1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,760 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:18,720 Fatima cigarettes, king size, extra mild and soothing, brings you dragnet on both radio 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:28,440 and television. 5 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:29,920 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,320 You're assigned to homicide detail. 7 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,720 An unidentified man is abducted from a downtown street. 8 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,640 The scene is checked where the man was reported taken. 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,840 Blood stains are found on the sidewalk. 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,080 The abductors escaped in a gray sedan. 11 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:44,960 No one saw the license number. 12 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:50,920 Your job, get him. 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,880 Compare Fatima with any other king size cigarette. 14 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:58,080 Yes, compare Fatima with any other king size cigarette. 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,400 One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. 16 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,680 Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection. 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:11,480 Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21 percent longer than standard cigarette 18 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,480 size. 19 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,040 Fatima gives you more for your money. 20 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:20,640 And in king size Fatima, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,880 of Fatima quality. 22 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,640 Buy Fatima in the bright sunny yellow pack. 23 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:35,680 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 24 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,600 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 25 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,120 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 26 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,800 police files. 27 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,960 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 28 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:52,960 in action. 29 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:58,400 It was Monday, March 18th. 30 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,440 It was overcast in Los Angeles. 31 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,600 We were working the night watch out homicide detail. 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:03,600 My partner is Frank Smith. 33 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:04,600 The boss is Captain Orman. 34 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:05,600 My name's Friday. 35 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,600 It was 6 48 p.m. when we got to the corner of 11th and South Pierce Street, the 797 Club. 36 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:11,600 Sorry, no more service tonight. 37 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,600 You're name Leon Morley? 38 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:13,600 Yeah, I can't serve you any drinks. 39 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,600 So closing up. 40 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,600 Police officers, Mr. Morley. 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,600 I'd like to talk to you a minute if you don't mind. 42 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:17,600 Oh, I'm sorry. 43 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,600 I thought maybe you're after a drink. 44 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,600 We were just talking to the officer. 45 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:20,600 I'm sorry. 46 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,600 I thought maybe you're after a drink. 47 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,280 We were just talking to the officers in the radio car up the street, the car that answered 48 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:26,280 the call out here tonight. 49 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,480 They told us you're one of the people who saw what happened. 50 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:29,960 Well, yeah, I guess I did. 51 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:30,960 I saw part of it anyway. 52 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,400 Lousy deal, kind of thing that makes your ulcers pop. 53 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,560 That's why I'm closing down early, going home. 54 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,520 We're following through on the investigation, Mr. Morley. 55 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,640 I'd like to have you tell us everything you know about it, if you would, everything that 56 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:40,640 you saw. 57 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:42,680 I told the cops in the radio car everything I know. 58 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,240 It was about 6 o'clock and I heard this big commotion out in the street. 59 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,240 I didn't know what it was. 60 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,240 It sounded like somebody was hurt. 61 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,040 I went out and took a look. 62 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,000 Marie in the beauty shop next door, she was outside rubbernecking too. 63 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 She saw as much as I did. 64 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 You talked to her? 65 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Yes, sir, we have. 66 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 She wasn't too clear on some of the details. 67 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Maybe you can straighten it out for us. 68 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 I'm glad to, if I can. 69 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 What do you want to know? 70 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,560 You mind telling us in your own words just exactly how it happened? 71 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:03,560 I mean, how you saw it? 72 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,640 Well, there's not an awful lot to it. 73 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:09,320 I was working behind the bar here and it was around 6 o'clock, like I say, maybe a couple 74 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,520 of nights after. 75 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,960 I was just fixing up a round of drinks for some fellows when I heard this noise outside. 76 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,760 Yeah, I didn't know what it was at first. 77 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,680 It sounded like somebody screaming, like they were hurt. 78 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,480 You said you heard this commotion outside the bar about 6 o'clock? 79 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:21,480 Yeah, that's right. 80 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,480 While I didn't go out right then, I finished mixing a round of drinks. 81 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,120 First, I thought the racket was just a couple of early drunks, but it kept on. 82 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,120 Man screaming. 83 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,320 It got louder and I decided to take a look. 84 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,360 I went out and looked down the street a couple of doors, down toward the corner. 85 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,360 Which corner is that, Mr. Moore? 86 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,360 The nearest one, down to the left. 87 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:38,360 Here, I'll show you. 88 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,360 All right, fine. 89 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:40,920 I didn't know what was happening. 90 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:41,920 Terrible sound. 91 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,800 A man screaming at the top of his lungs. 92 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,240 You recognized who the man was? 93 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,240 No, I didn't. 94 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,240 Never saw him before. 95 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,240 I didn't get too good a look at him anyway. 96 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,240 It was getting kind of dark. 97 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Here, let me show you. 98 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,240 Over here by the window. 99 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,240 All right, fine. 100 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:58,440 I see it was right down there, just next to that mailbox. 101 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,520 These two guys had a hold of the man who was screaming. 102 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,280 They were trying to drag him into a car, a gray sedan. 103 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,640 Man was trying to fight him off. 104 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,520 Can you describe any of these three men for us? 105 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,400 No, I couldn't be sure about it. 106 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,720 Like I say, it was getting kind of dark. 107 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,640 Well, you can see for yourself, they were about 7,500 feet away. 108 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,200 This man, they were trying to drag him into the car. 109 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,480 He kept screaming, leave me alone. 110 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,480 You can have the money. 111 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:18,480 Leave me alone. 112 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,480 You can have my car. 113 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:20,920 Looked like he just hurt to me, blood on his clothes. 114 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Didn't anybody try to help him? 115 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,640 Well, you know how this neighborhood is. 116 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,000 When there's trouble, they all cut out. 117 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 They don't want to get involved. 118 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,560 It happened pretty fast anyway. 119 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,280 These two guys got this man in the back seat of the car, and the big guy got in the back 120 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:33,280 seat with him. 121 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:34,880 The smaller guy got in the front seat and they took off. 122 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,320 On which way did they go, Mr. Morley? 123 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,320 Straight down the street there. 124 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,320 It turned right at that corner. 125 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,320 Mm-hmm. 126 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:41,320 Did you happen to see the license number? 127 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,100 No, I thought of it though. 128 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:44,440 They didn't turn the car lights on. 129 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,760 It went by pretty fast too. 130 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:46,880 I couldn't get a good look at it. 131 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:48,600 Was it a California plate, do you know? 132 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,760 Oh yeah, I noticed that much. 133 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,040 That's about all though. 134 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,520 What kind of a car was it? 135 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,440 Like I told you, gray sedan, four door. 136 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,440 I couldn't tell the makes. 137 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,440 Fairly new car. 138 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,920 Did you notice anything outstanding about the car, anything at all? 139 00:04:58,920 --> 00:04:59,920 Well, I don't know. 140 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:00,920 What do you mean outstanding? 141 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,560 Well, special markings of any kind, anything unusual. 142 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,200 Maybe some of the accessories, spotlight, anything like that? 143 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,520 No, nothing I noticed. 144 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,920 The rear bumper was bent out, I think. 145 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,920 Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure of it. 146 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:11,920 The rear bumper? 147 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Yeah. 148 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:13,920 I saw it when they drove off. 149 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,480 They drove right past the place here. 150 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,480 How about the men, sir? 151 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:17,920 Can you describe them at all? 152 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,720 No, one was pretty tall and thin. 153 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,720 The other one was smaller. 154 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,440 About the same build on the thin side. 155 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,240 They sure must have worked that guy over. 156 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,240 He was all bent over. 157 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,080 It looked like he was holding his stomach. 158 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,240 Stains all down in front of his suit. 159 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,240 On the sidewalk too. 160 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:30,240 I guess you saw that. 161 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,240 Yes, sir, we did. 162 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,120 Now, you're sure that you've never seen any of these men before? 163 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,120 Nothing familiar about them at all? 164 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:35,120 No, sir, not to me. 165 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,120 I think if I saw them before, I'd know it. 166 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,120 Oh, just a minute. 167 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:39,120 It's probably the wife. 168 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,120 Excuse me, I'll be right back. 169 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,120 Yeah, sure. 170 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,120 What do you think, Jim? 171 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Well, it doesn't look too good. 172 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,720 I think they put some stains on the sidewalk down there. 173 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,720 If it was just a robbery, why'd they take the guy with them? 174 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:48,720 You got me. 175 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:49,720 You possibly might have recognized him. 176 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:50,720 Maybe you got some, but I hope you're wrong. 177 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,720 If you can make the hoods, a good chance you're not gonna turn a man loose alive. 178 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,720 Sergeant. 179 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:55,720 Yeah? 180 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,720 It's your office on the phone. 181 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,720 I want to talk to either one of you. 182 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,720 I'll get it, Jim. 183 00:05:58,720 --> 00:05:59,720 All right, thanks, Frank. 184 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:00,720 Phone straight back, Sergeant. 185 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:01,720 Enter the bar. 186 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:02,720 Okay, thanks. 187 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:03,720 Look, Sergeant, I gotta have something to quiet my nerves. 188 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:04,720 How about you? 189 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:05,720 Want a drink? 190 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:06,720 No, no, thanks. 191 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,720 Besides the woman in that beauty shop next door, Mr. Morley, did you notice anyone else 192 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:10,720 around who saw what went on? 193 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,160 No, as far as I know, Marie and I were the only ones. 194 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,800 Just like I told you, when there's any trouble around this neighborhood, they get off the 195 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,800 street quick. 196 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,040 You can't think of anything else that might give us a break on this, anything at all now? 197 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,040 Wish I could. 198 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:22,040 I think I told you just about everything. 199 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,040 Right. 200 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,040 You'll feel lousy. 201 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,040 Joe. 202 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,040 Yeah? 203 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,040 I was talking to Harry. 204 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,040 Yeah? 205 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,040 1-A-1 found the car, great sedan. 206 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,040 Where'd they find it? 207 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:31,040 Third and Vixel. 208 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,040 It was empty. 209 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,040 Key still in it. 210 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,040 Are you sure it's the right car? 211 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,040 Blood stains in the back seat. 212 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,040 7-18 p.m. 213 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,040 Frank and I left the house. 214 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:43,720 7-19 p.m. Frank and I left the 7-97 club, got in the car, and drove down to Third and 215 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,960 Vixel, where the abandoned gray sedan had been located. 216 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,680 It matched the same general description of the abductor's car, a four-door gray sedan, 217 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,120 late model, with a damaged rear bumper. 218 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,840 Dean Bergman from Leighton Prince dusted the car and succeeded in raising a half a dozen 219 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:00,360 fingerprints, which he took back to the office for possible identification. 220 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,040 The crime lab crew went over the car for additional physical evidence. 221 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,240 The stains found on the back seat were identified as having been made by human blood. 222 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,560 The white slip attached to the steering post showed the car was registered to a Kenneth 223 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,560 L. Gorman at a Canal Street address. 224 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,080 Before Frank and I left the scene, we got a report that approximately 20 minutes prior 225 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,080 to the time the gray sedan had been located, another car had been stolen. 226 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:27,280 It was a Maroon late model club coupe, licensed 7-Tom, 7-972. 227 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,880 It had been taken in the same neighborhood, less than two blocks from where the gray sedan 228 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:31,880 was abandoned. 229 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,840 A broadcast and an APB was gotten out on it immediately, 8.05 p.m. 230 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,920 After checking by the office, Frank and I drove down to check on the home address of 231 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,360 the registered owner of the gray sedan, Kenneth L. Gorman. 232 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:46,040 It was a white wood-framed cottage at the upper end of Canal Street. 233 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,240 The woman who answered the door identified herself as Mrs. Elsie Gorman, a small middle-aged 234 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,560 woman, blue eyes, partially graying hair. 235 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,120 No, I'm sorry, officers. 236 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,640 My husband isn't home right now. 237 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:56,640 Where is he, Mrs. Gorman, do you know? 238 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,640 Well, he went downtown to see his friend of his, business appointment. 239 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,640 Is there anything I can help you with? 240 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,600 Are you expecting your husband home pretty soon, ma'am? 241 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,600 Yes, I am. 242 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,760 Matter of fact, he should have been home long before this. 243 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:07,760 I don't know what's keeping him. 244 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,400 He told me he was going downtown to collect some money his friend of his owed him. 245 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,400 Said he'd be right back. 246 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:13,400 I don't know what's keeping him. 247 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:14,400 When do you leave the house, ma'am? 248 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,400 About 2.30, 3.00 this afternoon. 249 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,400 It's almost 8.30 now. 250 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,400 It could be he stopped to have a beer with his friends. 251 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:18,400 He usually phones though if he's going to be late. 252 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,400 I don't understand these men sometimes. 253 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:20,400 You and your husband own a car, Mrs. Gorman? 254 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,400 Yes, we do. 255 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,400 My husband has it right now. 256 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,400 He's a good man. 257 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:24,400 He's a good man. 258 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:25,400 He's a good man. 259 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:32,400 What kind of a car is it, ma'am? 260 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,400 A 49 Chevy sedan. 261 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:36,400 Gray color, four door? 262 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Yes. 263 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,400 License number 7T7972? 264 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,400 Well, yes, I think that's it. 265 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,400 Why? 266 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,400 What's the matter? 267 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,400 Something happened? 268 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Nothing to get worried about, Mrs. Gorman. 269 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,400 We located the car in the downtown area parked on a side street. 270 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,400 Keys were still in it. 271 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Thought we'd check on it. 272 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,400 Where was it parked? 273 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,400 Near 3rd and Bixels. 274 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,400 Well, that can't be right. 275 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:50,400 This man, my husband's name is. 276 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:51,400 He's a good man. 277 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,400 He's a good man. 278 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,400 He's a good man. 279 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,400 That can't be right. 280 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,400 This man, my husband, is going to see at his store on Alameda. 281 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,400 It's on Alameda between 9th and 10th. 282 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,400 No reason for Kenneth to drive the car way down on 3rd Street. 283 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,400 Impossible. 284 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:05,400 He might have had another business appointment down there, ma'am. 285 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:06,400 Maybe something he didn't mention to you. 286 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,400 Well, I don't know. 287 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,400 I suppose it is possible. 288 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,400 You'd think he'd call, though. 289 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:14,400 He usually does when he's going to be out late like this. 290 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,400 What about this man your husband was going to see, Mrs. Gorman? 291 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:17,400 You happen to know who he is? 292 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,400 Yes. 293 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:19,400 Fred Bernard. 294 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,400 He's in the sheet metal business. 295 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,400 Has his shop on South Alameda. 296 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,400 He owed my husband $300. 297 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,400 My husband went down this afternoon to collect it. 298 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,400 He's a friend of your husband's, is he? 299 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,400 Oh, yes. 300 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,400 They're good friends. 301 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:30,400 Fred, my husband has done business for years. 302 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,400 There wasn't any ill feeling between them about this debt? 303 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:33,400 No, no. 304 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:34,400 Of course not. 305 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,400 It was just a bill for some material. 306 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,400 Why do you ask that? 307 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:39,400 Just routine questions, ma'am. 308 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:44,400 Can you think of anyone at all who might have a quarrel with your husband, somebody who has a grudge against him, maybe? 309 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,400 No. 310 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,400 Why are you asking questions like that? 311 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,400 Is something wrong, something you're not telling me about? 312 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,400 No, ma'am. 313 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,400 It's just a routine check, Mrs. Gorman. 314 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,400 Nothing to worry about. 315 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,400 I want to make sure he's all right, that's all. 316 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,400 The way you talk, it isn't all right. 317 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,400 Far from right. 318 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,400 It's never gone this long without calling me. 319 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,400 There must be something wrong. 320 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,400 You're getting yourself all worked up, ma'am. 321 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,400 You admit your husband might have had another appointment after he left Bernard. 322 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,400 By the way, have you checked with Mr. Bernard yet, ma'am? 323 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,400 No, to tell you the truth, I haven't. 324 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,400 I don't usually like to call my husband when he's out on business. 325 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,400 I don't like to bother him. 326 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,400 This is different, though. 327 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,400 I think I'll call Fred Bernard right now. 328 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,400 That's a good idea. Do you mind if we wait, ma'am? 329 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,400 No, no, not at all. It'll only take me a minute. Excuse me. 330 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,400 Yes, ma'am. 331 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,400 What do you think? 332 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,400 I don't know. Doesn't look too good, does it? 333 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,400 The car's abandoned, stains in the back seat, 334 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,400 and then he's late for getting home. It's all there. 335 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,400 It could be anything, but now... 336 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,400 It doesn't look good. 337 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Sergeant? 338 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Yes, ma'am? 339 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,400 I just talked to Fred Bernard. He said my husband's been there and left. 340 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,400 What time did he leave Bernard? 341 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,400 About 3.15, 3.30. 342 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,400 Fred Bernard paid my husband the $300 he owed him, and my husband left. 343 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,400 Fred told me my husband asked him if he wouldn't have a glass of beer with him, 344 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,400 but Fred said no, he was busy. 345 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,400 So my husband said, all right, he was going to have a beer at home. 346 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,400 Told Fred he was going right home. That was at 3.15 this afternoon. 347 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,400 Yes, ma'am. 348 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,400 There must be something wrong. I know it. 349 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,400 It just isn't like my husband. 350 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,400 He wouldn't leave the car like that. 351 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,400 If he was late, at least, he'd call me. 352 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Oh, would you excuse me again? 353 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,400 I've had the dinner on the stove. 354 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,400 It's boiled away to nothing. I want to turn it off. 355 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,400 Yes, ma'am, go right ahead. 356 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,400 I hope it works out all right. Seems like a nice one. 357 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,400 Yes, it does. 358 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,400 Sure doesn't figure, does it? 359 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,400 I've spent plenty of time to get home. No reason why I shouldn't be here by this time. 360 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,400 Well, I can think of two. 361 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,400 Yeah? 362 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,400 An empty car and $300. 363 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,400 We continued interviewing the wife of the missing man, Kenneth Gorman, 364 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,400 and she told us that occasionally he did some drinking at neighborhood bars. 365 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,400 She also told us that when her husband drank quite a bit in public places, 366 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,400 he was over-friendly and he liked to brag and flash money. 367 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,400 Mrs. Gorman got on the phone, contacted all their friends and relatives who happened to be home, 368 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,400 but none of them had seen or heard from Mr. Gorman that day. 369 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,400 Before Frank and I left, Mrs. Gorman gave us a complete description of her husband, 370 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,400 the clothing he was wearing, and also a recent photograph of him. 371 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,400 We called Fred Bernard, the friend of the missing man, the last known person to see him, 372 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,400 and told him that we'd like to talk to him. 373 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,400 He told us that he was working late, getting out of rush order, 374 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,400 and that we could find him in his shop. 375 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,400 9.05 p.m. We located Bernard at his shop on South Alameda. 376 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,400 Won't take long, Willard. An awful rush tonight. 377 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,400 Won't take long, sir. 378 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,400 Did Mr. Gorman give you any idea of where he was going when he left here this afternoon? 379 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,400 No, just like I told his wife on the phone, I paid him the money I owed him. 380 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,400 He asked me if I wanted a beer, took a rain check on it, and he left. 381 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:25,400 Went right out that door there. 382 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,400 You seem worried about anything, Mr. Gorman? 383 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,400 No, not that I could see. He seemed all right to me. 384 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,400 Had he been drinking, you know? 385 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,400 No, couldn't say. If he was, I couldn't smell it on him. 386 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,400 Is there anything unusual about him at all? Anything out of the ordinary? 387 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,400 No, the same old Ken. Pretty good mood when I paid him. 388 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,400 That's $300 cash. He's all dressed up. I guess you might call that unusual. 389 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,400 How do you mean unusual? 390 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,400 Well, Ken's like me. Working man, not much of a dresser. 391 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,400 Usually find him in working clothes. 392 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,400 I think it's the second time I ever saw him in a suit. 393 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,400 A new one, too. Looked nice on him. 394 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,400 He didn't give you any indication at all where he might be going, did he? 395 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,400 No, he just collected his money and went out. I thought maybe he was going home. 396 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,400 What did Miss Gorman tell you? Did you have any idea where he is? 397 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,400 No, sir, she told us he came down here to collect some money. 398 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,400 She expected him right home. 399 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,400 We're not trying to be nosy, Mr. Bernard, but how did Gorman and his wife get along? 400 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,400 They pretty happy together? 401 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:15,400 Yes, I guess you might say that. Get along as well as you could expect them to. 402 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,400 What do you mean by that? 403 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,400 Nothing. Ken's a... well, he's a fellow who likes his nightlife. 404 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,400 Wife's just the opposite of quiet type. Almost left him once. 405 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,400 I guess they're getting along pretty good now, though. 406 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,400 Why'd she almost leave him? Would you happen to know? 407 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,400 Well, she'd find him out with a girlfriend. Matter of fact, she caught him at a terrible row. 408 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,400 She didn't understand any of it. The girlfriend wasn't much at all. Real lush. 409 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,400 You know the girl's name? 410 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,400 Yeah, I met her twice. Name's Elaine something. 411 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,400 As she works at a cafe, three blocks from here. Real lush. She sure took it. 412 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,400 You know if Gorman's been seeing her lately? 413 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,400 He says he hasn't been. I don't know. I never can tell when he's drinking, though. 414 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,400 Didn't his wife mention the girl at all? 415 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,400 Well, I guess she wouldn't. It's been a terrible thing for her when she found out. Terrible. 416 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,400 How long ago was all this, Mr. Bernard? I mean, it's a fair affair Gorman had with this girl. 417 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,400 Oh, six weeks. Maybe two months ago. Just about that. 418 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:07,400 I tell you, it was the queerest thing I ever saw. Ken has a nice, quiet wife of his at home. 419 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,400 They get along fine together. Never fought, never quarreled. 420 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,400 And he picks up with his girly lane. Sure different. 421 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,400 How's that? 422 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Real mean girls. Two of them fought all the time. 423 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:26,400 Nine forty p.m. We left Fred Bernard at his shop, drove to the restaurant where Gorman's girlfriend reportedly was working as a waitress, and we checked with the manager. 424 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,400 He told us a girl by the name of Elaine Summerall had been employed there, but that she'd been fired for drinking on the job. 425 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:36,400 He also told us that he had reason to suspect that Elaine Summerall was not the girl's true name. 426 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,400 We showed the cafe manager a picture of Mr. Gorman as he identified it. 427 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,400 He said Gorman had been in that afternoon inquiring about the Summerall girl. 428 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:47,400 Gorman had asked for the girl's forwarding address, but the manager told us that he'd thrown it away. 429 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:52,400 We left our card with him and asked him to contact us immediately in the event the girl returned. 430 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,400 Ten eighteen p.m. We drove back to the city hall and checked in at the office. 431 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:03,400 We ran the name and description of the Summerall girl through R&I, and they told us they had a Summerall girl in the files who answered the description. 432 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,400 Elaine Summerall, alias Elaine O'Donnell, alias Elaine Shellman. 433 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:12,400 There were wands out on her for forgery, three counts, and grand theft merchandise. 434 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,400 We signed out of the office, went across the street to the Federal Cafe, and had a sandwich and a cup of coffee. 435 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,400 Wouldn't look through her office if it wasn't for the stains they found in the back seat of that car. 436 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,400 It's hard to get around it for which to mourn robbery, doesn't it? 437 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,400 Yeah, Moe sure strikes me pretty funny pulling the man off the street like that. 438 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,400 Must be either hard up or crazy, huh? 439 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,400 Federal Cafe. Isn't that right? 440 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Yeah. 441 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Tom. 442 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,400 Right, thank you. I'll be right back, Frank. 443 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:35,400 Thank you. 444 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,400 Yeah, Friday, Gargan. Yeah, Glenn. 445 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:39,400 Mm-hmm. 446 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:44,400 Mm-hmm, where? How long ago? Yeah, I see, huh? 447 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:49,400 There wasn't, huh? Yeah, we'll roll on it right now. Tell them we're on our way in, will you? 448 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,400 Yeah, right. Thanks, Glenn. Bye. 449 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,400 Yeah? 450 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,400 Chandler. 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Buy king-size Fatima. 470 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:41,400 Music 471 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,400 Monday, March 18th, 1040 p.m. 472 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:51,400 After we received the report that the stolen Marine coupe along with the two suspects had been recovered north of the city in the town of Lancaster, 473 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,400 Frank and I stopped by the record bureau and checked to see if there was a make on either one of the suspects. 474 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:02,400 The first one, Paul Mike, white male American, 32 years, 5 foot 11, 150 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. 475 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,400 He had a long felony record, including burglary and robbery. 476 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:10,400 He'd served sentences in both San Quentin and Folsom, and there was a warrant on him for violation of parole. 477 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:17,400 The second suspect, Floyd Compton, white male American, 34 years, 5 foot 8, 135 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. 478 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:23,400 His record included arrests on suspicion of burglary, four grand theft merchandise, and three drunk arrests. 479 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:28,400 He was a petty thief known to us as a shoplifter. He'd never served time in a penitentiary. 480 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:34,400 1055 p.m. Frank and I, with identifying photographs of the two suspects, left the city and drove north. 481 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,400 We checked in at the Lancaster Sheriff's Office substation. 482 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:44,400 Captain Walker Hannan briefed us on the details of the arrest, and then he showed us back to the cell block where the two suspects were being held. 483 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,400 He told us neither of the men had been questioned because the officers there weren't acquainted with the facts of the case. 484 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,400 He also informed us both men had been separated from the time of their apprehension. 485 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Captain Hannan had Paul Mike taken from his cell, and he was brought to the captain's office where we started to question him. 486 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,400 It went slow. 487 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,400 I don't think I understand you, Sergeant. What's all the excitement about? 488 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,400 You can answer that better than we can, Mike. 489 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,400 Answer what? What do you want to know? 490 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,400 The car, Mike, with the blood stains. 491 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:07,400 What about them? 492 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,400 A little unusual, wouldn't you say? 493 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,400 I don't know anything about any blood stains if they're in the car. I don't know how they got there. It isn't my car. 494 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,400 Why do we know that? What about the stains in your clothes? 495 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,400 Well, I don't know. They were sitting in the car there, and maybe the stains rubbed off on us. You got a cigarette? 496 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,400 Only one thing wrong with that story, Mike, the stains are on the wrong side of you. 497 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,400 All right, so I had a fight. Got hit in the nose. What's that, a law against it? 498 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:27,400 I got a hunch, Mike. 499 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,400 Yeah? 500 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,400 You're lying. Where'd you get that car? 501 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,400 I told you where I got it. Me and Coughlin were bummed a ride on San Fernando Road. 502 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,400 This spook came along the maroon coupe and gave us a ride. 503 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,400 A couple miles this side of the Lancaster, he stopped the car and got out, said he'd be right back. 504 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,400 Walked right out into the desert. 505 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,400 That ride? 506 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:48,400 Yeah. Waited for him to come back, waited a long time. Hawked the horn, yelled for him, we finally gave it up. 507 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,400 Matter of fact, Coughlin and me got a little scared. Thought maybe the car was stolen. 508 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,400 I didn't want to get caught in a hot car. I'm an ex-con. I couldn't stand the heat. 509 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:56,400 The truth, I'm squaring with you. 510 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:57,400 What about the money, Mike? 511 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,400 Huh? 512 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,400 The money. They booked you in with $133 in your pocket. 513 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,400 Oh, yeah. I got lucky in a crap game last night. I was pulling out. 514 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,400 How about the pocket knife? Blood stains on it? You win that in the crap game too? 515 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,400 No, matter of fact, it was in the car. Found it right there on the seat. 516 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:15,400 Big coincidence, Mike. Somebody leads you a car, blood stains on the inside, stains on you and your partner. 517 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:20,400 Pocket knife, stains on that too. You're on parole, leaving town without notice, driving a car you're not supposed to be driving. 518 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,400 Pocket full of money you got no way of accounting for. Face it, Mike. 519 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,400 What do you mean? 520 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,400 Face it. You're dead. Flag on your card now. Parole officer wants you. Now, how about the truth? 521 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,400 What do you mean the truth? I've told the truth. 522 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:34,400 All right, now come on. Let's save time for all of us, Mike. You've been around long enough. You've graduated. You know we're not going to buy that line. 523 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,400 What line? How can I explain things to you? You won't believe me. 524 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,400 I told you nothing but the truth since I walked into this room. You won't believe me. You got a cigarette. 525 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,400 How do you cop for the blood in your shirt? 526 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,400 I told you I had a fight. Guy hit me in the nose. Happened right down there in LA. You can check it. 527 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:47,400 Where did it happen? 528 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,400 Bar. Downtown. 529 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,400 There's a lot of bars downtown. 530 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,400 Well, a place on South Pierce. I go there sometimes. 531 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,400 What's the name of it? 532 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,400 797 Club. Ask anybody in there. 533 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,400 You said it happened tonight? 534 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:03,400 Yeah, about 8 o'clock. Just before we cut out. Guy hit me right on the nose. Real rough one. You got a cigarette? 535 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,400 What time did you say you had that fight? 536 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,400 About 8 o'clock. 537 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,400 You sure of that? 538 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,400 Sure of what? 539 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,400 I'm not doing too well, Mike. 540 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:10,400 Now what's the matter? 541 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,400 We were at the 797 Club tonight. We talked to the owner. 542 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,400 So what? 543 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,400 We were there at 6.35. He locked the place up and went home at 6.45. He was sick. 544 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,400 797 Club? 545 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,400 Yeah, that's right. Now where were you at the time of the robbery? 546 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:26,400 I'm on an attorney. I'm not saying anything else. He's trying to frame me. Take me back to my cell. 547 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,400 Anyway you want it, Mike, let's go. 548 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,400 Mostly you just tell him the truth and he don't believe you. 549 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,400 How about that cigarette? 550 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,400 Captain, would you have the jailer return this one and bring me Captain? 551 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:40,400 How about that? He couldn't tell the truth if it helped him. Hope we do better with his partner. 552 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,400 Well, we're going to have to. We know we're on the right track. The big question is what have they done with Gorman? 553 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,400 Big guess. A thousand places they could have dumped him between here and L.A. 554 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,400 I hate to make a book on his chances. Everything points to a killing, doesn't it? 555 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,400 Mike looks like the one who could handle it. 556 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:59,400 Come on in, Com. Over here. Sit down. Yeah. 557 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,400 My name's Friday. This is Smith, my partner. 558 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,400 Hi. Branched out of your class, haven't you, Compton? Money in the big time here? 559 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,400 What do you mean? We haven't done anything. Robbery, kidnapping, grand theft auto. You're moving pretty fast. 560 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,400 Didn't Mike tell you? This guy gave us a ride. He stopped the car and walked away. 561 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,400 We didn't steal the car. I thought the guy was lost. We drove in here to get help. 562 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Let's take it from the top. Where'd you spend the day? Who were you with? 563 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:24,400 Mike. He stayed overnight with me. Both slept till about two o'clock, got something to eat and went to a show. 564 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,400 Got out about five. What'd you do then? 565 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,400 Went to this bar downtown. Didn't Mike tell you? 566 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,400 You were with him, weren't you? 567 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,400 Sure I was with him. He'll tell you that. He did. And you didn't do anything wrong, did you? 568 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,400 No. Then what are you worrying about? Let's forget Mike now and be level with us, will you? 569 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,400 You're not getting it straight. I didn't do anything. Mike says he can't stand another beef, can't afford it. 570 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,400 He's too up right now. I know that. 571 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,400 Well, we believe him, Compton. Mike's done too much time. He couldn't make another trip easy. 572 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,400 We think he's telling us the truth. Well, so am I. What are you getting at anyway? 573 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,400 All right, now let's get on the bandwagon when you can. We don't need you, Compton. 574 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,400 If you talk or not, it doesn't make any difference. 575 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,400 Just a minute. Can I talk to Mike? All right, we'll give it a try. Frank, you want to ask him? 576 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,400 Yeah, okay. Be right back. 577 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,400 Now let's pick up where we left off. The blood stains on your clothes, stains inside the car. Where'd they come from? 578 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,400 Mike told you, didn't he? Yeah, you tell us. 579 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,400 What for? Why can't I wait till Mike gets here? 580 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,400 All right. What about the money? You want to explain about that? 581 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,400 Nothing to explain. I saved it. What kind of work do you do? 582 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,400 Not jobs around town. Any place I can find them. 583 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,400 You say you got up at two, you had something to eat, you went to a show, and you got out about five o'clock. Is that right? 584 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,400 Yeah, that's right. 585 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,400 When'd you go to the 797 Club? 586 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,400 Right after the show, about five o'clock. How long did you stay there? 587 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,400 About an hour, till about six o'clock. 588 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Anything unusual happen while you're in the bar? 589 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,400 What do you mean? Anything unusual, anything out of the ordinary. 590 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,400 Oh, Mike and me sat there, talked, had some drinks. Pretty dead place. 591 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,400 Decided to take off for Reno. Mike's got a friend up there, a good friend. 592 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,400 Thought maybe he'd get to both of his jobs. 593 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,400 Captain? 594 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,400 Yeah? Where's Mike? 595 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,400 I told him you wanted to talk to him. He said he didn't want to see you. 596 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,400 I think I'm about to feed him. He told me to tell you to go. 597 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,400 What do you mean, see me in court? 598 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,400 I think you got it, Captain. We told you we didn't need you. Come on, we're tired. 599 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,400 He's gonna lock you up. 600 00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,400 What'd he say? What'd he tell you? 601 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,400 Look, fella, we're tired. You wanted to go the hard way, all right, you'll get the answers in court. 602 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,400 What'd he say? What'd he tell you? 603 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,400 Come on, let's go. You should've known better. Mike's not gonna write your beef for you. 604 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,400 He was in it all the way. It's his idea, and it's his beef, not mine. I argued with him. 605 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,400 I know he shouldn't have gone along crazy. 606 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:13,400 Yeah, come on. 607 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,400 It's the truth. The whole thing's Mike's. It's his knife, too. 608 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,400 Met the guy in some bar, and he was real high, talking about some dame he was looking for, a girlfriend. 609 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,400 Guy bought us a couple of drinks, had a big roll of bills. Mike framed the whole thing. 610 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,400 Yeah? 611 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,400 Yeah, he wanted to roll the guy. He left, got in the guy's car and drove with him way toward town. 612 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,400 Mike was driving. I didn't know where he was heading for. 613 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,400 All of a sudden, the guy says he wants another drink. Mike didn't want to stop, but he was making a racket. 614 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:41,400 Finally pulled up by the 797 Club. We got out. Then the guy changes his mind. He wants to go home. 615 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,400 Mike tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't listen. 616 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,400 Mike pulled the knife and cut him, then he slugged the guy, and the two of us pushed him in the car and took off. 617 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,400 Where'd you go from there? 618 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,400 We cruised around till we found another car, Maroon Coupe. 619 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,400 We clouded that one, dumped the gray sedan, and took off up this way. 620 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:54,400 That's right. 621 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,400 Look, it's the truth. I'll even tell you about the guy. What happened to him? 622 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,400 You got flashlights in your car? 623 00:24:58,400 --> 00:24:59,400 The man's still alive? 624 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,400 I don't know. He wasn't when we left him. 625 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:11,400 1.45 a.m. The Lancaster Sheriff's Substation contacted the local emergency ambulance, and they were instructed to follow our car, 626 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:16,400 along with the suspect Floyd Compton. Frank and I got in the car and headed south, following his directions. 627 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:21,400 After several tries at locating the spot where Mike and Compton supposedly left their victim, 628 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,400 we finally found where they'd parked their car on the side of the road. 629 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:31,400 We got out, and Compton led us back across a stretch of sand to a thick clump of sagebrush about 300 yards off the highway. 630 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,400 The victim, Kenneth Gorman, was lying face down, his hands and feet were tied together. 631 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,400 It was fairly evident that he'd lost a good deal of blood, and that he was in a state of severe shock. 632 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,400 He was placed on a stretcher and placed in the ambulance. 633 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,400 All right, Compton, that's it. Let's go. 634 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,400 Be real tough. I'm sure glad he ain't dead. 635 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,400 Yeah, sure. Come on. 636 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:50,400 Where are we going now? 637 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,400 Back to the sheriff's office. I want to take your statement. 638 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,400 Okay with me. There's one thing I want. One more thing. 639 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,400 Yeah? 640 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,400 That lousy Mike. I want to be there. I want to see him. 641 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,400 How's that? 642 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,400 Trying to load this thing on me. I want to see his face when you tell him. Can't wait to see him. 643 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:09,400 Yeah, neither can we. 644 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:14,400 The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 645 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:20,400 On July 12th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 84, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 646 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,400 In a moment, the results of that trial. 647 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,400 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 648 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:25,400 Thank you, George Fenn. 649 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:30,400 Friends, once again, I'd like to ask you to compare a Fatima with a Kingside cigarette you're now smoking. 650 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:35,400 When you do, I'm convinced that you'll agree that Kingsides Fatimas do give you more for your money. 651 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,400 An extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima quality. 652 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,400 Remember, Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. 653 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,400 And remember, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 654 00:26:47,400 --> 00:27:06,400 Paul Mike and his accomplice, Lloyd Compton, were filed on for violation of Section 209 of the Penal Code, kidnapping for the purpose of robbery, and Section 211 of the Penal Code, robbery in the first degree. 655 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,400 They were also filed on for one count of grand theft auto. 656 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,400 They were tried and convicted and received sentences as prescribed by law. 657 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:22,400 Kidnapping for the purpose of robbery where bodily harm is inflicted is punishable by the death sentence or life imprisonment without possibility of parole. 658 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,400 Robbery is punishable by imprisonment from five years to life. 659 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:31,400 Grand theft auto is punishable by a prison term of not less than one nor more than ten years. 660 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:37,400 The victim, Kenneth Gorman, finally recovered after more than three months in the hospital. 661 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:42,400 Ladies and gentlemen, next week, Dragnet presents a trilogy. 662 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,400 Three documented case histories of vital importance to all of us. 663 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:51,400 This trio of authentic stories is both tragic and terrifying. 664 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:56,400 Please try to hear Dragnet next week when we present our trilogy. 665 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:14,400 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 666 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:22,400 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher, heard tonight were Vic Perrin, Virginia Gregg, Sam Edwards. 667 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:28,400 Script by Jim Moser, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gitney speaking. 668 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:34,400 Ladies and gentlemen, you may now read Dragnet every day on the comic page of your favorite newspaper. 669 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,400 Please consult your local daily paper. 670 00:28:38,400 --> 00:29:02,400 King size Fatima has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 671 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:14,400 Adventure is yours tonight with Counter Spy on NBC.