WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:07.000 --> 00:14.360 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.360 --> 00:29.800 Fatima cigarettes, best of all king-size cigarettes, brings you dragnet on both radio and television. 00:29.800 --> 00:31.360 You're a detective sergeant. 00:31.360 --> 00:33.640 You're assigned a homicide detail. 00:33.640 --> 00:36.600 A woman reports the disappearance of her 30-year-old brother. 00:36.600 --> 00:41.360 He's been missing for only two days, but the manner of his disappearance was sudden, out 00:41.360 --> 00:43.080 of the ordinary. 00:43.080 --> 00:44.080 Your job? 00:44.080 --> 00:45.080 Investigate. 00:45.080 --> 00:53.600 Fatima, America's first largest selling blended cigarette. 00:53.600 --> 00:57.800 Fatima, now best of all king-size cigarettes. 00:57.800 --> 01:00.240 Prove it yourself today. 01:00.240 --> 01:04.040 Compare Fatima with the king-size cigarette you are now smoking. 01:04.040 --> 01:09.040 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 01:09.040 --> 01:13.240 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 01:13.240 --> 01:19.360 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21% longer than standard cigarette 01:19.360 --> 01:20.360 size. 01:20.360 --> 01:27.480 And in Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima 01:27.480 --> 01:28.480 quality. 01:28.480 --> 01:32.760 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you are 01:32.760 --> 01:33.760 now smoking. 01:33.760 --> 01:37.120 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 01:37.120 --> 01:41.360 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 01:41.360 --> 01:49.200 DRAGNET, the document, a drama of an actual crime. 01:49.200 --> 01:54.080 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:54.080 --> 01:58.720 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:58.720 --> 01:59.720 police violence. 01:59.720 --> 02:05.600 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force 02:05.600 --> 02:06.600 in action. 02:06.600 --> 02:09.600 It was Wednesday, November 14th. 02:09.600 --> 02:14.840 It was overcast in Los Angeles. 02:14.840 --> 02:17.400 We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 02:17.400 --> 02:18.880 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 02:18.880 --> 02:19.880 The boss is Captain Norman. 02:19.880 --> 02:20.880 My name's Friday. 02:20.880 --> 02:25.320 We were on our way out from the office and it was 8.56 a.m. when we got to the SNH paper 02:25.320 --> 02:29.560 company on 4th Street, the rear entrance. 02:29.560 --> 02:31.040 Where did we find her, Joe, upstairs? 02:31.040 --> 02:32.040 No, main floor. 02:32.040 --> 02:34.560 She told me we'd find her in the timekeeper's office. 02:34.560 --> 02:35.560 She said it was near the back door entrance. 02:35.560 --> 02:36.560 We couldn't miss it. 02:36.560 --> 02:38.200 Let's give a look down the corridor. 02:38.200 --> 02:41.200 Maybe one of the workers can tell us. 02:41.200 --> 02:44.280 Yeah, right. 02:44.280 --> 02:47.360 Looks like some kind of an office there, doesn't it, just beyond the time clock? 02:47.360 --> 02:48.360 Let's see. 02:48.360 --> 02:49.360 Paymaster Head Timekeeper. 02:49.360 --> 02:50.360 Yeah, that's it. 02:50.360 --> 02:51.360 The door is locked, Ed. 02:51.360 --> 02:52.360 You want to wrap on the pay window? 02:52.360 --> 02:53.360 Yeah. 02:53.360 --> 02:54.360 Yeah? 02:54.360 --> 02:55.360 Police, officers, ma'am. 02:55.360 --> 02:56.360 We have an appointment with Miss Edith Tabert. 02:56.360 --> 02:57.360 Oh, yes, officers. 02:57.360 --> 02:58.360 I'm Edith Tabert. 02:58.360 --> 02:59.360 Just a moment, please. 02:59.360 --> 03:00.360 I'll be in the buzzer. 03:00.360 --> 03:01.360 Just push on the door. 03:01.360 --> 03:02.360 All right, thank you, ma'am. 03:02.360 --> 03:03.360 Go ahead, Ed. 03:03.360 --> 03:04.360 All right. 03:04.360 --> 03:05.360 Are you the one I talked to on the phone, Sergeant Friday? 03:05.360 --> 03:06.360 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 03:06.360 --> 03:07.360 This is my partner, Sergeant Jacobs. 03:07.360 --> 03:08.360 They do. 03:08.360 --> 03:09.360 How do you do? 03:09.360 --> 03:10.360 I'm sorry. 03:10.360 --> 03:11.360 I'm sorry. 03:11.360 --> 03:12.360 I'm sorry. 03:12.360 --> 03:13.360 I'm sorry. 03:13.360 --> 03:14.360 I'm sorry. 03:14.360 --> 03:15.360 I'm sorry. 03:15.360 --> 03:16.360 I'm sorry. 03:16.360 --> 03:17.360 I'm sorry. 03:17.360 --> 03:20.360 I'm sorry. 03:20.360 --> 03:21.360 This is about your brother, Miss Tabert. 03:21.360 --> 03:22.360 Ralph Tabert, is that right? 03:22.360 --> 03:23.360 Yes, that's right. 03:23.360 --> 03:24.360 I know there must be something wrong. 03:24.360 --> 03:25.360 Ralph's been gone since Sunday. 03:25.360 --> 03:26.360 No one's seen him. 03:26.360 --> 03:27.360 No one's heard from him. 03:27.360 --> 03:28.360 I'm worried sick about it. 03:28.360 --> 03:29.360 Last time you saw him was on Sunday? 03:29.360 --> 03:30.360 No, I didn't actually see him. 03:30.360 --> 03:31.360 I talked to him on the phone. 03:31.360 --> 03:32.360 We made a date for dinner. 03:32.360 --> 03:33.360 Ralph and I always have dinner together Sunday nights. 03:33.360 --> 03:34.360 It's about the only time in the week we do get to see each other. 03:34.360 --> 03:35.360 I see. 03:35.360 --> 03:36.360 I believe you told me on the phone you already checked with most of his friends the places 03:36.360 --> 03:37.360 he'd most likely be. 03:37.360 --> 03:38.360 Is that right? 03:38.360 --> 03:39.360 Yes, ma'am. 03:39.360 --> 03:40.360 I've been to the hospital. 03:40.360 --> 03:41.360 I've been to the hospital. 03:41.360 --> 03:49.360 I've been to the hospital. 03:49.360 --> 03:52.080 Your brother's never done anything like this before, Miss? 03:52.080 --> 03:53.080 Going off without telling anyone? 03:53.080 --> 03:54.080 No, never. 03:54.080 --> 03:55.080 I'm very worried, Sergeant. 03:55.080 --> 03:57.820 Can you think of any reason at all why he'd want to disappear of his own free will, I 03:57.820 --> 03:58.820 mean? 03:58.820 --> 03:59.820 No. 03:59.820 --> 04:00.820 No reason in the world for it. 04:00.820 --> 04:04.320 He seemed perfectly all right when I talked to him on the phone Sunday. 04:04.320 --> 04:05.320 Everything was fine. 04:05.320 --> 04:07.840 We made a date for the movies Tuesday night. 04:07.840 --> 04:09.320 That was for last night. 04:09.320 --> 04:10.800 The picture downtown will want to see. 04:10.800 --> 04:12.720 He made a special point of it. 04:12.720 --> 04:14.480 I just know something must have happened. 04:14.480 --> 04:15.640 Mm-hmm. 04:15.640 --> 04:17.480 I gather you know most of your brother's friends 04:17.480 --> 04:19.560 you've kept in fairly close touch with him, Eric. 04:19.560 --> 04:22.680 Yes, we get together at least once a week, as I say. 04:22.680 --> 04:24.200 I'm four years older than Ralph. 04:24.200 --> 04:26.200 I've looked after him since we were kids. 04:26.200 --> 04:28.640 We've always been together, the last five or six years 04:28.640 --> 04:30.320 especially, ever since mama died. 04:30.320 --> 04:32.640 Your brother in a pretty stable mental condition, was he? 04:32.640 --> 04:34.360 No financial worries, nothing of that kind? 04:34.360 --> 04:37.200 No, sir, nothing I know about. 04:37.200 --> 04:39.640 I'd like to double check this information 04:39.640 --> 04:41.520 that you gave me on the phone, Miss Taber. 04:41.520 --> 04:43.560 The name and address and his description, is that right? 04:43.560 --> 04:45.400 Yes, sir. 04:45.400 --> 04:47.320 The full name Ralph Lawrence Taber, 04:47.320 --> 04:50.920 14316 Almaiden Street, male, white American, 04:50.920 --> 04:52.680 occupation, interior decorator, is that it? 04:52.680 --> 04:54.880 Yes, that's right. 04:54.880 --> 04:58.400 Height, five foot, 11, 155 pounds, dark blonde hair, 04:58.400 --> 05:01.560 gray eyes, fair complexion, birthmark on left side of neck. 05:01.560 --> 05:02.680 Yes, that's all correct. 05:02.680 --> 05:04.680 Your brother in the habit of carrying large sums of money 05:04.680 --> 05:05.720 around with him, do you know? 05:05.720 --> 05:07.240 No, not that I know of. 05:07.240 --> 05:10.360 He has a good job, he's not getting rich at it though. 05:10.360 --> 05:12.880 I don't think I've ever seen Ralph with more than 20, 05:12.880 --> 05:14.480 30 dollars on him at a time. 05:14.480 --> 05:15.640 Mm-hmm. 05:15.640 --> 05:18.400 Who was the last person to see him, Miss, you any idea? 05:18.400 --> 05:20.080 Well, I talked to Ralph's landlady. 05:20.080 --> 05:22.240 She told me she saw Ralph and this friend of his, 05:22.240 --> 05:24.920 Andy Howard, going into Ralph's apartment. 05:24.920 --> 05:26.880 That was about six o'clock Sunday night. 05:26.880 --> 05:30.160 Ralph was supposed to meet me at 7.30, never showed up. 05:30.160 --> 05:31.880 Now this friend of your brother's, Miss Taber, 05:31.880 --> 05:33.760 is Andy Howard, are you acquainted with him? 05:33.760 --> 05:35.440 Yes, but I don't know him too well. 05:35.440 --> 05:37.680 I only met him two or three times. 05:37.680 --> 05:39.600 He lives in the apartment house next door to Ralph's, 05:39.600 --> 05:41.960 so the two of them were friends in the Navy together 05:41.960 --> 05:43.600 during the war, good friends. 05:43.600 --> 05:45.360 You tried to get in touch with this Andy Howard? 05:45.360 --> 05:48.000 Yes, I called Ralph's apartment when he didn't show up 05:48.000 --> 05:49.960 for our dinner date Sunday night. 05:49.960 --> 05:52.040 Wasn't any answer, so I looked up Andy's number 05:52.040 --> 05:53.480 in the phone book and called him. 05:53.480 --> 05:54.720 Mm-hmm, was he a ho? 05:54.720 --> 05:58.840 Yes, tried to talk to him, but it didn't do much good. 05:58.840 --> 06:00.080 Strange. 06:00.080 --> 06:00.920 How was that? 06:00.920 --> 06:02.680 He pretended he didn't even know me. 06:02.680 --> 06:05.560 He was a good friend of mine. 06:05.560 --> 06:08.280 After we finished our interview with Edith Taber, 06:08.280 --> 06:10.280 Ed Jacobs and I started out to double check 06:10.280 --> 06:12.880 with all the known friends and associates of her brother. 06:12.880 --> 06:15.720 We talked to his employer and the people he worked with. 06:15.720 --> 06:17.240 None of them had seen him subsequent 06:17.240 --> 06:19.080 to six o'clock Sunday night. 06:19.080 --> 06:20.600 None of them could think of any good reason 06:20.600 --> 06:21.920 why he suddenly would wanna pick up 06:21.920 --> 06:24.280 and leave his job and friends. 06:24.280 --> 06:25.960 The people he knew outside of his work 06:25.960 --> 06:27.560 told us the same thing. 06:27.560 --> 06:29.480 Nobody could explain it. 06:29.480 --> 06:32.160 Along the way, we inquired about Ralph Taber's friend, 06:32.160 --> 06:33.520 Andy Howard. 06:33.520 --> 06:35.120 Most of the people we talked to knew him 06:35.120 --> 06:36.640 as a close friend of Taber's. 06:37.560 --> 06:39.320 We checked at Howard's place of employment, 06:39.320 --> 06:40.920 but they told us he hadn't shown up for work 06:40.920 --> 06:42.840 since the previous Friday. 06:42.840 --> 06:45.520 We drove to Howard's apartment, checked with a manager, 06:45.520 --> 06:46.720 and he said that Howard had moved 06:46.720 --> 06:48.440 without notice late Sunday night. 06:49.520 --> 06:51.760 We crossed over to the apartment house next door 06:51.760 --> 06:53.600 where Taber lived and talked to the landlady, 06:53.600 --> 06:54.760 Mrs. Higby. 06:54.760 --> 06:57.200 She corroborated the story we'd gotten from Taber's sister 06:57.200 --> 07:00.120 that Andy Howard was last seen entering Taber's apartment 07:00.120 --> 07:02.320 at about six o'clock Sunday night. 07:02.320 --> 07:03.640 Taber was with him. 07:03.640 --> 07:05.560 Mrs. Higby was sure of that. 07:05.560 --> 07:06.840 She showed us up to the third floor 07:06.840 --> 07:08.320 to Ralph Taber's apartment. 07:08.320 --> 07:11.240 The two rooms and the adjoining kitchenette were immaculate. 07:11.240 --> 07:12.560 There wasn't a thing out of place. 07:12.560 --> 07:14.800 Need us a pen, Joe, not a thing out of order. 07:14.800 --> 07:17.120 Yeah, it's the same in the bedroom. 07:17.120 --> 07:18.160 Say, Mrs. Higby. 07:18.160 --> 07:19.320 Yes, Sergeant. 07:19.320 --> 07:21.400 Do you provide maid service with the apartments here? 07:21.400 --> 07:22.680 No, we don't. 07:22.680 --> 07:25.040 We've been thinking about it, though. 07:25.040 --> 07:26.920 Haven't quite made up our minds. 07:26.920 --> 07:29.920 Such a task, getting good, competent help these days. 07:29.920 --> 07:32.040 And the tenants are responsible for the entire upkeep, huh? 07:32.040 --> 07:33.120 Yes. 07:33.120 --> 07:37.680 Everything, the painting, wallpapering, things like that. 07:37.680 --> 07:41.200 Doesn't Mr. Taber keep things spotless, just spotless? 07:41.200 --> 07:41.960 Yes, ma'am. 07:41.960 --> 07:44.080 There's just one thing I wanted to ask you about. 07:44.080 --> 07:45.800 It's over here by the window. 07:45.800 --> 07:46.960 Yes. 07:46.960 --> 07:50.560 Now, this wire here, apparently an aerial connection 07:50.560 --> 07:51.560 for a television set. 07:51.560 --> 07:52.400 Looks like it's there. 07:52.400 --> 07:53.160 Yes. 07:53.160 --> 07:55.120 Mr. Taber does have a television. 07:55.120 --> 07:56.800 Why? 07:56.800 --> 07:58.800 Well, I don't notice a set anywhere in the apartment. 07:58.800 --> 08:00.840 Would you happen to recall if he sent it out for repairs, 08:00.840 --> 08:01.840 anything like that? 08:01.840 --> 08:04.680 No, not that I know of. 08:04.680 --> 08:07.800 Besides, this doesn't seem like Mr. Taber at all. 08:07.800 --> 08:09.000 What do you mean, Mrs. Higby? 08:09.000 --> 08:12.320 He's always so neat, fast idiocy. 08:12.320 --> 08:14.920 And that wire there, looks like it was torn off 08:14.920 --> 08:16.680 the connection, doesn't it? 08:16.680 --> 08:19.840 Along the windowsill, too, isn't that terrible? 08:19.840 --> 08:23.200 Fasteners for the wire rip right out of the woodwork. 08:23.200 --> 08:26.400 That certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Taber. 08:26.400 --> 08:29.440 Does anyone else besides him have access to this apartment, ma'am? 08:29.440 --> 08:31.520 No one that I know of. 08:31.520 --> 08:33.280 No one besides myself, I mean. 08:33.280 --> 08:36.560 I have duplicate keys to all the apartments. 08:36.560 --> 08:37.920 Well, I just happen to think. 08:37.920 --> 08:38.840 Yes, ma'am? 08:38.840 --> 08:41.000 If a repairman did move the set out, 08:41.000 --> 08:44.240 it's possible my houseboy might know about it. 08:44.240 --> 08:46.280 Sam, that's my houseboy. 08:46.280 --> 08:47.680 How would he know about it? 08:47.680 --> 08:49.880 Well, it's the roof of the house, all furniture, 08:49.880 --> 08:51.040 heavy things like that. 08:51.040 --> 08:53.640 They have to be taken down in the freight elevator. 08:53.640 --> 08:55.960 It opens right onto the alley in the back of the building. 08:55.960 --> 08:56.920 That's very handy. 08:56.920 --> 08:57.760 Yes, ma'am. 08:57.760 --> 09:00.080 Sam's the only one who operates that elevator. 09:00.080 --> 09:03.000 That's why I say it's possible he might know about it. 09:03.000 --> 09:04.600 Would you like to have me ask him? 09:04.600 --> 09:05.760 I wonder if you would, please. 09:05.760 --> 09:08.280 Surely it won't take but a minute, and I'll be right back. 09:08.280 --> 09:11.200 Thank you, Miss Higgins. 09:11.200 --> 09:12.720 Joe, you want to have a look over here? 09:12.720 --> 09:14.240 Yeah. 09:14.240 --> 09:15.120 What do you got? 09:15.120 --> 09:16.000 It's a walled bed here. 09:16.000 --> 09:16.840 I tried to pull it down. 09:16.840 --> 09:18.160 It's stuck. 09:18.160 --> 09:19.320 Stand right here. 09:19.320 --> 09:21.840 Over here. 09:21.840 --> 09:24.280 See if you notice anything. 09:24.280 --> 09:25.080 Yeah, I do. 09:25.080 --> 09:26.080 Come on, give me a hand. 09:26.080 --> 09:27.160 See if we can't get the bed down. 09:27.160 --> 09:28.560 Yeah. 09:28.560 --> 09:29.960 Push it on your side there. 09:29.960 --> 09:30.960 That's it. 09:30.960 --> 09:31.960 OK. 09:31.960 --> 09:32.960 It's coming down now. 09:36.600 --> 09:38.000 Good Lord. 09:38.000 --> 09:39.240 Yeah. 09:39.240 --> 09:41.000 Table, you think? 09:41.000 --> 09:43.200 The whole description seems to fit. 09:43.200 --> 09:45.200 Beaten to death looks like, doesn't it? 09:45.200 --> 09:48.560 Something's sticking out under the bed covers there. 09:48.560 --> 09:49.520 Yeah, it's a claw here. 09:49.520 --> 09:51.880 My stains all over it. 09:51.880 --> 09:52.960 Vicious. 09:52.960 --> 09:55.040 Guess the killer wanted to make sure. 09:55.040 --> 09:56.960 I don't know where Stives sing. 09:56.960 --> 09:58.200 I feel sorry for the sister. 09:58.200 --> 09:59.440 She was pretty close to him. 09:59.440 --> 10:00.800 It's going to be tough on her. 10:00.800 --> 10:01.960 No tougher than it was for him. 10:05.360 --> 10:06.640 2.38 PM. 10:06.640 --> 10:08.560 We phoned the office, told them what we'd found, 10:08.560 --> 10:10.520 and then we put in a call for Lieutenant Lee Jones 10:10.520 --> 10:12.320 and the crime lab crew. 10:12.320 --> 10:14.480 While we were waiting, we questioned the landlady again, 10:14.480 --> 10:15.760 Mrs. Higby. 10:15.760 --> 10:17.600 She said her houseman, Sam, told her 10:17.600 --> 10:19.880 he knew nothing about a television set being moved out 10:19.880 --> 10:21.640 of Ralph Taber's apartment. 10:21.640 --> 10:23.080 However, it was possible somebody 10:23.080 --> 10:25.280 could have taken the set down in the main elevator late 10:25.280 --> 10:27.600 at night without being seen. 10:27.600 --> 10:30.600 Mrs. Higby also told us that Taber had a car. 10:30.600 --> 10:33.400 We checked the apartment garage, but it was gone. 10:33.400 --> 10:36.000 All Mrs. Higby could tell us was that it was a late model car 10:36.000 --> 10:40.120 and that Taber often loaned it to his friend, Andy Howard. 10:40.120 --> 10:44.040 Sergeants Al Shambra and Joe LaMonica from Homicide arrived, 10:44.040 --> 10:46.160 and together the four of us interviewed the employees 10:46.160 --> 10:48.120 and the tenants in the apartment building. 10:48.120 --> 10:50.320 They gave us little or nothing at all. 10:50.320 --> 10:52.720 A few minutes before 3 PM, the crime lab crew 10:52.720 --> 10:55.600 showed up and started their preliminary investigation. 10:55.600 --> 10:57.600 We put in a call for the coroner. 10:57.600 --> 10:59.320 From the obvious lack of fingerprints 10:59.320 --> 11:00.960 in usual places around the apartment, 11:00.960 --> 11:03.380 it was apparent that the murderer had taken great precautions 11:03.380 --> 11:05.320 to cover his tracks. 11:05.320 --> 11:08.080 3.35 PM, the deputy coroner arrived, 11:08.080 --> 11:10.280 and after the preliminary investigation was finished, 11:10.280 --> 11:12.920 the body was removed to the county morgue. 11:12.920 --> 11:15.840 Ed and I went back to the office, checked our DMV, 11:15.840 --> 11:18.200 and got out on all points on Taber's car 11:18.200 --> 11:21.520 and also on the friend he was last seen with, Andy Howard. 11:21.520 --> 11:24.640 R and I turned up a single entry for Howard's criminal record, 11:24.640 --> 11:26.680 a drunk driving charge. 11:26.680 --> 11:28.960 5.20 PM, we met with Edith Taber 11:28.960 --> 11:31.560 and broke the news of her brother's death. 11:31.560 --> 11:32.800 When she recovered from the shock, 11:32.800 --> 11:34.800 we interviewed her briefly. 11:34.800 --> 11:35.760 It was Andy Howard. 11:35.760 --> 11:36.600 I know it was him. 11:36.600 --> 11:37.420 It had to be. 11:37.420 --> 11:38.640 Why do you say that, Miss Taber? 11:38.640 --> 11:39.880 There's something about this man, Howard, 11:39.880 --> 11:40.720 you haven't told us. 11:40.720 --> 11:41.720 He's no good, Sergeant. 11:41.720 --> 11:43.160 He's no good at all. 11:43.160 --> 11:44.320 That's what I've been afraid of. 11:44.320 --> 11:46.200 I've been afraid of it right along. 11:46.200 --> 11:47.960 Well, just how do you mean, ma'am, he's no good? 11:47.960 --> 11:49.800 He's a tramp, a bum. 11:49.800 --> 11:50.620 Won't get a job. 11:50.620 --> 11:51.920 He's been living off my brother. 11:51.920 --> 11:52.680 He isn't normal. 11:52.680 --> 11:54.360 There's something wrong with him. 11:54.360 --> 11:56.080 Well, how is it your brother put up with him? 11:56.080 --> 11:58.440 I told you, he and Ralph were friends in the Navy. 11:58.440 --> 12:00.000 He did a big favor for Ralph once. 12:00.000 --> 12:02.800 He's been living off it ever since, taking his clothes, 12:02.800 --> 12:05.600 borrowing his car, money, never paying it back. 12:05.600 --> 12:07.800 Why do you think he killed your brother, Miss? 12:07.800 --> 12:08.480 I just know it. 12:08.480 --> 12:08.980 That's all. 12:08.980 --> 12:09.760 He did it. 12:09.760 --> 12:11.160 Did he ever fight with your brother? 12:11.160 --> 12:11.800 Would you happen to know? 12:11.800 --> 12:13.240 Did he ever threaten him? 12:13.240 --> 12:16.720 They had a big fight one night, about two weeks ago, I think. 12:16.720 --> 12:20.280 Andy kept sponging until Ralph got good and sick of it. 12:20.280 --> 12:21.720 Told Andy to go out and get a job. 12:21.720 --> 12:23.280 That's when the fight started. 12:23.280 --> 12:24.480 You saw it, did you? 12:24.480 --> 12:26.120 Ralph told me about it. 12:26.120 --> 12:29.120 Fist fight in the alley back of the apartment. 12:29.120 --> 12:30.320 Ralph knocked Andy down. 12:30.320 --> 12:31.760 And he said he'd never forget it. 12:31.760 --> 12:33.360 He'd pay Ralph back. 12:33.360 --> 12:35.960 Couple of days after that, my brother said the two of them 12:35.960 --> 12:36.800 made up. 12:36.800 --> 12:39.640 Everything was all right. 12:39.640 --> 12:40.880 Ralph should have known better. 12:40.880 --> 12:42.120 He should have known better. 12:42.120 --> 12:43.600 Mm-hm. 12:43.600 --> 12:45.640 Just a few more questions, Miss Taber. 12:45.640 --> 12:47.960 Can you tell us anything about Andy Howard's background, 12:47.960 --> 12:50.960 where he's from, whose friends are, places he usually goes? 12:50.960 --> 12:52.160 No. 12:52.160 --> 12:53.400 I know much about him. 12:53.400 --> 12:56.320 He's from the South, I think, Alabama. 12:56.320 --> 12:58.680 Ralph's friends can tell you more about him than I can. 12:58.680 --> 13:00.320 All right. 13:00.320 --> 13:02.320 Had you heard anything lately about Howard planning 13:02.320 --> 13:03.600 to move out of his apartment? 13:03.600 --> 13:05.000 Nothing. 13:05.000 --> 13:07.320 When I heard that he did move and Ralph was missing, 13:07.320 --> 13:10.160 I knew something was wrong. 13:10.160 --> 13:13.080 That's why I called you. 13:13.080 --> 13:16.120 If I'd only known before. 13:16.120 --> 13:17.880 Poor Ralph, if I only knew. 13:17.880 --> 13:19.080 Don't try to take it easy, man. 13:19.080 --> 13:21.600 We'll arrange for a car to drive you home, all right? 13:21.600 --> 13:23.520 It's so hard to understand. 13:23.520 --> 13:27.200 Hard for anyone to kill Ralph like that. 13:27.200 --> 13:29.360 Horrible. 13:29.360 --> 13:31.160 He was so good. 13:31.160 --> 13:32.360 Was my brother? 13:32.360 --> 13:34.120 Yes, ma'am. 13:34.120 --> 13:35.960 What do you say to a man who kills your brother? 13:35.960 --> 13:38.000 How do you understand him? 13:38.000 --> 13:39.480 What do you tell him? 13:39.480 --> 13:41.080 Well, why even try? 13:41.080 --> 13:41.980 What? 13:41.980 --> 13:42.920 Let the jury tell him. 13:42.920 --> 13:43.680 All right. 13:47.680 --> 13:49.880 Before we had the victim's sister, Edith Tabor, 13:49.880 --> 13:52.360 driven to her home, we asked her about the television set 13:52.360 --> 13:53.660 in her brother's apartment, but she 13:53.660 --> 13:55.720 was unable to explain its absence. 13:55.720 --> 13:58.280 Burglary detail had already been notified about the case 13:58.280 --> 14:00.520 and the pawn shop detail alerted. 14:00.520 --> 14:02.360 An APB had been gotten out containing 14:02.360 --> 14:03.960 a complete description of the TV set 14:03.960 --> 14:06.120 along with the serial numbers. 14:06.120 --> 14:08.360 A few minutes after we got back from dinner that night, 14:08.360 --> 14:09.840 we had an answer on it. 14:09.840 --> 14:11.920 A pawn shop operator on West 7th Street 14:11.920 --> 14:15.820 in with the information that he'd taken in a television set with identical description 14:15.820 --> 14:18.820 and serial numbers as that of Taber's. 14:18.820 --> 14:22.220 Ed and I drove out to the pawn shop and checked the operator's buy book. 14:22.220 --> 14:24.660 The set had been pawned the day after the murder. 14:24.660 --> 14:27.880 The serial numbers and description matched in every detail. 14:27.880 --> 14:31.140 The description and signature of the man who pawned it matched perfectly with that of Ralph 14:31.140 --> 14:33.400 Taber's friend, Andy Howard. 14:33.400 --> 14:37.940 The set was impounded and just on a chance, we had Dean Bergman dust it for latent fingerprints. 14:37.940 --> 14:38.940 Dean? 14:38.940 --> 14:39.940 Oh, hi Ed, Friday. 14:39.940 --> 14:41.740 How you making out, any luck? 14:41.740 --> 14:43.240 Not bad, have a look here. 14:43.240 --> 14:44.240 Yeah. 14:44.240 --> 14:46.080 Picked up four sets of prints off it all told. 14:46.080 --> 14:47.080 These here are the dead man's. 14:47.080 --> 14:48.080 Yeah. 14:48.080 --> 14:50.480 These here, they belong to the pawn shop operator. 14:50.480 --> 14:51.480 Mm-hmm. 14:51.480 --> 14:53.720 These belong to his son, helps him in the shop. 14:53.720 --> 14:54.720 Yeah. 14:54.720 --> 14:57.440 Guess this is the one you're looking for, two plain index prints. 14:57.440 --> 14:58.440 Did you classify them? 14:58.440 --> 15:00.440 Checked them against prints from Andy Howard's package. 15:00.440 --> 15:01.440 Yeah. 15:01.440 --> 15:02.440 They match. 15:02.440 --> 15:08.360 When we checked in for work the following morning, we got the coroner's report on Ralph 15:08.360 --> 15:09.360 Taber. 15:09.360 --> 15:12.160 The number of signs of death was listed as cerebral hemorrhage and multiple fractures 15:12.160 --> 15:15.680 of the skull caused by blows from a heavy blunt object. 15:15.680 --> 15:19.200 The other reports from the crime lab didn't give us much help. 15:19.200 --> 15:23.280 The better part of the next three days, Ed and I, along with Al Shambra and Joe LaMonica, 15:23.280 --> 15:27.340 held detailed interviews with the known friends and associates of the murder victim, Ralph 15:27.340 --> 15:30.880 Taber and the number one suspect, Andy Howard. 15:30.880 --> 15:34.360 The information we picked up was incorporated in a supplementary all points bulletin and 15:34.360 --> 15:36.480 gotten out immediately. 15:36.480 --> 15:40.880 We found out that Andy Howard had a sailor's uniform in his possession and though unauthorized, 15:40.880 --> 15:43.120 he wore it frequently. 15:43.120 --> 15:46.440 It bore the insignia of a quartermaster first class on the sleeve. 15:46.440 --> 15:51.000 We also found out Howard had identical tattoos on each forearm, the picture of an unfurled 15:51.000 --> 15:54.100 American flag with the name Betty Dee below it. 15:54.100 --> 15:56.360 We had the city covered for the suspect. 15:56.360 --> 15:58.280 Four days passed, no trace of him. 15:58.280 --> 16:02.440 Saturday, November 24th, we got an urgent call from homicide commander, Lieutenant Mort 16:02.440 --> 16:04.000 Gere in San Diego. 16:04.000 --> 16:06.000 On the highway? 16:06.000 --> 16:07.000 Uh huh. 16:07.000 --> 16:08.000 When was that, Mark? 16:08.000 --> 16:09.000 I see. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 Hey, Joe, you got a pencil there? 16:11.000 --> 16:12.000 Yeah, here you go. 16:12.000 --> 16:13.000 Thanks. 16:13.000 --> 16:15.000 Yeah, Mark, he's pretty sure, huh? 16:15.000 --> 16:16.000 Uh huh. 16:16.000 --> 16:19.000 Well, yeah, he seems to tie in all right. 16:19.000 --> 16:20.000 How's that? 16:20.000 --> 16:22.000 Well, I don't know for sure. 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 We'll check with Captain Lorman right now, let you know. 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 Yeah, thanks, Mark. 16:26.000 --> 16:27.000 Goodbye. 16:27.000 --> 16:28.000 Good break. 16:28.000 --> 16:29.000 What do you have to say? 16:29.000 --> 16:32.000 One of their traffic men down there, a fellow by the name of Jack Ladd, stopped a car on 16:32.000 --> 16:34.000 the highway going out of town speeding. 16:34.000 --> 16:35.000 Cool. 16:35.000 --> 16:39.000 Ladd says the man answers Andy Howard's description perfectly, right down to the tattoo on the 16:39.000 --> 16:40.000 forearm. 16:40.000 --> 16:43.000 No doubt about the car the guy was driving was Taber's description and license number. 16:43.000 --> 16:44.000 He even used Taber's identification. 16:44.000 --> 16:46.000 Well, when did all this happen? 16:46.000 --> 16:47.000 The day after the murder. 16:47.000 --> 16:49.000 They were the hell of a men, they didn't have the information at the time. 16:49.000 --> 16:50.000 That's a bum break. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 Which way was Howard going, they tell you? 16:52.000 --> 16:53.000 Yeah, into town. 16:53.000 --> 16:54.000 They figure he's still there someplace. 16:54.000 --> 16:55.000 What do you mean? 16:55.000 --> 16:58.000 Found the car an hour ago, abandoned. 16:58.000 --> 17:03.000 Ten minutes after the phone call from San Diego, Captain Lorman checked back in at the 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 office and Ed and I met with him. 17:05.000 --> 17:09.000 We told him about the information San Diego had phoned in and he gave Ed and I an immediate 17:09.000 --> 17:10.000 okay for the trip south. 17:10.000 --> 17:15.000 We went down to the garage, picked up a car, and six hours later we checked in with Sergeant 17:15.000 --> 17:17.000 Russ Ormsby, San Diego homicide. 17:17.000 --> 17:20.000 What's this, another fishing trip or are we doing business this time? 17:20.000 --> 17:22.000 Afraid it's all business Russ, the Andy Howard thing. 17:22.000 --> 17:23.000 Walk gear around? 17:23.000 --> 17:24.000 No, won't be back till later. 17:24.000 --> 17:27.000 I can brief you on it though, McGuire and I have been working it on this end. 17:27.000 --> 17:30.000 Well, how about Taber's car, you still got it staked out? 17:30.000 --> 17:31.000 Yeah, no nipples yet. 17:31.000 --> 17:35.000 What do you figure, if nothing happens, pull it in tomorrow, process it for prints? 17:35.000 --> 17:36.000 Yeah. 17:36.000 --> 17:39.000 We've had something warmer than that since Mordgier called you, it looks pretty good. 17:39.000 --> 17:40.000 Yeah, what do you got? 17:40.000 --> 17:42.000 Only came up with it a couple of hours ago. 17:42.000 --> 17:46.000 Field interrogation card made out last night west end of town. 17:46.000 --> 17:50.000 Beat officer by the name of Driscoll questioned a man and a girl parked in a car out that 17:50.000 --> 17:51.000 way last night. 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 There's a description on the map. 17:53.000 --> 17:54.000 Thanks Russ. 17:54.000 --> 17:59.000 Yeah, Fitz Howard all the way in here, so couldn't get much closer. 17:59.000 --> 18:02.000 They checked out the car they were in, belongs to the girl. 18:02.000 --> 18:05.000 Yeah, what care Andy, still using Taber's identification. 18:05.000 --> 18:06.000 Yeah. 18:06.000 --> 18:10.000 All right, where's it go from here Russ, you got this Andy Howard spotted? 18:10.000 --> 18:13.000 No, Beatman Driscoll, he didn't know the guy from Adam. 18:13.000 --> 18:14.000 Yeah, where's that leave us? 18:14.000 --> 18:18.000 The girl Howard was with, Driscoll knew her. 18:18.000 --> 18:23.000 We contacted the Beat officer Driscoll, the girl who'd been spotted sitting in a parked 18:23.000 --> 18:27.000 car the night before with murder suspect Andy Howard was identified as Helen McClung, a 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 waitress in a downtown cocktail bar. 18:29.000 --> 18:33.000 A stakeout was placed in her apartment and she was brought in for interrogation. 18:33.000 --> 18:36.000 He's not a good friend of mine, I don't know where he lives, don't know what he does, I 18:36.000 --> 18:37.000 hadn't even known him Sergeant. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 You were out for a drive with him the night before, is that right? 18:39.000 --> 18:42.000 Sure, I don't deny that, we went out for a ride, that's all there is to it. 18:42.000 --> 18:44.000 You sure you don't know where this man lives Helen? 18:44.000 --> 18:47.000 Not exactly, no, he's staying at a hotel downtown I think. 18:47.000 --> 18:50.000 We went for a ride and I dropped him off at the bus line, that's all there is to it. 18:50.000 --> 18:53.000 Do you expect to see him again, do you have any dates with him in the next couple of days? 18:53.000 --> 18:58.000 No, to tell you the truth I thought I had a date, didn't work out, nothing ever works out. 18:58.000 --> 18:59.000 Phone this morning called it off. 18:59.000 --> 19:00.000 Did he tell you why? 19:00.000 --> 19:03.000 He gave some lame excuse, I found out the real reason though. 19:03.000 --> 19:05.000 What's that, do you mind telling us? 19:05.000 --> 19:08.000 No, I don't mind, I got a date with my girlfriend instead, Claire Peterson. 19:08.000 --> 19:10.000 Bring me up a little bit, I don't mind. 19:10.000 --> 19:12.000 Where does your girlfriend live Helen? 19:12.000 --> 19:13.000 You mean Claire? 19:13.000 --> 19:15.000 Out on Rose Avenue, 1500 block, I'm not sure though. 19:15.000 --> 19:17.000 Is he going to pick her up there? 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Best of all, king size cigarettes. 20:52.000 --> 20:58.000 Music 20:58.000 --> 21:09.000 Monday, November 26th, 10 a.m. After checking her name through San Diego R&I, we finally located the address of the girl Claire Peterson who was supposed to have a date with our murder suspect Andy Howard that night. 21:09.000 --> 21:16.000 She lived in a small apartment house in the southeast end of town. The manager told us that she'd already left for work. We ran it down. 21:16.000 --> 21:22.000 The Peterson girl was employed as a cutter in a shirt factory down in the industrial district. We questioned her at her work. 21:22.000 --> 21:26.000 A tall, attractive girl, blonde, blue eyes, a small scar on her chin. 21:26.000 --> 21:29.000 She kept working while we talked to her. 21:29.000 --> 21:32.000 Yeah, I have a date with Ralph Tabert tonight. Something the matter? 21:32.000 --> 21:35.000 Afraid so, Miss Peterson. The first place his name isn't Ralph Tabert. 21:35.000 --> 21:39.000 No, I'm sorry. You must be wrong, officer. I was out with him just last Monday. 21:39.000 --> 21:45.000 I know that's his name, son. Everything he has, his car, his wallet, all his business papers. I bet you must have made a mistake. 21:45.000 --> 21:49.000 No, it's no mistake, ma'am. We checked it out pretty thoroughly. We'd like to talk to you about it if we could, please. 21:49.000 --> 21:52.000 Well, there's not too much to tell. I just met him Monday night. 21:52.000 --> 21:57.000 He was with my girlfriend, Helen. He wanted to go out with me, so I made a date. I didn't think there was anything wrong. 21:57.000 --> 22:01.000 You said he used to meet you at your apartment, Miss Peterson. Did he give any specific time when he'd be there? 22:01.000 --> 22:05.000 Eight or eight-thirty, he said. Hey, what's wrong? Do you know? 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 There's something wrong with the man. I ought to know, don't you think? 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 We want him for questioning, ma'am. You any idea where he lives? 22:09.000 --> 22:15.000 No, no, I haven't. One of the hotels downtown, I think. Fifth Street or Sixth Street. I wouldn't know for sure. 22:15.000 --> 22:18.000 Why do you want him? Can't you tell me, please? 22:18.000 --> 22:22.000 We believe he's committed a murder, Miss Peterson. Matter of fact, we're sure of it. 22:22.000 --> 22:23.000 What do you want me to do? 22:23.000 --> 22:27.000 He calls up before your date tonight. Don't do anything to discourage him. Tell him to meet you. 22:27.000 --> 22:32.000 If he wants to postpone the date, try and make him come tonight. If he can't do that, try and find out where he's staying. 22:32.000 --> 22:33.000 Don't let him know we talked to you. 22:33.000 --> 22:38.000 Well, all right, I can try. You'll be there when he comes to my apartment, I mean. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 Yes, ma'am, I will be there. You'll be protected all the way. 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 Well, what do you do? 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 Ma'am? 22:42.000 --> 22:47.000 What do you do? You say he's a murderer. He must be desperate. What do you do? 22:47.000 --> 22:48.000 How do you arrest him? 22:48.000 --> 22:50.000 It's his choice, ma'am. Any way he wants it. 22:50.000 --> 22:59.000 As soon as we left the plant where the Peterson girl worked, we called Sergeant Tony McGuire at San Diego Homicide Detail, 22:59.000 --> 23:02.000 and he made arrangements for an immediate stakeout at the girl's apartment. 23:02.000 --> 23:10.000 At 7 p.m., Ed and I, along with Russ Ormsby and Tony McGuire, drove out to supplement the men on stakeout at the girl's apartment. 23:10.000 --> 23:16.000 Eight o'clock, nine, nine thirty, ten p.m., still no sign of the suspect. 23:16.000 --> 23:19.000 At midnight, our relief team showed up and we headed back for the office. 23:19.000 --> 23:23.000 When we got there, there was a bulletin from the Highway Patrol reporting that earlier that night, 23:23.000 --> 23:31.000 a man partially identified as Andy Howard had been seen heading north from San Diego on U.S. Highway 101 toward Los Angeles. 23:31.000 --> 23:34.000 We got Captain Lorman on the phone, briefed him on the latest developments, 23:34.000 --> 23:37.000 and told him that photographs of the suspect had been distributed to all officers. 23:37.000 --> 23:41.000 The next ten hours failed to turn up anything new. 23:41.000 --> 23:46.000 San Diego officers continued to cover their end. 11.15 p.m. the next day. 23:46.000 --> 23:49.000 We drove back to Los Angeles and reported in at Homicide. 23:49.000 --> 23:52.000 There was a note in the book from Lorman asking us to check in early the following morning, 23:52.000 --> 23:55.000 so Ed and I signed out and went home to get some sleep. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 The next morning, 1.45 a.m. 23:57.000 --> 24:11.000 Hello, Friday talking. Sorry to wake you up, Friday. This is Hawkins down at the business office. Oh yeah, Hawkins. What do you got? 24:11.000 --> 24:16.000 Beat Officer out in Wilshire called in two or three minutes ago. He figures he has your murder suspect for you, Andy Howard. Bring him in now. 24:16.000 --> 24:21.000 Well, what about identification? He check that over? No, no identification. He's wearing a sailor's uniform. 24:21.000 --> 24:27.000 What about insignia? His rating? Bordermaster first class. 24:27.000 --> 24:34.000 After I hung up, I phoned Ed, got him out of bed, and the two of us drove down to the office where we picked up the suspect and took him to the interrogation room. 24:34.000 --> 24:38.000 During the interrogation, we found a wallet concealed on his person. 24:38.000 --> 24:42.000 It contained a driver's license, credit card, and half a dozen other means of identification. 24:42.000 --> 24:47.000 All of them were made out to Ralph Tabor. After an hour of questioning, he'd still admit nothing. 24:47.000 --> 24:55.000 He sat hunched over in his chair, tearing an old envelope into small pieces and dropping them on the floor in front of him. 24:55.000 --> 25:04.000 This will make the tenth time I told you. I don't know what happened to Ralph. I didn't take his car or his television set. I didn't leave the city. I wasn't in San Diego last week. 25:04.000 --> 25:09.000 Now, if you don't believe me, you'll prove I'm lying. We didn't pull you in on the guess, Andy. We'll prove it. 25:09.000 --> 25:16.000 You mind telling me how? We got three people on their way in here right now. Ralph Tabor's sister, his landlady, a man who let him a Sims, pawn shop dealer. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 You mean anything to you? 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 It's my word against theirs. 25:20.000 --> 25:22.000 Three to one, mister. I got the odds in their favor. 25:22.000 --> 25:29.000 Look, why don't we straighten this out once and for all? You think I killed my friend Ralph. Why? Explain it to me. Why should I kill him? 25:29.000 --> 25:33.000 Look, I wouldn't know, Andy. Maybe you'd like to tell us. His sister says he was pretty good to you. 25:33.000 --> 25:39.000 She was good to me? I guess she didn't tell you what I did for him overseas when we were in the Navy together. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 No, she didn't tell us. 25:41.000 --> 25:47.000 She wouldn't. Stupid women. I haven't found one of them worth anything. Frustrated. She needs a husband. That's her trouble. 25:47.000 --> 25:54.000 She claims her brother was paying the bills for you, Andy. He gave you clothes, money, his car. She says you were living off of him. 25:54.000 --> 26:01.000 Now, see, woman, that's all the thanks I get for all I did for Ralph. I bought a few dollars, you know. That's all. 26:01.000 --> 26:05.000 Kept throwing it up to me, him and his sister, after all I did for him. 26:05.000 --> 26:07.000 What are you trying to say, Andy? 26:07.000 --> 26:12.000 Could have been different, Ralph and me. What do you want me to say? 26:12.000 --> 26:16.000 Did you kill him? Did you kill him, Andy? 26:16.000 --> 26:19.000 You can't explain it that way. It's not as simple as that. 26:19.000 --> 26:21.000 It isn't? 26:21.000 --> 26:28.000 No, it's all mixed up together. It's complicated. It's not simple at all. I mean, with your best friend, especially. 26:28.000 --> 26:34.000 It's more of a mistake. I mean, morally, I didn't mean to kill him. I just did. 26:34.000 --> 26:40.000 It's a mistake. A terrible mistake. 26:40.000 --> 26:42.000 You want to give us a statement, Howard? 26:42.000 --> 26:44.000 Mr. McAlister will take it down. 26:44.000 --> 26:47.000 All right, in a minute. 26:47.000 --> 26:52.000 I just want to make sure you understand, I mean, about Ralph and all I did for him. 26:52.000 --> 26:54.000 Yeah. 26:54.000 --> 26:57.000 No gratitude, no gratitude at all. 26:57.000 --> 27:00.000 You blame me? I mean, after all I did for him, you blame me? 27:00.000 --> 27:03.000 Well, you should have remembered, Andy, about gratitude. 27:03.000 --> 27:06.000 Yeah? Doesn't mean much when you have to ask for it. 27:06.000 --> 27:18.000 The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:18.000 --> 27:25.000 On February 4th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 89, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 27:25.000 --> 27:29.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:29.000 --> 27:34.000 Thank you, George Fenomen. Friends, you've been listening to Dragnet for the past 28 minutes. 27:34.000 --> 27:40.000 Now it will take you less than 28 seconds to prove that Fatima is the best of all king-size cigarettes. 27:40.000 --> 27:43.000 Just compare Fatima with a king-size cigarette you're now smoking. 27:43.000 --> 27:47.000 Fatima filters the smoke through a long distance of 85 millimeters. 27:47.000 --> 27:51.000 Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 27:51.000 --> 27:56.000 Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette size. 27:56.000 --> 28:02.000 And in Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 28:02.000 --> 28:05.000 Prove it today. Bye, Fatima. 28:05.000 --> 28:17.000 Andrew Thomas Howard was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree. 28:17.000 --> 28:21.000 He is now serving his term in the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 28:21.000 --> 28:25.000 Second degree murder is punishable by imprisonment from five years to life. 28:25.000 --> 28:31.000 Ladies and gentlemen, right now inflation is America's number one menace on the home front. 28:31.000 --> 28:34.000 It's the one enemy that can lick America. 28:34.000 --> 28:37.000 We can help prevent this by working harder, working better. 28:37.000 --> 28:43.000 The fight against inflation will succeed only if all of us get behind it. 28:43.000 --> 28:56.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:56.000 --> 29:01.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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