1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,780 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:10,780 --> 00:00:13,640 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,440 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:28,640 Best of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,440 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,800 You're assigned to robbery detail. 7 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,760 A store clerk has been murdered, shot to death in a robbery. 8 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,480 A holdup man is described as tall, well-dressed. 9 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,080 He escapes in a taxi cab. 10 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:44,720 Your job. 11 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,720 Get him. 12 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:53,800 Oh, no. 13 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:59,240 Oh, that's different. 14 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,080 Yes, what a difference. 15 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,640 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:09,920 You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,320 domestic tobaccos, superbly blended. 18 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:18,880 And Fatima is extra mild with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 19 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,820 long cigarette. 20 00:01:20,820 --> 00:01:25,720 Because of its quality, its extra mildness, its better flavor and aroma, Fatima has more 21 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,040 than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 22 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:33,040 Fatima's cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you... 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,640 Ah, that's different. 24 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 25 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:47,160 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. 26 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,280 Best of all, long cigarettes. 27 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,280 Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 28 00:01:53,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 29 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,560 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,680 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 31 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,080 files. 32 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:15,080 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 33 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,840 in action. 34 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,400 Last Friday, August 17th, it was hot in Los Angeles. 35 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,800 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 36 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,800 My partner is Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Walker. 37 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,800 My name's Friday. 38 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:38,000 It was 8.35 p.m. when we got to the church of St. Damien, the vestibule. 39 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,480 That must be her playing the organ. 40 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,800 Yeah, I don't see any stairs. 41 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,680 I wonder how you get up there to the loft. 42 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,840 Looks like that might be the sexton over there. 43 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,040 Well, let's ask. 44 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,480 Excuse me, sir. 45 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,240 We're looking for an Ernestine Matthews. 46 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,520 Understand she's the organist here at the church. 47 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,160 That's her playing up there now, playing over a few pieces for Sunday. 48 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,520 Could you tell us how to get up to the choir loft, sir? 49 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,960 Surely, through that door over there. 50 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:03,960 Follow the stairway straight up. 51 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:04,960 Can't miss. 52 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:05,960 Thank you. 53 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:14,960 Sure has been a long time. 54 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:15,960 What's that? 55 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:16,960 Climbing stairs to a choir loft. 56 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:17,960 I sang a lot in church when I was a kid. 57 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:18,960 The boys were brown. 58 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:19,960 All right. 59 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:20,960 They finally threw me out. 60 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:21,960 The boys changed. 61 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:22,960 Yes, did you want something? 62 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:23,960 Are you Mrs. Ernestine Matthews? 63 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:24,960 Yes, did you come about the new choir books? 64 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:25,960 No, ma'am. 65 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,960 Police officers. 66 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:27,960 Oh, can I help you? 67 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,960 It's about your husband, Miss Matthews. 68 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:29,960 Bert, what about him? 69 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:30,960 Has Bert done something? 70 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,960 He was hurt, ma'am. 71 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:32,960 Well, I don't understand. 72 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Bert's working at store. 73 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:34,960 What do you want? 74 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:35,960 I want to know. 75 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:36,960 I want to know. 76 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:37,960 I want to know. 77 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:38,960 I want to know. 78 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,960 I want to know. 79 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:40,960 I want to know. 80 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:41,960 I want to know. 81 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,960 He was hurt, ma'am. 82 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:47,960 I don't understand. 83 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,960 Bert's working at store. 84 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:49,960 What do you mean he was hurt? 85 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:50,960 There was a hole there. 86 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:51,960 Dear God, my husband. 87 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Was he hurt bad? 88 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,960 Yes, ma'am. 89 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:54,960 Where is he? 90 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,960 I've got to go to him. 91 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:56,960 Is he in pain? 92 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,960 No, ma'am. 93 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:58,960 What are you trying to say? 94 00:03:58,960 --> 00:03:59,960 Dear God, tell me the truth. 95 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:00,960 Which hospital is he in? 96 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:01,960 They took him to Georgia Street. 97 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:02,960 They helped him all they could. 98 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,720 You're not trying to tell me Bert's dead? 99 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,720 You're not trying to tell me that, are you? 100 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:17,960 In the past 16 days, seven armed robberies had been committed, apparently by the same 101 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:18,960 man. 102 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,600 The suspect was described by victims as tall, heavily built, and very nervous. 103 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,240 He was armed. 104 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,480 It's cold logic that every suspect who's armed in the commission of a robbery is a potential 105 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:29,480 killer. 106 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,600 It's a fact that's been proved a hundred times over. 107 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,120 The man we were after had proven it again. 108 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,400 We'd used every means at our disposal to identify him through the stats office, the record bureau, 109 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,120 and fingerprints, through informants and witnesses. 110 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,200 We'd gotten out an APB on him, containing his description and his method of operation. 111 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,120 We'd maintained stakeouts. 112 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,280 We hadn't reached him in time. 113 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:53,000 Early that evening, a downtown grocery store had been held up. 114 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,280 One of the clerks, 31-year-old Bert Matthews, failed to empty the cash register quickly 115 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:00,680 enough and the bandits shot him three times through the chest. 116 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,120 He died almost instantly and the holdup man escaped. 117 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,440 There was only one witness, another clerk who had been on duty in the store with Matthews 118 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,440 at the time of the holdup. 119 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,840 His name was Jess Tallman. 120 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:12,800 He was brought to the city hall where we questioned him further. 121 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,400 Did you see Bert's wife? 122 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,400 Does she know? 123 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,880 Yeah, we dropped off at the church on the way in. 124 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,560 He was over to her sister's place. 125 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:20,960 Still can't get it through my head. 126 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,520 One minute I was talking to Bert, next minute he was dead. 127 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,080 It's kind of hard to take, you know? 128 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,360 I'd like to go over that description of the holdup man. 129 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:30,840 You were pretty upset out there at the store. 130 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:32,080 Do you feel up to it now? 131 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Yeah, I'm okay. 132 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,640 All right, now you just take it easy. 133 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,040 Tell us everything you remember and take all the time you need. 134 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,960 Well, I know he was a big guy, over six foot anyway, I'm sure of that. 135 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,600 He had a good build too. 136 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:43,600 Wasn't skinny. 137 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,160 How about his face, Jess? 138 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,440 Did you get a good look at it? 139 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Yeah, I did. 140 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,800 It was thin and he kept working it around, you know, twitching like guy. 141 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:51,800 I was bloody nervous. 142 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,520 Can you tell us anything else about it? 143 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,880 He was young, about 21 I'd say. 144 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,360 He had dark-colored eyes. 145 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,960 That's about all I'd swear to, Sergeant. 146 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,200 He had a hat on, I know that. 147 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,760 How about the rest of his clothing? 148 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,440 I wouldn't be sure about it. 149 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,680 Could have been a gray coat, blue coat, I don't know. 150 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:10,960 I wouldn't want to give you a bum stare. 151 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,600 Did you get a look at the gun? 152 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:13,600 I couldn't miss that. 153 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:14,600 It was a big one. 154 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,360 It wasn't shiny, it was kind of dark blue color. 155 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,840 I could see the guy now walking in the store and pointing at Bert. 156 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:23,760 What time was that again, Jess, when the bandits showed up? 157 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:24,760 Just about 7.30. 158 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,280 Bert was behind the counter, I was in the back stacking the shelves. 159 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,880 The guy just walked in, pointed the gun, said, give me the dough. 160 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:32,280 I heard him say that. 161 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:33,280 Mm-hmm. 162 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:34,280 Bert was kind of surprised. 163 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:38,000 He just stood there for a minute and the guy said, hurry up, give me the dough. 164 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,880 And Bert said, okay, you can have everything. 165 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,360 And he reached to get the dough from the cash register. 166 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,360 That's when the guy did it. 167 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:45,840 He hit Bert right in the chest. 168 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:47,200 What happened then? 169 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,720 Bert moaned a little and fell down on the floor. 170 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,440 I got so mad I started running for the guy, but he swung around at me with a gun and said, 171 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:54,440 stay where you are. 172 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:55,440 Oh. 173 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,240 I didn't want to get killed, I stopped. 174 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,240 You can't blame me for that, can you? 175 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,720 Did you follow the man when he left? 176 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,160 Well, you see, he backed out of the store and when he got to the sidewalk, he jammed the 177 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,720 gun in his pocket and ran down the street. 178 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,800 I ran out after him, saw him jump in a taxi cab and take off. 179 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:10,800 Did you get the cab's number? 180 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,040 Well, he was too far away for that, at least halfway down the block. 181 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,840 I know somebody else must have been driving it, though. 182 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:17,840 How do you know that? 183 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,240 The cab was already moving when the holdup guy jumped in. 184 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,240 He got in the front seat. 185 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,760 How do you know it was the front seat and not the back? 186 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:28,120 The way those cab doors open, you know, front doors swing out to the left, back ones swing 187 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,120 out to the right. 188 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,120 That ties in, Joe. 189 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,760 He used the same M.O. on those holdups last week. 190 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:33,760 Yeah. 191 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,760 You got anything else to add, Jess? 192 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,360 Anything you think we ought to know? 193 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,040 It's about the size of it, Sergeant. 194 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,040 You don't think I'm yellow, do you? 195 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:41,040 Well, how do you mean? 196 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,360 I mean, because I stopped when he pointed the gun at me. 197 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,200 Guess I should have grabbed him, but that gun looked as big as a cannon. 198 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,520 Let's face it, I'm not that much of a hero. 199 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,520 Well, I'll put in with you, Jess. 200 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:52,520 Neither am I. 201 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:59,760 Along with a team of men from Homicide Detail, we continued our investigation of the holdup 202 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:00,760 and killing. 203 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,280 The ballistics reported that the slugs taken from the body of Burt Matthews had possibly 204 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,600 been fired from a.38 caliber Colt revolver. 205 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,720 The slugs were in good condition for identification. 206 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,200 All the possible suspects picked from the mug books by the victims had been checked 207 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,200 out. 208 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,480 All of them had been cleared. 209 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Fingerprints left by the bandit at the scene of his latest crime were checked out. 210 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,480 No make. 211 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,880 We tried to check the taxi cab used in the escape. 212 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,320 We got nowhere. 213 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,680 The morning after the Matthews killing, we got a call from Sheriff's Homicide. 214 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,920 We went across the street and checked with Inspector Bowers. 215 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,560 Either one of you remember that case about six months ago, the Harry Solomon killing? 216 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:37,560 Oh, yeah, Inspector. 217 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:40,000 It's pretty vague right now. 218 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,400 Your men handled it, the Connick case? 219 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,400 Yeah. 220 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Let me lay it out for you. 221 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,080 It's just possible that Mike tie in with that killing you fellas had last night. 222 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,240 And what's the angle? 223 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,880 Harry Solomon was a taxi cab driver. 224 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,680 The night of February 26th, somebody saw him pick up a fare at Sunset and Highland about 225 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:55,400 10.30 p.m. 226 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,680 That's the last time he was seen alive. 227 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,360 Yeah, I think I remember. 228 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,760 The next morning, we found Solomon's body in a ditch out in the valley. 229 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,240 Two 38 slugs in his head. 230 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,480 Found his cab a few yards up the road, abandoned. 231 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:07,640 Killer used a 38. 232 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,720 Same kind of gun used on last night's job. 233 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,320 Here's something else that ties in. 234 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:12,320 Yeah? 235 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,960 A description of the passenger Solomon picked up at Sunset and Highland the night he was 236 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:17,960 murdered. 237 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:19,640 The last fare he ever handled. 238 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,160 White male American. 239 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,160 Over six feet tall, heavy build. 240 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,320 Age, 20, 21, dark eyes. 241 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,320 Had a dark suit on and a hat. 242 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,360 Patches up all the way down the line. 243 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,920 You had a robbery motive figured on the Solomon killing, didn't you? 244 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,920 That's right. 245 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,240 Except for a five dollar bill hidden in his wallet, Solomon didn't have a penny of his 246 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,040 receipts for the night. 247 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,480 Might have been another reason behind the killing besides that. 248 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:42,480 Yeah? 249 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,640 It's just barely possible Solomon might have known the holdup man, the guy who killed him. 250 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:47,640 How do you figure? 251 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,640 Solomon had been a cabbie for 14 years before he was murdered. 252 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:57,120 From this holdup man's M.O. using cabs for a getaway car, it's possible he might have 253 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,920 been a cab driver at some time around it. 254 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,680 You mean if the killer got in the cab and told Solomon Solomon recognized him, was suspicious 255 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:04,680 of him? 256 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:05,680 That's right. 257 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:07,440 Could have been reason enough for him to kill Solomon. 258 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,600 I know there's a lot of coulds and ifs and maybes in it, but I thought you might be interested. 259 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,520 Well, we'll check it out first thing. 260 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,440 How are your men coming on the Solomon case? 261 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,440 Progress is pretty slow. 262 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,640 Well, we'll keep you posted on anything new. 263 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:19,640 Fine. 264 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:20,640 If we can help, let me know. 265 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:21,640 Right. 266 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:30,120 Two sets of 38 slugs. 267 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,120 What do you think? 268 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,120 Let's ask the crime lab. 269 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:40,240 We put in a request to Russ Camp and Ballistics to check the 38 slugs found in taxi driver 270 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,200 Solomon's body against those found in the body of grocery clerk, Burke Matthews. 271 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,520 Then we contacted the special agent at the taxi cab company. 272 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,720 We asked him for pictures of all their drivers employed by the company during the past year 273 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,280 who were six feet in height or over. 274 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,040 He told us that they'd have a file ready for us the following morning. 275 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,880 We drove back to the office and checked in with Russ Camp at the crime lab. 276 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,760 He was examining the 38 slugs under the comparison line. 277 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:05,760 Just a few more minutes, fellas. 278 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:06,760 Have a chair. 279 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,360 Yeah, all right. 280 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,560 Not much luck so far. 281 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:12,960 No. 282 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,360 No. 283 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:18,040 Well, that's it. 284 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Yeah. 285 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:20,040 No make. 286 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:28,920 These slugs come from two different guns. 287 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,520 That night, two more armed robberies were committed. 288 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,680 One at a liquor store, the other at a cafe. 289 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:37,120 In both cases, the holdup man escaped in a taxi cab. 290 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,360 The description of the man who robbed the liquor store matched that of the bandit who 291 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,640 shot and killed Burke Matthews. 292 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,040 The big switch came when we checked the cafe holdup. 293 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,280 There, the victims described the suspect as short and fat with dark blonde hair. 294 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,240 He had a deep scar on his chin. 295 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,400 During the robbery, this suspect had become so nervous that he'd dropped his gun, but 296 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,640 he'd succeeded in getting outside and escaping in a taxi cab before it could be apprehended. 297 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,280 The gun was taken back to latent fingerprints and checked. 298 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:03,280 Was clean. 299 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,680 Russ Camp checked it through ballistics. 300 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:06,680 Some days are like this, fellas. 301 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:07,680 What do you mean? 302 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:09,720 That cab driver, Solomon, was shot with a.38. 303 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:10,720 Yeah. 304 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,840 The Matthews was shot with a.38, a different one though. 305 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:13,840 Mm-hmm. 306 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:14,840 It's got a bandit drop tonight. 307 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:15,840 It's a.38 too. 308 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:16,840 Yeah, we know that. 309 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:17,840 What are you getting at? 310 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,080 Doesn't match either case. 311 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,520 The next morning, we started working one of the few leads we had left. 312 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,880 We drove down to the taxi cab company and collected the pictures of all the drivers 313 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,080 that they employed during the past year who were six feet in height or over. 314 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,200 There were 87 of them. 315 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,480 We started checking them out. 316 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,840 It's what the working detective calls legwork. 317 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,320 It's slow and it's tedious and you're not sure it's going to amount to anything even 318 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,400 by the time you finish. 319 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,720 Two nights later, the taxi cab bandit hit again, his first repeater, a restaurant on 320 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:48,720 South Figueroa. 321 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,480 He'd robbed the same place less than three weeks before. 322 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,280 Ben and I interviewed the manager, a Mr. Cavallo. 323 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,240 Tell you, Sergeant, I can't take any more of it. 324 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,240 Twice in one month. 325 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,240 Yes, sir. 326 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,520 Could we talk back there in one of the booths? 327 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:00,520 Oh, yeah. 328 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:01,520 Come on. 329 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,720 You got a good look at the man, did you, Mr. Cavallo? 330 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,000 Two feet from him, memorized his face from the first time. 331 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,600 It's no joke, you know. 332 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:10,800 So I have no time for the customers. 333 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,280 I'm too busy opening the cash box for that thief. 334 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,720 Here, sit down. 335 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,440 Thanks, sir. 336 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,840 When you're positive, it's the same man who robbed you before. 337 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,120 There's no question there, huh? 338 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,120 None, I'm positive. 339 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,120 And he used the same M.O. too. 340 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,120 Yeah, sure. 341 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,120 M.O.? 342 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,120 What's that? 343 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,120 Oh, excuse me. 344 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,720 I mean, he used the same approach, the same method of operation. 345 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:32,720 Everything was the same. 346 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,600 The man, the gun, the taxi cab, everything. 347 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,040 You didn't get the number of the cab. 348 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,040 I looked for it. 349 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,040 I didn't see any. 350 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,040 Must cover it up some way. 351 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,040 Mm-hmm. 352 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,880 We've got some pictures here, Mr. Cavallo. 353 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,240 I'd like to have you look at them. 354 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,120 Just tell us if you recognize any of them. 355 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,120 I won't do any good. 356 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,120 Hmm? 357 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,120 I already did that. 358 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,120 They showed me pictures the last time. 359 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,120 This is a different lot, sir. 360 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,560 Oh, all right. 361 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,040 Quite a few of them. 362 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,480 Like to have you check each one of them carefully, if you would. 363 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:58,480 Just take your time. 364 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,280 Yeah, we can't sit here without coffee. 365 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:01,280 Natalie! 366 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:02,280 Well, I wouldn't... 367 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:03,280 Natalie! 368 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,280 I don't care for any of that. 369 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,280 I'm just gonna sit here and... 370 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,280 Natalie! 371 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,280 Yeah? 372 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,280 Coffee, three cups. 373 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,280 Okay. 374 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,280 Now, where do I start? 375 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:14,280 Well, these right here, if you'd just check these over, please. 376 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,280 Uh-huh. 377 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,280 Uh, no, not him. 378 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,280 Uh-uh. 379 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,280 Mm, not him either. 380 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,280 Oh, thank you. 381 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,280 Thank you. 382 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,280 Oh, it's hot. 383 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:40,280 Uh, no, not that one. 384 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,280 No. 385 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,280 Is that all? 386 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:49,280 No, I have some more here. 387 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:50,280 Oh. 388 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:55,280 Hey, that's an ugly-looking guy, huh? 389 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,280 Look at that scar. 390 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:57,280 Do they look familiar? 391 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,280 No. 392 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,280 Better check with a skipper when we're finished here. 393 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,280 Yeah, it's been a couple hours, hasn't it? 394 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,280 You're a lousy, no-good thief. 395 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,280 Sir? 396 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,280 Right here, this one. 397 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,280 That's the guy. 398 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,280 You're sure? 399 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,280 I opened my cash box twice for him. 400 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,280 I'd know his face in a million. 401 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,280 Morris Copley, age 21, description matches. 402 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,280 Let's go, Ben. 403 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,280 Thanks, Mr. Colala. 404 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,280 It's only 40 minutes since the robbery. 405 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,280 He's probably not even home yet. 406 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:23,280 What can you do? 407 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,280 We'll wait up. 408 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Ten-thirty p.m. 409 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,280 We parked down the street from 527 Dayton Avenue, 410 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,280 a two-story white stucco apartment house. 411 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,280 We checked the names on the mailboxes. 412 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,280 Morris Copley's wasn't on any of them. 413 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,280 We rang for the manager. 414 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:38,280 Copley? 415 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,280 Morris Copley, no. 416 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,280 He doesn't live here. 417 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,280 Never heard of him. 418 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,280 I wonder if you'd take a look at this, ma'am. 419 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:46,280 Hmm? 420 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,280 This picture, ma'am. 421 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,280 You ever seen this man before? 422 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,280 Well, let me get over here in the light. 423 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,280 Let me see now. 424 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,280 No, he doesn't live here. 425 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,280 And you've never seen him before? 426 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:01,280 No, I didn't say that. 427 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,280 I just said he doesn't live here. 428 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:04,280 And you have seen him before? 429 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,280 I believe I might have, yes. 430 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,280 Matter of fact, I'm sure of it. 431 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,280 It's a friend of Mr. Tobin's, Apartment 5. 432 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,280 Comes to visit Mr. Tobin every now and then. 433 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,280 Is this Mr. Tobin in now, ma'am? 434 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:16,280 We'd like to talk to him. 435 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,280 No, I'm afraid not. 436 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,280 He works nights, never comes home for 2 a.m. 437 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:33,280 He's a cab driver. 438 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,280 You are listening to Dragnet, 439 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:41,280 authentic stories of your police force in action. 440 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:46,280 Oh, no. 441 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,280 Ah, that's different. 442 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:49,280 Yes, what a difference. 443 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,280 There's a difference you can hear, 444 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:52,280 there's a difference you can see, 445 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,280 but the difference in Fatima is quality. 446 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,280 Yes, friends, when you compare long cigarettes, 447 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,280 you'll find that in Fatima the difference is quality. 448 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,280 Quality of tobaccos, 449 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,280 the finest Turkish and domestic varieties, 450 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,280 extra mild and superbly blended, 451 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:13,280 to give you a much different, much better flavor and aroma 452 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,280 than any other long cigarette. 453 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,280 Quality of manufacture, smooth plump cigarettes, 454 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,280 rolled into the finest paper money can buy. 455 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,280 Quality even to the appearance of the bright, clean yellow package, 456 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,280 carefully wrapped and sealed to bring you Fatima's rich, 457 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,280 fresh, extra mild flavor. 458 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,280 Fatima's cost the same as other long cigarettes, 459 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,280 but your first puff will tell you... 460 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,280 Ah, that's different. 461 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:47,280 Yes, in Fatima the difference is quality. 462 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,280 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. 463 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,280 Best of all, long cigarettes. 464 00:17:54,280 --> 00:18:04,280 Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 465 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,280 Ten forty-five p.m. 466 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,280 In the presence of the manager, 467 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,280 we went in search of the apartment registered in the name of Ralph Tobin, 468 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,280 the man who was supposed to be a friend of the suspect, Morris Copley. 469 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,280 We found nothing that would tie either of them up with the robberies and the killings. 470 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,280 Before the manager returned to her apartment, 471 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:23,280 we instructed her to say nothing about our being there in case Tobin or Copley returned. 472 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,280 We called the office and told them we'd received an identification on Morris Copley. 473 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,280 They checked them both through R&I. 474 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,280 Neither had any criminal record. 475 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,280 They got on an APB on Copley. 476 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:34,280 We waited. 477 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,280 Midnight came. 478 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,280 Nothing happened. 479 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,280 One a.m. 480 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,280 One thirty. 481 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,280 Still no sign of either man. 482 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,280 One forty-five. 483 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,280 Somebody's coming around back, Joe. 484 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:54,280 Kitchen door. 485 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,280 Maury, you back already? 486 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,280 Hold it right there, mister. 487 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:58,280 Police officers. 488 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,280 Oh, Fanny. 489 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,280 Who are you? Is this a stick-up? 490 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,280 Police officers. 491 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,280 I'm just cleaning, Joe. 492 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:04,280 What's it all about? 493 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:05,280 What do you want? 494 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:06,280 You're looking for Ralph Tobin? 495 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,280 That's right. This is my apartment. 496 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,280 You know, Morris Copley? 497 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,280 Copley? 498 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,280 Yeah, I know him. You're looking for him. He's not here. 499 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,280 I know that. Where is he? 500 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,280 Wish I knew. I'm looking for him, too. He owes me money. 501 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,280 Copley's a pretty steady visitor here, is that right? 502 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,280 He was, till I lent him that sixty-five dollars. 503 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,280 I haven't seen him since. He took off. 504 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,280 When was that? 505 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,280 When? About two weeks ago. 506 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,280 Yeah, just about. 507 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,280 Look, you mind if I sit down? I'm a little nervous. 508 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:31,280 Go ahead. 509 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,280 Kind of upsets me, you know. 510 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:35,280 Why are you looking for Maury? 511 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,280 I'd like to have you repeat what you said when you came in that door. 512 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,280 What I said? I asked who you were, didn't I? 513 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,280 No, I mean before that. 514 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,280 I said, I don't think I know what you're getting at, officer. 515 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,280 You said Maury? You're back already? Isn't that what you said? 516 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:52,280 Yeah, I guess I did. I guess I thought Maury came back to pay me the sixty-five he borrowed. 517 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,280 You didn't make it sound like that, Tobin. I got the idea you were expecting. 518 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,280 Expecting him? 519 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,280 I haven't seen Maury in two weeks. Maybe three. He took me for sixty-five dollars. 520 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:05,280 All right, that's enough small talk, mister. Now, Copley's in deep. You're gonna match him if we don't get a straight story. 521 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,280 There's some cans of beer in the refrigerator. Let's have one around, huh? 522 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,280 Skip the beer. Where's Copley? 523 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,280 I'll swear on the Bible if you want me to. I don't know. 524 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,280 Look, if Maury pulled anything heavy, I'm not in on it. 525 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,280 Ben, you want to check with the manager. Ask her when's the last time she saw Copley here. 526 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Yeah, right. 527 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:24,280 Now, wait a minute, officers. I want to cooperate. 528 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,280 Maury's in deep. That's his fault, not mine. That's right, isn't it? 529 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,280 That's right. Now, where is he? 530 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,280 I don't know. That's the truth. I'll tell you something else. 531 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,280 I wasn't squaring. I saw Maury early tonight, six o'clock. 532 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,280 Came here and borrowed another five from him. 533 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,280 But you don't know where he is now. 534 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,280 No. I said, sure, like a can of beer, if you don't mind. 535 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,280 All right, sit still. I'll get it for you. 536 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,280 You sure you won't have one? 537 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280 No, not me. 538 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,280 No, thanks. I don't want any. 539 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:52,280 There you go. 540 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,280 Good cold beer. 541 00:20:54,280 --> 00:21:01,280 I like it when I get nervous. It always calms me down. 542 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:04,280 Hey, Tobin. 543 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,280 Yeah, officer. 544 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,280 You haven't taken your hat off. 545 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,280 Oh, I was nervous. I guess I forgot. There. 546 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,280 Your hair always been dark blonde? 547 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,280 Since I was a kid, yeah. Why? 548 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:19,280 How about that scar on your chin? It's a pretty deep one. 549 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,280 The beers sure are good. 550 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,280 I asked you about the scar. 551 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,280 It's kind of embarrassing. I got a little high one night. 552 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,280 I fell off a merry-go-round. Big night. 553 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,280 Now I've heard everything. 554 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,280 We had a robbery report a couple nights ago, Tobin. 555 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,280 Hold-up man was just about your height and weight. 556 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:35,280 Yeah? 557 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,280 Dark blonde hair. Had a scar on his chin, too. 558 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,280 I'm afraid you got a wrong slide, officer. 559 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,280 I work my cab every night of the week. It wasn't me. 560 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,280 Mind if we have a look at your car, son? 561 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,280 How'd you know I had a car? 562 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,280 We didn't. Let's give it a look, shall we? 563 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,280 Why do you want to look at it? 564 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:49,280 You ever need anything to hide, have you? 565 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,280 Of course not. I don't like more A's, O's, and trouble. 566 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,280 O's and the lamb. 567 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:58,280 You'll probably think it's funny when you check the glove compartment in my car. 568 00:21:58,280 --> 00:21:59,280 Will we? 569 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:00,280 Yeah, you will. 570 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,280 Why is that? 571 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:02,280 I keep a gun in there. 572 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,280 You know how many cab drivers get shot. A guy can't be too careful. 573 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:06,280 What kind of gun do you have, Tobin? 574 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,280 Revolver. Regular revolver. 575 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,280 What caliber? 576 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,280 38. Why? 577 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,280 2.30 a.m. 578 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,280 We searched his car, picked up his 38-caliber revolver, 579 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:20,280 and then we drove Ralph Tobin back to the office where he was detained for questioning. 580 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,280 We had a stakeout placed on his apartment. 581 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,280 Russ Camp and Ballistics checked Tobin's gun against the slugs 582 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,280 which had taken the lives of Harry Solomon and Burt Matthews. 583 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,280 It was found beyond the question of a doubt that his gun had been used in the Solomon killing. 584 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,280 We confronted Tobin with the evidence. 585 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,280 He started talking. 586 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,280 He told us that Copley was responsible for the murder of both Solomon and Matthews, 587 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,280 that Copley had borrowed his gun for the Solomon job. 588 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,280 In all the robberies except one, he described himself only as the accomplice. 589 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,280 He drove the getaway taxi cab. 590 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,280 The only occasion he tried to handle the actual holdup was at the cafe 591 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,280 where he became so nervous that he had dropped his gun. 592 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:59,280 Before he was booked on suspicion of murder, Tobin told us that Morris Copley still had two 38 revolvers in his possession. 593 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,280 He insisted he had no idea where Copley was. 594 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,280 Ben handled the questioning while a stenographer took Tobin's statement. 595 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,280 I contacted Inspector Bowers and informed him of our progress. 596 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:15,280 11 a.m. I got back to the squad room. 597 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,280 Hi. Did you check back through that personnel record we got from the cab company? 598 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,280 Yeah, I got half an idea, I think. 599 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:21,280 Yeah? 600 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,280 See here on Copley's application for the job? 601 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,280 Well, I'm sure we checked out all those references. They don't go anywhere. 602 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:32,280 No, I mean this right here. Married? Yes. Children, one daughter. Age, four months. 603 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:37,280 When this application is dated May 6th, that means his baby was born in February. 604 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,280 Yeah, sure. Copley was working here then, so it's 10 to 1 the baby was born in a local hospital. 605 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:46,280 That's what I mean. If we find the right hospital to the doctor, they could lead us to him. 606 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,280 There's the phone book. Let's go. 607 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:55,280 From noon until 4 p.m. we called every hospital, sanitarium, clinic, and rest home listed in the book. 608 00:23:55,280 --> 00:24:00,280 The answers were the same. No record of confinement for a Mrs. Morris Copley. 609 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,280 That seemed like a good idea. Who are you calling now? 610 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:10,280 We've got one more in the county hospital. 611 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,280 Well, this is Sergeant Friday, police department, robbery detail. Yes. 612 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,280 I'd like to find out if you have any record of confinement for a Mrs. Morris Copley. 613 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,280 No, that's Copley. C as in Charlie. Yes, thank you. 614 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,280 He might have sent his wife out of town to have him, baby. 615 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:32,280 That's possible. Yeah. Mm-hmm. 1118. Thank you. 1118 Rochester, Copley's aunt. 616 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,280 Let's go. 617 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:43,280 430 p.m. Together with Olson and Thaxter from homicide detail, we drove out to 1118 Rochester Avenue in the Crenshaw district. 618 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,280 The house was vacant. From a neighbor, we learned that Copley's aunt had moved two weeks before. 619 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:53,280 We got her address from one of her friends in the neighborhood and finally located her at work in a beauty shop on Melrose Avenue. 620 00:24:53,280 --> 00:25:01,280 We posed as traffic investigators. The aunt told us she thought we could find her nephew Morris at home, an address on East 13th Street. 621 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,280 6 p.m. We located the house and parked the cars a half a block away. 622 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:10,280 As we approached the house on foot, we saw a light burning in one of the windows on the left side of the house. 623 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:19,280 Thaxter and Olson covered the back. At a given signal, they entered the back door. Ben and I went through the front. 624 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,280 It's empty. Yeah. Thaxter. 625 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,280 Nothing back here, Joe. Empty. That's great. 626 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:29,280 Looks like somebody passed him a tip-off just in time. Look at the mess this place is in. 627 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,280 We got out in a hurry, all right? 628 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,280 Hey, what's going on here? What do you men think you're doing? 629 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,280 Police officers. Your name? 630 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,280 Silvera, one of the neighbors. You looking for the Copleys? 631 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,280 When did they leave? 632 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,280 Twenty minutes ago, I guess, in an awful hurry. What's the trouble? 633 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:43,280 You know where they were going? 634 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,280 No, but you might try Mr. Copley's aunt. She lives over in Rochester. 635 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:48,280 They're not there. 636 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,280 Well, have you tried his sister's house? 637 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:59,280 Six forty-five p.m. The neighbor Silvera directed us to the home of Morris Copley's sister, a small frame cottage on the edge of Beverly Hills. 638 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,280 The lights were on in the living room, but the shades were drawn. 639 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:07,280 Thaxter and Olson made their way quietly around to the back. Ben and I went up the front steps and rang the bell. 640 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,280 Yes? What do you want? 641 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,280 You, Miss Copley? 642 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,280 Yes. What is it? 643 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,280 Police officers, ma'am. I'm sorry. 644 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,280 Oh, he isn't here. Maury isn't here. 645 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,280 We know he's here. 646 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,280 The living room's empty. He must be in the back, Joe. 647 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,280 You can't. He's in the bedroom with the baby. He's got a gun. You can't go in there. 648 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:32,280 Where's the bedroom? 649 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,280 At the end of the hall, at that door. He was sleeping. I think he's awake now. 650 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,280 The baby close to him? 651 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:42,280 In the same bed. She's propped up on pillows right next to him. He's got that gun with him. Don't go in, please. 652 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,280 Where's the bed situated in the room? 653 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:49,280 It's right inside the door to the left. Please don't go in. He won't care what happens to the baby. 654 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,280 Ben, I'll open the door. You hit the light switch and cover me. Watch the baby. 655 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,280 You'd better stay here, Miss Copley. Your baby won't get hurt. 656 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,280 Let's go. 657 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:03,280 All right. Let's go in. 658 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,280 All right. Drop it, you. 659 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,280 Drop the gun, Ben. 660 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:09,280 You good? 661 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,280 All right. Come on. 662 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,280 I got it, Joe. All right, Copley. Get him up. Come on up. 663 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,280 Joe? 664 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,280 My baby. My baby. 665 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,280 Just a little frightened, ma'am. She's all right. 666 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,280 I'll kill you, Mary. You tell them where to find us, didn't you? I'll kill you for that. 667 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,280 I swear. I didn't just swear. 668 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,280 Lousy dame. Nobody else knows she's the one who told you, didn't she? 669 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,280 No. 670 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,280 Then who did? Who told you? 671 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,280 You're looking at her. 672 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,280 What do you mean? 673 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,280 Your baby. 674 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,280 The story you have just heard was true. 675 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,280 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 676 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,280 On December 16th, trial was held in Superior Court, 677 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,280 City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 678 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,280 In a moment, the results of that trial. 679 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,280 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 680 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:48,280 Thank you. 681 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,280 The working detective knows that there is one mark of identification that never changes. 682 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,280 A man's fingerprints. 683 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,280 The suspect may change his identity, but he's not a suspect. 684 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:58,280 He's a suspect. 685 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,280 A mark of identification that never changes. A man's fingerprints. 686 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,280 The suspect may change his appearance in many ways, but his fingerprints always remain the same. 687 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,280 A mark of identity that cannot be changed. 688 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,280 When you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes, the difference is quality. 689 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,280 A mark of identity which never changes. 690 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,280 And Fatima is extra mild. 691 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,280 If you're a long cigarette smoker like I am, smoke Fatima. 692 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:25,280 They cost the same, but in Fatima the difference is quality. 693 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:32,280 More than half the stone. 694 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:38,280 Morris John Copley and Ralph Edward Tobin were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, two counts. 695 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:43,280 They were both sentenced to be executed in the lethal gas chamber of the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 696 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:50,280 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 697 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,280 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 698 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,960 Department. Fatima cigarettes, the best of all long cigarettes, has brought you 699 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:02,280 Dragnet portions transcribed from Los Angeles. Coming up, We the People. 700 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:25,280 Tomorrow enjoy the life of Riley on NBC.