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02:41.520 --> 02:44.000 Well, uh, you have a cigarette, please. 02:44.000 --> 02:47.640 Yeah, there you are. 02:47.640 --> 02:48.640 Thanks. 02:48.640 --> 02:51.640 I'm a little nervous. 02:51.640 --> 02:56.160 This never happened to me before. 02:56.160 --> 02:57.160 What's that? 02:57.160 --> 03:00.520 Well, after I thought it over, I knew it wouldn't be any use to keep it up. 03:00.520 --> 03:01.520 I knew you'd find me. 03:01.520 --> 03:02.520 I don't think I quite follow you. 03:02.520 --> 03:05.520 I want to confess, that's why I came here. 03:05.520 --> 03:06.520 Why? 03:06.520 --> 03:07.920 I knew I was doing wrong. 03:07.920 --> 03:09.400 I just couldn't help myself. 03:09.400 --> 03:10.400 What have you done? 03:10.400 --> 03:11.920 I'm not trying to defend myself. 03:11.920 --> 03:12.920 I needed money, that's all. 03:12.920 --> 03:14.880 There wasn't anything else I could do. 03:14.880 --> 03:17.520 Well, we still don't know what you're talking about, Potter. 03:17.520 --> 03:18.880 Been after me four months. 03:18.880 --> 03:21.600 I thought maybe you'd recognize me from the description. 03:21.600 --> 03:23.560 Some of the people must have seen me. 03:23.560 --> 03:26.480 Those food market holdups. 03:26.480 --> 03:28.200 You pulled those robberies by yourself? 03:28.200 --> 03:29.680 Yeah, 15 of them. 03:29.680 --> 03:31.120 Needed the money. 03:31.120 --> 03:33.600 Potter, is that your true name? 03:33.600 --> 03:34.600 That's right, Chief Frank Potter. 03:34.600 --> 03:36.040 You ever been arrested before? 03:36.040 --> 03:38.040 I had a drunk charge, that's all. 03:38.040 --> 03:40.320 I don't know why I went wrong, I just did. 03:40.320 --> 03:42.360 You ever done any big time? 03:42.360 --> 03:43.360 No. 03:43.360 --> 03:44.360 Why do you want to confess? 03:44.360 --> 03:48.360 I want to get it off my mind, I want to tell somebody, everybody. 03:48.360 --> 03:55.280 Look, call in newspapers, I'll give them a whole story, I'll tell them everything. 03:55.280 --> 03:58.240 How many of those markets did you hold up, Polly? 03:58.240 --> 03:59.240 15. 03:59.240 --> 04:01.920 You said you needed the money, is that right? 04:01.920 --> 04:02.920 Why? 04:02.920 --> 04:03.920 Personal reasons. 04:03.920 --> 04:07.280 Look, you got a light again, the smoke's out. 04:07.280 --> 04:08.280 Yeah. 04:08.280 --> 04:09.280 Here you are. 04:09.280 --> 04:10.280 All right. 04:10.280 --> 04:19.720 You used pretty much the same routine on all of the holdups, is that right? 04:19.720 --> 04:21.680 Yeah, I only pulled one job a week. 04:21.680 --> 04:24.440 Figured that was the safest way. 04:24.440 --> 04:26.360 Dressed pretty well, like a salesman. 04:26.360 --> 04:27.360 Always had a briefcase with me. 04:27.360 --> 04:29.360 Is that where you carried the gun? 04:29.360 --> 04:30.840 Yeah, always worked too. 04:30.840 --> 04:34.960 I'd show up at closing time, get the manager in the back room, then pull the heist. 04:34.960 --> 04:36.640 What kind of a gun did you use? 04:36.640 --> 04:37.640 Service pistol. 04:37.640 --> 04:38.640 I had it from when I was in the Army. 04:38.640 --> 04:39.640 How do you usually work it? 04:39.640 --> 04:43.920 Well, when I got the manager alone in the back office, I'd just pull the gun. 04:43.920 --> 04:45.760 I'd say, give me the money, all of it. 04:45.760 --> 04:48.080 They knew I wasn't fooling, they'd give me the dough. 04:48.080 --> 04:50.400 You don't seem to fit the holdup man's description too closely. 04:50.400 --> 04:52.800 Did you wear a mask on those jobs, did it? 04:52.800 --> 04:53.800 Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't. 04:53.800 --> 04:56.520 How about the man who worked with you, where's he? 04:56.520 --> 04:58.520 Wasn't anybody else, just me. 04:58.520 --> 04:59.520 Worked him alone. 04:59.520 --> 05:00.960 That's where you cops are wrong. 05:00.960 --> 05:02.520 You thought there were two of us, didn't you? 05:02.520 --> 05:03.520 We thought so, yeah. 05:03.520 --> 05:05.520 Pulled every job by myself. 05:05.520 --> 05:07.200 That's where I crossed you up. 05:07.200 --> 05:08.200 I knew what I was doing. 05:08.200 --> 05:09.200 I didn't need any help. 05:09.200 --> 05:11.920 How about that market out on West Seventh that you held up last night? 05:11.920 --> 05:13.320 Did you pull that one alone too? 05:13.320 --> 05:15.240 Yeah, sure, I always work alone. 05:15.240 --> 05:17.960 I guess I had you guys going, huh? 05:17.960 --> 05:19.240 Your story doesn't come very close. 05:19.240 --> 05:21.160 The man we're after doesn't use a service pistol. 05:21.160 --> 05:23.040 He never wears a mask either. 05:23.040 --> 05:24.040 What are you guys getting at? 05:24.040 --> 05:25.480 I told you, I pull those robberies. 05:25.480 --> 05:26.600 I don't know how it happened. 05:26.600 --> 05:28.280 I use a service pistol. 05:28.280 --> 05:30.960 Did you use it in that robbery last night, the one out on West Seventh? 05:30.960 --> 05:32.800 Sure, I always use the same gun. 05:32.800 --> 05:33.800 Last night was no different. 05:33.800 --> 05:34.800 You're wasting time, mister. 05:34.800 --> 05:35.800 What do you mean? 05:35.800 --> 05:37.000 Look, I just want to confess. 05:37.000 --> 05:42.920 No, sir, there wasn't any robbery last night. 05:42.920 --> 05:46.600 On further questioning, the suspect Frank Pollard broke down and admitted his confession 05:46.600 --> 05:47.600 was a lie. 05:47.600 --> 05:50.760 He explained that he wanted the publicity to impress a girlfriend. 05:50.760 --> 05:53.640 We had him fingerprinted and delivered him to the Georgia Street Hospital detail. 05:53.640 --> 05:58.240 It was filed on and then removed to the psychopathic ward at the county hospital for further examination 05:58.240 --> 05:59.240 and treatment. 05:59.240 --> 06:02.760 Our four-month-old search for the market bandit went on. 06:02.760 --> 06:05.800 In the two weeks that followed, we tracked down more leads. 06:05.800 --> 06:06.800 They led nowhere. 06:06.800 --> 06:09.080 The real market bandit was still at large. 06:09.080 --> 06:14.480 On the night of February 25th, he hit again, this time at a supermarket out on Santa Monica 06:14.480 --> 06:15.760 Boulevard. 06:15.760 --> 06:20.240 We interviewed the manager, a Mr. Harry Talbot, in his small office at the rear of the store. 06:20.240 --> 06:21.800 I guess I should have known better. 06:21.800 --> 06:25.120 I got the bulletin you sent out on the guy, his description, everything. 06:25.120 --> 06:26.760 I just wasn't thinking, I guess. 06:26.760 --> 06:29.760 He came in the market just before closing time, is that right? 06:29.760 --> 06:31.800 Yeah, couple of minutes after eight. 06:31.800 --> 06:34.120 Looked well dressed, had a briefcase under his arm. 06:34.120 --> 06:35.600 I fell for it like the rest of them. 06:35.600 --> 06:36.960 I thought he was a salesman. 06:36.960 --> 06:39.040 How about the man's description, sir? 06:39.040 --> 06:42.040 About five foot, 1170 pounds, I guess. 06:42.040 --> 06:43.320 Grey suit. 06:43.320 --> 06:45.680 It's the same description you had printed up in the paper. 06:45.680 --> 06:48.240 Was anyone else around when the man came in the door? 06:48.240 --> 06:52.400 One of my clerks, Everett Smiley, he saw him leave and get in a car right after the robbery. 06:52.400 --> 06:53.920 Is this clerk still around? 06:53.920 --> 06:54.920 We'd like to talk to him. 06:54.920 --> 06:55.920 He went down the street a minute. 06:55.920 --> 06:56.920 He'll be right back. 06:56.920 --> 06:57.920 Maybe that's him. 06:57.920 --> 06:58.920 Yeah? 06:58.920 --> 07:03.320 Mr. Talbot, you remember me, Mrs. Bolton? 07:03.320 --> 07:04.320 Oh, yes ma'am. 07:04.320 --> 07:08.040 I'd like to ask you a favor, Mr. Talbot, as an old customer. 07:08.040 --> 07:09.440 I'm tied up right now, ma'am. 07:09.440 --> 07:10.440 Could I see you a little later on? 07:10.440 --> 07:11.440 I won't even come in, Mr. Talbot. 07:11.440 --> 07:16.440 You see, we're having our annual benefit whisk party down at the community church. 07:16.440 --> 07:20.160 They were going to have it next Thursday, but I made them put it off another week so we 07:20.160 --> 07:21.160 could get some decent prizes. 07:21.160 --> 07:22.160 Oh, yes ma'am. 07:22.160 --> 07:26.720 Of course, a lot of our people are good customers of the store here, so I knew you'd be willing 07:26.720 --> 07:28.720 to give something to the prize list. 07:28.720 --> 07:29.720 Oh, yeah. 07:29.720 --> 07:32.520 Shall I put you down for one of the door prizes? 07:32.520 --> 07:36.320 Two or three market baskets full of canned corn, peas, things like that. 07:36.320 --> 07:37.320 Yeah, okay, Mrs. Bolton. 07:37.320 --> 07:38.320 I'll have Everett fix them up tomorrow. 07:38.320 --> 07:39.320 Of course. 07:39.320 --> 07:40.320 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Talbot. 07:40.320 --> 07:41.320 I'll have my boy Robert pick them up tomorrow. 07:41.320 --> 07:42.320 You'll have the baskets fixed up real nice, won't you? 07:42.320 --> 07:43.320 Yes, ma'am. 07:43.320 --> 07:44.320 I'll take care of it. 07:44.320 --> 07:45.320 Well, thank you again. 07:45.320 --> 07:46.320 Goodbye. 07:46.320 --> 07:47.320 Goodbye, ma'am. 07:47.320 --> 07:48.320 Goodbye, gentlemen. 07:48.320 --> 07:49.320 Goodbye. 07:49.320 --> 07:52.320 Mr. Talbot, I wonder if you could tell us what happened after you got back here in your 07:52.320 --> 07:53.320 office with the holdup man. 07:53.320 --> 07:54.320 Well, it happened pretty fast. 07:54.320 --> 07:58.940 He reached in with a briefcase of the 07:58.940 --> 08:05.940 holdup man. 08:05.940 --> 08:09.720 He told me to open that safe there, but I stalled. 08:09.720 --> 08:10.720 I said I didn't know how. 08:10.720 --> 08:11.720 I see. 08:11.720 --> 08:15.360 And that's when he started telling me what he'd do to my family, my wife, if I didn't 08:15.360 --> 08:16.360 open the safe. 08:16.360 --> 08:20.320 He knew all about us, my address, my wife's name, my kids. 08:20.320 --> 08:22.840 He said he'd get them if I didn't do what I was told. 08:22.840 --> 08:23.840 Same M.O. 08:23.840 --> 08:24.840 Never failed him. 08:24.840 --> 08:25.840 What'd you do then, Talbot? 08:25.840 --> 08:27.800 Well, money's not worth that much to me. 08:27.800 --> 08:30.640 I opened the safe and gave him everything, a little over $400. 08:30.640 --> 08:34.200 I still don't know how he got that information about my family. 08:34.200 --> 08:36.040 Do you have any suspicions at all? 08:36.040 --> 08:37.400 No, nobody I can think of. 08:37.400 --> 08:38.520 How about the gun he had? 08:38.520 --> 08:39.520 Can you describe it? 08:39.520 --> 08:42.120 Well, just like you have it listed in that bulletin on him. 08:42.120 --> 08:44.920 38 revolver, blue steel, long bow. 08:44.920 --> 08:47.440 Mr. Talbot. 08:47.440 --> 08:49.480 Come on in, Ev. 08:49.480 --> 08:52.040 Officers, this is my clerk, Everett Smiley. 08:52.040 --> 08:53.040 I'm sorry. 08:53.040 --> 08:54.040 I forgot your name. 08:54.040 --> 08:55.040 Friday and Romero, robbery detail. 08:55.040 --> 08:56.040 Hi. 08:56.040 --> 08:57.040 How are you? 08:57.040 --> 08:58.040 Hey, I databases. 08:58.040 --> 08:59.040 You look??? 08:59.040 --> 09:00.040 Oh, I was just shriveling on corners. 09:00.040 --> 09:03.680 leaving the market is that right? Yeah that's right. He walked right out of the store and down the 09:03.680 --> 09:07.760 street just like nothing happened. I didn't know anything was wrong till later. Did you notice if 09:07.760 --> 09:12.200 the men got in the car? Yeah I did. Car was parked about halfway down the block. Another guy was 09:12.200 --> 09:17.020 driving. Motor was running. Did you catch the license number? No but it was a brand new sedan. 09:17.020 --> 09:22.220 A Pontiac I think. You shouldn't have much trouble finding it. Without a license number? Well it's a 09:22.220 --> 09:31.040 brand new car. I remember the color. I couldn't forget that. Yeah. Bright red just like a fire engine. 90% 09:31.040 --> 09:35.720 of the time color identification of a car means nothing. For one thing a getaway car can be painted 09:35.720 --> 09:40.440 in a matter of a few hours and for another the color of a vehicle is not listed on the registration 09:40.440 --> 09:46.040 slip. It's impossible to check a car through DMV on color alone but in this case we figured that we 09:46.040 --> 09:51.200 had half an exception to the rule. The car used in the robbery was new. It was painted a very 09:51.200 --> 09:56.520 distinctive color. We began an immediate canvas of automobile dealers throughout the city. After a 09:56.520 --> 10:01.600 day and a half of calling and checking we found two dealers who had sold two new cars within recent 10:01.600 --> 10:06.460 weeks with fire engine red paint jobs. We got the names and addresses of the purchasers and checked 10:06.460 --> 10:13.600 them out. One of them was a Miss Mona Taylor, an ad taker for one of the daily morning papers. I'm 10:13.600 --> 10:17.720 sorry to bother you at your work Miss Taylor. Not at all. Worst of it's over for today. What is it you 10:17.720 --> 10:21.920 want to know? We understand that you bought a new Pontiac sedan about three weeks ago is that correct? 10:21.920 --> 10:28.600 Yes I did. If this is about that parking ticket why I've already taken care of it. No ma'am that's not it. 10:28.600 --> 10:32.720 We just like to know if you still own that car. Well I don't own it yet. I'm still paying on it. 10:32.720 --> 10:37.440 Colors are bright red is that right? Yes it is. Fire engine red. I like bright colors. Well does 10:37.440 --> 10:41.840 anyone else beside yourself drive the car Miss Taylor? Well yes once in a while. I lend it to my 10:41.840 --> 10:51.760 boyfriend Al. Al daily I've known him for a long time. Excuse me. Classified ads Miss Taylor. Yes 10:51.760 --> 11:02.080 sir two-room apartment unfinished. All right. You got a smoke Joe? Dean Heath. Yes ma'am. View. Beverly Hill. That's it. $80. 11:02.080 --> 11:10.000 Okay. Yes sir tomorrow morning's edition. Yes $2.12 for two days. Could I have your name 11:10.000 --> 11:17.880 address and telephone number? Thank you sir. About this friend of yours Miss Taylor this Al Daily. 11:17.880 --> 11:23.800 How long have you been lending him your car? Since he got his new salesman's job. He has to make night 11:23.800 --> 11:28.920 calls on customers out in the valley so I let him have a car usually about once a week. When's the last 11:28.920 --> 11:36.280 time that he borrowed the car Miss? Two nights ago. For Mona Taylor we got the address of her boyfriend 11:36.280 --> 11:41.720 Al Daily. We located him in a rooming house on South Bovard Avenue. He admitted he borrowed the Taylor 11:41.720 --> 11:45.480 girl's car the night before but he denied that he drove it anywhere in the vicinity of the robbery. 11:45.480 --> 11:53.560 How about your friend Jimmy Bray? I don't know. I loaned the car that's all. He gave me 30 bucks. Well 11:53.560 --> 12:01.160 that's an awful lot of rental money. Why did he need a car so bad? I don't know. Let's ask him. Where does he stay? 12:01.160 --> 12:10.240 Bartlett Hotel. Nathan Flough. You going over to see him now? That's right. Why? Well I thought if you 12:10.240 --> 12:14.120 were going over there you wouldn't mind taking this with you. He left it in the car when he brought it 12:14.120 --> 12:23.560 back. His briefcase. Let's have a look. What's the matter? It's all a fuss about a briefcase. Yeah. 12:23.560 --> 12:32.440 What is it? Let's see. All right you got an answer for that Daily? Sure a funny place to keep a gun. 12:32.440 --> 12:39.200 We took Al Daily downtown where he was held for questioning. We had a stakeout placed on his 12:39.200 --> 12:44.800 rooming house. We had both Daily and Bray checked through R&I. No criminal record. The briefcase and 12:44.800 --> 12:48.680 the 38 revolver were booked as evidence with the property clerk. There was no record or prints on 12:48.680 --> 12:54.520 the gun. The Taylor girl's car was impounded to be checked for fingerprints. 7 p.m. we drove out to 12:54.520 --> 12:59.280 the Bartlett Hotel on 8th and Flower. The room clerk confirmed the fact that Jimmy Bray was a registered 12:59.280 --> 13:19.280 guest at the hotel. You want to call the office too? Yeah all right I'll do it. You got change? Yeah I think I have. Yeah. Okay. 13:19.280 --> 13:37.240 City Hall. 2511. 2511. Robbery powers. Joe Friday John we're out at Bray's hotel. We're gonna 13:37.240 --> 13:53.240 stake it out he's not in yet. That's what I figured. What do you mean? Market out on 12th Street was held up a minute ago. Yeah. Bandit carried briefcase. 13:53.240 --> 14:00.880 You are listening to Dragnet. Authentic stories of your police force in action. You'll be amazed 14:00.880 --> 14:08.120 when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. Buy a pack. You'll find Fatima's now cost the same. 14:08.120 --> 14:21.840 Lighter Fatima. Ah that's different. What a difference. 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Start enjoying Fatima 15:15.120 --> 15:33.200 tomorrow. 1130 p.m. After checking Bray's room and finding nothing Ben and I remained 15:33.200 --> 15:38.480 on stakeout at the Bartlett Hotel. The suspect failed to show up. At midnight Young and McKenzie 15:38.480 --> 15:41.960 came out and relieved us. We drove back to the office and got the particulars on the 15:41.960 --> 15:46.120 hold up of the 12th Street Market. The MO was almost exactly the same as in the other 15:46.120 --> 15:51.640 16 robberies. The victim's description of the hold up man matched perfectly with Bray's. 15:51.640 --> 15:56.520 By noon the next day the suspect still had not returned to his hotel. An intensive canvas 15:56.520 --> 16:00.880 of the immediate neighborhood around the Bartlett Hotel netted us nothing. Nobody remembered 16:00.880 --> 16:06.040 Bray. We checked the bars and restaurants. He was known to patronize. No one had any 16:06.040 --> 16:11.600 idea where he might be. Details at the airport, railroad stations and bus terminals were alerted. 16:11.600 --> 16:15.880 We got out a supplementary description on our original APB. The sheriff's office was 16:15.880 --> 16:22.320 kept advised. Two days passed. Still no sign. We questioned and re-questioned Al Daly. Either 16:22.320 --> 16:26.280 he couldn't or he wouldn't add anything to what he'd already told us about Bray. A series 16:26.280 --> 16:30.920 of stakeouts were placed at food markets in areas where Bray had staged robberies previously. 16:30.920 --> 16:34.480 A composite picture of the suspect was made up and given wide distribution throughout 16:34.480 --> 16:39.980 the city. It all went for nothing. The following Tuesday, March 4th, Bray robbed a neighborhood 16:39.980 --> 16:45.080 market in Highland Park of $150. I had to give him the money, Sergeant. He threatened 16:45.080 --> 16:49.440 my wife and kids. Said he'd see something happen to them if I didn't open the safe. 16:49.440 --> 16:54.560 Did you say he wore gloves, sir? That's right. I thought it didn't jive at first. A salesman 16:54.560 --> 16:58.400 wearing gloves like that. Didn't think about it until it was too late. Did you notice if 16:58.400 --> 17:02.040 he was on foot or did he get away in a car? He had a car all right. Parked down the street 17:02.040 --> 17:06.200 there. Saw it through the window. Another fellow was at the wheel. Did you notice anything 17:06.200 --> 17:09.960 else about the car? The license number maybe? No, I couldn't see that. But it was a coupe. 17:09.960 --> 17:17.960 I'm sure of that. Yeah. It was red. Bright red. There was one angle we couldn't figure. 17:17.960 --> 17:21.960 If Bray was bent on a steady career of robbery, why did he use an escaped car painted the most 17:21.960 --> 17:26.960 conspicuous color possible? We checked out Mona Taylor's car again. There was no connection. 17:26.960 --> 17:32.720 The search went on. Two weeks, three weeks, another month. Bray kept to his usual schedule. 17:32.720 --> 17:38.040 One robbery a week. The leg work went on, too. On March 20th, we got a call from one of Ben's 17:38.040 --> 17:41.280 informants. He told us that he'd seen a man answering Bray's description in the Venice 17:41.280 --> 17:48.280 Park amusement area down to the beach. We drove down to Venice to check it out. Pretty 17:48.280 --> 17:53.280 good crowd for a cold night. Yeah. Where do we find this friend of yours? See where the 17:53.280 --> 17:58.000 man go around here's up ahead? Yeah. Just beyond that. He runs one of the booze. You 17:58.000 --> 18:02.480 throw baseballs at phony milk bottles. Three chances for a dime, you know. Oh, yeah. He 18:02.480 --> 18:06.440 and his wife run it. They've been out here for years. I don't know how they ever make 18:06.440 --> 18:13.440 a living there. Hey, those hot dogs smell good, don't they? Is that your friend's booze 18:16.240 --> 18:21.240 across the way there? Yeah. Yeah, I think. Come on, follow the girls until you can throw 18:21.240 --> 18:26.240 a baseball. Fill the milk. Come on. We'll let the girls have a free throw. Step up when 18:26.240 --> 18:29.240 it's live. Looks like Maude's running the place tonight. Maude, that's his wife. Oh, 18:29.240 --> 18:34.240 yeah. How you doing, Sergeant? Cold night, huh? Hi, Maude. This is my partner, Joe Friday. 18:34.240 --> 18:38.240 How are you? Glad to know you, Joe. Guess you're looking for Scooter, huh? Yeah. Is he around? 18:38.240 --> 18:42.240 Just down the way, Sarge. Hey, how about it? Say hello to Troy, you luck. One spin, 18:42.240 --> 18:47.240 dime. Fill the milk. Pretty good crowd tonight, Maude. Oh, yeah, but they're not spending. 18:47.240 --> 18:51.240 Haven't been good at all lately. Where'd you say your husband was, ma'am? Just down the 18:51.240 --> 18:55.240 way. Old man Hudson's out to Charles. Scooter runs Ameri-Garon for him while he eats. Well, 18:55.240 --> 18:58.240 thank you, Maude. We'll drop back and see you before we leave. Right. Glad to met you, 18:58.240 --> 19:01.240 Joe. Glad to met you. Goodbye. What did you say, girl? I'll have the boys show you how 19:01.240 --> 19:05.240 good they control. Fill them up. Scooter, is that what you said? Is that the guy's name? 19:05.240 --> 19:09.240 Yeah, that's right. He used to run the Scooter's room. You know the little electric cars you 19:09.240 --> 19:14.240 drive around? Bumpers all around them? Yeah. Yeah. All right. Thank you. 19:18.240 --> 19:24.240 There he is. Scooter. Hey, Scooter. Hi, Sarge. I've been waiting for you. 19:24.240 --> 19:28.240 Yeah, go ahead, Joe. Okay. 19:32.240 --> 19:37.240 How you doing, Sarge? Good to see you. Scooter, my partner, Joe Friday. How are you? 19:37.240 --> 19:43.240 Glad to know you, Joe. I guess we can talk here as well as anyplace, huh? Sure. What's 19:43.240 --> 19:49.240 the story, Scooter? It's like I told you on the phone. Murphy down at the Penny Arcade, 19:49.240 --> 19:56.240 he noticed a guy first. He pointed him out to me. He sure hits close to Bray's description. 19:56.240 --> 20:01.240 When did you first see him? Two nights ago. I wasn't so sure. It was Bray the first 20:01.240 --> 20:06.240 time. Then I saw him last night. That's since then. I didn't hear that. I said I saw him 20:06.240 --> 20:10.240 last night. That's since then. Oh. When did this Murphy, was that his name? When did 20:10.240 --> 20:16.240 he first see him? About a week ago. He's got an eagle eye for strangers who hang around. 20:16.240 --> 20:23.240 Murphy thinks the guy's staying out here someplace. You any idea where? Yeah, just a minute. 20:23.240 --> 20:29.240 No jumping around like that, son. Now you'll fall off and bang your head. Kids, where'd 20:29.240 --> 20:35.240 you spot this man, Scooter? Same place Murphy did it. He's hanging around the shooting gallery 20:35.240 --> 20:40.240 down the way. The guy who runs the place is new. We don't know him well enough to ask 20:40.240 --> 20:44.240 him about it. You mean this man who looks like Bray just hangs around the counter there? 20:44.240 --> 20:51.240 No, not exactly. You see, his little office to one side of the shooting gallery and the 20:51.240 --> 20:56.240 times I seen the guy, he was either coming in or going out of there. When's the last 20:56.240 --> 21:01.240 time you saw him, Scooter? Huh? I say when's the last time you saw him? Oh, earlier tonight, 21:01.240 --> 21:08.240 about 6.30. Yeah, I think Murphy's right. The guy's holding up in there. Hold on there, 21:08.240 --> 21:14.240 Scooter. Girlie, now don't try to get off the merry-go-round. Let's stop. There, now 21:14.240 --> 21:18.240 that's a girl. Thank you a lot, Scooter. We'll check back with you before we leave. Yeah, 21:18.240 --> 21:25.240 okay, Sarge. I hope it helps you out. I glad I met you, Joe. Right, see you later. 21:25.240 --> 21:30.240 Now, there's the shooting gallery down there by the bullseye, Sarge. Yep, the guy is Bray. 21:30.240 --> 21:36.240 It's funny that he hasn't been spotted before. This area's pretty well patrolled here. Yeah. 21:36.240 --> 21:41.240 Try your skill, fellas. Ten shots, only a quarter. We're police officers. We'd like 21:41.240 --> 21:47.240 to ask you a few questions. Oh, what about? What's your name? Gridley. Max Gridley. You 21:47.240 --> 21:53.240 know anybody by the name of James Bray? Bray? Uh-huh. No, I don't. Why? How about this, 21:53.240 --> 22:02.240 Mr. Gridley? You know anybody who fits that description? No. No, that doesn't mean anything 22:02.240 --> 22:06.240 to me. What's the matter, anyway? My man answering that description has been seen entering and 22:06.240 --> 22:10.240 leaving this office right next door over here. It's part of your concession, isn't it? Yeah, 22:10.240 --> 22:15.240 that's right. But I'm the only one who uses it. Somebody must have got the wrong slant. 22:15.240 --> 22:19.240 Then you wouldn't mind if we looked it over. Routine investigation. Well, I don't know. 22:19.240 --> 22:26.240 Yeah, all right. I'll come around and open the door for you. All right, come on. 22:26.240 --> 22:36.240 It's just a cubby hole, as you can see. I kind of use it as a storage place. Sometimes I have 22:36.240 --> 22:41.240 my lunch in here. Take a nap once in a while. Looks pretty well lived in. All those clothes 22:41.240 --> 22:47.240 are yours, Mr. Gridley? That's right. Why? Hey, Mac, how about a load on this thing? Oh, 22:47.240 --> 22:57.240 it's a customer. Excuse me, man. I'll be right back. Yeah, go ahead. Hey, Jim. Yeah. Over 22:57.240 --> 23:08.240 here. Have a look. This towel. Yeah. Look at the name stenciled on it. Botlod Hotel. 23:08.240 --> 23:13.240 9.30 p.m. We advised the shooting gallery operator not to attempt any phone calls. Then 23:13.240 --> 23:17.240 I called the office and Ricketts and Powers came out to help us with the stakeout on the 23:17.240 --> 23:21.240 shooting gallery in the adjoining office. Ben and I covered from the penny arcade directly 23:21.240 --> 23:25.240 opposite the shooting gallery. Ricketts and Powers were staked out two doors away at a 23:25.240 --> 23:31.240 stand that advertised handwriting analyzed. 25 cents. We waited. Ben munched on a bag 23:31.240 --> 23:45.240 of popcorn. 10.30 p.m. No sign of the suspect. 11 o'clock. Still no sign. Hmm. Getting pretty 23:45.240 --> 23:52.240 cold. Everybody going home? Yeah. Got any more of that popcorn there? Oh, yeah. There you 23:52.240 --> 23:57.240 are. Two pieces left. Very good. Must have been. Not much in there now. Oh, I'm sorry. 23:57.240 --> 24:02.240 I can get another bag. Machine's right over there. No. Turn it off. How about some peanuts? 24:02.240 --> 24:12.240 No, no thanks. Oh, sure. There's some in there, Joe. Want some? No. Sure would like to see 24:12.240 --> 24:18.240 Bray show up. Hate to spend the night staked out here. Yeah. Hey, wait a minute. Look. 24:18.240 --> 24:22.240 Huh? The shooting gallery. The guy in the blue suit. He's talking to the manager. He's 24:22.240 --> 24:29.240 going around the side door. Yeah, come on. He's going inside. All right. Hold it right 24:29.240 --> 24:34.240 there, mister. Joe, watch it. Rickett. Johnny. Cover the back. I'll get the door. Come on. 24:34.240 --> 24:43.240 Let's hit it. Yeah. What about the back? Come on. Yeah. Hold it. Johnny's got it. Yeah. 24:43.240 --> 24:57.240 Good. Johnny, you okay? Yeah. Yeah, roughly. Let's roll him over, huh? Yeah, all right. 24:57.240 --> 25:04.240 How about it, Joe? Short, dark complexion, fat. What do you think? I don't know, but it's 25:04.240 --> 25:11.240 not Bray. Ricketts and Powers remained on stakeout at the shooting gallery while Ben 25:11.240 --> 25:15.240 and I took the suspect downtown along with the proprietor of the shooting gallery, Max 25:15.240 --> 25:19.240 Gridley. We had the man treated for cuts and bruises at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 25:19.240 --> 25:24.240 and then we took him to the office. He identified himself as Blake Chatfield, an unemployed 25:24.240 --> 25:28.240 salesman. After two hours of questioning, he broke down and admitted that he was Bray's 25:28.240 --> 25:33.240 accomplice. In each of the 18 robberies, he drove the getaway car. He said for the past 25:33.240 --> 25:37.240 month he and Bray had been living in the office adjoining the shooting gallery. He was booked 25:37.240 --> 25:43.240 at the New City Jail on suspicion of 211 PC. Max Gridley was held for further questioning. 25:43.240 --> 25:51.240 1.35 a.m. We checked back in at the office. I guess I had too many hot dogs out there. 25:51.240 --> 26:04.240 What's the matter? Oh, indigestion. Maybe it was the popcorn. Yeah. A couple of messages 26:04.240 --> 26:10.240 in the book. Wife wants you to call her before you go home. Uh-huh. 26:19.240 --> 26:28.240 Hello, Amy. Yeah, long night. Yeah. What? Both are Graham bread. Well, I'll try. Okay, 26:28.240 --> 26:38.240 here. Yeah, I'm by. Same old thing. Yeah. I get it. Robbery Friday. Johnny Farris, Joe. 26:38.240 --> 26:42.240 Yeah, John. How's it going? Jimmy Bray finally showed. We got him. Any trouble? No. Drove 26:42.240 --> 26:46.240 up in a bright red coupe. Couldn't miss him. Uh-huh. You coming in now? Yeah, just leaving. 26:46.240 --> 26:52.240 See you. Right, John. Bye. Well, I picked up Bray. Bringing him in now. Good. Sure been 26:52.240 --> 26:59.240 a long haul. Almost five months. Yeah, it's a long time. Hey, Joe. Yeah. Where am I going 26:59.240 --> 27:02.240 to get a loaf of Graham bread at this time in the morning? 27:08.240 --> 27:14.240 The story you have just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:16.240 --> 27:21.240 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you. For the past few weeks, I've asked you to send 27:21.240 --> 27:26.240 me the names of dealers who are out of Fatimas. You see, the demand for Fatimas is so great, 27:26.240 --> 27:31.240 I want to make sure that all of you can buy them. So keep on writing. If you find a dealer 27:31.240 --> 27:35.240 fresh out of Fatimas, let me know. We'll have something done about it. Write your dealer's 27:35.240 --> 27:42.240 name and address on a card and mail it to me, Jack Webb, Post Office Box 951, Hollywood 27:42.240 --> 27:50.240 28. That's Jack Webb, Post Office Box 951, Hollywood 28. Now a word for you, Mr. Dealer. 27:50.240 --> 27:55.240 The coming holiday season, we'll find new thousands insisting on Fatima quality. So 27:55.240 --> 28:00.240 step up your orders for Fatima tomorrow. Get in on the increasing demand for the quality 28:00.240 --> 28:01.240 long cigarette. 28:09.240 --> 28:13.240 James Arbray and Blake A. Chatfield were tried and convicted on several counts of armed robbery 28:13.240 --> 28:19.240 and received sentences as prescribed by law. Max Gridley was filed on for failure to register 28:19.240 --> 28:24.240 as an ex-convict. Bray and Chatfield are now serving their terms in the state penitentiary. 28:27.240 --> 28:31.240 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los 28:31.240 --> 28:33.240 Angeles Police Department. 28:36.240 --> 28:38.240 This is Bob Hope. Can we steal a second? 28:38.240 --> 28:44.240 Chesterfield, Chesterfield always wins first place. That mile-to-mile tobacco never leaves 28:44.240 --> 28:48.240 an aftertaste. So open a pack, give them a smell. 28:48.240 --> 28:50.240 Then you'll smoke them. 28:50.240 --> 28:54.240 Don't forget to give Crosby for Christmas. I mean the Chesterfield Christmas carton with 28:54.240 --> 28:57.240 Bing as Papa Santa Claus. See you Tuesday. 29:01.240 --> 29:05.240 Fatima cigarettes, the best of all, long cigarettes has brought you Dragnet portions transcribed 29:05.240 --> 29:07.240 from Los Angeles. 29:07.240 --> 29:19.240 Coming up, We the People, then Screen Director's Playhouse on NBC.