1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:15,760 Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and 3 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:26,240 king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:29,880 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:42,280 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,000 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,160 You're assigned a juvenile division. 8 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:48,400 You get a call from a high school principal. 9 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,680 A young boy has caused a near riot in his classroom. 10 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,440 Your job, investigate. 11 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,280 Here's what the nation's press has had to say about king size Chesterfield. 12 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:06,440 U.S. Tobacco Journal says, Boston dealers and jobbers reported this new companion of 13 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:12,360 the regular size is sweeping the market in sales and stocks cannot be replaced fast enough. 14 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,840 The Wall Street Journal said, a wholesaler says the problem isn't selling them. 15 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,020 It's getting enough to meet the demand. 16 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:23,860 Dealers all over the country tell us no product they ever handled has grown so fast in so 17 00:01:23,860 --> 00:01:27,600 short a time as king size Chesterfield. 18 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:33,200 King size cigarettes give you quantity, but only Chesterfield king size gives you quantity 19 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,680 plus quality, premium quality. 20 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:42,240 Chesterfield king size contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any other 21 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,080 king size cigarette. 22 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,880 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 23 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,440 In fact, the only difference between Chesterfield king size and Chesterfield regular is that 24 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,600 the king size is larger, contains more of these same tobaccos, enough to give you a 25 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,040 21 percent longer smoke, yet costs very little more. 26 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:08,160 So remember, Chesterfield is the first to give you premium quality in both regular and 27 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,160 king size. 28 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,240 Buy them either way you like them. 29 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:23,120 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke, much milder Chesterfield. 30 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,640 DRAGNET, the documented drama of an actual crime. 31 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,800 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 32 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,160 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 33 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,160 police files. 34 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:41,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force 35 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:42,800 in action. 36 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,800 It was Wednesday, October 3rd. 37 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,520 It was warm in Los Angeles. 38 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,280 We were working the day watch out a juvenile division. 39 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:53,560 My partner is Frank Smith. 40 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,560 The boss is Captain Stein. 41 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,560 My name is Friday. 42 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:00,400 It was 1 47 p.m. when we got to Adams High School, chemistry class. 43 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,480 Do you have the place? 44 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Yes, sir. 45 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:04,480 It's my partner, Frank Smith. 46 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:05,480 My name is Friday. 47 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:06,480 I'm Elaine. 48 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:07,480 This is my class. 49 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:08,480 What little there is left of it. 50 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:09,480 Have you seen Mr. Barlow? 51 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:10,480 Yes, sir. 52 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:11,480 We talked to him when we came in. 53 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:12,480 I think he's in the clinic now. 54 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,760 He said you could give us the stories, all right? 55 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:14,760 It was the Lambert boy. 56 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,720 He came into class about five minutes late. 57 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,520 I was just starting the lecture on analysis. 58 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:20,920 I told Douglas to take his seat. 59 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:24,680 He said something I couldn't hear, but he went back to his place and I went on with the 60 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:25,680 lecture. 61 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,720 I guess it was about 10 minutes later that the commotion started. 62 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,080 The first thing I knew about it, Larry McClain started to yell at Lambert, said something 63 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,040 about keeping his mouth closed. 64 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,960 Then Lambert said something about McClain minding his own business. 65 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,000 I started off the platform to quiet things down. 66 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,840 By the time I got to Douglas, he'd hit McClain. 67 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,560 After that, it's all a little confused. 68 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,800 Flying apparatus, chemicals being thrown all over the place, glass breaking. 69 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,720 The whole class seemed to explode. 70 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,400 Were the other members of the class fighting or was it just the two boys? 71 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,000 It seemed like the whole class was fighting. 72 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,120 The time it seemed like the whole school was in the room, all throwing things. 73 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,840 Finally, I got the Lambert boy aside and then the fight seemed to stop. 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,680 In the meantime, he'd thrown a bottle of sulfuric acid at McClain, burned his face and his chest. 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,640 The ambulance took him to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 76 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,080 A nurse here gave him first aid. 77 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,720 Well, do you have any idea what started the argument here? 78 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,680 No, I'm not sure. 79 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,280 As I got it later, it seems that Douglas made some remark about a young girl working next 80 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:18,280 to him. 81 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:21,440 I didn't hear it, but I gathered that it was a pretty filthy statement. 82 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,840 McClain heard it and that's when he told Douglas to keep his mouth closed. 83 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:27,280 Lambert is known as a sort of troublemaker then, is he? 84 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,440 Yes, and it's so hard to understand. 85 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:30,440 Sir? 86 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,720 Well, until just lately, I'd say the last two months or so, he was a model student. 87 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,040 He had a straight A average. 88 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,040 I wonder if we could see the boy. 89 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,040 I guess so. 90 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,040 There isn't anything much I can do here. 91 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,040 Terrible. 92 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,800 It'll be a couple of weeks before I can hold a class in here again. 93 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:45,800 It's terrible. 94 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:46,800 Yes, sir. 95 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:47,800 Big clinics down here. 96 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:53,800 Have you any idea what might have caused this change in the Lambert boy? 97 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,040 Well, I have my own suspicions, but he's only 15. 98 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,040 It's hard to believe. 99 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,040 What's that, sir? 100 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,640 When he came into class today, I think he was drunk. 101 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,600 Oh, why do you say that? 102 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,640 I noticed that when he came into the room, he wasn't very steady on his feet. 103 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,600 It'd have to be something like that to make him do this. 104 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,040 Then too, when I grabbed him when they were fighting, I thought I smelled liquor on him. 105 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,040 Oh, we go in here. 106 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,040 Fine. 107 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,040 Here's the boy. 108 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,040 Douglas? 109 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,040 Yes, sir. 110 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,040 These men would like to talk to you. 111 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,040 Yes, sir. 112 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,040 They're from the police. 113 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,040 Mr. Friday and this is Mr. Smith. 114 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,040 Hello. 115 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,040 Sit down, son. 116 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,040 Yes, sir. 117 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,040 How's Larry? 118 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,040 I don't know. 119 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,040 They took him to the hospital. 120 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,040 If you don't mind, Mr. Friday, I'll check with the nurse, see how badly Larry was hurt. 121 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,040 Yes, sir. 122 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,040 Go right ahead. 123 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,040 Now, son, you want to tell us what this is all about? 124 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,880 There's not much to tell. 125 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,040 Larry and me got in a fight. 126 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,040 Well, what started the fight, son? 127 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,040 I don't know. 128 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,040 He just wanted to cause trouble. 129 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,040 Him and me never have gotten along. 130 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,040 Always had trouble. 131 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,040 You been drinking, Doug? 132 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,040 Why do you ask that? 133 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,040 Because I want to know. 134 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,040 Have you been drinking? 135 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,040 How about it, boy? 136 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,040 No. 137 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,040 Where would I get something to drink? 138 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,040 Well, now something's a little wrong here, son, according to what Mr. Lane tells us. 139 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,040 Looks like you might have been drunk when the fight started. 140 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,040 He tells us that you said something to a young girl in the class. 141 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,040 That's what started the whole thing. 142 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,040 You know he's lying? 143 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,040 Is he? 144 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,040 Sure. 145 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,040 He's on Larry's side. 146 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,040 The two of them are real thick. 147 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,040 That's not what he told us, Doug. 148 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,040 From what he said, he's pretty fond of you. 149 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,040 Said he couldn't figure out what happened to you lately. 150 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,040 Well, he's okay, but why does he say I was loaded? 151 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,040 That's a stupid thing to say. 152 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,040 Yeah, especially if you weren't. 153 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,040 I'll tell you what, Doug. 154 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,040 Hmm? 155 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,040 Let's get a traffic investigation car over here and take a toxometer test, huh, just 156 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,040 to be sure. 157 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,040 Why? 158 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,040 What'll that prove? 159 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,040 It'll straighten it out once and for all, whether you're drunk or not. 160 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,040 How about it, boy? 161 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,040 Shall I call the car? 162 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,040 Doug? 163 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,040 No, you don't have to do that. 164 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,040 I had a couple of drinks. 165 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,040 Nothing serious, though. 166 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,040 Just a couple of drinks. 167 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,040 Nothing wrong with that, is there? 168 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,040 Where'd you get the liquor, son? 169 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,040 I don't remember. 170 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,040 No, this won't work, boy. 171 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,040 We'll find out. 172 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,040 You know that. 173 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,040 Well, I don't see what difference it's gonna make where I got it. 174 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,040 I've been drinking a couple of years. 175 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,040 I know how to handle it. 176 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,040 I know what I'm doing. 177 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,040 Mr. Friday? 178 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,040 Yes, sir? 179 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,040 See you in a minute. 180 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,040 Well, sure. 181 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,040 What's going on? 182 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,040 Something wrong with Larry? 183 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,040 I don't know, son. 184 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,040 I thought he was okay when they took him to the hospital. 185 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,040 The nurse said she took care of it. 186 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,040 They said he was gonna be okay. 187 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,040 All right, boy. 188 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,040 Let's go. 189 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,040 Where are you taking me? 190 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,040 We want to talk to you downtown. 191 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,040 Something has gone wrong, hasn't it? 192 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,040 Something's wrong with Larry. 193 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,040 He's dead. 194 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,040 No, son, Larry's all right. 195 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,040 He's burned, but he's gonna be all right. 196 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,040 You're lying. 197 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,040 I know you want to take me to jail. 198 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,040 No, that's not true, son. 199 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,040 We just want to find out where you got the liquor. 200 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,040 Yeah. 201 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,040 Well, I haven't done anything. 202 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,040 A couple of drinks, that's all. 203 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,040 What's the harm in that? 204 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,040 Come on, son. 205 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:41,040 You've got a lot to explain. 206 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,040 Okay, take me in. 207 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,040 Put me in jail. 208 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,040 I don't care what happens. 209 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,040 Yeah, you've already proved that. 210 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,040 2 26 p.m. Frank and I talked to Charles Barlow, the vice principal of the school. 211 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,040 He told us the same story that we'd gotten from John Lane. 212 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:57,040 He said that until a few months before, Douglas Lambert had been a model student. 213 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,040 He was above average in his classwork and took part in all school activities. 214 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,040 Suddenly and without apparent reason, he had become the number one troublemaker in his class. 215 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,040 His attendance record became one of the worst, 216 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,040 and his attitude toward his teachers was arrogant and discourteous. 217 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:16,040 The principal told us the same attitude was being displayed by other students in the school. 218 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,040 We notified Mrs. Lambert that we were taking him to Georgia Street Juvenile for questioning. 219 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,040 We filled in Captain Stein on the developments, 220 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,040 and then Frank and I questioned the Lambert boy. 221 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,040 He was sullen and uncooperative. 222 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,040 I don't know what you want with me. 223 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,040 A little fight, that's all it was. 224 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,040 Why are you guys trying to make something big out of me? 225 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,040 You've already done that, Doug. 226 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,040 Maybe you don't know what you've really done. 227 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,040 Maybe we ought to fill you in on a few things. 228 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,040 That might not be such a bad idea. 229 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:36,040 Tell me how I'm a criminal. 230 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,040 I'm a criminal. 231 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,040 I'm a criminal. 232 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,040 Tell me how I'm a criminal. 233 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,040 Tell me I was a bad boy. 234 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,040 Go ahead, tell me. 235 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,040 Don't get smart, son. 236 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:45,040 What do you want me to do? 237 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,040 Sit here and listen to you guys yak at me? 238 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,040 Expect me just to sit here and let you guys tie a rap on me that I haven't got coming? 239 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:50,040 You got one thing on me. 240 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,040 I had a couple of drinks, that's all. 241 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,040 A couple of drinks. 242 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,040 No harm in that. 243 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,040 I don't feel so good. 244 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,040 Why don't you guys leave me alone? 245 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,040 I got a headache. 246 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,040 Larry McClain's got more than a headache. 247 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,040 So the kid shouldn't have started anything he couldn't finish. 248 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,040 He wanted to be a big man in front of the class. 249 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,040 He was. 250 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,040 Now he's hurt and he's trying to blame me. 251 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:08,040 It won't work out and you know it. 252 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:09,040 That's enough of that. 253 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,040 I'm a minor, you can't touch me. 254 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,040 That's the trouble with you, kid. 255 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,040 You think because you're under 18 the laws don't mean you. 256 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,040 You can't touch me and you know it. 257 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,040 Don't worry, Doug, nobody's going to touch you. 258 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,040 But let me tell you a couple of things. 259 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,040 You sit here and figure you're a big man, a real tough kid. 260 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,040 You don't have to tell me. 261 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,040 Well, I'm going to tell you. 262 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,040 I'm getting sick and tired of having kids like you waltz around the streets, your minds 263 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,040 and hands filthy, bragging about what big men you are. 264 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,040 You do what you want. 265 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,040 You don't care about what it means to the people around you. 266 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,040 How you hurt them doesn't matter. 267 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:33,040 Everything's fine until you do something wrong and we nail you. 268 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,040 Right away you start screaming minor that you're a juvenile, just a kid acting normal. 269 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,040 You steal a car for a joyride. 270 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,040 An officer starts after you. 271 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,040 You don't care who gets in front of the car as long as you get away. 272 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,040 You don't let anybody stand in your way. 273 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,040 Men, women, kids, they're all the same to you. 274 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,040 Run them down. 275 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,040 Show them that you're just a healthy kid out for some fun. 276 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:46,040 After all, you're just a kid. 277 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,040 The laws weren't meant for you. 278 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,040 You're different. 279 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,040 Well, there's another kid lying in a hospital right now. 280 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:51,040 He's got real trouble. 281 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,040 He got in your way. 282 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,040 He didn't feel that you had any special rights. 283 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:55,040 Be a big man, Doug. 284 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,040 You go tell him that you knew what you were doing when you threw that acid at him. 285 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,040 You tell him that you were just having a little carefree fun. 286 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,040 Tell him that you know how to handle liquor. 287 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,040 Tell him that he's going to spend a long time with a plastic surgeon because you're just a kid. 288 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,040 You tell him that his face is going to be like that because you're just a normal healthy growing boy. 289 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:11,040 I hope you're real proud of yourself. 290 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:12,040 I hope you feel good. 291 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,040 You've burned it right into your brain. 292 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,040 There isn't any place you can go to get away from it. 293 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,040 All right, boy, let's go. 294 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,040 Wait a minute, Mr. Brightey. 295 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,040 Yeah. 296 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,040 I'm sorry. 297 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,040 I'm sorry I acted like that. 298 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,040 All right, you want to try to make things right with Larry? 299 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,040 You want to help us out on this thing? 300 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,040 Yeah, I guess so. 301 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,040 Where do I start? 302 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,040 Where'd you get the liquor? 303 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,040 A place near school. 304 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,040 Kids call it Sam's Club. 305 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,040 What's the address? 306 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,040 I don't know. I'll show you the place. 307 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,040 You say it's a club? 308 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,040 Sort of. 309 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,040 You have to know the ropes before you can get in the place. 310 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,040 What do you mean, the ropes? 311 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,040 Well, they only let kids in. 312 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,040 You ring the bell to the house, and then when they answer, you stand there with a $5 bill in your hand. 313 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,040 That way they know you're okay. 314 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,040 Who is this Sam? 315 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,040 I don't know his last name. 316 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,040 The kids just call him Sam. 317 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,040 He run this place all by himself? 318 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,040 No, there's his wife Inez. 319 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:58,040 She's usually around. 320 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,040 Just these two around the place, huh? 321 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,040 Yeah, that's all I know about. 322 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,040 It always seemed to me that Inez was really the brain. 323 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,040 She was always telling Sam what to do. 324 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,040 How'd you find out about this place, Doug? 325 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,040 One of the kids at school told me about it. 326 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,040 He took me there one night. 327 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,040 Then after he introduced me to Sam and Inez, I started to go there by myself. 328 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,040 What's it like inside? 329 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Do they have a bar or anything like that? 330 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Oh, yeah. 331 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,040 You walk into the living room, and there's a big bar along the right wall. 332 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,040 All chrome and leopard skin. Real nice. 333 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,040 There's a few tables around and a record player. 334 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,040 Do they sell anything else in this place besides liquor? 335 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,040 I don't think I know what you mean. 336 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,040 You know what we mean, Doug. 337 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,040 Yeah, I guess I do. 338 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,040 Well, how about it? 339 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,040 Well, yeah, you can buy tea if you want it. 340 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,040 This five dollar routine, what happens to it? 341 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,040 Well, drinks are six bits a piece. Sticks are a buck and a half. 342 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,040 If you want to give them the five as you come in, you can have as much as you want. 343 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,040 Otherwise, you pay for each thing as you get it. 344 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,040 You over smoke marijuana? 345 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,040 Well, almost all the kids there do. 346 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,040 How about you? 347 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,040 If you don't, the other kids call you a coward. 348 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,040 Well, you still haven't answered the question. 349 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,040 Yeah, I've smoked it a couple of times. 350 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,040 Can you give us the names of the other youngsters who go to this place? 351 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Wait a minute, I'll help all I can, but I'm not going to be a squealer. 352 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,040 I don't think it's squealing, Doug. 353 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:07,040 Yeah, well, you don't have to give the names. 354 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,040 Why not look at it this way, boy? 355 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,040 You got trouble because of this salmon iron is. 356 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,040 Now, the same thing could happen to one of the other kids that go to this place. 357 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,040 You want that to happen? 358 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,040 No, but... 359 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,040 Well, the best way to see that it doesn't is to tell us all you know about the place. 360 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,040 Isn't that right? 361 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,040 I guess so. I'll give you the names. 362 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,040 Do they allow girls in this place, too? 363 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,040 Yeah, as long as you know the five dollar bill gimmick anybody can get in. 364 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:27,040 They allow adults? 365 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,040 No, if they figure you're over 18, they won't let you in. 366 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,040 Especially at the Saturday night parties. 367 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,040 What kind of those? 368 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,040 Every Saturday night, Sam and Inez throw a party. 369 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,040 For five bucks, you get all you want to drink and smoke. 370 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,040 Sam told me once it's a good business. 371 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,040 Makes for better customer relations. 372 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,040 You ever see any other narcotics on the premises? 373 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,040 I've never actually seen any myself. 374 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,040 I've heard that if Sam or Inez know you real well, you can get a pop of heroin. 375 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,040 But like I said, I've never seen it myself. 376 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,040 Most of the kids that I know, the ones from school, just go there for drinks. 377 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,040 Anything else you think we ought to know? 378 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,040 No, nothing that I can think of. 379 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,040 How about these two? Either of them drive a car? 380 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,040 Yeah, Sam has a little Nash Rambler, dark green. 381 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:08,040 Once in a while when we stay over at lunchtime or when we're late getting home, 382 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,040 he drives us home or back to school. 383 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,040 All right, Doug. Your mother ought to be here by now. 384 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,040 If we need your help in getting Sam and Inez, we can count on it, huh? 385 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,040 Yeah, I'll help all I can. 386 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,040 Okay, son. Let's go. 387 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,040 Let's say, Sergeant. 388 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,040 Yeah? 389 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,040 I'm sure sorry about the way I acted. 390 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,040 Really made a fool of myself. I hope you'll forgive me. 391 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,040 That's all right. 392 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,040 But you'd think there'd be an easier way, wouldn't you? 393 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,040 What's that, son? 394 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,040 To grow up. 395 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,040 We checked the names Sam and Inez through R&I and came up with the Sam and Inez Bailey. 396 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:46,040 Both of them had long records for contributing to the delinquency of minors. 397 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,040 Both had served time in the county jail. 398 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:54,040 Douglas Lambert was shown mugshots of the couple and identified them as the owners and operators of Sam's club. 399 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,040 We checked with Captain Stein about picking them up and it was agreed that the best way would be to catch them 400 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,040 in the act of selling liquor and narcotics to juveniles. 401 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:07,040 We talked to the Lambert boy and he told us that it was the custom of the Bailey's to hold a party every Saturday night. 402 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,040 He told us that most of the youngsters who frequented the place would be there at that time. 403 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,040 He put in a call to the house but there was no answer. 404 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,040 6.15 p.m. Frank and I drove out to the place. 405 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,040 It was a small cottage in the back of the lot. 406 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,040 The landlord occupied the house in front. 407 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,040 We rang the bell to the manager's house. 408 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,040 Yeah, Mr. Halsey? 409 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,040 Yeah? 410 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,040 Police officer, sir. My name is Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 411 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,040 How you doing? 412 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,040 I'm Mr. Halsey. 413 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,040 Want to come in? 414 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,040 Well, it might be better, sir. We'd like to talk to you about the Bailey's. 415 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,040 Worst tenants I ever had. I knew they'd end up with the police. 416 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,040 Why do you say that, sir? 417 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,040 Well, I just do, that's all. They got a lease on the house. 418 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,040 And if I could figure a way to get them out, I sure would. 419 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,040 They're always causing trouble. All those kids. 420 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,040 Yes, sir. Do you have any idea where they are now? 421 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,040 Why, are you going to arrest them? 422 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,040 I hope so. Maybe I can break the lease that way. 423 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,040 You know where they might be now, sir? 424 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,040 No, I don't know. I shoved off this afternoon. 425 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,040 They didn't say where they were going. They just left. 426 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,040 I wonder if you could let us see their house, sir. 427 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,040 Why? 428 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,040 Well, we'd like to look it over. 429 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,040 Sorry. 430 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,040 Well, I don't know. What do you want them for? 431 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,040 We think they're selling liquor to miners. 432 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,040 Yes, they do a thing like that. 433 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,040 The noise they make. Their neighbors on both sides have been screaming. 434 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,040 Can you let us into their house? 435 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,040 You just bet I can. Wait, I'll get the key. 436 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,040 Here's some place. 437 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,040 But, uh, put in one of those little key rings. 438 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:21,040 You know the kind with the rabbit's foot? 439 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,040 Yes, sir. 440 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,040 Sorry to keep your officers waiting. 441 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,040 I know I'm always away. 442 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,040 If you want something, you can always lay your hand right on it. 443 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:31,040 And then when you're looking for it... 444 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,040 Oh, here it is. See, that rabbit's foot. 445 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,040 Yes, sir. 446 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,040 Well, you can go out the back door. This way. 447 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,040 All right, fine. 448 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,040 Well, though, what are you looking for? 449 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,040 What do you figure you'll find back there? 450 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:43,040 We're not sure, sir. 451 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,040 Frank, Angel, you want to stay out here and let us know if they come back? 452 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,040 Yeah, I'll wait in front of the house. 453 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,040 You know, it's funny about them. 454 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,040 What's that, sir? 455 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,040 Well, when they first moved in, they said they wanted the locks on the door changed. 456 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,040 I told them it'd be okay, but they'd have to give me a key to the place. 457 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,040 They had quite a ruckus about it, but I stood in my ground. 458 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,040 It wasn't going to buffalo me, no, sir. 459 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Here, I'll get the lock. 460 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,040 All right. 461 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,040 Okay. 462 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,040 Gee, smells like they haven't had a window open in a year, Sergeant. 463 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,040 Yes, sir. 464 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,040 Look what they've done to this room. They built a bar and everything. 465 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:26,040 You sure were right about them. I think I can break the lease on this, I'm pretty sure. 466 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,040 It says in the contract that they can't do any building without my permission. 467 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,040 I certainly didn't give them any okay on this. 468 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:32,040 Yes, sir. 469 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,040 This is the dining room? 470 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,040 Yeah, yeah, that's it. 471 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,040 Just pull those doors back. 472 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,040 What's that smell, Sergeant? 473 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,040 I'm not sure, but I think it might be narcotics. 474 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,040 Drugs? I knew it. I knew it all along. 475 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:49,040 Oh, just wait till they get back. I'm really going to tell them. I really am. 476 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,040 Rather you didn't do that, sir. 477 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,040 What? 478 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,040 Rather you didn't let them know that we were in here, that you know anything about this. 479 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,040 Well, why? You're going to arrest them, aren't you? 480 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,040 You're not going to let them get away with this. 481 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:03,040 Well, we understand they've got a party planned here tomorrow night. If we wait until then, we can make a charge stick. 482 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:08,040 Oh, you mean they're going to have a drunken ball? The kids here smoking marijuana, taking heroin, and stuff like that? 483 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:13,040 Well, we're not going to let them go that far, sir. We're going to need your cooperation here, Mr. Halsey. 484 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,040 Well, what do you want me to do? 485 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:18,040 Well, sir, we want to install listening equipment in here. We'd like to use your house. 486 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,040 You mean you're going to bug the place? 487 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,040 Well, yes, sir. We like to put in microphones. 488 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,040 Well, will it hurt to pop it? I mean, would you have to put nails in the walls, you know, stuff like that? 489 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,040 No, sir, I don't think so. 490 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,040 Oh, well, then you can do it. 491 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:34,040 Yes, sir, I want to help, Sergeant. That's the trouble with people nowadays. You know, they don't want to help. 492 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:39,040 You just go right ahead and put your microphones in, just as long as you don't have to nail anything in the walls. 493 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,040 All right, sir. If we could go back to your house, I'd like to use the phone if it's all right. 494 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,040 You bet. 495 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,040 Closing that so they won't know anybody's been here, huh? 496 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,040 Yes, sir. 497 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,040 Uh-huh. 498 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,040 Don't guess if I leave any fingerprints on the door, it'll hurt. 499 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,040 No, sir, I don't think it will. 500 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,040 Now, can't be too careful, though, yeah? But then I guess you know all about things like that, huh? 501 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,040 Yes, sir. 502 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,040 I'll go around the front and get my partner. 503 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,040 Yeah, sure thing. Do fellas all work in teams like this? 504 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:11,040 Yes, sir, most of the time. 505 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,040 Well, I never knew that before. 506 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Do you have any idea at all where the Bailey's might have gone? Did they give you any indication at all, sir? 507 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,040 No. Well, I saw them leave this afternoon, just got in the car and left. 508 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,040 Did they take any luggage with them, suitcases, would you know? 509 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,040 Not that I could see, no. 510 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,040 Ah, you find anything? 511 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,040 Yeah, the bars in the living room. 512 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,040 Oh, then what the Lambert kid said was true, huh? 513 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,040 Yeah, it looks that way. 514 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,040 Tell them about the dope in the dining room, how you open the door and smell the fumes. 515 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,040 Shall I want it? 516 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,040 It smelled like that. 517 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,040 Find anything? 518 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,040 No, I didn't go over the place too good and I thought if we were going to wire the place, we'd better get on it. 519 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,040 Yeah. 520 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,040 If we could just use your phone, sir? 521 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,040 Oh, yeah, you bet. Come on in. 522 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,040 Right there, on the table in the hall. 523 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,040 Oh, thank you, sir. 524 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,040 Isn't it total call, is it? 525 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,040 No, sir. 526 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,040 Well, of course, nothing make any difference, just all I've asked. 527 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,040 Yes, sir. 528 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,040 You figure this will get in one of those detective magazines? 529 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,040 Well, I don't know, sir, we've got nothing to do with that. 530 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:08,040 Well, you know, of course, I didn't figure that you did, but if it does, I hope they spell my name right. 531 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,040 It's S-E-Y. 532 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,040 Uh-huh. 533 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,040 Yeah, some people forget the E, you see. 534 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,040 Uh-huh. 535 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:14,040 Spell it with just the Y. 536 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,040 2838, please. 537 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,040 Asdale, this is Joe Friday. 538 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,040 I want to install a dictograph at 825 North Lucerne. 539 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,040 Yeah, 825 North. 540 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:24,040 Uh-huh. 541 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,040 Right away. 542 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,040 Yeah, well, you know better than I do. 543 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,040 When you see the place, you can figure it. 544 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,040 Yeah, the house in the front of the lot. 545 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,040 What? 546 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Oh, maybe 30, 35 yards. 547 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,040 Yeah, okay. 548 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,040 Right away. 549 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,040 Yeah, good. 550 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,040 We'll be in the house in front. 551 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,040 Yeah, all right, we'll see you then. 552 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,040 All set? 553 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,040 Yeah, Asdale's coming right out. 554 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,040 Good. 555 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,040 You see, Sergeant? 556 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,040 Yes, sir? 557 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,040 I just happened to think of something. 558 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,040 It might not mean anything. 559 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,040 What's that, sir? 560 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,040 The other day, I think it was Monday. 561 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,040 Yes, yes, I'm sure it was Monday because I just come back from the laundry. 562 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,040 You know, I always pick up my stuff on Monday. 563 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:00,040 Yes, sir. 564 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,040 Well, when I came back, I met Mr. Bailey. 565 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,040 He was putting around with the car. 566 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,040 I asked him if he was going to take a trip. 567 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,040 He said no, but he said he might get out of town for a little bit. 568 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,040 I asked him to find you anything about the roads. 569 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,040 What roads, Mr. Halsey? 570 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:20,040 Well, I'll tell you something. 571 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:27,040 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 572 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,040 And now a report every smoker should hear. 573 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:38,040 Nose, throat and accessory organs not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfields. 574 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:45,040 First such report ever published about any cigarettes, and it applies only to Chesterfield. 575 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:49,040 A responsible consulting organization has reported the results of a continuing study 576 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:55,040 by a competent medical specialist and his staff on the effects of smoking Chesterfield cigarettes. 577 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:00,040 A group of people from various walks of life was organized to smoke only Chesterfields. 578 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,040 For six months, this group of men and women smoked their normal amount of Chesterfields, 579 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,040 10 to 40 a day. 580 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:11,040 Forty-five percent of the group have smoked Chesterfields continually from one to 30 years 581 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,040 for an average of 10 years each. 582 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,040 At the beginning and at the end of the six months period, 583 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:20,040 each smoker was given a thorough examination, including x-ray pictures, 584 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,040 by the medical specialist and his assistants. 585 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:27,040 The examination covered the sinuses as well as the nose, ears and throat. 586 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:32,040 The medical specialist, after a thorough examination of every member of the group, stated, 587 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:39,040 It is my opinion that the ears, nose, throat and accessory organs of all participating subjects 588 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:46,040 examined by me were not adversely affected in the six months period by smoking the cigarettes provided. 589 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,040 Remember this Chesterfield report. 590 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:52,040 It's the first such report ever published about any cigarette. 591 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:59,040 Nose, throat and accessory organs not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfields. 592 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:04,040 Buy Chesterfields either way you like them, regular or king size. 593 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:10,040 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke, much milder Chesterfield. 594 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:21,040 The men from the crime lab arrived and installed the listening equipment. 595 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,040 A stakeout was placed on the house, but the Bailey's failed to return that night. 596 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:30,040 At 8.46 a.m. Saturday morning, the men covering the house called to say that the Bailey's had just driven in. 597 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,040 Frank and I got in touch with Douglas Lambert and his parents. 598 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,040 With their permission, we laid out the plan for that night. 599 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,040 It was agreed that the boy would arrive at the house at about 8.30 p.m. 600 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:44,040 When the other youngsters had been served drinks, he would give us a signal by starting into cough. 601 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:49,040 When we came into the house, he would try to secure as many of the drinks as possible for evidence. 602 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,040 We told him that there would be officers all around the house 603 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:57,040 and that at no time was he to place himself in jeopardy with Sam, Inez, or any of the other youngsters. 604 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:04,040 7.30 p.m. Frank and I took up our positions in the back bedroom of the owner's house, turned on the dictograph, and waited. 605 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,040 The Bailey's were discussing the party. Sam was talking about how he watered the whiskey. 606 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:15,040 At 8.27 p.m. four youngsters arrived. They rang the doorbell and when Sam opened the door they displayed the required bill. 607 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,040 He nodded and ushered them into the living room. 608 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,040 They did a good job in there, didn't they? Yeah, they did. You can really hear it. 609 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,040 Lambert boys should be here pretty quick. Yeah. 610 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,040 It doesn't sound like they're starting anything in there yet, does it? No. 611 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,040 How long do you figure we wait before we go in? As soon as he starts to cough. 612 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,040 Can you check with the other men? Yeah, Turner and Brown are covering the back of the place. 613 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,040 Lindsay and Carter and a couple of policewomen are parked down the street. You can see the car down there. 614 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:41,040 Yeah. Wait a minute. Huh? Looks like the Lambert kid now coming up the walk. Yeah, it is. 615 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,040 I hope everything goes all right. Let's turn it up a little more, huh? 616 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:49,040 Is that better? Yeah. Don't get it, honey. Change that record, will you? I heard it four times. 617 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,040 Yeah. 618 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:56,040 Oh, hi, Doug. Thanks, huh? I wasn't sure you'd be here tonight. 619 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,040 What made you figure that? You know I wouldn't miss one of these. 620 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,040 I just figured you might have gotten a little too troubled with everything. 621 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,040 No, it's all right now. Yeah, well, take it easy tonight, huh? 622 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Sure, Sam. Good evening. Doug Lambert. 623 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,040 Hi, Doug. You having any trouble with that McLean kid? 624 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,040 No, I was telling Sam the cops talked to me for a while. They didn't have anything on me, so they had to let me go. 625 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,040 You didn't tell them anything about this place, did you? 626 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,040 Of course not. You know I wouldn't do that. 627 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,040 Ain't what it's like. I told you Doug's all right. We can trust him. 628 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,040 Ah, things worry me. The cops get wise to this place and we really got problems. 629 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,040 Oh, honey, I tell you it's okay. Don't worry about it. 630 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,040 Come on. Let's get on with the sociable. What do you have, Doug? 631 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,040 Whiskey, I guess. Good deal. 632 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,040 You want a stick? Got some fresh stuff in real good. Yeah, sure. 633 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,040 That's my boy. You know, Doug, I like you. You're a good kid. 634 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:42,040 Some of the other guys come in here. I guess I know this is right about them. They're jerks. 635 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,040 But I think I can trust you. Oh, excuse me, William. Got to fix the other kids up. 636 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,040 Okay, will it be? 637 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,040 Well, kid, got something in your throat? 638 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,040 I don't know. I just started to cough. 639 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,040 Come on, Mike. 640 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:01,040 The door's locked. Let's hit it. 641 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,040 What's going on? Who are you guys? 642 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,040 Police officers. You're under arrest. 643 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,040 What for? What are you trying to pull? Pull it, everybody. Right where you are. 644 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,040 Did you hear it all, Sergeant? Yeah, Doug, we did. 645 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,040 Hear what? You in on this, Doug? 646 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,040 I told you not to trust any of them. I told you, but you wouldn't listen. 647 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,040 You want to kill the photograph, Frank? I got it. 648 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,040 Where'd he get the marijuana, Doug? Out of that drawer. 649 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,040 There in back of the bar. Yeah. 650 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,040 What's going on? 651 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:26,040 There's nothing there. Right here, Doug? It was way in the back. Shut up, you. 652 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,040 Al, what about these, Sam? 653 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,040 I don't know what you're talking about. I never saw those before. 654 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,040 All right, mister, let's go. I'll get Turner and Brown. They can take care of the kid. 655 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,040 Right. You and your ideas. I told you we shouldn't have come back. I told you. 656 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,040 Oh, knock it off. Shut your mouth, will you? 657 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,040 I told you last night we should have kept driving, but oh, no, you figured we got a sweet racket here. 658 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,040 You don't want to change it. It's good, you said. Yeah. How does it look now? 659 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,040 Well, come tell her. You take it easy. All right, let's go. 660 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,040 So, Ed is sergeant, trying to make a living for a woman, make things nice. 661 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,040 The first time something goes wrong, she starts to squawk. 662 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,040 Never failed. You're riding high. Everything's fine. 663 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,040 Herman is living, always trying to build something up, always trying to figure out a way to beat the game. 664 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,040 One big deal, one big thing to set him up for good. 665 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,040 Yeah, well, I think he made it this time. Let's go. 666 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:10,040 The story you just heard is about a man who's been in the army for a long time. 667 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:20,040 The story you just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 668 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:27,040 On January 14th, trial was held in Department 89, Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 669 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,040 In a moment, the results of that trial. 670 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,040 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 671 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:36,040 Thank you. Friends, as you know on Dragnet, we've always tried to emphasize the importance of facts. 672 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,040 And when we talk to you about Chesterfield, we give you the facts. 673 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,040 You heard the report George Veneman read earlier. 674 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:46,040 Nose, throat, and accessory organs not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfield. 675 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,040 That's the first such report ever published about any cigarette. 676 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,040 Remember that report and make Chesterfield your cigarette. 677 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,040 Get them, regular or king size. 678 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,040 Chesterfield, the best possible smoke, much milder. 679 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:16,040 Samuel G. Bailey and Inez R. Bailey were filed on under the Health and Safety Code, Section 11,500, possession and sale of narcotics, and found guilty on one count. 680 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:20,040 They were found guilty on two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 681 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:31,040 Violation of Section 11,500 of the Health and Safety Code is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not more than five years or imprisonment in the county jail. 682 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:38,040 Contributing to the delinquency of a minor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year. 683 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,040 The boy, Douglas Lambert, was made a ward of the juvenile court. 684 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:55,040 Ladies and gentlemen, where the community chest is at work, Red Feather Services, like youth programs and clinics, hospitals in the USO, give direct help to two families out of five every year. 685 00:27:55,040 --> 00:28:04,040 And indirectly, everybody benefits, because Community Chest Services make America's cities and towns healthier, happier places to live. 686 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:12,040 So give generously to your community chest. Pledge enough for all the community campaigns that are united under the Red Feather banner. 687 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:36,040 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wins, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 688 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:48,040 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Sam Edwards, Vic Rodman. Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 689 00:28:48,040 --> 00:29:02,040 Tomorrow, sound off for Chesterfields. Either way you like them, regular or king size, Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. Much milder Chesterfield. 690 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:14,040 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles.