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Best of all long cigarettes. 01:53.000 --> 01:57.000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:57.000 --> 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. 02:07.000 --> 02:18.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 02:18.000 --> 02:24.000 It was Monday, July 9th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 02:24.000 --> 02:29.000 My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. 02:29.000 --> 02:36.000 It was 11.25 p.m. when we got to 543 West Bixle Street. Front door. 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 Homicide? 02:37.000 --> 02:39.000 That's right. This is Friday. My name's Romero. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 Klein, Unit 16R. 02:40.000 --> 02:41.000 How are you? 02:41.000 --> 02:44.000 Partner's Thomas. He's in with the victim's mother and son. Back this way, sleeping porch. 02:44.000 --> 02:46.000 Okay. 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 What's the story? 02:47.000 --> 02:51.000 Really a nasty mess. Looks like a shotgun. Victim's face is half gone. 02:51.000 --> 02:52.000 What's the name? 02:52.000 --> 02:54.000 Steven's. 28 years old. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 What do you got so far? 02:55.000 --> 02:59.000 Not much. Your mother's in a state of shock. Talked the young boy for a minute. 02:59.000 --> 03:02.000 Pretty terrible. Here's the sleeping porch. 03:06.000 --> 03:07.000 You heard God. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 Yeah. 03:08.000 --> 03:11.000 They got a little kid by her side. He knocks the props out from under you. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 What do you got on it? 03:12.000 --> 03:16.000 Seems as Josephine Stevens and her seven-year-old boy were sleeping in the bed when it happened. 03:16.000 --> 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. 03:20.000 --> 03:22.000 I'd say it was a shotgun too, wouldn't you, Joe? 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Yeah, it looks like it. 03:23.000 --> 03:26.000 You can see by the head of the bed here, it looks like shotgun pellets. 03:26.000 --> 03:28.000 Yeah. 03:28.000 --> 03:32.000 The screen in the door here looks like it was recently torn. 03:32.000 --> 03:36.000 Yeah, Thomas and I noticed that too. We made an immediate search the area. Didn't turn up anybody. 03:36.000 --> 03:39.000 Backyard, round the side, shrubbery. Didn't find anything. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Yeah. 03:40.000 --> 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. 03:44.000 --> 03:45.000 That's fine. 03:45.000 --> 03:46.000 Did you talk to the girl's mother at all, Klein? 03:46.000 --> 03:50.000 Very little. She's still hysterical. Doesn't seem to know what she's saying. Couldn't tell us very much. 03:50.000 --> 03:53.000 Well, let's step into the next room, huh? 03:53.000 --> 03:56.000 The room's just the way we found it. Nothing out of order. 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 Trust the drawers are all closed. Room had been prowled. 03:58.000 --> 04:00.000 No, it doesn't look like the work of a burglar or a prowler. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 A burglar or a prowler wouldn't be carrying a shotgun either, would he? 04:03.000 --> 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. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 Crime and that bin call? 04:09.000 --> 04:11.000 Haven't had time to do it right now. 04:11.000 --> 04:14.000 No, never mind. I'll take care of it. I want to call in anyway. Do they have a phone here? 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 Right in the kitchen there on that table. 04:16.000 --> 04:18.000 Okay, thank you. I figure we could use some help, don't you? 04:18.000 --> 04:19.000 Yeah. 04:19.000 --> 04:20.000 Right there, to your left. 04:20.000 --> 04:22.000 Yeah, I see it. Thank you. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 Setting Hall. 04:41.000 --> 04:42.000 2643, please. 04:42.000 --> 04:44.000 2643? 04:45.000 --> 04:46.000 Crime Lab, Allen. 04:46.000 --> 04:47.000 This is Friday, Jay. 04:47.000 --> 04:48.000 Yeah, Joe. 04:48.000 --> 04:53.000 We're at 543 West Bixell. Got a homicide. We're gonna need prints, photographs, a whole deal, Jay. 04:53.000 --> 04:55.000 Looks like the woman was killed with a shotgun. 04:55.000 --> 04:58.000 Let me double check that address, Joe. 543 West Bixell. 04:58.000 --> 04:59.000 Yeah, that's right. 04:59.000 --> 05:00.000 You got a phone on there? 05:00.000 --> 05:04.000 Yeah, it's Hollywood 931-99. 05:04.000 --> 05:06.000 9-99. We'll get right on it, Joe. 05:06.000 --> 05:09.000 Thanks. Say, Jay, could you transfer me to 2521, please? 05:09.000 --> 05:10.000 Right. 05:10.000 --> 05:11.000 Operator. 05:11.000 --> 05:12.000 2521. 05:12.000 --> 05:14.000 2521. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 Homicide, Sanchez. 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Sanchez, this is Friday. 05:19.000 --> 05:20.000 What'd you find out there? 05:20.000 --> 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. 05:24.000 --> 05:25.000 What do you need? 05:25.000 --> 05:28.000 We need somebody to cover the area. We don't know what we got, Jan. 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 Talk to the witnesses, neighbors, cover the parked cars. 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 Right. 05:31.000 --> 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. 05:36.000 --> 05:39.000 Take care of it right away. How many men you think you need? 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 Well, at least four crews. Could you get them out right away? 05:41.000 --> 05:42.000 Okay. Anything else? 05:42.000 --> 05:44.000 No, I'll fill them in when they get here. Thanks a lot, Sanchez. 05:44.000 --> 05:45.000 Right, Joe. 05:45.000 --> 05:46.000 All right, bye. 05:50.000 --> 05:51.000 Everything okay? 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 Yeah. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 Client says we could talk to the youngster. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 You don't think it'd do any good to talk to Mother, huh? 05:56.000 --> 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. 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 I forgot something. 06:01.000 --> 06:02.000 What's that? 06:02.000 --> 06:03.000 I forgot to call the coroner. 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 I'll take care of it for you. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 Would you take the boy into the front part of the house for us? 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 Sure. 06:06.000 --> 06:10.000 Fine. Then if you'll just call Sanchez down in Homicide Downtown, he'll notify the coroner for us. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Right. Thanks a lot. 06:11.000 --> 06:14.000 Joe, you want to see something break your heart? 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 Yeah, what's that? 06:15.000 --> 06:19.000 There's some blood on the floor there, leading from the sleeping porch to this bedroom here. 06:19.000 --> 06:22.000 Yeah. Looked like small footprints, huh? 06:22.000 --> 06:24.000 They are. Little boys. 06:24.000 --> 06:26.000 Well, let's go in the front room. 06:26.000 --> 06:27.000 Yeah. 06:30.000 --> 06:32.000 This is a boy, seven years old, named Charles. 06:32.000 --> 06:34.000 Right. Thanks, Client. 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 I'll make that call for you right away, Friday. 06:36.000 --> 06:38.000 Hello, son. 06:38.000 --> 06:40.000 What happened to my mommy? 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 I'm sorry. You better take it, Joe. 06:42.000 --> 06:45.000 Yeah. Come over here to me, son. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 Charles, is that your name? 06:50.000 --> 06:51.000 Charlie. 06:51.000 --> 06:53.000 My name's Joe Charlie. 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 Yes, sir. Mr. Joe? 06:55.000 --> 06:57.000 Well, it's Joe Friday, son. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 Mr. Friday. Are you a policeman? 06:59.000 --> 07:03.000 Yeah, that's right, Charlie. Now, that other man in the uniform, Officer Klein? 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 Yes, sir. 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 He said she might be able to tell us what happened here. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Do you feel like talking about it, son? 07:08.000 --> 07:12.000 Mr. Friday, do you know what happened to my mommy? 07:12.000 --> 07:15.000 Well, that's what we're trying to find out, son. We'd just like to ask you a few questions. 07:15.000 --> 07:18.000 She's hurt bad, isn't she? 07:18.000 --> 07:20.000 Did she talk to you? 07:20.000 --> 07:24.000 She wouldn't talk to me. Grandma and those other policemen wouldn't let me stay in there. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 Well, can you tell us what happened here? 07:26.000 --> 07:28.000 You want me to tell you like I told the other policemen? 07:28.000 --> 07:30.000 If you would, please. 07:30.000 --> 07:34.000 I wish you'd let me go in and see mommy. She could tell you a lot better than I can. 07:34.000 --> 07:38.000 Well, she's hurt kind of bad, son. We just thought that maybe you'd tell us. 07:38.000 --> 07:41.000 Well, we were sleeping in the bed on the back porch. 07:41.000 --> 07:44.000 We just got to bed, and mommy was reading me a story. 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 Then I heard this man at the screen door. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 Did you see the man, Charlie? 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 No, I didn't. Mommy wouldn't let me. 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 Well, how do you mean, son? How do you know it was a man, then? 07:52.000 --> 07:56.000 Well, somebody was cutting the screen at the door. I thought it was a man. 07:56.000 --> 07:58.000 But you're not sure? You didn't see him? 07:58.000 --> 08:01.000 No, sir. I didn't see anybody. It was dark outside. 08:01.000 --> 08:04.000 You heard somebody cutting the screen, though, is that right? 08:04.000 --> 08:09.000 Yes, sir. Then mommy sat up in bed. I started to sit up, too, but she wouldn't let me. 08:09.000 --> 08:12.000 She pushed me back down and said, keep down. 08:12.000 --> 08:15.000 Can you remember exactly what she said, Charlie? 08:15.000 --> 08:18.000 She said just to keep down. That's all she said. 08:18.000 --> 08:20.000 Well, then what happened? 08:20.000 --> 08:23.000 I heard this big gun, and mommy fell down on the bed again. 08:23.000 --> 08:27.000 I could tell she was cut. I could see blood all over her. 08:27.000 --> 08:30.000 I tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't talk to me. 08:30.000 --> 08:32.000 So then I went to get grandma. 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 After you heard the gun, did you hear anything else? 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 I don't know what you mean. 08:36.000 --> 08:39.000 Well, did you hear anybody running outside the house, anything like that? 08:39.000 --> 08:41.000 I don't remember, and I don't think so. 08:41.000 --> 08:45.000 I got up and went into grandma's room. I was awful scared. 08:45.000 --> 08:50.000 I don't know why mommy wouldn't talk to me. She always used to when I was scared. 08:50.000 --> 08:53.000 Well, now, can you think of anything else that you might be able to tell us, son? 08:53.000 --> 08:57.000 No, sir. I just don't know why anybody would hurt my mommy. 08:57.000 --> 09:00.000 She's so good, she never hurts anybody. 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 Where's your father, Charlie? 09:02.000 --> 09:05.000 I don't know where he is. They don't live together anymore now. 09:05.000 --> 09:08.000 How long has it been since you saw your father, son? 09:08.000 --> 09:13.000 Just last Sunday it was. Yesterday, I guess. I see him every Sunday. 09:13.000 --> 09:16.000 Do you have any idea who might want to hurt your mother? 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 No, sir. Nobody. 09:18.000 --> 09:21.000 All right. What do you think, Ben? 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 Charlie? 09:23.000 --> 09:24.000 Yes, sir? 09:24.000 --> 09:28.000 Did your mother and father seem to argue with one another very much? 09:28.000 --> 09:32.000 Before we moved here to grandma's house, they used to argue all the time. 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 That's when we lived in the apartment. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Is that why you moved over here, son? 09:36.000 --> 09:38.000 Yes, sir. That's partly it. 09:38.000 --> 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. 09:45.000 --> 09:48.000 Do you think your father would ever hurt your mother? 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 Did he ever say anything about ever hurting you? 09:50.000 --> 09:54.000 My daddy was always so good to me. He used to buy me all kinds of things. 09:54.000 --> 09:57.000 I don't think he was ever mean to anybody. 09:57.000 --> 10:01.000 I see. Do you remember your mother ever saying she was afraid of anybody? 10:01.000 --> 10:05.000 No, sir. She was never afraid of anybody. 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 How do you know that, son? 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 She and grandma used to always tell me that I'm the man of the family. 10:10.000 --> 10:13.000 As long as I'm around, they're not scared of anybody. 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 I see. 10:15.000 --> 10:18.000 But when you talk to mama, you won't tell her, will you? 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 Tell her what, son? 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 She always says that big men don't cry about things. 10:22.000 --> 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. 10:27.000 --> 10:30.000 I guess I cried a lot, too. 10:30.000 --> 10:33.000 When you talk to mommy, you won't tell her that, will you? 10:33.000 --> 10:34.000 No, no, we won't. 10:34.000 --> 10:39.000 I've never really known. Is that right? Did big men ever cry? 10:39.000 --> 10:50.000 Yes, son. They cry. 10:50.000 --> 10:54.000 1145 p.m. The crime lab men arrived and went to work. 10:54.000 --> 10:59.000 They found three shotgun pellets embedded in the wall to the right and above the head of the victim's bed. 10:59.000 --> 11:05.000 Two additional lead pellets were removed from the bedstead above the pillow on the right side of Josephine Stevens' bed. 11:05.000 --> 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. 11:12.000 --> 11:17.000 This fact, too, showed why the seven-year-old boy lived and his mother died. 11:17.000 --> 11:23.000 Further investigation showed that the fatal shot was fired from outside through the hole in the screen door. 11:23.000 --> 11:28.000 The search of the surrounding area failed to yield the murder weapon or any additional physical evidence. 11:28.000 --> 11:32.000 The neighbors were all checked. They could add nothing to what we already knew. 11:32.000 --> 11:37.000 The few who had heard the blast from the shotgun thought it was backfire from a passing car. 11:37.000 --> 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. 11:43.000 --> 11:47.000 They were all checked out and cleared of any connection with the crime. 11:47.000 --> 11:53.000 Josephine Stevens' mother, Mrs. James Edwards, was in a near state of collapse, but she managed to give us a statement. 11:53.000 --> 11:57.000 Her story corroborated that of seven-year-old Charles Stevens. 11:57.000 --> 12:01.000 Supplemental broadcasts and an all-points bulletin were put out to try and locate the killer. 12:01.000 --> 12:06.000 Ben and I drove over to 1543 East Workman Street to check out the husband of the murdered woman. 12:09.000 --> 12:11.000 Well, this is it, huh? 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 Yeah, White House, yeah. 12:13.000 --> 12:15.000 All right, let's go. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 Car park and driveway. 12:25.000 --> 12:27.000 Hood's warm. Car's been used recently. 12:27.000 --> 12:29.000 Yeah, you got your flash light? 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 Yeah, right here. 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 Car's registered to Keith Stevens. 12:33.000 --> 12:35.000 Yeah, come on. 12:39.000 --> 12:41.000 Lights are on inside, huh? 12:41.000 --> 12:43.000 Yeah. 12:50.000 --> 12:51.000 Yes? 12:51.000 --> 12:52.000 Mr. Keith Stevens. 12:52.000 --> 12:53.000 Yes, that's right. 12:53.000 --> 12:55.000 Police officers like to talk to you. 12:55.000 --> 12:56.000 Want to come in? 12:56.000 --> 12:58.000 Yes, sir, thank you. 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 What's the trouble, officer? 13:00.000 --> 13:03.000 When's the last time you saw your wife, Stevens? 13:03.000 --> 13:04.000 Why? 13:04.000 --> 13:06.000 Well, when did you see her last? 13:06.000 --> 13:08.000 Well, I was over there Sunday, yesterday. 13:08.000 --> 13:11.000 I always go over every Sunday to visit my little boy, Charlie. 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 My wife and I are separated, that's what we agreed on. 13:13.000 --> 13:15.000 That's the last time that you saw her? 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 Yes, it is. Why? 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 Well, I'm sorry to have to tell you this. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 Your wife is dead. 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 What's that? 13:21.000 --> 13:23.000 I'm sorry. 13:23.000 --> 13:25.000 You're kidding. She was all right yesterday. 13:25.000 --> 13:27.000 There must be some mistake here. 13:27.000 --> 13:29.000 I'm afraid not. 13:29.000 --> 13:30.000 Josephine Stevens. 13:30.000 --> 13:31.000 You sure? 13:31.000 --> 13:34.000 543 West Bixel Street. 13:34.000 --> 13:36.000 I got to sit down. 13:38.000 --> 13:39.000 What happened? 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 She was shot. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 How? I can't believe this. 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 Well, we're working on it now. 13:44.000 --> 13:46.000 Somebody shot her while she was in bed. 13:46.000 --> 13:49.000 I just saw her yesterday. How did it happen? 13:49.000 --> 13:50.000 Was it an accident? 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 No, sir. Somebody killed her. 13:52.000 --> 13:53.000 How about little Charlie? 13:53.000 --> 13:55.000 He sleeps with his mother. Is Charlie all right? 13:55.000 --> 13:56.000 Yes, sir, he's fine. He wasn't hurt at all. 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 It was a small miracle how he came out of it. 13:58.000 --> 14:01.000 But apparently his safety was the last thing your wife thought of 14:01.000 --> 14:02.000 before she was killed. 14:02.000 --> 14:04.000 It's just terrible. 14:04.000 --> 14:06.000 I still can't believe what you're saying is true. 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 Who in the world would do a thing like this? 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 We want to know that too. We need your help. 14:10.000 --> 14:13.000 Where's my boy? I'd better go right over and see my boy. 14:13.000 --> 14:15.000 He's in good hands with his grandmother. 14:15.000 --> 14:17.000 We just want to ask you a few questions, 14:17.000 --> 14:18.000 and then you can go right over and see him. 14:18.000 --> 14:21.000 All right. You got to get whoever did this terrible thing. 14:21.000 --> 14:23.000 Yes, sir. I'm going to try. 14:23.000 --> 14:26.000 How is it that you happened to be up this late at night? 14:26.000 --> 14:29.000 I just got home from work. I worked the swing shift at Gibney's. 14:29.000 --> 14:31.000 That's the steel mill down in Alameda? 14:31.000 --> 14:32.000 Yes, that's right. 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 Did you work today? 14:34.000 --> 14:36.000 Yes, I told you. I just this minute got in. 14:36.000 --> 14:38.000 Swing shift? What hours would that be? 14:38.000 --> 14:39.000 Four to twelve. 14:39.000 --> 14:41.000 Did you work the full shift today? 14:41.000 --> 14:44.000 I did. You don't think I would have done this thing. 14:44.000 --> 14:46.000 We have to check everybody. 14:46.000 --> 14:49.000 Is there somebody out at the plant that can verify the fact 14:49.000 --> 14:51.000 that you were out there during the entire shift today? 14:51.000 --> 14:55.000 Yes, my lead man and I always punch my time card in and out. 14:55.000 --> 14:57.000 How do you get to work? 14:57.000 --> 15:00.000 I drive. My car's right outside there, blue Chevy. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 Do you own any firearms? 15:02.000 --> 15:03.000 No, I don't. 15:03.000 --> 15:04.000 You ever owned any? 15:04.000 --> 15:05.000 No, never have. 15:05.000 --> 15:07.000 Didn't want to go around with a boy. 15:07.000 --> 15:08.000 I see. 15:08.000 --> 15:09.000 Do you live here alone? 15:09.000 --> 15:12.000 No, since the wife and I split up, I live with another fellow here. 15:12.000 --> 15:13.000 Where is he tonight? 15:13.000 --> 15:16.000 He's out somewhere, usually home when I get here. 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 Do you have any idea where he might be? Does he go out much? 15:18.000 --> 15:21.000 He goes out quite a bit. He's going with some girl. 15:21.000 --> 15:23.000 Might be at a movie or something like that. 15:23.000 --> 15:24.000 Does he know your wife? 15:24.000 --> 15:28.000 Well, not too well, no. I think I took him over to the house one Sunday. 15:28.000 --> 15:31.000 He met my son, Charlie, and my wife. 15:31.000 --> 15:33.000 Try to take it easy, Mr. Stephen. 15:33.000 --> 15:36.000 Oh, I'm sorry. It's kind of hard to take. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 Yes, sir, we understand. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 This man that you live with here, what's his name? 15:41.000 --> 15:43.000 Carl Walters. 15:43.000 --> 15:44.000 Where did you know him from? 15:44.000 --> 15:46.000 He advertised in the papers. 15:46.000 --> 15:49.000 He said he wanted somebody to share a small house with him. 15:49.000 --> 15:52.000 I answered the ad and we seemed to hit it right off from the start. 15:52.000 --> 15:53.000 He's okay. 15:53.000 --> 15:55.000 What do you know about him? 15:55.000 --> 15:56.000 I know enough to know he's all right. 15:56.000 --> 15:58.000 I wouldn't want to get him mixed up in this. 15:58.000 --> 16:01.000 Has this Walters ever been in trouble? Has he ever been arrested? 16:01.000 --> 16:05.000 Not that I know of. He's a good guy. Fine army record. 16:05.000 --> 16:07.000 I understand. Have you ever been arrested? 16:07.000 --> 16:09.000 No, sir, I never have. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 Any kind of an arrest, misdemeanor, anything like that? 16:11.000 --> 16:12.000 Never. 16:12.000 --> 16:13.000 You've never been in jail for any reason? 16:13.000 --> 16:16.000 No, sir, never have. I had traffic tickets, 16:16.000 --> 16:18.000 but I've never been in jail for any reason. 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 I always paid my fines, never had any trouble. 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 Do you have any idea who might want to do a thing like this? 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 No, no. 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 How did it happen? Did they break in the house? 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 I wasn't a burglar or anything like that. 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 Somebody just wanted to do away with your wife. 16:31.000 --> 16:35.000 If you can think of anybody who might do a thing like this, it'd help. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 You know, we've been separated for a while. 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 Maybe she took up with someone who'd do something like this. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 I wouldn't know. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 I can't think of anybody I know that'd do this. 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 I see. 16:45.000 --> 16:48.000 She and I have had our ups and downs, or we wouldn't be apart. 16:48.000 --> 16:52.000 We argued time and again over the custody of Charlie, but nothing serious. 16:52.000 --> 16:55.000 I can't tell you what a shock this is to me. 16:55.000 --> 16:57.000 You say that you don't own a gun. 16:57.000 --> 16:59.000 Do you know of any of your friends or hers that might? 16:59.000 --> 17:01.000 No, I can't think of anybody. 17:01.000 --> 17:05.000 This fellow, Carl Walters, what can you tell us about him? 17:05.000 --> 17:08.000 Now, please, he's all right. He certainly had nothing to do with this. 17:08.000 --> 17:11.000 Well, we just want to be sure to check everybody out. 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 If you can tell us, it may save him some embarrassment. 17:13.000 --> 17:16.000 I realize you have to be sure, but please believe me, he's all right. 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 You say he doesn't know your wife at all? 17:18.000 --> 17:20.000 No, just at one meeting. 17:20.000 --> 17:22.000 You're sure he couldn't have had any part in it? 17:22.000 --> 17:23.000 Absolutely sure. 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 What kind of a fellow is he? 17:25.000 --> 17:29.000 Oh, average guy. I guess likes to swim, plays a little golf. 17:29.000 --> 17:32.000 Always wants me to go out camping or hunting with him. 17:32.000 --> 17:33.000 Do you ever go with him? 17:33.000 --> 17:34.000 No, I haven't so far. 17:34.000 --> 17:37.000 He wants to go on weekends, and I like to see my son on Sundays, like I said. 17:37.000 --> 17:39.000 What does he hunt, you know? 17:39.000 --> 17:43.000 He's not much of a hunter, really. He just likes to go out for ducks once in a while. 17:43.000 --> 17:44.000 Does he keep his equipment here? 17:44.000 --> 17:46.000 No, he doesn't over at his father's house. 17:46.000 --> 17:48.000 Does he ever hunt for anything besides ducks? 17:48.000 --> 17:50.000 No, I'm positive about that. 17:50.000 --> 17:54.000 He's always saying how he never could shoot a deer, so he'd get buck fever. 17:54.000 --> 17:55.000 Can't say I blame him. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 Did he ever tell you what kind of a gun he had? 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 No, not that I recall. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Still think he had a part in this? 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 We didn't say that. 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 What's his duck hunting got to do with it? 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 When you hunt ducks, you use a shotgun. 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 You are listening to Dragnet, 18:19.000 --> 18:22.000 authentic cases from official police files. 18:22.000 --> 18:25.000 And now, let's look at our Fatima files. 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 Listed under K. 18:30.000 --> 18:33.000 Kelly, Nancy Kelly, famous actress. 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We searched his car. 20:07.000 --> 20:10.000 We found nothing that would incriminate him in any way. 20:10.000 --> 20:12.000 1 37 a.m. 20:12.000 --> 20:16.000 Carl Walters, the man who Keith Stevens lived with, returned home. 20:16.000 --> 20:19.000 We retraced his steps for the night of July 9th. 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 All his time was accurately accounted for. 20:22.000 --> 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. 20:28.000 --> 20:33.000 We looked at the gun and noticed that it was covered with lint and had not been recently fired. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 We talked to the plant foreman at Gibney Steel Mill. 20:36.000 --> 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. 20:42.000 --> 20:47.000 At this point, both men were clear of any complicity in the murder of Josephine Stevens. 20:47.000 --> 20:50.000 Tuesday, July 10th, 8 a.m. 20:50.000 --> 20:55.000 We made the usual routine check of R&I of the four people involved in the case so far. 20:55.000 --> 21:03.000 Josephine Stevens, the murdered woman, her mother, Mrs. James Edwards, the husband, Keith Stevens, and his friend Carl Walters. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 Here it is, Joe. One packet. 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 Nothing on Josephine Stevens or Ms. Edwards. 21:07.000 --> 21:10.000 That's right. Carl Walters is clean. 21:10.000 --> 21:14.000 He kind of makes a liar out of the husband, Keith Stevens. It's his package. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 Yeah, or he forgot. 21:16.000 --> 21:21.000 Let's see. Keith Stevens. Here's the arrest report. One only. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 Let's see. 4127A. 21:23.000 --> 21:27.000 Yeah, picked up in drunk charge. He didn't forget, Joe. This was on June 7th, last. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Yeah, let me look at that, Officer Stevens. 21:29.000 --> 21:36.000 Let's see. Above suspect was picked up in the company of co-defendant Michael Duff, booking number 8023. 21:36.000 --> 21:41.000 Both suspects were drunk and disorderly at time of arrest. Their condition was such they were unable to care for themselves. 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 No, he didn't forget. 21:43.000 --> 21:44.000 Hey, Mary. 21:44.000 --> 21:45.000 Yes, sir? 21:45.000 --> 21:50.000 Pull this package for us, will you, please? Booking number 8023. Give us a mug if he's got one, huh? 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 What was that arrest date? 21:52.000 --> 21:53.000 June 7th, 51. 21:53.000 --> 21:54.000 Thank you. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 That's an outside chance. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 He lied once, maybe he'll lie again. 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 I suppose he was trying to prove by not telling us about this. 22:01.000 --> 22:03.000 I don't know. 22:03.000 --> 22:04.000 Here you are. 22:04.000 --> 22:05.000 Oh, thank you, Mary. 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 That's a little bigger package, huh? 22:07.000 --> 22:11.000 Yeah. Look, his R card. He's done time in Quentin. 22:11.000 --> 22:18.000 Yeah. 1933, Grand Theft Auto. Did four and a half years, paroled out in 37. 22:18.000 --> 22:26.000 Here he is back in again on suspicion of robbery. 1946, charge released. Picked up again, suspicion of robbery, released again. 22:26.000 --> 22:32.000 Michael Lewis Duff, alias Mickey Duff. Stevens is moving in pretty fast company. 22:32.000 --> 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? 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 Yeah. Is there a mug there, Joe? 22:39.000 --> 22:42.000 Let's see. Well, there's this one on that 211 arrest in 47. 22:42.000 --> 22:46.000 Yeah, I see that one. It's pretty old, though. It's a little worn. Kind of hard to see. 22:46.000 --> 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. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 I hope so. 22:54.000 --> 22:55.000 Yeah, here we are. 22:55.000 --> 22:59.000 Let's see. Yeah, those auto photos are good mugs, aren't they? 22:59.000 --> 23:00.000 Yeah. 23:00.000 --> 23:03.000 What address did he give on that last arrest? 23:03.000 --> 23:06.000 5234 West Main. 23:06.000 --> 23:13.000 No, all these other addresses are just trenchant hotels. That Main Street address, the most recent, looks like the best bet. 23:13.000 --> 23:16.000 This is probably why Stevens lied about being arrested. 23:16.000 --> 23:18.000 Yeah, let's see if he lied about anything else. 23:21.000 --> 23:26.000 We drove over to 5234 West Main Street. It was a small two-story rooming house. 23:26.000 --> 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. 23:31.000 --> 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. 23:37.000 --> 23:42.000 We identified ourselves and stated that we'd wait in his room for him. We asked her not to tell him. 23:42.000 --> 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. 23:49.000 --> 23:51.000 I searched the living room and Ben went over to the kitchen. 23:51.000 --> 23:52.000 Joe, come here. 23:52.000 --> 23:53.000 Yeah. 23:53.000 --> 23:58.000 Look here. Look up under the sink here, cradled in the goose neck of the drain. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 Yeah, shotgun. 24:00.000 --> 24:01.000 Just a minute. 24:07.000 --> 24:09.000 It's been fired recently. 24:09.000 --> 24:11.000 This much fits in. 24:11.000 --> 24:14.000 Wees don't. I found him in the pocket of one of his coats in the closet there. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 12-gauge shotgun shells. Where'd you find them? 24:16.000 --> 24:18.000 In the pocket of a dress suit. It doesn't fit, does it? 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 Not unless he's a best-dressed hunter in town. 24:20.000 --> 24:24.000 Sounds like he's back. 24:24.000 --> 24:25.000 Yeah. 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 Get your hand out of that pocket, please. 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 What's going on? 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 Keep your hands out and open. Stand still. 24:32.000 --> 24:35.000 Here, Joe, you want to take this? 24:35.000 --> 24:37.000 Yeah. What are you doing carrying a gun, Duff? 24:37.000 --> 24:38.000 Anything wrong? 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 You know better than that what they tell you when they paroled you. 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 That was a long time ago. 24:42.000 --> 24:43.000 They haven't changed the rules. 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 I don't know what you're doing here in the first place. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Go on over there and sit down. 24:47.000 --> 24:48.000 All right, if that's what you want. 24:48.000 --> 24:52.000 That's what we want. Move. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 Right now, do you want to tell us about it? 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 About the gun? 24:55.000 --> 24:56.000 About both of them. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 The shotgun here on the table and this one I got in my hand. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 Well, you found that old shotgun, huh? 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 They found it. 25:01.000 --> 25:04.000 I haven't used that old thing for years. Just kept it as a keepsake. 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 Haven't fired it for a long time. 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Don't even have any shells for it anymore. 25:08.000 --> 25:09.000 Except these two, huh? 25:09.000 --> 25:11.000 I don't know where those came from. 25:11.000 --> 25:12.000 Look, Duff, you're an ex-convict. 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 We find two guns in your possession. 25:14.000 --> 25:16.000 Now let's don't play games. Tell us about it. 25:16.000 --> 25:19.000 I haven't got anything to tell you. I would if I did. 25:19.000 --> 25:21.000 I just had a long talk with Keith Stevens. 25:21.000 --> 25:22.000 What'd he have to say? 25:22.000 --> 25:24.000 Never mind what he had to say. Let's hear your side of it. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 You wouldn't try to kid me, would you? 25:26.000 --> 25:27.000 Fine, you listen, fellow. 25:27.000 --> 25:29.000 We just came from a house over on Bixels Street. 25:29.000 --> 25:32.000 There's a woman lying in bed over there that took a blast from a sawed-off shotgun. 25:32.000 --> 25:34.000 If you own a shotgun, it's been recently fired. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 You lied. You said you hadn't fired it. 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 You said you didn't have any shells for it. 25:38.000 --> 25:39.000 Well, here they are. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 Now, look, they fit, don't they? 25:41.000 --> 25:43.000 Take a good look at it, mister. There's only one thing missing. 25:43.000 --> 25:44.000 Who pulled the trigger? 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 Let's have it, Duff. 25:46.000 --> 25:47.000 Did Stevens tell you? 25:47.000 --> 25:49.000 We'll ask the questions now. Come on. 25:50.000 --> 25:51.000 All right. 25:53.000 --> 25:55.000 I did it, but I did it for Stevens. 25:55.000 --> 25:58.000 He told me he'd give me $1,000 if I kill his wife for him. 25:58.000 --> 26:01.000 I haven't been paid yet. I'm still waiting to get paid off. 26:01.000 --> 26:03.000 You won't have to wait any longer. 26:07.000 --> 26:09.000 We took Michael Duff downtown together with a murder weapon. 26:09.000 --> 26:13.000 He gave us a full confession stating that Keith Stevens had offered to pay him $1,000 26:13.000 --> 26:15.000 for the murder of his wife. 26:15.000 --> 26:17.000 He said that he and Stevens had planned it together. 26:17.000 --> 26:20.000 1.30 p.m., Tuesday, July 10th. 26:20.000 --> 26:22.000 We drove out to pick up Keith Stevens. 26:22.000 --> 26:24.000 What else could I do? 26:24.000 --> 26:26.000 Is that how you justify the murder of your wife? 26:26.000 --> 26:28.000 It was her fault. She'd have just tried to be reasonable. 26:28.000 --> 26:29.000 This never would have happened. 26:29.000 --> 26:32.000 People settle these kind of problems every day, and they don't use a shotgun. 26:32.000 --> 26:33.000 You wouldn't understand. 26:33.000 --> 26:36.000 Unless you got a son, you'd never really understand why I did it. 26:36.000 --> 26:37.000 I've got a son. I don't understand. 26:37.000 --> 26:39.000 And you don't love him like I do. 26:39.000 --> 26:41.000 Couldn't stand the thought of never seeing him, 26:41.000 --> 26:43.000 having her take him away from me. 26:43.000 --> 26:45.000 And that's the way you want us to put it down. 26:45.000 --> 26:48.000 But you didn't want your child taken away from you, so you killed his mother. 26:48.000 --> 26:50.000 Not exactly. She was going to take him away. 26:50.000 --> 26:53.000 She wanted him to forget all about me. She wanted him off for herself. 26:53.000 --> 26:54.000 Did your wife tell you all that? 26:54.000 --> 26:57.000 No, of course not. Any fool could see that's what she had in mind. 26:57.000 --> 27:00.000 You mean just because of some argument that you and your wife had, 27:00.000 --> 27:02.000 you just assumed all this to be so? 27:02.000 --> 27:04.000 Sure. I knew she'd never give me a break with Charlie. 27:04.000 --> 27:06.000 Isn't that what always happens? 27:06.000 --> 27:08.000 You never asked her how she felt, 27:08.000 --> 27:10.000 never thought that she could stand on your legal rights, 27:10.000 --> 27:12.000 never knew that what you're trying to make us believe seldom happens 27:12.000 --> 27:14.000 unless there's a good reason for it? 27:14.000 --> 27:17.000 I wasn't going to let her take my son away from me. Nobody could do that. 27:17.000 --> 27:19.000 Yes, sir, you're right. You lost him yourself. 27:26.000 --> 27:28.000 The story you've just heard was true. 27:28.000 --> 27:31.000 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:31.000 --> 27:34.000 On October 15th, trial was held in Superior Court, 27:34.000 --> 27:37.000 Department 84, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:37.000 --> 27:39.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:39.000 --> 27:41.000 And now here's our star, Jack Webb. 27:41.000 --> 27:43.000 Thank you. Friends, I'd like you to be the judge 27:43.000 --> 27:45.000 while I present our case for Fatima. 27:45.000 --> 27:49.000 Now, you've heard me say that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 27:49.000 --> 27:53.000 Get a pack of Fatimas and compare them with any other long cigarette. 27:53.000 --> 27:58.000 Side by side, I'll admit a Fatima looks the same as any other king-sized cigarette. 27:58.000 --> 28:01.000 But when you smoke them, you'll find a world of difference. 28:01.000 --> 28:04.000 In Fatima, that difference is quality. 28:04.000 --> 28:08.000 Quality that gives you extra mildness, a much better flavor and aroma. 28:08.000 --> 28:11.000 Compare Fatima, and I'm sure you'll agree with me. 28:11.000 --> 28:14.000 Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 28:22.000 --> 28:25.000 Keith Edward Stevens was convicted of murder in the first degree 28:25.000 --> 28:27.000 and received a life sentence. 28:27.000 --> 28:29.000 He is now serving his time in the State Penitentiary. 28:29.000 --> 28:32.000 Michael Lewis Duff was convicted of first degree murder 28:32.000 --> 28:33.000 and received the death sentence. 28:33.000 --> 28:36.000 He was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary. 28:36.000 --> 28:39.000 Dragnet wishes to thank Sheriff Brian Clemens 28:39.000 --> 28:42.000 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, 28:42.000 --> 28:44.000 for the appointment of Sergeant Joe Friday 28:44.000 --> 28:47.000 and Sergeant Ben Romero as honorary deputy sheriffs. 28:47.000 --> 28:50.000 Our sincere thanks to Sheriff Clemens. 28:55.000 --> 28:57.000 You have just heard Dragnet, 28:57.000 --> 29:00.000 a series of authentic cases from official files. 29:00.000 --> 29:03.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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