1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,000 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,840 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,800 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:31,000 First of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,840 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,720 You're assigned to burglary detail. 7 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,960 Unidentified thieves start a campaign of burglaries in your city. 8 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,240 Homes are broken into and stripped of their furnishings. 9 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,440 There's no lead on the criminals. 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,120 Your job. 11 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,920 You're a detective sergeant. 12 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:56,160 When you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes, the difference is quality. 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,800 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 14 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,280 If you want a long cigarette, smoke that best of all long cigarettes. 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,520 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 16 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:12,320 Fatima is the quality king size cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and 17 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:18,880 domestic tobaccos superbly blended and Fatima is extra mild with a much different, much 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,200 better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:28,640 Because of its quality, its extra mildness, its better flavor and aroma, Fatima has more 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,440 than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 21 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,000 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,280 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 23 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,040 Because in Fatima, the difference is quality. 24 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,560 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 25 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,360 Smoke Fatima, the quality king size cigarette. 26 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:55,320 Best of all long cigarettes. 27 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,920 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 28 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,960 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 29 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,040 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 30 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,400 files. 31 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:13,680 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 32 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:14,680 in action. 33 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,160 It was Monday, August 3rd. 34 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,000 It was warm in Los Angeles. 35 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,240 We were working the day watch out of burglary detail. 36 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,600 My partner is Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,600 My name is Friday. 38 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:31,800 I was on the way back from the business office and it was 9.25 a.m. when I got to room 45, 39 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:32,800 burglary detail. 40 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,560 Did they get all the money together Joe? 41 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,880 Yeah, a dollar from each man in the detail. 42 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:38,880 We got to buy the gift. 43 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,840 When's Austin going to get married? 44 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:41,840 Next Sunday. 45 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:42,840 We haven't got too much time. 46 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,360 Why do we always have to pick out the gifts? 47 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,360 Somebody has to do it. 48 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,360 You got any ideas what we ought to get him? 49 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,000 I talked to my wife over the weekend. 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,760 She thinks it'd be nice if we get him something to start housekeeping with. 51 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,920 Maybe some nice kitchenware, table lamp. 52 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:58,320 Yeah, I don't know if we have enough dough for a good lamp. 53 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,000 But maybe they might like a bedspread. 54 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,600 You can always use them. 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:02,600 Maybe a nice wool blanket, huh? 56 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:03,600 I don't know. 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,560 We've got to be careful about those personal things. 58 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,640 What do you mean what's personal about a blanket? 59 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,320 Well, we don't know much about the girl Austin's going to marry. 60 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:11,320 She might not need any. 61 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,320 Excuse me, could you tell me something? 62 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,320 What's that? 63 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,320 I said, could you tell me something? 64 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,320 Well, what do you want to know, little girl? 65 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,320 Is this where you come to report about stolen things? 66 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,320 Well, no, that all depends. 67 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:24,320 Why don't you come on in and tell us all about it, huh? 68 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,320 Thank you, I will. 69 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,760 Would you like to sit down, little girl? 70 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:30,760 I'm 12 years old. 71 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:31,760 I'll stand if it's all right. 72 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:32,760 All right. 73 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,760 Now, would you like to tell us what's been stolen? 74 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:36,760 Everything. 75 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:37,760 Everything's been stolen. 76 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,440 We came back this morning and found it that way. 77 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,440 Grandpa's awful mad. 78 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,440 Maybe we'd better get the facts to start with. 79 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:45,440 What's your name? 80 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Ruth Ann Marie Jeanette. 81 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:47,440 Jeanette? 82 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,440 Is that your last name? 83 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,440 No, Snyder. 84 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,440 Ruth Ann Marie Jeanette Snyder. 85 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,920 Did you come down here alone, Ruth? 86 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:53,920 Yes, Grandpa sent me. 87 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:54,920 He's awful mad. 88 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:55,920 Where do you live? 89 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:56,920 With Grandpa. 90 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:57,920 Where's that? 91 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:58,920 Over on College Avenue. 92 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,920 Grandpa's leg's bothering him. 93 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:01,920 Arthritis. 94 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,280 So he told me to come down and tell you about it. 95 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,280 About what, ma'am? 96 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,280 Everything. 97 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,280 We came back this morning on the train and when we got home we found everything was stolen. 98 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,280 It's terrible. 99 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,240 What do you mean by everything? 100 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,240 I walked all the way over here to tell you. 101 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,240 I'm thirsty, sir. 102 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,240 Drinking fontanel. 103 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,160 We've got a cooler over here. 104 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,160 Let me get you a cup. 105 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,160 Thank you. 106 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:32,160 Would you like a drink, Ben? 107 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,200 Oh, no thanks. 108 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,200 Here you are. 109 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,200 Thank you very much. 110 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:43,200 Now, would you like to tell us what it's all about? 111 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,200 Grandpa and I got back to Los Angeles on the train this morning. 112 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,200 We've been on a trip back to Indiana. 113 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,200 We took a taxi cab home from the station. 114 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,200 When we got there everything was gone. 115 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,200 Everything but the rug and the dining room. 116 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,200 All the furniture, every single bit. 117 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,200 Sofa, the chairs, my desk upstairs, the stone. 118 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Everything's been stolen. 119 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,200 I want you to find it. 120 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,200 It means someone broke in while you were gone and took all your furniture. 121 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,200 Is that what you think? 122 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,200 You know they did. 123 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,200 The lock on the back door, it was broken. 124 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,200 They took everything but the dining room rug. 125 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,200 That's why Grandpa's home now. 126 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,200 He thinks the crooks will be back. 127 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,200 He's sitting on the rug because he says if they take that, 128 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,200 they'll have to take him too. 129 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,200 We better hurry. 130 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Yeah. 131 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Grandpa's not very big. 132 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,200 Nine forty-five a.m. 133 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,200 Ben and I drove little Ruthann Snyder back to her home on College Avenue. 134 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,200 It was an old-fashioned wooden frame structure. 135 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,200 A few doors up from College Avenue and Everett Way. 136 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,200 Ruthann showed us inside and introduced us to her grandfather, 137 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,200 Mr. John H. Snyder, age 78. 138 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,200 He told us that a year ago he and his wife, Ruthann's grandmother, 139 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:52,200 had come to California from Indiana and rented the house on College Avenue. 140 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,200 The grandmother had fallen ill and passed away suddenly three weeks ago. 141 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,200 He and Ruthann closed the house and took the body back to Indiana on the train 142 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,200 for burial. 143 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:05,200 On their return that morning, they found the house stripped of every piece of furniture. 144 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,200 We checked room by room and listed the missing articles. 145 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,200 We put in a call to latent fingerprints. 146 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Do you happen to know the serial numbers of your home appliances, Mr. Snyder? 147 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,200 No, sir. 148 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,200 I've lived with most of the furniture for forty years. 149 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,200 You get to know the things you own in forty years. 150 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,200 I know what was in my room, Sergeant. 151 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,200 My desk, my table, and chair, the bed, the curtains. 152 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,200 They took everything. 153 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,200 How about the estimated value of the furniture, sir? 154 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,200 What would you say it was worth? 155 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,200 Dollars and cents? 156 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,200 I don't know. 157 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,200 What's a house full of furniture worth to anyone? 158 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,200 I guess everybody puts their own value on their things. 159 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Yes, sir, they do. 160 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:48,200 Solid walnut dining set, wedding presents, mahogany front room table, a solid two. 161 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,200 It cost money in their day, all gone. 162 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,200 Were there any liens against the furniture, sir? 163 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:55,200 How's that? 164 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,200 Did you owe anything on the furniture? 165 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,200 I mean, there was no trouble with the finance company or anything like that. 166 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:05,200 We didn't even know what a finance company was when the wife and I was married. 167 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,200 It was sad enough, trippers, it was. 168 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,200 And Ruthie and me get here this morning and everything's gone. 169 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,200 All we own. 170 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,200 Ruthie. 171 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,200 Yes, Grandpa? 172 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Where the thieves broke in, would you show the officers, please? 173 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,200 It's back this way. 174 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Okay. 175 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,200 How are you and your grandfather going to make out here, Ruth? 176 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,200 Grandpa says we'll buy two cots for tonight, Army surplus. 177 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:31,200 There's no stove to cook on. 178 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,200 We'll have to eat out. 179 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,200 Maybe we'll have to go back to Indiana. 180 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,200 Grandpa doesn't have much money. 181 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,200 He's on a pension. 182 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,200 Where's the back door? 183 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,200 We'll see what they did to get in. 184 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,200 Uh-huh. 185 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,200 Must have used a hammer and a crowbar to smash the clean through. 186 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,200 You'll find the crooks, won't you, Sergeant? 187 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,200 We're going to try, Ruth. 188 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,200 Better have the crime lab check this, huh? 189 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,200 Yeah, how about your neighbors, Ruth? 190 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,200 You know any of them well? 191 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,200 I know who they are. 192 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,200 I don't know any of them good. 193 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,200 They're not very friendly. 194 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,200 We'd like to ask you and your grandfather a few more questions, Ruth. 195 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,200 All right. 196 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,200 I don't know what I'm going to do when school starts. 197 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,200 They stole all my stuff, even my composition tablets. 198 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,200 I'm going to have to take those. 199 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,200 Which grade are you in, Ruthie? 200 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,200 I was in A7, I'll be in the B8. 201 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,200 Why would they take my school things? 202 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,200 I don't know. 203 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,200 You see how they got in back there? 204 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,200 Yes, sir, we did. 205 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,200 By any chance, did any of your neighbors know that you and Ruth here were going away? 206 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,200 Well, I didn't mention it, no. 207 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,200 Then no one kept an eye on your house while you were gone? 208 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,200 No, I didn't think it was necessary. 209 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,200 Might have helped. 210 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,200 I just remembered, Grandpa. 211 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,200 Mrs. Merton, I told her we were going away. 212 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,200 Who's that, Ruth? 213 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,200 She runs the store down at the corner, the bird store. 214 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,200 She sells canaries, other kinds of birds, too. 215 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,200 Mrs. Merton's her name, store's right down the corner. 216 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,200 You figure she's the only one who knew you'd been gone from the house for some time. 217 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,200 Must have been the only one. 218 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,200 All right, Mr. Snyder, we'll be back to see you later on. 219 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,200 Here's our card. 220 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,200 We'll see if we can't do something to help you out here. 221 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,200 Let's see here. 222 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:15,200 Friday, Romero, burglary detail. 223 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,200 All right, thank you, boy. 224 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,200 Ruth, he'll show you to the door. 225 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,200 Yes, Grandpa. 226 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,200 Bye, Mrs. Merton. 227 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,200 Bye, sir. 228 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,200 Oh, oh, say there. 229 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,200 Yes, sir. 230 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,200 I guess you understand, but I'd like to apologize anyway. 231 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,200 I just couldn't do it. 232 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,200 What's that, sir? 233 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,200 Offer your chair. 234 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Ten-thirty A.M. Ben and I called the Salvation Army and told them the Snyder situation. 235 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,200 Then we went down the street to the store at the corner of Coolidge Avenue and Everett Way. 236 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:51,200 The sign on the window said Mrs. Merton's Birdland, manager Agnes Merton. 237 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,200 We tried the door. It was locked. 238 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,200 A cardboard clock hanging on the glass door read, be back at 1 P.M. 239 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,200 So we went back up to Colley Avenue and we started ringing doorbells. 240 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,200 Some of the residents on the block didn't even know the Snyders. 241 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:10,200 Of those that did, only two had noticed any activity at the house during the three weeks Mr. Snyder and his granddaughter had been away. 242 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,200 They told us that they'd seen a moving van parked in front of the house about a week before. 243 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,200 They also saw men moving furniture from the house into the van. 244 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:21,200 Neither of the two could describe the vehicle or remember its license number. 245 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Twelve forty-five P.M. We had a cup of coffee and a hamburger and then we headed back for Mrs. Merton's Bird store. 246 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,200 Can I help you, gentlemen? 247 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,200 Yes, ma'am. Police officers. You have a few questions for you. 248 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,200 Certainly. Something about birds? 249 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,200 No, ma'am. About one of your neighbors. 250 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,200 Oh. 251 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,200 The Snyders? They live just out the street from here. 252 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,200 Oh, yes, old couple. Poor Mr. Snyder passed away, you know, a few weeks ago. 253 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:50,200 Yes, ma'am. We know. 254 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,200 They have a wonderful granddaughter, Ruthie. She and I are getting to be great friends. 255 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,200 The Snyders having some kind of trouble? 256 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,200 We're investigating a burglary at their house. 257 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:04,200 Oh, is that so? Now, you be quiet, Mary. You heard what I told Blackie. Just eat your food and be quiet. 258 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,200 I guess you knew the Snyders had been away for the last few weeks. 259 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,200 Yes, I did. But they're back. I saw Ruthie pass the window this morning. 260 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,200 You noticed any activity around the Snyders' house since they've been gone? 261 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:14,200 Yes, I did. 262 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,200 And just what did you notice, Miss Merton? 263 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:25,200 Well, it was seven or eight days ago, I think, some white moving truck stopped in front of their place and the two men started moving up Snyder's furniture. 264 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,200 Uh-huh. 265 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,200 I thought it was a little strange because Ruthie hadn't told me anything about moving. 266 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:36,200 In fact, she said definitely she and her grandpa were coming back after poor Mrs. Snyder's funeral in Indiana. 267 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,200 Did you investigate at all, ma'am? 268 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:45,200 Excuse me. Who is that? You? Fred? Yes? You ought to be ashamed. You can see I'm busy. 269 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:51,200 Never out this like that. And all three of you, Fred, Blackie, Mary, I'll take care of you. 270 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,200 Oh, where was I? 271 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,200 You saw the moving van in front of the Snyders. 272 00:11:55,200 --> 00:12:02,200 Oh, yes. And I went up to the moving men and asked them if the Snyders were going back to Indiana. Well, of course, they didn't know anything about it. 273 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,200 Did you inquire at the Snyders' house? 274 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:09,200 Well, no, it so happened I didn't. I was on my way to one of the big aviaries in the valley and I just didn't have time to stop. 275 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,200 How about the moving van? Did you happen to notice the license? 276 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,200 I don't remember the numbers. 277 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,200 Any identifying marks about the truck you might remember? Maybe a sign on the side? 278 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:24,200 Yes, the side of the truck was painted white and there was large blue lettering on it. Van and storage. It said I remember that much. 279 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200 Was that all? 280 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,200 Well, yes. As I said, I was in a hurry. I had to pick up three sick canaries out in the valley. 281 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,200 Is there anything else about the incident you can remember? Anything at all? 282 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,200 No, I'm afraid not. 283 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:42,200 Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Burton. Here's our card if you happen to come across any further information. 284 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,200 Yes, all right. I'll have to go see the Snyders. Maybe I can help. 285 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,200 Fine. Goodbye, ma'am. Thank you very much. 286 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,200 Yes, goodbye. 287 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,200 Goodbye. 288 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,200 Fred, now you stop up this minute. Fred? 289 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,200 Yeah, not much help there. 290 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,200 Not much. Give me an idea, though. 291 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,200 Hmm? 292 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,200 Wedding present for the Austen's. 293 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,200 Yeah? 294 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,200 Maybe a couple of canaries in a nice cage? 295 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,200 Five p.m. We went back to the office. Reports had come in from two more victims. 296 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:23,200 That night, Ben and I drove out to interview them. The circumstances of the theft and the ammo of the criminals matched identically with the Snyder case. 297 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:30,200 Both of the families victimized had gone off on vacations and neglected to notify either the neighbors or the patrolmen in their area. 298 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:37,200 Both had allowed daily newspapers to collect on their doorsteps in their absence and otherwise left signs that their homes were vacant. 299 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,200 In both cases, the thieves had forced an entrance through a back door or window, 300 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:46,200 stripped the house of every last piece of furniture, and either hauled it away themselves or hired somebody to do it for them. 301 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,200 We started canvassing the two areas where the crimes had been reported. 302 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:55,200 Again, the neighbors saw the moving vans, but none were able to definitely identify their vehicles or their license numbers. 303 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,200 Captain Fulton called us into his office. 304 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,200 You're going to have to try harder. I know they're hard to get, but get them. Get them fast. 305 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,200 We've done about everything we can so far, Skipper. 306 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:09,200 With only one small lead, the thieves seemed to be using a different moving van on each job. 307 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,200 We started to check the movers around town, the transfer companies. 308 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,200 Did Clayton Prince come up with anything yet? 309 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,200 No. No luck there. 310 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:21,200 One of the loudest rackets we've had since I came on this detail. Whole house full of furniture. Everything a family owns. 311 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,200 Well, we'll stay on top of it. The stats office may come up with something. 312 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,200 How about an outlet for all that stuff that's been stolen? The thieves can't be sitting on it. 313 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,200 Phone shop and secondhand details have been alerted. 314 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,200 They're checking regular outlets, auction houses, secondhand places. Nothing yet. 315 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,200 What about some kind of preventive idea? At least slow them down. 316 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,200 Good dose of publicity on the whole thing would help. 317 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,200 If only people wouldn't give it a secret when they're going away. 318 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:47,200 Neighbors aren't alerted. That's why a lot of them didn't think much of it when they saw the moving vans parked at those houses. 319 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:52,200 And drawing blinds and the newspapers on the doorsteps didn't help much either. It's an open invitation. 320 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,200 Well, I'll see what we can do on the publicity end. We've had one campaign on this already. 321 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,200 No, excuse me. 322 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,200 Regular A, Captain Fulton. 323 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,200 What's the address? 324 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,200 Okay, I got it. Thank you. 325 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Here you go, another one. 326 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,200 63R just called it in. Family back from vacation, furniture all gone. 327 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,200 Here's your address, sir. Thank you. 328 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,200 Better get on it right away. Let's go. 329 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,200 I'll have a little more help for you on this tomorrow. Crowley and Barnes will be free. They can work with you. 330 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,200 Okay, Skipper. Check you later. 331 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Right. 332 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,200 Sergeant Friday? Yes, ma'am. You remember me, don't you, Mrs. Merton? 333 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,200 Oh, sure. The Bird Store. Yes, ma'am. How are you? 334 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,200 Well, they told me to wait here. I guess everything will be all right now. 335 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,200 Yeah? I saw it today on Olive Street. Here. 336 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,200 Hmm? The truck that came to Snyder's house. That's the license number. 337 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:02,200 You are listening to Dragnet, the case history of a police investigation presented in the public interest by Fatima Cigarettes. 338 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:07,200 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to extra-mild Fatima. 339 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,200 Here is the actual report. 340 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,200 From coast to coast, Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 341 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:21,200 Here is the reason why. When you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes, the difference is quality. 342 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,200 Yes, in Fatima the difference is quality. 343 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:31,200 Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 344 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:40,200 superbly blended, and Fatima is extra-mild with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 345 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:51,200 And because of its quality, its extra-mildness, its better flavor and aroma, more and more smokers say it's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. 346 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,200 I agree, says Dick Hyland, sports columnist. 347 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,200 I agree, says Mrs. Deems Taylor, painter and theatrical designer. 348 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,200 I agree, says Frank Fenton, author. 349 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:07,200 Yes, all agree. It's wise to smoke extra-mild Fatima. Best of all, long cigarettes. 350 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,200 Because in Fatima, the difference is quality. 351 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,200 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 352 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,200 Smoke Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. 353 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:30,200 Tuesday, August 11th, 6 p.m. The license number which Mrs. Merton had given us was checked through DMV. 354 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:35,200 We found that the truck was registered in the name of a local secondhand furniture dealer by the name of Ralph Grismore. 355 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,200 We checked his name through the police commission and then the Eye Bureau. 356 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,200 He had a good reputation, no criminal record. 357 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:46,200 Early the next morning we picked up Mr. Snyder and his granddaughter Ruth, and we drove to Grismore's secondhand furniture store. 358 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,200 We identified ourselves and asked to look at his buy book. 359 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:56,200 Under the date of July 27th, Grismore had recorded the purchase of more than three dozen articles of furniture from a house on College Avenue. 360 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,200 The address was that of the Snyders. 361 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,200 A man and a woman, Sergeant, they said they'd sold their house and they were going east. 362 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,200 The man said the company he worked for had transferred them to Boston. 363 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,200 Told them he had to get back to take over his new job. 364 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,200 Would you recognize the people if you saw them again, Grismore? 365 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,200 Sure, I think so. The woman was a great talker. 366 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:20,200 She said they figured on selling the stuff piece by piece, they'd get more, but since they had to leave town the next day, she decided to sell the whole lot to a dealer. 367 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,200 You got the furniture for a pretty low price, didn't you? 368 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,200 Pretty good price, yeah. That's why I went along in the fast deal. 369 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,200 I wasn't going to talk myself out of a bargain. They wanted to sell fast, so I wanted to buy. 370 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,200 I don't think anything was wrong. 371 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:32,200 Sergeant. 372 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Yeah, Mrs. Snyder? 373 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,200 Our walnut dining room, sir. That's it right over there. 374 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,200 You sure, Mr. Snyder? 375 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,200 Cigar burn on top, just above one of the legs. No, it anywhere. 376 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,200 It seems to me that's on the agony table. I'll look. 377 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,200 Sergeant, the table in my desk, here they are right here. My school stuff, too. 378 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,200 All right, Ruthie. 379 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,200 Yeah, they sure stuck me all right. That's the last fast deal I ever made. 380 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,200 How did they contact you, Grismore? What kind of approach did they use? 381 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:02,200 They called me on the phone, and I came out and gave them an appraisal on the stuff. Nothing suspicious about either the man or the woman. 382 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,200 And that's all? 383 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:08,200 She was in a house dress, bandana around her head. The guy was in old clothes, just as homey as you please. 384 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,200 Looked like he was doing a little repair work around the house, you know. 385 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,200 Mm-hmm. You noticed that they had a car parked by the house? 386 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,200 No. Matter of fact, I didn't. There wasn't any in the driveway. 387 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,200 Mm-hmm. No argument over the price you offered them for the furniture? 388 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:26,200 No. They seemed to hesitate a little, but they took my first offer. I thought I had a good deal. I don't know. 389 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,200 How'd they react after you agreed on a price in a hurry? 390 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,200 Said they had to board a train that night for Boston. They asked me to get the furniture out right away. 391 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,200 Mm-hmm. 392 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:43,200 The woman said they had other business to wind up, so if they weren't at the house when I came back with the van, why should you leave the back door open for me? 393 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,200 I guess you realized you were going to have to place a hold on this furniture that you bought. 394 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,200 Yeah, I know. I had nobody blame but myself. 395 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,200 You gave this man and woman a check for the full amount of the sale. Is that right, Grisma? 396 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,200 $550 down the drain. 397 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,200 Do you have the canceled check? 398 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:03,200 No, not yet. If you like, you can probably get it from the bank. Don't imagine those crooks would waste any time cashing it. 399 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,200 We'd appreciate it if you'd run down the bank with us now. 400 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,200 Okay, sir. 401 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,200 Sergeant, could I speak with Mr. Grismore? 402 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Sure, Mr. Snyder. 403 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,200 And Mr. Grismore? 404 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:17,200 Yes, sir. I'm sorry about all this. I didn't know. 405 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,200 Oh, I understand, sir. You buy furniture, don't you? 406 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,200 Yes, sir. 407 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,200 What could you give me for two Army surplus cuts? 408 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:33,200 Grismore made arrangements to round up Mr. Snyder's furniture and ship it back to his home. 409 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,200 Then we took him down to his bank where he recovered the canceled check for $550. 410 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,200 The endorsement read, Mr. Thomas Butterworth. 411 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:45,200 According to the bank teller who waited on them, the suspects had cashed the check shortly after the sale of the Snyder's furniture. 412 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:51,200 From the second-hand dealer and the clerk at the bank, we got a complete description of the man and woman known as Mr. and Mrs. Butterworth. 413 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:56,200 We also had photostatic copies made of the check and specimens of the handwriting from the endorsement. 414 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,200 From the descriptions, we checked the suspects through the stats office. We got nowhere. 415 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:06,200 During the next two weeks, we found six more second-hand dealers who had been taken in on the same furniture deal. 416 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,200 The description of the man and woman matched, and so did the handwriting and the endorsements on each check. 417 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,200 There was only one variation. The couple went under a different name on each occasion. 418 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Wednesday, August 26th, 9 a.m. 419 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,200 Twelve cases like this today, is that right? 420 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,200 Yes, Captain. Got the description, M.O. handwriting. Still can't reach him. 421 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,200 Well, Steve's been freewheeling for a month now. What's going to take a stoppin'? 422 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,200 Well, Ben came up with a pretty good idea this morning. We'd like to talk it over with you. 423 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,200 Oh, what's that? 424 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,200 Kind of a system of decoys, Skipper. 425 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:39,200 We were thinking it might be a good idea to contact all the division captains and have them ask their men if they have any neighbors going on vacation. 426 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,200 Yeah, go ahead. 427 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:47,200 Well, if we got a few dozen houses spotted around the city, we could plant a few things. Make them look obviously vacant. 428 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,200 Keep the houses covered at all times. They ought to make pretty good bait for those thieves. 429 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,200 Uh-huh. How would you set it up? 430 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:59,200 We could make arrangements to get a key to each home, keep the milk and paper deliveries coming, let them pile up on the doorstep. 431 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,200 We could reimburse the people for whatever it cost. 432 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:06,200 We're not making any headway. We could run this for a couple of weeks, see what happens. 433 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:07,200 What do you think? 434 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Try it. 435 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:20,200 At 9.30 a.m., we contacted all division commanders requesting them to ask their men to contact burglary detail if they knew of any of their neighbors about to leave on a vacation. 436 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,200 During the next two days, the response came in and the plan went into effect. 437 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:29,200 Forty homes throughout the city were spotted as decoys. They were kept under surveillance at all times. 438 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:36,200 In the week that followed, two more burglaries of the same type were reported, but the suspects failed to try any of the decoy homes. 439 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,200 The men in the pawn shop and secondhand details continued to work right along with us. 440 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,200 The stolen furniture kept turning up, but not the thieves. 441 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:48,200 Again, the homes that had been broken into displayed all the usual signs that the occupants were away. 442 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:54,200 Old circulars and newspapers scattered on the lawn. Milk bottles lined up at the door, all the blinds drawn. 443 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,200 The decoy plan continued. No results. 444 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,200 August 31st, we had a report of another burglary involving the theft of furniture. 445 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:05,200 We made our investigation. 2 p.m. We went back to the office to get out a list of stolen articles. 446 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,200 Hi, Ben. Joe. 447 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,200 Hi, Austin. When did you get back from your honeymoon? 448 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,200 Late last night. 449 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,200 I'd sure like to thank all you fellas for that wedding present you sent us. 450 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,200 Darn nice of you. 451 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,200 Well, we're glad you liked it, Austin. 452 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,200 Sure a beauty. 453 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,200 I'd like to ask you a question about it, though. I hope you won't take it wrong. 454 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,200 No, go ahead. 455 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,200 Well, what is it? 456 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,200 You've got an early American house, haven't you? 457 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Yeah, that's right. 458 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:34,200 It's an antique. 459 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,200 Yeah? 460 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,200 It's an apple theater. One of the first ever built. 461 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,200 Oh, sure. Thanks a lot. 462 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,200 I get it. 463 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,200 Burgery Friday. Yeah? Where? 464 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,200 Right away. Thanks. 465 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,200 One of the decoy houses. We got a bite. 466 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,200 Together with Sergeants Crowley and Austin, we drove out to the decoy house 467 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,200 where an unidentified man and a woman had been seen forcing entry through a back door. 468 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,200 They'd been spotted by a police officer's wife who lived next door and who had called in the report. 469 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,200 We parked down the street from the decoy home and waited. 470 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,200 Five minutes passed. 471 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,200 We saw a woman dressed in a house coat come out onto the porch of the house, 472 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,200 look up and down the street, and then go back inside. 473 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,200 A few minutes after that, a gray Chevrolet sedan pulled up in front of the house. 474 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,200 A man in a dark suit got out and entered through the front door. 475 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,200 Ben called communications for a make on the car. 476 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:30,200 80K to Control 4. 8 OK to Control 4. 477 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,200 Request DMV on 6 Mary, 6 7 7 8. 478 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,200 Repeat, 6 M, 6 7 7 8. Information urgent. 479 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,200 Roger 80K, AMA 6 6 7 8. 480 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,200 We waited. There were no signs of activity from the decoy house. 481 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Two minutes after Ben put in the call, we got our make on the gray sedan. 482 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,200 Control 4 to 80K. 483 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,200 80K, go ahead. 484 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,200 6 Mary, 6 7 7 8. 485 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,200 6 M, 6 7 7 8. 486 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,200 Is registered to the Donohoe Furniture Company. 487 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,200 Legal the same. 488 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,200 7 8 1 1, Harvard Boulevard. 489 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,200 It is a Chevrolet Deluxe two-door sedan, 1941 model. 490 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,200 Engine number, C6VA4414. 491 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,200 80K, Roger. AMA 3 6 7. 492 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:31,200 A few minutes after the call back, a moving van drove down the street and backed into the driveway of the decoy house. 493 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,200 The sign on the side of the van read Donohoe Furniture Company. 494 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,200 Two men got out, went up to the front door and were let in. 495 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,200 They came out in a couple of minutes and loaded a sofa into the moving van. 496 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,200 OK Joe. 497 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,200 Crowley and Austin get the sign. 498 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,200 Here they come. 499 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,200 Hey, you and Crowley want to cover the back, Austin. 500 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,200 Right. Let's go Crowley. 501 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,200 Come on Ben. 502 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,200 Yes, sir, you want something? 503 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,200 Police officers like you. 504 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,200 Cut in the cops, run him! 505 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,200 Stand still, you. 506 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,200 Austin and Crowley got her. 507 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,200 All right, hold still mister. 508 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,200 Oh, that's a good one. 509 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,200 What's this all about, you cops? 510 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,200 That's right, you. 511 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,200 Thanks Donohoe, I'm buying this lot of furniture. 512 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:20,200 Something the matter? 513 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,200 You're buying from the wrong people, they're not the owners. 514 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,200 You better have your men move that stuff back in the house. 515 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,200 OK, if you say so. 516 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,200 All right, baby, relax. 517 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,200 Take it easy, Helen, there's no use fighting, they got us. 518 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,200 Whose fault is it? I told you luck doesn't last forever. 519 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,200 OK, all right, don't make it worse. 520 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:37,200 All right, let's go. 521 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,200 I'll take her, Austin. 522 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,200 You better fix yourself. 523 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,200 Yeah. 524 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,200 Come on, baby. 525 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Put your hands in. 526 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,200 Hey, what's the matter with your shirt, Austin? 527 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,200 Look, it used to happen when she tried to get away. 528 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,200 Yeah, lipstick all over the collar there. 529 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,200 Doesn't look very good. 530 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,200 No, it doesn't. 531 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,200 What are you going to tell your new bride? 532 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,200 I got nothing to hide, I'll tell her the truth. 533 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,200 Yeah? 534 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:10,200 She'll believe me, won't she? 535 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,200 The story you just heard was true. 536 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,200 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 537 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,200 On November 25th, trial was held in Superior Court, 538 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,200 Department 87, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 539 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,200 In a moment, the results of that trial. 540 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,200 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 541 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,200 Thank you. 542 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,200 Under our system of law, the jury selected to hear a case is accorded complete freedom. 543 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:37,200 The jury's decision is the final result of the testimony and evidence presented in the course of the trial. 544 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:45,200 So, with Fatima, they are the final result of carefully selecting and blending only the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos to make Fatima extra mild. 545 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:51,200 If you're a long cigarette smoker like I am, buy a pack of Fatimas and compare them with other long cigarettes, 546 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,200 and you'll see the difference is quality. 547 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,200 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 548 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:07,200 So, smoke Fatima. 549 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,200 The suspects were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunbar. 550 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:16,200 They were arraigned on 15 counts of burglary and tried and found guilty on all counts. 551 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:23,200 They are now serving their terms in the State Penitentiary. 552 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:29,200 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 553 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:41,200 Technical advice came from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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