1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,760 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,120 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:14,600 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:26,960 Best of all, king-sized cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,520 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,960 You're assigned to narcotics detail. 7 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,120 You receive a call from a former suspect you arrested. 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,320 He wants to meet with you. 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,920 He claims he has information and contacts with a big narcotics ring. 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,320 Your job, check it out. 11 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:51,080 Fatima, America's first largest selling blended cigarette. 12 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,600 Now king-sized. 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,800 See the difference. 14 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:54,840 Taste the difference. 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,580 Smoke the difference. 16 00:00:56,580 --> 00:00:59,360 And in Fatima, the difference is quality. 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:05,680 Yes, you get all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no other king-sized 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:06,680 cigarette has. 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:13,000 Fatima quality that gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,160 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you're 21 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,160 now smoking. 22 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,400 So compare Fatima yourself today. 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:28,320 When you see the difference, taste the difference, smoke the difference, you'll switch to Fatima 24 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:32,200 because in Fatima, the difference is quality. 25 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,360 Ask your dealer for Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 26 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:42,800 Fatima, best of all, king-sized cigarettes. 27 00:01:42,800 --> 00:02:11,120 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. 28 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,160 This Tuesday, August 9th, was warm in Los Angeles. 29 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,320 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 30 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:16,800 The boss is Captain Kearney. 31 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,800 My name's Friday. 32 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,840 It was 728 p.m. when I got to Lincoln Park, the west entrance. 33 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,840 Yes, sir? 34 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,840 Got a couple of bags of peanuts, please. 35 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:27,840 Oh, sure thing. 36 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,840 Ten a bag, that'll be 20 cents. 37 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:31,840 All right, thank you. 38 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:32,840 Thank you. 39 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:33,840 Hi, Friday. 40 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:34,840 Jack. 41 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:41,960 I'd have come over sooner. 42 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,280 I saw you walking around the park wanting to make sure you weren't tailed. 43 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,880 Yeah, I made sure of that before I came in. 44 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Let's go over and sit down. 45 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:48,880 Okay. 46 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,360 I'd say there's a lot of stuff just came in town. 47 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,560 Some new pushers came with it. 48 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,560 You know that? 49 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,560 Yeah, I heard some talk. 50 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,560 I'd like to knock them over. 51 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,560 I got the contact. 52 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,560 What's in it for you, Jack? 53 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,120 A couple of reasons. 54 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,120 Yeah? 55 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,120 One thing, I'd like to pay you back. 56 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:02,840 I got out of jail last week. 57 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,840 I talked to the wife. 58 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,040 She told me what you've been doing for her and the kids while I've been out. 59 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,240 A nice family, Jack. 60 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,240 You let them down. 61 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,240 And you didn't. 62 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,360 I'm not gonna forget it. 63 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:12,880 Wife still has that job you got her. 64 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,680 Kid's asthma's a lot better, too. 65 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,800 Appreciate you finding that place into hunger for him. 66 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:17,800 It sure helped. 67 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:18,800 I was glad to do it. 68 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:19,800 Want some peanuts? 69 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,800 Yeah, thanks. 70 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,800 Now, what about this narco ring you mentioned? 71 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:25,800 Remember Snuffy Brain? 72 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,800 Yeah. 73 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:27,800 Busted him the same time he did me. 74 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,800 He got a year. 75 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,800 Yeah. 76 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,400 Just before I got out of county last week, he'd tell me to go see a guy. 77 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,960 Get me a job. 78 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:34,960 What kind of a job? 79 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,240 The same kind you busted me on before. 80 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Pushing his stuff. 81 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,160 What's the guy's name? 82 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,160 Cadillac Red. 83 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,160 Hmm? 84 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,160 Yeah. 85 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,160 New Yorker, I think. 86 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,720 Likes to drive big cars. 87 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,200 I guess that's how he got the name. 88 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,200 Hmm. 89 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,200 What's the story on him? 90 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,800 Red's been in town a month. 91 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,040 Four or five guys with him off in the east. 92 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,400 Red says they got a big one to unload. 93 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,400 Six kilos. 94 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:56,400 Heroin? 95 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:57,400 Mm-hmm. 96 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:58,400 Mexican stuff. 97 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,400 They seem to be having trouble. 98 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,400 What do you mean? 99 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,400 Finding pushers, setting up a deal. 100 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,840 The only contact they had out here was Snuffy. 101 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,320 He's in a can shopping around. 102 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,400 I like the one in Peanuts, Jack. 103 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,920 Yeah. 104 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,080 You talked to this Red, did you? 105 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,080 Mm-hmm. 106 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,360 What's he asking from you? 107 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,360 Like I said, he wants me to start pushing stuff for him. 108 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,360 He needs contacts bad. 109 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:20,360 I let him hang. 110 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,840 I didn't say one way or the other. 111 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:22,840 He's gonna phone me tonight. 112 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:23,840 That so? 113 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:26,320 What do you figure you'll tell him? 114 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,320 Depends on you, Friday. 115 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:28,320 I know one thing. 116 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,720 I'm not gonna start pushing the junk again. 117 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,760 You get around it, you handle it, you start the chippy with it, before you know it, you 118 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:34,760 hook yourself. 119 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,840 You figure what you wanna do, I'll help all I can. 120 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:37,840 I owe you that much. 121 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,920 You pretty sure the gang needs contacts? 122 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:40,920 Hungry for them. 123 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,400 They're sitting on 20 ounces of junk. 124 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,360 Can't find anyone to trust to push it to. 125 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:46,360 They got problems. 126 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:47,360 Yeah. 127 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,200 Think you could give me an office to them, pass me off as a buyer, a friend of yours 128 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:52,200 maybe? 129 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,200 There's a chance. 130 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,800 How do you wanna do it? 131 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,440 Well, let them know you have a friend who's ready for a buy. 132 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:02,120 Tell them I'm from up north, make it Fresno, Red Mountain neighborhood, is that alright? 133 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,120 Okay, sounds good. 134 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,920 Nice man, Cadillac Red. 135 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,640 He's gonna phone you tonight, is that right? 136 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,640 Mm-hmm. 137 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:10,640 I'll call you as soon as I hear from him. 138 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:11,640 Alright, fine. 139 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,640 Don't call me at the office. 140 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,640 Right here. 141 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,880 Here's my home phone. 142 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,560 Don't worry about it, it's a silent number. 143 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,120 I can't trace it. 144 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,080 When you call there, if I'm not in, leave the message with my mother, okay? 145 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,080 Your mother, okay. 146 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,160 Pleasant four nine three two one. 147 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,600 Okay, I'll ring it. 148 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,440 How much do you know about this Red? 149 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,120 You impress he is a big operator? 150 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,120 Metal size, I guess. 151 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,360 He's out in New York, that's about all I know for sure. 152 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:40,360 Same for the rest of the gang. 153 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,000 He's supposed to be handling quality stuff real good. 154 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 How good? 155 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Red claims he tests out 40%. 156 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,880 I don't know what his asking price is. 157 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:49,880 Where's this Red staying? 158 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:50,880 Did you find that out? 159 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:51,880 No, he wouldn't tell me. 160 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,880 He was at a hotel on West Seventh, but he moved yesterday. 161 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,280 Nervous guy, doesn't settle on in one place. 162 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:59,560 Guess he's got a right to be shaky, all of them have. 163 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:00,560 How do you mean? 164 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,920 He got all their dough in the white stuff, close to 50 G's worth. 165 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,960 Kill him if you knock him over, grab the junk. 166 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,600 We'll kill a lot more if we don't. 167 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,640 Before I left our informant Jack Wallace, we set up a plan for future contacts. 168 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:20,040 In case of any emergency, I would not attempt to get in touch with him at his rooming house 169 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,720 at Third and Olive Streets. 170 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:26,520 Instead I'd contact him at his work, the Joe Adonis Meat Market on West Temple, where he 171 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,400 was employed as a butcher. 172 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,680 Wallace also promised to try to get me a sample of the heroin from the narcotics ring. 173 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,920 10.50 PM, I checked back in at the office and briefed Captain Kearney. 174 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,560 Sounds a little fantastic Joe, six kilos. 175 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,520 If it's true, it's a break a cop gets once in a lifetime. 176 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,440 That's the way Wallace tells it, I can't figure any reason why he'd lie to me. 177 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,760 How about this front man Red, you checked him out yet? 178 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,840 Well Ed's checking him through the moniker file now. 179 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:53,480 He's a New York operator, that's all Wallace could tell me. 180 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,960 You got any idea where the plant is? 181 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:55,960 No I don't. 182 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,480 Wallace didn't even know where Red was living. 183 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,120 Red's supposed to have a meet with him tonight, I gave him my home phone, told him not to 184 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,120 contact the office. 185 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,000 You got any court cases pending? 186 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,320 No, but I got two I was going to file on tomorrow. 187 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,040 You better give me the packages, I'll have Lou Walters assign them to somebody else. 188 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,000 You and Jacob stay with this gang, put them to bed and get them up. 189 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,000 All right. 190 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,840 Wallace is going to try to get you a sample of the junk, huh? 191 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:15,840 Yeah, he said he'd try. 192 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:16,840 Captain, Joe. 193 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:17,840 Hi. 194 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,840 Hi Ed, you dig up anything? 195 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,840 I don't know. 196 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,720 I found one Cadillac Red, could be our boy. 197 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:24,720 You get a mug on him? 198 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,320 No, all we have is correspondence from New York. 199 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,360 There was a want on him back in 1945, same thing, narcotics. 200 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,320 Later that year the want was cancelled, he was picked up, no disposition. 201 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,080 You want us to radiogram New York for a rundown on him? 202 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,880 No, let's not stir it up. 203 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:43,200 Starting tomorrow you two stay away from here, get yourselves fixed up in a hotel room downtown. 204 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Let me know where you're staying. 205 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:45,560 Okay. 206 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,640 Call me at two o'clock sharp in the afternoon, I'll make it a point to be here. 207 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,520 Better call me on the inside line. 208 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:51,520 Right Skipper. 209 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,400 Where do you think we ought to set up, Joe? 210 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,240 Oh, I don't know. 211 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,880 How about Pop Sherman's place down there on Hill Street? 212 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:58,880 He'll cooperate. 213 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,080 You know what that stuff did to his boy. 214 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,080 Yeah, okay. 215 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,080 You want to check in tonight? 216 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,440 No, my wife's going to scream her head off as it is. 217 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,440 You better make it in the morning, huh? 218 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,240 All right, we will. 219 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,240 Narcotics, Kearney. 220 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Oh yes, man, just a minute. 221 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,240 For you, Joe. 222 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,240 Okay, thank you. 223 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,240 Oh yeah, Ma. 224 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,240 Mm-hmm. 225 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,240 Did he say what time? 226 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,240 Hmm. 227 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,240 Yeah, okay. 228 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,240 No, don't worry, I'll get a bite downtown and I'll be home. 229 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,240 Yeah, yeah, okay, bye. 230 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,240 My mother, Wallace just called my home, left a message for me. 231 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:41,240 He had the meat with red, he's got the sample. 232 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,240 At seven thirty the next morning, Ed Jacobs and I checked in at Pop Sherman's hotel on 233 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,240 South Hill Street and took adjoining rooms. 234 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,240 We'd left all possible identification in our lockers at the office. 235 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:56,240 At nine thirty a.m., technicians from our crime lab arrived and installed a bug in my 236 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,240 room and set up the receiver next door in Ed's room. 237 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,240 In the event any of the gang happened to come to my room, they'd be able to record 238 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,240 the conversation. 239 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,240 I registered as Paul Lindsay, San Diego, California. 240 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,240 Ed registered as Ray Morrissey, Sacramento. 241 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:16,240 At eleven a.m., I went alone to Adonis Meat Market where our informant Jack Wallace 242 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,240 handed me a dummy package which I took back to the hotel. 243 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:24,240 Inside the package I found a sample of the narcotics along with a note from Wallace. 244 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,240 He wrote that he'd arranged a meat with red for that night. 245 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:32,240 I was to pick up Wallace in front of the subway terminal building, the Hill Street side, 246 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,240 at nine thirty p.m. 247 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,240 I gave the sample of heroin to Ed who took it to the crime lab where Sergeant J. Allen 248 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,240 ran a test on it. 249 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,240 The sample tested out within forty percent. 250 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,240 For the drug market, it's considered good quality. 251 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,240 At nine twenty that night, I left the hotel and walked five blocks north to the Hill Street 252 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,240 entrance of the subway terminal building. 253 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,240 Wallace was there waiting for me. 254 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:00,240 He said we were to meet Red at a hotel on West 54th Street. 255 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,240 Nine forty seven p.m. 256 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,240 We got to the hotel, went to a room on the second floor. 257 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,240 This one here. 258 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,240 Okay. 259 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:14,240 Yeah? 260 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,240 Yeah, who's that? 261 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,240 It's Jack. 262 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,240 Morning. 263 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,240 Red, this is my friend I was telling you about. 264 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,240 Paul Lindsay. 265 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,240 Paul, this is Red. 266 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,240 Hi. 267 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,240 Yeah, I hear you got some H to unload, huh? 268 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,240 Hmm? 269 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,240 I don't know what you're talking about. 270 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,240 What is this, Jack? 271 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:35,240 You giving me a bum steer here? 272 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,240 Relax, it's all right. 273 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,240 He's solid, Red, you can talk. 274 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,240 No, he talks too fast and too much. 275 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,240 I'm here to do business, if you're ready, I am. 276 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,240 If you're not, say so. 277 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,240 I haven't got the time to play cozy with you. 278 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,240 I'll take it easy with you. 279 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,240 We'll get along a lot better. 280 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,240 What do you want? 281 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Jack vouched for me, isn't that enough for you? 282 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,240 The guy who vouched for Jack's in the county jail, we haven't been able to talk to him. 283 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,240 Where have you done business before? 284 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,240 Well, I could ask you the same thing. 285 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Now look, mister, we got one thing in common here. 286 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,240 You got something to sell, maybe I want to buy it. 287 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,240 If we can't get together, let's forget the whole thing right now. 288 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,240 You're not the only pusher in town. 289 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,240 There's a chair over there, why don't you sit down? 290 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:08,240 I'll fix a couple of drinks. 291 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Jack can fix them. 292 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,240 Let's find out if you and I can get together. 293 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:13,240 All right. 294 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,240 Same, Paul, bourbon and water? 295 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,240 Yeah. 296 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,240 Well, how about it? 297 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,240 How much you got to sell? 298 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,240 Take it easy, huh? 299 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:23,240 There's no rush. 300 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,240 We could talk better over a couple of drinks. 301 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,240 Well, maybe you got the time, mister, I haven't. 302 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,240 How much can you furnish me with? 303 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,240 More than you can buy from the looks of it. 304 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,240 Hey, Red, you got any lemons? 305 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,240 Oh, no. 306 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,240 No lemon twist in it, Paul, that all right? 307 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,240 Yeah, that's all right, make it light, will you? 308 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,240 Now, this junk you got, what's the test? 309 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,240 It's the best this town's seen in a long time. 310 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,240 It's 50% or better. 311 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,240 Who you trying to con? 312 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,240 My tester used your sample this afternoon. 313 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,240 He says it won't go 40%. 314 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:49,240 Okay. 315 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,240 You know where you can get better? 316 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Paul, here you are. 317 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:53,240 Red. 318 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,240 Thank you. 319 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,240 Thanks. 320 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,240 How about it, Lindsay, do we do business? 321 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,240 Maybe. 322 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,240 Oh, who's playing cozy now? 323 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,240 Well, if I do go, it won't be for a standard price. 324 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,240 Your junk isn't worth it. 325 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,240 It's 40%, I don't care what your tester says. 326 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,240 An ounce will cost you 400. 327 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,240 No, not to me it won't. 328 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,240 I'm not paying out good money for milk sugar. 329 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,240 I want a big buy and I want quality, but not at 400 an ounce. 330 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,240 Maybe we can work something out. Why get excited? 331 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,240 Because I don't like chicken operators. 332 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,240 I don't like stalling around. 333 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,240 Now, if you've got an offer, let's make it. 334 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,240 Price is going to depend on a lot of things. 335 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:24,240 How much merchandise you're going to want? 336 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,240 20 ounces, I got customers up north. 337 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,240 Have to have it for them the 15th of the month. 338 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,240 Up north where? 339 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,240 San Francisco, Sacramento. 340 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:32,240 That's funny, we checked on that. 341 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,240 Yep. 342 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:34,240 Yeah, the hotel you're at. 343 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,240 You're registered for San Diego. 344 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:37,240 Yeah, good address. 345 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:38,240 I've never been there. 346 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,240 I heard some talk about you. 347 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,240 You ever work Fresno? 348 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,240 Maybe. 349 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,240 I take customers where I find them. 350 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,240 20 ounces, huh? At the minimum? 351 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,240 For your stuff, yeah. 352 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,240 Now, what's the price? 353 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:50,240 I think we might get together. 354 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:51,240 It's a pretty good buy. 355 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Might work out a discount on it. 356 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,240 How much? 357 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,240 Three and a quarter an ounce. 358 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,240 I figure that's reasonable. 359 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,240 Maybe you do, I don't. 360 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,240 275, I can't go better. 361 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,240 If I didn't need this stuff right now, I wouldn't offer that. 362 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,240 Split the difference, 20 ounces, 300 an ounce. 363 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,240 You can't do better than you know it. 364 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,240 Now, how about it, 300 an ounce? 365 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,240 I'm not lining up for a soft touch. 366 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,240 I want another sample when I move on. 367 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:12,240 You'll get it. 368 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:13,240 Now, what do you say? 369 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:15,240 All right, you got a deal. 370 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,240 20 ounces, when do I get this stuff? 371 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,240 We're getting touch with you tomorrow. 372 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:20,240 Through Jackie. 373 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,240 Six thousand, you sure you got the money? 374 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:23,240 I got it. 375 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:24,240 Now, what's the setup? 376 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,240 Tomorrow, you'll get the wood. 377 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:28,240 All right. 378 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,240 If I don't hear by 4 p.m., I'll know you're gone hinky. 379 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,240 I'll look up somebody else. 380 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,240 You'll hear. 381 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:33,240 How about it, Jack, you ready to go? 382 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:34,240 Yeah, okay. 383 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:35,240 See you later, Red. 384 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:37,240 Jack? 385 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:38,240 Yeah? 386 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,240 You got a wife and a couple of kids. 387 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,240 Mm-hmm, that's right. 388 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,240 How are they, Jack? 389 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,240 Okay, fine. 390 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,240 Why? 391 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Nothing. 392 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,240 I'll talk to you later, Jack. 393 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,240 10.40 p.m. 394 00:13:55,240 --> 00:14:00,240 The informant, Jack Wallace and I, took a cab back downtown and I dropped him off. 395 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:05,240 I got to a pay telephone, called Captain Kearney and my partner, Ed Jacobs, and we set up a meeting. 396 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,240 11.20 p.m. 397 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:12,240 The three of us met on a side street out in the North Wilshire district and I briefed them on what had happened. 398 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:19,240 In order to prevent any possible harm to either Wallace or his family, the captain told me he'd have them placed under 24-hour surveillance. 399 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,240 His children would be kept under observation going and coming from school. 400 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:29,240 The next morning I stayed close to my hotel room waiting for a contact from either Red or another member of the gang. 401 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,240 1.05 p.m. 402 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,240 Hello? 403 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,240 Lindsay, this is Red. 404 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,240 Yeah. 405 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,240 That talk we had last night, you still interested? 406 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,240 Well, yeah, aren't you? 407 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,240 Be out on Mission Road, 11.30 tonight. 408 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,240 We're standing in the park out there. You'll get your sample. 409 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,240 Mission Road, all right. You gonna be there? 410 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,240 No. 411 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,240 How will I know your man? He might make a mistake. 412 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,240 He won't make a mistake. He knows you. 413 00:14:54,240 --> 00:15:00,240 I hung up the phone and checked with Ed Jacobs next door to see if he'd picked up the conversation on his receiver. 414 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:08,240 He told me he'd notify Captain Kearney of the plan for that night and that the captain would be in the office if I wanted to contact him on the inside line. 415 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:16,240 As soon as I picked up the sample of heroin, I was to return to my hotel room and Ed would immediately take it back to the crime lab for analysis. 416 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,240 1.30 p.m. 417 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:22,240 I left the hotel, went downtown to a payphone, called home and talked to my mother. 418 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,240 She said there hadn't been any phone calls. 419 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:31,240 I walked around for a couple of hours, went to a late afternoon show, and then I went over to Frank Tang's place for dinner. 420 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,240 11.15 p.m. 421 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:38,240 I caught a yellow streetcar going north on Main Street and rode to the end of the line on Mission Road. 422 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:43,240 It was about 300 yards from there to the designated meeting place, the west end of the park. 423 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,240 The place was dark, completely deserted. 424 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,240 11.25 p.m. 425 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,240 11.30. 426 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,240 Lindsay? 427 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:02,240 Yeah? 428 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,240 Package you want? 429 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,240 Eucalyptus tree back there in the middle of the park. 430 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,240 Where? 431 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,240 Straight back there. You can't miss it. 432 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,240 You'll find the package under a rock at the bottom of the tree. 433 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:15,240 See you later. 434 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,240 I started to cross the park. 435 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,240 The eucalyptus tree pointed out was about 200 feet from the edge of the road. 436 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:26,240 There was a narrow path hemmed with shrubbery leading up to the base of the tree. 437 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,240 There was a large rock beside it. 438 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,240 I bent down and looked under the rock. 439 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,240 There was nothing there. 440 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,240 I started to turn, but it was too late. 441 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,240 All right, wise guy. 442 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,240 Give him a hold, Stan. 443 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,240 Give it to him. 444 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,240 Shake his pockets, Stan. 445 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,240 No identification on him. 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Sit down. 487 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,240 Yeah, thanks, Skipper. 488 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,240 How do you feel, Joe? 489 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,240 Well, my side hurts a little. Fair, I guess. 490 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,240 Yeah, they really gave you a working over. 491 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,240 Do you recognize any of them? 492 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,240 Yeah, one guy. I don't know his name, though. 493 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,240 What do you think, Skipper? Round up a whole bunch of them? 494 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,240 No, that's not going to help any. 495 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,240 Suppose we pick them up now. What do we got on them? 496 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,240 A misdemeanor, battery, 30 days in jail and they're out again. 497 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,240 We're right back where we started. 498 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,240 What do you figure's wrong, Joe? Think they got hinky? 499 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,240 I don't know. I can't figure it. 500 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,240 I think you better take a couple of days off, go home and rest up. 501 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,240 Let some of those bruises heal. 502 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,240 The whole thing could be blown by that time. The deal will be cold. 503 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,240 If we're going to make it pay, I got to stay on it. 504 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:41,240 How do you know they haven't made you for a cop? 505 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,240 The deal might be cold right now. 506 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:44,240 Yeah, that's possible. 507 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,240 What other reason was there here for tamping you? 508 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,240 How about your friend Jack Wallace? 509 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,240 He might have a straight story. Ask him about it. 510 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,240 No, I'll do better. I'll ask Red. 511 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:58,240 Captain Kearney finally agreed to go on with the plan with the understanding that Ed Jacobs and another man from our office would have me under surveillance at all times. 512 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:03,240 It was understood that I'd go back to Red's hotel room to see if I could pick up the loose ends. 513 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,240 Jacobs and another officer would follow me to the hotel and remain within calling distance. 514 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:21,240 2 10 a.m. I got to the hotel on West 5th Street and went up to the 2nd floor to Red's room. 515 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,240 Yeah, who's there? 516 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:23,240 Lindsay. 517 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:26,240 How you doing, Lindsay? 518 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,240 You lousy punk. 519 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,240 Lay off, huh? 520 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,240 I ought to break your back. 521 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,240 Wait a minute, Lindsay. Wait a minute. What's this all about? 522 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,240 You ought to know. You set your hoods on me. Look at my face. 523 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:44,240 I don't know what you're talking about. 524 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,240 I went back to pick up the sample. This is what happens. How big do you punks think he are? 525 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,240 All right, Stan, what happened out there? 526 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,240 Not much. You said he was acting smart. We thought we'd cool him off a little. 527 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,240 I told you to keep an eye on him. That's all. Not to rough him up. 528 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,240 Oh, he's a crybaby. We hardly touched him. 529 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,240 Oh, shut up. Every time you get on that eight, you get muscle happy. 530 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,240 I've warned you before, Stan. Now, this is the last time. 531 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,240 You better quit chipping with that junk. You cause any more trouble like this and you're out. 532 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,240 He's a crybaby, Red. We didn't hurt him. 533 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,240 I've heard enough from you. Now, go on. Take a walk. 534 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,240 Okay. 535 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,240 You see Max? Tell him I want him. 536 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:14,240 Yeah, all right. 537 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,240 Sorry, Lindsay. These things happen sometimes. Can't be helped. 538 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,240 Why do you keep punks like that around? 539 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,240 I thought you were too smart to connect with users. They could get both of us in trouble. 540 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,240 Oh, they'll be all right. Relax. Every once in a while, they get geared up. 541 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,240 They have to straighten them out. 542 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:27,240 I wouldn't trust them with my laundry. 543 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,240 They're all right for what I use them for. They're good airing boys. 544 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,240 Can I get you a drink? 545 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,240 No. 546 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,240 All right. What about the stuff? You ready to move on the deal? 547 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,240 I've been ready. I told you I needed the stuff for the 15th. 548 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,240 How about tomorrow night? 549 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,240 What's the matter with right now? 550 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,240 Oh, now you know better than that. I don't keep the plan around here. 551 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,240 I'll call you at eight o'clock tomorrow night. 552 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,240 I still haven't got the sample. 553 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,240 You don't need one. It's as good as the first one you got. 554 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,240 Come on. What are you stalling for? I'm getting tired of this sample yak. 555 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,240 If you don't want to buy, say so. 556 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,240 You'll bring it to my hotel tomorrow night? 557 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,240 No, I'll call you. I'll tell you where you can pick it up. 558 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,240 20 ounces, 300 an ounce, all right? 559 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,240 Yeah, no phony stuff. You keep your hands on the table, so will I. 560 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,240 You deliver the merchandise, I'll pay the money. 561 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,240 What are you worrying about? I trust you. Why can't you trust me? 562 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,240 Yeah, sure, I did. Look at my face. 563 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,240 3.05 a.m. I left Red and went back downtown to my hotel room. 564 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,240 A few minutes after I got in, I heard Ed Jacobs and Lieutenant Lou Wallers 565 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,240 enter the adjoining room. 566 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,240 I checked the hallway first, and then I went next door 567 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,240 and briefed him on what had happened with Red. 568 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,240 I told him I'd let Ed know about the time and the place of the meet 569 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,240 as soon as I heard. 570 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,240 Waller said he'd keep enough men ready at the office 571 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,240 to cover the area on short notice. 572 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,240 I went back to my room, took a shower, and got some sleep. 573 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:38,240 At 8 o'clock that night, I was in my room standing by the phone. 574 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,240 I waited. No call. 575 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,240 8.30, 9 o'clock, 9.15, still no word. 576 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,240 9.25 p.m. 577 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,240 Hello? Lindsay, this is Red. Sorry, I'm late. I couldn't get to the plant. 578 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:56,240 What's the pitch? It's all set. Norwich Grill, West 7th Street. 579 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,240 When? 10.30 sharp. 580 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,240 Before he hung up, Red told me to meet one of his pushers 581 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,240 in the last booth at the back end of the grill. 582 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,240 He said I'd recognize him. 583 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,240 The man would have the package of heroin wrapped in newspapers. 584 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,240 I was to hand him $6,000, and he would give me the package. 585 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,240 I immediately contacted Ed in the room next door, 586 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,240 and he notified the office. 587 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,240 At 10.15 p.m., I left the hotel with a dummy package of money 588 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,240 containing six marked bills. 589 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,240 10.28 p.m. I got to the Norwich Grill on West 7th Street. 590 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,240 It was almost empty. 591 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:35,240 I went to the rear booth where I found one of Red's pushers, Stan, drinking coffee. 592 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Right on the dot. Sit down, Lindsay. Yeah. 593 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,240 Let's not camp on this thing. You got the money? 594 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,240 I done business with you before. Where's the stuff? 595 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,240 Didn't Red tell you where to be? Yeah. Wrapped up in that newspaper. 596 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,240 He told me there'd be some stuff under a rock one time. It wasn't there. 597 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,240 I want to look. What's the matter? Don't you trust me? 598 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,240 You think I got a reason to? All right. Have a look. 599 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,240 Yeah, are you satisfied? No. Open it. All right. 600 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,240 It's all there. I saw it made up. 601 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,240 That enough for you? Yeah. Okay. You just made a deal. 602 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,240 Yeah, what do you have? Coffee, black, a piece of apple pie. 603 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,240 All right. You? Coffee. All right. 604 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,240 Okay, stuff's there. Now how about the loot? I got it. 605 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,240 Let's have it. Six G's. Red wants me back in a hurry. 606 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,240 Well, relax. We'll have some coffee. This is a big deal. 607 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,240 Money. Now how about it? All right. 608 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,240 There you go. 609 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,240 What's the matter with you? What are you shaking about? 610 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,240 Nothing. I'm a little nervous. 611 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,240 Red wouldn't let me have a fix before I left. I'd get a little sick. 612 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,240 I'm gonna have a look here. What are you doing? 613 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,240 Red told me to tell you not to open it till you got it back to him. 614 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,240 Who are you kidding, mister? All right. You go ahead and open it up. 615 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,240 You'll have to answer for it, not me. Sure. 616 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,240 Hey, what's the deal? Only a few bills in here. 617 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,240 The rest of it's paper. You trying to beat us? It's already done. 618 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,240 You won't get away with this. We'll fix you maxes outside. 619 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,240 Friday we saw him take the envelope. You get the stuff? 620 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,240 Yeah, right here. Yeah, we're waiting outside, Joe. We got him. 621 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,240 I'm in now. Cops. Lousy cops. Wait till Red hears about this. 622 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,240 He will, Ed. Yeah, I'll get him. 623 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,240 Okay, let's go. Come on, fella. Move. 624 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,240 What are you grabbing me for? I deliver the stuff. 625 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,240 That's all these big deals are mine. I'm small time. 626 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,240 Fix once in a while. That's all I want. Just little fixes. 627 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,240 The biggest deal I ever made. Yeah, sure. 628 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,240 It's the truth. Now what about Red? He's got a lot of this stuff left. 629 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,240 This guy's above him. Big dealers. Why don't you get them? 630 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,240 We'll get them. You'll never guess who the other two are. 631 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,240 They're real high powers. Big deals. Nothing but big deals. 632 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,240 You won't bust him 100 years. Yeah, let's go. 633 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,240 Get my coat, will you, Ed, please? Yeah, okay. 634 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,240 Hey, forgot your check. Who's gonna pay for the coffee? 635 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,240 He will. Who? This one. Me? 636 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,240 Yeah, you just made a big deal. 637 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,240 The story you have just heard was true. 638 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,240 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 639 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:17,240 On August 13th, the booking was made at the Los Angeles Police Department, 640 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,240 Watt Substation, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 641 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,240 In a moment, the results of that booking. 642 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,240 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 643 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,240 Thank you, George Fenomen. 644 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,240 Friends, last year we were honored with thousands of letters 645 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,240 from listeners all over the country. 646 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,240 Letters telling us that you've bought Fatimas 647 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,240 and you find them the best of all king-size cigarettes. 648 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,240 Well, thanks to you and the many thousands of other smokers 649 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,240 who have switched to Fatima. 650 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,240 Now, if you haven't tried Fatimas yet, 651 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,240 make this your cue for the new year. 652 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,240 Next time, get yourself a pack of Fatimas. 653 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,240 Compare them. 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Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 678 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,240 Heard tonight were Barney Phillips and Stacey Harris, 679 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,240 script by Jim Moser, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gibney speaking. 680 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:44,240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, king-size cigarettes, 681 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,240 has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 682 00:28:47,240 --> 00:29:02,240 Every day during every one of your waking hours, 683 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:07,240 NBC broadcasts the very finest in comedy, mystery, music, drama, news, 684 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,240 and programs of public service. 685 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:15,240 So always set your dial to NBC, the leader in radio programming. 686 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:33,240 Counterspy fights international intrigue next on NBC.