1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,520 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,840 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,580 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:17,580 --> 00:00:29,520 Best of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:30,960 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,080 You're assigned to juvenile bureau. 7 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,760 Dozens of petty theft cases are reported in one of the residential areas in your city. 8 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,480 The victims, neighborhood businessmen. 9 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,520 The suspects, teenage high school students. 10 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:49,320 Your job, stop them. 11 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:55,120 More and more smokers, coast to coast, are saying this about king-size Fatima every day. 12 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:56,120 They're different. 13 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,120 Better. 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,920 They are different, so pleasing. 15 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,560 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:09,460 You see, Fatima contains the finest domestic and Turkish tobacco superbly blended. 17 00:01:09,460 --> 00:01:11,720 And Fatima is extra mild. 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,920 With a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 19 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,440 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 20 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:24,560 You'll find Fatima gives you all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which 21 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,040 no other king-size cigarette has. 22 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,640 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 23 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,020 Next time, buy Fatima. 24 00:01:34,020 --> 00:01:38,440 Best of all, long cigarettes. 25 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:46,040 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 26 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,920 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 27 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,440 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 28 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:55,440 police files. 29 00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:01,160 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 30 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,600 in action. 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,000 Was Tuesday, February 4th, was cloudy in Los Angeles. 32 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,680 We were working a night watch out of juvenile bureau assigned to university division. 33 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,520 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Inspector Bowling. 34 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:16,520 My name's Friday. 35 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,160 We were on the way out from the office and it was 7.13 p.m. when we got to the corner 36 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,240 of South Waverly and Chester Avenue. 37 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,440 The grocery store. 38 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,320 Yes that's him back there to meet, Connor. 39 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Yeah, come on. 40 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,520 Looks like he's getting ready to close up. 41 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,160 Yeah, I guess we just about made it in time, huh? 42 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,160 Excuse me, sir. 43 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,160 Yes, sir. 44 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,160 Help your gentleman. 45 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:38,160 We're looking for Henry Loomis. 46 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Yes, sir, that's my name. 47 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,320 Police officers, Mr. Loomis. 48 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,320 My name's Friday. 49 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:42,320 I believe I talked to you on the phone. 50 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:43,320 Oh, yeah, yeah. 51 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,320 This is my partner, Sergeant Romero. 52 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,320 Hi, Mr. Romero. 53 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,880 I wonder if you'd mind waiting a half a minute, officer, just getting a little book work straightened 54 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:49,880 out here. 55 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:50,880 Today's receipts. 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:51,880 Yeah, I'll go right in. 57 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:52,880 Well, it'll take but a minute. 58 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:53,880 Let's see here. 59 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:54,880 Uh-huh. 60 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:55,880 Thirty-seven. 61 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:56,880 Forty-five. 62 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:57,880 Thirty-seven. 63 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:58,880 Uh-huh. 64 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,880 There we go. 65 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:00,880 Ain't that lousy book work. 66 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:09,960 Going to get a girl to come in and do it one of these days. 67 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,960 Let's go up front here and talk. 68 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,960 All right, sir, fine. 69 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,960 Pull up a couple of stools there. 70 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:14,960 Might as well be comfortable. 71 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:15,960 Yes, thank you. 72 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:16,960 Thank you, sir. 73 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,760 Have you talked to any of the other merchants in the neighborhood yet? 74 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:19,760 No, sir, not yet. 75 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,360 We'd like to find out what you have to tell us first. 76 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,920 Well, it's one of those high school kids, I can tell you that. 77 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:24,920 I'm sure of it. 78 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,960 I don't want to sound like an old grouse, but this stealing's got to stop. 79 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,440 You get quite a bit of business from the high school trade, do you? 80 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,380 At the new hour and then just after school, that's out. 81 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:35,440 Usually have quite a bunch of them in here around those times. 82 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:36,440 Uh-huh. 83 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,440 Do you especially cater to the high school crowd? 84 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,840 I mean, do you serve lunch here or anything like that? 85 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:40,840 No, I don't. 86 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,600 I usually get the kids to take their lunch. 87 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,760 They come in and buy soda water or milk to drink with their sandwiches. 88 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,920 They seem like such a nice class of kids. 89 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:49,920 I didn't think they were thieves. 90 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,360 Well, how long has this stealing been going on, Mr. Loomis? 91 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,280 I'd say about 10 days, two weeks. 92 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,160 It's not very hard for them to get away with it. 93 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,800 Fifteen or 20 kids crowd in here during noon hour. 94 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,440 I'm usually busy up at the counter. 95 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,200 It's no great trick for any one of them to make off with a couple of dollars worth of 96 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:05,200 merchandise. 97 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,320 You say this happens just about every day? 98 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,920 Every day the kids are in here, yeah. 99 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,200 I tried playing detective myself for a while, trying to catch the giddily ones. 100 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,200 Didn't do much good. 101 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Uh-huh. 102 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,320 As long as this stealing's been going on, Mr. Loomis, is it every month more than just 103 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,880 a few dollars' worth of food every day? 104 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,680 I know, that's the funny part of it, Sergeant. 105 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,200 When I check back on my inventories, it's always just about the same amount. 106 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,760 A few cans of meat, vegetables, butter, a few loaves of bread. 107 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,400 It's not so much the value of this stuff. 108 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,480 I just don't like the idea of some kid making a fool out of me day after day. 109 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,680 Has your cash register ever been tampered with, you know? 110 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:36,960 I mean, any money stolen? 111 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,360 No, sir, that's another thing I can't understand. 112 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,000 If a kid's gonna turn thief, you'd think he'd go after the cash. 113 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,080 Whoever's doing it, they've never tried anything like that here. 114 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,600 Well, how about some of the other merchants in the neighborhood, sir? 115 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,120 You mentioned on the phone there were a couple of others having the same trouble that you 116 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,120 are. 117 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,120 Yes, sir, there's George Bofe. 118 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,640 He's the newspaper distributor, and there's Collins. 119 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,480 He's got the grocery place up the street. 120 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,480 You can talk to them. 121 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,520 I gave you their addresses on the phone, didn't I? 122 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:01,520 Yes, sir, you did. 123 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:02,520 Just one more thing, Mr. Loomis. 124 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,440 About this crowd of high school boys that hang around here, any of them in particular, 125 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:07,440 you might suspect? 126 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,680 As a matter of fact, there is. 127 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,200 I certainly can't prove anything, but I just have a feeling about it. 128 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,680 I don't like the boy. 129 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,680 Just one boy, sir? 130 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,360 Yes, sir, there may be more than one that's guilty, but this young fellow, I'm pretty sure 131 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,360 of. 132 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:20,360 What's his name? 133 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,320 I hear the kids call him Harry, red-haired boy, curly red hair, tall, a few freckles. 134 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,120 It won't be hard to get his last name if we need it. 135 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,080 Is there anything else you can think of that we ought to know? 136 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:34,420 You go up the street and talk to the other two men, Sergeant, George Bofe and Collins. 137 00:05:34,420 --> 00:05:36,200 They might have something more for you. 138 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,760 I think I've told you about everything. 139 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,800 All right, Mr. Loomis, I've got your home phone here. 140 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,080 If we want to contact you later tonight, I'll call you there. 141 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:44,080 Is that all right? 142 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,080 Perfectly all right. 143 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,080 Here's our card, sir. 144 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,680 You can call us at that number there anytime, all right? 145 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,680 Thank you. 146 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,960 What do you think's behind the whole thing, Sergeant, this cheap stealing, nickel and 147 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:53,960 dime stuff? 148 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:54,960 I don't know, sir. 149 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:55,960 We'll try and find out for you. 150 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,000 It just doesn't make sense stealing like that day after day. 151 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,520 You'd think even a kid would know that you can't go on stealing forever. 152 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:07,080 Yes, sir, a lot of them give it a try. 153 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,880 From the very start, the whole pattern of the case and the thief's method of operation 154 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,160 made little or no sense at all. 155 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,040 The thefts had been going on for more than two weeks, and they'd all taken place in a 156 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,960 12-square block area. 157 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,240 In each of the two dozen cases reported to us, not one of the thefts had been for more 158 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,240 than $5, either in cash or merchandise. 159 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:32,440 The thief's scene of operation included two grocery stores, a drug store, coin boxes attached 160 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:37,180 to the newsstands in the neighborhood, and a five-and-ten-cent variety store. 161 00:06:37,180 --> 00:06:41,940 With one exception, all of the cases involved theft of merchandise only. 162 00:06:41,940 --> 00:06:45,980 The breaking open of coin boxes attached to newsstands was the single instance in which 163 00:06:45,980 --> 00:06:47,540 money was taken. 164 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:50,600 The total sum was less than $3.50. 165 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,800 7.40 p.m. 166 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,820 Ben and I left the grocery store and went up the street to the home of George Brophy. 167 00:06:56,820 --> 00:07:00,460 He was the neighborhood newspaper distributor who operated the coin box newsstands which 168 00:07:00,460 --> 00:07:01,460 had been broken into. 169 00:07:01,460 --> 00:07:03,520 Well, I think you can just about count on it, Sergeant. 170 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,680 It's one of the kids in the neighborhood doing all this. 171 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,600 Either that or a couple of them are working together. 172 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,440 What makes you so sure about it, Mr. Brophy? 173 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,280 Well, for one thing, we got more in our share of kids out this way. 174 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,720 A lot of them are from poor families, underprivileged, you might say. 175 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,600 I guess they figure it's one way of picking up extra spending money. 176 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,880 I got nothing against kids myself. 177 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,640 A few nickels they get out of those boxes, I wouldn't prosecute them for that. 178 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,040 Well, sir, that's not exactly it. 179 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,040 The point is they're stealing. 180 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,840 If they get away with this small-time stuff, they might figure they're ripe for something 181 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:31,840 bigger. 182 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,200 Probably be the best thing in the world for them if we can stop them now and set them 183 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,200 on the right track, you see. 184 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,200 Yeah. 185 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,200 Put in with you there, Sergeant. 186 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:38,680 I don't know how much I can help you, though. 187 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,320 Do you have any idea at all who it might be that's breaking into the coin boxes? 188 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,040 Well, like I say, I have nothing against any kid myself, but there is one of them around 189 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,880 the neighborhood I've been a little suspicious about, a red-headed kid. 190 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,680 What's he look like, you know? 191 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,680 Red hair, freckled face, kind of tall and gangly, typical high school kid. 192 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,600 Old Loomis down at the grocery store, he's been a little leery about the same kid, too. 193 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,040 Well, why do you single out this red-haired boy, Mr. Brophy? 194 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,040 Well, he... 195 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,040 Oh, excuse me, I better grab a lot of him. 196 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:05,040 Yes. 197 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,040 Hello. 198 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,040 Oh, yeah, Maggie, hi. 199 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,480 Four of them. 200 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,480 When are they born? 201 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,480 Is that right? 202 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,480 That's right. 203 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:15,480 Born this morning. 204 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:16,480 Four of them, huh? 205 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:17,480 Yeah, yeah, just a minute, I'll call them. 206 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:18,480 Ah, Grace. 207 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:19,480 Yeah, honey? 208 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:20,480 It's for you, Maggie Harris. 209 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,480 Okay, thanks. 210 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:22,480 Excuse me, officer. 211 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:23,480 A friend of my wife's, her cat just had four kittens. 212 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:24,480 Oh, I see. 213 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:25,480 Oh, where were we? 214 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Oh, yeah, about the kid. 215 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,480 Yes, sir, what do you suspect? 216 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:28,480 Well, there's a couple reasons, Sergeant. 217 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:29,480 Late one night when I was making my collections, I spotted the boy hanging around one of the 218 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,480 newsstands. 219 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:44,120 Didn't look like he had any business there that time of night. 220 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,600 He looked up and saw me coming, he turned and ducked down a side street. 221 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,960 Well, do you have any idea where this boy lives, Mr. Brophy? 222 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,600 No, can't say I do. 223 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,720 He goes to that high school a few blocks up on South Waverly, I know that. 224 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,040 It's the same boy that the grocer man had his eye on. 225 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,320 You said there were a couple of reasons why you were suspicious of this boy, Mr. Brophy? 226 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,880 Yeah, well, this other thing doesn't mean too much. 227 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,240 There wasn't anything really wrong with it. 228 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,720 It just seemed a little queer, that's all. 229 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:05,720 What was that? 230 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,520 Well, I dropped in at the safety liquor store down the street last week. 231 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,040 I wanted to pick up a little something. 232 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,520 I saw the same kid in there. 233 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,720 He was asking Benny, the guy who runs the place, if he'd sell him a fifth of bourbon. 234 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,800 I heard the kid saying it was supposed to be for his father. 235 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,320 His father was sick and couldn't come in. 236 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,160 Of course, Benny turned him down. 237 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,160 He wouldn't sell it to the kid. 238 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:23,960 And that was the extent of it, huh? 239 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:24,960 Yeah, that's all. 240 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,320 There wasn't anything wrong with it. 241 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:27,320 Kid didn't insist. 242 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,320 I thought it was just a little lot of lines sending a kid after liquor. 243 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,280 Well, that's about the size of it. 244 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,920 How about some of the other merchants in the neighborhood who have been bothered by these 245 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:35,920 petty thefts? 246 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,920 Do you know if any of them are suspicious of this boy? 247 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,800 No, I wouldn't know that. 248 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,960 Henry Loomis, not the stores, but they all know. 249 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,440 Well, thanks very much, Mr. Brophy. 250 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,360 If anything else comes up, you can get us at the number on this card here. 251 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:48,360 Oh, okay, sir. 252 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:49,360 Fine. 253 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,680 If I can help at all to clear this thing up, I'd be glad to do it. 254 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:55,640 Well, we'll probably be checking back with you, and thanks again, sir. 255 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,720 Sure is funny, the whole thing. 256 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,720 I got a big laugh out of it. 257 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:00,720 Sir? 258 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,880 Oh, I mean the friend of my wife called Maggie Harris. 259 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,880 Cat had four kittens, like I told you. 260 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Sure got a big laugh out of that. 261 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,160 I kept telling her she wouldn't believe me. 262 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,160 What's that, sir? 263 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:16,200 Well, she thought the cat was a male. 264 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,040 The next morning, Ben and I continued checking with various merchants and residents in the 265 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,560 neighborhood where the series of petty thefts were taking place. 266 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:27,920 We located and questioned one more shopkeeper who was suspicious of the tall red-haired 267 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,920 boy known as Harry. 268 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:34,320 That afternoon, we went to the high school on South Waverly Avenue to check on him. 269 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,240 From his first name and his description, he was identified by the boy's vice principal 270 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,840 as Harry Thomas Dunbar. 271 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,720 He was 18 years old and a sophomore with an average scholastic record. 272 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,660 We were told that Dunbar had left the grounds about half an hour before with the high school's 273 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:50,960 basketball team. 274 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,320 The group was headed for one of the local sports pavilions where the team had one of 275 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,840 its more important games scheduled for that afternoon. 276 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,080 Harry Dunbar was in charge of selling the printed programs for the game. 277 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,920 Ben and I drove out to the sports pavilion and checked with one of the boys collecting 278 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,420 tickets at the door. 279 00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:12,400 He told us we'd find Harry Dunbar inside at the program stand. 280 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,480 These high school kids sure take their basketball seriously, don't they? 281 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,000 Yeah, big turnout, sounds like. 282 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,120 We're going to be lucky if we can find that boy in this crowd. 283 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,880 You see him anywhere? 284 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:23,880 No. 285 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,200 Which side is the program stand supposed to be on? 286 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,880 Well, there's a lot of them along and through here on both sides. 287 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,760 I guess we better start checking them out. 288 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:32,760 Yeah. 289 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,760 Joe. 290 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,760 Yeah. 291 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:40,560 That stand back there on the left, you see? 292 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:41,560 Redheaded kid? 293 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:43,560 Yeah, let's check him. 294 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:44,560 Okay. 295 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:45,560 Programs, dime. 296 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:47,760 Complete programs for the game, 10 cents. 297 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,760 Excuse me, son. 298 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:49,760 Program, mister? 299 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:50,760 You're Harry Dunbar? 300 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:51,760 Yeah, that's right. 301 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:52,760 Well, please, officers, Harry. 302 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,160 We'd like to talk to you for a few minutes if it's all right. 303 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,000 Oh, well, I can't talk to you now. 304 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,800 I'm pretty busy selling these programs here. 305 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,600 Then suppose we wait a few minutes, son. 306 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,760 See, you only have a few left there to sell. 307 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,400 No, I wouldn't do any good waiting. 308 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,440 When I sell these, I got something else to do. 309 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,440 It's only going to take a few minutes of your time, Harry. 310 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,480 We won't keep you long. 311 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:11,480 What is it, officer? 312 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:12,480 What do you want to talk to me about? 313 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,040 Just have a few questions for you, son. 314 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,040 That's all. 315 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,400 Can you step out in the lobby with us for just a minute? 316 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:18,400 What's it all about? 317 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:19,400 I'd like to know. 318 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,360 I guess you shouldn't not talk about it out here. 319 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,360 Oh, all right. 320 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,880 We can go up this ramp here. 321 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,880 All right. 322 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,840 There's a hallway back here. 323 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,120 Runs underneath the stands. 324 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,120 Won't be so noisy. 325 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,560 Fine, we won't keep you long. 326 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:36,720 Just a few routine questions. 327 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,280 This ought to do okay. 328 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:40,280 What is it you want to know about? 329 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,000 Do you know a Mr. Loomis Harry runs a grocery store near the high school? 330 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,640 Yeah, old man Loomis. 331 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,520 I go down to his store and eat lunch sometimes. 332 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:48,520 Why? 333 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,560 Mr. Collins, he runs another store near the high school. 334 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,320 Yeah, I know the place. 335 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,320 Sometimes I go there too. 336 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,080 A bunch of the kids hang around there during lunchtime. 337 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,360 We've had quite a few complaints from Collins and Loomis, some of the other stores in the 338 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:00,360 neighborhood too. 339 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,800 We're checking on some of them. 340 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,600 Thought maybe you could help us out, Harry. 341 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,200 No, I couldn't help you any. 342 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,440 Mr. Collins and that old man Loomis, they don't like us. 343 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,800 They want to get us in trouble. 344 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:10,800 I think they're lying. 345 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:11,800 Lying about what? 346 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,760 About us kids stealing things out of their stores. 347 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,880 I bet they even told you I'm stealing things from them. 348 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:18,880 Are you Harry? 349 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,000 Of course not. 350 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,720 They can't say any of us stole things. 351 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:22,720 They don't know. 352 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,720 They can't prove anything. 353 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,840 Do you know the man that distributes newspapers in your neighborhood, son, and Mr. Brophy? 354 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:28,840 Who? 355 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:29,840 Mr. Brophy. 356 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,760 Some of the coin boxes on his newsstands have been broken into. 357 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,640 He thought maybe you could tell us something about that. 358 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:35,640 Why me? 359 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:36,640 I don't know any Mr. Brophy. 360 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,120 Well, he knows you, Harry. 361 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,040 He saw you hanging around one of the newsstands one night and there's something else. 362 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,240 He saw you trying to buy a bottle of liquor in the neighborhood. 363 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,240 Is that right? 364 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,400 We've had three or four reports on you, son. 365 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:48,400 What'd he say? 366 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,400 He won't tell us about it? 367 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,400 They're crazy. 368 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,400 I haven't done anything. 369 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,400 Well, then you got nothing to worry about, son. 370 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:53,400 I won't tell you anything. 371 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,400 We got Ben. 372 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,400 Here, grab it. 373 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:56,400 I got him. 374 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:57,400 All right. 375 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:58,400 Hold it up, son. 376 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,400 Let me go. 377 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:00,400 Let me go. 378 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,400 Take it easy, Uncle. 379 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,400 I haven't done anything. 380 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,400 I haven't. 381 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,400 Now let me go, please. 382 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:05,400 I haven't done anything. 383 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,400 Why'd you try to run away? 384 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,400 I have to get home. 385 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,400 I gotta get home right away. 386 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,400 All right, son. 387 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 We'll take you there. 388 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,400 No, you can't go with me. 389 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:12,400 I have to go alone. 390 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,400 I'm afraid we're gonna have to hold on to you, Harry. 391 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,400 What is it? 392 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:19,400 I tried to tell him I couldn't do everything. 393 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,400 I tried, but it didn't work out. 394 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,400 I can't do everything. 395 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,400 What do you mean, son? 396 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:23,400 Take me home. 397 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:34,640 I'll let them tell you. 398 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,440 You are in the forgery division of a Metropolitan Police Department. 399 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,440 We are looking for a suspect who has a signature of the same size as the one in the front. 400 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:49,900 And we have a detailed report of the 401 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:50,900 case. 402 00:14:50,900 --> 00:14:54,960 You are listening to a police officer taking a sample of a suspect's handwriting. 403 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,760 This handwriting sample will be compared with a forged signature. 404 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:03,640 Side by side, two signatures may often look alike, but closer examination will prove a 405 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,760 world of difference. 406 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:11,280 You find the same is true when you compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 407 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:17,400 Side by side, Fatimas are the same in length and circumference, 85 millimeters long, 1 408 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,760 and 1-64ths inches around. 409 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:26,360 And Fatima filters the smoke exactly the same long distance as any other king-size cigarette. 410 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,160 But in Fatima, the difference is quality. 411 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,640 Fatima gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 412 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:43,320 Remember, Fatima has all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no 413 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,320 other king-size cigarette has. 414 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,720 So insist on the best. 415 00:15:48,720 --> 00:16:00,200 Next time, buy king-size Fatima. 416 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:17,400 You find free 417 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:24,400 run by Mr. Loomis. He admitted he was responsible. He said he'd been stealing things from the store for more than a month. 418 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:31,400 We asked the boy about the petty thefts from the grocery store operated by Mr. Collins. Again he told us he was responsible. 419 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:39,400 He also admitted stealing from the neighborhood drug store and the variety store, in addition to breaking into the coin boxes on the self-service newsstands. 420 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:50,400 In each instance he described his method of operation. He estimated that over a period of some four and a half weeks he'd stolen approximately $50 in merchandise and about $5 in cash. 421 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,400 We asked him why. He refused to answer. 422 00:16:54,400 --> 00:17:00,400 You must have had a reason for doing all this hearing. Why don't you tell us? We're going to find out sooner or later. 423 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,400 Sorry, officer. It's the next turn to your left. 424 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:09,400 Okay. What's the matter, son? You afraid of what your folks are going to say? 425 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:14,400 No, that's not it. I never stole anything in my life till this time. 426 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,400 When I started in I didn't think of it as stealing. It's something I had to do. That's all. I couldn't help it. 427 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,400 That doesn't make much sense, Harry. What do you mean you couldn't help it? 428 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,400 It's the truth. You've got to believe me. There wasn't anything else I could do. 429 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,400 Well, what was it then? Was somebody forcing you to steal? 430 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:32,400 No. Can't you just believe me? It's something I had to do. 431 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,400 Sergeant, can't you let me off here? I'll walk home the rest of the way. I promise you I'll come and see you tomorrow. 432 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,400 You know we couldn't do that, son. You've already admitted stealing from a half a dozen stores in the neighborhood, 433 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,400 breaking into those coin boxes. It's going to have to be straightened out one way or the other. 434 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,400 But I can pay them back for what I took. I got a job. I'll pay back every one of them. 435 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:51,400 I believe you, son, but there's still a lot of explaining that's going to have to be done. 436 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:56,400 This is the 1500, bro, Harry. Want to point out your house for us? Son? 437 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,400 Can't we fix it up some other way? We don't have to go to my house, do we? 438 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,400 The sooner you fix it, the better. Now, how about it? 439 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,400 Keep on going. It's the way down the end of the block. 440 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:13,400 Well, now, which is it, son? There's no houses beyond this. It's just that shack down there. 441 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,400 That's my house. 442 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,400 Okay, Harry. 443 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,400 Maybe I better go in first to see if everything's all right. 444 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,400 It'll be all right. We'll come with you. 445 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,400 Ben and I followed the boy up the stairs and into the house. 446 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,400 From the outside, it looked run down and badly in need of painting. 447 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,400 On the inside, it still looked in fair condition except for the housekeeping. 448 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,400 The floor of the living room was littered with sand and dirt. 449 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,400 The floor was covered with dirt. 450 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,400 A few pieces of furniture didn't look much better. 451 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:55,400 A card table set in one corner was crowded with dirty dishes and scraps of half-eaten food. 452 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Across the room was a baby in a crib. 453 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,400 Couldn't have been more than a few months old. 454 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,400 Apparently, the bedclothes in the crib hadn't been changed for days. 455 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:10,400 Next to the crib huddled in an army cot, underneath a bed, was a stack of trash. 456 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:15,420 hadn't been changed for days. Next to the crib huddled in an army cot, underneath a 457 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:19,660 few thin blankets was a dark-haired little girl, maybe two, two and a half years old. 458 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:24,180 Her face was thin and pale. She was asleep. Through an open door we could see into the 459 00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:28,760 next room where a woman was lying on a couch. There was an empty glass and a newly opened 460 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,260 bottle of whiskey on the nightstand. 461 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:35,220 You should have let me come in first, officers. I would have had a chance to clean up a little. 462 00:19:35,220 --> 00:19:36,700 Kids mess up the house, you know. 463 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:38,700 Harry, is that you, Harry? 464 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:41,700 That's my mother. Rest in little, I guess. 465 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:45,700 This is the baby in the crib. His name's Jerry. 466 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:49,700 That's my little sister on the cot there. Her name's Annie. 467 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:52,700 Get your mother out here, will you, son? We want to talk to her. 468 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:57,700 Don't get mad at her, will you? Mom's had a tough time lately. She tries to do her best. 469 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,700 What's the matter with the kids here, son? Have they been sick? 470 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:05,700 Baby had a cold, but I got that medicine from the drugstore. He seems to be okay. 471 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:09,700 I'm not so sure about Annie, though. She had a bad cold. Doesn't seem to be getting over it. 472 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:11,700 You want to take a look, man? 473 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:13,700 Yeah. 474 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:15,700 Get your mother up, son. 475 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:18,700 Yeah. All right. 476 00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:24,700 Hey, Ma. Ma, get up, will you? 477 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:26,700 What is it? Who'd you bring home with you? 478 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:28,700 A couple of policemen. They want to talk to you. 479 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:32,700 What'd you bring them in for? Close the door there. I have to fix up a little. 480 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,700 My mother'll be right out, officer. All right, son. 481 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:37,700 Joe? Yeah? 482 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:40,700 We better get to her phone right away. It looks pretty bad. What is it? 483 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:44,700 Baby needs a doctor. A little girl here. I hope she does, too. What? 484 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:46,700 I'm not sure she's alive. 485 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:57,700 An ambulance was called immediately, and Harry Dunbar's two-year-old sister Annie and his baby brother were both rushed to the general hospital. 486 00:20:57,700 --> 00:21:03,700 The mother, identified as Mrs. Florence Dunbar, was taken downtown and booked at the main jail on a drunk charge. 487 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:08,700 Six forty-five p.m. We took the boy, Harry Dunbar, over to Ben's house. 488 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:13,700 We put in a call to the general hospital to check on his little sister Annie and his infant brother. 489 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:16,700 They told us both the children were suffering from malnutrition. 490 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,700 The little girl, Annie, had double pneumonia. 491 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:24,700 Miraculously, the baby seemed to have been spared. He was sick, but his condition wasn't considered serious. 492 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:30,700 After Ben's wife fed him dinner, eighteen-year-old Harry Dunbar sat down and told us the story. 493 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:33,700 Three months before, his father had deserted the family. 494 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:38,700 His mother had made a pretense at supporting Harry and the two babies and then gave it up in favor of drinking. 495 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:42,700 The whole burden of keeping a family alive was piled on the youngster's shoulders. 496 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:50,700 Besides school, he had three odd jobs that he worked at to earn enough money to pay the rent, the gas and light bill, food, and general necessities. 497 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:53,700 It wasn't enough, so he had to take to stealing. 498 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:57,700 His mother wouldn't work, but at the same time she wouldn't let the boy apply for charity. 499 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:03,700 He slept at Ben's house that night. The next morning at juvenile bureau, he gave us the rest of the story. 500 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:08,700 I guess it got too much for me. I don't know. I could sneak the food and medicine from the stores, all right, 501 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:14,700 but I couldn't seem to get enough money together. The rent bill and all that. Kids needed clothes, too. 502 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,700 Why wouldn't your mother let you apply for help, son, some of the local charity? 503 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:24,700 I'd never go for that, officer. She'd get mad when I talked about it, said she had too much pride to take charity. 504 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:28,700 Did your mother know that you were stealing the food and medicine that you used to bring home? 505 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:35,700 I don't know. I guess so. I wouldn't be so mad at her, but every time I got some money together to pay bills, she wanted me to buy whiskey for her. 506 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:38,700 She begged so much, I couldn't say no. 507 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:43,700 We're having your mother brought over from the main jail, Harry. We'd like to find out if we can't locate your father. 508 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:46,700 We want to check outside, Ben, and see if they've brought Ms. Dunbar over yet. 509 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:48,700 Okay, thank you. 510 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,700 How about the kids, Officer Annie, and the baby? How they doing? 511 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:57,700 I checked the hospital, Harry. The doctor's going to call us as soon as he can. 512 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:03,700 Ma should have known better. Poor little kids. I could take care of myself, but they had to depend on her. 513 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:05,700 She'd only stop drinking. 514 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:07,700 Go right in, Ms. Dunbar. 515 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:11,700 Harry, you all right, son? What have they been doing to you? 516 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:13,700 I'm all right, ma. Don't hang on me like that. 517 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:20,700 I was worried about you, Harry, you and the kids. I'm sorry they got sick. I didn't know. It's just bad luck, Harry. 518 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,700 We got to stick together, you and me. 519 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:24,700 There's a chair here, ma. Sit down, huh? 520 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:29,700 Joan, the hospital called. They took the message outside. Here you are. 521 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:30,700 Thank you. 522 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,700 The hospital, Officer? About Annie and the baby? 523 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:36,700 Yeah, that's right, son. About your little sister Annie. 524 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:38,700 What about her? What did the doctor say? 525 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:43,700 Well, it's not good, Harry. The doctor called and said Annie had pneumonia. 526 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:45,700 Pneumonia. 527 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:47,700 She'd be all right, though, huh? To take care of her? 528 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:54,700 Well, it's not that way, son. I mean, the doctor said, oh, look, you tell him what to do. 529 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,700 What is it? What about Annie? 530 00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:59,700 We got a right to know. She's my little girl. 531 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:02,700 Sergeant, you can tell me. 532 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:04,700 You want to sit down, Harry? 533 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:06,700 Yes, sir? 534 00:24:06,700 --> 00:24:11,700 Annie died ten minutes ago. The doctors tried, and they couldn't help. 535 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:15,700 Annie dead? 536 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,700 That's right, son. 537 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:22,700 She's only a little kid. She's only two years old. 538 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:28,700 Harry. Harry, son. Poor little Annie. 539 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:34,700 Why did it have to be her, my own little girl? My own little Annie. 540 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:42,700 Be good to me, son. I don't know how I can stand it. My own little girl Annie. 541 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:44,700 Go outside, Ma. Go outside. 542 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:48,700 No, Harry. I need you. I need you more than ever, son. 543 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:54,700 Be good to me. We have to stick together now. We got to love one another. 544 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:56,700 All right, Miss Dunn. 545 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:01,700 No. I need Harry. He's all I got. Aren't you, son? 546 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:06,700 It's so hard sometimes. Everything's against us. 547 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,700 Lord only knows I've tried. 548 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:14,700 We've got to try to be happy to stay together and love one another. 549 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,700 Lord only knows... 550 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:17,700 Will you shut up, Ma? 551 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:22,700 Harry, don't blame me, son. We've got to try to be happy. 552 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:27,700 I blame you. Anybody blame you. You killed her. Poor little kid. You killed Annie. 553 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,700 Harry, don't say it. Don't say it. 554 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:33,700 I will say it, Ma. You did it. The whole terrible thing. Annie's dead. You did it. 555 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:34,700 Don't you know what I mean? 556 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,700 No, son. Don't hurt me. 557 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:38,700 All right, Harry. Now take it easy. 558 00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:44,700 You know her, too, don't you? She did it. Her and her whiskey and her drinking and laying around, not even caring about the kids. 559 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:49,700 I tried to tell you, Ma. It's the least you could have done. Take care of the kids. See they're all right. 560 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:54,700 You had to drink. It wouldn't work. You had to lay around. Don't you understand? I couldn't do it all. I tried. I couldn't do it all. 561 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:58,700 You had to go on drinking and lay there and watch Annie die. 562 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:04,700 Please, son. Don't say that. We've got to love each other. I wouldn't hurt Annie. You know your mother would never do that. 563 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:06,700 You're not my mother. You're not anybody's mother. 564 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:10,700 You don't know what you're saying. Harry, I'm your mother. 565 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:15,700 Lord knows I've tried to be a good mother. You don't mean what you're saying. 566 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:17,700 Goodbye, Ma. I hope I never have to see you again. 567 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:20,700 Harry, please, don't go. 568 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:22,700 Ben, you better go get her. 569 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:33,700 You wouldn't believe me, Sergeant. Lord knows I've tried. 570 00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:41,700 It's not easy, a husband deserting you the way Charlie did. Three kids on your hands. What could I do? 571 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:42,700 Yes, ma'am. 572 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:52,700 Harry ought to understand. I tried. Lord knows it's the best anybody can do. Just try and hope for the best. 573 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:55,700 Yes, ma'am. I've only got one question. 574 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:56,700 Yes? 575 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:58,700 How hard did you try? 576 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:10,700 The story you have just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 577 00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:16,700 On April 23rd, trial was held in Municipal Court, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 578 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:19,700 In a moment, the results of that trial. 579 00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:21,700 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 580 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:28,700 Thank you. Friends, I have here a pack of Fatimas. Inside, of course, 20 king-size Fatima cigarettes. 581 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:36,700 Now Fatimas are the same length and circumference as other king-size cigarettes, and Fatima filters the smoke the same long distance. 582 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:41,700 But only inside this golden yellow package do you get Fatima quality. 583 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:49,700 That's right. Fatima gives you all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no other king-size cigarette has. 584 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:52,700 Next time, buy Fatima. 585 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,700 Eighteen-year-old Harold Dunbar was filed on in juvenile court. 586 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:10,700 After the hearing, the court directed that the two Dunbar children be placed in a foster home. 587 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:15,700 Mrs. Dunbar was permanently deprived of the custody of her children. 588 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:27,700 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 589 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:34,700 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 590 00:28:34,700 --> 00:29:02,700 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 591 00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:10,700 Stay tuned for Counterspy, next over NBC.