1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:13,760 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,560 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:26,400 Best of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,120 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,480 You're assigned a homicide detail. 7 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,960 The life of a young woman is in danger. 8 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,720 Anonymous letters and phone calls threaten her with murder. 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,560 The notes bear the mark of a fanatic. 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:45,800 Your job, stop them. 11 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,600 You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,880 Buy a pack of Fatimas. 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,400 You'll find they now cost the same. 14 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,200 Lighter Fatima. 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,720 Your first puff will tell you. 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,560 Ah, that's different. 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,360 Yes, what a difference. 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,640 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:09,160 You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and 20 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,440 domestic tobaccos superbly blended. 21 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:17,460 And Fatima is extra mild with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 22 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:19,180 long cigarette. 23 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:24,100 Because of its quality, its extra mildness, its better flavor and aroma, Fatima has more 24 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:26,280 than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,000 Try comparing Fatima yourself. 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,160 Fatimas now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you. 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,720 Ah, that's different. 28 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,520 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,960 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. 30 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:46,160 Best of all, long cigarettes. 31 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,200 Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 32 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:56,480 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 33 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:01,200 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,640 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 35 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,340 police files. 36 00:02:07,340 --> 00:02:12,600 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 37 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,840 in action. 38 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,440 This Tuesday, March 8th, it was cold in Los Angeles, we were working the night watch out 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,440 of homicide. 40 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,600 My partner is Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Steed, my name is Friday. 41 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,720 We were on the way out from the office and it was 6.45 p.m. when we got to Greenwich 42 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,600 Street. 43 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,600 Number 318. 44 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,600 Yes, gentlemen? 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,680 Police officer, would you like to see Dr. Small, please? 46 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,440 I'm Reverend Small, won't you come in? 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,440 Thank you. 48 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,600 Let me take your hats, officers, I've been waiting for you. 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:48,600 Thanks. 50 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,640 My name's Friday, this is my partner Sergeant Romero. 51 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:51,640 How do you do? 52 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:52,640 I'm glad to know you. 53 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,640 How do you do? 54 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,640 Hope we didn't interrupt your dinner. 55 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,560 Oh no, no, the organist, Brother Reaver and I, we're just running over a few hymns for 56 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 the service tonight. 57 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,120 Would you come this way, please, into the parlor? 58 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:07,000 As I mentioned on the telephone, I'm not much of a detective, but I think something should 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,720 be done about this matter as soon as possible. 60 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,600 Well, we'd like to get a few more particulars first, Reverend. 61 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,320 How'd you first find out about these threatening letters? 62 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,320 Sister Dorothy Wilson, I think I told you about her, she came here to the rectory and 63 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,680 showed them to me. 64 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,880 She told me she's been getting them for the last four days and phone calls too. 65 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,080 How long have you known this Dorothy Wilson? 66 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,840 Is she one of your regular parishioners? 67 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,800 Well, she first joined my congregation about a month ago. 68 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,440 She's been in regular attendance at our services ever since. 69 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,120 Is that the church next door, joining the rectory here? 70 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,560 Yes, that's right, Sergeant. 71 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,920 Second Reformed Church at the Holy Book. 72 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,760 I founded it here about three years ago and I've been pastor ever since. 73 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,280 Have you ever had this trouble before? 74 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,600 I mean, threats against the people who join your church? 75 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,440 No, never, never any trouble at all. 76 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,040 I wonder if you have those notes that Miss Wilson's been receiving, Reverend? 77 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,960 Yes, right here in my desk. 78 00:03:53,960 --> 00:04:03,320 Let me see, yes, yes, here are the five Sister Wilson got and here are the two that I received. 79 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,040 I wonder if I could look at them. 80 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,520 Yes, surely, here you are. 81 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:07,520 Thank you. 82 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:08,840 Oh, would you excuse me for a moment? 83 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,960 It's about time for Brother Reber to get over to the church. 84 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:11,960 I'd better tell him. 85 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:12,960 Certainly, Reverend. 86 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:13,960 Didn't mean to hold you up. 87 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:14,960 No, not at all. 88 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:15,960 I'll be back in just a moment. 89 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:16,960 All right, sir. 90 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,960 What do they look like, Joe? 91 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,160 Let's see. 92 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:28,080 Postmarks here are March 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th. 93 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,800 Come from different places around town according to the postmark. 94 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:37,840 There's Long Beach, a couple from Azusa, Glendale here. 95 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:43,200 No return address on any of them. 96 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,480 This notebook paper looks like to me this one, doesn't it to you? 97 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:47,480 Yeah. 98 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,520 And there's this other one here, looks like some kind of wrapping paper. 99 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,000 The writing's not too bad. 100 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,480 Let's see, according to the postmark, this is the first one they got, I guess. 101 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,600 Let me see. 102 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:06,280 Dorothy Wilson, you are a sinner and you have led a sinful life, yet you have the nerve to 103 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,840 come into our church and make believe you're a Christian. 104 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,880 Spelling sure is bad. 105 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:17,840 I have been coming to our church for a long time and it is an outrage to have you praying 106 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:18,840 in our temple. 107 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:26,080 If you don't get out and stay out, I'm going to make sure you're taken care of for good. 108 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,080 Look outside. 109 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,080 Sister in the Lord. 110 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,680 Must be some kind of a fanatic. 111 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,880 We'd better run at least through the primeland. 112 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Yeah. 113 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:34,880 This one maybe, it's type written. 114 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,880 I hear you read it, it's dated March 6th. 115 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,880 Yeah. 116 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,720 Take this as a warning. 117 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,480 Bring your sinful body to our church again and your blood will run in the aisles. 118 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,320 A life can be taken when God demands it. 119 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:47,320 It could be yours. 120 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:48,320 Sorry for the interruption, officers. 121 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,720 There's a few things I had to remind Brother Reber of. 122 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,680 Have you seen all the letters? 123 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,720 Well, we're just checking them over, Reverend. 124 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,000 That's certainly a terrible thing for our church. 125 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,160 I hope we can keep the matter as quiet as possible. 126 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,160 Oh, yes, sir. 127 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,760 I noticed the two different signatures on these notes. 128 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,400 Now, half of them are signed a Sister in the Lord. 129 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,400 Yes. 130 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,240 And the other half are signed Brother D.R. Griswold. 131 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,640 Yes, that's right. 132 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,960 The first letter I got was from this Brother Griswold. 133 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:15,960 His are the type written ones. 134 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,720 You know anyone in your congregation with that name, Reverend? 135 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:19,720 D.R. Griswold? 136 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,480 No, I checked over my list of regular parishioners twice. 137 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,280 If there is such a man, I don't know of him. 138 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:27,600 Well, we can run that name through R.N.I. anyway, huh, Ben? 139 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,200 Do you have any suspicions at all, Reverend? 140 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,200 What do you mean, Sergeant? 141 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,720 I mean, can you think of anybody in your congregation who might possibly resent this Miss Wilson's 142 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,200 joining your church, maybe? 143 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,520 Well, no, I haven't had an opportunity to think it over in that light, but I can't imagine 144 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,880 anybody in our group writing letters like this. 145 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:44,880 What's her background, Reverend? 146 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,360 You know much about her? 147 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,320 No, she's a quiet girl. 148 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,960 She's very religious, works as a stenographer in an office downtown, helps support her mother. 149 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:53,960 Will she be at church tonight? 150 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,720 Yes, she's here already helping to set up the chairs for the service. 151 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:58,720 Why would you like to talk to her? 152 00:06:58,720 --> 00:06:59,720 Yes, sir, if we could. 153 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,160 All right, let's go over to the church. 154 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,000 We're still half an hour before services begin. 155 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 All right, fine. 156 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,520 I'll have to take these letters along with us, Reverend. 157 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,240 We want our handwriting man to check them over. 158 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,360 Yes, by all means. 159 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,400 That, uh, manola envelope on the desk, you can put them in there if you like. 160 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 Thank you. 161 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,400 This one here? 162 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,400 Yes. 163 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,400 Okay. 164 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,400 This way, officers. 165 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:30,200 How many members do you have in your church, Reverend Small? 166 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,320 162 regulars. 167 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:33,640 Another hundred or so on the fringe. 168 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,280 They attend only occasionally. 169 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,320 You mentioned that this Miss Wilson's had threatening phone calls, too. 170 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,440 Yes, that's what she told me this afternoon. 171 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,360 Man's voice or a woman's? 172 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:43,360 Sister Wilson said both. 173 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,640 The phone calls usually follow each letter, and they identify themselves the same way, 174 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,960 Brother Griswold and the Sister and the Lord. 175 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,360 Have you received any calls from them? 176 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,120 No, I've been half expecting them, but I haven't had any yet. 177 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,120 Here, shall we go in? 178 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,120 Please. 179 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,720 Here we are. 180 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Our seating arrangement's still temporary. 181 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,640 We hope to have pews installed next year. 182 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,640 Oh, uh-huh. 183 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:07,640 Nice church. 184 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:08,640 Yes. 185 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:09,640 Thank you. 186 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:10,640 Oh, there's Sister Wilson. 187 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:11,640 She is helping set up the chairs. 188 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,800 If you'd like to wait in the choir's dressing room, I'll bring her in there to you. 189 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,800 All right. 190 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,800 Thank you, Reverend. 191 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Let's go, man. 192 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:18,800 This one, Joe? 193 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:19,800 Yeah, this is it. 194 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:20,800 Hmm. 195 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:27,600 I ought to open a few windows in here. 196 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,600 It's musty. 197 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:29,600 Yeah. 198 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,600 What time do you say the services start? 199 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:32,600 7.30. 200 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,400 It's, uh, five minutes past seven now. 201 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:36,400 Officers? 202 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Yes, sir. 203 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,720 Officers, this is Sister Dorothy Wilson. 204 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:40,720 Sister Wilson, Sergeant Friday. 205 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,720 How do you do, ma'am? 206 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:42,720 Hello. 207 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:43,720 And Sergeant Ramirez. 208 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:44,720 That's Romero. 209 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:45,720 Oh, I'm sorry. 210 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:46,720 Sergeant Romero, Sister Wilson. 211 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:47,720 Hello. 212 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,280 Glad to know you. 213 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,400 I guess you want to speak with Sister Wilson alone, do you? 214 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,440 Well, we'd like to have you stay, if you would, Reverend. 215 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,360 I wonder if there's some place where we can sit down. 216 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:56,360 Yes, certainly. 217 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,360 Right over here in the ante room. 218 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,360 Fine. 219 00:08:58,360 --> 00:08:59,360 Yeah, let's be fine. 220 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,360 Now, Sister Wilson, there's no need to be afraid. 221 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,360 These officers are here to help you and to protect you. 222 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:02,360 See that nothing happens. 223 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:03,360 Yes, Brother Small. 224 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:04,360 Hold fast in faith in the Lord, and you shall not fear. 225 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,360 Yes, I will. 226 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:06,360 I'll do it. 227 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:07,360 I'll do it. 228 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,360 I'll do it. 229 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,360 I'll do it. 230 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:10,360 I'll do it. 231 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,360 I'll do it. 232 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,360 I'll do it. 233 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,360 I'll do it. 234 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:14,360 I'll do it. 235 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,360 I'll do it. 236 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,360 I'll do it. 237 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,480 Hold fast in faith in the Lord, and you shall not fear. 238 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,480 Yes, I will. 239 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,200 You want me to tell you all about it, Sergeant? 240 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:23,200 How it started? 241 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,200 No, if you please. 242 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,540 Say, is it all right to smoke in here? 243 00:09:25,540 --> 00:09:27,260 Yes, of course. 244 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:28,260 Go ahead. 245 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:29,260 Do you want care for a second? 246 00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:30,260 No, thank you. 247 00:09:30,260 --> 00:09:31,260 Nothing, sir. 248 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:32,260 Ben. 249 00:09:32,260 --> 00:09:33,260 I'm not writing anything. 250 00:09:33,260 --> 00:09:34,260 OK, I'll leave it back there if you want to. 251 00:09:34,260 --> 00:09:37,480 Now, we've already looked over the letters that you received. 252 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,820 The reverend here told us that you got the first one last Friday. 253 00:09:39,820 --> 00:09:40,820 He sent us a letter. 254 00:09:40,820 --> 00:09:41,820 Yes, that's right. 255 00:09:41,820 --> 00:09:43,340 I've gotten one each day since then. 256 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:44,960 Phone calls, too. 257 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,960 Did you recognize the voices making the calls? 258 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,960 No, I didn't know them at all. 259 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,960 The woman's voice was very rough. 260 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,960 It sounded like she might be old. 261 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,960 She said some terrible things about me and Brother Small. 262 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,960 She called both of us terrible names. 263 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:58,960 Awful. 264 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,960 The same with a man who calls? 265 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,960 Yes, sometimes he's even worse. 266 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,960 None of the things they say are true, Sergeant. 267 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,960 Not one word. 268 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,960 Oh, I'd like you to think carefully before you answer this, Miss Wilson. 269 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,960 Is there anyone at all that you know in your neighborhood, 270 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,960 or here at church, or at your work who might be doing this? 271 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,960 Maybe somebody that you knew a few years ago, some acquaintance? 272 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,960 Ever since it's happened, I've been trying to think of someone. 273 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,960 I don't think I've ever met anybody who'd do this kind of thing. 274 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,960 Well, how about a former boyfriend or a girlfriend who might be jealous of you for some reason? 275 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:29,960 No. 276 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:35,960 I did have quite a few boyfriends, just casual dates, nothing serious. 277 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,960 They were always taking me out, dancing and out to parties. 278 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,960 We went everywhere, but I was never interested in any of them. 279 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,960 Were any of them upset when you stopped going out with them? 280 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,960 A few of them were angry when I wouldn't marry them, 281 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,960 but I don't think any of them would write those kind of letters. 282 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,960 Do you think the whole thing might be some kind of a joke, someone's playing? 283 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,960 It's a pretty grim joke to go this far. 284 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:01,960 Do you live by yourself, Miss Wilson? 285 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,960 No, with my mother, but I don't want her to know anything about this. 286 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:05,960 Well, I think it'd be wiser if you told her. 287 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:06,960 No, no, she mustn't know. 288 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,960 Mother's been ill lately, and if she found out, it might upset her an awful lot. 289 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:10,960 She's not well at all. 290 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,960 Help yourself to some of the water, gentlemen. 291 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,960 Okay, really? 292 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,960 Miss Wilson, would you like a drink? 293 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:17,960 Yes, please, I would. 294 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,960 All right. 295 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:19,960 Thank you. 296 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:20,960 There you are. 297 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:21,960 Anybody else? 298 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:22,960 Reverend? 299 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:23,960 Yes, please. 300 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:24,960 Ben? 301 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,960 Nothing. 302 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:26,960 Okay. 303 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:27,960 Thank you. 304 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,960 Oh, myself. 305 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,960 How about some of the church members, Miss Wilson? 306 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,960 Have any of them been at all unfriendly to you since you started coming here? 307 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,960 No, I don't think so. 308 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,960 A few are pretty hard to get to know. 309 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,960 They're shy, I guess. 310 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,960 But none of them have been uncharitable. 311 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,960 Then you don't think the threats are coming from anyone in the church? 312 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,960 Well, if they are, I don't know who the person is, 313 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,960 the way they say all those rotten things about me. 314 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,960 They call me a sinner and a bad woman. 315 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,960 Well, I guess I'm a sinner like all of us are, but I'm not a bad woman. 316 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,960 I'm going to church because I want to be born again of the light. 317 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,960 I've never killed anyone and I've never been a bad woman. 318 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,960 You believe me, don't you, Reverend? 319 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:12,960 Yes, of course I do. 320 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:14,960 Now, don't get yourself all upset, Sister Wilson. 321 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,960 You think that's why they want to murder me because I'm a sinner? 322 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:18,960 You think that's why? 323 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,960 Please, Sister Wilson, try and get your mind off of it. 324 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,960 If they want to kill me because I'm a sinner, 325 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,960 then why don't they want to kill all the sinners? 326 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:32,960 They're going to have a lot of homicides if they try. 327 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,960 Ten p.m. Together with Sergeant Srains and Bechtel, 328 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:37,960 we tailed Dorothy Wilson to her home. 329 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,960 She parked her car at the rear and went inside. 330 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,960 A stakeout was placed on her house. 331 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,960 The next morning we took the threatening letters, 332 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:44,960 which the Wilson girl had received, 333 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,960 and asked Don Meyer in handwriting to check them over. 334 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:48,960 During the next five days, 335 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,960 we checked thoroughly into the background of Dorothy Wilson. 336 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:52,960 We talked to her relatives, her employers, 337 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,960 all her friends, past and present. 338 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,960 We had no good reason to suspect any of them. 339 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,960 We checked out the people at the church, and they were clear. 340 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,960 Both Reverend Small and the Wilson girl continued to receive more threatening letters. 341 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,960 Some of the language and the accusations were pretty foul. 342 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,960 Still, no outward attempt were made on the life of the Wilson girl. 343 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,960 A week after we started on the case, we tailed up our findings. 344 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,960 They seemed to make sense. 345 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,960 We talked it over with Reigns in the squad room. 346 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,960 Don Meyer's checking those letters and a sample of the Wilson girl's handwriting, isn't he? 347 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:22,960 What's he got to say? 348 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,960 The letters written in longhand are signed to Sister and the Lord, 349 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,960 and the typewritten letters are signed Brother D.R. Griswold. 350 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,960 Mm-hmm, yeah, I know that. 351 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,960 Don says all the letters were written by the same person. 352 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:32,960 How's he figure? 353 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,960 Well, similarities in phrasing, same mistakes in spelling, 354 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,960 typewritten and longhand both. 355 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,960 Signatures on the Griswold letters match the handwriting in the other letters. 356 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,960 They were only dealing with one suspect. 357 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,960 And Don Meyer seems pretty sure of it, yeah. 358 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,960 Well, how does the Wilson girl's handwriting check out? 359 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:48,960 He's working on that. 360 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,960 Where does that leave us? 361 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,960 You've been on stakeouts at the Wilson girl's home a few nights. 362 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,960 Haven't you noticed anything peculiar about the setup? 363 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:56,960 How do you mean? 364 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,960 Something that didn't fit, something that didn't quite jive? 365 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:01,960 No, I don't think so. 366 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,960 Well, just that business about her car. 367 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,960 I thought that was a little out of line. 368 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:06,960 Yeah, it struck us the same way. 369 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,960 A girl always seemed frightened enough about the situation when she's around us, 370 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,960 but when she thinks she's alone, it looks to me like she takes it a little differently. 371 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:14,960 Yeah. 372 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,960 Every night when she drives home, she parks her car in a dark garage. 373 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,960 It must be at least 50, 75 yards from her house. 374 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:22,960 Yeah. 375 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:24,960 I've never seen her look particularly nervous 376 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,960 and taking that long walk through a front door. 377 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,960 Sure, the normal reaction for a frightened woman would be to park the car right in front of the house 378 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:31,960 and then hurry inside. 379 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:32,960 She hasn't done that once. 380 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:33,960 How about all those friends of hers? 381 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,960 You guys checked out anything there? 382 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,960 Well, we've been staked out at her house, at the church, and at work. 383 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:40,960 You know that. 384 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:41,960 There's not a thing. 385 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,960 Checked with some of her ex-boyfriends, too. 386 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Nothing there? 387 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,960 Well, the Wilson girl told us that some of the boys had proposed to her. 388 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,960 We couldn't find one who'd admit it. 389 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,960 They all said she was a nice girl, but they didn't propose marriage. 390 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,960 Those threatening phone calls are another thing. 391 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:57,960 Both the pastor of the church and Dorothy Wilson got letters, 392 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,960 but only the girl received a phone call. 393 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Yeah. 394 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,960 Well, logically, if the reverend got the letters the same time as the girl, 395 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:04,960 he should have been getting phone calls, too. 396 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:05,960 He hasn't received the one. 397 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,960 Well, it could be accidental. 398 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,960 Whoever wants to kill the girl might figure the reverend would recognize his voice. 399 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,960 Well, it's possible, but you remember that story that the Wilson girl gave us about her mother. 400 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:15,960 Remember that? 401 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,960 She didn't want her to know about the letters because her mother was sick. 402 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:19,960 Uh-huh. 403 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,960 Well, we checked with her mother's doctor, and Mrs. Wilson hasn't been sick in five years. 404 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,960 Yeah, how about that? 405 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:25,960 What do you figure? 406 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,960 I think the girl's a fake. 407 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,960 Everything we knew about the case of Dorothy Wilson, 408 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,960 everything we'd learned through questioning and observation, 409 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,960 seemed to point to one definite conclusion. 410 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,960 Dorothy Wilson, for one reason or another, was writing the threatening letters to herself. 411 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,960 As for the warnings that she got over the telephone, we only had her word for it. 412 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,960 We took our findings to Captain Steed and laid out the case for him. 413 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:53,960 He directed us to stay on it for a few more days until we could find enough evidence and testimony to prove out our theory. 414 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,960 The following day, Dorothy Wilson received a letter more threatening than any of the previous ones. 415 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,960 Reverend Small also received a copy of the same letter. 416 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,960 Again, Don Meyer's opinion was that they were written by the same person. 417 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:09,960 Hi. 418 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:10,960 Reigns? 419 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:11,960 What's it doing? 420 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:12,960 I don't know. 421 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:13,960 Boy's got any new theories? 422 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:14,960 What do you mean? 423 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:15,960 On the Dorothy Wilson case. 424 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:16,960 Do we need one? 425 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,960 I don't think your old one's going to hold up. 426 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:19,960 Why? What's the matter? 427 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:20,960 She's at Georgia Street. 428 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,960 Somebody tried to kill her. 429 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,960 You are listening to Dragnet, 430 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,960 authentic stories of your police force in action. 431 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,960 Oh, no! 432 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,960 Oh, that's different. 433 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,960 Yes, what a difference. 434 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:51,960 There's a difference you can hear, there's a difference you can see, but the difference in Fatima is quality. 435 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:58,960 Yes, friends, when you compare long cigarettes, you'll find that in Fatima, the difference is quality. 436 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:06,960 Quality of tobaccos, the finest Turkish and domestic varieties, extra mild and superbly blended to give you a much different, 437 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,960 much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 438 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:17,960 Quality of manufacture, smooth plump cigarettes rolled in the finest paper money can buy. 439 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:27,960 Quality even to the appearance of the bright clean yellow package, carefully wrapped and sealed to bring you Fatima's rich, fresh, extra mild flavor. 440 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:33,960 Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you. 441 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,960 Ah, that's different. 442 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,960 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 443 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:49,960 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette, best of all, long cigarettes. 444 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,960 Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 445 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,960 As soon as we got the report that Dorothy Wilson had been attacked by an unknown assailant, 446 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,960 we drove to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital where she was being treated. 447 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,960 Anderson and Bechtel from homicide were standing by. 448 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,960 We talked to the doctor who told us that the victim had no serious injuries. 449 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,960 She had two slight bruises on her upper arms and a slight bruise on her forehead. 450 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:16,960 She complained of a headache. 451 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,960 While the doctor made out his report, we questioned the Wilson girl. 452 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:24,960 She told us that she'd gone to the church of the Holy Book at 6 o'clock that night after work. 453 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,960 She told us that she wanted to pray before the start of the regular service at 8.15 p.m. 454 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,960 We asked her exactly when and where the attack occurred. 455 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,960 At about 6.30, I felt a little tired. 456 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,960 I told the officers on duty at the church I thought I'd get a little rest before services started, 457 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,960 and then I went into the ladies dressing room and laid down. 458 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,960 That's where it happened. It was terrible. 459 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,960 Did you see the person who tried to hurt you? 460 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,960 No. I was lying down with my eyes closed and he must have come up from behind. 461 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,960 He put his hands around my throat and started to press tight. 462 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,960 It was awful, just awful. 463 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,960 What happened then, Miss Wilson? 464 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,960 Well, I fought as hard as I could. 465 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:04,960 I kicked and scratched him and I guess I hurt him because he let go of my throat for a minute. 466 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,960 After that, he pulled me down on the floor. I remembered that. 467 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:13,960 Then he put his hands around this part of my head like this. 468 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:19,960 The other officers told us that one of the choir members, Mr. Sherman, found you unconscious in the choir room. 469 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:26,960 Yes. Whoever it was who wanted to kill me, they put a gag in my mouth and blindfolded me, 470 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,960 and then tied my wrists together with tape. That's how Mr. Sherman found me. 471 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,960 How long do you figure you were unconscious then? 472 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,960 I don't know. It was about 6.35 when I laid down in the dressing room. 473 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,960 Mr. Sherman said he found me there at 20 minutes past seven. 474 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,960 And then you were out about 45 minutes, is that it? 475 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,960 I suppose so. I don't remember anything. 476 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,960 What makes you think the person who attacked you wanted to kill you, Miss Wilson? 477 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,960 That's what they said in the letters, isn't it? They want to kill me for coming to church? 478 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,960 Now your purse and everything that was in it was scattered all over the dressing room floor, is that correct? 479 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,960 Yes, it was. My money and everything scattered all over. I guess they wanted to rob me too. 480 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,960 Fifty-two dollars in cash. Is that what you had with you? 481 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,960 That's right. A fifty dollar bill and some change. I don't know why they didn't take it. Maybe something frightened them off. 482 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:09,960 That's possible. 483 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,960 The officers found some other articles scattered around the dressing room. 484 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,960 A roll of tape, a metal box that the tape came in, and a half a dozen razor blades. 485 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,960 Did you notice any of these in the dressing room before you were attacked? 486 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,960 No, none of them. I never saw them before. 487 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,960 Those razor blades, officer, what do you think they wanted to do with them? 488 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,960 There's no use thinking about that now. It's all over. 489 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:32,960 I knew I'd be protected. I felt the spirit. I knew the Holy Light would protect me. 490 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:33,960 Yes, ma'am. 491 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,960 Will you find whoever did it, officer? 492 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,960 Well, this is just a hunch, Miss Wilson. 493 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:38,960 Yes? 494 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:39,960 I think we already have. 495 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:48,960 Before we left Georgia Street, we talked to the doctor in charge and got a release for the patient. 496 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,960 Dorothy Wilson agreed to drive back with us to the office to make out a crime report. 497 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,960 On the way, she seemed to lose most of her nervousness. She was relaxed and she talked quite a bit. 498 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,960 Religion's a great comfort to me, Sergeant. I think it's a great comfort to anybody, don't you? 499 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:02,960 Yeah, I do. 500 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,960 Maybe I'm different from most girls, but I get an awful lot out of my church. 501 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,960 It's like Brother Smalls says, you have to be born again of the Holy Light if you really want to live. 502 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:10,960 Don't you think so? 503 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:11,960 That's right. 504 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,960 I don't know what I'd do if it wasn't for my religion. 505 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,960 No, I used to have a lot of boyfriends. Of course I don't care for any of them anymore, 506 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,960 but when I was younger they were always taking me out all the time. 507 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:23,960 Is that so? 508 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,960 Yes, I had a good time when I was younger, going out to dinner, dancing, parties. 509 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,960 The fellows were taking me out all the time. Of course that was when I was younger. 510 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,960 You're not much over 25 now, are you, Miss Wilson? 511 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,960 I'll be 27 in August. That's pretty old for an unmarried girl, but I'm not worried. 512 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,960 Get interested in more important things when you get older, isn't that right? 513 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:40,960 Yes, that's right. 514 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,960 I remember when I was in junior college, how boy crazy I was. 515 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,960 I remember that junior prom I went to. It seems such a long time ago. 516 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:48,960 Yes. 517 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,960 I had the most beautiful white dress sergeant with sequins. 518 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,960 The skirt was all white and that gathered in here at the waist and it flared out real full. 519 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,960 I went to the dance with one of the big football players. 520 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,960 He looked so nice in his blue suit. His name was Stanley. 521 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,960 I knew him for a long time. He's one of the fellows who asked me to marry him. 522 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,960 I guess I was too particular. I just couldn't see any of them. 523 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,960 Would you mind if I laid out a few facts for you, Miss Wilson? 524 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,960 Not at all, Sergeant. Go ahead, please. 525 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,960 I'm not trying to embarrass you in any way, but since we've been on this case, 526 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,960 we've checked just about all the friends that you've had in the past few years, 527 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,960 and that includes your boyfriends, of course. 528 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Oh. 529 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,960 None of the fellows that you've mentioned say they've ever proposed marriage to you. 530 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,960 Said they've been out with you once or twice, but that's all. 531 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,960 Oh, well, you probably didn't talk to the right fellows. You probably got the names mixed. 532 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,960 No, ma'am, we didn't. We talked to the right people. 533 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Well, I can't understand that. 534 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:37,960 Neither can we, Miss Wilson. 535 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,960 Well, what difference does it make anyway? I wasn't interested in them. 536 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,960 I wouldn't have married them anyway. 537 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,960 Going out and dancing and parties, that's all they were interested in. 538 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,960 What reason did you have for lying to us? 539 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,960 Harking in a car and necking with girls, trying to take advantage of them. 540 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,960 That's all those fellows wanted. 541 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,960 Some of the silly girls they married. 542 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:55,960 Well, I don't... 543 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,960 You discover a lot more important things when you get older, Sergeant. 544 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,960 No, I don't think that's the point. Why did you lie to us about it? 545 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,960 I don't know, really. Maybe I didn't have a reason. 546 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,960 I just didn't remember right, I guess. 547 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,960 Well, you sure you remember right about what happened tonight. 548 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,960 What do you mean, it just happened? 549 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,960 Of course I'm sure about it. Someone tried to kill me. 550 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,960 Might as well park on Spring Street, Van. It's pretty clear this time of night. 551 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:16,960 Yeah, okay. 552 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,960 Sergeant, I wish you'd tell me what you're getting at. What are you thinking? 553 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,960 Well, there's still a few things that we're not too sure of, Miss Wilson. 554 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:24,960 We'd like to clear them up. 555 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,960 What aren't you too sure of? I told you everything I knew. 556 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,960 I was lying down in the dressing room and somebody tried to kill me. I told you all about it. 557 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,960 Well, you told us you were unconscious about 45 minutes, didn't you? 558 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:35,960 Well, yeah, 40 or 45. 559 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,960 Well, we talked to the doctor at Georgia Street and the way you described the attack, 560 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,960 it would have been just about impossible for anybody to make you unconscious that long 561 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,960 by pressing his hands against your head like this. 562 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,960 Oh, but he hit me on the head, too. You can see the bruise here. 563 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,960 Well, yes, ma'am, I know, but that's very slight. The doctor says that that couldn't have done it either. 564 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,960 Just a minute, I'll get the door here. 565 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:57,960 Good evening, Miss Wilson. 566 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:58,960 Thank you. 567 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,960 What else aren't you sure of? 568 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,960 Well, I don't know. I don't know what they would have done. 569 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,960 All I know is they wanted to kill me. They said so in those letters. 570 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,960 We're not too sure of those letters either, Miss Wilson. 571 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,960 What? What aren't you sure of? 572 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,960 Where they're coming from and who's sending them. 573 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,960 We do know they were all written with the same person. 574 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,960 How do you know that? They're signed by two different people. 575 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,960 Our handwriting man checked them over. He says you're written with the same person. 576 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,960 You might as well have it straight, Miss Wilson. 577 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,960 We're going to talk. Can't we do it inside someplace? Please, I'm tired. 578 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:29,960 Oh, I'm sorry. All right. 579 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,960 Joe. Yeah? 580 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,960 I'll see if Lady Fingerprint is finished with that stuff. 581 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,960 Yeah, bring it along if they are. We'll be in the interrogation room. 582 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,960 Yeah, all right. This way, Miss Wilson. 583 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,960 A man I know used to be on the police force. Nice fellow. 584 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:45,960 We used to go out all the time together. 585 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,960 Was it so? What's his name? 586 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,960 Well, that's funny. I don't remember. He's an awfully nice fellow, though. 587 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,960 He was a good guy. He was a good guy. 588 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,960 He was a good guy. He was a good guy. 589 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,960 He was a good guy. He was a good guy. 590 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,960 Well, that's funny. I don't remember. He's an awfully nice fellow, though. 591 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:01,960 He used to go dancing every week. 592 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:02,960 Here we are. 593 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,960 Go right ahead. 594 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,960 I started questioning Dorothy Wilson, but she wanted to talk about everything except what concerned the case. 595 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,960 Dean Birdman and Layton Fingerprints had already checked each article that was found at the supposed scene of the crime. 596 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,960 The Wilson girls' prints were all over them. 597 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,960 Did you write those writing letters to yourself, Miss Wilson? 598 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,960 I don't understand. Why do you ask me something like that? 599 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,960 Did you write the letters to yourself? 600 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,960 You know that's not a fair question, Sergeant. 601 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,960 I don't know what you consider fair, but we'd like to know, did you write the letters? 602 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,960 Do you know what it is to pray, Sergeant? I mean, really pray? 603 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,960 What's that got to do with it? 604 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,960 I've been praying all my life. I've been praying hard. 605 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,960 Ever since I was a little girl. 606 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,960 We'd like to have your answer to our question, Miss Wilson. 607 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,960 I think you'll understand. This is the answer, Sergeant. 608 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,960 I can feel the Holy Spirit in my heart. I know you understand. 609 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,960 Yes, ma'am. 610 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,960 I've been praying for an awfully long time, Sergeant. 611 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,960 When I was a little girl, six years old, I was praying. 612 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,960 Night and day I said my prayers, but there never seemed to be any answer. 613 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,960 I never could understand it because I only prayed for one thing. 614 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,960 I didn't think it was too much to ask. 615 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:09,960 What was that? 616 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,960 I wanted people to know me, Sergeant. 617 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:12,960 Hmm? 618 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,960 I wanted people to know me and like me, that's all. 619 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,960 But it never seemed to happen, even when I was a little girl. 620 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,960 I don't think I quite follow you, Miss. 621 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,960 You've got to understand me. Nobody else does. 622 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,960 When I was a little girl, six, nobody ever seemed to care if I was around or not. 623 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,960 I always tried to make friends, tried to make people like me. 624 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,960 I tried very hard, but nobody seemed to care. 625 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,960 Nobody even noticed me. Nobody ever noticed me. 626 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,960 You mean that's why you wrote those threatening letters to yourself, so that you'd be noticed? 627 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,960 I wanted somebody to care about me, that's all. 628 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,960 I wanted them to know who I was. Dorothy Wilson. 629 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,960 I wanted to walk down the street and have people nod and have them say, 630 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,960 That's Dorothy Wilson. There goes Dorothy Wilson. 631 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,960 Just for somebody to care, that's all, Sergeant. Just for somebody to care. 632 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,960 Well, then the whole thing's purely your imagination. 633 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,960 You wrote the letters to yourself and you pretended somebody attacked you. 634 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,960 And all the rest. 635 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,960 God told me to do it, Sergeant. 636 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,960 He told me to make myself noticed. 637 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,960 To stand up and make people know me. 638 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,960 I'm sorry for it now, but it didn't hurt anyone, did it? 639 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,960 Well, ma'am, you had an awful lot of people working for nothing. 640 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,960 I'm sorry. It was so nice while it lasted. 641 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,960 People looking after me, caring about where I went, 642 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,960 what happened to me. 643 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,960 It's the first time anybody ever really noticed me. 644 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,960 It was that important to you? 645 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,960 People knew who I was. Dorothy Wilson. 646 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,960 They all noticed me. 647 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,960 I feel better now that it's over. 648 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,960 Oh, there's one thing I've got to tell you, Sergeant. 649 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:35,960 Yes, ma'am? 650 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,960 Remember driving here in the car I told you about that junior prom I went to? 651 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,960 That time I had a beautiful white net dress with a full skirt, 652 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,960 the beautiful new white dress. 653 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,960 Yes, ma'am, I remember. What about it? 654 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,960 Well, it was really pink, burgundy, an old dress. 655 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,960 I knew you'd find out. That's why I had to tell you. 656 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:53,960 Yeah. 657 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,960 I didn't want you to think I was a liar. 658 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:02,960 The story you've just heard was true. 659 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,960 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 660 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,960 In a moment, the results of the trial. 661 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,960 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 662 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:10,960 Thank you. 663 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,960 Dragnet's mail this week has included cards from some of you listeners 664 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,960 saying that your dealer is out of Fatima's. 665 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,960 Thank you. We've done something about that. 666 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,960 Now, if any more of you find a dealer fresh out of Fatima's, 667 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,960 send me his name and address and we'll do something about that too. 668 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:32,960 Write me, Jack Webb, post office box 951 Hollywood. 669 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,960 And Mr. Dealer, don't wait a day. 670 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,960 Step up your orders for Fatima. 671 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,960 Get in on this ever increasing demand for the quality long cigarette. 672 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:50,960 By our own admission, Dorothy Wilsey was guilty of filing a false crime report 673 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:51,960 and misdemeanor. 674 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,960 She was released into the custody of her mother. 675 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:58,960 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases transcribed from official files. 676 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,960 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker. 677 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:11,960 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.