WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.800 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:10.800 --> 00:13.320 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:13.320 --> 00:15.040 Fatima cigarettes. 00:15.040 --> 00:29.280 Best of all, king-sized cigarettes brings you dragnet on both radio and television. 00:29.280 --> 00:30.880 You're a detective sergeant. 00:30.880 --> 00:33.200 You're assigned a homicide detail. 00:33.200 --> 00:36.520 You receive a complaint about the owner of an apartment building. 00:36.520 --> 00:40.560 He signs leases for the apartments, and he threatens to kill the tenants if they move 00:40.560 --> 00:41.560 in. 00:41.560 --> 00:47.720 Your job, investigate. 00:47.720 --> 00:49.920 Comparison proves Fatima quality. 00:49.920 --> 00:53.320 Yes, comparison proves Fatima quality. 00:53.320 --> 00:56.560 Compare Fatima with any other king-sized cigarette. 00:56.560 --> 01:01.280 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 01:01.280 --> 01:04.920 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 01:04.920 --> 01:10.760 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21% longer than standard cigarette 01:10.760 --> 01:11.760 size. 01:11.760 --> 01:18.080 And you got an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 01:18.080 --> 01:22.560 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you are 01:22.560 --> 01:23.560 now smoking. 01:23.560 --> 01:27.240 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 01:27.240 --> 01:30.400 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 01:30.400 --> 01:35.000 Best of all, king-sized cigarettes. 01:35.000 --> 01:42.040 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:42.040 --> 01:46.920 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:46.920 --> 01:51.560 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:51.560 --> 01:52.560 police files. 01:52.560 --> 01:58.480 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:58.480 --> 02:01.040 in action. 02:01.040 --> 02:04.960 It was Wednesday, May 9th. 02:04.960 --> 02:06.200 It was hot in Los Angeles. 02:06.200 --> 02:08.720 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 02:08.720 --> 02:09.920 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 02:09.920 --> 02:11.240 The boss is Captain Warman. 02:11.240 --> 02:12.240 My name's Friday. 02:12.240 --> 02:17.240 It was 6 47 p.m. when I got back to the Capitol Avenue Auto Court. 02:17.240 --> 02:18.240 Cotty's number 11. 02:18.240 --> 02:19.880 No, no reason in the world for it. 02:19.880 --> 02:21.120 I tried to reason with him. 02:21.120 --> 02:22.120 He wouldn't even listen. 02:22.120 --> 02:23.120 He's the craziest thing I ever saw. 02:23.120 --> 02:24.120 Yes, ma'am. 02:24.120 --> 02:25.120 Well, George, you find the phone all right? 02:25.120 --> 02:26.120 Yeah, I checked the office. 02:26.120 --> 02:28.240 Lopey says they picked up Daniels a few minutes ago. 02:28.240 --> 02:29.240 They're bringing him downtown now. 02:29.240 --> 02:30.240 Oh, they got him, did they? 02:30.240 --> 02:31.240 They're gonna put him in jail? 02:31.240 --> 02:32.240 Well, that depends, ma'am. 02:32.240 --> 02:33.680 It's gonna take a little more investigating first. 02:33.680 --> 02:35.160 I don't see what else you need. 02:35.160 --> 02:36.960 He threatened us with a gun, me and Doris Ashby. 02:36.960 --> 02:38.720 If that isn't a crime, I don't know what is. 02:38.720 --> 02:41.320 A few more questions we'd like to ask you, ma'am, if you don't mind. 02:41.320 --> 02:42.600 A couple of things we'd like to clear up. 02:42.600 --> 02:44.160 I told you just how it happened. 02:44.160 --> 02:45.440 Doris will tell you the same thing. 02:45.440 --> 02:46.640 He's just a crazy old man. 02:46.640 --> 02:53.640 If you ask me, I'd be put away. 02:53.640 --> 03:00.640 Do you ever have any trouble with Mr. Daniels before this afternoon, Miss Cameron? 03:00.640 --> 03:01.640 Excuse me, the baby. 03:01.640 --> 03:02.640 Yes, ma'am. 03:02.640 --> 03:03.640 What is it now, honey? 03:03.640 --> 03:04.640 Can't you sleep? 03:04.640 --> 03:05.640 You try now. 03:05.640 --> 03:06.640 Won't your daddy be home pretty soon? 03:06.640 --> 03:07.640 That's a good boy. 03:07.640 --> 03:08.640 You try and sleep now. 03:08.640 --> 03:09.640 Miss Cameron? 03:09.640 --> 03:10.640 Yes. 03:10.640 --> 03:11.640 Oh, you be quiet now. 03:11.640 --> 03:12.640 I don't want any trouble from you. 03:12.640 --> 03:13.640 You heard me. 03:13.640 --> 03:14.640 Be quiet now. 03:14.640 --> 03:15.640 You got your hands full, ma'am. 03:15.640 --> 03:16.640 You've been in town a week or so, is that right? 03:16.640 --> 03:18.640 It's closer to two weeks. 03:18.640 --> 03:22.200 Seems more like two months trying to get along in a place like this, a room and a bath, no 03:22.200 --> 03:23.880 place to cook, rinse out diapers. 03:23.880 --> 03:24.880 It's terrible. 03:24.880 --> 03:28.640 I told my husband he should come down here alone, find us a place to live first, then 03:28.640 --> 03:29.640 we could move. 03:29.640 --> 03:31.760 No, he had to have it his way. 03:31.760 --> 03:33.960 You say your husband made the first contact with Daniels. 03:33.960 --> 03:36.120 He gave him a deposit on this apartment, is that right? 03:36.120 --> 03:37.120 Yeah, that's right. 03:37.120 --> 03:39.960 The same day he started work at the aircraft plant in the valley. 03:39.960 --> 03:41.960 We've been living in Paso Robles since we got married. 03:41.960 --> 03:45.560 A month ago, Pete, that's my husband, he got a lead on this aircraft. 03:45.560 --> 03:47.320 He's got a job down here. 03:47.320 --> 03:49.200 Him and Ralph came down and signed up for it. 03:49.200 --> 03:50.200 Ralph, who's that, ma'am? 03:50.200 --> 03:51.200 Ralph Ashby. 03:51.200 --> 03:52.200 He's Doris' husband. 03:52.200 --> 03:53.200 Doris Ashby. 03:53.200 --> 03:54.320 She's my best girlfriend. 03:54.320 --> 03:55.560 We were neighbors up in Paso Robles. 03:55.560 --> 03:56.560 Oh, I see. 03:56.560 --> 03:58.640 They're not doing much better than we are right now. 03:58.640 --> 04:00.480 They're staying in another coat up the street. 04:00.480 --> 04:02.080 Same thing, room and a bath. 04:02.080 --> 04:05.280 Doris is expecting too, poor kid. 04:05.280 --> 04:06.280 Did you hear me? 04:06.280 --> 04:07.280 You be quiet now. 04:07.280 --> 04:09.040 You want to wake up the baby? 04:09.040 --> 04:12.560 About the arrangements your husband made with Daniels to lease this apartment, Miss Cameron, 04:12.560 --> 04:13.560 when was all this? 04:13.560 --> 04:16.240 A week ago Monday, the day after I moved down here. 04:16.240 --> 04:19.800 My husband and Ralph Ashby saw the Randle ad in the paper and they went over and talked 04:19.800 --> 04:20.800 to Daniels. 04:20.800 --> 04:21.800 He said, all right. 04:21.800 --> 04:24.040 He had an apartment for the Ashby's and one for us. 04:24.040 --> 04:25.040 Nice places too. 04:25.040 --> 04:26.040 I see. 04:26.040 --> 04:29.400 Ralph and my husband signed the leases, gave him the first and last month's rent in advance. 04:29.400 --> 04:30.400 It was all decided. 04:30.400 --> 04:31.400 Well, how is it? 04:31.400 --> 04:32.400 You couldn't move in right away, Miss Cameron. 04:32.400 --> 04:35.240 Well, he said he was having the apartment house redecorated. 04:35.240 --> 04:36.240 Daniels did, I mean. 04:36.240 --> 04:40.000 He told Ralph and my husband the apartments would probably be ready for us on the 8th. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 That was yesterday. 04:41.000 --> 04:42.840 He said the 9th for sure and that's today. 04:42.840 --> 04:46.040 And you tried to move in this afternoon and Daniels refused to let you in. 04:46.040 --> 04:47.040 Is that it? 04:47.040 --> 04:49.920 I had the movers get all our things out of storage and move them out to the apartment. 04:49.920 --> 04:51.320 So did my girlfriend Doris. 04:51.320 --> 04:54.800 The movers were just starting to get our furniture out of the van and move it into the apartment 04:54.800 --> 04:56.280 when Mr. Daniels showed up. 04:56.280 --> 04:57.920 He acted like a crazy man. 04:57.920 --> 04:59.800 Did he give you any reasons why he couldn't move in? 04:59.800 --> 05:01.400 He tried to give us a lot of reasons. 05:01.400 --> 05:02.400 None of them made any sense. 05:02.400 --> 05:03.400 You could ask Doris. 05:03.400 --> 05:04.400 She'll tell you. 05:04.400 --> 05:05.400 She was there with me. 05:05.400 --> 05:06.400 Well, what did Daniels say? 05:06.400 --> 05:07.400 Not just for instance. 05:07.400 --> 05:08.400 He said a lot of things. 05:08.400 --> 05:10.200 First, he told us there was no water in the apartments. 05:10.200 --> 05:11.600 It hadn't been turned on yet. 05:11.600 --> 05:13.400 He said the gas wasn't turned on either. 05:13.400 --> 05:14.960 Well, I knew that was a lie. 05:14.960 --> 05:16.840 I was in the apartment late in the morning. 05:16.840 --> 05:17.840 Everything was fine. 05:17.840 --> 05:18.840 The gas was working. 05:18.840 --> 05:19.840 So was the water. 05:19.840 --> 05:20.840 I see. 05:20.840 --> 05:22.440 When I caught him in that lie, he got madder than ever. 05:22.440 --> 05:23.440 Made some more excuses. 05:23.440 --> 05:27.240 Then he started yelling and swearing at me right there on the sidewalk. 05:27.240 --> 05:29.920 Said the apartment just wasn't ready yet. 05:29.920 --> 05:31.600 I told him to go climb a tree. 05:31.600 --> 05:32.600 We signed the lease. 05:32.600 --> 05:33.600 We paid the rent. 05:33.600 --> 05:34.600 We were moving in anyway. 05:34.600 --> 05:35.760 Told the movers to go ahead. 05:35.760 --> 05:36.760 Take in the furniture. 05:36.760 --> 05:38.280 Well, what did Daniels say then? 05:38.280 --> 05:39.280 Nothing. 05:39.280 --> 05:41.560 He just got real purple in the face and he put his hand in his coat pocket. 05:41.560 --> 05:42.560 And he took out a gun. 05:42.560 --> 05:43.560 Pointed it at me and Doris. 05:43.560 --> 05:45.040 And I had the baby in my arms. 05:45.040 --> 05:46.040 Imagine that. 05:46.040 --> 05:49.560 He actually told you he'd shoot you if you tried to move in the apartment, is that right? 05:49.560 --> 05:51.560 In so many words, yes, he did. 05:51.560 --> 05:53.520 And threatened the moving men too. 05:53.520 --> 05:54.520 They tried to talk to him. 05:54.520 --> 05:55.520 He wouldn't listen. 05:55.520 --> 05:56.800 We all tried to talk to him. 05:56.800 --> 05:59.160 We didn't make any sense at all. 05:59.160 --> 06:01.600 I wasn't going to take any chances with the baby in my arms. 06:01.600 --> 06:03.720 Doris and I got in the car and drove away. 06:03.720 --> 06:04.720 So did the movers. 06:04.720 --> 06:05.720 They left with us. 06:05.720 --> 06:06.720 Can't say I blame them either. 06:06.720 --> 06:07.720 Yes, ma'am. 06:07.720 --> 06:08.720 That Daniels must be out of his mind. 06:08.720 --> 06:09.720 It's the only thing I can figure. 06:09.720 --> 06:10.720 Real nut. 06:10.720 --> 06:14.720 Well, did either you or your husband have any arguments with him at all before this afternoon? 06:14.720 --> 06:16.120 No, everything was fine. 06:16.120 --> 06:18.400 This afternoon was the second time I ever spoke to the man. 06:18.400 --> 06:21.160 And he had no objections to your having children or pets in the apartment? 06:21.160 --> 06:22.160 None at all. 06:22.160 --> 06:25.400 That's one of the first things my husband told Daniels when he went to look at the apartment. 06:25.400 --> 06:27.400 We had a baby in a canary. 06:27.400 --> 06:28.400 Daniels said it was all right with him. 06:28.400 --> 06:29.400 He didn't object at all. 06:29.400 --> 06:32.560 I understand there's six apartments in the building, Miss Cameron, that right? 06:32.560 --> 06:33.560 Yes, that's right. 06:33.560 --> 06:35.600 They're all vacant as far as I know. 06:35.600 --> 06:36.960 Daniels just bought the building a month ago. 06:36.960 --> 06:38.960 That's what he told my husband anyway. 06:38.960 --> 06:41.360 He had the place redecorated and the work was all done. 06:41.360 --> 06:42.920 The apartments are just sitting there. 06:42.920 --> 06:44.200 That's why I can't understand it. 06:44.200 --> 06:45.640 Why won't he let us move in? 06:45.640 --> 06:46.640 Yes, ma'am. 06:46.640 --> 06:48.160 We paid our money, signed the lease. 06:48.160 --> 06:52.120 If he gave us any kind of a good reason why we shouldn't move in, I could understand it. 06:52.120 --> 06:55.840 But to keep us out for no reason at all, to stand out there on the sidewalk and threaten 06:55.840 --> 06:58.440 to shoot us if we move in, me with a baby in my arms. 06:58.440 --> 06:59.440 I don't know. 06:59.440 --> 07:00.440 He must be crazy. 07:00.440 --> 07:02.940 You say you were in the apartment this morning, Miss Cameron. 07:02.940 --> 07:04.400 Did you notice anything unusual about the place? 07:04.400 --> 07:05.400 Anything out of the ordinary? 07:05.400 --> 07:06.400 No, nothing. 07:06.400 --> 07:09.760 And you say Daniels couldn't give any reason at all why you shouldn't move in. 07:09.760 --> 07:10.760 Just one. 07:10.760 --> 07:11.760 It convinced me. 07:11.760 --> 07:12.760 Yeah. 07:12.760 --> 07:13.760 That gun. 07:13.760 --> 07:20.640 Before we left Mrs. Cameron, we took her crime report and had her sign it. 07:20.640 --> 07:24.440 And then we drove back downtown to the squad room where Gene Bechtel and Lloyd Bond were 07:24.440 --> 07:26.880 waiting with the suspect, Edward Daniels. 07:26.880 --> 07:28.160 They'd already checked him through R&I. 07:28.160 --> 07:30.960 He had no previous criminal record. 07:30.960 --> 07:35.200 They gave us a.22 caliber H&R revolver along with six shells which had been found on the 07:35.200 --> 07:37.440 suspect at the time of his arrest. 07:37.440 --> 07:38.840 The gun had been loaded. 07:38.840 --> 07:42.220 Pawn shop records showed that the weapon had been purchased by the suspect and had been 07:42.220 --> 07:44.200 registered in his name. 07:44.200 --> 07:47.880 We had stenographer Eleanor Eastlack type up the crime report and Ed and I took Daniels 07:47.880 --> 07:50.760 down the hall to the interrogation room. 07:50.760 --> 07:54.000 He was a small thin man, blue eyes, gray hair. 07:54.000 --> 07:55.880 I don't know what all the fuss is about. 07:55.880 --> 07:56.880 I own the building. 07:56.880 --> 07:58.440 I can keep people out if I want to. 07:58.440 --> 08:00.160 We saw the leash you signed with the Camerons. 08:00.160 --> 08:01.720 The other couple too, they paid their rent. 08:01.720 --> 08:02.720 Why the sudden change of heart? 08:02.720 --> 08:04.560 I don't think that's any of your business. 08:04.560 --> 08:06.120 It's a matter between me and the tenant. 08:06.120 --> 08:08.040 It's our business when you threaten them with a gun, Daniels. 08:08.040 --> 08:10.200 Assault with a deadly weapon, that's a felony. 08:10.200 --> 08:12.720 Didn't hurt the woman, just wanted to scare her, that's all. 08:12.720 --> 08:14.800 Just a couple of farmers anyway. 08:14.800 --> 08:16.520 Never should have given them the leash in the first place. 08:16.520 --> 08:19.360 Why was the kid with them and that bird chirping all the time? 08:19.360 --> 08:21.920 How'd you happen to have that gun with you this afternoon? 08:21.920 --> 08:22.920 Didn't happen to have it. 08:22.920 --> 08:23.920 Carried it all the time. 08:23.920 --> 08:25.800 It's my business, isn't it? 08:25.800 --> 08:26.800 Registered down here. 08:26.800 --> 08:28.120 Meaning you got a permit to carry this gun? 08:28.120 --> 08:29.120 Don't need a permit. 08:29.120 --> 08:30.120 It's registered, isn't it? 08:30.120 --> 08:32.960 Who gave you the idea because the gun's registered you can carry it around your pocket? 08:32.960 --> 08:35.520 A friend of mine, nothing wrong with it, is there? 08:35.520 --> 08:38.400 Having a gun registered is nothing more than keeping a permanent record of it. 08:38.400 --> 08:40.760 You can keep the gun in your home or in your office, but it doesn't give you the right 08:40.760 --> 08:41.760 to carry it around with you. 08:41.760 --> 08:42.760 Oh? 08:42.760 --> 08:45.080 Why didn't they tell me that when I had it registered? 08:45.080 --> 08:46.840 You were told, Mr. Daniels, you know that. 08:46.840 --> 08:48.160 Well, I don't remember it. 08:48.160 --> 08:50.160 Doesn't make much difference if you remember or not. 08:50.160 --> 08:52.400 Nobody has a permit to threaten people with a gun. 08:52.400 --> 08:53.680 Told you it wasn't gonna hurt her. 08:53.680 --> 08:55.280 She just kept arguing with me. 08:55.280 --> 08:56.280 I'm a sick man, you know. 08:56.280 --> 08:57.720 I thought she was gonna hit me. 08:57.720 --> 08:59.640 You mean while she was holding that baby in her arms? 08:59.640 --> 09:01.080 Now come off it, Daniels. 09:01.080 --> 09:02.080 What's this thing all about? 09:02.080 --> 09:03.840 I told you before, I think that's my business. 09:03.840 --> 09:05.400 You signed a year's lease with the Camerons. 09:05.400 --> 09:07.240 You accepted the first and last month's rent. 09:07.240 --> 09:08.240 You took their money. 09:08.240 --> 09:10.140 You advised them they could move in this afternoon. 09:10.140 --> 09:12.680 When they try to move in, you meet them at the front door and threaten them with a gun. 09:12.680 --> 09:13.680 Now what's it all about? 09:13.680 --> 09:15.200 None of this makes any sense. 09:15.200 --> 09:16.200 Changed my mind. 09:16.200 --> 09:17.200 I'm not ready to rent them out yet. 09:17.200 --> 09:18.920 Well, then why'd you sign that lease with the Camerons? 09:18.920 --> 09:19.920 How about it, Mr. Daniels? 09:19.920 --> 09:22.760 If there's something in that building you're trying to cover up, you might as well tell 09:22.760 --> 09:23.760 us. 09:23.760 --> 09:24.760 A couple of men out there now are checking it. 09:24.760 --> 09:25.960 You can go ahead and check. 09:25.960 --> 09:26.960 I don't care. 09:26.960 --> 09:27.960 They won't find anything. 09:27.960 --> 09:28.960 Got nothing to hide. 09:28.960 --> 09:32.280 How long you lived here, Daniels? 09:32.280 --> 09:33.280 18, 20 years. 09:33.280 --> 09:34.280 Why? 09:34.280 --> 09:35.280 Where'd you live before you came here? 09:35.280 --> 09:36.280 Ohio. 09:36.280 --> 09:37.280 Cleveland, Ohio. 09:37.280 --> 09:38.280 You ever been arrested? 09:38.280 --> 09:39.280 Yeah. 09:39.280 --> 09:40.280 A couple of traffic tickets. 09:40.280 --> 09:41.280 Cop said I went through a stop signal. 09:41.280 --> 09:42.280 I wasn't guilty though. 09:42.280 --> 09:43.280 What's the point anyway? 09:43.280 --> 09:45.440 What are you trying to get at? 09:45.440 --> 09:47.200 Trying to force me to let those people in that apartment? 09:47.200 --> 09:49.680 I'm not trying to force you into anything, Daniels. 09:49.680 --> 09:51.080 Business is about the leases of civil matter. 09:51.080 --> 09:52.080 That's between you and the Camerons. 09:52.080 --> 09:53.960 Then what are you holding me here for? 09:53.960 --> 09:54.960 We told you. 09:54.960 --> 09:55.960 You threatened that woman with a gun. 09:55.960 --> 09:56.960 She signed an ADW report. 09:56.960 --> 09:57.960 What do you mean, ADW? 09:57.960 --> 09:58.960 Assault with a deadly weapon. 09:58.960 --> 10:01.840 That's a pretty serious charge, Daniels. 10:01.840 --> 10:02.840 Didn't hurt the woman. 10:02.840 --> 10:03.840 Didn't even touch her. 10:03.840 --> 10:04.840 Pointed the gun at her, didn't you? 10:04.840 --> 10:05.840 Yeah. 10:05.840 --> 10:06.840 Gun was loaded, wasn't it? 10:06.840 --> 10:07.840 Yeah. 10:07.840 --> 10:08.840 Capable of being fired. 10:08.840 --> 10:10.760 Yeah, but I wasn't gonna shoot her, I told you. 10:10.760 --> 10:12.040 Just wanted to scare her off. 10:12.040 --> 10:13.040 Get her out of there. 10:13.040 --> 10:14.600 It's the truth. 10:14.600 --> 10:15.600 I wasn't gonna shoot her. 10:15.600 --> 10:17.000 What do I have to do to convince you? 10:17.000 --> 10:18.000 You don't have to convince us. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 What do you mean? 10:19.000 --> 10:20.000 Who do I have to convince? 10:20.000 --> 10:21.000 You got your choice. 10:21.000 --> 10:25.520 A judge or a jury. 10:25.520 --> 10:27.760 Ed and I took the suspect, Edward Daniels, down to the 10:27.760 --> 10:32.480 main jail where we booked him in on suspicion of 467 PC ADW. 10:32.480 --> 10:36.520 Before he was locked up, Daniels asked us if we would take the keys to his car and the 10:36.520 --> 10:41.020 keys to his apartment house to an Oliver Randall, an employee of his who acted as a janitor 10:41.020 --> 10:45.360 and general handyman at two other apartment houses Daniels owned. 10:45.360 --> 10:47.200 We told him we would. 10:47.200 --> 10:50.580 After we left the main jail, we checked by the office and then we drove out to the location 10:50.580 --> 10:54.600 of the apartment house to interview the neighbors and deliver the keys to Daniels' handyman, 10:54.600 --> 10:56.720 Oliver Randall. 10:56.720 --> 11:00.080 Rather than telling us that they considered Mr. Daniels a little eccentric, the neighbors 11:00.080 --> 11:05.160 were unable to give us any additional information that might help us in the prosecution. 11:05.160 --> 11:07.880 After we finished talking to the neighbors, we went across the street to the apartment 11:07.880 --> 11:08.880 house. 11:08.880 --> 11:11.240 There were lights burning in the upper rear apartment. 11:11.240 --> 11:12.960 We tried to bell, but there was no answer. 11:12.960 --> 11:16.640 From the set of keys Daniels had given us, we found the one that fit the door and let 11:16.640 --> 11:17.960 ourselves in. 11:17.960 --> 11:20.240 We heard somebody moving around on the floor above us. 11:20.240 --> 11:23.840 We went up and found a man there who identified himself as Oliver Randall. 11:23.840 --> 11:25.040 He appeared nervous and upset. 11:25.040 --> 11:27.640 There were papers and rags scattered over the floor of the room. 11:27.640 --> 11:29.680 Oh, yeah, I was just cleaning up here. 11:29.680 --> 11:32.560 Mr. Daniels told me to be sure and clean these up, papers and junk. 11:32.560 --> 11:33.560 I see. 11:33.560 --> 11:34.560 Well, here are some keys for you, Randall. 11:34.560 --> 11:35.920 Daniels asked to get them to you. 11:35.920 --> 11:37.560 Oh, yeah, apartment house keys. 11:37.560 --> 11:39.160 Mr. Daniels was supposed to meet me here. 11:39.160 --> 11:40.160 He said 8 o'clock. 11:40.160 --> 11:41.160 I think that's what he said. 11:41.160 --> 11:42.160 I wonder where he is. 11:42.160 --> 11:43.160 Do you know where he is? 11:43.160 --> 11:44.160 Yeah, he's in jail. 11:44.160 --> 11:45.160 Oh, what's he doing in jail? 11:45.160 --> 11:46.160 Did he do something wrong? 11:46.160 --> 11:48.880 He's had a complaint filed against him, assault with a deadly weapon. 11:48.880 --> 11:49.880 What happened? 11:49.880 --> 11:50.880 He got mad at somebody? 11:50.880 --> 11:52.920 Mr. Daniels got an awful bad temper. 11:52.920 --> 11:55.080 When he gets mad at somebody, he doesn't forget it. 11:55.080 --> 11:56.080 I know, I worked for him. 11:56.080 --> 11:57.080 How long have you worked for him, Randall? 11:57.080 --> 12:00.440 I don't know, a long time, maybe five years, I forget. 12:00.440 --> 12:03.800 When you say Daniels has a bad temper, have you ever known him to be violent, Randall? 12:03.800 --> 12:04.800 How's that? 12:04.800 --> 12:05.800 Well, have you ever known him to be violent? 12:05.800 --> 12:07.280 I mean, have you ever known him to hurt anyone? 12:07.280 --> 12:08.280 I don't know. 12:08.280 --> 12:09.280 I don't remember. 12:09.280 --> 12:10.840 A lot of times he says he's going to do things. 12:10.840 --> 12:11.840 I worked for him, you know. 12:11.840 --> 12:13.360 A lot of times he gets mad at me. 12:13.360 --> 12:16.640 He says I don't work fast enough or I don't do the right things. 12:16.640 --> 12:18.880 He always carries his gun, you know. 12:18.880 --> 12:21.600 Once he said he was going to shoot me, I was pretty scared. 12:21.600 --> 12:23.040 You live with Mr. Daniels, do you? 12:23.040 --> 12:27.760 No, I have a room downstairs in another apartment house he owns, a place over on South Hoover. 12:27.760 --> 12:28.760 It's a nice room. 12:28.760 --> 12:29.760 It's got a window in it. 12:29.760 --> 12:31.760 You're on a regular salary, is that the way you work? 12:31.760 --> 12:33.120 Yeah, $15 a week. 12:33.120 --> 12:34.520 I get the room free, too. 12:34.520 --> 12:35.520 It's not bad. 12:35.520 --> 12:36.520 You ever been arrested, Randall? 12:36.520 --> 12:37.520 Me? 12:37.520 --> 12:38.520 No, I've never been arrested. 12:38.520 --> 12:41.000 You ever been in a state hospital, any kind of an institution? 12:41.000 --> 12:43.480 No, I was up at Camarillo for a couple of years. 12:43.480 --> 12:44.720 I didn't like it too much. 12:44.720 --> 12:46.680 I came down here to live with my sister. 12:46.680 --> 12:47.880 She's dead now. 12:47.880 --> 12:49.520 She died about four years ago. 12:49.520 --> 12:51.320 She's the one that got me this job, you know. 12:51.320 --> 12:52.320 Oh, yeah. 12:52.320 --> 12:54.520 This isn't a bad job at all. 12:54.520 --> 12:55.920 Jobs are pretty hard to get now. 12:55.920 --> 12:57.400 That's what Mr. Daniels says. 12:57.400 --> 12:59.120 Real tough to get a good job now. 12:59.120 --> 13:00.480 That's why I do what I'm told. 13:00.480 --> 13:02.840 I better get on fixing up this place. 13:02.840 --> 13:05.520 How'd all these rags and papers get here, Randall? 13:05.520 --> 13:06.520 The painters leaving behind? 13:06.520 --> 13:07.520 I don't know. 13:07.520 --> 13:08.520 I guess so. 13:08.520 --> 13:10.640 I guess somebody left them here. 13:10.640 --> 13:12.400 We understood the apartments were already cleaned up. 13:12.400 --> 13:13.400 They were ready to move into. 13:13.400 --> 13:14.400 What's that? 13:14.400 --> 13:17.320 I say we understood the apartments were all fixed up, but they were ready for the tenants 13:17.320 --> 13:18.320 to move right into. 13:18.320 --> 13:19.320 Oh, I don't know. 13:19.320 --> 13:22.320 I don't know about that Mr. Daniels takes care of renting the places. 13:22.320 --> 13:23.320 I just help him. 13:23.320 --> 13:24.600 I do what he tells me. 13:24.600 --> 13:25.600 Joe? 13:25.600 --> 13:26.600 Yeah? 13:26.600 --> 13:27.600 You notice that smell? 13:27.600 --> 13:28.600 Seems to be stronger out in the hall. 13:28.600 --> 13:29.600 Yeah, I think I do. 13:29.600 --> 13:32.920 How long has it been since the painters were working here, Randall? 13:32.920 --> 13:33.920 Do you know that? 13:33.920 --> 13:34.920 Painters? 13:34.920 --> 13:35.920 I don't know. 13:35.920 --> 13:36.920 Couple days, I guess. 13:36.920 --> 13:37.920 What's the matter? 13:37.920 --> 13:38.920 That's a pretty strong smell. 13:38.920 --> 13:40.280 Might be paint thinner, something like that. 13:40.280 --> 13:41.280 Don't you notice it? 13:41.280 --> 13:42.280 Oh, yeah. 13:42.280 --> 13:43.280 I've been wondering about that. 13:43.280 --> 13:44.280 I noticed it when I came in. 13:44.280 --> 13:46.720 It might be from upstairs, the attic. 13:46.720 --> 13:48.280 Painters were working up there too, I think. 13:48.280 --> 13:51.000 Don't you think you ought to check it, see what it is? 13:51.000 --> 13:53.520 Mr. Daniels didn't tell me to. 13:53.520 --> 13:55.840 I guess I better, though. 13:55.840 --> 13:56.840 Smells pretty strong. 13:56.840 --> 13:57.840 I guess I better see what it is. 13:57.840 --> 13:59.240 Well, how do you get to the attic from here? 13:59.240 --> 14:01.320 Down the end of the hall, there's a stairway there. 14:01.320 --> 14:02.640 It goes right up into the attic. 14:02.640 --> 14:03.640 I'll show you. 14:03.640 --> 14:04.640 All right, fine. 14:04.640 --> 14:09.600 Yeah, smells like gasoline or something. 14:09.600 --> 14:11.280 All the apartments are vacant, that, right? 14:11.280 --> 14:12.560 No one living in the building at all? 14:12.560 --> 14:13.560 Yeah, that's right. 14:13.560 --> 14:15.960 We go up the stairs here. 14:15.960 --> 14:19.240 Mr. Daniels had the whole place worked over. 14:19.240 --> 14:20.520 Nobody here at all right now. 14:20.520 --> 14:22.480 I guess they'll be moving in pretty soon. 14:22.480 --> 14:23.960 There's gonna be a lot of work. 14:23.960 --> 14:26.600 Got the other two apartment houses to take care of. 14:26.600 --> 14:27.880 And there's gonna be this place. 14:27.880 --> 14:29.600 There's gonna be a lot of work. 14:29.600 --> 14:32.000 Daniels hire anyone else beside yourself to help out with the work, I mean? 14:32.000 --> 14:33.440 No, I don't think so. 14:33.440 --> 14:34.440 Just me. 14:34.440 --> 14:35.440 I keep pretty busy. 14:35.440 --> 14:36.440 Here's the attic. 14:36.440 --> 14:41.360 Yeah, this must be where it's coming from. 14:41.360 --> 14:43.600 Yeah, it's strong enough to knock you over, isn't it? 14:43.600 --> 14:47.240 Right switches over here, it's a mess. 14:47.240 --> 14:48.720 Sure mess. 14:48.720 --> 14:51.840 Papers, boxes, pile of old rags. 14:51.840 --> 14:53.960 That five gallon can there on the floor. 14:53.960 --> 14:54.960 Kerosene, huh? 14:54.960 --> 14:57.960 Yeah, it's just about empty too. 14:57.960 --> 15:01.560 It's all spilled all over the floor. 15:01.560 --> 15:03.240 Mr. Daniels ain't gonna like that. 15:03.240 --> 15:04.240 He's gonna get mad. 15:04.240 --> 15:05.760 You usually keep this stuff up here, do you, Randall? 15:05.760 --> 15:06.760 I don't know. 15:06.760 --> 15:08.840 I guess it was with the painter's stuff. 15:08.840 --> 15:12.200 Those cans and things on the table there, I guess it got knocked off and spilled. 15:12.200 --> 15:14.160 Spilled all over the place, didn't it? 15:14.160 --> 15:16.880 Well, how come a painting crew didn't take their stuff with them when they left all this 15:16.880 --> 15:17.880 equipment here? 15:17.880 --> 15:19.160 They're all finished with the job, aren't they? 15:19.160 --> 15:20.160 I guess so. 15:20.160 --> 15:22.120 You'd have to ask Mr. Daniels about that. 15:22.120 --> 15:23.440 They're all finished on the inside. 15:23.440 --> 15:24.440 I know that. 15:24.440 --> 15:25.440 They had the outside to do, though. 15:25.440 --> 15:26.840 Maybe that's why they left their stuff. 15:26.840 --> 15:28.800 Well, it's not a very safe way to leave it. 15:28.800 --> 15:31.360 Rags, papers, look here, kerosene spilled all over. 15:31.360 --> 15:33.240 You better get this place cleaned up first, don't you think, Randall? 15:33.240 --> 15:34.240 Well, I don't know. 15:34.240 --> 15:37.360 I sure wish Mr. Daniels was here. 15:37.360 --> 15:38.360 You won't let him know, will you? 15:38.360 --> 15:40.120 What do you mean, let him know what? 15:40.120 --> 15:45.840 I'm telling him I let you see the attic, huh? 15:45.840 --> 15:46.840 9.35 p.m. 15:46.840 --> 15:51.120 Ed and I left the handyman, Oliver Randall, at his apartment house, went outside and got 15:51.120 --> 15:52.440 in the car. 15:52.440 --> 15:55.920 Neither one of us could find any explanation for it, but we both had a hunch there was something 15:55.920 --> 15:57.440 wrong with the setup. 15:57.440 --> 16:00.720 We drove to a neighborhood service station, called the office and told them that we were 16:00.720 --> 16:02.780 going to stake the apartment house. 16:02.780 --> 16:06.000 We drove back and found a place to park where we could keep the building under surveillance 16:06.000 --> 16:07.620 without being seen. 16:07.620 --> 16:08.620 We waited. 16:08.620 --> 16:09.620 10 p.m. 16:09.620 --> 16:10.620 We arrived at 10.30, 11 o'clock. 16:10.620 --> 16:15.360 At a few minutes past 11, we saw Randall come out of the front door of the apartment, get 16:15.360 --> 16:17.560 in a blue sedan and drive off. 16:17.560 --> 16:22.160 We followed him to an apartment building on West Peaco and saw him enter a rear door. 16:22.160 --> 16:23.160 We waited. 16:23.160 --> 16:27.920 At 12.15 a.m., Ed got to a phone, called Captain Bernard at the business office and notified 16:27.920 --> 16:30.000 him of our location. 16:30.000 --> 16:35.040 At 12.45 a.m., two men arrived to relieve us and we briefed them on the facts. 16:35.040 --> 16:39.720 We drove back to the office, made out of 15.7 to Captain Lorman and signed out. 16:39.720 --> 16:43.180 At four o'clock the next afternoon, we reported back in for work. 16:43.180 --> 16:46.500 We checked the book and found a message that the suspect Edward Daniels had been released 16:46.500 --> 16:49.940 from jail that morning on a writ bailed $2,500. 16:49.940 --> 16:52.040 The writ was returnable Thursday, May 10th. 16:52.040 --> 16:56.740 There was also a message in the book for us to contact Daniels' attorney, Richard Tiernan. 16:56.740 --> 16:57.740 Ed put in the call. 16:57.740 --> 16:58.740 Yes, sir. 16:58.740 --> 16:59.740 Uh-huh. 16:59.740 --> 17:00.740 I see. 17:00.740 --> 17:01.740 What's that? 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19:59.340 --> 20:04.040 Well, as soon as it was dark, Ed and I drove out, relieved the men on stakeout at the apartment 20:04.040 --> 20:08.720 house on West Peaco, where the handyman, Oliver Randall, had his room. 20:08.720 --> 20:11.740 They reported no unusual activity during the day. 20:11.740 --> 20:15.420 Seven thirty-two p.m. Randall came out of the apartment house, got in a car and drove 20:15.420 --> 20:16.420 off. 20:16.420 --> 20:17.420 We followed him. 20:17.420 --> 20:20.820 If we got this Randall made right, it shouldn't be too long before we find out. 20:20.820 --> 20:23.020 Daniels is using them to work something out. 20:23.020 --> 20:24.020 Pretty sure we can count on that. 20:24.020 --> 20:25.020 Yeah, maybe. 20:25.020 --> 20:26.020 Watch it, Ed. 20:26.020 --> 20:27.020 Yeah. 20:27.020 --> 20:29.700 He's pulling up ahead. 20:29.700 --> 20:30.700 Don't crowd him. 20:30.700 --> 20:31.700 There's a good spot here. 20:31.700 --> 20:32.700 He shouldn't be able to see us. 20:32.700 --> 20:33.700 All right, pull up in here. 20:33.700 --> 20:34.700 All right. 20:34.700 --> 20:35.700 That's fine. 20:35.700 --> 20:36.700 He's getting out of the car. 20:36.700 --> 20:37.700 He's going over to the house. 20:37.700 --> 20:38.700 Down the driveway. 20:38.700 --> 20:39.700 He's going around back. 20:39.700 --> 20:40.700 He's out of sight now. 20:40.700 --> 20:41.700 All right, let's go. 20:41.700 --> 20:42.700 There's still no lights in the place. 20:42.700 --> 20:43.700 Oh, yeah, there they go. 20:43.700 --> 20:44.700 In the basement. 20:44.700 --> 20:45.700 All right, easy. 20:45.700 --> 20:46.700 Let's take it easy. 20:46.700 --> 20:47.700 All right. 20:47.700 --> 20:48.700 Yeah, I think I can see the back. 20:48.700 --> 20:49.700 I think I can see the back. 20:49.700 --> 20:50.700 I think I can see the back. 20:50.700 --> 20:51.700 I think I can see the back. 20:51.700 --> 20:52.700 I think I can see the back. 20:52.700 --> 20:53.700 I think I can see the back. 20:53.700 --> 20:57.060 Yeah, I think I can see the back door from here. 20:57.060 --> 21:02.220 Come on, easy now. 21:02.220 --> 21:03.220 What is it? 21:03.220 --> 21:04.220 All right, easy with this door. 21:04.220 --> 21:05.220 Don't let it bang. 21:05.220 --> 21:06.220 Why not? 21:06.220 --> 21:09.220 Sounds like somebody upstairs, doesn't it? 21:09.220 --> 21:15.100 All right, come on, watch your step. 21:15.100 --> 21:19.980 Come on, next floor up. 21:19.980 --> 21:21.980 Yeah. 21:21.980 --> 21:24.860 Yeah, it's up in the attic. 21:24.860 --> 21:25.860 Come on. 21:25.860 --> 21:30.860 All right, come on. 21:30.860 --> 21:34.660 Through this door. 21:34.660 --> 21:35.660 Back in the corner, Ed. 21:35.660 --> 21:36.660 I see him. 21:36.660 --> 21:37.660 All right, hold it, you. 21:37.660 --> 21:38.660 What's the matter? 21:38.660 --> 21:39.660 There's a fire right over in the corner. 21:39.660 --> 21:40.660 I'll get it. 21:40.660 --> 21:41.660 Hold on to him. 21:41.660 --> 21:42.660 All right. 21:42.660 --> 21:43.660 Well, don't put it out. 21:43.660 --> 21:44.660 You need any help, Joe? 21:44.660 --> 21:45.660 You getting it all right? 21:45.660 --> 21:46.660 I'm getting it all right. 21:46.660 --> 21:47.660 Just a minute. 21:47.660 --> 21:48.660 Here, I got it. 21:48.660 --> 21:49.660 OK. 21:49.660 --> 21:50.660 You want to get the lights? 21:50.660 --> 21:51.660 I got them. 21:51.660 --> 21:54.940 All right, Randall, what's the story? 21:54.940 --> 21:55.940 He told me to do it. 21:55.940 --> 21:58.460 He told me to come back tonight and burn the whole place down. 21:58.460 --> 21:59.460 Who told you? 21:59.460 --> 22:02.740 He said, Olly, you go back to the place, to the attic, light a match. 22:02.740 --> 22:03.740 That's all. 22:03.740 --> 22:04.740 Then get out. 22:04.740 --> 22:05.740 Mr. Daniels, that's just what he said. 22:05.740 --> 22:06.740 Daniels told you to do this? 22:06.740 --> 22:08.700 He told me just light a fire and nobody'd know. 22:08.700 --> 22:10.380 He said there wasn't going to be any trouble. 22:10.380 --> 22:11.380 No trouble at all. 22:11.380 --> 22:12.900 Well, it gives you the edge, doesn't it? 22:12.900 --> 22:13.900 No trouble, he said. 22:13.900 --> 22:19.660 Yeah, well, next time you see him, you can call him a liar. 22:19.660 --> 22:21.140 8.50 p.m. 22:21.140 --> 22:24.340 After making sure that the place was secure and that there was no danger of fire from 22:24.340 --> 22:28.340 the recent arson attempt, Ed and I took the suspect, Oliver Randall, outside and put him 22:28.340 --> 22:30.060 in the car where we questioned him. 22:30.060 --> 22:34.580 He made no attempt to disguise the fact that he had been directed by his regular employer, 22:34.580 --> 22:38.860 Edward Daniels, to commit arson by setting fire to the attic of the apartment house. 22:38.860 --> 22:43.100 In addition, he told us that Daniels had threatened him with bodily harm if he refused to obey 22:43.100 --> 22:45.620 the order and set fire to the building. 22:45.620 --> 22:47.580 He had this gun, you know, Mr. Daniels did. 22:47.580 --> 22:48.580 He always had it with him. 22:48.580 --> 22:50.540 I was scared of it, I don't mind telling you. 22:50.540 --> 22:51.540 Uh-huh. 22:51.540 --> 22:53.700 He threatened to kill you if you didn't do what he wanted, that is. 22:53.700 --> 22:54.700 Yeah, I guess so. 22:54.700 --> 22:58.020 He used to get mad a lot of the time and he had this gun, he always had the gun. 22:58.020 --> 23:00.500 He'd get mad at me and tell me he was gonna shoot me. 23:00.500 --> 23:01.500 I'm afraid of guns. 23:01.500 --> 23:05.060 How about the fire at the other apartment house, Ollie, the one over on South Union Avenue? 23:05.060 --> 23:06.620 Yeah, that was a big fire. 23:06.620 --> 23:07.620 Did you start that one? 23:07.620 --> 23:09.740 Daniels told me there was nobody living there. 23:09.740 --> 23:11.500 He said nobody'd get hurt. 23:11.500 --> 23:12.500 Nobody did get hurt, did they? 23:12.500 --> 23:13.500 Did you start the fire? 23:13.500 --> 23:14.500 Yeah, I guess so. 23:14.500 --> 23:15.500 I guess I did. 23:15.500 --> 23:16.940 Mr. Daniels told you to do it? 23:16.940 --> 23:18.300 He said it was his building. 23:18.300 --> 23:19.300 He owned it. 23:19.300 --> 23:20.700 He didn't do anything with it, he wanted to. 23:20.700 --> 23:21.780 I didn't want to do it. 23:21.780 --> 23:22.980 He told me I'd have to. 23:22.980 --> 23:24.460 He said he'd hurt me with that gun. 23:24.460 --> 23:25.780 He said he'd fire me too. 23:25.780 --> 23:27.180 I didn't want to lose my job. 23:27.180 --> 23:29.100 You knew you were doing wrong, didn't you, Ollie? 23:29.100 --> 23:31.100 Well, I guess I did, yeah. 23:31.100 --> 23:32.100 What could I do, though? 23:32.100 --> 23:33.580 I didn't want to lose my job. 23:33.580 --> 23:36.420 Good jobs aren't too easy to get nowadays, you know that. 23:36.420 --> 23:37.700 Where's Mr. Daniels now, do you know? 23:37.700 --> 23:39.860 You're not gonna tell him what I told you, are you? 23:39.860 --> 23:41.580 He said not to say anything about it. 23:41.580 --> 23:43.380 He said nobody believed me anyway. 23:43.380 --> 23:44.380 Nobody. 23:44.380 --> 23:46.260 Said he'd tell everybody I was a liar. 23:46.260 --> 23:48.140 Said they'd believe him before they'd believe me. 23:48.140 --> 23:49.660 But where's Daniels now? 23:49.660 --> 23:51.780 If I tell you, you won't let him hurt me, will you? 23:51.780 --> 23:53.020 No, we won't let him hurt you. 23:53.020 --> 23:54.420 You're gonna have to help us out, though. 23:54.420 --> 23:55.780 What do you want me to do? 23:55.780 --> 23:57.500 I'd like to find out where Daniels is first. 23:57.500 --> 23:59.900 He's in a movie over on Pico by his house. 23:59.900 --> 24:01.140 He's waiting for me. 24:01.140 --> 24:02.940 You mean he's waiting for you in the show? 24:02.940 --> 24:05.740 See, in the center section, 10 rows from the back. 24:05.740 --> 24:07.060 He's waiting for me now. 24:07.060 --> 24:08.700 Well, how's it you're supposed to meet him there? 24:08.700 --> 24:09.540 I don't know. 24:09.540 --> 24:11.460 He said if anybody wanted to know where we were tonight, 24:11.460 --> 24:13.300 this would prove we didn't start the fire. 24:13.300 --> 24:14.300 We were at the show. 24:14.300 --> 24:15.780 I was supposed to start the fire 24:15.780 --> 24:16.980 and then go to the show and meet him. 24:16.980 --> 24:18.060 10 rows from the back. 24:18.060 --> 24:19.180 The center section. 24:19.180 --> 24:21.020 You wanna show us where this movie is, Ollie? 24:21.020 --> 24:21.860 Yeah, okay. 24:21.860 --> 24:23.380 Mr. Daniels won't tell you anything. 24:23.380 --> 24:24.500 No, he's gonna be mad. 24:24.500 --> 24:25.660 He won't tell you anything. 24:25.660 --> 24:27.180 Well, that's where we need your help, Ollie. 24:27.180 --> 24:28.020 What do you mean? 24:28.020 --> 24:29.220 We'll let him tell you. 24:31.700 --> 24:33.220 9.44 p.m. 24:33.220 --> 24:35.420 Ed and I, along with a suspect, Oliver Randall, 24:35.420 --> 24:37.820 drove to the movie house on West Pico. 24:37.820 --> 24:39.340 On the way, we explained to Randall 24:39.340 --> 24:41.140 what he was supposed to do. 24:41.140 --> 24:42.900 9.55 p.m. 24:42.900 --> 24:45.140 We parked our car half a block from the movie house, 24:45.140 --> 24:47.020 bought three tickets and went inside. 24:47.020 --> 24:48.620 The feature picture was still on. 24:48.620 --> 24:50.260 There wasn't much of a crowd. 24:50.260 --> 24:52.020 We sent Randall down the aisle ahead of us 24:52.020 --> 24:53.540 and watched him move into the 10th row 24:53.540 --> 24:55.180 and sit down next to somebody. 24:55.180 --> 24:56.940 Ed and I followed him down and found seats 24:56.940 --> 24:58.220 in the row directly behind him. 24:58.220 --> 25:00.300 We recognized the man sitting next to Randall 25:00.300 --> 25:01.420 as Edward Daniels. 25:03.940 --> 25:05.420 Hello, Mr. Daniels. 25:05.420 --> 25:07.060 I did it just the way you told me, 25:07.060 --> 25:07.900 up in the attic. 25:07.900 --> 25:08.820 It was okay. 25:08.820 --> 25:09.660 Nobody saw you? 25:09.660 --> 25:10.780 You didn't have any trouble at all? 25:10.780 --> 25:11.820 No, it was okay. 25:11.820 --> 25:13.540 I don't feel so good about it, though. 25:13.540 --> 25:14.380 What do you mean? 25:14.380 --> 25:15.220 What are you talking about? 25:15.220 --> 25:16.060 I don't know. 25:16.060 --> 25:17.220 Somebody might find out. 25:17.220 --> 25:19.420 Don't you think we'd get in trouble if they found out? 25:19.420 --> 25:21.180 You just keep your mouth shut, I'll attend to that. 25:21.180 --> 25:22.300 Nobody's gonna find out. 25:22.300 --> 25:23.860 All right, Daniels, you mind coming outside? 25:23.860 --> 25:24.700 We'd like to talk to you. 25:24.700 --> 25:25.520 What? 25:25.520 --> 25:26.360 What are you doing here? 25:26.360 --> 25:27.500 Come on, we'll talk outside. 25:30.740 --> 25:31.980 What's this all about? 25:31.980 --> 25:33.100 We'll let you tell us. 25:36.500 --> 25:37.500 All right, what do you want? 25:37.500 --> 25:38.340 You're arresting me? 25:38.340 --> 25:39.420 That's right, mister. 25:39.420 --> 25:40.260 Why? 25:40.260 --> 25:41.100 What's it supposed to be this time? 25:41.100 --> 25:41.920 Think you know? 25:41.920 --> 25:42.860 Arson, conspiracy. 25:42.860 --> 25:44.340 Caught Randall here, caught him right in the act. 25:44.340 --> 25:45.340 He told us the whole story. 25:45.340 --> 25:46.180 What? 25:46.180 --> 25:47.020 Olly, what story? 25:47.020 --> 25:47.860 What is this? 25:47.860 --> 25:49.740 I told you I didn't wanna do it, Mr. Daniels. 25:49.740 --> 25:51.140 I told you we'd get in trouble. 25:51.140 --> 25:52.940 Fool, stupid fool. 25:52.940 --> 25:53.940 Shoulda known better. 25:53.940 --> 25:54.820 Yeah, you should've. 25:54.820 --> 25:56.700 Just two questions for you, Daniels. 25:56.700 --> 25:58.460 Why'd you burn down your own property? 25:58.460 --> 26:00.620 Why'd you redecorate the buildings first? 26:00.620 --> 26:01.820 I never forgot it. 26:01.820 --> 26:02.900 Told them when it happened, 26:02.900 --> 26:04.460 I wouldn't forget it as long as I lived. 26:04.460 --> 26:05.540 What do you mean, forget what? 26:05.540 --> 26:07.820 24 years ago, I was just starting out. 26:07.820 --> 26:10.420 Small store back in Ohio, burned down. 26:10.420 --> 26:11.860 Real fire. 26:11.860 --> 26:13.980 Lousy insurance company that wouldn't believe me. 26:13.980 --> 26:16.540 Had to sue, lost the whole thing. 26:16.540 --> 26:17.820 Had to start all over again. 26:17.820 --> 26:18.980 Told them I'd never forget it. 26:18.980 --> 26:20.380 Told them I'd make them pay. 26:20.380 --> 26:22.420 You've been nursing this grudge for 24 years? 26:22.420 --> 26:23.240 Why not? 26:23.240 --> 26:24.080 Why shouldn't I? 26:24.080 --> 26:25.060 I lost everything, everything I had. 26:25.060 --> 26:26.740 Why'd you redecorate the apartment houses 26:26.740 --> 26:28.020 if you planned to burn them down? 26:28.020 --> 26:29.780 Simple, gave me a good excuse. 26:29.780 --> 26:31.740 Could have all those things stored in the buildings. 26:31.740 --> 26:33.580 Paint, kerosene. 26:33.580 --> 26:35.180 Besides, you'd think I'd burned down the building 26:35.180 --> 26:37.100 right after I got done redecorating. 26:37.100 --> 26:38.460 Found a bad idea. 26:38.460 --> 26:40.060 Worked pretty good, didn't it? 26:40.060 --> 26:42.060 Yeah, you're going to jail, you figure. 26:42.060 --> 26:47.060 The story you have just heard was true. 26:47.740 --> 26:50.060 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:50.060 --> 26:52.900 On August 18th, trial was held in Superior Court, 26:52.900 --> 26:55.300 Department 86, City and County of Los Angeles, 26:55.300 --> 26:56.420 State of California. 26:56.420 --> 26:58.580 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:58.580 --> 27:00.380 And now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:00.380 --> 27:01.860 Thank you, George Fenomen. 27:01.860 --> 27:04.180 Friends, comparisons are often very helpful 27:04.180 --> 27:05.260 in modern police work. 27:05.260 --> 27:07.460 Now, for instance, a suspect may be identified 27:07.460 --> 27:09.060 as a suspect in a crime. 27:09.060 --> 27:12.300 And that's a very important part of modern police work. 27:12.300 --> 27:14.540 Now, for instance, a suspect may be identified 27:14.540 --> 27:17.740 by comparing his MO, or method of operation, 27:17.740 --> 27:20.100 with the known facts of a case. 27:20.100 --> 27:21.500 Comparisons are important to you 27:21.500 --> 27:23.780 in choosing your king-size cigarette. 27:23.780 --> 27:25.980 Compare a Fatima for quality. 27:25.980 --> 27:28.900 You'll find Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters 27:28.900 --> 27:30.500 for your protection. 27:30.500 --> 27:32.900 Cools the smoke for your protection. 27:32.900 --> 27:34.940 Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 27:34.940 --> 27:38.140 21% longer than standard cigarette size. 27:38.140 --> 27:40.860 Plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 27:40.860 --> 27:42.140 Buy Fatima. 27:42.140 --> 27:43.380 I'm convinced that you'll agree, 27:43.380 --> 27:46.460 Fatima is the best of all king-size cigarettes. 27:46.460 --> 27:49.460 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 27:54.820 --> 27:57.100 Edward John Daniels was tried and convicted 27:57.100 --> 27:59.980 of two counts of conspiracy and one count of arson, 27:59.980 --> 28:02.700 and received the sentence as prescribed by law. 28:02.700 --> 28:04.900 Conspiracy is punishable by imprisonment 28:04.900 --> 28:08.020 in the state penitentiary for not more than two years. 28:08.020 --> 28:10.060 Arson is punishable by a prison term 28:10.060 --> 28:13.020 of not less than one, nor more than five years. 28:13.020 --> 28:14.700 Daniels' accomplice, Oliver Randall, 28:14.700 --> 28:16.660 was examined by three psychiatrists 28:16.660 --> 28:17.820 appointed by the court, 28:17.820 --> 28:19.980 and was found to be mentally incompetent. 28:19.980 --> 28:21.540 He was placed in a state hospital 28:21.540 --> 28:23.380 for the mentally deficient. 28:23.380 --> 28:25.100 The charge of assault with a deadly weapon 28:25.100 --> 28:27.620 against Edward Daniels was dismissed. 28:27.620 --> 28:30.620 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 28:30.620 --> 28:33.620 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 28:37.140 --> 28:38.780 You have just heard Dragnet, 28:38.780 --> 28:41.700 a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:41.700 --> 28:44.260 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 28:44.260 --> 28:47.060 W.H. 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