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We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 02:08.000 --> 02:13.000 My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Harry Didion, captain of robbery. My name's Friday. 02:13.000 --> 02:19.000 I was on the way back from the neighborhood bakery shop and it was 8.45 a.m. when I got to Collis Avenue. 02:19.000 --> 02:35.000 Number 4656. 02:35.000 --> 02:39.000 Joe. Yeah. 02:39.000 --> 02:44.000 What happened? Wasn't the bakery open? Oh yeah, it was open. I got the stuff right here. 02:44.000 --> 02:49.000 They have any raisin bread? Yeah, right here. How about the butter home? 02:49.000 --> 02:54.000 No, they don't make those on Sundays anymore. I got bear claws instead. Okay, well let's get this stuff open. 02:54.000 --> 03:03.000 Okay. Oh, I see where we are. Where do you keep your eggs? In the refrigerator, right over there. 03:03.000 --> 03:07.000 Find them? Yeah, I got them. 03:07.000 --> 03:12.000 You know Joe, I don't like to say anything, but I can't keep coming over here to your place every morning. 03:12.000 --> 03:18.000 Well, it was your idea and nobody asked you. Yeah, but I know how you are. You don't know how to cook a decent breakfast for yourself. 03:18.000 --> 03:25.000 Is the coffee ready yet? Uh-uh. No, it's not working yet. 03:25.000 --> 03:32.000 Hey, you sure there's nothing wrong with this spot? It's been on for 10 minutes. Yeah, you forgot to plug it in. 03:32.000 --> 03:37.000 Oh, uh-huh. Now let's see. Well, what do you want? 03:37.000 --> 03:42.000 Well, I better put the toast on. You always make the toast before you cook the eggs? Yeah. 03:42.000 --> 03:49.000 You remember yesterday the toast was pretty cold. Oh, yeah, that's right. I better hold off for a minute. Yeah. 03:49.000 --> 03:55.000 Scrambled eggs okay? Well, we had them yesterday. Oh, yeah, that's right. Is that the only way you know how to fix them? 03:55.000 --> 04:02.000 I know what you'd like. One of my Spanish almonds. 04:02.000 --> 04:08.000 When did you say your mother was coming back? Oh, in about three more days. Yeah, that'll make a week, won't it? Yeah, that's right. 04:08.000 --> 04:15.000 Well, I guess I can work something out with Amy. Wife doesn't like me coming over here every morning like this. 04:15.000 --> 04:23.000 Well, I told you before I can make out all right here. Oh, I know how it is. You think you're imposing. You'd be lost without your can opener. 04:23.000 --> 04:30.000 Say, is this arm of the year is going to take very long? We haven't got very much time, you know. I'll have it on your plate in a jiffy. 04:30.000 --> 04:39.000 What time are we supposed to see those victims? 930 at the county hospital. Where's your tomatoes? In the refrigerator. Oh, uh-huh. 04:39.000 --> 04:48.000 Twenty-three jobs in three months. Those guys really move, don't they? Yeah. 04:48.000 --> 04:57.000 Nice tomatoes, Joe. That Hollenbeck job last night. Vicious punks. Yeah, there's no reason to work the old man over the way they did. What did the doctor say? 04:57.000 --> 05:05.000 Well, he's going to get over it all right, but they kicked out all of his front teeth. He's 50 years old. Same M.O. Every job. 05:05.000 --> 05:17.000 Aren't you going to peel those? No, skin's good for you. Now, uh, you got a nice big Bermuda on you. Oh, yeah, I'll get you one. 05:17.000 --> 05:27.000 Kids. 19, 20-year-old stick-up artists. Knock a man's senses for a half a dollar. Robbing, slugging, kicking their way around the city. Yeah. 05:27.000 --> 05:34.000 This will be one bunch I'll be glad to catch up with. Here's your onion. Good. 05:34.000 --> 05:41.000 Well, now, wait a minute. You're going to peel that, aren't you? And lose half the flavor? I don't know. I always peel them. 05:41.000 --> 05:53.000 I see. There you go. Now, mix the whole works together. 05:53.000 --> 06:04.000 You're going to put it in that pan on the stove there? Yes, sir. Looks pretty hot, doesn't it? It's smoking. Joe, that's the way you cook a Spanish omelet. Hot, fire, and fast. 06:04.000 --> 06:17.000 Into the pan. The whole trick in making a good Spanish omelet is you've got to work fast. 06:17.000 --> 06:24.000 Where are all those little brown flakes on the top there? Oh, the onion skins. No, I don't know. That doesn't look right to me. 06:24.000 --> 06:36.000 The way that you taste it. I'll get it. Friday talking. Elton Young, Joe. Romero there with you? Yeah, he's here. 06:36.000 --> 06:40.000 You two are supposed to see those robbery victims at the county hospital this morning, aren't you? Yeah, at 9.30. 06:40.000 --> 06:44.000 We'll cancel that out. Gonzales and Powers are covering on that. Yeah, I'll come. 06:44.000 --> 06:49.000 Just got the call. South Grand and Colonial 211, slugging. Same description. Looks like the kid bandits. 06:49.000 --> 06:57.000 All right, we'll get right on it. It's a new stand near the corner. Right. Bye. 06:57.000 --> 07:02.000 Look at that, Joe. I just took it out of the pan. Yeah. Best Spanish omelet I ever made. 07:02.000 --> 07:08.000 That's too bad. We're not going to have time to eat it. 07:08.000 --> 07:14.000 8.55 a.m. We left the house and drove to the scene of the holdup, one door from the corner of South Grand and Colonial Avenue. 07:14.000 --> 07:20.000 The victims were Mr. and Mrs. John Wilden, proprietors of a small newspaper and soft drink stand just off the intersection. 07:20.000 --> 07:25.000 Mrs. Wilden was being carried to a waiting ambulance when we got there. She was unconscious. 07:25.000 --> 07:32.000 From her forehead to her chin, her face was a swollen mass of welts. Her nose had been broken and she had fractures of the jaw and cheekbone. 07:32.000 --> 07:37.000 Her husband, John Wilden, age 56, had a single bruise on his forehead over his left eye. 07:37.000 --> 07:41.000 We questioned him after the ambulance attendants gave him first aid. 07:41.000 --> 07:48.000 His description of the holdup men tallied almost perfectly. One was a redhead, another one had dark hair, both about the same height. 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 I'd say they're as tall as you are, Officer. 07:50.000 --> 07:53.000 That's just, Joe, kid bandit. Yeah. 07:53.000 --> 07:56.000 Had you ever seen either one of these men before, Mr. Wilden, around the neighborhood, maybe? 07:56.000 --> 08:02.000 No, I never did. I don't know why they picked on Madeline and me for a holdup. We'd never been robbed before. 08:02.000 --> 08:07.000 We just got this little hole in the wall here. Don't see how it could look worthwhile to any crook. 08:07.000 --> 08:12.000 You usually open up this early on Sunday morning? Oh, yes. Sunday's one of our big days, you see. 08:12.000 --> 08:18.000 We handle all the Sunday papers. You get our big trade from the people going to church up the street there. St. Joseph's? 08:18.000 --> 08:19.000 Yes, sir, I see. 08:19.000 --> 08:24.000 After the church lets out, most of the people head down this way and pick up the Sunday papers. 08:24.000 --> 08:29.000 We sell about 15, 20 papers after every mass. It's a nice little business, you know. 08:29.000 --> 08:31.000 We close up after 12, 15. 08:31.000 --> 08:34.000 Well, when did the holdup take place? Can you remember that, sir? 08:34.000 --> 08:40.000 Well, I'd say 8.30, a few minutes after. I went down to the Athens Cafe down the street there. 08:40.000 --> 08:45.000 I wanted to get some change. I left Madeline here to handle the counter. Madeline, that's my wife. 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 Yes, sir. 08:46.000 --> 08:54.000 And when I got back, she wasn't behind the counter. I took a look behind here and saw a cash box laying on the cement there, empty. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 I didn't know what to think. 08:56.000 --> 08:57.000 What'd you do then? 08:57.000 --> 09:04.000 Well, I pushed through this door here. There's a little dinky store room just back at the counter. It's where we keep our supplies, candy and soda water. 09:04.000 --> 09:06.000 You mind if we take a look, sir? 09:06.000 --> 09:08.000 No, no, no, come right ahead. 09:12.000 --> 09:20.000 You see, when I came in, first thing I saw was Madeline. That's my wife. And she was lying there on the boards moaning, had her hands over her face. 09:20.000 --> 09:23.000 The two young fellows are standing over. Both had guns. 09:23.000 --> 09:26.000 Mm-hmm. What did they do when they saw you? 09:26.000 --> 09:34.000 When they grabbed me and asked for money. I told them I didn't have any. I began to holler for help. One of them slugged me with his gun, then they ran out. 09:34.000 --> 09:37.000 Still a little shaky. You mind if I sit down? 09:37.000 --> 09:40.000 Go ahead, sir. Oh, here. Let me get this box for you. 09:40.000 --> 09:41.000 Thank you. 09:43.000 --> 09:46.000 Say, I wonder if we could get you some water or maybe a cold drink from the cooler. 09:46.000 --> 09:53.000 Oh, no, no. But you'll find a half-pipe behind those cases over there, a little brandy I keep put away. 09:53.000 --> 09:54.000 Over here? 09:54.000 --> 10:01.000 Yes, that's right. Behind those cases. I don't usually drink on Sundays. This is an exception, I guess. 10:02.000 --> 10:05.000 Here you are, Mr. Wilman. What's that on the floor there, Ben? 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 Over near your foot there. 10:07.000 --> 10:11.000 Oh, I see. Oh, the lights are not very good. 10:11.000 --> 10:14.000 Oh, a book of matches. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 Are these yours, Mr. Wilman? These matches? 10:16.000 --> 10:17.000 No, I don't carry them. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 Oh, your wife's, I guess, huh? 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 I don't think so. Neither one of them smoke. 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 What's that ad printed on the back of you? 10:23.000 --> 10:29.000 Big Ten Cafe. Steaks, chopped, short orders. Open all night. West Pico. 10:29.000 --> 10:31.000 Do you have cigarettes and cigars here, sir? 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 No, sir. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 Candied soft drinks and newspapers, that's all. 10:41.000 --> 10:45.000 Oh, inside of the match book cover, Joe. Some scribbling order. 10:46.000 --> 10:52.000 George Bell, S. Cameron, 5th and Alameda. Do you recognize this at all, Mr. Wilman? 10:52.000 --> 10:56.000 Big Ten Cafe. No, I've never been there. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 How about the names here, inside the cover? 10:58.000 --> 11:02.000 George Bell, S. Cameron. No, I've never heard of them. 11:02.000 --> 11:06.000 When you first came in here, Mr. Wilman, do you remember where the holdup men were standing? 11:06.000 --> 11:13.000 Not too well. Well, one was over there and one was over there, I think. 11:13.000 --> 11:16.000 Could be, Joe. One of them might have dropped it. 11:16.000 --> 11:19.000 Trace them from that match book. Do you think that's possible? 11:19.000 --> 11:20.000 I don't know yet. 11:20.000 --> 11:24.000 How would you trace them that way? Analysis? Some kind of scientific work? 11:24.000 --> 11:25.000 No, sir. Leg work. 11:29.000 --> 11:36.000 928 A.M. We call latent fingerprints. As soon as they arrived, we dropped Mr. Wilden off at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital to see his wife. 11:36.000 --> 11:38.000 Ben and I drove back to the office. 11:38.000 --> 11:43.000 We had the crime report typed up and got out a supplementary broadcast on our original APB. 11:43.000 --> 11:49.000 We asked Frank Cunningham and R. and I to run the names George Bell and S. Cameron through the files for a possible mate. 11:49.000 --> 11:54.000 We checked with a restaurant advertised on the cover of the match book, The Big Ten Cafe. 11:54.000 --> 12:00.000 The manager of the cafe failed to recognize either the names on the match book or the descriptions of the holdup men. 12:00.000 --> 12:03.000 952 We checked back in at the office. 12:03.000 --> 12:07.000 I'm getting it. Robb R. and Mel? 12:07.000 --> 12:13.000 Yeah, Frank. Uh-huh. Uh-huh, yeah. Good, right. Thank you. 12:13.000 --> 12:15.000 Cunningham? 12:15.000 --> 12:19.000 We got a mic on the name George Bell, another one for Sam Cameron. Both of them run together. 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 Got a long juvenile record. 12:21.000 --> 12:22.000 Good. You got an address on them? 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 Yeah. Won't be hard to run down. 12:24.000 --> 12:25.000 What do you mean? 12:25.000 --> 12:26.000 Main Jail. 12:29.000 --> 12:38.000 Five days before, George Bell, a laborer, and Samuel Cameron, a part-time jewelry salesman, had been booked at the main jail on charges of being drunk and disorderly. 12:38.000 --> 12:43.000 The day after his arrest, Cameron was bailed out. Bell was still in the drunk tank. 12:43.000 --> 12:48.000 Ben and I went down to the main jail and talked to him. He didn't fit the description of either of the bandits. 12:48.000 --> 12:52.000 It was very cooperative, but he stated that he'd been very drunk and he couldn't remember too much. 12:52.000 --> 12:59.000 Just don't know, Sergeant. Sam and I went out and tied one on. When it came to, we were here in the drunk tank. 12:59.000 --> 13:02.000 You have no idea at all how your names got on this match book. 13:02.000 --> 13:08.000 I'm trying to think. It was pretty well heated up, Sam and me. That's another thing, that dirty Sam. 13:08.000 --> 13:09.000 What do you mean? 13:09.000 --> 13:13.000 He gets a friend of his to come up here and bail him out. Think he'd do anything for me? 13:13.000 --> 13:18.000 No. I bought the liquor. He lets me sit here now. Dirty Sam. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 You think he might remember about that match book? 13:20.000 --> 13:25.000 I don't know. I'm disgusted with him. If you see him, you can tell him that. Just let him know he's off my list. 13:25.000 --> 13:31.000 How about the address here on the match book, George? It says 5th and Alameda. Doesn't that mean anything to you? 13:31.000 --> 13:34.000 Were you and Cameron hitting some of the spots around that area? 13:34.000 --> 13:38.000 No, we were messing around over in dog town. Didn't get down by Alameda at all. 13:38.000 --> 13:42.000 Well, must have some tie in for you. 5th and Alameda? 13:42.000 --> 13:51.000 No. Only guy I know down there is Sanchez. Wait a minute. Just a minute. Sanchez. Gus Sanchez, sure. 13:51.000 --> 13:54.000 I wanted to see Gus. I thought he'd put up bail for us. 13:54.000 --> 13:55.000 Yeah, go ahead. 13:55.000 --> 14:01.000 I got it now. I think I have anyway. It was the morning after I woke up here in the tank. 14:01.000 --> 14:08.000 I was a big head, you know. Really whipped. Now, first thing I thought I was out, I figured Gus Sanchez might pop for bail. 14:08.000 --> 14:12.000 I find him on you know. Gus works at the bar at 5th and Alameda. That's it. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 Well, how's it tie in? 14:14.000 --> 14:19.000 Well, this other mooch is in the tank next to me. Somebody's popped bail for him. He's getting out in an hour. 14:19.000 --> 14:25.000 So I asked him to call Gus for me and he said he would. He wrote my name down and he wrote down Sam's too. 14:25.000 --> 14:30.000 Dirty Sam. And he took down Gus's address. Yeah, 5th and Alameda. 14:30.000 --> 14:33.000 You remember what this man looked like when it took your name? 14:33.000 --> 14:40.000 Oh, let's see. No, everything was going around. He was kind of tall. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 Would you remember him if you saw him again? 14:42.000 --> 14:46.000 Guy did me a favor. I'd remember him. Not like that dirty Sam. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 Well, how about his name? Did he tell you that? 14:48.000 --> 14:51.000 No, I didn't ask him. I should have. 14:51.000 --> 14:53.000 You sure about the day this man was released? 14:53.000 --> 14:56.000 Positive. The same day I came in. Tuesday. 14:56.000 --> 14:59.000 Okay, Bill. Thanks very much. We'll be checking back with you. 14:59.000 --> 15:02.000 Yeah, all right. Hey, what about this guy? You gotta bail for him. 15:02.000 --> 15:04.000 Well, maybe if he's the one we want. 15:04.000 --> 15:05.000 Yeah, what'd he do? 15:05.000 --> 15:07.000 He lost his matches. 15:10.000 --> 15:14.000 Ben and I left the drunk tank and went down the hall to check with the officer in charge. 15:14.000 --> 15:21.000 We paged through the release book and found that seven men had been bailed out or discharged from the jail on the previous Tuesday. 15:21.000 --> 15:25.000 We went back to the record bureau and I had them pull the mug shots on all seven men. 15:25.000 --> 15:29.000 Then we took the pictures back to the drunk tank and showed them to George Bell. 15:29.000 --> 15:43.000 No. No. No. Yeah, this one I think. Can't be sure. I think that's him. 15:46.000 --> 15:52.000 George Bell attentively identified the mug shot of a Fred Gunther, WMA, 21 years old. 15:52.000 --> 15:56.000 Gunther had a previous record of grand theft auto, purse snatching, and drunk charges. 15:56.000 --> 16:00.000 His picture matched closely with the description of one of the suspects. 16:00.000 --> 16:05.000 Four a.m. We contacted the kid bandit's most recent victim, John Wilden, at his home. 16:05.000 --> 16:09.000 We asked him to look at the same group of mug shots that were shown to George Bell. 16:17.000 --> 16:20.000 Here. Here, this here. He's one of them. 16:20.000 --> 16:21.000 You sure, Mr. Wilden? 16:21.000 --> 16:23.000 He's the one who slugged me. Who is he? 16:23.000 --> 16:24.000 His name's Fred Gunther. 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 Oh, then you know him. 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No trace of him at any of his previous addresses. 18:14.000 --> 18:17.000 We began checking with the other victims of the kid bandits. 18:17.000 --> 18:20.000 After a day and a half of leg work, we sat down and figured out the results. 18:20.000 --> 18:25.000 More than two-thirds of the victims definitely tabbed Gunther as one of the hold-up men. 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 The next step was the record bureau. 18:27.000 --> 18:32.000 We had them pull the packages on every one of Gunther's known friends and associates. There were more than 30 of them. 18:32.000 --> 18:37.000 We had mug shots pulled on each one of them and made the rounds of the victims for the second time. 18:37.000 --> 18:42.000 Approximately half of the victims had singled out one picture as that of Gunther's partner in the hold-ups. 18:42.000 --> 18:48.000 We pulled the package on the man and checked his mama sheet. His name was Harold Reimers, WMA, age 19. 18:48.000 --> 18:53.000 Previous record included. Car stripping and one charge ADW, no conviction. 18:53.000 --> 18:59.000 Friday, March 8th. We continued our check of the friends and associates known to the two suspects, Gunther and Reimers. 18:59.000 --> 19:02.000 We got nowhere. Two weeks passed. 19:02.000 --> 19:10.000 On March 23rd, we got a tip from an informant about a girlfriend of Fred Gunther's, a vocalist working at a downtown dance hall during intermissions. 19:12.000 --> 19:17.000 Long hall. Yeah. One more flight. 19:17.000 --> 19:22.000 Climb four flights of stairs and then they expect you to dance. 19:24.000 --> 19:27.000 Well, I guess this is it. 19:30.000 --> 19:35.000 Yeah, come on. Big enough floor, huh? Well, it shows a little where. The place has been here for years. 19:35.000 --> 19:47.000 Look at those walls and that ceiling. Sure could use a fresh coat of paint. Is her name Stanley? Is that right? Yeah, that's it. 19:47.000 --> 19:57.000 Excuse me. Is your name Lorraine Stanley? Yeah, that's right. Sweet Lorraine, that's my billing. You with the band? 19:57.000 --> 20:04.000 No, we're police officers. I'd like to talk to you for a minute if we can. Sure, all right. I was just rehearsing a little. What's it about, officer? 20:04.000 --> 20:11.000 Do you know a Fred Gunther, Miss Stanley? Fred? Yeah, I know him. I used to be engaged to Fred. You happen to know where he is now? 20:11.000 --> 20:19.000 No, I don't. Guess I haven't heard from him in three, four months. Usually looks me up when I'm in town. Maybe sore about something, I don't know. 20:19.000 --> 20:28.000 Was he contacted you at all? Not since I got back from Bakersfield a month ago. I played 32 weeks in Bakersfield, the Ramble Inn. Sure hated to leave. Nice place. 20:28.000 --> 20:35.000 Where does Gunther stay in town? Do you happen to know that? Used to be that hotel on South Flower. Called him there, but they said he moved. 20:35.000 --> 20:42.000 He looks to like Fred a lot. Not enough to marry, though. Do you have any idea where he might have gone, where we could contact him? 20:42.000 --> 20:48.000 No, I really don't. Nothing wrong is here, but I'm afraid I mean... No, it's just a routine investigation. We'd like to talk to him. 20:48.000 --> 20:55.000 What's it about, can you tell me? It's a robbery investigation. We want to locate Gunther. Do you happen to know any of his friends here in the city? 20:55.000 --> 21:04.000 No. Maybe that's why he didn't call. He's in trouble. Robbery? Is that it? Well, we'd just like to talk to him, that's all. 21:04.000 --> 21:13.000 Well, if he's done something wrong, I'm not going to hide him. I can't afford to get mixed up here. I've got a career to think about. I've worked too hard to throw it away. 21:13.000 --> 21:18.000 Well, how about the places Gunther usually visits, Miss Stanley Bar's Restrooms? You know any of those? 21:18.000 --> 21:25.000 Yeah, I remember a few. I can give him the names if you like. Poor Fred. I hope he didn't do it for me. Ma'am? 21:25.000 --> 21:35.000 Oh, Fred says he's in love with me. I don't know. He thinks I want money. Maybe that's why he's doing it. I told him, but he never believed me. All I want is my career. 21:35.000 --> 21:41.000 What do you think Gunther might come around here to see you? Probably. He usually does when I'm in town. How about where you're living? 21:41.000 --> 21:48.000 I'm staying at a different hotel this trip. He doesn't know where he is. Poor Fred. He's going to be awfully disappointed. 21:48.000 --> 21:49.000 How do you mean? 21:49.000 --> 21:56.000 Oh, he said he was going to get money and buy a ring. He's going to marry me this time. Poor Fred. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 This is my new theme, officer. Is she like it? 22:02.000 --> 22:07.000 Uh-huh. Just one more thing, Miss Stanley. If Gunther contacts you by phone, will you be sure and let us know? 22:07.000 --> 22:15.000 All right. I'll do that. It's your beautiful theme, isn't it? Piano player Bakersfield, he wrote it for me. Beautiful. 22:15.000 --> 22:16.000 Yes, ma'am. 22:16.000 --> 22:26.000 Oh, Fred understands. I don't want to hurt him, but I can't marry him. How do I make him understand? How do I explain it? 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 I don't think you'll have to, ma'am. 22:28.000 --> 22:35.000 Before we left Lorraine Stanley, we told her that if Gunther should contact her, not to tell him that she'd talked with us. 22:35.000 --> 22:42.000 Steakouts were placed on the dance hall where she worked and at the hotel where she was staying. Gunther's known hangouts were also covered. 22:42.000 --> 22:48.000 The next night, the kid bandits were back in business. They hit twice, a liquor store on Franklin Avenue and a tavern on South Flower. 22:48.000 --> 22:55.000 Gunther and Reimers were again identified as the two suspects. The stakeouts continued. The search went on. 22:55.000 --> 23:04.000 Four days later, we got a tip from the proprietor of a shoeshine stand on West Temple where Gunther's partner, Harold Reimers, had been seen entering a small hotel up the street from his stand. 23:04.000 --> 23:12.000 We drove over and checked with a desk clerk. He identified Reimers' mugshot. He told us the suspect wasn't in, but that he was expected back that night. 23:12.000 --> 23:17.000 Ben and I went on stakeout in his hotel room. 7 p.m. Reimers failed to show. 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 Getting a little hungry, Joe. You? 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 Yeah. What time you got now? 23:23.000 --> 23:27.000 20 after 7. Stomach's starting to growl. 23:27.000 --> 23:29.000 And what's that, a parade? 23:29.000 --> 23:31.000 Well, I don't think so. Let's see. 23:33.000 --> 23:34.000 Oh, it's the Salvation Army Band. 23:34.000 --> 23:39.000 Oh, yeah. Saturday night. Might as well check the office, huh? See if we can't get a relief. 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 Well... 23:41.000 --> 23:44.000 Would you get me Michigan 5211, please? 23:44.000 --> 23:49.000 Michigan 5211. Yeah, we'll pay for it. Thank you. 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 Would you close the window, George? It's a little noisy. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 Yeah, okay. 23:57.000 --> 23:58.000 Robbery, please. 23:59.000 --> 24:03.000 You know, Young, this is Romero. How's that? You sure? 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 Okay, thank you. 24:06.000 --> 24:09.000 Gunther and Reimers, they pulled a holdup down South Lane. 24:09.000 --> 24:10.000 When? 24:10.000 --> 24:11.000 20 minutes ago. Gunther got away. 24:11.000 --> 24:12.000 Yeah. 24:12.000 --> 24:13.000 They got Reimer. 24:13.000 --> 24:24.000 7.45 p.m. Ben and I got back to the city hall and went to the interrogation room. Together with Young and Carr from robbery, we tried to question the suspect, Harold Reimers. 24:24.000 --> 24:30.000 We talked to him for over an hour. He refused to tell us anything. We took him to the main jail where he was booked on 211 P.C. 24:30.000 --> 24:33.000 9.15 p.m. We went back to the office. 24:34.000 --> 24:40.000 Hello, Gunther. Robbery, Romero. Just a minute. For you, Joe. 24:40.000 --> 24:45.000 Okay, thanks. Friday talking. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Sergeant, this is Lorraine Stanley. 24:47.000 --> 24:48.000 Yeah, Miss Stanley. 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 I'm over at work. The dance hall, you remember? 24:50.000 --> 24:51.000 Yes, ma'am. Anything wrong? 24:51.000 --> 24:55.000 Well, Fred just called me, Sergeant. I told the officers here. Fred Gunther? 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 Yes, ma'am. Where is he? Did he say? 24:57.000 --> 24:59.000 No, all he said was he wanted to see me. 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 Yeah? 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 He said he was coming right over. 25:01.000 --> 25:09.000 9.25 p.m. We called the men on stakeout at the dance hall and alerted them. 25:09.000 --> 25:13.000 Elton, Young, Ben, and I got in the car and drove over. We checked with the detail on stakeout. 25:13.000 --> 25:20.000 Gunther hadn't been spotted, but because of the large crowd entering and leaving the dance hall, it was possible that he could have gotten in unnoticed. 25:20.000 --> 25:24.000 We talked to the Stanley girl. She hadn't seen or heard anything further from the suspect. 25:24.000 --> 25:28.000 Ben and I staked out in her dressing room where Gunther said he'd meet the girl. 25:28.000 --> 25:32.000 It was a small converted store room at one end of the dance floor just behind the bandstand. 25:32.000 --> 25:36.000 Marine Stanley was on during the intermission. We waited. 25:39.000 --> 25:40.000 What have you got, Young? 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 Almost 10.30. 25:42.000 --> 25:46.000 This guy must feel pretty sure of himself. He pulled a robbery. He's almost picked up. 25:46.000 --> 25:49.000 And three hours later, he makes a date to show in a public play. 25:49.000 --> 25:53.000 Well, he hasn't shown yet. I'm not too sure about that Stanley girl. 25:53.000 --> 25:54.000 How do you mean? 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 Well, she's that big an attraction for him. 25:56.000 --> 26:00.000 This is the only way out, huh, besides that fire escape off the alley. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 Yeah, Young's covering the alley. 26:02.000 --> 26:03.000 Come on. 26:06.000 --> 26:08.000 Down here, Joe! 26:09.000 --> 26:12.000 He got by me. He's up the alley behind one of those trucks. 26:12.000 --> 26:15.000 He can't go far. It's a dead end. Stay here, Young, and cut him off. You all right? 26:15.000 --> 26:17.000 Yeah, he slugged me, knocked me down. I didn't see him in the dark. 26:17.000 --> 26:18.000 Come on, Ben. 26:18.000 --> 26:19.000 Yeah. 26:21.000 --> 26:22.000 Easy, huh? 26:22.000 --> 26:23.000 Come on. 26:23.000 --> 26:24.000 You're dark. 26:24.000 --> 26:26.000 Yeah. 26:29.000 --> 26:31.000 Watch it behind that truck! 26:31.000 --> 26:33.000 Hey, Groome, I'm coming out! 26:34.000 --> 26:35.000 Watch it, Joe! 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 I'm gonna have to, Young! 26:45.000 --> 26:46.000 Don't shoot! Don't shoot! 26:46.000 --> 26:48.000 All right, stand still. 26:50.000 --> 26:52.000 You want to stay with him, Young? We'll call him. 26:52.000 --> 26:55.000 Yeah, right. Post this place, that little cafe off the alley to the left. 26:55.000 --> 26:56.000 Thanks. Come on, Ben. 26:56.000 --> 26:57.000 Yeah. 27:00.000 --> 27:01.000 You want to hear this? 27:01.000 --> 27:03.000 Yeah, I guess they got a phone inside. Come on. 27:03.000 --> 27:04.000 Wait a minute. 27:05.000 --> 27:08.000 As soon as we get gunned to downtown, we're gonna come right back here. 27:08.000 --> 27:09.000 What for? 27:09.000 --> 27:11.000 Take a look at that fry cook in the window there. 27:11.000 --> 27:12.000 Yeah, what about him? 27:12.000 --> 27:22.000 That fellow makes his Spanish armament exactly like I do. 27:22.000 --> 27:25.000 The story you have just heard was true. 27:25.000 --> 27:28.000 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:28.000 --> 27:32.000 On July 19th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 86, 27:32.000 --> 27:34.000 City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:34.000 --> 27:36.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:36.000 --> 27:38.000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:38.000 --> 27:39.000 Thank you. 27:39.000 --> 27:42.000 Friends, if you're a long cigarette smoker like I am, 27:42.000 --> 27:45.000 remember, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 27:45.000 --> 27:48.000 Now, believe me, this difference is mighty important. 27:48.000 --> 27:52.000 So important that you'll always remember the first pack of Fatimas that you buy. 27:52.000 --> 27:56.000 Fatima's fast-growing popularity backs me up on that. 27:56.000 --> 28:00.000 But look, you can prove it to yourself by getting a pack of Fatimas tomorrow. 28:00.000 --> 28:03.000 You'll find that they now cost the same as other long cigarettes. 28:03.000 --> 28:06.000 And your first pack will convince you to go right on smoking them. 28:06.000 --> 28:11.000 Join me and the new thousands who enjoy Fatima's extra mildness, 28:11.000 --> 28:14.000 Fatima's rich, better flavor and aroma. 28:14.000 --> 28:17.000 You'll discover what all we Fatima smokers know. 28:17.000 --> 28:20.000 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 28:20.000 --> 28:33.000 Fred Gunther and Harold Reimers were tried and convicted on several counts of robbery and assault. 28:33.000 --> 28:36.000 They received sentences as prescribed by law, 28:36.000 --> 28:46.000 and are now serving their terms in the state penitentiary. 28:46.000 --> 28:50.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official filings. 28:50.000 --> 29:01.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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