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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail.

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For the past six months, the managers of large markets in your city have been the victims of a hold-up man.

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Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime.

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For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,

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you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.

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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

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It was Saturday, March 22nd. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of robbery detail.

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My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Diddy and my name is Friday.

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We were on our way out from the office and it was 9.36 a.m. when we got to 4623 Linwood, the bakery shop.

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Yes sir, can I help you?

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Police officers, ma'am.

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Oh, yes, you want to see Mr. Jenkins. He's in the back. Right through that door.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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How is Mr. Jenkins?

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He's all right. Got a bad cut on his head. The ambulance was here.

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Uh-huh. Do you know if there are any witnesses?

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I don't know. The other officers are checking it now, I guess.

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Uh-huh. About how long have they been here?

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I'd say ten minutes.

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All right, ma'am. Thank you.

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Who is it?

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Police officers, sir. My name's Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith.

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Well, what happened to the other officer?

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Well, he left, Mr. Jenkins. A couple of questions we'd like to ask you about this.

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Sure. Pull up that chair there.

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Thanks very much.

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Thank you.

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You feel all right, sir?

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Yeah, I have aches a little, but I feel okay.

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The guy from the ambulance said I should see my own doctor.

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I don't know when I'm gonna get time to do that.

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It's nothing serious. A little cut.

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Yes, sir. Would you tell us just what happened here?

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Sure. There's not much to it. What do you want me to start?

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Well, what time did the man come in?

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I don't know. He must have been about 6.30 this morning.

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I was just frying the donuts.

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Heard this knock on the back door. I didn't let him in.

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What did he look like, sir?

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Just like the descriptions in the paper.

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That's how I know it was the black masked bandit.

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Had the overcoat on, the hat and the mask on his face.

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Was he carrying a gun?

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Yeah, it looked like.38 revolver, a long barrel.

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What happened then?

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Well, at first I couldn't figure it.

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You know, I'd written a paper where he was robbing markets.

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I couldn't figure what he was doing in a bakery.

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He was alone then, huh?

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Yeah, at least I couldn't see anybody with him.

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All right, go ahead, sir.

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Well, he came in and sat down, told me to go ahead with what I was doing.

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I sat right over there in that chair.

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Leaned back against the wall and just talked.

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What'd he talk about, do you remember?

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Nothing special.

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Then he asked me to hand him one of the donuts I'd finished.

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Said he wanted one of the chocolate ones.

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I gave it to him, he just leaned back and ate it.

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I see.

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I asked him what he wanted.

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Why the gun, you know?

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He said he didn't want me to get any bright ideas.

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He asked me how much money I had.

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I told him I only had about 150 bucks and he said that wasn't much.

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I said it wasn't, but it's all I had.

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Then I asked him if he was gonna rob me.

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What'd he say to that?

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He said he probably would.

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All this time did he keep the mask on?

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Yeah, he never took it off.

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How long was he here?

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He was here, like I said, at 6.30.

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He left about 8.15, just before Vera came in.

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She's the one who found me.

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Vera?

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Yeah, she's the girl who takes care of the store.

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You probably saw her out front when you came in.

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Oh, yeah, sure. Go ahead.

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Well, I finished up with the donuts and then I asked him if he'd like a drink.

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I said I had some brandy locked up.

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I asked him if he'd like a shot.

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He said he would. I went over to get it.

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I keep it over there in that cupboard.

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When I walked over, I had to walk right in front of him.

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Well, you probably know, it gets pretty hot in a bakery, the ovens and all.

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I guess he was kind of relaxed.

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When I walked by him, I grabbed his gun, took it right out of his hands.

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He jumped up and told me to hand it over to him.

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Said for me to give it back and I wouldn't get hurt.

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I told him he had the shoe on the wrong foot that I was calling things now.

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That's it. What'd he do then?

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Well, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, if it hadn't happened to me, I'd never believe it.

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What's that?

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When I took the gun away from him, he looked real surprised.

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That's when I told him that I was the boss and he just stood up and started to walk toward me.

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I told him to stop. I pointed the gun at him, told him to stay where he was.

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But he didn't stop. He kept coming right at me.

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I told him again, but he kept right on walking.

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And then I fired at him.

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Well, it wasn't any farther away from him than 10, maybe 15 feet.

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Didn't hit him, so I pulled the trigger again.

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Shot right at him six times. Right at him.

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He just kept walking at me.

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Now, at first I thought the shells in the gun were blanks.

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And then I could see where the bullets were hidden.

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Well, there you can see a couple of them in the wall.

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I couldn't believe my eyes. I missed him every time.

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What'd he do right after you shot at him?

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When I fired the last shot, the gun clicked a couple of times.

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He just stopped and laughed.

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He said that I'd run out of bullets and I'd better give the gun to him.

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Did you?

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Yeah, I threw it at him as hard as I could.

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I missed him then, too. The gun hit the floor and I could see the sparks fly.

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And then he picked it up and came after me.

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I didn't think I'd be in much trouble. He looked so little.

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But when he grabbed at me, I knew I'd had it.

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That man had hands like a vice.

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He grabbed my arm and hit me on the head right here.

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Knocked me out.

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He came to when Vera came in. The guy was gone, so was the man.

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Where'd you keep this money?

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In my pocket. I had it in my wallet.

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I don't usually put it in the cash register until Vera gets in.

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I see. You said that when the gun hit the floor, you saw the sparks fly from it. Is that right?

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Yeah. You know, like when you hit a piece of flint with another rock, like the Boy Scouts.

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Like that.

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Did you notice that the gun seemed damaged in any way?

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No, I didn't have time to notice anything. Right after that, he hit me.

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I wonder if you'd give us a description of the man.

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Sure. Like I told the other officers, he was a little man, real old.

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How old would you say?

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Oh, maybe 50 or so. Not any younger.

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You're not sure about that, are you?

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About how tall?

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Maybe 5'2". Not any more than that.

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Kind of hard to tell with that big coat on. It looked like it was five or six sizes too big.

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It looked kind of funny at first, then you realized who he was and it wasn't funny anymore.

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I wasn't too scared of him when I first saw him, even when he came at me.

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But when he grabbed my arm, I knew I had trouble.

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Yes, sir.

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I still can't understand it. Six shots and I didn't hit him once.

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I tell you, the guy's not human.

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Well, he's scoring pretty good for a ghost.

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The Bandit

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10.02 a.m. The crew from the crime lab came out and went over the bakery.

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Ray Pinker removed the slugs from the wall on the floor and took them back to the lab.

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The bandit, as usual, had worn gloves, so there was no possibility for fingerprints.

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A search of the neighborhood failed to turn up any new leads.

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None of the people in the immediate area had seen anyone answering the description of the black masked bandit.

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Additional supplementary bulletins were gotten out, and all of the cars in the surrounding vicinity were alerted.

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The stats office had made run after run on the MO of the bandit.

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The leads they gave us were all checked out.

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All gunsmiths were alerted in the event that the suspect's weapon had been damaged and that he might try to have it repaired.

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All leads were checked and rechecked. They netted us nothing.

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Informants were questioned and re-questioned.

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The plan that had been worked out for checking with the managers of the supermarkets in the city was continued.

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Three weeks passed. The bandit hit again.

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This time a market just outside of Eagle Rock.

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The MO was the same as had been used in the previous robberies.

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However, in this one instance, the market didn't have a storage refrigerator, so the thief locked the manager in a back room.

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In locking the door, the suspect had taken off his gloves, and Layton Prince was able to lift a partial print from the doorknob.

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It wasn't enough for classification, but Bergman said that if we apprehended the man, he'd be able to identify him for us.

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June came and went. July, August.

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The bandit had been operating without interference for almost a year.

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He'd widened his theater of operations. Reports had come in from San Francisco to Stockton, from San Diego to Pomona.

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In each case, the suspect seemed to know what markets were being staked out, and he stayed away from them.

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The legwork continued without result.

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The next day, August 19, Frank and I checked back into the office.

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Man, I never see it to fail. Every time we have lunch at Sal's, I eat too much.

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Yeah, he puts out a good lunch, doesn't he?

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Too good.

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Want to check the book?

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Right.

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Anything?

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One coffee, Jerry.

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Informant?

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Yeah. He said he can't get with me tonight. He'll call in the morning.

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Right, Smith?

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Yeah, Skipper.

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Come on in here, will you?

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Right away.

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Sit down.

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All right.

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Well, what is it?

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You guys been on this black mess thing how long now?

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Well, it's going on a year, isn't it?

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You're no closer to them than you were when you started.

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Not much.

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You know you're tying up half a minute metro. You got this town covered like a blanket, and you still can't turn the guy.

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We're doing everything we can, Skipper.

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I've been telling you for the last six months that I wasn't going to buy that anymore. I mean it this time.

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Just exactly what have you got on the guy?

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Well, I think you know it just as well as we do, Skipper. Description, MO, even the partial print Bergman lifted from that place out in Eagle Rock.

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We've been over it a hundred times. It isn't a lead that we haven't run out and then checked over again.

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Nothing new on the information from Folsom?

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No, nothing. We've had 5,000 circulars printed. They're scattered all over the country. Doesn't look like the guy's ever done time before.

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The way it works, you'd think he knew exactly what we were doing.

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We cover the markets, he hits the bakeries. We cover the bakeries in L.A., he hits in San Diego.

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They cover the stores, then he hits up north. Where we are, he ain't.

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How about the car, the Ford?

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No, nothing. We got no license.

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You ever hear anything on the damaged gun?

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No, he never tried to have it fixed that we can find out about. He's gotten ahold of another gun someplace.

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Latest reports say he's using a revolver with a two-inch barrel.

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Well, where do you stand now?

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I don't know. We got every store from La Siena got Alameda covered. From Hollywood Boulevard south to Jefferson.

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Big area.

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Yeah, it's a lot of stores, too. There's a cruiser car or a cop in or near every large store and bakery in that area.

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Every police unit in the city is looking for the guy. If he hits again, we should get him.

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You're Friday?

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Yeah, Murph.

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I just came in from Wilshire. Figured you wanted... here you go.

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Thanks.

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What is it?

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We got the whole town waiting for him with open arms. Everything's set when he pulls the switch.

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What is it, Friday?

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The black mask bandit. He's going in for kidnapping now.

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The local broadcast stated that the manager of one of the big supermarket chains in the city had been taken from his home about 2.30 in the morning.

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The bandit forced him to drive to the store and open the safe. The thief then bound the manager and left the premises.

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The manager gave us a complete description of the bandit and locals and APBs were gotten out on him.

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In this instance, the thief didn't use his own car. He forced the manager to drive his car to the market.

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The manager told us that when they'd left the house, he hadn't seen any other cars on the streets.

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Tuesday, August 19th, 520 p.m.

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Frank and I got in touch with Lieutenant Dick Tiernan of the sheriff's robbery squad.

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Together with him, we worked out a plan to try to keep the homes of the managers under surveillance.

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In addition to this, men from the sheriff's department aided in canvassing the houses of the owners and managers.

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Each car was assigned three houses, while other cars covered three markets each.

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A month passed. The black mask bandit hit five times, each time in areas which were not under direct surveillance.

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Friday, September 26th, 520 a.m.

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We got a call at home that there had been another kidnapping, this time an elderly market manager and his wife.

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Frank and I drove out to see them. The radio unit had returned them to their home.

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Yes, Mr. Gunther?

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That's right.

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Police officers, Mr. Gunther.

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Oh, yes. Come in.

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You have some sort of identification?

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Yes, sir. Here's my ID card. My name is Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith.

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How do you do?

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Come into the living room, won't you?

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Thank you very much, sir.

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Sit down.

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Hope you didn't mind my asking about your identification.

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Just the way things have been happening, you can't be too sure.

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Yes, sir. Well, you understand.

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I wonder if you'd mind telling us what happened.

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Sure. Awful thing. Awful.

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Just can't believe that a man his age would do a thing like this.

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Seems that he'd know not to be so cruel.

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Yes, sir. Just what did happen?

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Well, last night, it must have been about two or two-thirty,

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I woke up with this flashlight shining in my eyes.

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First, I didn't know what it was. Just this real bright light, you know?

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Yes, sir.

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Well, right away, of course, I knew there was somebody else in the room.

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About that time, Agnes woke up. Agnes is my wife.

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Anyway, she woke up, wanted to know what was going on. I told her I didn't know.

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All this time that light didn't move. Just stayed in one place and showing right in my eyes.

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Yes, sir.

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Then we heard this voice tell us to get out of bed.

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Said he wanted me to go with him.

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I told him to get out of the house, but I didn't want any trouble.

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If he wanted money, he'd find all we had in the house right on the dresser with my wallet.

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Mm-hmm. Could you see who the person was, sir?

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No, not then, the light and all.

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But I got out of bed and then I could see a little old man with a black mask over his eyes.

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Well, how could you tell his age, sir?

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Well, just could, that's all. Little beady eyes and his mouth mean.

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Never saw a mouth like that on a young man. His voice was old, I could tell.

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Yes, sir.

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Well, he told me to get dressed. Said that I should hurry up about it.

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Was he armed? Could you tell that?

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Yes, I could see it. He was holding a gun.

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All this time, Agnes was yelling at him to get out of the house.

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She's not well, you know.

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Yes, sir.

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Agnes, she has a bad heart.

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Uh-huh.

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Been with the doctor for years. Takes pills and medicine.

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That's the big reason that I did what he said.

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I didn't want there to be any trouble to get Agnes excited.

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I understand.

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Well, finally I told him if he'd get out of the room and leave her alone, I'd do what he wanted.

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Not to give him any cause to hurt anyone.

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Uh-huh.

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Then he did about the meanest thing he could have done.

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Told Agnes to get out of bed. Said for her to get up and get dressed and go with us.

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Just can't understand why he'd want to do a thing like that. Just plain meanness.

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Yes, sir. Did your wife do what he said?

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Well, at first she said she wouldn't do it. Really told him off.

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I thought he'd maybe get mad and hit her. He was mean enough to do it.

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Uh-huh.

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Finally I asked her to do what he wanted. Figured that'd be the easiest way of getting him out of the place.

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I thought that maybe I could talk him out of taking her with us, but I couldn't.

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He made you leave the house then?

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Yeah. Told me to get the car out of the garage and then he and Agnes get in the back seat.

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Made me drive down to the store.

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Did you notice any other cars in the area? Any cars parked near your house that weren't usually there?

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No. On the way to the store though, I saw a police car. I thought about trying to attract their attention.

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He must have thought about it too though.

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Why do you say that?

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Well, he told me that if I did anything to call attention to us, he'd kill Agnes. I think he would have too.

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I didn't do anything to get him upset.

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Yes, sir.

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Well, we got to the market and he made me open the safe and then he took the money and tied us up.

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I begged him not to tie Agnes. I've never done that before, Sergeant.

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I'm 52 and I've never begged a man for anything, but I did this time. Begged him not to kill Agnes.

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I knew that if he tied her up like he said he was going to, he'd kill her.

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Pleaded with him, but it didn't do any good. Tied her up and put that tape over her mouth.

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One thing I can say for him though, just one. He called the police and told them where we were.

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If he had done that, I think we'd have both died. Agnes almost self-created.

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Where's your wife now, Mr. Gunther?

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In the other room. Doctor's with her. He gave her a sedative.

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Awful thing, Sergeant. I just don't know how anyone could be that mean.

335
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Now, just one reason we can think of.

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What's that?

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He's had a lot of practice.

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11.30 a.m. We talked to Mrs. Gunther. She told us pretty much the same story that we'd gotten from her husband.

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The police car in the area was contacted, but they reported that they hadn't noticed the Gunther car.

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The unit that was patrolling the area around the store was contacted.

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They reported that they had checked the store at 3.15 a.m.

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At that time, there were no lights and no suspicious cars in the vicinity.

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The black masked bandit had been working for over a year.

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In that time, he'd robbed 59 stores that we knew of.

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His theater of operations had taken him from northern California right down to the Mexican border, from the desert to the beach.

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He'd stolen approximately a half a million dollars.

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The entire nation had received communications carrying the description of the suspect.

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The entire facilities of the police and sheriff's departments in Los Angeles were devoted to apprehending him.

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Thousands of man hours had gone into stakeouts and searches. None of them produced any results.

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As the case grew in importance, robbery detail began to get an average of 30 calls a day from well-meaning citizens with information.

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Every lead, no matter how remote, had to be checked out.

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This meant more hours of legwork and interrogation.

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Every officer in the Southland was looking for the bandit.

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Every car and motorcycle on the streets had his description.

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None of it did any good.

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Thursday, October 2nd, 11.05 p.m. Frank and I checked back into the office.

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Well, there's another one that didn't go any quite.

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Yeah, you want to fill out the reports, I'll check the book.

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Yeah. Never fails, does it, Joe? What's that?

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Oh, something like this one comes along. Some people use it to get back at their neighbors.

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Take that deal tonight. Pretty silly, huh?

362
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I'd like to know who gave us that tip.

363
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There's something kind of sneaky about anonymous phone calls.

364
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Well, we'd miss a lot of breaks if we didn't get them.

365
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Yeah. You figure we're ever going to nail this guy?

366
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Who knows? I'm getting a little punchy.

367
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Every time we miss him, we get another pasting.

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Have you read the papers lately?

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Really, you got to expect that, Frank.

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They're probably calling it the way it looks to them.

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The only way to answer them is to nail the guy. I get it.

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Robbery Friday. Yeah, that's...

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What's that? Can you speak a little louder? I can't hear you.

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That's better. What? Uh-huh. When did this happen?

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Yeah. What's the address out there?

376
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Yeah, the street. Now, give me the number. That's right.

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All right. You bet. We'll take care of it.

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Right. Bye.

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Looks like something here.

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Market manager's son. Yeah.

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Says someone's just kidnapped his father.

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and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield.

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...

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11.23 p.m. Frank and I checked the manager's name on the list.

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We got the address, and seven minutes later,

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we pulled up in front of the store.

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We could see two men.

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One was dressed in a bathrobe, the other in a large overcoat

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with a brown hat pulled down over his eyes.

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Parked in front of the store was a dark blue 1951 Lincoln.

422
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We checked the car and found that it bore the registration

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of Donald Anderson, the manager.

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Frank went around to the rear door of the market,

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and I covered the front entrance.

426
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We waited. At 11.42 p.m., the bandits started for the front door.

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All right, mister, police officer, hold it up there!

428
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Come on, drop the gun, give it up!

429
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Listen, cop, get out of here!

430
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Frank, cover the other side of the building.

431
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Yes, Joe?

432
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All right, come on, mister, give it up!

433
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You all right, Joe?

434
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Yeah, come on, let's get over this fence.

435
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He's not over here.

436
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We missed him. He must have got over that wall.

437
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I'll get back to the car and notify the radio units.

438
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All right. You think you hit him?

439
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I don't know. I might have.

440
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Let's check the ground by the fence.

441
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You got your flashlight?

442
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Yeah, here it is.

443
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Hold it, Joe.

444
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Here, see, by the fence.

445
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Oh, yeah. Blood stains, quite a few of them.

446
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I'll stay here and check.

447
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Okay, I'll be right back. Watch yourself.

448
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Yeah.

449
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Unit 1K8O to Control 1. Unit 1K8O to Control 1.

450
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Control 1 to 1K8O, go ahead.

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While attempting to arrest Market Bandit during commission of robbery,

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he exchanged fire with suspect.

453
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Suspect is known to be wounded.

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Suspect armed, use caution.

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Suspect seen fleeing on foot.

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All cars in area converge on corner of Figueroa and Woodlawn.

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Suspect described as WMA.

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50 to 55 years.

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130 to 140 pounds.

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Block off area at Vernon to Slauson.

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At Vernon to Slauson.

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And from Figueroa to Maine.

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Suspect last seen going through houses at 49th and Figueroa.

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That's 49 in Figueroa.

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Roger, 1K8O.

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Attention all units.

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Attention all units.

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All units in the vicinity of 49th and Figueroa.

469
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Robbery suspect wounded while attempting to robberies Market.

470
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,000
Suspect described as WMA.

471
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000
50 to 55 years.

472
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000
130 to 140 pounds.

473
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,000
Block off area at Vernon to Slauson.

474
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000
Vernon to Slauson.

475
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000
And from Figueroa to Maine streets.

476
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,000
Suspect last seen going through houses at 49th and Figueroa.

477
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000
Unit 1K8O to control 1.

478
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000
Unit 1K80 to control 1.

479
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000
Control 1, unit 1K8O go ahead.

480
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000
Suspect is known to be armed.

481
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000
Approach with caution.

482
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000
Use caution.

483
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000
Unit 1K8O to control 1.

484
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000
KMA 367.

485
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,000
All units.

486
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,000
Robbery suspect at 49th and Figueroa.

487
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000
Known to be armed.

488
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000
Approach with caution.

489
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000
Repeat.

490
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000
Approach with caution.

491
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000
What do you figure Frank?

492
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000
He's in here someplace.

493
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,000
Let's find him.

494
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In the next three hours 37 police cars combed the area.

495
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000
Every possible hiding place was investigated.

496
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000
A house to house search was started.

497
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000
Citizens were asked to lock their doors and open their homes to no one.

498
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,000
In one of the yards we found the hat and coat worn by the suspect but apparently he'd made good his escape.

499
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000
Broadcasts were gotten out to the entire city putting them on the alert.

500
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,000
Additional officers were sent to the blockaded area to help with the search.

501
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,000
Captain Didion came out from the office to direct the operations.

502
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000
3.30 AM. The area had been checked and rechecked.

503
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000
No sign of the suspect.

504
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,000
Frank and I went back to our car.

505
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000
I don't know Joe. The guy's got us jinxed.

506
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000
Seems like everything we do he's got us beaten.

507
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000
It doesn't make much sense does it?

508
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000
We gotta turn him sometime.

509
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000
Yeah. We've been saying that for a year.

510
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000
Didion was sure in a rare mood tonight.

511
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000
Well he's got trouble with his stomach again.

512
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,000
I'm gonna have trouble with mine if this keeps up much longer.

513
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000
Joe.

514
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000
Car.

515
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,000
Come here. Take the other side of it.

516
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000
Alright.

517
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000
Alright come on out of the car mister.

518
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000
Come on we know you're there. Get out.

519
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000
Get out of here cop!

520
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000
Come on throw that gun out here. You can't go anywhere.

521
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000
Give it up before you get killed.

522
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000
I ain't coming out. Don't you try coming after me.

523
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,000
You haven't got a chance. I dropped that gun.

524
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000
Alright. Alright I quit.

525
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,000
Got the more shells I can't fight anymore. I quit. I quit.

526
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000
Please don't shoot anymore.

527
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000
Alright throw that gun out here.

528
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000
Come on.

529
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000
Alright now get out of the car.

530
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,000
Keep those hands up. Put them behind your head.

531
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000
Now come on over here. Turn around.

532
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000
Put your hands against the car. Straight out in front of you.

533
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000
I'll take it.

534
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000
Hey you're gonna call the ambulance for me? I'm hurt.

535
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000
In case you see I'm hurt and you're gonna do anything for me.

536
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000
Please clean Joe.

537
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000
Right here. Here. Get your hands behind you.

538
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000
Come on.

539
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,000
Put on a call for the ambulance. Right.

540
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,000
You didn't have to shoot. I would have stopped if I'd known you was cops.

541
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000
You got trouble with your ears? No.

542
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000
We told you we were officers. You built this thing. We just went along with you.

543
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,000
Lousy deal anyway. I should have stopped. I should have quit when I was ahead.

544
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000
If I'd have stopped you guys I'd never caught me. Never.

545
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000
You're on the way Joe. Go ahead. What's your name mister?

546
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000
Jerry. Jerry Rogers.

547
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000
How old are you? 35.

548
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:51,000
All this time we're looking for an old man. How do you figure it Joe?

549
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,000
I don't know. Gray hair. Big overcoat. Men's mask.

550
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000
Witnesses didn't get too good a look at him.

551
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000
You ever been arrested Rogers? Yeah. Once.

552
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000
Is that ambulance ever gonna get here? It's coming. What'd you fall for?

553
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000
What were you arrested for? Drunk driving.

554
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,000
I should have quit. I should have laid off.

555
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000
It's too bad you didn't figure it that way a little sooner.

556
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000
Look I don't want any more. When's that ambulance gonna get here?

557
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000
Don't worry about it Rogers. You've got a lot of time.

558
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000
The story you have just heard was true.

559
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000
The names were changed to protect the innocent.

560
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:31,000
On February 4th trial was held in department 87, superior court of the state of California in and for the county of Los Angeles.

561
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000
In a moment the results of that trial.

562
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000
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563
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564
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565
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566
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:53,000
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567
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568
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569
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:12,000
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570
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:18,000
Gerald Steven Rogers was tried and found guilty of 12 counts of robbery in the first degree and 4 counts of kidnapping.

571
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:23,000
He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary San Quentin, California.

572
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:30,000
Ladies and gentlemen, the National Safety Council reminds you to make sure your car is really in shape for winter driving.

573
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,000
Check headlights, windshield wipers, tires and brakes.

574
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000
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575
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,000
Get the feel of the road when you start out.

576
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000
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577
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:47,000
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578
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And always take your time in winter time.

579
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580
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You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files.

581
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:08,000
Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.

582
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:13,000
Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Fance Brasher.

583
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:17,000
Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Ralph Moody, Harry Bartel, Jack Crouchon.

584
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,000
Script by John Robinson.

585
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,000
Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking.

586
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000
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587
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588
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,000
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589
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590
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,000
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591
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