1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:15,360 Chesterfield, the only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:26,120 and king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,900 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:40,600 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,140 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:42,140 --> 00:00:44,400 You're assigned a burglary detail. 8 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,440 A string of store burglaries takes place in your city. 9 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,040 The thieves work at night. 10 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,800 They leave no physical evidence behind. 11 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:58,360 Your job, get them. 12 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,000 Tobaccoes are changing to Chesterfield, both regular and king size, because Chesterfield 13 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,140 is the first and only cigarette to give you premium quality in both sizes. 14 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:14,880 That means king size Chesterfield contains tobacco of better quality and higher price 15 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,360 than any other king size cigarette. 16 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,080 The same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 17 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:26,560 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield is larger, contains 18 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,640 so much more of the same tobacco, it gives more than a fifth longer smoke. 19 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:36,160 Yes, more than a fifth longer smoke from king size Chesterfield. 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:42,920 So remember, Chesterfield is the only cigarette to give you premium quality in both regular 21 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,440 and king size. 22 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,560 Buy them either way you like them, regular or king size. 23 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,720 You'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 24 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,720 Yes, Chesterfield is best for you. 25 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:05,840 Dragnet, the document a drama of an actual crime. 26 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:10,840 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 27 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,480 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 28 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,200 police files. 29 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,440 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 30 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,440 in action. 31 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:28,240 It was Wednesday, January 23rd. 32 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,680 It was cold in Los Angeles. 33 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,800 We were working the day watch out a burglary detail. 34 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:33,960 My partner is Frank Smith. 35 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:34,960 The boss is Captain Wisdom. 36 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,960 My name is Friday. 37 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,760 We were on our way out from the office and it was 10.36 a.m. when we got to the corner 38 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,480 of Constance and Westlake, Nichols Dry Goods store. 39 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,760 Yes, something I can do for you gentlemen. 40 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,320 Yes ma'am, we're police officers. 41 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,800 Oh yes, about the robbery. 42 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,560 Yes ma'am, are you Gladys Nichols? 43 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,880 Yes I am, I'm the owner. 44 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,640 I found out that the safe had been robbed. 45 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,520 I think you mean your safe was burgled Mrs. Nichols. 46 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:58,520 What? 47 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,680 Well your safe, it's a technical term. 48 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,240 We refer to it as having been burgled, not robbed. 49 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,400 Burgled, robbed, they took the money out of it. 50 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,240 Well you see ma'am, a lot of people make that same mistake. 51 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,600 A safe is burgled and a man is robbed. 52 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,920 Oh yeah, well I came in this morning, I didn't get your name. 53 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,600 I'm sorry, my name is Friday, this is my partner Frank Smith. 54 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,600 Well I'm pleased to meet you. 55 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:18,600 How you doing? 56 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Like I said, I'm Gladys Nichols. 57 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,640 Yes ma'am, now if you just tell us what happened here. 58 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:25,920 Oh sure, well I came in this morning at 8.30, just like I always do, been doing the same 59 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:29,840 thing for the past ten years, eight years at the old location. 60 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Always opened exactly 8.30 on the dot. 61 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,720 Yes ma'am. 62 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,560 Miss, Miss Nichols, I took my maiden name when my husband died. 63 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,560 I'm sorry, go right ahead please. 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:44,360 Oh sure, I came in at 8.30 this morning, opened the door and came on in. 65 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,100 Everything looked just like it should have, hung up my coat, then I rolled up the shade 66 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:49,320 on the front window. 67 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,400 After that I opened the safe and that's when I knew that I'd been robbed, burgled. 68 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,400 That's right ma'am. 69 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,400 I could tell that right away. 70 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,520 The safe was empty, not a bit of money left, cleaned it right out. 71 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,240 Do you know how much money there was in the safe, Miss Nichols? 72 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:05,120 Oh yes, $423.76, I know exactly. 73 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,200 I can't understand it either, it should have gone off, it should have worked. 74 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Can't understand why it didn't. 75 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:11,200 What's that ma'am? 76 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,200 Burglar alarm. 77 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Yes, not a peep out of it, nothing. 78 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,640 Man that sold it to me said that if anybody so much as looked at something and thought 79 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,440 about stealing it, the alarm would go off, but like I said, not a peep. 80 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,400 Oh, I wonder if you'd excuse me for a minute there, this is Johnson, old customer. 81 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,400 Yes ma'am. 82 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,400 Won't take a minute. 83 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,400 Amen. 84 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Good morning Vera. 85 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,400 Morning Gladys. 86 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,400 I want a pattern and some material. 87 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,240 All right, what pattern do you want? 88 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,240 Oh, I was over to the Palmquist the other night, Barbara made some of the cutest pillows 89 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,920 I ever saw, looked like pieces of fruit. 90 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,120 You know, watermelon strawberries. 91 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,160 Oh yeah, I know the ones you mean. 92 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,760 She said she saw them in a magazine, sent for the pattern, but I thought if anybody 93 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,560 had had it, you'd be the one. 94 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Have you? 95 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,560 Sure. 96 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,960 It's new, I just got it in a couple of days ago. 97 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,040 I guess you heard about my being burgled. 98 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,040 No. 99 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,040 Really? 100 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,040 Sure, last night. 101 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,680 Those two gentlemen back there from the police came in to talk to me about it. 102 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,160 And you were really robbed? 103 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,440 Burgled Vera, safe is burgled. 104 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,440 A man is robbed. 105 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,440 Oh. 106 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,360 Now is this the pattern you want? 107 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,220 Yes, that's the one. 108 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:16,040 See there, I want to make the slice of watermelon and the strawberry. 109 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,720 Think they look real nice on the bench in the parlor? 110 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,160 Oh yes, yes, they sure would. 111 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,160 They saw those things, said she wanted to make some. 112 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,160 You see them, Joe? 113 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:25,160 No, no, I never have. 114 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,160 They're real nice. 115 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,040 Probably not too comfortable, but they sure look pretty. 116 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,200 How much material do I need for just the two? 117 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,200 I'm not sure. 118 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:37,120 Have to look at the pattern. 119 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,400 You want just the melon slice and the strawberry, that right? 120 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,400 Yes. 121 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:47,360 Well, for the melon, you need, let's see, you want it out of cloth or plastic? 122 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:48,360 What? 123 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,800 Cloth or plastic, you can make them out of either. 124 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:50,800 A cloth thing? 125 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:51,800 Yeah. 126 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:52,800 Faye's going to use plastic. 127 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:53,800 It's better for the kids. 128 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:54,800 You know. 129 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:01,280 You'll need three quarters of a yard of red and a quarter yard of green felt for the hull 130 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:02,280 and stem. 131 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,280 That's for the strawberry. 132 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:10,040 And then for the melon, you'll need a half a yard of white, a half a yard of pink and 133 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,320 a half a yard of green. 134 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,320 All right. 135 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:13,320 How about embroidery cotton? 136 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,640 You'll need four skeins of the six strand black. 137 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:16,640 I have plenty of that. 138 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,640 Well, I'll measure it out for you. 139 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,480 Sure had some excitement around here this morning. 140 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,320 All those policemen running around looking for fingerprints and clothes. 141 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,320 It was real excitement. 142 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,320 Mm-hmm. 143 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:29,320 They caught the men yet? 144 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:30,320 No. 145 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,320 That's what those two men are here for now. 146 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,320 I want to ask them some questions. 147 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,800 Certainly don't look like policemen. 148 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,800 Now, why do you say that? 149 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,800 Well, you know, they don't look anything like they do in the movies. 150 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:40,800 Never do. 151 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,800 Now, you'll need some muslin for this too. 152 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:45,800 You want to get it now. 153 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,800 No, I'll pick it up later. 154 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,800 Got to get some batting too. 155 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,800 All right. 156 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,800 That's the stuff that gives Fay trouble. 157 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:53,800 What? 158 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:54,800 Batting. 159 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,800 You know, the stuff you put inside the pillows. 160 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,800 Fay always has trouble with it. 161 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,800 Stuff always creeps down to one end of the pillow. 162 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,800 You got one real fat end and the other one just hasn't got anything in it. 163 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,800 Kind of uncomfortable when you sit on it. 164 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:07,800 Yeah. 165 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:08,800 Just put that on the bill. 166 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:09,800 Will you, Gladys? 167 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,800 Sure hope you get the burglary all straightened out. 168 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:13,800 Oh, I know they will. 169 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,800 Thanks for coming in. 170 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,800 Now then, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. 171 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:21,800 That's all right, ma'am. 172 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:22,800 About that burglar alarm. 173 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:23,800 Yes? 174 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:24,800 About the switch. 175 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Are you sure you turned it on when you left the shop? 176 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:26,800 Sure. 177 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:27,800 You just bet I did. 178 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:28,800 I always do. 179 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,800 Right after I pull the shade down, I always switch on the system. 180 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,800 It's supposed to ring when anybody tries to get into the place. 181 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:34,800 Didn't work this time. 182 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:35,800 Not even a peep. 183 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:36,800 Well, now you say this time. 184 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,800 Do you mean that something like this happened before? 185 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:39,800 Oh, no. 186 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,800 No, just a figure of speech. 187 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:41,800 No. 188 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Never been anything like this before. 189 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:43,800 I see. 190 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,800 Did you notice anything disturbed in the place when you came in? 191 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,800 Anything that made you think something might be wrong? 192 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,800 No, not a thing. 193 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,800 Came in, rolled up the shade, and then opened the safe. 194 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,800 That's the first I knew about it. 195 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Somebody opened it up. 196 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:55,800 Must have known the combination. 197 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,800 Just opened it up and took the money. 198 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,800 Well, does anyone else have a key to your front door here? 199 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,800 Anyone beside yourself on me? 200 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:01,800 Well, there's Alan. 201 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:02,800 Alan? 202 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,800 Yes, Alan Hoffman. 203 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 He comes in, straightens up for me. 204 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:06,800 He's a decorator. 205 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,800 At least he's trying to be one. 206 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,800 He likes to come in and putter with the material. 207 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,800 He works in some sort of store during the day, 208 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,800 and then he comes in here in the evenings 209 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,800 and works with the material. 210 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,800 You know, tries out different things. 211 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:18,800 Yes, ma'am. 212 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,800 Does he have the combination to your safe? 213 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,800 Oh, no. 214 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:22,800 I'm the only one who has that. 215 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,800 Do you know if he was in here last night? 216 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,800 No, no, I don't. 217 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,800 But I know that Alan wouldn't do a thing like this. 218 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:29,800 I'm sure of that. 219 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,800 How is it you let this Alan have a key to the place, ma'am? 220 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,800 Let him have the run of the place when you're not here. 221 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,800 Oh, well, I've known Alan for a long time. 222 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:37,800 I knew his mother. 223 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,800 We've always been good friends. 224 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,800 Once in a while, he gets a commission to a house, 225 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,800 and he always gets the material he needs from me. 226 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:44,800 He's awfully nice. 227 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:45,800 You'd like him. 228 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,800 Yes, ma'am. 229 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,800 You know where we can get in touch with this Mr. Hoffman? 230 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:49,800 Sure, I can give you his address. 231 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:50,800 Lives over on Ninth. 232 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,800 Got a real cute place. 233 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,800 All modern and all. 234 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,800 He does those mobiles. 235 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,800 You know, those things made out of wire and plastic, 236 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,800 hangs from the ceiling. 237 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,800 Just hang there and go round and around. 238 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,800 It's a new art form. 239 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:04,800 Yes, ma'am. 240 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:05,800 I don't understand them myself, 241 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,800 but I guess there are a lot of people who do. 242 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Yeah. 243 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,800 Are you insured against theft, ma'am? 244 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:11,800 I beg your pardon? 245 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,800 Do you have any insurance against theft? 246 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:14,800 Sure, I have insurance. 247 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,800 By golly, that's the first time I thought about it. 248 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,800 I always thought that it was kind of a waste of money. 249 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,800 Sure glad I have it now. 250 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,800 This whole thing won't cost me a cent. 251 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,800 Well, now, outside of this Hoffman, 252 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,800 do you hire anyone else in the store here? 253 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,800 No, well, I don't pay Alan anything. 254 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:30,800 He just comes in and putters. 255 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,800 There's no need for anyone else in the store. 256 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,800 I have a man come in once in a while to wash the front windows, 257 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:36,800 but no one's steady. 258 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Has there been anyone around regularly? 259 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,800 Anyone who would be in a position to learn the combination 260 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,800 of the safe, ma'am, 261 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,800 and find out where the switch to the burglar alarm is? 262 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,800 No. 263 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,800 No, not that I can think of. 264 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Of course, most of my customers are pretty regular, 265 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,800 come in all the time, 266 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,800 but I'm pretty sure that none of them would do a thing like this. 267 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,800 What if you could give us a list of the people 268 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,800 who come in regularly, Miss Nichols? 269 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:57,800 Sure, I can. 270 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,800 But I don't want you to go around bothering them, 271 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,800 asking a lot of questions, causing embarrassment. 272 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:02,800 I just won't have it. 273 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,800 Money just isn't that important. 274 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:05,800 It doesn't make that much difference, 275 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,800 especially since I'm insured. 276 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,800 Well, we won't embarrass anyone. 277 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,800 It's just that we'd like to have the list if we could. 278 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Oh, well, all right. 279 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,800 What time did you close the store last night, Miss Nichols? 280 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,800 Six ten, same as always. 281 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:17,800 Did you lock the store yourself? 282 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,800 Yes, sir, I did. 283 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Did you notice anyone loitering around outside? 284 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,800 Anyone who might have looked a little unusual, 285 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,800 like they were waiting for you to leave? 286 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,800 No, I don't think so. 287 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,800 There was anyone. I didn't notice them. 288 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,800 Did you leave any sort of a light burning in the place? 289 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:31,800 I beg your pardon? 290 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Well, a nightlight. 291 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,800 Do you leave one burning when you close up? 292 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,800 Sure, sure. 293 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,800 That lamp on the counter, old coffee grinder, 294 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,800 I leave that on. 295 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,800 Has a 150 watt bulb, throws a lot of light. 296 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,800 Of course, you can't see anything from the street when it 297 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,800 close up, just a lot of shadows. 298 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,800 I beg your pardon? 299 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,800 Well, I pull the shade down when I leave. 300 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,800 Once I had some material fade that was in the window. 301 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:52,800 Since then, I pull the shade down. 302 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,800 When it's down, you can't see inside when the street's tall. 303 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:56,800 Uh-huh. 304 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Say, if you don't mind, I'd like to make a phone call. 305 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,800 Of course, ma'am. 306 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,800 I want to call those people and tell them what I think of them. 307 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,800 They're going to have to make good on that guarantee. 308 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:06,800 Who's that? 309 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:07,800 Burglar alarm people. 310 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:08,800 Thing didn't work at all. 311 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,800 Not even a peep. 312 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,800 11.18 a.m. 313 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:20,800 Frank and I checked by the crime lab to see if they'd been able to come up with any physical evidence from the scene of the burglary. 314 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,800 As in the previous cases, there was nothing to work on. 315 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,800 For the past month, the series of burglaries had been taking place in the same one block area. 316 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,800 The MO in every instance was the same. 317 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,800 Somehow, the doors to the shops were being unlocked, the safes rifled, and then closed up again. 318 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,800 In those stores where there wasn't a safe, merchandise was stolen. 319 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,800 In all of the burglaries, whoever was responsible for them got away without leaving a trace of physical evidence behind. 320 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,800 Store employees were interrogated. 321 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:48,800 Owners were questioned. 322 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,800 None of them could give us any leads. 323 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,800 The MO had been run through the stats office, but they couldn't help us. 324 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:55,800 Steakouts had been placed on the stores. 325 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,800 Extra men were sent out from Metro Division to patrol the streets. 326 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,800 The men saw nothing, but the burglaries continued. 327 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,800 The thief or thieves seemed to know just what stores were under surveillance and seemed to keep clear of them. 328 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,800 Wednesday, 12.14 p.m. 329 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,800 We ran the name Alan Hoffman through R&I, but we got no make. 330 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Frank and I drove out to his home address on 9th Street. 331 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,800 He met us at the door and asked us in. 332 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,800 I'm doing some work back here. Mind if I go on with it? 333 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,800 No, sir, you go right ahead. 334 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Right back here, Sunport. 335 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,800 I got a commission to do a place I'm working on some mobiles for. 336 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,800 Oh, is that right? 337 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,800 Yeah, I think I'll call it Doves at Sunrise. 338 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,800 Sit down. Any place? 339 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,800 Yeah, thanks. Just a couple questions we like to ask you Hoffman. 340 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:38,800 Sure, what about? 341 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:39,800 Were you in Miss Nichols shop last night? 342 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:40,800 No, why? 343 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,800 Will you tell us where you were last night? 344 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Yeah, I think so. I went to an exhibition of mobiles placed down on Pico. 345 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,800 A friend of mine had a one-man show. 346 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,800 Great ideas. Bad color, but great idea. 347 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:52,800 You prove you were there? 348 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,800 Sure, if I have to. What's this all about anyway? 349 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,800 I understand you have a key to the shop, is that right? 350 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,800 Yeah, Gladys gave it to me. I'll go down there and check the material, get ideas for decorating. 351 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,800 Where do you work, Mr. Hoffman? 352 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,800 Right now in a store out on Beverly, antique shop. 353 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,800 I want to go in business for myself, interior decoration. 354 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,800 I've been working for it a long time. 355 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,800 A couple of more good commissions, I'll be able to do it. 356 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,800 Do you work at night down here very often? 357 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:16,800 You mean at Gladys's? 358 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:17,800 Yeah, that's right. 359 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:18,800 Maybe a couple times a week? 360 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,800 What time do you usually get there? 361 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Depends on what I'm doing before. Usually I have dinner and then go by. 362 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,800 What's this all about anyway? Something wrong? 363 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,800 You probably know there have been several burglaries down in that area lately. 364 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,800 Yeah, I heard about them. You figure I had something to do with them, is that it? 365 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,800 Well, we're trying to find out who's responsible for them. 366 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,800 Well, it isn't me. 367 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,800 You ever notice anyone around the place when you were there at night? 368 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:44,800 No, not that I remember. Hand me that piece of balsa, will you? 369 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:45,800 This wood here? 370 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:46,800 Yeah. 371 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,800 Here you are. 372 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,800 Thanks. 373 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,800 No, I've never noticed anyone around there. 374 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,800 What time do you finish up at the shop there? 375 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,800 Sometimes the latest two, maybe three in the morning. 376 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,800 Miss Nichols tell you where the burglar alarm switch is? 377 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,800 Sure, I know. Couldn't move around the place without knowing about it. 378 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,800 Have half the police force there if that thing ever went off. 379 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,800 You got any idea as to how that safe could be opened by someone other than Miss Nichols? 380 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,800 No, she's so touchy about that safe. 381 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,800 She'd never let anyone get near her when she's opening. 382 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,800 Even after she finishes the combination, she twirls a dial so you can't tell what number she stopped on. 383 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,800 You've looked, have you? 384 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,800 No, I don't like what you're trying to say. 385 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,800 Well, we're not trying to say anything, Hoffman. 386 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,800 Well, you imply that I might try to knock over that safe? 387 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:29,800 No, we didn't say that. 388 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,800 You've said the same thing, asking me if I'd try to see the combination. 389 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,800 Well, I'll just take it easy, Hoffman. If you haven't done anything, you've got nothing to be afraid of. 390 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Got nothing to be afraid of. I just don't like your remarks, that's all. 391 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,800 You ever been arrested? 392 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:43,800 Hmm? 393 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:44,800 I say you ever been arrested. 394 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Oh, no, no. A couple of tickets for running red lights, that's all. 395 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,800 Can you give us the address of the place where you were last night? 396 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,800 Yeah, I suppose so. You guys really think I had something to do with this, huh? 397 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,800 Well, you've got to check everybody out, Hoffman. You came up on the list. 398 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:57,800 That's all it is, huh? 399 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:58,800 That's all it is. 400 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,800 Well, I'll give you the address. You can check there. 401 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,800 I'll tell you, I was there till about 3.30 this morning, and then I went out to get something to eat. 402 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,800 I came home about 5 this morning. Went right to bed. 403 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:08,800 Anybody see you come in? 404 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,800 No, I don't think so. You guys figure it might be an inside job, these burglaries? 405 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:13,800 Looks like it might be, yeah. 406 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,800 That's the way I've got it figured. From what Gladys tells me, it's almost got to be. 407 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:17,800 That right? 408 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,800 Sure. Hand me that piece of red plastic, will you? 409 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:21,800 The what? 410 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:22,800 That piece of red plastic. 411 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:23,800 This here? 412 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:24,800 Yeah, that one. 413 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:25,800 Oh, here. 414 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Thanks. 415 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,800 Oh, sure, it's got to be somebody who knows all about the stores. 416 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,800 You know, when to hit the safes, when not to. 417 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,800 The way they walk into the places, no marks on the doors, nothing broken. 418 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,800 You seem to know quite a bit about the burglaries. 419 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,800 Well, you know, I heard about them. Talked to Gladys. 420 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,800 Looks like an inside job to me. 421 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:42,800 Say, officer. 422 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:43,800 Yeah? 423 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,800 Would you hand me one of those swivels there in the box? 424 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,800 Where? Here? 425 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,800 Yeah, yeah. 426 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:53,800 Thanks. 427 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:54,800 Here. 428 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,800 Now, clip it on here and hang this thing. 429 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,800 Just hang it up like that? 430 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:03,800 Yeah. 431 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,800 Uh-huh. There, finished. 432 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,800 Balance is good, good movement. 433 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,800 Huh. Doves at sunrise. 434 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,800 That all it does, just hang there? 435 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,800 Yeah. What do you think of it? 436 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,800 Of course, it isn't as good as war recumbent, 437 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,800 but gets the feeling across, don't you think? 438 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,800 Yeah. Sure does. 439 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,800 Doves at sunrise, huh? 440 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,800 Yeah. Doves at sunrise. 441 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,800 How about that? 442 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:39,800 Excuse me. 443 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,800 Yeah, sure. 444 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:43,800 Joe. 445 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:44,800 This is Hoffman. 446 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:45,800 You get it? 447 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:46,800 Who? 448 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:47,800 What? 449 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:48,800 Doves at sunrise. 450 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:49,800 Sergeant Friday. 451 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,800 Yeah. 452 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:51,800 It's your office. 453 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,800 Oh, thanks, Hoffman. 454 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,800 Hello. Oh, yeah, Kevin. 455 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,800 No, we're here now. Yeah. 456 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,800 Well, he seems to. 457 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,800 Yeah, who? 458 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:05,800 All right, we'll be right in. 459 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,800 All right, we got a call to make. 460 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,800 What? Over on Pico? Yeah. 461 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,800 All right, after that. 462 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,800 Yeah, right. 463 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:16,800 Wisdom? 464 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:17,800 Yeah, he wants to see you. 465 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:18,800 Yeah. 466 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:19,800 We'll probably want to talk to you later, Mr. Hoffman. 467 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,800 We can reach you at this number, is that right? 468 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:22,800 Yeah, either here or at the shop. 469 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,800 If I'm not at either, Gladys knows where I am. 470 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:25,800 All right, I wonder if you could give us the address 471 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,800 and the phone number of the place where you were last night. 472 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:28,800 Sure. 473 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,800 Yeah. 474 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,800 I've got a piece of paper here someplace. 475 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,800 You never can find anything when you want it. 476 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,800 Yeah. Oh, here we go. 477 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,800 You, uh, you got to go out there, huh? 478 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,800 You can't take my word for it. 479 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:46,800 That isn't the point, Mr. Hoffman. 480 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,800 We can't take anybody's word for it. 481 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,800 If we don't know it, we got to check it out, see? 482 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,800 I suppose so. 483 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,800 Here you are. Ask for Rudy. 484 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,800 He's the one who had the exhibition. 485 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:58,800 He'll tell you. 486 00:17:58,800 --> 00:17:59,800 Rudy, is that it? 487 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:00,800 Yes, that's right. 488 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,800 I was with him all evening. He'll tell you. 489 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,800 Okay, thanks, Hoffman. 490 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,800 Oh, say, uh... 491 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:08,800 Yeah? 492 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,800 I wonder if you could leave me your card and phone number. 493 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,800 Yeah, sure. Here you are. 494 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,800 Thank you. I'd like to give you a call. 495 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:16,800 Sir? 496 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:17,800 I'm holding my own show. 497 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,800 Mobiel would like to have you two guys there. 498 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Yeah. Thank you very much. 499 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,800 You bet. I'll be calling you. 500 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,800 Yeah. Thanks a lot. 501 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:29,800 What'd the captain want you? 502 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:30,800 He's raising the roof. 503 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,800 Says he just got a call from the corner pocket there leaning all over him. 504 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:34,800 Yeah. 505 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,800 Says he's tired of answering questions. 506 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,800 Says we better come up with some of the answers for him. 507 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,800 12.58 a.m. 508 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,800 Frank and I drove over to check on Alan Hoffman's alibi. 509 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:48,800 We talked to Rudy Nixon. 510 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,800 He told us that Hoffman had been with him until around 4.30 that morning. 511 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,800 At that time, Nixon had dropped Hoffman off at his apartment. 512 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,800 We drove back to the office and ran the name Rudy Nixon through R&I, 513 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,800 but we got no make on anyone answering his description. 514 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:02,800 5.45 p.m. 515 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,800 Frank and I reported for stakeout duty. 516 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,800 The night went slow and we came up with nothing. 517 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,800 The next morning at 8.16 a.m. we checked back into the office. 518 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,800 You know, as soon as we get this thing over with, I'm gonna sleep a week. 519 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,800 Oh, man, you got company. 520 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,800 I'm gonna tell Fay to send the kids out of town. 521 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,800 If anybody calls me, tell them I just left for a Hindu stand by fast freight. 522 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:23,800 Well, how'd it go? 523 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:24,800 Nothing, Skipper. 524 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,800 I sat there all night, nothing. 525 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,800 How about the other guys? Anything from them, Skipper? 526 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800 No, I just checked with Metro. 527 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,800 None of their cars saw anything. 528 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,800 The other men out there came in with the same. 529 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:33,800 No, I got it. 530 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,800 Burglary, wisdom. 531 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:38,800 Yes, ma'am. 532 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,800 Mm-hmm. 533 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,800 What time was it? 534 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,800 Right, we'll send a couple of men right out. 535 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:45,800 Here's the address. 536 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,800 They hit again. 537 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:04,800 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 538 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,800 Chesterfield is best for you. 539 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,800 But let us give you the facts and then you be your own judge. 540 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:16,800 Chesterfield is the first cigarette to present this scientific evidence on the effects of smoking. 541 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:22,800 A medical specialist is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group of people from various walks of life. 542 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,800 Forty-five percent of this group have smoked Chesterfield for an average of ten years. 543 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:36,800 After eight months, the medical specialist reports that he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 544 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,800 I'd say that means real mildness. 545 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:46,800 And Chesterfield is the first and only premium quality cigarette available in both regular and king size. 546 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,800 So buy them either way you like them, regular or king size. 547 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,800 You'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 548 00:20:54,800 --> 00:21:08,800 Yes, Chesterfield is best for you. 549 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,800 Thursday, January 24th, 852 a.m. 550 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,800 Frank and I drove out to see the latest victim of the burglars. 551 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,800 The crew from the crime lab arrived and went over the place. 552 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,800 The MO was exactly the same as in the previous thefts. 553 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,800 The front door had been unlocked, the safe had been opened, the contents taken, and then the safe closed. 554 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,800 There was no physical evidence. 555 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,800 However, on one point, the thief had varied his method of operation. 556 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,800 The latest victim was the owner of a radio and television store. 557 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,800 A check of his stock showed us that an expensive record player and a large stock of records were missing. 558 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:45,800 We checked Metro Division, but they told us that none of their cars had reported seeing anyone on the streets carrying anything that fitted the description of the missing merchandise. 559 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:51,800 The serial number of the set was given to us, and a local and an APB was gotten out on it. 560 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:57,800 We talked to Lieutenant Stevens at Metro, and he agreed to double the number of cars cruising in the area that night. 561 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,800 Three more teams of men from burglary were assigned to the stakeout detail. 562 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,800 6.02 p.m. Frank and I checked in for duty. 563 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,800 Nothing happened. Two days passed. Still no new leads. 564 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,800 All employees of the stores that were victimized were checked and rechecked. Nothing. 565 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,800 Saturday, January 26th, Frank and I were assigned to a toy shop in the middle of the block. 566 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:23,800 We waited. 8 p.m. 9, 10.30 p.m. Nothing. 567 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,800 Oh, boy, I'm stiff. Yeah. 568 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,800 Joe? Mm-hmm? What time are you got? 569 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,800 10.46. Oh. 570 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,800 I sure wish I could have a smoke. Yeah? 571 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,800 Yeah. I wonder if he's gonna show. 572 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,800 What do you think? I don't know. 573 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,800 Been a long time. 574 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:50,800 11 o'clock. We waited. From time to time, we could see the lights of the undercover car go by the front entrance. 575 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,800 Midnight. 12.30. Still nothing. 576 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,800 Joe? Mm-hmm? Want a piece of this candy bar? 577 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,800 No, I'm not hungry. 578 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:10,800 Sure you don't want some? No. 579 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:15,800 I don't know. We've been in every store in this block. 580 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,800 Past months, I don't think the guy's gonna show. 581 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,800 Mm-hmm. 582 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,800 This guy's stale. Wait a minute. What? 583 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,800 What's that? 584 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,800 Somebody moving something. Sounds like a ventilator, doesn't it? 585 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,800 Hey. Wait a minute. Hold it. 586 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,800 Yeah, look. See the ventilator on the firewall? 587 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,800 What? Is it moving? 588 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,800 Yeah. Somebody's coming out of there. See? 589 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,800 Going for the burglar alarm. See? Look at that. 590 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,800 What'd he do? Snapped off the burglar alarm. Oh. 591 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,800 He's at the safe. Yeah. 592 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,800 He's got it open. Come on, let's take him. 593 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,800 All right, mister, hold it right there. Watch it, Joe. He's going for the ventilator. 594 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,800 I see him. Come on. 595 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,800 You see him? No. He's up in there somewhere. 596 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,800 Yeah. All right, come on out of there, mister. 597 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,800 See him? No, I don't think so. 598 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,800 Come on out of there, you! There he is, Joe. Gun flash. 599 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,800 Yeah, I see him. 600 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,800 All right, come on, mister. Throw that gun out here. 601 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,800 Get out of here, cop. You come back here and I'll kill you. 602 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,800 You got no place to go up there. Now, come on. Give it up. 603 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,800 I'm telling you, you come back here and I'll kill you. I will. I'm warning you. I'll kill you. 604 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,800 Wait a minute. Wait. Don't shoot anymore. 605 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Please, don't shoot anymore. Please. I quit. Please. 606 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,800 All right, throw that gun out here. Come on. 607 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800 All right. Here it is. 608 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,800 There it is. You got it. Now, don't shoot anymore, huh? 609 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,800 All right, come on out of there. Come on out of there. 610 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,800 What do you think, Joe? 611 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,800 You're gonna come out of there. 612 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,800 All right, you'll have to go in there. 613 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,800 Come on, easy now. All right. 614 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,800 Smokey in here. 615 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,800 It's kind of a tight squeeze, isn't it? 616 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,800 It's kind of a tight squeeze, isn't it? It's kind of a tight squeeze, isn't it? 617 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,800 Looks like he's got some kind of a room up there, can you see? 618 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,800 Okay, here we are. 619 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,800 Hey, look at this. He's got himself a room. 620 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,800 Yeah. Dug it right out of the earth here. 621 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,800 All right, come on. Come out from behind that crate. 622 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,800 All right. Get your hands behind your head. 623 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,800 I'm doing like you say. See, I got my hands just like you said. I quit. 624 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,800 All right, you want to shake them down? Yeah. Come on. 625 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,800 Stand still. Put your hands against the wall. 626 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,800 Yeah, he's clean, Joe. Now, what is all this in here? 627 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,800 Where I live. All right, we'll take a look. 628 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,800 How about this, Joe? 629 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,800 This room must be 20 feet square. 630 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,800 Is this all the stuff you stole? Yeah, most of it. 631 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,800 What's your name? Warwick. Dan Warwick. 632 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,800 Really had you guys going, didn't it? All right, let's go. 633 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,800 Really had you. Couldn't figure it out. 634 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,800 I used to watch you sit in the vents and watch you. 635 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,800 Used to laugh how hard you were trying. Really had you going. 636 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,800 Couldn't figure it out. Yeah, sure. Come on, let's go. 637 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,800 Really had you going. You never would have found me. 638 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,800 I dug this room myself, every bit of it, all by myself. 639 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,800 Stayed here when you guys were around, except when I watched you, you and the others. 640 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,800 Couldn't figure out how I knew about the safes. 641 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,800 Used to just sit there and watch them. Watch them open the things. 642 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,800 Simple once you know how. Really had you going. 643 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,800 You bet you did. Running around in circles. Real fun. 644 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,800 Yeah, we knew where we were going. 645 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,800 The story you have just heard was true. 646 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,800 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 647 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,800 On May 17th, trial was held in Department 89, 648 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,800 Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 649 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,800 In a moment, the results of that trial. 650 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,800 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 651 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,800 Thank you, George Fenomen. Friends, it's getting a little closer to Christmas, 652 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,800 and there's a man right near you, your neighborhood cigarette dealer, 653 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,800 who has a lot of fine drugs. 654 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,800 Of course, he's featuring the gift of the year, the Chesterfield Christmas Carton. 655 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,800 It's the ideal gift because Chesterfield is the only premium quality cigarette 656 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,800 available to you in both regular and king size. 657 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,800 Chesterfield is the one I smoke, and it's the one I'm giving for Christmas. 658 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:39,800 Regular or king size, premium quality Chesterfields are much milder. 659 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,800 Daniel Robert Warwick was tried and convicted of burglary in the first degree, five counts. 660 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,800 Said counts to run consecutively. 661 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,800 He received his sentence as prescribed by law. 662 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,800 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary 663 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,800 for a period of not less than five years. 664 00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:00,800 Ladies and gentlemen, in the next seven years of bigger and bigger enrollments, 665 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,800 America's grade schools will need nearly a quarter of a million extra teachers, 666 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,800 besides those to fill normal vacancies. 667 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,800 Education holds America's future, perhaps your future. 668 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:27,800 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 669 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, 670 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,800 Los Angeles Police Department. 671 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,800 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 672 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,800 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Gwendolyn Paul Richards. 673 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:51,800 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gibney speaking. 674 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,800 Sound off for Chesterfield. 675 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,800 Either way you like them, regular or king size, 676 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:04,800 you'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 677 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:15,800 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet Transcribed from Los Angeles. 678 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:35,800 Tonight more adventure with Barry Craig, confidential investigator on NBC.