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The documented drama of an actual crime. 18 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 19 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:08,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 20 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:14,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 21 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 It was Monday, March 3rd. It was raining in Los Angeles. 22 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000 We were working the day watch out of forgery detail. My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Harry Elliot. 23 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:29,000 My name is Friday. It was 7.45 a.m. when I got to room 29. Forgery detail. 24 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Morning, Joe. Hi, Ben. Is your coming down out there? 25 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Yeah. Look at this coat. It's soaking wet. 26 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Is that the same trench coat, that English one? Yeah. 27 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Ever since I had it cleaned, it seems to soak up the water a little more. 28 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Does it leak? Oh, no. It just seems to take on a little more water. 29 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Keeps me dry. Got something to show you, Joe. Yeah? 30 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Remember that old raincoat of mine used to leak up through the seams over the shoulder? 31 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Oh, yeah. Sure. Take a look at this. What do you got there? 32 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Pretty neat, huh? Yeah. What is it? 33 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 My new raincoat. Never know, would you? Small, compact. 34 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,000 The whole thing's hardly any bigger than a pack of cigarettes. Not bad, huh? Yeah. 35 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 What you got? Wife bought it for me. Amy says it's a regular full-size raincoat, size 40 long. 36 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Amy says? So didn't you try it on? Oh, no. You know how they make something like this. 37 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 It's made out of plastic. Size isn't too important. Just plain coat. 38 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Slips right on over your suit, just like any other raincoat. I know it'll fit. 39 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,000 You haven't worn it yet? No. It hadn't started raining the left on. 40 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Could I see that? Sure. Real compact, isn't it? 41 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Now, something like this is really practical. Yeah. 42 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 A little package like that, you carry it around with you all the time. 43 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Never take up any room at all. Yeah. What's it look like? 44 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Just like that little box there. Same stuff. 45 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Transparent, you know. Regular plastic. 46 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Could we look at it inside? Okay, let's see. 47 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Well, here. You better do it. Yeah, okay. 48 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Well, just unzip it here. Sure is compact, isn't it? Yeah. 49 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 There we go. Look here, Joe. All folded up nice and neat. 50 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Sure is lightweight, too. Plastic's great, isn't it? 51 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Fine, yeah. There we go. Full-size raincoat. 52 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 See there? Fits fine. 53 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Never know a full-size coat would go in a thing like that little pouch there, would you? 54 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 It's no bigger than a tobacco pot. Yeah, that's pretty good. 55 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 You ought to try it on, Joe. Never know you had anything on. 56 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Sure is light and nice. Yeah, I can see. 57 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Now, we just put it back in the pouch. 58 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Till I'm ready for it. 59 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,000 That's say now. Collar goes up. Front folds in like this. 60 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,000 No. No, that isn't right. Goes this way. 61 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Let's put it down on the table. That'll be better. Yeah. 62 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Yeah, that's better. Now, here we go. 63 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Now, we fold the arms in here. Now, the bottom part comes up this way. 64 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Now, we fold it over and again. Easy, isn't it? 65 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Just follow the crease marks in your home, Joe. Yeah. 66 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Now, if you'll hand me that little pouch, Joe. Oh, yeah. 67 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 There you go. Oh, thank you. 68 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Now, no, I guess that's too big. Well, we'll make one more fold, you guys. 69 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Yeah. Well, it's small enough this way, but it's too fat, isn't it? 70 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 You better watch it there. You're going to tear that little sack. 71 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,000 That's funny. I folded right over the old creases there. Too fat, isn't it? 72 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Yeah. Well, couldn't you just carry it in your pocket like that without the pouch? 73 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Sure, I'd say. I'll slip it in my coat pocket. 74 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 No, no, that won't do, Joe. It bulges right out. It's kind of springy. 75 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,000 It jumps out. It's like a piece of bond G-cell. Yeah, it seems to. 76 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Well, it's still lightweight and easy to handle. Sure. 77 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Well, easy to carry just like that anyway. Yeah. 78 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Well-made little pouch there. It seems a shame not to be able to use it. 79 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,000 You smoke a pipe? No, you know that. Just cigarette. 80 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Yeah, I'll find some use for it. 81 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Probably a hundred things a fella could use a little pouch like this for, 82 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 if you could just think of them right on. Yeah, that's right. 83 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Blighty, Romero, you want to step in here for a minute? 84 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Right, Kim. 85 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 You fellas know Inspector Smith, Post Office Department? 86 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Sure, how are you? Romero? Good to see you, Leo. 87 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 How you doing, Joe? Sit down, won't you? 88 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Thank you. Thanks very much. 89 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Inspector Smith's over here on that mail-tip case that we've been working on. 90 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Oh, yeah. Did you receive those reports we sent over to you yesterday? 91 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 No, I haven't been to the office yet. Came straight over here. 92 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Burglar returned it over to us yesterday afternoon. Ben and I ran it down. 93 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Seems to us like it might fit in somewhere here. 94 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Miller and Ashton have probably got your reports now. 95 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 I was just going to call in. You mind filling me in on it? 96 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 The apartment house over on Alvarado. 97 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Landlady reported a theft of part of a mailbox out there. 98 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Yeah, somebody stole a master panel off the front of the community mailbox 99 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 at the apartment house. 100 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 I figure it must have happened sometime during the night. 101 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Oh, yeah, I believe we got something on that too. 102 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 A postman on the route reported it. 103 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 That's how he's getting into the mailbox. 104 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Steals the front panel, makes a key for himself from the lot, and he's in business. 105 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Smart guy like we're after could put a key like that to good use 106 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 for the great many different mailboxes around town. 107 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Yeah, it's the same M.O. 108 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 We've been on this guy for a long time. He pulled the same thing down in San Diego. 109 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 It was knocking down about $2,000 a month. 110 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Then he laid out. Now he's at it again up here in L.A. 111 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Well, as you know, we've been getting reports of the thefts and the passing of the checks about 10 days ago. 112 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Yeah, I know. 113 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 We've got five checks passed by this same thief according to handwriting analysis. 114 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 We know it's the same guy. 115 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Talk to the victims and the bank tellers. 116 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Description of the guy seems to tally with what you people have on him. 117 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Yeah. 118 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 There's just one thing we haven't been able to piece out yet. 119 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 What's that, Joe? 120 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 When he steals a check, how does he know what bank to pass it on? 121 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 I think we got the answer to that one. 122 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Well, let's say that he steals a letter, 123 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 and we know he doesn't only hit the community mailboxes. 124 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Sometimes he goes to a private residence, 125 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 fishes the letters right out of the mail slots in that case. 126 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Yeah, he's got some kind of a gimmick he gets down in those slots with. 127 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 That's what we figure, Leo. 128 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 But we'll say after he's got a letter with a check in it, 129 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,000 now it's easy enough for a good forger to put an endorsement on it, 130 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 but how does he know what branch of the bank to pass it on? 131 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Well, at some time or other he's stealing bank statements as well. 132 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Mm-hmm. 133 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Maybe he's just lucky. 134 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 At the time he steals a check, there's other mail in the box too, 135 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 the victim's bank statements. 136 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Well, as far as that goes, I suppose he's stolen more than once from the same party. 137 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 He could probably get away with bank statements easy. 138 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Well, that's it. 139 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 People never seem to report anything missing in the mails 140 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 until weeks after it's happened. 141 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 It's easy to see why. 142 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 They're not sure anything's wrong until they wait several days. 143 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 They don't want to bother us in the case of anything routine 144 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 like monthly bank statements. 145 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 And in the case of a check, well, sometimes it's from a relative 146 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 or someone who owes them money, 147 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000 and they don't want to embarrass them by writing or calling to find out about it. 148 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Well, I suppose in the case of anything like a dividend check, 149 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 we got a couple of those, Leo. 150 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Mm-hmm. 151 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 The people who lose them just don't think it's time for them to arrive yet, 152 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 so they just wait, huh? 153 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 That's it. 154 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 And that's why it's been so successful. 155 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Plus the fact that it takes about a week for any kind of check 156 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 to be processed through central clearing at any bank, 157 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 and then, two, the bank wouldn't necessarily know that anything was wrong at that time. 158 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Until the bank receives a complaint from the party who missed the check, 159 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 they couldn't have any way of knowing that anything was wrong. 160 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 That's right. 161 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Tell them what you were telling me this morning, Leo. 162 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Well, you people aren't in it deep enough to know this yet, 163 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 but this guy's been hitting the same branch bank maybe two, three times in a row. 164 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Not here in L.A., had he? 165 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 No, not yet. 166 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 It looks to us like he's just started up his operations here in town. 167 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 That's the way he worked it down in San Diego. 168 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Well, it's easy enough to figure. 169 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 If he got a teller in some bank to go along with him, 170 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,000 someone who didn't suspect him, and since the victims reported so late, 171 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 he could get away with it at least that many times at the same bank, couldn't he? 172 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Yeah. 173 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 If people report missing mail immediately, 174 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 they make it a lot tougher for the thief. 175 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 And the last name on him still good, Harvey Fletcher? 176 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 That's what we're going on, yeah. 177 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,000 We've got bulletins out to all the banks carrying that description on them, 178 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 and they changed earlier. 179 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:42,000 WMA average bill, 250, 160 pounds, gray eyes, about 32 to 35, 180 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 well-dressed, carries a briefcase, likeable personality. 181 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 That's what we got on him. 182 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Oh, there's a little something we picked up yesterday from a bank teller. 183 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 She told us the man had long sideburns, for what it's worth. 184 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 You might add that. 185 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Okay. 186 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Don Myers and handwriting is checked through his files, Leo. 187 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 They haven't got anything on him. 188 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 The stats office hasn't been able to make him on his M.O. 189 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 We know you people are doing everything you can for us. 190 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 We appreciate it. 191 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Yeah, I wish we could do more. 192 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 That name, Harvey Fletcher, 193 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 of the five checks that we've got on the guy, 194 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 according to handwriting analysis on him, 195 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 he's only used that name once. 196 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 The rest of the time, he signs the same last name as the payee's name 197 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 on the face of the check. 198 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 He passes himself off as a brother, husband, 199 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 or some relation to the rightful payee. 200 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 That's what's taking in all those bank tellers, 201 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 plus a smooth personality. 202 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 He's cool, collected all the confidence in the world. 203 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Yeah, that thing is. 204 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Yeah, we got one day before yesterday with a little different twist. 205 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,000 It isn't going to help us any, 206 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 but here's the way he's working it in some cases. 207 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 He deposits a large check to the victim's account, 208 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 and then he only takes out a small portion in cash. 209 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 He throws the tellers off even more. 210 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Here's those photo stats, Leo. 211 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 What's this? 212 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Copies of the last five checks that we got on the guy. 213 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Oh, yeah, thanks, Harry. 214 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Myers says they're all in the same handwriting. 215 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Is there anything else we can do for you, Leo? 216 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,000 We've got all the banks in the area covered, got bulletins out on them. 217 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 That's fine. 218 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Don't think we've overlooked anything. 219 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Patrol units have been alerted. 220 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Well, this latest theft of that mailbox panel, 221 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 it's too bad we can't localize his operations a little. 222 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Leo, didn't you say that if he makes a key, 223 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 that key would fit any number of boxes in the city? 224 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,000 We couldn't pin him down to one neighborhood, could we? 225 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 That's right. 226 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 That key will work on different mail rods. 227 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 He probably knows the neighborhood around Alvarado is hot now. 228 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 He'll leave it alone anyway. 229 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 It's impossible to stake him out on the actual thefts of the mail. 230 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 It's too bad we can't get to him through one of the banks when he cashes them. 231 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Well, your man, Par and ours, put together couldn't cover all the banks in L.A. at one time, 232 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 but we've been spot-checking throughout the city, 233 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 hoping maybe to tab him just by luck. 234 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 We might get a break from one of our bulletins. 235 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Maybe some teller will spy on him. 236 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000 I'm not sure yet. 237 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 That's one of the reasons I came over here this morning, 238 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 but maybe we've got a little something. 239 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 What's that? 240 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 A bank out in Westwood phoned us yesterday. 241 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 A teller thought she recognized the guy from his description. 242 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Didn't dawn on her till after the guy left her window. 243 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,000 She rushed out in time to get the license number of his car. 244 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Maybe it's a break, huh? 245 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Yeah, looks pretty good. 246 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 The check was drawn on the account of a William E. Scott, 247 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 and that's the number two victim here in L.A. 248 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 That's right. You've got the photostat of his check right there. 249 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Yeah, I know. 250 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Well, everything seems to fit. 251 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 This check he passed yesterday out in Westwood was probably stolen 252 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 at the same time as the first one, 253 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 or at least it came from this Scott's mailbox. That we know. 254 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Well, didn't this William Scott report the theft of two checks? 255 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 I know he didn't to us. Maybe he did to you. 256 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 No, he didn't. 257 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Said he couldn't be sure he gets quite a few checks through the mail. 258 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Owns a lot of stock, gets dividends. 259 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Yeah, probably doesn't know when they come each month. 260 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 That's right. 261 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 He didn't miss the first one till it was way overdue. 262 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Might even be others missing. He doesn't know for sure yet. 263 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Well, anyway, he's positive on this latest one out in Westwood 264 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 that the bank teller caught, huh? 265 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Sure. 266 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,000 As soon as the bank manager called him, 267 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,000 he knew he hadn't authorized anybody to cash any of his checks. 268 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Does the MO seem to match? 269 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Well, that's what's got us going on it. 270 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Looks real good. 271 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 He's a smooth operator. Deposited part of the money. 272 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Took the balance in cash. 273 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,000 The major switch in his operation was the fact that he didn't go to the victim's regular bank 274 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 as he did on that first check. 275 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Sounds good, doesn't it? 276 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,000 We kind of think so. That's the reason I came over here this morning. 277 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Conway, our handwriting man, thinks it's the same as the guy we're after. 278 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 He asked me to check it through Don Myers, to be sure. 279 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 What signature did he use on this last one? 280 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Now, that's another part of the MO that checks out. 281 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,000 You remember on the first check he forged the victim's name, William Scott? 282 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,000 And he made it a second-party check by signing the phony name George Scott, 283 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 passing himself off as the nephew of the victim. 284 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Pretty smart. 285 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 He goes to this victim's regular bank, 286 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,000 and he doesn't take the chance of being tabbed as the payee. 287 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 He covers by using that nephew gimmick. 288 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Yeah. This time he goes to a different branch, 289 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 not the regular branch the victim deals with as in the first case. 290 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,000 He simply forges the victim's name and lets it go at that. 291 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 You doing anything on that license number? 292 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Ashton and Miller checked it out late yesterday afternoon. They're on it now. 293 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Need any help? 294 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Not so far. 295 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 I'm interested in what Don Myers has to say about the handwriting. 296 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 He ought to be through about now, huh? 297 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 I'll give him a call. 298 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Thanks, Harry. 299 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Hello, Don. Who's this? 300 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 This is Elliot. 301 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,000 You know if Don's checked that stuff through for Inspector Smith yet? 302 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Okay, thanks, Sloan. 303 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 No, that's all right. We'll get to him. 304 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Don was called out of the office for a minute. 305 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,000 That was Sloan. He says he's sure Don's finished with it. 306 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Fine. You say when he'll be back? 307 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 He just dug down at that Brown's office for a minute. 308 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 I'll call down there for you. 309 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 That's all right. I'll walk down there myself. I need the exercise. 310 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Okay. 311 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Go on. I'll walk on down with you. 312 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Let's go. 313 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 All right. 314 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 You fellas will be back here once. 315 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000 I'm sure as soon as I check with Myers. All right? 316 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Which way is it from here? 317 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 This hall looks the same from one end to the other to me. 318 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 What's this way, Leo? 319 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Okay. 320 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 This affects you like the federal building does me. 321 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 I get all turned around up there. 322 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Yeah. 323 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Those fellas down in San Diego had a rough go on this thing. 324 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Yeah, I was talking to McGuire and Ormsby down there just the other day. 325 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 They said they were going around in circles on it. 326 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 They broke a lot of ground for us. 327 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Checked out a lot of suspects, cleared them. 328 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Checked out all that stuff that Barrett and from C.I.I. sent down. 329 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Yeah. 330 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 You know how thorough that guy is. 331 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Figures they've done a lot of leg work. 332 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Friday, you say you just talked to him down there? 333 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Yeah, that's right, Leo. 334 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Well, then you know about all those bulletins they got on the guy. 335 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Description, exemplars of his handwriting. 336 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Sent them to every police department in the United States. 337 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 It's a big job. 338 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 I'll go get Don. It's right in here. 339 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Thanks, Joe. 340 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Right. 341 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Don? 342 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Yeah, Joe. 343 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Leo Smith from the post office department is waiting to see you. 344 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Right, Joe. It's on my way back to the office. 345 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Fine. 346 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Hello, Don. 347 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Sorry, Leo. I had to duck out for a minute. 348 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Oh, that's all right. 349 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Say, did you get a chance to look that sky check over? 350 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Yeah, I did. Got a couple of things to show you back in the office. 351 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Okay, fine. 352 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Was Conway positive on this one? 353 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Well, he said he felt we had the right man, 354 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 but he wanted your opinion to be absolutely sure. 355 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I couldn't be positive, but I think maybe he's your man. 356 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 There's a great similarity, but too much pressure on the down strokes. 357 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 And ye's, the oh's. 358 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Just not too sure. 359 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 They're a little different than some of the previous samples of the guy's handwriting. 360 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 Uh-huh. 361 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 I can show you better back at the office. 362 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Got a few things for you. 363 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Think there's a possibility, Don? 364 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Let me put it this way. 365 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 I won't say it is, and I won't say it isn't. 366 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Let's pick him up and find out for sure. 367 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Here we are. Go ahead, fellas. 368 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Thank you. 369 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 I've blown those things up here. 370 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Uh-huh. Call for you, Leo. I'm three. 371 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Oh, thanks, Harry. Excuse me. 372 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Is Smith talking? 373 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 You did? 374 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Uh-huh. 375 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 We did. 376 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 All right, look, why don't you bring him down to forgery detail here at the city hall? 377 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 We'll talk to him here. 378 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Write it. 379 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Right, thanks. 380 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Well, looks like the end of the trail. That was Ashton. 381 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 He and Miller picked him up. He's our man. 382 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Admitted the forgery. 383 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Looks like San Diego did all the work, and we get all the luck. 384 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Anyway, we got him. 385 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You are in the scientific investigation division of a metropolitan police department. 386 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 The ballistics room. 387 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,000 You have just heard a test bullet fired from a.38 caliber revolver found in the possession of a suspect. 388 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,000 The test bullet was fired from a.38 caliber revolver. 389 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,000 The test bullet was fired from a.38 caliber revolver. 390 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 The test bullet was fired from a.38 caliber revolver found in the possession of a suspect. 391 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:29,000 The test slug is removed from the ballistics box and compared with the slug found at the scene of the crime. 392 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 There they are. 393 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Side by side, they look alike. 394 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 But examination will prove a world of difference. 395 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Now, examine a Fatima. 396 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Compare it with any other king-size cigarette. 397 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Side by side, they'll look alike. 398 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,000 But right away, you'll find there's a world of difference. 399 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 400 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette 401 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,000 because it contains the finest domestic and Turkish tobacco superbly blended. 402 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:10,000 And Fatima is extra mild, with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 403 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 So compare Fatima yourself. 404 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Fatimas now cost the same as other long cigarettes, 405 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 but your first puff will tell you. 406 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Ah, that's different. 407 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 408 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. 409 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Best of all, long cigarettes. 410 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 411 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:49,000 In the routine solution of a case, the police officer is always benefited by the legwork of his fellow officers. 412 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,000 In this case, the men of the San Diego Police Department, in conjunction with the Post Office Department, 413 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:00,000 had done most of the spade work and the actual apprehension of the suspect appeared to be almost too easy on our end. 414 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Even though Ben and I hadn't participated in the physical arrest of the suspect, 415 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:09,000 we felt the same gratification for the speedy solution of the case as did the postal authorities. 416 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Monday, March 3rd, 327 p.m., Miller and Ashton of the Post Office Department brought the suspect in for questioning. 417 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:21,000 The prisoner was turned over to Inspector Leo Smith. Ben and I sat in on the interrogation. 418 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Carver Gleason, that's your true name? 419 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Yes, sir, it is. 420 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 You say you've never been arrested before? 421 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 No, sir, I never have. 422 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 You know we're going to check that out. 423 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Yes, sir. 424 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 All right, now let's go over it again. 425 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 The same way? 426 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 That's up to you. We want the truth. 427 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:41,000 I've told you the truth. You asked me questions about stealing mail, about forging checks. 428 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,000 You said I was down in San Diego. Well, that's not true. None of it's true. 429 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Have you ever stolen from the mails? 430 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 No, sir, I never have. I know that's a pretty serious offense. 431 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,000 What makes you think forging isn't? Is that what you're trying to say? 432 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:59,000 No, I'm not. I didn't say that, but this was the first time I've ever done anything like this. 433 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 I didn't even think about the consequences. 434 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,000 You should have thought about them. When's the last time you were in San Diego? 435 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,000 I've never been there. I don't even know for sure where it is. 436 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 How long have you been in Los Angeles? 437 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 About three months now. 438 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Where's your home? 439 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Akron, Ohio. 440 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 How old did you say you were? 441 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Twenty-five. 442 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 What have you been doing since you got out here? 443 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,000 It's just it. Nothing. Can't find a job. 444 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Well, how have you been getting by? How have you been living? 445 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I've been staying down at the YMCA. Hope Street, I guess it is. 446 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 What have you been doing for money? 447 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Well, my folks gave me a little when I left Akron. 448 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,000 I thought I'd have a job by now. I didn't want to write home for any more, 449 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,000 so when I found that check, I figured I could get away with it. 450 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 I needed money, and I cashed it. 451 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 And where did you say you found it? 452 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Over on, um, let's street out that way, Los Siganega. Is that how you say it? 453 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Los Siganega, yeah. What were you doing out there? 454 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Well, I was answering an ad in the classifieds, trying to find a job. 455 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 I had to park the car down the street from the place, 456 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,000 and on my way back, I found this check on a sidewalk right near the bank on the corner. 457 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Where'd you get the car? 458 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 It's my father's. 459 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,000 The car is registered in your name with California plates. How do you explain that? 460 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Well, the folks told me when I got to California to go right to the authorities 461 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,000 and register the car if I was going to stay so I wouldn't get in any trouble. 462 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 That's where part of my money went. 463 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 You got anything else you want to tell us? 464 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Well, I did it. I admit that. 465 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 I want to make it up somehow. 466 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:35,000 The check was for $57. I gave the men that arrested me 50 of it, and I spent $7. 467 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Yeah, that's all on the record. 468 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I did wrong. I'll pay the $7 back. 469 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 You can take that up with the judge, Gleason. 470 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Friday, Romero, you want to step outside with me a minute? 471 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Yeah, right. 472 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Gleason, you wait here with that officer. 473 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Yes, sir. 474 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 What do you think? 475 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 He's telling the truth. He's not the one we want. 476 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 How about you, Joe? 477 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Yeah, I'll go along with Ben. 478 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 That makes three of us. 479 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Monday, March 3rd, 5 p.m. 480 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 We went in and checked with Don Myers. 481 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 In carefully going over exemplars of Carver Gleason's handwriting, 482 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 he had definitely eliminated him as our suspect. 483 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Carver Gleason remained in custody awaiting trial. 484 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Three months went by. During this time, the burglaries and forgeries continued. 485 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Suspects were picked up, checked out, and released. 486 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 We got nowhere. 487 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Tuesday, July 12th, we received a communication from Chief Adam Jensen 488 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 of the San Diego Police Department 489 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,000 who stated he was forwarding a radiogram from Chief John W. Polcine 490 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department. 491 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:43,000 The radiogram from Chief Polcine stated that his handwriting man in Milwaukee 492 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,000 had identified the suspect's handwriting as listed in one of the San Diego bulletins 493 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 as belonging to Philip E. Holloway. 494 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Holloway was arrested two years previous on a reckless driving charge. 495 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,000 The physical description of the man matched closely with the one that we'd received 496 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,000 on the suspect known to us as Harvey Fletcher. 497 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,000 They further stated that although he was at one time a resident of Milwaukee, 498 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 they had nothing further on him. 499 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,000 It was just an outside chance, but we decided that in all probability 500 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000 this could be the suspect's true name, Philip E. Holloway. 501 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,000 This information was forwarded to the postal authorities. 502 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Ben and I started to check through our channels to determine the whereabouts 503 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,000 of the suspect, Philip E. Holloway, with a possible alias of Harvey Fletcher. 504 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Well, that's it, Joe. Nothing in any of the phone books. 505 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Yeah. 506 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Covered everything I can think of. 507 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Our records, sheriff's records, nothing from CII, utility companies. 508 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Yeah, well, maybe Smith found something on him. We haven't got anything here. 509 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Think I'll give him a call, huh, Joe? 510 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Yeah, I'd like to know. 511 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 That's the extension of 664. 512 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Yeah, I know. 513 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Yeah, 664. 514 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Hello, Inspector Smith, please. 515 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 How's that? 516 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Oh, I see. No, that's all right, thank you. 517 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000 On his way over here, he left five minutes ago. 518 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 I sure hope he's got something. 519 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Joe, Ben, hi, Leo. 520 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 I think maybe we ran it down. 521 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Good. How'd you do it, through the postal service? 522 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Yeah, didn't figure, did it? 523 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 Well, we didn't think he'd stay put long enough to have a permanent address. 524 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Well, he's been on the move, but we got the last known address on him. 525 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Received mail there two days ago. 526 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,000 You want to check with Don Myers? He's been working over those exemplars at Milwaukee, San Diego. 527 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Just did. Called him about 15 minutes ago. 528 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Oh, we just got back from R&I. 529 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,000 What do you have to say this time? 530 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 He and Conway agree all the way this trip. 531 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Holloway's our man. 532 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Together with the postal authorities, Ben and I helped in the 24-hour surveillance placed on the suspect, Phillip E. Holloway. 533 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Our findings disclosed that he was living in a modest apartment house, 534 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,000 and he was employed by a local vacuum cleaner company as a door-to-door salesman. 535 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:48,000 This type of occupation would enable anyone to have suspicion-free access to any and all types of home mailboxes. 536 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:53,000 The first three days of the surveillance failed to disclose any further incriminating evidence. 537 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Thursday, July 17th, fifth day of the 24-hour surveillance, 2.30 p.m. 538 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Holloway came out of his apartment building, got into his car, and drove approximately four miles to the Echo Park residential district. 539 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,000 He parked his car, got out, and went up the steps of a small apartment house. 540 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Together with Inspector Leo Smith, Ben and I followed him. 541 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 You want to pull up here, Ben? This is good. 542 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Yeah, all right. 543 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 He's going for that mailbox, isn't he? 544 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Yeah. 545 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 He's got the key. He's opening the panel. 546 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Not a worry in the world. Broad daylight. 547 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Look at that. 548 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:39,000 He's got all the letters out of the box, got them in his pocket, on his way back to his car. 549 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Leo, there's a bank right up there in Sunset, see? 550 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Okay, let's stay with him. 551 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,000 How's it look, Joe? You can see up ahead there. Is he pulling up? 552 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Wait a minute. All right, let's go. 553 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Better pull up here, huh? 554 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Uh-huh. 555 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,000 Now look at that. Just like it was blueprinted. Going right in the bank. 556 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Come on. 557 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Yeah. 558 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Joe, you see him? 559 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 There he is. Second window. 560 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Let's get in line right behind him, Larry. 561 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Yes, sir, may I help you? 562 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Yes, I wonder if you can pass the check for me? 563 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Yes, sir. Would you endorse it for me? 564 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Sure, may I? 565 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,000 There you are. As you can see, this is one of my mother's checks. I guess I can cash it all right for her. 566 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 Do you have any identification? 567 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,000 I'm sorry, I don't. I'll say I have this envelope, the check was mailed in a little after. 568 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Yes, I think that's all right. How would you like this, sir? 569 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000 If he doesn't want it anyway, miss, just hold that check for us, please. Post to the inspector. 570 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,000 Yes, sir. 571 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 I beg your pardon. I believe you're making a mistake here. 572 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,000 No, there's no mistake. Come on, step over here. Shake him down. 573 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 I don't understand all this. 574 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:03,000 That key you used over there on Baxter Street, that the one you made from that panel you stole over on Alvarado about four months ago? 575 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000 You know about that, huh? 576 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Yeah, we do. 577 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 I did all right for a while, didn't I? 578 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,000 That key angle's a pretty good one, isn't it? 579 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 There's no lock in the world I can't make a key for. 580 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Well, we got one in mind you might have trouble with. 581 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:31,000 The story you have just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 582 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:38,000 On October 15th, trial was held in the United States District Court, State of California. In a moment, the results of that trial. 583 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 584 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Thank you. Friends, all of us on Dragnet are convinced that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 585 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 We think you'll like them as much as we do. 586 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:54,000 But the only way you can tell is to buy a pack of Fatimas and compare them with any other king-size cigarette. 587 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,000 Now, side by side, they'll look alike. But in Fatima, the difference is quality. 588 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Quality that gives you extra mildness, a much better flavor and aroma. 589 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:10,000 Compare Fatima. You'll agree Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 590 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,000 The suspect, Philip L. Wood Holloway, was found guilty on all counts. 591 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,000 He was sentenced to 10 years in the federal penitentiary. 592 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,000 Five years of his sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation. 593 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,000 One of the conditions being that he make restitution of the stolen money. 594 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Ladies and gentlemen, accidents of all types kill more persons from one to 35 years of age than does any single disease. 595 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:49,000 America's homes and children can best be kept safe if every father, mother and child develops the personal responsibility to know and observe home safety rules. 596 00:28:49,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Make home safety a family affair. Be careful. The life you save may be your own. 597 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:07,000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 598 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 599 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:19,000 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, is brought to you by Dragnet, portions transcribed from Los Angeles. 600 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:42,000 Stay tuned for Counterspire next over most NBC stations.