1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,440 Ladies and gentlemen, the documented story you will hear during the next 30 minutes is 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,200 not a subject commonly discussed. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:14,260 It is a criminal problem that is not yet nationwide, but it's a problem which is growing rapidly. 4 00:00:14,260 --> 00:00:18,020 We present it now so that you may recognize it for what it is, if and when it invades 5 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:27,020 your city. 6 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:29,960 The story you are about to hear is true. 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,320 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:46,000 Fatima, best of all king-size cigarettes brings you dragnet. 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,500 You're a detective sergeant. 10 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,720 You're assigned to bunko detail. 11 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,920 You begin to receive reports of a vicious new racket growing in your city, the television 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,680 repair racket. 13 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:01,480 The repairman lie, overcharge, bill you for work not done, for parts not needed, for parts 14 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,440 they don't install. 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:09,600 Your job, stop them. 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,000 How does Fatima compare with other king-size cigarettes? 17 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,480 Fatimas are the same length and circumference, 85 millimeters long, one and one sixty-fourths 18 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,240 inches around. 19 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:26,080 And Fatima filters the smoke exactly the same long distance as any other king-size cigarette. 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,760 Tell me then, how is Fatima different from other king-size cigarettes? 21 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,400 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 22 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:39,520 Fatima gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 23 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:46,040 Remember, Fatima has all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no 24 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,360 other king-size cigarette has. 25 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,120 So insist on the best. 26 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,640 Smoke king-size Fatima. 27 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,320 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 28 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:05,880 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 29 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,880 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 30 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,440 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 31 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,200 police files. 32 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,320 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 33 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,320 in action. 34 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:27,600 It was Monday, January 19th. 35 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,040 It was overcast in Los Angeles. 36 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,120 We were working the day watch out of bunko detail. 37 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,960 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain McCauley. 38 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,960 My name's Friday. 39 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:41,600 It was 9.15 a.m. when we got to the third floor of the Los Angeles Daily News, the Assistant 40 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:42,600 City Editor's Office. 41 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:43,600 Hi, Friday. 42 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,600 Come on in. 43 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:45,600 Sit down. 44 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,600 Good morning, Jack. 45 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,120 I'd like you to meet my partner, Ben Romero. 46 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,800 Ben, this is Jack Canette, staff writer for the Daily News. 47 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:51,800 How are you, Canette? 48 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:52,800 Glad to know you, Ben. 49 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:53,800 Sit down, fellas. 50 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:54,800 Thanks. 51 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,960 We just left the skipper over at the City Hall. 52 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,320 Did the captain brief you on this thing? 53 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,880 Yeah, he gave us a partial, Phil, and we've been working on it from our end about two weeks 54 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:02,880 now. 55 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,240 Oh, Paul Price, he's our radio TV editor. 56 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,160 Paul and I had a long session with Captain McCauley yesterday, and I guess now we're 57 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,440 all ready to move on this thing, huh? 58 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:10,800 We'll do everything we can. 59 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,200 Would you like to fill Ben in on what you told me yesterday on the phone? 60 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:15,200 Yeah. 61 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,880 I told him about the one who began getting the first complaints here at the paper. 62 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,080 Tremendous number of his readers wrote in complaints about being victimized by crooked 63 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,080 television repairmen. 64 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,120 About being charged too much for repair? 65 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,120 Partly, yeah. 66 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,760 Some of the people even sent in receipts with their letters. 67 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,200 Said they felt the guys who fixed their sets were dreaming up unnecessary repairs, charging 68 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,560 them for work not done. 69 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,760 Some said they knew they were billed for parts not even replaced or installed in their sets. 70 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,000 Ben, Jack told me yesterday about a letter he got from some man who said he felt he'd 71 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,200 been overcharged and he just started to bellyache about it. 72 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,600 Yeah, a fellow by the name of Vincent. 73 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,000 Said he just put up an old fashioned squawk about it and the repairman brought the price 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 down at least one third. 75 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 That doesn't sound very good, does it? 76 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,680 We kind of figured operators like that must have too many repair sets on hand that their 77 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,640 customers can't afford to bail out. 78 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:56,640 That's why they cut. 79 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Sounds like a clear case of a two bit jip, doesn't it? 80 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,320 Well, something's got to be done about it. 81 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,960 We're ready to give a big play in our paper, expose the fraud for what it really is. 82 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,880 Captain McCauley says Chief Parker's okayed our plan and we can count on full police cooperation. 83 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,240 That's the way we got it, Jack. 84 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,600 We were told to work with you people till we broke this thing. 85 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,600 Fine. 86 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,400 I had a little ammunition to start with, I think. 87 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,480 Went around and interviewed about 15 different television repairmen in various neighborhoods 88 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,680 and about three out of five gave me the same pitch. 89 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,280 Well, did they know you were with the newspaper? 90 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:26,400 No, I told them I was a factory representative for a new kind of Roswell Co. cider company 91 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,040 and I was taking orders. 92 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,320 Actually, I dropped in the different stores, shot the breeze with them and they didn't 93 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,320 seem to get wise. 94 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,880 A couple of them even placed orders for the cider. 95 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,000 And what'd you find out? 96 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,440 Well, I just wanted to try and get the general attitude of some of these jip artists and 97 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,440 I really got an earful. 98 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:44,400 One of the last places I hit was a tiny little hole in the wall out near Canoga Park. 99 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,800 As I say, about two out of five are honest, hardworking repairmen and this fellow was 100 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:48,800 one of them. 101 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,800 What are you getting at, Jack? 102 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,800 For a while this fellow worked for a guy that employed about five men in his shop. 103 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:53,800 Yeah. 104 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,200 Finally quit him because he didn't like the way this big operator did business. 105 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,880 The fellow's in the next office. 106 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,040 I want you to hear it from him just as I got it. 107 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,040 Excuse me. 108 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,040 Yeah, okay. 109 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,040 Hank, will you come in, please? 110 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Sure, Mr. McCauley. 111 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,240 This is Hank Coulter, Sergeant Friday, Sergeant Ben Romero, Police Department. 112 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,240 How are you? 113 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,240 Hank, I wonder if you'd tell these officers a little of what you told me about Kilgore 114 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:16,240 TV Specialists. 115 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,240 All right. 116 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,360 Now, suppose I'm a customer and I come into Kilgore's. 117 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,520 I don't like the size of my repair bill. 118 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:22,720 What were you instructed to say? 119 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,360 Well, we generally tried to talk him out of any complaint. 120 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,240 Suppose I complained about all the multiple charges. 121 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,040 I wanted an explanation of the work you did. 122 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,040 What then? 123 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,760 You just tell you that it wouldn't do any good to explain. 124 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,520 You wouldn't understand all the technical stuff anyway. 125 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,680 Tell us Kilgore's attitude with the customer. 126 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,040 You mean about the loose wire stuff? 127 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,040 Yeah, please. 128 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,240 Well, Kilgore used to tell us if we only charged 50 cents for fixing the loose wire, the customer 129 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,960 wouldn't believe we really fixed his set, so we used to charge quite a lot more. 130 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,120 Well, how much more, for example? 131 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,600 For nickels worth of wire, we'd usually charge $4.75. 132 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,200 Pretty fair profit. 133 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,200 It's a real rob. 134 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,200 What else can you tell us, Hank? 135 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,520 Well, we never let a customer watch any of the TV repair jobs. 136 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,400 For example, if a customer calls us as he thinks a tube's blown out and it'll only be 137 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,600 a simple replacement job in his home, we'd tell him the parts are getting hard to get 138 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,000 and we'd have to take his set into the shop and charge him a higher rate because we had 139 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,280 to pay black market prices for the tube. 140 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:14,280 Was there any truth in that? 141 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:16,080 I mean about the tubes being hard to get? 142 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,080 Not much. 143 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,840 Some of them are getting a little hard to get, but we never paid any black market prices 144 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:20,840 at Kilgore's. 145 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,240 We just slugged the customer, that's all. 146 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,880 Tell me about how you used to swap parts on a new set, Hank. 147 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,400 Well, we'd lots of times pirate a new tube for one notch of good. 148 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,440 One notch of good we'd put in a set with a bad tube. 149 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,440 Yeah. 150 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,040 And the bad tube we'd exchange at the factory under one year guarantee. 151 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,040 Yeah. 152 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,240 They don't miss an angle, do they? 153 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,880 Well, that's it, you've heard from a man who couldn't stomach such practice and quit, 154 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,480 went into business, a little bit of a shop, isn't doing too well, are you, Hank? 155 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,080 No, but I think I can build up the business. 156 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,920 I don't make quite as much profit as Kilgore's, but I don't chisel my customers either. 157 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:50,920 Thanks a lot, Hank. 158 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,520 I wonder if you'd wait in the next office for me? 159 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:53,520 Sure. 160 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,600 Hope I've helped a little bit to crack down on some of these guys. 161 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:56,880 Well, we think you have, Hank. 162 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:57,880 Thanks a lot. 163 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:58,880 Nice to meet you. 164 00:06:58,880 --> 00:06:59,880 Right, see you later. 165 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:00,880 See you later. 166 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:01,880 Seems like a nice fella. 167 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:02,880 Yeah, he is. 168 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,160 I've checked on him and I've talked with some of his customers since I met him. 169 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,160 He's honest. 170 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,600 It's a pretty vicious racket, isn't it? 171 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,840 Yeah, it ought to be stopped now. 172 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,120 Television's a wonderful medium of entertainment. 173 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,440 A lot of the country doesn't have it yet, but when the cable goes through and it finally 174 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,880 opens up, the people should know about the swindlers and crooks who try to jip them. 175 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Yeah, that's right. 176 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,480 It's the same way when radio first came in. 177 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,200 Always seems like when anything new comes along, anything a little complicated, maybe 178 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,160 a little too involved for the average guy, a few smart punks victimize him. 179 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,160 Rob the consumer blind. 180 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,920 Well, naturally, we've got to have some positive evidence before we can file a complaint with 181 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,120 the city attorney on this thing. 182 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,080 Yeah, you fellas, any ideas where to start? 183 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,600 Well, the best way to crack down on these crooked operators is to catch them red handed 184 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,520 with evidence and hold up in court. 185 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:43,520 Yeah. 186 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:44,800 We think maybe we've got an idea. 187 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,720 We were talking to Dick Saunders over in our sound lab and he says that he can bungle a 188 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,040 new TV set and we can mark it and photograph it before it goes out to be repaired. 189 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,720 And when it's returned or after it's fixed, well, that's what we need to go to court on, 190 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:57,720 huh? 191 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:58,720 Yeah, that's it. 192 00:07:58,720 --> 00:07:59,720 We can operate right out of one of our own homes. 193 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,360 And all we have to do is hope the repairman overcharges us or tries to jip us. 194 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:04,360 Yeah, that's right. 195 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,360 We hope it works. 196 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,360 Well, from what we've heard, it's got to. 197 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,680 Ten a.m. 198 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,960 The staff writer, Jack Connett, Ben and I drove back downtown. 199 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,040 On the way, it was decided that we'd use Connett's home as the place from which to operate. 200 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,600 It was centrally located and in an average neighborhood. 201 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,840 When we got back to our office, we contacted one of the local television dealers and asked 202 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,200 for the loan of one of their sets. 203 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,520 They recommended Kay Halbert because the chassis is easily accessible and any trouble could 204 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,080 be located quickly because parts are visible. 205 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,320 A 16 inch Kay Halbert console model was sent to our sound lab. 206 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:41,760 Ten eighteen a.m. 207 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,240 We met with Dick Saunders, our police lab technician. 208 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,240 Here's the set. 209 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,560 A 16 inch console model. 210 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:51,560 Serial number is C2817901. 211 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:52,560 What have you done to it, Dick? 212 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:55,560 Well, first off, I tested the set and it performed perfectly. 213 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,560 It's a good set. 214 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:59,560 Brings in a fine picture, see? 215 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:00,560 Twenty. 216 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:04,520 Test pattern's fine, huh? 217 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:05,520 Yeah, it's good. 218 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,000 I tested all the tubes, all OK. 219 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 How are you marking the set? 220 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Here, I'll show you. 221 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Get a tube out of here. 222 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:19,240 Now, if you look closely here at the base of the socket, see it? 223 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,240 What's that? 224 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,240 This is it, isn't it, Dick? 225 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,240 A little tiny dot of green paint. 226 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:23,240 Yeah, that's right, Ben. 227 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,920 I'm marking every part of this set with this tiny green dot. 228 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:27,920 Looks good. 229 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,560 If I didn't spot it, I doubt anyone else would, especially if they didn't know about it. 230 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:33,360 Yeah, that's what we're hoping. 231 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,040 In addition to this type marking, we've taken all serial numbers off the tubes and various 232 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,880 parts, anything that carried any form of coating we took down. 233 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,840 All major components have been marked, transformers, coils, condensers, tuning units, so on. 234 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,040 Did you get any pictures of it? 235 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,040 Yeah, we did. 236 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,400 Took photographs of the set in and out of the cabinet. 237 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,520 Took them from four different angles just to be sure we were well covered. 238 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:55,720 Well, how did you bungle it? 239 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,640 Well, here's what I did. 240 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:02,360 To put the set out of commission, I burned out the filament of the 5U4G low voltage rectifier 241 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:03,360 tube. 242 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:04,800 What's the cost of that particular tube, Saunders? 243 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,640 Well, this tube ordinarily retails for $1.65. 244 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,160 Well, what does that do to the set? 245 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,960 I mean burning out the tube. 246 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,560 By burning out that filament, we cause the sound and picture circuits to be completely 247 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:16,560 inoperative. 248 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,880 It won't work at all until that particular tube is replaced by a good one, isn't it? 249 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:20,880 That's right, Joe. 250 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,640 Well, how big a job would it be to trace the trouble? 251 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:27,400 Well, it could easily be detected by casual observation or by noting that the tube normally 252 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,400 very hot is cold. 253 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,440 How much time would you say it would require to make a repair like this? 254 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,560 Oh, I'd estimate not over half hour would be required to place this set in operating 255 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:36,560 order. 256 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:37,560 Half hour? 257 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:38,560 Okay, thanks a lot, Dick. 258 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,040 Are you going to take care of getting the set out of the cadet's home right away? 259 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,720 Yeah, we have his address right here. 260 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:43,720 We'll get it right out. 261 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:44,720 All right, fine. 262 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,600 If you can, try to get whoever repairs this set to give you an itemized bill of all work 263 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:49,760 done and parts installed. 264 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:50,760 All right. 265 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:56,520 In case you call more than one outfit today, here's an extra bad 5U4G tube. 266 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:57,520 Thank you, Dick. 267 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:58,760 Anything you'd like to know? 268 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,080 No, I think that about covers it for me. 269 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,080 Jack? 270 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,080 One more thing. 271 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,680 I was just wondering if somebody spots the trouble right away and replaces the tube, 272 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:08,480 what do you think they ought to charge, Dick, labor and all? 273 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,440 I checked through RTA on it this morning. 274 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,560 They said to make a house call and replace the defective tube should not exceed $4.50. 275 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:16,560 Okay, thanks. 276 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,560 That does it for now, huh? 277 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:19,560 Yeah, I guess so. 278 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:22,560 Well, you're all set then. 279 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:23,560 Think we'll get what you're after? 280 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:24,560 Well, we should. 281 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:27,560 The plans are all on our side. 282 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:32,360 10.30 a.m., Monday, January 19th. 283 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,480 We left the sound lab on West 1st Street and walked back to Bunko Division. 284 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,080 We met with Captain McCauley and filled him in. 285 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:44,320 We gave him the newspaper man, Jack Kinnett's address, and told him he could reach us there. 286 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,840 The console model television set was delivered to Kinnett's home and properly installed. 287 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:53,200 When we arrived at his home, we started going through the yellow classified section of the 288 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,200 phone directory. 289 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,400 We made a list of several TV service stores, just picked at random. 290 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,340 We chose a wide variety. 291 00:12:00,340 --> 00:12:05,600 We picked stores that were listed with large boxed-in ads, stores that carried no ads, 292 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,400 just a listing. 293 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,680 Ben called two places and staggered the call so that the repairman would arrive about one 294 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:12,840 hour apart. 295 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:19,020 It was 11.30 a.m. when the first man made his service call, Bart's TV Experts on Hollywood 296 00:12:19,020 --> 00:12:20,020 Boulevard. 297 00:12:20,020 --> 00:12:21,320 It took him 45 minutes. 298 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,160 It was 12.15 when he left Jack Kinnett's home. 299 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,000 Must have been one of the two out of five, huh? 300 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Yeah, he seems okay. 301 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 I wonder if I could see that bill, huh? 302 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Oh, here you go, Joe. 303 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Thanks. 304 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 It looks okay. 305 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,840 Replace 5U4G tube, $1.65. 306 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,600 Service charge, $2.50. 307 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,600 Total charges, $4.15. 308 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,160 That kind of bears out Kinnett's thinking, doesn't it? 309 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,000 Remember when we asked him how many men work in his shop and said he's alone? 310 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Yeah. 311 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,560 I think you'll find that's a pretty good barometer. 312 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:51,760 All the servicemen working alone aren't like this guy, but the bigger percentage of the 313 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:52,760 honest ones are. 314 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,320 What does the next one do to arrive, man? 315 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:55,320 Any minute now. 316 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,160 Called a place by the name of Cheney's Video Repairs. 317 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,560 They're over on Beverly Boulevard. 318 00:12:58,560 --> 00:12:59,560 Had a big ad. 319 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,240 Looks like a pretty big outfit. 320 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,120 Oh, here's that other defective tube that Dick gave us. 321 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,120 Yeah, better get it in the set. 322 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,120 Yeah. 323 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,600 Well, let's see. 324 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,560 Here we are. 325 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:12,560 5U4G. 326 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,560 Okay, here you go. 327 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:15,560 Thanks, Joe. 328 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:16,560 Here's a new one the guy put in. 329 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:17,560 Got it. 330 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:18,560 Okay. 331 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:22,960 I'll get this back on again. 332 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,960 Okay? 333 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,560 Yeah, fine. 334 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,720 Better turn it on to make sure it's not working. 335 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,720 I got it. 336 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:32,720 How about the tube, Ben? 337 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,720 Can you see? 338 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:34,720 Is it lighting up? 339 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:35,720 No, not yet. 340 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,720 I pushed the set back against the wall. 341 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,720 Well, we better leave it on for a while, Jack, just to make sure. 342 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,720 Yeah. 343 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,720 There we are. 344 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,720 I gave you the other tube. 345 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:44,720 Yeah, I got it right here in my pocket. 346 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:45,720 Right. 347 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:46,720 I'd like to try something. 348 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,160 If you fellas think it'll be okay. 349 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:50,160 What's that, Jack? 350 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,240 I got a good little camera, like a 3F, you know, candid. 351 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:58,240 I think maybe if I turn all the three-way lamps up to full, there's a AAA fast film 352 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,880 that's in the camera now, maybe we can grab some shots of the guy while he works. 353 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:02,880 What do you think? 354 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,840 Well, if you're careful, don't let him get wise. 355 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,440 Maybe you ought to shoot some of all of us just so he doesn't think anything about it. 356 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,440 Yeah, that's what I figured. 357 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,720 I'll just sit down on that chair over there by the set, make him think I'm just testing 358 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:13,720 or something. 359 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,880 I think I can bring it off without arousing any suspicion. 360 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:16,880 Okay. 361 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,040 If I get anything, the guy's out of line, we'll run the shots in the daily news. 362 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:21,040 What do you figure I'm doing, Jack? 363 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,480 You're going to run a series on the TV repair racket? 364 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:24,480 Yeah, that's the plan. 365 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,120 Lee Payne, he's our executive editor. 366 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,800 He thinks it's high time somebody exposed the swindle in the paper. 367 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,600 That'll be the next service, man. 368 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:31,600 I'll let him in. 369 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,600 Right. 370 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,600 Better turn off the set, huh? 371 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:34,600 Yeah. 372 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:35,600 Television repair? 373 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:36,600 That's right. 374 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:37,600 I'm from Cheney's in Beverly Boulevard. 375 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:38,600 Oh, yeah. 376 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,600 Come on in. 377 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Thank you. 378 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:41,600 What seems to be the trouble? 379 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,600 We don't know. 380 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,600 The set's right over here. 381 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:44,600 Oh, thank you. 382 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,600 Kay Halbert, huh? 383 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,600 16-inch, nice set. 384 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,600 What seems to be wrong? 385 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:48,600 I don't know if I know, son. 386 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Nothing seems to work. 387 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:50,600 How do you mean? 388 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,600 No picture at all. 389 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,600 How about sound? 390 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:53,600 Nothing. 391 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,600 Uh-huh. 392 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:55,600 It'll be all right to pull the set away from the wall? 393 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:56,600 Sure. 394 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Go right ahead and give me a hand. 395 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:58,600 Oh, no, it's all right. 396 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,600 I can handle it. 397 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:00,600 Well, I'll make some tools out of it. 398 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,600 I'll get the tools out. 399 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:02,600 I'll get the tools out. 400 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:03,600 I'll get the tools out. 401 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:04,600 I'll get the tools out. 402 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:05,600 I'll get the tools out. 403 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,600 I'll get the tools out. 404 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,600 I'll get the tools out. 405 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,600 I'll get the tools out. 406 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,600 I'll get the tools out. 407 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:22,400 I'll get the tools out. 408 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:23,400 How long you had this set? 409 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,600 Oh, about two, three months. 410 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,600 A little dark in here. 411 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,080 I wonder if we could have a little more light. 412 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,080 Sure. 413 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,080 Let me get these lamps up for you. 414 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,080 Oh, thanks. 415 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,080 How's that? 416 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,080 Oh, fine. 417 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:36,080 Thanks. 418 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:42,920 Say, that's a nice little camera you got there. 419 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:43,920 What kind is it? 420 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:44,920 A Leica 3F 1.5 lens. 421 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:45,920 Uh-huh. 422 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,080 I've been experimenting with some new indoor film. 423 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,080 You mind being a guinea pig? 424 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,080 No, it's all right with me. 425 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Shane away's good film on me, though. 426 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,080 Think you're gonna get anything in this light, Jack? 427 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,080 Maybe. 428 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,080 Worth a try, anyway. 429 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,080 I don't know about this set. 430 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,080 What do you mean? 431 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,080 Well, it looks bad. 432 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,880 Hard to tell without getting it down to shop. 433 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,520 Looks to me like your blocking transformer's gone. 434 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:08,520 What's that mean? 435 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:09,880 Well, I have to take the set in. 436 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,280 Can't fix it here, huh? 437 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:12,520 No, I'm afraid not. 438 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,000 You see, parts are getting a little hard to get these days. 439 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,800 Set manufacturers are having a tough time getting quality parts, and sometimes we have 440 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,120 to spend several hours just tracing the trouble. 441 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,480 Well, I guess that knocks out the ball game tonight, huh, fellas? 442 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:26,480 Sorry. 443 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,480 Take a couple of days, at least. 444 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:28,920 I want to really check it over. 445 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Sure it's not a tube. 446 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,480 We kind of thought just a tube blew out. 447 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,840 No, that's what most people think every time their set goes out. 448 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,320 It's definitely not a tube. 449 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,400 Well, there might be some bad tubes, but your trouble's a great deal more than that, I think. 450 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,000 Have you got any idea what it's going to run us? 451 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,280 It's hard to say right offhand. 452 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,840 Four or five dollars? 453 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,040 No, it's going to run more than that. 454 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,960 I'll take the set in with me now, and I'll get it back to you as soon as possible. 455 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:51,960 You're going to take the whole set? 456 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,520 No, I'll just pull the chassis out of the cabinet, leave the cabinet here. 457 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,560 Oh, say by the way. 458 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:58,560 Yeah? 459 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,320 If everything turns out, I'd sure like to see those pictures. 460 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:13,440 Yeah, if everything turns out, you will. 461 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:17,760 You are listening to Dragnet, authentic cases from official police files. 462 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,640 Now let's look at our Fatima files. 463 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,680 Listed under B, Bella. 464 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,040 James Warner Bella, distinguished author. 465 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:32,080 He says, a man who smokes as much as I do wants a cigarette that's extra mild. 466 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,800 And I like Fatima's different flavor and aroma. 467 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,680 Listed under S, Scanlon. 468 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,660 Louise Scanlon, Stork Club cigarette girl. 469 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:46,320 She says, more and more of my Stork Club customers are smoking king-size Fatimas. 470 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,280 They're elegant, distinctive, and really extra mild. 471 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:55,800 Friends, our files show Fatima sales are going up, up every day. 472 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:02,680 The reason for Fatima's ever-increasing popularity can be summed up in two words. 473 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,160 Fatima quality. 474 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:09,280 Fatima gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 475 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,100 If you smoke a king-size cigarette, remember this. 476 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:19,520 Fatima has all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no other king-size 477 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,320 cigarette has. 478 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,660 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 479 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:27,480 So insist on the best. 480 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,960 Insist on king-size Fatima. 481 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:35,100 Next time, buy Fatima in the distinctive gold and yellow package. 482 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:40,560 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 483 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:49,540 Thursday, January 22nd, 930 a.m. 484 00:18:49,540 --> 00:18:54,840 The TV set was returned to reporter Jack Kinnett's home after having been repaired by a servicing 485 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,540 company called Chaney's Video Repairs. 486 00:18:58,540 --> 00:19:02,520 We found that the man who had come to Kinnett's home to make the service call was Robert V. 487 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,240 Chaney, the owner of the service outfit. 488 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,540 Well, as soon as the set was returned, we called the sound lab and had it picked up 489 00:19:09,540 --> 00:19:11,640 and taken downtown. 490 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:16,240 Sergeant Marshall Zeno, who was working with us out of bunko detail, called and said that 491 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,640 Dick Saunders had finished his investigation and wanted to see us right away. 492 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,080 1030 a.m. 493 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,800 We went down to West 1st Street, the police sound lab. 494 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:29,040 Saunders went over his findings with us. 495 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,180 Here are the photographs before and after. 496 00:19:32,180 --> 00:19:35,640 Before we go over these, let me show you what we found out about your repair job. 497 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:36,640 Okay. 498 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:37,640 Over here. 499 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:42,240 Here's that receipt Chaney gave you when he returned the set. 500 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,240 Yeah. 501 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:49,320 Here's what the repair bill states, replaced vertical blocking transformer, replaced 5U4G 502 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,160 tube, 6AU6 tube, and 12AU7 tube. 503 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,640 And the charge was $32.50. 504 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,240 Plus 98 cents tax, or a total of $33.48. 505 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,040 How does that break down, Dick? 506 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:05,280 It appears that the 98 cents tax was for $28 worth of material used in the repair. 507 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,080 Did they really put in all that stuff? 508 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,720 You got yourself a prize package in that outfit. 509 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,520 All they did was to replace the 5U4G tube. 510 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:13,520 That's all they did, huh? 511 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Yeah. 512 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:15,520 Here's the capper. 513 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,000 The 5U4G is a war surplus tube, but it works okay. 514 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,360 What else did you find? 515 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:25,520 According to the photographs and coding system, no vertical blocking transformer, 6AU6 tube, 516 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,600 or 12AU7 tube were replaced. 517 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,760 Let's get back to the photos here. 518 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:34,440 You can take these along for your package. 519 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,440 Thanks, Dick. 520 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,080 You can see in the set here. 521 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,080 Yeah? 522 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,080 Let me show you. 523 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:43,800 You see, this tube is the only part mentioned in the receder otherwise that doesn't carry 524 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,600 our green paint coding system. 525 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Uh-huh, yeah. 526 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,000 Let me turn the set around here. 527 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,320 All right. 528 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,440 Joe, try the channel selector here. 529 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:53,440 What, this? 530 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,440 Yeah. 531 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,560 That's the tuning knob to bring in the stations. 532 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,840 Channel selector, they call it. 533 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:58,840 Turn it. 534 00:20:58,840 --> 00:20:59,840 Okay. 535 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:01,240 Falls off pretty easy, doesn't it? 536 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:02,240 It sure does. 537 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:03,240 Here, Dick. 538 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,240 Thanks. 539 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,140 They left out the spring clip in here. 540 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:10,480 It should have been put back in because that's what holds the knob secure to the shaft. 541 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,120 I've had that happen on radio sets. 542 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:15,360 Yeah, sometimes they're a little stubborn to put back in, but a good repairman never 543 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:16,360 leave it out. 544 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:17,360 Yeah. 545 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:18,360 Something else here. 546 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,360 Turn the set around in the back again. 547 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:20,360 No, I'll get it, Dick. 548 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:21,360 Oh, thanks, Ben. 549 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:24,360 You see here? 550 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:28,040 You see how loose the chassis is in the cabinet now? 551 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,040 Yeah, it sure is. 552 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,920 Wasn't that way when we got it from the Kay Halbert dealer, any more than the channel selector 553 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:33,920 was faulty. 554 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:34,920 In perfect shape from the guy. 555 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,480 Look at the size of that chassis. 556 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,480 That's pretty heavy. 557 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:38,480 Yeah, it is. 558 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,960 Originally, there were four screws used to hold the chassis in the wood cabinet. 559 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,040 Chaney's repair outfit only put one back in. 560 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,560 One screw to hold that heavy chassis. 561 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,400 It's a pretty sloppy job, all right. 562 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,680 You know what they'd probably tell you if you asked them about this. 563 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,040 That only requires one screw. 564 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,240 Yeah, that's it. 565 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,760 The bad repairman can always improve on factory standards, usually for his own convenience. 566 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,000 Certainly doesn't improve the product. 567 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,880 Well, it looks like we got what we were after. 568 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:01,160 Think we got enough, Joe? 569 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,160 I do. 570 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,160 Let's see what the city attorney thinks. 571 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:11,080 We collected all the evidence in the case against Chaney's video repairs. 572 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,760 We met with Captain McCauley and took it up to the second floor of the city hall. 573 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,440 We met with assistant city attorney Boyd Taylor and showed him our findings. 574 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,200 He issued a warrant for the arrest of Robert W. Chaney, charging him with violation of 575 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,160 section 484 PC, one count. 576 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,200 1130 AM, Thursday, January 22nd. 577 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,040 Ben and I drove out to make the arrest. 578 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,320 Jack Connette went along with us. 579 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,320 This is it, Chaney's video repair. 580 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,560 Yeah, come on, Jack. 581 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,720 There's Chaney behind the counter. 582 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:42,720 Yeah. 583 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:43,720 Hello there. 584 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:44,720 Hi. 585 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:45,720 How's the set working? 586 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:46,720 All right. 587 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,720 We did a good job on that one. 588 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,440 Gave you a better break on the price than I thought we could. 589 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,400 Yeah, police officers, you're under arrest. 590 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,280 Are you kidding? 591 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,280 What for? 592 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,280 Petty theft. 593 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,280 Come on, let's go. 594 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:57,280 Petty theft? 595 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:58,280 Well, I don't understand. 596 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,080 You're the fellows I fixed that set for up on Crescent Drive, aren't you? 597 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,080 That's right. 598 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,080 Your bill was a little high, wasn't it? 599 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,080 Oh, now, wait a minute. 600 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,040 If that's all that's bothering you, let's talk it over. 601 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,040 Come on, let's go. 602 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,880 Look, I can fix that up with you guys. 603 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,880 Just tell me how much you want to pay and we'll work out something. 604 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,800 Well, it seems to be the way you worked our repair deal right from the start, doesn't 605 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:14,800 it? 606 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,080 Only you didn't consult us about it till now. 607 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,280 Well, look, you know how it is in this business. 608 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,440 If you don't charge some customers a little money, they don't think you did anything to 609 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,440 their sets. 610 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,320 You ought to try charging them for just the work you do. 611 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,560 Can't we get together on this thing? 612 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,440 Let's just forget the whole deal. 613 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,440 You don't owe me anything. 614 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,440 Now, here. 615 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:31,440 Here, I'll refund all your money. 616 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:32,440 We'll call it squared. 617 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,440 Never mind. 618 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,200 Just leave the money in the cash register and get your code. 619 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,280 Can't prove anything anyway. 620 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:38,280 We think we can. 621 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,760 Just step around the counter this way. 622 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,360 Look, mister, you're not a cop, are you? 623 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,360 No, I'm not. 624 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:46,840 Well, then tell them it's not a fair deal. 625 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:47,840 I'll give you back your money. 626 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,080 I'm afraid it's a little late for that, Cheney. 627 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,400 If all this gets in the papers, I'll be ruined here. 628 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,560 Run out of business. 629 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,560 That's the way we got it figured. 630 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,480 How many men you have working here for you? 631 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:57,480 Four, why? 632 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:58,480 This, right here. 633 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,120 You ever read this? 634 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,920 Well, what is it? 635 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,880 Oh, the thing from the RTA. 636 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:07,880 Here. 637 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,880 Read Article 2, would you? 638 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:10,880 2? 639 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,160 Yeah, that's right. 640 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,920 I'll conduct myself and my business in an honest and straightforward manner, meriting and 641 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,120 inspiring the confidence of my customers. 642 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:21,960 Yeah, I know about this. 643 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,080 You're a member of the RTA, Radio Technicians Association, aren't you? 644 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,080 Yeah, I am. 645 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,760 Read Article 4, would you? 646 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,960 I propose to charge a just and fair price for all professional services rendered. 647 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,000 Now read this Article 7. 648 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,800 I will engage only in fair and ethical practices recommended and approved by the Radio Technicians 649 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,520 Association as being conducive to public confidence. 650 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,600 Yeah, I've read all this before. 651 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,520 It's too bad you didn't remember it. 652 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:58,800 The story you have just heard was true. 653 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,720 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 654 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:06,280 On April 15th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 82, City and County of Los 655 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,960 Angeles, State of California. 656 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,120 In a moment, the results of that trial. 657 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,320 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 658 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:13,320 Thank you. 659 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,600 Friends, this week I'll be seeing you from page 8 of Life Magazine, this week's Fatima 660 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:18,880 ad. 661 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,200 Right across the top it says, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 662 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,880 Well, in Fatima, the finest domestic and Turkish tobaccos give you extra mildness, a different 663 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,000 better flavor and aroma. 664 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,240 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 665 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,520 Prove as I have what a difference Fatima quality makes. 666 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,160 Next time, buy Fatima in the golden yellow package. 667 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,360 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 668 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,600 Ladies and gentlemen, in the few remaining moments, we'd like to take this opportunity 669 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,720 to thank you once again for your many kind letters of encouragement that come in from 670 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,240 week to week. 671 00:25:56,240 --> 00:26:01,120 And also, we'd like to answer a few questions about our program, which seem common to many 672 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,640 of the letters that we receive from you. 673 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:09,240 Many of you have inquired why at the end of the program, in recounting the punishment 674 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:14,560 of the criminal involved in the particular case, we generally refer to the sentence received 675 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,760 as the term prescribed by law. 676 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,120 Well, we use this reference for the following reason. 677 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:27,120 In the state of California, the length of a convicted criminal's prison term is not set 678 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:31,760 by the court, but by the state adult authority. 679 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:36,480 Most of the time, a criminal is merely found guilty by the court and then sentenced to 680 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,000 the state penitentiary. 681 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:44,520 After he serves a year in prison, the convict has a hearing before this state adult authority 682 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,840 at which time his actual sentence is set. 683 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,120 So you can see why we can't give you the actual sentence in many cases. 684 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:57,080 Now, other questions common to many of your letters concern some of the authentic technical 685 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,700 police terminology which comes up from time to time on Dragnet. 686 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:05,360 With the help of George Fenomen, we'd like to explain some of the more common ones for 687 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:06,360 you if we may. 688 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,800 First, you've heard us use the term or the letters APB. 689 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:17,440 APB, that's an all points bulletin, a communication dispatched to all divisions and law enforcement 690 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,560 agencies throughout the state. 691 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,240 And then we feel sure that you remember the term mama sheet. 692 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:28,520 A mama sheet is the master information form on a criminal in a police department file. 693 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,160 It contains his complete description, his habits, relatives, acquaintances, everything 694 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,640 about him known to the police. 695 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,920 Thank you, George, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your very fine letters from 696 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:40,920 time to time. 697 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,040 If we may, we'll take this opportunity to explain a few more of our authentic police 698 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,760 terminology. 699 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:56,480 Thank you. 700 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:01,120 Robert W. Cheney, owner and operator of Cheney's Video Repairs, was tried and convicted on 701 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:05,720 several counts of violating Section 484 PC petty theft. 702 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:10,400 He was fined $200 and received a sentence as prescribed by law. 703 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:16,680 Petty theft is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months. 704 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,420 Ladies and gentlemen, Dragnet wishes to thank the Los Angeles Daily News and its feature 705 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:26,320 writer Jack Kinnett for their valuable assistance in preparing this case for presentation. 706 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:32,040 It is our combined belief and knowledge that not all television repair servicemen are dishonest 707 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,560 and unscrupulous in their practices. 708 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,040 A great percentage of these technicians are forthright and conduct their business in strict 709 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,560 compliance with the code of ethics. 710 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:46,800 It is these men who, when informed of the unfair conditions that exist in their trade, 711 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:58,000 who drive the dishonest and crooked from their profession. 712 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,760 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 713 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:07,360 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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