1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,080 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,440 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:29,360 Fatima cigarettes, best of all king-size cigarettes, brings you Dragnet on both radio and television. 4 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:30,880 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,520 You're assigned to homicide detail. 6 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,680 A woman is found dying in a vacant lot, her identity unknown. 7 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:43,360 Your job, investigate. 8 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,600 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 9 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,400 Yes, compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 10 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:55,400 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 11 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,760 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 12 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:04,960 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette 13 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:05,960 size. 14 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:08,400 Fatima gives you more for your money. 15 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:14,920 And in king-size Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection 16 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,240 of Fatima quality. 17 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,680 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 18 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:29,840 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 19 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,680 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 20 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,280 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 21 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,960 police files. 22 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,160 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 23 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,280 in action. 24 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,600 It was Thursday, October 16th. 25 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,600 It was cloudy in Los Angeles. 26 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,520 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 27 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,600 My partner's Frank Smith. 28 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:58,800 The boss is Captain Lorman. 29 00:01:58,800 --> 00:01:59,800 My name's Friday. 30 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,280 It was 9.48 p.m. when I got to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Dr. Hall's office. 31 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:05,480 Joe, how are you? 32 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,480 Hi, Doc. 33 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,280 How about that case you got in from Seventh and Union? 34 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,280 How's she doing? 35 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,280 She died about five minutes ago. 36 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:11,280 Well, fill me in. 37 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,280 What do you got on it? 38 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,200 You talked to the radio car officers, ones that handle the call? 39 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,480 Frank's talking to them now out in the lobby. 40 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,640 I thought I'd check in with you while he was handling that in. 41 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:19,040 Not an awful lot to tell you, Joe. 42 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,120 Ambulance G2 brought her in from the location. 43 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,440 She was alive when they brought her in. 44 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,640 Did everything I could for her. 45 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:24,640 Didn't help much. 46 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:25,640 Too far gone. 47 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:26,640 What's it look like? 48 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:28,320 Chloroform poisoning, pretty obvious. 49 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Probably self-administered. 50 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,400 Looks like that anyway. 51 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:31,400 She didn't last long. 52 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:32,800 It's a little unusual, huh, chloroform? 53 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:33,800 Yeah. 54 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Under the circumstances, it sure is. 55 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:35,800 Anything else? 56 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:36,800 How do you mean? 57 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,360 Well, any probable causes, any marks on her? 58 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:39,960 No, a little scratch on her wrist. 59 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:40,960 That's about all. 60 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,960 Well, you got her now. 61 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:42,960 Can we look at her? 62 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:43,960 Yeah. 63 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:44,960 Bag number three. 64 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:45,960 Come on. 65 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,720 Ed Barrett called us, asked us for help. 66 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,520 It's a rough night, huh? 67 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,520 Yeah. 68 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,520 Traffic went crazy tonight. 69 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,720 A dozen cases in the last two hours. 70 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,040 A couple of homicides, too. 71 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,040 Busy night. 72 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,560 You got the weekend coming up, huh? 73 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,200 Yeah, not looking forward to it. 74 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,760 Here we go. 75 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,760 Over here. 76 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,360 Chloroform sure hangs on, doesn't it? 77 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,360 It's so strong. 78 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,360 Hmm. 79 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,760 Notice the burns around her mouth. 80 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,760 I know it was discoloration. 81 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,760 Well, who is she? 82 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:13,760 Any idea? 83 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,000 We got her down as Jane Doe. 84 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,600 You're gonna have to take it from there. 85 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,880 I understand the radio car officers couldn't identify her. 86 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,600 Apparently pretty well off, huh? 87 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,600 Nice clothes. 88 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,600 Seems to be well kept. 89 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,600 I'd say so. 90 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Expensive jewelry there. 91 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Rings, wristwatch. 92 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,880 A little strange for a probable suicide, isn't it? 93 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,440 Looks like she took good care of herself. 94 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:31,440 Hair all done up, fingernails. 95 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,440 About how old would you say? 96 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,760 Not more than 35, just about that. 97 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,800 Here's the chart, honey. 98 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,120 Time arrival, 9.38 p.m. from Southwest corner, 7th and Union vacant lot. 99 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,560 For call, possible drunk woman down, Jane Doe, number 4. 100 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,920 Female, Caucasian, approximate age 35. 101 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,600 Weight 128 and 1 quarter. 102 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,120 Height 5 foot 4, brown hair, hazel eyes. 103 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,080 Listed as Nordic descent, probable suicide. 104 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,080 That's it. 105 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,080 Okay, Doc, thanks. 106 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,480 I better look up Frank, see what he's got, huh? 107 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:01,480 Okay. 108 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,600 Haven't notified the coroner yet. 109 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,600 You fellas wanna take care of that? 110 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Yeah, sure, we'll call her. 111 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,600 About all we can do unless we find some relatives to notify, huh? 112 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,600 Joe? 113 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,600 Yeah, Frank. 114 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:11,600 Oh, hi, Doc. 115 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,600 How are you? 116 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,320 Yeah, four pounds in two weeks, not too bad for me, anyway. 117 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:16,600 What'd you get, Joe? 118 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,280 Chloroform poisoning, probable suicide. 119 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:19,520 Find out who she is? 120 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:20,520 I gotta get back to my office. 121 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,520 If there's anything I can help you with, come on back. 122 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,800 You're right, Doc, thanks very much. 123 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:24,800 Okay. 124 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,800 How about it, any identification? 125 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,840 No, I talked to the fellas that took the call, Unit 182, it was a routine call. 126 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:32,440 390W down, they couldn't find out who put the call in. 127 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,240 Said they found her in a vacant lot lying over against the side of the building. 128 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,240 Yeah. 129 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,440 They said she looked like she'd been drinking, then they got away with the chloroform. 130 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,160 Now they found this empty container by her side. 131 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,160 Here. 132 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,840 Ties in, though. 133 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,080 They were careful handling it. 134 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,080 Anything else? 135 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,040 Well, while they're waiting for the ambulance, they talked to some of the people in the neighborhood. 136 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,800 They couldn't tell them anything about the woman. 137 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,600 Building they found her next to is a vacant store. 138 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,800 No identification on her at all? 139 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,800 No, nothing. 140 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,800 No purse or wallet. 141 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,800 I checked missing persons. 142 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:57,800 No one of her description reported. 143 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,520 Fellas who handled the call said they went over her clothing. 144 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:01,520 No marks of identification. 145 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,760 Better notify Leighton Prince, huh? 146 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:04,760 Maybe they can identify her. 147 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:05,760 Already called him, Joe. 148 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:06,760 Looks like probable suicide. 149 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:07,760 Sure, a new twist, though. 150 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:08,760 Chloroform rope. 151 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:09,760 He doesn't figure it out. 152 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:10,760 What do you think? 153 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:11,760 I don't know. 154 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:12,760 No evidence committed on the body. 155 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:13,760 No indication of robbery. 156 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:15,240 She had a wristwatch on. 157 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:16,240 Rings, too. 158 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,240 Wouldn't figure anyway. 159 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:18,240 Chloroform angle. 160 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,040 No other physical evidence out there, huh? 161 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,840 What do you mean besides the chloroform container? 162 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:22,840 Nothing else besides the handkerchief. 163 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:23,840 Hmm? 164 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:24,840 Yeah, a plain white handkerchief. 165 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:25,840 Chloroform on it. 166 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:26,840 They found it next to the body. 167 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:27,840 It's the only thing that doesn't fit 100%. 168 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:28,840 What do you mean? 169 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:31,840 It's a man's handkerchief. 170 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:35,200 10.25 p.m. 171 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,520 Frank and I took the dead woman's clothing, the handkerchief, and the almost empty container 172 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,480 of chloroform and drove back downtown to the office. 173 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,200 We dropped off the clothing and the handkerchief at the crime lab to be processed for possible 174 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,880 identifying marks. 175 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,880 The chloroform container was taken to Leighton Fingerprints for examination. 176 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,760 The following morning, the body of the unidentified woman was taken to the county morgue for posting. 177 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,600 As soon as the dead woman's prints were made available to us, they were checked through 178 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,320 our record bureau and also through the record bureau at the sheriff's office. 179 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,640 In addition, they also made a run on her description. 180 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,580 They were unable to identify her. 181 00:06:06,580 --> 00:06:09,200 We checked with the crime lab, but they couldn't help us either. 182 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,480 A detailed examination of the dead woman's clothing failed to yield any leads as to her 183 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:14,480 identity. 184 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,360 Leighton Prince didn't have any better luck with the chloroform container. 185 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,120 The only prints they found on it were those of the dead woman. 186 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:24,760 Meantime, the morning papers had picked up the story and given it front page billing, 187 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:25,760 11.16 a.m. 188 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,760 How's that again, Doc? 189 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:29,760 Uh-huh. 190 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:30,760 Yeah, I see. 191 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:31,760 Mm-hmm. 192 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,760 A little unusual, wouldn't you say? 193 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:35,760 Yeah. 194 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,200 Okay, we'll pick it up after lunch. 195 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,200 Right, bye. 196 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Anything? 197 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,800 Yeah, Doc Cephalo at the morgue just finished forcing the body. 198 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:43,800 What'd he say? 199 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:44,800 The chloroform killed her. 200 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,040 They even found traces of it in his stomach. 201 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,040 Huh? 202 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,040 That's right. 203 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,040 That's a weird one, isn't it? 204 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,040 Doesn't leave much doubt. 205 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:51,040 Suicide. 206 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,040 No indication it was anything else, is it? 207 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,040 I got it. 208 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,040 Homicide, Friday talking. 209 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,040 Yes, sir. 210 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,040 Yeah? 211 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,040 Mitchell? 212 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,040 Mm-hmm. 213 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,040 That's all. 214 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,040 Yeah, sure, I'd be glad to. 215 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,040 Yeah, we'll be here. 216 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,040 You want to give us your address? 217 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,040 Yeah. 218 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,040 Okay. 219 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,040 Okay. 220 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,480 Here we go. 221 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,480 How was it, Joe? 222 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,920 Somebody the name of James Mitchell, he's on his way down to see us, wants to talk to 223 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:15,920 us about the dead woman. 224 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:16,920 Yeah. 225 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:17,920 He says he killed her. 226 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:18,920 11.50 a.m. 227 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:26,280 While Frank and I waited around for Mitchell to show up, we checked his name through R&I, 228 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,400 but we were unable to find anything on him. 229 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:33,480 A few minutes before 1 p.m., a short blonde-haired man in a blue-sir'd suit entered the squadroom 230 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:34,480 and asked for us. 231 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,720 He introduced himself as James Mitchell. 232 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,080 Frank and I took him to the interrogation room where we started to question him. 233 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,540 He told us he was a steelworker by trade, currently unemployed. 234 00:07:43,540 --> 00:07:46,840 He said he was originally from Alabama, that he'd been in California for approximately 235 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,400 two years. 236 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,020 After that, he lapsed into silence. 237 00:07:50,020 --> 00:07:53,320 We tried to question him about the dead woman, but we made little headway. 238 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,560 The only admission we could get from him was that he killed the woman. 239 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,400 Outside of that, he refused to say anything. 240 00:07:58,400 --> 00:07:59,720 Now, how about it, Mitchell? 241 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:00,920 What's the trouble? 242 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,800 You called us, volunteered a confession, you said you killed the woman, you wanted to tell 243 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:04,800 us a story. 244 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:05,800 Now, why don't you answer our questions? 245 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:06,800 Jim, how about it? 246 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:07,800 Aren't you feeling well? 247 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:08,800 You want us to call a doctor? 248 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:09,800 Jim? 249 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:10,800 You're not giving us much of an out, mister. 250 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:11,800 You volunteered to make yourself a suspect in this thing. 251 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:12,800 You say you killed the woman. 252 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:13,800 Now, why don't you answer the questions? 253 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,800 We can't keep this up forever. 254 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,800 You ought to know that. 255 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,800 You haven't answered the question in almost an hour now. 256 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Look, if you're not gonna talk, Jim, there's only one thing we can do. 257 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:18,800 We're gonna have to book you. 258 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:19,800 Mitchell, is that what you want? 259 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:20,800 Go ahead and make a call. 260 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,800 I'll be right there. 261 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:22,800 I'll be right there. 262 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,800 I'll be right there. 263 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:24,800 I'll be right there. 264 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:25,800 I'll be right there. 265 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:33,800 Go ahead and book me. 266 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:34,800 I killed her. 267 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Go on, book me. 268 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:36,800 Well, why can't you tell us the story? 269 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:37,800 Now, you admit you killed the woman. 270 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:38,800 Why won't you tell us about it? 271 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:39,800 Why should I? 272 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:40,800 I killed her. 273 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:41,800 That's all you have to know. 274 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,800 You said on the phone you'd tell us the whole story, didn't you? 275 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:45,800 Now, what made you change your mind? 276 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,800 You got the story. 277 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:47,800 I killed her. 278 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:48,800 I'll hold ass to it. 279 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:49,800 You know better than that, Mitchell. 280 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:50,800 You know the woman very well? 281 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:51,800 No, not very well. 282 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:52,800 What was her name? 283 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,800 Mary. 284 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:56,800 Mary what? 285 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:57,800 Mary, that's all. 286 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:58,800 I met her in a bar. 287 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,800 I didn't know her well. 288 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:00,800 I killed her. 289 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:01,800 That's all you got to know. 290 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:02,800 I had to. 291 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:03,800 Why'd you have to, Jim? 292 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:04,800 I don't have to tell you. 293 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:05,800 I had a reason. 294 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:06,800 Good reason. 295 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:07,800 Robbery? 296 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,800 I don't have to say. 297 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:09,800 You had a fight with her? 298 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:10,800 Lovers quarrel? 299 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:11,800 Maybe. 300 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:12,800 What's the difference? 301 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Well, this bar where you met Mary, that in downtown L.A., was it? 302 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:16,800 Yes, downtown. 303 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:17,800 She had it coming in blue. 304 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:18,800 I had to tell you. 305 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:19,800 I had to tell you. 306 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,800 Yes, downtown, she had it coming. 307 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,800 I'm glad I did it. 308 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:24,800 Not worth much, huh? 309 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:25,800 She was when I met her. 310 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,800 Well, what happened? 311 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:27,800 Did she go off the deep end? 312 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,800 I guess so. 313 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:29,800 What's the difference? 314 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:30,800 She's dead. 315 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,800 Well, why'd you turn yourself in, Jim? 316 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:33,800 Figured you couldn't beat it? 317 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:34,800 Maybe. 318 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:35,800 How do you mean? 319 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,800 I could have stayed out of your way if I wanted to. 320 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,800 For a while, anyway. 321 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,800 I didn't want to. 322 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,800 Why not, Jim? 323 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Good reason. 324 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,800 I'm glad I killed her. 325 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:44,800 She had it coming. 326 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,800 Now, go ahead and do what you want. 327 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,800 I know what the rap is. 328 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:47,800 I'll pay for it. 329 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,800 Well, if you're willing to take the rap, Jim, why not tell us the whole story, huh? 330 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,800 You got the story. 331 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:53,800 I killed her. 332 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,800 That's all you need. 333 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Don't you want to brief us in on the details? 334 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,800 How it happened, how it came about. 335 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,800 Might be extenuating circumstances, you can't tell. 336 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,800 Well, how do you mean? 337 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,800 Different things that might throw a new slant on the case. 338 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,800 Court's not going to hand down a decision until they got the whole story. 339 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,800 You mean about Mary? 340 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,800 I'll never tell them about her. 341 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:10,800 Lies the things she did to me. 342 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Never tell anybody about it. 343 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:13,800 Must have been pretty bad, huh? 344 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,800 I mean, the way you took it out on her. 345 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,800 She was rotten all the way through. 346 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,800 I had to kill her. 347 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,800 What happened with the chloroform, Jim? 348 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:21,800 Didn't it work fast enough for you? 349 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Chloroform? 350 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:23,800 Yeah, uh-huh. 351 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,800 Didn't it react on her fast enough for you? 352 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,800 No, no it didn't. 353 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,800 I hated her. 354 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:30,800 Yeah, I guess you did. 355 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,800 You must have had quite a scrap with her. 356 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:33,800 Struggled quite a bit, didn't you? 357 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,800 Yeah, she fought me all the way. 358 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,800 I got her, though. 359 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:36,800 I hated her. 360 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Out of my mind, I hated her so much. 361 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,800 We've been trying to figure it out, Jim. 362 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:41,800 What'd you hit her with? 363 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,800 I mean, around the head and on the neck. 364 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:44,800 What'd you use? 365 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:45,800 The metal? 366 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,800 Yeah, angle iron. 367 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:47,800 Uh-huh. 368 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,800 Kind of lost my head. 369 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:49,800 I kept beating her. 370 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,800 She tried to scream, but I had my hand over her mouth. 371 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:52,800 Then she fell down. 372 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,800 She didn't make a sound after that. 373 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:55,800 I see. 374 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:56,800 Well, how come you took her jewelry? 375 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,800 I mean, if you just wanted to kill her, how is it you took all her valuables, too? 376 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Jim, how about it, Mitchell? 377 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:04,800 Well, I don't know. 378 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,800 I spur of the moment, I guess. 379 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,800 I took them, but I didn't keep my thumb away. 380 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,800 I don't remember where. 381 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:12,800 I'm glad it's over. 382 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:13,800 All right, Jim. 383 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Now, what's this all about? 384 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:15,800 You didn't kill that woman. 385 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,800 You know that as well as we do. 386 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,800 Well, what are you talking about? 387 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:18,800 Of course I killed her. 388 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:19,800 She's dead, ain't she? 389 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:20,800 How many times do I have to admit it? 390 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,800 The woman had one mark in her body, Mitchell. 391 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:23,800 A small scratch on the wrist. 392 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:24,800 Huh? 393 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,800 Not a single wound on the head, none on the neck, either. 394 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:27,800 Well, I killed her. 395 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,800 That's all you gotta know, not saying anything now. 396 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,800 All the woman's valuables weren't taken, either, Jim. 397 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,800 She was found with a couple of rings on her hands, 398 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,800 an expensive watch, a bracelet, too. 399 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:36,800 Now, come on, Jim. 400 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:37,800 What's the angle here? 401 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,800 You can't prove I didn't do it. 402 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:40,800 You can't prove that. 403 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,800 I think we can. 404 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,800 Now, why can't you just take my word for it? 405 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,800 It's the queerest setup I ever saw. 406 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,800 I'm willing to admit I killed her, and you won't believe me. 407 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:48,800 What kind of cop saw you, anyway? 408 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,800 Where'd you spend last night, Jim? Where were you? 409 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,800 I don't know. I don't remember. 410 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,800 You remember. Now, how about it? 411 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,800 It's the queerest setup I ever saw. 412 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,800 Whole town. You wouldn't believe it. 413 00:11:58,800 --> 00:11:59,800 Yeah? 414 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:00,800 Look, I come here from Alabama. 415 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,800 I told you that. I've been here for 22 months. 416 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,800 A long time. It's almost two years. 417 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Mm-hmm. 418 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,800 Queerest town I ever saw. 419 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,800 Thousands of people all over, millions of them. 420 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,800 People all around you, all over the place, everywhere you go. 421 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,800 I didn't know any of them. Not a one. 422 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,800 They didn't know me. 22 months. 423 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,800 Couldn't get to know nobody. I still don't. 424 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,800 They don't know me, either. 425 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,800 Well, tried to get acquainted. 426 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,800 Just seemed to never could. 427 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,800 Nobody knew me. Nobody cared. 428 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,800 They didn't even know who I was. 429 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,800 What kind of town is that? 22 months right here. 430 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:30,800 They don't even know who I am. 431 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,800 Nobody knows. Living alone, you just get sick of it. 432 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,800 Get sick and tired of it. 433 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,800 That's what brought all this on, huh? 434 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,800 Well, at least they'll notice me. They'll know I'm here. 435 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,800 I killed a woman. They'll know who I am now. 436 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,800 Never spent any time in a hospital, Mitchell. Institution. 437 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Now, what'd you have to ask that for? 438 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,800 Just because they want to know people, want to notice me? 439 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,800 That doesn't make me crazy. 440 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,800 Can't be alone all the time. You got to have somebody notice you. 441 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,800 Were you ever in an institution, Jim? 442 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,800 Just once. Only a couple of months. 443 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,800 It wasn't anything. Look, can't you just forget what I said? 444 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,800 I mean, I told you I killed a woman. 445 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,800 The papers are gonna be out pretty soon. 446 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,800 Pictures and things. Probably a big write-up. 447 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,800 Well, can't we let it go with that? I killed her. 448 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,800 Just forget the rest. 449 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:11,800 No, I'm afraid not. 450 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:12,800 Why not? 451 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,800 We'll just make out it's that way. 452 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,800 People get to know me anyway. At least they'll know I'm around. 453 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,800 I won't be alone. 454 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,800 There's no use worrying, Jim. 455 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:20,800 Huh? 456 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,800 You won't be alone anymore. 457 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,800 1.38 p.m. 458 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,800 We continued to question the self-accused suspect, James Mitchell, 459 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,800 and he finally told us that he'd been confined for a period of 18 months 460 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,800 in a state mental hospital in Alabama. 461 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,800 That had been more than three years before. 462 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,800 The questioning also left no doubt in our mind that Mitchell had nothing at all 463 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,800 to do with the death of the unidentified woman. 464 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,800 A sister of Mitchell's living in Alabama was contacted 465 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,800 and she agreed to come out west as soon as possible to look after her brother. 466 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,800 In the meantime, he was delivered to the care of psychiatrists at the county hospital. 467 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,800 The incident of a man confessing guilt of a crime of which he's wholly innocent 468 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,800 certainly wasn't anything new. 469 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,800 Like police officers all over the country, all over the world, 470 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,800 we've come to accept it as almost a routine part of a criminal investigation. 471 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,800 Most of the time, the would-be criminals suffering with mental trouble. 472 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,800 Sometimes it's a thirst for notoriety. 473 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,800 In any event, they all have to be checked, every one of them. 474 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,800 It means time, trouble, and money. 475 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,800 Hours of cautious interrogation. 476 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,800 More hours of checking stories that have basis only in the imagination of a sick mind. 477 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,800 They slow the investigation. They waste hundreds of man hours. 478 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,800 But like anonymous leads or would-be witnesses, they can't be ignored. 479 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,800 It's part of the job. 480 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,800 Saturday, October 18th, the newspapers continue to cooperate 481 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,800 by giving his front page space to the story of the unidentified woman. 482 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Joe? 483 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:41,800 Yeah, how'd you do? 484 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:42,800 Nothing. 485 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:43,800 Identification wasn't even close. 486 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,800 How about Brian and Lopez? What'd they do on that call of theirs? 487 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Well, they're over at the morgue now with a boy. 488 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,800 16-year-old. Kid was pretty wrought up when he came in. 489 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,800 We sure had a parade of them. 490 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,800 All last night, all this morning. 491 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 Well, it doesn't hurt our chances any the more the better. 492 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,800 I suppose so. 493 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,800 Not gonna make much headway if we can't identify her. 494 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,800 Any answers on the roll points we got out on her? 495 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,800 Yeah, four of them. They all been checked. Nothing. 496 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,800 Chewing gum, Joe? New kind, tangerine flavor. 497 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,800 No, no thanks. 498 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,800 How about that check at the hospital's around town? 499 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:12,800 Anything show up there yet? 500 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:13,800 No, not so far. 501 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,800 The scar on the woman's leg was from an operation, all right. 502 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,800 Doc figures it might not have been done in the hospital, though. 503 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,800 It was a minor operation. Could have been done in a doctor's office, maybe. 504 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,800 I'd stop it, sure. 505 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,800 Tough enough checking hospitals for a record of the operation. 506 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Next to impossible, we'll check every doctor in town for it. 507 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,800 Well, even then, we could miss. 508 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:29,800 Don't know where the woman's from. 509 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,800 She could have had the operation done anywhere. 510 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,800 I'll get it. 511 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,800 Homicide, Friday talking. 512 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:36,800 Yeah, Tom. 513 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,800 Well, I know. 514 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,800 You did? 515 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:41,800 That's so. 516 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,800 Yeah, okay. Fine. You bet. Thanks, Tom. 517 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,800 It was Brian. 518 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,800 He and Lopey are driving that boy over to George's Street, the 16-year-old. 519 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,800 What happened? 520 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,800 Well, they took the boy to the morgue. They showed him the body. 521 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:52,800 Asked him if he recognized it. 522 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:53,800 What'd he say? 523 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,800 It's his mother. 524 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,800 2.05 p.m. 525 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,800 Frank and I left the office and drove over to George's Street Receiving Hospital. 526 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:08,800 The 16-year-old boy who had identified the dead woman as his mother was being treated for shock and hysteria. 527 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,800 The youngster told Brian and Lopez that his name was Arnold Hopkins 528 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,800 and that he'd been living with his mother at a Norwood Street address. 529 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,800 After he was given a sedative and recovered himself a bit, 530 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,800 the boy was driven to the home of his aunt and uncle out near Barnesdale Park. 531 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:26,800 That night, Frank and I called on the boy and found him sufficiently recovered to answer a few questions. 532 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:32,800 He confirmed his identity of the body he'd viewed that afternoon as that of his mother, Mrs. Jeanette Hopkins. 533 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,800 He said he was an only child and that his father was dead. 534 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:40,800 He told us his mother had been working for the past six years as coast representative for an Eastern cosmetics firm. 535 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,800 We asked him what had happened the night his mother disappeared. 536 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,800 The phone just rang about, well, when we were finishing dinner. 537 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:48,800 About 8 o'clock. Maybe quarter after. 538 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:49,800 Mm-hmm. 539 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,800 Well, when Ma hung up, she said something important come up. She had to go out to see somebody. 540 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,800 She said she had to see him right away. She got her coat and left. 541 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,800 It was the last time I saw her. 542 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,800 Well, who was she going to see, Arnold? Did she tell you? 543 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,800 No, she didn't. I heard her talking on the phone, though. 544 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,800 I heard her say, Leo. She said it a couple of times. Leo. 545 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,800 Where was she going to meet this person, Arnold? Did you have an overhear of that? 546 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,800 No, I didn't. I think she said, okay, I'll meet you there, Leo, and she hung up. 547 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,800 Then she got her coat, kissed me goodbye, and she went out. 548 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,800 Did she leave on foot or was she driving, you remember? 549 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,800 Oh, on foot. My mother didn't drive. It was Leo's cell. 550 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,800 Did your mother ever talk about him? 551 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,800 I heard her talking to him on the phone a couple of times. That's about all. 552 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Well, do you know where he lives? What he looks like? Can you tell us anything about him at all? 553 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,800 No, sir, nothing. I wouldn't know him if I saw him. 554 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,800 You are listening to Dragnet, authentic stories of your police force in action. 555 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:44,800 The only way you can prove to yourself that Fatima is the best of all king-size cigarettes 556 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,800 is to compare them with the brand you've been smoking. 557 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,800 Yes, compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 558 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,800 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke eighty-four times, 559 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,800 and the other one is the length of the cigarette's length. 560 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,800 That's the length of Fatima's cigarette. 561 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,800 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 562 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,800 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke eighty-five millimeters for your protection. 563 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,800 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 564 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:17,800 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette size. 565 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,800 You are money-backed plus postage. If you are not convinced, 566 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,800 Fatima is better than your present king-size cigarette. 567 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,800 Just return the pack and the unsmoked Fatimas by August 1st, 1952. 568 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,800 Fatima, Box 37, New York 1. 569 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,800 More and more of your friends are switching to king-size Fatimas every day. 570 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,800 Compare them yourself tomorrow. 571 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:46,800 Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack, and enjoy the added protection of Fatima quality. 572 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:52,800 [♪jazz music playing on the radio and radio station in the background. 573 00:18:52,800 --> 00:19:00,800 Saturday, October 18th, 8.30 p.m., Frank Smith and I continued interviewing the dead woman's son, 16-year-old Arnold Hopkins. 574 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,800 The big lead pointed in the direction of the man known as Leo, 575 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,800 who telephoned Mrs. Hopkins Thursday night, little more than an hour before she died, 576 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,800 and made an appointment to meet her. 577 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,800 It was a good lead, but it didn't go too far. 578 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,800 All the boy could tell us was that the man's name was Leo. 579 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,800 He'd heard his mother address a man by that name on the telephone several times, but that was the extent of it. 580 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,800 He didn't know Leo's last name, he didn't know where he lived. 581 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,800 He had no idea where his mother was to meet the man the night she died. 582 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:31,800 We talked to the boys' aunt and uncle, the dead woman's brother and sister-in-law, but they couldn't help us either. 583 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:37,800 Frank Smith and I obtained a list of all of Mrs. Hopkins' friends and business associates known to the son and the aunt and the uncle. 584 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,800 We spent the rest of the weekend checking with them. 585 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,800 Most of them gave us pretty much the same story. 586 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,800 Mrs. Hopkins was well-liked and well-respected, both in her business and private life. 587 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,800 She was devoted to her teenage son. 588 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,800 She didn't drink and socially her behavior was beyond question. 589 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,800 She attended church regularly. 590 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,800 She was active in several women's clubs engaged in social and religious work. 591 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,800 None of the people we talked to could think of any reason that she would want to end her own life. 592 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,800 All of them denied any knowledge of the man known as Leo. 593 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,800 Monday afternoon, October 20th, Frank and I had another meeting with the victim's son, Arnold Hopkins. 594 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,800 We had him check over the personal effects found on the body. 595 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,800 Yes, sir, that's hers. 596 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:17,800 The other ring, too. 597 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,800 How about this bracelet, son? 598 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,800 Yes, sir. She always wore that. 599 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,800 My dad gave it to her, I think, when he was alive, I mean. 600 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,800 She always wore it. 601 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,800 Now the wristwatch, two rings, the bracelet, and this lapel pin here. 602 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:32,800 This about it, son? 603 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,800 Yes, sir, I guess so. 604 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,800 You have her necklace, too. 605 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:37,800 How's that? 606 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:38,800 My mother's necklace. 607 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:39,800 She was wearing it that night. 608 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,800 She had it on when she left the house. Didn't you find it? 609 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,800 What kind of necklace is it, son? What's it look like? 610 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,800 It's made like the bracelet is. That one there. 611 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,800 See, the two of them go together to set. 612 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,800 Your mother wore expensive jewelry like that every day, did she? 613 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,800 No, sir. She wore the bracelet quite a bit, not the necklace, though. 614 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,800 She only wore that when she was dressed up. 615 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,800 I thought about it yesterday. I meant to tell you about it. 616 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,800 What's that, son? 617 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,800 Well, right after she got the phone call that night when she told me she had to go out. 618 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:05,800 Yeah. 619 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,800 Well, she went back and got her coat, and then she came in the living room and kissed me goodbye. 620 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:10,800 She had the necklace in her hand. 621 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,800 You're sure she took it with her? 622 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,800 Oh, yes, sir. I'm positive. 623 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,800 After she kissed me goodbye, she went over to the mirror and I saw her put the necklace on. 624 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,800 She was wearing it when she left. 625 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,800 I didn't think much about it till later on. 626 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,800 Most of the time, she only wears it when she dresses up. 627 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,800 She wasn't very dressed up that night. 628 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:27,800 Joe. 629 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:28,800 Yeah. 630 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,800 Can you describe the necklace for her son, exactly what it looks like? 631 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:33,800 Yes, sir. I think I can. 632 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,800 When you saw your mother with the necklace on, did you think to ask her about it? 633 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,800 Yeah, I did. 634 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,800 She said she was wearing it because she wanted to look pretty. 635 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,800 She was going to meet a good friend. 636 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,800 And she didn't say where? 637 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,800 No, sir. I guess she was wrong, huh? 638 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,800 About her necklace, I mean. 639 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,800 No, son. About her friend. 640 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,800 Monday, 3.18 p.m. 641 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,800 We got a description of the necklace from the Hopkins boy, 642 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,800 confirmed it with his aunt and uncle, and then we double-checked it at the jeweler's, 643 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,800 where it had been purchased. 644 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,800 After that, we contacted the pawn shop detail and burglary division. 645 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,800 The necklace and its description was put on the stolen property list, 646 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,800 and copies were sent to secondhand jewelry stores and pawn shops throughout the area. 647 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,800 We also got out a broadcast and an APB on it. 648 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,800 4.15 the following afternoon, we got a reply from the San Diego police department. 649 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,800 A pawn shop owner down there had reported taking in the necklace the Friday before, 650 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,800 which matched the description of the one we were looking for. 651 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,800 The man who pawned the necklace listed his name in the pawn shop's buy book as Raymond Butler. 652 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,800 San Diego officers had checked out the home address that he'd given. 653 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,800 It was a vacant lot. 654 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,800 The necklace was sent back to Los Angeles, where it was identified as Mrs. Hopkins. 655 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,800 The description of the man who'd pawned the necklace was forwarded from San Diego, 656 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,800 together with a photostatic copy of the suspect's signature, 657 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,800 and we got out an all-points bulletin on him. 658 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,800 Two days passed. Nothing. 659 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,800 Along with Brian and Lopez, we continued checking all public places in the general area 660 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,800 where the body of Mrs. Hopkins had been found. 661 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:01,800 You got anything, Frank? 662 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,800 Talked to a man by the name of Wagner, Joey. 663 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,800 He used to do a lot of traveling, business trips, most of them to San Diego. 664 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,800 Wagner says he heard she had a boyfriend down there, tall, dark-haired fellow. 665 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:10,800 That's all. No name. 666 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,800 I get it. 667 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,800 Homicide Friday. 668 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,800 What? Oh, yeah, Lope. 669 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,800 Mm-hmm. Where? 670 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,800 Check side, does it? Yeah, that's good. Fine. Okay, thanks, Lope. Yeah, right away. 671 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,800 Anything, Joe? 672 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,800 Lopez, he and Brian just checked a bar out in the neighborhood where the body was found. 673 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:27,800 Mm-hmm. 674 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,800 They talked to the bartender in the place, showed him the description of the man who pawned the necklace. 675 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:31,800 Bartender says he knows the man. 676 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:32,800 Are you sure? 677 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:33,800 Pretty sure. 678 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,800 He told Brian and Lope that the man's either a boxer or a wrestler, something like that, anyway. 679 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,800 You know the man's name, where he lives? 680 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:39,800 Says his name's Taylor. No home address. 681 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:40,800 You know his first name? 682 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,800 Yeah. Leo. 683 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:47,800 1.25 p.m. 684 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,800 After interviewing four other people who were in the bar the night of Mrs. Hopkins' death, 685 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,800 Lopez and Brian checked back in at the office. 686 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,800 They told us that at least one of the four persons they talked to, in addition to the bartender, 687 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,800 was sure that the description of the suspect who pawned the necklace fitted a man known as Leo Taylor, 688 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,800 who was in the bar the previous Thursday night. 689 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,800 He was seen in the place between 8.30 and 9.00 p.m. 690 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,800 and he was seen with a woman answering Mrs. Hopkins' general description. 691 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:17,800 The bartender had no idea where the man lived, but he seemed fairly certain of the man's name, Leo Taylor, 692 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,800 and his occupation, either wrestling or boxing. 693 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:21,800 5.05 p.m. 694 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,800 We made a run on Taylor's name and description through R&I and we got a make. 695 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,800 We checked his handwriting and that matched out also. 696 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,800 He had one previous arrest for assault and disorderly conduct. 697 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,800 His residence was a West 11th Street address. 698 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,800 We checked it out, but he'd moved six months before. 699 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,800 The landlady had no forwarding address on him, but she told us one of the places he used to frequent was a gym 700 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,800 on South Olive down near Olympic. 701 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:44,800 We ran it down. 702 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,800 How about a try? 703 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,800 Alright, come on. 704 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,800 I'm getting tired of punching the back. 705 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,800 I checked with a fellow in the office over there, Joe, says the man we once taken a shower back there, locker room. 706 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,800 Alright. 707 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,800 In here? 708 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:56,800 Yeah. 709 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,800 Go ahead. 710 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:58,800 Yeah. 711 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,800 Excuse me, your name Leo Taylor? 712 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:04,800 How's that? 713 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:05,800 I said are you Leo Taylor? 714 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,800 Yeah, that's right. What is it? 715 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,800 Police officers would like to talk to you. 716 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,800 Oh, you're taking a shower right now? You want to wait a while? 717 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,800 Well, keep Taylor. We want to talk to you now. 718 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:13,800 Alright. 719 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,800 Alright, what's the rush? What's it all about? 720 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:20,800 We want to talk to you downtown. 721 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,800 What do you want me downtown for? 722 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,800 I'm a 15 check. I'd like to ask you a few questions. 723 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:25,800 About what? 724 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:26,800 Jeanette Hopkins. 725 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,800 That's so. What about her? 726 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,800 When's the last time you saw the woman, Taylor? 727 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,800 I don't know. A couple of months ago. At least that. Why? 728 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,800 Well, you can talk about it downtown. 729 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,800 Well, let's talk now. It'll take me a little time to get dressed. What's the pitch? 730 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,800 You know as well as we do. 731 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,800 You want to throw me that shirt, Mac? 732 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:42,800 Thanks. 733 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,800 What do you mean I know as well as you do? Know what? 734 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,800 No rush, Leo. We can talk downtown. 735 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,800 I read about it in the papers. It's a terrible thing. 736 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,800 I'm going to look her up one of these days. It's too bad. 737 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,800 You live in Los Angeles, Taylor? 738 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:56,800 Yeah, why? 739 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:57,800 Ever get down to San Diego? 740 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,800 Once in a while. Not too often. 741 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,800 You don't think I had anything to do with it, do you? 742 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,800 How do you mean, Leo? With what? 743 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,800 I mean, Jeanette, she's dead. You don't think I had a hand in it, do you? 744 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,800 Let me tell you, I'm going to level with you, Leo. 745 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,800 We've been on this thing a week. 746 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,800 We've got you placed in San Diego. We've got you placed here. 747 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,800 You say you haven't seen Mrs. Hopkins for two months. We can do a lot better than that. 748 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,800 You were with her in San Diego two weeks ago. 749 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,800 You were drinking with her in a bar out there last Thursday night. 750 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,800 You were with her 20 minutes before she died. We got all we need, Leo. 751 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,800 Got my coat there, engraving? 752 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:26,800 Check the pockets, man. 753 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,800 Yeah. 754 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,800 Got to take a lot of proof. I guess you know that. 755 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:31,800 Got to take a lot of it. 756 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,800 We got it. 757 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,800 Better have. Let's see. Keys, wallet, comb. 758 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:38,800 Yeah. 759 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:39,800 Okay, let's go. 760 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,800 No, just a minute, Leo. 761 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,800 Yeah? 762 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:53,800 Pawn ticket here. You forgot it. 763 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,800 The story you have just heard was true. 764 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,800 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 765 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,800 On January 28th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 89, 766 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,800 City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 767 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,800 In a moment, the results of that trial. 768 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,800 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 769 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:09,800 Thank you, George Fenomen. 770 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,800 Friends, there's not much I can add to what you've already heard about Fatimas. 771 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,800 If you smoke them, I know you'll agree with me, 772 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,800 that no other king-size cigarette can match Fatima quality. 773 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,800 Now, if you haven't tried them yet, prove it to yourself. 774 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,800 Buy a pack and give them a try. 775 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,800 I wish you would kind of check up on what we've been telling you. 776 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,800 Compare Fatimas with any other king-size cigarette. 777 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,800 You'll like Fatima's better flavor and aroma. 778 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,800 It's extra mild and soothing smoke. 779 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,800 And you'll find Fatima gives you more for your money. 780 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,800 Yes, sir. In Fatima, the difference is quality. 781 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,800 Buy a pack tomorrow. 782 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:41,800 Fatima. 783 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:52,800 When confronted with the evidence and testimony against him, 784 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,800 Leo Francis Taylor broke down and confessed to the murder of Mrs. Jeanette Hopkins. 785 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,800 She'd been paying blackmail to Taylor in order to keep their affair secret, 786 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,800 but a month before her death, she refused to pay him anymore. 787 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,800 Taylor threatened her again, and she agreed to give him the necklace as a final payoff. 788 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,800 At their meeting, Taylor demanded cash. 789 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,800 His victim threatened him with arrest, and he administered the chloroform. 790 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,800 Taylor was tried and found guilty of first-degree murder 791 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,800 and was sentenced to a life term in the state penitentiary. 792 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,800 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 793 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:35,800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 794 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,800 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Winn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 795 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,800 Heard tonight were Herb Ellis, Mick Perrin, Gil Stratton, Jack Crusian. 796 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,800 Script by Jim Moser. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 797 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:54,800 King-size Fatima, made by the same people who make popular Chesterfield cigarettes, 798 00:28:54,800 --> 00:29:08,800 has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 799 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:25,800 Each Thursday night, it's Counterspy on NBC.