1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,760 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,320 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:19,240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all king-sized cigarettes, brings you dragnet on both radio 4 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:29,080 and television. 5 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,580 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:30,580 --> 00:00:32,920 You're assigned to personnel division. 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,280 A resident of your city files a report of assault and battering. 8 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:37,960 His shoulder is dislocated. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,120 He's been badly beaten. 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,080 He claims his assailant was a young police officer. 11 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:48,840 Your job, investigate. 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,560 Comparison proves Fatima quality. 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,160 Yes, comparison proves Fatima quality. 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,560 Compare Fatima with any other king-sized cigarette. 15 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:03,400 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 16 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,040 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:12,960 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette 18 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:13,960 size. 19 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:20,120 And you get an extra mild and soothing smoke plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 20 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,520 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you are 21 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:25,520 now smoking. 22 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,080 Show Fatima quality yourself today. 23 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,520 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 24 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,320 Best of all, king-sized cigarettes. 25 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:44,800 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 26 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,100 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 27 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:53,700 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 28 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:55,400 police files. 29 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:00,560 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,560 in action. 31 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,640 It was Tuesday, June 11th. 32 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:08,640 It was mild in Los Angeles. 33 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:10,640 We were working the day watch out of BIA. 34 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:12,320 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 35 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,640 The boss is Lieutenant Jesse. 36 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:14,640 My name's Friday. 37 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:19,040 It was 1023 a.m. when I got to room 83, the squad room. 38 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,400 Joe, you catch up with the lieutenant? 39 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:22,400 Yeah, in a meeting. 40 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,640 He said he'd be out about 1130, he wants us to handle it for the time being. 41 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:26,640 Oh. 42 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:27,640 Well, Joe, this is Officer Blanchard. 43 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:28,640 He's my partner, Joe Friday. 44 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,280 I'm glad to know you, Friday. 45 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,080 I think I've seen you around Central a couple of times. 46 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,080 Yeah, sure. 47 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,080 How are you? 48 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,440 What's this thing all about, do you mind telling me? 49 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,840 You worked yesterday, did you? 50 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:37,840 Yeah, that's right. 51 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,840 My regular beat, South Central area. 52 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,840 Anything out of the ordinary happen while you were on duty? 53 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:42,840 No, not much. 54 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,880 Made a couple of pinches, that's about all. 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:45,880 Pretty quiet otherwise. 56 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,240 Did you make one of those arrests at 7928 Courtland Avenue? 57 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,240 Yeah, that's right. 58 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,240 A woman, two men, users. 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,960 All three of them were booked in violation of the State Narcotics Act. 60 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,160 Any of the three familiar to you at all, Blanchard? 61 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,240 Mean had you ever seen them before the time you arrested them? 62 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,240 No, none of them. 63 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,120 I knew the place though, I've been keeping an eye on it lately. 64 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,600 One of those old fashioned homes converted into a rooming house. 65 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,560 I've been noticing some of the people going in and out of the place. 66 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,880 They didn't look too good to me. 67 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,920 That's why I say I've been keeping an eye on the house. 68 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,560 What's the story on this anyway? 69 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,360 You get a kickback on the arrest I made? 70 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,040 Well, we'd like to have your version of it first, Blanchard. 71 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,160 Exactly what happened, how'd you come to make the pinch? 72 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,200 Well, I was walking my regular beat. 73 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,400 I think it was about 3.30 yesterday afternoon. 74 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,520 I was going along to Courtland, the 7900 block. 75 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,960 A woman came out of the front door and hailed me. 76 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,360 She complained about a 507 party in the house, a couple doors down the street. 77 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,640 That was at number 7928, the boarding house? 78 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,440 Yeah, I checked it out. 79 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,840 The party was going on up on the third floor. 80 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,920 I went up, found the girl and the two men in the room facing on the street. 81 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,240 The girl was fixing a pop for herself when I came in. 82 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,560 Two caps of heroin on the table in front of her. 83 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,240 What'd you do then? 84 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,720 I made a grab for the two caps. 85 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,080 One of the guys beat me to it. 86 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,000 He got them, ran to the next room and tried to flush them down the drain. 87 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,520 He didn't quite make it though. 88 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,520 I got one of the caps before he could get rid of it. 89 00:03:58,520 --> 00:03:59,880 What'd you do then, Blanchard? 90 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,840 I sat the three of them down, called into the office. 91 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,680 I checked the room over while we were waiting. 92 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,560 Found two more caps of heroin, usual equipment to go with it. 93 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,520 When the radio car showed up, the three of them were taken downtown in a narcotics squad 94 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:12,520 and booked. 95 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:13,800 That's all I can tell you about. 96 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,240 Well, during the time you were waiting there in the room, Blanchard, did you have any trouble 97 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,600 with the suspects at all? 98 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,240 Well, I got a lot of talk from one of the men, a fellow by the name of Evans. 99 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,720 He's supposed to run the boarding house. 100 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,720 He claims he didn't have anything to do with it. 101 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,160 He didn't know the girl was a hype. 102 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,160 You know, the usual stuff. 103 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,760 And that was the extent of it, just talk? 104 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:30,760 Sure, that's all. 105 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:31,760 Why? 106 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,600 Well, that's not the story according to Evans. 107 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,160 He had his lawyer bail him out last night. 108 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,040 He was in to file charges against you. 109 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,040 Huh? 110 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,040 What do you mean? 111 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,040 Salt and battery. 112 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:41,920 He claims that you worked him over for no reason at all. 113 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,800 He says you beat him up and dislocated his shoulder. 114 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:44,800 Oh, he's crazy. 115 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:45,800 He's lying. 116 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:46,800 I didn't work him over. 117 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,120 He says you got witnesses to prove it, Blanchard, the two people who were with him, the woman, 118 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,120 the other man. 119 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,480 He says elsewhere, that's what you did. 120 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,920 Yeah, but it's not true. 121 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,320 They're trying to cook up a frame. 122 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,320 I didn't touch any of them. 123 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,440 Well, this Evans looked like he's been must up, cuts and bruises all over his face, his 124 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:00,880 shoulder is fairly recent too. 125 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,720 Yeah, I know that, but I didn't do it. 126 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,280 He was in the same shape when I found him up in that room yesterday. 127 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:07,080 Matter of fact, I asked him about it. 128 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,080 He wouldn't tell me. 129 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,760 It's the truth, Sergeant, so help me. 130 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:10,760 All three of them are lying. 131 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:11,760 I didn't beat him up. 132 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,200 Well, it's your word against theirs, Blanchard. 133 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,080 The facts seem to favor Evans. 134 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,080 I don't get this at all. 135 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,080 Two of those people are known hypes. 136 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,600 They'd swear anything for a free cap. 137 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,600 You know that. 138 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:21,600 What good is their word? 139 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:22,600 Maybe no good at all. 140 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:23,600 It's not up to us to decide. 141 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,880 Evans filed a complaint, so our job to follow through. 142 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,080 Now, you're sure about the shape Evans was in when you found him up in that room yesterday, 143 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Blanchard? 144 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,080 He was already marked up. 145 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,080 Is that right? 146 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,080 I'm sure he was. 147 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,080 I told you. 148 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,080 I asked him about it. 149 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,080 He wouldn't answer me. 150 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,360 But you had no way of proving that you couldn't possibly have been responsible for it. 151 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,840 Well, it's up to him, isn't it, Evans? 152 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,400 He says I worked him over, let him prove it. 153 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,560 I'm afraid he's got the jump there, two witnesses. 154 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,120 Yeah, but they're lying. 155 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,120 You must know that. 156 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,120 They're lying. 157 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,800 Now, look, you can see the position he puts us in. 158 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,360 If you're innocent, we're going to do all we can. 159 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,680 If you're guilty, we'll see that you get everything that's coming to you. 160 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,400 Well, you know it as well as I do, Sergeant. 161 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:55,800 I had no reason to beat him up. 162 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:56,800 I didn't do it. 163 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:57,800 Well, it's not up to us, Blanchard. 164 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:58,800 The court will have to decide. 165 00:05:58,800 --> 00:05:59,800 It doesn't make sense. 166 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:00,800 None of it does. 167 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,200 There's no other way to handle it. 168 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:03,960 We got 4,500 men in the department. 169 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:04,960 We don't claim they're all saints. 170 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,320 Once in a while one of them turns bad and all of us get a black eye. 171 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:08,520 You're in a jam, Blanchard. 172 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:13,840 Anyone else will get a fair trial. 173 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:14,840 Yeah, that's right. 174 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:17,960 If you're clear to the charges in court, there'll be a hearing before the board of rights. 175 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Am I through right now? 176 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,200 We'll have to book you in at the main jail. 177 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,600 The case will be presented at the DA's office tomorrow. 178 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,720 It doesn't make sense. 179 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,080 I had no reason to beat up Evans. 180 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,080 No reason at all. 181 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,080 You're sure of that, are you? 182 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,080 What do you mean? 183 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,080 Of course I'm sure. 184 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,680 Well, Evans claimed you did have a reason, a good one. 185 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,680 What? 186 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,080 When he says you handed him a proposition, he wouldn't go for it, so you worked him over. 187 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:37,080 What do you mean? 188 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,080 What kind of a proposition? 189 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,080 Huh? 190 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:44,040 He says you wanted a payoff. 191 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,880 Investigating charges against a police officer involves exactly the same procedure as cases 192 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,360 where private citizens are concerned. 193 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,160 Prove the suspect innocent or guilty. 194 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,600 If Blanchard was innocent, it wasn't going to be an easy job proving it. 195 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,760 If he hadn't beat up the complainant, George Evans, and dislocated his shoulder, it seemed 196 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,760 the only way out would be to find the man who did. 197 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,320 Either that or prove that the two witnesses Evans had come up with were lying. 198 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:11,200 If Blanchard was guilty, if he actually had slugged and beaten Evans, we had to find sufficient 199 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,320 evidence and we had to find a motive. 200 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,320 1110 A.M., Ed and I took Officer Harry Blanchard over to the main jail where he was booked 201 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,240 in and lodged in one of the cell blocks. 202 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,120 Then we went upstairs to the women's jail where we interviewed one of the witnesses 203 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,240 to the alleged beating, Anelena Rowland. 204 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,400 She'd had previous arrests for vagrancy, grand theft auto, and petty theft, as well as an 205 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,200 established reputation as a user of narcotics. 206 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,560 She was 23 years old. 207 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,800 Yeah, it was terrible. 208 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,920 That cop really roughed him up, poor old Evans. 209 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,240 Cop didn't have to treat him like that. 210 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,560 How long have you known George Evans, Miss Rowland, you old friend? 211 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:43,560 No, I wouldn't say that. 212 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,960 I met him a couple weeks ago when I came down from the North. 213 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:46,960 San Francisco? 214 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:47,960 Portland. 215 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:48,960 I was visiting up there. 216 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:49,960 I'm a Portland girl originally. 217 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,280 How about this other man you were with at the time Officer Blanchard picked you up, 218 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,280 this Ray Sherman, he an old friend? 219 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,280 Buster, yeah. 220 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:55,280 I've known him a few years. 221 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,280 So you know Evans very well? 222 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,400 Yeah, I guess you could say that. 223 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,240 Ray's had a room at the boarding house a couple of years. 224 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,800 I guess he's good friends with Evans. 225 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,680 Say, can I ask you something? 226 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:04,680 Yes, ma'am. 227 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,160 Have you ever worked narcotics up in Portland? 228 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,160 No, ma'am, never have. 229 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,160 Hmm. 230 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,160 Face is familiar. 231 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,160 Could have sworn I met you in Portland. 232 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,600 Do you want to run over that story again for us, Miss Rowland, about what happened yesterday? 233 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,240 Not much to say, just the same as I told you. 234 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,320 Usually stay at Evans' rooming house when you're in town, do you? 235 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,120 No, it's only the second time I was there. 236 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,120 How about George Evans? 237 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,120 Was he there at the time? 238 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,120 No, not first. 239 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,680 Me and Buster had a pop and then we sat around and talked. 240 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:27,680 Evans came in a little later. 241 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Three of us talked. 242 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,440 He told me and Buster not to bring any more junk in the house. 243 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,440 He didn't want to get into trouble. 244 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,840 And speak of the devil, a cop walked in. 245 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:35,840 What happened then? 246 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,720 Buster grabbed two caps off the table and tried to get rid of them. 247 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:39,880 He only got rid of one though. 248 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:40,880 The cop got the other one. 249 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,760 Well, how did the argument start, do you remember that? 250 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:43,760 Between Evans and the officer, I mean. 251 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,480 Well, I was a little high at the time. 252 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,640 I don't remember it word for word. 253 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,320 Evans said he didn't have anything to do with it, but the cop kept pressing him. 254 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,400 He told Evans he'd forget about it if Evans would pay him off. 255 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:55,840 Evans told him, no, he wouldn't give him a cent. 256 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,360 And then the cop started beating him up. 257 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,920 You were in the same room with him all this time? 258 00:08:58,920 --> 00:08:59,920 Yeah, Buster and me. 259 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:00,920 We saw it all. 260 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:01,920 Poor old Evans. 261 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:02,920 He walked over. 262 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,160 Cop didn't have to treat him like that. 263 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:05,840 Say, are you sure you're not from Portland? 264 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:06,840 Yes, ma'am, I'm sure. 265 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,400 Now, about how many times would you say the officer hit Evans? 266 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,200 Oh, I couldn't tell you that exactly. 267 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,200 Dozens of times, I guess. 268 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Kept hitting him with his fist. 269 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,200 Pushed him all around the room. 270 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:15,200 I was a little high at the time. 271 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,200 I don't remember everything exactly. 272 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,200 Sure could use a booster about now. 273 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,200 Are you sure about everything you've told us, Mr. Olin? 274 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,200 That's the truth? 275 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,200 Yeah, that's right. 276 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,200 Some of the details I didn't remember so well. 277 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,200 He straightened it out for me though. 278 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:23,200 He told me just what happened. 279 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,200 Who was that? 280 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,200 George Evans. 281 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:37,440 1150 A.M. Ed and I continued questioning Eleanor Roland. 282 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,760 The more we talked to her, the more we were convinced that at the time of the alleged 283 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:45,000 beating she was under a heavy dose of narcotics and that for the most part she picked up her 284 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,640 version of the story from the alleged victim, George Evans. 285 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,760 We went down to the second floor of the main jail to one of the interview rooms where we 286 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:57,160 talked to the second witness, Ray Sherman, alias Tom Raymond, alias Buster Raymond. 287 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,520 He also had a long record as a user of narcotics. 288 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:04,560 He gave the same general version of the incident as the Roland girl did, but despite the girl's 289 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:08,640 story, he claimed he was not under the influence of narcotics at the time Officer Blanchard 290 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,320 entered the room and made the arrests. 291 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,320 Besides that, there were other discrepancies. 292 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,400 1.05 P.M. We had some lunch at the Federal Cafe and then we drove out to interview the 293 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,320 complainant in the case, George Evans. 294 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,560 After checking in his rooming house, we finally located him in a neighborhood bowling alley. 295 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:29,000 He was sitting at a bar joining the actual playing area, drinking a bottle of beer. 296 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,280 Parts of his face and neck were bandaged and his left shoulder was in a cast. 297 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,920 He appeared friendly and cooperative. 298 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,040 I kept telling the cop I didn't have any money, told him I wouldn't give him a payoff even 299 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,040 if I did. 300 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,400 So he started working you over that, right Evans? 301 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,400 Yes, that's right. 302 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,520 I don't have anything against cops normally, but this guy, that's something else. 303 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,520 How do you ever get on the force anyway? 304 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,560 Had you ever had any contact with Officer Blanchard before yesterday, Evans? 305 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:50,960 Yes, I did, twice before. 306 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,440 He came to the house, accused me of running a hideout for thieves, junkies. 307 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,400 Tried to get me to pay him off then too, I wouldn't do it. 308 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,400 So when was that, Evans? 309 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,840 About six, eight months ago. 310 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,080 Yeah, at least that. 311 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,880 Well, how is it you didn't report Blanchard then? 312 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,600 Well, I don't want to cause any trouble, get mixed up in a law case. 313 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,920 I figured I could take care of myself. 314 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,320 But after that going over yesterday, that was enough for me. 315 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,680 I don't understand how the driver made the force to begin with. 316 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,680 What's the matter? 317 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,320 His shoulder of mine, he really tore it apart. 318 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:17,720 How'd you spend your time yesterday, Evans? 319 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:18,720 Do you mind telling us? 320 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,720 No, I don't mind. 321 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,320 I slept till about half past 12, one o'clock. 322 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,000 Had a little bit of a hangover. 323 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,360 Then I got up and made some breakfast and read the paper. 324 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:27,360 That's about size. 325 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,040 You mean you were in your room all day after the time you went down the hall to Ray Sherman's 326 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:31,040 room? 327 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,040 That's right. 328 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,040 Ray was there with his girlfriend, it's Eleanor. 329 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,680 I didn't know she was a hype, that's the truth. 330 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:38,200 Ray should have known better having her there. 331 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,200 I don't like the kind of stuff going on in my place. 332 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,040 Now we've checked you through the record bureau, Evans. 333 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,480 There's been three or four similar cases at your places the last few years, hasn't it? 334 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Yeah, a couple, yeah. 335 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,480 It's a real problem. 336 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,520 I don't know how you keep them out. 337 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,800 Whole neighborhood around here, you know. 338 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,200 Pretty hard to stop it, I guess. 339 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,080 We understand you were in the room there while the girl helped herself to her fix, is that 340 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,080 right? 341 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:57,080 No, I wasn't in the room when she took her fix. 342 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:58,840 I got there a couple minutes after. 343 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,080 I didn't even know what was going on. 344 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,560 You could ask Ray Sherman, the girl too. 345 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:02,560 I'll tell you I wasn't there. 346 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:04,000 There's something else we wanted to ask you about. 347 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,880 Sherman and the girl don't seem too sure of their stories. 348 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,120 Can you straighten this out, then? 349 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,120 What do you mean? 350 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,120 Well, Sherman told us one thing, the girl told us something else. 351 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,120 Can't seem to get together. 352 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,120 Yeah, but I told him. 353 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,120 You told him what, Evans? 354 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,120 Well, nothing. 355 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,400 That's all, that stupid Ray, he doesn't know half the time what he's doing. 356 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,200 Well, that doesn't make him much of a witness then, does it? 357 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,200 What do you mean? 358 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,760 He was there when the cop slugged me, beat me up, he could see that much. 359 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:23,760 Well, that's just it. 360 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,760 We're not sure he did. 361 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:25,760 Huh? 362 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,120 The girl says Blanchard worked you over in the living room there. 363 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,080 Sherman says Blanchard took you out in the kitchen and beat you up. 364 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Now, which is it? 365 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,600 I think I'm beginning to get the pitch. 366 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:32,600 How's that? 367 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,080 You're out to cover up for that cop. 368 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,080 Is that it? 369 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,080 Take care of your own? 370 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,280 We're assigned to investigate this thing, Evans, just like any other criminal case. 371 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,800 Blanchard's not getting any more of a break than any other suspect would. 372 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,720 Yeah, sure, we still haven't asked our question, where did it happen, living room or kitchen? 373 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,600 The interview's all over, Sergeant, I got the pitch. 374 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,880 You can take this back to your office. 375 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,040 I'm going to get that cop convicted. 376 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,920 If it's the last thing I do, you can count on that. 377 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:51,920 What's the matter, Evans? 378 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,400 All we did was ask you a simple question. 379 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,200 Don't try to kid me, Sergeant, I got the angle. 380 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 You try him for a cover-up. 381 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,200 Okay, go ahead and try. 382 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,240 Now, look, why don't you snap out of it, mister? 383 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:00,520 Nobody's trying to cover up unless it's you. 384 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,020 Sherman and the girl are your witnesses. 385 00:13:02,020 --> 00:13:03,440 Some of the points of their stories don't check out. 386 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:04,440 We want to clear them up. 387 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:05,440 Does that sound unreasonable? 388 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,440 I told you, Sergeant, it's no use. 389 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,440 I got your angle. 390 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,440 Answer me one more thing, Evans. 391 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:13,440 You're on your own, I'm telling you nothing. 392 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,440 Who was the doctor that treated you after you were beaten up? 393 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:15,440 Down at Georgia Street, the emergency, you ought to know that. 394 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:16,440 No, I mean for your shoulder. 395 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,440 We checked over your car down at Georgia Street. 396 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:18,920 No mention of ever dislocated shoulder. 397 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:19,920 No, of course not. 398 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,600 I didn't even know I had one until I was bailed out. 399 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:22,800 I had my own doctor fix it. 400 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:23,800 You mind giving us his name? 401 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:24,800 Why should I? 402 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,320 I was willing to go along, cooperate, then you started playing the cage. 403 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,600 You're trying to cover up for that cop. 404 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,760 Now, you work it out on your own. 405 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,400 All right, mister, any way you want it. 406 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:32,560 You bet that's the way I want it. 407 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:37,560 You had this whole thing framed from the beginning. 408 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:38,560 Now you're off the track, Evans. 409 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:39,560 You're not kidding me. 410 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:40,560 You're trying to prove that cop's innocent, trying to make me out a liar. 411 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:41,560 What am I supposed to do, help you prove I'm a liar? 412 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:42,560 No, you've helped enough already. 413 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:48,880 Ed and I double checked through Officer Blanchard's departmental record. 414 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,240 It showed that Blanchard had been working his present beat for a little more than four 415 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:53,240 months. 416 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,880 Evans had told us that Blanchard allegedly had solicited payoffs from him at least six 417 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,560 to eight months before. 418 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:02,720 The following day, Ed and I made further inquiries in the neighborhood of Evans' rooming house 419 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,520 and also among his friends and associates. 420 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,760 For one thing, we found out that Evans had not spent the entire morning and early afternoon 421 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:09,760 in the house. 422 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:14,440 He'd been seen leaving his place by several neighbors at about 10 a.m. 423 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:19,000 Through one of his contacts, we got the address of an ex-wife, since remarried, a Marie Evans 424 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Zarcone. 425 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,840 We located her in a small apartment in the East Wilshire district, a small brunette woman 426 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:24,840 about 35. 427 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,560 Now, you tell us she used to be married to Evans. 428 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:27,560 Yeah, that's right. 429 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,600 What business was Evans in when you were married to him, ma'am? 430 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,560 Well, he had that rooming house over on Courtney Avenue. 431 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,760 Yes, ma'am, we know about that. 432 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:33,760 Was there anything else? 433 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:34,760 What's the matter, anyway? 434 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:35,760 Just a routine investigation. 435 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,520 We like to have as much background on him as you can remember. 436 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,080 Are you on fairly good terms with Evans now? 437 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,680 No, I haven't seen him since we split up about a year and a half ago, I think. 438 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,680 That's why I couldn't stand him. 439 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:45,680 What was the trouble, ma'am? 440 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:46,680 You mind telling us? 441 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:47,680 Just isn't much good, that's all. 442 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:48,880 I find a lot of names to fit him. 443 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:49,880 He was in everything. 444 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:50,880 How do you mean? 445 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:51,880 That's why I got away from him. 446 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,640 Every cheap, lousy racket I can think of, he was in it. 447 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,000 Peddling dope, blackmail, making books, some of the two-bit rackets. 448 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,160 He's been in all of them, one after the other. 449 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,160 I had to get away. 450 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,760 Rooming house on Courtney Avenue, that's where he's been operating all this time? 451 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,560 As long as I've known him, yeah. 452 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,480 About three years, I'd say. 453 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,280 Is narcotics just a sideline with him or does he go in for it pretty heavy? 454 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,280 It was in it pretty heavy when I left him. 455 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:13,280 I don't know what he's been doing since. 456 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,280 I don't care. 457 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,280 Just don't forget all about it. 458 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:16,280 Yes, ma'am, I can understand. 459 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,280 What's the matter now, anyway? 460 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,280 Got a case against him? 461 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:19,280 Well, not exactly. 462 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,600 Evans is filed against police officer, assault and battery, soliciting a bribe. 463 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,920 We're investigating the charges. 464 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,760 Sounds like him. 465 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,760 Some cop really rough him up? 466 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:28,760 Well, we don't know, ma'am. 467 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:29,760 That's what we're trying to find out. 468 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:30,760 Oh. 469 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:31,760 Well, I'd like to help you out. 470 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,480 I don't think I can, though. 471 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:34,960 Well, just one more question, ma'am. 472 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,440 While you were married to Evans, did you have a family doctor? 473 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,400 I mean, one that you called regularly when you were sick? 474 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,400 Yeah, we did. 475 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:41,400 Why? 476 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:42,400 Well, what was his name? 477 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,400 Can you remember? 478 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,400 Yeah, Dr. Chase. 479 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,400 Would you like his address? 480 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,240 2.47 p.m. 481 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,760 We got to Dr. Chase's office and luckily we found him in. 482 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,600 Hey, look at this magazine, Joe. 483 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,600 What? 484 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:57,600 National Geographic. 485 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,600 Looks like a real old one, wouldn't you say? 486 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,600 Yeah, it sure does. 487 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:00,600 The cover's torn off, eh? 488 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:01,600 Yeah. 489 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:02,600 What do you know about that? 490 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,600 It's older than I thought. 491 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:04,600 Look at this here. 492 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:05,600 What do you got? 493 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:06,600 These pictures there. 494 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:07,600 Look. 495 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:08,600 Four pages of them. 496 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,600 Pretty grand affair, huh? 497 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:10,600 Yeah. 498 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:11,600 Teddy Roosevelt breaks ground for Panama Canal. 499 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:12,600 How about that? 500 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:13,600 Yeah. 501 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,600 Sorry to keep you waiting, Joe. 502 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,600 That's perfectly all right, doctor. 503 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:23,720 Let's see now, you want to know about... 504 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,200 Mr. Evans, Dr. George Evans? 505 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,200 Oh, yes, Evans. 506 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,200 What was it exactly, Sergeant? 507 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,200 What did you have in mind? 508 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,200 Well, the first thing we'd like to know is if you've treated Evans recently, the last 509 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,200 week or so. 510 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,840 Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. 511 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:35,840 He was in here, uh... 512 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:36,840 Well, let me see now. 513 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:37,840 Let's see here. 514 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:38,840 Yes, I thought so. 515 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:39,840 He was in here three days ago. 516 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:40,840 I had some bad cuts and bruises. 517 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:45,840 Mm-hmm. 518 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,200 He'd already been treated, though. 519 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,200 There wasn't much I could do. 520 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,200 Oh, was there anything else wrong with him, doctor? 521 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,200 No, not actually. 522 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,200 I examined his shoulder. 523 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,200 He insisted it hurt him. 524 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,200 He wanted me to put it in the cast. 525 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,200 Mm-hmm. 526 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,200 You put the cast on, did you? 527 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,200 Well, there really wasn't any need for it, but I put it on anyway. 528 00:16:58,200 --> 00:16:59,200 A little bit of psychiatry, thought it'd make him feel better. 529 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,200 Well, how do you mean, doctor? 530 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:01,200 What do they need for it? 531 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:02,200 Just one of those peculiar things. 532 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,200 I've been treating Evans for some time, you know. 533 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:04,200 Yeah, sir, that's what we understand. 534 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:05,200 Well, I'm sorry. 535 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:06,200 I'm sorry. 536 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,200 I'm sorry. 537 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,200 I'm sorry. 538 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,200 I'm sorry. 539 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,200 I'm sorry. 540 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,200 I'm sorry. 541 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,200 I'm sorry. 542 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,200 Yes, sir, that's what we understand. 543 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:14,200 It's fairly unusual. 544 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,200 Hardly a rare case, though. 545 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,920 Suppose you might call it a trick shoulder. 546 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,280 It looks as though it might be dislocated, but it actually isn't. 547 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,280 I think it's voluntary. 548 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,320 You mean he could do this thing himself? 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596 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,080 I sure would be glad to get home. 597 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,080 Yeah. 598 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,080 Not a bad day, though. 599 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,080 We had fair luck, didn't we? 600 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:18,080 I suppose so. 601 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,080 It could always be better. 602 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,080 Sure like to get the straight story one way or the other. 603 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,080 I want to check the book, Ed, see if we got anything. 604 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,080 Yeah, okay. 605 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,480 No, not much, Joe. 606 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,480 Call from a Tom Donnelly, you know him? 607 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,480 Donnelly? 608 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,480 No, that doesn't sound too familiar to me. 609 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:32,480 I got it. 610 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:33,480 Personnel of Jacob's. 611 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:34,480 How's that? 612 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,480 I'm afraid he's gone for the night. 613 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,480 Yeah, huh? 614 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:38,480 No, I'm sorry. 615 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:39,480 I wouldn't know. 616 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:40,480 All right, thank you. 617 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,480 There's another message here for us, Joe, in the book. 618 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:44,480 Yeah? 619 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,480 From Blanchard's wife again. 620 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,680 I'm getting to feel pretty silly about her telling her the same thing now, after night. 621 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,680 Why don't you call her tonight? 622 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:50,680 Well, you've been doing all right. 623 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,680 Why give up now? 624 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,680 Personnel Friday. 625 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,680 Yeah. 626 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,680 What was that? 627 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,680 Your name? 628 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,680 Yeah, okay. 629 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,680 10 o'clock tonight? 630 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,680 All right, that's fine. 631 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,680 And so? 632 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,680 Sure. 633 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:10,680 Yeah, we'll meet you. 634 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:11,680 Okay. 635 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:12,680 10 o'clock. 636 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:13,680 Yeah, fine. 637 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:14,680 Bye. 638 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:15,680 Sounds pretty good. 639 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,680 Who was it? 640 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:17,680 A guy by the name of Martin Kimbrough. 641 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:18,680 Says he knows George Evans. 642 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:19,680 He wants to talk to us tonight. 643 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:20,680 What's the pitch? 644 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,680 What'd he say? 645 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,680 About Evans being worked over, he claims he knows all about it. 646 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,680 Yeah? 647 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,680 He says Blanchard couldn't possibly have done it. 648 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,680 7.05 p.m. 649 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,680 We went over to Frank Tang's place, had some dinner, and then we drove out to interview 650 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,680 the man who'd identified himself on the phone as Martin Kimbrough. 651 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:41,680 We located him at the designated meeting place, a small bar just off Beverly Boulevard and 652 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:42,680 Normandy Avenue. 653 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,680 Kimbrough was a small man, slight build, middle-aged. 654 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,680 He seemed less sure of himself than he did on the phone. 655 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,680 He said that he knew George Evans fairly well, and that up until six months before, he'd 656 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:53,680 been on good terms with him. 657 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,680 He didn't go into details, but he gave us the general idea that Evans had cheated him 658 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,680 on some business deal the two of them had been engaged in. 659 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,680 We asked Kimbrough about the beating Evans had taken. 660 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,680 He said it was common knowledge among the people he traveled with that gamblers Carl 661 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,680 Sweetser and Stanley Parrish were responsible for beating up Evans. 662 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,680 He'd welched on a gambling debt, and the two of them had been after him for months to pay 663 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,680 off. 664 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,680 He also said he knew a close friend of the two gamblers who told him that in private 665 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,680 Carl Sweetser openly boasted of beating up Evans. 666 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,680 According to Kimbrough, the beating had taken place about 1 p.m. the Monday before. 667 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,680 The same day Officer Blanchard allegedly had given him the beating. 668 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,680 We located Sweetser in the coffee shop of a small hotel on South Rampart Street. 669 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,680 I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, Sergeant. 670 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:38,680 I don't know any George Evans. 671 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:39,680 I've never heard of him. 672 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,680 We understand you do. 673 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:41,680 Sweetser heard you used to play cards with him. 674 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:42,680 Got it from a couple of people. 675 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:43,680 That's all. 676 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:44,680 I guess they made a mistake. 677 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:45,680 I don't remember the name at all. 678 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,680 Maybe he's going under a different one, huh? 679 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:48,680 Well, how about his description? 680 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:49,680 You ought to remember that. 681 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,680 Well, maybe I meet quite a few people. 682 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:52,680 It's kind of hard to place all of them, you know. 683 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:53,680 What does he look like? 684 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,680 Well, he's tall, dark complexion, dark hair, scar under his chin. 685 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:57,680 He dresses pretty well. 686 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:58,680 He usually wears a suit. 687 00:22:58,680 --> 00:22:59,680 No, that doesn't mean a thing to me. 688 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,680 Runs a rooming house over on Courtland Avenue, spinning quite a few rackets on and off. 689 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,680 Sure, I'm afraid I wouldn't know him. 690 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,680 Now, look, we haven't got any beef with you, Sweetser. 691 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:07,680 That's not the point. 692 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:08,680 Evans is trying to get away with a fast one. 693 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:09,680 We're out to stop him. 694 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:10,680 We could use your help. 695 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,680 I don't see how I can help you. What's the beef, anyway? 696 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:15,680 We think you know. 697 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:16,680 It's been all over the newspapers the last couple of days. 698 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:17,680 Oh, yeah. 699 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:18,680 A young cop. 700 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:19,680 What's Evans got against him, anyway? 701 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:20,680 He's trying to save a face. 702 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:21,680 We figure that's what we hear, anyway. 703 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:22,680 Well, what do you mean? 704 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:23,680 Well, I think you know how Evans likes to play the big shot. 705 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,680 It wouldn't do his stock much good around town if the real story got out. 706 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:27,680 I don't follow. 707 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:28,680 What story are you talking about? 708 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,680 About his welching on a gambling tab, getting roughed up. 709 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,680 If he says a cop did it, it makes him look a lot better, doesn't it? 710 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,680 He comes out of it pretty clean that way, doesn't he? 711 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,680 Yeah, pass us on, huh? 712 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,680 Yeah, sure. 713 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,680 I'll get you some coffee. I hate to eat alone. 714 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:41,680 Okay, as soon as the waitress comes around. 715 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:42,680 Yeah. 716 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:43,680 Oh, what else you hear about this Evans? 717 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:44,680 Pretty bad boy, that, right? 718 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,680 Bad enough. 719 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:46,680 He's got a fast mouth, telling quite a few stories around the neighborhood. 720 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:47,680 That's so. 721 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:48,680 I might remember him. 722 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,680 It's all the dark guy who runs the room, you know? 723 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:51,680 Yeah, that's right. 724 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:52,680 You should remember him. 725 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,680 He's mentioned you in a couple of the stories he's passing around. 726 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:55,680 Yeah, where'd you get that? 727 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,680 Talking to a fellow last night. 728 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,680 He says Evans claims that that card game he was in with you was rigged. 729 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:01,680 That's why he didn't pay you off. 730 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,680 He claims you and Stan Parish framed the whole thing. 731 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:04,680 Uh-huh. 732 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,680 So, uh... 733 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:06,680 Phony bums are all alike. 734 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,680 Lose a couple of dollars and squeal like a pig. 735 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:10,680 What's Evans doing now? 736 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,680 He's up for a narcotics rap. He's out on bail. 737 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:13,680 Yeah, cheap punk. 738 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:14,680 What's your stake in this thing? 739 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,680 We're trying to clear the thing up. 740 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,680 Apparently Evans figures he's gonna frame the young cop, save face, 741 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:20,680 talk himself out of a bad situation. 742 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:21,680 Or what do you want from me? 743 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:22,680 The truth. 744 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,680 I'm not gonna talk myself into jail, young cop or not. 745 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,680 We're not asking you to. 746 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,680 You wanna clear the case, huh? 747 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,680 All you need is proof the cop didn't give Evans a working over. 748 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:31,680 That's right. 749 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,680 Okay, you got a deal. 750 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,680 Without actually incriminating himself in any way, 751 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,680 Carl Sweetser gave us information and leads 752 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,680 which, after they were checked out, showed definitely 753 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,680 that George Evans was slugged and beaten in a neighborhood 754 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,680 at least a mile from his rooming house. 755 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,680 We talked to half a dozen people who saw Evans in that neighborhood 756 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,680 shortly after 1 p.m., the day of the incident. 757 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,680 We talked to the clerk at the drug store 758 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,680 where Evans went to buy iodine and bandages. 759 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,680 They all told us that he bore the markings of a severe beating 760 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,680 as early as 1 o'clock that afternoon. 761 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,680 Evans had told us repeatedly that he'd received the beating 762 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,680 at the hands of Officer Blanchard no earlier 763 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,680 than 3 or 3.15 that afternoon. 764 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,680 Ed and I drove over to the main jail 765 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,680 where we interviewed Evans' two witnesses again. 766 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,680 The girl, Eleanor Rowland, was the first to break. 767 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,680 She admitted that Evans had promised both her and her friend, 768 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,680 Ray Sherman, $50 apiece if they would go along with him 769 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,680 in his plan to frame Officer Blanchard for assault and battery 770 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,680 and soliciting a bribe. 771 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,680 After an hour of questioning, Sherman admitted the same thing. 772 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,680 We had a stenographer take their statements. 773 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,680 4.50 p.m., Ed and I got in the car 774 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,680 and drove out to the rooming house on Courtland Avenue. 775 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,680 Yeah? Oh, how are you, sir? 776 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,680 You want to get your coat, Evans? I'd like to see you downtown. 777 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:46,680 What for? What's it about? 778 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,680 Finding a false report. You know the story. 779 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,680 What are you talking about? What do you mean, a false report? 780 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,680 You've been checked out all over town, Evans. 781 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,680 Your doctor, your ex-wife, your gambling friends, we've talked to them all. 782 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,680 So what? What's that prove anyway? 783 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,680 I'm lying, mister. That young Officer Blanchard, he didn't beat you up. 784 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,680 There's nothing wrong with your shoulder either. Dr. Chase will vouch for that. 785 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,680 Look, I don't care what he says. I don't care what any of them say. 786 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,680 I got my case against that cop. I'm sticking with it. 787 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,680 You're not going to talk to me after this. 788 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,680 Why don't you give it up, Evans? We had a talk with Carl Sweetser. 789 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:10,680 What'd he tell you? 790 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,680 Enough to convince us you're trying to frame Blanchard. 791 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,680 We've got statements from people who saw you 792 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,680 before you got back home Monday afternoon. 793 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,680 They say you were must-up then. That was at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. 794 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,680 You've been telling us Blanchard wasn't at your place till 3 o'clock. 795 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:22,680 Now, how do you explain that? 796 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,680 I don't know. Maybe I didn't have the time right. My watch could have been off. Doesn't make any difference anyway. 797 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:28,680 It's going to make a lot of difference. How about getting your coat? 798 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:29,680 I'm going to call my lawyer first. 799 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,680 That isn't going to do much good. We've got statements from your two witnesses, 800 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,680 Ray Sherman and the girl. They've admitted the whole thing. Now, you haven't got much of a case left. 801 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,680 I don't care what they say. They're lying. Both of them. 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Best of all, king size cigarettes. 820 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:49,680 A complaint was received on George Evans from the city attorney's office for violation of Section 5243, 821 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,680 Municipal Code, filing a false report to the police department of misdemeanor. 822 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,680 He received a sentence of 30 days in the county jail. 823 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:03,680 Ray Sherman was tried and found guilty of Section 11,500, Health and Safety Code, possession of narcotics. 824 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,680 He was sentenced to one year in the county jail and three years probation. 825 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:14,680 Eleanor Rowland was filed on as a bag addict, Section 11,721, Health and Safety Code. 826 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,680 She was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail. 827 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:23,680 Officer Harry Blanchard was cleared of the charges pending against him and was reinstated with back pay. 828 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:37,680 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 829 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:42,680 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 830 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:47,680 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Winn, and Sergeant Vance Brasher. 831 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,680 Heard tonight were Barney Phillips and Whit Connor. 832 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:57,680 Script by Jim Moser, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gibney speaking. 833 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:03,680 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, king-size cigarettes, is brought to you by Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 834 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:20,680 Now it's Counterspy on NBC.