1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:15,280 Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:24,920 king size brings you drag men. 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,640 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:39,600 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:40,600 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,320 You're assigned to robbery detail. 8 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,120 You've just rounded up a vicious gang of thieves. 9 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,400 The heavy man is still at large. 10 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,400 Your job, get him. 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:57,200 Hello, this is George Fenomen. 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,200 I want to talk to you about the cigarette that's really on the move, the one everyone's 13 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,680 talking about and trying. 14 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,280 Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and 15 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,000 king size. 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,040 Chesterfield king size is exactly the same quality and exactly the same blend of tobacco 17 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,400 as Chesterfield regular size. 18 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:24,240 There's absolutely no difference, except that king size Chesterfield is larger, contains 19 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,160 considerably more of the same tobacco. 20 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,880 So much more, it gives you a 21% longer smoke, yet costs very little more. 21 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,160 And Chesterfield king size contains better tobacco and is of higher quality than any 22 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,560 other king size cigarette. 23 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,320 So sound off for Chesterfield. 24 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:49,120 Either way you like them, regular or king size, Chesterfield gives you the best possible 25 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:56,120 smoke. 26 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,600 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 27 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,760 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 28 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:08,160 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 29 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,160 police files. 30 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:14,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 31 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,680 in action. 32 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:22,560 It was Tuesday, March 6th, it was windy in Los Angeles. 33 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,000 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 34 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,360 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Diddy, my name is Friday. 35 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,960 It was 2.46 p.m. when I got to room 27A, robbery. 36 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:33,960 Frank. 37 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:34,960 Yeah, Joe. 38 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,960 How about those subpoenas? 39 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,960 Took them down to the warrant office, they're going to serve them. 40 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:39,960 All right. 41 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,240 All the follow ups made, packages in order, it about wraps it up, doesn't it? 42 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,240 Yeah, all but Bentley. 43 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,240 Yeah, nothing from Mac yet. 44 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,560 No, he said he'd call as soon as he heard anything. 45 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,440 He'll be happy when we get him, won't you? 46 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:49,680 He's probably the worst of the lot. 47 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,280 Yeah, don't according to what Mac said, he's in real trouble now, broke, none of his friends 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,280 will have any to do with him. 49 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,280 We'll turn him. 50 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,160 I don't think I'll ever understand a guy like Bentley. 51 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,040 What makes a man want to beat somebody just for the sake of beating him? 52 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,280 Hmm, figure that we'll have it made. 53 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,920 32 robberies and just about every one Bentley's got to work over at least one of the victims. 54 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:06,920 He's pretty vicious. 55 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:10,160 Hmm, now we get him this time he's through, probably knows it too. 56 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,560 Even Mac blows the whistle, probably going to be rough to take down here. 57 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,480 Joe, I don't know how you feel about it, but I'm happy it's over. 58 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,000 And let's face it, we were lucky on this one. 59 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 The guys were gun happy. 60 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,760 If it had taken any longer to get him, they'd have killed somebody, sure. 61 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:21,760 Maybe so. 62 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,920 Oh, am I next day off, I'm going to do nothing but sit, not make a move. 63 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:26,920 My feet are killing me. 64 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:29,160 Yeah, we have a lot of leg work on this one. 65 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,800 Not just this one, Joe, all of them. 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,520 I was reading in the magazine the other day about a new kind of art support. 67 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,840 I got to get me a pair of them. 68 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:35,840 Well? 69 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,320 According to the ad, these are going to be just a ticket. 70 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,920 Some new kind of rubber, soft, when they mold it to your feet. 71 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Placed back in Wisconsin. 72 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:41,920 How do they do it? 73 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:42,920 They got a place here in L.A.? 74 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,680 No, just a home office, just a small place I guess. 75 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,240 According to the ad, the whole process pretty new. 76 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Yeah, well, how do you get this, what is it, a mold? 77 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,080 Yeah, you stand on a piece of paper, hold a bucket of water in each hand, you know, you 78 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,080 put all your weight on your feet. 79 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,080 Yeah. 80 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,800 And you draw the outline of your foot on the paper, they make the arch thing up from that. 81 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,560 Well, if you're holding a bucket of water in each hand, is that right? 82 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,560 Yeah. 83 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Well, how do you use the pencil? 84 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:04,560 What? 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Well, a bucket of water in each hand, how are you going to draw it? 86 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:08,560 Yeah. 87 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:09,560 I'll get it. 88 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:10,560 Robert E. Friday. 89 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,560 Oh, hi, F.A. 90 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:12,560 Yeah, he's here. 91 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:13,560 Oh, hi, the kid. 92 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:14,560 Oh, yeah, sure, I'll put him right on. 93 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,560 Frank? 94 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Who are you? 95 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,560 Your wife, see you later. 96 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Thanks, Joe. 97 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,560 Hello, honey. 98 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,560 Yeah? 99 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,080 I can, but what's up? 100 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,360 Well, can't you tell me now? 101 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,360 Well, why not? 102 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,520 All right, honey, I'll be right there, don't worry, now, goodbye. 103 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:35,520 What's the matter, something wrong? 104 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,280 I don't know, Faye wants me to come right home, says something's going on. 105 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,280 Couldn't she tell you about it on the phone? 106 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:45,520 No, I said something about the phone being tapped. 107 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,520 We went down to the carpool and started over for Frank's house. 108 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,760 For the past three months, we'd been working on a case involving a gang that had been operating 109 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,080 in the city. 110 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,080 During that time, they'd committed 32 armed robberies, and in most instances, they'd beaten 111 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,520 their victims for no apparent reason. 112 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,760 Their ruthless attitude was the most outstanding single point of their MO. 113 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:09,000 We'd successfully rounded up all members of the gang with one exception, Leroy Bentley, 114 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,680 alias the Bull. 115 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,720 Bentley was the known heavy man of the gang. 116 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,120 In order to successfully prosecute and apprehend any criminal or criminals, the police officer 117 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,040 requires the fullest measure of cooperation and assistance that he can obtain from many 118 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,400 people, the private citizen and his own associates as well. 119 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,500 From the ranks of the private citizen comes one important aid, the informant. 120 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:34,320 The working detective knows that in many cases, his most valuable assistance can often come 121 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,320 from his informant. 122 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,500 In this particular case, we'd received information that would lead us to Bull Bentley within 123 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:41,520 a matter of days. 124 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,920 322 p.m. We arrived at Frank's home. 125 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,120 I'm glad you're home, honey. 126 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,120 I'm awfully worried. 127 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,120 Oh, Joe. 128 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,120 Oh, I know. 129 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,120 What's the trouble now? 130 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,120 What's this all about, this phone being tapped? 131 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,120 Well, that's what he said. 132 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,120 Who? 133 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,120 The man who called. 134 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,120 All right, now, honey, can you tell me what this is all about? 135 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,120 I got a phone call just before I called you. 136 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,120 It was a man. 137 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,120 Said his name was Bull Bensler of Bentley. 138 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,120 I didn't get it. 139 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,720 He said that you thought you were a smart cop, but if you didn't lay off him, he was 140 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,560 going to take care of you where it hurts the most. 141 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:04,920 He threatened the children and me too. 142 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,520 Well, Frank, I don't know what to do. 143 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,520 Go on. 144 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,520 Well, the phone was tapped and we were being watched, said to tell you he wasn't kidding. 145 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,520 He didn't have anything to lose. 146 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,520 He sounded real mean. 147 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,520 I'm frightened. 148 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:15,520 Do you know this man, Frank? 149 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:16,520 Oh, he is. 150 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,520 Yeah, we have a warrant for his arrest. 151 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,520 Hey, where are the kids? 152 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,520 With Stacy's in her room playing. 153 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:20,520 I called the school for Mike. 154 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,520 The teacher said she'd dismissed the class. 155 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:23,520 She'd be home by now. 156 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,520 Frank, I don't know. 157 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:25,520 I'm worried about him. 158 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:26,520 All right, lock the doors. 159 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,520 Don't open for anybody. 160 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Joe and I will go out and see if we can find Mike. 161 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:29,520 All right. 162 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:30,520 I'm worried sick about him. 163 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,520 He went home 20 minutes ago. 164 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,520 All right, we're going to call the captain, Frank. 165 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,520 Ask him to send a couple of men out, huh? 166 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,520 Thanks, Joe. 167 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,520 Don't worry about it, Trey. 168 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,520 2511, please. 169 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,520 Yeah, Robert. 170 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,520 Hello, Glenn. 171 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,520 Is the captain there? 172 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:47,520 Yeah, it's Friday. 173 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:48,520 I'd like to talk to him. 174 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Here, but this Friday, I'm out of Frank's house. 175 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:53,520 Frank Smith, yeah. 176 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,520 Bo Bentley called his wife, threatened her and the kids if he didn't lay off. 177 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,520 No, I said if he didn't lay off. 178 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,520 Well, could you send a couple of men out to stand by? 179 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,520 Fine. 180 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,520 Mike isn't home from school yet, and Frank... 181 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,520 That's his little boy. 182 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,520 Frank and I are going out to look for him. 183 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,520 Yeah, I said he'd be watching the house. 184 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:09,520 Who? 185 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,520 Yeah, Swell. 186 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,520 All right, we'll be in as soon as we find the boy. 187 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,520 Right, Skipper. 188 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,520 O'Donnell and Stuart from the office will be out today. 189 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:18,520 They'll park the car down the street. 190 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Watch for them and let them in, won't you? 191 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:20,520 All right, Joe. 192 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:21,520 What about it, Frank? 193 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:22,520 You going to lay off this guy? 194 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:23,520 You want me to? 195 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,520 Please find little Mike. 196 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:25,520 All right, honey. 197 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,520 We'll find him. 198 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,520 Lock the door and don't open it for anyone, 199 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,520 but O'Donnell and Stuart when they get here. 200 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:33,520 All right, dear. 201 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:34,520 Now, don't worry, honey. 202 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:35,520 We'll find him. 203 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:36,520 Yeah. 204 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:41,520 Let's go. 205 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:46,520 Joe, what do you think? 206 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:47,520 I don't know. 207 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,520 I'll tell you one thing. 208 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:49,520 Yeah? 209 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:50,520 I'm scared. 210 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:57,520 There are two types of criminals 211 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,520 that can be counted on to be dangerous. 212 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,520 The youngster who becomes easily panicked at the scene of a crime, 213 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,520 and the older criminal who will do anything 214 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,520 rather than go back to the penitentiary. 215 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Bull Bentley was one of these. 216 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,520 We knew that he was more than capable of carrying out his threat. 217 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,520 His record was one of armed robbery, 218 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,520 vicious beatings, and kidnapping. 219 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,520 At this particular time, he was wanted for murder 220 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,520 in the state of Colorado. 221 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,520 The average criminal will blame anyone but himself for his predicament, 222 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,520 usually the police officer, and this was so in Bentley's case. 223 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,520 He apparently thought that by getting us off his trail, 224 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,520 he could go free. 225 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,520 Frank and I searched the area around the house. 226 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,520 We found his little boy in a vacant lot two blocks from school 227 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,520 playing with a group of youngsters. 228 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,520 We put him in the car and returned him to his home. 229 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,520 Stuart and O'Donnell were at Frank's house 230 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,520 and said they'd stay there until they were relieved. 231 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:42,520 4.36 p.m. 232 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,520 Frank and I checked back into the office. 233 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,520 Beth, Friday, in here. 234 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:48,520 Right. 235 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,520 Come on in. 236 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:50,520 Find the boy? 237 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,520 Yeah, skip her out playing with some of the kids in the neighborhood. 238 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:54,520 All right. 239 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:55,520 Now, what's this all about? 240 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:56,520 Well, this bunch we just cleaned up. 241 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:57,520 Yeah. 242 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,520 We told O'Donnell Bentley, called Frank's wife, 243 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:00,520 and told her that if Frank didn't lay off him, 244 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,520 he was gonna get to him through his family. 245 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:03,520 What are you planning to do? 246 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:04,520 Oh, no choice. 247 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:05,520 Get him before he can do anything, I guess. 248 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:06,520 Frank? 249 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:06,520 Yes, Cap. 250 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,520 You like to be taking off his assignment? 251 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:09,520 No, no, it's a personal matter. 252 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:10,520 Except to you. 253 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,520 Let's see that your house is covered when you're not home. 254 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,520 You keeping the boy away from school? 255 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:15,520 Yeah, Cap, until this thing's over. 256 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,520 You got any ideas where he can pick Bentley up? 257 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,520 No, he's covered all the places he's known to hang out. 258 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:20,520 Want any help? 259 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:21,520 No, not right now. 260 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,520 Just find him fast. 261 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,520 Well, you know he's in town. 262 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:24,520 Figure he's gonna stay here? 263 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,520 I don't think he's got much choice. 264 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,520 We figure he's broke, he's hot, none of his friends will take a chance on putting him up. 265 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:29,520 He's gonna need money. 266 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,520 Better cover the bus depots, train depots, alert the airport detail. 267 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,520 Get a couple hundred mugs printed up on him. 268 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,520 Distribute them to the beat men in radio cars. 269 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,520 Contact Captain Hamilton. 270 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,520 The intelligence, he might be able to come up with something. 271 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,520 Our informant said he could turn Bentley for us in a week. 272 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:43,520 Week's a long time, Joe. 273 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:44,520 I know. 274 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:45,520 You've covered all his hangouts? 275 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:46,520 All of them. 276 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,520 Nobody's seen him in a couple of days. 277 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,520 He seemed to drop out of sight. 278 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,520 Big town, a lot of people. 279 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,520 Sometimes you don't realize how big till you start looking for one man. 280 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:53,520 Yeah. 281 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,520 Want to get in touch with the boys in the press room, give in the story, see if they'll carry Bull's picture. 282 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,520 See Jack Ricketts, he'll put the picture on Suspects One. 283 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:00,520 We'll get started on it right now. 284 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,520 You got a silent number, haven't you, Frank? 285 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:03,520 Yeah, it's on listing. 286 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:04,520 How'd Bentley get it? 287 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,520 Had it come from somewhere. 288 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,520 Joe and I were talking about that. 289 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,520 You know, pretty much who we could give the numbers out to, about the only one we can figure to be in a position to give it to Bentley is Harry McCloud. 290 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Your informant? 291 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:12,520 Yeah. 292 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:13,520 How long since you've heard from this McCloud? 293 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:14,520 Couple of days. 294 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,520 Figure maybe he'd cross you, throw in with Bentley? 295 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,520 That's possible, I don't think so, though. 296 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:19,520 He's leveled with us so far. 297 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,520 The number had to come from someplace. 298 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:24,520 Yeah, well that sure makes it look like McCloud, doesn't it? 299 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,520 I don't think Mac would give the number away on his own. 300 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:26,520 Bull could get it. 301 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:27,520 We got 32 people to prove it. 302 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,520 Oh, we better get on this thing. 303 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:30,520 Come on, Frank. 304 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:31,520 Right. 305 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:32,520 Check you later, Skipper. 306 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:37,520 Joe, I don't know what I'm going to do. 307 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,520 Well, don't worry, we'll get to it. 308 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,520 No, I mean this two-bit thief calling Faye threatening her. 309 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,520 Try to take it easy, I know you feel. 310 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:44,520 Why me, Joe? 311 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,520 Bull Bentley's brushed up against a hundred different cops in his day. 312 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:47,520 Why me? 313 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,520 Well, all the averages, I guess, you were handy. 314 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:50,520 I knew just what to do. 315 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:51,520 Skipper gave you a choice. 316 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,520 If you'd like to go home, nobody'd blame you. 317 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,520 You don't know what it is, Joe. 318 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:55,520 You don't have a family. 319 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:56,520 Something like this can split you in two. 320 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,520 Half of you wants to be on the job, the other half is pulling you toward home. 321 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,520 Joe, if that cheap punk steps to my front porch, I'm going to lean on him hard. 322 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,520 Look, Frank, this isn't going to get us any place. 323 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,520 Let's get over to the photo lab and get this thing moving, huh? 324 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:08,520 I could just figure it. 325 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Four thousand guys in the department and Bentley has to pick me. 326 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:12,520 Joe, why me? 327 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,520 All right, look, Frank. 328 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:19,520 I could try to spell it for you a hundred ways and we still wouldn't come out with any kind of a total. 329 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,520 I know what you must be going through and I'm sorry it's got to be you. 330 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,520 I'm sorry it has to be any cop. 331 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,520 You're right about me not having a family, but it's squeezing me just as hard as it is you. 332 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,520 You and I both knew when we filled out those application blanks what we were taking on. 333 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,520 The job, Frank. 334 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,520 Maybe I never told you before or maybe you've been through this too, I don't know. 335 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,520 There isn't a day goes by that I'm on the job here, that I don't run into something that breaks my heart. 336 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:45,520 Why did Ed Wilson have to get shot down when he and his partner tried to take that guy out of that roaming house over on 8th Street? 337 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,520 Why did Olson and his partner have to end up in the PNF ward last week? 338 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,520 Why do you have to run the gamut of every human emotion class of people on earth? 339 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,520 Poor to rich, it's all the same. 340 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:58,520 Somebody picks up a gun to knock over the corner of the gas station, everything hangs in the balance. 341 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:05,520 The minute that thief slips a cartridge into his gun, the gas station attendant, his family, his kids, and every relative he's got slides right onto the short end. 342 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:12,520 Everybody seems to think that wherever crime is concerned, they never get any closer to it than the front page of the morning paper. 343 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:19,520 I know you know this, Frank, for every attempted crime, God only knows how many innocent people are thrown into the balance even before the crime's been committed. 344 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,520 That's the way it is, Frank. 345 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,520 I'm not trying to tell you anything you don't know, but the minute you passed that exam, 346 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:30,520 you had to make a book that something like this could contaminate you just as surely as if you weren't a cop. 347 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,520 I guess it's almost a legacy. 348 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,520 Nobody's found a vaccine for crime, nobody's immune. 349 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,520 It's worse with you and me because we know better than to think we can't be touched. 350 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:44,520 We know we can. We invite it every time we roll on a call, every time we pick somebody up, every time a guy gets out of line. 351 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,520 It's a job, Frank. 352 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,520 I didn't mean to give you an academy lecture, but if it's any comfort, I'm with you. 353 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:53,520 I know just how you feel and so do 4,000 other guys right down here. 354 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,520 Yeah. 355 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,520 I guess maybe we better get moving, huh? 356 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:02,520 Yeah, come on. 357 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,520 We took the mugshot of Bentley to the photo lab and asked them to run off 200 copies. 358 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,520 We checked with the reporters in the press room and they promised us full cooperation. 359 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,520 Jack Ricketts told us that he'd put the picture on the air the next day. 360 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,520 Frank called home and found that there had been no further calls from Bentley. 361 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,520 6.17 p.m. We started to look for Harry McCloud, our informant. 362 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,520 We checked his hotel, but the clerk told us he hadn't been in all afternoon. 363 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,520 We started checking his known hangout. 364 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,520 In fear of burning McCloud, we were unable to ask for him by name, 365 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,520 which made it necessary for us to canvas each individual place. 366 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:39,520 9.28 p.m. We located McCloud in a small bar that was known to be frequented by thieves. 367 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,520 We walked over to the bar and sat down next to him. We ordered a drink. 368 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,520 At the first opportunity, without arousing suspicion, we told McCloud we wanted to talk to him 369 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,520 and that we'd meet him down the street, two blocks west. 370 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,520 We left the bar, got in the car, and drove to the meeting place. 371 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:57,520 20 minutes later, McCloud arrived, got in the back seat, and we drove away. 372 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,520 Want to get the radio, Joe? Yeah. 373 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,520 What's the matter with you guys? I told you I'd get in touch with him. 374 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,520 I had something for you. You trying to get me burned? 375 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,520 Take it easy, Mac. There's a couple things we want to know. 376 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,520 I'm on your side. You guys know that. I've always leveled with you, haven't I? 377 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,520 Yeah. Well, then what's this bit? 378 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,520 You walk into that joint, you know what goes on in there, and you pull me out. 379 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,520 Good chance somebody could have seen you, you know. Yeah, we know, Mac. 380 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,520 Have you seen Bentley? No, I told you I'd let you know when I turned him. 381 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Now, don't slow us, Mac. This is important. Have you seen him? 382 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,520 If I saw him, I'd have called you. You know that, don't you? 383 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,520 I'd have called you guys. I told you once I'd finger him for you. 384 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,520 I haven't called. I haven't seen him. It's that simple. 385 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,520 What's the big rush about getting Bentley, anyway? 386 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,520 He ain't going nowhere. Now, look, Mac, we got a personal interest in this thing. 387 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,520 This isn't just robbery. Bull's been calling Frank's wife saying he was going to kill her and the kid. 388 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,520 You know he'd do it. Now, how about it? 389 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,520 I didn't know it was like that. Bull was mean enough to do it. 390 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,520 Well, that's how it is. Now, I'll ask you once more, have you seen him? 391 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,520 Yeah. When? 392 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,520 Day before yesterday, Sunday morning. Saw him down, Marty. 393 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,520 How come you didn't call us? I couldn't. Honest, I couldn't. 394 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,520 He came in and asked me for some dough. I told him I didn't have any. 395 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,520 I tried to stall him till I could get to a phone. Yeah? 396 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,520 Didn't work. He wouldn't wait. Got mad when I couldn't help him out. 397 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,520 You see anything about him, eat? Just said he'd get in touch with me. 398 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,520 He was real sore when I couldn't let him have any dough. 399 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,520 But I told him, I said, look, Bull, you know I want to help, but I just haven't got it. 400 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,520 That's what I said. Yeah? 401 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,520 Wasn't kidding, either. Things have been pretty rough. 402 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,520 Say, you guys couldn't see away clear, could you? 403 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,520 Sawbuck to tide me over? 404 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,520 You got me at the wrong time, Mac. I'm tapping. 405 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:18,520 What about you, Smith? If you got a habit, I got ten bucks I've been saving for a pair of shoes. I sure appreciate it. 406 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,520 You guys know that. Yeah, we know. 407 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,520 You got any idea how Bull might have gotten Frank's home phone? 408 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,520 No, not the slightest. You sure you didn't give it to him? 409 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,520 Joe, you've known me for a lot of years. Would I do a thing like that after the way you guys treated me? 410 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,520 That's what we're trying to find out, Mac. 411 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,520 I should get a little insulted at that. You guys figuring out about me. 412 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,520 Oh, now come off it, Mac. Did you give him the number? 413 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,520 No, I swear to you I didn't. All right. 414 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,520 You got any ideas where Bull might be hiding? 415 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,520 Not in particular. Check usual places. Yeah, we looked through them all. 416 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,520 And you know as much as I do. He did say he looked me up in a couple of days. 417 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,520 You see where he was going when he left you? 418 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,520 No, just walked out of Marty's. I saw a friend of his yesterday, though. 419 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,520 Yeah? Guy said he'd seen Bull Sunday night. 420 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,520 Say what he wanted? Money. Said he'd try to tap him for some dough to get out of town. 421 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,520 His friend help him? He didn't give him any money. He gave him something else, though. 422 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,520 Yeah? 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Either way you like them, regular or king size, 439 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,080 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 440 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:28,080 Before we left Mac, he furnished us with the name of the man who'd given the gun to Bull Bentley. 441 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:32,080 We recognized the name Dave Slater as a small-time hoodlum who'd do anything to make a dollar 442 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,080 as long as he himself was reasonably safe in doing it. 443 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,080 Mac told us of several places where we might find him. 444 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,080 The most likely place was a pool room on North Main Street. 445 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:46,080 Slater had numerous arrests, most of them for being drunk and for acting as a lookout for gambling games. 446 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:51,080 He was a type of thief that can be found in every large city, always on the fringe of criminal operations, 447 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,080 but never directly involved in the crime itself. 448 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,080 We checked several of the places Mac told us about, but we couldn't come up with Slater. 449 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:02,080 We checked the pool room. The manager was evasive and at first appeared reluctant to talk. 450 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,080 We informed him that we knew Slater would be back and that we'd wait for him. 451 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,080 The manager asked us to come to the back room with him. 452 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,080 He told us that Slater had said that he was going down to the all-night hamburger stand on the corner 453 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,080 to get something to eat. We found Slater sitting at the counter. 454 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,080 Call it a string of hamburger, all I can see is a bun. 455 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:22,080 I'd be ashamed to sell a thing like this lousy deal 35 cents for nothing. 456 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,080 Slater? 457 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,080 Yeah, well, something you want? 458 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,080 Police officers, Slater, we want to talk to you. 459 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,080 What about? 460 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:28,080 Bull Bentley. 461 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,080 Bentley? Never heard of him. 462 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,080 We got information you do know him pretty well. 463 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,080 Yeah? You tell your pigeon he's lying, I never heard of the guy. Now let me finish eating. 464 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,080 We want to talk to you, Slater. You want to make it here or would you rather go downtown? 465 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:42,080 Can't you see I'm eating? Now let me finish. I got nothing to tell you. I don't know any Bull Bentley. Now lay off, huh? 466 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,080 Come on, you can think better than an empty stomach, Slater. Let's go. 467 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,080 Frank and I took Slater out of the restaurant and put him in the car. 468 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,080 Once he was in custody, his attitude changed completely. 469 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,080 He said he wanted to help us but that he didn't know Bull Bentley. 470 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,080 10-44. We got back to the city hall. 471 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,080 I want to stop by the office, Joe. Call Holmhart. I'll be in the interrogation room. 472 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,080 Let me tell him to skip in. 473 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,080 Yeah. 474 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,080 Ten years later. 475 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,080 Yeah. 476 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,080 Sit down. 477 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,080 Sure. 478 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,080 Look, I told you I want to help you guys out but I'm a... I don't know anything. 479 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,080 If I did, I'd let you know. 480 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,080 All right, come off it, Slater. Where's Bentley? 481 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,080 Look, I keep telling you, I don't know any Bentley. 482 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:28,080 Where are you living now? 483 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,080 Solly Hotel, West Fifth. 484 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,080 How long you been there? 485 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,080 Couple of days. 486 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,080 Working now? 487 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,080 Yeah, a little. Odd job now and then. You know, nothing steady. 488 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,080 What do you call an odd job, Slater? 489 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,080 Well, you know, sweep out the pool room, rack the balls for him. 490 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,080 Yeah, sure. Now look, we've known you for eight years. You never worked a day in that time. 491 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:47,080 Now how about Bentley? We got a personal interest in him. We want him. We want him bad. 492 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,080 Look, I tell you, I don't know any Bentley. 493 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,080 Anything new? 494 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,080 Yeah, Joe. He called a couple more times tonight. Last time at 10-30, he scared Fay half to death. 495 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,080 Said he knew Mike was home. He knew we were looking for him. 496 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,080 That if we don't stop, it'll get to the kids. 497 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,080 Said it didn't matter how many cops we had around the house, he'd get to them. 498 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,080 He's almost hysterical. Donald called the doctor. 499 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,080 How about Slater? Did he come up with anything? 500 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,080 No. Donald says he doesn't know him. 501 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,080 Doesn't know him, huh? 502 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,080 Listen, punk, let you and me get straightened out. 503 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,080 What happens to me is one thing. What happens to my family is another. 504 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,080 They don't pay me enough money to jeopardize my family. Now you get this straight. 505 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,080 When punks like you and your trigger-happy friends can threaten my family, 506 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,080 then something's got to give and it's not gonna be me. 507 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,080 Yeah, but I told you... 508 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,080 Look, wipe that silly grin off your face, Slater. 509 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,080 You feel nice and safe there, don't you? 510 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,080 You know, as long as you're in custody, we gotta take care of you. 511 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,080 Well, maybe you'd like to know that if I have to, I'll take this badge off and walk up one side and down the other. 512 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,080 Now, I want to know where Bentley is and I want to know now. 513 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,080 We're not stumbling around in the dark. We know you gave him a gun. 514 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,080 Let me tell you this, mister. Mark it down. 515 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,080 If anything happens to my wife or my kids, you can't run fast enough to get away, 516 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,080 because I'll nail your heart. 517 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,080 All right, thanks. 518 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,080 He's getting pretty tough, isn't he? 519 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,080 I'm just telling you how you stand. Now, come on, where's Bentley? 520 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,080 I told you I don't know Bentley. 521 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,080 All right. Let's get everything out of your pockets. 522 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,080 Get it on the table. 523 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,080 There's nothing much. 524 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:14,080 Here's a change, keys, and a nail file, address book, my handkerchief, comb, wallet, cigarettes, and matches. 525 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,080 That's all. 526 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,080 I'm going to shake them down, Frank. 527 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,080 Yeah. I told you that's all. Now, what are you looking for? 528 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:20,080 Stand still. 529 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,080 Now, push your luck, Slater. 530 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,080 It's clean, Joe. 531 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,080 How much money you got in your wallet? 532 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,080 I don't know. Double sawbuck, maybe. 533 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,080 Funny thing, you guys never work, but you always got money. 534 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,080 All right, take the money out and count it, Slater. 535 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,080 Why? What's that going to prove? 536 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,080 Take it out and count it. 537 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,080 All right. 538 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:46,080 Ten, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-seven, another five, forty-two bucks. 539 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,080 I didn't know I had that much. 540 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,080 All right. Put the money in your pocket. 541 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,080 Is that all the money in your wallet? 542 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,080 Yeah, that's it. 543 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,080 Let's see the wallet. 544 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:54,080 Yeah. 545 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,080 There's nothing in it. A couple of cards, that's all. 546 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,080 Yeah. Let's see here. A couple of pawn tickets. 547 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,080 Picture. Who's the girl? 548 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,080 Babe, I met in Daigle. You don't know her. She's not in the rackets. 549 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,080 Married now. I haven't seen her in a year. 550 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,080 And why are you carrying her picture? 551 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,080 I always kind of liked her. Shit class. Real nice broad. 552 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,080 He said you didn't know a bull, Bentley? 553 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,080 That's what he said. 554 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,080 How about Leroy Bentley? 555 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,080 Nah. 556 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,080 You know anybody at all named Bentley? 557 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,080 Look, I told you I don't know any Bentley. How many times do I have to tell you? 558 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,080 You know anybody by the name of Bull? 559 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,080 I don't know anybody named Bull. I don't know anybody named Bentley. 560 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Yeah. Take a look, Joe. 561 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,080 Hmm. Now maybe you can explain this then. 562 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,080 Yeah, what's that? 563 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,080 Bar tab in your wallet with the name Bull written on it. 564 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,080 How about it, Slater? Who's Bull? 565 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,080 I don't remember that. Probably something I picked up a long time ago. I don't remember it. 566 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:41,080 Tab's dated March 4th, day before yesterday. Your memory must be getting pretty bad, huh? 567 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,080 I got nothing to say. 568 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,080 Well, Frank, you want to check the business office and see who this number is listed to. 569 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,080 Yeah, Joe. Right away. 570 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,080 All right. All right. 571 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:53,080 I'm going to tell you something, boy. This is a rotten deal. 572 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,080 The law protects people like you. You're a lion. We know it and you know it, too. 573 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,080 You know Bentley. You know where he is. 574 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,080 What's more, we know you gave him a gun Sunday night. The same date on that tab. 575 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:08,080 I'll tell you what we're going to do, Slater. You're a real wise guy. You talk fast. 576 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,080 We're going to get Bull. Maybe not tonight, maybe not tomorrow, but we'll get him. 577 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,080 And when we do, we're going to tell him that you blew the whistle on him. 578 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:16,080 We're going to put him in the same cell with you. I'd like to hear you talk your way out of that. 579 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,080 Well, you wouldn't do that. Don't make book on it. 580 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:19,080 Look, he's a mean guy. He'll kill me. 581 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,080 I thought you didn't know. 582 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,080 All right, so I know. But you wouldn't do that. Would you put me in with him? 583 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,080 Where is he, Slater? 584 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:26,080 You going to tell him I turned him in? 585 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,080 We're making no deals. Where is he? 586 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,080 I don't know where he is now. 587 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,080 You know where he'll be. 588 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:35,080 Yeah, I was supposed to meet him there tonight at the bar down at West Seventh. 589 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,080 He's got a friend who works there, feeds him. 590 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,080 He'll be there tonight, huh? 591 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,080 Yeah, I said if I meet him, he'll pay me for the gun. Seventy-five bucks. 592 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,080 What kind of gun is it? 593 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,080 A thirty-eight. A good one, too. Worth more than seven bucks. 594 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,080 But I needed the money. 595 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,080 Why'd you get the gun? 596 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,080 Well, you'll find out anyway. I might as well tell you. 597 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,080 Probably the car found under the seat. 598 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,080 I found out later it belonged to a guy in the vice squad. 599 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,080 Probably real sore about it. 600 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,080 Could be Joe Bond, West Seventh. A place called the Hamilton Inn. 601 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,080 Yeah, that's it. He'll be there. 602 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,080 All right, Slater. Let's go. 603 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:04,080 Where are you taking me? 604 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,080 You're going to jail. 605 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,080 You know you can't win. I should have known you. 606 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,080 Hey, do me a favor, huh? 607 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,080 What's that? 608 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,080 Talk to the jailer. Make him give me a cell by myself. 609 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,080 We handcuffed Slater to a chair in the robbery office until we got back to booking. 610 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:28,080 Twelve thirty-two a.m. Frank and I left the city hall for the Hamilton Inn on West Seventh Street. 611 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,080 Slater had told us that he was to meet Bull Bentley between one and one thirty. 612 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,080 When we got there, there were a half a dozen people in the place. 613 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,080 We checked the bar and the men's restroom, but Bentley wasn't around. 614 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:41,080 We went back to the car, drove down the street to a closed service station 615 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,080 and parked where we could keep both doors of the restaurant under surveillance. 616 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:50,080 Twelve fifty, one a.m., one fifteen. We waited. One thirty-five. 617 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,080 Joe, is that him? 618 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,080 I don't know. It might be. Let's take a look. 619 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,080 All right, you want to take the side door? I'll try the front. 620 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,080 Right. 621 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:27,080 I don't see him, Joe. Wait a minute. Is that him? The one in the phone booth back there? 622 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,080 Yeah. Come on. 623 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,080 Come on, get him. 624 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,080 Bentley. Yeah. 625 00:25:40,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Watch it, Joe. 626 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,080 All right, Frank. I'll shake him down. 627 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,080 Who told you? Who blew the whistle? 628 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,080 That bum McCloud, it was him. He was the only one who knew. 629 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,080 Did he give you my telephone number? 630 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,080 Yeah, he did. And he runs to you and cops out. 631 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,080 Should have known better. I'd give him twenty bucks for it. 632 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,080 Now, that's bigger. What do you mean? 633 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:33,080 We gave him ten, not two. 634 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:38,080 The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 635 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:44,080 On June 12th, the hearing was held in the district attorney's office. In a moment, the results of that hearing. 636 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,080 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 637 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,080 Thank you, George Fenorman. 638 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,080 Friends, I'd like to talk to you about something that's important to every one of you. 639 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:57,080 Now, for the first time, you can get a premium quality cigarette in either regular or king size. 640 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,080 Of course, that's Chesterfield. 641 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:05,080 Both regular and king size Chesterfields are made of the proven ingredients that give you the best possible smoke. 642 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:11,080 Both are much milder, with an extraordinarily good taste and no unpleasant aftertaste. 643 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,080 Yes, there's no difference between the two, except king size Chesterfield is larger, 644 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:22,080 contains so much more of the same tobacco, it gives you a 21 percent longer smoke, yet it costs very little more. 645 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:29,080 So remember, either way you like them, regular or king size, Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 646 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:46,080 The Roy W. Bentley was released to the Colorado authorities for prosecution on a charge of murder. A hold was placed on him for the state of California in the event he is paroled. 647 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:52,080 He was convicted and is now serving a life sentence in the Colorado State Penitentiary without possibility of parole. 648 00:27:52,080 --> 00:28:02,080 Although David R. Slater was guilty of aiding and abetting a felony, a complaint could not be issued due to the fact it could not be proved that Slater knew Bentley was an ex-convict when he gave him the gun. 649 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:09,080 He was filed on for petty theft in Division 7. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail. 650 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:22,080 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 651 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:27,080 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police W. H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 652 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:32,080 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 653 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:43,080 Heard tonight were Herb Ellis, June Whitley, Jack Kruschen. Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 654 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:52,080 These great programs sound off for Chesterfield. Radio. Dragnet, the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis show and every weekday Arthur Godfrey time. 655 00:28:52,080 --> 00:29:00,080 On television. Dragnet, Gang Busters, Arthur Godfrey and his friends and the Perry Como show. 656 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:10,080 Tomorrow you'll want to sound off for Chesterfield because either way you like them, regular or king size, Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 657 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:22,080 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet. Transcribed from Los Angeles. 658 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:34,080 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.