1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,040 You're a detective sergeant. 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,320 You're assigned a homicide detail. 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,680 A man is shot down in the street of a residential neighborhood. 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:12,680 He's critically wounded. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,760 You don't know who the assailant is. 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,440 You don't know where he is. 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,760 Your job, get him. 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,920 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,160 Prove Fatima quality yourself. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,880 You'll find Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,720 Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,720 You'll find Fatima's length gives you those extra pumps, 21 percent longer than standard 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,160 cigarette size. 14 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:47,280 And in Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,280 quality. 16 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,280 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you're 17 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:53,280 now smoking. 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,040 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,000 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 20 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:09,200 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 21 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:14,080 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 22 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,680 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 23 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,360 police files. 24 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,560 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 25 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,960 in action. 26 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:32,760 It was Thursday, January 20th. 27 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,280 It was mild in Los Angeles. 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,280 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 29 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:38,520 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,600 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 31 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:41,600 My name's Friday. 32 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,920 I was on the way back from dinner and it was 9.57 p.m. when I got back to the city hall, 33 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,920 room 42, homicide detail. 34 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:48,920 Hi. 35 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:49,920 Make it in time? 36 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:50,920 No, they were closed up. 37 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:51,920 That's too bad. 38 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:52,920 Where's Chief? 39 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,040 Well, that cafeteria down the street was terrible. 40 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:56,040 Nothing at all, huh? 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,280 Well, I figured I'd be safe with a corned beef hash. 42 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,640 Even that wasn't much soggy, you know. 43 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,440 Probably standing all day. 44 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,440 That's too bad. 45 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,000 I asked Johnny if he'd stay open a couple of minutes late. 46 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,440 Told him you were coming right over. 47 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,320 The place was closed tight when I got there. 48 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:09,320 Couldn't raise anybody. 49 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:10,320 Tough luck. 50 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:11,320 Sharp ribs are really good tonight. 51 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:12,320 Some great pie, too. 52 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,320 Boisenberry. 53 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:14,320 Best I had anyway. 54 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,600 Say, you got any of those bicarb pills in your locker? 55 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,600 I could sure use one. 56 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,600 I'm afraid not. 57 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Gave the last one to Gene Bectal tonight. 58 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,600 He ate at the cafeteria, too. 59 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Hiya. 60 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Oh, hiya. 61 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,320 What do you say? 62 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:27,680 Any phone calls for me yet? 63 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,400 Muriel down the stairs saw us called. 64 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,960 Had run you asked before they got ready. 65 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,960 It was the only call, huh? 66 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:33,960 Yeah. 67 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:34,960 What is it, Al? 68 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,960 Something wrong? 69 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,960 No, why? 70 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,960 You've been moping around like you lost your best friend. 71 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:38,960 What's the matter? 72 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:39,960 You mad at the world? 73 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:40,960 No, I just saw you in-laws. 74 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,400 The wife had her father and mother over for lunch today. 75 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,720 The old man's getting to be a real pain in the neck. 76 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:45,720 Don't get along with him, huh? 77 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:46,720 I keep trying to. 78 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:47,720 Doesn't seem to do much good. 79 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,720 All he can think of is money. 80 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:49,720 That's all he can talk about. 81 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:50,720 Why let it bother you? 82 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,720 My in-laws have been talking about it for years. 83 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:53,720 Forget it. 84 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:54,720 He won't let you. 85 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,600 The man he puts his foot inside the front door, it's the first thing you hear. 86 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Crusty old guy. 87 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,160 That pipe he smokes, enough to knock you over. 88 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:00,720 Why don't you duck out when I come over? 89 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,400 Tell him you got a call, you have to go to work. 90 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:03,400 The wife's on to that one. 91 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,400 She makes me hang around. 92 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,560 She keeps telling me her father and mother like me. 93 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,360 You never know what the old guy's a real tyrant. 94 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,560 See, the wife comes from a big family. 95 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,680 Every time I see her old man, he has to make a point of telling me how smart his other 96 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,120 sons-in-law are, how much dough they're making. 97 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,120 Yeah, same. 98 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Yeah, same routine every time. 99 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,200 One of his daughters married a carpenter. 100 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,200 He's making $20 a day. 101 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,880 One of them married a hard carrier. 102 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,120 He's making $25 a day. 103 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,480 Always ends up asking me how much I'm making. 104 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,960 Why don't you tell him it's none of his business? 105 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,960 I did today. 106 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:29,960 That's what started the argument. 107 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:30,960 I walked out. 108 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,960 Crusty old guy. 109 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,960 Yeah, well, I get it. 110 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,960 Homicide, Friday. 111 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,960 Yes, sir. 112 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,960 Where? 113 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:40,960 Mm-hmm. 114 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:41,960 Would you repeat? 115 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Yes, sir, I have it. 116 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:44,960 Fine, thank you. 117 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:45,960 Yes, sir, right away. 118 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:46,960 Shooting, Kirkman near Alpine. 119 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:47,960 Let me grab my coat. 120 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,960 No details? 121 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:49,960 No, sir. 122 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,560 I have it on my coat. 123 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:52,560 No details? 124 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,560 Man down on the sidewalk. 125 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:54,560 Apparently hurt bad. 126 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:55,560 Neighbor said it was a family fight. 127 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Come on, we better hustle it out. 128 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:57,560 Let's go. 129 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,560 That's one good thing about this job. 130 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,560 What do you mean? 131 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Trouble. 132 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:09,560 You don't know what it is to hear about other people's. 133 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,920 Sergeant Al Shambra, Ed and I drove out to the scene of the shooting. 134 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,040 Code 3, red light and siren. 135 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,040 We located the victim lying on the sidewalk approximately 50 feet from the intersection 136 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,840 of Kirkman Avenue and Alpine Street. 137 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:26,520 He was a dark haired man, looked to be in his early 40s, tan complexion, well built. 138 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,760 He'd been shot several times in the chest, once in the shoulder. 139 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:30,760 He appeared to be unconscious. 140 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,440 A handful of curious neighbors were standing by. 141 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,600 One of them, a short balding man, identified himself as Ernest Whitley. 142 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,880 He said he was the victim's next door neighbor. 143 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,440 What's the man's name, Mr. Whitley? 144 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,200 Wally Radford lives right next door to me. 145 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,200 Been my neighbor for years. 146 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,200 Where do you live? 147 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,200 This apartment court right here. 148 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,440 I live in the cottage next to the end when they're at number 8. 149 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,480 Wally lives in number 9. 150 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,960 One right in the end there facing us. 151 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,640 Yeah, what do you know about the shooting, Mr. Whitley? 152 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,240 Well, I didn't have anything to do with it. 153 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:58,760 I was watching television with the wife. 154 00:04:58,760 --> 00:04:59,760 I heard the shots outside. 155 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,760 You can ask the wife, she'll tell you. 156 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,240 You heard the shots outside of Radford's cottage, is that right? 157 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,240 Yeah, that's right. 158 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,240 Where's the ambulance? 159 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,240 Why don't they come? 160 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,240 They've been notified. 161 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,240 They're on their way. 162 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:10,240 Well, who did the shooting, Whitley? 163 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Would you know that? 164 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,240 Well, not for sure. 165 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,840 We were watching television, like I said, when I heard the shots. 166 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:15,840 Wife and I. 167 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,640 First, I heard the shots and then I heard somebody yell. 168 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,240 I thought it was some high school kids in a hot rod or something, you know, horsing around 169 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,240 outside. 170 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,640 Wife told me to get up and take a look anyway, so I did. 171 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,520 On the way to the door, I heard another shot. 172 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,680 Then somebody yelled out again, like they were hurt. 173 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,640 Must have been six or seven shots anyway. 174 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,160 Just as I opened the door, I saw Wally go running fast. 175 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,320 I didn't know what was coming off. 176 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,560 He ran right out toward the street here, weaving back and forth. 177 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,280 Looked like he'd had a couple of drinks. 178 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:43,280 I didn't know what it was. 179 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:44,280 You didn't see the actual shooting? 180 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,080 You didn't see anyone with a gun? 181 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,080 Well, no. 182 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,080 The only one I saw was Wally. 183 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,200 He ran right by me, holding his hands up to his chest. 184 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,520 I yelled to him, but he didn't stop. 185 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,240 I didn't know if he was drunk or what. 186 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,800 When he got out here to the sidewalk, I saw him fall down. 187 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:58,800 I went after him. 188 00:05:58,800 --> 00:05:59,800 He was terrible. 189 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,800 Say, uh, either one of you got a smoke? 190 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Yeah, sure. 191 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,800 Look, I'm still shaking like a leaf. 192 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,800 There you go. 193 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:08,800 Swell. 194 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:09,800 Thank you. 195 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Want a light? 196 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:11,800 Yeah, please. 197 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,800 Thanks. 198 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,280 You're welcome. 199 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:20,600 Was Radford still conscious when you reached him, you know? 200 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,600 Just about, yeah. 201 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,480 I don't know how many times he was shot. 202 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,200 He was rolling around on the ground. 203 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,200 Pain was terrible. 204 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,280 The whole front of his shirt was all stained. 205 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,720 I yelled to Mike Desmond, one of the other neighbors. 206 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:31,720 He called you fellas. 207 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,800 Did Radford say anything to you, how it happened? 208 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,320 He kept moaning about the pain. 209 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:36,320 Kind of made me sick. 210 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,320 It was a relief when he passed out. 211 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,320 Did he tell you how it happened? 212 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Yeah, his wife. 213 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,960 I figured that was it when I saw what was wrong with him. 214 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:44,960 He told you his wife shot him? 215 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,640 Well, he had a big fight today, Wally and his wife. 216 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,880 Started this afternoon, been going on all day, all night, yelling at each other, throwing 217 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:51,880 things around. 218 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,240 I never expected this, though. 219 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,240 Something must have snapped. 220 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,240 She must be out of her mind. 221 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Where's his wife now? 222 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,240 I don't know. 223 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,240 Still back in their cottage, I guess. 224 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,240 I've been here since the shooting. 225 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,240 I didn't see her leave. 226 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:02,240 Joe? 227 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,240 Yeah? 228 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:04,240 We got our hands full. 229 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Now what do you got? 230 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:06,240 Just talking to one of the neighbor women back in the court here. 231 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,840 She said that Mrs. Radford phoned her about five minutes ago, identified herself as the 232 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,360 victim's wife, cottage number nine. 233 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,000 What did Mrs. Radford want with the neighbor? 234 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,360 She said she was giving fair warning. 235 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,360 She wanted her past the word alone. 236 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:15,360 What do you mean? 237 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,360 Claims she's going to kill anybody that comes after her. 238 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,560 Ten twenty eight p.m. 239 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,640 The ambulance arrived and the attendants administered first aid to the victim of the shooting, Wallace 240 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,000 Radford. 241 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,840 Before he was rushed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for further treatment, Radford regained 242 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,480 consciousness long enough to confirm the fact that it was his wife who shot him. 243 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,920 That was about all he could tell us before the sedatives took effect. 244 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,560 The two officers and two of the radio cars which were standing by were detailed to keep 245 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,520 the crowd away from the apartment court where the shooting took place, in particular cottage 246 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,760 nine where the Radfords lived. 247 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,120 The blinds were drawn on the house. 248 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:52,880 There were no lights showing. 249 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,840 We called the Radford cottage on the phone, but there was no answer. 250 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,480 Al Shambra and Ed circled around and back for a closer look at the place. 251 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,880 I continued interviewing the Radfords next door neighbor, Ernest Whitley. 252 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,960 I guess I should have known her to come to this some day, the way they've been fighting 253 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,520 lately, with Wally and his wife. 254 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,760 They've been doing nothing but wrangling, day in, day out. 255 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,200 Well, do you have any idea where Mrs. Radford got the gun? 256 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,480 She must have used Wally's, I guess. 257 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,360 I don't know where else she'd get her hands on one. 258 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,720 He keeps a gun in the house, does he? 259 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,200 Yeah, as long as I've known him, he has. 260 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:20,200 38 automatic. 261 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,200 I don't know the make though. 262 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,160 You happen to know if Mrs. Radford was used to handling a gun? 263 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,960 No, typical woman. 264 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,080 Remember Wally and Stella were over for cards one night. 265 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Stella, that's Mrs. Radford. 266 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,080 Yeah. 267 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,320 I don't know how it came up, but Wally and Stella started arguing about him keeping a 268 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,320 gun in the house. 269 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,800 Stella didn't like it a bit, said she was afraid of guns. 270 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,760 Didn't even like to have them around. 271 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,040 I'm surprised she even knew how to pull a trigger. 272 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,880 You said that Radford's had a big fight today. 273 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,480 What was it about, you happen to know? 274 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Same old thing, I guess. 275 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,560 Stella was always accusing Wally of running around with other women, running around town 276 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:50,560 drinking. 277 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:51,800 As far as I know, it wasn't true. 278 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,560 As a matter of fact, it was just the opposite. 279 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:55,720 If anybody was on the town, it was Stella. 280 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,960 I happen to know at least one guy she was making eyes at. 281 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:58,960 Oh, here's your friend. 282 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,960 Hi, what's it look like? 283 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:00,960 Not good. 284 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:01,960 House is pitch dark. 285 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:02,960 Can't hear anyone moving around inside. 286 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,960 It won't be easy to get out of there, Joe, the way the cottage is situated. 287 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:06,960 Why, what's the problem? 288 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,040 The rear of the house backs up against that hill there. 289 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,440 There's a small space between the end of the house and the hill. 290 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:12,440 No back door, just windows. 291 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:13,920 One of them's open a few inches. 292 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,920 You mean the front door is the only way in the place, huh? 293 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,360 No, there's a side door on the left of the house there, left-hand side. 294 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,640 Yeah, it's a kitchen door, Sergeant. 295 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,000 Leaves right into the kitchen. 296 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Just like our place, all the cottages are laid out the same. 297 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 The living room's just inside the front door, then, huh? 298 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Yeah, that's right. 299 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,320 Bedrooms in the right rear, kitchen in the left rear. 300 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,880 A small bathroom leading off the bedroom leads to the left. 301 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:31,880 She won't come out peaceably. 302 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:32,880 How about a tear gas shell? 303 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:33,880 That ought to bring her out. 304 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,280 Well, I don't know if we'll need it, Al, might be a waste of time. 305 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,080 Whitley here was just telling me Mrs. Radford isn't familiar with guns. 306 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,760 Do you think she'd know how to reload the automatic, Whitley? 307 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,480 No, sir, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't. 308 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,040 I don't even know if Wally had another clip of shells around the house. 309 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,840 Even if he did, Stella wouldn't know what to do with it. 310 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,400 Well, how about the clip that's already in the gun? 311 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,280 Good chance she's got a couple of shells left. 312 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,560 She fired more than half a dozen of them, I know that. 313 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:55,560 She must have gone crazy. 314 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:56,560 There were at least seven or eight shots. 315 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:57,560 Well, that'll just about empty the gun. 316 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:00,560 How about it, you want to try rushing the place? 317 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:01,560 Let's go. 318 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:02,560 Don't do me. 319 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,000 I'll be out here for the time being, Mr. Whitley. 320 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Might be some shooting. 321 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 You know, it's you taking any chances. 322 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Yes, sir, sure. 323 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Okay, Sergeant. 324 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,640 I'll be right back here if you want me. 325 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:10,640 Thank you very much. 326 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:11,640 All right, let's try it. 327 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,640 How do you want to handle it? 328 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,040 Why don't you and Al take the side door. 329 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:17,040 I'll go in the front. 330 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,440 You want to see if we can get a rise out of her first? 331 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,760 Yeah, might be she'll give it up without a fight. 332 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,360 I'll call out to her a couple of times first. 333 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,960 If there's no answer, we'll rush the place. 334 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:26,960 Okay. 335 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:27,960 Now, let's make it all together. 336 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:28,960 I'll just wait for a signal. 337 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:29,960 I'll call it out. 338 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:30,960 All right. 339 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:31,960 Okay. 340 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:32,960 That's it. 341 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:33,960 Side door just behind the shrub over there. 342 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,960 Gives us a little time to get around her, huh? 343 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:37,960 Yeah, no, when I call out the rush, make it fast. 344 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,960 It's the only thing we got in our favor. 345 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:40,960 We'll try and surprise you. 346 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:41,960 Right. 347 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:42,960 See you later. 348 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:43,960 Yeah, be careful. 349 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:44,960 Mrs. Radford? 350 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,960 Mrs. Radford, can you hear me? 351 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,960 Police officers, we've got your place surrounded. 352 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,960 We want you to come out. 353 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,960 Can you hear me, Mrs. Radford? 354 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,960 We want you to come out. 355 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:01,960 Mrs. Radford? 356 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,960 All right, let's go. 357 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:04,960 Hit the door. 358 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:05,960 Joe, Joe, you all right? 359 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:06,960 Yeah, what about you? 360 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:07,960 In the kitchen. 361 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:08,960 It's empty. 362 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:09,960 Okay, just a minute. 363 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:10,960 Living room's empty. 364 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:11,960 Nothing here. 365 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:12,960 And in the bedroom. 366 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:13,960 Nothing here. 367 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:14,960 Yeah, how about that? 368 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:15,960 Hey, Joe, back here. 369 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:16,960 Where are you? 370 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:17,960 Bedroom, straight back. 371 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,960 All right. 372 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:19,960 Have a look. 373 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:20,960 Did you check the bathroom and all the closets? 374 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:21,960 Everything. 375 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:22,960 She's gone. 376 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:38,400 10 46 p.m. We double checked the cottage, all the buildings and possible hiding places 377 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,760 adjoining the Radford house, and then we combed through the immediate neighborhood around 378 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:42,760 the apartment court. 379 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,400 There was no trace of the suspect, Stella Radford. 380 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,880 In the apartment, we found a picture which neighbors told us was a good likeness of Mrs. 381 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:50,880 Radford. 382 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,560 Al Shambra got to a phone, called the office and a local broadcast and an APB was gotten 383 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:56,640 out on her. 384 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,000 We figured she probably slipped out of the house without being noticed during the general 385 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,840 excitement immediately after the shooting. 386 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,940 Her phone call to one of the neighbors warning that she'd kill anyone who came after her 387 00:12:06,940 --> 00:12:10,840 only served as a stall to give her more time for a getaway. 388 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:17,040 10 55 p.m. Ray Pinker and the crime lab crew arrived and began their preliminary investigation. 389 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,480 Judging from the blood stains found on the furniture and the rug in the living room and 390 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,080 on the front steps of the cottage, Radford had first been shot while he was in the living 391 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,400 room and then apparently he ran out the front door to escape the gunfire. 392 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:33,280 A trail of seven empty shells ejected from a 38 caliber automatic seemed to indicate that 393 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,920 his wife followed him out the front door still firing at him as he tried to get away. 394 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,760 We checked the apartment court garage but the Radford's car was still there. 395 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,360 We remained at the apartment court interviewing the neighbors and trying to get a line on 396 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,000 some of Mrs. Radford's known friends and associates. 397 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,960 Joe, how'd you make out? Not much Al. The neighbor I talked to hardly even knew the Radford's. 398 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,800 How about you? Not much better. The only apartment up the way named Joanne Taylor, she told me 399 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,120 she knew Radford's wife fairly well. Says she has a sister in town, doesn't have any 400 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,280 idea where she lives though. How about the boyfriends Mrs. Radford's supposed to be running 401 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,200 around with? She know anything about that? She thinks she was doing a little running around. 402 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,160 She doesn't know who the men are though. You hear anything about Radford's condition? 403 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,280 Yeah, I checked with George's treat a couple of minutes ago. It's pretty critical. I don't 404 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:17,360 know if he's going to make it or not. Joe, Al, back here hustling. Come on. 405 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,560 What do you got? Radford's neighbor is next door. Whitley's. Just got a call from Mrs. 406 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:24,640 Radford. She's talking to Mr. Whitley on the phone right now. Let's go. I don't know what 407 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:35,160 this is all about. Oh yeah Sergeant. I was just going to run and get you. Did you have 408 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,840 Mrs. Radford on the phone? I did, yeah. She hung up just before you came in. Wouldn't 409 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,200 talk though. Did she tell you where she is? No, she sure sounded funny. I think something 410 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,720 snapped. She's a little crazy. What'd she say? Why'd she call you? Said she wanted to find 411 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,040 out if her no good husband was dead yet. That's all I could make out. The rest was just a 412 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,040 lot of gibberish. She wouldn't give you any idea where she was? Where she was falling 413 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,880 from? No, I asked her but she just laughed at me. Might still have a chance to find out 414 00:13:55,880 --> 00:14:03,400 though. Yeah, how's that? She's going to call me back. While Ed and I waited with Mr. Whitley 415 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,400 in his apartment, Al Shambra got to another phone in one of the adjoining apartments, 416 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,360 called our business office and gave them the number of the Whitley's telephone. He asked 417 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,160 them to make arrangements as soon as possible to have all incoming calls at the Whitley's 418 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,320 trace to their origin. Meantime, Ed and I were briefing Ernest Whitley as to what he 419 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:24,000 should say if and when the suspect, Stella Radford, called him back. There was no phone 420 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,760 extension in his apartment so the only way we'd be able to monitor the conversation would 421 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:35,080 be for Whitley to share the receiver with one of us. We waited. 11.30 p.m., 11.45, midnight, 422 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:42,560 12.15 a.m. Sign. All right, try and keep the receiver tilted so we can listen. Sure, hope 423 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:48,280 I got it straight. Okay. Hello? Ernie, this is Stella. Did you find out what I told you 424 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,680 to? Yeah, yeah, I called the hospital. Wally's a lot better. It's not as bad as I thought 425 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,120 it was. What do you mean it's not bad? You trying to kid me? No, it's the truth, Stella. 426 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,400 It's not half bad at all. Wally's going to be all right. Couldn't be. I shot him four 427 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,400 or five times. How could he be all right? Look, I didn't say he was all right. I said 428 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,080 he was going to be all right. Look, it's nothing serious. Not half as bad as I thought. You're 429 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,200 lying. You know you're lying, Ernie. Look, come on, snap out of it, will you, Stella? 430 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,080 It's going to be all right. Wally forgives you. Believe me, he does. Now, look, why don't 431 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,080 you come home? We'll get the whole thing straightened out. There won't be any trouble. Why don't 432 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,080 you stop trying to kid me? It's not going to be all right. I've seen the last of you 433 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,080 and the last of Wally. Stella. I'm with my boyfriend now. We're getting out of town. 434 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,080 Now, wait a minute, Stella. Use your head, huh? Don't go rushing in anything. You don't 435 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,080 have to tell me. I know what I'm doing. I don't care if that dumb husband of mine lives 436 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,080 or dies, but just telling me better not try to follow it. Oh, Stella. My boyfriend's an 437 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,080 ex-con. He's got a gun and he knows how to use it. Well, Stella, will you listen a minute? 438 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,080 I'll let the cops know too, in case they're going to follow us. They try and stop us and 439 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,080 they're going to have a fight in their heads. Look, you keep talking. Will you listen for 440 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,080 just a minute? Where are you now? Let me come down and talk to you. Not a chance. Just be 441 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,080 a waste of time. I'm leaving with my boyfriend in half an hour. You can tell Wally I hope 442 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,080 he dies. Wait a minute, Stella. He gave me a message for you, honey. He left something 443 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,080 with me. He wants you to have it. What? His wallet. He gave it to me just before he left 444 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,080 for the hospital. It's got $94 in it. Says he doesn't care what you think of him. He wants 445 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:08,080 you to have the money. $94? Yeah. He didn't have that much money with him. Where'd he get 446 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,080 it? Well, I don't know anything about that, but it's right here in his wallet, just the 447 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,080 way he gave it to me. He wants you to have it. That's all I know. I don't get it. He didn't 448 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:18,080 have that much money. Well, what do you want me to do? Take it back to him? Tell him you 449 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,080 didn't want it? Look, give the guy a break, huh, Stella? It's the only way he's got to 450 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:29,080 show you how he feels about you. Stella, isn't that right? Well, how about it, Stella? 451 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,080 You got the money with you? I told you, yeah. Pick it up any time you want. No. 452 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:37,080 You bring it down here. I'll pay your cab fare, buy you a drink. You can meet my boyfriend. 453 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:45,080 Yeah? Just a minute. Stella? Hello, Stella? Yeah? It's about 1230 now. Be down here in 454 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,080 half an hour, huh? Uh-huh. I'm in a bar right on the corner. You can't miss it. Where? 455 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:57,080 What corner? Ninth and Avalon. As soon as the suspect, Stella Radford, hung up, we went 456 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,080 to the apartment Cotty's next door where Al Schamber was on the phone in constant communication 457 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:06,080 with our business office. He told us that somehow there'd been a slip-up. They were 458 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:12,080 unable to trace the call to its point of origin. 1236 A.M. According to plan, Ernest Whitley 459 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:16,080 left his apartment, called a taxi, and headed downtown to keep his appointment with the 460 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:21,080 suspect, Stella Radford. Ed Jacobs and Lieutenant Tony Ruiz from Homicide followed him. Al 461 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:28,080 Schamber and I stood by at the apartment. More waiting. 1 A.M. 1 30. 2 A.M. I think they'd 462 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:32,080 call us anyway. I wonder what the hitch is. It's kind of hard to figure out. It's either 463 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,080 a bum steer or they ran into some kind of trouble, maybe. Mrs. Radford, she really warmed 464 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,080 up to the idea when the money was mentioned. Apparently, yeah. I was listening in when 465 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,080 Whitley gave her the story. She seemed to go for it. It's kind of hard to tell. The way 466 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:52,080 this whole thing shapes up, she can... It might be them now. 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Best of all, king size cigarettes. 481 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:37,080 Friday, January 21st, 228 a.m. With the failure of the suspect Stella Radford to keep the 482 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:42,080 date with her next door neighbor Ernest Whitley at the Avalon Boulevard bar, we reached a 483 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,080 temporary stalemate. Despite the fact that checks were made at all restaurants, bars, 484 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,080 and other business places in the vicinity of 9th and Avalon open that time of night, 485 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:55,080 there was no report or trace of the suspect. While the search continued, we stood by at 486 00:19:55,080 --> 00:20:00,080 the Whitley apartment in the hope that Mrs. Radford might call back. A check of our records 487 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,080 and identification bureau failed to turn up any record on either the victim or the suspect, 488 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:10,080 his wife. Ed called Georgia Street Receiving Hospital again, but there was no change. Wallace 489 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:16,080 Radford's condition was still critical. At 2.35 a.m. Stella Radford telephoned again. 490 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:20,080 While we listened in, she told Whitley that she'd had no intention of keeping that appointment 491 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,080 with him at the Avalon Boulevard bar. She told him that she knew he was working with 492 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,080 the police, that she saw officers follow Whitley to the bar where they were supposed to have 493 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:33,080 met. She again warned him of the consequences in the event anybody tried to apprehend her. 494 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,080 After she hung up, we checked with the business office and they told us that the calls had 495 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:41,080 been coming from a telephone prefix which was impossible to trace. Ten minutes later, 496 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:45,080 Whitley got another call from the Radford woman. The conversation went on for the better 497 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:50,080 part of 20 minutes. She didn't seem to make much rhyme or reason. Her only concern was 498 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:55,080 the condition of her husband, whether or not he was dead. She hung up abruptly, but 15 499 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,080 minutes later she called Whitley again. 500 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,080 Look, Stella, I told you there isn't going to be any trouble. Now why don't you go and 501 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,080 talk to Wally? He's lying down there in the hospital. He wants to see you. How about it, 502 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,080 huh, Stella? 503 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,080 Is he dead or not, that's all I want to know. My boyfriend and I are leaving first thing 504 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,080 in the morning. I want to find out before I go. 505 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,080 Why don't you at least give me a chance to talk to you, Stella, huh? We've been good 506 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,080 friends. You know I wouldn't do anything to hurt you. You or Wally. Now let me talk to 507 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,080 you, huh? 508 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,080 There's nothing to talk about. If you've got anything to say, you can tell me now. All 509 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,080 I want to do is find out about Wally. 510 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,080 I told you he's hurt, but he's going to be all right. It's not serious. 511 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,080 Stella? 512 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,080 Why don't you stop lying to me? 513 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Look, I'm not lying, Stella. I wouldn't lie about something like that. What's the matter 514 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,080 with you anyway? You been drinking? 515 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:36,080 What's it your business? You're not kidding me, Ernie. You're trying to help the cops, 516 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,080 don't you think? I know that. What kind of a fool you think I am? 517 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,080 But I'm trying to help, Stella. That's all. 518 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,080 Sure, you're trying to help. Not me, though. You're trying to help the cops. I know they're 519 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,080 with you. But we made that date to meet at the bar. You told them all about it. 520 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,080 No. 521 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,080 You left the house and they left right after you. I know all about it. 522 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,080 Stella, no, you got it wrong, honey. I'm trying to help both of you. You and Wally. I'm trying 523 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,080 to help the best way I know how. Now, why don't you come home? I told you, we'll straighten 524 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,080 the whole thing out. There won't be any trouble. 525 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:03,080 Don't hand me that. I said we're leaving town, me and my boyfriend. Now, what about that money? 526 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,080 Ninety-four dollars. She said Wally wanted me to have it. 527 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,080 Yeah, that's right. He does. Now, how can I get it to you if you don't trust me? 528 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,080 Get away from the cops, that's all. 529 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,080 Oh, Stella. 530 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,080 Maybe I could use the money, but I'm not giving myself up for it. 531 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,080 Look, you're wrong about the cops, Stella. Believe me, you are. Now, why won't you let 532 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,080 me meet you someplace? Anyplace you want, just let me talk to you. 533 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,080 How many times do I have to tell you there's nothing to talk about? All I want to know 534 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,080 is about Wally. Is he dead yet? 535 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,080 But I told you, he's not dead. He's going to be all right. 536 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,080 Look, why can't you believe me? It's not what they thought. Wally will be okay. 537 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,080 Ed, in the next room. 538 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,080 But what for, Stella? Why? Now, come on, snap out of it, huh? 539 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,080 No, it's the truth, sir. Hold me. 540 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,080 Yeah, what's the matter? 541 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,080 Well, it just happened to strike me. You hear that streetcar that just went by a minute ago? 542 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,080 Yeah, it did. Why? 543 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,080 Did you notice a little before that when we were listening on the phone? Sounded like 544 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,080 the same thing coming over the line, didn't it? 545 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,080 Yeah, come to think of it, it did. Matter of fact, I heard it a couple of times coming 546 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,080 over the phone. It's pretty regular. 547 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Yeah, that's what I mean. Streetcars have been passing by here regularly, too. Not much 548 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,080 of a time lapse, either. Not much more in a minute. 549 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,080 Well, I mean, between the time when we hear it over the phone and the time the streetcar 550 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,080 actually passes this place. 551 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,080 Yeah. 552 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,080 Well, if we've got the right angle, there's only one way to figure it here. She's phoning 553 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,080 from somewhere in the neighborhood, and she's fairly close, wouldn't you say? 554 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:15,080 Where do we start looking? 555 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,080 Well, car tracks only run two ways. 556 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:24,080 Three thirty a.m. Ed and I went back into the next room and continued to monitor the 557 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:29,080 conversation between Whitley and Mrs. Radford. Whitley seemed to know how to keep the suspect 558 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,080 talking even though the purpose of her conversation seemed to make little or no sense. 559 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:38,080 At three forty two a.m. while we listened in, on the other end of the line, we again heard 560 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:43,080 the sound of a streetcar approach and pass. Ed checked his watch. Approximately one minute, 561 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:48,080 thirty eight seconds later, we heard a streetcar pass by in front of the apartment court. 562 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,080 Before Ed and I left, we jotted down a note for Whitley asking him to keep Mrs. Radford 563 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:57,080 on the line just as long as possible. We got in the car and drove north along the car tracks 564 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,080 at about the normal speed of a streetcar. One minute and thirty eight seconds of driving 565 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:06,080 brought us a distance of little more than eight blocks. It was on the fringe of a park area. 566 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,080 There were only three residential buildings in the immediate vicinity. There were no lights 567 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:15,080 showing in any of them. We checked the location for public telephones but we found none. 568 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,080 Four fifteen a.m. we turned around, drove back to the apartment court and using the same 569 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:24,080 timing procedure, one minute thirty eight seconds at twenty five miles an hour, we drove 570 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:29,080 along the car line in a southerly direction. Sure not much of a choice. Bars are closed. 571 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,080 Most of the restaurants. No lights burning on this block. A few up ahead there in the 572 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:38,080 next block, Ed. Yeah. Got to come pretty soon, doesn't it? Yeah, it's a minute right now. 573 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:43,080 I can't see how we'd be wrong on it, can you? Too much to write off is just a coincidence. 574 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:53,080 Minute fifteen seconds. Minute twenty. Better slow down. Yeah. What do you think? 575 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,080 It's a service station across the street. It's closed up. Well, a lot of them have outside 576 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:03,080 pay phones, don't they? You see any? No. None on this side. Let's see how full up in there, huh? 577 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:09,080 Yeah. There's a full booth in the back there. There's no lights, though. Looks like somebody 578 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:17,080 in it. Looks like a woman. Yeah, it is. Come on. All right. Hold it up, lady. She's running 579 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,080 for it, Joe. All right. Come on. Come on. Hold it up, lady. Police officer. Let go. Let 580 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,080 go of me. What do you think you're doing? Police officers, lady. Here's our identification. 581 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,080 Mike, talk to you. You leave me alone. Just leave me alone. That's all. I don't have to 582 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,080 talk to you. Your name's Stella Radford, isn't it? No. No, it isn't. Is that your 583 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,080 identification? Who sent you here? Who was it? Are you Stella Radford? You couldn't have 584 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,080 found out. How'd you know I was here? It was Ernie, wasn't it? Him and his friends. 585 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:42,080 He told you. No, ma'am. I don't see how you found me. Somebody had to tell you. You never 586 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:47,080 could have found me. I don't see how I made any mistake. Yeah, that's right. Let's go, lady. 587 00:25:47,080 --> 00:26:05,080 The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 588 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,080 On April 16th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 88, City and County of 589 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:14,080 Los Angeles, State of California. In a moment, the results of that trial. And now here is 590 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:19,080 our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. Friends, as you know, Fatima cigarettes 591 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,080 makes it possible for us to bring you this Dragnet series. 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