WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.000 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:10.000 --> 00:13.000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:13.000 --> 00:20.000 Fatima cigarettes, best of all king-sized cigarettes, brings you dragnet on both radio and television. 00:20.000 --> 00:32.000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a juvenile division. 00:32.000 --> 00:36.000 You get a call from one of the bus line terminals in your city. 00:36.000 --> 00:40.000 A seven-week-old baby has been abandoned in the depot waiting room. 00:40.000 --> 00:43.000 There's no sign of the mother, no lead to her whereabouts. 00:43.000 --> 00:49.000 Your job? 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It was hot in Los Angeles. 02:03.000 --> 02:05.000 We were working the day watch out of Juvenile Division. 02:05.000 --> 02:09.000 My partner's Ed Jacobs. The boss is Captain Stein, Commander, Juvenile Division. 02:09.000 --> 02:10.000 My name's Friday. 02:10.000 --> 02:15.000 We were on the way out from the office and it was 11.05 a.m. when we got to the corner of 6th and Los Angeles streets. 02:15.000 --> 02:19.000 The bus depot. 02:19.000 --> 02:21.000 Excuse me, ma'am, you Mrs. Lewis? 02:21.000 --> 02:23.000 Yes, that's right. Are you the police? 02:23.000 --> 02:26.000 Yes, ma'am. This is my partner Sergeant Jacobs. My name's Friday, Juvenile Division. 02:26.000 --> 02:30.000 Well, how do you do? I'm certainly glad you're here. I've been waiting around this depot for hours. I don't know what to do. 02:30.000 --> 02:34.000 Baby must be getting pretty heavy, ma'am. Would you like to sit down over here and tell us about it? 02:34.000 --> 02:38.000 All right. Thank you. 02:38.000 --> 02:43.000 That's all right, honey. You sleep now. Sleepy bye. 02:43.000 --> 02:45.000 Well, things are just a shame. 02:45.000 --> 02:49.000 Yes, ma'am. The report we got didn't go into detail. Some woman left the baby with you, is that right? 02:49.000 --> 02:55.000 Yes, as soon as we got off the bus this morning. She said she'd only be gone a few minutes. It's been hours. I don't know what to do. 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 Well, did you know the woman, Mrs. Lewis? 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 Her name's Dorothy Miller. She's from Arizona, Tucson. 03:00.000 --> 03:04.000 We got off the bus and she asked me if I'd hold her baby while she went to get her luggage. 03:04.000 --> 03:07.000 She said she'd meet me right there by the information desk. 03:07.000 --> 03:11.000 I've been waiting ever since. She hasn't come back. I don't know what to think of it. 03:11.000 --> 03:13.000 How well do you know this Dorothy Miller, ma'am? 03:13.000 --> 03:20.000 Well, not too well, but she seemed like such a nice girl. Friendly and very social. We sat together all the way in. 03:20.000 --> 03:22.000 You got on the bus with her too, Sanze? 03:22.000 --> 03:27.000 Oh, no. I'm from Cincinnati. I got on the bus there and then went down to Dallas. Had a visit with an aunt of mine down there. 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 I see. 03:28.000 --> 03:33.000 And I got another bus at Dallas to come out here. It went along the Southern route. Very nice. 03:33.000 --> 03:39.000 Same bus I came in on this morning. I'm out here to meet my husband, army man. He's coming in on a transport from overseas. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Coming in tomorrow. 03:40.000 --> 03:45.000 Now, you say this Dorothy Miller boarded the bus at Tucson with her baby. She rode all the way into Los Angeles with you. 03:45.000 --> 03:52.000 Yes, right into this depot. She sat in the seat next to mine. We struck up a conversation. Got to be quite good friends. 03:52.000 --> 03:56.000 He's such a cute baby. I just can't imagine. 03:56.000 --> 04:01.000 Well, how did the Miller woman seem to you, Mrs. Lewis? All right? I mean, was there anything odd about her behavior? Anything unusual? 04:01.000 --> 04:07.000 No, nothing at all. Seemed to me to be a perfect mother. Took good care of the baby. Wonderful care. That's what's so upsetting. 04:07.000 --> 04:13.000 For her to go off like this, leave her baby with a stranger, doesn't make any sense. 04:13.000 --> 04:16.000 Well, now you say you talked with this Dorothy Miller quite a bit along the way, ma'am. 04:16.000 --> 04:17.000 I beg your pardon. What was that? 04:17.000 --> 04:20.000 Maybe if we move out the car, Joe. It'd be a lot easier to talk. 04:20.000 --> 04:25.000 Yeah, that's a good idea. Mrs. Lewis, would you mind coming along with us to our car? It's parked just down the street. Should be a little quieter there, huh? 04:25.000 --> 04:28.000 Yes, all right. I have these two valets here. 04:28.000 --> 04:29.000 All right, I'll get them, ma'am. 04:29.000 --> 04:30.000 Oh, thank you. 04:30.000 --> 04:32.000 We'll be off this way for you. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Excuse me. I'm sorry. Pardon me. 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 Sorry? 04:36.000 --> 04:38.000 Pardon us, please. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 Can I help you with one of those ends? 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 No, no, it's okay. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 Just down the street here, ma'am. 04:41.000 --> 04:47.000 Oh, my. Isn't it a beautiful day? What a shame. I was in trouble. 04:47.000 --> 04:49.000 Yes, ma'am. 04:49.000 --> 04:50.000 Can you make it all right, Mrs. Lewis? 04:50.000 --> 04:52.000 Oh, yes, I think so. 04:52.000 --> 04:55.000 All right. Want to slip the bleases and back ends plenty of room there? 04:55.000 --> 04:56.000 Yeah, okay. 04:56.000 --> 04:58.000 Give me your hand. 04:58.000 --> 05:00.000 Okay. 05:02.000 --> 05:05.000 Now about this Miller woman, Mrs. Lewis, I was going to ask you. 05:05.000 --> 05:06.000 Yes? 05:06.000 --> 05:10.000 Well, did she happen to tell you where she lived in Tucson, if she had any people there, any family? 05:10.000 --> 05:12.000 No, I don't recall anything like that. 05:12.000 --> 05:16.000 She talked about some of the girlfriends she had there, their babies. 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 She didn't mention any of them by name, though. 05:18.000 --> 05:21.000 How about her description, Mrs. Lewis? Anything unusual there? 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 No, I wouldn't say so. 05:22.000 --> 05:31.000 Small girl, five foot three or four, I'd say, 110 or 15 pounds, dark hair, shoulder length, dark eyes, nice reflection, very pretty eyes. 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 About how old would you say? 05:32.000 --> 05:35.000 Twenty. That's what she told me, anyway. She said she had a birthday in May. 05:35.000 --> 05:40.000 I remember we talked about that. She was born under the same sign I was, Taris the Bull. 05:40.000 --> 05:44.000 And all the talks you had with this Miller girl, she never gave you any reason to think that anything was wrong with her? 05:44.000 --> 05:47.000 Didn't seem to be despondent, depressed about anything? 05:47.000 --> 05:53.000 Perfectly normal girl, as far as I could tell. I just can't get over it. I can't imagine her doing anything like this. 05:53.000 --> 05:57.000 Well, how'd she seem this morning when you got in on the bus? Pretty much the same? 05:57.000 --> 06:05.000 Yes, I think so. We got off the bus together. She had her hands full with the baby, so I helped her off with the hand release she was carrying. 06:05.000 --> 06:09.000 When we got inside the waiting room, she mentioned that she had to go pick up some luggage from the check stand. 06:09.000 --> 06:14.000 She asked me if I had mind very much holding her baby while she went after it. I said no, not at all. 06:14.000 --> 06:18.000 She went around the corner of the baggage stand and that's the last I saw of her. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 You checked around the depot, did you, and you had her page? 06:20.000 --> 06:27.000 I talked to everyone in the place, the porters, ticket clerks, information desk, travelers aid. Not one of them could help. I tried everybody. 06:27.000 --> 06:40.000 Oh, there. It's all right now. We'll find your mother. Yes. You try and sleep. Sleep some more. Wonderful. It's adorable. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 It's a little boy. She said his name's Stephen. 06:42.000 --> 06:46.000 Yes, ma'am. Oh, you say you've been waiting around the depot three hours as the baby been fed? 06:46.000 --> 06:54.000 Yes. This hand release the other girl gave me to hold. I found a bottle full of formula in it. The man at the coffee shop warmed it for me. 06:54.000 --> 06:59.000 The little fella here finished it off. The way he eats, I guess he'll be wanting some more pretty soon. 06:59.000 --> 07:02.000 I guess we better get back in, huh? Yeah, I guess so. 07:02.000 --> 07:04.000 I can't imagine it. I just can't imagine it. 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 Ma'am? This little boy, just look at him. 07:06.000 --> 07:07.000 Yes, ma'am? 07:07.000 --> 07:12.000 Her own baby, so small and helpless. How could she go off and leave him? 07:12.000 --> 07:15.000 Well, I guess she had a reason. Must have been important. 07:15.000 --> 07:18.000 A seven-weeks-old baby? What's more important than that? 07:18.000 --> 07:28.000 Before we left the bus depot, Ed contacted the clerk at the depot information desk and left our card with him. 07:28.000 --> 07:34.000 If anyone came in to make inquiries about the abandoned child, he was to advise them to get in touch with us. 07:34.000 --> 07:39.000 Eleven forty-eight a.m. The woman who had been left with the baby, Mrs. Marjorie Lewis, 07:39.000 --> 07:44.000 agreed to return to the office with us and give us a complete report on everything she knew about the case. 07:44.000 --> 07:47.000 As soon as we got back, we briefed Captain Stein on what happened, 07:47.000 --> 07:51.000 and he assigned policewoman Betty Stone to come in and help out with the baby. 07:51.000 --> 07:57.000 A cursory examination seemed to indicate there was nothing abnormal about the baby, no apparent deformities. 07:57.000 --> 08:02.000 We checked the blanket and the baby's clothing, but we found no identifying marks of any use to us. 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 Policewoman Stone made the baby comfortable for the time being, 08:05.000 --> 08:10.000 and then she began to check through the contents of the small police which the baby's mother had left with Mrs. Lewis. 08:10.000 --> 08:17.000 It contained the usual assortment, baby oil, powder, dextrose, a few cans of milk, a couple of blankets, and a supply of diapers. 08:17.000 --> 08:20.000 Ed and I continued to interview Mrs. Lewis. 08:20.000 --> 08:23.000 Is this the Miller woman's first baby, do you know, or did she happen to mention it? 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 Yes, it's her first. That's what she told me anyway. 08:25.000 --> 08:29.000 Did you talk about the baby's health at all? Was there any trouble there, would you know? 08:29.000 --> 08:33.000 Well, she did say she had some trouble with the formula at first. It didn't seem to suit the baby. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Wasn't anything serious, though. 08:35.000 --> 08:38.000 As a matter of fact, that does worry me a little bit, Sergeant. 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 What's that? 08:39.000 --> 08:45.000 The baby's formula. Mrs. Miller did say it had to be fixed a special way, some special medicine she put in it, too. 08:45.000 --> 08:47.000 Are you sure the baby's going to get good care? 08:47.000 --> 08:51.000 Yes, ma'am. There's no need to worry. He'll be moved to General Hospital. I'll look after him. 08:51.000 --> 08:56.000 But the special formula, the medicine she was giving him, will they know about that? Will they know how to feed him? 08:56.000 --> 09:00.000 Well, they've handled cases like this before, Ms. Lewis. They're pretty competent people. They'll know what to do. 09:00.000 --> 09:09.000 I surely hope so. I don't know why I'm so concerned. I guess it's just the little fellow's so small, all alone, so helpless. Terrible shame. 09:09.000 --> 09:10.000 Yes, ma'am. 09:10.000 --> 09:13.000 About this special formula the baby has to have, what's the reason for that, would you know? 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 The baby been sick recently? 09:15.000 --> 09:21.000 No, I don't think so. Mrs. Miller did say he was a little sickly when he was born, spent a little time in an incubator. 09:21.000 --> 09:24.000 I don't believe it was critical, though. At least I didn't gather that. 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 Well, thank you very much, Ms. Lewis. Appreciate your cooperation, everything you've done on this. 09:27.000 --> 09:29.000 Not at all, Sergeant. I only wish I could be more help. 09:29.000 --> 09:33.000 You mind telling us where you'll be stopping in town, ma'am? Possibly we might have to contact you again. 09:33.000 --> 09:37.000 Well, I don't have any reservations. I was thinking of staying at a hotel close to downtown. 09:37.000 --> 09:42.000 Well, there's a big convention in town. Most of the places are pretty crowded. We'd be glad to help you find a hotel space, if you like. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 Oh, well, that's certainly very nice, honey. 09:44.000 --> 09:45.000 Not at all. 09:45.000 --> 09:47.000 Sergeant Friday, could I see you a minute, please? 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 Yes, all right. Would you excuse me, please? 09:49.000 --> 09:50.000 Sure. 09:50.000 --> 09:51.000 Yeah, Betty? 09:51.000 --> 09:53.000 For a policewoman, I'm not bad at checking diapers. 09:53.000 --> 09:54.000 How do you mean? 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 Over here. 09:56.000 --> 09:58.000 The valise the mother left with Mrs. Lewis. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 Mm-hmm. Did you come up with anything? 10:00.000 --> 10:03.000 Didn't think so at first. Went over the valise, everything inside, nothing. 10:03.000 --> 10:08.000 And I started putting the things back in the bag. Found this and that stack of diapers there. 10:08.000 --> 10:09.000 Mm-hmm. 10:09.000 --> 10:12.000 Paid receipt for a hospital bill. Maternity ward. 10:12.000 --> 10:14.000 Santa Maria Hospital, Tucson. 10:14.000 --> 10:17.000 There's the patient's name right there at the top. 10:17.000 --> 10:20.000 Mm-hmm. Dorothy Miller. 10:23.000 --> 10:27.000 12.30 p.m. A local broadcast and an APB was gotten out on Dorothy Miller. 10:27.000 --> 10:30.000 Then we sent a communication to the Tucson Police Department, 10:30.000 --> 10:34.000 laying out the story for them and asking them to check with the Santa Maria Hospital there 10:34.000 --> 10:36.000 for a possible lead on the missing mother. 10:36.000 --> 10:39.000 Meantime, the baby was removed to General Hospital. 10:39.000 --> 10:42.000 We found accommodations for Mrs. Lewis at a downtown hotel. 10:42.000 --> 10:45.000 We dropped her off there and took her to the hospital. 10:45.000 --> 10:48.000 Then we drove back to the bus depot on 6th Street. 10:48.000 --> 10:53.000 We tried to locate the driver of the bus on which the Miller woman and her baby had arrived that morning. 10:53.000 --> 10:57.000 We were told he was off duty and that he wouldn't report back until 8 o'clock the following morning. 10:57.000 --> 11:00.000 We left our card along with a message for the driver, 11:00.000 --> 11:03.000 asking him to contact us as soon as he returned. 11:03.000 --> 11:07.000 For the rest of the afternoon, Ed and I, along with the two other men from juvenile division, 11:07.000 --> 11:11.000 checked with all the bus depot personnel, but we were unable to turn up any kind of a lead. 11:11.000 --> 11:16.000 After that, we started making a rounds of the hotels, bars, restaurants, and taxi cab stands in the neighborhood. 11:16.000 --> 11:18.000 The same results, nothing. 11:18.000 --> 11:22.000 7.55 a.m. the following morning, I reported back in for work. 11:22.000 --> 11:23.000 Morning, Joe. 11:23.000 --> 11:24.000 Hi, Betty. Ed check in yet? 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 Uh-huh. I went out for a minute, so he'll be right back. 11:26.000 --> 11:27.000 What do you know? Anything new? 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 Communication for you from the Tucson PD. 11:29.000 --> 11:32.000 Kick back on that query you got off to him yesterday. 11:32.000 --> 11:33.000 Think Ed left it in your bag. 11:33.000 --> 11:35.000 Oh, thanks, Betty. I'll get it. 11:35.000 --> 11:38.000 Mm-hmm. Did you see this? 11:38.000 --> 11:41.000 Ed showed it to me, yeah. Confirms the fact the woman had her baby in that hospital. 11:41.000 --> 11:42.000 Still not much help, though. 11:42.000 --> 11:46.000 Yeah, I see. They checked out her last known address in Tucson. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 She moved, no forwarding address, no line in her relatives or friends. 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 The day the baby was born seems to check out. 11:51.000 --> 11:55.000 June 24th. Makes the baby just about seven weeks old on that. 11:55.000 --> 11:57.000 This part here doesn't make much sense, though, does it? 11:57.000 --> 11:58.000 The Miller Grill's description? 11:58.000 --> 12:01.000 Yeah. Ms. Lewis said that the baby was born on June 24th. 12:01.000 --> 12:05.000 This part here doesn't make much sense, though, does it? 12:05.000 --> 12:06.000 The Miller Grill's description? 12:06.000 --> 12:09.000 Yeah. Ms. Lewis said Dorothy Miller was small and dark, long, dark hair, dark eyes. 12:09.000 --> 12:15.000 People at the hospital describe her as being blonde, fairly tall, blue eyes, long blonde hair, about 29, 30 years old. 12:15.000 --> 12:18.000 Mrs. Lewis said the Miller Grill just turned 20, didn't she? 12:18.000 --> 12:20.000 Yeah, that's what she said. She sure doesn't figure. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 A little too much to write off as coincidence. 12:22.000 --> 12:25.000 Two Dorothy Millers having babies, same day, same hospital. 12:25.000 --> 12:27.000 I just happen to think this description of the Miller Grill. 12:27.000 --> 12:28.000 Mm-hmm. 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 Fairly tall, long blonde hair. 12:30.000 --> 12:32.000 Ms. Lewis says long blonde hair. 12:32.000 --> 12:33.000 Benny? Oh, hi, Joe. 12:33.000 --> 12:34.000 Hi, what's doing? 12:34.000 --> 12:38.000 The bus driver we wanted to talk to, the one who drove the bus, Dorothy Miller, and the baby came in on yesterday? 12:38.000 --> 12:39.000 Yeah. 12:39.000 --> 12:41.000 That description Ms. Lewis gave us of Dorothy Miller? 12:41.000 --> 12:42.000 Mm-hmm. 12:42.000 --> 12:45.000 The driver doesn't remember anyone like that on his bus. He remembered Ms. Lewis, though. 12:45.000 --> 12:48.000 She didn't get on the bus at Dallas. 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In Fatima, the difference is quality. 14:17.000 --> 14:21.000 Best of all, king size cigarettes. 14:21.000 --> 14:29.000 8.35 a.m. 14:29.000 --> 14:33.000 Ed Jacobs and I went into the adjoining room where we continued to interview the bus driver, 14:33.000 --> 14:37.000 the same man who'd been driving the bus on which Mrs. Lewis and the abandoned baby and his mother 14:37.000 --> 14:41.000 supposedly had arrived in Los Angeles the day before. 14:41.000 --> 14:46.000 The more we talked to the driver, the more he convinced us that the story we'd gotten from Mrs. Marjorie Lewis 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 was a long way from the truth. 14:48.000 --> 14:52.000 He repeated that he was absolutely sure that Mrs. Lewis did not get on the bus at Dallas, 14:52.000 --> 14:57.000 that she boarded the bus at Tucson, and that at the time she got on, she was holding a baby in her arms. 14:57.000 --> 15:02.000 He was just as positive that Mrs. Lewis held a baby in her arms all the way to Los Angeles, 15:02.000 --> 15:06.000 and that she did not sit next to a young dark-haired girl, but an elderly woman. 15:06.000 --> 15:09.000 He also told us that none of his passengers on that particular trip 15:09.000 --> 15:13.000 fitted the description of Dorothy Miller as given us by Mrs. Lewis. 15:13.000 --> 15:17.000 8.50 a.m. Before the bus driver left, we got his address and a phone number 15:17.000 --> 15:20.000 where we could get in touch with him if necessary. 15:20.000 --> 15:25.000 9.05 a.m. Ed and I got in the car, drove to the downtown hotel where Mrs. Lewis was staying, 15:25.000 --> 15:28.000 and called her room from the phone in the lobby. 15:28.000 --> 15:33.000 She told us that her husband, Army Captain Walter Lewis, had arrived in from overseas earlier that morning 15:33.000 --> 15:35.000 and checked in at the hotel. 15:35.000 --> 15:37.000 I asked her if her husband was with her, but she said no. 15:37.000 --> 15:40.000 He was downstairs at the hotel barber shop. 15:40.000 --> 15:42.000 Ed and I got in the elevator and went up to see her. 15:42.000 --> 15:46.000 Outside and down on the street, you could hear the sounds of a parade passing by. 15:46.000 --> 15:51.000 It was American Legion Convention Week, the traditional parade. 15:51.000 --> 15:54.000 Some parade, isn't it? 15:54.000 --> 15:56.000 Yeah, it's beautiful. 15:56.000 --> 15:59.000 Oh, good morning, officers. Come in, please. 15:59.000 --> 16:00.000 Thank you. 16:00.000 --> 16:02.000 Thank you very much, ma'am. 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 What happened? Did you find out anything? 16:04.000 --> 16:08.000 Well, a few things, ma'am. We've been checking around. Two or three more questions we'd like to ask, if you don't mind. 16:08.000 --> 16:11.000 No, not at all. How's the baby? Are they taking care of him? Is he all right? 16:11.000 --> 16:14.000 Yes, ma'am. He's fine. We checked at the hospital. He's doing real well. 16:14.000 --> 16:17.000 Oh, I'm glad. And the Miller Grill, Dorothy Miller, did you find out anything? 16:17.000 --> 16:19.000 We haven't been able to locate her, no trace for at all. 16:19.000 --> 16:22.000 That's why we're here, Mrs. Lewis. A few things we'd like to have you straighten out for us. 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 Well, I'll do anything I can to help. 16:24.000 --> 16:27.000 I think I already told you everything I could remember about the girl. 16:27.000 --> 16:30.000 Well, now, we're going to be honest with you, Mrs. Lewis. We don't think you're telling the truth. 16:30.000 --> 16:32.000 What? I don't understand. 16:32.000 --> 16:37.000 You talked to the man who was driving the bus you came in on yesterday, the same bus you say Dorothy Miller and her baby were on? 16:37.000 --> 16:38.000 Yes, that's right. 16:38.000 --> 16:43.000 Well, the bus driver couldn't remember the Miller girl, told us none of his passengers even came close to her description. 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 Well, there was quite a few people on the bus. I guess you can't blame him for not remembering her. 16:46.000 --> 16:51.000 He remembered you, Mrs. Lewis. You were sitting here in front of the bus. He doesn't remember anyone with a baby sitting next to you, though. 16:51.000 --> 16:53.000 I guess he made a mistake. He can't remember everything. 16:53.000 --> 16:55.000 Well, he said you were holding the baby. 16:55.000 --> 16:58.000 I don't understand this. What is it you're trying to find out? 16:58.000 --> 17:02.000 Well, when we talked to you yesterday, you told us that you got on the bus at Dallas, isn't that right? 17:02.000 --> 17:04.000 Yes. What would that have to do with it? 17:04.000 --> 17:07.000 Well, the bus driver says you got on a Tucson. He seemed to remember it pretty well. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 He says when you got on the bus, you were holding a baby in your arms. 17:09.000 --> 17:13.000 That's silly. He's wrong. He must have me confused with somebody else. 17:13.000 --> 17:16.000 I don't see how, ma'am. He says you were the only woman on the bus with a baby. 17:16.000 --> 17:19.000 What's the point of this, Sergeant? I don't understand any of this. 17:19.000 --> 17:24.000 Well, frankly, neither do we. I don't know why you're lying to us about this, but apparently you are. 17:24.000 --> 17:29.000 You're wrong. I'm not lying. It happened just the way I told you. The girl gave me the baby to hold, and then she disappeared. 17:29.000 --> 17:31.000 There's no reason for me to lie about that. 17:31.000 --> 17:35.000 We found a receipt for a hospital bill in that police with the baby's things in it. 17:35.000 --> 17:37.000 The receipt was made out to Dorothy Miller. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.000 Well, that proves it, doesn't it? She was on the bus with me, and her baby was with her. 17:40.000 --> 17:44.000 The check was made with a hospital at Tucson. They remembered the name Dorothy Miller. 17:44.000 --> 17:46.000 She gave birth to a baby boy about seven weeks ago. 17:46.000 --> 17:49.000 She wasn't the same girl you described to us, though. The description wasn't even close. 17:49.000 --> 17:54.000 Then it must be a mistake. I guess somebody made a mistake. I can't understand any of this. 17:54.000 --> 17:57.000 Well, they sent us back a description of the Dorothy Miller who stayed at the hospital. 17:57.000 --> 18:00.000 She was a fairly tall woman, long blonde hair, about 29 or 30. 18:00.000 --> 18:01.000 Yes. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 The description fits you, Miss Lowe. It fits almost perfectly. 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 Well, it's wrong. It has to be wrong. The whole thing's a mistake. 18:06.000 --> 18:07.000 I beg your pardon? 18:07.000 --> 18:10.000 I say the whole thing is a mistake. It has to be wrong. 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 No, I don't think so, ma'am. 18:12.000 --> 18:17.000 Why don't you tell me? What do you think? Tell me, please. 18:17.000 --> 18:20.000 There is no Dorothy Miller. There never was. There's no such person, ma'am. 18:20.000 --> 18:24.000 That's what you really think? I invented it. I made it all up. 18:24.000 --> 18:25.000 Did you? 18:28.000 --> 18:33.000 And the baby? What about him? There's no Dorothy Miller. What about the baby? 18:33.000 --> 18:35.000 I don't know. Do you want to tell us? 18:37.000 --> 18:38.000 Miss Lewis? 18:40.000 --> 18:42.000 Yes. Yes. 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 Miss Lewis, can I get something for you? 18:46.000 --> 18:50.000 Thank you. I'm all right. I suppose I knew it would happen sometime. 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 I try not to think about it. 18:52.000 --> 18:53.000 Ma'am? 18:53.000 --> 18:57.000 When you called from downstairs, I knew you'd found out. 18:57.000 --> 19:01.000 That's why you asked. My husband was with me, isn't it? He didn't want to embarrass me. 19:01.000 --> 19:03.000 We wanted to give you a chance to tell your side of the story. 19:03.000 --> 19:05.000 Thought maybe you wanted to keep it from your husband. 19:05.000 --> 19:09.000 No, it doesn't matter. I'll tell him. He'll be back in a few minutes. 19:09.000 --> 19:12.000 He can do anything he wants. I won't blame him. 19:12.000 --> 19:16.000 He'll pack his bags and walk out and leave, and I won't blame him. 19:16.000 --> 19:18.000 All right. You want to tell us about it? 19:18.000 --> 19:25.000 Well, I think you know. My baby. My own baby, and I couldn't keep him. 19:25.000 --> 19:31.000 There wasn't anything else to do. Nothing. My own baby. 19:31.000 --> 19:35.000 You made up the whole story about the girl, Dorothy Miller, her leaving the baby with you? 19:36.000 --> 19:37.000 Miss Lewis? 19:37.000 --> 19:39.000 Miss Lewis? 19:40.000 --> 19:46.000 Such a beautiful day, isn't it? Big crowds for the parade. They lined all the way up the street. 19:46.000 --> 19:50.000 You must have had a reason for it, Miss Lewis, giving your baby away. Now, do you want to tell us about it? 19:50.000 --> 19:57.000 Yes, all right. It won't make any difference, darling. It's all done. 19:57.000 --> 20:03.000 My husband I'm thinking about, Walter. I'm going to have to hurt him, and I don't want to hurt him. 20:03.000 --> 20:04.000 I don't know how I'm going to tell him. 20:04.000 --> 20:06.000 Tell him what, ma'am? 20:06.000 --> 20:11.000 I tried to make him understand all the time before he left for overseas. It was almost two years ago. 20:11.000 --> 20:15.000 I tried to make him understand. He wouldn't listen. He didn't believe me. He thought I was fooling. 20:15.000 --> 20:16.000 Yes, ma'am. 20:16.000 --> 20:23.000 I love him, Sergeant. I tried to explain. I didn't want to be alone, having him away all the time. 20:23.000 --> 20:28.000 I knew there was going to be trouble. I knew it. I didn't want to be alone. He didn't understand. He only said I was fooling. 20:28.000 --> 20:30.000 Yes, ma'am. 20:30.000 --> 20:38.000 He left for overseas in October, Walter, almost two years ago. I went down to Wilmington. I saw him leave on the boat. 20:38.000 --> 20:45.000 I stood there and watched him go. I wasn't going to see him. 24 months. I wouldn't see him. 20:45.000 --> 20:53.000 No children, no family. It's a two-room apartment. He only believed me. He only would have taken me with him. 20:53.000 --> 20:55.000 Where were you living at that time, ma'am? 20:55.000 --> 21:03.000 Up the coast, just beside of Santa Barbara. I told Walter I couldn't be alone. I needed something. 21:03.000 --> 21:09.000 We only had children. He'd only taken me with him. It didn't have to be this way. He could have taken me with him. 21:09.000 --> 21:15.000 He could have arranged it. He wouldn't. He left me here alone. I tried to tell him. He left me here alone. 21:15.000 --> 21:16.000 Yes, ma'am. 21:16.000 --> 21:23.000 I took it for a year, a whole year, two-room apartment, being alone. I wrote to Walter twice a week. 21:23.000 --> 21:31.000 He wrote to me. It didn't do any good. He didn't want me with him. A whole year. And it got too much. 21:31.000 --> 21:32.000 You mean you could have joined him overseas? 21:32.000 --> 21:37.000 I don't know why. I kept writing to him. He kept putting me off a whole year. It got too much. 21:37.000 --> 21:44.000 Two-room apartment, alone. You can't spend your life that way. I started going out, having dates. I had to get out. 21:44.000 --> 21:49.000 I started going to parties, different people. I guess I drank too much. I didn't want to be alone. 21:49.000 --> 21:57.000 I always drank too much. It was one party. I don't even remember who I went with. I guess it was drinking. I don't know. 21:57.000 --> 22:06.000 When I left, I don't even remember who I was with. It didn't have to be this way. It didn't have to happen like this. 22:06.000 --> 22:09.000 Are you all right, Ms. Lewis? There's something we can get you. 22:09.000 --> 22:20.000 I'm all right. I didn't know what to do when I found out. The doctor, he didn't understand either. I mean the way I felt. 22:20.000 --> 22:25.000 He said the baby would be born in June. I cried. He didn't understand. 22:25.000 --> 22:26.000 Yes, ma'am. 22:26.000 --> 22:33.000 When the time came, I went to Tucson, Arizona. Had my baby. At least I wasn't alone. 22:33.000 --> 22:41.000 Used a different name at the hospital. Dorothy Miller. Maybe it wasn't Walter's baby, but it was mine. It was mine. 22:41.000 --> 22:46.000 I thought at first it wouldn't make much difference, but it did, though. It did. 22:46.000 --> 22:47.000 Ma'am? 22:47.000 --> 22:55.000 I knew what it'd mean. I loved Walter. I still love him. If he found out, I knew what it would mean. 22:55.000 --> 23:01.000 I couldn't even think about it. I love Walter. I couldn't even think about telling him. 23:01.000 --> 23:04.000 So you figured on giving up the baby, huh? Giving him away. Is that the idea? 23:04.000 --> 23:09.000 I can't tell you how many times I worked it out in my mind. Day after day, I almost went crazy with it. 23:09.000 --> 23:17.000 Walter the baby, which one? I finally decided, Walter. Don't you think it's fair? Don't you? 23:17.000 --> 23:20.000 Well, I wouldn't know, ma'am. It's your decision. It's up to you. 23:20.000 --> 23:25.000 I don't know how to tell him. Won't you help me, please? Help me tell Walter? 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 All right. If you like. 23:26.000 --> 23:33.000 It's a terrible thing. I mean, to make a choice when you have to hurt somebody, to have to choose between the two of them. 23:33.000 --> 23:35.000 One of them has to be hurt. 23:35.000 --> 23:36.000 Ma'am? 23:36.000 --> 23:38.000 My husband and my baby. Which one? 23:42.000 --> 23:49.000 Ten thirty-eight a.m. At Mrs. Lewis' request, Ed and I stayed on at the hotel room until her husband, Army Captain Walter Lewis, returned. 23:49.000 --> 23:54.000 He was a tall, dark-haired man in his late thirties, dark eyes, tan complexion. 23:54.000 --> 24:01.000 Mrs. Lewis was waiting in the adjoining room. It wasn't easy, but as best we could, Ed and I briefed the husband on what had happened. 24:01.000 --> 24:06.000 His first reaction was fairly normal. He took it pretty hard. We kept on talking to him. 24:06.000 --> 24:10.000 After a while, he calmed down. We laid out the whole story for him again. 24:10.000 --> 24:13.000 She turned the baby over to the police, is that it? She gave the baby up? 24:13.000 --> 24:16.000 Yes, sir. She figured it was the only thing she could do. 24:16.000 --> 24:21.000 Kind of hard to believe, isn't it? What's the answer? What am I supposed to do? 24:21.000 --> 24:26.000 Well, sir, I know it's none of our business, Captain. I think you might try looking at it from your wife's point of view, maybe. 24:26.000 --> 24:27.000 What do you mean? 24:27.000 --> 24:32.000 Well, it's pretty obvious. She's still in love with you. I think she's showing you that. 24:32.000 --> 24:33.000 Yeah? 24:33.000 --> 24:41.000 I know she was in a jam. It was a big choice for her to make. She knew she was wrong. She made a mistake. She was ready to pay for it. 24:41.000 --> 24:46.000 It was either you or the baby. She knew that. She decided to give up the baby. 24:46.000 --> 24:48.000 The baby's all right now? Somebody's taking care of it? 24:48.000 --> 24:51.000 Yes, sir. Baby boy. 24:51.000 --> 24:52.000 Where's Marge now, my wife? 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 In the next room. 24:54.000 --> 24:57.000 I want to see her. Maybe if you'd wait just a little while... 24:57.000 --> 25:01.000 No, it's all right. Just want to tell her something, aren't you? 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Marge? 25:08.000 --> 25:16.000 What can I say, Walter? Sorry. Sorry there's no any other thing to say. 25:16.000 --> 25:17.000 You don't have to say anything, Marge. 25:17.000 --> 25:23.000 You can do what you want. I won't blame you. You've got a right to do anything you want. 25:23.000 --> 25:30.000 I just want to tell you, Walter, I love you. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 25:30.000 --> 25:34.000 Sit down, Marge. Come on. Sit down. 25:34.000 --> 25:38.000 I won't blame you, Walter. Anything you do, I won't blame you. 25:38.000 --> 25:44.000 It's going to be all right, honey. Nothing to cry about. Everything will be all right. 25:44.000 --> 25:50.000 Try and take it easy, dear. We got a little mistake here. 25:50.000 --> 25:56.000 I guess I made my share of it. It's a little work out. 25:56.000 --> 25:58.000 Officer? 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 Yes, sir. 26:00.000 --> 26:05.000 I'd like to ask you a favor. You got a car downstairs? 26:05.000 --> 26:07.000 Yes, sir. We do. 26:07.000 --> 26:11.000 I wonder if you'd mind dropping us by the hospital. 26:11.000 --> 26:15.000 I'd like to see my son. 26:22.000 --> 26:27.000 The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:27.000 --> 26:33.000 On Thursday, August 15th, a meeting was held in the district attorney's office, city and county of Los Angeles, state of California. 26:33.000 --> 26:37.000 In a moment, the results of that meeting. And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:37.000 --> 26:43.000 Thank you, George Finnaman. Friends, you've just heard the 130th consecutive Dragnet broadcast for Fatima. 26:43.000 --> 26:48.000 Now, the only reason we're able to bring you these programs is because so many of you have switched to Fatima. 26:48.000 --> 26:51.000 If you haven't tried Fatima's yet, I wish you'd do this. 26:51.000 --> 26:55.000 Buy a pack and compare them with the king-size cigarettes you've been smoking. 26:55.000 --> 26:58.000 You'll find Fatima gives you an extra mild and soothing smoke. 26:58.000 --> 27:01.000 You'll like Fatima's better flavor and aroma. 27:01.000 --> 27:04.000 What's more, I kind of think you'll agree with me. 27:04.000 --> 27:07.000 Fatima's the best of all king-size cigarettes. 27:15.000 --> 27:19.000 At the meeting in the district attorney's office, it was decided that in the interests of justice, 27:19.000 --> 27:23.000 no criminal complaint be filed against Mrs. Marjorie Lewis. 27:23.000 --> 27:27.000 The baby was released to the custody of her and her husband. 27:27.000 --> 27:32.000 Ladies and gentlemen, Betty Mills, western representative of radio and television Mirror magazine. 27:32.000 --> 27:37.000 The editors of radio and television Mirror are happy to announce that in the annual awards poll 27:37.000 --> 27:40.000 conducted by radio and TV Mirror magazine, 27:40.000 --> 27:45.000 American radio listeners from coast to coast have voted Dragnet, their favorite program of its type, 27:45.000 --> 27:47.000 for the second consecutive year. 27:47.000 --> 27:52.000 In addition, the nation's radio listeners have voted Jack Webb, their favorite dramatic radio actor. 27:52.000 --> 27:56.000 Thank you very much, Betty, on behalf of our cast, our entire production staff, and myself. 27:56.000 --> 28:01.000 Be sure to read the feature story about Jack Webb and the current issue of radio and television Mirror magazine. 28:01.000 --> 28:03.000 Now on the newsstands. 28:18.000 --> 28:23.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:23.000 --> 28:28.000 Technical advice comes from the office of chief of police, W.H. 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