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She's not sure. 03:38.620 --> 03:42.620 Would you ask her exactly what happened at the store? That is as much as she can remember. 03:42.620 --> 03:43.620 Sure. 03:43.620 --> 03:48.120 Did she tell them exactly what happened? 03:48.120 --> 03:50.620 Well, I was at the counter when the man entered. 03:50.620 --> 03:55.120 He went directly to the seller, the one who served him, and he had a revolver in his hand. 03:55.120 --> 03:59.120 Well, she says she was standing by the counter, Sergeant, when the hold-up man came in. 03:59.120 --> 04:04.620 Says the fellow went over to the clerk, the man who was waiting on her, said the fellow had a gun in his hand. 04:04.620 --> 04:06.620 Would you ask her to go on, please? 04:06.620 --> 04:08.620 Et après, Cécile? 04:08.620 --> 04:12.620 He forced the seller to give him all the jewelry, and he put them in a bag of paper. 04:12.620 --> 04:17.620 She says the hold-up man made the clerk get up the jewelry, the guy took it and dumped it in a paper bag. 04:17.620 --> 04:19.120 Cécile, et après? 04:19.120 --> 04:23.620 Then, without reason, after I had obtained all the jewelry, he started beating the seller with the revolver. 04:23.620 --> 04:27.620 It was terrible, terrible. I started screaming, and then he beat me. 04:27.620 --> 04:30.120 C'est tout d'autre que tu peux, c'est la technique. 04:30.120 --> 04:34.120 Well, after he got all this jewelry in a paper bag, the thief began beating up on the clerk. 04:34.120 --> 04:37.620 She says for no reason at all, he began slugging the clerk with a gun. He was scaring. 04:37.620 --> 04:39.620 It really got nasty with him. 04:39.620 --> 04:43.620 Naturally, it scared the wife, and she let out a scream, and he turned around and hit her. 04:43.620 --> 04:45.620 She says it's all she remembers. 04:45.620 --> 04:47.620 She'd like to get my hands on that lousy punk. 04:47.620 --> 04:49.620 I understand how you feel, Mr. Gordon. 04:49.620 --> 04:53.120 Could you ask your wife if there's anything else about the hold-up man she remembers? 04:53.120 --> 04:54.620 Cécile? 04:54.620 --> 04:58.620 Tu rappelles-tu d'autres choses à propos de cet homme? 04:58.620 --> 05:01.620 Avaient-ils quelque chose d'extraordinaire? 05:01.620 --> 05:03.620 Non, non, Robert. 05:03.620 --> 05:05.120 That's about it, sorry. 05:05.120 --> 05:06.620 Well, how about the man's clothes? 05:06.620 --> 05:09.620 Does she remember anything else he was wearing beside that blue jacket? 05:09.620 --> 05:14.620 Et le reste de ses vêtements, et pas le veston bleu, t'en rappelles-tu? 05:14.620 --> 05:18.620 Non. Je crois qu'il avait un pantalon foncé, mais je ne me rappelle pas d'autres choses. 05:18.620 --> 05:20.120 J'avais trop peur. 05:20.120 --> 05:23.120 She thinks maybe he had on dark trousers. She's not sure, though. 05:23.120 --> 05:25.120 She was too scared to notice. 05:25.120 --> 05:27.120 Cécile, portait-il un chapeau? 05:27.120 --> 05:29.120 Oh, non. Il n'avait pas de chapeau. 05:29.120 --> 05:32.120 Ask her if he was wearing a hat. She says no, she's sure of that. 05:32.120 --> 05:35.620 Well, is there anything else that she can remember about him, anything at all? 05:35.620 --> 05:39.120 Et est-il autre chose que la police devrait savoir? 05:39.120 --> 05:42.120 Non. Je l'aurais tout dit. C'est tout d'autre que je me souviens. 05:42.120 --> 05:44.120 You've got it all, Frankie. 05:44.120 --> 05:47.120 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon. 05:47.120 --> 05:49.120 Je comprends pas. Je comprends pas. 05:49.120 --> 05:51.120 How's that, ma'am? Cécile? 05:51.120 --> 05:55.120 Je comprends pas pourquoi un homme ferait une chose pareille. Je comprends pas. 05:55.120 --> 05:58.120 She says she can't understand how a man would do such a thing. 05:58.120 --> 06:00.120 She means how he cut up the clerk that way. 06:00.120 --> 06:01.120 Je comprends pas. 06:01.120 --> 06:04.120 So hard for her, she just can't understand. 06:04.120 --> 06:06.120 Tell her we can't either. 06:08.120 --> 06:12.120 Two weeks before, on the 27th of April at 2.30 in the afternoon, 06:12.120 --> 06:16.120 the robbery suspect had begun his campaign of downtown jewelry store hold-ups. 06:16.120 --> 06:20.120 Since that time, in the same general area, he had succeeded in committing three more 06:20.120 --> 06:22.120 fewer robberies and making good his escape. 06:22.120 --> 06:28.120 Each of the hold-ups netted him more than $3,000 in rings, diamonds, and other precious stones. 06:28.120 --> 06:31.120 From his M.O., it was obvious that he was experienced. 06:31.120 --> 06:34.120 All of the robberies were committed in broad daylight. 06:34.120 --> 06:36.120 All of them were apparently well planned. 06:36.120 --> 06:40.120 After obtaining the loot, which he dumped into an ordinary paper bag, 06:40.120 --> 06:44.120 he turned on his victims and with no provocation beat them viciously. 06:44.120 --> 06:49.120 After two weeks of investigation, we had yet to come up with a solid lead 06:49.120 --> 06:52.120 on either the identity of the suspect or his whereabouts. 06:52.120 --> 06:55.120 We had a fair description of the hold-up man. 06:55.120 --> 06:58.120 We had a good rundown on his method of operation, 06:58.120 --> 07:01.120 but repeated checks on possible suspects through the record bureau, 07:01.120 --> 07:06.120 C.I.I. in Sacramento, and through our statistician's office failed to get us anything. 07:06.120 --> 07:08.120 There were no kickbacks on our all-points bulletin. 07:08.120 --> 07:12.120 After we interviewed Mrs. Gordon, a witness to the latest jewelry robbery, 07:12.120 --> 07:16.120 we were no further along than we were two weeks before, an M.O. and a description. 07:16.120 --> 07:18.120 Neither one of them were giving us much help. 07:18.120 --> 07:21.120 At 4.05 p.m. we met with Captain Didion. 07:21.120 --> 07:23.120 How about the mug books? Any luck there? 07:23.120 --> 07:25.120 Mrs. Gordon's in there now, Skipper, with her husband. 07:25.120 --> 07:26.120 They're checking through them. Nothing yet. 07:26.120 --> 07:27.120 What else you got working? 07:27.120 --> 07:29.120 New run going through the stats office. 07:29.120 --> 07:31.120 Third one this week might get us something. 07:31.120 --> 07:34.120 The store manager on that job this afternoon, did you talk to him yet? 07:34.120 --> 07:36.120 Yeah, we did. He gave us the best lead we've had so far on the thing. 07:36.120 --> 07:37.120 Looks pretty good. 07:37.120 --> 07:38.120 Yeah, what's that? 07:38.120 --> 07:40.120 Well, we had him checking the mug books, 07:40.120 --> 07:43.120 and he came up with a partial identification from one of them, Sam Quentin Relief. 07:43.120 --> 07:44.120 No. 07:44.120 --> 07:47.120 Jack Maynard. He's only been arrested once here, drunk charge. 07:47.120 --> 07:50.120 He's done time up at Q for robbery before. 07:50.120 --> 07:53.120 Ben and I pulled the package out, and we figured he ought to still be serving time. 07:53.120 --> 07:55.120 And Quentin couldn't tell from his record, though. 07:55.120 --> 07:56.120 How's that? 07:56.120 --> 07:59.120 Most possible he might have been paroled over the last month or so. 07:59.120 --> 08:01.120 I had to put him in line for these holdups. 08:01.120 --> 08:02.120 And you checked Quentin? 08:02.120 --> 08:05.120 We got off the telepath to the warden's office late this morning, Skipper. 08:05.120 --> 08:07.120 We'll have an answer pretty soon. 08:07.120 --> 08:09.120 Best lead we've had so far. I hope it stands up. 08:09.120 --> 08:10.120 Excuse me. 08:10.120 --> 08:11.120 Yeah. 08:11.120 --> 08:13.120 Robbery Didion? 08:13.120 --> 08:14.120 Yeah. 08:14.120 --> 08:16.120 Oh, yeah, Matt, here's my, huh? 08:16.120 --> 08:18.120 No, you and the cadm stay on it. 08:18.120 --> 08:21.120 Yeah, that's right. Over the weekend, anyway. 08:21.120 --> 08:23.120 Yeah, right. Goodbye. 08:23.120 --> 08:25.120 Well, what's the answer? 08:25.120 --> 08:28.120 He's had three weeks. He's cleared four jobs, every one of them in broad daylight. 08:28.120 --> 08:31.120 More than $10,000 worth of stuff. Now, how do we reach him? 08:31.120 --> 08:34.120 How about some extra men, Pa, Skipper? Can we manage him? 08:34.120 --> 08:35.120 What do you got in mind? 08:35.120 --> 08:38.120 Staycox seems to be at the best angle for us for this kind of a setup. 08:38.120 --> 08:39.120 How many teams you figure it'll take? 08:39.120 --> 08:40.120 Oh, a dozen anyhow. 08:40.120 --> 08:41.120 You figure that, Joe? 08:41.120 --> 08:42.120 Yeah, just about. 08:42.120 --> 08:45.120 The thief seems to be concentrating on the downtown area. 08:45.120 --> 08:49.120 All four hold up through in the same general neighborhood within a 20 block radius. 08:49.120 --> 08:50.120 Mm-hmm. 08:50.120 --> 08:53.120 We can't cover all the jewelry stores with a dozen teams. 08:53.120 --> 08:55.120 It'll give us pretty good coverage, though. 08:55.120 --> 08:56.120 Sure help our chances. 08:56.120 --> 08:58.120 Mm-hmm. You checked out all the other angles, huh? 08:58.120 --> 09:00.120 Everything. Not doing us much good. 09:00.120 --> 09:02.120 Mm-hmm. 09:02.120 --> 09:04.120 Robbery Didion? 09:04.120 --> 09:05.120 Yeah, just a minute. 09:05.120 --> 09:06.120 You Friday. 09:06.120 --> 09:08.120 Oh, thanks. 09:08.120 --> 09:10.120 Yeah, Friday time. 09:10.120 --> 09:11.120 Yeah, that's right. 09:11.120 --> 09:12.120 Mm-hmm. 09:12.120 --> 09:16.120 That's all. No, we'll pick it up. Thank you. 09:16.120 --> 09:20.120 This communication has just got an answer on that teletype to Quentin. 09:20.120 --> 09:21.120 On Jack Manning, what'd they say? 09:21.120 --> 09:23.120 No lead. He's still in prison. 09:23.120 --> 09:28.120 We went back and started again from the beginning. 09:28.120 --> 09:31.120 With our best lead gone, there wasn't any alternative. 09:31.120 --> 09:35.120 The following day, Thursday, March 11th, the stakeouts went into effect. 09:35.120 --> 09:40.120 A dozen jewelry stores in the immediate downtown area, all of them potential hold up victims, 09:40.120 --> 09:42.120 were placed under constant surveillance. 09:42.120 --> 09:46.120 Three days passed. Nothing happened. No sign of the holdup man. 09:46.120 --> 09:52.120 We stayed on it. Tuesday, March 16th, 11 a.m., at a small downtown jewelry shop, 09:52.120 --> 09:57.120 three blocks from the nearest stakeout team, the bandit committed his fifth successive robbery 09:57.120 --> 09:58.120 and made good his escape. 09:58.120 --> 10:01.120 The M.O. and description matched in almost every respect. 10:01.120 --> 10:07.120 Ben and I answered the call and drove to the scene of the holdup to interview the victim, a Mr. Walter Myers. 10:07.120 --> 10:10.120 And he came straight back this way, just where I'm walking. 10:10.120 --> 10:13.120 I was at the end of that counter there, just where you are. 10:13.120 --> 10:17.120 He had a brown paper bag in one hand, and it was just a couple of feet from me. 10:17.120 --> 10:22.120 He put his other hand in his coat pocket and he came up with a gun, pointed it right at me. 10:22.120 --> 10:24.120 The store was empty at the time, there were no customers around? 10:24.120 --> 10:28.120 Yeah, that's right. Just myself and my son-in-law Herb in the back room. 10:28.120 --> 10:32.120 I guess he heard this thief talking to me and he came out to see what it was all about. 10:32.120 --> 10:34.120 That's when the fireworks started. 10:34.120 --> 10:35.120 And what happened? 10:35.120 --> 10:38.120 Well, he made Herb line up along the counter right next to me. 10:38.120 --> 10:42.120 By this time he had all the loot he wanted and that paper bag he was carrying. 10:42.120 --> 10:46.120 Just when I thought he was going to leave, he turned around, all of a sudden he said to Herb, 10:46.120 --> 10:48.120 you think you're a smart guy, don't you? 10:48.120 --> 10:53.120 Then he slugged Herb with the gun, brought it right down on the side of his head, all his might. 10:53.120 --> 10:54.120 That's when the fight started, is that right? 10:54.120 --> 10:57.120 Just about, yeah. Herb fell down on one knee. 10:57.120 --> 11:00.120 There was a great big gash on the side of his face. 11:00.120 --> 11:05.120 Even when he was down, the thief kept slugging Herb, kept pounding him in the face with that gun. 11:05.120 --> 11:08.120 Herb wasn't doing anything. I got good and sore. 11:08.120 --> 11:09.120 What happened then? 11:09.120 --> 11:12.120 Well, I didn't care what happened. I just got sore at the lousy crook. 11:12.120 --> 11:14.120 I made a dive for him, grabbed him around the chest. 11:14.120 --> 11:17.120 Here, something like this. 11:17.120 --> 11:21.120 The two of us went down on the floor and I wrestled him for the gun. 11:21.120 --> 11:24.120 That's when it went off. A wild shot. 11:24.120 --> 11:26.120 Plowed right into the wall over there. 11:26.120 --> 11:30.120 Herb picked himself up and piled on the guy, too. 11:30.120 --> 11:34.120 I guess the crook really must have figured he was through, fought like a wild man. 11:34.120 --> 11:37.120 I had a good hold of the topcoat he had on, but he slipped right out of it. 11:37.120 --> 11:42.120 He grabbed his gun and the paper bag ran out of the store, left me there holding an empty coat. 11:42.120 --> 11:45.120 This is the coat he was wearing right here, is that right? 11:45.120 --> 11:48.120 Yeah, that's it. You can see one of the sleeves there. 11:48.120 --> 11:51.120 It almost ripped it clean off trying to get away. 11:51.120 --> 11:53.120 Yeah, see? 11:53.120 --> 11:56.120 I already looked through the pockets, nothing in them. 11:56.120 --> 11:59.120 How about this description of the man, Mr. Myers? You're pretty sure of that, are you? 11:59.120 --> 12:01.120 Yeah, I'm positive, Sergeant. 12:01.120 --> 12:05.120 Ma'am, you want to call the crime lab? There's a phone booth right over there, do you mind? 12:05.120 --> 12:07.120 Oh, yeah, thanks. 12:09.120 --> 12:13.120 I wonder if I could check that spot where the bullet hit, Mr. Myers, that wild shot he fired. 12:13.120 --> 12:15.120 Oh, yeah, right over here, Sergeant. 12:15.120 --> 12:18.120 Back of the cash register. 12:18.120 --> 12:21.120 Yeah, I bet it in there pretty solid. 12:21.120 --> 12:24.120 Yeah, lucky it was the wall, not one of us. 12:24.120 --> 12:26.120 Say I got a pocket knife here if you want to dig it out. 12:26.120 --> 12:31.120 No, sir, we've got a crew on the way out from our crime lab. Ballistics men, they'll take care of it. 12:31.120 --> 12:34.120 I would like to take another look at that top coat, the one the thief was wearing. 12:34.120 --> 12:36.120 Oh, yeah, sure. 12:36.120 --> 12:41.120 I had already looked it over pretty good, nothing in the pockets. Couldn't find anything here. 12:41.120 --> 12:45.120 All right, sir. Just an ordinary top coat, isn't it? There's no label on it. 12:45.120 --> 12:49.120 No, you're right, nothing in the pockets. 12:49.120 --> 12:50.120 Uh-huh. 12:50.120 --> 12:52.120 What is it? Did you find something? 12:52.120 --> 12:57.120 Oh, no, sir, it feels like a hole in the pocket here. Good size, man. 13:01.120 --> 13:02.120 No? 13:02.120 --> 13:03.120 Yeah. 13:03.120 --> 13:05.120 Crime lab is on the way, should be here in a couple of minutes. 13:05.120 --> 13:06.120 Okay, fine. 13:06.120 --> 13:07.120 Anything at all on the coat? 13:07.120 --> 13:09.120 Well, I don't know here. 13:09.120 --> 13:13.120 Seems to be a hole in this pocket here. It's possible something might have dropped down into the lining of the coat, maybe. 13:13.120 --> 13:15.120 Yeah, let me hold out that end for you. 13:15.120 --> 13:16.120 All right, thank you. 13:16.120 --> 13:19.120 Let me hold it up a little. That's fine, right? 13:19.120 --> 13:20.120 Yeah. 13:20.120 --> 13:22.120 It feels like something down in here. 13:22.120 --> 13:23.120 What is it? 13:23.120 --> 13:27.120 In just a minute, I'll get my hand out of there. See if I can get it. 13:27.120 --> 13:29.120 Yeah, here we are. 13:30.120 --> 13:32.120 A scrap of paper. 13:32.120 --> 13:34.120 Some writing on it. What is it, Joe? 13:34.120 --> 13:36.120 Telephone number. 13:38.120 --> 13:45.120 The phone number printed neatly on the scrap of paper was Crestview 92085. There were no other notations. 13:45.120 --> 13:52.120 We checked out the number and found that the telephone was installed at 6414 Cordova Drive in the Los Feliz district. 13:52.120 --> 13:59.120 After the crime lab crew arrived at the store, Ben and I took the bandit's top coat and drove to the address listed to the phone number, 13:59.120 --> 14:03.120 a 12 unit apartment house on the corner of Franklin Avenue and Fairfax. 14:03.120 --> 14:08.120 The number turned out to be a public phone booth located in the lobby of the apartment. 14:08.120 --> 14:13.120 The manager could tell us nothing. We began checking with the tenants on the first floor of the building. 14:13.120 --> 14:19.120 We gave them the description of the jewelry store abandoned. We showed them the top coat. 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Extra mild. 16:16.120 --> 16:19.120 Best of all, King-sized cigarettes. 16:19.120 --> 16:35.120 March 16th, Tuesday, 2.48 p.m. Ben and I went next door to the apartment where a man answering the description of the jewelry store bandit reportedly had been seen several times. 16:35.120 --> 16:43.120 We rang, but there was no answer. We went back and checked with the manager of the building who told us that the apartment was registered to a Miss Lenore King. 16:43.120 --> 16:50.120 He told us that as far as he knew, Miss King worked during the day and that she usually returned to her apartment between seven and eight o'clock at night. 16:50.120 --> 16:54.120 The manager gave us the address of the place she worked and we checked it out. 16:54.120 --> 16:58.120 It was an exclusive gift shop on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood. 16:58.120 --> 17:03.120 We located Lenore King back at the main packing desk where she was employed as a gift wrapper. 17:03.120 --> 17:11.120 When we put the question to her that a man answering the description of the jewelry store bandit had been seen visiting her, she readily admitted it. 17:11.120 --> 17:17.120 Yes, that's right. I'd say he looks just like that. He drops by my apartment four or five times a month. His name's Marty. 17:17.120 --> 17:19.120 What's his last name, Miss King? Where can we find him? 17:19.120 --> 17:23.120 I'm sorry, I never did know his last name. I'm afraid I don't know where you can find him either. 17:23.120 --> 17:26.120 Well, how's that, Miss King? He visits you quite a bit. He's a friend of yours, isn't he? 17:26.120 --> 17:30.120 Not exactly. I know him. That's about all. He's a friend of a friend. It's more like that. 17:30.120 --> 17:31.120 Uh-huh. 17:31.120 --> 17:32.120 Excuse me. 17:32.120 --> 17:34.120 Sure. 17:34.120 --> 17:38.120 I'm sorry. This package has a rush on it. I'll have to wrap it now. Do you mind? 17:38.120 --> 17:42.120 No, you go right ahead. 17:42.120 --> 17:46.120 About this man, Marty, Miss King, you mind explaining a little more? 17:46.120 --> 17:49.120 If you don't know him well, why should he visit you so often? 17:49.120 --> 17:52.120 Well, to tell you the truth, it's more of a favor than anything. 17:52.120 --> 17:54.120 Through Virginia, she's my girlfriend. 17:54.120 --> 17:55.120 Uh-huh. 17:54.120 --> 17:56.120 And I wish I never got mixed up in it to begin with. 17:56.120 --> 17:58.120 Well, how do you mean mixed up in what? 17:58.120 --> 18:01.120 Well, it's confidential, Sergeant. I just as soon as I mentioned it, if you don't mind. 18:01.120 --> 18:05.120 Well, I'd like to have you tell us everything you know about it. It's a pretty important matter, ma'am. 18:05.120 --> 18:09.120 I don't know really how it started. I mean, how the two of them got together, Marty and Virginia. 18:09.120 --> 18:13.120 They just met, I suppose. Virginia fell in love with him. She had to find some way out. 18:13.120 --> 18:14.120 How's that? 18:14.120 --> 18:20.120 Virginia, she was crazy about Marty. I guess she still is. They didn't want to get all involved, but neither one of them. 18:20.120 --> 18:24.120 Tremantic in a way. Could I have a minute there, Sergeant? 18:24.120 --> 18:26.120 Yes, here you go. 18:26.120 --> 18:31.120 Well, two of them want us to see each other once a week. It's enough for Virginia, she says. She loves him. That's all that counts. 18:31.120 --> 18:36.120 She doesn't want to know where Marty lives, what he does, anything about him. I guess the same goes for Marty. 18:36.120 --> 18:39.120 I see. So the two of them get in touch with each other through you, is that it? 18:39.120 --> 18:42.120 That's right. Usually once a week, maybe once every two weeks. 18:42.120 --> 18:46.120 It's just as soon as I talk about it, if you don't mind, though. I can give you Virginia's address. 18:46.120 --> 18:48.120 She can tell you more about Marty than I can. 18:48.120 --> 18:50.120 You have no idea where we can locate the man, son. 18:50.120 --> 18:55.120 I'm sorry, none at all. The only contact I have is when Marty phones me or when he comes around. 18:55.120 --> 18:59.120 He leaves a message for Virginia where to meet him and when, and then he leaves. 18:59.120 --> 19:01.120 I really think you ought to talk to Virginia about it. 19:01.120 --> 19:03.120 Uh-huh. 19:03.120 --> 19:05.120 Here we are. 19:05.120 --> 19:07.120 One thing I don't quite understand, ma'am. 19:07.120 --> 19:08.120 Yes? 19:07.120 --> 19:10.120 This girlfriend of yours, Virginia, you say she's in love with this fellow Marty? 19:10.120 --> 19:12.120 Oh, yeah, crazy about him. 19:12.120 --> 19:16.120 Then why are they playing this hide and seek? If they're in love, why don't they come out and get married? What's the problem? 19:16.120 --> 19:17.120 Virginia. 19:16.120 --> 19:17.120 What? 19:17.120 --> 19:19.120 She's already married. 19:21.120 --> 19:25.120 Before we left Lamar King, we advised her what the situation was. 19:25.120 --> 19:30.120 In the event the suspect Marty contacted her, she was to get in touch with us immediately. 19:30.120 --> 19:33.120 She gave us her promise that she wouldn't disclose our conversation with her. 19:33.120 --> 19:42.120 We left her our card and she gave us the address of her girlfriend, Virginia Brewer, who was a South Argyle Street address, but Mrs. Brewer wasn't at home. 19:42.120 --> 19:49.120 8.15 p.m. We drove to a place of employment, a valley nightclub out along Ventura Boulevard where she was appearing in the floor show. 19:49.120 --> 19:53.120 She was a dancer. We located her backstage waiting to go on. 19:53.120 --> 19:57.120 You must have some other girl in mind, officer. I don't know anyone by the name of Marty. 19:57.120 --> 20:00.120 You sure about that, Miss Brewer? We got it from a pretty good source. 20:00.120 --> 20:05.120 Well, I'm sure. I don't know where you got it, but it's wrong. The name isn't familiar at all. Who told you this anyway? 20:05.120 --> 20:07.120 Close friend of yours, ma'am. She seemed to know what she was talking about. 20:07.120 --> 20:09.120 Well, why would I got a right to know that? 20:09.120 --> 20:10.120 Lamar King? 20:10.120 --> 20:13.120 Lamar? How could she tell you a story like that? 20:13.120 --> 20:15.120 We wouldn't know, ma'am. Unless it's the truth. 20:15.120 --> 20:19.120 Of course it's not the truth. I don't know any, Marty. I don't even know what this is all about. 20:19.120 --> 20:24.120 She says you know the man, Mrs. Brewer. She says you're in love with him. She seemed to have all the details. 20:24.120 --> 20:26.120 Now, is there any good reason why she'd tell lies about you? 20:26.120 --> 20:29.120 I don't know. You believe what she told you? 20:29.120 --> 20:32.120 Yes, ma'am, we do. Unless you can prove it's a lie. 20:33.120 --> 20:35.120 I'm sorry. That's my introduction. I have to go off. 20:35.120 --> 20:49.120 All right, ma'am. We're away. 21:05.120 --> 21:28.120 Thank you. Thank you. 21:28.120 --> 21:30.120 Just a minute. We have to take another bow. 21:30.120 --> 21:31.120 Yeah, go ahead. 21:31.120 --> 21:41.120 Thank you. Have a good time. 21:41.120 --> 21:45.120 You want to come back here after? We can talk there. 21:45.120 --> 21:47.120 All right, be fine. 21:47.120 --> 21:49.120 In here. 21:49.120 --> 21:51.120 Thank you. 21:51.120 --> 21:59.120 Well, I will do at any point in trying to cover it over. Only one thing I'd like to ask you. 21:59.120 --> 22:01.120 Yes, ma'am? 22:01.120 --> 22:09.120 My husband doesn't have to know, does he? I mean, whatever there is to this, you don't have to tell the papers, do you? You can keep it quiet. 22:09.120 --> 22:11.120 Whatever you tell us will be strictly confidential, ma'am. 22:11.120 --> 22:18.120 All right. I know Marty. I've known him for six months. I know I wasn't lying. I'm in love with him. 22:18.120 --> 22:24.120 Well, we're not prying into your personal life, Mrs. Brewer. We'd just like to locate this man, Marty. That's all. It's pretty important to us. 22:24.120 --> 22:26.120 Why is it important? Why do you want him? 22:26.120 --> 22:30.120 Robbery investigation, ma'am. We'd like to get a hold of him for an interview. 22:30.120 --> 22:34.120 Robbery? Think Marty's done something? Is that why you want him? 22:34.120 --> 22:36.120 We're not sure. Do you have any idea where we can find him? 22:36.120 --> 22:42.120 No. I'm working on the North. I guess she told you about it. I mean, Marty and I, how it's been. 22:42.120 --> 22:44.120 You have no idea where he stays, where he works? 22:44.120 --> 22:49.120 No, I don't. I've been that way from the beginning. Well, no one knows as much about that as I do. 22:49.120 --> 22:54.120 Only one way I can get in touch with him, that's when he leaves a message at the North, or I leave a message. 22:54.120 --> 22:58.120 We first met, Marty and I, and that's the way we both wanted it. 22:58.120 --> 23:03.120 He didn't want to get all involved. Because of my husband. I didn't either. 23:03.120 --> 23:05.120 Have you seen this Marty lately, Mrs. Brewer? 23:05.120 --> 23:07.120 Yes, about ten days ago. 23:07.120 --> 23:08.120 You expect to see him again soon? 23:08.120 --> 23:13.120 Well, I don't know. I suppose so. He'll leave a message with the North if he wants me. That's all. I can go on. 23:13.120 --> 23:15.120 Could you leave a message for him with the North? 23:15.120 --> 23:18.120 Yes, I suppose so. That's the way Lee calls, though. 23:18.120 --> 23:19.120 Mm-hmm. 23:19.120 --> 23:23.120 Can't you tell me more about it, Sergeant? Why do you want him? What's it about? 23:23.120 --> 23:29.120 We're going to have to ask your cooperation, ma'am. Your friend's a robbery suspect. We think he's a pretty good one. 23:29.120 --> 23:30.120 Marty? 23:30.120 --> 23:35.120 Yes, ma'am. Now, the next time he contacts you, the next time he sets up a date with you, we'd like to know where, we'd like to know when. 23:35.120 --> 23:38.120 You think he's guilty? You really think he's done something? 23:38.120 --> 23:40.120 Well, he's a suspect, ma'am. That's all we know. 23:40.120 --> 23:45.120 I guess you'll know I told you. I love him. Love him more than anyone. It won't make any difference. 23:45.120 --> 23:46.120 Ma'am? 23:46.120 --> 23:51.120 It won't make any difference. I love him. Even if he is guilty, it won't make any difference. 23:51.120 --> 23:53.120 The will to him. 23:53.120 --> 23:58.120 Eight fifty-five p.m. We continued questioning Virginia Brewer. 23:58.120 --> 24:05.120 Before we left, we got her promise that in the event the man known as Marty contacted her, she would notify us immediately. 24:05.120 --> 24:12.120 Nine twenty p.m. We checked back in at the office and made arrangements to keep the home of Virginia Brewer under constant surveillance, 24:12.120 --> 24:15.120 as well as the apartment of her girlfriend, Lenore King. 24:15.120 --> 24:23.120 The following morning, we checked with a ballistics man at the crime lab who examined the slug which had been taken from the wall of Walter Meyer's jewelry store, 24:23.120 --> 24:25.120 the latest of the holdup man's victims. 24:25.120 --> 24:29.120 It was identified as having been fired from a.32 caliber revolver. 24:29.120 --> 24:31.120 The slug was marked and filed as evidence. 24:31.120 --> 24:38.120 Thorough examination of the topcoat which the suspect had left behind at his last holdup failed to yield any new leads. 24:38.120 --> 24:43.120 The jewel trays at the store which had been held up were also checked for fingerprints. 24:43.120 --> 24:48.120 A week passed. No sign of the jewel thief. Wednesday, March 24. 24:48.120 --> 24:49.120 I'll grab it. 24:49.120 --> 24:50.120 All right. 24:50.120 --> 24:52.120 Robber in a Merrill. 24:52.120 --> 24:54.120 Oh yes, yes ma'am. 24:54.120 --> 24:56.120 Well when was that? 24:56.120 --> 24:58.120 All right. 24:58.120 --> 25:00.120 Fine, yes ma'am. Thank you. Bye. 25:00.120 --> 25:01.120 You got anything? 25:01.120 --> 25:05.120 That friend of Mrs. Brewer's, Lenore King, said this fellow Marty called a few minutes ago. 25:05.120 --> 25:07.120 Set up a date with Mrs. Brewer. 25:07.120 --> 25:08.120 Supposed to meet at Lenore's apartment. 25:08.120 --> 25:09.120 When? 25:09.120 --> 25:13.120 Eight o'clock tonight. 25:13.120 --> 25:15.120 Four forty-five p.m. 25:15.120 --> 25:22.120 We checked with Captain Didion and set up a plan to have the apartment building where Lenore King lived thoroughly covered that night. 25:22.120 --> 25:25.120 Carr and Matthews were assigned to cover outside the main entrance. 25:25.120 --> 25:28.120 McAlib and Olson would cover the lobby. 25:28.120 --> 25:33.120 Ben and I would be in the apartment proper along with Mrs. Brewer and Lenore King. 25:33.120 --> 25:36.120 By six o'clock that night we were all in position. 25:36.120 --> 25:37.120 We waited. 25:37.120 --> 25:40.120 Six thirty, seven o'clock, seven thirty. 25:40.120 --> 25:41.120 We waited. 25:41.120 --> 25:45.120 Mrs. Brewer walked the floor with a drink in her hand. 25:45.120 --> 25:47.120 Seven forty-five, seven fifty. 25:47.120 --> 25:49.120 Ben watched at the window. 25:49.120 --> 25:51.120 Virginia Brewer got nervous. 25:51.120 --> 25:54.120 You can't prove it. You don't know anything for sure. 25:54.120 --> 25:57.120 How I know you're not trying for a frame, trying to blame Marty for something he didn't do. 25:57.120 --> 26:01.120 We're not blaming him for anything ma'am. He's a suspect. We want to talk to him that's all. 26:01.120 --> 26:05.120 Why don't you sit down huh Virginia? No use getting upset. It'll be all right. Come on honey. 26:05.120 --> 26:07.120 Got him all over the place. 26:07.120 --> 26:08.120 Cop. 26:08.120 --> 26:10.120 Waiting for Marty. What am I supposed to think? 26:10.120 --> 26:13.120 Why don't you relax Mrs. Brewer. If he's not the man you got nothing to worry about. 26:13.120 --> 26:15.120 He's right honey. Sit down huh. 26:15.120 --> 26:16.120 Let me refresh that drink. 26:16.120 --> 26:17.120 Hey Joe. 26:17.120 --> 26:18.120 Yeah. 26:18.120 --> 26:20.120 Carpooling up outside. It's a damn. 26:20.120 --> 26:21.120 I'm gonna let you see. 26:21.120 --> 26:22.120 Right in front. 26:22.120 --> 26:23.120 Hey. 26:23.120 --> 26:24.120 Man getting out. 26:24.120 --> 26:25.120 He's coming in here. 26:25.120 --> 26:26.120 Marty. 26:26.120 --> 26:37.120 Can't see him. He must be inside. 26:37.120 --> 26:39.120 Marty. 26:39.120 --> 26:41.120 Marty. 26:41.120 --> 26:42.120 Why didn't you tell me? 26:42.120 --> 26:44.120 We want to hop downstairs Ben and see what happened. 26:44.120 --> 26:48.120 Yeah all right. 26:48.120 --> 26:51.120 It'll be all right honey. Take it easy. It'll be all right. 26:51.120 --> 26:53.120 I didn't know. 26:53.120 --> 26:56.120 I didn't know. 26:56.120 --> 26:58.120 Sergeant why did you do it? 26:58.120 --> 26:59.120 Do what ma'am? 26:59.120 --> 27:00.120 Marty. 27:00.120 --> 27:02.120 I didn't know about it. 27:02.120 --> 27:06.120 We didn't know anything about each other and this has to happen. 27:06.120 --> 27:07.120 Why didn't you tell me? 27:07.120 --> 27:08.120 I wouldn't know. 27:08.120 --> 27:10.120 I love him. 27:10.120 --> 27:12.120 The rest I don't know but I love him. 27:12.120 --> 27:14.120 If he was in trouble he could have told me. 27:14.120 --> 27:18.120 If he loved me he would have told me. He would have told me everything. 27:18.120 --> 27:20.120 Well I guess maybe you got the answer. 27:20.120 --> 27:21.120 What? 27:21.120 --> 27:30.120 He didn't love you. 27:30.120 --> 27:33.120 The story you have just heard was true. 27:33.120 --> 27:36.120 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:36.120 --> 27:42.120 On June 29th trial was held in Superior Court, Department 91, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:42.120 --> 27:44.120 In a moment the results of that trial. 27:44.120 --> 27:46.120 Now here is our star Jack Webb. 27:46.120 --> 27:48.120 Thank you George Fenomen. 27:48.120 --> 27:56.120 Friends the man who sells you your Fatimas, your neighborhood cigarette dealer, is a mighty good man to go see during the holiday season. 27:56.120 --> 27:59.120 When you drop in notice Fatima's new poster. 27:59.120 --> 28:03.120 It's a reminder that he has Fatimas in smart Christmas cartons. 28:03.120 --> 28:07.120 Now this Christmas season I'm buying Fatimas for all my friends. 28:07.120 --> 28:09.120 I suggest you do the same. 28:09.120 --> 28:14.120 You'll be giving the best and believe me they'll thank you for introducing them to Fatima quality. 28:14.120 --> 28:17.120 It's extra mildness and better flavor and aroma. 28:17.120 --> 28:23.120 Remember ask your dealer for Fatima in the distinctive new Christmas wrapper. 28:23.120 --> 28:27.120 When you see it you'll agree it's the smartest of all Christmas cartons. 28:27.120 --> 28:32.120 Just as it should be because Fatima is the best of all king size cigarettes. 28:32.120 --> 28:46.120 The suspect Martin Arthur Kessington was wounded but not fatally when he attempted to resist arrest. 28:46.120 --> 28:52.120 After interrogation he dictated a signed statement admitting guilt for all five of the jewelry store holdups. 28:52.120 --> 28:58.120 He was tried and convicted on five counts of first degree robbery and received a sentence as prescribed by law. 28:58.120 --> 29:05.120 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of five years to life. 29:05.120 --> 29:19.120 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 29:19.120 --> 29:24.120 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police W.H. 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