1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,440 The story you're about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,480 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,320 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:27,960 Best of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,920 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,480 You're assigned to homicide detail. 7 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:35,640 A small boy is reported missing from his home. 8 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:36,640 His age? 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:37,640 Nine years. 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,600 Foul play is suspected. 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:41,960 Your job? 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:47,320 Find him. 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,960 You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,720 You'll find they now cost the same. 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:55,760 Difference is quality. 16 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:02,240 You see, Fatima is the quality king size cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and 17 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,440 domestic tobaccos superbly blended. 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:11,860 And Fatima is extra mild with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 19 00:01:11,860 --> 00:01:13,120 long cigarette. 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,440 So try comparing Fatima yourself. 21 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:22,480 Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you. 22 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,400 Ah, that's different. 23 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,720 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 24 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,880 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king size cigarette. 25 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,740 Best of all, long cigarettes. 26 00:01:36,740 --> 00:01:42,120 Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 27 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:49,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 28 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,280 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 29 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,760 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 30 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,480 police files. 31 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:04,600 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 32 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,920 in action. 33 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:11,440 Was Thursday, December 22nd. 34 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,240 It was cold in Los Angeles. 35 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,160 We were working the night watch out of homicide. 36 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,640 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 37 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:19,640 My name's Friday. 38 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:24,640 I was on the way into work and it was 3.55 p.m. when I got to room 42. 39 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:25,640 Homicide. 40 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:26,640 Hi, Joe. 41 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:27,640 Ben. 42 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:32,640 Well, here's the file on the Webster case. 43 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,640 Have all the follow-ups been made? 44 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:36,640 Yeah. 45 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:37,640 I'll get it. 46 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:38,640 Homicide, Friday. 47 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:39,640 This Levinson unit 113J. 48 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:40,640 Got something for you. 49 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:41,640 Yeah, Harry, what's doing? 50 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:42,640 Dordie and I are out here on Commerce Avenue, 4656, trying to track down a nine-year-old 51 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:43,640 boy. 52 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:44,640 Yeah, what's the story? 53 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:45,640 The kid's been shot. 54 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:50,640 Suspicion of foul play. 55 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,640 How long's he been gone? 56 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,640 About two hours. 57 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,640 Looks like a job for homicide. 58 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:55,640 How do you figure? 59 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:58,640 The kid was last seen playing in the backyard of his home. 60 00:02:58,640 --> 00:02:59,640 Yeah? 61 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:00,640 We checked over the yard. 62 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:01,640 Did you find anything? 63 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,640 Blood stains, lots of them. 64 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:07,640 They look new. 65 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:11,040 Ben and I left a message for chief of detectives Thad Brown, then we went over to the crime 66 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,760 lab and picked up Lieutenant Lee Jones and drove out the Arroyo Seco freeway to Collis 67 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,680 Avenue, was an average neighborhood. 68 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,320 Number 4656 was a one-story green stucco residence situated on the corner of Collis Avenue and 69 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,440 Harrison Drive. 70 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,480 Beyond the backyard was attractive undeveloped land covered with scrub oak. 71 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,800 Harry Levinson from Highland Park Juvenile was waiting for us in front of the house. 72 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:33,800 It's back this way, fellas. 73 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:34,800 Coming, Lee. 74 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:35,800 Hey, I got my bag. 75 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,960 Who notified you that the boy was missing, Harry? 76 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,960 The mother. 77 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Said she went out to do some Christmas shopping about 11 this morning, left the boy home. 78 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,880 She came back about 2 this afternoon, he was gone. 79 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:47,880 What's the name? 80 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:48,880 Johnstone. 81 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,360 The kid's name is Stanley, 9 years old. 82 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,160 Was this gate open like this when you got here? 83 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,920 Yeah, I haven't touched the thing yet. 84 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,400 I hear the stains over here, Lieutenant Jones, along the edge of the walk. 85 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,400 See? 86 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,400 Yeah. 87 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:02,400 Let me see. 88 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,400 Yeah, quite a few stains, huh? 89 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,400 Yeah. 90 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,160 Looks like it might be blood. 91 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,920 Try some benzidine on him. 92 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,720 There we are. 93 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,240 See what happened. 94 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,680 Where's the kid's mother now, Harry? 95 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:24,680 Yeah, in the house. 96 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,680 Dirty's talking to her. 97 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Did you talk to any of the neighbors? 98 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,920 People next door are the ones on this side. 99 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:30,920 They couldn't tell us anything. 100 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:31,920 There it is, fellas. 101 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:32,920 Yeah, Lee. 102 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,400 These spots I covered with benzidine, they're turning blue. 103 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,400 Blood stains all right. 104 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,640 You can't say definitely whether it's human or animal blood. 105 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,720 Do you have to go back to the lab to run it through? 106 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,480 Yeah, a biological precipitant test. 107 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,400 Hand me one of those glass files for my bike, will you? 108 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:46,400 Yeah, sure. 109 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Okay, here you go. 110 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:50,400 Thanks. 111 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,240 Scrape some flakes off for a test. 112 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,960 There we are. 113 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,280 How soon can you tap the blood for us, Lee? 114 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:01,040 Precipitant test won't run more than 20 minutes. 115 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:05,880 It'll take three or four hours to run a blood grouping, though. 116 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,600 That's it. 117 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,600 Anything else you want to check? 118 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,600 Nothing. 119 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:11,600 Anything else? 120 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,080 Yeah, right here in my handkerchief. 121 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,640 Empty shell. 122 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,720 That marker over there by the rose bush? 123 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:17,720 That's where I found it. 124 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,320 From a 22, huh? 125 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,120 Yeah, might tie in, might not. 126 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,760 Well, I'll get them dumped in this envelope, will you? 127 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Mm-hmm. 128 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,760 There you go. 129 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:27,760 There you go. 130 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,800 Did you get out a missing broadcast on the boy here? 131 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,080 Dordie did about a half an hour ago. 132 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,080 Here's a description here. 133 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,080 Thank you. 134 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,800 Did the mother know about the blood stains? 135 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,680 No, we didn't tell her. 136 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:39,680 She's worried enough already. 137 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,840 And she has no idea what might have happened to her boy, huh? 138 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,480 No more than we do. 139 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,480 She checked all her friends and relatives. 140 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,920 We're covering the neighborhood and no trace so far. 141 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,960 Not much to go on. 142 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,760 Blood stains, empty cartridge. 143 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,040 Yeah, it could mean a hundred things. 144 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,240 Any ideas, Friday? 145 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:03,640 Just one and I don't like it. 146 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,280 4.30 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. 147 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:09,640 The neighborhood search for nine-year-old Stanley Johnstone continued. 148 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:14,000 Lee Jones went back to the crime lab to start the precipitant test in the blood grouping. 149 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,680 Levinson and his partner, Dordie, from Highland Juvenile stood by. 150 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,080 We called Chief of Detectives Thad Brown and he ordered up a special detail to aid in the 151 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,080 search for the missing boy. 152 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,560 Ben and I questioned the boy's mother, Mrs. Ruth Johnstone, a woman in her early 40s. 153 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,160 She seemed fairly calm under the circumstances. 154 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,560 Miss Johnson, is your boy Stanley in the habit of wandering off without telling you where 155 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:34,560 he's going? 156 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,000 He's not in the habit of wandering off, but he has done it before. 157 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,240 Well, when was the last time, Miss Johnson? 158 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:41,840 You don't have any children, do you, Sergeant Friday? 159 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:42,840 No, ma'am, I'm not married. 160 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:47,240 Well, there comes a time in every young boy's life when he feels it is time to leave home, 161 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,240 go out on his own. 162 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,560 It usually happens somewhere around eight to ten. 163 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,480 Think I know what you mean, I have a boy. 164 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,120 Well, then you know how it is. 165 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,280 My husband and I scolded Stanley one afternoon after school and he was quite put out about 166 00:06:58,280 --> 00:06:59,280 it. 167 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,280 Thought George and I were unfair. 168 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:02,360 Packed a few of his things and left. 169 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,600 Well, how long was he gone? 170 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,040 Oh, no time at all, about two hours. 171 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,080 I was worried about him, but my husband said to leave him alone, said every boy had to 172 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,080 go through that stage. 173 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,000 Well, then you think that he's run away from home again this time? 174 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,480 Yes, I think so. 175 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:19,760 He's been gone about four hours now and I have a funny feeling about it. 176 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,640 Did you and his father have some misunderstanding with the boy recently? 177 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,480 Well, that's just it, we haven't. 178 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,720 I don't mind telling you that now that we're talking about it, I am getting worried. 179 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,240 Well, is there any place around that he might like to visit, a hobby shop, playground, some 180 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,240 place he might be? 181 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,760 Yes, there's Jensen's model shop, Little Shannon Burrows, but I've already called there and 182 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,240 he hasn't been seen all day. 183 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,800 I've called all his friends and they have no idea where he is either. 184 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,760 We'd like a list of all of his friends and the places that he was known to frequent. 185 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,240 Yes, all right, I'll give them to you. 186 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,280 Where do you suppose he is? 187 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,000 Where's your husband now, Miss Johnson? 188 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 At work. 189 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,920 George works for the city, he's a fireman. 190 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,440 What house is he stationed at? 191 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,440 Engine Company 12. 192 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:58,440 He's working the A-platoon. 193 00:07:58,440 --> 00:07:59,440 He'll be home tomorrow morning. 194 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,520 I haven't told him he's down, he's gone. 195 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,320 Was there any chance the boy might be down at the firehouse with his father? 196 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,720 No, he seldom goes down there anymore. 197 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,600 No, I don't think he's there. 198 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:13,600 I'm awfully worried. 199 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:14,600 May I call my husband? 200 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,600 Certainly, go right ahead. 201 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:27,760 I know George will be worried. 202 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,440 Engine Company 12, please. 203 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,040 Stanley's been gone too long. 204 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,040 Hello? 205 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,800 May I please speak with George Johnstone? 206 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,240 This is Mrs. Johnstone. 207 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,240 Thank you. 208 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,720 Oh, I hate to call George at his work. 209 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,720 Yes, ma'am. 210 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,120 Does your husband own a gun? 211 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,540 Yes, he does. 212 00:08:44,540 --> 00:08:45,540 What caliber, do you know? 213 00:08:45,540 --> 00:08:48,360 It's a.45 automatic, he got a knife. 214 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,360 George? 215 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,360 This is Ruth. 216 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,280 George, is Stanley down there with you by any chance? 217 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,440 Oh, no, I can't find him anywhere. 218 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,440 He wasn't here when I came home from doing my shopping. 219 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:00,880 There are two policemen here. 220 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,240 No, I said there are two policemen here. 221 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,800 No, dear, I'll call you if we don't find him soon. 222 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,800 All right, dear. 223 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,800 Yes, you too. 224 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:11,800 Goodbye. 225 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:16,280 I didn't think he'd be with George. 226 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,000 That.45, is that the only gun in the household? 227 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Yes. 228 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,840 Why are you asking about guns? 229 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,640 Has anything happened that you're not telling me about? 230 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,040 No, ma'am, just routine checking. 231 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,400 We'll have to take a look at that.45, if you don't mind. 232 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:32,000 Maybe I should tell you we do have another gun in the house, but it's all wrapped up. 233 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,800 George bought it for Stanley's Christmas present. 234 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,800 What if we could see it, please? 235 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,800 Yes, well, will you have to unwrap it? 236 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Yes, ma'am, I'm afraid so. 237 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,800 It's in the closet. 238 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,800 We had to hide it. 239 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,800 Let me see. 240 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Well, here's the paper it was wrapped in. 241 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,800 Stanley must have found it. 242 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:55,280 It's gone. 243 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,440 You see, here's the gift card and the box the gun came in, the rifle. 244 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,440 I wonder if I could look at that box, ma'am. 245 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,440 Thank you. 246 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,440 How about it, Jim? 247 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,440 22 caliber. 248 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,360 Thursday, December 22nd, 5.15 p.m. 249 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,600 Was getting dark. 250 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,800 The search for the missing boy continued. 251 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,840 We checked the list of Stanley Johnstone's friends. 252 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,480 None of them or their parents had any idea of his whereabouts. 253 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,240 We talked with Levinson again. 254 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,400 He'd been in touch with the detail combing the neighborhood. 255 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:26,760 They'd found nothing. 256 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,840 We went down to Collis Avenue and 10th Street, service station on the corner. 257 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:32,840 One nickel, you know? 258 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:33,840 No, I got one. 259 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:34,840 Will you watch for Thad? 260 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:35,840 Yeah. 261 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:36,840 OK. 262 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:44,880 City Hall? 263 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:52,800 2667, please. 264 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,480 2667? 265 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,880 Crime Lab, Jones. 266 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Hi, Ali. 267 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:00,880 Joe Friday. 268 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:01,880 Yeah, Joe. 269 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:02,880 Any sign of the Johnson kid? 270 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:03,880 No, not yet. 271 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:04,880 How are you coming? 272 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:05,880 Finished the precipitant test. 273 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:06,880 Yeah? 274 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:07,880 Working on the blood group now. 275 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,560 Do you know what type the Johnson boy has? 276 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:11,160 Well, I didn't want to upset his mother. 277 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,960 Thought I'd wait till the last thing we're in the neighborhood. 278 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:14,960 Check with the family physician. 279 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,240 That way you won't disturb her. 280 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,960 Yeah, I figured on that. 281 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,960 Just a minute, Lee. 282 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:19,960 Yeah? 283 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:20,960 Yeah, man. 284 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:21,960 Most just pulled up. 285 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:22,960 OK. 286 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:23,960 Thad Brown's out here now. 287 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:24,960 I'll check you later, Lee. 288 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,960 Right, Joe. 289 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:26,960 Right. 290 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:27,960 Bye. 291 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:28,960 Right. 292 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:29,960 Oh, here's William. 293 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:30,960 Gentlemen, how's it going? 294 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,960 We just checked with Lee Jones. 295 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:34,960 Yeah, I know. 296 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:35,960 He's got human blood. 297 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:36,960 What do you think? 298 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,640 We talked with the boy's mother, Mrs. Johnstone, found a gun missing. 299 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,640 Yeah? 300 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,360 Calibers are the same as the empty casing Levinson found. 301 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:43,360 It's.22. 302 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,360 You said the gun was missing? 303 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,280 Yeah, the Johnstones were going to give it to the boys as a Christmas present. 304 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:48,760 They had it hidden, but it's gone. 305 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:49,760 Any idea who took it? 306 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,720 Well, they left the Christmas wrapping behind. 307 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:52,720 I think it was the kid. 308 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:53,720 .22 rifle, huh? 309 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:54,720 Nine-year-old boy. 310 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,720 What are they going to learn? 311 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,040 First, it's carbide cannons on the 4th of July. 312 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,640 The city issued ordinance after ordinance. 313 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:06,400 A few thousand kids around the country had to lose their eyes, fingers, hands before 314 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,720 their parents would give us their full cooperation to outlaw them. 315 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:09,720 I know what you mean. 316 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:10,720 Sure you do. 317 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,240 You and every other cop in the country became the heavies trying to clamp down on them. 318 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,480 It's always the same story. 319 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:15,480 This time it's guns for Christmas. 320 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,800 Oh, I know what you're thinking, but we're not sure yet. 321 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,920 Listen, Friday, there's a city ordinance against giving a gun to a kid. 322 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:21,920 You know that. 323 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:22,920 Yeah, I know that. 324 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:23,920 There's a missing boy and a missing gun. 325 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,720 There's blood on the ground and an empty shell. 326 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:26,720 That's enough for me. 327 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:27,920 Well, we're going to stay with it. 328 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:28,920 Something's got to break. 329 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:29,920 Yeah? 330 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:30,920 I hope it's not the hearts of that kid's parents. 331 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Hi, Chief. 332 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:32,920 Been looking for you, Friday. 333 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:33,920 What do you got, Harry? 334 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:34,920 Found the gun. 335 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:35,920 New.22 rifle. 336 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:36,920 I'd say it's been fired recently. 337 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,960 Where'd you find it, Levinson? 338 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,840 Back up there in that scrub oak behind the Johnstone house. 339 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:42,840 Mrs. Johnstone identified it. 340 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,800 Buckley took it down to the crime lab. 341 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,800 Thanks, Harry. 342 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Mrs. Johnstone okay? 343 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,800 Pretty sick now. 344 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,800 Daugherty came up with something else. 345 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:49,800 What's that? 346 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,800 There's another one missing. 347 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,800 An eight-year-old boy. 348 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,440 6.30 p.m. 349 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,200 We talked with Officer Daugherty about the other missing boy. 350 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,880 He told us that his name was Stephen Morheim, eight years old. 351 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,520 His family had just moved into the neighborhood. 352 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:09,120 It seemed that no one besides the Morheim family knew that the boys played together. 353 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,920 Mrs. Morheim told us that Stephen told her that he was going out to play and he'd be 354 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,960 home by six o'clock for dinner. 355 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:19,600 She told us that he was an unusually prompt boy and almost never overstayed his playtime. 356 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,960 We got a description of the Morheim boy and put out a missing broadcast. 357 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,320 We called the Johnstone's family doctor. 358 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,400 He told us that Stanley's blood was type O. 359 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,840 At 7 p.m. we talked again with Mrs. John Morheim. 360 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,720 Are you sure Mrs. Johnstone doesn't know where the boys are? 361 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,440 She has no idea Mrs. Morheim. 362 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,960 Oh this is terrible. 363 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:40,960 Just awful. 364 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,880 I feel there's more to this thing. 365 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:44,880 Something you're not telling me. 366 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,440 Well there's no use to upset you until we know a few things for sure. 367 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:48,640 Then you're holding back something. 368 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,360 Well now please try not to worry Mrs. Morheim. 369 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,400 There are certain things that we're going to have to ask you, routine questions and 370 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,400 any kind of investigation. 371 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,520 Is there anything else you want to know? 372 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:57,520 Yes ma'am. 373 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:58,520 What is the boy's blood type? 374 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,080 That's a funny question. 375 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,480 Do you think anything's happened to him? 376 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,000 Have you found him and you're not telling me? 377 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,880 No ma'am we haven't found him and we don't think anything's happened to him. 378 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:09,880 His blood type? 379 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:10,880 Yes ma'am. 380 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,480 Well I think I have it written down in Stevie's baby book. 381 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:19,360 Yes here it is. 382 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:20,360 It's type O. 383 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,360 Thank you. 384 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,720 I wonder if I might use your phone. 385 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,520 Yes of course it's in the hall. 386 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:25,520 Be right back ma'am. 387 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:26,520 Okay. 388 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:27,520 City Hall. 389 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,520 Uh 2667 please. 390 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,520 2667. 391 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:30,520 Grimland, thank you. 392 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,520 Hello Ray this is Joe Fridays. 393 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:32,520 Lee there. 394 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:33,520 Just a minute Joe. 395 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,520 Take two Lee. 396 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,520 John speaking. 397 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:36,520 Checking back Lee. 398 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:37,520 Did you get the blood types on the two missing bones? 399 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:38,520 No ma'am. 400 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:39,520 I'm sorry. 401 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:40,520 I'm sorry. 402 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:41,520 I'm sorry. 403 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:42,520 I'm sorry. 404 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:43,520 I'm sorry. 405 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:44,520 I'm sorry. 406 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,520 I'm sorry. 407 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:46,520 I'm sorry. 408 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:47,520 I'm sorry. 409 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:48,520 I'm sorry. 410 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,520 I'm sorry. 411 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:50,520 I'm sorry. 412 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:51,520 I'm sorry. 413 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:52,520 I'm sorry. 414 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:53,520 I'm sorry. 415 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:54,520 I'm sorry. 416 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:55,520 I'm sorry. 417 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,520 Did you get the blood types on the two missing boys? 418 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,520 Yeah both type O. 419 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:58,520 So are the stains Joe. 420 00:14:58,520 --> 00:14:59,520 Type O. 421 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:12,520 You are listening to Dragnet. 422 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:17,520 For the solution to an actual case from official police files. 423 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Now here's a real solution to many of your Christmas shopping problems. 424 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,520 If your friends smoke long cigarettes, give the best of long cigarettes. 425 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,520 Give king size Fatima. 426 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,520 You see Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes. 427 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,520 But in Fatima the difference is quality. 428 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:37,520 Quality of tobaccos. 429 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,520 The finest Turkish and domestic varieties. 430 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,520 Extra mild and superbly blended. 431 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:49,520 To give smokers a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 432 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,520 Quality of manufactured, smooth plump cigarettes. 433 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,520 Rolled in the finest paper money can buy. 434 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:56,520 Quality. 435 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:01,520 Even to the appearance of the distinctive royal blue Fatima gift carton. 436 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:07,520 Christmas wrapped and carefully sealed to ensure Fatima's rich, fresh, extra mild flavor. 437 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,520 Remember, Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes. 438 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,520 But in Fatima the difference is quality. 439 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,520 So this Christmas give your friends the best. 440 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,520 Give Fatima the quality king size cigarette. 441 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,520 Best of all long cigarettes. 442 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:36,520 8 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. 443 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,520 Still no sign of either of the missing boys. 444 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,520 Chief of Detective Stat Brown went back to headquarters to direct the search from there. 445 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,520 He dispatched another detail of 50 men to aid in the hunt for the missing youngsters. 446 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,520 8.30 p.m. 447 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,520 It was getting colder. 448 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,520 The citrus growers were warned to expect a freeze. 449 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,520 We went up the block to see Mrs. Johnstone. 450 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,520 Her husband quit work early and returned home. 451 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,520 We talked with him. 452 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,520 He could tell us nothing more than we already knew. 453 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:05,520 We still had not informed either of the families about the blood stains in the empty cartridge casing, 454 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,520 which had been discovered in the backyard of the Johnstone home. 455 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,520 It was more than possible that they had a right to know about our findings, 456 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:16,520 but Ben and I felt there was no cause to add to the distress of the two families at this time. 457 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,520 If the two missing boys were found alive and well, 458 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,520 then the blood stains in the cartridge would be of no concern to the relieved parents. 459 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:28,520 At 8.40 p.m., Ben and I left the Johnstone house and went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Morhaime. 460 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,520 Miss Morhaime, you said your husband worked at a market. 461 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,520 Yes, he telephoned about 15 minutes ago. 462 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:34,520 Said he was closing up right away. 463 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,520 He'll be here any minute. 464 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:42,520 I do wish Stevie would call or come home. It's so cold out tonight. 465 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,520 All he had on was a thin cotton jacket. 466 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,520 Well, try not to worry. We're doing everything we can. He'll be all right. 467 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,520 Stevie's father is such a sensitive man. He and the boy are so close. 468 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,520 I know he's terribly upset. 469 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,520 Now, are you sure there's no place that you might have forgotten, some place where the boy might be? 470 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,520 No, no place. No. 471 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,520 If anything's happened to the boy, it'll just kill John. 472 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:07,520 You sit still. I'll get it, Miss Morhaime. 473 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,520 Joe? 474 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,520 Yeah, Harry? 475 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,520 Johnstone kid. He's been found. 476 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:26,520 He's home, Sergeant. He's come home. Thank God he's all right. 477 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:27,520 Where's he been? Did he tell you? 478 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,520 No. No, he didn't. His clothes are all dirty and he's acting strange. 479 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,520 I've never seen him like this. 480 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,520 How do you mean, Miss Johnstone? 481 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,520 Well, he just came to the front door and said, hello, Mom. 482 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,520 He sat down in a chair and stared at the floor. 483 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,520 He won't talk to his father or me. 484 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,520 Would you mind if I talked to him? 485 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,520 No, go ahead. I asked him about the little Morhaime boy, but he wouldn't tell me a thing. 486 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,520 Where is he now? 487 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:52,520 Right over there in the living room. 488 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,520 Looks all right. 489 00:18:54,520 --> 00:19:05,520 Yes. Son, this is a police officer. He wants to talk to you. 490 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:10,520 Don't be afraid, dear. He only wants to ask you some questions. 491 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,520 Son. 492 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,520 Can I see you, Sergeant? 493 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,520 Stanley, look at me, son. 494 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,520 Come on, youngster. Get your head up there. That's better. 495 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,520 Your mother was pretty worried, you know that. 496 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,520 You want to tell us where you've been? 497 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,520 We should try to get him to eat a little something. 498 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:35,520 You hear that, son? You want something to eat? 499 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,520 Stanley, there's another little boy up the studio who hasn't come home. 500 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,520 You know where he is? His father and mother are worried about him, too. 501 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,520 Just like your folks were. 502 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,520 We're going to ask you to help us find him. 503 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:50,520 I killed him. I killed Steve with the.22. 504 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,520 We were only playing, but I killed him. 505 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,520 How do you know you killed him? Maybe he's only hurt now, isn't that it? 506 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,520 No, he's dead. I know he's dead. 507 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,520 The gun went off. I forgot we put bullets in there. 508 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,520 Where is he, Stanley? 509 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:10,520 I hit him. I was scared. I didn't want anybody to find him. 510 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,520 Where did you hide him, son? 511 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:16,520 In a cave up on the hill. I didn't mean it. He was my pal. 512 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,520 Do you want to show us where Stanley is? 513 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,520 Yes, I'll show you. Please don't send me to jail. 514 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,520 9.15 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. 515 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,520 Nine-year-old Stanley Johnstone led the way up the hill behind the backyard of his home. 516 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,520 He showed us the wagon he moved the body in. His father came along with us. 517 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,520 About 50 feet from the crest of the hill, the boy pointed to a thicket of scrub oak. 518 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,520 There we found a small cave holding the body of Stephen Morrheim. 519 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,520 There was a single bullet wound in his chest just below his heart. 520 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,520 He was dead. He recovered the body. 521 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,520 Stanley, how did it happen? 522 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,520 I knew my folks were going to give me the gun for Christmas. 523 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:03,520 I knew where it was, and I got it. There was a box of bullets with it. 524 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,520 Were you pointing the gun at Stephen, son? 525 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:10,520 No, sir. No, sir, I wasn't. It was Steve's turn to play with it. 526 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:16,520 I was chasing him. He chipped over that stump there and he fell. 527 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,520 The gun hit him in the stomach and it went off. 528 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,520 Well, why do you think you killed him if you're telling us the truth? 529 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,520 I'm telling the truth. Honest, that's the truth. 530 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,520 Well, I believe you, son, but why do you think you killed him? 531 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:33,520 It was my gun. Steve would still be alive if I didn't go and get it. 532 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:38,520 I should have waited till Christmas. It's all my fault. 533 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,520 Where have you been all this time? 534 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,520 In the cave with Steve. 535 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,520 What were you doing in there, son? 536 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:50,520 I was praying. I was praying for God to make him alive again. 537 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,520 After a thorough investigation, Ben and I were convinced that the shooting of Stephen 538 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,520 Morhaime was accidental. Lieutenant Lee Jones' findings substantiated the John Stone 539 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,520 Boy's story even to the smallest detail. 540 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,520 We put in a call to the coroner's office and acquainted him with the facts. 541 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,520 He designated a local mortuary to handle the body pending autopsy and granted us 542 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,520 permission to remove the body to the Morhaime home. 543 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,520 Mrs. Morhaime collapsed. The family doctor was called. 544 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:26,520 Ben and I sat in the living room to wait for John Morhaime, the dead boy's father. 545 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,520 Edith? Edith? 546 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,520 Mr. Morhaime? 547 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:35,520 Yeah, Hugh the police? 548 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:36,520 Yes. 549 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,520 Where's Edith? Where's my wife? 550 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,520 Has my boy come home? 551 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,520 Have you found him? 552 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,520 Yes, sir. 553 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,520 Where is he? 554 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,520 Steve? 555 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,520 Stevie? 556 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,520 Where's Steve? 557 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,520 He's hurt, isn't he? 558 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,520 Yes, sir, he is. 559 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,520 Where is he? I want to see him. 560 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,520 He's hurt bad, Mr. Morhaime. 561 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,520 Where is he? I want to see him. 562 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,520 How bad? 563 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,520 Pretty bad. 564 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:19,520 He's dead. 565 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,520 All right if I go in? 566 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,520 Yes, sir, if you want to. 567 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,520 Will you go with me? 568 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,520 Sure. Don't make it any harder on yourself, Mr. Morhaime. 569 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:37,520 I want to see my boy. 570 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:43,520 Mr. Morhaime. 571 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,520 Stevie? 572 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,520 Listen to me, son. 573 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:55,520 We got you a lot of nice things for Christmas. 574 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,520 Everything you wanted. 575 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,520 I got you the three new cars for the train. 576 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:08,520 The one with the searchlight on it really works, son. 577 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,520 I got you that new switch you wanted. 578 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,520 A lot more track. 579 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,520 Oh, now you can have a big layout. 580 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:24,520 And you know that new baseball mitt we saw? 581 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,520 I got it for you. 582 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,520 The cowboy outfit you bought. 583 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,520 I got it. 584 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,520 Mr. Morhaime. 585 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,520 Come on, you. 586 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:39,520 What happened? 587 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,520 It was an accident. 588 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,520 He was playing with a Johnstone boy up the street. 589 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,520 Playing with a gun. 590 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,520 It went off. 591 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,520 What was the other boy's name? 592 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,520 Stanley Johnstone. 593 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,520 It was an accident. 594 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,520 Mr. Morhaime, where are you going? 595 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:01,520 I want to see that boy. 596 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,520 We had no idea what the dead boy's father had in mind. 597 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,520 We didn't feel that we should try to restrain him. 598 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,520 We went along with him up the street to the Johnstone home. 599 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,520 I'm Stevie's father. 600 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,520 Where's your boy? 601 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,520 I'm sorry. 602 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:23,520 We bought the rifle. 603 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,520 We were going to tell him not to use it unless his father was with him 604 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,520 until he learned how to treat firearms. 605 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,520 Where's your boy? 606 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,520 Right here. 607 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,520 Would you come in? 608 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,520 It's all right, Miss Johnstone. 609 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,520 You're the boy that was with Stevie? 610 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,520 Yes, sir. 611 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:47,520 What's your name? 612 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,520 Stanley. 613 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,520 I know it wasn't your fault, Stanley. 614 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,520 I wonder if you'd do something for me. 615 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,520 Yes, sir. 616 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,520 I've got a lot of nice presents for Stevie. 617 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,520 I know he'd want you to have them. 618 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,520 I want to give them to you Christmas Eve. 619 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,520 Mom? 620 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,520 I think that'd be a fine idea, son. 621 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,520 Come on, baby. 622 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,520 Well, what's it all proved, you? 623 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,520 You don't give a kid a gun for Christmas. 624 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,520 The story you've just heard was true. 625 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,520 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 626 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,520 On December 24, 1940, 627 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:19,940 the 628 00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:24,940 Inquest was held in the county morgue, city and county of Los Angeles, state of California. 629 00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:46,280 The 630 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,280 Inquest was held in the county morgue, city and county of Los Angeles, state of California. 631 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,280 In a moment, the results of that Inquest. 632 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,280 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 633 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,780 Thank you. 634 00:26:58,780 --> 00:27:02,280 To get year-round thanks for the gift you give this Christmas, 635 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,280 give cartons of Fatimas to every long cigarette smoker on your list. 636 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,280 Christmas Fatimas in the special royal blue slip-over jacket 637 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,280 make a perfect gift just as is. 638 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:19,280 And to my friends who sell Fatimas, the retail dealers and the wholesale distributors all over America, 639 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,280 to each one of you a special season's greeting. 640 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,280 And to everyone, a Merry Christmas. 641 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:40,280 At the coroner's Inquest, it was officially recorded that Stephen Morheim's death was the result of an accident. 642 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,280 Stanley Johnstone was absolved of any legal responsibility for his friend's death. 643 00:27:44,280 --> 00:28:11,280 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 644 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:18,280 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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