1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,040 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:14,000 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,840 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:27,240 Best of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:28,840 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,760 You're assigned to homicide detail. 7 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,840 A potential killer is on the loose in your city. 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,520 He's robbed six people. 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,960 For no reason at all, he beats his victims senseless. 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,840 He moves fast. 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,480 He's well armed. 12 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:48,480 Your job, stop him. 13 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:52,760 You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,200 You'll find they now cost the same. 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,680 But in Fatima, the difference is quality. 16 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,480 You see, Fatima is the quality king size cigarette. 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,600 Because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobacco superbly blended. 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,040 And Fatima is extra mild. 19 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,880 With a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 20 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,360 So compare Fatima yourself. 21 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,740 Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes. 22 00:01:19,740 --> 00:01:21,960 But your first puff will tell you. 23 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:23,920 Ah, that's different. 24 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,240 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 25 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,520 Ask your dealer for Fatima. 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,660 The quality king size cigarette. 27 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:35,320 Best of all, long cigarettes. 28 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:40,120 Start enjoying Fatima for a new year of greater smoking enjoyment. 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:49,320 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 30 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,560 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 31 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,120 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 32 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:59,840 police files. 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:05,280 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 34 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,160 in action. 35 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,280 It was Thursday, March 8th. 36 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,040 It was windy in Los Angeles. 37 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,920 We were working the night watch out of homicide. 38 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:17,440 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 39 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:18,440 My name's Friday. 40 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,680 I was on the way back from the record bureau. 41 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,680 It was 11.45 p.m. when I got to room 42. 42 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:25,680 Homicide. 43 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:26,680 Joe? 44 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:27,680 Hi, Bill. 45 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,320 Romero called about five minutes ago. 46 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,120 He's on his way in from Georgia Street. 47 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,120 Oh, thank you. 48 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,120 Is the captain still around? 49 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,760 He's gone for the night. 50 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,240 You can catch him at home if you want. 51 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Any trouble? 52 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,240 The rattlesnake bandit. 53 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,840 He got two more couples tonight. 54 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:45,840 All right. 55 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:46,840 Ben? 56 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,920 About the same as the last three jobs he pulled. 57 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:50,920 Pretty vicious. 58 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,600 Gave the victims a bad going over. 59 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,600 Who are they? 60 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,360 A young salesman and his girlfriend. 61 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,560 They were parked up in the Silver Lake area. 62 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Bandit robbed them. 63 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,680 When he didn't find enough money in the young fellow's wallet, he pistol whipped and messed 64 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:02,680 them up quite a bit. 65 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:03,680 Why'd he do that? 66 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:04,680 There's no reason for it. 67 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,720 A young girl in the car had an engagement ring on. 68 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:09,720 She offered to hand it over. 69 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,160 The bandit pulled her out of the car, punched her in the face, hit her quite a few times. 70 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,280 Guy just seems to be looking for blood. 71 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,280 No leads on him, huh? 72 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,280 No, not so far. 73 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,920 It looks like I'm out. 74 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:23,120 Have you got any aspirin, Bill? 75 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,120 Yeah, I got a fresh bottle this afternoon. 76 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,520 Lousy headache I've had it all night. 77 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,520 How about the thief Samoah? 78 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,520 The same, huh? 79 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,680 Well, he has been so far. 80 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,960 He works the outlying districts, parking areas. 81 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,040 Doesn't seem to be any reason at all for these sluggings. 82 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,360 The victims all agree on that. 83 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:40,360 No provocations at all. 84 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,000 The guy just seems to get a kick out of punching in somebody's face. 85 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,200 Two pills, isn't it? 86 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,200 Oh, yeah, that's fine. 87 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,200 Thank you. 88 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:52,200 Boys in robbery turn up anything? 89 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,640 No, neither have we. 90 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:55,640 Bandit operates in hot cars. 91 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,280 He's got a few good prints to work with. 92 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,280 No make though. 93 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,280 Guy works alone, huh? 94 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,440 Well, he did for the first two jobs. 95 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,740 Last few times he had a bright looking blonde with him. 96 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:10,440 Good looking, you know, nice figure. 97 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:15,760 Victims say that she stands by and just seems to egg him on. 98 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,120 Seems to get a big thrill out of him, I guess. 99 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,120 Hi, Bill. 100 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:21,120 Hi. 101 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,120 How'd you do, man? 102 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,000 The doctor didn't think it'd be a good idea to bother him too much tonight. 103 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 We can talk to him tomorrow. 104 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,800 Well, how about the holdup man's description you get there? 105 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:28,800 Yeah, from the girl. 106 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,120 Matches what the other victims gave us. 107 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,520 She didn't see the getaway car though. 108 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,520 Didn't have a chance. 109 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,520 Well, how about the young fellows? 110 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:34,520 Are they still unconscious? 111 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,400 Yeah, they're going to move him to the county hospital. 112 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,360 He should have seen his face. 113 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,360 Yeah? 114 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:40,360 Terrible. 115 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,360 It's a mess. 116 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,600 This bandit's girlfriend, the blonde, nothing at all on her? 117 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,840 Victims say she's got a nice figure and good looking. 118 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:47,640 Quite a few like that in Los Angeles. 119 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,800 What are they getting out of these stickups anyway? 120 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:50,800 Can't be too much, huh? 121 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:51,800 Oh, that's just it. 122 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,800 None of the heists have netted them more than $50. 123 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,800 Hardly worth the trouble. 124 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,800 Hot shot. 125 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,800 I'll get it. 126 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:57,800 What is it? 127 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,800 Rattlesnake bandit. 128 00:04:58,800 --> 00:04:59,800 He got another couple. 129 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:00,800 Where? 130 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,800 South end of Echo Park. 131 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,800 Yeah? 132 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,800 He shot both of them. 133 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:17,680 Together with Cummings and McCready from homicide, Ben and I drove to the scene of the holdup 134 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,040 and shooting in the Echo Park area. 135 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,520 The victims were identified as Ralph Younger, 34, a high school English teacher. 136 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:29,000 He'd been beaten severely about the face and neck and shot once through the right shoulder. 137 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,200 His companion was Ethel Madonovan, 26, a grade school teacher. 138 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,480 He'd been shot through the temple just above the eyes. 139 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,600 She was still alive but in a critical condition. 140 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,120 We questioned Ralph Younger briefly before he was removed by ambulance to the Georgia 141 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,080 Street Receiving Hospital. 142 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,500 His description of the holdup man tallied exactly with that of the rattlesnake bandit. 143 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,720 He also gave us the description and license number of the getaway car. 144 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,080 We got out of broadcast in an APB. 145 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,760 A routine check of the area failed to turn up any leads. 146 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:05,080 11 a.m. the next morning, Ralph Younger told us the story from his hospital bed. 147 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,400 I was teaching Thelma how to drive, Sergeant. 148 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:14,280 We were going along that side street when the sedan pulled up, forced us over to the 149 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:15,280 curb. 150 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:19,320 Was your friend Miss Donovan was sitting in the driver's seat then? 151 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:20,320 That's right. 152 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:25,200 I got out on my side and started over to ask this fellow what he was doing. 153 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,480 Crowdiness like that. 154 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,880 He rushed up to me and started slugging me in the face with his gun. 155 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:32,720 I went down. 156 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,800 What did Miss Donovan do? 157 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,400 She started hollering for help. 158 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,320 The holdup guy ran over and shoved his gun at her. 159 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,920 He had it pointed at her head and grabbed Thelma's purse and started looking through 160 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,040 it. 161 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,040 For money, I guess. 162 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:55,280 Say, would you mind moving this pillow over a little bit? 163 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:57,280 Sure, I'll bet you. 164 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,240 There we are. 165 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,240 How's that okay? 166 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:02,240 Come on. 167 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Under the shoulder, please. 168 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,240 All right. 169 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,240 There you are. 170 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,240 It's fine. 171 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,240 Thanks. 172 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,840 Were you lying on the street while all this was going on, Mr. Younger? 173 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,760 No, he yanked me to my feet, made me stand by the car with my hands up. 174 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,760 Thelma was crying. 175 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,840 The holdup man looked through her purse and then he said, what are you trying to kid, 176 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,840 you got more money than this. 177 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,280 Thelma told him the truth. 178 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,040 It was all she had, three dollars. 179 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,040 What happened then? 180 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,920 He shoved the barrel of the gun against her head right here by the temple. 181 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,440 Then I heard the gun go off. 182 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,440 Thelma fell over in the seat. 183 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,320 There wasn't any reason for it. 184 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:49,320 No reason at all. 185 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,320 He just shot her. 186 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,000 What did you do then, do you remember? 187 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 I jumped for the man. 188 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,240 I wanted to kill him right there. 189 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,240 He turned and fired the gun at me, hit me right here below the shoulder. 190 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,560 Then he ran out and got in his car and drove off. 191 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,120 There was a blonde girl with him. 192 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,120 I got a good look at her. 193 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,120 Blonde, pretty, attractive. 194 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,280 Well, is there anything else about the man's description that you might have forgotten 195 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,720 to tell us last night? 196 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,200 No, I don't think so. 197 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,640 I gave you the license number of his car. 198 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,000 Can't you find him that way? 199 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,520 It was a stolen car, Miss Young. 200 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,000 He took it from one of his other victims. 201 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,720 It was found out at Wilshire this morning. 202 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:29,720 Banned it. 203 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,000 I only wish I'd got my hands on him. 204 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Poor Thelma. 205 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 How is she, do you know? 206 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,640 Well, there's no late report. 207 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,640 Maybe you better check with the doctor, huh? 208 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:40,640 Yeah. 209 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,000 Hey, before you go, would you mind ringing this button here? 210 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,360 It's for the nurse. 211 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,600 The shoulder's giving me trouble again. 212 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,600 Yeah, okay. 213 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,040 Well, thanks very much, Younger. 214 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,240 Sure hope that shoulder of yours gets better. 215 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:55,240 I hope so. 216 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:56,240 Goodbye. 217 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,240 We'll be checking with you later on. 218 00:08:58,240 --> 00:08:59,240 Yeah, okay. 219 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:00,240 Come on, man. 220 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,240 Romero? 221 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,240 Joe? 222 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,240 How'd you do, Bill? 223 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,240 Checked with the doctor. 224 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,080 Donovan girl's still unconscious. 225 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,080 Pretty critical. 226 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,080 What'd the doctor say? 227 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,080 Is she gonna pull through? 228 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,080 She might. 229 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,080 They can't tell yet. 230 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,080 One thing's sure, though. 231 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,080 What's that? 232 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,080 Bullet did a lot of damage. 233 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,080 Yeah. 234 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:26,080 It's a bullet. 235 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,840 Four days before a bullet from the holdup gun had blinded schoolteacher Thelma Donovan 236 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,680 for life, the rattlesnake bandit and his blonde girlfriend were unknown to the city 237 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:35,440 of Los Angeles. 238 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:40,180 In the space of little more than 96 hours, they'd robbed and slugged a dozen people from 239 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:42,600 one end of the city to the other. 240 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:47,060 In every case, the attacks were just about as brutal and vicious as they were unprovoked. 241 00:09:47,060 --> 00:09:50,000 The amount of money taken from each victim was negligible. 242 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,520 The only apparent conclusion was that the bandit and his girlfriend were out for blood. 243 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:59,260 That night, despite a city-wide alert to all radio cars and patrolmen, the suspects robbed 244 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:03,560 and slugged two more couples between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight. 245 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,080 Between midnight and 1.30 a.m., they got two more victims. 246 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,080 2.30 a.m. 247 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,400 Ben and I got back to the city hall, the carpool. 248 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,920 11-8, 6th and Spring. 249 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,960 11-8, 6th and Spring. 250 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:20,240 Looks like a place over there, huh? 251 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,920 Wonder how much radio they're coming from, eh, now? 252 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,920 I hope they got more than we have. 253 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Yeah. 254 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,920 Yeah, this is good right here. 255 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,920 Wanna get the radio, Joe? 256 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:30,920 Yeah, fine. 257 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:31,920 Let's go. 258 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:38,120 Oh, God, I knew I forgot something. 259 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:39,120 What's that? 260 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,120 Cigarettes. 261 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,120 You got any left? 262 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:42,120 I don't think so. 263 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,120 Old pack is all... 264 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,120 No, there's one left in here. 265 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,120 No, no, that's all right. 266 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,120 I can't take your last move. 267 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,120 Oh, go ahead. 268 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,120 There's a machine upstairs by the elevator. 269 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,120 I'll get some. 270 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,120 All right. 271 00:10:51,120 --> 00:11:13,360 I 272 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,280 sure better get these shoes half sold. 273 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,280 Be walking around on my stocking feet pretty soon. 274 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,520 We just got them a couple of weeks ago, didn't you? 275 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,520 Yeah, that's right. 276 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,520 Tops are as good as new. 277 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,800 Solds of darn things went just like that. 278 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,760 No wonder they had them on sale. 279 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,320 Yeah. 280 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,560 Just a minute. 281 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:35,560 I wanna get those smokes. 282 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,560 Oh, yeah. 283 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:49,000 Skipper say he was gonna stay around? 284 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Until about two. 285 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:58,800 Yeah, he's probably gone by now. 286 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,120 That's a long day. 287 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,120 Anything in the book? 288 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,120 Just a minute. 289 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,120 Yeah, your wife called. 290 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,760 I want you to get a refill on that prescription for your little boy. 291 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,760 Oh, huh. 292 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:10,760 Hiya. 293 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,480 How'd you two do? 294 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:13,480 Nothin'. 295 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:14,480 How about you? 296 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:15,480 Chandler called from robbery a minute ago. 297 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:16,480 Thinks they may have something. 298 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:17,480 Yeah? 299 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,440 At 211, big service station out on Pico. 300 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,200 Hold up man had a blonde in the car with him. 301 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:22,200 What about descriptions? 302 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,720 Chibes pretty well with the guy we're after. 303 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:24,720 Well, the MO doesn't. 304 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,080 That thief and his girl haven't tried anything but car hold up since they started. 305 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,080 How'd they manage the job? 306 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,600 Well, you know how they've been operating for transportation. 307 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,280 They rob the people, steal their car. 308 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,920 When they reach another victim, they transfer to his car. 309 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,000 First time they switched that system was tonight. 310 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,360 Hold up on South Hoover, the man and his wife. 311 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,920 Instead of changing over, they stayed in the blue Chevy coupe. 312 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,960 Same one they took in the job before that. 313 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,680 Up to now they've used the same hot car in the last three jobs. 314 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,440 Sure gonna help if they stick with it. 315 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,080 What about the gas station at dinner? 316 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,080 Well, it... 317 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,760 Excuse me Crowley Chandler. 318 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:55,760 Homicide Cummings. 319 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:56,760 The egg line. 320 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Uh-huh. 321 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,760 5-4-389. 322 00:12:58,760 --> 00:12:59,760 Right, thank you. 323 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:05,720 They dug up a witness to the gas station job. 324 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,280 Suspects drove off in the blue Chevy coupe. 325 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,280 License 5-Pol-389. 326 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,280 Same car, huh? 327 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,280 It stops me. 328 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:12,280 What was the take? 329 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,280 Twenty-three bucks. 330 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:14,600 Slugged the attendant, took off. 331 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,600 The broadcast's out. 332 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:16,600 Area's been alerted. 333 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:17,600 Nothing yet. 334 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,600 Okay, Ben. 335 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Yep. 336 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,880 Sure is growing into a long night. 337 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,400 Yeah, you're gonna cover, huh Bill? 338 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:24,760 Yeah, until Fergie gets back. 339 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:25,760 Right. 340 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:26,760 Well, we'll be checking with you. 341 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:27,760 You got it? 342 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:28,760 Uh-huh. 343 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:29,760 Homicide Romero. 344 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:30,760 Yeah. 345 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:31,760 How's that? 346 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:32,760 Yeah, right, thanks. 347 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:33,760 Drugstore in South Fig, 211, slugging. 348 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:34,760 Blonde girl drove the escape car. 349 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:35,760 Yeah. 350 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:36,760 5-Pol-389. 351 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:49,440 In the next three hours before dawn, the rattlesnake bandit and his blonde girlfriend held up and 352 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,080 robbed a restaurant and two more service stations and made good their escape. 353 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,800 For some unknown reason, they continued to use the same stolen car, the blue Chevrolet 354 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,800 coupe. 355 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,880 By noontime, the following day, composite pictures of the holed up couple were drawn 356 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:07,200 up by the crime lab artist from the descriptions given by the victims. 357 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,320 The pictures were printed up and given wide distribution throughout the city. 358 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,840 The description and license number of the escaped car was in the hands of every radio 359 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,160 car and patrolman in all divisions. 360 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,160 The search was intensified. 361 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,240 It got us nothing. 362 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,360 The following night and early morning, without even slowing their pace, the suspects added 363 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,120 four more holed ups and sluggings to their credit. 364 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,520 One of the victims was Fred Lerner, proprietor of a small lunch counter near 18th and Olive. 365 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,360 I've been held up before, officer, half a dozen times. 366 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,840 Never saw a punk as hard looking as this guy, though. 367 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,720 You're sure about the description, Mr. Lerner? 368 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,320 Well, he stood just as close as you're standing to me now. 369 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,000 Wild look in his eye, waving that gun around. 370 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,400 I wasn't taking any chances. 371 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,400 I gave him everything. 372 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:49,400 Well, how much was that? 373 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:50,400 $18.50. 374 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Well, how about the getaway car? 375 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,200 You're pretty sure of the make and the color? 376 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,360 I ran to the door there as soon as they left. 377 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Saw them drive off. 378 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,760 There's a license just as I wrote it down. 379 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,560 It's 5P389. 380 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,280 I saw the whole thing. 381 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,880 Sure surprised Lois would tie up with a punk like him. 382 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:09,880 Lois? 383 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:10,880 Who's that? 384 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,840 Well, you know, the blonde who drives the car for him, Lois Hagen? 385 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,520 Well, how do you know that's her name? 386 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,040 She used to be a waitress, worked for my brother. 387 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:18,640 Lois Hagen, blonde. 388 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,600 I spotted her right away in that car. 389 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:21,600 Yeah? 390 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,600 Yeah, sure, Lois. 391 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,600 Didn't you know it was her? 392 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,400 7.30 a.m. 393 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,360 We put in a call to the record bureau and had them check on the name and description 394 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,640 of Lois Hagen. 395 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,000 No make, no previous record. 396 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,400 With the help of Fred Lerner and his brother, we traced the Hagen girl to a drive-in where 397 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:39,960 she used to work. 398 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,920 There we checked the employment records and got an address on her. 399 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,000 1800 Norwich Drive. 400 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,680 Turned out to be a small apartment house in West Hollywood. 401 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,600 Ben checked with the landlady while I waited in the car. 402 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,080 Transfer point two. 403 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:57,920 One cable transfer point two, at unit nine thirty-five. 404 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:58,920 And that's it. 405 00:15:58,920 --> 00:15:59,920 What'd you get? 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453 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:52,720 I'd like to talk to her, Mrs. Hagan. 454 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,720 Do you know where we can locate her? 455 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,200 Probably sounds funny to you. 456 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,200 I haven't seen my daughter in two years. 457 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,760 Well, do you have any idea where she's living, ma'am? 458 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,600 No, she's not much of a daughter. 459 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,920 We didn't get along, as I say, two years ago we had an argument. 460 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,760 She left me, never wrote a letter. 461 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,760 I just don't know. 462 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:11,760 I see. 463 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,320 I heard she was living in Detroit for a while. 464 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,920 I guess she's back here now. 465 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,560 One of my lady friends, Mrs. McCormick, saw Lois shopping out in Hollywood. 466 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,240 That was about a month ago. 467 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,720 How old is your daughter, Mrs. Hagan? 468 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,200 She'll be 20 next month. 469 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,360 She looks older than she really is. 470 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:32,640 Won't you excuse me, please, my flat iron back here. 471 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,640 I have it heating. 472 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:35,640 Certainly, ma'am. 473 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:40,000 Do you have a copy of the composite picture of the girl? 474 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,600 Yeah, it's right here. 475 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,560 I didn't realize it was getting so late. 476 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,760 I have this rush order to get ready by four o'clock, officers. 477 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,840 If you want, you can come back here. 478 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,760 We can talk while I get it out. 479 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:52,760 All right, ma'am. 480 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:53,760 Thank you. 481 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,760 Come on. 482 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:55,760 There's a chair there. 483 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:56,760 We can sit down. 484 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,200 There's a chair there if you like. 485 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,200 Oh, thank you. 486 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,120 It seems I'm always so busy lately. 487 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,120 I used to have some fine help. 488 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:08,240 It's not so easy to find anymore. 489 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,120 This iron seems awful hot. 490 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,720 It's all right. 491 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:19,480 I wonder if you'd mind looking at this picture, ma'am, this one here. 492 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,320 Yeah, all right. 493 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,600 It looks something like Lois. 494 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,240 You're looking for her, is that it? 495 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,000 Has she done something again? 496 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,320 Well, we're not sure, ma'am. 497 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,040 Has she been in trouble before? 498 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,480 I can't be more ashamed of her than I already am. 499 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:39,480 Yeah? 500 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,320 She's been in trouble before. 501 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,840 She was nothing but trouble, my only child. 502 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:50,200 Her father died when she was a baby, but I guess she needed a father. 503 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,120 I couldn't do anything with her. 504 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:55,320 Was your daughter ever in any serious trouble with the police, honey? 505 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,840 I don't know, maybe. 506 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:58,840 She was. 507 00:20:58,840 --> 00:20:59,840 I didn't hear about it. 508 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,600 And I tried to understand, and we never got along. 509 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,360 I don't know. 510 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:06,320 This makes me sick to think about it. 511 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,840 Well, how about her friends, Mrs. Hagan? 512 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:08,840 I mean her recent friends. 513 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,640 Do you happen to know any of them? 514 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:11,640 No. 515 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,360 Lois never brought them home. 516 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:15,400 I knew they were tramps. 517 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,840 I heard the way the neighbors were talking. 518 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,240 Trampy fellas, trampy girls, drinking, doing things. 519 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,040 You know, she didn't learn those things at home. 520 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,800 Well, what was Lois' last known address? 521 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,600 Do you have any idea at all? 522 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,560 Place in Boyle Heights, in the boarding house. 523 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,400 That's the last I heard of Lois. 524 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,200 She never wrote a letter. 525 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,720 That's another thing. 526 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,200 Yes, ma'am? 527 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,520 She could have had the best education any girl could want. 528 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,480 I worked 12 years in the laundry here to give it to her. 529 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,680 I sent it to the convent. 530 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,880 Even the nuns couldn't do anything with it. 531 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,940 She only sassed them back. 532 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:51,940 She finally quit altogether. 533 00:21:51,940 --> 00:21:52,940 I don't know. 534 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:55,880 Can you think of anybody who might know where your daughter is? 535 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:56,880 Maybe one of your relatives? 536 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,320 Yeah, we don't have any relatives here. 537 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,560 I have a brother in Ohio, that's all. 538 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:07,600 His lace blouse is in an awful lot of trouble. 539 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,440 Would you pull out that plum, Sergeant, please? 540 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,440 Mm, I smell it. 541 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,760 I wonder if you have a picture of your daughter that we could borrow. 542 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,240 We'll see that it's returned to you. 543 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,240 Yeah, all right. 544 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,120 I got lots of pictures of Lois. 545 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,920 She's a pretty girl, you know. 546 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,360 She was quite a bit like me when I was young. 547 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:26,360 Yes, ma'am. 548 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,640 Well, thanks very much for your time. 549 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,920 Even the nurses at the hospital said it when Lois was born. 550 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:33,920 Beautiful child. 551 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:34,920 Certainly strange, isn't it? 552 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:35,920 How's that? 553 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:41,920 When they're babies, they all look so clean and so good. 554 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,960 Yes, ma'am. 555 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:49,520 What happens to them? 556 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,800 Before we left Mrs. Hagen, we got a photograph of her daughter, Lois, and then we drove 557 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,400 back to the office. 558 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,480 We spent the rest of the afternoon showing the picture to several of the robbery victims. 559 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,840 All of them identified the Hagen girl as the bandit's accomplice. 560 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,360 We got out a supplementary broadcast. 561 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,080 That night, the holed up couple failed to put in an appearance. 562 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,760 The following night, the same. 563 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:09,760 Not a sign of them. 564 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,880 Still, no sign of the escape car either. 565 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,160 Where they might be hiding out, we had no idea. 566 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,840 The search went on. 567 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,360 Repeated checks through the stats office and the record bureau failed to turn up any new 568 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:21,360 leads. 569 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:22,360 We stayed on it. 570 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:26,840 Four nights later, the still unidentified holed up man and Lois Hagen started in all 571 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:27,840 over again. 572 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,600 Two drug store holed ups, two robberies of couples in parked cars. 573 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,480 All of the victims were beaten senseless. 574 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,600 Monday, March 19th, 8 a.m. 575 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:36,600 Joe. 576 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:37,600 Hi. 577 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:42,960 Did they turn up anything last night? 578 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,040 Two more jobs. 579 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,880 Both victims identified the Hagen girl as the accomplice. 580 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:47,880 Anything else? 581 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:48,880 Still using the same escape car. 582 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:49,880 That's about it. 583 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:50,880 Yeah. 584 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,440 We're closer than we were a week ago. 585 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,680 I checked the hospital on the drug use this time. 586 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:55,680 How's he doing? 587 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,680 I don't know yet. 588 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:57,680 Still unconscious. 589 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:58,680 I get it. 590 00:23:58,680 --> 00:23:59,680 Homicide, Friday. 591 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:00,680 Yeah, Mike. 592 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:01,680 Where? 593 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:02,680 Yeah, right away. 594 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:03,680 What have you got? 595 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:04,680 32R. 596 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,680 They're out on 18th and Hill. 597 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:06,680 Yeah. 598 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:07,680 The holed up car. 599 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:08,680 They just spotted it. 600 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:09,680 820 a.m. 601 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,680 Together with Cummings and McCready, we drove out to 18th and Hill where the officers in 602 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,680 Unit 32R had the holed up car staked out. 603 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:21,080 It was parked in the back of a large service station on Hill Street near the corner of 18th. 604 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,240 We talked with the manager and he told us that a blonde girl answering Lois Hagen's 605 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,880 description had left the car there earlier that morning just to have the distributor 606 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,880 fixed and the battery recharged. 607 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,880 She told him that she'd called for the car early that night. 608 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,080 Because of the way that the service station was situated, it would have been impossible 609 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,080 to stake out on the blue coupe without making it look obvious. 610 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,080 We expected the police to be there by the time we got there. 611 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:48,680 We explained the setup to the manager and made arrangements for Ben and I to pose as 612 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:49,680 employees. 613 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:54,160 That way we could keep a close watch on the car until the suspects called for it. 614 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,560 Cummings and McCready holed up in a coffee shop directly across the street. 615 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,080 Two teams of men from Rob recovered from their vantage points. 616 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:12,040 Ben and I took up our post as supervisors of the station's 10 minute car wash. 617 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,560 They sure do a great business here, huh? 618 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:15,560 Yeah. 619 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,720 You mentioned to the manager about keeping the area clear around that car, didn't you? 620 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,320 Yeah, it's all set up. 621 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,520 We're not going to have an excuse in the world if we miss those two. 622 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,720 Yeah, if they show up. 623 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,160 What are we supposed to do now? 624 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,520 Pull these tickets off the cars as they move off the wash line? 625 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,520 Yeah, that's all. 626 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,520 Just slip the tickets in that box over there, see? 627 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:36,520 Mm-hmm. 628 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,840 Must have run them a few dollars, huh, installing all this equipment. 629 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,320 Used to be paying off, didn't it? 630 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:44,320 What time you got now? 631 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,360 A few minutes past four. 632 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:47,720 Want a smoke? 633 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:53,080 No, I just put one out. 634 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,080 One a.m. 635 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,160 Ben spotted a young blonde girl turn the corner onto Hill and start up the street toward the 636 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,160 service station. 637 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,940 As she came closer, she looked to the right and the left. 638 00:26:01,940 --> 00:26:05,320 She paused in front of the station, looked on both sides of the street, and then she 639 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,640 turned completely around and walked on past. 640 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,040 It's Lois Hagan. 641 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,240 She's going right down to the corner. 642 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,800 How about it? 643 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,960 Yeah, I'll put in with you. 644 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:16,960 How about her tail? 645 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,640 We can't just let her walk away from us. 646 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:19,640 No, just a minute. 647 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,640 Take a look. 648 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,720 She's turning around, coming back this way. 649 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:25,720 She's coming in. 650 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:26,720 Yeah, we better get back to our car. 651 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,720 It looks like it. 652 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,720 Come on. 653 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:29,720 Right. 654 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:34,160 The young blonde entered the garage office, paid the repair bill, and drove off in the 655 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,160 holdup car. 656 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,200 Ben and I followed in 80K, Cummings and McCready tailed us. 657 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,680 The blue coupe moved two blocks downhill street and then turned into an apartment garage. 658 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,640 We parked on the street, went in and got the manager out of bed. 659 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,520 We showed him Lois Hagan's picture. 660 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,640 He told us that she was registered alone in apartment 16. 661 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,920 He failed to recognize the description of the holdup man. 662 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,640 McCready and three men from Rob recovered the front and back exits. 663 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:04,360 Cummings, Ben, and I climbed the stairs to the third floor. 664 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:05,360 Apartment 16. 665 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:06,360 Joe? 666 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,360 You want to ring it? 667 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:10,360 Yeah? 668 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:11,360 Sorry, ma'am. 669 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:12,360 Bedroom, Bill. 670 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:13,360 Right. 671 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:14,360 I'll take the kitchen. 672 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:15,360 Wait a minute. 673 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:16,360 What is this? 674 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:17,360 Police officers. 675 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:18,360 You, Lois Hagan. 676 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:19,360 You get out of here. 677 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:20,360 Let me out. 678 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,360 Bedroom's empty. 679 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:22,360 Nothing back here. 680 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:23,360 All right. 681 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:24,360 Where is he? 682 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,360 Come on, let's have it. 683 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:26,360 Frank, get out! 684 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:27,360 Cops, Frank, get out! 685 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:28,360 Upstairs, you. 686 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:29,360 Watch your belt. 687 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:30,360 I got it. 688 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:31,360 Come on, Ben. 689 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:32,360 Yeah. 690 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:33,360 Stairs, Joe. 691 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:34,360 Give it up, mister. 692 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:35,360 You haven't got a chance. 693 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:36,360 Get in the room. 694 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:37,680 I'm coming down. 695 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:38,960 We got the building covered, mister. 696 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:39,960 Give it up! 697 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:40,960 Look out, Joe. 698 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,800 I'll get his gun. 699 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:49,840 How is he? 700 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:50,840 Dead. 701 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,040 Joe, Ben, you all right? 702 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,040 Yeah, Bill. 703 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:59,040 You want to take the girl downstairs? 704 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,000 Let me see him, please. 705 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Frank. 706 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,000 All right, lady. 707 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000 It didn't have to happen. 708 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,000 I tried to tell him, get away. 709 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000 He wouldn't listen, never listen. 710 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Let's go. 711 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000 We were married yesterday. 712 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 You didn't know that, did you? 713 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000 Just married. 714 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,000 Yeah. 715 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Married two days. 716 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Yeah, well, the honeymoon's over. 717 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Come on, lady. 718 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000 The story you have just heard was true. 719 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:31,040 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 720 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,160 On August 5th, a trial was held in Superior Court, Department 87, City and County of Los 721 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,800 Angeles, State of California. 722 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,640 In a moment, the results of that trial. 723 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,060 Now, here's our star, Jack Webb. 724 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:42,060 Thank you. 725 00:28:42,060 --> 00:28:45,600 Here's an invitation we just received from New York's famous Stork Club. 726 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,540 Host Sherman Billingsley asked us to pass it on to you, Dragnet listeners who have television 727 00:28:49,540 --> 00:28:50,540 sets. 728 00:28:50,540 --> 00:28:55,580 It reads, Fatima, best of all long cigarettes, cordially invite you to see the Stork Club 729 00:28:55,580 --> 00:28:57,720 on television beginning this week. 730 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,760 Well, Dragnet welcomes the Stork Club to the Fatima family. 731 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:06,400 a fine television show. 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