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02:26.680 --> 02:27.680 Hi, Bill. 02:27.680 --> 02:31.320 Romero called about five minutes ago. 02:31.320 --> 02:33.120 He's on his way in from Georgia Street. 02:33.120 --> 02:34.120 Oh, thank you. 02:34.120 --> 02:37.120 Is the captain still around? 02:37.120 --> 02:39.760 He's gone for the night. 02:39.760 --> 02:41.240 You can catch him at home if you want. 02:41.240 --> 02:42.240 Any trouble? 02:42.240 --> 02:43.240 The rattlesnake bandit. 02:43.240 --> 02:44.840 He got two more couples tonight. 02:44.840 --> 02:45.840 All right. 02:45.840 --> 02:46.840 Ben? 02:46.840 --> 02:49.920 About the same as the last three jobs he pulled. 02:49.920 --> 02:50.920 Pretty vicious. 02:50.920 --> 02:52.600 Gave the victims a bad going over. 02:52.600 --> 02:53.600 Who are they? 02:53.600 --> 02:55.360 A young salesman and his girlfriend. 02:55.360 --> 02:57.560 They were parked up in the Silver Lake area. 02:57.560 --> 02:58.560 Bandit robbed them. 02:58.560 --> 03:01.680 When he didn't find enough money in the young fellow's wallet, he pistol whipped and messed 03:01.680 --> 03:02.680 them up quite a bit. 03:02.680 --> 03:03.680 Why'd he do that? 03:03.680 --> 03:04.680 There's no reason for it. 03:04.680 --> 03:08.720 A young girl in the car had an engagement ring on. 03:08.720 --> 03:09.720 She offered to hand it over. 03:09.720 --> 03:14.160 The bandit pulled her out of the car, punched her in the face, hit her quite a few times. 03:14.160 --> 03:16.280 Guy just seems to be looking for blood. 03:16.280 --> 03:17.280 No leads on him, huh? 03:17.280 --> 03:18.280 No, not so far. 03:18.280 --> 03:21.920 It looks like I'm out. 03:21.920 --> 03:23.120 Have you got any aspirin, Bill? 03:23.120 --> 03:25.120 Yeah, I got a fresh bottle this afternoon. 03:25.120 --> 03:29.520 Lousy headache I've had it all night. 03:29.520 --> 03:30.520 How about the thief Samoah? 03:30.520 --> 03:31.520 The same, huh? 03:31.520 --> 03:32.680 Well, he has been so far. 03:32.680 --> 03:34.960 He works the outlying districts, parking areas. 03:34.960 --> 03:38.040 Doesn't seem to be any reason at all for these sluggings. 03:38.040 --> 03:39.360 The victims all agree on that. 03:39.360 --> 03:40.360 No provocations at all. 03:40.360 --> 03:43.000 The guy just seems to get a kick out of punching in somebody's face. 03:43.000 --> 03:45.200 Two pills, isn't it? 03:45.200 --> 03:46.200 Oh, yeah, that's fine. 03:46.200 --> 03:47.200 Thank you. 03:47.200 --> 03:52.200 Boys in robbery turn up anything? 03:52.200 --> 03:54.640 No, neither have we. 03:54.640 --> 03:55.640 Bandit operates in hot cars. 03:55.640 --> 03:58.280 He's got a few good prints to work with. 03:58.280 --> 03:59.280 No make though. 03:59.280 --> 04:00.280 Guy works alone, huh? 04:00.280 --> 04:04.440 Well, he did for the first two jobs. 04:04.440 --> 04:07.740 Last few times he had a bright looking blonde with him. 04:07.740 --> 04:10.440 Good looking, you know, nice figure. 04:10.440 --> 04:15.760 Victims say that she stands by and just seems to egg him on. 04:15.760 --> 04:19.120 Seems to get a big thrill out of him, I guess. 04:19.120 --> 04:20.120 Hi, Bill. 04:20.120 --> 04:21.120 Hi. 04:21.120 --> 04:22.120 How'd you do, man? 04:22.120 --> 04:25.000 The doctor didn't think it'd be a good idea to bother him too much tonight. 04:25.000 --> 04:26.000 We can talk to him tomorrow. 04:26.000 --> 04:27.800 Well, how about the holdup man's description you get there? 04:27.800 --> 04:28.800 Yeah, from the girl. 04:28.800 --> 04:30.120 Matches what the other victims gave us. 04:30.120 --> 04:31.520 She didn't see the getaway car though. 04:31.520 --> 04:32.520 Didn't have a chance. 04:32.520 --> 04:33.520 Well, how about the young fellows? 04:33.520 --> 04:34.520 Are they still unconscious? 04:34.520 --> 04:36.400 Yeah, they're going to move him to the county hospital. 04:36.400 --> 04:38.360 He should have seen his face. 04:38.360 --> 04:39.360 Yeah? 04:39.360 --> 04:40.360 Terrible. 04:40.360 --> 04:41.360 It's a mess. 04:41.360 --> 04:43.600 This bandit's girlfriend, the blonde, nothing at all on her? 04:43.600 --> 04:45.840 Victims say she's got a nice figure and good looking. 04:45.840 --> 04:47.640 Quite a few like that in Los Angeles. 04:47.640 --> 04:49.800 What are they getting out of these stickups anyway? 04:49.800 --> 04:50.800 Can't be too much, huh? 04:50.800 --> 04:51.800 Oh, that's just it. 04:51.800 --> 04:53.800 None of the heists have netted them more than $50. 04:53.800 --> 04:54.800 Hardly worth the trouble. 04:54.800 --> 04:55.800 Hot shot. 04:55.800 --> 04:56.800 I'll get it. 04:56.800 --> 04:57.800 What is it? 04:57.800 --> 04:58.800 Rattlesnake bandit. 04:58.800 --> 04:59.800 He got another couple. 04:59.800 --> 05:00.800 Where? 05:00.800 --> 05:01.800 South end of Echo Park. 05:01.800 --> 05:02.800 Yeah? 05:02.800 --> 05:03.800 He shot both of them. 05:03.800 --> 05:17.680 Together with Cummings and McCready from homicide, Ben and I drove to the scene of the holdup 05:17.680 --> 05:20.040 and shooting in the Echo Park area. 05:20.040 --> 05:24.520 The victims were identified as Ralph Younger, 34, a high school English teacher. 05:24.520 --> 05:29.000 He'd been beaten severely about the face and neck and shot once through the right shoulder. 05:29.000 --> 05:33.200 His companion was Ethel Madonovan, 26, a grade school teacher. 05:33.200 --> 05:35.480 He'd been shot through the temple just above the eyes. 05:35.480 --> 05:38.600 She was still alive but in a critical condition. 05:38.600 --> 05:42.120 We questioned Ralph Younger briefly before he was removed by ambulance to the Georgia 05:42.120 --> 05:44.080 Street Receiving Hospital. 05:44.080 --> 05:48.500 His description of the holdup man tallied exactly with that of the rattlesnake bandit. 05:48.500 --> 05:52.720 He also gave us the description and license number of the getaway car. 05:52.720 --> 05:55.080 We got out of broadcast in an APB. 05:55.080 --> 05:58.760 A routine check of the area failed to turn up any leads. 05:58.760 --> 06:05.080 11 a.m. the next morning, Ralph Younger told us the story from his hospital bed. 06:05.080 --> 06:09.400 I was teaching Thelma how to drive, Sergeant. 06:09.400 --> 06:14.280 We were going along that side street when the sedan pulled up, forced us over to the 06:14.280 --> 06:15.280 curb. 06:15.280 --> 06:19.320 Was your friend Miss Donovan was sitting in the driver's seat then? 06:19.320 --> 06:20.320 That's right. 06:20.320 --> 06:25.200 I got out on my side and started over to ask this fellow what he was doing. 06:25.200 --> 06:27.480 Crowdiness like that. 06:27.480 --> 06:30.880 He rushed up to me and started slugging me in the face with his gun. 06:30.880 --> 06:32.720 I went down. 06:32.720 --> 06:34.800 What did Miss Donovan do? 06:34.800 --> 06:37.400 She started hollering for help. 06:37.400 --> 06:40.320 The holdup guy ran over and shoved his gun at her. 06:40.320 --> 06:44.920 He had it pointed at her head and grabbed Thelma's purse and started looking through 06:44.920 --> 06:48.040 it. 06:48.040 --> 06:49.040 For money, I guess. 06:49.040 --> 06:55.280 Say, would you mind moving this pillow over a little bit? 06:55.280 --> 06:57.280 Sure, I'll bet you. 06:57.280 --> 06:59.240 There we are. 06:59.240 --> 07:01.240 How's that okay? 07:01.240 --> 07:02.240 Come on. 07:02.240 --> 07:05.240 Under the shoulder, please. 07:05.240 --> 07:07.240 All right. 07:07.240 --> 07:09.240 There you are. 07:09.240 --> 07:10.240 It's fine. 07:10.240 --> 07:11.240 Thanks. 07:11.240 --> 07:13.840 Were you lying on the street while all this was going on, Mr. Younger? 07:13.840 --> 07:18.760 No, he yanked me to my feet, made me stand by the car with my hands up. 07:18.760 --> 07:20.760 Thelma was crying. 07:20.760 --> 07:25.840 The holdup man looked through her purse and then he said, what are you trying to kid, 07:25.840 --> 07:27.840 you got more money than this. 07:27.840 --> 07:31.280 Thelma told him the truth. 07:31.280 --> 07:35.040 It was all she had, three dollars. 07:35.040 --> 07:36.040 What happened then? 07:36.040 --> 07:40.920 He shoved the barrel of the gun against her head right here by the temple. 07:40.920 --> 07:43.440 Then I heard the gun go off. 07:43.440 --> 07:45.440 Thelma fell over in the seat. 07:45.440 --> 07:48.320 There wasn't any reason for it. 07:48.320 --> 07:49.320 No reason at all. 07:49.320 --> 07:51.320 He just shot her. 07:51.320 --> 07:53.000 What did you do then, do you remember? 07:53.000 --> 07:55.000 I jumped for the man. 07:55.000 --> 07:59.240 I wanted to kill him right there. 07:59.240 --> 08:04.240 He turned and fired the gun at me, hit me right here below the shoulder. 08:04.240 --> 08:07.560 Then he ran out and got in his car and drove off. 08:07.560 --> 08:09.120 There was a blonde girl with him. 08:09.120 --> 08:11.120 I got a good look at her. 08:11.120 --> 08:13.120 Blonde, pretty, attractive. 08:13.120 --> 08:16.280 Well, is there anything else about the man's description that you might have forgotten 08:16.280 --> 08:17.720 to tell us last night? 08:17.720 --> 08:20.200 No, I don't think so. 08:20.200 --> 08:22.640 I gave you the license number of his car. 08:22.640 --> 08:24.000 Can't you find him that way? 08:24.000 --> 08:25.520 It was a stolen car, Miss Young. 08:25.520 --> 08:27.000 He took it from one of his other victims. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.720 It was found out at Wilshire this morning. 08:28.720 --> 08:29.720 Banned it. 08:29.720 --> 08:32.000 I only wish I'd got my hands on him. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 Poor Thelma. 08:33.000 --> 08:36.000 How is she, do you know? 08:36.000 --> 08:37.640 Well, there's no late report. 08:37.640 --> 08:39.640 Maybe you better check with the doctor, huh? 08:39.640 --> 08:40.640 Yeah. 08:40.640 --> 08:44.000 Hey, before you go, would you mind ringing this button here? 08:44.000 --> 08:45.360 It's for the nurse. 08:45.360 --> 08:47.600 The shoulder's giving me trouble again. 08:47.600 --> 08:49.600 Yeah, okay. 08:49.600 --> 08:52.040 Well, thanks very much, Younger. 08:52.040 --> 08:54.240 Sure hope that shoulder of yours gets better. 08:54.240 --> 08:55.240 I hope so. 08:55.240 --> 08:56.240 Goodbye. 08:56.240 --> 08:58.240 We'll be checking with you later on. 08:58.240 --> 08:59.240 Yeah, okay. 08:59.240 --> 09:00.240 Come on, man. 09:06.240 --> 09:07.240 Romero? 09:07.240 --> 09:08.240 Joe? 09:08.240 --> 09:09.240 How'd you do, Bill? 09:09.240 --> 09:10.240 Checked with the doctor. 09:10.240 --> 09:12.080 Donovan girl's still unconscious. 09:12.080 --> 09:13.080 Pretty critical. 09:13.080 --> 09:14.080 What'd the doctor say? 09:14.080 --> 09:15.080 Is she gonna pull through? 09:15.080 --> 09:16.080 She might. 09:16.080 --> 09:17.080 They can't tell yet. 09:17.080 --> 09:18.080 One thing's sure, though. 09:18.080 --> 09:19.080 What's that? 09:19.080 --> 09:20.080 Bullet did a lot of damage. 09:20.080 --> 09:21.080 Yeah. 09:21.080 --> 09:26.080 It's a bullet. 09:26.080 --> 09:29.840 Four days before a bullet from the holdup gun had blinded schoolteacher Thelma Donovan 09:29.840 --> 09:33.680 for life, the rattlesnake bandit and his blonde girlfriend were unknown to the city 09:33.680 --> 09:35.440 of Los Angeles. 09:35.440 --> 09:40.180 In the space of little more than 96 hours, they'd robbed and slugged a dozen people from 09:40.180 --> 09:42.600 one end of the city to the other. 09:42.600 --> 09:47.060 In every case, the attacks were just about as brutal and vicious as they were unprovoked. 09:47.060 --> 09:50.000 The amount of money taken from each victim was negligible. 09:50.000 --> 09:54.520 The only apparent conclusion was that the bandit and his girlfriend were out for blood. 09:54.520 --> 09:59.260 That night, despite a city-wide alert to all radio cars and patrolmen, the suspects robbed 09:59.260 --> 10:03.560 and slugged two more couples between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight. 10:03.560 --> 10:07.080 Between midnight and 1.30 a.m., they got two more victims. 10:07.080 --> 10:08.080 2.30 a.m. 10:08.080 --> 10:11.400 Ben and I got back to the city hall, the carpool. 10:11.400 --> 10:13.920 11-8, 6th and Spring. 10:13.920 --> 10:15.960 11-8, 6th and Spring. 10:15.960 --> 10:20.240 Looks like a place over there, huh? 10:20.240 --> 10:21.920 Wonder how much radio they're coming from, eh, now? 10:21.920 --> 10:23.920 I hope they got more than we have. 10:23.920 --> 10:24.920 Yeah. 10:24.920 --> 10:27.920 Yeah, this is good right here. 10:27.920 --> 10:29.920 Wanna get the radio, Joe? 10:29.920 --> 10:30.920 Yeah, fine. 10:30.920 --> 10:31.920 Let's go. 10:31.920 --> 10:38.120 Oh, God, I knew I forgot something. 10:38.120 --> 10:39.120 What's that? 10:39.120 --> 10:40.120 Cigarettes. 10:40.120 --> 10:41.120 You got any left? 10:41.120 --> 10:42.120 I don't think so. 10:42.120 --> 10:43.120 Old pack is all... 10:43.120 --> 10:45.120 No, there's one left in here. 10:45.120 --> 10:46.120 No, no, that's all right. 10:46.120 --> 10:47.120 I can't take your last move. 10:47.120 --> 10:48.120 Oh, go ahead. 10:48.120 --> 10:49.120 There's a machine upstairs by the elevator. 10:49.120 --> 10:50.120 I'll get some. 10:50.120 --> 10:51.120 All right. 10:51.120 --> 11:13.360 I 11:13.360 --> 11:15.280 sure better get these shoes half sold. 11:15.280 --> 11:17.280 Be walking around on my stocking feet pretty soon. 11:17.280 --> 11:19.520 We just got them a couple of weeks ago, didn't you? 11:19.520 --> 11:20.520 Yeah, that's right. 11:20.520 --> 11:21.520 Tops are as good as new. 11:21.520 --> 11:23.800 Solds of darn things went just like that. 11:23.800 --> 11:28.760 No wonder they had them on sale. 11:28.760 --> 11:30.320 Yeah. 11:30.320 --> 11:34.560 Just a minute. 11:34.560 --> 11:35.560 I wanna get those smokes. 11:35.560 --> 11:36.560 Oh, yeah. 11:36.560 --> 11:49.000 Skipper say he was gonna stay around? 11:49.000 --> 11:50.000 Until about two. 11:50.000 --> 11:58.800 Yeah, he's probably gone by now. 11:58.800 --> 12:02.120 That's a long day. 12:02.120 --> 12:03.120 Anything in the book? 12:03.120 --> 12:04.120 Just a minute. 12:04.120 --> 12:05.120 Yeah, your wife called. 12:05.120 --> 12:08.760 I want you to get a refill on that prescription for your little boy. 12:08.760 --> 12:09.760 Oh, huh. 12:09.760 --> 12:10.760 Hiya. 12:10.760 --> 12:12.480 How'd you two do? 12:12.480 --> 12:13.480 Nothin'. 12:13.480 --> 12:14.480 How about you? 12:14.480 --> 12:15.480 Chandler called from robbery a minute ago. 12:15.480 --> 12:16.480 Thinks they may have something. 12:16.480 --> 12:17.480 Yeah? 12:17.480 --> 12:19.440 At 211, big service station out on Pico. 12:19.440 --> 12:21.200 Hold up man had a blonde in the car with him. 12:21.200 --> 12:22.200 What about descriptions? 12:22.200 --> 12:23.720 Chibes pretty well with the guy we're after. 12:23.720 --> 12:24.720 Well, the MO doesn't. 12:24.720 --> 12:28.080 That thief and his girl haven't tried anything but car hold up since they started. 12:28.080 --> 12:29.080 How'd they manage the job? 12:29.080 --> 12:31.600 Well, you know how they've been operating for transportation. 12:31.600 --> 12:33.280 They rob the people, steal their car. 12:33.280 --> 12:35.920 When they reach another victim, they transfer to his car. 12:35.920 --> 12:38.000 First time they switched that system was tonight. 12:38.000 --> 12:40.360 Hold up on South Hoover, the man and his wife. 12:40.360 --> 12:42.920 Instead of changing over, they stayed in the blue Chevy coupe. 12:42.920 --> 12:44.960 Same one they took in the job before that. 12:44.960 --> 12:47.680 Up to now they've used the same hot car in the last three jobs. 12:47.680 --> 12:49.440 Sure gonna help if they stick with it. 12:49.440 --> 12:51.080 What about the gas station at dinner? 12:51.080 --> 12:52.080 Well, it... 12:52.080 --> 12:54.760 Excuse me Crowley Chandler. 12:54.760 --> 12:55.760 Homicide Cummings. 12:55.760 --> 12:56.760 The egg line. 12:56.760 --> 12:57.760 Uh-huh. 12:57.760 --> 12:58.760 5-4-389. 12:58.760 --> 12:59.760 Right, thank you. 12:59.760 --> 13:05.720 They dug up a witness to the gas station job. 13:05.720 --> 13:08.280 Suspects drove off in the blue Chevy coupe. 13:08.280 --> 13:09.280 License 5-Pol-389. 13:09.280 --> 13:10.280 Same car, huh? 13:10.280 --> 13:11.280 It stops me. 13:11.280 --> 13:12.280 What was the take? 13:12.280 --> 13:13.280 Twenty-three bucks. 13:13.280 --> 13:14.600 Slugged the attendant, took off. 13:14.600 --> 13:15.600 The broadcast's out. 13:15.600 --> 13:16.600 Area's been alerted. 13:16.600 --> 13:17.600 Nothing yet. 13:17.600 --> 13:18.600 Okay, Ben. 13:18.600 --> 13:19.600 Yep. 13:19.600 --> 13:21.880 Sure is growing into a long night. 13:21.880 --> 13:23.400 Yeah, you're gonna cover, huh Bill? 13:23.400 --> 13:24.760 Yeah, until Fergie gets back. 13:24.760 --> 13:25.760 Right. 13:25.760 --> 13:26.760 Well, we'll be checking with you. 13:26.760 --> 13:27.760 You got it? 13:27.760 --> 13:28.760 Uh-huh. 13:28.760 --> 13:29.760 Homicide Romero. 13:29.760 --> 13:30.760 Yeah. 13:30.760 --> 13:31.760 How's that? 13:31.760 --> 13:32.760 Yeah, right, thanks. 13:32.760 --> 13:33.760 Drugstore in South Fig, 211, slugging. 13:33.760 --> 13:34.760 Blonde girl drove the escape car. 13:34.760 --> 13:35.760 Yeah. 13:35.760 --> 13:36.760 5-Pol-389. 13:36.760 --> 13:49.440 In the next three hours before dawn, the rattlesnake bandit and his blonde girlfriend held up and 13:49.440 --> 13:54.080 robbed a restaurant and two more service stations and made good their escape. 13:54.080 --> 13:58.800 For some unknown reason, they continued to use the same stolen car, the blue Chevrolet 13:58.800 --> 13:59.800 coupe. 13:59.800 --> 14:02.880 By noontime, the following day, composite pictures of the holed up couple were drawn 14:02.880 --> 14:07.200 up by the crime lab artist from the descriptions given by the victims. 14:07.200 --> 14:11.320 The pictures were printed up and given wide distribution throughout the city. 14:11.320 --> 14:14.840 The description and license number of the escaped car was in the hands of every radio 14:14.840 --> 14:17.160 car and patrolman in all divisions. 14:17.160 --> 14:18.160 The search was intensified. 14:18.160 --> 14:20.240 It got us nothing. 14:20.240 --> 14:24.360 The following night and early morning, without even slowing their pace, the suspects added 14:24.360 --> 14:27.120 four more holed ups and sluggings to their credit. 14:27.120 --> 14:31.520 One of the victims was Fred Lerner, proprietor of a small lunch counter near 18th and Olive. 14:31.520 --> 14:35.360 I've been held up before, officer, half a dozen times. 14:35.360 --> 14:37.840 Never saw a punk as hard looking as this guy, though. 14:37.840 --> 14:39.720 You're sure about the description, Mr. Lerner? 14:39.720 --> 14:43.320 Well, he stood just as close as you're standing to me now. 14:43.320 --> 14:46.000 Wild look in his eye, waving that gun around. 14:46.000 --> 14:47.400 I wasn't taking any chances. 14:47.400 --> 14:48.400 I gave him everything. 14:48.400 --> 14:49.400 Well, how much was that? 14:49.400 --> 14:50.400 $18.50. 14:50.400 --> 14:53.400 Well, how about the getaway car? 14:53.400 --> 14:55.200 You're pretty sure of the make and the color? 14:55.200 --> 14:57.360 I ran to the door there as soon as they left. 14:57.360 --> 14:58.360 Saw them drive off. 14:58.360 --> 15:00.760 There's a license just as I wrote it down. 15:00.760 --> 15:02.560 It's 5P389. 15:02.560 --> 15:06.280 I saw the whole thing. 15:06.280 --> 15:08.880 Sure surprised Lois would tie up with a punk like him. 15:08.880 --> 15:09.880 Lois? 15:09.880 --> 15:10.880 Who's that? 15:10.880 --> 15:12.840 Well, you know, the blonde who drives the car for him, Lois Hagen? 15:12.840 --> 15:14.520 Well, how do you know that's her name? 15:14.520 --> 15:17.040 She used to be a waitress, worked for my brother. 15:17.040 --> 15:18.640 Lois Hagen, blonde. 15:18.640 --> 15:20.600 I spotted her right away in that car. 15:20.600 --> 15:21.600 Yeah? 15:21.600 --> 15:22.600 Yeah, sure, Lois. 15:22.600 --> 15:26.600 Didn't you know it was her? 15:26.600 --> 15:28.400 7.30 a.m. 15:28.400 --> 15:31.360 We put in a call to the record bureau and had them check on the name and description 15:31.360 --> 15:32.640 of Lois Hagen. 15:32.640 --> 15:35.000 No make, no previous record. 15:35.000 --> 15:38.400 With the help of Fred Lerner and his brother, we traced the Hagen girl to a drive-in where 15:38.400 --> 15:39.960 she used to work. 15:39.960 --> 15:42.920 There we checked the employment records and got an address on her. 15:42.920 --> 15:45.000 1800 Norwich Drive. 15:45.000 --> 15:47.680 Turned out to be a small apartment house in West Hollywood. 15:47.680 --> 15:50.600 Ben checked with the landlady while I waited in the car. 15:50.600 --> 15:52.080 Transfer point two. 15:52.080 --> 15:57.920 One cable transfer point two, at unit nine thirty-five. 15:57.920 --> 15:58.920 And that's it. 15:58.920 --> 15:59.920 What'd you get? 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18:51.360 --> 18:52.720 I'd like to talk to her, Mrs. Hagan. 18:52.720 --> 18:54.720 Do you know where we can locate her? 18:54.720 --> 18:56.200 Probably sounds funny to you. 18:56.200 --> 18:58.200 I haven't seen my daughter in two years. 18:58.200 --> 19:00.760 Well, do you have any idea where she's living, ma'am? 19:00.760 --> 19:02.600 No, she's not much of a daughter. 19:02.600 --> 19:06.920 We didn't get along, as I say, two years ago we had an argument. 19:06.920 --> 19:09.760 She left me, never wrote a letter. 19:09.760 --> 19:10.760 I just don't know. 19:10.760 --> 19:11.760 I see. 19:11.760 --> 19:14.320 I heard she was living in Detroit for a while. 19:14.320 --> 19:16.920 I guess she's back here now. 19:16.920 --> 19:20.560 One of my lady friends, Mrs. McCormick, saw Lois shopping out in Hollywood. 19:20.560 --> 19:22.240 That was about a month ago. 19:22.240 --> 19:24.720 How old is your daughter, Mrs. Hagan? 19:24.720 --> 19:26.200 She'll be 20 next month. 19:26.200 --> 19:28.360 She looks older than she really is. 19:28.360 --> 19:32.640 Won't you excuse me, please, my flat iron back here. 19:32.640 --> 19:34.640 I have it heating. 19:34.640 --> 19:35.640 Certainly, ma'am. 19:35.640 --> 19:40.000 Do you have a copy of the composite picture of the girl? 19:40.000 --> 19:42.600 Yeah, it's right here. 19:42.600 --> 19:44.560 I didn't realize it was getting so late. 19:44.560 --> 19:47.760 I have this rush order to get ready by four o'clock, officers. 19:47.760 --> 19:49.840 If you want, you can come back here. 19:49.840 --> 19:51.760 We can talk while I get it out. 19:51.760 --> 19:52.760 All right, ma'am. 19:52.760 --> 19:53.760 Thank you. 19:53.760 --> 19:54.760 Come on. 19:54.760 --> 19:55.760 There's a chair there. 19:55.760 --> 19:56.760 We can sit down. 19:56.760 --> 19:59.200 There's a chair there if you like. 19:59.200 --> 20:00.200 Oh, thank you. 20:00.200 --> 20:03.120 It seems I'm always so busy lately. 20:03.120 --> 20:05.120 I used to have some fine help. 20:05.120 --> 20:08.240 It's not so easy to find anymore. 20:08.240 --> 20:11.120 This iron seems awful hot. 20:11.120 --> 20:13.720 It's all right. 20:13.720 --> 20:19.480 I wonder if you'd mind looking at this picture, ma'am, this one here. 20:19.480 --> 20:22.320 Yeah, all right. 20:22.320 --> 20:25.600 It looks something like Lois. 20:25.600 --> 20:29.240 You're looking for her, is that it? 20:29.240 --> 20:31.000 Has she done something again? 20:31.000 --> 20:32.320 Well, we're not sure, ma'am. 20:32.320 --> 20:35.040 Has she been in trouble before? 20:35.040 --> 20:38.480 I can't be more ashamed of her than I already am. 20:38.480 --> 20:39.480 Yeah? 20:39.480 --> 20:42.320 She's been in trouble before. 20:42.320 --> 20:44.840 She was nothing but trouble, my only child. 20:44.840 --> 20:50.200 Her father died when she was a baby, but I guess she needed a father. 20:50.200 --> 20:52.120 I couldn't do anything with her. 20:52.120 --> 20:55.320 Was your daughter ever in any serious trouble with the police, honey? 20:55.320 --> 20:57.840 I don't know, maybe. 20:57.840 --> 20:58.840 She was. 20:58.840 --> 20:59.840 I didn't hear about it. 20:59.840 --> 21:02.600 And I tried to understand, and we never got along. 21:02.600 --> 21:04.360 I don't know. 21:04.360 --> 21:06.320 This makes me sick to think about it. 21:06.320 --> 21:07.840 Well, how about her friends, Mrs. Hagan? 21:07.840 --> 21:08.840 I mean her recent friends. 21:08.840 --> 21:10.640 Do you happen to know any of them? 21:10.640 --> 21:11.640 No. 21:11.640 --> 21:13.360 Lois never brought them home. 21:13.360 --> 21:15.400 I knew they were tramps. 21:15.400 --> 21:18.840 I heard the way the neighbors were talking. 21:18.840 --> 21:22.240 Trampy fellas, trampy girls, drinking, doing things. 21:22.240 --> 21:25.040 You know, she didn't learn those things at home. 21:25.040 --> 21:26.800 Well, what was Lois' last known address? 21:26.800 --> 21:28.600 Do you have any idea at all? 21:28.600 --> 21:31.560 Place in Boyle Heights, in the boarding house. 21:31.560 --> 21:33.400 That's the last I heard of Lois. 21:33.400 --> 21:35.200 She never wrote a letter. 21:35.200 --> 21:36.720 That's another thing. 21:36.720 --> 21:38.200 Yes, ma'am? 21:38.200 --> 21:41.520 She could have had the best education any girl could want. 21:41.520 --> 21:44.480 I worked 12 years in the laundry here to give it to her. 21:44.480 --> 21:46.680 I sent it to the convent. 21:46.680 --> 21:48.880 Even the nuns couldn't do anything with it. 21:48.880 --> 21:50.940 She only sassed them back. 21:50.940 --> 21:51.940 She finally quit altogether. 21:51.940 --> 21:52.940 I don't know. 21:52.940 --> 21:55.880 Can you think of anybody who might know where your daughter is? 21:55.880 --> 21:56.880 Maybe one of your relatives? 21:56.880 --> 21:59.320 Yeah, we don't have any relatives here. 21:59.320 --> 22:02.560 I have a brother in Ohio, that's all. 22:02.560 --> 22:07.600 His lace blouse is in an awful lot of trouble. 22:07.600 --> 22:10.440 Would you pull out that plum, Sergeant, please? 22:10.440 --> 22:12.440 Mm, I smell it. 22:12.440 --> 22:15.760 I wonder if you have a picture of your daughter that we could borrow. 22:15.760 --> 22:17.240 We'll see that it's returned to you. 22:17.240 --> 22:18.240 Yeah, all right. 22:18.240 --> 22:20.120 I got lots of pictures of Lois. 22:20.120 --> 22:22.920 She's a pretty girl, you know. 22:22.920 --> 22:25.360 She was quite a bit like me when I was young. 22:25.360 --> 22:26.360 Yes, ma'am. 22:26.360 --> 22:28.640 Well, thanks very much for your time. 22:28.640 --> 22:32.920 Even the nurses at the hospital said it when Lois was born. 22:32.920 --> 22:33.920 Beautiful child. 22:33.920 --> 22:34.920 Certainly strange, isn't it? 22:34.920 --> 22:35.920 How's that? 22:35.920 --> 22:41.920 When they're babies, they all look so clean and so good. 22:41.920 --> 22:43.960 Yes, ma'am. 22:43.960 --> 22:49.520 What happens to them? 22:49.520 --> 22:52.800 Before we left Mrs. Hagen, we got a photograph of her daughter, Lois, and then we drove 22:52.800 --> 22:54.400 back to the office. 22:54.400 --> 22:58.480 We spent the rest of the afternoon showing the picture to several of the robbery victims. 22:58.480 --> 23:01.840 All of them identified the Hagen girl as the bandit's accomplice. 23:01.840 --> 23:04.360 We got out a supplementary broadcast. 23:04.360 --> 23:07.080 That night, the holed up couple failed to put in an appearance. 23:07.080 --> 23:08.760 The following night, the same. 23:08.760 --> 23:09.760 Not a sign of them. 23:09.760 --> 23:12.880 Still, no sign of the escape car either. 23:12.880 --> 23:15.160 Where they might be hiding out, we had no idea. 23:15.160 --> 23:16.840 The search went on. 23:16.840 --> 23:20.360 Repeated checks through the stats office and the record bureau failed to turn up any new 23:20.360 --> 23:21.360 leads. 23:21.360 --> 23:22.360 We stayed on it. 23:22.360 --> 23:26.840 Four nights later, the still unidentified holed up man and Lois Hagen started in all 23:26.840 --> 23:27.840 over again. 23:27.840 --> 23:31.600 Two drug store holed ups, two robberies of couples in parked cars. 23:31.600 --> 23:33.480 All of the victims were beaten senseless. 23:33.480 --> 23:35.600 Monday, March 19th, 8 a.m. 23:35.600 --> 23:36.600 Joe. 23:36.600 --> 23:37.600 Hi. 23:37.600 --> 23:42.960 Did they turn up anything last night? 23:42.960 --> 23:44.040 Two more jobs. 23:44.040 --> 23:46.880 Both victims identified the Hagen girl as the accomplice. 23:46.880 --> 23:47.880 Anything else? 23:47.880 --> 23:48.880 Still using the same escape car. 23:48.880 --> 23:49.880 That's about it. 23:49.880 --> 23:50.880 Yeah. 23:50.880 --> 23:52.440 We're closer than we were a week ago. 23:52.440 --> 23:54.680 I checked the hospital on the drug use this time. 23:54.680 --> 23:55.680 How's he doing? 23:55.680 --> 23:56.680 I don't know yet. 23:56.680 --> 23:57.680 Still unconscious. 23:57.680 --> 23:58.680 I get it. 23:58.680 --> 23:59.680 Homicide, Friday. 23:59.680 --> 24:00.680 Yeah, Mike. 24:00.680 --> 24:01.680 Where? 24:01.680 --> 24:02.680 Yeah, right away. 24:02.680 --> 24:03.680 What have you got? 24:03.680 --> 24:04.680 32R. 24:04.680 --> 24:05.680 They're out on 18th and Hill. 24:05.680 --> 24:06.680 Yeah. 24:06.680 --> 24:07.680 The holed up car. 24:07.680 --> 24:08.680 They just spotted it. 24:08.680 --> 24:09.680 820 a.m. 24:09.680 --> 24:12.680 Together with Cummings and McCready, we drove out to 18th and Hill where the officers in 24:12.680 --> 24:15.680 Unit 32R had the holed up car staked out. 24:15.680 --> 24:21.080 It was parked in the back of a large service station on Hill Street near the corner of 18th. 24:21.080 --> 24:24.240 We talked with the manager and he told us that a blonde girl answering Lois Hagen's 24:24.240 --> 24:27.880 description had left the car there earlier that morning just to have the distributor 24:27.880 --> 24:29.880 fixed and the battery recharged. 24:29.880 --> 24:32.880 She told him that she'd called for the car early that night. 24:32.880 --> 24:36.080 Because of the way that the service station was situated, it would have been impossible 24:36.080 --> 24:39.080 to stake out on the blue coupe without making it look obvious. 24:39.080 --> 24:42.080 We expected the police to be there by the time we got there. 24:42.080 --> 24:48.680 We explained the setup to the manager and made arrangements for Ben and I to pose as 24:48.680 --> 24:49.680 employees. 24:49.680 --> 24:54.160 That way we could keep a close watch on the car until the suspects called for it. 24:54.160 --> 24:57.560 Cummings and McCready holed up in a coffee shop directly across the street. 24:57.560 --> 25:01.080 Two teams of men from Rob recovered from their vantage points. 25:01.080 --> 25:12.040 Ben and I took up our post as supervisors of the station's 10 minute car wash. 25:12.040 --> 25:14.560 They sure do a great business here, huh? 25:14.560 --> 25:15.560 Yeah. 25:15.560 --> 25:18.720 You mentioned to the manager about keeping the area clear around that car, didn't you? 25:18.720 --> 25:20.320 Yeah, it's all set up. 25:20.320 --> 25:23.520 We're not going to have an excuse in the world if we miss those two. 25:23.520 --> 25:25.720 Yeah, if they show up. 25:25.720 --> 25:27.160 What are we supposed to do now? 25:27.160 --> 25:30.520 Pull these tickets off the cars as they move off the wash line? 25:30.520 --> 25:32.520 Yeah, that's all. 25:32.520 --> 25:35.520 Just slip the tickets in that box over there, see? 25:35.520 --> 25:36.520 Mm-hmm. 25:36.520 --> 25:39.840 Must have run them a few dollars, huh, installing all this equipment. 25:39.840 --> 25:43.320 Used to be paying off, didn't it? 25:43.320 --> 25:44.320 What time you got now? 25:44.320 --> 25:46.360 A few minutes past four. 25:46.360 --> 25:47.720 Want a smoke? 25:47.720 --> 25:53.080 No, I just put one out. 25:53.080 --> 25:54.080 One a.m. 25:54.080 --> 25:58.160 Ben spotted a young blonde girl turn the corner onto Hill and start up the street toward the 25:58.160 --> 25:59.160 service station. 25:59.160 --> 26:01.940 As she came closer, she looked to the right and the left. 26:01.940 --> 26:05.320 She paused in front of the station, looked on both sides of the street, and then she 26:05.320 --> 26:07.640 turned completely around and walked on past. 26:07.640 --> 26:10.040 It's Lois Hagan. 26:10.040 --> 26:12.240 She's going right down to the corner. 26:12.240 --> 26:13.800 How about it? 26:13.800 --> 26:15.960 Yeah, I'll put in with you. 26:15.960 --> 26:16.960 How about her tail? 26:16.960 --> 26:18.640 We can't just let her walk away from us. 26:18.640 --> 26:19.640 No, just a minute. 26:19.640 --> 26:20.640 Take a look. 26:20.640 --> 26:24.720 She's turning around, coming back this way. 26:24.720 --> 26:25.720 She's coming in. 26:25.720 --> 26:26.720 Yeah, we better get back to our car. 26:26.720 --> 26:27.720 It looks like it. 26:27.720 --> 26:28.720 Come on. 26:28.720 --> 26:29.720 Right. 26:29.720 --> 26:34.160 The young blonde entered the garage office, paid the repair bill, and drove off in the 26:34.160 --> 26:35.160 holdup car. 26:35.160 --> 26:39.200 Ben and I followed in 80K, Cummings and McCready tailed us. 26:39.200 --> 26:43.680 The blue coupe moved two blocks downhill street and then turned into an apartment garage. 26:43.680 --> 26:46.640 We parked on the street, went in and got the manager out of bed. 26:46.640 --> 26:48.520 We showed him Lois Hagan's picture. 26:48.520 --> 26:51.640 He told us that she was registered alone in apartment 16. 26:51.640 --> 26:54.920 He failed to recognize the description of the holdup man. 26:54.920 --> 26:57.640 McCready and three men from Rob recovered the front and back exits. 26:57.640 --> 27:04.360 Cummings, Ben, and I climbed the stairs to the third floor. 27:04.360 --> 27:05.360 Apartment 16. 27:05.360 --> 27:06.360 Joe? 27:06.360 --> 27:09.360 You want to ring it? 27:09.360 --> 27:10.360 Yeah? 27:10.360 --> 27:11.360 Sorry, ma'am. 27:11.360 --> 27:12.360 Bedroom, Bill. 27:12.360 --> 27:13.360 Right. 27:13.360 --> 27:14.360 I'll take the kitchen. 27:14.360 --> 27:15.360 Wait a minute. 27:15.360 --> 27:16.360 What is this? 27:16.360 --> 27:17.360 Police officers. 27:17.360 --> 27:18.360 You, Lois Hagan. 27:18.360 --> 27:19.360 You get out of here. 27:19.360 --> 27:20.360 Let me out. 27:20.360 --> 27:21.360 Bedroom's empty. 27:21.360 --> 27:22.360 Nothing back here. 27:22.360 --> 27:23.360 All right. 27:23.360 --> 27:24.360 Where is he? 27:24.360 --> 27:25.360 Come on, let's have it. 27:25.360 --> 27:26.360 Frank, get out! 27:26.360 --> 27:27.360 Cops, Frank, get out! 27:27.360 --> 27:28.360 Upstairs, you. 27:28.360 --> 27:29.360 Watch your belt. 27:29.360 --> 27:30.360 I got it. 27:30.360 --> 27:31.360 Come on, Ben. 27:31.360 --> 27:32.360 Yeah. 27:32.360 --> 27:33.360 Stairs, Joe. 27:33.360 --> 27:34.360 Give it up, mister. 27:34.360 --> 27:35.360 You haven't got a chance. 27:35.360 --> 27:36.360 Get in the room. 27:36.360 --> 27:37.680 I'm coming down. 27:37.680 --> 27:38.960 We got the building covered, mister. 27:38.960 --> 27:39.960 Give it up! 27:39.960 --> 27:40.960 Look out, Joe. 27:40.960 --> 27:44.800 I'll get his gun. 27:44.800 --> 27:49.840 How is he? 27:49.840 --> 27:50.840 Dead. 27:50.840 --> 27:53.040 Joe, Ben, you all right? 27:53.040 --> 27:54.040 Yeah, Bill. 27:54.040 --> 27:59.040 You want to take the girl downstairs? 27:59.040 --> 28:03.000 Let me see him, please. 28:03.000 --> 28:04.000 Frank. 28:04.000 --> 28:05.000 All right, lady. 28:05.000 --> 28:06.000 It didn't have to happen. 28:06.000 --> 28:07.000 I tried to tell him, get away. 28:07.000 --> 28:08.000 He wouldn't listen, never listen. 28:08.000 --> 28:09.000 Let's go. 28:09.000 --> 28:10.000 We were married yesterday. 28:10.000 --> 28:11.000 You didn't know that, did you? 28:11.000 --> 28:12.000 Just married. 28:12.000 --> 28:13.000 Yeah. 28:13.000 --> 28:14.000 Married two days. 28:14.000 --> 28:15.000 Yeah, well, the honeymoon's over. 28:15.000 --> 28:16.000 Come on, lady. 28:16.000 --> 28:17.000 The story you have just heard was true. 28:17.000 --> 28:31.040 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 28:31.040 --> 28:35.160 On August 5th, a trial was held in Superior Court, Department 87, City and County of Los 28:35.160 --> 28:36.800 Angeles, State of California. 28:36.800 --> 28:38.640 In a moment, the results of that trial. 28:38.640 --> 28:41.060 Now, here's our star, Jack Webb. 28:41.060 --> 28:42.060 Thank you. 28:42.060 --> 28:45.600 Here's an invitation we just received from New York's famous Stork Club. 28:45.600 --> 28:49.540 Host Sherman Billingsley asked us to pass it on to you, Dragnet listeners who have television 28:49.540 --> 28:50.540 sets. 28:50.540 --> 28:55.580 It reads, Fatima, best of all long cigarettes, cordially invite you to see the Stork Club 28:55.580 --> 28:57.720 on television beginning this week. 28:57.720 --> 29:00.760 Well, Dragnet welcomes the Stork Club to the Fatima family. 29:00.760 --> 29:06.400 a fine television show. 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