1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,360 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:15,520 Chesterfield, the only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular 3 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:25,840 and king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,480 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:40,000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,560 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,800 You're assigned a forgery detail. 8 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,440 A Czech forger has been hitting the merchants in your city. 9 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,800 From the M.O. she uses, you know she's an expert. 10 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,440 You've got a description. 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:57,160 Your job, get her. 12 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,360 There's only one premium quality cigarette in America available in both regular and king 13 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,320 size and that is Chesterfield. 14 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:10,840 Premium quality in a cigarette means the world's best tobacco, the best ingredients, the best 15 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,560 cigarette paper. 16 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,340 Only Chesterfield gives you this premium quality in both popular sizes. 17 00:01:17,340 --> 00:01:22,720 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any other 18 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,800 king size cigarette. 19 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,040 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 20 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,120 Of course it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 21 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:37,360 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield is larger. 22 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:42,280 Contains so much more of these premium quality tobaccos that you get more than a fifth longer 23 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,000 smoke from king size Chesterfield. 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,480 Yes, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 25 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,760 Premium quality, both regular and king size. 26 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,920 And either way you like them, Chesterfields are much milder. 27 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,400 Chesterfield is best for you. 28 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:10,520 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 29 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,360 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 30 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,960 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 31 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,640 police files. 32 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:26,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 33 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,800 in action. 34 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,800 It was Wednesday, February 6th. 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,160 It was cool in Los Angeles. 36 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,960 We were working the day watch out a forgery detail. 37 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,080 My partner is Frank Smith. 38 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,080 The boss is Captain Welsh. 39 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:40,080 My name is Friday. 40 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,840 I was on my way back from the forgery office and it was 10 22 a.m. when I got to the mug 41 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:44,840 room. 42 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:45,840 I'm sure about it officer. 43 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,400 If I ever see that woman again I'll know her. 44 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,400 Don't you have any doubt about it? 45 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:49,400 I'll know her. 46 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,400 Yes ma'am. 47 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,240 I'll take this book please. 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Have you seen anyone who might be the woman, Miss Parkinson? 49 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,280 No, not yet Sergeant, but if she's got her picture in here I'll find it for you. 50 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:59,280 Never forget that face. 51 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,280 So sweet and kindly. 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,360 Sort of reminded me of my mother, rest her soul. 53 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,160 I think that's why I cashed the check for her. 54 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,920 I never would have done it if there hadn't been something like that. 55 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:06,920 Yes ma'am. 56 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,520 I wonder if you'd mind running over it again for us. 57 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:09,880 Might have been something you forgot maybe. 58 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:10,880 No, no, no. 59 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,360 I wouldn't forget anything about her but I can tell you about it if you'd like. 60 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:14,360 Alright fine Miss Parkinson. 61 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,360 If you just start at the beginning again. 62 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:16,360 Fine. 63 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:17,360 Would you mind calling me Ethel? 64 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,360 I don't much care for formality. 65 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,480 I don't feel better when people call me by my given name. 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,160 Yes ma'am, if you'd go right ahead please. 67 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,760 Well this morning's when I found out about it. 68 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,840 Like the keel right over when the check came back from the bank. 69 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,960 Opened up the other mail, most different people want to sell me things for the store and there 70 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:29,960 it was. 71 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,280 Letter from the bank with the check inside. 72 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,200 Staple to one of those forms, you know the kind they just check with a pencil? 73 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,200 Uh huh. 74 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,200 Well like I said there it was. 75 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,680 Place that was checked said the account was unknown. 76 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,120 Well you can just bet I got on the phone and called the bank people. 77 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,120 Yes ma'am, I understand. 78 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,840 I told them they'd made some sort of mistake, that they'd better set it right. 79 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,800 I was so sure that she wouldn't do a thing like this. 80 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,960 Well you know how banks are, they said they'd check it for me and I waited on the phone 81 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:49,960 while they did. 82 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:50,960 And they said it wasn't any mistake. 83 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Well you can just bet that I was hopping mad. 84 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,440 Yeah well what kind of identification did the woman use to get you to cash the check? 85 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,560 Well she had several letters from her son, at least that's who she said they were from. 86 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,080 I just bet she hasn't even got a son. 87 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,080 And sir I'll bet she hasn't. 88 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,040 Well do you usually cash checks with that little identification? 89 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,040 No I don't as a rule. 90 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,560 I usually ask for a driver's license and a social security card. 91 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,440 I figure that if a person's got one of those that means that he's working. 92 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,760 Figures that the check is good. 93 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:13,760 Uh huh. 94 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:14,760 Well that's not always true you know ma'am. 95 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,040 Don't I know it now? 96 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,040 You just bet I do. 97 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,760 Last time I cashed a check for anyone I haven't known for ten years. 98 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,800 Had you seen this woman around your store before this time? 99 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,240 I've been trying to think about that. 100 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,880 The shop isn't very big but we do a pretty good business. 101 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,160 Sometimes there are several people waiting. 102 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,880 Get in a hurry you know and you aren't sure who you talked to. 103 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:31,880 Yes ma'am. 104 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,920 To me I've seen her in this store before but when I stop and really think about it, I'm 105 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:36,920 not too sure. 106 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:37,920 You know how that is? 107 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:38,920 Yes ma'am I do. 108 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,580 When you boil it right down, I don't think I have seen her before. 109 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:43,000 She just had one of those faces that you figure sure you know. 110 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,880 Looked like such a lovely person. 111 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:45,880 I see. 112 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,160 About how old do you figure she was ma'am? 113 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,680 Like I said I guess about 62, maybe a little older. 114 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,280 Might have been 65, not much over that though. 115 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:53,920 Such pretty hair. 116 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,360 Pure white had it fixed in a real soft wave over her forehead. 117 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,360 Old fashioned kind of. 118 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,840 Wore it in a bun you know. 119 00:04:58,840 --> 00:04:59,840 Ma'am? 120 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:04,080 Bun had the hair all rolled up and then pinned up back here. 121 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:05,080 Back of her neck. 122 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,080 It was white you say? 123 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,080 The hair was white? 124 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,080 Yes. 125 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,840 It looks so nice to see a woman act and look her age. 126 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,360 So many of them try to look younger you know. 127 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,360 Yes ma'am. 128 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,360 How was she dressed? 129 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,360 Oh she was well dressed. 130 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,240 Had a sort of teal blue suit on, a black coat. 131 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,560 Looked kind of like it might have been cashmere. 132 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:18,560 Looked real nice. 133 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,720 Little spring gloves and all. 134 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,960 You say she was a small woman, is that right? 135 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:22,960 Yes she was little. 136 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:24,960 Stood real straight you know shoulders back. 137 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:25,960 But she was a little one. 138 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,640 Not more than five foot one or maybe two. 139 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:29,640 Would she be slight or heavy? 140 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:30,640 Big pardon? 141 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Well how much would you say she weighed? 142 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Maybe a hundred pounds. 143 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,560 Say she wasn't much heavier than that. 144 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:36,560 No sir a hundred pounds. 145 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,000 Was there anything unusual about her? 146 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,320 Anything that might make her stand out? 147 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,360 No no I don't think so. 148 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,360 Maybe it was the perfume. 149 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:43,360 Ma'am? 150 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,360 The perfume you know. 151 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,120 How you kind of expect a little old lady to wear something kind of mild like violet maybe. 152 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,120 Light. 153 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,120 Yes ma'am. 154 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,440 Well she had a real heavy perfume on. 155 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,360 Smelled kind of like a French scent. 156 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,360 Real heavy like I said. 157 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:55,760 It was one thing I couldn't figure out. 158 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,760 What's that ma'am? 159 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,200 Well she did have nice clothes and all. 160 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,680 But all in all she didn't look like she had a lot of money. 161 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:01,680 Just moderate you know. 162 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,480 Well that perfume must have been expensive. 163 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Must have cost a lot. 164 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:11,880 Well I guess she's making enough to afford it ma'am. 165 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,360 Ten thirty four a.m. 166 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,760 Mrs. Parkinson continued to look through the mug books. 167 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,920 She was unable to identify the woman who had passed the bad check. 168 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,680 The merchants of the city had been victimized for the past three weeks by a forger. 169 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,220 All of them described her as a kindly old lady using letters from her son in the east 170 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,220 as identification. 171 00:06:28,220 --> 00:06:31,720 Frank and I had run the description we'd gotten through R&I with no result. 172 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,400 The stats office had made several runs on the E.M.O. and all leads furnished by them 173 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,800 had been checked out but they let us nowhere. 174 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,200 We'd obtained copies of the forged checks and they'd been processed by Don Meyer in 175 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,640 handwriting but he'd been unable to offer us any new information. 176 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,020 The names on each of the checks were different. 177 00:06:47,020 --> 00:06:49,680 We checked each of them out but the leads went nowhere. 178 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,200 All of the stores in the central area had been alerted. 179 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,720 Descriptions had been distributed to the neighborhood merchants but the check passing continued. 180 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,160 We checked with our informants but they failed to come up with any information. 181 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,400 Two weeks passed. 182 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,060 The woman hit 12 more times. 183 00:07:03,060 --> 00:07:05,920 Her take was estimated to be over $2,500. 184 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,200 The checks she passed were always for the same amount, $50. 185 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,040 When it seemed necessary she would purchase merchandise in order to cash the check. 186 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,880 The articles she chose were in a price range so that the store owner would often cash the 187 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,880 check rather than lose the sale. 188 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,640 Thursday, February 21st, 834 A.M. 189 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,760 Frank and I got back to the office. 190 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:24,760 I'll get it. 191 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,760 Forgery Friday. 192 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:26,760 Yeah. 193 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:27,760 I wear. 194 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,760 How soon? 195 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:32,760 All right. 196 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,760 No, we'll see you there. 197 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:36,760 What is it? 198 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:37,760 Harry Allenson. 199 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:38,760 Informer? 200 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:39,760 Yeah. 201 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,760 Says he wants to see us right away. 202 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:41,760 Yeah. 203 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,160 Says he knows the woman we're looking for. 204 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,520 The working detective knows that he's usually only as good as his informants. 205 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,600 Quite often when all other means of bringing a case to a successful conclusion have failed, 206 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,560 the only thing that will break it is information supplied by an informant. 207 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,320 A detective will protect his informant. 208 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,120 For as long as the informant can operate, the detective is assured of a steady flow of 209 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,120 information. 210 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,120 9.45 A.M. 211 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,160 Frank and I drove over to the coffee shop at the corner of Crawford and Spring Street. 212 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,520 Harry Allenson wasn't there when we arrived. 213 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,320 We sat down and ordered a cup of coffee. 214 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,240 Oh, that's good and hot. 215 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,240 Yeah, it is. 216 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,240 Pass the sugar, will you, Joe? 217 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,240 Yeah. 218 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,240 Here you go. 219 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,240 Thanks. 220 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:22,360 I wonder where Allenson is. 221 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:23,360 What time did he say he'd be here? 222 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,360 9.45. 223 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,520 Well, it's only a couple of minutes after that. 224 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:27,520 Now he'll be here. 225 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,480 I wonder how right his story is. 226 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,480 What did he tell you on the phone? 227 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,480 Nothing, just that he knew what we were looking for. 228 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,480 Said if we'd meet him here, he'd fill us in. 229 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,480 There he is. 230 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:36,480 Oh, yeah. 231 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:37,480 Hi, Ridey. 232 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:38,480 Harry? 233 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:39,480 Sit down. 234 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:40,480 Yeah. 235 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:41,480 Sorry I'm late. 236 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,480 Got hung up on traffic. 237 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,480 Oh, you got a car now, Harry? 238 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:44,480 No, I missed my street car. 239 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Had to wait for another. 240 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,480 Say, you guys had breakfast yet? 241 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:48,760 Yeah, we did a little earlier. 242 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,480 You mind if I have something to eat? 243 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:51,480 No, go ahead. 244 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:52,480 Where's the waitress? 245 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,480 Well, she was here a minute ago. 246 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:54,480 I don't see her now. 247 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,480 All right. 248 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:56,480 I'll go get her myself. 249 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,480 I'm sure you guys don't want anything to eat. 250 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:00,480 No, no, thanks. 251 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:01,480 Just the same, Harry. 252 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:02,480 Okay, be right back. 253 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,480 Well, here we go again, Joe. 254 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,480 Last time we met him, his meal cost $250. 255 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:09,480 How much dough you got on you? 256 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:10,480 Oh, I got a couple of bucks. 257 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:11,480 How you fix it? 258 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:12,480 Well, not much better. 259 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,480 Let's hope he doesn't order too much, though. 260 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,480 How about some more coffee for you guys? 261 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:17,480 No, no thanks, Harry. 262 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:18,480 Chow will be up in a minute. 263 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,480 All right, how about this information, Harry, about the paper hanger? 264 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:22,480 Oh, yeah. 265 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:23,480 Funny the way I got it. 266 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,480 Is that right? 267 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,480 Yeah, I was up in Jack's bar last night, you know, just having a beer, shooting the breeze. 268 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,480 All of a sudden, this old girl comes into the place, kind of set everybody back on their 269 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:33,480 heels. 270 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:34,480 It looks so nice. 271 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:35,480 Yeah, go ahead. 272 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,480 Well, she slides up on one of the stools and orders a drink. 273 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,480 Even Jack was taken in, changed his apron and all. 274 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,480 Anyway, she climbs up on the stool and orders some sherry. 275 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:44,480 Made a big thing of it. 276 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:45,480 How do you mean? 277 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,480 Well, Jack started to pour some of it for her and she stopped him. 278 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,480 Said that she wanted California sherry. 279 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,480 Said she didn't want any of that imported stuff. 280 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,480 Said her family was one of the first ones in the state and that she believed in using 281 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:57,480 homegrown products. 282 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:58,480 She was kind of cute about it. 283 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,480 Real little woman perched up on that stool. 284 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,480 Looked a little like a cartoon. 285 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,480 You know, the ones with the little old lady guzzling martini. 286 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:05,480 Yeah. 287 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,480 Oh, say, hold on a minute, will you? 288 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,480 My food's ready. 289 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:08,480 Be right back. 290 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:09,480 Okay, Harry. 291 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,480 How do you like that guy? 292 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,480 Takes him five hours to get a point. 293 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:13,480 Well, there's nothing you can do about it, Frank. 294 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,480 He's got to tell it his way. 295 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,480 I suppose so. 296 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,480 Nothing like a big breakfast. 297 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,480 I always say if you're stoked up in the morning, you got it made for the day. 298 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:23,480 Yeah, that's right, Harry. 299 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:24,480 Farm breakfast, they call it. 300 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,480 Tell you that's eaten. 301 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,480 Oh, look at that sausage. 302 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:29,480 Fried real good. 303 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,480 I like it when it's like a rock. 304 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,480 Can't stand pork that hasn't been cooked enough. 305 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,480 Yeah. 306 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:35,480 You want to go on with the story? 307 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:36,480 Oh, yeah. 308 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,480 Don't mind if I eat, do you? 309 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:39,480 Got a big day today. 310 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:40,480 A lot of things to do. 311 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:41,480 No, you go right ahead, Harry. 312 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,480 All right. 313 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:47,480 Well, like I said, this old broad ordered the sherry. 314 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,480 Well, as time went on, she must have had three or four of them. 315 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:51,480 Yeah. 316 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,480 A couple other guys came in, I moved over to make room for them. 317 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,480 I ended up sitting right next to the woman. 318 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,480 Say, pass the ketchup, will you? 319 00:10:58,480 --> 00:10:59,480 Oh, yeah. 320 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Here you go. 321 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,480 Eggs aren't much good without a lot of ketchup. 322 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:03,480 Gives them real flavor. 323 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Yeah, Harry, could you get to the point maybe a little sooner? 324 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,480 Well, first off, I noticed this perfume this broad's wearing. 325 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,480 Now, I tell you, it's been a long time since I smelled anything like that. 326 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,480 Real heavy. 327 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:14,480 Like the stuff they sell in France. 328 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:15,480 Yeah. 329 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,480 Didn't fit the woman. 330 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,480 Now, sir, didn't seem to go with the rest of her. 331 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,480 I tried to strike up a conversation, you know. 332 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,480 Talked about the weather, stuff like that, but she wouldn't have none of it. 333 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,480 She didn't actually tell me, but I could tell the way she answered me. 334 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,480 You know, kind of cool. 335 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,480 What makes you think she might be the one we're looking for? 336 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,480 The way she looked. The way she worked. 337 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:32,480 What do you mean, the way she worked? 338 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,480 Well, I'm getting to it. 339 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,480 Anyway, after she's had the sherry, she reached into her purse to pay for them. 340 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,480 Bumbles around in it for a while. 341 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:41,480 Well, I couldn't help seeing what was in it. 342 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,480 You know, what was sitting right next to her and all. 343 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,480 Yeah, sure. 344 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Well, she don't come up with any money. 345 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,480 And she starts going through her pockets. 346 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,480 Still can't find any money. 347 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:51,480 Finally, she asked Jack. 348 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,480 Who's that, the bartender? 349 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,480 Yeah, yeah, Jack. He owns the place. 350 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,480 She asked him if he'll cash a check. 351 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:57,480 Yeah. 352 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:57,480 Well, now I asked you. 353 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,480 Neither one of you guys know Jack? 354 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,480 No, I don't think we do, Eric. 355 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:01,480 No, I don't. 356 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,480 Well, Jack wouldn't cash a check for the treasure of the country. 357 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,480 Not even if he had the president to vouch for him. 358 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,480 Been stung too many times. 359 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:09,480 Yeah. 360 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,480 Well, this old gal gets to him, see? 361 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:12,480 I can see him start to go. 362 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,480 He kind of hems and haws around all the time. 363 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,480 He's trying to figure out a nice way to say no to her. 364 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:17,480 Mm-hmm. 365 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,480 Finally, he just ups and says it. 366 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,480 Well, right after he kind of waits 367 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,480 and expects her to tell him off for being so mean to somebody like her. 368 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:25,480 But she doesn't. 369 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:26,480 Just kind of punches her shoulders 370 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,480 and then starts digging in her purse again. 371 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,480 Takes everything out, puts it on the bar. 372 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,480 Yeah. 373 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,480 Well, it happens that her driver's license 374 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,480 is lying right there on the bar in front of me. 375 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,480 Couldn't help but read it, you know. 376 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:37,480 Yeah, we know. 377 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,480 Well, I saw her name. 378 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,480 And I asked her if she'd let me buy the wine for her. 379 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Mm-hmm. What'd she say to that? 380 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,480 Well, when I called her by name, 381 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,480 she acted kind of startled like she didn't expect it. 382 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:47,480 And then she kind of smiled 383 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,480 and said she was financially embarrassed at the moment. 384 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,480 Something about coming away from the house without any money. 385 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,480 But she said she thought it'd be very sweet of me 386 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,480 if I take care of the tab. 387 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:57,480 So I paid Jack the money, 388 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,480 and I asked her if she'd like another one. 389 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,480 She said she didn't think so. 390 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,480 And then she got all her stuff together 391 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,480 and put it back into her purse and thanks me. 392 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,480 Then she got up and left. 393 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,480 Yeah, well, what was the name on the driver's license? 394 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,480 Do you remember that? 395 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:09,480 Yeah, yeah. 396 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,480 Got it written down here someplace. 397 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,480 After she left, Jack and me got to talking about her. 398 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,480 Then it hit me that she might be the one you're looking for. 399 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:17,480 So I jotted down the name. 400 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,480 You ever see this woman before, Harry? 401 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,480 No. Never laid eyes on her 402 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,480 before she walked into Jack's last night. 403 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:23,480 Now, here it is. 404 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:24,480 Mm-hmm. Thanks. 405 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,480 Yeah, that's the name at the top of the paper. 406 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,480 Right under, that's your address. 407 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,480 The name on the piece of paper was Lillian Halstead. 408 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:35,480 It was a new name in the case. 409 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,480 It gave an address out near Bel Air. 410 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,480 Frank and I called the name into R&I, 411 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,480 but they had no record on anyone answering that description. 412 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,480 We paid the check and thanked Harry Allenson for the information, 413 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,480 and then we drove out to the address. 414 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,480 It was a large house just off Sunset Boulevard. 415 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,480 Mrs. Halstead wasn't in, 416 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,480 but the maid told us that we'd find her husband 417 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,480 at the Halstead School of Dramatic Arts. 418 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,480 She gave us the address, and Frank and I drove out to the school. 419 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,480 It was located in a large modern building out on Wilshire Boulevard. 420 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,480 When we got there, Mr. Halstead was working with the advanced class 421 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:05,480 in the drama section. 422 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,480 We took a seat at the rear of the auditorium 423 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,480 and waited for him to finish. 424 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,480 You gentlemen wish to see me? 425 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,480 Yes, sir. You're Mr. Halstead, are you? 426 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:14,480 That's correct. 427 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,480 Police officer, sir. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 428 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:17,480 My name's Friday. 429 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:18,480 How do you do? 430 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:18,480 How do you do? 431 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,480 Oh, uh, what is it that you'd like to see me about? 432 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,480 Well, can you tell us where your wife is, sir? 433 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:24,480 Lillian? 434 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:24,480 Yes. 435 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:25,480 Well, she's out of town. 436 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,480 Why? What do you want with her? 437 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,480 What if you could describe her for us? 438 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,480 Well, certainly, I don't understand what this is all about, though. 439 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,480 It's just a routine investigation. 440 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,480 Routine? What's that mean? 441 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,480 Well, just that we're conducting an investigation, 442 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,480 and the woman with the same name as your wife came up. 443 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,480 Now, if you could give us a description of your wife, please. 444 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,480 Yes, well, let me see. 445 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,480 Lillian's 36. 446 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,480 Yes, I would say she's, uh, 447 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,480 five feet, six and one half inches. 448 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,480 Weighs perhaps 130 pounds. 449 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,480 Mm-hmm. What color is her hair, Mr. Halstead? 450 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,480 Well, before she left, it was sort of an auburn. 451 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,480 Lillian said something about dying it red. 452 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,480 Might have done it since she's been gone. 453 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,480 Where's your wife now? 454 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:08,480 She's back in Washington. 455 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,480 They're holding a drama festival, 456 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,480 and she's back there looking it over. 457 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,480 Do you have a picture of your wife here, Mr. Halstead? 458 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,480 Yes, sir. I have one on my desk in the office. 459 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:17,480 What if we take a look at it? 460 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,480 Why, certainly. You can go out this way. 461 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,480 Fine, thank you. 462 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,480 Here, down this way, please. 463 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,480 Thank you. 464 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,480 You tell me what this investigation is that you're working on. 465 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,480 Well, no, sir, not right now. We can't. 466 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,480 Oh, you can. 467 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,480 Cloak and dagger stuff, eh? 468 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,480 No, sir, it's not exactly that. 469 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,480 Oh, here, I'll get the door for you. 470 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,480 Thank you. 471 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,480 Yes, sir, right this way. Excuse me a moment. 472 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,480 Oh, here. Here's the picture. 473 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:51,480 Lovely woman. 474 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,480 Been a great help here at the school. 475 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,480 Yes, sir. How long ago was this picture taken? 476 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,480 Several months ago, I believe. 477 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,480 Now, Mr. Halstead, how long has your wife been out of town? 478 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,480 Perhaps a week. 479 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,480 Ten days, perhaps. Something like that. 480 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,480 Does your wife drive a car, Mr. Halstead? 481 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,480 Yes, sir, she does. 482 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,480 Oh, I understand. The license. 483 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,480 Sir? 484 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,480 Lillian's driver's license. That's what you're here about, isn't it? 485 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,480 Well, I don't understand, sir. 486 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,480 Oh, you don't have to be cagey with me. 487 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,480 Lillian lost her driver's license some time ago, 488 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,480 asked me to get her a new one. 489 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,480 I didn't quite get a chance to do it. 490 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,480 You found it. 491 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,480 That's it, isn't it? 492 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,480 No, sir, that's not it. We think your wife's license 493 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,480 has been used as identification by some check forger. 494 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,480 Do you happen to know where your wife might have lost the license? 495 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,480 Why, no, we don't know exactly. 496 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,480 It must have been about three months ago. 497 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,480 She says that she dropped it here at the school, 498 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,480 but I've looked all over for it, haven't been able to find it. 499 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,480 I think she just left it someplace. 500 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,480 She's terribly careless about things like that. 501 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,480 Yes, sir. 502 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,480 Is this about the old woman that's been forging the checks? 503 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,480 Why do you ask that, sir? 504 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,480 Well, that's another thing that I've been meaning to call you about. 505 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,480 I was reading the paper one night and all of a sudden it hit me. 506 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,480 Sir? 507 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,480 Well, I could be wrong, but I think I know the girl who's doing this. 508 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,480 You are listening to Dragnet, 509 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,480 the authentic story of your police force in action. 510 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,480 The modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 511 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,480 Premium quality in both regular and king size, 512 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,480 and we're the only one that does it. 513 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,480 We tell you what Chesterfields are made of 514 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,480 to give you that premium quality in both popular sizes. 515 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,480 Our scientists select the best materials. 516 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,480 They select for Chesterfield the world's best tobaccos, 517 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,480 blend them just right, 518 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,480 and they keep Chesterfields tasty and fresh 519 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,480 with the best of moistening agents. 520 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,480 Now, here's something else that's completely modern about Chesterfield. 521 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,480 People smoke Chesterfield and we tell you what happens, 522 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,480 scientifically but simply. 523 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,480 A medical specialist is making regular bi-monthly examinations 524 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,480 of a group of people from various walks of life. 525 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,480 45% of this group have smoked Chesterfield 526 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,480 for an average of over 10 years. 527 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,480 After eight months, the medical specialist reports 528 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,480 that he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, 529 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,480 and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 530 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,480 I'd say that means real mildness. 531 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,480 And finally, we ask you to try Chesterfield and prove what we say. 532 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,480 Chesterfield is best for you. 533 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,480 They're much milder to give you all the pleasure 534 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,480 that the modern cigarette can give. 535 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,480 2.37 p.m. We ran the name Bert Halstead through R&I, 536 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,480 but we got no make on anyone answering his description. 537 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,480 Halstead told us that he thought we might be looking 538 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,480 for the girl he identified as Peggy Small. 539 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,480 He told us that the Small girl had enrolled 540 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,480 in the dramatic school over a year before. 541 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,480 We asked him if he had a picture of her that we could have. 542 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,480 He told us that he thought there was one in the files. 543 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,480 He took us down the hall to the registration office 544 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,480 and checked his files. 545 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,480 He located a picture of the girl and handed it to Frank. 546 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,480 Just why do you think this might be the girl 547 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,480 we're looking for, Mr. Halstead? 548 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,480 Well, it's the oddest thing, Officer. 549 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,480 Peggy. Oh, that's Miss Small. 550 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,480 Yes, sir. 551 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,480 Well, Peggy came to us about a year ago, as I said. 552 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,480 She came out here to the coast from some little town in Idaho, 553 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:26,480 I think it was. 554 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,480 I'd have to check her entrance application to be sure, 555 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,480 but I think it was Idaho. Yes, sir. 556 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,480 Well, instantly I knew that this girl had talent, 557 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,480 real talent, deep down talent. 558 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Right off the bat she had the feel. 559 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,480 Would have been a fine character actress. 560 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,480 Why do you say would have? 561 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,480 She didn't want to work. 562 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,480 Wasn't interested in anything 563 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,480 but learning how to be an old woman. 564 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:49,480 Sir? 565 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,480 All she was interested in was learning to act 566 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:52,480 and to be an old woman. 567 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,480 We have a theory here at Halstead. 568 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,480 Don't act. Live. 569 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,480 She did just that. 570 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,480 Learned the makeup problems, dress, walk, everything. 571 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,480 She even used to practice writing like a woman of 60 or so. 572 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,480 I used to see her practicing by the hour. 573 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,480 Did she ever give you any reason for all this? 574 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,480 No. I asked her once, 575 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,480 but she said that this was the way she wanted it. 576 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,480 I thought that she was trying to tell me 577 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,480 to keep my nose out of her affairs in a nice way, 578 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,480 so I didn't ask her again. 579 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,480 We have presentations here. 580 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,480 Each term the class presents a play 581 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,480 that's been written and produced by the students themselves. 582 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,480 Peggy would always do the oldest female part in them. 583 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,480 Never was interested in anything else. 584 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,480 She had several good offers, 585 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,480 but for some reason she did not take them. 586 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,480 What do you mean by that, sir? 587 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,480 One night a talent scout from one of the majors 588 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,480 came out to see our play. 589 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:42,480 He was quite... 590 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,480 Majors? Oh, the studio. 591 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,480 He was quite impressed with Peggy. 592 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,480 Offered her a term contract. 593 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,480 Good money. 594 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,480 She'd have done well, but she just was not interested. 595 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,480 I just can't understand it. 596 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,480 Do you know where she is now? 597 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,480 No, officer, I haven't seen Peggy since she left here. 598 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,480 That was about, um, four months ago. 599 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,480 Wonder if you could tell us where she lived 600 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,480 when she was enrolled here. 601 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,480 Certainly. I have the address on her enrollment card. 602 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,480 That's fine. We'd like to have the names and addresses 603 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,480 of any of her close friends, too, if we could. 604 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,480 Certainly glad to help. 605 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,480 You think it could be her? 606 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,480 Peggy? The woman you're looking for? 607 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,480 Well, it could be, yes, sir. 608 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,480 Odd. 609 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,480 I got to thinking about it when I read about it in the papers. 610 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,480 Right away it made me think of Peggy. 611 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,480 How she used to talk about acting. 612 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,480 How's that, sir? 613 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,480 Well, she used to always say there was only one reason 614 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,480 for doing anything, and that was to come out on it. 615 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,480 That was the trouble with most people. 616 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,480 They just didn't know where they wanted to end up. 617 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,480 But she knew where she was going. 618 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,480 Well, maybe she was right. 619 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,480 I beg your pardon? 620 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,480 Well, I guess I'm not sure we know, too. 621 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,480 312 p.m. We got Peggy Small's address from Mr. Hallstead, 622 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,480 and then we went back to the office. 623 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,480 We ran the name through R&I, but there was no record on the girl. 624 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,480 402 p.m. Frank and I drove out to the last known address 625 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,480 of the small girl. It was a boarding house on 92nd Street. 626 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,480 Peggy Small wasn't in, but the landlady told us 627 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,480 that she usually didn't get back from work until 7 or 7.30. 628 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,480 We asked if she knew where the girl worked, 629 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,480 but she told us that she didn't. 630 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,480 We arranged for a stakeout on the house, 631 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,480 and at 4.37 p.m. we checked back into the office. 632 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,480 You want to check the book? 633 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,480 Right. 634 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,480 Anything? 635 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,480 I don't think so. 636 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,480 There's a call from Fay. 637 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,480 She wants to know if I'll be home for dinner. 638 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,480 I better give her a call, Joe. 639 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,480 Fay's gotten a little hacked at me. 640 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,480 Oh, is that so? 641 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,480 Yeah. 642 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,480 The last three nights she's waited dinner for me, 643 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,480 and I didn't make it. 644 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,480 Hello, honey. 645 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,480 Yeah. 646 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,480 Well, I don't know yet. 647 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,480 Yeah? 648 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,480 Well, I think so. 649 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,480 I know, I know. 650 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,480 Well, maybe another hour or so I'll know. 651 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,480 Yeah. 652 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,480 Okay, honey. Bye. 653 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,480 If I don't make it tonight, she's gonna scalp me. 654 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,480 I get it. 655 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,480 Forgery Friday. 656 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,480 Yes, ma'am. 657 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,480 What's that address again? 658 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,480 All right. 659 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,480 Yes, ma'am, we'll be right there. 660 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,480 Well, your dinner's gonna have to wait again. 661 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,480 Why? 662 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,480 Dry goods store out on Main. 663 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,480 Forger's there now. 664 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,480 In the process of the investigation, 665 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,480 the police department had alerted the merchants 666 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,480 throughout the city to the method of operation 667 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,480 of the woman Forger. 668 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,480 Thousands of printed circulars had been distributed, 669 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,480 bearing her description. 670 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,480 An artist's conception of the woman had been published 671 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,480 in the daily papers, and the drawing had also been broadcast 672 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,480 over the local television stations. 673 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,480 The clerk in the store we'd gotten the call from 674 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,480 had noticed the similarity between a woman waiting 675 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,480 to cash a check and the description. 676 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,480 From the information we'd gotten on the hot shot, 677 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,480 the woman was waiting for an authorization for the check. 678 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,480 When Frank and I got to the store, 679 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,480 we met a small, elderly woman. 680 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,480 She produced identification in the form of a driver's license 681 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,480 bearing the name Lillian Halstead. 682 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,480 Frank and I asked her to go with us to the city hall 683 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,480 for questioning. 684 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,480 A policewoman was called, and the interrogation started. 685 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,480 One look at her, and you could see that she was 686 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,480 covered with a heavy makeup. 687 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,480 I want you gentlemen to know that I resent the implication 688 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,480 you're making, the idea trying to make me 689 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,480 out a vicious criminal. 690 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,480 Ma'am, we're not trying to embarrass you. We just want to get to the truth here. 691 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,480 I'm giving you that. I'm telling you what you want to know. 692 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,480 All right, now let's get it over with. 693 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,480 What's your name? 694 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,480 Lillian Halstead. 695 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,480 Is this your driver's license? 696 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,480 Yes, it is. 697 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,480 Then the thumbprint on it should be yours too, is that right? 698 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,480 I'd imagine so, yes. 699 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,480 Well, then suppose we go down to the hall and take your fingerprints and compare it, huh? 700 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,480 You look here, young man, I know my rights. 701 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,480 You're not dealing with some little schoolgirl this time. 702 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,480 I lived a long time, and I know just exactly what you can do 703 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,480 and what you can't do. 704 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,480 I know, for instance, that you can't take my fingerprints 705 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,480 unless you want to arrest me for something. 706 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,480 If you want to make a fool out of yourself to that extent, 707 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,480 then you go right ahead and do it. 708 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,480 Young man, I'll sue you for every nickel you own. 709 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,480 I'll let the papers know about this. 710 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,480 They'd love to know how you treat old women. 711 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,480 They'd just love to know. 712 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,480 Have you ever been mistreated in any way, ma'am? 713 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,480 No, and I don't intend to be. 714 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,480 There's a man on the way down here, 715 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,480 a man by the name of Halstead. 716 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,480 Wife's name is Lillian Halstead. 717 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,480 That driver's license we found in your purse, 718 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,480 the one you claim is yours, 719 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,480 that's registered to his wife. 720 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,480 He's coming down here to tell us that you aren't his wife, 721 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,480 that you stole that license, that you were a student in his dramatic school. 722 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,480 Now, why don't you save us all a lot of trouble here? 723 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,480 Why don't you admit that you're the woman we're looking for, 724 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,480 that you're Peggy Small, you're no old woman. 725 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,480 Come on, how about it, Miss Small? 726 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,480 All right, I lose. 727 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,480 I guess I should have known. 728 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,480 Mind if I take this wig off? 729 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,480 It's kind of warm in here. 730 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,480 We've been kind of waiting for it. Go right ahead. 731 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,480 It was a good rack while it lasted. 732 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,480 Crummy driver's license. 733 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,480 I was doing all right as long as I used the letters. 734 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,480 They should have been good enough for me. 735 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,480 I should have known. 736 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,480 What did you do with the money? 737 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,480 I've got it all, every last nickel of it. 738 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,480 I almost had enough, too. 739 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,480 Enough for what? 740 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,480 Leave this lousy town, get out of here, go back east, New York. 741 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,480 Couple more pieces of paper and I'd have it made. 742 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,480 Could have left, almost showed them, showed them good. 743 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,480 Ma'am? 744 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,480 Phony town. 745 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,480 Months I pounded on doors talking to agents, casting directors, 746 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,480 talking to anybody who'd listen to me, trying to get a job, 747 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,480 trying to get a break in pictures. 748 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,480 None of them would talk to me, 749 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,480 they wanted character women. 750 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,480 Didn't want any young women, character women, 751 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,480 that's what they wanted. 752 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,480 I got to be the best of them. 753 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,480 They didn't want me the way I am. 754 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,480 I didn't want to work any other way, none. 755 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,480 Had to fool, didn't I? 756 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,480 Had the whole town fooled, all of them. 757 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,480 Phony place. 758 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,480 I was going back east, back to New York. 759 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,480 They know talent back there. They recognize it. 760 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,480 They know whether you're real there or whether you're just a phony. 761 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,480 They know it there. 762 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,480 And we know it here, too. 763 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,480 The story you have just heard was true. 764 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,480 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 765 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,480 On June 19th, trial was held in Department 89, 766 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,480 Superior Court of the State of California, 767 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,480 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 768 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,480 In a moment, the results of that trial. 769 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,480 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 770 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,480 Thank you, George Fenomen. 771 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,480 Friends, only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, 772 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,480 gives you this scientific evidence on the effects of smoking. 773 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,480 No adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group 774 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,480 from smoking Chesterfields. 775 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,480 And only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, 776 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,480 gives you premium quality in both regular and king size. 777 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,480 Now I know Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 778 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,480 Buy them regular or king size. 779 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,480 Either way, they're much milder to give you all the pleasure 780 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:49,480 the modern cigarette can give. 781 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,480 Peggy Janice Small was tried and convicted of forgery ten counts. 782 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,480 She was sentenced to the California Institution for Women 783 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,480 at Corona, California, for the term prescribed by law. 784 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,480 Forgery is punishable by imprisonment for a period 785 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:19,480 of from one to 14 years in the state penitentiary. 786 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,480 You have just heard Dragnet, 787 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,480 a series of authentic cases from official files. 788 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,480 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 789 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,480 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 790 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,480 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 791 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,480 Sergeant Lance Brasher. 792 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,480 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, June Whitley, 793 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,480 Jack Crouchon, Gene Tatum. 794 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,480 Script by John Robinson. 795 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,480 Music by Walter Schuman. 796 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:46,480 Hell, give me speaking. 797 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,480 Sound off for Chesterfield. 798 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,480 Either way you like them, regular or king size, 799 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:58,480 you'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 800 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,480 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, 801 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,480 transcribed from Los Angeles. 802 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:15,480 Tonight it's Adventure with Barry Craig, 803 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:30,480 confidential investigator on NBC.