WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.040 You're a detective sergeant. 00:06.040 --> 00:08.320 You're assigned a homicide detail. 00:08.320 --> 00:11.680 A man is shot down in the street of a residential neighborhood. 00:11.680 --> 00:12.680 He's critically wounded. 00:12.680 --> 00:14.760 You don't know who the assailant is. 00:14.760 --> 00:16.440 You don't know where he is. 00:16.440 --> 00:21.760 Your job, get him. 00:21.760 --> 00:24.920 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 00:24.920 --> 00:27.160 Prove Fatima quality yourself. 00:27.160 --> 00:31.880 You'll find Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 00:31.880 --> 00:34.720 Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 00:34.720 --> 00:39.720 You'll find Fatima's length gives you those extra pumps, 21 percent longer than standard 00:39.720 --> 00:41.160 cigarette size. 00:41.160 --> 00:47.280 And in Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima 00:47.280 --> 00:48.280 quality. 00:48.280 --> 00:52.280 Definitely the best quality in its class, but the same price as the cigarette you're 00:52.280 --> 00:53.280 now smoking. 00:53.280 --> 00:57.040 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 00:57.040 --> 01:01.000 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 01:01.000 --> 01:09.200 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:09.200 --> 01:14.080 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:14.080 --> 01:18.680 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:18.680 --> 01:20.360 police files. 01:20.360 --> 01:25.560 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:25.560 --> 01:27.960 in action. 01:27.960 --> 01:32.760 It was Thursday, January 20th. 01:32.760 --> 01:34.280 It was mild in Los Angeles. 01:34.280 --> 01:37.280 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 01:37.280 --> 01:38.520 My partner's Ed Jacobs. 01:38.520 --> 01:40.600 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 01:40.600 --> 01:41.600 My name's Friday. 01:41.600 --> 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, 01:45.920 --> 01:47.920 room 42, homicide detail. 01:47.920 --> 01:48.920 Hi. 01:48.920 --> 01:49.920 Make it in time? 01:49.920 --> 01:50.920 No, they were closed up. 01:50.920 --> 01:51.920 That's too bad. 01:51.920 --> 01:52.920 Where's Chief? 01:52.920 --> 01:55.040 Well, that cafeteria down the street was terrible. 01:55.040 --> 01:56.040 Nothing at all, huh? 01:56.040 --> 01:58.280 Well, I figured I'd be safe with a corned beef hash. 01:58.280 --> 02:00.640 Even that wasn't much soggy, you know. 02:00.640 --> 02:02.440 Probably standing all day. 02:02.440 --> 02:03.440 That's too bad. 02:03.440 --> 02:05.000 I asked Johnny if he'd stay open a couple of minutes late. 02:05.000 --> 02:06.440 Told him you were coming right over. 02:06.440 --> 02:08.320 The place was closed tight when I got there. 02:08.320 --> 02:09.320 Couldn't raise anybody. 02:09.320 --> 02:10.320 Tough luck. 02:10.320 --> 02:11.320 Sharp ribs are really good tonight. 02:11.320 --> 02:12.320 Some great pie, too. 02:12.320 --> 02:13.320 Boisenberry. 02:13.320 --> 02:14.320 Best I had anyway. 02:14.320 --> 02:17.600 Say, you got any of those bicarb pills in your locker? 02:17.600 --> 02:18.600 I could sure use one. 02:18.600 --> 02:19.600 I'm afraid not. 02:19.600 --> 02:20.600 Gave the last one to Gene Bectal tonight. 02:20.600 --> 02:21.600 He ate at the cafeteria, too. 02:21.600 --> 02:22.600 Hiya. 02:22.600 --> 02:23.600 Oh, hiya. 02:23.600 --> 02:26.320 What do you say? 02:26.320 --> 02:27.680 Any phone calls for me yet? 02:27.680 --> 02:29.400 Muriel down the stairs saw us called. 02:29.400 --> 02:30.960 Had run you asked before they got ready. 02:30.960 --> 02:32.960 It was the only call, huh? 02:32.960 --> 02:33.960 Yeah. 02:33.960 --> 02:34.960 What is it, Al? 02:34.960 --> 02:35.960 Something wrong? 02:35.960 --> 02:36.960 No, why? 02:36.960 --> 02:37.960 You've been moping around like you lost your best friend. 02:37.960 --> 02:38.960 What's the matter? 02:38.960 --> 02:39.960 You mad at the world? 02:39.960 --> 02:40.960 No, I just saw you in-laws. 02:40.960 --> 02:42.400 The wife had her father and mother over for lunch today. 02:42.400 --> 02:44.720 The old man's getting to be a real pain in the neck. 02:44.720 --> 02:45.720 Don't get along with him, huh? 02:45.720 --> 02:46.720 I keep trying to. 02:46.720 --> 02:47.720 Doesn't seem to do much good. 02:47.720 --> 02:48.720 All he can think of is money. 02:48.720 --> 02:49.720 That's all he can talk about. 02:49.720 --> 02:50.720 Why let it bother you? 02:50.720 --> 02:52.720 My in-laws have been talking about it for years. 02:52.720 --> 02:53.720 Forget it. 02:53.720 --> 02:54.720 He won't let you. 02:54.720 --> 02:56.600 The man he puts his foot inside the front door, it's the first thing you hear. 02:56.600 --> 02:57.600 Crusty old guy. 02:57.600 --> 02:59.160 That pipe he smokes, enough to knock you over. 02:59.160 --> 03:00.720 Why don't you duck out when I come over? 03:00.720 --> 03:02.400 Tell him you got a call, you have to go to work. 03:02.400 --> 03:03.400 The wife's on to that one. 03:03.400 --> 03:04.400 She makes me hang around. 03:04.400 --> 03:06.560 She keeps telling me her father and mother like me. 03:06.560 --> 03:08.360 You never know what the old guy's a real tyrant. 03:08.360 --> 03:10.560 See, the wife comes from a big family. 03:10.560 --> 03:13.680 Every time I see her old man, he has to make a point of telling me how smart his other 03:13.680 --> 03:16.120 sons-in-law are, how much dough they're making. 03:16.120 --> 03:17.120 Yeah, same. 03:17.120 --> 03:18.560 Yeah, same routine every time. 03:18.560 --> 03:20.200 One of his daughters married a carpenter. 03:20.200 --> 03:21.200 He's making $20 a day. 03:21.200 --> 03:22.880 One of them married a hard carrier. 03:22.880 --> 03:25.120 He's making $25 a day. 03:25.120 --> 03:26.480 Always ends up asking me how much I'm making. 03:26.480 --> 03:27.960 Why don't you tell him it's none of his business? 03:27.960 --> 03:28.960 I did today. 03:28.960 --> 03:29.960 That's what started the argument. 03:29.960 --> 03:30.960 I walked out. 03:30.960 --> 03:31.960 Crusty old guy. 03:31.960 --> 03:34.960 Yeah, well, I get it. 03:34.960 --> 03:36.960 Homicide, Friday. 03:36.960 --> 03:38.960 Yes, sir. 03:38.960 --> 03:39.960 Where? 03:39.960 --> 03:40.960 Mm-hmm. 03:40.960 --> 03:41.960 Would you repeat? 03:41.960 --> 03:43.960 Yes, sir, I have it. 03:43.960 --> 03:44.960 Fine, thank you. 03:44.960 --> 03:45.960 Yes, sir, right away. 03:45.960 --> 03:46.960 Shooting, Kirkman near Alpine. 03:46.960 --> 03:47.960 Let me grab my coat. 03:47.960 --> 03:48.960 No details? 03:48.960 --> 03:49.960 No, sir. 03:49.960 --> 03:51.560 I have it on my coat. 03:51.560 --> 03:52.560 No details? 03:52.560 --> 03:53.560 Man down on the sidewalk. 03:53.560 --> 03:54.560 Apparently hurt bad. 03:54.560 --> 03:55.560 Neighbor said it was a family fight. 03:55.560 --> 03:56.560 Come on, we better hustle it out. 03:56.560 --> 03:57.560 Let's go. 03:57.560 --> 04:01.560 That's one good thing about this job. 04:01.560 --> 04:02.560 What do you mean? 04:02.560 --> 04:03.560 Trouble. 04:03.560 --> 04:09.560 You don't know what it is to hear about other people's. 04:09.560 --> 04:12.920 Sergeant Al Shambra, Ed and I drove out to the scene of the shooting. 04:12.920 --> 04:15.040 Code 3, red light and siren. 04:15.040 --> 04:19.040 We located the victim lying on the sidewalk approximately 50 feet from the intersection 04:19.040 --> 04:21.840 of Kirkman Avenue and Alpine Street. 04:21.840 --> 04:26.520 He was a dark haired man, looked to be in his early 40s, tan complexion, well built. 04:26.520 --> 04:29.760 He'd been shot several times in the chest, once in the shoulder. 04:29.760 --> 04:30.760 He appeared to be unconscious. 04:30.760 --> 04:34.440 A handful of curious neighbors were standing by. 04:34.440 --> 04:37.600 One of them, a short balding man, identified himself as Ernest Whitley. 04:37.600 --> 04:39.880 He said he was the victim's next door neighbor. 04:39.880 --> 04:41.440 What's the man's name, Mr. Whitley? 04:41.440 --> 04:43.200 Wally Radford lives right next door to me. 04:43.200 --> 04:44.200 Been my neighbor for years. 04:44.200 --> 04:45.200 Where do you live? 04:45.200 --> 04:46.200 This apartment court right here. 04:46.200 --> 04:49.440 I live in the cottage next to the end when they're at number 8. 04:49.440 --> 04:51.480 Wally lives in number 9. 04:51.480 --> 04:52.960 One right in the end there facing us. 04:52.960 --> 04:55.640 Yeah, what do you know about the shooting, Mr. Whitley? 04:55.640 --> 04:57.240 Well, I didn't have anything to do with it. 04:57.240 --> 04:58.760 I was watching television with the wife. 04:58.760 --> 04:59.760 I heard the shots outside. 04:59.760 --> 05:01.760 You can ask the wife, she'll tell you. 05:01.760 --> 05:04.240 You heard the shots outside of Radford's cottage, is that right? 05:04.240 --> 05:05.240 Yeah, that's right. 05:05.240 --> 05:06.240 Where's the ambulance? 05:06.240 --> 05:07.240 Why don't they come? 05:07.240 --> 05:08.240 They've been notified. 05:08.240 --> 05:09.240 They're on their way. 05:09.240 --> 05:10.240 Well, who did the shooting, Whitley? 05:10.240 --> 05:11.240 Would you know that? 05:11.240 --> 05:12.240 Well, not for sure. 05:12.240 --> 05:14.840 We were watching television, like I said, when I heard the shots. 05:14.840 --> 05:15.840 Wife and I. 05:15.840 --> 05:18.640 First, I heard the shots and then I heard somebody yell. 05:18.640 --> 05:22.240 I thought it was some high school kids in a hot rod or something, you know, horsing around 05:22.240 --> 05:23.240 outside. 05:23.240 --> 05:26.640 Wife told me to get up and take a look anyway, so I did. 05:26.640 --> 05:28.520 On the way to the door, I heard another shot. 05:28.520 --> 05:30.680 Then somebody yelled out again, like they were hurt. 05:30.680 --> 05:33.640 Must have been six or seven shots anyway. 05:33.640 --> 05:36.160 Just as I opened the door, I saw Wally go running fast. 05:36.160 --> 05:37.320 I didn't know what was coming off. 05:37.320 --> 05:40.560 He ran right out toward the street here, weaving back and forth. 05:40.560 --> 05:42.280 Looked like he'd had a couple of drinks. 05:42.280 --> 05:43.280 I didn't know what it was. 05:43.280 --> 05:44.280 You didn't see the actual shooting? 05:44.280 --> 05:46.080 You didn't see anyone with a gun? 05:46.080 --> 05:47.080 Well, no. 05:47.080 --> 05:48.080 The only one I saw was Wally. 05:48.080 --> 05:51.200 He ran right by me, holding his hands up to his chest. 05:51.200 --> 05:53.520 I yelled to him, but he didn't stop. 05:53.520 --> 05:55.240 I didn't know if he was drunk or what. 05:55.240 --> 05:57.800 When he got out here to the sidewalk, I saw him fall down. 05:57.800 --> 05:58.800 I went after him. 05:58.800 --> 05:59.800 He was terrible. 05:59.800 --> 06:02.800 Say, uh, either one of you got a smoke? 06:02.800 --> 06:03.800 Yeah, sure. 06:03.800 --> 06:05.800 Look, I'm still shaking like a leaf. 06:05.800 --> 06:07.800 There you go. 06:07.800 --> 06:08.800 Swell. 06:08.800 --> 06:09.800 Thank you. 06:09.800 --> 06:10.800 Want a light? 06:10.800 --> 06:11.800 Yeah, please. 06:11.800 --> 06:14.800 Thanks. 06:14.800 --> 06:18.280 You're welcome. 06:18.280 --> 06:20.600 Was Radford still conscious when you reached him, you know? 06:20.600 --> 06:21.600 Just about, yeah. 06:21.600 --> 06:23.480 I don't know how many times he was shot. 06:23.480 --> 06:25.200 He was rolling around on the ground. 06:25.200 --> 06:26.200 Pain was terrible. 06:26.200 --> 06:28.280 The whole front of his shirt was all stained. 06:28.280 --> 06:30.720 I yelled to Mike Desmond, one of the other neighbors. 06:30.720 --> 06:31.720 He called you fellas. 06:31.720 --> 06:33.800 Did Radford say anything to you, how it happened? 06:33.800 --> 06:35.320 He kept moaning about the pain. 06:35.320 --> 06:36.320 Kind of made me sick. 06:36.320 --> 06:38.320 It was a relief when he passed out. 06:38.320 --> 06:40.320 Did he tell you how it happened? 06:40.320 --> 06:41.320 Yeah, his wife. 06:41.320 --> 06:43.960 I figured that was it when I saw what was wrong with him. 06:43.960 --> 06:44.960 He told you his wife shot him? 06:44.960 --> 06:47.640 Well, he had a big fight today, Wally and his wife. 06:47.640 --> 06:50.880 Started this afternoon, been going on all day, all night, yelling at each other, throwing 06:50.880 --> 06:51.880 things around. 06:51.880 --> 06:54.240 I never expected this, though. 06:54.240 --> 06:55.240 Something must have snapped. 06:55.240 --> 06:56.240 She must be out of her mind. 06:56.240 --> 06:57.240 Where's his wife now? 06:57.240 --> 06:58.240 I don't know. 06:58.240 --> 06:59.240 Still back in their cottage, I guess. 06:59.240 --> 07:00.240 I've been here since the shooting. 07:00.240 --> 07:01.240 I didn't see her leave. 07:01.240 --> 07:02.240 Joe? 07:02.240 --> 07:03.240 Yeah? 07:03.240 --> 07:04.240 We got our hands full. 07:04.240 --> 07:05.240 Now what do you got? 07:05.240 --> 07:06.240 Just talking to one of the neighbor women back in the court here. 07:06.240 --> 07:08.840 She said that Mrs. Radford phoned her about five minutes ago, identified herself as the 07:08.840 --> 07:10.360 victim's wife, cottage number nine. 07:10.360 --> 07:12.000 What did Mrs. Radford want with the neighbor? 07:12.000 --> 07:13.360 She said she was giving fair warning. 07:13.360 --> 07:14.360 She wanted her past the word alone. 07:14.360 --> 07:15.360 What do you mean? 07:15.360 --> 07:19.360 Claims she's going to kill anybody that comes after her. 07:19.360 --> 07:23.560 Ten twenty eight p.m. 07:23.560 --> 07:27.640 The ambulance arrived and the attendants administered first aid to the victim of the shooting, Wallace 07:27.640 --> 07:29.000 Radford. 07:29.000 --> 07:32.840 Before he was rushed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for further treatment, Radford regained 07:32.840 --> 07:36.480 consciousness long enough to confirm the fact that it was his wife who shot him. 07:36.480 --> 07:39.920 That was about all he could tell us before the sedatives took effect. 07:39.920 --> 07:43.560 The two officers and two of the radio cars which were standing by were detailed to keep 07:43.560 --> 07:47.520 the crowd away from the apartment court where the shooting took place, in particular cottage 07:47.520 --> 07:49.760 nine where the Radfords lived. 07:49.760 --> 07:51.120 The blinds were drawn on the house. 07:51.120 --> 07:52.880 There were no lights showing. 07:52.880 --> 07:55.840 We called the Radford cottage on the phone, but there was no answer. 07:55.840 --> 07:59.480 Al Shambra and Ed circled around and back for a closer look at the place. 07:59.480 --> 08:02.880 I continued interviewing the Radfords next door neighbor, Ernest Whitley. 08:02.880 --> 08:06.960 I guess I should have known her to come to this some day, the way they've been fighting 08:06.960 --> 08:08.520 lately, with Wally and his wife. 08:08.520 --> 08:10.760 They've been doing nothing but wrangling, day in, day out. 08:10.760 --> 08:13.200 Well, do you have any idea where Mrs. Radford got the gun? 08:13.200 --> 08:14.480 She must have used Wally's, I guess. 08:14.480 --> 08:16.360 I don't know where else she'd get her hands on one. 08:16.360 --> 08:17.720 He keeps a gun in the house, does he? 08:17.720 --> 08:19.200 Yeah, as long as I've known him, he has. 08:19.200 --> 08:20.200 38 automatic. 08:20.200 --> 08:21.200 I don't know the make though. 08:21.200 --> 08:24.160 You happen to know if Mrs. Radford was used to handling a gun? 08:24.160 --> 08:25.960 No, typical woman. 08:25.960 --> 08:28.080 Remember Wally and Stella were over for cards one night. 08:28.080 --> 08:29.080 Stella, that's Mrs. Radford. 08:29.080 --> 08:30.080 Yeah. 08:30.080 --> 08:33.320 I don't know how it came up, but Wally and Stella started arguing about him keeping a 08:33.320 --> 08:34.320 gun in the house. 08:34.320 --> 08:36.800 Stella didn't like it a bit, said she was afraid of guns. 08:36.800 --> 08:38.760 Didn't even like to have them around. 08:38.760 --> 08:41.040 I'm surprised she even knew how to pull a trigger. 08:41.040 --> 08:42.880 You said that Radford's had a big fight today. 08:42.880 --> 08:44.480 What was it about, you happen to know? 08:44.480 --> 08:45.480 Same old thing, I guess. 08:45.480 --> 08:49.560 Stella was always accusing Wally of running around with other women, running around town 08:49.560 --> 08:50.560 drinking. 08:50.560 --> 08:51.800 As far as I know, it wasn't true. 08:51.800 --> 08:53.560 As a matter of fact, it was just the opposite. 08:53.560 --> 08:55.720 If anybody was on the town, it was Stella. 08:55.720 --> 08:57.960 I happen to know at least one guy she was making eyes at. 08:57.960 --> 08:58.960 Oh, here's your friend. 08:58.960 --> 08:59.960 Hi, what's it look like? 08:59.960 --> 09:00.960 Not good. 09:00.960 --> 09:01.960 House is pitch dark. 09:01.960 --> 09:02.960 Can't hear anyone moving around inside. 09:02.960 --> 09:05.960 It won't be easy to get out of there, Joe, the way the cottage is situated. 09:05.960 --> 09:06.960 Why, what's the problem? 09:06.960 --> 09:09.040 The rear of the house backs up against that hill there. 09:09.040 --> 09:11.440 There's a small space between the end of the house and the hill. 09:11.440 --> 09:12.440 No back door, just windows. 09:12.440 --> 09:13.920 One of them's open a few inches. 09:13.920 --> 09:15.920 You mean the front door is the only way in the place, huh? 09:15.920 --> 09:18.360 No, there's a side door on the left of the house there, left-hand side. 09:18.360 --> 09:19.640 Yeah, it's a kitchen door, Sergeant. 09:19.640 --> 09:21.000 Leaves right into the kitchen. 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 Just like our place, all the cottages are laid out the same. 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 The living room's just inside the front door, then, huh? 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 Yeah, that's right. 09:26.000 --> 09:28.320 Bedrooms in the right rear, kitchen in the left rear. 09:28.320 --> 09:30.880 A small bathroom leading off the bedroom leads to the left. 09:30.880 --> 09:31.880 She won't come out peaceably. 09:31.880 --> 09:32.880 How about a tear gas shell? 09:32.880 --> 09:33.880 That ought to bring her out. 09:33.880 --> 09:36.280 Well, I don't know if we'll need it, Al, might be a waste of time. 09:36.280 --> 09:39.080 Whitley here was just telling me Mrs. Radford isn't familiar with guns. 09:39.080 --> 09:41.760 Do you think she'd know how to reload the automatic, Whitley? 09:41.760 --> 09:43.480 No, sir, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't. 09:43.480 --> 09:47.040 I don't even know if Wally had another clip of shells around the house. 09:47.040 --> 09:48.840 Even if he did, Stella wouldn't know what to do with it. 09:48.840 --> 09:50.400 Well, how about the clip that's already in the gun? 09:50.400 --> 09:52.280 Good chance she's got a couple of shells left. 09:52.280 --> 09:54.560 She fired more than half a dozen of them, I know that. 09:54.560 --> 09:55.560 She must have gone crazy. 09:55.560 --> 09:56.560 There were at least seven or eight shots. 09:56.560 --> 09:57.560 Well, that'll just about empty the gun. 09:57.560 --> 10:00.560 How about it, you want to try rushing the place? 10:00.560 --> 10:01.560 Let's go. 10:01.560 --> 10:02.560 Don't do me. 10:02.560 --> 10:04.000 I'll be out here for the time being, Mr. Whitley. 10:04.000 --> 10:05.000 Might be some shooting. 10:05.000 --> 10:06.000 You know, it's you taking any chances. 10:06.000 --> 10:07.000 Yes, sir, sure. 10:07.000 --> 10:08.000 Okay, Sergeant. 10:08.000 --> 10:09.640 I'll be right back here if you want me. 10:09.640 --> 10:10.640 Thank you very much. 10:10.640 --> 10:11.640 All right, let's try it. 10:11.640 --> 10:13.640 How do you want to handle it? 10:13.640 --> 10:16.040 Why don't you and Al take the side door. 10:16.040 --> 10:17.040 I'll go in the front. 10:17.040 --> 10:19.440 You want to see if we can get a rise out of her first? 10:19.440 --> 10:22.760 Yeah, might be she'll give it up without a fight. 10:22.760 --> 10:24.360 I'll call out to her a couple of times first. 10:24.360 --> 10:25.960 If there's no answer, we'll rush the place. 10:25.960 --> 10:26.960 Okay. 10:26.960 --> 10:27.960 Now, let's make it all together. 10:27.960 --> 10:28.960 I'll just wait for a signal. 10:28.960 --> 10:29.960 I'll call it out. 10:29.960 --> 10:30.960 All right. 10:30.960 --> 10:31.960 Okay. 10:31.960 --> 10:32.960 That's it. 10:32.960 --> 10:33.960 Side door just behind the shrub over there. 10:33.960 --> 10:35.960 Gives us a little time to get around her, huh? 10:35.960 --> 10:37.960 Yeah, no, when I call out the rush, make it fast. 10:37.960 --> 10:39.960 It's the only thing we got in our favor. 10:39.960 --> 10:40.960 We'll try and surprise you. 10:40.960 --> 10:41.960 Right. 10:41.960 --> 10:42.960 See you later. 10:42.960 --> 10:43.960 Yeah, be careful. 10:43.960 --> 10:44.960 Mrs. Radford? 10:44.960 --> 10:47.960 Mrs. Radford, can you hear me? 10:47.960 --> 10:50.960 Police officers, we've got your place surrounded. 10:50.960 --> 10:53.960 We want you to come out. 10:53.960 --> 10:57.960 Can you hear me, Mrs. Radford? 10:57.960 --> 11:00.960 We want you to come out. 11:00.960 --> 11:01.960 Mrs. Radford? 11:01.960 --> 11:03.960 All right, let's go. 11:03.960 --> 11:04.960 Hit the door. 11:04.960 --> 11:05.960 Joe, Joe, you all right? 11:05.960 --> 11:06.960 Yeah, what about you? 11:06.960 --> 11:07.960 In the kitchen. 11:07.960 --> 11:08.960 It's empty. 11:08.960 --> 11:09.960 Okay, just a minute. 11:09.960 --> 11:10.960 Living room's empty. 11:10.960 --> 11:11.960 Nothing here. 11:11.960 --> 11:12.960 And in the bedroom. 11:12.960 --> 11:13.960 Nothing here. 11:13.960 --> 11:14.960 Yeah, how about that? 11:14.960 --> 11:15.960 Hey, Joe, back here. 11:15.960 --> 11:16.960 Where are you? 11:16.960 --> 11:17.960 Bedroom, straight back. 11:17.960 --> 11:18.960 All right. 11:18.960 --> 11:19.960 Have a look. 11:19.960 --> 11:20.960 Did you check the bathroom and all the closets? 11:20.960 --> 11:21.960 Everything. 11:21.960 --> 11:22.960 She's gone. 11:22.960 --> 11:38.400 10 46 p.m. We double checked the cottage, all the buildings and possible hiding places 11:38.400 --> 11:41.760 adjoining the Radford house, and then we combed through the immediate neighborhood around 11:41.760 --> 11:42.760 the apartment court. 11:42.760 --> 11:46.400 There was no trace of the suspect, Stella Radford. 11:46.400 --> 11:49.880 In the apartment, we found a picture which neighbors told us was a good likeness of Mrs. 11:49.880 --> 11:50.880 Radford. 11:50.880 --> 11:55.560 Al Shambra got to a phone, called the office and a local broadcast and an APB was gotten 11:55.560 --> 11:56.640 out on her. 11:56.640 --> 12:00.000 We figured she probably slipped out of the house without being noticed during the general 12:00.000 --> 12:02.840 excitement immediately after the shooting. 12:02.840 --> 12:06.940 Her phone call to one of the neighbors warning that she'd kill anyone who came after her 12:06.940 --> 12:10.840 only served as a stall to give her more time for a getaway. 12:10.840 --> 12:17.040 10 55 p.m. Ray Pinker and the crime lab crew arrived and began their preliminary investigation. 12:17.040 --> 12:20.480 Judging from the blood stains found on the furniture and the rug in the living room and 12:20.480 --> 12:24.080 on the front steps of the cottage, Radford had first been shot while he was in the living 12:24.080 --> 12:28.400 room and then apparently he ran out the front door to escape the gunfire. 12:28.400 --> 12:33.280 A trail of seven empty shells ejected from a 38 caliber automatic seemed to indicate that 12:33.280 --> 12:37.920 his wife followed him out the front door still firing at him as he tried to get away. 12:37.920 --> 12:41.760 We checked the apartment court garage but the Radford's car was still there. 12:41.760 --> 12:45.360 We remained at the apartment court interviewing the neighbors and trying to get a line on 12:45.360 --> 12:48.000 some of Mrs. Radford's known friends and associates. 12:48.000 --> 12:52.960 Joe, how'd you make out? Not much Al. The neighbor I talked to hardly even knew the Radford's. 12:52.960 --> 12:56.800 How about you? Not much better. The only apartment up the way named Joanne Taylor, she told me 12:56.800 --> 13:00.120 she knew Radford's wife fairly well. Says she has a sister in town, doesn't have any 13:00.120 --> 13:03.280 idea where she lives though. How about the boyfriends Mrs. Radford's supposed to be running 13:03.280 --> 13:06.200 around with? She know anything about that? She thinks she was doing a little running around. 13:06.200 --> 13:09.160 She doesn't know who the men are though. You hear anything about Radford's condition? 13:09.160 --> 13:12.280 Yeah, I checked with George's treat a couple of minutes ago. It's pretty critical. I don't 13:12.280 --> 13:17.360 know if he's going to make it or not. Joe, Al, back here hustling. Come on. 13:17.360 --> 13:21.560 What do you got? Radford's neighbor is next door. Whitley's. Just got a call from Mrs. 13:21.560 --> 13:24.640 Radford. She's talking to Mr. Whitley on the phone right now. Let's go. I don't know what 13:24.640 --> 13:35.160 this is all about. Oh yeah Sergeant. I was just going to run and get you. Did you have 13:35.160 --> 13:38.840 Mrs. Radford on the phone? I did, yeah. She hung up just before you came in. Wouldn't 13:38.840 --> 13:42.200 talk though. Did she tell you where she is? No, she sure sounded funny. I think something 13:42.200 --> 13:45.720 snapped. She's a little crazy. What'd she say? Why'd she call you? Said she wanted to find 13:45.720 --> 13:49.040 out if her no good husband was dead yet. That's all I could make out. The rest was just a 13:49.040 --> 13:52.040 lot of gibberish. She wouldn't give you any idea where she was? Where she was falling 13:52.040 --> 13:55.880 from? No, I asked her but she just laughed at me. Might still have a chance to find out 13:55.880 --> 14:03.400 though. Yeah, how's that? She's going to call me back. While Ed and I waited with Mr. Whitley 14:03.400 --> 14:07.400 in his apartment, Al Shambra got to another phone in one of the adjoining apartments, 14:07.400 --> 14:11.360 called our business office and gave them the number of the Whitley's telephone. He asked 14:11.360 --> 14:15.160 them to make arrangements as soon as possible to have all incoming calls at the Whitley's 14:15.160 --> 14:19.320 trace to their origin. Meantime, Ed and I were briefing Ernest Whitley as to what he 14:19.320 --> 14:24.000 should say if and when the suspect, Stella Radford, called him back. There was no phone 14:24.000 --> 14:27.760 extension in his apartment so the only way we'd be able to monitor the conversation would 14:27.760 --> 14:35.080 be for Whitley to share the receiver with one of us. We waited. 11.30 p.m., 11.45, midnight, 14:35.080 --> 14:42.560 12.15 a.m. Sign. All right, try and keep the receiver tilted so we can listen. Sure, hope 14:42.560 --> 14:48.280 I got it straight. Okay. Hello? Ernie, this is Stella. Did you find out what I told you 14:48.280 --> 14:52.680 to? Yeah, yeah, I called the hospital. Wally's a lot better. It's not as bad as I thought 14:52.680 --> 14:56.120 it was. What do you mean it's not bad? You trying to kid me? No, it's the truth, Stella. 14:56.120 --> 14:59.400 It's not half bad at all. Wally's going to be all right. Couldn't be. I shot him four 14:59.400 --> 15:02.400 or five times. How could he be all right? Look, I didn't say he was all right. I said 15:02.400 --> 15:06.080 he was going to be all right. Look, it's nothing serious. Not half as bad as I thought. You're 15:06.080 --> 15:09.200 lying. You know you're lying, Ernie. Look, come on, snap out of it, will you, Stella? 15:09.200 --> 15:13.080 It's going to be all right. Wally forgives you. Believe me, he does. Now, look, why don't 15:13.080 --> 15:16.080 you come home? We'll get the whole thing straightened out. There won't be any trouble. Why don't 15:16.080 --> 15:19.080 you stop trying to kid me? It's not going to be all right. I've seen the last of you 15:19.080 --> 15:23.080 and the last of Wally. Stella. I'm with my boyfriend now. We're getting out of town. 15:23.080 --> 15:26.080 Now, wait a minute, Stella. Use your head, huh? Don't go rushing in anything. You don't 15:26.080 --> 15:29.080 have to tell me. I know what I'm doing. I don't care if that dumb husband of mine lives 15:29.080 --> 15:33.080 or dies, but just telling me better not try to follow it. Oh, Stella. My boyfriend's an 15:33.080 --> 15:37.080 ex-con. He's got a gun and he knows how to use it. Well, Stella, will you listen a minute? 15:37.080 --> 15:40.080 I'll let the cops know too, in case they're going to follow us. They try and stop us and 15:40.080 --> 15:43.080 they're going to have a fight in their heads. Look, you keep talking. Will you listen for 15:43.080 --> 15:47.080 just a minute? Where are you now? Let me come down and talk to you. Not a chance. Just be 15:47.080 --> 15:51.080 a waste of time. I'm leaving with my boyfriend in half an hour. You can tell Wally I hope 15:51.080 --> 15:55.080 he dies. Wait a minute, Stella. He gave me a message for you, honey. He left something 15:55.080 --> 15:59.080 with me. He wants you to have it. What? His wallet. He gave it to me just before he left 15:59.080 --> 16:03.080 for the hospital. It's got $94 in it. Says he doesn't care what you think of him. He wants 16:03.080 --> 16:08.080 you to have the money. $94? Yeah. He didn't have that much money with him. Where'd he get 16:08.080 --> 16:11.080 it? Well, I don't know anything about that, but it's right here in his wallet, just the 16:11.080 --> 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 16:14.080 --> 16:18.080 have that much money. Well, what do you want me to do? Take it back to him? Tell him you 16:18.080 --> 16:21.080 didn't want it? Look, give the guy a break, huh, Stella? It's the only way he's got to 16:21.080 --> 16:29.080 show you how he feels about you. Stella, isn't that right? Well, how about it, Stella? 16:29.080 --> 16:32.080 You got the money with you? I told you, yeah. Pick it up any time you want. No. 16:32.080 --> 16:37.080 You bring it down here. I'll pay your cab fare, buy you a drink. You can meet my boyfriend. 16:37.080 --> 16:45.080 Yeah? Just a minute. Stella? Hello, Stella? Yeah? It's about 1230 now. Be down here in 16:45.080 --> 16:49.080 half an hour, huh? Uh-huh. I'm in a bar right on the corner. You can't miss it. Where? 16:49.080 --> 16:57.080 What corner? Ninth and Avalon. As soon as the suspect, Stella Radford, hung up, we went 16:57.080 --> 17:01.080 to the apartment Cotty's next door where Al Schamber was on the phone in constant communication 17:01.080 --> 17:06.080 with our business office. He told us that somehow there'd been a slip-up. They were 17:06.080 --> 17:12.080 unable to trace the call to its point of origin. 1236 A.M. According to plan, Ernest Whitley 17:12.080 --> 17:16.080 left his apartment, called a taxi, and headed downtown to keep his appointment with the 17:16.080 --> 17:21.080 suspect, Stella Radford. Ed Jacobs and Lieutenant Tony Ruiz from Homicide followed him. Al 17:21.080 --> 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 17:28.080 --> 17:32.080 call us anyway. I wonder what the hitch is. It's kind of hard to figure out. It's either 17:32.080 --> 17:35.080 a bum steer or they ran into some kind of trouble, maybe. Mrs. Radford, she really warmed 17:35.080 --> 17:39.080 up to the idea when the money was mentioned. Apparently, yeah. I was listening in when 17:39.080 --> 17:42.080 Whitley gave her the story. She seemed to go for it. It's kind of hard to tell. The way 17:42.080 --> 17:52.080 this whole thing shapes up, she can... 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Despite the fact that checks were made at all restaurants, bars, 19:46.080 --> 19:50.080 and other business places in the vicinity of 9th and Avalon open that time of night, 19:50.080 --> 19:55.080 there was no report or trace of the suspect. While the search continued, we stood by at 19:55.080 --> 20:00.080 the Whitley apartment in the hope that Mrs. Radford might call back. A check of our records 20:00.080 --> 20:04.080 and identification bureau failed to turn up any record on either the victim or the suspect, 20:04.080 --> 20:10.080 his wife. Ed called Georgia Street Receiving Hospital again, but there was no change. Wallace 20:10.080 --> 20:16.080 Radford's condition was still critical. At 2.35 a.m. Stella Radford telephoned again. 20:16.080 --> 20:20.080 While we listened in, she told Whitley that she'd had no intention of keeping that appointment 20:20.080 --> 20:24.080 with him at the Avalon Boulevard bar. She told him that she knew he was working with 20:24.080 --> 20:28.080 the police, that she saw officers follow Whitley to the bar where they were supposed to have 20:28.080 --> 20:33.080 met. She again warned him of the consequences in the event anybody tried to apprehend her. 20:33.080 --> 20:37.080 After she hung up, we checked with the business office and they told us that the calls had 20:37.080 --> 20:41.080 been coming from a telephone prefix which was impossible to trace. Ten minutes later, 20:41.080 --> 20:45.080 Whitley got another call from the Radford woman. The conversation went on for the better 20:45.080 --> 20:50.080 part of 20 minutes. She didn't seem to make much rhyme or reason. Her only concern was 20:50.080 --> 20:55.080 the condition of her husband, whether or not he was dead. She hung up abruptly, but 15 20:55.080 --> 20:57.080 minutes later she called Whitley again. 20:57.080 --> 21:00.080 Look, Stella, I told you there isn't going to be any trouble. Now why don't you go and 21:00.080 --> 21:03.080 talk to Wally? He's lying down there in the hospital. He wants to see you. How about it, 21:03.080 --> 21:04.080 huh, Stella? 21:04.080 --> 21:07.080 Is he dead or not, that's all I want to know. My boyfriend and I are leaving first thing 21:07.080 --> 21:09.080 in the morning. I want to find out before I go. 21:09.080 --> 21:12.080 Why don't you at least give me a chance to talk to you, Stella, huh? We've been good 21:12.080 --> 21:15.080 friends. You know I wouldn't do anything to hurt you. You or Wally. Now let me talk to 21:15.080 --> 21:16.080 you, huh? 21:16.080 --> 21:18.080 There's nothing to talk about. If you've got anything to say, you can tell me now. All 21:18.080 --> 21:20.080 I want to do is find out about Wally. 21:20.080 --> 21:24.080 I told you he's hurt, but he's going to be all right. It's not serious. 21:25.080 --> 21:26.080 Stella? 21:26.080 --> 21:27.080 Why don't you stop lying to me? 21:27.080 --> 21:31.080 Look, I'm not lying, Stella. I wouldn't lie about something like that. What's the matter 21:31.080 --> 21:32.080 with you anyway? You been drinking? 21:32.080 --> 21:36.080 What's it your business? You're not kidding me, Ernie. You're trying to help the cops, 21:36.080 --> 21:38.080 don't you think? I know that. What kind of a fool you think I am? 21:38.080 --> 21:40.080 But I'm trying to help, Stella. That's all. 21:40.080 --> 21:44.080 Sure, you're trying to help. Not me, though. You're trying to help the cops. I know they're 21:44.080 --> 21:47.080 with you. But we made that date to meet at the bar. You told them all about it. 21:47.080 --> 21:48.080 No. 21:48.080 --> 21:49.080 You left the house and they left right after you. I know all about it. 21:49.080 --> 21:53.080 Stella, no, you got it wrong, honey. I'm trying to help both of you. You and Wally. I'm trying 21:53.080 --> 21:57.080 to help the best way I know how. Now, why don't you come home? I told you, we'll straighten 21:57.080 --> 21:58.080 the whole thing out. There won't be any trouble. 21:58.080 --> 22:03.080 Don't hand me that. I said we're leaving town, me and my boyfriend. Now, what about that money? 22:03.080 --> 22:05.080 Ninety-four dollars. She said Wally wanted me to have it. 22:05.080 --> 22:08.080 Yeah, that's right. He does. Now, how can I get it to you if you don't trust me? 22:08.080 --> 22:10.080 Get away from the cops, that's all. 22:10.080 --> 22:11.080 Oh, Stella. 22:11.080 --> 22:13.080 Maybe I could use the money, but I'm not giving myself up for it. 22:13.080 --> 22:16.080 Look, you're wrong about the cops, Stella. Believe me, you are. Now, why won't you let 22:16.080 --> 22:19.080 me meet you someplace? Anyplace you want, just let me talk to you. 22:19.080 --> 22:22.080 How many times do I have to tell you there's nothing to talk about? All I want to know 22:22.080 --> 22:24.080 is about Wally. Is he dead yet? 22:24.080 --> 22:27.080 But I told you, he's not dead. He's going to be all right. 22:27.080 --> 22:31.080 Look, why can't you believe me? It's not what they thought. Wally will be okay. 22:31.080 --> 22:33.080 Ed, in the next room. 22:33.080 --> 22:37.080 But what for, Stella? Why? Now, come on, snap out of it, huh? 22:37.080 --> 22:39.080 No, it's the truth, sir. Hold me. 22:39.080 --> 22:41.080 Yeah, what's the matter? 22:41.080 --> 22:45.080 Well, it just happened to strike me. You hear that streetcar that just went by a minute ago? 22:45.080 --> 22:46.080 Yeah, it did. Why? 22:46.080 --> 22:49.080 Did you notice a little before that when we were listening on the phone? Sounded like 22:49.080 --> 22:51.080 the same thing coming over the line, didn't it? 22:51.080 --> 22:54.080 Yeah, come to think of it, it did. Matter of fact, I heard it a couple of times coming 22:54.080 --> 22:55.080 over the phone. It's pretty regular. 22:55.080 --> 22:59.080 Yeah, that's what I mean. Streetcars have been passing by here regularly, too. Not much 22:59.080 --> 23:02.080 of a time lapse, either. Not much more in a minute. 23:02.080 --> 23:05.080 Well, I mean, between the time when we hear it over the phone and the time the streetcar 23:05.080 --> 23:06.080 actually passes this place. 23:06.080 --> 23:07.080 Yeah. 23:07.080 --> 23:11.080 Well, if we've got the right angle, there's only one way to figure it here. She's phoning 23:11.080 --> 23:14.080 from somewhere in the neighborhood, and she's fairly close, wouldn't you say? 23:14.080 --> 23:15.080 Where do we start looking? 23:15.080 --> 23:17.080 Well, car tracks only run two ways. 23:17.080 --> 23:24.080 Three thirty a.m. Ed and I went back into the next room and continued to monitor the 23:24.080 --> 23:29.080 conversation between Whitley and Mrs. Radford. Whitley seemed to know how to keep the suspect 23:29.080 --> 23:33.080 talking even though the purpose of her conversation seemed to make little or no sense. 23:33.080 --> 23:38.080 At three forty two a.m. while we listened in, on the other end of the line, we again heard 23:38.080 --> 23:43.080 the sound of a streetcar approach and pass. Ed checked his watch. Approximately one minute, 23:43.080 --> 23:48.080 thirty eight seconds later, we heard a streetcar pass by in front of the apartment court. 23:48.080 --> 23:52.080 Before Ed and I left, we jotted down a note for Whitley asking him to keep Mrs. Radford 23:52.080 --> 23:57.080 on the line just as long as possible. We got in the car and drove north along the car tracks 23:57.080 --> 24:01.080 at about the normal speed of a streetcar. One minute and thirty eight seconds of driving 24:01.080 --> 24:06.080 brought us a distance of little more than eight blocks. It was on the fringe of a park area. 24:06.080 --> 24:10.080 There were only three residential buildings in the immediate vicinity. There were no lights 24:10.080 --> 24:15.080 showing in any of them. We checked the location for public telephones but we found none. 24:15.080 --> 24:19.080 Four fifteen a.m. we turned around, drove back to the apartment court and using the same 24:19.080 --> 24:24.080 timing procedure, one minute thirty eight seconds at twenty five miles an hour, we drove 24:24.080 --> 24:29.080 along the car line in a southerly direction. Sure not much of a choice. Bars are closed. 24:29.080 --> 24:32.080 Most of the restaurants. No lights burning on this block. A few up ahead there in the 24:32.080 --> 24:38.080 next block, Ed. Yeah. Got to come pretty soon, doesn't it? Yeah, it's a minute right now. 24:38.080 --> 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. 24:43.080 --> 24:53.080 Minute fifteen seconds. Minute twenty. Better slow down. Yeah. What do you think? 24:53.080 --> 24:57.080 It's a service station across the street. It's closed up. Well, a lot of them have outside 24:57.080 --> 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? 25:03.080 --> 25:09.080 Yeah. There's a full booth in the back there. There's no lights, though. Looks like somebody 25:09.080 --> 25:17.080 in it. Looks like a woman. Yeah, it is. Come on. All right. Hold it up, lady. She's running 25:17.080 --> 25:21.080 for it, Joe. All right. Come on. Come on. Hold it up, lady. Police officer. Let go. Let 25:21.080 --> 25:24.080 go of me. What do you think you're doing? Police officers, lady. Here's our identification. 25:24.080 --> 25:27.080 Mike, talk to you. You leave me alone. Just leave me alone. That's all. I don't have to 25:27.080 --> 25:31.080 talk to you. Your name's Stella Radford, isn't it? No. No, it isn't. Is that your 25:31.080 --> 25:34.080 identification? Who sent you here? Who was it? Are you Stella Radford? You couldn't have 25:34.080 --> 25:37.080 found out. How'd you know I was here? It was Ernie, wasn't it? Him and his friends. 25:37.080 --> 25:42.080 He told you. No, ma'am. I don't see how you found me. Somebody had to tell you. You never 25:42.080 --> 25:47.080 could have found me. I don't see how I made any mistake. Yeah, that's right. Let's go, lady. 25:47.080 --> 26:05.080 The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:05.080 --> 26:09.080 On April 16th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 88, City and County of 26:09.080 --> 26:14.080 Los Angeles, State of California. In a moment, the results of that trial. And now here is 26:14.080 --> 26:19.080 our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. Friends, as you know, Fatima cigarettes 26:19.080 --> 26:23.080 makes it possible for us to bring you this Dragnet series. 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