1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,140 Ladies and gentlemen, due to technical difficulties beyond our control at the moment, the dragnet 2 00:00:05,140 --> 00:00:09,600 program originally scheduled at this period has been postponed temporarily. 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,600 It will be heard in just a few moments. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:19,600 There's a boss, Steve. 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,600 My name's Friday. 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,600 We're on the way out from the office. 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,200 738 A.M. when we got to Paris Avenue. 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,200 Number 213. 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,200 Yes? 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,440 How do you do, Miss Wagner? 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:36,440 Police officers. 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:37,440 I'm Sergeant Jacobs. 13 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:38,440 This is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 14 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:39,440 Oh, yes, Sergeant. 15 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,560 I've been expecting you. 16 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,560 Would you come in, please? 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:42,560 Thank you very much. 18 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,560 Thank you. 19 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,040 Hope you'll excuse the way the house looks, officers, right in the middle of packing, 20 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:49,040 getting ready to move. 21 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,040 I understand. 22 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,040 I'll try not to keep you, Miss Wagner. 23 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:52,360 So much to do. 24 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,480 Making arrangements for Dorothy's funeral, the undertaker. 25 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,720 And all this moving business on top of it. 26 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,640 I couldn't bear to stay here any longer, though. 27 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:00,640 Yes, ma'am, we understand. 28 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,080 We'll make it as brief as we can. 29 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,920 I'd like to have you tell us about this trouble that your sister had, as much as you know 30 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:06,920 about it, I mean. 31 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,280 Plain out-and-out murder, in my opinion. 32 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,160 Might just as well have taken a gun and killed her, no difference. 33 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,520 You knew all about the relationship between your sister Dorothy and this man Reynolds, 34 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:16,520 is that correct? 35 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:17,520 Yes, right from the beginning. 36 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:18,920 I was there when they met. 37 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,160 Would you mind if I went ahead packing these few things here? 38 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,960 My sister's things, I'd like to finish up before I leave. 39 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,760 Have an appointment at noon, the mortuary. 40 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,760 Surely go right ahead. 41 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,760 A few books, knick-knacks, personal things to Dorothy. 42 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,480 Foolish woman, I gave her credit for more sense. 43 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,560 Now, about this man Reynolds, Miss Wagner. 44 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,200 I saw through him right from the start. 45 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,200 I tried to tell Dorothy. 46 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,080 He was a fortune hunter, money-hungry. 47 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,240 Of course, she wouldn't listen. 48 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:49,240 She always knew better. 49 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,080 Charles R. Reynolds, is that the name you knew him by, ma'am? 50 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,080 Yes, that's right. 51 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,520 Dorothy and I met him one Sunday night in the hotel dining room. 52 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,600 Two of us always had dinner at the hotel Sunday nights, every Sunday. 53 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,680 That's the hotel Alan Wiltshire you told us about? 54 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:03,680 That's correct. 55 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,480 It'll be exactly a month this coming Sunday. 56 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,040 Came up to our table and introduced himself. 57 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,040 Claimed he knew my father when he was alive. 58 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,040 Dad owned some big packing plants in the East. 59 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,840 Died nine years ago, left the estate to Dorothy and me. 60 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:17,840 I see. 61 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,240 Would you have anything to add to the description that you gave us on Reynolds, Miss Wagner? 62 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,000 I mean, can you think of anything unusual about him at all? 63 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,200 Scars, peculiar mannerisms, anything like that? 64 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,240 No, nothing special. 65 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,640 Dressed well, as I say, apparently cultured, well-traveled. 66 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:31,640 Mm-hmm. 67 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,560 He was handsome enough, attractive. 68 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,400 I knew he was only after our money, though, playing up to Dorothy that way, kissing her 69 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,200 hand, taking her out all the time. 70 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,000 Probably would have tried the same thing with me. 71 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,520 It's lucky I knew better. 72 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,000 How did you after the first meeting with him, Miss Wagner? 73 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,240 Did you start dating your sister Dorothy right away? 74 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,120 Yes, the next night. 75 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,480 Called here at our home and asked Dorothy to the theater. 76 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,520 I think he was going to ask me, but he was too smart for that. 77 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,720 I knew him for what he was. 78 00:02:58,720 --> 00:02:59,720 Huh. 79 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:00,720 Imagine that. 80 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,840 A poem Miss Dorothy wrote in high school. 81 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Love poems. 82 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:07,840 Silly. 83 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,800 She never did get it out of her head. 84 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,400 You and your sister lived alone here in the house, did you, ma'am? 85 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,880 Yes, Dorothy and I and the maid. 86 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,680 I don't want to stay here after what's happened, though. 87 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,280 I'm going to my cousin's in Vermont. 88 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,080 Never want to see this place again. 89 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,160 Yes, ma'am, I can understand. 90 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,640 How soon after you met Reynolds did he marry your sister? 91 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:28,640 Little over two weeks. 92 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:33,840 He'd been seeing her almost every night, taking her out dancing to the theaters, big dinners, 93 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:34,840 bringing her home late. 94 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,480 He'd sit here in the living room. 95 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,440 I could hear them from my bedroom upstairs laughing, him telling her how beautiful she 96 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:42,440 was. 97 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,960 Forty-two year old woman, imagine that. 98 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,320 You're about the same age your sister was? 99 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,320 Just about. 100 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:49,600 A little older. 101 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,400 Reynolds always took us for twins, though. 102 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,440 Here's a snapshot of me taking in my twenties. 103 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,280 The boy with me there, he wanted to marry me. 104 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,680 My money, of course, that's all he wanted. 105 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,680 Too bad. 106 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,080 Dorothy never seemed to realize that about men. 107 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,080 Girls from wealthy families have to be careful. 108 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,880 I understand Reynolds took your sister out of town to be married, is that right? 109 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,480 Yes, Las Vegas. 110 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,680 Reynolds had told her his bank funds were tied up temporarily in a Canadian bank. 111 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,520 He wrote Dorothy a check for ten thousand dollars and she gave him her check for the 112 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:24,520 same amount. 113 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,080 He said he wanted to book reservations for a round the world trip for both of them. 114 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,080 I see. 115 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,320 The same day Dorothy gave him the check, he cashed it. 116 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,120 The bank called her about it and she said it was perfectly all right. 117 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,760 Now, after he cashed it, Reynolds disappeared. 118 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,480 No trace of him. 119 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,240 Of course, his check's worthless. 120 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,240 We found that out. 121 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,320 And you figured that's the only reason your sister took her own life? 122 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,760 There's no other reason. 123 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,480 It wasn't the money so much. 124 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,360 Dorothy has her share of the estate. 125 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,160 It's a shame, I suppose, awful shame, disappointment. 126 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,280 She should have known better, a woman her age. 127 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,560 Had your sister ever been married before, Miss Wagner? 128 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,680 Yes, when she was eighteen. 129 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,640 Ran off to Chicago and married a young fellow. 130 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,920 She claimed she loved him, too. 131 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,840 Naturally, he was after our money. 132 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:11,120 My father and I went and brought her home. 133 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,520 We had the marriage annulled. 134 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,000 It was that way all her life. 135 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Half a dozen men. 136 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,520 They brought Dorothy nothing but misery. 137 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,480 This was the last, this Charles Reynolds. 138 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,240 How about his background, ma'am? 139 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,240 His business connections. 140 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,480 He ever mention any of that to you or your sister? 141 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,280 Claimed he had interests all over South America, Australia. 142 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:31,080 Seemed to have plenty of money. 143 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,000 Guess his kind always has. 144 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,440 Do you think you'll find him? 145 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,720 We're going to try, Miss Wagner. 146 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,960 Dorothy went upstairs to her bedroom and stayed there. 147 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,000 She looks a-strange. 148 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,040 She took out some press flowers from a book. 149 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,600 Some boy had given them to her once, years ago. 150 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,640 Don't know who. 151 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,120 She just sat on the edge of her bed and stared at them. 152 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,640 Old press flowers. 153 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,160 Next morning, the maid came upstairs and Dorothy was lying on the floor. 154 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,000 Empty bottle of pills next to her. 155 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Awful disgrace. 156 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,440 Never happened before in our family. 157 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,800 If you don't mind, Miss Wagner, we like to get as many particulars about this man 158 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,240 Reynolds as you can remember. 159 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,240 There. 160 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,240 That's the last. 161 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:20,200 I don't know what else to tell you, Officer. 162 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,000 All I know is I was young when Dorothy was young. 163 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,480 I could have had a man if I wanted. 164 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,960 But I didn't run off when I was 18 to marry a boy. 165 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,880 I knew my duty. 166 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:30,880 It wasn't proper. 167 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:32,720 It wasn't love. 168 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,960 I didn't run off as a middle-aged woman to marry a fortune hunter either. 169 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,400 What made her do it? 170 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,400 I wouldn't know, ma'am. 171 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,400 She was your sister. 172 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,960 What kind of a man was he? 173 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,640 What kind of a mind? 174 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,840 Making love, kissing her, just to take her money. 175 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:47,840 Imagine. 176 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,320 Selling somebody with a kiss. 177 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,920 Well, it's not the first time, ma'am. 178 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:52,920 Is that so? 179 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:53,920 Look it up. 180 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,920 You'll find it in the Bible. 181 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,800 1118 a.m. 182 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:06,280 We continued to interview the victim's sister for another 40 minutes and then we left the 183 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:10,600 Wagner home, drove back to the office and continued our investigation of the suspect, 184 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:11,600 Charles R. Reynolds. 185 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,800 As far as we were concerned, the criminal was new to us, but the crime wasn't. 186 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,560 The marriage rackets as old as any con game on earth. 187 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,960 And as con games go, it's one of the lowest. 188 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:28,040 It trades on one of the most natural and normal instincts a man or a woman has, a desire for 189 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,480 companionship, a home, and a family. 190 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:36,240 And for the sake of an easy dollar, it betrays the victim and the instinct ruthlessly, regardless 191 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,240 of the consequences. 192 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:43,520 In the case of 42 year old heiress Dorothy Wagner, the disappointment was too much to 193 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:44,520 cope with. 194 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:49,600 For her, the marriage game ended in the front parlor of a mortuary on South Hoover Street. 195 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,360 For the suspect, Charles Reynolds, it had continued to be a paying business until he 196 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,280 was stopped. 197 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,600 After homicide detail completed their investigation of the case and it was definitely determined 198 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:05,160 that Dorothy Wagner took her own life, the matter was turned over to us. 199 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,800 1150 a.m. 200 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,040 We got off a request to Las Vegas asking them for all the information on the marriage. 201 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,960 And then I contacted the stats office and asked them to make a run on the suspect for 202 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,360 us based on his detailed description and also on his method of operation. 203 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,000 I went back down the hall and met Ed Jacobs at the R&I counter. 204 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,600 How you doing? 205 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:26,600 Not too much luck, Joe. 206 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,560 Forger didn't come up with anything either, nothing on the nerf files. 207 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,280 It's not much of a start, is it? 208 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,520 Apparently this is the first time he's worked at town. 209 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,440 Orangeley couldn't find anything on the name, not in the main file anyway. 210 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,400 What do you got there? 211 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,560 I asked John to check the correspondence file. 212 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:41,560 He came up with this. 213 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:42,560 Out of Chicago, huh? 214 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:48,160 Yeah, he came in over three months ago, inquiry from their bunko detail. 215 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,800 Suspect name right here, Frank L. Richland. 216 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,280 Same angle, marriage racket. 217 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,720 The MO is pretty close. 218 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:56,720 Any description? 219 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:57,720 Oh, here. 220 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,720 What do you think? 221 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,520 170 pounds, gray wavy hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. 222 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,320 That's fairly close, could be. 223 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,840 There's the alias list Richland uses as long as your arm. 224 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,760 Here's one called R.I. Reynolds. 225 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:20,720 Alias George A. Reynolds, Thomas R. Reynolds, alias C.H. Reynolds, alias Charles R. Reynolds. 226 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,680 Wants on him for forgery, bunko, grand theft, a lot of experience. 227 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,800 How about a mugshot on his foot? 228 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,800 None attached. 229 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,600 No LA contacts either. 230 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,760 Then we better get off a wire to Chicago PD, have them send us what they can on him. 231 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,200 Want to prove it one way or the other by the end of the week maybe, huh? 232 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,800 Yeah, copy his name down here. 233 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:52,760 Frank L. Richland, correspondence number C143732, Chicago case number D-612-32. 234 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,360 Attention Lieutenant Smirkels. 235 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,520 I'm just thinking, Ed. 236 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,920 The last time anyone saw Reynolds, when was it? 237 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:01,240 Ten, twelve days ago? 238 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:02,760 Ten days ago, yeah. 239 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,840 September 23rd, same day cashed the check and took a run out. 240 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,080 Well if he's working the city for the first time he must figure he's had some fair luck. 241 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,600 Ten thousand on the first try is pretty encouraging. 242 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,600 Yeah? 243 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,120 If he gets the idea that town's a gold mine he's not going to pull out stakes here. 244 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:18,120 Hmm, figures. 245 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,720 Probably trying to reach a couple other women with the same angle, could be he's working 246 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:22,720 on it now. 247 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,720 Well that's the problem. 248 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:24,720 What do you mean? 249 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,280 Say he's been romancing three or four of them around town, he's got them all primed. 250 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,280 Huh? 251 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:37,560 How are you going to warn a woman about a thief before a purse is gone? 252 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:41,200 After getting off a wire to Chicago regarding the suspect, which was in addition to the 253 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,200 broadcast and the APB we'd gotten out on him, Ed Jacobs and I continued checking out the 254 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,980 various contacts that he'd made in the city. 255 00:10:48,980 --> 00:10:53,480 We checked stores where he shopped, banks where he allegedly did business, restaurants 256 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,600 and hotels which he reportedly patronized. 257 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,600 It took three days of dull steady legwork. 258 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,360 You can say it much faster than you can do it. 259 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,640 All of the bank references without exception were falsified. 260 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,720 Where he made purchases it was strictly cash dealing. 261 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,960 The same for the restaurants he'd frequented. 262 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,400 Besides meager descriptions of the man, the restaurant employees weren't able to help 263 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:15,400 us much. 264 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:20,120 At one of the two hotels where we learned he was a guest for a full month, we finally 265 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,780 met at half a lead. 266 00:11:21,780 --> 00:11:25,720 One of the bell boys told us that the man known as Charles Reynolds seemed to be pretty 267 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,160 friendly with the head waiter in the hotel dining room, the Henry Kingsbury. 268 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,080 We located Kingsbury in the dining room in mid afternoon directing arrangements for a 269 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,560 large private party to be held that night. 270 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:41,360 Across the dance floor the orchestra was on the bandstand rehearsing. 271 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,960 The musicians in their shirt sleeves. 272 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:49,080 Kingsbury was reserved, not too cooperative. 273 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,360 I was acquainted with Mr. Reynolds, no more than the other guests though. 274 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,040 That's not the way we get it Mr. Kingsbury. 275 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,960 We hear you were pretty friendly with him. 276 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:00,840 Only as far as my job goes that's my business making people feel at home, making them comfortable. 277 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,040 We understand Reynolds was a pretty heavy tipper, is that right? 278 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,680 He always took good care of me and the boys, the waiters, he was very generous. 279 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:09,280 Did he expect anything special in return for the tips that he gave you? 280 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,280 I don't think I understand. 281 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:11,280 Oh I think you do. 282 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:12,280 How about it? 283 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,000 Well he was always very good to us, all of us. 284 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 I could hardly refuse. 285 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Refuse what? 286 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,040 When he first moved into the hotel he became friendly with me. 287 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,080 Introduced himself, gave me a good tip in advance to take care of him. 288 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,120 First few nights here he spent at the cocktail bar, you know meeting people, buying a few 289 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,120 drinks, getting acquainted. 290 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,960 Third or fourth night, that's when he asked me. 291 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:33,960 Yeah? 292 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,680 He said when some prominent women came into the dining room, wealthy women, would I point 293 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:38,680 them out to him? 294 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,360 Single women of course. 295 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,560 I couldn't see any harm in it. 296 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,200 He put a twenty dollar bill in my hand. 297 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,400 I said yes I would, after all we have to look out for ourselves. 298 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,320 Did he expect anything else for those tips? 299 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,320 I don't know. 300 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,600 I don't think you'd be right if I told you. 301 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,200 You know why we're here Mr. Kingsbury, we leveled with him. 302 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,200 We expect you to do the same with us. 303 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,520 Well there was the two Wagner sisters, they came here every Sunday night for dinner, regular 304 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:01,520 routine for them. 305 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:02,520 Yeah? 306 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,520 Mr. Reynolds was at the bar, he asked who they were and I told him, he seemed impressed. 307 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,620 He asked me to help with an introduction to them and I did. 308 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:14,040 Next afternoon he came to me again, he said he was taking one of the Wagner sisters to 309 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,040 dinner that night. 310 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,720 It was important to him, he gave me another big tip, said he wanted us to roll out the 311 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,680 red carpet for him that night. 312 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:21,680 What'd that consist of? 313 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:25,240 Well special consideration, the best treatment in the house, you know. 314 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,240 I was to act as if I'd known him for years. 315 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:32,560 Well it was a good tip, I did what he asked, as I say we have to look out for ourselves. 316 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:33,840 Has it happened more than once today? 317 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,160 Two or three times, yeah. 318 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,440 Miss Wagner, Dorothy Wagner, she seemed impressed. 319 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,360 At the time I didn't think anything was wrong with it. 320 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,240 You actually didn't know Reynolds, is that right? 321 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,840 You'd never seen him before. 322 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:51,000 Well I suppose, yes, I only found out later though reading the papers, I mean what really 323 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,240 happened. 324 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,160 I didn't know what he was at the time. 325 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,840 You couldn't see what Reynolds was up to, you didn't know what he was doing? 326 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,600 No, naturally not, he was a good tipper, that's all I know, it was the money. 327 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,400 We have to look out for ourselves. 328 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,400 Yeah. 329 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,720 I felt sorry about Miss Wagner, I went to the funeral. 330 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,720 They couldn't say I'm to blame, could they? 331 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,760 What happened I mean, it's not on my conscience, you wouldn't say so, would you? 332 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:18,560 She's dead mister, you figure it. 333 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:23,280 Thursday October 13th, the investigation continued, still no sign of the suspect. 334 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:29,200 We got an answer from Las Vegas and also from the Chicago PD's bunker detail on our inquiries. 335 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:34,640 They enclosed mug shots and fingerprint classification of the suspect, Frank Richland, alias Charles 336 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:35,640 R. Reynolds. 337 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:40,160 The pictures were shown to witnesses and acquaintances who'd known the suspect and they definitely 338 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:45,520 established Frank Richland and Charles Reynolds as one and the same person. 339 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,400 We got out a supplementary APB containing the latest information on the suspect. 340 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:55,880 Saturday October 15th, we got our second complaint on the marriage bunko artist, this time from 341 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:00,560 the proprietress of a small chain of lunch counters in the San Pedro area, a Miss Hoggar 342 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:01,560 Lindstrom. 343 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,760 Ed and I drove down to the harbor area where we interviewed her at one of her lunch counters. 344 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,200 She identified Richland's mug shot. 345 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,240 Another story of the married swindle matched closely with that of the previous victim, Dorothy 346 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,240 Wagner. 347 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,720 Yeah, he was a fine gentleman, Mr. John Richland. 348 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,080 They don't know what happened, they don't know what to say. 349 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,240 He told you he was from England, Miss Lindstrom, is that right? 350 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:28,360 Yeah, he talked like English when he could speak good English, like from London or someplace. 351 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,440 Says he builds boats, big ones. 352 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:31,440 How did he find me? 353 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:32,440 Big boats. 354 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:33,440 Oh yes. 355 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:34,440 He told me that's his business. 356 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:39,960 He said he had lots of money, he would sail around the world on a honeymoon. 357 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,600 Maybe he will come back still, I hope so. 358 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,560 I wouldn't count on that, Miss Lindstrom. 359 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,960 Would you tell us this please, how did you happen to meet this man, Richland? 360 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:53,920 At the hotel up the street, the big hotel, bacon shirt to you, the one on Jackson Street. 361 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,920 Yes ma'am. 362 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,400 They seemed to know he was a rich man, nice close he wore. 363 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,720 He spent money a lot. 364 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,920 When they got married, they spent lots of money. 365 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:03,920 Where were you married ma'am? 366 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,040 We went down to Mexico. 367 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,360 One weekend we went down there and we got married. 368 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,600 It was romantic, very nice. 369 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,480 Even Lars liked it. 370 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:15,480 Who's that ma'am? 371 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,120 Lars, that's him down the counter there. 372 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,600 Lars, my brother. 373 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,840 Oh, your brother went along with you when you got married, is that right? 374 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,360 Lars and I go every place together. 375 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,880 They don't do anything without Lars. 376 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,880 Mr. Richland was nice about it. 377 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,280 He doesn't seem to mind Lars. 378 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,360 Just a minute they call him. 379 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,360 Lars, Lars. 380 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:42,320 Lars and I run the business together at the soda fountain we have. 381 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,440 It's a long time we have worked at it, hard work. 382 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:46,440 Yes ma'am, I guess so. 383 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,320 We make good living, not easy though. 384 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,480 That's why it was so bad, Mr. Richland. 385 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,480 Three thousand dollars it took. 386 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:59,160 These are the police Lars, they want to know about Mr. Richland. 387 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,160 How are you sir? 388 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,840 He was no good. 389 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,320 When they find him they hit him. 390 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,320 Now the three thousand dollars he got from you ma'am, how did that work? 391 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,720 I mean, did you give him the money, lend it to him? 392 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:10,720 Just what was it? 393 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:16,240 When we came back from Mexico from being married, Mr. Richland and me and Lars, he said he was 394 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,280 waiting for money from his bank in New York. 395 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,120 Mr. Richland said that. 396 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:23,120 He wrote me a check for three thousand dollars. 397 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:26,000 I gave him our check for three thousand. 398 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Even Lars thought it was all right. 399 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Didn't you Lars? 400 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,640 Yeah, he was crazy, his check was no good. 401 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,280 He beat him up, they punched him good. 402 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,000 That's quite a bit of money Miss Lindstrom. 403 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,520 What kind of a story did he give you? 404 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,280 He would buy the tickets for a honeymoon trip, that's what he said. 405 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,520 A long trip together, romantic. 406 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,200 Mr. Richland and me and Lars. 407 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,600 He didn't mind Lars coming along either, did he Lars? 408 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,600 No he didn't mind. 409 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,200 Now this Ritland disappeared right after he cashed your check, is that right? 410 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,040 Yes sir, he got the money and he was gone six days ago. 411 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,040 We never heard him. 412 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,040 I don't know why he did this to us. 413 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,040 I thought he loved me. 414 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,040 I thought he was my husband. 415 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,040 We haven't seen or heard anything of him since he disappeared? 416 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,040 Not me nor Lars, but maybe we know. 417 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,040 That's why we call you officers. 418 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Yes ma'am. 419 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,040 We have this friend, Antony M. Swenson. 420 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,040 He met Mr. Richland once when he was here. 421 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,040 Swenson called Lars on the telephone. 422 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:29,040 He said he saw Mr. Richland downtown, going into the hotel. 423 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,040 Are you sure it was Richland? 424 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,040 Yes, he said he thought so. 425 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,040 How long ago did he see him? 426 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,040 Last night. 427 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:40,040 We got on the phone right away and talked to the friend of the Lindstroms, James Swenson. 428 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:46,040 He gave us the name and location of the downtown hotel where he thought he'd seen the suspect Richland the night before. 429 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,040 Ed called the hotel and checked with the desk clerk. 430 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,040 Yes, that's right. 431 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,040 Fairly tall, wavy gray hair, fair complexion. 432 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,040 He might be registered as John Richland. 433 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,040 That's right. 434 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,040 Okay, we'll check with you later. 435 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,040 Bye. 436 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,040 Good luck. 437 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,040 Guy registered as Harold Richland. 438 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,040 Descriptions match. 439 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,040 He's still there. 440 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:05,040 Checked out this morning. 441 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:18,040 You are listening to Drag Myth. 442 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:22,040 Authentic stories of your police force in action. 443 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:26,040 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 444 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:32,040 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 445 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 446 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:43,040 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette size. 447 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:51,040 And in Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 448 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:57,040 To show our confidence in Fatima, we make this money back guarantee to every king-size cigarette smoker. 449 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,040 Buy a pack of Fatimas. 450 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:04,040 Enjoy Fatima quality, extra mildness and superbly blended tobaccos. 451 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:09,040 If you're not convinced Fatima is better than the king-size cigarette you're now smoking, 452 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:15,040 just return the pack in the unsmoked Fatimas before August 1st, 1952, 453 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,040 and we'll give you your money back plus postage. 454 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,040 Fatima Box 37, New York 1. 455 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:29,040 Remember, each king-size Fatima gives you an extra mild and soothing smoke plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 456 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,040 Switch to Fatima today. 457 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:35,040 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 458 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:42,040 ["The New York Times"] 459 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,040 Saturday, October 15th, 2.30 p.m. 460 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:51,040 Ed Jacobs and I drove back downtown to the hotel where the bunko suspect Richland supposedly had been staying. 461 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:57,040 The desk clerk definitely identified his mugshot and told us that the man registered as Harold Richland 462 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,040 had checked out a few minutes before 9 a.m. that morning. 463 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,040 No forwarding address. 464 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:07,040 We examined the room he'd been staying in, talked to the residents and the employees of the hotel, 465 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,040 but we failed to come up with a single lead as to the suspect's whereabouts. 466 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:17,040 During the week that followed, we received three different kickbacks on the all points we'd gotten out on Richland. 467 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:21,040 We checked each one of them out, but they failed to materialize into anything. 468 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,040 We stayed on it. October 19th, Wednesday, 7.50 a.m. 469 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,040 Morning. Hi. What's doing? 470 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,040 I got a first call from Forgery. I went over to talk to them and came up with something on the Richland thing. 471 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,040 Yeah, what's that? 472 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:38,040 Picked up a woman last night named Helen Stokes. She's got a good-sized record of checks, bunko records. 473 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,040 Got her this time on a check beef. She wrote one for $3,500. 474 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,040 Yeah, well, how's it tying with us? 475 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,040 Check was made out to Harold Richland. 476 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:54,040 8.15 a.m. We signed out, drove over to the main jail and had the Forgery suspect Helen Stokes 477 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,040 brought to one of the interrogation rooms. 478 00:21:56,040 --> 00:22:00,040 She was a dark-haired, fairly attractive woman in her early 30s. 479 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,040 As a bunko artist, she apparently knew her trade pretty well. 480 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,040 She was relaxed and talkative. 481 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:10,040 She told us Richland had introduced himself to her at a Palm Springs resort the week before. 482 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,040 When did the business of the check come up? 483 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,040 Soon as we got back in town, he gave me the story his money was in a New York bank. 484 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,040 I played along with the gag. He wrote me a piece of wallpaper for $3,500. 485 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,040 I did the same for him. What's the difference? Nobody hurt. 486 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,040 Both check, solid rubber. 487 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,040 Maybe you forget, ma'am. There's a law against it. 488 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,040 It's only a gag. I told you that. 489 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:30,040 I would have loved to have seen his face when he found out the check was a phony. 490 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,040 You don't think they're going to push the charge against me, do you? 491 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,040 No, we've already told you, miss. You wrote a bad one. There's a law against it. 492 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,040 I was only stringing him along. I knew his check was a phony, too. 493 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,040 I didn't have anything to gain. 494 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,040 Look, suppose I help you find him. 495 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,040 Will you give me a hand on this? See, I get a break. 496 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:48,040 We can't make any promises. You cooperate, helps find Richland, be taken into consideration. 497 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,040 All right, you're on. You can tell lover boy I tipped you. 498 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,040 You know where Richland is now? 499 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,040 I can come close to it. 500 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,040 How do you mean? 501 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,040 I know where he'll be next week. 502 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:03,040 On further questioning, Helen Stokes told us that on one occasion while she was at Palm Springs with Richland, 503 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:08,040 she prowled his hotel room, went through his personal effects, and read his correspondence. 504 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:14,040 She told us that she read one letter from a friend of Richland's inviting him for a visit the week of October 31st. 505 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,040 She also noted Richland's answer, accepting the invitation. 506 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:25,040 She said the friend's name was Maurice Archer and that the letter came from an Ocean Boulevard address in the beach town of Venice. 507 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:33,040 We went back to the office, ran Archer's name through R&I, and found out that he had a previous criminal record of petty theft and grand theft. 508 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:38,040 We located him at an Ocean Boulevard address and brought him in for interrogation. 509 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,040 If there was any trouble, he wanted no part of it. 510 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,040 After talking to him only a few minutes, he broke down and told us where we could find Richland, 511 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,040 an address out near the end of Melrose Avenue. 512 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:53,040 It was an apartment court. The suspect was registered in one of the rear cottages under the name of Reynolds. 513 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:58,040 He wasn't at home. Ed and I went on stakeout inside the cottage. 514 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,040 We waited. 6.30 p.m. 515 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,040 Somebody coming in? 516 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,040 Yeah. 517 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Hold it right there, Mr. Police Officers. 518 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,040 What's this? 519 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,040 Hands out and they open. Come on up. 520 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,040 I don't understand this. 521 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,040 You want to shake them down in? 522 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,040 Yeah. 523 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,040 All right, he's clean. 524 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,040 Look, I don't know what you want, officers, but this is a mistake. 525 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,040 Your name Charles Reynolds? 526 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,040 Reynolds? No, my name's Richland. 527 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,040 That'll do. Let's go. 528 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,040 Now, just a minute, please. What am I accused of? Who's accusing me? 529 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,040 The last pigeon you had lined up. She wanted us to tell you. Helen Stokes. 530 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:32,040 Stokes. Funny, Dame. You can't believe her, officer. She's phony. She's nothing but a con artist. 531 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,040 That's a good reason to believe her. 532 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,040 What? 533 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,040 Takes one to know one. 534 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:41,040 7.05 p.m. After checking through the cottage, Ed and I drove Richland downtown and took him to the interrogation room. 535 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:47,040 He'd admit nothing. We called Miss Wagner, the sister of his first victim, and she was still in town. 536 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,040 She agreed to come down to the office to confront the suspect. 537 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:55,040 So did the second victim, Hoggar Lindstrom, and her brother Lars. 538 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,040 Cars were set out to pick them up. 539 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,040 At a special show up, Richland was picked out as the suspect. 540 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:05,040 We took him back to the interrogation room. Miss Wagner was the first one called in. 541 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:11,040 She again identified Richland, alias Reynolds, as the man who had married and swindled her sister Dorothy. 542 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,040 All right, Miss Wagner. That'll be all. Thanks very much for coming in. 543 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,040 Yes, all right. Thank you. 544 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:20,040 Look, I don't know that woman. I'm not trying to be stubborn, but I'm afraid you're wrong. I'm not the man you want. 545 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Lindstrom's are outside, Joe. Wait. 546 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,040 All right. Bring him in. 547 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:30,040 Miss Lindstrom, Mr. Lindstrom, come in, please. 548 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:35,040 Miss Lindstrom, Mr. Lindstrom. 549 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,040 Yeah, it's him. 550 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,040 Yeah. I don't know you. I've never seen you before. 551 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:43,040 You married me, John. You wanted to be my husband. You said that. 552 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,040 Why did you want to hurt me? 553 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,040 Sorry, I don't know her. 554 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,040 I don't know her. 555 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,040 I don't know her. 556 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,040 I don't know her. 557 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,040 You said that. Why did you want to hurt me? 558 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,040 Sorry, I don't know her. 559 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:59,040 You said for you and me and Lars to go on the boat, honeymoon around the world. 560 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:03,040 You and me and Lars, you said all those things. Why did you want to hurt us? 561 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,040 Oh, well, I've read enough for you. 562 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,040 I don't know what they're talking about. They bait you up. 563 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,040 Take it easy, Mr. Lindstrom. 564 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,040 Lars. 565 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,040 Lies. He said we all go around the world, honeymoon. 566 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,040 All right, all right. Get him out of here. 567 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,040 Okay, Mr. Lindstrom. Thanks. 568 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,040 I'm going to get Lars. Come. 569 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,040 Please, stop this way, please. 570 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,040 Yes, I need him. I need him. Thank you very much. 571 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,040 Yeah, yeah. All right. 572 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,040 All right, Richard, you ready to give us a statement? 573 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,040 All right, I'll tell you. You can't blame me for that one. 574 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,040 You wouldn't have gone through with that deal yourself. Nobody would. 575 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:38,040 What's wrong? A nice-looking girl? 576 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,040 Sure, I don't mean that. 577 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,040 What do you mean? 578 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,040 A big clown or Brother Lars. 579 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,040 Yeah? 580 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:48,040 I'd take that along on a honeymoon. 581 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,040 The story you have just heard was true. 582 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,040 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 583 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,040 On January 14th, trial was held in Superior Court, 584 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,040 Department 88, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 585 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,040 In a moment, the results of that trial. 586 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,040 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 587 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,040 Thank you, George Fenomen. 588 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,040 Friends, the reason Fatima can make the money back guarantee you heard earlier 589 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,040 can be summed up in two words. 590 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,040 Fatima quality. 591 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,040 Just prove Fatima quality yourself. 592 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,040 Just compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 593 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:32,040 Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters, cools the smoke. 594 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,040 All for your protection. 595 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:40,040 You get those extra puffs because Fatima is 21 percent longer than standard cigarette size. 596 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,040 And Fatima gives you an extra mild and soothing smoke, 597 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,040 plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 598 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,040 Prove it today. 599 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,040 Bye, Fatima. 600 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,040 Frank Richland was tried and convicted of two counts of grand theft 601 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,040 and three counts of forgery of a fictitious name. 602 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:09,040 After serving his term in the State Penitentiary at San Quentin, California, 603 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,040 he is to be released to Chicago authorities for prosecution. 604 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:19,040 Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment for not less than one, nor more than 10 years. 605 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:25,040 Forgery of a fictitious name is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 14 years. 606 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:29,040 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 607 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:34,040 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 608 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,040 Heard tonight were Barney Phillips and Virginia Gregg. 609 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,040 Script by Jim Moser. 610 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,040 Music by Walter Schuman. 611 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,040 Hal Gibney speaking. 612 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:55,040 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, king-size cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 613 00:28:55,040 --> 00:29:01,040 February 18th here the Gala City Service Silver Radio Jubilee on NBC. 614 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:07,040 The Gala City Service Silver Radio Jubilee is a production of the Los Angeles Public Radio. 615 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:14,040 February 18th here the Gala City Service Silver Radio Jubilee on NBC.