02:18.680 --> 02:20.080 You answered the call, did you? 02:20.080 --> 02:23.320 Yeah, must have been a crazy man shot two of them down, cold blood. 02:23.320 --> 02:26.680 There they go in the ambulance now. Shot up pretty bad. 02:26.680 --> 02:27.840 Who runs the place? 02:27.840 --> 02:32.880 Swedish family named Stendhal. Father, mother, two daughters, all four of them work in the bakery here. 02:32.880 --> 02:34.440 They all here at the time of the robbery? 02:34.440 --> 02:37.440 Yeah, the holdup man shot the father and the oldest daughter. 02:37.440 --> 02:40.360 The mother and the younger girl are in the back straight through that door. 02:40.360 --> 02:41.800 Okay. Thanks, Jacob. 02:41.800 --> 02:44.040 Right, Sergeant. 02:45.840 --> 02:47.400 Joe. 02:47.400 --> 02:51.640 On the side of the door here, looks like a bullet hole. 02:51.640 --> 02:52.440 Hey, Jacob. 02:52.440 --> 02:53.200 Yes, Sergeant. 02:53.200 --> 02:55.560 You want to call into the crime lab, ask them to send somebody out? 02:55.560 --> 02:56.000 Right. 02:56.000 --> 02:57.640 Thank you. 03:01.360 --> 03:02.920 Hi. You Olson? 03:02.920 --> 03:03.320 That's right. 03:03.320 --> 03:04.960 Romero and Friday Central Robbery. 03:04.960 --> 03:08.360 Oh, how are you? These are two of the victims, Mrs. Signy Stendhal. 03:08.360 --> 03:10.040 The girl's her daughter, name's Jennifer. 03:10.040 --> 03:11.040 Any other witnesses? 03:11.040 --> 03:14.440 Not so far. Neighborhood around here is pretty deserted this time of night. 03:14.440 --> 03:16.040 The holdup man made a fast getaway. 03:16.040 --> 03:18.640 Two people who were shot, what kind of shape are they in? 03:18.640 --> 03:22.000 Father, Mr. Stendhal, he's got a bullet wound in the right shoulder. 03:22.000 --> 03:24.440 Older daughter's a lot worse. Her name's June. 03:24.440 --> 03:27.840 19 years old, shot four or five times through the stomach. 03:27.840 --> 03:28.800 You want to stand by? 03:28.800 --> 03:29.440 Right, yeah. 03:29.440 --> 03:30.840 Okay. 03:30.840 --> 03:33.520 Mrs. Stendhal, we're from robbery detail. 03:33.520 --> 03:34.720 Yeah, how do you do? 03:34.720 --> 03:35.720 How do you do? 03:35.720 --> 03:37.520 Jenny, you're worse than Alex. 03:37.520 --> 03:39.720 I'm sitting right here in the... 03:39.720 --> 03:40.920 ...two chairs. 03:40.920 --> 03:42.120 Yes, Mama. 03:42.120 --> 03:45.720 You will excuse me for not getting up, officer. 03:45.720 --> 03:47.720 I don't feel so well. 03:47.720 --> 03:49.720 That's perfectly right, ma'am. 03:49.720 --> 03:51.320 Chair for you, officer. 03:51.320 --> 03:54.720 Thank you, I'll get it. Thank you very much. 03:54.720 --> 03:58.720 You and your daughter here, are you going to be able to get out of here? 03:58.720 --> 04:03.720 You and your daughter here were in the front of the bakery shop at the time of the robbery. 04:03.720 --> 04:04.720 Is that right, Mrs. Stendhal? 04:04.720 --> 04:06.320 No. 04:06.320 --> 04:09.320 Jenny was back here with her father. 04:09.320 --> 04:11.320 Lars, my husband. 04:11.320 --> 04:13.920 Jenny and I were in the shop in front. 04:13.920 --> 04:15.320 Who were you with, ma'am? 04:15.320 --> 04:17.720 Jenny, Jenny and I. 04:17.720 --> 04:18.320 June? 04:18.320 --> 04:21.120 Mama means June, my older sister. She calls her June. 04:21.120 --> 04:22.120 Yeah, June. 04:22.120 --> 04:23.320 Oh, I don't know. 04:23.320 --> 04:25.120 You mind telling us what happened? 04:25.120 --> 04:27.120 Well... 04:27.120 --> 04:30.920 June and I were scrubbing the floor of the shop. 04:30.920 --> 04:34.920 Every Tuesday night we scrubbed the floor of the shop. 04:34.920 --> 04:38.320 Then this man came in and pointed a gun. 04:38.320 --> 04:39.720 He wanted our money. 04:39.720 --> 04:41.720 By what time did he come in? 04:41.720 --> 04:44.520 11.15, 11.20. 04:44.520 --> 04:46.320 I don't remember for certain. 04:46.320 --> 04:48.920 He wanted our money and I gave it to him. 04:48.920 --> 04:51.720 How much was that, ma'am? 04:51.720 --> 04:53.120 Jenny, you know. 04:53.120 --> 04:55.320 How much money was in the bag? 04:55.320 --> 04:56.320 Twenty-four dollars. 04:56.320 --> 04:58.120 Yeah, twenty-four dollars. 04:58.120 --> 05:00.720 He used the paper money. 05:00.720 --> 05:03.920 He took it and put it in his pocket. 05:03.920 --> 05:08.120 June, my daughter, she started to cry. 05:08.120 --> 05:11.720 The man hit her. 05:11.720 --> 05:14.120 She cried some more. 05:14.120 --> 05:16.920 Then Lars and Jenny came running from the back. 05:16.920 --> 05:18.320 Yes, ma'am. 05:18.320 --> 05:20.320 The man pointed the gun. 05:20.320 --> 05:25.320 He made Lars and me and Jenny stand against that wall. 05:25.320 --> 05:28.120 But not June. 05:28.120 --> 05:31.520 He took hold of her. 05:31.520 --> 05:33.920 Jenny, who said today? 05:33.920 --> 05:36.520 Then we came in the morning. 05:36.520 --> 05:38.520 And, but, June... 05:38.520 --> 05:41.720 It was getting fresh with her, ma'am. 05:41.720 --> 05:44.720 The man tried to get fresh with June officers. 05:44.720 --> 05:46.120 June hit him. 05:46.120 --> 05:47.920 He tried to drag her out the door with... 05:47.920 --> 05:50.520 Yeah, June hit him. 05:50.520 --> 05:53.320 Hit him good. 05:53.320 --> 05:57.520 And he went like that, 05:57.520 --> 06:02.320 drew her against the counter and pushed June down. 06:02.320 --> 06:04.920 Crazy man. 06:04.920 --> 06:07.320 Crazy look. 06:07.320 --> 06:10.520 He kicked her. 06:10.520 --> 06:14.920 Then Lars, my husband, he ran at the man. 06:14.920 --> 06:18.720 He heard the gun loud. 06:18.720 --> 06:20.720 And Lars fell down. 06:20.720 --> 06:21.920 And I screamed. 06:21.920 --> 06:22.920 Yeah. 06:22.920 --> 06:25.120 Jenny screamed. 06:25.120 --> 06:29.520 He turned and I saw the man standing over June. 06:29.520 --> 06:31.720 He pointed the gun down at her. 06:31.720 --> 06:33.120 Yes, ma'am. 06:33.120 --> 06:35.720 Crazy look on him. 06:35.720 --> 06:38.320 He kept shooting her. 06:38.320 --> 06:42.120 Four, maybe five times. 06:42.120 --> 06:44.920 Jenny screamed. 06:44.920 --> 06:48.920 She kept screaming. 06:48.920 --> 06:52.320 The man ran out the door. 06:52.320 --> 06:54.520 It's all right now, Miss Stender. 06:54.520 --> 06:57.320 Had either one of you ever seen this man before? 06:57.320 --> 06:58.120 No, no. 06:58.120 --> 06:59.120 Neither did I. 06:59.120 --> 07:00.720 Would you know him if you saw him again? 07:00.720 --> 07:01.720 Yeah, I think so. 07:01.720 --> 07:02.720 I would, officer. 07:02.720 --> 07:04.120 I got a good look at him. 07:04.120 --> 07:07.520 He was wearing a blue cap like a baseball player wears. 07:07.520 --> 07:08.120 How'd he get away? 07:08.120 --> 07:09.920 Was he on foot or did he have a car? 07:09.920 --> 07:12.120 Nobody followed him, but after he left, 07:12.120 --> 07:15.920 I heard a car start up down the block and then it drove away. 07:15.920 --> 07:19.320 Do you have anything else to add, Miss Stender? 07:19.320 --> 07:21.520 I hope you catched the man. 07:21.520 --> 07:23.720 His bed. 07:23.720 --> 07:24.920 Please catch him. 07:24.920 --> 07:25.520 Yes, ma'am. 07:25.520 --> 07:26.320 We're going to try. 07:26.320 --> 07:28.320 Jenny, first and foremost, 07:28.320 --> 07:30.120 I need to get my nickels from the cash register. 07:30.120 --> 07:30.720 Yes, ma'am. 07:36.920 --> 07:38.920 Here, ma'am. 07:38.920 --> 07:41.520 Here, officer. 07:41.520 --> 07:45.120 When you find the man, please call me. 07:45.120 --> 07:46.120 You keep the nickels. 07:46.120 --> 07:51.720 We'll call you. 07:51.720 --> 07:53.720 Before we left the scene of the robbery and shooting, 07:53.720 --> 07:56.720 Mrs. Stendall and her daughter gave us their description of the holdup man 07:56.720 --> 07:58.920 together with the clothing he wore. 07:58.920 --> 08:02.720 The suspect had no outstanding physical characteristics that they'd noticed. 08:02.720 --> 08:06.320 The only thing unusual about his clothing was that he wore what appeared to be a baseball cap 08:06.320 --> 08:07.920 at the time of the holdup. 08:07.920 --> 08:10.920 She described the cap as light blue with a visor. 08:10.920 --> 08:13.320 Together with officers Bechtel and Lopez from Central Robbery, 08:13.320 --> 08:16.320 we canvassed the immediate neighborhood for other possible witnesses. 08:16.320 --> 08:17.920 We found none. 08:17.920 --> 08:20.120 The next morning we went out to the hospital. 08:20.120 --> 08:22.920 The condition of the older daughter, June, was critical. 08:22.920 --> 08:24.120 We interviewed the father. 08:24.120 --> 08:25.720 He could tell us nothing. 08:25.720 --> 08:29.720 At 10 a.m., Mrs. Stendall and her younger girl, Jenny, were brought to the office 08:29.720 --> 08:34.720 and we started them looking through mug books of parolees previously convicted of armed robbery. 08:34.720 --> 08:39.120 Within two hours, both of them positively identified the picture of a recent San Quentin release 08:39.120 --> 08:40.720 as that of the holdup man. 08:40.720 --> 08:42.320 His name was Harold Best. 08:42.320 --> 08:44.320 We started a quick rundown. 08:47.120 --> 08:48.320 You pulled the package on? 08:48.320 --> 08:50.320 Yeah, here's the dope. Harold Best. 08:50.320 --> 08:54.720 Uh, alias Harold Norris, alias Harold Thompson, alias Tom Norris. 08:54.720 --> 08:57.720 One term for armed robbery and Q. Got out four months ago. 08:57.720 --> 08:59.320 M.O. and description both mads. 08:59.320 --> 09:01.120 How about the ex-con files you're checking? 09:01.120 --> 09:03.120 He's registered. Did you get ahold of his parole officer? 09:03.120 --> 09:05.920 Yeah, 244 to Excelsior Avenue is roaming us. 09:05.920 --> 09:07.320 Well, that checks with the ex-con files. 09:07.320 --> 09:11.120 Parole officer says Bechtel went to work two weeks ago at a filling station over on Vermeer. 09:11.120 --> 09:11.920 Yeah. 09:11.920 --> 09:13.520 Doesn't seem to be able to hold a job. 09:13.520 --> 09:16.120 Quorrelsome, run himself into death. 09:16.120 --> 09:17.920 I got it. 09:17.920 --> 09:19.620 Robbery, Romero. 09:19.620 --> 09:21.120 Yeah, Ray. 09:21.120 --> 09:22.720 That's all, huh? 09:22.720 --> 09:23.720 Yeah. 09:23.720 --> 09:25.220 Right, bud. 09:25.220 --> 09:28.220 Ray Pinker at the crime lab. They checked the slugs taken from the two victims. 09:28.220 --> 09:28.820 Yeah. 09:28.820 --> 09:31.520 They came with a.32 caliber revolver. 09:31.520 --> 09:32.720 Probably a Colt. 09:32.720 --> 09:34.020 Anything else? 09:34.020 --> 09:35.320 That's it. 09:35.320 --> 09:36.520 Not too bad a start. 09:36.520 --> 09:37.620 We've had worse. 09:37.620 --> 09:38.620 Yeah. 09:38.620 --> 09:45.020 Maybe we can make that phone call very quick. 09:45.020 --> 09:46.320 Two p.m. Wednesday. 09:46.320 --> 09:49.520 Ben and I drove out to his rooming house at 2440 Excelsior Avenue, 09:49.520 --> 09:51.720 and we found that Herbert Best was still living there. 09:51.720 --> 09:53.820 We had the landlady show us his room. 09:53.820 --> 09:58.020 Besides the usual personal belongings, we came across nothing of consequence. 09:58.020 --> 10:01.220 After questioning the landlady, we drove to the service station on Vermont Avenue, 10:01.220 --> 10:10.520 where Best was supposed to be employed. 10:10.520 --> 10:12.320 I don't see anyone around. 10:12.320 --> 10:14.820 Oh, hey, there's a fellow over there greasing your car in the rain. 10:14.820 --> 10:20.920 Oh, oh, yeah. 10:20.920 --> 10:23.320 That looks like Best. 10:23.320 --> 10:25.020 Hey, fella. 10:25.020 --> 10:26.420 You. 10:26.420 --> 10:27.420 Yeah? 10:27.420 --> 10:30.020 Can you tell us if there's a Herbert Best working here? 10:30.020 --> 10:31.620 Oh, I'm him. 10:31.620 --> 10:35.020 Why? 10:35.020 --> 10:36.820 Police officers would like to talk to you. 10:36.820 --> 10:38.220 Yeah? 10:38.220 --> 10:38.720 What's the matter? 10:38.720 --> 10:39.920 Routine investigation. 10:39.920 --> 10:41.620 Got a few questions for you. 10:41.620 --> 10:45.920 Supposed to have this car greased up in a quarter to four. 10:45.920 --> 10:47.420 What am I supposed to do, please? 10:47.420 --> 10:48.320 You or the boss? 10:48.320 --> 10:51.020 I'll find him, Joe. 10:51.020 --> 10:52.120 You got any heat on you? 10:52.120 --> 10:53.520 No. 10:53.520 --> 10:54.720 What's it all about? 10:54.720 --> 10:56.020 How long is this going to be? 10:56.020 --> 10:57.620 Couple minutes. 10:57.620 --> 11:00.520 Won't take more than a grease job to put this thing in shape. 11:00.520 --> 11:03.920 Well, we'll wait for you. 11:03.920 --> 11:05.220 How'd you find me? 11:05.220 --> 11:06.920 A nosy landlady of mine? 11:06.920 --> 11:13.720 No, routine general. 11:13.720 --> 11:17.620 Every fetten on this trap is froze. 11:17.620 --> 11:20.920 Piece of junk. 11:20.920 --> 11:22.520 Well, what's it all about? 11:22.520 --> 11:24.220 Got a few things to straighten out, Best. 11:24.220 --> 11:25.520 How long you been working here? 11:25.520 --> 11:27.620 Well, you didn't drive out here for that. 11:27.620 --> 11:29.020 That's not your game. 11:29.020 --> 11:29.820 What's the pitch? 11:29.820 --> 11:30.820 Routine investigation. 11:30.820 --> 11:32.620 We'd like to know where you've been spending your nights. 11:32.620 --> 11:33.520 For instance? 11:33.520 --> 11:34.220 Sunday night. 11:34.220 --> 11:35.120 Where were you? 11:35.120 --> 11:36.020 Well, I don't know. 11:36.020 --> 11:39.020 I went to a show. 11:39.020 --> 11:41.220 Yeah, I saw a Mickey Rooney picture. 11:41.220 --> 11:41.920 Where? 11:41.920 --> 11:42.720 Downtown. 11:42.720 --> 11:44.720 I had a beer after the show. 11:44.720 --> 11:46.220 Come home. 11:46.220 --> 11:47.620 How about Monday night? 11:47.620 --> 11:49.720 Well, I went home after work. 11:49.720 --> 11:51.420 I was poked. 11:51.420 --> 11:52.520 Went to bed early. 11:52.520 --> 11:53.720 Can you prove it? 11:53.720 --> 11:57.320 Landlady saw me come in while we were snooping around. 11:57.320 --> 11:59.720 She ought to know if I was there or not. 11:59.720 --> 12:01.620 How about last night, Tuesday? 12:01.620 --> 12:05.320 Played some cards with a friend of mine, him and his wife, 12:05.320 --> 12:06.520 Penny Annie Booker. 12:06.520 --> 12:07.320 Where? 12:07.320 --> 12:11.120 A place that's down on Pico, near the park. 12:11.120 --> 12:12.120 You can ask them. 12:12.120 --> 12:13.720 What time did you get there? 12:13.720 --> 12:17.520 I'm not sure, about 8 o'clock, I guess. 12:17.520 --> 12:19.320 What time did you leave? 12:19.320 --> 12:20.320 What's it all about? 12:20.320 --> 12:21.220 What time did you leave? 12:21.220 --> 12:23.920 Around midnight, yeah. 12:23.920 --> 12:25.520 Must have been around midnight. 12:25.520 --> 12:27.120 What did you play with your friend and his wife? 12:27.120 --> 12:28.920 Booker. 12:28.920 --> 12:31.120 Booker, a loss as usual. 12:31.120 --> 12:33.720 Took a streetcar home, went to bed. 12:33.720 --> 12:35.120 Sure you didn't leave earlier. 12:35.120 --> 12:37.020 Of course I'm sure. 12:37.020 --> 12:39.220 It was around midnight, I remember. 12:39.220 --> 12:40.620 How do you remember? 12:40.620 --> 12:42.920 I looked at my watch. 12:42.920 --> 12:44.620 Good enough for you? 12:44.620 --> 12:45.820 What time did you get home? 12:45.820 --> 12:48.720 Well, it takes about a half hour on a trolley. 12:48.720 --> 12:51.320 Must have been about 12.30. 12:51.320 --> 12:53.120 Did your landlady say you'd come in? 12:53.120 --> 12:54.820 I don't know if she saw me or not. 12:54.820 --> 12:56.720 Always snooping around. 12:56.720 --> 12:57.520 Probably did. 12:57.520 --> 12:58.720 You're not sure? 12:58.720 --> 13:00.820 No, of course I'm not sure. 13:00.820 --> 13:03.520 She looks for me, I don't look for her. 13:03.520 --> 13:05.220 You own a gun, bastard. 13:05.220 --> 13:09.120 You know better than that cop or ex-cons can't have a gun. 13:09.120 --> 13:11.120 Your friend and his wife, now they're going to back you up 13:11.120 --> 13:13.320 if you were playing cards with them till midnight? 13:13.320 --> 13:13.920 Why not? 13:13.920 --> 13:15.920 I was. 13:15.920 --> 13:17.920 Say that there's a boss looking for me. 13:17.920 --> 13:19.320 I better let him know I'm here. 13:19.320 --> 13:20.820 Just a minute, Bess. 13:20.820 --> 13:22.220 Yeah? 13:22.220 --> 13:23.920 What's that you got in your back pocket there? 13:23.920 --> 13:24.620 Huh? 13:24.620 --> 13:27.220 In your back pocket, the right one there. 13:27.220 --> 13:28.220 Oh, this? 13:28.220 --> 13:29.020 Yeah. 13:29.020 --> 13:30.220 Baseball cap? 13:30.220 --> 13:31.220 Why? 13:33.620 --> 13:34.720 4 p.m. 13:34.720 --> 13:37.320 Ben and I checked the suspect's locker at the service station 13:37.320 --> 13:40.320 and then drove him back to the office of the interrogation room. 13:40.320 --> 13:41.720 We continued questioning him. 13:41.720 --> 13:43.620 He denied any knowledge of the holdup and shooting 13:43.620 --> 13:46.220 at Stendhal's Bakery Shop the night before. 13:46.220 --> 13:48.820 We asked him again about the friends he was supposed to be playing cards with 13:48.820 --> 13:50.520 at the time of the robbery. 13:50.520 --> 13:53.620 He told us that they lived over on Pico, but he couldn't remember the address. 13:53.620 --> 13:57.320 He volunteered to direct us there, but he said they wouldn't be home. 13:57.320 --> 13:59.820 He told us their names were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mitchell 13:59.820 --> 14:01.620 and that they were in charge of the food concessions 14:01.620 --> 14:04.320 at one of the football stadiums in town. 14:04.320 --> 14:06.620 Bess was held for suspicion of robbery. 14:06.620 --> 14:09.420 That night we drove out and interviewed the landlady at his boarding house. 14:09.420 --> 14:12.520 She knew nothing of Bess' whereabouts the previous night. 14:12.520 --> 14:15.420 She didn't know what time he left or what time he returned. 14:15.420 --> 14:16.720 Ben and I went over his room again. 14:16.720 --> 14:18.620 There was no sign of a gun. 14:18.620 --> 14:21.920 Friday, 2 p.m., officers Beckle and Lopez went out to the hospital 14:21.920 --> 14:25.820 to see if Mr. Stendhal and his daughter June could identify Bess Mugshot. 14:25.820 --> 14:28.920 Ben and I drove out to the stadium to locate Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mitchell. 14:28.920 --> 14:32.820 There was a high school football game going on. 14:32.820 --> 14:35.620 High school kids sure have a lot of fun nowadays. 14:35.620 --> 14:37.120 The best years of your life, Joe. 14:37.120 --> 14:38.420 You sound like you're 85. 14:38.420 --> 14:40.420 Some nights I feel like it. 14:40.420 --> 14:42.320 The way those kids turn out for these things, 14:42.320 --> 14:44.920 you'd think USC and Notre Dame were playing. 14:44.920 --> 14:46.420 You see the number on that gate over there? 14:46.420 --> 14:48.720 Yeah, it's 23. 14:48.720 --> 14:50.320 That's the number the gatekeeper gave him? 14:50.320 --> 14:51.120 Yeah. 14:51.120 --> 14:52.520 Must be the Mitchell stand over there. 14:52.520 --> 14:53.920 Come on. 14:58.020 --> 15:01.120 Oh, Miss, can you tell us where to find Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell? 15:01.120 --> 15:03.220 Yeah, around back of the stand. You're knocking the door. 15:03.220 --> 15:04.620 Thank you. 15:08.420 --> 15:10.520 Yeah, come on in. 15:10.520 --> 15:11.520 You're Mrs. Mitchell? 15:11.520 --> 15:12.720 That's right. What is it? 15:12.720 --> 15:14.520 Police officers. Like to talk to you if you have a few minutes. 15:14.520 --> 15:17.020 All right, I'm having a bite of lunch, but come on in. 15:17.020 --> 15:18.120 Shut the door. 15:18.120 --> 15:19.720 Yes, ma'am. Thank you. 15:19.720 --> 15:22.920 Lousy food business. You never get a chance to feed yourself. 15:22.920 --> 15:23.820 Yes, ma'am. 15:23.820 --> 15:26.920 Hey, care for some of these? New kind of potato chips. 15:26.920 --> 15:28.520 Revolutionary, it says. 15:28.520 --> 15:31.020 Mother Thompson's puff chips, flavored. 15:31.020 --> 15:32.420 Get all kinds, see? 15:32.420 --> 15:35.020 These here are a combination, see. 15:35.020 --> 15:37.220 Garlic and eggplant. Sure tastes different. Have some? 15:37.220 --> 15:38.720 No, thank you. I wouldn't. 15:38.720 --> 15:39.820 Thank you. 15:39.820 --> 15:41.820 See, we're inquiring about a friend of yours, Mrs. Mitchell. 15:41.820 --> 15:43.320 Maybe you can tell us something about him. 15:43.320 --> 15:45.320 Oh, who's that? 15:45.320 --> 15:47.320 A man by the name of Herbert Best. 15:47.320 --> 15:49.520 Herb, yeah. Old time friend of my husband's. 15:49.520 --> 15:50.320 Why you want to know? 15:50.320 --> 15:52.020 You see him quite often, do you, Mrs. Mitchell? 15:52.020 --> 15:54.520 Mm-hmm. Once, twice a month. 15:54.520 --> 15:57.020 Clyde and I play cards or go out bowling with him. 15:57.020 --> 15:59.520 Herb's pretty company. 15:59.520 --> 16:01.320 When's the last time you saw him? 16:01.320 --> 16:03.420 Early this week, Tuesday, I think it was. 16:03.420 --> 16:04.620 Sure it was Tuesday. 16:04.620 --> 16:07.220 Hmm, see, yeah. It was. We played cards twice. 16:07.220 --> 16:07.920 That's your play? 16:07.920 --> 16:09.620 That's right, a little poker. 16:09.620 --> 16:11.120 Clyde and Herb and me. 16:11.120 --> 16:14.220 What time did Best get to your place, Mrs. Mitchell? 16:14.220 --> 16:18.220 Well, right after I finished up with the dinner dishes, around 7.45, I'd say. 16:18.220 --> 16:19.420 How long did he stay? 16:19.420 --> 16:22.520 A couple hours. We sat around, had a few drinks, played poker, nickel limit. 16:22.520 --> 16:24.320 What time did he leave, do you remember that? 16:24.320 --> 16:25.920 A little before ten, I think. 16:25.920 --> 16:27.720 Are you sure that man was important? 16:27.720 --> 16:28.920 Sure as I can be. 16:28.920 --> 16:33.020 Must have left before ten because Clyde and I listened to the ten o'clock news alone. 16:33.020 --> 16:34.620 Then we went to bed right after. 16:34.620 --> 16:37.420 Your friend Best tells us he didn't leave your place until midnight. 16:37.420 --> 16:39.320 Oh, that's not right. 16:39.320 --> 16:42.220 He must be mixed up. He left before ten, I'm sure of that. 16:42.220 --> 16:43.620 All right, Mrs. Mitchell, thank you. 16:43.620 --> 16:46.720 See, I hope I haven't said anything I shouldn't have. I know Herb's next con. 16:46.720 --> 16:47.220 Yeah. 16:47.220 --> 16:48.620 He likes to gamble. 16:48.620 --> 16:50.920 I'm not checking up on him for Tuesday night, are you? 16:50.920 --> 16:51.620 That's right. 16:51.620 --> 16:52.820 You're playing too much poker? 16:52.820 --> 16:54.220 We're not playing enough. 16:57.820 --> 16:59.020 3.30 p.m. 16:59.020 --> 17:03.320 We located Mr. Mitchell, corroborated his wife's story, and then we went back to the city hall. 17:03.320 --> 17:05.820 Officers Beckland-Lopez were waiting for us. 17:05.820 --> 17:09.620 They told us that they had seen Mr. Stendall and his daughter June at the hospital. 17:09.620 --> 17:13.620 Both of them had identified Herbert Best's mugshot as that of the hold-up man. 17:13.620 --> 17:17.820 At a show up, Mrs. Stendall and her daughter identified Best. 17:17.820 --> 17:22.020 We checked auto records for all stolen cars that might tie in. There were none. 17:22.020 --> 17:25.320 We then started to work on the theory that he had taken a bus from his friend's place 17:25.320 --> 17:28.920 where he had been playing cards at the Stendall bakery where the shooting took place. 17:28.920 --> 17:31.320 Lopez and Bechtel rode the bus over the same route. 17:31.320 --> 17:32.820 It took 43 minutes. 17:32.820 --> 17:36.720 Plenty of time for Best to have gotten from one place to the other even on a slow run. 17:36.720 --> 17:40.020 We interviewed the bus driver who had been on duty that particular line 17:40.020 --> 17:42.120 Tuesday night between 10 p.m. and midnight. 17:42.120 --> 17:46.120 He identified Best as one of his passengers, but he didn't remember where he got off. 17:46.120 --> 17:49.120 The next morning, Ben and I met with Ed Walker, captain of the robbery. 17:50.520 --> 17:52.320 Hi. How'd you make out? 17:52.320 --> 17:54.820 Just saw the deputy DA. Made out the case for him. 17:54.820 --> 17:55.220 Yeah. 17:55.220 --> 17:57.520 We got the complaint. He'll be arraigned this afternoon. 17:57.520 --> 17:58.720 How strong a case you got. 17:58.720 --> 18:01.220 Well, each one of the Stendall family identified Best. 18:01.220 --> 18:03.020 His alibi didn't stand up for Tuesday night. 18:03.020 --> 18:03.920 Uh-huh. 18:03.920 --> 18:08.320 And we got that bus driver. He tapped Best, too, in that blue baseball cap. 18:08.320 --> 18:09.720 All we need now is the hold-up gun. 18:09.720 --> 18:11.120 I hate to spoil it for you. 18:11.120 --> 18:11.620 Hmm? 18:13.020 --> 18:15.520 This letter just came through in the mail. 18:15.520 --> 18:16.020 Have a look. 18:16.020 --> 18:17.420 Oh, thanks. 18:17.420 --> 18:18.320 What do you think? 18:18.320 --> 18:19.320 Uh... 18:19.320 --> 18:22.820 I read in the paper this morning about Herbert Best. 18:22.820 --> 18:26.520 You got the wrong guy. 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21:51.120 --> 21:51.720 Yeah. 21:51.720 --> 21:52.720 How'd you make out? 21:52.720 --> 21:54.520 Two men we checked were clean. 21:54.520 --> 21:57.020 Picked up something 77th Street station. 21:57.020 --> 21:57.620 Now go ahead, Ben. 21:57.620 --> 22:00.020 Mm-hmm. 22:00.020 --> 22:01.220 Watch that elevator door. 22:01.220 --> 22:03.720 Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. 22:03.720 --> 22:05.520 What's with 77th Street? 22:05.520 --> 22:08.720 Oh, a couple of men in traffic out there covered in accidents this afternoon. 22:08.720 --> 22:10.120 91st and Central hit and run. 22:10.120 --> 22:11.020 That's how? 22:11.020 --> 22:14.820 One of our traffic cars saw the collision, took out after the guy, chased him ten blocks. 22:14.820 --> 22:15.720 Mm-hmm. 22:15.720 --> 22:19.220 While they were chasing him, they thought they saw the driver throw something out of the car window. 22:19.220 --> 22:20.320 Yeah, what? 22:20.320 --> 22:21.620 I'm coming to that. 22:21.620 --> 22:26.520 When they finally pulled the car over, great coup, the driver told him his shoulder was wrenched in the accident, 22:26.520 --> 22:28.020 he was on his way to his own doctor. 22:28.020 --> 22:28.620 Mm-hmm. 22:28.620 --> 22:31.120 Our men took him to 77th Street, had the doctor look at him. 22:31.120 --> 22:32.320 Yeah. 22:32.320 --> 22:35.020 Well, the doctor's treating the guy, only one of the officers was in the room. 22:35.020 --> 22:35.520 Mm-hmm. 22:35.520 --> 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. 22:41.120 --> 22:42.120 Teletypes out on him. 22:42.120 --> 22:45.920 Oh, he went through an awful lot of trouble to beat a traffic rap, didn't he? 22:45.920 --> 22:48.120 Yeah, that's the way to impress the boys out there. 22:48.120 --> 22:52.120 They got out of broadcast, and the guy went back to the spot where they thought they saw the guy 22:52.120 --> 22:54.320 toss this thing out of his car when they were chasing him. 22:54.320 --> 22:55.720 Did it pay off? 22:55.720 --> 22:57.920 They found a.32 Colt revolver. 22:57.920 --> 23:00.320 The arrest camp's checking it now in the crime lab. 23:00.320 --> 23:01.920 What did they say the man looked like? 23:01.920 --> 23:04.220 Description measures pretty close to our holdup guy. 23:04.220 --> 23:05.720 I'll get it. 23:07.320 --> 23:08.920 Robbery Friday. 23:08.920 --> 23:10.420 Yeah, just a minute. See you back. 23:10.420 --> 23:11.920 Oh, thanks. 23:13.420 --> 23:14.920 Yeah. 23:14.920 --> 23:17.120 Oh, yeah, Russ. 23:17.120 --> 23:18.120 Yeah. 23:18.120 --> 23:20.020 Okay, fine, right. 23:20.020 --> 23:23.420 Russ Camp checked.32 revolver with the slugs in the Stendall case. 23:23.420 --> 23:24.120 Yeah. 23:24.120 --> 23:25.120 Positive make. 23:25.120 --> 23:34.120 The gray coupe, which the unidentified suspect had been driving, had been checked out by traffic officers at 77th Street Division. 23:34.120 --> 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. 23:42.120 --> 23:45.720 We checked his mama's sheet, and we got out of broadcast on him in an APB. 23:45.720 --> 23:48.720 The stakeout had been placed at his last known address. 23:48.720 --> 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. 23:54.520 --> 23:57.920 By six o'clock the following night, we still had no idea where he was. 23:57.920 --> 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. 24:06.120 --> 24:09.120 We found him in a small apartment over on West 6th. 24:09.120 --> 24:12.620 One thing I want to set you straight on, Bruno's no friend of mine. 24:12.620 --> 24:16.120 He's in on the heavy rackets. No heavy racket man's a friend of mine. 24:16.120 --> 24:17.620 All right, we got it. Now where's Bruno? 24:17.620 --> 24:21.620 He came here tonight, quarter after six, moved right in on me, didn't even ask me. 24:21.620 --> 24:22.620 What do you want with you? 24:22.620 --> 24:24.620 Now you remember, Bruno's no friend of mine. 24:24.620 --> 24:26.620 Yeah, we got that. Now what do you want? 24:26.620 --> 24:31.820 A gun. He knew I had one. I keep it for self-protection. You can't trust these heavy men. 24:31.820 --> 24:32.820 Did you give him a gun? 24:32.820 --> 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. 24:37.620 --> 24:40.520 My own dog had to bring it back here from. 24:40.520 --> 24:41.220 Yeah. 24:41.220 --> 24:45.720 Bruno's no friend of mine. What he does with that gun is his grief. It's out of my hands. 24:45.720 --> 24:46.820 When did he leave here? 24:46.820 --> 24:51.920 An hour ago, I think. Maybe a little less. Shook me down like a rat. Real heavy guy. 24:51.920 --> 24:53.120 Where was Bruno going? 24:53.120 --> 24:58.420 I don't know. He's crazy. All them heavy guys are crazy. Talk like somebody with a paper head. 24:58.420 --> 24:59.720 Did he tell you where he was going? 24:59.720 --> 25:04.620 I see a friend of his over in Dogtown. Guy runs a bowling alley. Bruno's gonna borrow his car. 25:04.620 --> 25:05.420 What for? 25:05.420 --> 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? 25:11.920 --> 25:12.720 Why? 25:12.720 --> 25:18.220 Well, he told me he was gonna prove what he wrote to you. Crazy. I didn't get it at all. 25:18.220 --> 25:18.920 Yeah. 25:18.920 --> 25:24.320 Said he was going out to kill a couple of jerks. 25:24.320 --> 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. 25:29.820 --> 25:35.120 An alert for the suspect was broadcast immediately. Together with Gene Bechtel and Lopez, we drove to the bowling alley. 25:35.120 --> 25:40.620 Ben and I went in. Bechtel and Lopez covered the outside. 25:40.620 --> 25:43.820 That's a good crowd. I wonder where they do business. I don't see any counter. 25:43.820 --> 25:44.620 No, neither do I. 25:44.620 --> 25:46.620 Oh, yeah, yeah. There it is. Way over in the corner. 25:46.620 --> 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? 25:51.620 --> 25:56.520 Yeah, looks like he works here. Let's go. 25:56.520 --> 25:58.620 Joe, the guy with him just turned towards you. 25:58.620 --> 25:59.220 Bruno, come on. 25:59.220 --> 26:00.520 He sees us. He's going to the back. 26:00.520 --> 26:01.820 All right, Joe. Let's hold it up. 26:01.820 --> 26:05.820 Come on. He ducked in there to the right, Joe. Down behind the alley. 26:05.820 --> 26:07.020 Hold it up, Stock. 26:07.020 --> 26:08.420 The window, Joe. 26:08.420 --> 26:14.020 The window right through it. Come on. Here. 26:14.020 --> 26:16.120 There he is. Now get out. 26:16.120 --> 26:16.820 Joe! 26:16.820 --> 26:18.420 He's in there, Bechtel. Cover the front. 26:18.420 --> 26:19.220 Right. 26:19.220 --> 26:21.020 Over the fence, Joe. There he is. 26:21.020 --> 26:23.720 All right, give it back. Yeah. 26:23.720 --> 26:31.220 Come on. 26:31.220 --> 26:32.920 You see him? 26:32.920 --> 26:34.120 No. 26:34.120 --> 26:36.620 He's got to be in the yard somewhere. 26:36.620 --> 26:40.520 Yeah. 26:40.520 --> 26:45.020 Where'd he come from? I can't see. Keep down. 26:45.020 --> 26:46.220 Backstairs to that house. There he is. 26:46.220 --> 26:47.720 Give it up, Stock. 26:47.720 --> 26:50.320 All right, mister. 26:50.320 --> 27:00.720 Give tag. Come on. 27:00.720 --> 27:04.020 What's it look like? 27:04.020 --> 27:06.020 It's a shoulder wound. You want to shake him down? 27:06.020 --> 27:07.220 Yeah. 27:07.220 --> 27:08.820 Joe, Ben, you all right? 27:08.820 --> 27:10.320 Yeah. Get an ambulance. We'll be back. 27:10.320 --> 27:12.820 Right. 27:12.820 --> 27:20.120 I'll throw the cuffs on him, huh? 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