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The Documented Drama of an Actual Crime. 15 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:24,000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 16 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:34,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 17 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:40,000 It was Friday, August 5th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 18 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Warman. My name is Friday. 19 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:50,000 It was 2.25 p.m. when we got to the Winton Picture Studios, Stage 2. 20 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Better check the guard over there. 21 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Yes, can I help you? 22 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Police officers? About the accident. Where do we find Mr. Adams? 23 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Oh yeah, I should look for you. Let me see. I saw him around here a minute ago. 24 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Oh, there he is. Over there by that office set. See him in the blue suit? 25 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 The one with the gray hair? 26 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Yeah, that's him. 27 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Thank you very much. 28 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:17,000 I know. You can check with the office. If they can come up with an idea, I'll go for it. All I know is that we've got half this tuckie finished. 29 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Yeah, yeah. Is that all you want? 30 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Yes, you, Gerald Adams? 31 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,000 That's right. 32 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Police officers. 33 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 My ID card. 34 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Oh, yeah. Friday, huh? 35 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Yes, sir. It's my partner, Frank Smith. 36 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Yeah, I do. 37 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Hi. 38 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 How much you know about this? 39 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Well, a doctor down at George Street told us that Henry Wilson had an accident. Is that right? 40 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Yeah, yeah. He was the director. At least he thought he was. 41 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 I wonder if we could see where the accident happened. 42 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Yeah, sure. We're on Stage 1, just across the way. Hold on a minute, will you? 43 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 I'd like to talk to Sam for a minute, try to get things organized here, get things moving. 44 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Yeah, I'll be right back. 45 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Just wait here, I'll be right back. 46 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Quite a place, huh, Joe? 47 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Yeah, a lot of room. It's a big stage in there. 48 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Yeah. You know all this? The average person doesn't stop to think about it. 49 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 What's that? 50 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 You know, a fella lays out 85 cents to see a movie. 51 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Ever thinks about all the people, all the equipment, goes in to make it impossible. 52 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Yeah. 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 It's hard to keep you waiting. 54 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Terrible thing, we're 12 days behind schedule now. 55 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 This will probably knock a couple more days off. 56 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 The exec's gonna scream like an eagle when he sees what this opus has cost him. 57 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 We'll hear right through this story. 58 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Right, right. 59 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 The one's right over there. 60 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Yes, sir. Wonder if you'd mind filling us in on this thing. 61 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Yeah, sure. What can I do to help? 62 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Well, if you can tell us how the body was found, who found it, how the accident occurred. 63 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Well, as near as I can figure, it must have happened about 12.10, 12.15. 64 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Crew had broken for lunch. 65 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Most of them were over at the commissary. 66 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 I came down from the office and wanted to talk to Henry about tomorrow's schedule. 67 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,000 I wanted to try to change some of the shots, you know, make it more simple. 68 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 He wasn't in the lunch room, so I went ahead and had lunch. 69 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,000 About, uh, I see, I think it was about 12.40, Al Evans, a greenery man, came in, 70 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 told me he'd found Henry's body, a lamp had fallen on him. 71 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Darn fool yelled it so loud that everybody in the place heard him. 72 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,000 I see. 73 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Well, I came right over. 74 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 First looked like Henry was dead. He'd lost a lot of blood. 75 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Called his pulse, found out he was still alive. 76 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,000 That's when I had the ambulance called. Here we are. 77 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Good idea. Thank you. 78 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Over here by the house set. Yeah. 79 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:15,000 At the time those big doors were open, the green men were putting in their shrubbery here. 80 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 After I found out about the accident, I had the doors closed 81 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 so people wouldn't be roaming in and out. 82 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Are the doors usually left open? 83 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Usually are when there's no shooting on the stage. 84 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 When we're using it, they're closed. 85 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Now, right here is where he was found. 86 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,000 You can see the lamp, but the sun arc must have hit him right about here. 87 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Poor guy. 88 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Yes, sir. 89 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Is that where the lamp fell from, up there? 90 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Yeah. There you can see on the scaffolding where it was between the babies, his face there. 91 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Who puts the lamps up there? 92 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Well, it's in the gaffer's department. He's in charge of them. 93 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 What if we could talk to him? 94 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Yeah, sure. He's over on two. I'll call him. 95 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Thank you. 96 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Big lamp, huh? 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Yeah. Sure smashed up in it. 98 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Gee, that thing must weigh a couple hundred pounds. 99 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Yeah, look up there. It's quite a drop. 100 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 I figure it's about 40 feet up there. What do you think? 101 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Oh, yeah, that anyway. 102 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 He's on his way over. 103 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 What's your position here, Mr. Adams? 104 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 I'm production supervisor, unit manager. A lot of names for it. 105 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,000 I try to take care of the running of the company as far as this one picture is concerned, 106 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 make out the budgets, work on the schedule, the director, things like that. 107 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Mm-hmm. 108 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Really hard to say just what my job is, so I do a little of everything. 109 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Yes, sir. 110 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 You're false from homicide. 111 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Yes, sir, that's right. 112 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 You think that there's something wrong here? 113 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Maybe Henry's accident wasn't an accident or something? 114 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Well, it's just that in any death where there isn't a doctor in attendance at the time of death, 115 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 we have to look into it. It's just routine. 116 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 I thought for a minute you might think there was something fishy about this. 117 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 That's all we need. 118 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Having murder on the set might as well fold up. 119 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Oh, hi, Jerry. You want to see me? 120 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Yeah, Dick, these officers like to ask you a couple of questions. 121 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Sure. 122 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 This is Mr. Friday and Mr. Smith. Dick Patterson, our gaffer. 123 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 How are you? 124 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Hi, Mr. Patterson. 125 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 What do you want to know? 126 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Well, Mr. Adams here tells us that you were in charge of installing those lamps. Is that right? 127 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Yeah, that's right. 128 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Are you trying to say I had anything to do with causing Henry's death? 129 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Oh, no, sir, we didn't say that. 130 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Well, then what are you saying? 131 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Oh, we're just trying to get the facts straight. 132 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 No need to get upset, Andy. 133 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Well, what are you talking about? These cops come in here, try to make out I didn't put those lamps in right? 134 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 That's not what they said. 135 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Well, don't you think I feel bad enough? Henry was a good friend of mine. We've been together a long time. 136 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 I don't know how the lamp got loose. 137 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 What if we could look at its mounting? 138 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Sure. I've wanted to get up there anyway, look at it myself. 139 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Jerry here said not to touch anything till you guys got here. 140 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Okay, how do we get up there? 141 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 There's a ladder back here at the rear of the stage. 142 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Uh-huh. 143 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:34,000 I can't understand it, Mr. Friday. I've been hanging lamps here a long time. It's been going on 20 years. 144 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 First time anything like this ever happened. 145 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Well, here it is, just go on up. 146 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Okay. 147 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Hey, watch your step. 148 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Hey, go ahead. 149 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Yeah. 150 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Okay. 151 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Yeah. We can get there down this way. 152 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 They use these locks to hang the lights on, do they? 153 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Yeah, you gotta be awfully careful, though. Watch your step, it's a long way down. 154 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Yeah. 155 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Once in a while, if you want a real high shot of the scene, we lift the camera up here. 156 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Mostly though, it's used just for lights. 157 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Uh-huh. 158 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Here it is. 159 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Now you can see there where the light was. 160 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Yeah, sir. I'd appreciate it if you didn't touch anything if you could stand back there. 161 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Sure. 162 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Now, base of the lamp went through this hole there, huh? 163 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Yeah, that's right. Yeah, look at the one over there, same way. 164 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Yeah. Do you have anything else securing the lights once they're tied down? 165 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 No, sir. Once they're in place, the weight of the thing itself will hold it. 166 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Uh-huh. In other words, you drill this hole and you place the lamp in the hole and it could... 167 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 It doesn't look like the wood has chipped, does it? 168 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,000 No, these scaffolds are pretty new. This stage hasn't been up more than a year. 169 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Uh-huh. 170 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Well, from what you can see, Mr. Patterson, can you figure out how the lamp might have fallen? 171 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 How it could have broken loose? 172 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 I'll tell you, Officer, Bob, that's my best boy. 173 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Bob and I were over here last night checking the lights on the set. 174 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 I didn't actually get up here myself, but Bob did. 175 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,000 He's a good boy. He's been around a long time, doesn't make mistakes like this. 176 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 He secured this lamp himself and I know it was right. 177 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Well, then, have you got any idea how it might have fallen? 178 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 None at all. Matter of fact, I don't think it did. 179 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Sir? 180 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 I don't think it did fall. I think it was dropped. 181 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 BAND PLAYS 182 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 3.15 p.m. Frank and I went back to stage two. 183 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 We talked to Bob Murphy, the best boy, and got the same story from him. 184 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 He said that he had secured the lamp in position himself 185 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 and that as far as he was concerned, it could not have fallen. 186 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 He agreed with Dick Patterson that the lamp must have been removed from its place 187 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 and either dropped or was thrown at Wilson. 188 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,000 At this point, there was the possibility that the death was not an accident. 189 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,000 We asked the unit manager to assign one of the studio police to guard the scene of the accident 190 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 and then we called the crime lab. 191 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Dean Bergman lifted several clean prints from the broken lens of the lamp. 192 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Bob Murphy's fingerprints were taken and they matched those found in the lamp. 193 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 There were no other prints on the glass. 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,000 The men from the crime lab found a small piece of blue cloth on the mounting of the lamp. 195 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Lee Jones put it in an envelope and gave it to me. 196 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,000 At 4.20 p.m., we talked to Gerald Adams in one of the portable dressing rooms. 197 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 I just can't believe it. There were a lot of people in town that didn't like Henry, 198 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 but I don't think there was anyone that would kill him. 199 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Was there anyone in the company that he had any disagreements with, would you know? 200 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 What do you mean? 201 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Well, anyone he had crawls with, arguments, would you know? 202 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Well, I guess Sam would be the most likely. They argued all the time. 203 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Sam? 204 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 Yeah, Sam Phillips. He's the first assistant director. 205 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Real talented guy. Been at it a long time. 206 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 He and Henry worked together for a long time. They were always arguing. 207 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 I guess if you didn't know him, you might think they were serious, 208 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 but here in the company, we all knew. We understood. 209 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Understood what? 210 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Well, Sam's been in Hollywood almost since it was. 211 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 He began as a prop man, worked his way up to be a cutter. 212 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Then I guess about 15 years ago, he went into directing. 213 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 He's going to get a picture of his own pretty soon. 214 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 He'll do well, too. Real talent. 215 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,000 What about these arguments, Mr. Adams, between Wilson and Phillips? 216 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Well, to understand him, you'd have to know Henry. 217 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 He was one of the first directors in pictures. 218 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 He came out here from New York even before Sam did. 219 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Really old school. He drove special cars, most of them pure white, 220 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 had all his clothes designed and made. 221 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 He wore a cape while he was on the set, you know. 222 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Referred to himself as Wilson. 223 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 You know, Wilson thinks this, Wilson thinks that. 224 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 If you didn't know him, you'd take him seriously. 225 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Once you did that, you were in trouble. 226 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Were you ever present when one of these arguments took place? 227 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 No, matter of fact, they had one yesterday. 228 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 That's all. 229 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Yeah, over in the commissary, I thought for a minute it was going to be pretty serious. 230 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Then I realized it was all a gag, everyone else did, too. 231 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 What was it about? 232 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Well, like I told you, the picture's 12 days over now. 233 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 A lot of tension on the stage, everyone's pretty edgy. 234 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Well, Sam's a great practical joker, you know. 235 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Always trying to cook up something. 236 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Most of the time, the jokes do the job. 237 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 They give everybody a laugh, they all feel a little better. 238 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Well, the day before yesterday, Sam got one of the set dresses 239 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 and took a cement deer. 240 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 You know, the kind people used to have on their front lawns? 241 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Yeah, I think I know the kind you mean. 242 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Well, the two of them carted this deer down to the parking lot 243 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 and put it in the back seat of Henry's car. 244 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 He planted it so the deer was looking right at Henry 245 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 when he'd get in the driver's seat. 246 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 The thing weighed about 250 pounds. 247 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Once they got it in, Henry couldn't get it out. 248 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 He tried that night, he couldn't make it. 249 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 He didn't think it was very funny, did he? 250 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 No, he had to leave it in the car all night. 251 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Drove home with it. 252 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Next morning, when he checked in the lot, he tried to get it out again. 253 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 While he was trying, the horns on the thing tore up the upholstery in his car, 254 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 really ripped it up to pieces. 255 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Oh, I'll be darned. 256 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Finally, Henry got a hammer and broke the thing up, 257 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 smashed it in little pieces and threw them all out of the car, 258 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 left them right in front of the scene doc. 259 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Yeah, was that when he and Phillips had the argument? 260 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,000 No, no, yesterday morning when Wilson got on the set, 261 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,000 he wasn't saying anything to anybody. 262 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,000 All the crew knew about the deer and they were all waiting for him 263 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 to say something about it, but he didn't. 264 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 He just drove the crew through the morning set-ups. 265 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 The argument took place at lunchtime. 266 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Yeah. 267 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Henry waited until the whole crew was having lunch 268 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 and stormed into the cafe, walked over to Sam, 269 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 really read him off, called him a child. 270 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 He said that if he'd spend a little more time doing his work 271 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 and less time playing around, 272 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 the picture wouldn't be so far over scheduled. 273 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Really made him look like a fool. 274 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 The argument went on for about 15 minutes. 275 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 What was Sam doing all this time? 276 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Well, he just sat there and then finally he got up and grabbed Henry. 277 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Kind of shook him. 278 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Said he'd never been talked to like that before 279 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 and it wasn't going to happen again. 280 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Said he'd kill Henry next time he did it. 281 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Mm-hmm. 282 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Well, Henry looked pretty scared. 283 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Sam's a big man, you know. 284 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 I think if he made up his mind to do it, 285 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 he could have broken Henry in two. 286 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Sam looked at Henry for a minute and then he laughed. 287 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Then Henry started to laugh too and then the whole place. 288 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 I guess it's like laughing at a horror picture. 289 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Anything to break the tension. 290 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Looked real tight. 291 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Even I wasn't sure it was a joke, you know. 292 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 You said that Sam lifted this deer into the car by himself. 293 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Well, I don't know if he did it by himself, 294 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 but I know he could lift it without help. 295 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 How much did you say that that deer weighed? 296 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 More about 250 pounds. Why? 297 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Well, I was just thinking. 298 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 That's about what that big lamp weighed, isn't it? 299 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,000 HONKING 300 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 3.45 p.m. 301 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Frank called the office and had R. and I run the name 302 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Sam Phillips and Henry Wilson. 303 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Sam Phillips had been arrested once for disturbing the peace. 304 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 He'd gotten drunk in a nightclub out on Sunset Boulevard 305 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 and gotten into a fight. 306 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 The report said that it had taken both of the arresting officers 307 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 to subdue him and take him into custody. 308 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 There was no record on Henry Wilson. 309 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 We continued to talk to the crew. 310 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Each one of them told us about the arguments between Phillips and Wilson, 311 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 but most of the people we talked to didn't share Adam's idea 312 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 that the arguments were just a joke. 313 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 The script girl told us that on at least three occasions, 314 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 members of the crew had had to keep the men apart 315 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,000 and that Sam Phillips had said he'd kill Wilson. 316 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 We asked each of them if they'd seen anyone enter 317 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 or leave the stage at approximately the time of the accident. 318 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 None of them had. 319 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 They explained that Wilson had been trying to pick up time 320 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 and that as soon as they'd finished one shot, 321 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 he was yelling at them to get ready for the next one. 322 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 4.22 p.m. We talked to Sam Phillips. 323 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Sure, we had some beefs. None of them were serious, sir. 324 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Well, how about this fight you had in the commissary yesterday? 325 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 You mean the thing about the deer? 326 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Yeah. 327 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Well, that didn't mean anything. 328 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 I admit I was pretty sore for a minute, 329 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 but right away I knew Henry wasn't serious. 330 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 If he was, I guess I can understand it. 331 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Must have made him pretty sore to see his car ripped up. 332 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Did you left that deer into Wilson's car by yourself? 333 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Yeah, I had one of the set dressers with me. 334 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,000 He kind of steered the thing in. Surely kind of funny. 335 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 You sure you weren't over on stage one today? 336 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Positive. 337 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 You got any idea of how that light got loose and fell? 338 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 No, I've been in the business a long time. 339 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 That's the first time I ever known a lamp to fall. 340 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 They've been tipped over when on a floor stand 341 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 and I've seen them broken when a set has moved. 342 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 I've never seen one drop like that. 343 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Do you have any idea how this could have happened then? 344 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Not the slightest. 345 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 You're a first assistant, is that right? 346 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Yeah. 347 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 How long you been in this job? 348 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Oh, I guess about 15 years now. I was a cutter for a while. 349 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Took a big cut in salary to go into directing. 350 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Figured it'd be a way to get a picture of my own. 351 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 A lot of directors come from the cutting department. 352 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 That so? 353 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Yeah, they do. I didn't care much for it, though. 354 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 I like to be on the set, see things happen. 355 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000 I like the activity. 356 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Did Wilson know that you wanted to be a director? 357 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Yeah, he said that if I stayed with him, 358 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 he'd try to get the producers to give me a picture. 359 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Matter of fact, I kind of thought I might get this one. 360 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Is that right? 361 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Yeah. 362 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,000 I was in the pre-planning stages. 363 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 They hadn't assigned a man to it yet, 364 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 and Jerry and I both wanted it. 365 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Jerry? You mean Adams? 366 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Yeah, he wants to be a director, too. 367 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 It's funny, I guess everyone wants to be a director. 368 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Jerry's been trying for a long time. 369 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I don't think he'll ever make it, though. 370 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 All right. 371 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Yeah, he's too valuable as a unit manager. 372 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Was Adams very upset when he didn't get this picture? 373 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 No, I was pretty sore. I told Jerry about it. 374 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 He just sat back and said that's the way things are 375 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 and that it doesn't pay to fight the front office. 376 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Mm-hmm. 377 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Did you say anything to Wilson about how you felt? 378 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Yeah, I told him. 379 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Said I thought I was real unfair. 380 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Said I thought he could have done something about it. 381 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 What did he say? 382 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 He told me to be patient. My time would come. 383 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Do you know if there was anybody on the lot 384 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 who might have wanted to kill Wilson? 385 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 No. 386 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Oh, there might have been some people 387 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 that didn't like him very much, 388 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 but you run into that in almost every picture. 389 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 You know, little jealousies. 390 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Is that right? 391 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Yeah. 392 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 You really think he was killed, huh? 393 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Well, it could have been, yeah. 394 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Sure hard to believe. 395 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 We've been making pictures about this for a long time. 396 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 You know, murders. 397 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Now that it's right here, really on the set, 398 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 it makes you feel you can just check ahead in the script 399 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 and find out who the killer is. 400 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Read about the ending. 401 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Kind of seems just like another picture. 402 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Yeah, I suppose so. 403 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Yeah, come in. 404 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Oh, I'm sorry. 405 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 I didn't know you had somebody here with you. 406 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 It's all right, Mr. Patterson. What is it? 407 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,000 I wonder if I could talk to you. 408 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Sure. 409 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000 It's kind of private. 410 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 If you're through with me, I'll get back to work. 411 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 No, you just wait. I'll be right back. 412 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Here, we can step out of here. 413 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Okay. 414 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Now, what is it, Mr. Patterson? 415 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Well, I feel like a real idiot. 416 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 I should have remembered it when you talked to me before. 417 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 What's that, sir? 418 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Well, I remember just before the company broke for lunch, 419 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Sam gave me a note. 420 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Said I should give it to Wilson. 421 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Mm-hmm. Did you see what it was? 422 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000 No, it was folded up. 423 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Had Wilson's name on it. 424 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 I didn't pay much attention to it. 425 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Well, did you give it to him? 426 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Yeah, he read it, 427 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 and then he said he had to leave the set for a few minutes. 428 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 He left the stage then? 429 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Yeah. 430 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Where was Sam at this time? 431 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Oh, I don't know. 432 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 You see, he gave me the note 433 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 just outside the door to the stage. 434 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 I was bringing in some more lights, 435 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 and right after he handed it to me, he left. 436 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Uh-huh. 437 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Heading for stage one. 438 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 You are listening to Dragnet, 439 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 the authentic story of your police force in action. 440 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Chesterfield was first to name its ingredients. 441 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Ingredients that give you the best possible smoke. 442 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Now Chesterfield is first to give you scientific facts 443 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 in support of smoking. 444 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Nose, throat, and accessory organs 445 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,000 not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfields. 446 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 First such report published about any cigarette. 447 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 A responsible consulting organization 448 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 reports a study by a competent medical specialist and staff 449 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 on the effects of smoking Chesterfields. 450 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 For six months, a group of men and women 451 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 smoked only Chesterfield. 452 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Ten to forty a day, their normal amount. 453 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Forty-five percent of the group 454 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 smoked Chesterfields from one to thirty years 455 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 for an average of ten years each. 456 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,000 At the beginning and end of the six months, 457 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 each smoker was given a thorough examination, 458 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 including x-rays, and covering the sinuses, 459 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 nose, ears, and throat. 460 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 After these examinations, 461 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 the medical specialist stated, 462 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,000 It is my opinion that the ears, nose, throat, 463 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,000 and accessory organs of all participating subjects 464 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 examined by me were not adversely affected 465 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,000 in the six months period by smoking the cigarettes provided. 466 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Remember this report, and buy Chesterfields 467 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 either way you like them, regular or king size, 468 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,000 premium quality Chesterfields, and much milder. 469 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 We talked to Gerald Adams and had two of the studio police 470 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 start a search for the note. 471 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Frank called Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 472 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 and asked if the note had been found 473 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,000 on the body of Henry Wilson. 474 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 The doctor told us that he didn't know 475 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 and that the dead man's personal effects 476 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 had been turned over to the coroner. 477 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 We called them and they told us 478 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 that there was nothing of that description found. 479 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 While the search for the missing note went on, 480 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 we continued to talk to Sam Phillips. 481 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 The whole idea is crazy. 482 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,000 I told you I wasn't near stage one at all this morning. 483 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 How about the note? 484 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 I don't remember any note. 485 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Well, the gaffer says you gave it to him. 486 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Told him to give it to Wilson. 487 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 He's crazy. 488 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,000 If I had a note for Wilson, 489 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,000 I'd have given it to him myself. 490 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 I'm with him all day. 491 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 I've got no reason to have someone else 492 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 deliver messages for me. 493 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Well, then you deny giving him the note. 494 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Is that right? 495 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Well, certainly. 496 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 All right, mister, 497 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 we'll let you know just how you stand. 498 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 We got a witness who says 499 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 you were seen going to stage one. 500 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,000 A couple of minutes later, 501 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 a man is killed on the same stage. 502 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 You admit that you've had arguments with Wilson. 503 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Seems like you might have had a motive for killing him. 504 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 I told you I didn't go near the place. 505 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Hey, wait a minute. 506 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Yeah? 507 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 I know what's happened. 508 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 What's that? 509 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Well, when Dick told you 510 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,000 he saw me heading for stage one, 511 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 he probably saw me heading for the office. 512 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 I have to pass near the stage to get there. 513 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Matter of fact, 514 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 I even cut through it once in a while. 515 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Did you happen to cut through it today? 516 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 No. 517 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 At least I don't think so. 518 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Well, it's pretty important that you remember. 519 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Well, I'm trying, let's see. 520 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 I know what you guys think. 521 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 I don't know how to show you that you're wrong. 522 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Well, can you come up with an explanation for the note? 523 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Well, I'm trying to tell you I don't know. 524 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,000 Yeah, that's what he's talking about. 525 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000 What? 526 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 I did give Dick a note. 527 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 I told him to give it to Henry. 528 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 What was in it? 529 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Well, I don't know. 530 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 I didn't even read it. 531 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 And then you didn't write it? 532 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 No, I found it on my desk 533 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 when I was up in the office this morning. 534 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,000 I figured that someone had put it there thinking I'd see Henry 535 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 and give it to him. 536 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000 What time did you find it? 537 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 You see, I guess it was about nine or so. 538 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 I guess I put it in my pocket and then forgot all about it. 539 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 And just before I went up to the office 540 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 to tell him that we were breaking for lunch, 541 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 I remembered it. 542 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 I gave it to Dick and told him to hand it to Henry. 543 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 That's what the note's all about. 544 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Right after that, I went upstairs. 545 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Do you always tell the office that you're broken for lunch? 546 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Yeah, most of the time I phone, 547 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000 but today I went up myself. 548 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 I've been kind of expecting a letter from my family back each 549 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 and I thought it might be in, 550 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 so I wanted to check the morning mail. 551 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Got any idea who might have put the note on your desk? 552 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 No, I just found it, you know, 553 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 tucked away in the corner of the blotter. 554 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 I really didn't look at it. 555 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 I was in a hurry. 556 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I wanted to finish lunch so I could get back on the set. 557 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 We had a lot of work to do this afternoon. 558 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Did you see Wilson after you left the stage? 559 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 No, I looked for him at the commissary, 560 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 but he didn't show up. 561 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 And the greenery man came in 562 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 and said that he had the accident. 563 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Uh-huh. 564 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 You recognize the handwriting on that note? 565 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 No, all I saw was the name, that it was for Henry. 566 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Come to think of it, though, 567 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 I do kind of remember that it was familiar handwriting, 568 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 thinking I'd seen it someplace before. 569 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 You remember where? 570 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 No, I wish I could. Have you found it yet? 571 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 No, Wilson must have dropped it someplace here, though. 572 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 It wasn't on his body. 573 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 I wonder if you'd take a look at this. 574 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 What's that? 575 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Well, the crime lab crew found this on the stage, 576 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 caught on the lamp that killed Wilson. 577 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Hmm. 578 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Looks like the material they make suits out of. 579 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Yeah, from inside the cuff. 580 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 See? 581 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 See the little zigzag mark where it's been cut? 582 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Mm-hmm. 583 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 You ever see this type of material before, Sam? 584 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Let me see. 585 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Looks like it came from a blue suit, huh? 586 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Mm-hmm. 587 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 Good material. 588 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Sure an odd color. 589 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Yeah, I think I've seen a suit like this. 590 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 I think I saw it this morning. 591 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 Yeah? 592 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Oh, yeah, sure. Jerry Adams was wearing it. 593 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,000 HONKING 594 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 6.30 p.m. 595 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 We called Gerald Adams into the dressing room. 596 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Were you on stage one at all before the body was found? 597 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,000 No, sir. 598 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Why do you think I had something to do with this? 599 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Well, we're just trying to get the facts here. 600 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Well, I want to help, but it seems to me 601 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000 that you'd spend your time a little better 602 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 if you talked to Sam, the note and all. 603 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Still deny giving it to Henry? 604 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 No, he says that he gave it to him. 605 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Well, then there you are. 606 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 I guess that argument was a lot more serious 607 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 than we thought, huh? 608 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 That's a nice-looking suit you got on, Mr. Adams. 609 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 New? 610 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Yeah, this is the first day I've worn it, 611 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 a present from my wife. 612 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Pretty blue. 613 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 I don't usually care for blue, like brown, gray, 614 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 mostly. 615 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 My wife's been trying to get me to wear blue, 616 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 so she got this suit for me. 617 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Yeah, looks like it's made pretty well there. 618 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Yeah, it is. 619 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 She had my tailors put it together. 620 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 I didn't even go down for a fitting. 621 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 There's a few things done to it, 622 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 like the shoulders pulled in a little. 623 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 I don't much care for padding in the shoulders, you know. 624 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Mm-hmm. 625 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 You mind if I look at the cuffs? 626 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 I've always had trouble with the cuffs on my suits. 627 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 You can see here how they're worn. 628 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 It must be in the way they're made. 629 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000 No, I don't think so. 630 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,000 That looks like it came from your shoes 631 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 roaming against it. 632 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 You mind if I look? 633 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 No, no, here. 634 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Yeah, it sure is beautiful material. 635 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Yeah. 636 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Yeah, she sure got good taste. 637 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Of course, it should be. 638 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 She paid 180 bucks for it. 639 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Wow. 640 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 You got a little tear here on the cuff inside. 641 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Have you noticed that? 642 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 No. 643 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Let me see. 644 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Right there. 645 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Oh, yeah, yeah, how about that? 646 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I gotta get that fixed little piece torn right out. 647 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Uh-huh. 648 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 What did you do when you found Wilson's body? 649 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 No, I mean... 650 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 What were your movements? 651 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Well, it'll be kind of hard to explain. 652 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 If you want to walk over there, I can show you. 653 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 All right. 654 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Let's go. 655 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Company's broken. 656 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 I told them to wait up in the office. 657 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Figured you might want to talk to them some more. 658 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Fine. 659 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Here, I'll get the door. 660 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,000 It's sure a beautiful night, huh? 661 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Yeah, it is. 662 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Best time of the day in the valley. 663 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 After the sun starts to go down, 664 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 everybody's always kidding about the cool breeze that comes up, you know? 665 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Really does out here. 666 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I know the wife and I practically live out of doors during the summer months. 667 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Is that right? 668 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Yeah, we both love the valley. 669 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Right, here we are. 670 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Just the work lights on. 671 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 You want me to get the others? 672 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000 No, no, there's enough white. 673 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Okay. 674 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Now, if you'd show us just what happened when you found the body. 675 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Well, I came in that door, the big one there. 676 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,000 It was open. 677 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Was there anybody on the stage then? 678 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,000 No, no, not right away. 679 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 The greenery man came in right after me 680 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 and then jacked the guard from the other stage. 681 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Uh-huh. 682 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 And like I said, the body was lying about here. 683 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000 And the lamp was there. 684 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,000 You saw that when you were here. 685 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Yeah, sir, we did. 686 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Did you go near the lamp, touch it in any way? 687 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 No, no, I didn't. 688 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Only concern was Henry. 689 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 That's all I thought about. 690 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 I knelt down to feel Henry's pulse, 691 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 and then I told jack to go and phone the ambulance. 692 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Yeah? 693 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Then I had the doors closed. 694 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 I waited until a lot of policemen got here, 695 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 and then I went back to the other stage. 696 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Our crime lab found a piece of cloth caught on that lamp. 697 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 It matches the tear in the cuff of your suit. 698 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 I can't understand how it could have gotten there. 699 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 What if we could look through your pockets? 700 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Why? What's that gonna prove? 701 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 We just want to take a look. It won't hurt anything. 702 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Well, maybe it won't, but I don't see why you're asking me all these questions. 703 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 It seems to me that Sam's your killer. 704 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 Why don't you talk to him? Make him tell you why he did it. 705 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Let's see what you got in your pockets. 706 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Take everything out and put it on the table. 707 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 All right. Here's my wallet. 708 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 You'd better take the money out of it. 709 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Okay. 710 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Now, let me see the wallet. 711 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 All right, here. 712 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Just a second, Mr. Adams. 713 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 What'd you drop over there? 714 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 My tan. 715 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Looks like the note we've been looking for, Joe. 716 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 What does it say? 717 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Uh, Wilson. 718 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 I have to see you. 719 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 Something's come up. 720 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Meet me on one when you break for lunch. 721 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 It's private. 722 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Signed Jerry. How about this, Adams? 723 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 I don't know anything about it. 724 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Well, maybe we'd better talk downtown. 725 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 What's going on in place with you? 726 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Watch him, Joe. He's going up that ladder. 727 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 All right, give it up, Adams. There's no place to go up there. 728 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Stay away from me. 729 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 Come on, Adams. Give it up. 730 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 He's not coming down. 731 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Only can't stay up there long. 732 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Why don't you shoot me? 733 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 I'm not gonna do what you say. Go ahead and shoot me. 734 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 What for? You're not going anyplace. 735 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 How about it, Adams? Why'd you do it? 736 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 He had it coming. 737 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 All his life stepping on people. This picture was mine. 738 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 They told me it was. 739 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 And he took it away from me just because he wanted to be a big man. 740 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 This was my picture. He took it. 741 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 All right, come on down. 742 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 I'm gonna stay up here. 743 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 You suit yourself. 744 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 We got lots of time, Adams. 745 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 Can't you just go away? Leave me alone. 746 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 You know better than that. You killed a man. 747 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 Now, come on. You either come down or we'll come up. 748 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 What do you think, Joe? 749 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Give him a minute. 750 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 He wants to be a director. 751 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Yeah. 752 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Let him figure out the ending. 753 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 The story you have just heard was true. 754 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 755 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 On February 17th, trial was held in Department 89, 756 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Superior Court of the State of California, 757 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 758 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 759 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 760 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Friends, in a sense, every smoker is his own judge and jury 761 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 when it comes to selecting a cigarette. 762 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Now, you've heard the facts in our case for Chesterfield, 763 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000 and I'd like to sum them up for you. 764 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette 765 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,000 to give you premium quality in both regular and king size. 766 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette 767 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 to name all its ingredients. 768 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,000 And now, Chesterfield gives you scientific facts 769 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 in support of smoking. 770 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 You heard the report read earlier. 771 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Nose, throat, and accessory organs 772 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 not adversely affected by smoking Chesterfields. 773 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,000 First such report ever published about any cigarette. 774 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Consider these facts carefully. 775 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000 I'm sure you'll want a change to Chesterfields. 776 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Regular or king size, 777 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 778 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,000 And much milder. 779 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Gerald S. Adams was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 780 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 He was sentenced to life imprisonment 781 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:27,000 in the state penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 782 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:37,000 You have just heard Dragon's 783 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000 a series of authentic cases from official files. 784 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 785 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 786 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, 787 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 788 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Whit Connor, Jack Crouchon. 789 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman, 790 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Hal Gibney speaking. 791 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,000 Sound off for Chesterfields. 792 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Either way you like them, regular or king size. 793 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000 Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. 794 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Much milder Chesterfield. 795 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:20,000 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 796 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:34,000 This is NBC, the nation's headquarters for election news.