1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,000 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,320 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:14,800 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:27,000 Best of all, king-sized cigarettes brings you dragnet. 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,520 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,960 You're assigned a narcotics detail. 7 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,280 You're in the middle of a drive to break up a $100,000 narcotics ring. 8 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,000 You apprehend two of the lesser gang members. 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,360 You still haven't reached the big operation. 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,120 You still haven't found their store of heroin. 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,560 Your job? 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,280 Get them. 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,760 Fatima. 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,320 America's first largest selling blended cigarette. 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,320 Now king-size. 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:56,320 1950. 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:01,360 Fatima sales higher than ever before in Fatima history. 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:02,360 1951. 19 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:03,920 Another record year. 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,440 Fatima sales up and up. 21 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,560 Why in one month alone Fatima sales were up 110% coast to coast. 22 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,760 Friends, for your smoking in 1952, insist on Fatima. 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:22,120 Enjoy Fatima quality, extra mildness, and superbly blended tobaccos. 24 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:27,040 Remember the name Fatima has always stood for the best in cigarette quality. 25 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,080 Yet Fatima's cost the same as the cigarette you're now smoking. 26 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,400 Compare them. 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:38,200 When you see the difference, taste the difference, smoke the difference, you'll switch to Fatima. 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,660 Because in Fatima, the difference is quality. 29 00:01:41,660 --> 00:01:48,600 Each king-size Fatima gives you a long extra mild and soothing smoke with the added protection 30 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,120 of Fatima quality. 31 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Why Fatima? 32 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,520 Dragnet. 33 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,400 The document a drama of an actual crime. 34 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,720 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 35 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:11,320 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 36 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,040 police files. 37 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:18,200 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 38 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,200 in action. 39 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:26,000 It was Sunday, August 14th. 40 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,160 It was cool in Los Angeles. 41 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,880 We were working a special detail out of Narcotics Division. 42 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:31,880 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 43 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,680 The boss is Captain Kearney. 44 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:34,680 My name's Friday. 45 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,840 It was 1.23 a.m. when I got to 5th and Ceres, southwest corner. 46 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,360 Hi, Joe. 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,520 Ed, Captain, you been waiting long? 48 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,520 Just got here. 49 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:45,520 All right, Jacobs. 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,520 Okay. 51 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,680 Where'd you finally book in the two of them? 52 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,280 77th Division, substation watch. 53 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,560 Parrish here is willing to cooperate, told us everything he knows about the gang. 54 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,240 Well, I'm glad you feel that way, Stan. 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,240 You won't regret it. 56 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,240 Yeah. 57 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,240 What's the matter? 58 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,240 I hope it helps. 59 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,240 If Red and the other guys find out about it, it's gonna be rough. 60 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,680 They're not gonna find out from us. 61 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,680 We're heading out for East Hollywood, Joe, apartment house out there. 62 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,720 Parrish says that's where Red makes his pickups. 63 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:14,720 Whereabouts is that, Stan? 64 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,720 I don't know the address. 65 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:17,720 I know the neighborhood, though. 66 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,600 I'll recognize the place when I see it. 67 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,920 How you feel now, Stan? 68 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:21,920 Any better? 69 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:22,920 No, lousy. 70 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,440 Sure could use a fix about now. 71 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:26,920 Sorry, Parrish, can't help you there. 72 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:28,440 How you gonna handle this thing, Captain? 73 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,040 I mean, picking up Stan and Max Higbee. 74 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,200 You figure we can keep it quiet? 75 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Newspapers are gonna cooperate. 76 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,800 They're not gonna print a word about it. 77 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,600 I'm gonna handle the court work. 78 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,200 Stan and Max are gonna waive their preliminary. 79 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,440 They ought to give us five to six weeks of quiet if we need it. 80 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,000 If we can't reach the rest of the gang by then, we'll never reach them. 81 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,640 Never feel lousy, sick. 82 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,280 Never tried to kick the habit before. 83 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,280 How long does it take? 84 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,280 Well, it all depends. 85 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:51,280 How bad are you hooked? 86 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,280 Oh, not bad. 87 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,200 I'm just chippy with it, not more than a cap a day. 88 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Where are we going now, Stan? 89 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,200 Keep going straight? 90 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,200 Yeah, straight ahead. 91 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Turnout's not for a while yet. 92 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,680 Well, how do you figure it from here on in, Captain? 93 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,040 What do I do about Red? 94 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,280 Well, you're gonna have to con your way through. 95 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,000 I had the crime lab fix up a dummy package for you on the seat there. 96 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Uh-huh. 97 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,520 It's the same wrappings as the one the real stuff came in, the package Stan gave you in 98 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:17,520 the restaurant. 99 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,800 You take it back to Red and scream your head off. 100 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:20,800 Yeah? 101 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,880 You tell him you got the package from Stan and Max and you paid him the 6 Gs for it. 102 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,600 You opened it up and finally pulled a powdered sugar, breed them off, put it on B. You got 103 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:30,600 a gun? 104 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:31,600 No, I haven't. 105 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:32,600 I checked it in my locker when I started on this thing. 106 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,600 All right, take mine. 107 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:34,600 Okay. 108 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:35,600 Make it heavy. 109 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:36,600 Pretend you're gonna gun him. 110 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,600 What if it doesn't work, Skipper? 111 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,600 That's taken care of, too. 112 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,600 There'll be a couple of men down in the street, Joe. 113 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:40,600 If you got your back in the way, you'll be able to get them to the police. 114 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,200 There'll be a couple of men down in the street, Joe. 115 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,200 If you got your back to a wall, break the window. 116 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,200 They'll come running. 117 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,560 Okay, I'll give it a try. 118 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,560 You think Red's still at his hotel, Stan? 119 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Sure. 120 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,280 He's probably waiting for me and Max. 121 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:53,280 Anybody with him, you think? 122 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:54,280 No, I don't think so. 123 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:55,280 All right. 124 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,320 Ed, I wonder if you'd call my mother the first chance you get. 125 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,320 She might be a little worried. 126 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,320 Don't have to. 127 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:01,800 She called the office before we left. 128 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,800 Oh. 129 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,800 I think I convinced her everything was all right. 130 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Oh, thanks a lot. 131 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,800 Captain? 132 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,800 That's it. 133 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,360 We'll let you out at the next corner. 134 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,360 Head back for the hotel. 135 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:11,360 All right. 136 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,360 Good luck, Joe. 137 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,360 Right, Ed, thanks. 138 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,160 How about it, Parrish? 139 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,720 Anything else you can give us that might help him? 140 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:19,720 I don't know. 141 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,160 It's gonna take a lot of front. 142 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:23,760 Only one way you can get that. 143 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:24,760 Yeah. 144 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:31,080 You better get yourself a good fix. 145 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,560 I left Captain Kearney, Ed Jacobs, and the narcotics suspect, Stan Parrish, on the corner 146 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,240 of Western and Wilshire and made my way to Red's hotel on West 54th Street. 147 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,320 I went up to the second floor and found his door open. 148 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:44,320 I walked in. 149 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,840 Red was sitting in an overstuffed chair next to the radio listening to the police calls 150 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:48,840 coming in. 151 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,400 What's the matter now, Lindsay? 152 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,400 Why the gun? 153 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:53,880 Don't try any of your conning this time, you two-bit thief. 154 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:54,880 What's the matter with you? 155 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:55,880 Put the gun down. 156 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,720 No, not before I get what's coming to me, you and your lousy punks. 157 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,920 What are you talking about? 158 00:05:58,920 --> 00:05:59,920 Where's Stan and Max? 159 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:00,920 Dead, I hope. 160 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,920 That leaves only you to deal with. 161 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,520 I should have known better the first time when you had me tamped. 162 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:04,720 I should have gotten out right then. 163 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:05,720 What's in your craw, Guy? 164 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:06,720 Come on, let's have a little... 165 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:07,720 You know what? 166 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:08,720 Now look for yourself. 167 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,800 You didn't think you could beat me for this, did you? 168 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,160 I don't know what you're talking about. 169 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,160 There's more in this than me. 170 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,400 If you don't square up this thing with us, there's ways of taking care of you. 171 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,400 I'm on the lam anyway. 172 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,760 Now one more beef isn't gonna make that much difference. 173 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:18,760 Put that gun down, will you? 174 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:19,760 Now let's talk it out. 175 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:20,760 It doesn't make sense. 176 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:21,760 If you've been beat, then so have I. 177 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:22,840 Don't try to sell me that line. 178 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:23,840 Get both of them out. 179 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:24,840 I know they're here. 180 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:25,840 Now come on, get them out here. 181 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:26,840 Watch that gun, will you? 182 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:28,280 I don't know what you're getting at, Lindsay. 183 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,280 They're not here. 184 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:30,280 Didn't you see them, Max and Stan? 185 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:31,280 Sure I saw them. 186 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:32,280 That's why I'm here. 187 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:39,600 I gave Stan and Max 20 ounces to take to you. 188 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,120 I told Stan to make the meat with you inside the restaurant. 189 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,120 Max is supposed to be the lookout. 190 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:44,120 Oh yeah, sure. 191 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,120 So help me. 192 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,120 I don't get it. 193 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,400 Two of them never tried anything like this before. 194 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,960 And once you tipped off at all, maybe the way they acted. 195 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:50,960 Something they said. 196 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:51,960 No, nothing. 197 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:52,960 That moot Stan was a little unhappy. 198 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,480 He said he wanted a fix and you wouldn't give it to him. 199 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,480 That's right, I wouldn't. 200 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:56,480 Well then you should have known better. 201 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,640 There's no time to get stingy with him when he's gonna make a deal for you. 202 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,040 You know what happened the last time he took a fix before a job? 203 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,640 I sent him out to that park to watch you. 204 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,280 He ends up by tamping you. 205 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:05,280 I'm leveling with you, Lindsay. 206 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:06,680 I think we've both been taken. 207 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:07,680 I still don't get it though. 208 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,360 I can't understand why they'd run out on me. 209 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,720 Now look, I haven't got the time to draw you pictures, mister. 210 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,720 All I know is my dough's gone and you haven't delivered the stuff. 211 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Now you get with it. 212 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,720 Now wait a minute. 213 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:16,720 How do I know for sure? 214 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:17,720 What? 215 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:18,720 How do I know you didn't get the real merchandise? 216 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,760 Then you took care of Max and Stan. 217 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,000 How do I know you didn't build a frame? 218 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,400 Oh sure, that's why I'm back here. 219 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,720 I got 20 ounces free and I want another 20. 220 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,120 I met those moochers of yours and took care of them all by myself. 221 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,120 Now that makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? 222 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,120 Now get off it, Red. 223 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,120 You're not gonna poor mouth me out of this. 224 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,640 I paid my 6 Gs and I want the merchandise. 225 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,120 Full 20 ounces and I want it right now. 226 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:37,120 You're crazy. 227 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,120 I can't do that. 228 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,120 You have to give me time. 229 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,120 We don't keep this stuff here. 230 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,120 It isn't mine in the first place. 231 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:42,120 What are you handing me? 232 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:43,120 It isn't. 233 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,120 I'm just a middle man, that's all. 234 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,120 You'll have to give me time. 235 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,120 Maybe we can work out something for you. 236 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,480 You bet you're gonna work out something for me. 237 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:48,480 You got my 6 Gs. 238 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:49,920 Why'd you try and big shot me in the first place? 239 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:50,920 Now calm down. 240 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:51,920 Why? 241 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:52,920 Trying to make me believe you were the big man. 242 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,920 You ought to get wise to yourself, Red. 243 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,040 You couldn't buy it at 2 Gs an ounce. 244 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,040 He wouldn't sell it to you. 245 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,040 I handle all his stuff. 246 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:03,040 I'm the only one he works through. 247 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,040 What makes you so special? 248 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,360 You can't even handle a 20 ounce deal and keep it straight? 249 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:07,360 Stay cool, will you? 250 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,360 Give me 24 hours. 251 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,360 What am I supposed to be doing in the meantime? 252 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,960 Same thing I'll be doing, worrying about getting that stuff back. 253 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:12,960 Why try and cover it up? 254 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:13,960 Your mooch has ran out on you. 255 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:14,960 Maybe. 256 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:15,960 I want to make sure I'll get the word out. 257 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,440 I'll find out what happened. 258 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,880 Before I left Red, we set up a meet for the following night in his hotel room. 259 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:23,880 It was 7 P.M. 260 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,640 Then I left, went downtown to an all night drug store and put in calls to Captain Kearney 261 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,120 and my partner, Ed Jacobs. 262 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,840 I briefed him on what had happened with Red and the captain set it up for the three of 263 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,040 us to meet early that morning and plan the next move. 264 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:42,120 The meeting point was down off Gallardo Street alongside the Santa Fe train yards. 265 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,440 Joe, over here. 266 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,560 Hi, Ed. 267 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:48,560 Captain. 268 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:49,560 Hi. 269 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:50,560 You're a little late. 270 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:51,560 Anything happen? 271 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:52,960 No, I did some doubling back. 272 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,560 Wanted to make sure I wasn't followed. 273 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:55,560 Things worked out with Red, huh? 274 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,560 No trouble? 275 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:57,560 Well, not so far, no. 276 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:58,880 I think he went for my story. 277 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,920 He said he's going to do some checking around, though, to try to find out what happened to 278 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:02,920 Stan and Max. 279 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,640 Yeah, I halfway figured that. 280 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,480 That story you told him, I thought if Red bought that, you'd be in. 281 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,360 He didn't buy it that far. 282 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,760 I guess it made an impression waving a gun at him, but he still has some doubts. 283 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,520 What else can you do to get yourself in solid? 284 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,560 You tried about it, everything, Joe. 285 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,240 I've been kicking around an idea. 286 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,240 It might work for you. 287 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,240 I don't know. 288 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,240 Put on a phony shakedown for him. 289 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,640 Might give you a chance to show him how tough you're supposed to be. 290 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,640 What do you think? 291 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:29,640 Well, maybe. 292 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,520 It ought to help out if we stage it right. 293 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,040 When's your next meet with Red? 294 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,880 Seven o'clock tonight, his hotel. 295 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:36,880 Room 231, that it? 296 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:37,880 Yeah, that's right. 297 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:38,880 How do you want to work it? 298 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,120 Oh, I'll get a couple of men from Metro division, have them in uniform. 299 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:44,720 We better have them work in a radio car. 300 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,440 We're going to have to have a good reason for them breaking in on you. 301 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,440 How about a 415, Skipper? 302 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,480 Joe could go up to the room, pick an argument with Red and make noise. 303 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:53,480 A lot of loud talking. 304 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:54,480 Yeah, that sounds okay. 305 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:55,480 All right. 306 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,920 Both of the men in the radio car will be thoroughly briefed. 307 00:09:58,920 --> 00:09:59,920 You'll know what to do Friday. 308 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:01,600 You're out to sell yourself. 309 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,960 Act as tough as you think you have to. 310 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,840 All right, I'll give it a try. 311 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:05,840 Play it up to the hilt. 312 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,520 You give Red the least idea the shakedown's a phony and we're washed up. 313 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,520 Yeah. 314 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,880 Phone me at the office as soon as you can, the inside line. 315 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:13,880 We'll be waiting for the call. 316 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:14,880 Right. 317 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,360 And just one more thing. 318 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,360 Yeah? 319 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,200 How about that apartment house Stan was going to show you last night, the place where Red's 320 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,880 supposed to pick up the junk? 321 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,120 He pointed the place out all right. 322 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:24,360 It's going to take some checking. 323 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,360 What do you mean? 324 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,120 Stan said he drove Red to this apartment house about a dozen times. 325 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,120 He always had to stay in the car though, Red went in alone. 326 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Didn't know which apartment Red went to. 327 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:34,040 Can't we check him out, Captain? 328 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:35,040 Got some men on it now. 329 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,600 It's going to take a little time. 330 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:37,600 Big layout. 331 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:38,600 All right. 332 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:39,600 47 apartments. 333 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:46,200 I left Ed and Captain Kearney and caught a streetcar back to my hotel. 334 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,800 I had some scrambled eggs, toast and coffee in the grill next door and then I went up 335 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,480 to my room and got a couple hours sleep. 336 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,120 Late that afternoon I took in the show at a newsreel theater, had a bite to eat and 337 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,720 then headed out for Red's hotel on West 54th Street. 338 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,260 I got there a few minutes before seven. 339 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:03,260 Red was waiting. 340 00:11:03,260 --> 00:11:07,360 Apparently he'd failed to dig up any information on what had happened to his two operators, 341 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:08,480 Stan and Max. 342 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,100 I accused him again of trying to swindle me out of $6,000. 343 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:14,780 I demanded the 20 ounces of heroin. 344 00:11:14,780 --> 00:11:16,520 Red had nothing to offer but apologies. 345 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,480 All right, all right. 346 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,480 Relax, will you? 347 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:20,480 Take it easy. 348 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,480 I'll work out something. 349 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,480 Take it easy, nothing. 350 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:23,480 You do enough of that for the both of us. 351 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,480 You sit there and listen to that radio. 352 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,960 Why don't you get out and hustle up those two mooches of yours and get my dough back. 353 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:27,960 All right, all right. 354 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:28,960 You don't have to scream. 355 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:29,960 I said I'd work something out. 356 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:30,960 All right, then start working. 357 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:31,960 Get it. 358 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:32,960 The dough or the white stuff. 359 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:33,960 I got to have it by the end of the week. 360 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:34,960 What do you want to do? 361 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:35,960 Have it all over the hotel? 362 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:36,960 Keep it down, will you? 363 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:37,960 Why? 364 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:38,960 You take me for 6G's and I'm supposed to play it nice? 365 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:39,960 Now come off it, mister. 366 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,960 I didn't take you for 6G's. 367 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,800 Don't worry about me. 368 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,480 I'll take care of my end. 369 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,440 Real big operator, huh, Red? 370 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,320 You had all the H. You handled everything. 371 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,320 A real big shot, aren't you? 372 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,320 All right, forget it. 373 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,320 Red, the big wheel. 374 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,320 He handles all kinds of deals. 375 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,840 50 cents to $5. 376 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:02,840 After that, they get too big for him. 377 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,360 I said forget it, Lindsay. 378 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,720 When this one gets around, they're going to laugh you right out of the business. 379 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,800 You can go back to selling razor blades and knock that radio off. 380 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,800 I'm sick of hearing that. 381 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:11,800 You got to quiet down. 382 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:12,800 You think you're ready to handle it, do you? 383 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:13,800 I told you I'd try and work out something for you. 384 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Now playing tough's going to get you nothing. 385 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:15,800 You ought to know that. 386 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:16,800 What's that? 387 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:17,800 What's it sound like? 388 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:18,800 Yeah, who is it? 389 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:19,800 Police officers, open up. 390 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 What is this? 391 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,800 What do you got me into? 392 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,800 Shut up, will you? 393 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Take it easy. 394 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:24,800 I can't tag us for anything. 395 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:25,800 All right, open up. 396 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,800 Well, I'm getting out of here. 397 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,800 I'm not going through any shakedowns. 398 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,800 You're out of your mind. 399 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:29,800 Hold it. 400 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:30,800 All right, I didn't mean to keep you waiting. 401 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:31,800 Come on in, officers. 402 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:32,800 I'm going to get you out of here. 403 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:40,800 What's all the noise about up here? 404 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Nothing. 405 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,800 We're just having a friendly argument, that's all. 406 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,800 Can I see your identification? 407 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Sure. 408 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,800 You, stay put. 409 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,800 Yeah. 410 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,800 Harry, you better shake him down. 411 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:52,800 Yeah, right. 412 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,800 All right, back against the wall. 413 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:56,800 Okay. 414 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:57,800 Come on, hands behind your head. 415 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,800 Keep them there. 416 00:12:58,800 --> 00:12:59,800 You bad, you lousy fuzz. 417 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:00,800 Come on, grab the other one. 418 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,800 All right, good. 419 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,800 Both of them. 420 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,360 You crazy fool. 421 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,360 Now what do we do? 422 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,360 You don't have to worry about the other one. 423 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,360 He's out cold. 424 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,360 Take the gun off this one here. 425 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:13,360 I'll get his handcuffs. 426 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,360 All right. 427 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,360 Why'd you have to do it? 428 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:16,360 Why'd you have to start something? 429 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:17,360 I told you, I can't afford a shakedown. 430 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,360 You ought to know that. 431 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,360 Better give it up both of you. 432 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,360 You're not going to get away with it. 433 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,360 You won't go far. 434 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,360 Come on, Red, help me drag him over here. 435 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:28,360 What are you going to do? 436 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:29,360 A bed post here. 437 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,360 All right, get his wrists around. 438 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:31,360 That's it. 439 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:32,360 I thought I'd hold him. 440 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:33,360 Lindsay, you're out of your mind. 441 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,360 What do we do with him now? 442 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:35,360 I'll worry about that. 443 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,360 How's his partner? 444 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:37,360 Nothing doing. 445 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,360 He's still out. 446 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:39,360 All right, now, cop, let's have it. 447 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,360 What's the idea of the shakedown? 448 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,360 Well, we pick you up again, you'll get the idea. 449 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:42,360 Now, come on, let's have it. 450 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,360 Why don't you lay off? 451 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:44,360 It's not going to get us out of this. 452 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:45,360 For a big dealer, you got a lot of chicken in you. 453 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:46,360 Now, look, cop, give. 454 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,360 Why the shakedown? 455 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,360 You're wasting your time. 456 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,360 Maybe I can get you out of here. 457 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,360 You're going to get your hands dirty. 458 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:51,360 You're going to get your hands dirty. 459 00:13:51,360 --> 00:14:04,560 Now, come on, cop, talk. 460 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:05,560 Who gave you the tip-off? 461 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:06,560 Put the gun away, will you? 462 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,560 It's only going to get us in deeper. 463 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:08,560 I want some answers. 464 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:09,560 These fuzz didn't come along by accident. 465 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:10,560 There had to be a tip-off. 466 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:11,560 How do you know? 467 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,320 You were talking up a storm in here, making a lot of noise. 468 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,320 Somebody in the hotel could have complained. 469 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,920 Come on, come on, get out of here. 470 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,560 And leave the two of them behind to identify us? 471 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:18,560 That ain't going to work. 472 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:19,560 It's Guido. 473 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:20,560 What else can we do? 474 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,040 You're out of your mind. 475 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,040 I can kill him right now. 476 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,320 You probably wouldn't find him till morning. 477 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:25,320 Well, you'll do it alone, Lindsay. 478 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:26,320 I'm getting up. 479 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,320 We still got business to do. 480 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:28,440 I'm not looking for a murder rap. 481 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:29,440 Now, come on, give it up. 482 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:30,440 Let's get out of here. 483 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,160 As soon as we leave, we're going to have to start running. 484 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:33,720 I won't be good for more than a day in this town. 485 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:34,720 What do I do about my deal? 486 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,160 Come on, we can talk about it later. 487 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:37,160 Come on. 488 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,160 We can talk right now. 489 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,160 You handed me the stall long enough. 490 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,160 I got 24 hours left. 491 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,160 I want it settled. 492 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:42,480 Okay, okay, I'll talk to the big man. 493 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,480 I promise you. 494 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,480 I want to have a meet with him. 495 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:45,480 I don't know. 496 00:14:45,480 --> 00:15:02,280 Listen, that six grand buy was a drop in the bucket. 497 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,280 I want to buy more. 498 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:04,280 If the big guy's ready, so am I. 499 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,280 You got the money? 500 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,280 I got it, cash. 501 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,280 Now, how about the meet? 502 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,280 How about it, Red? 503 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,280 Okay, okay. 504 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:10,280 Okay, I'll set it up. 505 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:11,280 Red got his things together and we took the rear fire escape that led down to a service 506 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:12,280 alley behind the hotel. 507 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:13,280 Before the two of us separated, we agreed that Red would call me at my hotel at 10 o'clock 508 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,280 the following morning. 509 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,360 I wasn't altogether sure, but it seemed as though the act I'd put on at the phony shakedown 510 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,080 had impressed Red quite a bit. 511 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:25,200 Before I went back to my hotel, I called Ed Jacobs and Captain Kearney and briefed them 512 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,200 on the developments. 513 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,560 At 10 o'clock the next morning, I was waiting for the phone in my hotel room. 514 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,560 At 10 15, Red called. 515 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,560 I talked to the big man this morning. 516 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:33,560 I told him what you wanted. 517 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,560 Yeah? 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563 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:11,360 Okay, thanks. 564 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:16,360 Better match it? 565 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:18,360 Yeah. 566 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:20,360 Thanks. 567 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:25,640 Well, what about it? 568 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,120 We've been here 15 minutes already. 569 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,120 A lot of time. 570 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:31,200 It feels like this, sir, boss, doesn't like to hurry things. 571 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:32,880 Yeah, well, maybe he ought to get with it. 572 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:38,880 Relax, will you? 573 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,880 So we waited. 574 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:45,400 Nine-thirty, ten o'clock, ten-thirty, eleven. 575 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,400 Still no sign of the big man. 576 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,400 Eleven-thirty, eleven-forty-five. 577 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:51,400 No sign. 578 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:55,880 What time you got, Lindsay? 579 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,440 Ten minutes to midnight. 580 00:18:58,440 --> 00:18:59,440 Have you got any ideas? 581 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,840 Yeah, I guess I can tell you now. 582 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,640 Well, you make this one real good, will you? 583 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,560 It's been a long wait. 584 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,280 Boss wants to make sure about you, that's all. 585 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,520 He's checking his contacts where you said you operate, up around Fresno, isn't that 586 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:11,520 right? 587 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,520 All right, so he's checking on me. 588 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:13,520 What's he want, a blood sample? 589 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:14,520 He's careful. 590 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:15,520 He wants to make sure. 591 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,520 If it didn't show, this is what he told me to tell you. 592 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:18,520 Yeah? 593 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,360 If you're cleared all around with his contacts, the meet's set for tomorrow afternoon. 594 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:22,360 Where? 595 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:23,360 I'll get to it. 596 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:24,360 The deal's this. 597 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:26,960 You said you wanted a big buy, the boss has got it. 598 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:27,960 How much? 599 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:28,960 Two kilos. 600 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,720 Same good stuff you sampled, high-grade Mexican. 601 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,840 You can get it at ten grand a kilo. 602 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,880 Well, that's not bad if it's good quality. 603 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:35,880 What's the breakdown? 604 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:36,880 It's 40% good. 605 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,480 You're getting a fat discount, you know that. 606 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Well, that depends. 607 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,920 Two kilos, ten G's apiece, 20,000 bucks. 608 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,000 You got it, cash in carry. 609 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,960 That's a lot of scratch to get together in a hurry. 610 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:46,960 You got a whole day. 611 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:47,960 No dough, no junk. 612 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,960 All right, I'll get it. 613 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:49,960 Where's the meet? 614 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:50,960 Out by South Pasadena. 615 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,960 They're holding a big flower show in the neighborhood. 616 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,960 You'll meet him there. 617 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,440 Contact me for the time. 618 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:55,440 When will it be? 619 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,440 When do I meet him? 620 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,440 When you got to 20,000. 621 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,440 11.15 p.m. 622 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:05,760 Red drove me back downtown and dropped me off at Fourth and Main. 623 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,760 Before we separated, he told me he'd call me early the following afternoon regarding 624 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:15,960 the time of the meet with the big man, providing I had the $20,000 for the narcotics buy. 625 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,960 1 a.m. 626 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:21,960 After stopping off at a cafeteria and then a coffee, I went to the bar and got a drink. 627 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,960 I got to a public telephone and put in a call to Captain Kearney. 628 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,960 South Pasadena flower show sometime tomorrow afternoon, right? 629 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:28,960 Yeah, that's it, Captain. 630 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:29,960 All right, we'll cover it all the way. 631 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:30,960 How about the money? 632 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:31,960 What do you think? 633 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:32,960 You got a little with you, haven't you? 634 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:33,960 A little, yeah. 635 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:34,960 Okay, fake it the best way you know how. 636 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:35,960 We'll be around. 637 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:36,960 As soon as you make sure the guy has the junk with him, pass the signal, we'll move in. 638 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:37,960 Right. 639 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:38,960 Something else. 640 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:39,960 You got any lead at all on the big man tonight? 641 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:40,960 No, nothing. 642 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:41,960 How about you? 643 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:42,960 Good piece of luck. 644 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:43,960 I think we can get him. 645 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:44,960 I'll be right there. 646 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:45,960 I'll be right there. 647 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:46,960 I'll be right there. 648 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:47,960 I'll be right there. 649 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,960 I'll be right there. 650 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:59,960 All right, Captain, do you have a lead at all on the big man tonight? 651 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:00,960 No, nothing. 652 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:01,960 How about you? 653 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:02,960 Good piece of luck. 654 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:03,960 I think we got him spotted. 655 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:04,960 Before he hung up, Captain Kearney told me that the careful screening of tenants in the 656 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:05,960 East Hollywood apartment house, pointed out to them by Stan, had netted a couple of prime 657 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:06,960 suspects. 658 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,240 They were an elderly couple, a Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leslie. 659 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,880 Besides the fact that he had a narcotics record in the East, Mr. Leslie operated a second-hand 660 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,320 bookstore on Beverly Boulevard, which apparently was being visited often by 661 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,480 known narcotics peddlers. Early the following afternoon, Red called me at my 662 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:27,240 hotel room and I told him I had the $20,000 for the buy. He picked me up at 663 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:32,520 1.45 p.m. I flashed a stack of money containing mostly $1 bills and he seemed 664 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:37,840 satisfied. He drove me out to the site of the flower show in South Pasadena, a 665 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:44,520 large glass dome conservatory just off the Arroyo Seco freeway. Let's head back 666 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,560 this way. Yeah. 667 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:58,400 Sure nice flowers, huh? Just beautiful. How many times are we gonna have to cover this 668 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:03,360 route? I've seen everything twice already. Won't be long. Couple of minutes. Over this 669 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:16,400 way. Come on. Yeah, they sure are pretty. Look, I don't get any of this. If we got business, why 670 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,480 can't it be in private? This your big man's idea of a joke? It's protection, 671 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,960 Lindsay. He's got to be careful. I guess he figures this is the last place they'd 672 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,760 look for. We'll make another round of this place. We'll stand out like a sore thumb. 673 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:35,120 I'll relax. You'll make the buy. Coming up right now. Right. Come on, follow me. 674 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:48,520 Tom, what do you say? Oh, you're in. What do you think of my gladiola entries? Those 675 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,560 up there, when you say they're beauties? Yeah, they're real great, Tom. Took me three and a half 676 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,560 years to get blooms like that. South African species, you know, the Chilsea 677 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,640 type. Raised them right in the little greenhouse back of our place. You see, 678 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:07,480 the scarlets and the whites, those are mine. Yeah. All right, Tom, I'd like to have you meet that 679 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:14,120 friend of mine. Lindsay, this is Tom. Hi. How'd you do? What do you think of my entries? Raised every 680 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:20,680 one of them from seeds, Lindsay. They take a lot of care. Yeah, they're all right. Plenty of care. 681 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:26,560 Especially those, the South African type. They take a good, stiff, sandy loam. Quality fertilizer, 682 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:33,880 just the right kind of heat and water. Takes a lot of work. Proud of them. Yeah. Look, I haven't got 683 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,120 too much time to spend. Maybe we better talk outside. Yes, that takes quite a lot of work. 684 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:44,280 Beautiful blooms. You have all the money with you? All of it. You got two kilos? That's correct. 685 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:56,880 We can go out the side way. Hey, Red, you follow behind. Keep an eye open. Right, Tom. This way. Sorry 686 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:02,440 for the delay. It's necessary sometimes. Yeah. You came out with Red. You double-checked. You 687 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:08,160 went followed. I double-checked. I've been doing business longer in Red. Hmm. Maybe we can make it 688 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:21,800 a permanent tie out here. My car's this way. You always make deals in the open, public places? 689 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:27,880 Not always. It has its advantages. You sure this is the H.I. Sampled? No, I don't want another phony 690 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:37,360 buy. It's no phony. You can be sure of that. Here's the car. Well, the money. Well, you show me the stuff. 691 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:45,520 Red knows I got the money. Hey, Red. Yeah, Tom. The money. You saw it before you brought him here? 692 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:52,480 Yeah, he showed it to me. Right here in my pocket. Have a look if you want. Now, come on. I can't 693 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:58,640 afford to camp on this thing. All right. Keep a lookout, Red. All right, Tom. In the car, Winslow. 694 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:14,720 All right. There. Under the dashboard here. I always find that's the best place. You have a car, 695 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:23,160 of course. I'll go back with Red. All right. There you are. Two kilos. Not the money. What about 696 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,560 breaking the package? How do I know it's not more powdered sugar? Of course it's not. Wait a minute. 697 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:32,640 What is this? Those men coming up to the car. Take it easy, mister. I'm getting out of here. 698 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:39,200 Let go. Come here. Let go. No. All right, Joe. I got him. Hold on, man. I'll shake him down. 699 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:46,600 We got the other one. Red. No trouble. Good. Okay, he's going. Red. Stupid Red. I should have known. 700 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:52,840 I should have known. Joe, good work. Stuff all there? Yeah, two kilos. Want us to take him back in our car, 701 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,120 Skipper? All right. We'll take in the other one. Meet you at the parking lot gate. We'll follow you in. 702 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:03,800 Right. All right, mister. This way. Look, let me ask you a favor. Won't take a minute. Yeah? Let me 703 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,880 call my wife. I want to let her know what's happened. I wanted to come out here and get my flowers. 704 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:14,120 I got some valuable plants in that show. I'll be taken care of. Your wife couldn't make it 705 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:20,360 anyway. She was picked up an hour ago. No, couldn't be. What's gonna happen? Every dollar I own, 706 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:26,440 all my merchandise, two kilos, best quality, all of it. We'll take care of that. Come on. Let's go. 707 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:33,560 Well, I got those beautiful plants. You can do that much for me. 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