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02:48.400 --> 02:49.400 I'll know her. 02:49.400 --> 02:50.400 Yes ma'am. 02:50.400 --> 02:52.240 I'll take this book please. 02:52.240 --> 02:54.520 Have you seen anyone who might be the woman, Miss Parkinson? 02:54.520 --> 02:58.280 No, not yet Sergeant, but if she's got her picture in here I'll find it for you. 02:58.280 --> 02:59.280 Never forget that face. 02:59.280 --> 03:00.280 So sweet and kindly. 03:00.280 --> 03:02.360 Sort of reminded me of my mother, rest her soul. 03:02.360 --> 03:04.160 I think that's why I cashed the check for her. 03:04.160 --> 03:05.920 I never would have done it if there hadn't been something like that. 03:05.920 --> 03:06.920 Yes ma'am. 03:06.920 --> 03:08.520 I wonder if you'd mind running over it again for us. 03:08.520 --> 03:09.880 Might have been something you forgot maybe. 03:09.880 --> 03:10.880 No, no, no. 03:10.880 --> 03:13.360 I wouldn't forget anything about her but I can tell you about it if you'd like. 03:13.360 --> 03:14.360 Alright fine Miss Parkinson. 03:14.360 --> 03:15.360 If you just start at the beginning again. 03:15.360 --> 03:16.360 Fine. 03:16.360 --> 03:17.360 Would you mind calling me Ethel? 03:17.360 --> 03:18.360 I don't much care for formality. 03:18.360 --> 03:20.480 I don't feel better when people call me by my given name. 03:20.480 --> 03:22.160 Yes ma'am, if you'd go right ahead please. 03:22.160 --> 03:23.760 Well this morning's when I found out about it. 03:23.760 --> 03:25.840 Like the keel right over when the check came back from the bank. 03:25.840 --> 03:28.960 Opened up the other mail, most different people want to sell me things for the store and there 03:28.960 --> 03:29.960 it was. 03:29.960 --> 03:31.280 Letter from the bank with the check inside. 03:31.280 --> 03:34.200 Staple to one of those forms, you know the kind they just check with a pencil? 03:34.200 --> 03:35.200 Uh huh. 03:35.200 --> 03:36.200 Well like I said there it was. 03:36.200 --> 03:37.680 Place that was checked said the account was unknown. 03:37.680 --> 03:40.120 Well you can just bet I got on the phone and called the bank people. 03:40.120 --> 03:41.120 Yes ma'am, I understand. 03:41.120 --> 03:43.840 I told them they'd made some sort of mistake, that they'd better set it right. 03:43.840 --> 03:45.800 I was so sure that she wouldn't do a thing like this. 03:45.800 --> 03:48.960 Well you know how banks are, they said they'd check it for me and I waited on the phone 03:48.960 --> 03:49.960 while they did. 03:49.960 --> 03:50.960 And they said it wasn't any mistake. 03:50.960 --> 03:52.960 Well you can just bet that I was hopping mad. 03:52.960 --> 03:56.440 Yeah well what kind of identification did the woman use to get you to cash the check? 03:56.440 --> 03:59.560 Well she had several letters from her son, at least that's who she said they were from. 03:59.560 --> 04:01.080 I just bet she hasn't even got a son. 04:01.080 --> 04:02.080 And sir I'll bet she hasn't. 04:02.080 --> 04:05.040 Well do you usually cash checks with that little identification? 04:05.040 --> 04:06.040 No I don't as a rule. 04:06.040 --> 04:08.560 I usually ask for a driver's license and a social security card. 04:08.560 --> 04:11.440 I figure that if a person's got one of those that means that he's working. 04:11.440 --> 04:12.760 Figures that the check is good. 04:12.760 --> 04:13.760 Uh huh. 04:13.760 --> 04:14.760 Well that's not always true you know ma'am. 04:14.760 --> 04:16.040 Don't I know it now? 04:16.040 --> 04:17.040 You just bet I do. 04:17.040 --> 04:20.760 Last time I cashed a check for anyone I haven't known for ten years. 04:20.760 --> 04:22.800 Had you seen this woman around your store before this time? 04:22.800 --> 04:24.240 I've been trying to think about that. 04:24.240 --> 04:26.880 The shop isn't very big but we do a pretty good business. 04:26.880 --> 04:28.160 Sometimes there are several people waiting. 04:28.160 --> 04:30.880 Get in a hurry you know and you aren't sure who you talked to. 04:30.880 --> 04:31.880 Yes ma'am. 04:31.880 --> 04:35.920 To me I've seen her in this store before but when I stop and really think about it, I'm 04:35.920 --> 04:36.920 not too sure. 04:36.920 --> 04:37.920 You know how that is? 04:37.920 --> 04:38.920 Yes ma'am I do. 04:38.920 --> 04:40.580 When you boil it right down, I don't think I have seen her before. 04:40.580 --> 04:43.000 She just had one of those faces that you figure sure you know. 04:43.000 --> 04:44.880 Looked like such a lovely person. 04:44.880 --> 04:45.880 I see. 04:45.880 --> 04:47.160 About how old do you figure she was ma'am? 04:47.160 --> 04:49.680 Like I said I guess about 62, maybe a little older. 04:49.680 --> 04:52.280 Might have been 65, not much over that though. 04:52.280 --> 04:53.920 Such pretty hair. 04:53.920 --> 04:56.360 Pure white had it fixed in a real soft wave over her forehead. 04:56.360 --> 04:57.360 Old fashioned kind of. 04:57.360 --> 04:58.840 Wore it in a bun you know. 04:58.840 --> 04:59.840 Ma'am? 04:59.840 --> 05:04.080 Bun had the hair all rolled up and then pinned up back here. 05:04.080 --> 05:05.080 Back of her neck. 05:05.080 --> 05:06.080 It was white you say? 05:06.080 --> 05:07.080 The hair was white? 05:07.080 --> 05:08.080 Yes. 05:08.080 --> 05:09.840 It looks so nice to see a woman act and look her age. 05:09.840 --> 05:11.360 So many of them try to look younger you know. 05:11.360 --> 05:12.360 Yes ma'am. 05:12.360 --> 05:13.360 How was she dressed? 05:13.360 --> 05:14.360 Oh she was well dressed. 05:14.360 --> 05:16.240 Had a sort of teal blue suit on, a black coat. 05:16.240 --> 05:17.560 Looked kind of like it might have been cashmere. 05:17.560 --> 05:18.560 Looked real nice. 05:18.560 --> 05:19.720 Little spring gloves and all. 05:19.720 --> 05:21.960 You say she was a small woman, is that right? 05:21.960 --> 05:22.960 Yes she was little. 05:22.960 --> 05:24.960 Stood real straight you know shoulders back. 05:24.960 --> 05:25.960 But she was a little one. 05:25.960 --> 05:28.640 Not more than five foot one or maybe two. 05:28.640 --> 05:29.640 Would she be slight or heavy? 05:29.640 --> 05:30.640 Big pardon? 05:30.640 --> 05:32.880 Well how much would you say she weighed? 05:32.880 --> 05:33.880 Maybe a hundred pounds. 05:33.880 --> 05:35.560 Say she wasn't much heavier than that. 05:35.560 --> 05:36.560 No sir a hundred pounds. 05:36.560 --> 05:38.000 Was there anything unusual about her? 05:38.000 --> 05:39.320 Anything that might make her stand out? 05:39.320 --> 05:41.360 No no I don't think so. 05:41.360 --> 05:42.360 Maybe it was the perfume. 05:42.360 --> 05:43.360 Ma'am? 05:43.360 --> 05:44.360 The perfume you know. 05:44.360 --> 05:48.120 How you kind of expect a little old lady to wear something kind of mild like violet maybe. 05:48.120 --> 05:49.120 Light. 05:49.120 --> 05:50.120 Yes ma'am. 05:50.120 --> 05:51.440 Well she had a real heavy perfume on. 05:51.440 --> 05:53.360 Smelled kind of like a French scent. 05:53.360 --> 05:54.360 Real heavy like I said. 05:54.360 --> 05:55.760 It was one thing I couldn't figure out. 05:55.760 --> 05:56.760 What's that ma'am? 05:56.760 --> 05:58.200 Well she did have nice clothes and all. 05:58.200 --> 06:00.680 But all in all she didn't look like she had a lot of money. 06:00.680 --> 06:01.680 Just moderate you know. 06:01.680 --> 06:03.480 Well that perfume must have been expensive. 06:03.480 --> 06:04.480 Must have cost a lot. 06:04.480 --> 06:11.880 Well I guess she's making enough to afford it ma'am. 06:11.880 --> 06:13.360 Ten thirty four a.m. 06:13.360 --> 06:15.760 Mrs. Parkinson continued to look through the mug books. 06:15.760 --> 06:18.920 She was unable to identify the woman who had passed the bad check. 06:18.920 --> 06:22.680 The merchants of the city had been victimized for the past three weeks by a forger. 06:22.680 --> 06:26.220 All of them described her as a kindly old lady using letters from her son in the east 06:26.220 --> 06:28.220 as identification. 06:28.220 --> 06:31.720 Frank and I had run the description we'd gotten through R&I with no result. 06:31.720 --> 06:35.400 The stats office had made several runs on the E.M.O. and all leads furnished by them 06:35.400 --> 06:37.800 had been checked out but they let us nowhere. 06:37.800 --> 06:41.200 We'd obtained copies of the forged checks and they'd been processed by Don Meyer in 06:41.200 --> 06:44.640 handwriting but he'd been unable to offer us any new information. 06:44.640 --> 06:47.020 The names on each of the checks were different. 06:47.020 --> 06:49.680 We checked each of them out but the leads went nowhere. 06:49.680 --> 06:52.200 All of the stores in the central area had been alerted. 06:52.200 --> 06:56.720 Descriptions had been distributed to the neighborhood merchants but the check passing continued. 06:56.720 --> 07:00.160 We checked with our informants but they failed to come up with any information. 07:00.160 --> 07:01.400 Two weeks passed. 07:01.400 --> 07:03.060 The woman hit 12 more times. 07:03.060 --> 07:05.920 Her take was estimated to be over $2,500. 07:05.920 --> 07:09.200 The checks she passed were always for the same amount, $50. 07:09.200 --> 07:13.040 When it seemed necessary she would purchase merchandise in order to cash the check. 07:13.040 --> 07:16.880 The articles she chose were in a price range so that the store owner would often cash the 07:16.880 --> 07:18.880 check rather than lose the sale. 07:18.880 --> 07:21.640 Thursday, February 21st, 834 A.M. 07:21.640 --> 07:23.760 Frank and I got back to the office. 07:23.760 --> 07:24.760 I'll get it. 07:24.760 --> 07:25.760 Forgery Friday. 07:25.760 --> 07:26.760 Yeah. 07:26.760 --> 07:27.760 I wear. 07:27.760 --> 07:31.760 How soon? 07:31.760 --> 07:32.760 All right. 07:32.760 --> 07:35.760 No, we'll see you there. 07:35.760 --> 07:36.760 What is it? 07:36.760 --> 07:37.760 Harry Allenson. 07:37.760 --> 07:38.760 Informer? 07:38.760 --> 07:39.760 Yeah. 07:39.760 --> 07:40.760 Says he wants to see us right away. 07:40.760 --> 07:41.760 Yeah. 07:41.760 --> 07:45.160 Says he knows the woman we're looking for. 07:45.160 --> 07:48.520 The working detective knows that he's usually only as good as his informants. 07:48.520 --> 07:52.600 Quite often when all other means of bringing a case to a successful conclusion have failed, 07:52.600 --> 07:57.560 the only thing that will break it is information supplied by an informant. 07:57.560 --> 07:59.320 A detective will protect his informant. 07:59.320 --> 08:03.120 For as long as the informant can operate, the detective is assured of a steady flow of 08:03.120 --> 08:04.120 information. 08:04.120 --> 08:05.120 9.45 A.M. 08:05.120 --> 08:09.160 Frank and I drove over to the coffee shop at the corner of Crawford and Spring Street. 08:09.160 --> 08:11.520 Harry Allenson wasn't there when we arrived. 08:11.520 --> 08:13.320 We sat down and ordered a cup of coffee. 08:13.320 --> 08:15.240 Oh, that's good and hot. 08:15.240 --> 08:16.240 Yeah, it is. 08:16.240 --> 08:18.240 Pass the sugar, will you, Joe? 08:18.240 --> 08:19.240 Yeah. 08:19.240 --> 08:20.240 Here you go. 08:20.240 --> 08:21.240 Thanks. 08:21.240 --> 08:22.360 I wonder where Allenson is. 08:22.360 --> 08:23.360 What time did he say he'd be here? 08:23.360 --> 08:24.360 9.45. 08:24.360 --> 08:26.520 Well, it's only a couple of minutes after that. 08:26.520 --> 08:27.520 Now he'll be here. 08:27.520 --> 08:29.480 I wonder how right his story is. 08:29.480 --> 08:30.480 What did he tell you on the phone? 08:30.480 --> 08:32.480 Nothing, just that he knew what we were looking for. 08:32.480 --> 08:34.480 Said if we'd meet him here, he'd fill us in. 08:34.480 --> 08:35.480 There he is. 08:35.480 --> 08:36.480 Oh, yeah. 08:36.480 --> 08:37.480 Hi, Ridey. 08:37.480 --> 08:38.480 Harry? 08:38.480 --> 08:39.480 Sit down. 08:39.480 --> 08:40.480 Yeah. 08:40.480 --> 08:41.480 Sorry I'm late. 08:41.480 --> 08:42.480 Got hung up on traffic. 08:42.480 --> 08:43.480 Oh, you got a car now, Harry? 08:43.480 --> 08:44.480 No, I missed my street car. 08:44.480 --> 08:45.480 Had to wait for another. 08:45.480 --> 08:47.480 Say, you guys had breakfast yet? 08:47.480 --> 08:48.760 Yeah, we did a little earlier. 08:48.760 --> 08:50.480 You mind if I have something to eat? 08:50.480 --> 08:51.480 No, go ahead. 08:51.480 --> 08:52.480 Where's the waitress? 08:52.480 --> 08:53.480 Well, she was here a minute ago. 08:53.480 --> 08:54.480 I don't see her now. 08:54.480 --> 08:55.480 All right. 08:55.480 --> 08:56.480 I'll go get her myself. 08:56.480 --> 08:59.480 I'm sure you guys don't want anything to eat. 08:59.480 --> 09:00.480 No, no, thanks. 09:00.480 --> 09:01.480 Just the same, Harry. 09:01.480 --> 09:02.480 Okay, be right back. 09:02.480 --> 09:05.480 Well, here we go again, Joe. 09:05.480 --> 09:08.480 Last time we met him, his meal cost $250. 09:08.480 --> 09:09.480 How much dough you got on you? 09:09.480 --> 09:10.480 Oh, I got a couple of bucks. 09:10.480 --> 09:11.480 How you fix it? 09:11.480 --> 09:12.480 Well, not much better. 09:12.480 --> 09:14.480 Let's hope he doesn't order too much, though. 09:14.480 --> 09:16.480 How about some more coffee for you guys? 09:16.480 --> 09:17.480 No, no thanks, Harry. 09:17.480 --> 09:18.480 Chow will be up in a minute. 09:18.480 --> 09:21.480 All right, how about this information, Harry, about the paper hanger? 09:21.480 --> 09:22.480 Oh, yeah. 09:22.480 --> 09:23.480 Funny the way I got it. 09:23.480 --> 09:24.480 Is that right? 09:24.480 --> 09:28.480 Yeah, I was up in Jack's bar last night, you know, just having a beer, shooting the breeze. 09:28.480 --> 09:32.480 All of a sudden, this old girl comes into the place, kind of set everybody back on their 09:32.480 --> 09:33.480 heels. 09:33.480 --> 09:34.480 It looks so nice. 09:34.480 --> 09:35.480 Yeah, go ahead. 09:35.480 --> 09:37.480 Well, she slides up on one of the stools and orders a drink. 09:37.480 --> 09:40.480 Even Jack was taken in, changed his apron and all. 09:40.480 --> 09:43.480 Anyway, she climbs up on the stool and orders some sherry. 09:43.480 --> 09:44.480 Made a big thing of it. 09:44.480 --> 09:45.480 How do you mean? 09:45.480 --> 09:48.480 Well, Jack started to pour some of it for her and she stopped him. 09:48.480 --> 09:50.480 Said that she wanted California sherry. 09:50.480 --> 09:53.480 Said she didn't want any of that imported stuff. 09:53.480 --> 09:56.480 Said her family was one of the first ones in the state and that she believed in using 09:56.480 --> 09:57.480 homegrown products. 09:57.480 --> 09:58.480 She was kind of cute about it. 09:58.480 --> 10:00.480 Real little woman perched up on that stool. 10:00.480 --> 10:02.480 Looked a little like a cartoon. 10:02.480 --> 10:04.480 You know, the ones with the little old lady guzzling martini. 10:04.480 --> 10:05.480 Yeah. 10:05.480 --> 10:06.480 Oh, say, hold on a minute, will you? 10:06.480 --> 10:07.480 My food's ready. 10:07.480 --> 10:08.480 Be right back. 10:08.480 --> 10:09.480 Okay, Harry. 10:09.480 --> 10:10.480 How do you like that guy? 10:10.480 --> 10:12.480 Takes him five hours to get a point. 10:12.480 --> 10:13.480 Well, there's nothing you can do about it, Frank. 10:13.480 --> 10:14.480 He's got to tell it his way. 10:14.480 --> 10:16.480 I suppose so. 10:16.480 --> 10:18.480 Nothing like a big breakfast. 10:18.480 --> 10:22.480 I always say if you're stoked up in the morning, you got it made for the day. 10:22.480 --> 10:23.480 Yeah, that's right, Harry. 10:23.480 --> 10:24.480 Farm breakfast, they call it. 10:24.480 --> 10:25.480 Tell you that's eaten. 10:25.480 --> 10:28.480 Oh, look at that sausage. 10:28.480 --> 10:29.480 Fried real good. 10:29.480 --> 10:31.480 I like it when it's like a rock. 10:31.480 --> 10:33.480 Can't stand pork that hasn't been cooked enough. 10:33.480 --> 10:34.480 Yeah. 10:34.480 --> 10:35.480 You want to go on with the story? 10:35.480 --> 10:36.480 Oh, yeah. 10:36.480 --> 10:38.480 Don't mind if I eat, do you? 10:38.480 --> 10:39.480 Got a big day today. 10:39.480 --> 10:40.480 A lot of things to do. 10:40.480 --> 10:41.480 No, you go right ahead, Harry. 10:41.480 --> 10:42.480 All right. 10:42.480 --> 10:47.480 Well, like I said, this old broad ordered the sherry. 10:47.480 --> 10:50.480 Well, as time went on, she must have had three or four of them. 10:50.480 --> 10:51.480 Yeah. 10:51.480 --> 10:54.480 A couple other guys came in, I moved over to make room for them. 10:54.480 --> 10:56.480 I ended up sitting right next to the woman. 10:56.480 --> 10:58.480 Say, pass the ketchup, will you? 10:58.480 --> 10:59.480 Oh, yeah. 10:59.480 --> 11:00.480 Here you go. 11:00.480 --> 11:02.480 Eggs aren't much good without a lot of ketchup. 11:02.480 --> 11:03.480 Gives them real flavor. 11:03.480 --> 11:06.480 Yeah, Harry, could you get to the point maybe a little sooner? 11:06.480 --> 11:09.480 Well, first off, I noticed this perfume this broad's wearing. 11:09.480 --> 11:12.480 Now, I tell you, it's been a long time since I smelled anything like that. 11:12.480 --> 11:13.480 Real heavy. 11:13.480 --> 11:14.480 Like the stuff they sell in France. 11:14.480 --> 11:15.480 Yeah. 11:15.480 --> 11:16.480 Didn't fit the woman. 11:16.480 --> 11:18.480 Now, sir, didn't seem to go with the rest of her. 11:18.480 --> 11:20.480 I tried to strike up a conversation, you know. 11:20.480 --> 11:23.480 Talked about the weather, stuff like that, but she wouldn't have none of it. 11:23.480 --> 11:26.480 She didn't actually tell me, but I could tell the way she answered me. 11:26.480 --> 11:27.480 You know, kind of cool. 11:27.480 --> 11:29.480 What makes you think she might be the one we're looking for? 11:29.480 --> 11:31.480 The way she looked. The way she worked. 11:31.480 --> 11:32.480 What do you mean, the way she worked? 11:32.480 --> 11:34.480 Well, I'm getting to it. 11:34.480 --> 11:38.480 Anyway, after she's had the sherry, she reached into her purse to pay for them. 11:38.480 --> 11:40.480 Bumbles around in it for a while. 11:40.480 --> 11:41.480 Well, I couldn't help seeing what was in it. 11:41.480 --> 11:43.480 You know, what was sitting right next to her and all. 11:43.480 --> 11:44.480 Yeah, sure. 11:44.480 --> 11:46.480 Well, she don't come up with any money. 11:46.480 --> 11:48.480 And she starts going through her pockets. 11:48.480 --> 11:50.480 Still can't find any money. 11:50.480 --> 11:51.480 Finally, she asked Jack. 11:51.480 --> 11:52.480 Who's that, the bartender? 11:52.480 --> 11:54.480 Yeah, yeah, Jack. He owns the place. 11:54.480 --> 11:56.480 She asked him if he'll cash a check. 11:56.480 --> 11:57.480 Yeah. 11:56.480 --> 11:57.480 Well, now I asked you. 11:57.480 --> 11:59.480 Neither one of you guys know Jack? 11:59.480 --> 12:00.480 No, I don't think we do, Eric. 12:00.480 --> 12:01.480 No, I don't. 12:01.480 --> 12:04.480 Well, Jack wouldn't cash a check for the treasure of the country. 12:04.480 --> 12:06.480 Not even if he had the president to vouch for him. 12:06.480 --> 12:08.480 Been stung too many times. 12:08.480 --> 12:09.480 Yeah. 12:09.480 --> 12:11.480 Well, this old gal gets to him, see? 12:11.480 --> 12:12.480 I can see him start to go. 12:12.480 --> 12:14.480 He kind of hems and haws around all the time. 12:14.480 --> 12:16.480 He's trying to figure out a nice way to say no to her. 12:16.480 --> 12:17.480 Mm-hmm. 12:17.480 --> 12:19.480 Finally, he just ups and says it. 12:19.480 --> 12:21.480 Well, right after he kind of waits 12:21.480 --> 12:24.480 and expects her to tell him off for being so mean to somebody like her. 12:24.480 --> 12:25.480 But she doesn't. 12:25.480 --> 12:26.480 Just kind of punches her shoulders 12:26.480 --> 12:28.480 and then starts digging in her purse again. 12:28.480 --> 12:30.480 Takes everything out, puts it on the bar. 12:30.480 --> 12:31.480 Yeah. 12:31.480 --> 12:33.480 Well, it happens that her driver's license 12:33.480 --> 12:35.480 is lying right there on the bar in front of me. 12:35.480 --> 12:36.480 Couldn't help but read it, you know. 12:36.480 --> 12:37.480 Yeah, we know. 12:37.480 --> 12:38.480 Well, I saw her name. 12:38.480 --> 12:40.480 And I asked her if she'd let me buy the wine for her. 12:40.480 --> 12:42.480 Mm-hmm. What'd she say to that? 12:42.480 --> 12:44.480 Well, when I called her by name, 12:44.480 --> 12:46.480 she acted kind of startled like she didn't expect it. 12:46.480 --> 12:47.480 And then she kind of smiled 12:47.480 --> 12:49.480 and said she was financially embarrassed at the moment. 12:49.480 --> 12:51.480 Something about coming away from the house without any money. 12:51.480 --> 12:54.480 But she said she thought it'd be very sweet of me 12:54.480 --> 12:56.480 if I take care of the tab. 12:56.480 --> 12:57.480 So I paid Jack the money, 12:57.480 --> 12:59.480 and I asked her if she'd like another one. 12:59.480 --> 13:00.480 She said she didn't think so. 13:00.480 --> 13:02.480 And then she got all her stuff together 13:02.480 --> 13:04.480 and put it back into her purse and thanks me. 13:04.480 --> 13:05.480 Then she got up and left. 13:05.480 --> 13:07.480 Yeah, well, what was the name on the driver's license? 13:07.480 --> 13:08.480 Do you remember that? 13:08.480 --> 13:09.480 Yeah, yeah. 13:09.480 --> 13:11.480 Got it written down here someplace. 13:11.480 --> 13:13.480 After she left, Jack and me got to talking about her. 13:13.480 --> 13:16.480 Then it hit me that she might be the one you're looking for. 13:16.480 --> 13:17.480 So I jotted down the name. 13:17.480 --> 13:19.480 You ever see this woman before, Harry? 13:19.480 --> 13:20.480 No. Never laid eyes on her 13:20.480 --> 13:22.480 before she walked into Jack's last night. 13:22.480 --> 13:23.480 Now, here it is. 13:23.480 --> 13:24.480 Mm-hmm. Thanks. 13:24.480 --> 13:26.480 Yeah, that's the name at the top of the paper. 13:26.480 --> 13:28.480 Right under, that's your address. 13:32.480 --> 13:34.480 The name on the piece of paper was Lillian Halstead. 13:34.480 --> 13:35.480 It was a new name in the case. 13:35.480 --> 13:37.480 It gave an address out near Bel Air. 13:37.480 --> 13:39.480 Frank and I called the name into R&I, 13:39.480 --> 13:42.480 but they had no record on anyone answering that description. 13:42.480 --> 13:45.480 We paid the check and thanked Harry Allenson for the information, 13:45.480 --> 13:47.480 and then we drove out to the address. 13:47.480 --> 13:49.480 It was a large house just off Sunset Boulevard. 13:49.480 --> 13:51.480 Mrs. Halstead wasn't in, 13:51.480 --> 13:53.480 but the maid told us that we'd find her husband 13:53.480 --> 13:55.480 at the Halstead School of Dramatic Arts. 13:55.480 --> 13:58.480 She gave us the address, and Frank and I drove out to the school. 13:58.480 --> 14:01.480 It was located in a large modern building out on Wilshire Boulevard. 14:01.480 --> 14:04.480 When we got there, Mr. Halstead was working with the advanced class 14:04.480 --> 14:05.480 in the drama section. 14:05.480 --> 14:07.480 We took a seat at the rear of the auditorium 14:07.480 --> 14:09.480 and waited for him to finish. 14:09.480 --> 14:11.480 You gentlemen wish to see me? 14:11.480 --> 14:13.480 Yes, sir. You're Mr. Halstead, are you? 14:13.480 --> 14:14.480 That's correct. 14:14.480 --> 14:16.480 Police officer, sir. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 14:16.480 --> 14:17.480 My name's Friday. 14:17.480 --> 14:18.480 How do you do? 14:17.480 --> 14:18.480 How do you do? 14:18.480 --> 14:21.480 Oh, uh, what is it that you'd like to see me about? 14:21.480 --> 14:23.480 Well, can you tell us where your wife is, sir? 14:23.480 --> 14:24.480 Lillian? 14:23.480 --> 14:24.480 Yes. 14:24.480 --> 14:25.480 Well, she's out of town. 14:25.480 --> 14:27.480 Why? What do you want with her? 14:27.480 --> 14:29.480 What if you could describe her for us? 14:29.480 --> 14:32.480 Well, certainly, I don't understand what this is all about, though. 14:32.480 --> 14:34.480 It's just a routine investigation. 14:34.480 --> 14:36.480 Routine? What's that mean? 14:36.480 --> 14:38.480 Well, just that we're conducting an investigation, 14:38.480 --> 14:40.480 and the woman with the same name as your wife came up. 14:40.480 --> 14:42.480 Now, if you could give us a description of your wife, please. 14:42.480 --> 14:44.480 Yes, well, let me see. 14:44.480 --> 14:46.480 Lillian's 36. 14:46.480 --> 14:49.480 Yes, I would say she's, uh, 14:49.480 --> 14:52.480 five feet, six and one half inches. 14:52.480 --> 14:55.480 Weighs perhaps 130 pounds. 14:55.480 --> 14:58.480 Mm-hmm. What color is her hair, Mr. Halstead? 14:58.480 --> 15:01.480 Well, before she left, it was sort of an auburn. 15:01.480 --> 15:04.480 Lillian said something about dying it red. 15:04.480 --> 15:06.480 Might have done it since she's been gone. 15:06.480 --> 15:07.480 Where's your wife now? 15:07.480 --> 15:08.480 She's back in Washington. 15:08.480 --> 15:10.480 They're holding a drama festival, 15:10.480 --> 15:12.480 and she's back there looking it over. 15:12.480 --> 15:14.480 Do you have a picture of your wife here, Mr. Halstead? 15:14.480 --> 15:16.480 Yes, sir. I have one on my desk in the office. 15:16.480 --> 15:17.480 What if we take a look at it? 15:17.480 --> 15:19.480 Why, certainly. You can go out this way. 15:19.480 --> 15:21.480 Fine, thank you. 15:23.480 --> 15:25.480 Here, down this way, please. 15:25.480 --> 15:27.480 Thank you. 15:27.480 --> 15:30.480 You tell me what this investigation is that you're working on. 15:30.480 --> 15:32.480 Well, no, sir, not right now. We can't. 15:32.480 --> 15:34.480 Oh, you can. 15:34.480 --> 15:36.480 Cloak and dagger stuff, eh? 15:36.480 --> 15:38.480 No, sir, it's not exactly that. 15:38.480 --> 15:40.480 Oh, here, I'll get the door for you. 15:40.480 --> 15:42.480 Thank you. 15:42.480 --> 15:44.480 Yes, sir, right this way. Excuse me a moment. 15:46.480 --> 15:48.480 Oh, here. Here's the picture. 15:50.480 --> 15:51.480 Lovely woman. 15:51.480 --> 15:53.480 Been a great help here at the school. 15:53.480 --> 15:55.480 Yes, sir. How long ago was this picture taken? 15:55.480 --> 15:57.480 Several months ago, I believe. 15:57.480 --> 16:00.480 Now, Mr. Halstead, how long has your wife been out of town? 16:00.480 --> 16:02.480 Perhaps a week. 16:02.480 --> 16:04.480 Ten days, perhaps. Something like that. 16:04.480 --> 16:06.480 Does your wife drive a car, Mr. Halstead? 16:06.480 --> 16:08.480 Yes, sir, she does. 16:08.480 --> 16:10.480 Oh, I understand. The license. 16:10.480 --> 16:12.480 Sir? 16:12.480 --> 16:14.480 Lillian's driver's license. That's what you're here about, isn't it? 16:14.480 --> 16:16.480 Well, I don't understand, sir. 16:16.480 --> 16:18.480 Oh, you don't have to be cagey with me. 16:18.480 --> 16:20.480 Lillian lost her driver's license some time ago, 16:20.480 --> 16:22.480 asked me to get her a new one. 16:22.480 --> 16:24.480 I didn't quite get a chance to do it. 16:24.480 --> 16:26.480 You found it. 16:26.480 --> 16:28.480 That's it, isn't it? 16:28.480 --> 16:30.480 No, sir, that's not it. We think your wife's license 16:30.480 --> 16:32.480 has been used as identification by some check forger. 16:32.480 --> 16:34.480 Do you happen to know where your wife might have lost the license? 16:34.480 --> 16:38.480 Why, no, we don't know exactly. 16:38.480 --> 16:41.480 It must have been about three months ago. 16:41.480 --> 16:43.480 She says that she dropped it here at the school, 16:43.480 --> 16:46.480 but I've looked all over for it, haven't been able to find it. 16:46.480 --> 16:48.480 I think she just left it someplace. 16:48.480 --> 16:50.480 She's terribly careless about things like that. 16:50.480 --> 16:52.480 Yes, sir. 16:52.480 --> 16:55.480 Is this about the old woman that's been forging the checks? 16:55.480 --> 16:57.480 Why do you ask that, sir? 16:57.480 --> 16:59.480 Well, that's another thing that I've been meaning to call you about. 16:59.480 --> 17:03.480 I was reading the paper one night and all of a sudden it hit me. 17:03.480 --> 17:05.480 Sir? 17:05.480 --> 17:08.480 Well, I could be wrong, but I think I know the girl who's doing this. 17:19.480 --> 17:21.480 You are listening to Dragnet, 17:21.480 --> 17:23.480 the authentic story of your police force in action. 17:23.480 --> 17:27.480 The modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 17:27.480 --> 17:31.480 Premium quality in both regular and king size, 17:31.480 --> 17:33.480 and we're the only one that does it. 17:33.480 --> 17:36.480 We tell you what Chesterfields are made of 17:36.480 --> 17:39.480 to give you that premium quality in both popular sizes. 17:39.480 --> 17:42.480 Our scientists select the best materials. 17:42.480 --> 17:46.480 They select for Chesterfield the world's best tobaccos, 17:46.480 --> 17:48.480 blend them just right, 17:48.480 --> 17:50.480 and they keep Chesterfields tasty and fresh 17:50.480 --> 17:52.480 with the best of moistening agents. 17:52.480 --> 17:56.480 Now, here's something else that's completely modern about Chesterfield. 17:56.480 --> 17:59.480 People smoke Chesterfield and we tell you what happens, 17:59.480 --> 18:01.480 scientifically but simply. 18:01.480 --> 18:04.480 A medical specialist is making regular bi-monthly examinations 18:04.480 --> 18:07.480 of a group of people from various walks of life. 18:07.480 --> 18:10.480 45% of this group have smoked Chesterfield 18:10.480 --> 18:12.480 for an average of over 10 years. 18:12.480 --> 18:16.480 After eight months, the medical specialist reports 18:16.480 --> 18:19.480 that he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, 18:19.480 --> 18:22.480 and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 18:22.480 --> 18:25.480 I'd say that means real mildness. 18:25.480 --> 18:29.480 And finally, we ask you to try Chesterfield and prove what we say. 18:29.480 --> 18:32.480 Chesterfield is best for you. 18:32.480 --> 18:35.480 They're much milder to give you all the pleasure 18:35.480 --> 18:38.480 that the modern cigarette can give. 18:46.480 --> 18:49.480 2.37 p.m. We ran the name Bert Halstead through R&I, 18:49.480 --> 18:52.480 but we got no make on anyone answering his description. 18:52.480 --> 18:54.480 Halstead told us that he thought we might be looking 18:54.480 --> 18:56.480 for the girl he identified as Peggy Small. 18:56.480 --> 18:58.480 He told us that the Small girl had enrolled 18:58.480 --> 19:00.480 in the dramatic school over a year before. 19:00.480 --> 19:03.480 We asked him if he had a picture of her that we could have. 19:03.480 --> 19:05.480 He told us that he thought there was one in the files. 19:05.480 --> 19:07.480 He took us down the hall to the registration office 19:07.480 --> 19:08.480 and checked his files. 19:08.480 --> 19:10.480 He located a picture of the girl and handed it to Frank. 19:10.480 --> 19:12.480 Just why do you think this might be the girl 19:12.480 --> 19:14.480 we're looking for, Mr. Halstead? 19:14.480 --> 19:16.480 Well, it's the oddest thing, Officer. 19:16.480 --> 19:18.480 Peggy. Oh, that's Miss Small. 19:18.480 --> 19:19.480 Yes, sir. 19:19.480 --> 19:22.480 Well, Peggy came to us about a year ago, as I said. 19:22.480 --> 19:25.480 She came out here to the coast from some little town in Idaho, 19:25.480 --> 19:26.480 I think it was. 19:26.480 --> 19:28.480 I'd have to check her entrance application to be sure, 19:28.480 --> 19:30.480 but I think it was Idaho. Yes, sir. 19:30.480 --> 19:34.480 Well, instantly I knew that this girl had talent, 19:34.480 --> 19:37.480 real talent, deep down talent. 19:37.480 --> 19:39.480 Right off the bat she had the feel. 19:39.480 --> 19:41.480 Would have been a fine character actress. 19:41.480 --> 19:43.480 Why do you say would have? 19:43.480 --> 19:44.480 She didn't want to work. 19:44.480 --> 19:46.480 Wasn't interested in anything 19:46.480 --> 19:48.480 but learning how to be an old woman. 19:48.480 --> 19:49.480 Sir? 19:49.480 --> 19:51.480 All she was interested in was learning to act 19:51.480 --> 19:52.480 and to be an old woman. 19:52.480 --> 19:54.480 We have a theory here at Halstead. 19:54.480 --> 19:56.480 Don't act. Live. 19:56.480 --> 19:58.480 She did just that. 19:58.480 --> 20:01.480 Learned the makeup problems, dress, walk, everything. 20:01.480 --> 20:04.480 She even used to practice writing like a woman of 60 or so. 20:04.480 --> 20:06.480 I used to see her practicing by the hour. 20:06.480 --> 20:08.480 Did she ever give you any reason for all this? 20:08.480 --> 20:10.480 No. I asked her once, 20:10.480 --> 20:12.480 but she said that this was the way she wanted it. 20:12.480 --> 20:14.480 I thought that she was trying to tell me 20:14.480 --> 20:17.480 to keep my nose out of her affairs in a nice way, 20:17.480 --> 20:19.480 so I didn't ask her again. 20:19.480 --> 20:21.480 We have presentations here. 20:21.480 --> 20:23.480 Each term the class presents a play 20:23.480 --> 20:26.480 that's been written and produced by the students themselves. 20:26.480 --> 20:29.480 Peggy would always do the oldest female part in them. 20:29.480 --> 20:31.480 Never was interested in anything else. 20:31.480 --> 20:33.480 She had several good offers, 20:33.480 --> 20:35.480 but for some reason she did not take them. 20:35.480 --> 20:37.480 What do you mean by that, sir? 20:37.480 --> 20:39.480 One night a talent scout from one of the majors 20:39.480 --> 20:41.480 came out to see our play. 20:41.480 --> 20:42.480 He was quite... 20:42.480 --> 20:44.480 Majors? Oh, the studio. 20:44.480 --> 20:46.480 He was quite impressed with Peggy. 20:46.480 --> 20:48.480 Offered her a term contract. 20:48.480 --> 20:49.480 Good money. 20:49.480 --> 20:52.480 She'd have done well, but she just was not interested. 20:52.480 --> 20:54.480 I just can't understand it. 20:54.480 --> 20:56.480 Do you know where she is now? 20:56.480 --> 20:58.480 No, officer, I haven't seen Peggy since she left here. 20:58.480 --> 21:01.480 That was about, um, four months ago. 21:01.480 --> 21:03.480 Wonder if you could tell us where she lived 21:03.480 --> 21:05.480 when she was enrolled here. 21:05.480 --> 21:07.480 Certainly. I have the address on her enrollment card. 21:07.480 --> 21:09.480 That's fine. We'd like to have the names and addresses 21:09.480 --> 21:11.480 of any of her close friends, too, if we could. 21:11.480 --> 21:13.480 Certainly glad to help. 21:13.480 --> 21:15.480 You think it could be her? 21:15.480 --> 21:17.480 Peggy? The woman you're looking for? 21:17.480 --> 21:19.480 Well, it could be, yes, sir. 21:19.480 --> 21:21.480 Odd. 21:21.480 --> 21:23.480 I got to thinking about it when I read about it in the papers. 21:23.480 --> 21:26.480 Right away it made me think of Peggy. 21:26.480 --> 21:28.480 How she used to talk about acting. 21:28.480 --> 21:30.480 How's that, sir? 21:30.480 --> 21:32.480 Well, she used to always say there was only one reason 21:32.480 --> 21:35.480 for doing anything, and that was to come out on it. 21:35.480 --> 21:37.480 That was the trouble with most people. 21:37.480 --> 21:40.480 They just didn't know where they wanted to end up. 21:40.480 --> 21:42.480 But she knew where she was going. 21:42.480 --> 21:44.480 Well, maybe she was right. 21:44.480 --> 21:46.480 I beg your pardon? 21:46.480 --> 21:50.480 Well, I guess I'm not sure we know, too. 21:53.480 --> 21:56.480 312 p.m. We got Peggy Small's address from Mr. Hallstead, 21:56.480 --> 21:58.480 and then we went back to the office. 21:58.480 --> 22:01.480 We ran the name through R&I, but there was no record on the girl. 22:01.480 --> 22:04.480 402 p.m. Frank and I drove out to the last known address 22:04.480 --> 22:07.480 of the small girl. It was a boarding house on 92nd Street. 22:07.480 --> 22:09.480 Peggy Small wasn't in, but the landlady told us 22:09.480 --> 22:12.480 that she usually didn't get back from work until 7 or 7.30. 22:12.480 --> 22:14.480 We asked if she knew where the girl worked, 22:14.480 --> 22:16.480 but she told us that she didn't. 22:16.480 --> 22:18.480 We arranged for a stakeout on the house, 22:18.480 --> 22:21.480 and at 4.37 p.m. we checked back into the office. 22:21.480 --> 22:23.480 You want to check the book? 22:21.480 --> 22:23.480 Right. 22:26.480 --> 22:28.480 Anything? 22:26.480 --> 22:28.480 I don't think so. 22:28.480 --> 22:30.480 There's a call from Fay. 22:30.480 --> 22:32.480 She wants to know if I'll be home for dinner. 22:32.480 --> 22:34.480 I better give her a call, Joe. 22:39.480 --> 22:41.480 Fay's gotten a little hacked at me. 22:41.480 --> 22:43.480 Oh, is that so? 22:41.480 --> 22:43.480 Yeah. 22:43.480 --> 22:45.480 The last three nights she's waited dinner for me, 22:45.480 --> 22:47.480 and I didn't make it. 22:49.480 --> 22:51.480 Hello, honey. 22:51.480 --> 22:53.480 Yeah. 22:53.480 --> 22:55.480 Well, I don't know yet. 22:55.480 --> 22:57.480 Yeah? 22:57.480 --> 22:59.480 Well, I think so. 23:01.480 --> 23:03.480 I know, I know. 23:03.480 --> 23:05.480 Well, maybe another hour or so I'll know. 23:05.480 --> 23:07.480 Yeah. 23:07.480 --> 23:09.480 Okay, honey. Bye. 23:09.480 --> 23:11.480 If I don't make it tonight, she's gonna scalp me. 23:11.480 --> 23:13.480 I get it. 23:13.480 --> 23:15.480 Forgery Friday. 23:15.480 --> 23:17.480 Yes, ma'am. 23:17.480 --> 23:19.480 What's that address again? 23:19.480 --> 23:21.480 All right. 23:21.480 --> 23:23.480 Yes, ma'am, we'll be right there. 23:23.480 --> 23:25.480 Well, your dinner's gonna have to wait again. 23:25.480 --> 23:27.480 Why? 23:25.480 --> 23:27.480 Dry goods store out on Main. 23:27.480 --> 23:29.480 Forger's there now. 23:33.480 --> 23:35.480 In the process of the investigation, 23:35.480 --> 23:37.480 the police department had alerted the merchants 23:37.480 --> 23:39.480 throughout the city to the method of operation 23:39.480 --> 23:41.480 of the woman Forger. 23:41.480 --> 23:43.480 Thousands of printed circulars had been distributed, 23:43.480 --> 23:45.480 bearing her description. 23:45.480 --> 23:47.480 An artist's conception of the woman had been published 23:47.480 --> 23:49.480 in the daily papers, and the drawing had also been broadcast 23:49.480 --> 23:51.480 over the local television stations. 23:51.480 --> 23:53.480 The clerk in the store we'd gotten the call from 23:53.480 --> 23:55.480 had noticed the similarity between a woman waiting 23:55.480 --> 23:57.480 to cash a check and the description. 23:57.480 --> 23:59.480 From the information we'd gotten on the hot shot, 23:59.480 --> 24:01.480 the woman was waiting for an authorization for the check. 24:01.480 --> 24:03.480 When Frank and I got to the store, 24:03.480 --> 24:05.480 we met a small, elderly woman. 24:05.480 --> 24:07.480 She produced identification in the form of a driver's license 24:07.480 --> 24:09.480 bearing the name Lillian Halstead. 24:09.480 --> 24:11.480 Frank and I asked her to go with us to the city hall 24:11.480 --> 24:13.480 for questioning. 24:13.480 --> 24:15.480 A policewoman was called, and the interrogation started. 24:15.480 --> 24:17.480 One look at her, and you could see that she was 24:17.480 --> 24:19.480 covered with a heavy makeup. 24:19.480 --> 24:21.480 I want you gentlemen to know that I resent the implication 24:21.480 --> 24:23.480 you're making, the idea trying to make me 24:23.480 --> 24:25.480 out a vicious criminal. 24:25.480 --> 24:27.480 Ma'am, we're not trying to embarrass you. We just want to get to the truth here. 24:27.480 --> 24:29.480 I'm giving you that. I'm telling you what you want to know. 24:29.480 --> 24:31.480 All right, now let's get it over with. 24:31.480 --> 24:33.480 What's your name? 24:33.480 --> 24:35.480 Lillian Halstead. 24:35.480 --> 24:37.480 Is this your driver's license? 24:37.480 --> 24:39.480 Yes, it is. 24:39.480 --> 24:41.480 Then the thumbprint on it should be yours too, is that right? 24:41.480 --> 24:43.480 I'd imagine so, yes. 24:43.480 --> 24:45.480 Well, then suppose we go down to the hall and take your fingerprints and compare it, huh? 24:45.480 --> 24:47.480 You look here, young man, I know my rights. 24:47.480 --> 24:49.480 You're not dealing with some little schoolgirl this time. 24:49.480 --> 24:51.480 I lived a long time, and I know just exactly what you can do 24:51.480 --> 24:53.480 and what you can't do. 24:53.480 --> 24:55.480 I know, for instance, that you can't take my fingerprints 24:55.480 --> 24:57.480 unless you want to arrest me for something. 24:57.480 --> 24:59.480 If you want to make a fool out of yourself to that extent, 24:59.480 --> 25:01.480 then you go right ahead and do it. 25:01.480 --> 25:03.480 Young man, I'll sue you for every nickel you own. 25:03.480 --> 25:05.480 I'll let the papers know about this. 25:05.480 --> 25:07.480 They'd love to know how you treat old women. 25:07.480 --> 25:09.480 They'd just love to know. 25:09.480 --> 25:11.480 Have you ever been mistreated in any way, ma'am? 25:11.480 --> 25:13.480 No, and I don't intend to be. 25:13.480 --> 25:15.480 There's a man on the way down here, 25:15.480 --> 25:17.480 a man by the name of Halstead. 25:17.480 --> 25:19.480 Wife's name is Lillian Halstead. 25:19.480 --> 25:21.480 That driver's license we found in your purse, 25:21.480 --> 25:23.480 the one you claim is yours, 25:23.480 --> 25:25.480 that's registered to his wife. 25:25.480 --> 25:27.480 He's coming down here to tell us that you aren't his wife, 25:27.480 --> 25:29.480 that you stole that license, that you were a student in his dramatic school. 25:29.480 --> 25:31.480 Now, why don't you save us all a lot of trouble here? 25:31.480 --> 25:33.480 Why don't you admit that you're the woman we're looking for, 25:33.480 --> 25:35.480 that you're Peggy Small, you're no old woman. 25:37.480 --> 25:39.480 Come on, how about it, Miss Small? 25:39.480 --> 25:41.480 All right, I lose. 25:41.480 --> 25:43.480 I guess I should have known. 25:43.480 --> 25:45.480 Mind if I take this wig off? 25:45.480 --> 25:47.480 It's kind of warm in here. 25:47.480 --> 25:49.480 We've been kind of waiting for it. Go right ahead. 25:49.480 --> 25:51.480 It was a good rack while it lasted. 25:51.480 --> 25:53.480 Crummy driver's license. 25:53.480 --> 25:55.480 I was doing all right as long as I used the letters. 25:55.480 --> 25:57.480 They should have been good enough for me. 25:57.480 --> 25:59.480 I should have known. 25:59.480 --> 26:01.480 What did you do with the money? 26:01.480 --> 26:03.480 I've got it all, every last nickel of it. 26:03.480 --> 26:05.480 I almost had enough, too. 26:05.480 --> 26:07.480 Enough for what? 26:07.480 --> 26:09.480 Leave this lousy town, get out of here, go back east, New York. 26:09.480 --> 26:11.480 Couple more pieces of paper and I'd have it made. 26:11.480 --> 26:13.480 Could have left, almost showed them, showed them good. 26:13.480 --> 26:15.480 Ma'am? 26:15.480 --> 26:17.480 Phony town. 26:17.480 --> 26:19.480 Months I pounded on doors talking to agents, casting directors, 26:19.480 --> 26:21.480 talking to anybody who'd listen to me, trying to get a job, 26:21.480 --> 26:23.480 trying to get a break in pictures. 26:23.480 --> 26:25.480 None of them would talk to me, 26:25.480 --> 26:27.480 they wanted character women. 26:27.480 --> 26:29.480 Didn't want any young women, character women, 26:29.480 --> 26:31.480 that's what they wanted. 26:31.480 --> 26:33.480 I got to be the best of them. 26:33.480 --> 26:35.480 They didn't want me the way I am. 26:35.480 --> 26:37.480 I didn't want to work any other way, none. 26:37.480 --> 26:39.480 Had to fool, didn't I? 26:39.480 --> 26:41.480 Had the whole town fooled, all of them. 26:41.480 --> 26:43.480 Phony place. 26:43.480 --> 26:45.480 I was going back east, back to New York. 26:45.480 --> 26:47.480 They know talent back there. They recognize it. 26:47.480 --> 26:49.480 They know whether you're real there or whether you're just a phony. 26:49.480 --> 26:51.480 They know it there. 26:51.480 --> 26:55.480 And we know it here, too. 26:59.480 --> 27:01.480 The story you have just heard was true. 27:01.480 --> 27:03.480 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:03.480 --> 27:07.480 On June 19th, trial was held in Department 89, 27:07.480 --> 27:09.480 Superior Court of the State of California, 27:09.480 --> 27:11.480 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 27:11.480 --> 27:13.480 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:13.480 --> 27:15.480 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:15.480 --> 27:17.480 Thank you, George Fenomen. 27:17.480 --> 27:19.480 Friends, only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, 27:19.480 --> 27:22.480 gives you this scientific evidence on the effects of smoking. 27:22.480 --> 27:25.480 No adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group 27:25.480 --> 27:27.480 from smoking Chesterfields. 27:27.480 --> 27:29.480 And only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, 27:29.480 --> 27:33.480 gives you premium quality in both regular and king size. 27:33.480 --> 27:36.480 Now I know Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 27:36.480 --> 27:38.480 Buy them regular or king size. 27:38.480 --> 27:41.480 Either way, they're much milder to give you all the pleasure 27:41.480 --> 27:49.480 the modern cigarette can give. 27:52.480 --> 27:55.480 Peggy Janice Small was tried and convicted of forgery ten counts. 27:55.480 --> 27:58.480 She was sentenced to the California Institution for Women 27:58.480 --> 28:01.480 at Corona, California, for the term prescribed by law. 28:01.480 --> 28:04.480 Forgery is punishable by imprisonment for a period 28:04.480 --> 28:19.480 of from one to 14 years in the state penitentiary. 28:19.480 --> 28:21.480 You have just heard Dragnet, 28:21.480 --> 28:24.480 a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:24.480 --> 28:26.480 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 28:26.480 --> 28:29.480 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:29.480 --> 28:32.480 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 28:32.480 --> 28:34.480 Sergeant Lance Brasher. 28:34.480 --> 28:36.480 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, June Whitley, 28:36.480 --> 28:38.480 Jack Crouchon, Gene Tatum. 28:38.480 --> 28:40.480 Script by John Robinson. 28:40.480 --> 28:41.480 Music by Walter Schuman. 28:41.480 --> 28:46.480 Hell, give me speaking. 28:46.480 --> 28:48.480 Sound off for Chesterfield. 28:48.480 --> 28:51.480 Either way you like them, regular or king size, 28:51.480 --> 28:58.480 you'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 28:58.480 --> 29:00.480 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, 29:00.480 --> 29:02.480 transcribed from Los Angeles. 29:02.480 --> 29:15.480 Tonight it's Adventure with Barry Craig, 29:15.480 --> 29:30.480 confidential investigator on NBC.