WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.760 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:10.760 --> 00:13.320 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:13.320 --> 00:19.240 Fatima cigarettes, best of all king-sized cigarettes, brings you dragnet on both radio 00:19.240 --> 00:29.080 and television. 00:29.080 --> 00:30.580 You're a detective sergeant. 00:30.580 --> 00:32.920 You're assigned to personnel division. 00:32.920 --> 00:36.280 A resident of your city files a report of assault and battering. 00:36.280 --> 00:37.960 His shoulder is dislocated. 00:37.960 --> 00:40.120 He's been badly beaten. 00:40.120 --> 00:43.080 He claims his assailant was a young police officer. 00:43.080 --> 00:48.840 Your job, investigate. 00:48.840 --> 00:51.560 Comparison proves Fatima quality. 00:51.560 --> 00:55.160 Yes, comparison proves Fatima quality. 00:55.160 --> 00:58.560 Compare Fatima with any other king-sized cigarette. 00:58.560 --> 01:03.400 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 01:03.400 --> 01:07.040 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 01:07.040 --> 01:12.960 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette 01:12.960 --> 01:13.960 size. 01:13.960 --> 01:20.120 And you get an extra mild and soothing smoke plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 01:20.120 --> 01:24.520 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you are 01:24.520 --> 01:25.520 now smoking. 01:25.520 --> 01:29.080 Show Fatima quality yourself today. 01:29.080 --> 01:32.520 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 01:32.520 --> 01:37.320 Best of all, king-sized cigarettes. 01:37.320 --> 01:44.800 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:44.800 --> 01:49.100 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:49.100 --> 01:53.700 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:53.700 --> 01:55.400 police files. 01:55.400 --> 02:00.560 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:00.560 --> 02:03.560 in action. 02:03.560 --> 02:07.640 It was Tuesday, June 11th. 02:07.640 --> 02:08.640 It was mild in Los Angeles. 02:08.640 --> 02:10.640 We were working the day watch out of BIA. 02:10.640 --> 02:12.320 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 02:12.320 --> 02:13.640 The boss is Lieutenant Jesse. 02:13.640 --> 02:14.640 My name's Friday. 02:14.640 --> 02:19.040 It was 1023 a.m. when I got to room 83, the squad room. 02:19.040 --> 02:21.400 Joe, you catch up with the lieutenant? 02:21.400 --> 02:22.400 Yeah, in a meeting. 02:22.400 --> 02:25.640 He said he'd be out about 1130, he wants us to handle it for the time being. 02:25.640 --> 02:26.640 Oh. 02:26.640 --> 02:27.640 Well, Joe, this is Officer Blanchard. 02:27.640 --> 02:28.640 He's my partner, Joe Friday. 02:28.640 --> 02:30.280 I'm glad to know you, Friday. 02:30.280 --> 02:32.080 I think I've seen you around Central a couple of times. 02:32.080 --> 02:33.080 Yeah, sure. 02:33.080 --> 02:34.080 How are you? 02:34.080 --> 02:35.440 What's this thing all about, do you mind telling me? 02:35.440 --> 02:36.840 You worked yesterday, did you? 02:36.840 --> 02:37.840 Yeah, that's right. 02:37.840 --> 02:39.840 My regular beat, South Central area. 02:39.840 --> 02:41.840 Anything out of the ordinary happen while you were on duty? 02:41.840 --> 02:42.840 No, not much. 02:42.840 --> 02:44.880 Made a couple of pinches, that's about all. 02:44.880 --> 02:45.880 Pretty quiet otherwise. 02:45.880 --> 02:49.240 Did you make one of those arrests at 7928 Courtland Avenue? 02:49.240 --> 02:50.240 Yeah, that's right. 02:50.240 --> 02:51.240 A woman, two men, users. 02:51.240 --> 02:54.960 All three of them were booked in violation of the State Narcotics Act. 02:54.960 --> 02:57.160 Any of the three familiar to you at all, Blanchard? 02:57.160 --> 02:59.240 Mean had you ever seen them before the time you arrested them? 02:59.240 --> 03:00.240 No, none of them. 03:00.240 --> 03:03.120 I knew the place though, I've been keeping an eye on it lately. 03:03.120 --> 03:05.600 One of those old fashioned homes converted into a rooming house. 03:05.600 --> 03:08.560 I've been noticing some of the people going in and out of the place. 03:08.560 --> 03:09.880 They didn't look too good to me. 03:09.880 --> 03:11.920 That's why I say I've been keeping an eye on the house. 03:11.920 --> 03:13.560 What's the story on this anyway? 03:13.560 --> 03:15.360 You get a kickback on the arrest I made? 03:15.360 --> 03:18.040 Well, we'd like to have your version of it first, Blanchard. 03:18.040 --> 03:20.160 Exactly what happened, how'd you come to make the pinch? 03:20.160 --> 03:22.200 Well, I was walking my regular beat. 03:22.200 --> 03:25.400 I think it was about 3.30 yesterday afternoon. 03:25.400 --> 03:27.520 I was going along to Courtland, the 7900 block. 03:27.520 --> 03:29.960 A woman came out of the front door and hailed me. 03:29.960 --> 03:33.360 She complained about a 507 party in the house, a couple doors down the street. 03:33.360 --> 03:35.640 That was at number 7928, the boarding house? 03:35.640 --> 03:37.440 Yeah, I checked it out. 03:37.440 --> 03:39.840 The party was going on up on the third floor. 03:39.840 --> 03:42.920 I went up, found the girl and the two men in the room facing on the street. 03:42.920 --> 03:45.240 The girl was fixing a pop for herself when I came in. 03:45.240 --> 03:47.560 Two caps of heroin on the table in front of her. 03:47.560 --> 03:49.240 What'd you do then? 03:49.240 --> 03:50.720 I made a grab for the two caps. 03:50.720 --> 03:52.080 One of the guys beat me to it. 03:52.080 --> 03:55.000 He got them, ran to the next room and tried to flush them down the drain. 03:55.000 --> 03:56.520 He didn't quite make it though. 03:56.520 --> 03:58.520 I got one of the caps before he could get rid of it. 03:58.520 --> 03:59.880 What'd you do then, Blanchard? 03:59.880 --> 04:02.840 I sat the three of them down, called into the office. 04:02.840 --> 04:04.680 I checked the room over while we were waiting. 04:04.680 --> 04:08.560 Found two more caps of heroin, usual equipment to go with it. 04:08.560 --> 04:11.520 When the radio car showed up, the three of them were taken downtown in a narcotics squad 04:11.520 --> 04:12.520 and booked. 04:12.520 --> 04:13.800 That's all I can tell you about. 04:13.800 --> 04:17.240 Well, during the time you were waiting there in the room, Blanchard, did you have any trouble 04:17.240 --> 04:18.600 with the suspects at all? 04:18.600 --> 04:22.240 Well, I got a lot of talk from one of the men, a fellow by the name of Evans. 04:22.240 --> 04:23.720 He's supposed to run the boarding house. 04:23.720 --> 04:25.720 He claims he didn't have anything to do with it. 04:25.720 --> 04:27.160 He didn't know the girl was a hype. 04:27.160 --> 04:28.160 You know, the usual stuff. 04:28.160 --> 04:29.760 And that was the extent of it, just talk? 04:29.760 --> 04:30.760 Sure, that's all. 04:30.760 --> 04:31.760 Why? 04:31.760 --> 04:33.600 Well, that's not the story according to Evans. 04:33.600 --> 04:35.160 He had his lawyer bail him out last night. 04:35.160 --> 04:37.040 He was in to file charges against you. 04:37.040 --> 04:38.040 Huh? 04:38.040 --> 04:39.040 What do you mean? 04:39.040 --> 04:40.040 Salt and battery. 04:40.040 --> 04:41.920 He claims that you worked him over for no reason at all. 04:41.920 --> 04:43.800 He says you beat him up and dislocated his shoulder. 04:43.800 --> 04:44.800 Oh, he's crazy. 04:44.800 --> 04:45.800 He's lying. 04:45.800 --> 04:46.800 I didn't work him over. 04:46.800 --> 04:50.120 He says you got witnesses to prove it, Blanchard, the two people who were with him, the woman, 04:50.120 --> 04:51.120 the other man. 04:51.120 --> 04:52.480 He says elsewhere, that's what you did. 04:52.480 --> 04:53.920 Yeah, but it's not true. 04:53.920 --> 04:55.320 They're trying to cook up a frame. 04:55.320 --> 04:56.320 I didn't touch any of them. 04:56.320 --> 04:59.440 Well, this Evans looked like he's been must up, cuts and bruises all over his face, his 04:59.440 --> 05:00.880 shoulder is fairly recent too. 05:00.880 --> 05:02.720 Yeah, I know that, but I didn't do it. 05:02.720 --> 05:05.280 He was in the same shape when I found him up in that room yesterday. 05:05.280 --> 05:07.080 Matter of fact, I asked him about it. 05:07.080 --> 05:08.080 He wouldn't tell me. 05:08.080 --> 05:09.760 It's the truth, Sergeant, so help me. 05:09.760 --> 05:10.760 All three of them are lying. 05:10.760 --> 05:11.760 I didn't beat him up. 05:11.760 --> 05:13.200 Well, it's your word against theirs, Blanchard. 05:13.200 --> 05:15.080 The facts seem to favor Evans. 05:15.080 --> 05:17.080 I don't get this at all. 05:17.080 --> 05:18.080 Two of those people are known hypes. 05:18.080 --> 05:19.600 They'd swear anything for a free cap. 05:19.600 --> 05:20.600 You know that. 05:20.600 --> 05:21.600 What good is their word? 05:21.600 --> 05:22.600 Maybe no good at all. 05:22.600 --> 05:23.600 It's not up to us to decide. 05:23.600 --> 05:25.880 Evans filed a complaint, so our job to follow through. 05:25.880 --> 05:29.080 Now, you're sure about the shape Evans was in when you found him up in that room yesterday, 05:29.080 --> 05:30.080 Blanchard? 05:30.080 --> 05:31.080 He was already marked up. 05:31.080 --> 05:32.080 Is that right? 05:32.080 --> 05:33.080 I'm sure he was. 05:33.080 --> 05:34.080 I told you. 05:34.080 --> 05:35.080 I asked him about it. 05:35.080 --> 05:36.080 He wouldn't answer me. 05:36.080 --> 05:37.360 But you had no way of proving that you couldn't possibly have been responsible for it. 05:37.360 --> 05:39.840 Well, it's up to him, isn't it, Evans? 05:39.840 --> 05:41.400 He says I worked him over, let him prove it. 05:41.400 --> 05:43.560 I'm afraid he's got the jump there, two witnesses. 05:43.560 --> 05:45.120 Yeah, but they're lying. 05:45.120 --> 05:46.120 You must know that. 05:46.120 --> 05:47.120 They're lying. 05:47.120 --> 05:48.800 Now, look, you can see the position he puts us in. 05:48.800 --> 05:50.360 If you're innocent, we're going to do all we can. 05:50.360 --> 05:52.680 If you're guilty, we'll see that you get everything that's coming to you. 05:52.680 --> 05:54.400 Well, you know it as well as I do, Sergeant. 05:54.400 --> 05:55.800 I had no reason to beat him up. 05:55.800 --> 05:56.800 I didn't do it. 05:56.800 --> 05:57.800 Well, it's not up to us, Blanchard. 05:57.800 --> 05:58.800 The court will have to decide. 05:58.800 --> 05:59.800 It doesn't make sense. 05:59.800 --> 06:00.800 None of it does. 06:00.800 --> 06:02.200 There's no other way to handle it. 06:02.200 --> 06:03.960 We got 4,500 men in the department. 06:03.960 --> 06:04.960 We don't claim they're all saints. 06:04.960 --> 06:07.320 Once in a while one of them turns bad and all of us get a black eye. 06:07.320 --> 06:08.520 You're in a jam, Blanchard. 06:08.520 --> 06:13.840 Anyone else will get a fair trial. 06:13.840 --> 06:14.840 Yeah, that's right. 06:14.840 --> 06:17.960 If you're clear to the charges in court, there'll be a hearing before the board of rights. 06:17.960 --> 06:19.680 Am I through right now? 06:19.680 --> 06:21.200 We'll have to book you in at the main jail. 06:21.200 --> 06:23.600 The case will be presented at the DA's office tomorrow. 06:23.600 --> 06:25.720 It doesn't make sense. 06:25.720 --> 06:27.080 I had no reason to beat up Evans. 06:27.080 --> 06:28.080 No reason at all. 06:28.080 --> 06:29.080 You're sure of that, are you? 06:29.080 --> 06:30.080 What do you mean? 06:30.080 --> 06:31.080 Of course I'm sure. 06:31.080 --> 06:32.680 Well, Evans claimed you did have a reason, a good one. 06:32.680 --> 06:33.680 What? 06:33.680 --> 06:36.080 When he says you handed him a proposition, he wouldn't go for it, so you worked him over. 06:36.080 --> 06:37.080 What do you mean? 06:37.080 --> 06:38.080 What kind of a proposition? 06:38.080 --> 06:39.080 Huh? 06:39.080 --> 06:44.040 He says you wanted a payoff. 06:44.040 --> 06:47.880 Investigating charges against a police officer involves exactly the same procedure as cases 06:47.880 --> 06:50.360 where private citizens are concerned. 06:50.360 --> 06:52.160 Prove the suspect innocent or guilty. 06:52.160 --> 06:55.600 If Blanchard was innocent, it wasn't going to be an easy job proving it. 06:55.600 --> 06:59.760 If he hadn't beat up the complainant, George Evans, and dislocated his shoulder, it seemed 06:59.760 --> 07:02.760 the only way out would be to find the man who did. 07:02.760 --> 07:06.320 Either that or prove that the two witnesses Evans had come up with were lying. 07:06.320 --> 07:11.200 If Blanchard was guilty, if he actually had slugged and beaten Evans, we had to find sufficient 07:11.200 --> 07:13.320 evidence and we had to find a motive. 07:13.320 --> 07:18.320 1110 A.M., Ed and I took Officer Harry Blanchard over to the main jail where he was booked 07:18.320 --> 07:20.240 in and lodged in one of the cell blocks. 07:20.240 --> 07:24.120 Then we went upstairs to the women's jail where we interviewed one of the witnesses 07:24.120 --> 07:27.240 to the alleged beating, Anelena Rowland. 07:27.240 --> 07:31.400 She'd had previous arrests for vagrancy, grand theft auto, and petty theft, as well as an 07:31.400 --> 07:34.200 established reputation as a user of narcotics. 07:34.200 --> 07:35.560 She was 23 years old. 07:35.560 --> 07:36.800 Yeah, it was terrible. 07:36.800 --> 07:38.920 That cop really roughed him up, poor old Evans. 07:38.920 --> 07:40.240 Cop didn't have to treat him like that. 07:40.240 --> 07:42.560 How long have you known George Evans, Miss Rowland, you old friend? 07:42.560 --> 07:43.560 No, I wouldn't say that. 07:43.560 --> 07:45.960 I met him a couple weeks ago when I came down from the North. 07:45.960 --> 07:46.960 San Francisco? 07:46.960 --> 07:47.960 Portland. 07:47.960 --> 07:48.960 I was visiting up there. 07:48.960 --> 07:49.960 I'm a Portland girl originally. 07:49.960 --> 07:52.280 How about this other man you were with at the time Officer Blanchard picked you up, 07:52.280 --> 07:53.280 this Ray Sherman, he an old friend? 07:53.280 --> 07:54.280 Buster, yeah. 07:54.280 --> 07:55.280 I've known him a few years. 07:55.280 --> 07:56.280 So you know Evans very well? 07:56.280 --> 07:58.400 Yeah, I guess you could say that. 07:58.400 --> 08:00.240 Ray's had a room at the boarding house a couple of years. 08:00.240 --> 08:01.800 I guess he's good friends with Evans. 08:01.800 --> 08:03.680 Say, can I ask you something? 08:03.680 --> 08:04.680 Yes, ma'am. 08:04.680 --> 08:06.160 Have you ever worked narcotics up in Portland? 08:06.160 --> 08:07.160 No, ma'am, never have. 08:07.160 --> 08:08.160 Hmm. 08:08.160 --> 08:09.160 Face is familiar. 08:09.160 --> 08:10.160 Could have sworn I met you in Portland. 08:10.160 --> 08:13.600 Do you want to run over that story again for us, Miss Rowland, about what happened yesterday? 08:13.600 --> 08:16.240 Not much to say, just the same as I told you. 08:16.240 --> 08:18.320 Usually stay at Evans' rooming house when you're in town, do you? 08:18.320 --> 08:20.120 No, it's only the second time I was there. 08:20.120 --> 08:21.120 How about George Evans? 08:21.120 --> 08:22.120 Was he there at the time? 08:22.120 --> 08:23.120 No, not first. 08:23.120 --> 08:26.680 Me and Buster had a pop and then we sat around and talked. 08:26.680 --> 08:27.680 Evans came in a little later. 08:27.680 --> 08:28.680 Three of us talked. 08:28.680 --> 08:31.440 He told me and Buster not to bring any more junk in the house. 08:31.440 --> 08:32.440 He didn't want to get into trouble. 08:32.440 --> 08:34.840 And speak of the devil, a cop walked in. 08:34.840 --> 08:35.840 What happened then? 08:35.840 --> 08:38.720 Buster grabbed two caps off the table and tried to get rid of them. 08:38.720 --> 08:39.880 He only got rid of one though. 08:39.880 --> 08:40.880 The cop got the other one. 08:40.880 --> 08:42.760 Well, how did the argument start, do you remember that? 08:42.760 --> 08:43.760 Between Evans and the officer, I mean. 08:43.760 --> 08:45.480 Well, I was a little high at the time. 08:45.480 --> 08:47.640 I don't remember it word for word. 08:47.640 --> 08:51.320 Evans said he didn't have anything to do with it, but the cop kept pressing him. 08:51.320 --> 08:54.400 He told Evans he'd forget about it if Evans would pay him off. 08:54.400 --> 08:55.840 Evans told him, no, he wouldn't give him a cent. 08:55.840 --> 08:57.360 And then the cop started beating him up. 08:57.360 --> 08:58.920 You were in the same room with him all this time? 08:58.920 --> 08:59.920 Yeah, Buster and me. 08:59.920 --> 09:00.920 We saw it all. 09:00.920 --> 09:01.920 Poor old Evans. 09:01.920 --> 09:02.920 He walked over. 09:02.920 --> 09:04.160 Cop didn't have to treat him like that. 09:04.160 --> 09:05.840 Say, are you sure you're not from Portland? 09:05.840 --> 09:06.840 Yes, ma'am, I'm sure. 09:06.840 --> 09:09.400 Now, about how many times would you say the officer hit Evans? 09:09.400 --> 09:11.200 Oh, I couldn't tell you that exactly. 09:11.200 --> 09:12.200 Dozens of times, I guess. 09:12.200 --> 09:13.200 Kept hitting him with his fist. 09:13.200 --> 09:14.200 Pushed him all around the room. 09:14.200 --> 09:15.200 I was a little high at the time. 09:15.200 --> 09:16.200 I don't remember everything exactly. 09:16.200 --> 09:17.200 Sure could use a booster about now. 09:17.200 --> 09:18.200 Are you sure about everything you've told us, Mr. Olin? 09:18.200 --> 09:19.200 That's the truth? 09:19.200 --> 09:20.200 Yeah, that's right. 09:20.200 --> 09:21.200 Some of the details I didn't remember so well. 09:21.200 --> 09:22.200 He straightened it out for me though. 09:22.200 --> 09:23.200 He told me just what happened. 09:23.200 --> 09:24.200 Who was that? 09:24.200 --> 09:25.200 George Evans. 09:25.200 --> 09:37.440 1150 A.M. Ed and I continued questioning Eleanor Roland. 09:37.440 --> 09:40.760 The more we talked to her, the more we were convinced that at the time of the alleged 09:40.760 --> 09:45.000 beating she was under a heavy dose of narcotics and that for the most part she picked up her 09:45.000 --> 09:48.640 version of the story from the alleged victim, George Evans. 09:48.640 --> 09:51.760 We went down to the second floor of the main jail to one of the interview rooms where we 09:51.760 --> 09:57.160 talked to the second witness, Ray Sherman, alias Tom Raymond, alias Buster Raymond. 09:57.160 --> 09:59.520 He also had a long record as a user of narcotics. 09:59.520 --> 10:04.560 He gave the same general version of the incident as the Roland girl did, but despite the girl's 10:04.560 --> 10:08.640 story, he claimed he was not under the influence of narcotics at the time Officer Blanchard 10:08.640 --> 10:11.320 entered the room and made the arrests. 10:11.320 --> 10:13.320 Besides that, there were other discrepancies. 10:13.320 --> 10:17.400 1.05 P.M. We had some lunch at the Federal Cafe and then we drove out to interview the 10:17.400 --> 10:20.320 complainant in the case, George Evans. 10:20.320 --> 10:24.560 After checking in his rooming house, we finally located him in a neighborhood bowling alley. 10:24.560 --> 10:29.000 He was sitting at a bar joining the actual playing area, drinking a bottle of beer. 10:29.000 --> 10:32.280 Parts of his face and neck were bandaged and his left shoulder was in a cast. 10:32.280 --> 10:34.920 He appeared friendly and cooperative. 10:34.920 --> 10:38.040 I kept telling the cop I didn't have any money, told him I wouldn't give him a payoff even 10:38.040 --> 10:39.040 if I did. 10:39.040 --> 10:40.400 So he started working you over that, right Evans? 10:40.400 --> 10:41.400 Yes, that's right. 10:41.400 --> 10:44.520 I don't have anything against cops normally, but this guy, that's something else. 10:44.520 --> 10:46.520 How do you ever get on the force anyway? 10:46.520 --> 10:49.560 Had you ever had any contact with Officer Blanchard before yesterday, Evans? 10:49.560 --> 10:50.960 Yes, I did, twice before. 10:50.960 --> 10:54.440 He came to the house, accused me of running a hideout for thieves, junkies. 10:54.440 --> 10:56.400 Tried to get me to pay him off then too, I wouldn't do it. 10:56.400 --> 10:57.400 So when was that, Evans? 10:57.400 --> 10:58.840 About six, eight months ago. 10:58.840 --> 11:00.080 Yeah, at least that. 11:00.080 --> 11:01.880 Well, how is it you didn't report Blanchard then? 11:01.880 --> 11:04.600 Well, I don't want to cause any trouble, get mixed up in a law case. 11:04.600 --> 11:06.920 I figured I could take care of myself. 11:06.920 --> 11:09.320 But after that going over yesterday, that was enough for me. 11:09.320 --> 11:11.680 I don't understand how the driver made the force to begin with. 11:11.680 --> 11:13.680 What's the matter? 11:13.680 --> 11:16.320 His shoulder of mine, he really tore it apart. 11:16.320 --> 11:17.720 How'd you spend your time yesterday, Evans? 11:17.720 --> 11:18.720 Do you mind telling us? 11:18.720 --> 11:19.720 No, I don't mind. 11:19.720 --> 11:22.320 I slept till about half past 12, one o'clock. 11:22.320 --> 11:24.000 Had a little bit of a hangover. 11:24.000 --> 11:26.360 Then I got up and made some breakfast and read the paper. 11:26.360 --> 11:27.360 That's about size. 11:27.360 --> 11:30.040 You mean you were in your room all day after the time you went down the hall to Ray Sherman's 11:30.040 --> 11:31.040 room? 11:31.040 --> 11:32.040 That's right. 11:32.040 --> 11:33.040 Ray was there with his girlfriend, it's Eleanor. 11:33.040 --> 11:36.680 I didn't know she was a hype, that's the truth. 11:36.680 --> 11:38.200 Ray should have known better having her there. 11:38.200 --> 11:40.200 I don't like the kind of stuff going on in my place. 11:40.200 --> 11:42.040 Now we've checked you through the record bureau, Evans. 11:42.040 --> 11:45.480 There's been three or four similar cases at your places the last few years, hasn't it? 11:45.480 --> 11:46.480 Yeah, a couple, yeah. 11:46.480 --> 11:47.480 It's a real problem. 11:47.480 --> 11:49.520 I don't know how you keep them out. 11:49.520 --> 11:50.800 Whole neighborhood around here, you know. 11:50.800 --> 11:52.200 Pretty hard to stop it, I guess. 11:52.200 --> 11:55.080 We understand you were in the room there while the girl helped herself to her fix, is that 11:55.080 --> 11:56.080 right? 11:56.080 --> 11:57.080 No, I wasn't in the room when she took her fix. 11:57.080 --> 11:58.840 I got there a couple minutes after. 11:58.840 --> 12:00.080 I didn't even know what was going on. 12:00.080 --> 12:01.560 You could ask Ray Sherman, the girl too. 12:01.560 --> 12:02.560 I'll tell you I wasn't there. 12:02.560 --> 12:04.000 There's something else we wanted to ask you about. 12:04.000 --> 12:05.880 Sherman and the girl don't seem too sure of their stories. 12:05.880 --> 12:07.120 Can you straighten this out, then? 12:07.120 --> 12:08.120 What do you mean? 12:08.120 --> 12:10.120 Well, Sherman told us one thing, the girl told us something else. 12:10.120 --> 12:11.120 Can't seem to get together. 12:11.120 --> 12:12.120 Yeah, but I told him. 12:12.120 --> 12:13.120 You told him what, Evans? 12:13.120 --> 12:14.120 Well, nothing. 12:14.120 --> 12:17.400 That's all, that stupid Ray, he doesn't know half the time what he's doing. 12:17.400 --> 12:19.200 Well, that doesn't make him much of a witness then, does it? 12:19.200 --> 12:20.200 What do you mean? 12:20.200 --> 12:22.760 He was there when the cop slugged me, beat me up, he could see that much. 12:22.760 --> 12:23.760 Well, that's just it. 12:23.760 --> 12:24.760 We're not sure he did. 12:24.760 --> 12:25.760 Huh? 12:25.760 --> 12:27.120 The girl says Blanchard worked you over in the living room there. 12:27.120 --> 12:29.080 Sherman says Blanchard took you out in the kitchen and beat you up. 12:29.080 --> 12:30.080 Now, which is it? 12:30.080 --> 12:31.600 I think I'm beginning to get the pitch. 12:31.600 --> 12:32.600 How's that? 12:32.600 --> 12:34.080 You're out to cover up for that cop. 12:34.080 --> 12:35.080 Is that it? 12:35.080 --> 12:36.080 Take care of your own? 12:36.080 --> 12:38.280 We're assigned to investigate this thing, Evans, just like any other criminal case. 12:38.280 --> 12:40.800 Blanchard's not getting any more of a break than any other suspect would. 12:40.800 --> 12:44.720 Yeah, sure, we still haven't asked our question, where did it happen, living room or kitchen? 12:44.720 --> 12:46.600 The interview's all over, Sergeant, I got the pitch. 12:46.600 --> 12:47.880 You can take this back to your office. 12:47.880 --> 12:49.040 I'm going to get that cop convicted. 12:49.040 --> 12:50.920 If it's the last thing I do, you can count on that. 12:50.920 --> 12:51.920 What's the matter, Evans? 12:51.920 --> 12:53.400 All we did was ask you a simple question. 12:53.400 --> 12:55.200 Don't try to kid me, Sergeant, I got the angle. 12:55.200 --> 12:56.200 You try him for a cover-up. 12:56.200 --> 12:57.200 Okay, go ahead and try. 12:57.200 --> 12:59.240 Now, look, why don't you snap out of it, mister? 12:59.240 --> 13:00.520 Nobody's trying to cover up unless it's you. 13:00.520 --> 13:02.020 Sherman and the girl are your witnesses. 13:02.020 --> 13:03.440 Some of the points of their stories don't check out. 13:03.440 --> 13:04.440 We want to clear them up. 13:04.440 --> 13:05.440 Does that sound unreasonable? 13:05.440 --> 13:06.440 I told you, Sergeant, it's no use. 13:06.440 --> 13:11.440 I got your angle. 13:11.440 --> 13:12.440 Answer me one more thing, Evans. 13:12.440 --> 13:13.440 You're on your own, I'm telling you nothing. 13:13.440 --> 13:14.440 Who was the doctor that treated you after you were beaten up? 13:14.440 --> 13:15.440 Down at Georgia Street, the emergency, you ought to know that. 13:15.440 --> 13:16.440 No, I mean for your shoulder. 13:16.440 --> 13:17.440 We checked over your car down at Georgia Street. 13:17.440 --> 13:18.920 No mention of ever dislocated shoulder. 13:18.920 --> 13:19.920 No, of course not. 13:19.920 --> 13:21.600 I didn't even know I had one until I was bailed out. 13:21.600 --> 13:22.800 I had my own doctor fix it. 13:22.800 --> 13:23.800 You mind giving us his name? 13:23.800 --> 13:24.800 Why should I? 13:24.800 --> 13:27.320 I was willing to go along, cooperate, then you started playing the cage. 13:27.320 --> 13:28.600 You're trying to cover up for that cop. 13:28.600 --> 13:29.760 Now, you work it out on your own. 13:29.760 --> 13:31.400 All right, mister, any way you want it. 13:31.400 --> 13:32.560 You bet that's the way I want it. 13:32.560 --> 13:37.560 You had this whole thing framed from the beginning. 13:37.560 --> 13:38.560 Now you're off the track, Evans. 13:38.560 --> 13:39.560 You're not kidding me. 13:39.560 --> 13:40.560 You're trying to prove that cop's innocent, trying to make me out a liar. 13:40.560 --> 13:41.560 What am I supposed to do, help you prove I'm a liar? 13:41.560 --> 13:42.560 No, you've helped enough already. 13:42.560 --> 13:48.880 Ed and I double checked through Officer Blanchard's departmental record. 13:48.880 --> 13:52.240 It showed that Blanchard had been working his present beat for a little more than four 13:52.240 --> 13:53.240 months. 13:53.240 --> 13:56.880 Evans had told us that Blanchard allegedly had solicited payoffs from him at least six 13:56.880 --> 13:58.560 to eight months before. 13:58.560 --> 14:02.720 The following day, Ed and I made further inquiries in the neighborhood of Evans' rooming house 14:02.720 --> 14:04.520 and also among his friends and associates. 14:04.520 --> 14:08.760 For one thing, we found out that Evans had not spent the entire morning and early afternoon 14:08.760 --> 14:09.760 in the house. 14:09.760 --> 14:14.440 He'd been seen leaving his place by several neighbors at about 10 a.m. 14:14.440 --> 14:19.000 Through one of his contacts, we got the address of an ex-wife, since remarried, a Marie Evans 14:19.000 --> 14:20.000 Zarcone. 14:20.000 --> 14:23.840 We located her in a small apartment in the East Wilshire district, a small brunette woman 14:23.840 --> 14:24.840 about 35. 14:24.840 --> 14:26.560 Now, you tell us she used to be married to Evans. 14:26.560 --> 14:27.560 Yeah, that's right. 14:27.560 --> 14:29.600 What business was Evans in when you were married to him, ma'am? 14:29.600 --> 14:31.560 Well, he had that rooming house over on Courtney Avenue. 14:31.560 --> 14:32.760 Yes, ma'am, we know about that. 14:32.760 --> 14:33.760 Was there anything else? 14:33.760 --> 14:34.760 What's the matter, anyway? 14:34.760 --> 14:35.760 Just a routine investigation. 14:35.760 --> 14:38.520 We like to have as much background on him as you can remember. 14:38.520 --> 14:40.080 Are you on fairly good terms with Evans now? 14:40.080 --> 14:43.680 No, I haven't seen him since we split up about a year and a half ago, I think. 14:43.680 --> 14:44.680 That's why I couldn't stand him. 14:44.680 --> 14:45.680 What was the trouble, ma'am? 14:45.680 --> 14:46.680 You mind telling us? 14:46.680 --> 14:47.680 Just isn't much good, that's all. 14:47.680 --> 14:48.880 I find a lot of names to fit him. 14:48.880 --> 14:49.880 He was in everything. 14:49.880 --> 14:50.880 How do you mean? 14:50.880 --> 14:51.880 That's why I got away from him. 14:51.880 --> 14:54.640 Every cheap, lousy racket I can think of, he was in it. 14:54.640 --> 14:58.000 Peddling dope, blackmail, making books, some of the two-bit rackets. 14:58.000 --> 15:00.160 He's been in all of them, one after the other. 15:00.160 --> 15:01.160 I had to get away. 15:01.160 --> 15:03.760 Rooming house on Courtney Avenue, that's where he's been operating all this time? 15:03.760 --> 15:05.560 As long as I've known him, yeah. 15:05.560 --> 15:07.480 About three years, I'd say. 15:07.480 --> 15:10.280 Is narcotics just a sideline with him or does he go in for it pretty heavy? 15:10.280 --> 15:12.280 It was in it pretty heavy when I left him. 15:12.280 --> 15:13.280 I don't know what he's been doing since. 15:13.280 --> 15:14.280 I don't care. 15:14.280 --> 15:15.280 Just don't forget all about it. 15:15.280 --> 15:16.280 Yes, ma'am, I can understand. 15:16.280 --> 15:17.280 What's the matter now, anyway? 15:17.280 --> 15:18.280 Got a case against him? 15:18.280 --> 15:19.280 Well, not exactly. 15:19.280 --> 15:23.600 Evans is filed against police officer, assault and battery, soliciting a bribe. 15:23.600 --> 15:24.920 We're investigating the charges. 15:24.920 --> 15:26.760 Sounds like him. 15:26.760 --> 15:27.760 Some cop really rough him up? 15:27.760 --> 15:28.760 Well, we don't know, ma'am. 15:28.760 --> 15:29.760 That's what we're trying to find out. 15:29.760 --> 15:30.760 Oh. 15:30.760 --> 15:31.760 Well, I'd like to help you out. 15:31.760 --> 15:33.480 I don't think I can, though. 15:33.480 --> 15:34.960 Well, just one more question, ma'am. 15:34.960 --> 15:37.440 While you were married to Evans, did you have a family doctor? 15:37.440 --> 15:39.400 I mean, one that you called regularly when you were sick? 15:39.400 --> 15:40.400 Yeah, we did. 15:40.400 --> 15:41.400 Why? 15:41.400 --> 15:42.400 Well, what was his name? 15:42.400 --> 15:43.400 Can you remember? 15:43.400 --> 15:44.400 Yeah, Dr. Chase. 15:44.400 --> 15:47.400 Would you like his address? 15:47.400 --> 15:49.240 2.47 p.m. 15:49.240 --> 15:51.760 We got to Dr. Chase's office and luckily we found him in. 15:51.760 --> 15:55.600 Hey, look at this magazine, Joe. 15:55.600 --> 15:56.600 What? 15:56.600 --> 15:57.600 National Geographic. 15:57.600 --> 15:58.600 Looks like a real old one, wouldn't you say? 15:58.600 --> 15:59.600 Yeah, it sure does. 15:59.600 --> 16:00.600 The cover's torn off, eh? 16:00.600 --> 16:01.600 Yeah. 16:01.600 --> 16:02.600 What do you know about that? 16:02.600 --> 16:03.600 It's older than I thought. 16:03.600 --> 16:04.600 Look at this here. 16:04.600 --> 16:05.600 What do you got? 16:05.600 --> 16:06.600 These pictures there. 16:06.600 --> 16:07.600 Look. 16:07.600 --> 16:08.600 Four pages of them. 16:08.600 --> 16:09.600 Pretty grand affair, huh? 16:09.600 --> 16:10.600 Yeah. 16:10.600 --> 16:11.600 Teddy Roosevelt breaks ground for Panama Canal. 16:11.600 --> 16:12.600 How about that? 16:12.600 --> 16:13.600 Yeah. 16:13.600 --> 16:14.600 Sorry to keep you waiting, Joe. 16:14.600 --> 16:15.600 That's perfectly all right, doctor. 16:15.600 --> 16:23.720 Let's see now, you want to know about... 16:23.720 --> 16:25.200 Mr. Evans, Dr. George Evans? 16:25.200 --> 16:26.200 Oh, yes, Evans. 16:26.200 --> 16:27.200 What was it exactly, Sergeant? 16:27.200 --> 16:28.200 What did you have in mind? 16:28.200 --> 16:32.200 Well, the first thing we'd like to know is if you've treated Evans recently, the last 16:32.200 --> 16:33.200 week or so. 16:33.200 --> 16:34.840 Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. 16:34.840 --> 16:35.840 He was in here, uh... 16:35.840 --> 16:36.840 Well, let me see now. 16:36.840 --> 16:37.840 Let's see here. 16:37.840 --> 16:38.840 Yes, I thought so. 16:38.840 --> 16:39.840 He was in here three days ago. 16:39.840 --> 16:40.840 I had some bad cuts and bruises. 16:40.840 --> 16:45.840 Mm-hmm. 16:45.840 --> 16:48.200 He'd already been treated, though. 16:48.200 --> 16:49.200 There wasn't much I could do. 16:49.200 --> 16:51.200 Oh, was there anything else wrong with him, doctor? 16:51.200 --> 16:52.200 No, not actually. 16:52.200 --> 16:53.200 I examined his shoulder. 16:53.200 --> 16:54.200 He insisted it hurt him. 16:54.200 --> 16:55.200 He wanted me to put it in the cast. 16:55.200 --> 16:56.200 Mm-hmm. 16:56.200 --> 16:57.200 You put the cast on, did you? 16:57.200 --> 16:58.200 Well, there really wasn't any need for it, but I put it on anyway. 16:58.200 --> 16:59.200 A little bit of psychiatry, thought it'd make him feel better. 16:59.200 --> 17:00.200 Well, how do you mean, doctor? 17:00.200 --> 17:01.200 What do they need for it? 17:01.200 --> 17:02.200 Just one of those peculiar things. 17:02.200 --> 17:03.200 I've been treating Evans for some time, you know. 17:03.200 --> 17:04.200 Yeah, sir, that's what we understand. 17:04.200 --> 17:05.200 Well, I'm sorry. 17:05.200 --> 17:06.200 I'm sorry. 17:06.200 --> 17:07.200 I'm sorry. 17:07.200 --> 17:08.200 I'm sorry. 17:08.200 --> 17:09.200 I'm sorry. 17:09.200 --> 17:10.200 I'm sorry. 17:10.200 --> 17:11.200 I'm sorry. 17:11.200 --> 17:12.200 I'm sorry. 17:12.200 --> 17:13.200 Yes, sir, that's what we understand. 17:13.200 --> 17:14.200 It's fairly unusual. 17:14.200 --> 17:15.200 Hardly a rare case, though. 17:15.200 --> 17:16.920 Suppose you might call it a trick shoulder. 17:16.920 --> 17:20.280 It looks as though it might be dislocated, but it actually isn't. 17:20.280 --> 17:21.280 I think it's voluntary. 17:21.280 --> 17:23.320 You mean he could do this thing himself? 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20:12.080 --> 20:14.080 I sure would be glad to get home. 20:14.080 --> 20:15.080 Yeah. 20:15.080 --> 20:16.080 Not a bad day, though. 20:16.080 --> 20:17.080 We had fair luck, didn't we? 20:17.080 --> 20:18.080 I suppose so. 20:18.080 --> 20:19.080 It could always be better. 20:19.080 --> 20:20.080 Sure like to get the straight story one way or the other. 20:20.080 --> 20:23.080 I want to check the book, Ed, see if we got anything. 20:23.080 --> 20:25.080 Yeah, okay. 20:25.080 --> 20:27.480 No, not much, Joe. 20:27.480 --> 20:29.480 Call from a Tom Donnelly, you know him? 20:29.480 --> 20:30.480 Donnelly? 20:30.480 --> 20:31.480 No, that doesn't sound too familiar to me. 20:31.480 --> 20:32.480 I got it. 20:32.480 --> 20:33.480 Personnel of Jacob's. 20:33.480 --> 20:34.480 How's that? 20:34.480 --> 20:36.480 I'm afraid he's gone for the night. 20:36.480 --> 20:37.480 Yeah, huh? 20:37.480 --> 20:38.480 No, I'm sorry. 20:38.480 --> 20:39.480 I wouldn't know. 20:39.480 --> 20:40.480 All right, thank you. 20:40.480 --> 20:43.480 There's another message here for us, Joe, in the book. 20:43.480 --> 20:44.480 Yeah? 20:44.480 --> 20:45.480 From Blanchard's wife again. 20:45.480 --> 20:48.680 I'm getting to feel pretty silly about her telling her the same thing now, after night. 20:48.680 --> 20:49.680 Why don't you call her tonight? 20:49.680 --> 20:50.680 Well, you've been doing all right. 20:50.680 --> 20:51.680 Why give up now? 20:51.680 --> 20:55.680 Personnel Friday. 20:55.680 --> 20:56.680 Yeah. 20:56.680 --> 20:59.680 What was that? 20:59.680 --> 21:01.680 Your name? 21:01.680 --> 21:03.680 Yeah, okay. 21:03.680 --> 21:05.680 10 o'clock tonight? 21:05.680 --> 21:07.680 All right, that's fine. 21:07.680 --> 21:08.680 And so? 21:08.680 --> 21:09.680 Sure. 21:09.680 --> 21:10.680 Yeah, we'll meet you. 21:10.680 --> 21:11.680 Okay. 21:11.680 --> 21:12.680 10 o'clock. 21:12.680 --> 21:13.680 Yeah, fine. 21:13.680 --> 21:14.680 Bye. 21:14.680 --> 21:15.680 Sounds pretty good. 21:15.680 --> 21:16.680 Who was it? 21:16.680 --> 21:17.680 A guy by the name of Martin Kimbrough. 21:17.680 --> 21:18.680 Says he knows George Evans. 21:18.680 --> 21:19.680 He wants to talk to us tonight. 21:19.680 --> 21:20.680 What's the pitch? 21:20.680 --> 21:21.680 What'd he say? 21:21.680 --> 21:23.680 About Evans being worked over, he claims he knows all about it. 21:23.680 --> 21:24.680 Yeah? 21:24.680 --> 21:27.680 He says Blanchard couldn't possibly have done it. 21:27.680 --> 21:30.680 7.05 p.m. 21:30.680 --> 21:33.680 We went over to Frank Tang's place, had some dinner, and then we drove out to interview 21:33.680 --> 21:36.680 the man who'd identified himself on the phone as Martin Kimbrough. 21:36.680 --> 21:41.680 We located him at the designated meeting place, a small bar just off Beverly Boulevard and 21:41.680 --> 21:42.680 Normandy Avenue. 21:42.680 --> 21:45.680 Kimbrough was a small man, slight build, middle-aged. 21:45.680 --> 21:48.680 He seemed less sure of himself than he did on the phone. 21:48.680 --> 21:52.680 He said that he knew George Evans fairly well, and that up until six months before, he'd 21:52.680 --> 21:53.680 been on good terms with him. 21:53.680 --> 21:57.680 He didn't go into details, but he gave us the general idea that Evans had cheated him 21:57.680 --> 22:00.680 on some business deal the two of them had been engaged in. 22:00.680 --> 22:03.680 We asked Kimbrough about the beating Evans had taken. 22:03.680 --> 22:07.680 He said it was common knowledge among the people he traveled with that gamblers Carl 22:07.680 --> 22:10.680 Sweetser and Stanley Parrish were responsible for beating up Evans. 22:10.680 --> 22:14.680 He'd welched on a gambling debt, and the two of them had been after him for months to pay 22:14.680 --> 22:15.680 off. 22:15.680 --> 22:19.680 He also said he knew a close friend of the two gamblers who told him that in private 22:19.680 --> 22:22.680 Carl Sweetser openly boasted of beating up Evans. 22:22.680 --> 22:26.680 According to Kimbrough, the beating had taken place about 1 p.m. the Monday before. 22:26.680 --> 22:30.680 The same day Officer Blanchard allegedly had given him the beating. 22:30.680 --> 22:34.680 We located Sweetser in the coffee shop of a small hotel on South Rampart Street. 22:34.680 --> 22:37.680 I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, Sergeant. 22:37.680 --> 22:38.680 I don't know any George Evans. 22:38.680 --> 22:39.680 I've never heard of him. 22:39.680 --> 22:40.680 We understand you do. 22:40.680 --> 22:41.680 Sweetser heard you used to play cards with him. 22:41.680 --> 22:42.680 Got it from a couple of people. 22:42.680 --> 22:43.680 That's all. 22:43.680 --> 22:44.680 I guess they made a mistake. 22:44.680 --> 22:45.680 I don't remember the name at all. 22:45.680 --> 22:47.680 Maybe he's going under a different one, huh? 22:47.680 --> 22:48.680 Well, how about his description? 22:48.680 --> 22:49.680 You ought to remember that. 22:49.680 --> 22:51.680 Well, maybe I meet quite a few people. 22:51.680 --> 22:52.680 It's kind of hard to place all of them, you know. 22:52.680 --> 22:53.680 What does he look like? 22:53.680 --> 22:56.680 Well, he's tall, dark complexion, dark hair, scar under his chin. 22:56.680 --> 22:57.680 He dresses pretty well. 22:57.680 --> 22:58.680 He usually wears a suit. 22:58.680 --> 22:59.680 No, that doesn't mean a thing to me. 22:59.680 --> 23:02.680 Runs a rooming house over on Courtland Avenue, spinning quite a few rackets on and off. 23:02.680 --> 23:04.680 Sure, I'm afraid I wouldn't know him. 23:04.680 --> 23:06.680 Now, look, we haven't got any beef with you, Sweetser. 23:06.680 --> 23:07.680 That's not the point. 23:07.680 --> 23:08.680 Evans is trying to get away with a fast one. 23:08.680 --> 23:09.680 We're out to stop him. 23:09.680 --> 23:10.680 We could use your help. 23:10.680 --> 23:14.680 I don't see how I can help you. What's the beef, anyway? 23:14.680 --> 23:15.680 We think you know. 23:15.680 --> 23:16.680 It's been all over the newspapers the last couple of days. 23:16.680 --> 23:17.680 Oh, yeah. 23:17.680 --> 23:18.680 A young cop. 23:18.680 --> 23:19.680 What's Evans got against him, anyway? 23:19.680 --> 23:20.680 He's trying to save a face. 23:20.680 --> 23:21.680 We figure that's what we hear, anyway. 23:21.680 --> 23:22.680 Well, what do you mean? 23:22.680 --> 23:23.680 Well, I think you know how Evans likes to play the big shot. 23:23.680 --> 23:26.680 It wouldn't do his stock much good around town if the real story got out. 23:26.680 --> 23:27.680 I don't follow. 23:27.680 --> 23:28.680 What story are you talking about? 23:28.680 --> 23:30.680 About his welching on a gambling tab, getting roughed up. 23:30.680 --> 23:32.680 If he says a cop did it, it makes him look a lot better, doesn't it? 23:32.680 --> 23:34.680 He comes out of it pretty clean that way, doesn't he? 23:34.680 --> 23:35.680 Yeah, pass us on, huh? 23:35.680 --> 23:36.680 Yeah, sure. 23:36.680 --> 23:40.680 I'll get you some coffee. I hate to eat alone. 23:40.680 --> 23:41.680 Okay, as soon as the waitress comes around. 23:41.680 --> 23:42.680 Yeah. 23:42.680 --> 23:43.680 Oh, what else you hear about this Evans? 23:43.680 --> 23:44.680 Pretty bad boy, that, right? 23:44.680 --> 23:45.680 Bad enough. 23:45.680 --> 23:46.680 He's got a fast mouth, telling quite a few stories around the neighborhood. 23:46.680 --> 23:47.680 That's so. 23:47.680 --> 23:48.680 I might remember him. 23:48.680 --> 23:50.680 It's all the dark guy who runs the room, you know? 23:50.680 --> 23:51.680 Yeah, that's right. 23:51.680 --> 23:52.680 You should remember him. 23:52.680 --> 23:54.680 He's mentioned you in a couple of the stories he's passing around. 23:54.680 --> 23:55.680 Yeah, where'd you get that? 23:55.680 --> 23:56.680 Talking to a fellow last night. 23:56.680 --> 24:00.680 He says Evans claims that that card game he was in with you was rigged. 24:00.680 --> 24:01.680 That's why he didn't pay you off. 24:01.680 --> 24:03.680 He claims you and Stan Parish framed the whole thing. 24:03.680 --> 24:04.680 Uh-huh. 24:04.680 --> 24:05.680 So, uh... 24:05.680 --> 24:06.680 Phony bums are all alike. 24:06.680 --> 24:09.680 Lose a couple of dollars and squeal like a pig. 24:09.680 --> 24:10.680 What's Evans doing now? 24:10.680 --> 24:12.680 He's up for a narcotics rap. He's out on bail. 24:12.680 --> 24:13.680 Yeah, cheap punk. 24:13.680 --> 24:14.680 What's your stake in this thing? 24:14.680 --> 24:16.680 We're trying to clear the thing up. 24:16.680 --> 24:19.680 Apparently Evans figures he's gonna frame the young cop, save face, 24:19.680 --> 24:20.680 talk himself out of a bad situation. 24:20.680 --> 24:21.680 Or what do you want from me? 24:21.680 --> 24:22.680 The truth. 24:22.680 --> 24:25.680 I'm not gonna talk myself into jail, young cop or not. 24:25.680 --> 24:26.680 We're not asking you to. 24:26.680 --> 24:28.680 You wanna clear the case, huh? 24:28.680 --> 24:30.680 All you need is proof the cop didn't give Evans a working over. 24:30.680 --> 24:31.680 That's right. 24:31.680 --> 24:36.680 Okay, you got a deal. 24:36.680 --> 24:39.680 Without actually incriminating himself in any way, 24:39.680 --> 24:41.680 Carl Sweetser gave us information and leads 24:41.680 --> 24:43.680 which, after they were checked out, showed definitely 24:43.680 --> 24:45.680 that George Evans was slugged and beaten in a neighborhood 24:45.680 --> 24:47.680 at least a mile from his rooming house. 24:47.680 --> 24:50.680 We talked to half a dozen people who saw Evans in that neighborhood 24:50.680 --> 24:53.680 shortly after 1 p.m., the day of the incident. 24:53.680 --> 24:55.680 We talked to the clerk at the drug store 24:55.680 --> 24:57.680 where Evans went to buy iodine and bandages. 24:57.680 --> 25:00.680 They all told us that he bore the markings of a severe beating 25:00.680 --> 25:02.680 as early as 1 o'clock that afternoon. 25:02.680 --> 25:05.680 Evans had told us repeatedly that he'd received the beating 25:05.680 --> 25:07.680 at the hands of Officer Blanchard no earlier 25:07.680 --> 25:10.680 than 3 or 3.15 that afternoon. 25:10.680 --> 25:12.680 Ed and I drove over to the main jail 25:12.680 --> 25:14.680 where we interviewed Evans' two witnesses again. 25:14.680 --> 25:17.680 The girl, Eleanor Rowland, was the first to break. 25:17.680 --> 25:20.680 She admitted that Evans had promised both her and her friend, 25:20.680 --> 25:23.680 Ray Sherman, $50 apiece if they would go along with him 25:23.680 --> 25:26.680 in his plan to frame Officer Blanchard for assault and battery 25:26.680 --> 25:28.680 and soliciting a bribe. 25:28.680 --> 25:31.680 After an hour of questioning, Sherman admitted the same thing. 25:31.680 --> 25:33.680 We had a stenographer take their statements. 25:33.680 --> 25:35.680 4.50 p.m., Ed and I got in the car 25:35.680 --> 25:38.680 and drove out to the rooming house on Courtland Avenue. 25:41.680 --> 25:43.680 Yeah? Oh, how are you, sir? 25:43.680 --> 25:45.680 You want to get your coat, Evans? I'd like to see you downtown. 25:45.680 --> 25:46.680 What for? What's it about? 25:46.680 --> 25:48.680 Finding a false report. You know the story. 25:48.680 --> 25:50.680 What are you talking about? What do you mean, a false report? 25:50.680 --> 25:52.680 You've been checked out all over town, Evans. 25:52.680 --> 25:54.680 Your doctor, your ex-wife, your gambling friends, we've talked to them all. 25:54.680 --> 25:56.680 So what? What's that prove anyway? 25:56.680 --> 25:59.680 I'm lying, mister. That young Officer Blanchard, he didn't beat you up. 25:59.680 --> 26:02.680 There's nothing wrong with your shoulder either. Dr. Chase will vouch for that. 26:02.680 --> 26:04.680 Look, I don't care what he says. I don't care what any of them say. 26:04.680 --> 26:06.680 I got my case against that cop. I'm sticking with it. 26:06.680 --> 26:07.680 You're not going to talk to me after this. 26:07.680 --> 26:09.680 Why don't you give it up, Evans? We had a talk with Carl Sweetser. 26:09.680 --> 26:10.680 What'd he tell you? 26:10.680 --> 26:12.680 Enough to convince us you're trying to frame Blanchard. 26:12.680 --> 26:14.680 We've got statements from people who saw you 26:14.680 --> 26:16.680 before you got back home Monday afternoon. 26:16.680 --> 26:18.680 They say you were must-up then. That was at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. 26:18.680 --> 26:21.680 You've been telling us Blanchard wasn't at your place till 3 o'clock. 26:21.680 --> 26:22.680 Now, how do you explain that? 26:22.680 --> 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. 26:26.680 --> 26:28.680 It's going to make a lot of difference. How about getting your coat? 26:28.680 --> 26:29.680 I'm going to call my lawyer first. 26:29.680 --> 26:32.680 That isn't going to do much good. We've got statements from your two witnesses, 26:32.680 --> 26:35.680 Ray Sherman and the girl. They've admitted the whole thing. Now, you haven't got much of a case left. 26:35.680 --> 26:38.680 I don't care what they say. They're lying. Both of them. They're lying. 26:38.680 --> 26:39.680 You ought to know, mister. 26:39.680 --> 26:40.680 What? 26:40.680 --> 26:41.680 You taught them how. 26:48.680 --> 26:50.680 The story you have just heard was true. 26:50.680 --> 26:52.680 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:52.680 --> 26:56.680 On September 2nd, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 89, 26:56.680 --> 26:59.680 Siddean County of Los Angeles, State of California. 26:59.680 --> 27:01.680 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:01.680 --> 27:03.680 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:03.680 --> 27:04.680 Thank you, George Fairman. 27:04.680 --> 27:08.680 Friends, I sincerely want you to smoke Fatima and prove Fatima quality. 27:08.680 --> 27:11.680 You know, we have a lot of confidence in our king size cigarette. 27:11.680 --> 27:14.680 Enough confidence to make you this money back guarantee. 27:14.680 --> 27:18.680 Buy a pack of Fatimas. 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Best of all, king size cigarettes. 27:35.680 --> 27:49.680 A complaint was received on George Evans from the city attorney's office for violation of Section 5243, 27:49.680 --> 27:53.680 Municipal Code, filing a false report to the police department of misdemeanor. 27:53.680 --> 27:56.680 He received a sentence of 30 days in the county jail. 27:56.680 --> 28:03.680 Ray Sherman was tried and found guilty of Section 11,500, Health and Safety Code, possession of narcotics. 28:03.680 --> 28:07.680 He was sentenced to one year in the county jail and three years probation. 28:07.680 --> 28:14.680 Eleanor Rowland was filed on as a bag addict, Section 11,721, Health and Safety Code. 28:14.680 --> 28:17.680 She was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail. 28:17.680 --> 28:23.680 Officer Harry Blanchard was cleared of the charges pending against him and was reinstated with back pay. 28:23.680 --> 28:37.680 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:37.680 --> 28:42.680 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:42.680 --> 28:47.680 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Winn, and Sergeant Vance Brasher. 28:47.680 --> 28:50.680 Heard tonight were Barney Phillips and Whit Connor. 28:50.680 --> 28:57.680 Script by Jim Moser, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gibney speaking. 28:57.680 --> 29:03.680 Fatima cigarettes, best of all, king-size cigarettes, is brought to you by Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 29:03.680 --> 29:20.680 Now it's Counterspy on NBC.