1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,200 Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:24,400 king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,200 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:38,800 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,480 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:42,800 You're assigned to homicide detail. 8 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,640 A nightclub manager has been robbed and killed. 9 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,720 The killers made good their escape. 10 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,800 Their identity is unknown. 11 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:57,400 Your job, get them. 12 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,160 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 14 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,600 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 15 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,200 police files. 16 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,280 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 17 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:21,800 in action. 18 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:22,800 Was Wednesday April 7th. 19 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,080 It was warm in Los Angeles. 20 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,400 We were working the day watch out a homicide detail. 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:27,880 My partner is Frank Smith. 22 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,720 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 23 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:30,720 My name is Friday. 24 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:36,440 I was on the way back from R&I and it was 1.46 p.m. when I got the interrogation. 25 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:37,440 Find anything? 26 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:38,440 No, they're checking it now. 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,440 Mr. Seaton? 28 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:40,440 Yes, Sergeant. 29 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,080 I wonder if you'd mind going over all that happened just once more. 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,440 You might have forgotten something, some little thing that might help us here. 31 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:46,440 All right. 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,440 Where do you want me to start? 33 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,440 Where I came in this morning? 34 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:49,440 Yeah, that'll be fine. 35 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:50,440 Well, I came into work about 8.30. 36 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,960 Is that the time you usually get there? 37 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:52,960 Yes, sir. 38 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,520 It depends what time I catch my bus. 39 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:55,520 Usually it's about then, though. 40 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:56,920 Was Mr. Kelby there then? 41 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,000 Yeah, he usually gets in around 8 or so, comes in, looks the place over. 42 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,240 You know, checks the register, liquor supply in the bar, stuff like that. 43 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,240 Then he goes to his office to count the money for the night before he gets the deposit slip 44 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,240 ready for the bank. 45 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,040 That's what he was doing this morning when they came in. 46 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,040 You see him come in? 47 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,040 Yeah, I was in the kitchen when those two men came in. 48 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,040 First I thought they were salesmen. 49 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,040 Both of them were dressed kind of nice. 50 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,320 A lot of salesmen come in to see Kelby that time in the morning. 51 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,640 I didn't figure anything was wrong. 52 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,640 Did they say anything to you, these men? 53 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,120 Well, no, not at first. 54 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,120 They just stood there looking the place over. 55 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:26,720 I went on peeling my potatoes. 56 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,280 Then I heard one of them say that he guessed they might as well get it over with, and that's 57 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,520 when they pulled the guns and told me it was a stickup. 58 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,520 Go ahead. 59 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,120 Well, first, I didn't know quite what to do. 60 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,960 I asked if they was kidding not to pull jokes like that. 61 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,320 I told them if it was a joke, it wasn't very funny. 62 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,800 Then the big one came over and told me to keep my mouth shut, told me it wasn't any 63 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:45,800 joke. 64 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,640 And if I made a sound, they'd just soon blow my head off and look at me. 65 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,680 Well, you just know I wasn't about to cause any trouble. 66 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Did Mr. Kelby know they were in the place? 67 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:54,560 No, not then. 68 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,800 You see, he keeps the door to his office closed when he's counting the money, and I thought 69 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:58,800 about yelling to him. 70 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,360 But then when I looked at those two guys, I thought about what they'd said about killing 71 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,360 me. 72 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,360 I decided not to. 73 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,360 What did these men do then? 74 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,680 The tall one walked over to the door of Mr. Kelby's office and knocked on the door, and 75 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,920 Mr. Kelby said for him to come in. 76 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:12,160 They opened the door and walked in. 77 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,760 He saw the guns, asked them what they wanted, told them they'd better get out of there with 78 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,360 those guns and not to cause any trouble. 79 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,020 The little one laughed at him and said they wanted the money and that Kelby was the one 80 00:03:21,020 --> 00:03:22,200 who shouldn't cause any trouble. 81 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,200 I see. 82 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,200 Go ahead. 83 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,840 The little one started to pick up the money and stuff in his pockets, and Mr. Kelby told 84 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:28,840 them they better leave it alone. 85 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,680 He had friends to take care of him, and the two of them said something they couldn't hear. 86 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,840 The little one told Kelby that his friends wouldn't do him any good. 87 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:37,840 That's when they shot him. 88 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,120 Which one actually shot him? 89 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,120 Oh, the little one. 90 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,520 He's the one who said that thing about the friends. 91 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,680 Well, did you try to do anything to help Kelby while all this was going on? 92 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:46,800 Why could I do? 93 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,580 I told you what those guys said. 94 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:51,240 Kelby wanted to be a hero, saved the money. 95 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,240 Fine. 96 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,240 It wasn't his money. 97 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,240 It was his friends' money. 98 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,160 Look, I tell you, Sergeant, money isn't worth that much. 99 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,040 They nail you into that box and they don't throw a bank book in. 100 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,200 Those guys told me to stay put. 101 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,200 I stayed put. 102 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,160 What did these two fellas do after they shot Kelby? 103 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,200 Well, the big one was real surprised, like he didn't know the little one was going to 104 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,200 do it. 105 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,200 Yelled at him. 106 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,200 He was a fool. 107 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Said he was a stupid fool. 108 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:11,200 Those were his exact words. 109 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,520 And the little guy finished getting all the money and then they ran out. 110 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,640 Well, I'll tell you, I was scared to death they were going to kill me too. 111 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:18,640 Looked like it for a minute too. 112 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:19,640 How do you mean? 113 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,640 Well, when they ran through the kitchen of the back door, the little one stopped and 114 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,720 asked what they were going to do about me. 115 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,080 I thought, sure, my number was up. 116 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,160 Big one said not to make it any worse to leave me alone. 117 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,160 Then they ran out of the place. 118 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,560 Boy, that's when I call the cops and those other guys out there in the car. 119 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,560 And then you came. 120 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,560 And the rest you know. 121 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,880 Now, you're sure that you've never seen any one of these men before? 122 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,400 Oh, sir, I'm pretty sure I haven't. 123 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,920 I wonder if you can give us some kind of a description on these two men. 124 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,080 Yeah, Big one was about six feet two, maybe three. 125 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,840 Weighed about 180, 200. 126 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:50,840 Dark. 127 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:51,840 Black, curly hair. 128 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:55,480 Anything special about him, the way he talked, any scars, anything like that? 129 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:56,480 No, nothing. 130 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:57,480 How was he dressed? 131 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,480 Can't remember. 132 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,000 Yeah, he had on a gray suit. 133 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,160 Glen clad had kind of red in it, you know. 134 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,160 The suit looked expensive. 135 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,440 He had black shoes, maroon tie. 136 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,440 How about the smaller one? 137 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,440 What did he look like? 138 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,440 Oh, he was a little one. 139 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,440 Five, six or seven. 140 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,160 130, 35 pounds. 141 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,160 He was dark too. 142 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,160 Black hair. 143 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,160 Cut real short. 144 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,160 How about his clothes? 145 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,800 Oh, had on a blue suit. 146 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,160 Looked like a Gavardine. 147 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,760 Single breasted, light blue. 148 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,080 Had on a yellow shirt and dark blue tie. 149 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,160 Would you know if there were any marks or scars on him? 150 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,520 Oh, yeah. 151 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:35,040 He had a little tiny scar right here on the edge of his mouth. 152 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,720 Made him look like he was smiling all the time. 153 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,600 Well, these are very good descriptions, Mr. Seedling. 154 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,200 They're going to help us a lot here. 155 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,640 Yeah, well, like I said, I wasn't about to be a hero and try to stop these two, but I 156 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,920 knew that you'd want to know what they looked like, so I tried to get all the dope I could. 157 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,920 We understand. 158 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,880 But I'm wondering the holdup, did either of these men use any names? 159 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,080 What do I call the other by a name? 160 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,080 Anything like that? 161 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,440 Oh, let me think about that. 162 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,840 Yeah, yeah, there was something. 163 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,140 While they were in the office, while a little guy was picking up the money, the big one 164 00:06:02,140 --> 00:06:03,320 said, hurry up, Deuce. 165 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,040 Yeah, he called him Deuce. 166 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,040 That was a smaller one? 167 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,440 Uh-huh, that's right, Deuce. 168 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:08,440 Joe. 169 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,440 Yeah. 170 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,400 I'll ask the Stats Office to make a run on the descriptions and MO for us. 171 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,920 Check the oddity and the Monaco file in the R&I office and see if they can come up with 172 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,520 a Deuce or anything on the scar. 173 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,480 Okay, fine, fine, thanks a lot. 174 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,680 Hey, uh, you got a cigarette, Sergeant? 175 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,680 Yeah, there you go. 176 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:24,680 Thanks. 177 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,680 How about a match? 178 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,680 Sure. 179 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,680 Here you go. 180 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,680 Thanks. 181 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:36,680 Yeah, it's a terrible thing, you know, Kelby being shot, I'll probably lose my job. 182 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,680 How's that? 183 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,200 I'll probably lose my job. 184 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,120 The owners will figure, sure, I should have tried to stop those guys. 185 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,640 Well, those are the breaks. 186 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,120 He said that when these men came in, the door to the manager's office was closed, is that 187 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,120 right? 188 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Oh, yes, sir. 189 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,040 Mr. Kelby always kept it closed when he counted the money, just like I said. 190 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,040 Uh-huh. 191 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,800 Well, it looks like the men knew that Kelby would be checking the money at that time, 192 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:57,800 doesn't it? 193 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,080 That they knew the layout of the place when they came in. 194 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,160 Yeah, you know, I never thought of that. 195 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,040 By gosh, that's what must have happened. 196 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,040 They sure seemed to know what was going on. 197 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,240 Anybody else that was usually around at that time, would you know? 198 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,240 Anybody that might have known that the manager worked the accounts at that particular time? 199 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,760 No, there's nobody else around. 200 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,000 But I don't think that Mr. Kelby kept it a secret about the money. 201 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,840 Was Kelby conscious at all after we shot? 202 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:18,840 Do you remember that? 203 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:19,840 Not more than a minute. 204 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,840 I ran over to him right after the men left. 205 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,360 I wanted to see if I could help, you know. 206 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Okay. 207 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,360 Yeah, he was shot pretty bad. 208 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,360 They'd hit him in the stomach. 209 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,000 He was all doubled up, terrible. 210 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,400 He looked up at me and said, I know. 211 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,400 Now, his voice kind of trailed off. 212 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,400 That's all. 213 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,400 Just, I know. 214 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,400 Staff's office is making the run, Joe. 215 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,600 We got out the local and the APB on the suspects. 216 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,680 Nothing that matches the name Deuce and nothing on this car. 217 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,200 Anything from the crime lab yet? 218 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,200 No. 219 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:44,200 Checked by the office. 220 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,200 While I was there, a Murphy call from George's street. 221 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,200 Anything? 222 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,200 Yeah, not good. 223 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,200 What? 224 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,200 Kelby died and never regained consciousness. 225 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:56,840 With the death of the victim, any information he might have given us about his killers was 226 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:57,840 gone. 227 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,840 The one witness to the murder was shown the mug books but was unable to identify the suspects. 228 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,840 Sergeant Skilling-Sienis and Danny Galindo canvassed the neighborhood and came up with 229 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,680 the driver of a bakery truck who thought he'd seen the killers leave the club. 230 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,040 He told them that two men answering the description given us had walked out of the club and gotten 231 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,840 into a late model Mercury sedan. 232 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,920 He'd not been able to get the license number of the car, however. 233 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,240 He was brought into the office and shown the mug books but he was unable to point out the 234 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,240 killers for us. 235 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,640 In checking the neighborhood, Skilling-Sienis and Galindo had come up with a waitress who 236 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,680 had seen two men answering the description of the killers loitering around the area. 237 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:35,600 She also described the Mercury sedan but said that she hadn't paid much attention to it. 238 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,520 Because of the smoothness with which the holdup men had operated, indications led us to believe 239 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,920 that they'd been tipped off by somebody working for the club. 240 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,040 Proceeding with this theory, we checked with the club owner, a Mr. John Watson. 241 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:47,800 We found him in the kitchen of his home. 242 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,800 Hope you don't mind if I finish up here, officer. 243 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,040 No, not at all, Mr. Watson. 244 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,280 Guess it seems a little silly to you for a man to be in the kitchen. 245 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,520 Kind of a hobby of mine, cooking. 246 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:56,520 Yes, sir. 247 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:57,520 Making a cheesecake. 248 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,720 Got some friends coming over tonight, figured a cheesecake might taste good later in the 249 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:01,720 evening. 250 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:02,720 Yes, sir, you go right ahead. 251 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:03,720 We just have a few questions we'd like to ask you. 252 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:04,720 About the robbery? 253 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:05,720 Terrible thing. 254 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,640 I don't understand why Kelby just didn't give him the money. 255 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:09,640 Not give him any reason to shoot. 256 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,920 Do you have any idea who might have known that the money would be in the office at the 257 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:13,920 time? 258 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,720 You know, almost everyone that worked in the place, not making mention of the salesman that 259 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:17,720 came in. 260 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,480 Would you hand me that rolling pin over there? 261 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,080 Yeah, here you are. 262 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,080 Thanks. 263 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,640 Trust with cheesecake's important. 264 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,680 That's one of the reasons I make it myself. 265 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,560 Can't stand a soggy trust. 266 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:31,080 Are there any of your employees that you think might do a thing like this? 267 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,400 Well, that'd be hard to say. 268 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,560 I didn't get around the club much. 269 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:36,960 Once in a while I dropped by, chatted with Kelby. 270 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:38,920 He did the hiring and firing. 271 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:40,520 Long as the place made money, I didn't interfere. 272 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,080 Well, the way it looks, it could be very likely that one of the employees did it. 273 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,520 The men who pulled the job seemed to know just what they were doing. 274 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,520 That right? 275 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,520 Yes, sir. 276 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,320 I wonder if we could look through your employment records. 277 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,320 Sure, of course. 278 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,320 Anything I can do to help out on this thing. 279 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,840 Would you hand me that pan over there? 280 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:56,840 Where? 281 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:57,840 This one? 282 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:58,840 Yeah. 283 00:09:58,840 --> 00:09:59,840 Thanks. 284 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,520 Get this crushed in with and the cheesecake's about ready. 285 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,080 Sure, you can look at the record. 286 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,920 See what that's going to show, but you're welcome to them. 287 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,080 What kind of a car do you drive, Mr. Watson? 288 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,080 New Lincoln. 289 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,440 Just got it a couple of weeks ago. 290 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,640 Any of your employees drive a late model Mercury that you might know of? 291 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:17,640 No. 292 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,480 Like I said, I don't really have a lot to do with the actual operation of the club. 293 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:22,760 Kelby took care of that. 294 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:23,760 Good manager. 295 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,760 Did a fine job. 296 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,040 Can you tell us how much money they took, sir? 297 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,040 No. 298 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,960 Near as we can tell, it came to a little over $1,100. 299 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,880 Some of that was in checks, you know, that we cash for our customers. 300 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,360 Well, that finishes that. 301 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:43,120 Get this together. 302 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,720 Now get in the oven. 303 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:45,720 Looks good, doesn't it? 304 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:46,720 Yeah, sir. 305 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,040 You should taste it. 306 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:55,120 Set it for 350 for 25 minutes and that does it. 307 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,800 Now then, can I get you offers? 308 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:58,800 Is there anything? 309 00:10:58,800 --> 00:10:59,800 A cup of coffee, something like that? 310 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,800 No, sir. 311 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,840 If you just arrange for us to check your employment records. 312 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,800 Certainly, I'll call the club right away. 313 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,000 We'd appreciate that. 314 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,960 My brother-in-law's down there looking after things now. 315 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:09,960 He's an idiot. 316 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,960 Never could get a job on his own. 317 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,360 I only hired him because my wife insisted on it. 318 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,280 Yeah, he'd probably botch up the whole thing. 319 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:18,280 Usually does. 320 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,280 Well, if you'd call him, sir. 321 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,280 How's Kelby's condition? 322 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,280 Gonna be laid up long? 323 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,280 Well, Mr. Kelby's dead, sir. 324 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,280 We thought you knew. 325 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:24,280 No, I hadn't heard. 326 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,080 Oh, I can hardly believe it. 327 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:29,400 Such a ruthless thing. 328 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,400 Just terrible. 329 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,440 Kelby was such a good man. 330 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,400 Everybody that worked for him liked him. 331 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:35,400 Didn't have an enemy in the world. 332 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,400 He had two. 333 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:44,480 We went back five years into the employment records of the club. 334 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,680 There were over 200 names. 335 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:48,360 Each of them had to be checked out. 336 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,440 Frank and I spent two months running them down. 337 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,240 In all instances, the people interviewed had alibis or else they could explain their action 338 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,040 at the time of the robbery and killing. 339 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,720 In each instance, if the person owned an automobile, it was checked. 340 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,440 A broadcast and an APB had been gotten out on the late model Mercury scene at the club, 341 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,040 but there'd been no answers. 342 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,280 No replies had come in on the descriptions of the two suspects. 343 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,720 June 17th, we were checking out the last three names on the list. 344 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:16,080 One of the three, a David Adams, listed a rooming house on West 34th Street as his home 345 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,080 address. 346 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,080 We checked with a landlady, a Mrs. Elvia Collins. 347 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,080 Adams? 348 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,280 Sure, he lives here, second floor front. 349 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,280 What if we could talk to him, ma'am? 350 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,280 Sure. 351 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:25,400 I got no reason to say you can't. 352 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:26,400 Come in. 353 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,400 Thank you, ma'am. 354 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,440 He isn't in right now, went out about an hour ago. 355 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,760 Said he had a lead on a job and I sure hope he gets it. 356 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,160 He's a couple of months behind on his rent. 357 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,160 That's right. 358 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,200 Sit down. 359 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,200 Just take any chair. 360 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,400 Thank you, Mrs. Collins. 361 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,400 You officers like anything? 362 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:43,400 Mint on the table there. 363 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,400 Help yourself. 364 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:45,400 No, thank you. 365 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,520 Adams, give you any idea when he might be back? 366 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,040 No, he didn't say right out. 367 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,680 I expect he'll be here by six. 368 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:51,920 How's that man? 369 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:52,920 That's when we served dinner. 370 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,800 Mr. Adams hasn't missed more than four meals since he's been living here. 371 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,400 What's this Adams look like? 372 00:12:58,400 --> 00:12:59,720 Oh, little man. 373 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,040 Sort of like my first husband, little dried up man. 374 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,040 How old would you say he is? 375 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,040 Well, I know exactly. 376 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,000 He baked his birthday cake last Wednesday. 377 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,920 Forty-six candles and one for luck. 378 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,040 How tall would you say, ma'am? 379 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,040 Five, six or so. 380 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:13,040 How about his weight? 381 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,720 Maybe 120 and that'd have to be soaking wet as a real little man. 382 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:18,720 Is he dark or light? 383 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:19,720 I beg your pardon? 384 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:20,720 His hair. 385 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:21,720 Is it dark or light? 386 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:22,720 Oh, light. 387 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,720 Real silky hair. 388 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,240 What little there is left of it. 389 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:26,680 Funny the way he combs it. 390 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:29,880 Never could figure it out why a man would comb his hair that way. 391 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:30,880 What's that, ma'am? 392 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,760 Well, you see, he's only got a little bit of hair on one side. 393 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,200 He lets it grow real long and then he combs it all the way over the top of his head so 394 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,880 it'll look like he's got a lot of hair. 395 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,400 He really doesn't though. 396 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:41,400 Silly. 397 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,360 He's pretty vain about other things too. 398 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,320 Does he have any friends in the building, Miss Collins? 399 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,480 Well, there's his two cousins. 400 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:48,480 They've moved though. 401 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,000 How long ago did they move? 402 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Let's see. 403 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,840 Must have been about two, three months ago. 404 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,000 Yes, that much anyway. 405 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,760 What did these two cousins look like, Miss Collins? 406 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:58,760 Can you describe them? 407 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,040 You just bet I can. 408 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,920 I had a lot of trouble with them two, always drinking. 409 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,080 First one, he was a big one. 410 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,080 Six feet anyway. 411 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,080 He had dark hair. 412 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,240 Weighed maybe 200 pounds. 413 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,760 Miss Collins, how about his complexion? 414 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:13,760 Dark. 415 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:14,760 Anything outstanding about him? 416 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,240 Well, now, what do you mean outstanding? 417 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,180 What do you mean anything about him that struck you as being different maybe? 418 00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:21,040 Anything that attracted your attention, something like that? 419 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,040 No. 420 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,040 What about the number two man? 421 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,040 What number? 422 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,040 Well, he was a little younger. 423 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,480 35 or maybe 37, around there. 424 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,120 How tall would you say he was, Miss Collins? 425 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:30,600 Well, he was a little man. 426 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,320 Five foot, six or seven. 427 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,840 How much do you figure he weighed, would you know? 428 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,440 130 pounds or so. 429 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:37,440 How about his complexion? 430 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:38,440 Dark. 431 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,440 Just like the other one. 432 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:40,600 Anything outstanding about him? 433 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,600 Scars, tattoos, maybe anything like that? 434 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,600 Yes, yes. 435 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,920 He had a scar right on the corner of his mouth. 436 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,640 Made him look like he was smirking all the time. 437 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,520 It was a real dirty look. 438 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:50,960 What are these men's names, Miss Collins? 439 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,320 Well, now the big one is called Al Evans. 440 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,520 The little one's name was Bill Evans. 441 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,520 They were brothers. 442 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,520 Did they have a car? 443 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:58,520 Oh, yes. 444 00:14:58,520 --> 00:14:59,520 Yes, a late one. 445 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:00,520 It was real pretty. 446 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:01,520 You know what make it was? 447 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:02,520 No. 448 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,320 No, I'm sorry, but I can't tell one kind from another. 449 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,360 It sure was a nice looking one, though. 450 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,240 A lot of chrome all over it. 451 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,800 Do you have any idea where they might be now, where they moved to? 452 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:12,800 No, I haven't. 453 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,960 Well, Mr. Adams can probably tell you, though. 454 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:16,960 I see. 455 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,320 Oh, that might be him. 456 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,320 Now I'll see. 457 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:20,320 We'll go with you, ma'am, all right? 458 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,600 Are you expecting any trouble? 459 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,960 What's this all about, anyway? 460 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,400 Mr. Adams done something wrong? 461 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,000 Oh, I do hope not. 462 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,560 He's a little man, but he's awfully nice. 463 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:30,560 We'd just like to talk to him. 464 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,400 Oh, I sure hope they won't be any trouble. 465 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,880 Oh, Mr. Adams. 466 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:35,880 Yes, Miss Collins? 467 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,360 These gentlemen would like to talk to you. 468 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:39,360 Oh? 469 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,400 Something I can do for you? 470 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,760 Are you David Adams? 471 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,200 Yes, sir, that's right. 472 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,440 We're police officers, Mr. Adams. 473 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:47,440 My name's Friday. 474 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:48,440 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 475 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,440 How do you do? 476 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:50,440 What do you want? 477 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:51,880 It might be better if we talk in your room. 478 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,240 All right, but I still don't see what it is you want. 479 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,880 Did you get the job? 480 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,400 No, Mrs. Collins, but I've got another lead. 481 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,200 Don't worry, I'll be able to take care of that matter by the first next week. 482 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,200 Oh, it's all right, Mr. Adams. 483 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,320 I understand. 484 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,320 This is it. 485 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,320 It's not much. 486 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:11,320 You can sit down anywhere. 487 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,320 Thank you. 488 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:18,560 You want to tell me what this is all about now, what it is that you want with me? 489 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,120 Well, we'd like to talk to you about the robbery of the Pink Rat Cafe last April. 490 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,120 The manager was killed. 491 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,120 The Pink Rat, yes. 492 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,720 I worked there a couple of years ago, but I don't think I've been in the place since 493 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,680 then and lost the job. 494 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,360 Kelby fired me for dropping a load of dishes. 495 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,600 Did you have an argument at the time? 496 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,600 Well, a little one, yeah. 497 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,120 I was sore, he was too. 498 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,480 Wanted me to pay for the dishes. 499 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:36,480 I didn't feel it was my fault. 500 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:37,480 I told him so. 501 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:38,480 He had a few words. 502 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,120 Nothing serious, so why? 503 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,040 Mr. Kelby was killed in the holdup of the bar. 504 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,840 Yes, I know, that's too bad, but you surely don't think I had anything to do with that, 505 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:46,840 do you? 506 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:47,840 Well, that's what we're trying to find out. 507 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,440 Why do you think I'd have anything to do with it? 508 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,080 I haven't been near the place for a couple of years. 509 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,960 Well, the way the thing was pulled, the whole MO makes it look like it's an inside job. 510 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,640 Somebody had to give the layout, tell him that Kelby would be in his office with the 511 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:58,640 money at that time. 512 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,160 At all points, it's somebody that either works there now or who did work there. 513 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,160 Yes, but why me? 514 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,160 Well, your name was on the list. 515 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,160 It had to be checked out. 516 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,260 Adams, you got any relatives in town? 517 00:17:06,260 --> 00:17:07,260 Not now. 518 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:08,260 I had a couple of cousins. 519 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:09,260 They were out here for a while. 520 00:17:09,260 --> 00:17:10,260 What are their names? 521 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:11,260 Alan Bill Evans. 522 00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:12,260 Mind if we look around your room? 523 00:17:12,260 --> 00:17:13,260 No, I got nothing to hide. 524 00:17:13,260 --> 00:17:14,260 Go ahead and look around. 525 00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:15,260 You won't find anything. 526 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:16,260 Thanks. 527 00:17:16,260 --> 00:17:19,320 What is it about my cousins? 528 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,040 You figure they had something to do with the thing? 529 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,280 Well, we think they might have. 530 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,200 Their descriptions match the ones we got from the witnesses. 531 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,080 You've been talking to old Mrs. Collins. 532 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,200 She's the one who told you about Alan Bill, isn't she? 533 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,080 Well, who told us isn't important, Adams. 534 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,080 I mean, you don't have to admit it, I know. 535 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,120 A busybody always getting her nose into somebody else's business. 536 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:36,120 Old Harpy. 537 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,120 Joe. 538 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:38,120 Yeah. 539 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:39,120 Look at Harry. 540 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,840 What's this gun for, Adams? 541 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,000 You never know when somebody's gonna try to break into the house. 542 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,480 It's protection, that's all. 543 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,440 You never had it out of the house, huh? 544 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,440 Not since I bought it. 545 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,440 It's a.32, though. 546 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,920 What are you so interested for? 547 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,920 Kelby was killed with a.38. 548 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,200 Well, he was, wasn't he? 549 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,680 Seems to me I heard it on the radio or read it in one of the papers. 550 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:58,680 No, you didn't. 551 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,040 The caliber of the gun that killed him wasn't released. 552 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,040 How'd you know? 553 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,680 I must have read it in the paper, like I said. 554 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:03,680 No, this won't work, mister. 555 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,560 I think maybe we better talk to you downtown, huh? 556 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:06,560 You gonna arrest me? 557 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:07,560 Just like talk to you downtown. 558 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:08,560 Let's go. 559 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:09,840 Well, sure, but I got nothing to hide. 560 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,800 Well, you still gotta come up with an explanation for knowing about that gun. 561 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,480 Description we got matches your cousins. 562 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,480 You know about the gun. 563 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:16,480 You got a lot to explain. 564 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:17,480 I don't wanna go to jail. 565 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:18,480 Too bad, Adam. 566 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,200 You should have thought about that before you got involved in this. 567 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,880 Well, if I tell you, if I help you get the guys that did it, will you give me a break? 568 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,880 Well, we can't make any deals. 569 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,640 Well, I don't wanna go to jail. 570 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,360 You can't do anything for me, huh? 571 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,200 All we can do is see that the district attorney's office knows that you've helped. 572 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:31,200 What you'll tell him, huh? 573 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:32,200 If I give you a hand? 574 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,200 He'll know about it. 575 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,200 Okay. 576 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,760 I got claustrophobia putting me in a cell and driving me nuts. 577 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,640 I tell you who did the job, more than that. 578 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,640 Yeah. 579 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:53,280 I told you the gun they used. 580 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:58,400 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 581 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,600 Listen to what the nation's press has had to say about Chesterfields. 582 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,520 Atlantic City Evening Union. 583 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:09,140 Wholesalers and retailers report an extraordinary demand for Chesterfields in both sizes with 584 00:19:09,140 --> 00:19:10,880 sellouts in many instances. 585 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,480 Cleveland Press. 586 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,120 Dealers everywhere report the big pack sale phenomenal. 587 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:21,160 Last week in Cleveland, some areas reported the long-sized Chesterfield outsold all other 588 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,160 brands. 589 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,480 And from all over the country, we're getting reports from dealers telling us no product 590 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:32,320 they ever handled has grown so fast in so short a time as king-sized Chesterfields. 591 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:37,580 Yes, with a buying public today, high quality for the money is a must. 592 00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:42,120 And that's why so many smokers are changing to Chesterfield. 593 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:48,260 First cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king-size. 594 00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:53,720 King-size Chesterfield is exactly the same as regular Chesterfield, except it's larger. 595 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:59,780 Contains so much more of the same tobacco, it gives you a 21% longer smoke, yet costs 596 00:19:59,780 --> 00:20:01,120 very little more. 597 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:06,600 And the tobacco in king-sized Chesterfield is of better quality and higher price than 598 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,040 the tobacco in any other king-sized cigarette. 599 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,680 Try Chesterfield. 600 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:17,560 Either way you like them, regular or king-size, they're much milder. 601 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:28,520 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 602 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,760 We took David Adams back to the office and checked the gun with pawn shop records. 603 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,120 It was clean. 604 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,600 We printed him and checked him through R&I. 605 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,200 We took him over to Westlake Park and he showed us the approximate place in the lake where 606 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,440 the gun had been thrown. 607 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,280 He explained that his two cousins had talked him into helping him with the robbery of the 608 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:44,280 club. 609 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,680 He also said that as soon as he found out that there'd been a shooting, he'd washed 610 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,800 his hands of the entire affair and told them that he'd have nothing more to do with it. 611 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,680 The loot from the robbery had been divided between the two cousins, Adams taking no part 612 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:55,680 of it. 613 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,640 It took us two hours of searching before we were able to find the gun. 614 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,320 It was turned over to Russ Camp in ballistics. 615 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,120 He fired test shots from the gun and comparison with the death bullet showed that it was the 616 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:06,680 murder weapon. 617 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,640 Markings on the shell casing found at the scene of the crime were the same as those 618 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,760 left on the test casing. 619 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,840 Adams told us that Bill Evans owned a late model Mercury sedan and that the two brothers 620 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,320 had left for St. Louis in the car. 621 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,660 He also was able to give us the license number. 622 00:21:20,660 --> 00:21:25,040 We checked with DMV and they told us that the legal owner was a finance company on Crenshaw. 623 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,880 The manager there told us that their payments were up to date. 624 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,200 They were able to give us a St. Louis address used as a reference by Bill Evans. 625 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,360 We called the St. Louis Police Department, gave them a rundown and asked them to pick 626 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,440 up the Evans brothers for us. 627 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,520 The witness to the killing was unable to identify David Adams as one of the holdup men. 628 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,880 He was taken to the main jail and booked on suspicion of 287 PC. 629 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,560 Frank and I waited for word from the St. Louis Police Department. 630 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,480 They're all the same, aren't they Joe? 631 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:50,480 What do you mean? 632 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,160 They'll put any of them in a tight spot and they'll spill all they know to save their 633 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,160 skins. 634 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,160 Well, it seems that way, doesn't it? 635 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,280 Adam seems pretty sincere though. 636 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:58,600 Things like he does really want to help. 637 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,680 Well, we'll know more when we hear from St. Louis. 638 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,360 You figure that Adams is telling the truth? 639 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,360 I don't know. 640 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:06,280 The story seems to check out about how he laid the thing out for him, showing us where 641 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:07,280 the gun was. 642 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,400 Being that far back in his room, it'd make that part about him not taking any of the 643 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:11,400 money fit. 644 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:12,400 I'll get it. 645 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,400 Homicide Friday. 646 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,400 Yeah, I'll take it. 647 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,400 Mellow. 648 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,400 Yeah. 649 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:21,400 Yeah, we've been waiting to hear from you. 650 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:22,880 Did you pick up the Evans brothers? 651 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:23,880 Uh huh. 652 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:24,880 Yeah, wait a minute. 653 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:25,880 Pass me that pad, will you Frank? 654 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:26,880 Yeah, here. 655 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:27,880 Pass me. 656 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,880 Yeah, all right, go ahead. 657 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:29,880 Uh huh. 658 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:30,880 What was that again? 659 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,880 I didn't... 660 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:32,880 Yeah, I got it. 661 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:33,880 Okay, thanks. 662 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,880 Anything we can do for you, give us a call. 663 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,880 Yeah, sure, we sure appreciate it. 664 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:41,880 Right, bye. 665 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,880 What does it, what do you mean? 666 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:44,880 St. Louis checked the address. 667 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,880 They'd been there all right, but they left this morning. 668 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:47,880 Any idea where they went? 669 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,240 Yeah, the Evans boys told us. 670 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,240 Huh? 671 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,240 They left the forwarding address. 672 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,960 Motel out on Ventura Boulevard. 673 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,480 Frank and I notified Captain Lorman of the new developments. 674 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,800 We talked to the manager of the motel and she told us that she did have a reservation 675 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,280 for June 24th under the name Evans. 676 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,120 She told us that they'd be in cottage 12. 677 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:10,260 In view of the fact that the suspects had not been alarmed, we decided not to put out 678 00:23:10,260 --> 00:23:11,860 an APB on the car. 679 00:23:11,860 --> 00:23:15,160 We felt reasonably sure that having made the reservations, they'd keep them. 680 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,720 But in the event the suspects arrived earlier than expected, a surveillance was placed on 681 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,200 the motel 24 hours a day. 682 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,320 Sergeant Howard Hudson and Bill Cummings took the period from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 683 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,600 Frank and I covered the other 12 hours. 684 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,400 Directly across from the motel was a used car lot. 685 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,080 We talked to the manager and he gave us permission to sit in any one of his cars while keeping 686 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,840 the place under surveillance. 687 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,120 As we relieved each other, the police car was taken back to the city hall so there would 688 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:42,000 be no indication that the place was staked out. 689 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Four days passed. 690 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,720 No sign of the suspects. 691 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,720 June 23rd, 432 a.m. 692 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,840 Ciao. 693 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:54,280 Yeah, Mercury Sedan. 694 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,560 Less checks. 695 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:56,560 Two men. 696 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,120 Stopping at the manager's cottage. 697 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,640 They're ringing the bell. 698 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:01,640 Yeah. 699 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,240 Looks like they're signing the register. 700 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,240 It must be. 701 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,240 There. 702 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,720 She's giving them the key. 703 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,000 All right, let's let them get to the cottage. 704 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000 We told her we would. 705 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 All right. 706 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,120 There's the landlady's signal. 707 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,120 Let's go. 708 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:18,120 All right. 709 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:25,800 Cover me. 710 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,720 Yeah. 711 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:33,160 Who is it? 712 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,160 This is the manager. 713 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,160 Gonna have to move your car. 714 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:36,160 Huh? 715 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,160 You gotta move your car. 716 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,160 Put it in the back. 717 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,160 Where you want us to? 718 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,160 Hey, Cuff Bill! 719 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,160 Hey, Joe, get the other one. 720 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,160 Yeah. 721 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,360 Get away from me, cop. 722 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,360 Leave me alone. 723 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,360 All right, give it up, mister. 724 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,360 I'm getting out. 725 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,520 If you got any brains, you ain't gonna try to stop me. 726 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:55,520 You're going no place, mister. 727 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:56,520 You can't get over that wall. 728 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:57,520 Throw that gun out here. 729 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,520 You haven't got a chance. 730 00:24:58,520 --> 00:24:59,520 You're a joker. 731 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:00,520 You'll never take me. 732 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:01,520 All right, hold it up, Evans. 733 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:02,520 All right, go. 734 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:15,120 I got no gun. 735 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:16,120 I dropped it. 736 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,120 You see, I got no gun. 737 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:18,120 Get a doctor for me, huh? 738 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:19,120 Or I'll hurt. 739 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:20,120 Yeah, we'll call one. 740 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,120 You didn't have to shoot, did you? 741 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:22,120 How's he deal you? 742 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,120 You didn't have to shoot. 743 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:25,400 You didn't give me much choice, mister. 744 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,400 I wasn't trying to hit you. 745 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,400 I was just trying to scare you. 746 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,400 That's all. 747 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,400 I didn't want to hit you. 748 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,400 I'm a good shot. 749 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:31,400 I didn't know what I was doing. 750 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,400 Yeah, you proved you're a good shot. 751 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,400 I mean... 752 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,400 When you killed Kelby. 753 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:43,680 The story you have just heard was true. 754 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,240 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 755 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,640 On October 4th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 87, City and County of Los 756 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,320 Angeles, State of California. 757 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,640 In a moment, the results of that trial. 758 00:25:54,640 --> 00:26:01,280 Nose, throat, and accessory organs not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfields. 759 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,880 Is there such report ever published about any cigarette? 760 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,800 Yes, and it applies only to Chesterfield. 761 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,720 A responsible consulting organization has reported the results of a continuing study 762 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,600 by a competent medical specialist and his staff on the effects of smoking Chesterfield 763 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:15,600 cigarettes. 764 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:20,520 A group of people from various walks of life was organized to smoke only Chesterfields. 765 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,080 For six months, this group of men and women smoked their normal amount of Chesterfields, 766 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,520 10 to 40 a day. 767 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,840 Forty-five percent of the group smoked Chesterfields continually from one to 30 years, for an 768 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,880 average of 10 years each. 769 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,680 At the beginning and at the end of the six months period, each smoker was given a thorough 770 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:41,680 examination, including x-ray pictures, by the medical specialist and his assistants. 771 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,800 The examination covered the sinuses as well as the nose, ears, and throat. 772 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,280 The medical specialist, after a thorough examination of every member of the group, stated, quote, 773 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:55,020 it is my opinion that the ears, nose, throat, and accessory organs of all participating 774 00:26:55,020 --> 00:27:00,040 subjects examined by me were not adversely affected in the six months period by smoking 775 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,400 the cigarettes provided, unquote. 776 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,960 Now remember this Chesterfield report. 777 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,200 It's the first such report ever published about any cigarette. 778 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:14,480 Nose, throat, and accessory organs not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfields. 779 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:19,240 Buy Chesterfield either way you like them, regular or king size. 780 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:31,680 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 781 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,680 William M. Evans and Alfred T. Evans were tried and convicted of murder in the first 782 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:36,680 degree. 783 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,600 They received life sentences in the state penitentiary. 784 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,600 Because David R. Adams had turned state's evidence, and since he was not actually involved 785 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,480 in the crime, in the interest of justice, the charges against him were dismissed and 786 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,000 he was released from custody. 787 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,180 This program is dedicated to the 59th annual conference of the International Association 788 00:27:55,180 --> 00:28:00,960 of Chiefs of Police held in Los Angeles this week. 789 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:11,640 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 790 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,240 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 791 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,860 Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 792 00:28:16,860 --> 00:28:21,680 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Winn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 793 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,440 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Jack Crushen. 794 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,480 Script by John Robinson. 795 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:28,840 Music by Walter Schuman. 796 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:34,000 Hal Gibney speaking. 797 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,840 These great programs sound off for Chesterfield. 798 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:42,240 Radio, Dragnet, the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis show, and every weekday Arthur Godfrey 799 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:48,720 on television, Dragnet, Gangbusters, Arthur Godfrey and his friends in the Perry Como 800 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:49,720 show. 801 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:55,680 Tomorrow you'll want to sound off for Chesterfield's because either way you like them, regular 802 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:02,160 or king size, Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 803 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:17,800 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 804 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:34,640 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.