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Best of all long cigarettes. 17 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 18 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:07,000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 19 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:18,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 20 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:24,000 It was Monday, July 9th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 21 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,000 My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. 22 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:36,000 It was 11.25 p.m. when we got to 543 West Bixle Street. Front door. 23 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Homicide? 24 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 That's right. This is Friday. My name's Romero. 25 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Klein, Unit 16R. 26 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 How are you? 27 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Partner's Thomas. He's in with the victim's mother and son. Back this way, sleeping porch. 28 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Okay. 29 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 What's the story? 30 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Really a nasty mess. Looks like a shotgun. Victim's face is half gone. 31 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 What's the name? 32 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Steven's. 28 years old. 33 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 What do you got so far? 34 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Not much. Your mother's in a state of shock. Talked the young boy for a minute. 35 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Pretty terrible. Here's the sleeping porch. 36 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 You heard God. 37 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Yeah. 38 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 They got a little kid by her side. He knocks the props out from under you. 39 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 What do you got on it? 40 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Seems as Josephine Stevens and her seven-year-old boy were sleeping in the bed when it happened. 41 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Haven't been able to fill it all out yet, but from what the youngster told us, it happened about 30 minutes ago. 42 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 I'd say it was a shotgun too, wouldn't you, Joe? 43 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Yeah, it looks like it. 44 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 You can see by the head of the bed here, it looks like shotgun pellets. 45 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Yeah. 46 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 The screen in the door here looks like it was recently torn. 47 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Yeah, Thomas and I noticed that too. We made an immediate search the area. Didn't turn up anybody. 48 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Backyard, round the side, shrubbery. Didn't find anything. 49 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Yeah. 50 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,000 We were careful not to step off onto the soft earth anywhere around. Didn't want a chance to destroy any prints or anything. 51 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 That's fine. 52 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Did you talk to the girl's mother at all, Klein? 53 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Very little. She's still hysterical. Doesn't seem to know what she's saying. Couldn't tell us very much. 54 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Well, let's step into the next room, huh? 55 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 The room's just the way we found it. Nothing out of order. 56 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Trust the drawers are all closed. Room had been prowled. 57 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 No, it doesn't look like the work of a burglar or a prowler. 58 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 A burglar or a prowler wouldn't be carrying a shotgun either, would he? 59 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:08,000 The only thing Thomas and I found were a cut in the screen in the gate around the side of the house there. It was open. 60 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Crime and that bin call? 61 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Haven't had time to do it right now. 62 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 No, never mind. I'll take care of it. I want to call in anyway. Do they have a phone here? 63 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Right in the kitchen there on that table. 64 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Okay, thank you. I figure we could use some help, don't you? 65 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Yeah. 66 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Right there, to your left. 67 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Yeah, I see it. Thank you. 68 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Setting Hall. 69 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 2643, please. 70 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 2643? 71 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Crime Lab, Allen. 72 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,000 This is Friday, Jay. 73 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Yeah, Joe. 74 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,000 We're at 543 West Bixell. Got a homicide. We're gonna need prints, photographs, a whole deal, Jay. 75 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Looks like the woman was killed with a shotgun. 76 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Let me double check that address, Joe. 543 West Bixell. 77 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Yeah, that's right. 78 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 You got a phone on there? 79 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Yeah, it's Hollywood 931-99. 80 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 9-99. We'll get right on it, Joe. 81 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Thanks. Say, Jay, could you transfer me to 2521, please? 82 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Right. 83 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Operator. 84 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 2521. 85 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 2521. 86 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Homicide, Sanchez. 87 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Sanchez, this is Friday. 88 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 What'd you find out there? 89 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Oh, it's a bad one. Shotgun killing. Haven't got too much yet. We're gonna have to have some help. 90 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 What do you need? 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 We need somebody to cover the area. We don't know what we got, Jan. 92 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Talk to the witnesses, neighbors, cover the parked cars. 93 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Right. 94 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Will you send out a broadcast for us? Alert all units to be on the lookout for a person or persons with a shotgun in their possession. 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Take care of it right away. How many men you think you need? 96 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Well, at least four crews. Could you get them out right away? 97 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Okay. Anything else? 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 No, I'll fill them in when they get here. Thanks a lot, Sanchez. 99 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Right, Joe. 100 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 All right, bye. 101 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Everything okay? 102 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Yeah. 103 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Client says we could talk to the youngster. 104 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 You don't think it'd do any good to talk to Mother, huh? 105 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 She's still in bad shape. I imagine she'll be all right in a little while, but I think you just wasted time right now. 106 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 I forgot something. 107 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 What's that? 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 I forgot to call the coroner. 109 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 I'll take care of it for you. 110 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Would you take the boy into the front part of the house for us? 111 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Sure. 112 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Fine. Then if you'll just call Sanchez down in Homicide Downtown, he'll notify the coroner for us. 113 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Right. Thanks a lot. 114 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Joe, you want to see something break your heart? 115 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Yeah, what's that? 116 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,000 There's some blood on the floor there, leading from the sleeping porch to this bedroom here. 117 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Yeah. Looked like small footprints, huh? 118 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 They are. Little boys. 119 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Well, let's go in the front room. 120 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Yeah. 121 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 This is a boy, seven years old, named Charles. 122 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Right. Thanks, Client. 123 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 I'll make that call for you right away, Friday. 124 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Hello, son. 125 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 What happened to my mommy? 126 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 I'm sorry. You better take it, Joe. 127 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Yeah. Come over here to me, son. 128 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Charles, is that your name? 129 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Charlie. 130 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 My name's Joe Charlie. 131 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Yes, sir. Mr. Joe? 132 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Well, it's Joe Friday, son. 133 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Mr. Friday. Are you a policeman? 134 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Yeah, that's right, Charlie. Now, that other man in the uniform, Officer Klein? 135 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Yes, sir. 136 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 He said she might be able to tell us what happened here. 137 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Do you feel like talking about it, son? 138 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Mr. Friday, do you know what happened to my mommy? 139 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Well, that's what we're trying to find out, son. We'd just like to ask you a few questions. 140 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 She's hurt bad, isn't she? 141 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Did she talk to you? 142 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,000 She wouldn't talk to me. Grandma and those other policemen wouldn't let me stay in there. 143 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Well, can you tell us what happened here? 144 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 You want me to tell you like I told the other policemen? 145 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 If you would, please. 146 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 I wish you'd let me go in and see mommy. She could tell you a lot better than I can. 147 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Well, she's hurt kind of bad, son. We just thought that maybe you'd tell us. 148 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Well, we were sleeping in the bed on the back porch. 149 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 We just got to bed, and mommy was reading me a story. 150 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Then I heard this man at the screen door. 151 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Did you see the man, Charlie? 152 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 No, I didn't. Mommy wouldn't let me. 153 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Well, how do you mean, son? How do you know it was a man, then? 154 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Well, somebody was cutting the screen at the door. I thought it was a man. 155 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 But you're not sure? You didn't see him? 156 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 No, sir. I didn't see anybody. It was dark outside. 157 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 You heard somebody cutting the screen, though, is that right? 158 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Yes, sir. Then mommy sat up in bed. I started to sit up, too, but she wouldn't let me. 159 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 She pushed me back down and said, keep down. 160 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Can you remember exactly what she said, Charlie? 161 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 She said just to keep down. That's all she said. 162 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Well, then what happened? 163 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 I heard this big gun, and mommy fell down on the bed again. 164 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I could tell she was cut. I could see blood all over her. 165 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 I tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't talk to me. 166 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 So then I went to get grandma. 167 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 After you heard the gun, did you hear anything else? 168 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 I don't know what you mean. 169 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Well, did you hear anybody running outside the house, anything like that? 170 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 I don't remember, and I don't think so. 171 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,000 I got up and went into grandma's room. I was awful scared. 172 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:50,000 I don't know why mommy wouldn't talk to me. She always used to when I was scared. 173 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Well, now, can you think of anything else that you might be able to tell us, son? 174 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 No, sir. I just don't know why anybody would hurt my mommy. 175 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,000 She's so good, she never hurts anybody. 176 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Where's your father, Charlie? 177 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 I don't know where he is. They don't live together anymore now. 178 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,000 How long has it been since you saw your father, son? 179 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Just last Sunday it was. Yesterday, I guess. I see him every Sunday. 180 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Do you have any idea who might want to hurt your mother? 181 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 No, sir. Nobody. 182 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 All right. What do you think, Ben? 183 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Charlie? 184 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Yes, sir? 185 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Did your mother and father seem to argue with one another very much? 186 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Before we moved here to grandma's house, they used to argue all the time. 187 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 That's when we lived in the apartment. 188 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Is that why you moved over here, son? 189 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Yes, sir. That's partly it. 190 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Mama had to work, and she didn't want to leave me alone here, so we moved over to grandma's house. 191 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Do you think your father would ever hurt your mother? 192 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Did he ever say anything about ever hurting you? 193 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,000 My daddy was always so good to me. He used to buy me all kinds of things. 194 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 I don't think he was ever mean to anybody. 195 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 I see. Do you remember your mother ever saying she was afraid of anybody? 196 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,000 No, sir. She was never afraid of anybody. 197 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 How do you know that, son? 198 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 She and grandma used to always tell me that I'm the man of the family. 199 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 As long as I'm around, they're not scared of anybody. 200 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 I see. 201 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,000 But when you talk to mama, you won't tell her, will you? 202 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Tell her what, son? 203 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 She always says that big men don't cry about things. 204 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,000 When grandma came out on the porch, she started to cry, and she took me into her room, and then she cried some more. 205 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 I guess I cried a lot, too. 206 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 When you talk to mommy, you won't tell her that, will you? 207 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,000 No, no, we won't. 208 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,000 I've never really known. Is that right? Did big men ever cry? 209 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Yes, son. They cry. 210 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,000 1145 p.m. The crime lab men arrived and went to work. 211 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:59,000 They found three shotgun pellets embedded in the wall to the right and above the head of the victim's bed. 212 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Two additional lead pellets were removed from the bedstead above the pillow on the right side of Josephine Stevens' bed. 213 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:12,000 This fact, in conjunction with the position of the hole ripped in the screen door, proved that the victim was sitting up in bed at the time of the shooting. 214 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:17,000 This fact, too, showed why the seven-year-old boy lived and his mother died. 215 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Further investigation showed that the fatal shot was fired from outside through the hole in the screen door. 216 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,000 The search of the surrounding area failed to yield the murder weapon or any additional physical evidence. 217 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,000 The neighbors were all checked. They could add nothing to what we already knew. 218 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,000 The few who had heard the blast from the shotgun thought it was backfire from a passing car. 219 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Units in the area of the murder picked up 14 possible suspects on the street and in the neighborhood at the time of the killing. 220 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:47,000 They were all checked out and cleared of any connection with the crime. 221 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Josephine Stevens' mother, Mrs. James Edwards, was in a near state of collapse, but she managed to give us a statement. 222 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Her story corroborated that of seven-year-old Charles Stevens. 223 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Supplemental broadcasts and an all-points bulletin were put out to try and locate the killer. 224 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Ben and I drove over to 1543 East Workman Street to check out the husband of the murdered woman. 225 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Well, this is it, huh? 226 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Yeah, White House, yeah. 227 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 All right, let's go. 228 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Car park and driveway. 229 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Hood's warm. Car's been used recently. 230 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Yeah, you got your flash light? 231 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Yeah, right here. 232 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Car's registered to Keith Stevens. 233 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Yeah, come on. 234 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Lights are on inside, huh? 235 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Yeah. 236 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Yes? 237 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Mr. Keith Stevens. 238 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Yes, that's right. 239 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Police officers like to talk to you. 240 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Want to come in? 241 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Yes, sir, thank you. 242 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 What's the trouble, officer? 243 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 When's the last time you saw your wife, Stevens? 244 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Why? 245 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Well, when did you see her last? 246 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Well, I was over there Sunday, yesterday. 247 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 I always go over every Sunday to visit my little boy, Charlie. 248 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 My wife and I are separated, that's what we agreed on. 249 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 That's the last time that you saw her? 250 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Yes, it is. Why? 251 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Well, I'm sorry to have to tell you this. 252 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Your wife is dead. 253 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000 What's that? 254 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 I'm sorry. 255 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 You're kidding. She was all right yesterday. 256 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 There must be some mistake here. 257 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 I'm afraid not. 258 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Josephine Stevens. 259 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000 You sure? 260 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 543 West Bixel Street. 261 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 I got to sit down. 262 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 What happened? 263 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 She was shot. 264 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 How? I can't believe this. 265 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Well, we're working on it now. 266 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Somebody shot her while she was in bed. 267 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 I just saw her yesterday. How did it happen? 268 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Was it an accident? 269 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 No, sir. Somebody killed her. 270 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 How about little Charlie? 271 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 He sleeps with his mother. Is Charlie all right? 272 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Yes, sir, he's fine. He wasn't hurt at all. 273 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 It was a small miracle how he came out of it. 274 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 But apparently his safety was the last thing your wife thought of 275 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 before she was killed. 276 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 It's just terrible. 277 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 I still can't believe what you're saying is true. 278 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Who in the world would do a thing like this? 279 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 We want to know that too. We need your help. 280 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Where's my boy? I'd better go right over and see my boy. 281 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 He's in good hands with his grandmother. 282 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 We just want to ask you a few questions, 283 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,000 and then you can go right over and see him. 284 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 All right. You got to get whoever did this terrible thing. 285 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Yes, sir. I'm going to try. 286 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 How is it that you happened to be up this late at night? 287 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 I just got home from work. I worked the swing shift at Gibney's. 288 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 That's the steel mill down in Alameda? 289 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Yes, that's right. 290 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Did you work today? 291 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Yes, I told you. I just this minute got in. 292 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Swing shift? What hours would that be? 293 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Four to twelve. 294 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Did you work the full shift today? 295 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 I did. You don't think I would have done this thing. 296 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 We have to check everybody. 297 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Is there somebody out at the plant that can verify the fact 298 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000 that you were out there during the entire shift today? 299 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Yes, my lead man and I always punch my time card in and out. 300 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 How do you get to work? 301 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,000 I drive. My car's right outside there, blue Chevy. 302 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Do you own any firearms? 303 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,000 No, I don't. 304 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 You ever owned any? 305 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 No, never have. 306 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Didn't want to go around with a boy. 307 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 I see. 308 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Do you live here alone? 309 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,000 No, since the wife and I split up, I live with another fellow here. 310 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Where is he tonight? 311 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,000 He's out somewhere, usually home when I get here. 312 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Do you have any idea where he might be? Does he go out much? 313 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 He goes out quite a bit. He's going with some girl. 314 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Might be at a movie or something like that. 315 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Does he know your wife? 316 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Well, not too well, no. I think I took him over to the house one Sunday. 317 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,000 He met my son, Charlie, and my wife. 318 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Try to take it easy, Mr. Stephen. 319 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Oh, I'm sorry. It's kind of hard to take. 320 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Yes, sir, we understand. 321 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 This man that you live with here, what's his name? 322 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Carl Walters. 323 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Where did you know him from? 324 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 He advertised in the papers. 325 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,000 He said he wanted somebody to share a small house with him. 326 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 I answered the ad and we seemed to hit it right off from the start. 327 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,000 He's okay. 328 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 What do you know about him? 329 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 I know enough to know he's all right. 330 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 I wouldn't want to get him mixed up in this. 331 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 Has this Walters ever been in trouble? Has he ever been arrested? 332 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Not that I know of. He's a good guy. Fine army record. 333 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 I understand. Have you ever been arrested? 334 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 No, sir, I never have. 335 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Any kind of an arrest, misdemeanor, anything like that? 336 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Never. 337 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 You've never been in jail for any reason? 338 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 No, sir, never have. I had traffic tickets, 339 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 but I've never been in jail for any reason. 340 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 I always paid my fines, never had any trouble. 341 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Do you have any idea who might want to do a thing like this? 342 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 No, no. 343 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 How did it happen? Did they break in the house? 344 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 I wasn't a burglar or anything like that. 345 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Somebody just wanted to do away with your wife. 346 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,000 If you can think of anybody who might do a thing like this, it'd help. 347 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 You know, we've been separated for a while. 348 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Maybe she took up with someone who'd do something like this. 349 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 I wouldn't know. 350 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 I can't think of anybody I know that'd do this. 351 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 I see. 352 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 She and I have had our ups and downs, or we wouldn't be apart. 353 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,000 We argued time and again over the custody of Charlie, but nothing serious. 354 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 I can't tell you what a shock this is to me. 355 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 You say that you don't own a gun. 356 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Do you know of any of your friends or hers that might? 357 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 No, I can't think of anybody. 358 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,000 This fellow, Carl Walters, what can you tell us about him? 359 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Now, please, he's all right. He certainly had nothing to do with this. 360 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Well, we just want to be sure to check everybody out. 361 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 If you can tell us, it may save him some embarrassment. 362 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 I realize you have to be sure, but please believe me, he's all right. 363 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 You say he doesn't know your wife at all? 364 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 No, just at one meeting. 365 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 You're sure he couldn't have had any part in it? 366 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Absolutely sure. 367 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 What kind of a fellow is he? 368 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Oh, average guy. I guess likes to swim, plays a little golf. 369 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Always wants me to go out camping or hunting with him. 370 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Do you ever go with him? 371 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,000 No, I haven't so far. 372 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 He wants to go on weekends, and I like to see my son on Sundays, like I said. 373 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 What does he hunt, you know? 374 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,000 He's not much of a hunter, really. He just likes to go out for ducks once in a while. 375 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Does he keep his equipment here? 376 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 No, he doesn't over at his father's house. 377 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Does he ever hunt for anything besides ducks? 378 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 No, I'm positive about that. 379 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,000 He's always saying how he never could shoot a deer, so he'd get buck fever. 380 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Can't say I blame him. 381 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Did he ever tell you what kind of a gun he had? 382 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 No, not that I recall. 383 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Still think he had a part in this? 384 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 We didn't say that. 385 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 What's his duck hunting got to do with it? 386 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 When you hunt ducks, you use a shotgun. 387 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 You are listening to Dragnet, 388 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 authentic cases from official police files. 389 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 And now, let's look at our Fatima files. 390 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Listed under K. 391 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Kelly, Nancy Kelly, famous actress. She says... 392 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Between scenes, I like to relax in my dressing room and light up a Fatima. 393 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 They have a really different flavor, and they're extra mild. 394 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Friends, more smokers now insist on king-sized Fatimas than ever before. 395 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Because, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 396 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Quality of tobaccos. 397 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:58,000 The finest domestic and Turkish varieties, extra mild, superbly blended, 398 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,000 to give you a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 399 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Quality of manufacture. 400 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Smooth, round, perfect cigarettes. 401 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Rolled in the finest paper money can buy. 402 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Manufactured in the newest and most modern of all cigarette factories. 403 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Quality. Even to the appearance of the bright, clean, golden yellow package. 404 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Carefully wrapped and sealed to bring you Fatima's rich, fresh, extra mild flavor. 405 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,000 So, if you smoke a king-sized cigarette, compare Fatima. 406 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:33,000 You'll find they now cost the same. But your first puff will tell you... 407 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Ah, that's different. 408 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 409 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Buy Fatima. 410 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Smoke the quality king-sized cigarette. 411 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Fatima. Best of all, long cigarettes. 412 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 The Last Supper 413 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Tuesday morning, July 10th, 1 a.m. 414 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,000 We continued to question Keith Stevens about the murder of his wife. 415 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 He could add very little to what he had already told us. 416 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,000 We made a thorough search of his house and garage. We searched his car. 417 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 We found nothing that would incriminate him in any way. 418 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 1 37 a.m. 419 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Carl Walters, the man who Keith Stevens lived with, returned home. 420 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 We retraced his steps for the night of July 9th. 421 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 All his time was accurately accounted for. 422 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,000 We talked with his father. We were told that the shotgun had not been used for about 10 months since last duck season. 423 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:33,000 We looked at the gun and noticed that it was covered with lint and had not been recently fired. 424 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 We talked to the plant foreman at Gibney Steel Mill. 425 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:42,000 He verified the fact that Keith Stevens worked his full shift on July 9th and did not leave his job until 12 midnight. 426 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:47,000 At this point, both men were clear of any complicity in the murder of Josephine Stevens. 427 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Tuesday, July 10th, 8 a.m. 428 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,000 We made the usual routine check of R&I of the four people involved in the case so far. 429 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Josephine Stevens, the murdered woman, her mother, Mrs. James Edwards, the husband, Keith Stevens, and his friend Carl Walters. 430 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Here it is, Joe. One packet. 431 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Nothing on Josephine Stevens or Ms. Edwards. 432 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,000 That's right. Carl Walters is clean. 433 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,000 He kind of makes a liar out of the husband, Keith Stevens. It's his package. 434 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Yeah, or he forgot. 435 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Let's see. Keith Stevens. Here's the arrest report. One only. 436 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Let's see. 4127A. 437 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Yeah, picked up in drunk charge. He didn't forget, Joe. This was on June 7th, last. 438 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Yeah, let me look at that, Officer Stevens. 439 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Let's see. Above suspect was picked up in the company of co-defendant Michael Duff, booking number 8023. 440 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Both suspects were drunk and disorderly at time of arrest. Their condition was such they were unable to care for themselves. 441 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 No, he didn't forget. 442 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Hey, Mary. 443 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Yes, sir? 444 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Pull this package for us, will you, please? Booking number 8023. Give us a mug if he's got one, huh? 445 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 What was that arrest date? 446 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,000 June 7th, 51. 447 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Thank you. 448 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 That's an outside chance. 449 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 He lied once, maybe he'll lie again. 450 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 I suppose he was trying to prove by not telling us about this. 451 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 I don't know. 452 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Here you are. 453 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 Oh, thank you, Mary. 454 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 That's a little bigger package, huh? 455 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Yeah. Look, his R card. He's done time in Quentin. 456 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Yeah. 1933, Grand Theft Auto. Did four and a half years, paroled out in 37. 457 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Here he is back in again on suspicion of robbery. 1946, charge released. Picked up again, suspicion of robbery, released again. 458 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Michael Lewis Duff, alias Mickey Duff. Stevens is moving in pretty fast company. 459 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Yeah. Look here, this is the guy, all right? Here's that last drunk arrest, see, on the, we saw in Stevens, June 7th? 460 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Yeah. Is there a mug there, Joe? 461 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Let's see. Well, there's this one on that 211 arrest in 47. 462 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Yeah, I see that one. It's pretty old, though. It's a little worn. Kind of hard to see. 463 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Check that last arrest report on the drunk charge, maybe. We got one of those auto photo strips. That ought to do it. 464 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 I hope so. 465 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Yeah, here we are. 466 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Let's see. Yeah, those auto photos are good mugs, aren't they? 467 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Yeah. 468 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,000 What address did he give on that last arrest? 469 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 5234 West Main. 470 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:13,000 No, all these other addresses are just trenchant hotels. That Main Street address, the most recent, looks like the best bet. 471 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 This is probably why Stevens lied about being arrested. 472 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Yeah, let's see if he lied about anything else. 473 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:26,000 We drove over to 5234 West Main Street. It was a small two-story rooming house. 474 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:31,000 We checked with the landlady, and she told us that she had a man registered under the name of Michael Duff in room 20. 475 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:37,000 She told us that he had just walked out a few minutes before we arrived, saying he was going down to the corner to buy a newspaper. 476 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:42,000 We identified ourselves and stated that we'd wait in his room for him. We asked her not to tell him. 477 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:49,000 She went upstairs with us and unlocked the door to room 20. We made a thorough search of his place. It was a two-room apartment. 478 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 I searched the living room and Ben went over to the kitchen. 479 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Joe, come here. 480 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Yeah. 481 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Look here. Look up under the sink here, cradled in the goose neck of the drain. 482 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Yeah, shotgun. 483 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Just a minute. 484 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 It's been fired recently. 485 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 This much fits in. 486 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Wees don't. I found him in the pocket of one of his coats in the closet there. 487 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 12-gauge shotgun shells. Where'd you find them? 488 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 In the pocket of a dress suit. It doesn't fit, does it? 489 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Not unless he's a best-dressed hunter in town. 490 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Sounds like he's back. 491 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Yeah. 492 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Get your hand out of that pocket, please. 493 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 What's going on? 494 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Keep your hands out and open. Stand still. 495 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Here, Joe, you want to take this? 496 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Yeah. What are you doing carrying a gun, Duff? 497 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Anything wrong? 498 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 You know better than that what they tell you when they paroled you. 499 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 That was a long time ago. 500 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 They haven't changed the rules. 501 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 I don't know what you're doing here in the first place. 502 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Go on over there and sit down. 503 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 All right, if that's what you want. 504 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,000 That's what we want. Move. 505 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Right now, do you want to tell us about it? 506 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 About the gun? 507 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 About both of them. 508 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 The shotgun here on the table and this one I got in my hand. 509 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Well, you found that old shotgun, huh? 510 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 They found it. 511 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 I haven't used that old thing for years. Just kept it as a keepsake. 512 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Haven't fired it for a long time. 513 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Don't even have any shells for it anymore. 514 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Except these two, huh? 515 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 I don't know where those came from. 516 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Look, Duff, you're an ex-convict. 517 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 We find two guns in your possession. 518 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 Now let's don't play games. Tell us about it. 519 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 I haven't got anything to tell you. I would if I did. 520 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 I just had a long talk with Keith Stevens. 521 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 What'd he have to say? 522 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Never mind what he had to say. Let's hear your side of it. 523 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 You wouldn't try to kid me, would you? 524 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Fine, you listen, fellow. 525 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 We just came from a house over on Bixels Street. 526 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 There's a woman lying in bed over there that took a blast from a sawed-off shotgun. 527 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 If you own a shotgun, it's been recently fired. 528 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 You lied. You said you hadn't fired it. 529 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 You said you didn't have any shells for it. 530 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Well, here they are. 531 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Now, look, they fit, don't they? 532 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Take a good look at it, mister. There's only one thing missing. 533 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Who pulled the trigger? 534 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Let's have it, Duff. 535 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Did Stevens tell you? 536 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 We'll ask the questions now. Come on. 537 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,000 All right. 538 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 I did it, but I did it for Stevens. 539 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,000 He told me he'd give me $1,000 if I kill his wife for him. 540 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,000 I haven't been paid yet. I'm still waiting to get paid off. 541 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 You won't have to wait any longer. 542 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 We took Michael Duff downtown together with a murder weapon. 543 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,000 He gave us a full confession stating that Keith Stevens had offered to pay him $1,000 544 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 for the murder of his wife. 545 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 He said that he and Stevens had planned it together. 546 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,000 1.30 p.m., Tuesday, July 10th. 547 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 We drove out to pick up Keith Stevens. 548 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 What else could I do? 549 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Is that how you justify the murder of your wife? 550 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 It was her fault. She'd have just tried to be reasonable. 551 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 This never would have happened. 552 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,000 People settle these kind of problems every day, and they don't use a shotgun. 553 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,000 You wouldn't understand. 554 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Unless you got a son, you'd never really understand why I did it. 555 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000 I've got a son. I don't understand. 556 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 And you don't love him like I do. 557 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000 Couldn't stand the thought of never seeing him, 558 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 having her take him away from me. 559 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 And that's the way you want us to put it down. 560 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,000 But you didn't want your child taken away from you, so you killed his mother. 561 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 Not exactly. She was going to take him away. 562 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 She wanted him to forget all about me. She wanted him off for herself. 563 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Did your wife tell you all that? 564 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,000 No, of course not. Any fool could see that's what she had in mind. 565 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 You mean just because of some argument that you and your wife had, 566 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 you just assumed all this to be so? 567 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Sure. I knew she'd never give me a break with Charlie. 568 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Isn't that what always happens? 569 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 You never asked her how she felt, 570 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 never thought that she could stand on your legal rights, 571 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 never knew that what you're trying to make us believe seldom happens 572 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 unless there's a good reason for it? 573 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,000 I wasn't going to let her take my son away from me. Nobody could do that. 574 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Yes, sir, you're right. You lost him yourself. 575 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 The story you've just heard was true. 576 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 577 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000 On October 15th, trial was held in Superior Court, 578 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Department 84, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 579 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 580 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 And now here's our star, Jack Webb. 581 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Thank you. Friends, I'd like you to be the judge 582 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 while I present our case for Fatima. 583 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,000 Now, you've heard me say that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 584 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,000 Get a pack of Fatimas and compare them with any other long cigarette. 585 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:58,000 Side by side, I'll admit a Fatima looks the same as any other king-sized cigarette. 586 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,000 But when you smoke them, you'll find a world of difference. 587 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000 In Fatima, that difference is quality. 588 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Quality that gives you extra mildness, a much better flavor and aroma. 589 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Compare Fatima, and I'm sure you'll agree with me. 590 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 591 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Keith Edward Stevens was convicted of murder in the first degree 592 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000 and received a life sentence. 593 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 He is now serving his time in the State Penitentiary. 594 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Michael Lewis Duff was convicted of first degree murder 595 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,000 and received the death sentence. 596 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,000 He was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary. 597 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Dragnet wishes to thank Sheriff Brian Clemens 598 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, 599 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 for the appointment of Sergeant Joe Friday 600 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000 and Sergeant Ben Romero as honorary deputy sheriffs. 601 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Our sincere thanks to Sheriff Clemens. 602 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000 You have just heard Dragnet, 603 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,000 a series of authentic cases from official files. 604 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, 605 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Los Angeles Police Department. 606 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, 607 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 has brought you Dragnet, portions transcribed from Los Angeles. 608 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:33,000 Stay tuned for Counterspy next over most NBC stations.