1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,800 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,700 Chesterfield, the only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular 3 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:26,440 and king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:40,680 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,120 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,260 You're assigned to narcotics detail. 8 00:00:44,260 --> 00:00:47,880 You get a report that high grade heroin is being sold in your city. 9 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,880 The key men in the operation are well hidden. 10 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,480 You have no leads to their identity. 11 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:58,960 Your job, stop them. 12 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,520 These are the reasons thousands are changing to Chesterfield and why you should change 13 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,360 to Chesterfield today. 14 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,020 Only Chesterfield gives you scientific facts in support of smoking. 15 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:13,000 Only Chesterfield names its ingredients. 16 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,800 Ingredients that give you the best possible smoke. 17 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,940 Only Chesterfield gives you premium quality in both regular and king size. 18 00:01:20,940 --> 00:01:25,920 That means king size Chesterfield contains tobacco of better quality and higher price 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,600 than any other king size cigarette. 20 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,040 It's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 21 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,360 And there's enough to give you more than a one fifth longer smoke. 22 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,760 Yes, more than a fifth longer smoke from king size Chesterfield. 23 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:45,660 So remember, Chesterfield is the only cigarette to give you premium quality in both regular 24 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:47,160 and king size. 25 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,620 Buy them either way you like them. 26 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:53,920 Premium quality Chesterfield and much milder. 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:02:02,640 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 28 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,520 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 29 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:12,120 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 30 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,800 police files. 31 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:18,960 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 32 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:24,600 in action. 33 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,600 Was Tuesday, August 3rd. 34 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,160 It was warm in Los Angeles. 35 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,200 We're working the day watch out on narcotics detail. 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,320 My partner's Frank Smith. 37 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,320 The boss is Captain Kearney. 38 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,320 My name's Friday. 39 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,520 It was 9 37 a.m. when we got to the main jail. 40 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,520 Felony section. 41 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:38,520 Hi John. 42 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,520 Friday, Smith. 43 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,520 What do you want? 44 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:41,520 Anderson, 302. 45 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:42,520 Anderson, 302, interview. 46 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:49,520 How's he feeling this morning, John? 47 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,520 I don't know. 48 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,520 I just checked in a while ago. 49 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,520 I heard he gave the fellows some trouble earlier this morning. 50 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,520 Guess he's pretty rocky. 51 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,520 Hi Anderson. 52 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,520 What do you guys want? 53 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,520 Want to talk to you. 54 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,520 Down this way Anderson. 55 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,520 Hope you guys know I don't feel so good. 56 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:16,520 Terrible night. 57 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,520 I hope I never have to go through any more of them. 58 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:20,520 Yeah. 59 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,520 You gonna do something about it? 60 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:23,520 What do you mean? 61 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,520 You're gonna get me out of here. 62 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:25,520 Let me shove off. 63 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,520 You know better than that Anderson. 64 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:29,520 Yeah. 65 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,520 Should have known. 66 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,520 You guys don't care. 67 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,520 You just don't know. 68 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,520 Hide in here. 69 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,520 Sit down. 70 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,520 You guys gotta do something for me though. 71 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:44,520 I can't take much more of it. 72 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Can't you talk to the doctor? 73 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:46,520 Haven't given me something. 74 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:47,520 He's got it. 75 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:48,520 Just a little bit. 76 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:49,520 I tell you I'm sick. 77 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:50,520 We'll have the doctor give you some medicine Anderson. 78 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,520 A couple things we want to check with you. 79 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 You know what I need. 80 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:53,520 It ain't medicine. 81 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:54,520 Can't we do this later? 82 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,520 I tell you I don't feel good. 83 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:56,520 Can't you talk to the doctor? 84 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:57,520 Your book is Fred J. Anderson. 85 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:58,520 That's your true name? 86 00:03:58,520 --> 00:03:59,520 Yeah. 87 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,520 Fred J. Anderson. 88 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,520 What's J stand for? 89 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:07,520 You have to know. 90 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:08,520 We do. 91 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:09,520 Jeremiah, my father's name. 92 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:10,520 You have any other names? 93 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,520 What do you mean? 94 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:12,520 You use any aliases? 95 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:13,520 No, none. 96 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,520 Any nicknames? 97 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,520 No. 98 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:16,520 You drive a car? 99 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:17,520 Yeah. 100 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:18,520 49 Ford Convert. 101 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:19,520 Who holds the pink slip on it? 102 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:20,520 I do. 103 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:21,520 You own it outright? 104 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,520 Yeah. 105 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,520 Look, do we have to go through that whole thing? 106 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:24,520 Can't you ask me later? 107 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:25,520 You guys don't believe me, but you're gonna have to. 108 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,520 I'm not gonna believe you. 109 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,520 I'm not gonna believe you. 110 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,520 You guys don't believe me, but you're gonna find out when I keel over. 111 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:31,520 You'll know then. 112 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,520 What color is the car? 113 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,520 Maroon. 114 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:34,520 You know the license number? 115 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:35,520 No. 116 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:36,520 Where have you lived before? 117 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:37,520 Before what? 118 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,520 You gave the address of 10624 Iverine Avenue. 119 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:39,520 That's what we have here. 120 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:40,520 Hollywood, is that right? 121 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:41,520 Yeah, that's where I live. 122 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:42,520 You belonged to any lodges, anything like that? 123 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:43,520 No. 124 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:44,520 You ever in the armed services? 125 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:45,520 No. 126 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:46,520 No serial number, no branch. 127 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:47,520 Look, how about knocking this off? 128 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:48,520 I'm getting tired of you guys leaning on me. 129 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:49,520 You drag me in here, ask a lot of questions. 130 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,520 I tell you I don't feel good. 131 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:51,520 You don't believe me. 132 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:52,520 Leave me alone. 133 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,520 I'm not gonna believe you. 134 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,520 Let me go back to my cell. 135 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,520 As soon as I feel better, I'll answer all your questions. 136 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:02,520 We've got a job to do, Anderson. 137 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:03,520 We didn't build this thing. 138 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:04,520 You knew what had happened when you started. 139 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,520 Now what's your draft number? 140 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:06,520 I don't know. 141 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:07,520 Did you register? 142 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:08,520 Sure. 143 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,520 Draft card in your wallet? 144 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:10,520 Yeah. 145 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:11,520 Then we can get it. 146 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,520 You married? 147 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:13,520 No, not now. 148 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:14,520 You were though, huh? 149 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:15,520 Yeah, a couple of years ago. 150 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:16,520 It didn't work. 151 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,520 My blood was too nosy. 152 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:18,520 Always wanted to know what I was doing. 153 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:19,520 Always asking questions. 154 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,520 Have any kids? 155 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:21,520 No. 156 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:22,520 What's your wife's name? 157 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,520 How do you spell that? 158 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,520 A-D-E-L-A-D-E. 159 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:27,520 Adelaide Morton. 160 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,520 Well, as you two years I ever spent. 161 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:30,520 Where she lived? 162 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:31,520 I don't know. 163 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:32,520 Lost track. 164 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:33,520 Where did she live? 165 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,520 Same place up on Iverine. 166 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:35,520 I moved out when we got the divorce. 167 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:36,520 I haven't seen her since. 168 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,520 May still be there for all I know. 169 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:39,520 How about your nearest living relative? 170 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:40,520 Yeah, how about him? 171 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:41,520 Maybe you got things wrong, Anderson. 172 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,520 You're booked in here on a narcotics charge. 173 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:44,520 That's pretty serious. 174 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:45,520 This isn't a game. 175 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,520 The sooner you realize it, the better off you're gonna be. 176 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:48,520 All right. 177 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,520 Nearest relative? 178 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,520 My brother lives in St. Paul. 179 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,520 I don't know the address. 180 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,520 I got it at home. 181 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,520 We don't agree on a lot of things. 182 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,520 I haven't seen him for a year or so. 183 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:57,520 What's his name? 184 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:58,520 Henry Alton Anderson. 185 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,520 That's your nearest relative? 186 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:00,520 That's what I said. 187 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:01,520 Anybody else? 188 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:02,520 No. 189 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:03,520 How about your friends? 190 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:04,520 Who are they? 191 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:05,520 That's the line. 192 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:06,520 What? 193 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,520 That's where I stop answering these questions. 194 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,520 You can maybe tie a bum rap on me, but you ain't gonna get my friends mixed up in it. 195 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,520 No, sir. 196 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,520 That's where I draw the line. 197 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,520 All right. 198 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,520 Suit yourself, Anderson. 199 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:15,520 We got a lot of time. 200 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:16,520 Got a cigarette, Joe? 201 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,520 Yeah. 202 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,520 Here you are. 203 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,520 Thanks. 204 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:20,520 Anderson? 205 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:21,520 Thanks. 206 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:22,520 Yeah. 207 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:31,080 Why you have to know who my friends are? 208 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,080 For a lot of reasons. 209 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,080 I don't want to embarrass them. 210 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,200 That's all I don't want them to have to answer a lot of silly questions. 211 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,760 You can see that, can't you? 212 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,760 Can't you? 213 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,520 Yeah, Anderson, we don't need to embarrass anybody. 214 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:43,520 We just thought it would help here. 215 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:44,520 Well, I won't tell you. 216 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,520 I don't feel well. 217 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,520 I don't feel well at all. 218 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:51,520 I'm not hooked anyway. 219 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,120 You got no right to say that. 220 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,120 Look at your arm. 221 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,600 I ain't gonna try to con you. 222 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,520 Sure, I tried this stuff once or twice, but that don't mean I'm hooked. 223 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,820 A couple of pops, that's all. 224 00:07:01,820 --> 00:07:02,820 Just a couple of times. 225 00:07:02,820 --> 00:07:03,820 That's not the way your arm makes it look. 226 00:07:03,820 --> 00:07:06,280 You've almost run out of places to put that needle, haven't you? 227 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:07,280 Maybe I was wrong. 228 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:08,280 Maybe it was a couple of more times than I thought. 229 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:10,200 All right, now look, Anderson, I'm gonna lay this out for you. 230 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,760 We know there's a lot of H floating around. 231 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,880 Has been for the past three months, and it's high grade. 232 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,160 We know that you and the bunch you work for aren't too choosy who you sell it to. 233 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,040 Now we want the names and where you're getting the stuff. 234 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,320 You say you're sick now, wait a few more hours. 235 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,960 Wait till your stomach starts to turn over. 236 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,680 Wait till you can't make your hands do what you want them to. 237 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,840 Wait till your head starts to crack open. 238 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:25,840 You'll feel different then. 239 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:26,840 Wait and wait. 240 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:27,840 Let's take him back, Frank. 241 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:28,840 Come on. 242 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:29,840 Wait a minute. 243 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:30,840 Yeah? 244 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,240 You're gonna take me back to cell? 245 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,240 You called it. 246 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,240 I don't want to go back in. 247 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:35,240 Well, that's where you're going. 248 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,000 You're gonna call the doctor, tell him to take care of me? 249 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,360 He knows already he'll do what he can. 250 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,480 I can't go that route. 251 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:40,480 You know that iron cure. 252 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:41,480 I couldn't take it. 253 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:42,480 It'll kill me. 254 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:43,480 You should have thought of that a long time ago. 255 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,640 You can say that, you ain't got the habit, it's easy for you to say that, you don't know. 256 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:47,640 All right, let's go. 257 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:48,800 No, I want you gotta do something. 258 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,080 I told you we'd do what we could. 259 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,080 That ain't enough. 260 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,080 It'll have to do. 261 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,080 I told you, help me out. 262 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,600 Give me a hand, then I'll get over on your side. 263 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,400 You know, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. 264 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,800 All right, tell us where you're getting the stuff. 265 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:58,960 Can't you help me out first? 266 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,960 The doctor will see you. 267 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:02,960 Okay. 268 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:07,360 Where do you want me to start? 269 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,360 Where do you get the stuff? 270 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,360 From a guy. 271 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:10,360 What's his name? 272 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:11,360 Paul. 273 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,360 Paul what? 274 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,360 I don't know what his last name is, just Paul. 275 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:14,360 Where do you meet him? 276 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,360 Hollywood. 277 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,360 That's a big place. 278 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,360 Where in Hollywood? 279 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,280 Different places, sometimes in the corner of Hollywood and Vine, sometimes at Highland, 280 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,240 once at Cherokee and Sunset, different places. 281 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,240 How do you know where? 282 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,240 He gets word to me. 283 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,240 How? 284 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,160 Guy tells me Paul wants to see me at Soho. 285 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,280 What's his Paul look like? 286 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:29,400 Big guy, real big. 287 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:30,400 What's he look like? 288 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 How tall is he? 289 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,200 Six, two, three, maybe 250. 290 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,200 What's his coloring? 291 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:35,200 Dark. 292 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,760 Looks like he's just come back from the beach, looks real tan. 293 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,980 You guys are gonna help me out, aren't you, after all I've done? 294 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:41,280 What colors is his hair? 295 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,880 Black, curly black hair. 296 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,200 How about it, you're gonna do me some good. 297 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,480 Any marks or scars on him? 298 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:46,480 Huh? 299 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,120 This Paul, any marks or scars on him that'll make him easier to spot? 300 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,640 Yeah, he's got a scar across the bridge of his nose right here. 301 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:52,640 How old is he? 302 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,280 Oh, I guess about 38, maybe 40. 303 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,280 Drive a car, do you know? 304 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,160 Never saw one, he always walked up on me. 305 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,160 See a user? 306 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,920 I don't think so, maybe Joy Pops once in a while, I don't think he's on his steady though. 307 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:03,920 See the boss? 308 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Huh? 309 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:05,920 He the head man in the operation? 310 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,560 I don't know, I don't think so, I think he's just one of the guys. 311 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:10,560 Where'd you meet him? 312 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:11,560 Bar, downtown. 313 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:12,560 Were you introduced? 314 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:16,560 No, he just came up and started to talk to me, we got along, made a deal. 315 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,560 I was around trying to make a buy, get a connection. 316 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:23,000 All right, why don't you look at some pictures, see if you can point this fellow Paul out for 317 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 us. 318 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,360 Look, I've done my part, I told you, now you guys got a chit to pick up. 319 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,240 When do I get to see the doctor, when are you gonna fix me? 320 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,240 We'll talk to him. 321 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,240 That wasn't a deal. 322 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,240 We made no deals. 323 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,240 You said you'd give me a hand. 324 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,240 We will, the doctor will do everything he can for you, we can't promise you any more 325 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:36,240 than that. 326 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,240 Not much. 327 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:38,240 That's the way it is. 328 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,480 How's the deal, everything's on your side. 329 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,360 You know it and you're sure right. 330 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:44,880 Someday I'll learn it, just don't pay. 331 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,280 Yeah, what's that? 332 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,680 Never scratch a cop's back. 333 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:53,640 10.46 a.m. 334 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,720 We returned Fred Anderson to his cell and called a doctor for him. 335 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,360 For the past four and a half months, an organized gang had been selling high grade heroin. 336 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,520 From our informants, we learned that the drug was being made available to anyone who could 337 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,520 pay the price. 338 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,360 When we tried to stop the activities of the gang, we found ourselves up one blind alley 339 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,760 after another. 340 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,000 None of the buys we arranged took place. 341 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Meets with the higher ups failed to materialize. 342 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,080 When Fred Anderson was picked up, the narcotics found on his person was of the same quality 343 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,600 and type that was being pushed around town. 344 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,600 2.34 p.m. 345 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,320 We picked up Anderson and took him to the city hall to look at the mug books. 346 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,680 He failed to identify any of the pictures. 347 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:33,520 We checked the description of Paul against the people known to have dealt in narcotics, 348 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,080 but failed to come up with an identification. 349 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,600 Anderson was returned to his cell and held pending trial for violation of the State Narcotics 350 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,080 Act, the felony. 351 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,520 4.17 p.m. 352 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,200 We checked back into Captain Kearney's office. 353 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,200 That's it, Skipper. 354 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,920 We're right back where we were four months ago. 355 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,400 Nothing at all on this Paul, huh? 356 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,080 Well, if there is, we haven't been able to find it. 357 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,200 You think Anderson's telling everything he knows about it? 358 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,680 No, I doubt it. 359 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:55,760 No, that description had put a hundred guys. 360 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,480 You got any ideas of where we go from here? 361 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:58,480 Oh, yeah, maybe. 362 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,080 It might not work, but it's someplace to start. 363 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,080 Well, let's hear it. 364 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,920 All right, can we take a look at the map over here? 365 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,200 The information we got, the main operation must be taking place someplace down around 366 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,000 here, around the harbor area. 367 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Yeah. 368 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 From what we hear, the stuff's there, all right. 369 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,040 The problem is how to find a connection. 370 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,880 Well, maybe if we just lose a man down there, we thought. 371 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,440 Put a man down there and let him work on his own, he might be able to come up with some 372 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:20,440 answers. 373 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:21,440 Pretty risky, Joe. 374 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:22,440 That's a rough place. 375 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:23,440 I wonder if it'd be worth risking a man down there. 376 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,120 I don't think we got much of a choice, Skipper. 377 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,120 No. 378 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,320 Well, we figured that maybe if I went down there and let it get around that I wanted to 379 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,880 make a buy, a big one, maybe they'd come to me. 380 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:33,880 Why you? 381 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:34,880 Why not let me handle it? 382 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,760 Well, I thought that's the way we figured it. 383 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:37,760 They know you down there. 384 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:38,760 You used to work that area. 385 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,320 You're not in any better position, Joe. 386 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,240 All those walking the streets down there that you've tangled with, they're not about 387 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,720 to form any fan clubs for you. 388 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,280 Well, we tried every other way, informants, leads, every known pusher's been talked to. 389 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,280 Still, the stuff keeps coming in, being sold. 390 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:52,920 Where we sit, this looks like one way to get them. 391 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,720 All right, how are you going to work it? 392 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,760 Well, I figure maybe I'll check into some hotel down there, eat in the places in the 393 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,720 neighborhood, be seen around the bars, let it get around that I'm here from San Francisco, 394 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,760 want to make a buy and see what happens. 395 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:03,960 You know anything about San Francisco? 396 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,240 Well, I know the place pretty well. 397 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,160 I spent a couple of years up there when I was in the Army. 398 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,760 I still don't like this idea of not being able to tag you, though. 399 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:10,760 There's no other way. 400 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:11,760 I suppose so. 401 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,880 How are we going to know how you're making out? 402 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,560 Well, I'll get word whenever I can, let you know before the buy, tell you where and when. 403 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,160 All right, Joe, you bought a piece of it. 404 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,640 I'm not going to tell you what to do, you know, but take it easy. 405 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,760 Don't make a target out of yourself. 406 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,760 Remember, keep in touch with us. 407 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:25,760 Right, Schipper. 408 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,080 Let us know as much as you can, how do you? 409 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,080 Take it easy, huh, Joe? 410 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,080 I don't want anything to happen to you. 411 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:35,600 Yeah, well, I'm on your side there. 412 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,800 August 4th, 8.35 a.m., Frank and I had identification made up bearing the name Joe Arnold. 413 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:45,080 After a final talk with Captain Kearney, I went home, got my car and left for San Pedro. 414 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,040 6.42 p.m., I checked into a hotel on 6th Street. 415 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,280 The hotel, according to the information we had obtained, was near the Narcotics Distribution 416 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:54,280 Center. 417 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,400 8.12 p.m., I went next door to the bar. 418 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,400 Yeah? 419 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,400 Give me a beer, huh? 420 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:00,400 Eastern? 421 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,400 I don't care. 422 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:02,400 Okay. 423 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,400 That'll be 30 cents. 424 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,400 All right. 425 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:17,400 There you go. 426 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,800 Thanks. 427 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:21,800 Not much doing, huh? 428 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:22,800 No, it's pretty early on. 429 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,800 It's a little frantic later. 430 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,800 You're around here, aren't you? 431 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,800 Yeah, I'm just down from San Francisco. 432 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:30,800 Nice town. 433 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:31,800 I was up there a couple of years ago. 434 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:32,800 I spent a week. 435 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:33,800 I sure like it. 436 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,800 Yeah, it's a good place to live. 437 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:36,800 It sure seems to be. 438 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,800 You know, if I could get a job up there, I think I'd move up. 439 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:40,800 Yeah? 440 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:41,800 Hey, slide down, huh? 441 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,800 We can talk while I clean up these glasses. 442 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:44,800 Well, that is, if you don't mind. 443 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:45,800 Talk. 444 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:46,800 Oh, sorry. 445 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Glasses. 446 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,800 Seems like you never get them done. 447 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:52,800 Yeah. 448 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:53,800 You down here on business? 449 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,800 Oh, I guess you could say that. 450 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,800 Sort of combined, huh? 451 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,800 Yeah. 452 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:00,800 Now look at that. 453 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:01,800 What's that? 454 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,800 I spent half the day slicing these oranges for old-fashioned 455 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:04,800 and then people don't eat them. 456 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:05,800 A lot of wasted motion. 457 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:06,800 Yeah, I guess you do. 458 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,800 What line of business you in? 459 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:08,800 Nothing special. 460 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:09,800 It's moving around. 461 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:10,800 Wherever I can make a buck, I stop. 462 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:11,800 I guess you'd have to call me a promoter, I guess. 463 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,800 Is that what you put down your income tax returns? 464 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:13,800 What? 465 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:14,800 You know, when you fill out your income tax, 466 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:15,800 it says there how you make your living. 467 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:24,800 What do you put there? 468 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Business management. 469 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:26,800 That's good. 470 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:27,800 Business management. 471 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:28,800 Whose business you manage? 472 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:29,800 Mostly my own. 473 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:38,320 Pretty good idea for everybody, isn't it? 474 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,320 Three weeks passed. 475 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,800 I spent some time in most of the local bars and eating places. 476 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,380 On occasion, I'd see other officers from the narcotics detail up in L.A. 477 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:49,360 On each of these meetings, I'd have to pass them by and hope that they wouldn't show any 478 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,600 evidence that they knew me. 479 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,760 During the three weeks, I became friendly with a bartender and in the course of many 480 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,800 conversations I let it be known that I was in town hoping to make a substantial narcotics 481 00:14:58,800 --> 00:14:59,800 buy. 482 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,720 At first, he appeared only mildly interested, but then he began to ask more and more questions 483 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,880 about my background and about the people I knew in San Francisco. 484 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:07,880 Friday, August 27th, 9.31 p.m. 485 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:08,880 All right, Joe. 486 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:09,880 How goes the battle? 487 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,880 I'm moving around. 488 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,880 That's about all I can say. 489 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,880 Hey, want a beer? 490 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Yeah, fine. 491 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,880 Here's your 30 cents. 492 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:28,880 Not tonight, Joe. 493 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:29,880 I'm just out of the house. 494 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:30,880 Why? 495 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,880 What's the occasion? 496 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:32,880 I've got some good news for you, Joe. 497 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Yeah? 498 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:34,880 Yeah, I got a friend I want you to meet. 499 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:35,880 I think he can help you make a connection. 500 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:36,880 Yeah? 501 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Where is he? 502 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:38,880 No, look, I'm not promising anything, Joe. 503 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:39,880 The guy knows some people and might be able to help you. 504 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:40,880 Why are you so interested? 505 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:41,880 I figured maybe I can make a buck or two. 506 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:42,880 All right. 507 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:43,880 Is the guy here now? 508 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:44,880 Yeah, he's back here in the end booth. 509 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,880 See, the other guy. 510 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:46,880 That helps. 511 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:47,880 Which one is your friend? 512 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:48,880 The big one. 513 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:49,880 The one that follows a guy who's sitting on a scar over his nose. 514 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:50,880 Gray suit. 515 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:51,880 Gray suit. 516 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:52,880 Come on, I'll take you back. 517 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:53,880 All right. 518 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:54,880 Nice guy, Joe. 519 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:55,880 You like him? 520 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:56,880 Well, what did you tell him? 521 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:57,880 Just that you were here from Frisco. 522 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:58,880 Said you were interested in the connection with the deal. 523 00:15:58,880 --> 00:15:59,880 It was good. 524 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:00,880 You make your friends, Joe. 525 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:01,880 You know, I'm not a big fan of the guy. 526 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:08,880 You'll really like him. 527 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:09,880 Paul. 528 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:10,880 Yeah? 529 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:11,880 This is the guy I was telling you about. 530 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:12,880 Joe Arnold. 531 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:13,880 This is Paul Ginner. 532 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:14,880 Oh, hi, Joe. 533 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:15,880 Sit down. 534 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:16,880 Bring us another round, will you? 535 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,880 Yeah, right away, Paul. 536 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:18,880 You know what you want? 537 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Make it snappy, huh? 538 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:20,880 Yeah, right away. 539 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:21,880 Beer, scotch, soda, and old fashioned Irish whiskey. 540 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:22,880 Yeah, that's right. 541 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:23,880 Leave the garbage out of the old fashioned. 542 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:24,880 Yeah. 543 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:25,880 Here, sit down, Joe. 544 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:26,880 Thank you. 545 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:27,880 This is Jack Potter. 546 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:28,880 You two ought to know. 547 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,880 That right? 548 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:44,880 Yeah, he's from Frisco, too. 549 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:49,400 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 550 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,380 Now report every smoker should hear. 551 00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:56,960 Only Chesterfield gives you scientific facts in support of smoking. 552 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,200 First such report ever published about any cigarette. 553 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,400 A responsible consulting organization reports a study by a competent medical specialist 554 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,960 and staff on the effects of smoking Chesterfields. 555 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:13,360 For six months, a group of men and women smoked only Chesterfield, 10 to 40 a day, their normal 556 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:14,360 amount. 557 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:18,520 Forty-five percent of the group of smoked Chesterfields from one to 30 years, for an 558 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,520 average of 10 years each. 559 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,920 At the beginning and end of the six months, each smoker was given a thorough examination, 560 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,640 including x-rays and covering the sinuses, nose, ears, and throat. 561 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,960 After a thorough examination of every member of this group, the medical specialist stated, 562 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:39,280 It is my opinion that the ears, nose, throat, and accessory organs of all participating 563 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:44,680 subjects examined by me were not adversely affected in the six months period by smoking 564 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,080 the cigarettes provided. 565 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,440 Of course, these cigarettes were Chesterfields. 566 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,200 Remember this report and buy Chesterfields. 567 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:58,080 Either way you like them, regular or king size, premium quality Chesterfield, and much 568 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,080 milder. 569 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:11,640 In normal undercover work, the police officer is in constant touch with the men working 570 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:12,640 with him. 571 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,440 This is done either by one officer trailing the undercover man or by phone calls to a 572 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,000 fellow officer at appointed times. 573 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,200 Apparently does the working detective put himself in the position where he doesn't have 574 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,720 constant contact with the men he works with. 575 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,360 However, in this instance, it appeared to be the only way information and evidence could 576 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:29,360 be obtained. 577 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:33,240 Friday, August 27th, 1046 p.m. 578 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:34,960 The bartender brought the drinks. 579 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,680 Paul Genter and Jack Potter started asking the questions. 580 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,040 From Frisco, huh? 581 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,000 Yeah, I'm from San Francisco. 582 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,040 Jack and I do some business together, real estate. 583 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,040 That so? 584 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,960 Here you're in the management business, huh? 585 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:47,960 Bartender talks a lot, don't he? 586 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,240 He knows who to talk to. 587 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,040 Tells me you're down here on business. 588 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,040 Yeah. 589 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,040 Where do you live up north? 590 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,040 Hyde, New Taylor. 591 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,040 I used to live around there. 592 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,040 Is that right? 593 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,040 Yeah. 594 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,280 Have you ever finished that work they were doing at the corner at Third and Market? 595 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,280 What's that? 596 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,280 The construction they were doing at Third and Market. 597 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,080 You know, the new dime store, they get it finished? 598 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,080 Yeah, they got it finished. 599 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:06,080 It's not at Third and Market. 600 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,080 Now, what's this all about, Genter? 601 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,080 What are you trying to prove? 602 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,080 What? 603 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,080 You got any questions to ask about me, ask me. 604 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,280 Don't ask your boy to do it here. 605 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,280 You want to check up on me? 606 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,720 Talk to somebody who's in San Francisco now. 607 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:14,720 Have them check around. 608 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:15,720 It's all there. 609 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,480 If you two get tired of playing games, let me know. 610 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,880 I got no time for them now. 611 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:20,880 I'll see you around. 612 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:21,880 Sit down, Arnold. 613 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:22,880 Yeah? 614 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:27,440 Now, read it any way you want. 615 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,680 You say you want to do business, I'm your boy. 616 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:30,680 We gotta be sure. 617 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:31,680 Can't take any chances. 618 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,320 Cops are dying to find out. 619 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,320 Can't let that happen, you know? 620 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,760 Yeah, well, if you're ready to talk a deal, let's get to it, huh? 621 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,640 You figure to do this business in Frisco? 622 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:41,640 San Francisco? 623 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:42,640 Yeah, that's where I figure to work. 624 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:43,640 You're out of your mind. 625 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,000 That town's tight on a drum. 626 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Nobody can get under the lid. 627 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,960 Now, you look, I don't ask you where you'll get your real estate. 628 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,600 Don't tell me how to manage my business. 629 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:50,960 I want to make an investment for a client. 630 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,960 I got 10 grand. 631 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,960 That'll buy a whole tract of your lots. 632 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,960 Now, are they for sale or not? 633 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:54,960 It's that simple. 634 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,520 Well, now, you're in kind of a hurry, aren't you? 635 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,680 I've been here for three weeks. 636 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,320 I don't want to spend any more time than I have to. 637 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,320 When can I make the buy? 638 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,200 Tell you what, let's take a tour of the town, meet some friends of mine, then we can talk 639 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,200 about it. 640 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,200 No need to be in a hurry. 641 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,200 I gotta see it first. 642 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:07,200 I want to make sure it's the same stuff I heard about. 643 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,200 Where'd you hear? 644 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:15,200 A few rumbles around, high grade stuff, that's what I want. 645 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,200 Let's go. 646 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,200 Can't you call this friend? 647 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,200 I don't want to go traipsing all over town. 648 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,200 He moves around. 649 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,200 Sometimes it's kind of hard to find. 650 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,200 Besides, serves two purposes. 651 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,200 What's that? 652 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,200 Give you a chance to meet some people. 653 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,200 Once you get to know the town, you won't be in such a hurry to get away. 654 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,200 Just one thing. 655 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,200 Maybe I won't like your friends. 656 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,200 More important. 657 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,200 Yeah? 658 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,200 Maybe they won't like you. 659 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:36,120 For the next three hours, Gitter, Potter, and I visited almost every bar, nightclub, 660 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,480 and coffee stand in the area. 661 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,680 At each of the places, Gitter would ask for a man named Ainley. 662 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,680 When he was told that Ainley wasn't in, we'd sit and have a drink. 663 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,560 Gitter would call as many people as he knew over to the table, introduce them to me, and 664 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,920 then before we left, he'd hold a conference with them at their tables. 665 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,840 At several of the places, I saw men who I knew were involved in the narcotics trade, 666 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,640 but none of them happened to be close to Gitter. 667 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,520 It was obvious what Gitter was trying to do. 668 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,640 He was checking me with the people in the business to see if any of them could recognize 669 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,880 me or could give them any information about me. 670 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,800 Saturday morning, August 28th, 314 a.m., we stopped for breakfast. 671 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,600 Here, you want some sugar? 672 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,600 No, I take it, Mike. 673 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,600 Okay, how about you, Jack? 674 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,600 Yeah, thanks. 675 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,760 Looks like it might have been a wild goose chase, huh? 676 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,240 I don't know where Ainley could be. 677 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,240 Why don't you come over to Skinner? 678 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,240 Yeah, what do you mean? 679 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:22,240 I'm not a new boy. 680 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,600 You're about as subtle as a bulldozer. 681 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,600 What's the scoop here? 682 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,600 Your friends tell you anything about me? 683 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,080 I don't know what you're talking about. 684 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,080 Just looking for Ainley. 685 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,880 It's as phony as that look you got on your face now. 686 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:30,880 How about it? 687 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:31,880 Do I make the buy or don't I? 688 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:32,880 All right, you make the buy. 689 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:33,880 When? 690 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,280 I'll have it when the buy comes off. 691 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,280 Ten thousand. 692 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,280 That's right. 693 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,280 Okay, pick up the stuff tomorrow night. 694 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:47,400 4.30 a.m., Gitter outlined the plan for the buy. 695 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,320 At 7.30 that night, I was to meet him on the corner of Lebanon and Spring Streets. 696 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,800 He take me to Ainley, who had the plan. 697 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,480 5.29 a.m., I drove back to Los Angeles. 698 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,040 I put in a call to Frank Smith at his home and filled him in on the developments. 699 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,960 It was arranged for me to be spotted when I got to the corner and then to be followed 700 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,680 until the buy was made. 701 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,080 At that time, Frank and the other officers working with him would move in and take Gitter 702 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,080 and Ainley. 703 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:14,820 I told Frank that I'd leave my car at the corner of Sixth and Spring at noon that day. 704 00:22:14,820 --> 00:22:18,480 At that time, he would place a briefcase on the back seat of the car. 705 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,680 In the briefcase would be packages of cut newspaper with a few ten dollar bills attached 706 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,080 to each stack on the outside. 707 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,760 I checked into a hotel down on Fifth and got some sleep. 708 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,720 At 7.30 p.m., August 28th, I was at the corner of Spring and Lebanon. 709 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,720 Hi, Arnold. 710 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,720 Hello, Gitter. 711 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:34,720 Where do we go? 712 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,720 You got the money? 713 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:36,720 In this case here. 714 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,720 Where's your car? 715 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:38,720 Lot around the corner. 716 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:39,720 We have to drive to the meet? 717 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:40,720 Yeah. 718 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:41,720 Come on, this way. 719 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:42,720 My car's just around the corner. 720 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:43,720 Don't worry, we'll take mine. 721 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:44,720 All right, no problem. 722 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:45,720 Makes it nice. 723 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:46,720 Want to slide in this side? 724 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,720 Be quicker. 725 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:48,720 All right. 726 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:49,720 Where do we have to go? 727 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:50,720 It's not far. 728 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:51,720 How come we didn't make the deal? 729 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:52,720 We're going to the meeting. 730 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:53,720 We're going to the meeting. 731 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:54,720 We're going to the meeting. 732 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:55,720 We're going to the meeting. 733 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:56,720 We're going to the meeting. 734 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,800 How come we didn't make the deal in Pedro? 735 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,520 Andy likes to do the big business up here. 736 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,520 More people, easier cover. 737 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:03,520 Mm-hmm. 738 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:07,040 When we first pulled away from the curb, I thought I could make out Frank and Captain 739 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,840 Kearney in back of us. 740 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,520 We drove for about an hour. 741 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,740 Gitter cut down every side street in the area. 742 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:15,360 Every place he drove, he kept his eye on the rear view mirror. 743 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,320 I was afraid he'd make the tail. 744 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:22,040 He drove out Sunset Boulevard and back down Wilshire, down Spring and over to Hope Street. 745 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,280 Along the way, I lost sight of Frank and Captain Kearney. 746 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:33,960 Finally, at 836, we pulled up at the corner of Spring and Lebanon. 747 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:34,960 What's the deal, Gitter? 748 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:35,960 This is where we started. 749 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,560 Yeah, I just wanted to make sure we didn't have a tail. 750 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,120 Are you satisfied now? 751 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:40,120 Yeah. 752 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,120 Come on in here. 753 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,120 This hotel here? 754 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,120 Mm-hmm. 755 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,840 Can he only do business in a rat trap like this? 756 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:46,840 He works where he has to. 757 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,720 Come on, it's on the second floor. 758 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:49,720 We can walk. 759 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,240 You sure this is the same stuff that I heard about? 760 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,240 We'll see. 761 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,760 Understand, I'm not buying any junk. 762 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,760 Don't worry. 763 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:58,760 What we got's good. 764 00:23:58,760 --> 00:23:59,760 It's down here. 765 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:00,760 Come in. 766 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:01,760 Hello, Mr. Anley. 767 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:02,760 Mr. Gitter, is this the young man? 768 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:03,760 Yes, sir. 769 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:04,760 This is Mr. Arnold, Mr. Anley. 770 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:05,760 How are you? 771 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:06,760 Do you have the money, young man? 772 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:07,760 Yeah, it's in here. 773 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:08,760 You got the stuff? 774 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:09,760 I have, here in this case. 775 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:10,760 Looks like a doctor's bag. 776 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:11,760 It's a good place to carry it. 777 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:12,760 Doctor's bag. 778 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:24,280 Here, open a bin of yourself. 779 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,280 High grade, best we can get. 780 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,280 Yeah, it looks all right. 781 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,280 Fine. 782 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,280 Now, if we could have the money. 783 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:32,280 Here you are. 784 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,960 Now, if it's all right with you, I'll get out of here now. 785 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:36,960 We'd like you to wait until we count the money. 786 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:37,960 It's all there. 787 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,960 I don't doubt it, young man, but just to make sure so there'll be no repercussions later, 788 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:41,960 you understand? 789 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:42,960 Everything looks in order. 790 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:43,960 What are you trying to pull? 791 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:44,960 What do you mean? 792 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:45,960 What is this, Gitter? 793 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:46,960 What's the matter? 794 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:47,960 There's nothing but paper, plain newspaper. 795 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:48,960 All right, Arnold, make a move or I'll kill you. 796 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:49,960 Let me see. 797 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:50,960 What are you trying to pull? 798 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:51,960 All right, you're under arrest, both of you. 799 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:52,960 Cop, lousy cop. 800 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:53,960 That's right. 801 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:54,960 You got the shoe on the wrong foot, cop. 802 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,960 I'm telling you what to do. 803 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:56,960 There's men all through this building. 804 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,960 You won't make the front door. 805 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:58,960 How about it, Mr. Anley? 806 00:24:58,960 --> 00:24:59,960 Let's take him down to Pedro. 807 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:00,960 We can get rid of him there. 808 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:01,960 It'd be better. 809 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:02,960 How about the rest of them? 810 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:03,960 He's bluffing. 811 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:04,960 You made sure you weren't followed, didn't you? 812 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:11,960 Yeah, I think so. 813 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:12,960 Did you or didn't you? 814 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:13,960 Yeah. 815 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:14,960 Then there's nothing to worry about. 816 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:15,960 Let's go. 817 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,960 You heard him, Arnold, whatever your name is. 818 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,960 Yeah. 819 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:28,760 Let's walk down, not too fast. 820 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:29,760 I'm parked out front. 821 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:30,760 Good. 822 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,760 That is far enough. 823 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,960 Come on, don't stall, don't cause any trouble. 824 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:36,960 You won't make it. 825 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:37,960 Yeah, yeah, you bet. 826 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:38,960 Come on, now move. 827 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:39,960 All right, down these stairs. 828 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:40,960 Smith, cover the other side. 829 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:41,960 Yeah. 830 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:42,960 Walker, block off that end of the hall. 831 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:43,960 Right, Captain. 832 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:44,960 You all right, Friday? 833 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:45,960 Yeah, fine. 834 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:46,960 Watch that guy, Frank. 835 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:47,960 I got him. 836 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:48,960 Hold it up. 837 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:49,960 Mr., you're not doing any place. 838 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:50,960 You fool, you stupid fool, Ginter. 839 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:51,960 Can't even lose a tail. 840 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:52,960 Okay, both of you, hands behind your back. 841 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:53,960 I told you to make sure you weren't followed. 842 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,960 I told you. 843 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:55,960 I'm not going anywhere. 844 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,960 You're a fool. 845 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:57,960 You're a fool. 846 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:58,960 You're a fool. 847 00:25:58,960 --> 00:25:59,960 You're a fool. 848 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:00,960 You're a fool. 849 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,960 I told you to make sure you weren't followed. 850 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:04,960 I told you. 851 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:05,960 I lost him. 852 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:06,960 I know I did. 853 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:07,960 I tell you, I lost him. 854 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:08,960 All right, let's go. 855 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:09,960 Come on, let's move. 856 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:10,960 You didn't lose him. 857 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:11,960 That's enough talk. 858 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:12,960 Come on. 859 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,960 This guy never learned, do they, Frank? 860 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:15,960 What do you mean? 861 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:16,960 They keep lying right up at the finish, don't they? 862 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:17,960 How's that? 863 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:18,960 Well, Ginter and Ely there. 864 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,960 They'll be arguing all the way downtown about them losing you when you were tailing us. 865 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:23,960 Shouldn't be any argument, Joe. 866 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:24,960 We lost you someplace along Wilshire. 867 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:25,960 But you got here all right. 868 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:26,960 I thought this is the way you played it. 869 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:27,960 No, we just took a guess you might come back to your car. 870 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,960 Yeah, it was a pretty good guess for me anyway. 871 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,960 Why, we'd have gotten them sooner or later. 872 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:45,960 The story you have just heard was true. 873 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,960 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 874 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,960 On December 9th, trial was held in Department 92, Superior Court of the State of California 875 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,960 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 876 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,960 In a moment, the results of that trial. 877 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,960 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 878 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:00,960 Thank you, George Veneman. 879 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,960 Friends, I have just enough time to remind you that Chesterfield is the first cigarette 880 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:05,960 to name all its ingredients. 881 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,960 First, to give you premium quality in both regular and king size. 882 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,960 And first, to give you scientific facts in support of smoking. 883 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,960 I believe you should change to Chesterfields, either way you like them, regular or king size. 884 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,960 And do it today. 885 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:31,960 Paul Robert Ginter and James Arthur Ainley were tried and convicted of violation of the 886 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,960 State Narcotic Act of felony. 887 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,960 They received sentences as prescribed by law. 888 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,960 Violation of the State Narcotic Act of felony is punishable by imprisonment in the State 889 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,960 Penitentiary for a period of not more than six years. 890 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,960 Ladies and gentlemen, in the next seven years of bigger and bigger enrollments, America's 891 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,960 grade schools will need nearly a quarter of a million extra teachers besides those to 892 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,960 fill normal vacancies. 893 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:01,960 This great need, plus the growing public interest in education and improvements in schools, 894 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,960 make elementary school teaching a more rewarding career than ever, a career that high school 895 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,960 and college students should certainly consider. 896 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,960 Education holds America's future, perhaps your future. 897 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:27,960 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 898 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,960 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police 899 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:32,960 Department. 900 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:37,960 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 901 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,960 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Whit Conner, Harry Bartell, Lee Marvin. 902 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:49,960 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman, hell give me speaking. 903 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,960 Sound off for Chesterfields. 904 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:58,960 Either way you like them, regular or king size, Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke, 905 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,960 much milder Chesterfield. 906 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:18,960 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles.