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37 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,800 Nothing. 38 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,800 No luck at all, huh? 39 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:16,800 Nothing's going to help as much. 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Got the same description on the guy. 41 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:18,800 Used the same name, same MOA. 42 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:24,200 Didn't get anything we don't already know about him. 43 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,200 How about you? 44 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,200 Your luck any better? 45 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,720 No, about the same. 46 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,760 Checked out the building where the suspect rented office space. 47 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,120 He moved out three days ago. 48 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,480 No forwarding address. 49 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,120 Checked the hotel he was supposed to be stopping at. 50 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,120 Didn't pan out. 51 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,120 Give him time. 52 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,120 He'll stick his neck out again. 53 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,040 Well, it doesn't guarantee we'll reach him. 54 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,560 Too late to start when the complaints come in. 55 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,560 We're going to have to dig up a faster way of getting to him. 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,000 Hey, you got a match? 57 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Yeah, sure, Charlie. 58 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Here you are. 59 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Thanks. 60 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,000 You bet. 61 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,440 Oh, by the way, what's this I hear about your partner? 62 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,440 What? 63 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,440 Ed Jacobs, I understand you're losing him. 64 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,440 Oh, yeah, temporarily, anyway. 65 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,440 What's the deal? 66 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,080 Well, he's going on a loan out up at the Academy. 67 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,520 Going to be an instructor up there. 68 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,520 Two months, anyway. 69 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:01,520 Maybe more. 70 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,520 When does this happen? 71 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:03,520 Tomorrow, the 10th. 72 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:04,520 What are you going to do for a partner? 73 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,520 You and Ken going to work together? 74 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,000 No, the captain's bringing in a new man. 75 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Young fella. 76 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 He's been working in the business office. 77 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,080 You mean the big Irish kid works the early morning? 78 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,720 No, no, this boy's been working days. 79 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:13,720 Name's Bill Lockwood. 80 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,880 I asked for him as soon as I found out I was going to lose Ed. 81 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:16,880 You know him? 82 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,000 A little bit, yeah. 83 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 You remember Ben Romero? 84 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Yeah, sure. 85 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,600 Well, Lockwood's a nephew of Ben's. 86 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,600 Sister's boy. 87 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,600 Tall, red hair. 88 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Oh, yeah, I've seen him around. 89 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Seems to be a nice enough kid. 90 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,600 A good record, isn't he? 91 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:27,600 Well, the captain thinks so. 92 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:28,960 Figures he ought to work in pretty well. 93 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,080 Oh, by the way, have you seen Ben's wife lately? 94 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,520 Yeah, I did a couple weeks ago. 95 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,320 She seems to be doing all right. 96 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:35,320 Still misses Ben, of course. 97 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,320 Yeah, I imagine. 98 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,280 Her little boy's sure getting big. 99 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,880 Looks a lot like his dad, too. 100 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,480 Miss him quite a bit yourself, huh? 101 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,480 Yeah, Charlie, I guess I do. 102 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,040 Well, I better get on my horse. 103 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,440 I got some checking to do. 104 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,240 I hope the Lockwood boy works out for you. 105 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,440 Well, I think he'll do all right. 106 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,520 Can't say I'd be crazy about the idea myself. 107 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 What do you mean? 108 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Breaking in a new man. 109 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,080 No detective experience. 110 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,760 When I go out to pick up a thief, I like to figure I've got some good backing. 111 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,840 I mean, a partner I'm used to. 112 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,520 Tough enough watching out for yourself, let alone a green youngster. 113 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:04,920 Well, somebody had to do it for us. 114 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:05,920 That's the way it goes. 115 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:06,920 Yeah, I suppose. 116 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,200 I remember when I first started, it didn't come much greener than me. 117 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,600 Partner did all the work, took all the chances, helped me every foot of the way. 118 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,040 He never mentioned it once. 119 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:16,480 I never forgot that. 120 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,480 He's a good cop. 121 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:18,480 What was his name? 122 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,480 Ben Romero. 123 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:32,400 In our particular set up, before a man's eligible to apply for duty in the detective bureau, 124 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,960 he has to have a minimum of five years' experience as a police officer, either assigned to radio 125 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,920 patrol, traffic duty, or some other general assignment. 126 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,200 After the initial five years of service, the men go through a screening process to determine 127 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,000 which department and which job they'll fit into best, some position that they seem to 128 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,880 show a natural aptitude for. 129 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,880 If a man applies for duty in a division of the detective bureau, and if he's accepted, 130 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,920 he's assigned a partner to work with the day he goes on the job, generally a working detective 131 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,880 with some experience. 132 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,460 In the case of Ben's nephew, Bill Lockwood, he put in his first five years working Wilshire 133 00:05:06,460 --> 00:05:11,440 traffic and also doing radio patrol in Hollenbeck and 77th Street divisions. 134 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,520 After spending another 11 months in our business office, Captain Steed put in a request for 135 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,680 him, and he was transferred. 136 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,400 When I heard Ed Jacobs was going to be loaned to the police academy as an instructor, I 137 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,800 talked to Captain Steed about Lockwood, and he assigned him as my new partner. 138 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,000 The changeover happened in the middle of one of the toughest investigations we'd had in 139 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,960 months, a bunko artist who was working hard at the business opportunities racket. 140 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,480 The following morning, December 10th, Bill Lockwood reported in for work, and we drove 141 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,040 out to check a potential lead on the suspect. 142 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,840 On the way, I laid out the case for him. 143 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,160 Nothing on the men in R&I, huh? 144 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,160 No record at all? 145 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,160 No, not as far as we know, Bill. 146 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,160 Checked Brereton up at Sacramento, CII. 147 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,160 Nothing doing there. 148 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:50,160 He couldn't help us. 149 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,160 What have you been going on? 150 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:52,160 His description? 151 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:53,160 Yeah, that and his M.O. and his name. 152 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,480 He uses a different alias on each job. 153 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:56,480 Russell Preston. 154 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:57,480 That was the last name he used. 155 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,480 I see. 156 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,040 He usually starts by putting a want ad in the paper, is that it? 157 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,240 Well, he rents himself an office first, usually pretty expensive when well furnished. 158 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,640 Then he hires a good-looking secretary, has her put a want ad in the daily papers for 159 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:08,640 him, and he's in business. 160 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:09,640 How do the ads read? 161 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:10,640 The usual? 162 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,880 Yeah, typical thing you see in the daily paper. 163 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,760 Business opportunity for people with vision, good investment, high profit supply now, you 164 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:17,760 know. 165 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:18,760 Then he gives his address and phone number. 166 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,960 There's nothing clever about it, but people still go for it. 167 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,600 He give them any replies, do you know? 168 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,320 Well, we figure he got between 20 and 30 on that last deal he pulled. 169 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,960 Seems all he has to do is land one victim out of the bunch with enough money, and he's 170 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,960 got it made. 171 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,000 He took his first victim here for 5,000, second one for 3,200, both elderly women. 172 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,280 Took them for their last dollar. 173 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:39,400 About the way he sets up the deal with these different businessmen, Joe, I don't think 174 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,400 I got it quite straight. 175 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,400 Well, how do you mean? 176 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,640 Well, say the owner of that manufacturing plant that Russell Preston lined up. 177 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,640 Yeah. 178 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,520 You say Preston went to the plant, introduced himself as a business advisor, told the owner 179 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,280 of the plant he had some people with money to invest. 180 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:53,680 He convinced the owner it was legitimate. 181 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:54,680 Yeah, that's right. 182 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,600 And Preston had his two victims shown through the plant and convinced them they ought to 183 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,920 invest their money in the business. 184 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,080 Yeah, that's it. 185 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,160 Do you mean to say the plant owners were acting in good faith? 186 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,200 Well, they were all checked out, Bill. 187 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,200 Everything about them. 188 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,440 They all have good business reputations. 189 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,600 They didn't know any more about the deal and the victims. 190 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,600 They needed more capital for their business, and they figured this was it. 191 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,960 This Preston or whatever his name is sure must have a line that won't stop. 192 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,880 He's got everything that goes with it. 193 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,000 Nice clothes, well-mannered, good-looking. 194 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,400 He doesn't try to high-pressure anybody. 195 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,440 Tells them if they have confidence in him, he'd be glad to invest their money. 196 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,960 If they hedge it all, he shows them right through the office. 197 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:28,440 Pretty good pitch. 198 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,040 Prices sold on him, he's got them over a barrel. 199 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,280 It's about the size of it, yeah. 200 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:32,840 Funny, there's no record on him. 201 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,320 Sure sounds like he's had a lot of experience. 202 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,560 What are the other names he's used, you remember? 203 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,480 Well, just two of them we know of. 204 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,440 Russell R. Preston and George A. Fairchild. 205 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,120 I guess the newspapers have been checked out, huh? 206 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,560 The ones he ran the what-ands in? 207 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,240 Yeah, they've all been talked to. 208 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,400 All their personnel have been notified to watch for ads of that type. 209 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,600 It'd be one way to get a lead on him if he tries again. 210 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,360 What about the buildings where he rented office space? 211 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:55,720 Couldn't the people there help any? 212 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,400 Well, they confirmed his description. 213 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,240 They picked up samples of his handwriting, that's about it. 214 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,360 He only rented the offices long enough to cover his deal, about two weeks. 215 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,640 Let's see, what hundred block is this, Bill? Can you see over there? 216 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,920 Let's see, yeah, 1700. 217 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,920 Well, we want the next one, 1811. 218 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,480 Who's this woman we're gonna talk to? 219 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,680 Vivian Castle, is that right? 220 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,640 Yeah, I'm not sure if she's the right girl or not. 221 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,160 Got the lead from an employment agency. 222 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,160 Chances she might be the girl Preston hired to be his secretary, I don't know. 223 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,600 Well, good parking place up there ahead, huh? 224 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,800 Yeah, that's good. You can pull up anywhere along here. 225 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,800 That's fine. 226 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,320 Two doors down, Joe. Real estate office, 1811. 227 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,320 Yeah, I see it. 228 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:46,440 Good morning. 229 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,520 Good morning. 230 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,280 Can I help you? 231 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,560 Police officers, ma'am, we'd like to talk to a Miss Castle, Vivian Castle. 232 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:53,760 Oh, I'm Vivian Castle. 233 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,040 Here's our identification. This is my partner, Officer Lockwood. My name's Friday. 234 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,840 How do you do? 235 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,080 What is it you want, officers? 236 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,080 We'd like to find out if you know a George Fairchild, ma'am. 237 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,080 Fairchild? No, I don't know anyone by that name. 238 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,760 How about a Russell Preston, Miss? Does that mean anything to you? 239 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,440 I used to work for Mr. Preston, Russell Preston. 240 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,840 About how long ago was that? 241 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,200 A month, month and a half ago. 242 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:15,560 Where does he have his offices? 243 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,680 He did have them on South Grand near Eighth, the old Belmont Harris building. Why? 244 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:22,880 Would you mind describing Mr. Preston for us, ma'am? Just a general description of him. 245 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,680 He was about 40, 45 years old, brown hair, a little gray. 246 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:30,840 Nice build. Seemed to be a very nice man at first. Always dressed so nice. 247 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,960 He's wore a dark blue suit. Seemed to be very nice. 248 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,480 Checks out so far, Joe. 249 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:35,960 Would you mind telling me what it's about? 250 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,880 We'd like to locate Mr. Preston, ma'am. You any idea where he is now? 251 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,400 I wish I did. I'd call the State Labor Commission. 252 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,280 He seemed like such a nice man. I've never been so disappointed in my life. 253 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,560 How do you mean, Miss Castle? 254 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:49,000 He owes me two weeks' pay, $65 a week. 255 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,880 Hired me as a private secretary. 256 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,280 Good jobs aren't hard to get now, either. He can't say he was giving me a break when he hired me. 257 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,480 Are you from the Labor Commission? No, ma'am, we're not. 258 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,800 Could you tell us how long you worked for this Mr. Preston? 259 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,280 Just three weeks. He said I was going to get paid every Friday. 260 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,560 Gave me the money for the first week, and that's all. 261 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:08,520 Kept waiting for my pay, but he kept putting me off. 262 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,920 Last week and a half, he didn't even show up at the office. I was there all alone eight hours a day. 263 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:17,400 Apparently, the building manager showed up and told me it was all over. Mr. Preston closed the office. 264 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,560 Didn't even have the decency to come in and say thank you, goodbye. 265 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:21,440 I just left. 266 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,960 And you have no idea at all where Mr. Preston is now? 267 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,560 No, sir, I wish I did. 268 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:29,080 Were there any office files, mail files, any way to get a possible line on him? 269 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,080 Not as far as I know. I didn't keep any files for him. 270 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,520 Matter of fact, I didn't do any work at all. Just a showpiece, I guess that's all he kept me there for. 271 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,600 There's no reason why he shouldn't pay me, though. 272 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,160 Are you sure you're not from the Labor Commission? 273 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,320 Did Mr. Preston ever have you place any want ads in the daily papers, Miss Castle? 274 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,000 Yeah, he did a couple of times. Ads for business opportunities, you know. 275 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,600 He was in the investment business, helped people invest their money. 276 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,160 Would you happen to know anyone who invested money with him? I mean, would you know them by name? 277 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,160 No, not by name. Quite a few people came through the office. 278 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,800 I know a few of them made deals with Mr. Preston. I wouldn't remember their names, though. 279 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,200 And you don't know any friends he might have had in town? Any of his business associates? 280 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,920 No, sir, not a one. I didn't know he had any associates. 281 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,360 How about where he was staying, Miss Castle? You must have known that. 282 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,360 Yeah, the first week I was there, I did. It was the only week I got paid for. 283 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,080 He was staying at a small hotel on South Flower. 284 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,560 I moved the next week, though. I don't know where he went after that. 285 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,160 Neither does the hotel. I asked them. 286 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:24,320 Well, during the time you worked for him, ma'am, did you ever have anything to do with Mr. Preston socially? 287 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,800 I mean, was it part of your job to go out to dinner with him, things like that? 288 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,040 I did once or twice when he asked me. I didn't think it was part of my job, though. 289 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,600 Mr. Preston didn't mention it either. Once we went out to dinner, just the two of us. 290 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,480 Another time we went out with my girlfriend, Norma. I had a terrible time. Mr. Preston was awful. 291 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:40,640 And how do you mean, Miss? 292 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,320 Well, he drank too much and was throwing his weight around, you know, the boss. 293 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,400 And he kept making a play for my girlfriend, Norma. I think he liked her quite a bit. 294 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,400 Sure was embarrassing, though. 295 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,760 Look, would you mind telling me what's the matter? Is Mr. Preston in trouble with the police? 296 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,960 Yes, ma'am, I'm afraid so. He's cheated some people out of quite a bit of money. It's not the first time, either. 297 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,280 Well, what was it? What'd he do? 298 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,320 Confidence gain. Selling interest in the company he had no connection with. 299 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:06,000 That isn't the limit. I guess it's my own fault. I should have known better. It's happened before. 300 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:06,360 Ma'am? 301 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:11,360 They hire you. They give you a beautiful office, nice, soft chair to sit on. They never give you any work to do. 302 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,360 You don't have to lift a finger. I finally got the drift. 303 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:13,880 Yeah. 304 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,880 Those are the kind you have to watch out for. 305 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:24,680 Bill Lockwood and I continued questioning the former secretary of Russell Preston, alias George Fairchild, 306 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:29,000 but she was unable to come up with any kind of a definite lead as to the suspect's whereabouts. 307 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:35,080 We left our card with the girl, and she promised to contact us in the event she came across any information regarding Preston. 308 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,120 For the rest of the day, we ran down three more possible leads. 309 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:43,600 They came from an informant, a head waiter in a second-rate nightclub, a small-time grifter with an axe to grind. 310 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,080 And they all figured they had the right answer, where to find Preston. 311 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:54,800 We checked out the three locations they gave us, a motel out near Santa Monica, a roaming house in Hollywood, a cocktail lounge in Highland Park. 312 00:12:54,800 --> 00:13:02,600 Not one of the three paid off. Russell Preston, alias George Fairchild, wasn't known at any of the places, either by name, dress, or physical description. 313 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:07,040 During the next three weeks, along with Sergeants Charlie Riblet and Ken Scarce of Bunko Detail, 314 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,040 Bill Lockwood and I ran down every possible lead on the suspect. 315 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:14,840 Hotels, the Wanda Head Departments of the Daily Papers, managers of downtown office buildings, 316 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:19,280 secretarial employment agencies, small businesses advertising stock for sale. 317 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:27,320 They got us nothing. Despite all the precautions and all the legwork, on January 6th, we got a call from a Mrs. Marie Barrett in the Westlake Park area. 318 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,960 She owned and managed a toy shop just off Wilshire Boulevard. 319 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,360 Bill Lockwood and I drove out to talk to her. 320 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,720 Yes, and they told me it was the opportunity of a lifetime, a big opportunity. 321 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,800 Just can't believe it. Can't understand it. Why even took me out and showed me the factory? 322 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,360 Even the man around the place, they're making plastics. Showed me the whole plant. 323 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,840 You say the plant was out in Glendale now. Whereabouts? 324 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,520 It was right along San Fernando Road, maybe a mile or two before you get to the airport. 325 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:53,680 They showed me through the whole plant. 326 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:55,360 Who showed you through, Mrs. Barrett? 327 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:01,360 Owner of the place in this, Mr. Fairchild. Big place, making plastics of all kinds. Can't say I wasn't impressed. 328 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,720 What was Mr. Fairchild's first name? Do you remember? 329 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:08,800 George. George Fairchild and Associates. That was the name of the door to the office when I went up to see him. 330 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,720 Of course, I really didn't have a notion of investing any money when I first went up. 331 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,520 It was a newspaper, as you know, and I answer lots of kind of a hobby with me. 332 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:16,560 Yes, ma'am. 333 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:20,760 So I went up to see him and we talked. And as I say, I wasn't thinking of investing any money, 334 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:26,240 but Mr. Fairchild seemed like such a nice man. Seemed to have a good business head on his shoulders. 335 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,240 Well, ended up with me putting my whole savings account into the plastics plant. 336 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:35,080 Six thousand four hundred dollars, every penny of it. I haven't heard from Mr. Fairchild since. 337 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,120 I just don't know what to think. I can't understand it. 338 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,120 Do you have any idea where to contact this Fairchild now? Any address, telephone number? 339 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,280 Well, I called his office. It's in the Oxford Exchange Building. 340 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:49,040 There's no answer, though. They say it's disconnected. I've been trying for a week to contact Mr. Fairchild. 341 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:54,560 I mean, six thousand four hundred dollars. I just don't know what to do. It's all my savings. I don't know what to do. 342 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,760 Oh, excuse me, please. Customer. I can't afford to miss a sale now. 343 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,080 Yes, ma'am. You go right ahead. 344 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,880 Alan, will you help this lady, please? 345 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,480 Looks like he's scored again, huh? 346 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:07,040 I wouldn't doubt it. She seems to do a fair business here, huh? I mean, after Christmas and all. 347 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:12,080 Yeah, I suppose. Of course, the women go for it. You hang up a sale sign, you can't beat them off with a club. 348 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,200 That's right. 349 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,640 See this gadget here? Pretty clever, huh? 350 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,320 Yeah. Miniature Sherman tank. What's it do? 351 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,720 Watch. 352 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,000 Yeah, well, how about that? 353 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,280 Pretty cute, isn't it? Cannon's on the side, sparks coming out. 354 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:31,480 My nephew got one for Christmas. Got a lot of power. Treads will climb over just about anything. 355 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:32,520 Uh-huh. 356 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,920 Sorry to keep you waiting, officers. Customers have to be attentive to you. 357 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:41,000 Surely we understand. Now, about this money you gave Fairchild and Ms. Barrett, the sixty four hundred dollars, how'd you work that? 358 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,880 I mean, did you give them a check or how'd you do it? 359 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,640 Yes, I gave them a check. It was cash the same day I gave it to them. I found that out from the bank. 360 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,920 What was it you were supposed to get for your money, ma'am? 361 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:53,360 Interest in the plastics company. One fifth interest. Seemed like such a good idea at the time. 362 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:58,000 Did you ever discuss the deal with the owners of the plastics company? I mean, when Mr. Fairchild wasn't around? 363 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,760 No, I guess I never did. Mr. Fairchild didn't think it was a good idea. 364 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:07,800 Said he wanted me to get the most from my money. Said he was afraid if the company owners talked to me alone, they might argue me into taking less profit. 365 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,160 Didn't want me to talk to him at all if he was into round. 366 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:11,920 And you weren't suspicious of him at all, huh? 367 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,280 Mr. Fairchild? No. Very nice man. 368 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:21,200 There are a few things he did that made me a little uncertain, but he always explained everything to me. He always had a good reason for everything he did. 369 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:27,480 Nice man, clean cut, well dressed, beautiful manners. Never taken for anything but a gentleman. You'll see what I mean. 370 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:33,240 Where do you meet him? Yes, ma'am. Just a perfect gentleman. I don't know what to think. I can't call him a crook. He just isn't that kind. 371 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,280 Well, he took your money, Ms. Barry. Yes. What else would you call him? 372 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,560 Two eighteen p.m. When we got through interviewing the latest victim, Marie Barrett, 373 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:48,800 Bill Lockwood and I drove out to the plastics company on San Fernando Road where we talked to the owner and manager. 374 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:57,200 The story was pretty much the same. The suspect, using the name of George Fairchild, had called on them three weeks before, introducing himself as an investment counselor. 375 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:03,000 He told them he had clients with money to invest in a growing industry such as theirs, and they went for the story. 376 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,080 They told us Fairchild had come back two or three times with different persons whom he introduced as his clients. 377 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:13,680 They'd been shown through the plastics plant and given a sales talk. That's about all the company owners could tell us. 378 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:19,560 When we got back to the office, we checked their names through the regular business channels and found out they were reputable businessmen. 379 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:24,080 It was nothing to indicate that they had anything to do with the suspect's bunko operations. 380 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,760 Four thirty p.m. 381 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:32,080 Hey, Joe. Yeah, Bill. The girl out here to see us, the one who used to be Preston's secretary, Vivian Castle. Oh, yeah. 382 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:37,360 Did she say what she wanted? No. Seems a little anxious. Officer, I'm glad I found you in. How are you, Miss Castle? 383 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:43,000 I'm all right. I was going to phone you, but I couldn't remember your number. Lost the card you gave me, so I decided to come down. 384 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,960 You remember talking to me, don't you, about Mr. Preston, my old boss? Yes, ma'am. Have you heard from him? 385 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,760 Well, no, I haven't. But you remember me telling you about my girlfriend, Norma? Mm-hmm. 386 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,880 I mean, the time Mr. Preston took me out, Norma and her boyfriend were with us. Yes, ma'am. 387 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,960 And the way Mr. Preston kept making a play for Norma. 388 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,000 Well, I saw Norma at lunchtime today, first time in weeks. Mm-hmm. 389 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,720 She told me she got a call from Mr. Preston. I told her I'd tell you all about it. She's got a date with him. When? 390 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:17,800 Dinner Friday night. 391 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:23,000 You are listening to Dragnet, authentic stories of your police force in action. 392 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,720 To show our confidence in Fatima, we make you this money back guarantee. 393 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:34,440 Buy a pack of Fatimas. 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Best of all king-size cigarettes. 404 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:44,680 Wednesday, January 6th, 4.50 p.m. We called Vivian Castle's girlfriend Norma Cummings and then we drove out to talk to her. 405 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:51,160 The Cummings girl told us that Russell Preston had telephoned that morning and made the date with her for Friday night at 7.30. 406 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,240 He said they were to have dinner at a nightclub out in the Wilshire district. 407 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,240 He also mentioned to her that he was staying in a hotel but she didn't know the name of the location. 408 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,360 We made arrangements for a stakeout at Norma Cummings' apartment. 409 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:04,760 The girl agreed to cooperate with us. 410 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:12,280 Thursday, January 7th, we checked with the personnel at the different restaurants, bars and nightclubs which Preston and the Cummings girl were to visit. 411 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,880 Some of them remembered Preston but as far as they knew he hadn't been back. 412 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:20,560 We left our cards with each one of them and we asked them to contact us if he should return. 413 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,560 Just after lunch on Friday, we got a phone call from Norma Cummings. 414 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,680 When was that, Miss? 415 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:27,960 Uh-huh. 416 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,160 Did you find out where he was? 417 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,960 I see. 418 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,960 Will you be there for the rest of the day? 419 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,240 No, I'm fine. Yeah, we'll call you back. Goodbye. 420 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:37,720 Yeah? 421 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,480 Cummings girl. She's at work. 422 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,080 She just had a phone call from Preston. She tried to find out where he was. No go. 423 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,000 What did he have to say? 424 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,240 That dinner date he had with her tonight. 425 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:45,640 Yeah. 426 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:46,800 He called it off. 427 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,800 Later that afternoon, we went out and talked to the Cummings girl. 428 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:57,680 She told us Preston explained on the phone that he had to cancel the date that night because of some business deal that had come up. 429 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,120 He told her he'd get in touch with her over the weekend. He didn't. 430 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:04,320 By Thursday of the following week, she still hadn't heard from him. 431 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:09,680 Two days later, on a Saturday afternoon, we got a call from one of the cocktail lounges Preston had visited. 432 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:14,320 The bartender remembered us being in there to inquire about the suspect and he'd saved our card. 433 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,800 He said Preston was there now with another man drinking at the bar. 434 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,120 We asked the bartender to try and delay the suspect as long as possible. 435 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,640 Then we got in the car and drove to the location. 436 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:29,520 It was too late. The bartender explained that he tried to delay the man that he thought was Preston, but he didn't have much luck. 437 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,800 The suspect had left a few minutes after the bartender had called us. 438 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,400 He'd been drinking heavily. 439 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,720 The man Preston had been with was still there. 440 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:41,640 He was sitting at an old upright piano in the back of the place trying to pick out a tune with one finger. 441 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,880 Bill and I went back and talked to him. 442 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,880 He gave his name as Fred Sandel. 443 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,480 Yeah, that's right. I was drinking with a fellow. Why? 444 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:52,840 What's the matter, Allison? 445 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,840 Have you ever seen a man before? 446 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,080 Yeah, once or twice. 447 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,080 In here? 448 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:02,280 No, no. The place up the street. 780 Club. I had a couple of drinks with him in there. 449 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,920 You know his name? 450 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,120 Well, what's the angle? You want him for something? 451 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:09,160 It's just a routine check. We'd like to talk to him. 452 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,720 Well, I don't know. I might know his name. 453 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,160 Yeah. 454 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,800 Well, what's the angle on the thing? You want him for something big? 455 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,360 We want to talk to him. That's all. 456 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:22,280 Did he pull eyes? Something like that? Hey, he didn't look like that kind of guy. 457 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:26,280 Blowsy thing. I never could have got that right. 458 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,120 How about it? You say you might know the man's name. What was it? 459 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:33,480 Well, I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm the one to not tell you. 460 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:34,840 How do you mean? 461 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,920 Well, I don't want to get anybody in trouble. I want to give out names. 462 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,160 What's the angle on him? You want him for something big? 463 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,680 It's big enough, yeah. 464 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:48,040 Oh. Well, his name's Preston, I think. That's the name he gave me, anyway. 465 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,800 I see him around bars in the neighborhood every once in a while. 466 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,080 How much do you know about him? 467 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,480 Oh, not much. I had a few drinks with him now and then. 468 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,400 Talked a little bit. That's about all. 469 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,760 What did you say your name was? 470 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,680 Sandel. Fred Sandel. What's the angle on this Preston? 471 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,400 We want to get in touch with him. You know where he lives? 472 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,240 I don't know. I might. I... You want him for something big, isn't that right? 473 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,480 Well, what's the difference? We want him. 474 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,000 Well, there could be a lot of difference. I... I mean, what's the angle? 475 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,720 If it's important to you and I helped you, you'd probably want to do the right thing, huh? 476 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,800 I don't know if I got you right. 477 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,840 Well, I mean, if you really want the guy, you know... 478 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,320 If it's important to you and I helped you reach him, 479 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,440 you'd want to make it square with me, wouldn't you? Huh? 480 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,560 And not that I'm asking for payoff. You understand that. 481 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,960 Yeah, we understand. Where's Preston live? 482 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,560 Well, I didn't say I knew where the guy lives. I didn't say that. 483 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,960 Do you know where he lives? 484 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,760 Well, I'm not sure. I might. I don't know if I'll tell you, though. I don't... 485 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,000 Why don't you want to stand by here, Bill? I better check in. 486 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,920 Yeah, fine. Okay. 487 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,840 Open the door! 488 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:05,160 Hush. 489 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:09,060 Hush. 490 00:24:09,060 --> 00:24:26,340 Two six two five record. 491 00:24:26,340 --> 00:24:31,900 Yeah John this is Joe Friday bunko like to check on a suspect John he gives the name 492 00:24:31,900 --> 00:24:37,900 of Fred Sandel he's a WMA about forty five five foot ten hundred and seventy pounds Brown 493 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:42,100 Brown eyes, ruddy complexion, small scar just below the left ear. 494 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:44,300 Okay. Want me to call you back on that? 495 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:48,500 Yeah, would you please? I'm at Dunkirk 35016. 496 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:49,500 Right, I'll call you. 497 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:51,900 Thanks. Oh, say, John, could you switch me over to Bunko, please? 498 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:52,900 I'm calling from outside. 499 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:53,900 Yeah, sure. Hang on. 500 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:54,900 Thank you. 501 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:58,100 Yes? 502 00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:00,700 Would you switch this call over to Bunko Detail, please? 503 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,100 Bunko Detail, surely. 504 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:04,300 Bunko, Ripley. 505 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:05,700 Joe Friday, Charlie. Anything doing? 506 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:07,700 Oh, yeah, Joe, quite a bit. That suspect, he's... 507 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:08,900 your suspect, he was Russell Preston? 508 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:09,900 Mm-hmm. 509 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:10,900 He's been picked up. 510 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:11,900 Yeah? Well, how'd that happen? 511 00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:13,900 A radio car victim, Albathan South Grand, 512 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:14,900 drunk charge, I understand. 513 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:15,900 He was pretty well plastered, 514 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:17,500 wandering around the middle of the street. 515 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:18,500 Had quite a bit of money on him, 516 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:19,900 and brought him into robbery for questioning. 517 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:20,900 Are you sure he's Preston? 518 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:21,900 Yeah, description checks, 519 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,900 couple of sets of identification on him, too. 520 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:26,300 One for Russell Preston, one for George Fairchild. 521 00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:27,300 Where they got him now? 522 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:28,700 Next door, interrogation room. 523 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,100 Ken Skirs is talking to him. 524 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:31,900 He's copying out into the jobs he pulled. 525 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:33,900 Okay, Charlie, thanks a lot. We'll be right in. 526 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:34,900 Right, Joe. 527 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:41,900 Bill, see you a minute. 528 00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:42,900 Yeah. 529 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:43,900 You might as well check in. 530 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:44,900 Preston's been picked up. 531 00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:45,900 Hmm? When? 532 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,900 Probably just after you left this bar. 533 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:49,900 Radio car spotted him, pulled him in. 534 00:25:49,900 --> 00:25:50,900 How about that? 535 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:51,900 Yeah. 536 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:52,900 You worked two months on a case, 537 00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:53,900 and just when we start to get close, 538 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:54,900 somebody else picks the guy up. 539 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:55,900 Yeah, that's right. 540 00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:57,900 It's not very exciting, is it? 541 00:25:57,900 --> 00:25:59,900 You know, I was just thinking, officers, 542 00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:01,900 I don't want to be a hard head about this thing, you know. 543 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:03,900 I mean, if you want this guy Preston, 544 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:05,900 I'd be glad to help you find him. 545 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:07,900 I don't want to be a hard head. 546 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:15,900 Excuse me a minute. 547 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:16,900 Yeah? 548 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:17,900 John Hunter, Friday Record Bureau. 549 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:18,900 Oh, yeah, John. 550 00:26:18,900 --> 00:26:21,900 I got a make on that name you asked for, Fred Sandel. 551 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:22,900 There's a warrant on him. 552 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:24,900 Glenn Theft Auto, got a pretty long record. 553 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:25,900 You want me to read it off? 554 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:26,900 No, that's all right, John. 555 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:27,900 Right. Bye. 556 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:28,900 Right, thank you. 557 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:33,900 What do you say, Sergeant? 558 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:37,900 Suppose we sit down and have a drink and talk things over, 559 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:40,900 and I'll show you where I think this Preston hangs out. 560 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:43,900 I mean, if we make the right deal, hmm? 561 00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:44,900 Well, it's already been made. 562 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:45,900 You want to grab your top coat there? 563 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:46,900 We'd like to talk to you downtown. 564 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:47,900 Me? What for? 565 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:48,900 What are you talking about? 566 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:49,900 Glenn Theft Auto. 567 00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:50,900 They want you, mister. 568 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:51,900 Well, wait a minute. 569 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:52,900 You made a mistake. 570 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:53,900 You didn't come in here looking for me. 571 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:55,900 You're not even the side of my case. 572 00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:56,900 This ain't fair. 573 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:58,900 Get your coat. Let's go. 574 00:26:58,900 --> 00:26:59,900 Well, but this ain't fair. 575 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:00,900 You come in here looking for Preston. 576 00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:01,900 You didn't want me. 577 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:02,900 We do now. 578 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:03,900 Well, what kind of a deal do you call that? 579 00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:04,900 You're looking for Preston. 580 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:05,900 You picked me up. 581 00:27:05,900 --> 00:27:06,900 What's the angle? 582 00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:07,900 There's no angle. 583 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,900 Some days you got to settle for less, that's all. 584 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:10,900 Come on. Let's go. 585 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:19,900 The story you have just heard was true. 586 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:22,900 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 587 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,900 On April 5th, trial was held in Superior Court 588 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:27,900 Department 89, City and County of Los Angeles, 589 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:28,900 State of California. 590 00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:31,900 In a moment, the results of that trial. 591 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:33,900 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 592 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:34,900 Thank you, George Feneman. 593 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,900 Friends, I sincerely hope you'll remember tomorrow 594 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:38,900 what we've told you about Fatima tonight. 595 00:27:38,900 --> 00:27:40,900 You remember we said that Fatima is the best 596 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,900 of all king-size cigarettes. 597 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:44,900 Well, we'd like you to try a pack 598 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:46,900 and prove that to your own satisfaction. 599 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:48,900 You'll find Fatima gives you an extra mild 600 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:50,900 and soothing smoke, plus the added protection 601 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:52,900 of Fatima quality. 602 00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:54,900 And remember this, Fatima gives you more 603 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:56,900 for your money. 604 00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:58,900 When you buy cigarettes, look for the bright 605 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,900 sunny yellow pack and buy Fatima. 606 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:03,900 I know you'll like them. 607 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:31,900 Music 608 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:33,900 You are eligible by imprisonment for not less 609 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,900 than one, nor more than ten years. 610 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:44,900 Music 611 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:46,900 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of 612 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:48,900 authentic cases from official files. 613 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:50,900 Technical advice comes from the Office of 614 00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:52,900 Chief of Police, W.H. 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