1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,640 Chesterfield, the only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:25,040 and king size, brings you dragnet. 4 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,880 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:38,840 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,200 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,280 You're assigned to homicide detail. 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,880 A man walks into your office and tells you he returned to his home to find that his wife 9 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,120 was gone. 10 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,480 She left no indication where she was going. 11 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:51,220 Foul play is suspected. 12 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:56,720 Your job, find her. 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,680 The modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 14 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,040 Premium quality in both regular and king size. 15 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,440 And we're the only one that does it. 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:12,400 Premium quality in a cigarette means the world's best tobaccos, the best ingredients, the best 17 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,280 cigarette paper. 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,080 Only Chesterfield gives you this premium quality in both popular sizes. 19 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:25,300 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any other 20 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:27,360 king size cigarette. 21 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,260 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 22 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:34,300 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 23 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:39,240 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield gives you more than 24 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,920 a fifth longer smoke. 25 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:45,960 Yes, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 26 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:49,320 Premium quality, both regular and king size. 27 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,880 Chesterfield is much milder. 28 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:56,640 Chesterfield is best for you. 29 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:04,440 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 30 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:09,360 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 31 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,920 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 32 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:15,600 police files. 33 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,760 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 34 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,600 in action. 35 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,840 It was Tuesday, July 7th. 36 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,240 It was hot in Los Angeles. 37 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,440 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 38 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:31,440 My partner is Frank Smith. 39 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,280 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 40 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,280 My name is Friday. 41 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,240 I was on my way into work and it was 4.58 p.m. when I got to room 42. 42 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Homicide. 43 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,240 John, that you? 44 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:41,240 Yeah. 45 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Been here long? 46 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,240 No, I just got in. 47 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,240 Sure beautiful day, isn't it? 48 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:45,240 Yeah, summer's really here, isn't it? 49 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,240 It's daylight saving time makes a difference. 50 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,240 Got a lot more time, sir. 51 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,440 It's daylight saving time makes a difference, got a lot more time seems like. 52 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:52,840 Made me think about my vacation. 53 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,840 Well, you're doing a couple of weeks, aren't you? 54 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,840 Yeah, first part of August. 55 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,840 Figured out where you're going yet? 56 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,520 Yeah, Fay and I talked it out. 57 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:01,520 You know, Joe? 58 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,520 Oh, what's that? 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,520 I think maybe I had Arman figured wrong. 60 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,520 Arman? 61 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,520 That's your brother-in-law? 62 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,520 Yeah. 63 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,120 This year, Fay and I got to talking where we're going to spend the vacation. 64 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,800 Fay wants to go up to Big Bear. 65 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,800 I'm saying Mexico. 66 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:13,800 Yeah. 67 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:14,800 You know, I figure a little fishing. 68 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,200 I hear the yellows are hitting pretty good. 69 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,200 The what? 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,200 The yellows are hitting pretty good. 71 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,200 You don't fish much. 72 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,200 No, I don't fish at all. 73 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,560 Well, they're supposed to be hitting pretty good, but Fay can't see Mexico. 74 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,240 And I'd if old Arman doesn't chime in and say he thinks Mexico's a great idea. 75 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,240 Well, that's swell. 76 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:29,240 Yeah. 77 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,080 Tells Fay all about the beaches down there and how good the food is, all about the air, 78 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,080 healthy. 79 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,080 You know, really sells it. 80 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,080 So that's where you're going, huh? 81 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:36,080 No, Fay didn't buy it. 82 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,080 It's going to mountains. 83 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,640 Well, fishing's supposed to be pretty good up there too, isn't it? 84 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,640 That's what I read, I guess. 85 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:41,640 I suppose so. 86 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,120 But old Arman, how do you like that guy? 87 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,120 He sure surprised me. 88 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:45,560 Yeah, maybe he's going to work out, huh? 89 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,560 Yeah, I'll get it. 90 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,560 OK. 91 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:49,560 Homicide Friday. 92 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:50,560 Yes, sir, it is. 93 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,560 I beg your pardon, could you talk a little louder? 94 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:55,560 Yes, sir. 95 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Uh-huh. 96 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:57,560 Yes, sir. 97 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:58,560 Well, when was that? 98 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,560 I see. 99 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:00,560 When? 100 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:01,560 Yes, sir. 101 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,560 What was that address again? 102 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,560 All right, I have it. 103 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:04,560 Yes. 104 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:05,560 Yes, sir, that's right. 105 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:06,560 We'll be right out. 106 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Right. 107 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:08,560 Bye. 108 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:09,560 Well, we got one to roll on. 109 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:10,560 Kidnapping out in Hollywood. 110 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:17,560 The man on the phone gave his name as Henry Wagner. 111 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:22,560 He said that he'd come home from work and found that his wife was gone. 112 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,720 He said on the phone that he'd found a note demanding ransom and costing him against calling 113 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,720 the police. 114 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,720 5.22 p.m. 115 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,720 Frank and I arrived at the house on Temple Hill Avenue. 116 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,560 We parked the car down the street from the house and went up to the front door. 117 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,520 Frank would remain in the car for a few minutes and then follow. 118 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,880 In that way, if the kidnappers were watching the house, they wouldn't be as likely to know 119 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,680 that we were working on the case. 120 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:44,680 I rang the bell and waited. 121 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:45,680 Yes, you're the police? 122 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:46,680 Yes, sir, that's right. 123 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:47,680 My name's Friday. 124 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:48,680 Oh, hello. 125 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,680 Come in, please, quickly. 126 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,680 I don't want them to see you. 127 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:51,680 Who's them, sir? 128 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:52,680 The kidnappers. 129 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:53,680 They might be watching. 130 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:54,680 I don't know what I'm going to do. 131 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:55,680 A terrible thing to have happen. 132 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:56,680 It just doesn't make sense. 133 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,680 All right, now, sir, if you just try to calm down and tell me what happened here, we're 134 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,680 going to start right from the beginning. 135 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:02,680 All right. 136 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,280 I got home from school about 4.30. 137 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:05,280 Myra wasn't here. 138 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:08,760 I looked at the house for her, figured, like you said on the phone, that she might have 139 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:09,760 gone to the store. 140 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,560 When I couldn't find her, I started looking for a note. 141 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,920 That's when I found the ransom demand right there on the coffee table. 142 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,200 When you said you got home from school, is that it? 143 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,360 Yes, I teach political science at the university. 144 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,520 When did you last see your wife? 145 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,160 When I left this morning about 7.30. 146 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:23,160 I have a class at eight. 147 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,160 Have you talked to her since? 148 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:25,720 Yes, I called her about 1.15. 149 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,160 Did everything seem all right then? 150 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,920 I mean, did she seem to be upset, anything like that? 151 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,400 No, no, everything seemed to be normal. 152 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,680 Did she say if there was anyone with her when you talked to her? 153 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,000 No, if there was, she didn't give any indication of it. 154 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Why? 155 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,400 I know that this isn't a hoax, if that's what you're thinking. 156 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,080 I know that Myra wouldn't do a thing like this. 157 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,640 She's a serious woman. 158 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,520 I guess you might say that she had a rather dull sense of humor. 159 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,200 No, I know that she wouldn't do a thing like this as a joke. 160 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,200 Well, no, sir, it's not that. 161 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,600 I'm just trying to get all the facts here. 162 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,920 I wonder if I can see the note. 163 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,520 Yes, I left it over here on the desk. 164 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,520 That'll be my partner. 165 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,520 I'll let him in if it's all right. 166 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,520 Frank, money. 167 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,520 Let's see here. 168 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,320 Mr. Wagner, this is my partner, Frank Smith. 169 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,320 How do you do, sir? 170 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:06,320 How do you do? 171 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:07,320 I'll get the note. 172 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,320 I'd rather you wouldn't handle it anymore, sir. 173 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Oh, all right. 174 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,720 You're going to try to get some fingerprints from it, is that right? 175 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,040 Well, that's the idea, yes, sir. 176 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,040 Can you read it, Joe? 177 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,040 Yeah, it's made up a newsprint. 178 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,520 It's been cut out of the paper. 179 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,000 It looks like one of the morning papers. 180 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,520 Yeah, I'll read it to you. 181 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,320 It says put $10,000 in fives, tens, and twenties in the shoe box. 182 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,160 Make sure the bills are unmarked on July 8th. 183 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,720 Drive up Deer Canyon Drive at 10.30 p.m. five miles past the turnoff. 184 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,400 You'll see a white string across the road. 185 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,720 Drop the shoe box out of the car, go on back home. 186 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,920 Your wife will be returned. 187 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,240 Don't tell the cops if you tell anybody, we'll kill your wife. 188 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,240 Deer Canyon Drive. 189 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:43,600 Yeah, you know, it's up above Laurel. 190 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:44,600 Oh, yeah. 191 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:45,600 $10,000. 192 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,200 Do you have that kind of money, Mr. Wagner? 193 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,200 No, sir. 194 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,520 I don't know how I'm going to raise it. 195 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,080 I have to, but I don't know how I'm going to do it. 196 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,160 Have you noticed anyone lately that's been in the neighborhood here? 197 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,720 I mean, anybody loitering around without any reason to be here? 198 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,720 No, I haven't. 199 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,160 Of course, you must understand I'm not home a great deal. 200 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,960 But Myra didn't say anything about it. 201 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,120 I'm sure she would have if she'd seen anybody like that. 202 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,640 You and your wife have any enemies that do a thing like this, would you know? 203 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:07,640 None that I can think of. 204 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,040 Do you have any household help? 205 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,400 I beg your pardon? 206 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,400 Household help. 207 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 Anyone that comes in to help your wife with the housework? 208 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,120 You know, a day maid, something like that. 209 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,720 Well, there's Betty Jo. 210 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,200 She comes in once a week to clean up the house. 211 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,200 When was she last here? 212 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Let me see. 213 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,200 That was Saturday. 214 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:21,200 That's her usual day. 215 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,560 Saturday, I guess it was then. 216 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,080 Didn't you see her last week? 217 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,080 No. 218 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,120 You see, I had to go out by Pomona this last weekend. 219 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,960 Series of lectures I wanted to catch. 220 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,760 I left early Saturday morning, didn't get back until late that night. 221 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:32,760 Did your wife go with you? 222 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:33,760 No, she stayed at home. 223 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,960 She had a little touch of the virus and figured she'd better stay at home and take care of 224 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:38,960 it. 225 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,400 Are you sure this is the right thing to do? 226 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,400 Maybe I should have handled this myself. 227 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:43,400 No, sir, you did the right thing. 228 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,600 I wonder if you could give us a description of your wife, Mr. Wagner. 229 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,600 Why? 230 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,280 You aren't going to tell anyone else about this, are you? 231 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,280 No, sir. 232 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,440 The information will be handled in a usual confidential manner. 233 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:53,440 Oh. 234 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,240 Well, I guess you men know what you're doing. 235 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,600 All right, sir, if you'd just give us a description, if you could. 236 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,160 Well, Myra is about five feet three. 237 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,120 I guess she weighs about 130 pounds. 238 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,120 How old is she, sir? 239 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,400 Forty-two, just turned 42. 240 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,400 Birthday last month, June 14th. 241 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,640 How about the color of her hair? 242 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,640 Sort of an auburn, I guess you'd call it. 243 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,160 A little gray up in here, along the sides. 244 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,520 Would you know what she was wearing? 245 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,720 No, I wouldn't have the slightest idea. 246 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,640 I don't know her clothes well enough to be able to look at what's in her closet and tell 247 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,640 you what she had on. 248 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,640 How about marks? 249 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:24,640 I don't think I understand. 250 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:25,640 I'm sorry. 251 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,960 I mean, any visible birthmarks or scars, anything that might make it easier to identify her? 252 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,080 No, I don't think so. 253 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,680 Oh, wait a minute. 254 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:35,480 There's a very small scar just under her ear, right here. 255 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,800 A couple of years ago, Myra and I went fishing up in the Sierras. 256 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,120 Myra got a trout fly caught there. 257 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,520 When they took it out, it left just a very small scar. 258 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,720 But I don't think you'd be able to see it unless you were really looking for it. 259 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,400 Anything else outstanding about her? 260 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,880 No, there isn't. 261 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,920 I wonder if we could have a photo of her. 262 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:52,920 Do you have one? 263 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:53,920 Of course. 264 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,360 What if you'd give us the address of this Betty Jo? 265 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,360 Surely. 266 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,200 I think Myra kept it in the phone book. 267 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,400 I'll get it for you. 268 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,920 Do you think they'll really do it, Officer? 269 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Kill Myra? 270 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:05,920 Well, we're going to try to stop them, sir. 271 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:06,920 I don't think so. 272 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:07,920 Well, how about the money? 273 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:08,920 Should I get it together? 274 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,760 Not a lot of time if I have to meet them tomorrow night. 275 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:11,760 We'll take care of that. 276 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Here's the address. 277 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:13,760 Thank you, sir. 278 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,760 I don't know what I'll do if they hurt Myra. 279 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:16,760 Just don't know. 280 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,240 It's odd, isn't it, Sergeant? 281 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,240 What's that? 282 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,440 Myra and I have been married for 22 years. 283 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,760 I guess I always just took her for granted. 284 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,020 Haven't been separated at all during that time. 285 00:09:26,020 --> 00:09:27,020 Just took her for granted. 286 00:09:27,020 --> 00:09:28,020 Yes, sir. 287 00:09:28,020 --> 00:09:34,160 I guess you have to lose something before you know what it's worth. 288 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,160 Five forty-three p.m. 289 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,360 We asked Mr. Wagner not to touch anything in the house. 290 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,320 We told him that after his wife had been returned and our men could move safely about the neighborhood, 291 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,000 the house would be gone over for physical evidence. 292 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,400 Two men came out from the office and a stakeout was placed on the house. 293 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,720 The note was taken downtown and photographed. 294 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,200 Dean Bergman lifted several clean prints from it. 295 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,800 However, comparison with those taken from Mr. Wagner eliminated them. 296 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,680 The maid, Betty Jo, was contacted, but she could tell us nothing. 297 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:02,560 In the meantime, Sergeant Jay Allen of the crime lab prepared a shoe box as directed 298 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,040 by the abductors. 299 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,320 Dummy packages of money were placed in the box and the container was wiped clean of all 300 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,800 fingerprints. 301 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,840 The area where the meat was to take place was staked out. 302 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,640 The following morning, Wednesday, July 8th, Henry Wagner went to teach his classes at 303 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,720 the university as usual. 304 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,560 Late in the afternoon, he returned home and at nine forty-five p.m., he got into his car 305 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:23,480 and left the house. 306 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,360 I'd gotten into the back seat of the car earlier and I kept out of sight. 307 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:32,200 In an undercover unit behind us, Frank, Lieutenant Gorham, and Gillen Seenis kept us under observation 308 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,040 in the event that we missed contact with the kidnappers. 309 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,360 Ten twenty-six p.m. 310 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,920 We turned off Benedict Canyon onto Deer Canyon Drive. 311 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,240 I hope I'm doing the right thing. 312 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,880 I can't help thinking of what they might do to Myron. 313 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,360 Try to take it easy, Mr. Wagner. 314 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:44,360 We know how you feel. 315 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:45,880 Everything that can be done has been taken care of here. 316 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,720 That's what you've been telling me for the past hour. 317 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,040 It does make me feel any better about what's happening. 318 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,480 Can you still see that car behind us? 319 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:53,600 No. 320 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,520 I think they dropped back when we turned off Benedict. 321 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:56,520 Uh-huh. 322 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:57,520 How's it look up ahead? 323 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:58,520 Can't see much. 324 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,520 Dark. 325 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,520 How far off the canyon have we come? 326 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:03,040 About four and a half miles. 327 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,000 You got your box right there ready to throw it out? 328 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Yes, sir. 329 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Right here on the seat. 330 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,520 Now remember, when you toss it out, try to lift it by the strings. 331 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Right. 332 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:12,520 I'll remember. 333 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,560 I just hope we're doing the right thing. 334 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,760 I'll never forgive myself if anything happens to Myron. 335 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,760 Ten thousand dollars just isn't worth it. 336 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,760 Wait a minute. 337 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:22,800 There it is. 338 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:23,800 String across the road. 339 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,160 See anybody around it? 340 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,160 No. 341 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,160 It's so dark. 342 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,480 I can't see anything but what's in front of the car. 343 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,280 How close are we to the place here? 344 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,760 About 50 or 60 feet. 345 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:32,760 Right. 346 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,760 Now take it slow. 347 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,040 Don't give any indication that you aren't doing exactly what they told you to. 348 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,040 And remember, don't handle that box. 349 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,040 Hold it with the string. 350 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,120 All right. 351 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,920 We're here. 352 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,640 I'm throwing the box out. 353 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,640 All right. 354 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:48,640 Now close your door. 355 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,240 What now? 356 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,520 Go up the road a little and then turn around and drive back. 357 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,640 Act like everything is just the way they told you to handle it. 358 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:57,640 All right. 359 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:02,400 Take it easy now. 360 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:03,640 We can turn around here. 361 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:04,640 All right. 362 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,640 You see anyone move for the money? 363 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:07,640 No. 364 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,120 Not yet. 365 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,120 Maybe when I get turned around. 366 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,120 Just a second. 367 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,120 There's a driveway here. 368 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:20,960 It's pretty dark back there. 369 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:21,960 All right. 370 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,480 Can you see anything at all? 371 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:26,480 Nothing there. 372 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:27,480 I don't see anyone. 373 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,480 All right. 374 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:29,480 Now just keep driving. 375 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,680 If there's anybody to pick up the money, it'll look better if you don't cause any trouble. 376 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,400 I don't know about all of this, Sergeant. 377 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,840 Somehow I still can't get the idea out of my mind that we've done the wrong thing. 378 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,720 That they know all about it and that they're going to kill Myra. 379 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,960 Now there's no reason that they should know that there's anything wrong, Mr. Wagner. 380 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,320 From what they can see, you're doing just what they told you. 381 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,400 They got nothing to tell them any different here. 382 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,400 But what if they found out? 383 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,400 What if they know that you're working on the case? 384 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,880 What if they know about it? 385 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:52,880 They might kill Myra. 386 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:53,880 I'd never forgive myself. 387 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,480 I never should have told you about it. 388 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:56,760 I should have taken care of it myself. 389 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:57,760 They'll kill her. 390 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,760 I know they will. 391 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,120 They'll kill her because you're working on it. 392 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,160 The way it is now, she hasn't got a chance. 393 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,280 No, you're wrong there, Wagner. 394 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,120 The odds are on her side now. 395 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,800 10.45 p.m. 396 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,280 Henry Wagner and I left the meeting place. 397 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,160 About a mile down Deer Canyon Drive, Wagner dropped me off and then he started down Benedict 398 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,320 Canyon Drive and continued on home. 399 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:24,880 I met with Frank, Lieutenant Gorham and Sergeant Gill and Senus and we started back on foot. 400 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,360 We cut off the road and waited on the hill overlooking the meeting place. 401 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,320 Frank told me that they'd seen no activity on the road while Wagner and I were making 402 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:32,440 the meet. 403 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:33,440 We moved in closer. 404 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,440 11.30 p.m. 405 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,800 No sign of the kidnappers. 406 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,360 The moon came up and we could see the white string across the road. 407 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,640 In a pack of manzanita we could see the shoe box containing the dummy packages of money. 408 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:45,640 We waited. 409 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:46,640 Midnight. 410 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,640 1.30 a.m. 411 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,640 Still no sign of the kidnappers. 412 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:50,640 2.30. 413 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:51,640 4. 414 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,520 At 4.45 a.m. the sun came up and Frank and I left the area. 415 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,680 Lieutenant Gorham and Sergeant Gill and Senus continued to stake the meeting place. 416 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:01,840 If the kidnappers had been in the vicinity, we'd miss them. 417 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,120 Our only course now was to wait for them to contact Henry Wagner again. 418 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,120 8.15 a.m. 419 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,520 Frank and I checked out and went on home to take a shower and get something to eat. 420 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,320 At 11.12 a.m. Thursday morning we checked back into the office. 421 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,320 Rough night, huh? 422 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,320 Yeah. 423 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,320 There's nothing to show for it. 424 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:17,320 Anything from Gorham and Senus? 425 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,320 No, I don't see anything. 426 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:19,320 There was one thing I found out. 427 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,320 What's that? 428 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,320 I need a heavier coat for nights. 429 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:24,320 Yeah? 430 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,320 So on ad in the magazine, advertise those English duffel coats. 431 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:28,320 Look real good. 432 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,320 What? 433 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,320 Duffel coats. 434 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,000 Warm in the North Atlantic during the war. 435 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 You know, Joe, they're real heavy. 436 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,120 Got a hood that comes up. 437 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:36,120 It'd be real warm. 438 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,120 A hood? 439 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,720 Yeah, you know, like a monk wears. 440 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,920 When you aren't wearing it, it looks just like a collar. 441 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,440 When it gets cold, you raise up the little gimmick and there you are. 442 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,440 Warm as anything. 443 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,920 You know, Frank, somehow I just can't see you in there. 444 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:50,920 Yeah? 445 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,080 Well, I noticed you weren't any too warm last night. 446 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,520 Next time we do duty like that, I'm going to be ready for it. 447 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,200 Yeah, just like a monk. 448 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,200 I'll get it. 449 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,200 Homicide Friday. 450 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,200 Yes. 451 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,200 Oh, yes, mister. 452 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,200 When was that? 453 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,200 Uh-huh. 454 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:06,200 Yes, sir, right away. 455 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,200 Well, that's it. 456 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:08,200 Huh? 457 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,200 The Wagner woman. 458 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,200 She's home. 459 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:25,680 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 460 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:30,120 Friends, you'll remember some months ago, we read you our first report, the six months 461 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,280 report on the effects of smoking. 462 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,680 Even more recently, we read you the eight months report. 463 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,920 Now, here is the latest one. 464 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,720 The full 10 months report confirms again. 465 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:45,980 No adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfields. 466 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:50,100 This from a medical specialist who is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group 467 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:52,640 of people from various walks of life. 468 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,640 Forty-five percent of them have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over 10 years. 469 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:02,240 After 10 full months, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, 470 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:06,560 throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 471 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,920 That's the report. 472 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:17,400 Buy much milder Chesterfield, regular or king-size, the cigarette that's best for you. 473 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:25,600 Eleven-thirty a.m. 474 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,200 Frank and I drove out to the Wagner home. 475 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,440 The officers on stakeout told us that Mrs. Wagner had walked into the house at about 476 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,080 11 o'clock that morning. 477 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,520 As soon as she'd gotten inside the house, she collapsed. 478 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,440 The family doctor had been called and she was treated for shock. 479 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,080 Other than some scratches on her arms and around her face, she was unharmed. 480 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,360 The officers told us that they'd been unable to interrogate her so far. 481 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,160 We talked to the doctor and he told us that we could talk to her until the sedative took 482 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,160 effect. 483 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,160 Honey, these are policemen. 484 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,160 They want to ask you a few questions. 485 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,160 What? 486 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,160 Police officers, honey. 487 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,720 This is Mr. Friday and this is Mr. Smith. 488 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:54,720 Oh, yes. 489 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,160 They want to ask you some questions, dear, about the people who took you. 490 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,160 Oh, all right. 491 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,440 It won't take very long, Mrs. Wagner. 492 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:01,440 That's all right. 493 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:02,440 They want to help you get them. 494 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,440 All right. 495 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:04,440 Now, if you'd just tell us how it happened. 496 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,440 How it happened? 497 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,440 Yes, ma'am. 498 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,200 Sergeant, do you have to do this now? 499 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,200 Maybe later when she's rested. 500 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,200 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Wagner. 501 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,680 We haven't got much choice here. 502 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,280 We'd like to get to the people who did this. 503 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,480 If we wait until later, we might not be able to get them. 504 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:16,480 Yes, I didn't think of that. 505 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,040 Well, if the doctor says it's all right, go ahead. 506 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,040 Mrs. Wagner. 507 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,040 Yes? 508 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,280 Do you know the people who did it, the people who took you? 509 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,280 No. 510 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:26,280 You've never seen them before? 511 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,280 No, never. 512 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,280 All right. 513 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,880 Now, could you just tell us what happened? 514 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,560 I guess so. 515 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:32,840 They came to the door about 2.30. 516 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,040 Who were they, ma'am? 517 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,120 Well, I just saw a man. 518 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:38,800 Later when we got into the car, there was a woman, too. 519 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:39,800 All right. 520 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,800 Go ahead. 521 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,880 They told me that Henry had been in an accident, that he'd been hurt, that he was at the hospital. 522 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,120 Said they wanted to take me to him. 523 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,120 Yes, ma'am. 524 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:48,400 I didn't know any different. 525 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,400 I went with him. 526 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,920 I thought that Henry was hurt. 527 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:52,880 I didn't know any different. 528 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,160 You have to do this, officers. 529 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:55,160 She's home safe. 530 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,160 That's all I care about. 531 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,160 That's all that's important. 532 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,600 Why don't you let her get some rest? 533 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,600 Then you can talk to her. 534 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:00,600 As much as you want to. 535 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,240 But please, you can see what this is doing to her. 536 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,240 Yes, sir. 537 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,640 Now, look, this isn't an easier on us. 538 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,040 We've got a job to do here, like we had when she was gone. 539 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,240 We know how you feel, but we'd like to get to those people. 540 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:11,640 It's all right, Henry. 541 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:12,640 I'm all right, dear. 542 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:13,640 Where'd they take you, ma'am? 543 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,480 First, I think they were going to take me to a house near here. 544 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,560 I didn't notice the street, but it was near here. 545 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:20,560 I'm sure of that. 546 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:25,640 Then when we got near there, I knew that something was wrong, that they weren't going to take 547 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,000 me to Henry like they said. 548 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 I knew it then. 549 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Go ahead. 550 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,680 I told them to let me out of the car. 551 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,560 Said that they'd better let me go. 552 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,760 The woman, she was in the back seat with me, said for me to keep my mouth closed. 553 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,040 I tried to get out the door and she hit me. 554 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,320 And the two of them got into an argument. 555 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,200 The man started to yell at the woman that it wasn't any good, that they'd better forget 556 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,200 the whole thing. 557 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,720 And the woman said that they'd gone too far for that now, that they had to go through 558 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:51,720 with it. 559 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:52,720 Uh-huh. 560 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:57,240 Well, then they put a blindfold on me, tied my hands and blindfolded me, and then they 561 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,240 started to drive. 562 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,320 Did any time did either of them use a name, you know, and talking to each other? 563 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:02,760 No, I don't think so. 564 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,360 At least if they did, I don't remember it. 565 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:06,360 Go ahead, Miss Waggon. 566 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:09,000 Well, then they started to drive. 567 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,900 I couldn't see where they were going, but I know that they headed out the Arroyo Seaco 568 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:14,520 toward Pasadena. 569 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,000 I could tell from the way we went. 570 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,680 Then I heard the woman talk about the turnoff to get on the Seaco. 571 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,520 Right then the man told her to shut up. 572 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:23,520 Yes, ma'am. 573 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,120 We drove for quite a while and then stopped. 574 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:27,920 They made me get out and took me into a house. 575 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,360 Did you have any idea where you were at the time, ma'am? 576 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:31,360 No, I didn't. 577 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:32,360 Go ahead, ma'am. 578 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:37,080 Well, they took me into the house and put me in a room, tied me up. 579 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,120 I couldn't move, couldn't do anything. 580 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,400 They locked the door and I could hear them arguing in the next room. 581 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,920 The man was really telling the woman off, said that she was a fool, that she'd really 582 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,600 botched the whole thing up. 583 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,040 I see. 584 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:55,400 That night they brought in a plate of food, told me it was time to eat. 585 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,720 All there was were some prunes. 586 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,960 That's what they fed me all the time I was there, prunes. 587 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,480 Never did take the blindfold off. 588 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,640 Was there anything at all that would let you know where you were? 589 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,960 Oh, a couple of things. 590 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,400 Probably kind of silly, but maybe you can make something out of them. 591 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,880 What's that, ma'am? 592 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,080 Well, there was a clock that was in the room where they had me, one of those chime clocks 593 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,200 told every 15 minutes like Westminster Chime. 594 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,200 Yes, ma'am. 595 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,560 I don't think it was a very big clock. 596 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:25,560 Chime sounded small. 597 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Mm-hmm. 598 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:27,960 Then there was a train. 599 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:28,960 Trains? 600 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,960 Yes, every once in a while I'd hear trains going past. 601 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,040 Sounded like they were near, maybe a couple of blocks away, not much more than that. 602 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,320 But do you think that you could give us a description of the man and woman, Miss Wagner? 603 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,360 Yes, I think so. 604 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:44,480 First I was so upset with thinking that Henry was hurt that I didn't notice, but I think 605 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,840 I can describe them for you. 606 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,320 All right, ma'am, that'll be fine. 607 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,320 There's one thing, though. 608 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,320 What's that? 609 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,320 I'd be positive if I saw them. 610 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:57,840 12 noon, we continued to talk to the Wagner woman. 611 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,920 She gave us a description of the man and woman who had kidnapped her and a description of 612 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,400 the car they'd used. 613 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,160 We called the information into the office and a local and an APB were gotten out. 614 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,120 We ran the description through R&I, but we got no make. 615 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:10,120 2.45 p.m. 616 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:14,520 As one of the possibilities for identifying the locality described by Mrs. Wagner, Frank 617 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,080 and I left the house and drove to the office of one of the milk companies in the city. 618 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,360 We talked to the driver that handled the area in which Mrs. Wagner said the kidnappers were 619 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:22,360 going to stop. 620 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:25,760 He couldn't identify the man and the woman from the description. 621 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,680 We checked two more milk companies and on the third we got a tentative identification. 622 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,320 The driver of the route told us that we could be asking about a Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harper, 623 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,320 he thought. 624 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,880 He gave us their address and Frank and I drove out there. 625 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,800 On the way, we called the names into R&I and had them make a check for us. 626 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,880 They said they had a record on a Thomas Harper who answered the description. 627 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,240 He'd served time in San Quentin and in Folsom Penitentiary. 628 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,920 He'd been sentenced both times for armed robbery and ADW. 629 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:53,360 There was no record on Mrs. Harper and no wants at the present time for her husband. 630 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:54,360 5.57 p.m. 631 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:59,160 Well, we better try it again, man. 632 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,000 All right. 633 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,320 Probably aren't in. 634 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,440 The car parked down the street here could be theirs. 635 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,240 Checks on that description we got from the Wagner woman. 636 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,240 I think somebody's coming. 637 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,240 Yeah, what do you want? 638 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,240 You Thomas Harper? 639 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:13,240 Yeah, that's right. 640 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,240 Police officers would like to talk to you. 641 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,240 What about? 642 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,240 Just like to talk to you. 643 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,240 All right, come on. 644 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,240 What is it, Tom? 645 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:21,240 Cops. 646 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,240 What do they want? 647 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,240 They say they want to talk. 648 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,240 I don't know what about. 649 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,240 Just a routine investigation. 650 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,240 Who are you trying to kid? 651 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,240 What do you mean by that, Harper? 652 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:28,240 Somebody's done something. 653 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,240 You need a pigeon. 654 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:30,240 I got a record, so I'm right for you guys to lean on. 655 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,240 What's the matter? 656 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,240 You got something to worry about? 657 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,240 Not a thing in the world, but I know you guys, you're going to try. 658 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:34,240 What do you want, anyway? 659 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,240 Can you people tell us your activities for the past four days? 660 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:36,240 What, four? 661 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,240 Just tell us, will you? 662 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Yeah, tell us. 663 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,240 You got an angle where you wouldn't be here. 664 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,240 You're trying to pin something on us and you know it. 665 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,240 You want to tell us what you've been doing? 666 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:48,240 We haven't left the house at all. 667 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,240 Can you prove that? 668 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,240 Prove it to who? 669 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,240 You? 670 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,240 You've got no right to come in here and ask a lot of questions. 671 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,240 She's right. 672 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,240 You haven't got any right to do that. 673 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,240 Now, either you pull us in or you get out of here. 674 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,240 All right, Harper. 675 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,240 I'm getting ready to leave anyway. 676 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,240 We'll see you later. 677 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,240 Yeah, let's go, Frank. 678 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:02,240 All right. 679 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,240 You better call the officer. 680 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:12,240 You better call the officer and have the house staked. 681 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,800 Soon as Ms. Wagner feels better, we'll have her see if she can make an identification 682 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:16,800 here, huh? 683 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:17,800 I don't think that'll be too hard, Joe. 684 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,240 Found this bill from the gas company on the table in there. 685 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,240 Yeah? 686 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:23,240 House in Pasadena. 687 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:31,240 Harper's mugshot had been pulled and sent to the Wagner home for identification. 688 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:32,240 Mrs. Wagner was still under sedatives. 689 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,240 7.15 p.m., Frank and I drove out to Pasadena. 690 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,920 We got in touch with the police department out there and two officers were assigned to 691 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,600 accompany us to the address on the gas bill. 692 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,840 The house was unoccupied and there were advertising papers strewn all about on the lawn. 693 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,240 With the officers, we entered the house and went through it. 694 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,960 In some of the rooms, there were pieces of furniture, and in the living room of the house, 695 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,380 we found a mantel clock that chimed on the quarter hour. 696 00:23:54,380 --> 00:23:57,360 On an end table, we found a ball of white string that looked like the same type that 697 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:00,960 had been used to mark the meeting place up on Deer Canyon Drive. 698 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:05,000 In one of the back bedrooms, we found prune seeds scattered around on the floor. 699 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,620 A stakeout was arranged on the house. 700 00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:10,760 We contacted the men watching the Harper residence and found that the suspects were still there. 701 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,120 9.56 p.m., Frank and I arrived back at the Harper home in Hollywood. 702 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,520 The lights were out and the house was dark. 703 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,520 Frank went around to the back of the house. 704 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:19,520 Yeah? 705 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,600 What do you want this time of the night? 706 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:22,600 Did you guys ever give up? 707 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:23,600 All right, Harper, let's get dressed. 708 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:24,600 We want to talk to you downtown. 709 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:25,780 You tying a pinch to me? 710 00:24:25,780 --> 00:24:26,780 You called it. 711 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:27,780 For what? 712 00:24:27,780 --> 00:24:28,780 Kidnapping. 713 00:24:28,780 --> 00:24:29,780 Get out of your mind. 714 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:30,780 Come on, get dressed. 715 00:24:30,780 --> 00:24:31,780 What do you want, Tony? 716 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:32,780 Cops say we kidnapped somebody. 717 00:24:32,780 --> 00:24:33,780 What? 718 00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:35,280 As far as there's an idea, we kidnapped somebody. 719 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:36,280 You're kidding. 720 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,280 Afraid not, Ms. Harper. 721 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,720 You better get dressed, too. 722 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:40,720 Anybody else in the house? 723 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,720 Yeah, we take in boarders. 724 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,720 Don't get smart. 725 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,720 Where does that door go? 726 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:44,720 Bedroom. 727 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,200 Just the one bedroom here? 728 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,200 That's right. 729 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,200 We're roughing it. 730 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,200 There's the kitchen over here? 731 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,200 Yeah. 732 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,200 All right, come on. 733 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,200 How about the bath? 734 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,200 In there. 735 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,200 All right, we'll all go. 736 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,200 Come on. 737 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:09,040 All right, let's go back to the kitchen. 738 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,040 This door go out the backyard. 739 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,040 You're a cop, you figure it out. 740 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,040 Okay, Frank. 741 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,040 Everything all right there, Joe? 742 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,040 Yeah, fine. 743 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:17,040 You ain't kidding about this kidnapping thing, are you? 744 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,040 No, let's go. 745 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,040 I bet you figure it might be us. 746 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,040 You got a house in Pasadena? 747 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,040 Why do you ask that? 748 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Have you got one? 749 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,040 No. 750 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,040 You're lying. 751 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,040 Property records in Pasadena say you have. 752 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,040 We checked the house, matches the one we're looking for. 753 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,040 Am I right? 754 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,040 That's right. 755 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,040 We got the woman you kidnapped. 756 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,040 She's identified your picture, you and your wife. 757 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,040 She couldn't identify me. 758 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,040 I haven't got a record. 759 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,040 You ain't taking me no place. 760 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,040 Frank, get out of my way. 761 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,040 Hold it. 762 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,040 Hold it right there. 763 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,040 All right, come on. 764 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:40,040 On your feet. 765 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,040 Now shake it off. 766 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,040 He's clean. 767 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,040 Hands behind you. 768 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,040 I told you what had happened. 769 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,040 I told you we should let it go right away. 770 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,040 I told you. 771 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,040 Oh, shut up. 772 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,040 You and your bright ideas. 773 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,040 Take it. 774 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,040 Take it. 775 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,040 Take it. 776 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,040 Take it. 777 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,040 Take it. 778 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,040 Take it. 779 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,040 You and your bright ideas. 780 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,040 Ten grand easy. 781 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,040 You and your bright ideas. 782 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,040 Well, look what I got us. 783 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,040 Look, buster. 784 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,280 You didn't yell when you thought of getting your hot little hands on that dough. 785 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,280 You were all for it then. 786 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:03,280 Well, we lost. 787 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,280 What do you want me to do about it? 788 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,280 Break down and ball? 789 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,280 Should have known. 790 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,280 Should have known from the beginning. 791 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,280 I had nothing but trouble with you from the start. 792 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,280 Always wanting something easy. 793 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,280 Always wanting big money. 794 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,280 Never satisfied. 795 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,280 That's the trouble with kids. 796 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,280 Bad losers. 797 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,280 Great winners, but bad losers. 798 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,280 Well, you're a big boy now. 799 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:16,280 You lost. 800 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,280 That's all there is to it. 801 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,280 Stop whining. 802 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,280 Easy for you to say. 803 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,440 If you get through with me, I'll be in for life. 804 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:29,920 You got no record. 805 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,400 The story you have just heard was true. 806 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 807 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,800 On November 10th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California 808 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,480 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 809 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,920 In a moment, the results of that trial. 810 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,280 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 811 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:47,280 Thank you, George Fenomen. 812 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,480 Friends, only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, gives you this scientific evidence on the 813 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,040 effects of smoking. 814 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:58,180 No adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfields. 815 00:26:58,180 --> 00:27:02,240 And only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, gives you premium quality in both regular 816 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,240 and king size. 817 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,400 Now I know Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 818 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,360 Buy them regular or king size. 819 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:13,080 Either way, they're much milder to give you all the pleasure the modern cigarette can 820 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:14,080 give. 821 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:26,440 Thomas Fenton Harper was tried and found guilty of kidnapping. 822 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:31,120 He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary Folsom, California, without 823 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:33,080 possibility of parole. 824 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:38,400 His wife, Alice Mabel Harper, received a like sentence and is now in the California Institution 825 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,400 for Women, Corona, California. 826 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,840 Ladies and gentlemen, would you give a few dimes to help a child out of the smallest 827 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,080 prison in the world, an iron lung? 828 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,720 Well, that's what you're doing when you join the 1953 March of Dimes. 829 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,440 Remember, crippled children are depending on your help. 830 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:16,520 So give your dimes and your dollars to the 1953 March of Dimes. 831 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:21,440 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 832 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:26,600 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police 833 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:27,600 Department. 834 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:32,600 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 835 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,680 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Jonathan Hull. 836 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,920 Script by John Robinson. 837 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,480 Music by Walter Schuman. 838 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:45,960 Hal Gibney speaking. 839 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,120 Sound off for Chesterfield. 840 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,280 Either way you like them, regular or king size. 841 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:59,240 You'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 842 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:22,520 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet Transcribe from Los Angeles.