WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 00:07.000 --> 00:14.640 Chesterfield, the only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular 00:14.640 --> 00:25.040 and king size, brings you dragnet. 00:25.040 --> 00:28.880 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:28.880 --> 00:38.840 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:38.840 --> 00:40.200 You're a detective sergeant. 00:40.200 --> 00:42.280 You're assigned to homicide detail. 00:42.280 --> 00:45.880 A man walks into your office and tells you he returned to his home to find that his wife 00:45.880 --> 00:47.120 was gone. 00:47.120 --> 00:49.480 She left no indication where she was going. 00:49.480 --> 00:51.220 Foul play is suspected. 00:51.220 --> 00:56.720 Your job, find her. 00:56.720 --> 01:00.680 The modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 01:00.680 --> 01:04.040 Premium quality in both regular and king size. 01:04.040 --> 01:06.440 And we're the only one that does it. 01:06.440 --> 01:12.400 Premium quality in a cigarette means the world's best tobaccos, the best ingredients, the best 01:12.400 --> 01:14.280 cigarette paper. 01:14.280 --> 01:19.080 Only Chesterfield gives you this premium quality in both popular sizes. 01:19.080 --> 01:25.300 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any other 01:25.300 --> 01:27.360 king size cigarette. 01:27.360 --> 01:30.260 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 01:30.260 --> 01:34.300 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 01:34.300 --> 01:39.240 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield gives you more than 01:39.240 --> 01:40.920 a fifth longer smoke. 01:40.920 --> 01:45.960 Yes, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 01:45.960 --> 01:49.320 Premium quality, both regular and king size. 01:49.320 --> 01:51.880 Chesterfield is much milder. 01:51.880 --> 01:56.640 Chesterfield is best for you. 01:56.640 --> 02:04.440 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 02:04.440 --> 02:09.360 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 02:09.360 --> 02:13.920 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 02:13.920 --> 02:15.600 police files. 02:15.600 --> 02:20.760 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:20.760 --> 02:22.600 in action. 02:22.600 --> 02:26.840 It was Tuesday, July 7th. 02:26.840 --> 02:28.240 It was hot in Los Angeles. 02:28.240 --> 02:30.440 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 02:30.440 --> 02:31.440 My partner is Frank Smith. 02:31.440 --> 02:33.280 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 02:33.280 --> 02:34.280 My name is Friday. 02:34.280 --> 02:38.240 I was on my way into work and it was 4.58 p.m. when I got to room 42. 02:38.240 --> 02:39.240 Homicide. 02:39.240 --> 02:40.240 John, that you? 02:40.240 --> 02:41.240 Yeah. 02:41.240 --> 02:42.240 Been here long? 02:42.240 --> 02:43.240 No, I just got in. 02:43.240 --> 02:44.240 Sure beautiful day, isn't it? 02:44.240 --> 02:45.240 Yeah, summer's really here, isn't it? 02:45.240 --> 02:46.240 It's daylight saving time makes a difference. 02:46.240 --> 02:47.240 Got a lot more time, sir. 02:47.240 --> 02:51.440 It's daylight saving time makes a difference, got a lot more time seems like. 02:51.440 --> 02:52.840 Made me think about my vacation. 02:52.840 --> 02:54.840 Well, you're doing a couple of weeks, aren't you? 02:54.840 --> 02:55.840 Yeah, first part of August. 02:55.840 --> 02:57.840 Figured out where you're going yet? 02:57.840 --> 03:00.520 Yeah, Fay and I talked it out. 03:00.520 --> 03:01.520 You know, Joe? 03:01.520 --> 03:02.520 Oh, what's that? 03:02.520 --> 03:04.520 I think maybe I had Arman figured wrong. 03:04.520 --> 03:05.520 Arman? 03:05.520 --> 03:06.520 That's your brother-in-law? 03:06.520 --> 03:07.520 Yeah. 03:07.520 --> 03:10.120 This year, Fay and I got to talking where we're going to spend the vacation. 03:10.120 --> 03:11.800 Fay wants to go up to Big Bear. 03:11.800 --> 03:12.800 I'm saying Mexico. 03:12.800 --> 03:13.800 Yeah. 03:13.800 --> 03:14.800 You know, I figure a little fishing. 03:14.800 --> 03:16.200 I hear the yellows are hitting pretty good. 03:16.200 --> 03:17.200 The what? 03:17.200 --> 03:18.200 The yellows are hitting pretty good. 03:18.200 --> 03:19.200 You don't fish much. 03:19.200 --> 03:20.200 No, I don't fish at all. 03:20.200 --> 03:23.560 Well, they're supposed to be hitting pretty good, but Fay can't see Mexico. 03:23.560 --> 03:27.240 And I'd if old Arman doesn't chime in and say he thinks Mexico's a great idea. 03:27.240 --> 03:28.240 Well, that's swell. 03:28.240 --> 03:29.240 Yeah. 03:29.240 --> 03:32.080 Tells Fay all about the beaches down there and how good the food is, all about the air, 03:32.080 --> 03:33.080 healthy. 03:33.080 --> 03:34.080 You know, really sells it. 03:34.080 --> 03:35.080 So that's where you're going, huh? 03:35.080 --> 03:36.080 No, Fay didn't buy it. 03:36.080 --> 03:37.080 It's going to mountains. 03:37.080 --> 03:39.640 Well, fishing's supposed to be pretty good up there too, isn't it? 03:39.640 --> 03:40.640 That's what I read, I guess. 03:40.640 --> 03:41.640 I suppose so. 03:41.640 --> 03:43.120 But old Arman, how do you like that guy? 03:43.120 --> 03:44.120 He sure surprised me. 03:44.120 --> 03:45.560 Yeah, maybe he's going to work out, huh? 03:45.560 --> 03:47.560 Yeah, I'll get it. 03:47.560 --> 03:48.560 OK. 03:48.560 --> 03:49.560 Homicide Friday. 03:49.560 --> 03:50.560 Yes, sir, it is. 03:50.560 --> 03:54.560 I beg your pardon, could you talk a little louder? 03:54.560 --> 03:55.560 Yes, sir. 03:55.560 --> 03:56.560 Uh-huh. 03:56.560 --> 03:57.560 Yes, sir. 03:57.560 --> 03:58.560 Well, when was that? 03:58.560 --> 03:59.560 I see. 03:59.560 --> 04:00.560 When? 04:00.560 --> 04:01.560 Yes, sir. 04:01.560 --> 04:02.560 What was that address again? 04:02.560 --> 04:03.560 All right, I have it. 04:03.560 --> 04:04.560 Yes. 04:04.560 --> 04:05.560 Yes, sir, that's right. 04:05.560 --> 04:06.560 We'll be right out. 04:06.560 --> 04:07.560 Right. 04:07.560 --> 04:08.560 Bye. 04:08.560 --> 04:09.560 Well, we got one to roll on. 04:09.560 --> 04:10.560 Kidnapping out in Hollywood. 04:10.560 --> 04:17.560 The man on the phone gave his name as Henry Wagner. 04:17.560 --> 04:22.560 He said that he'd come home from work and found that his wife was gone. 04:22.560 --> 04:26.720 He said on the phone that he'd found a note demanding ransom and costing him against calling 04:26.720 --> 04:27.720 the police. 04:27.720 --> 04:28.720 5.22 p.m. 04:28.720 --> 04:31.720 Frank and I arrived at the house on Temple Hill Avenue. 04:31.720 --> 04:35.560 We parked the car down the street from the house and went up to the front door. 04:35.560 --> 04:38.520 Frank would remain in the car for a few minutes and then follow. 04:38.520 --> 04:41.880 In that way, if the kidnappers were watching the house, they wouldn't be as likely to know 04:41.880 --> 04:43.680 that we were working on the case. 04:43.680 --> 04:44.680 I rang the bell and waited. 04:44.680 --> 04:45.680 Yes, you're the police? 04:45.680 --> 04:46.680 Yes, sir, that's right. 04:46.680 --> 04:47.680 My name's Friday. 04:47.680 --> 04:48.680 Oh, hello. 04:48.680 --> 04:49.680 Come in, please, quickly. 04:49.680 --> 04:50.680 I don't want them to see you. 04:50.680 --> 04:51.680 Who's them, sir? 04:51.680 --> 04:52.680 The kidnappers. 04:52.680 --> 04:53.680 They might be watching. 04:53.680 --> 04:54.680 I don't know what I'm going to do. 04:54.680 --> 04:55.680 A terrible thing to have happen. 04:55.680 --> 04:56.680 It just doesn't make sense. 04:56.680 --> 04:59.680 All right, now, sir, if you just try to calm down and tell me what happened here, we're 04:59.680 --> 05:01.680 going to start right from the beginning. 05:01.680 --> 05:02.680 All right. 05:02.680 --> 05:04.280 I got home from school about 4.30. 05:04.280 --> 05:05.280 Myra wasn't here. 05:05.280 --> 05:08.760 I looked at the house for her, figured, like you said on the phone, that she might have 05:08.760 --> 05:09.760 gone to the store. 05:09.760 --> 05:11.560 When I couldn't find her, I started looking for a note. 05:11.560 --> 05:13.920 That's when I found the ransom demand right there on the coffee table. 05:13.920 --> 05:16.200 When you said you got home from school, is that it? 05:16.200 --> 05:18.360 Yes, I teach political science at the university. 05:18.360 --> 05:20.520 When did you last see your wife? 05:20.520 --> 05:22.160 When I left this morning about 7.30. 05:22.160 --> 05:23.160 I have a class at eight. 05:23.160 --> 05:24.160 Have you talked to her since? 05:24.160 --> 05:25.720 Yes, I called her about 1.15. 05:25.720 --> 05:27.160 Did everything seem all right then? 05:27.160 --> 05:28.920 I mean, did she seem to be upset, anything like that? 05:28.920 --> 05:30.400 No, no, everything seemed to be normal. 05:30.400 --> 05:32.680 Did she say if there was anyone with her when you talked to her? 05:32.680 --> 05:35.000 No, if there was, she didn't give any indication of it. 05:35.000 --> 05:36.000 Why? 05:36.000 --> 05:38.400 I know that this isn't a hoax, if that's what you're thinking. 05:38.400 --> 05:40.080 I know that Myra wouldn't do a thing like this. 05:40.080 --> 05:41.640 She's a serious woman. 05:41.640 --> 05:44.520 I guess you might say that she had a rather dull sense of humor. 05:44.520 --> 05:47.200 No, I know that she wouldn't do a thing like this as a joke. 05:47.200 --> 05:48.200 Well, no, sir, it's not that. 05:48.200 --> 05:49.600 I'm just trying to get all the facts here. 05:49.600 --> 05:50.920 I wonder if I can see the note. 05:50.920 --> 05:52.520 Yes, I left it over here on the desk. 05:52.520 --> 05:53.520 That'll be my partner. 05:53.520 --> 05:56.520 I'll let him in if it's all right. 05:56.520 --> 05:58.520 Frank, money. 05:58.520 --> 06:01.520 Let's see here. 06:01.520 --> 06:04.320 Mr. Wagner, this is my partner, Frank Smith. 06:04.320 --> 06:05.320 How do you do, sir? 06:05.320 --> 06:06.320 How do you do? 06:06.320 --> 06:07.320 I'll get the note. 06:07.320 --> 06:09.320 I'd rather you wouldn't handle it anymore, sir. 06:09.320 --> 06:10.320 Oh, all right. 06:10.320 --> 06:12.720 You're going to try to get some fingerprints from it, is that right? 06:12.720 --> 06:14.040 Well, that's the idea, yes, sir. 06:14.040 --> 06:15.040 Can you read it, Joe? 06:15.040 --> 06:16.040 Yeah, it's made up a newsprint. 06:16.040 --> 06:17.520 It's been cut out of the paper. 06:17.520 --> 06:19.000 It looks like one of the morning papers. 06:19.000 --> 06:21.520 Yeah, I'll read it to you. 06:21.520 --> 06:25.320 It says put $10,000 in fives, tens, and twenties in the shoe box. 06:25.320 --> 06:28.160 Make sure the bills are unmarked on July 8th. 06:28.160 --> 06:32.720 Drive up Deer Canyon Drive at 10.30 p.m. five miles past the turnoff. 06:32.720 --> 06:35.400 You'll see a white string across the road. 06:35.400 --> 06:37.720 Drop the shoe box out of the car, go on back home. 06:37.720 --> 06:38.920 Your wife will be returned. 06:38.920 --> 06:41.240 Don't tell the cops if you tell anybody, we'll kill your wife. 06:41.240 --> 06:42.240 Deer Canyon Drive. 06:42.240 --> 06:43.600 Yeah, you know, it's up above Laurel. 06:43.600 --> 06:44.600 Oh, yeah. 06:44.600 --> 06:45.600 $10,000. 06:45.600 --> 06:47.200 Do you have that kind of money, Mr. Wagner? 06:47.200 --> 06:48.200 No, sir. 06:48.200 --> 06:49.520 I don't know how I'm going to raise it. 06:49.520 --> 06:52.080 I have to, but I don't know how I'm going to do it. 06:52.080 --> 06:54.160 Have you noticed anyone lately that's been in the neighborhood here? 06:54.160 --> 06:56.720 I mean, anybody loitering around without any reason to be here? 06:56.720 --> 06:57.720 No, I haven't. 06:57.720 --> 07:00.160 Of course, you must understand I'm not home a great deal. 07:00.160 --> 07:01.960 But Myra didn't say anything about it. 07:01.960 --> 07:04.120 I'm sure she would have if she'd seen anybody like that. 07:04.120 --> 07:06.640 You and your wife have any enemies that do a thing like this, would you know? 07:06.640 --> 07:07.640 None that I can think of. 07:07.640 --> 07:09.040 Do you have any household help? 07:09.040 --> 07:10.400 I beg your pardon? 07:10.400 --> 07:11.400 Household help. 07:11.400 --> 07:12.400 Anyone that comes in to help your wife with the housework? 07:12.400 --> 07:14.120 You know, a day maid, something like that. 07:14.120 --> 07:15.720 Well, there's Betty Jo. 07:15.720 --> 07:17.200 She comes in once a week to clean up the house. 07:17.200 --> 07:18.200 When was she last here? 07:18.200 --> 07:19.200 Let me see. 07:19.200 --> 07:20.200 That was Saturday. 07:20.200 --> 07:21.200 That's her usual day. 07:21.200 --> 07:22.560 Saturday, I guess it was then. 07:22.560 --> 07:24.080 Didn't you see her last week? 07:24.080 --> 07:25.080 No. 07:25.080 --> 07:27.120 You see, I had to go out by Pomona this last weekend. 07:27.120 --> 07:28.960 Series of lectures I wanted to catch. 07:28.960 --> 07:31.760 I left early Saturday morning, didn't get back until late that night. 07:31.760 --> 07:32.760 Did your wife go with you? 07:32.760 --> 07:33.760 No, she stayed at home. 07:33.760 --> 07:37.960 She had a little touch of the virus and figured she'd better stay at home and take care of 07:37.960 --> 07:38.960 it. 07:38.960 --> 07:41.400 Are you sure this is the right thing to do? 07:41.400 --> 07:42.400 Maybe I should have handled this myself. 07:42.400 --> 07:43.400 No, sir, you did the right thing. 07:43.400 --> 07:46.600 I wonder if you could give us a description of your wife, Mr. Wagner. 07:46.600 --> 07:47.600 Why? 07:47.600 --> 07:49.280 You aren't going to tell anyone else about this, are you? 07:49.280 --> 07:50.280 No, sir. 07:50.280 --> 07:52.440 The information will be handled in a usual confidential manner. 07:52.440 --> 07:53.440 Oh. 07:53.440 --> 07:55.240 Well, I guess you men know what you're doing. 07:55.240 --> 07:58.600 All right, sir, if you'd just give us a description, if you could. 07:58.600 --> 08:01.160 Well, Myra is about five feet three. 08:01.160 --> 08:03.120 I guess she weighs about 130 pounds. 08:03.120 --> 08:05.120 How old is she, sir? 08:05.120 --> 08:06.400 Forty-two, just turned 42. 08:06.400 --> 08:07.400 Birthday last month, June 14th. 08:07.400 --> 08:09.640 How about the color of her hair? 08:09.640 --> 08:11.640 Sort of an auburn, I guess you'd call it. 08:11.640 --> 08:15.160 A little gray up in here, along the sides. 08:15.160 --> 08:16.520 Would you know what she was wearing? 08:16.520 --> 08:18.720 No, I wouldn't have the slightest idea. 08:18.720 --> 08:21.640 I don't know her clothes well enough to be able to look at what's in her closet and tell 08:21.640 --> 08:22.640 you what she had on. 08:22.640 --> 08:23.640 How about marks? 08:23.640 --> 08:24.640 I don't think I understand. 08:24.640 --> 08:25.640 I'm sorry. 08:25.640 --> 08:28.960 I mean, any visible birthmarks or scars, anything that might make it easier to identify her? 08:28.960 --> 08:31.080 No, I don't think so. 08:31.080 --> 08:32.680 Oh, wait a minute. 08:32.680 --> 08:35.480 There's a very small scar just under her ear, right here. 08:35.480 --> 08:38.800 A couple of years ago, Myra and I went fishing up in the Sierras. 08:38.800 --> 08:40.120 Myra got a trout fly caught there. 08:40.120 --> 08:42.520 When they took it out, it left just a very small scar. 08:42.520 --> 08:46.720 But I don't think you'd be able to see it unless you were really looking for it. 08:46.720 --> 08:48.400 Anything else outstanding about her? 08:48.400 --> 08:49.880 No, there isn't. 08:49.880 --> 08:51.920 I wonder if we could have a photo of her. 08:51.920 --> 08:52.920 Do you have one? 08:52.920 --> 08:53.920 Of course. 08:53.920 --> 08:56.360 What if you'd give us the address of this Betty Jo? 08:56.360 --> 08:57.360 Surely. 08:57.360 --> 08:59.200 I think Myra kept it in the phone book. 08:59.200 --> 09:01.400 I'll get it for you. 09:01.400 --> 09:03.920 Do you think they'll really do it, Officer? 09:03.920 --> 09:04.920 Kill Myra? 09:04.920 --> 09:05.920 Well, we're going to try to stop them, sir. 09:05.920 --> 09:06.920 I don't think so. 09:06.920 --> 09:07.920 Well, how about the money? 09:07.920 --> 09:08.920 Should I get it together? 09:08.920 --> 09:10.760 Not a lot of time if I have to meet them tomorrow night. 09:10.760 --> 09:11.760 We'll take care of that. 09:11.760 --> 09:12.760 Here's the address. 09:12.760 --> 09:13.760 Thank you, sir. 09:13.760 --> 09:15.760 I don't know what I'll do if they hurt Myra. 09:15.760 --> 09:16.760 Just don't know. 09:16.760 --> 09:18.240 It's odd, isn't it, Sergeant? 09:18.240 --> 09:19.240 What's that? 09:19.240 --> 09:21.440 Myra and I have been married for 22 years. 09:21.440 --> 09:23.760 I guess I always just took her for granted. 09:23.760 --> 09:26.020 Haven't been separated at all during that time. 09:26.020 --> 09:27.020 Just took her for granted. 09:27.020 --> 09:28.020 Yes, sir. 09:28.020 --> 09:34.160 I guess you have to lose something before you know what it's worth. 09:34.160 --> 09:35.160 Five forty-three p.m. 09:35.160 --> 09:37.360 We asked Mr. Wagner not to touch anything in the house. 09:37.360 --> 09:41.320 We told him that after his wife had been returned and our men could move safely about the neighborhood, 09:41.320 --> 09:44.000 the house would be gone over for physical evidence. 09:44.000 --> 09:47.400 Two men came out from the office and a stakeout was placed on the house. 09:47.400 --> 09:49.720 The note was taken downtown and photographed. 09:49.720 --> 09:52.200 Dean Bergman lifted several clean prints from it. 09:52.200 --> 09:55.800 However, comparison with those taken from Mr. Wagner eliminated them. 09:55.800 --> 09:58.680 The maid, Betty Jo, was contacted, but she could tell us nothing. 09:58.680 --> 10:02.560 In the meantime, Sergeant Jay Allen of the crime lab prepared a shoe box as directed 10:02.560 --> 10:04.040 by the abductors. 10:04.040 --> 10:07.320 Dummy packages of money were placed in the box and the container was wiped clean of all 10:07.320 --> 10:08.800 fingerprints. 10:08.800 --> 10:11.840 The area where the meat was to take place was staked out. 10:11.840 --> 10:15.640 The following morning, Wednesday, July 8th, Henry Wagner went to teach his classes at 10:15.640 --> 10:17.720 the university as usual. 10:17.720 --> 10:21.560 Late in the afternoon, he returned home and at nine forty-five p.m., he got into his car 10:21.560 --> 10:23.480 and left the house. 10:23.480 --> 10:27.360 I'd gotten into the back seat of the car earlier and I kept out of sight. 10:27.360 --> 10:32.200 In an undercover unit behind us, Frank, Lieutenant Gorham, and Gillen Seenis kept us under observation 10:32.200 --> 10:35.040 in the event that we missed contact with the kidnappers. 10:35.040 --> 10:36.360 Ten twenty-six p.m. 10:36.360 --> 10:38.920 We turned off Benedict Canyon onto Deer Canyon Drive. 10:38.920 --> 10:40.240 I hope I'm doing the right thing. 10:40.240 --> 10:41.880 I can't help thinking of what they might do to Myron. 10:41.880 --> 10:43.360 Try to take it easy, Mr. Wagner. 10:43.360 --> 10:44.360 We know how you feel. 10:44.360 --> 10:45.880 Everything that can be done has been taken care of here. 10:45.880 --> 10:47.720 That's what you've been telling me for the past hour. 10:47.720 --> 10:50.040 It does make me feel any better about what's happening. 10:50.040 --> 10:52.480 Can you still see that car behind us? 10:52.480 --> 10:53.600 No. 10:53.600 --> 10:55.520 I think they dropped back when we turned off Benedict. 10:55.520 --> 10:56.520 Uh-huh. 10:56.520 --> 10:57.520 How's it look up ahead? 10:57.520 --> 10:58.520 Can't see much. 10:58.520 --> 10:59.520 Dark. 10:59.520 --> 11:01.520 How far off the canyon have we come? 11:01.520 --> 11:03.040 About four and a half miles. 11:03.040 --> 11:06.000 You got your box right there ready to throw it out? 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 Yes, sir. 11:07.000 --> 11:08.000 Right here on the seat. 11:08.000 --> 11:10.520 Now remember, when you toss it out, try to lift it by the strings. 11:10.520 --> 11:11.520 Right. 11:11.520 --> 11:12.520 I'll remember. 11:12.520 --> 11:14.560 I just hope we're doing the right thing. 11:14.560 --> 11:16.760 I'll never forgive myself if anything happens to Myron. 11:16.760 --> 11:18.760 Ten thousand dollars just isn't worth it. 11:18.760 --> 11:20.760 Wait a minute. 11:20.760 --> 11:22.800 There it is. 11:22.800 --> 11:23.800 String across the road. 11:23.800 --> 11:25.160 See anybody around it? 11:25.160 --> 11:26.160 No. 11:26.160 --> 11:27.160 It's so dark. 11:27.160 --> 11:28.480 I can't see anything but what's in front of the car. 11:28.480 --> 11:30.280 How close are we to the place here? 11:30.280 --> 11:31.760 About 50 or 60 feet. 11:31.760 --> 11:32.760 Right. 11:32.760 --> 11:33.760 Now take it slow. 11:33.760 --> 11:36.040 Don't give any indication that you aren't doing exactly what they told you to. 11:36.040 --> 11:37.040 And remember, don't handle that box. 11:37.040 --> 11:40.040 Hold it with the string. 11:40.040 --> 11:42.120 All right. 11:42.120 --> 11:44.920 We're here. 11:44.920 --> 11:46.640 I'm throwing the box out. 11:46.640 --> 11:47.640 All right. 11:47.640 --> 11:48.640 Now close your door. 11:48.640 --> 11:51.240 What now? 11:51.240 --> 11:54.520 Go up the road a little and then turn around and drive back. 11:54.520 --> 11:56.640 Act like everything is just the way they told you to handle it. 11:56.640 --> 11:57.640 All right. 11:57.640 --> 12:02.400 Take it easy now. 12:02.400 --> 12:03.640 We can turn around here. 12:03.640 --> 12:04.640 All right. 12:04.640 --> 12:06.640 You see anyone move for the money? 12:06.640 --> 12:07.640 No. 12:07.640 --> 12:09.120 Not yet. 12:09.120 --> 12:11.120 Maybe when I get turned around. 12:11.120 --> 12:13.120 Just a second. 12:13.120 --> 12:16.120 There's a driveway here. 12:16.120 --> 12:20.960 It's pretty dark back there. 12:20.960 --> 12:21.960 All right. 12:21.960 --> 12:25.480 Can you see anything at all? 12:25.480 --> 12:26.480 Nothing there. 12:26.480 --> 12:27.480 I don't see anyone. 12:27.480 --> 12:28.480 All right. 12:28.480 --> 12:29.480 Now just keep driving. 12:29.480 --> 12:32.680 If there's anybody to pick up the money, it'll look better if you don't cause any trouble. 12:32.680 --> 12:34.400 I don't know about all of this, Sergeant. 12:34.400 --> 12:37.840 Somehow I still can't get the idea out of my mind that we've done the wrong thing. 12:37.840 --> 12:39.720 That they know all about it and that they're going to kill Myra. 12:39.720 --> 12:42.960 Now there's no reason that they should know that there's anything wrong, Mr. Wagner. 12:42.960 --> 12:45.320 From what they can see, you're doing just what they told you. 12:45.320 --> 12:47.400 They got nothing to tell them any different here. 12:47.400 --> 12:48.400 But what if they found out? 12:48.400 --> 12:50.400 What if they know that you're working on the case? 12:50.400 --> 12:51.880 What if they know about it? 12:51.880 --> 12:52.880 They might kill Myra. 12:52.880 --> 12:53.880 I'd never forgive myself. 12:53.880 --> 12:55.480 I never should have told you about it. 12:55.480 --> 12:56.760 I should have taken care of it myself. 12:56.760 --> 12:57.760 They'll kill her. 12:57.760 --> 12:58.760 I know they will. 12:58.760 --> 13:00.120 They'll kill her because you're working on it. 13:00.120 --> 13:02.160 The way it is now, she hasn't got a chance. 13:02.160 --> 13:04.280 No, you're wrong there, Wagner. 13:04.280 --> 13:07.120 The odds are on her side now. 13:07.120 --> 13:09.800 10.45 p.m. 13:09.800 --> 13:13.280 Henry Wagner and I left the meeting place. 13:13.280 --> 13:17.160 About a mile down Deer Canyon Drive, Wagner dropped me off and then he started down Benedict 13:17.160 --> 13:19.320 Canyon Drive and continued on home. 13:19.320 --> 13:24.880 I met with Frank, Lieutenant Gorham and Sergeant Gill and Senus and we started back on foot. 13:24.880 --> 13:28.360 We cut off the road and waited on the hill overlooking the meeting place. 13:28.360 --> 13:31.320 Frank told me that they'd seen no activity on the road while Wagner and I were making 13:31.320 --> 13:32.440 the meet. 13:32.440 --> 13:33.440 We moved in closer. 13:33.440 --> 13:34.440 11.30 p.m. 13:34.440 --> 13:36.800 No sign of the kidnappers. 13:36.800 --> 13:40.360 The moon came up and we could see the white string across the road. 13:40.360 --> 13:44.640 In a pack of manzanita we could see the shoe box containing the dummy packages of money. 13:44.640 --> 13:45.640 We waited. 13:45.640 --> 13:46.640 Midnight. 13:46.640 --> 13:47.640 1.30 a.m. 13:47.640 --> 13:49.640 Still no sign of the kidnappers. 13:49.640 --> 13:50.640 2.30. 13:50.640 --> 13:51.640 4. 13:51.640 --> 13:55.520 At 4.45 a.m. the sun came up and Frank and I left the area. 13:55.520 --> 13:58.680 Lieutenant Gorham and Sergeant Gill and Senus continued to stake the meeting place. 13:58.680 --> 14:01.840 If the kidnappers had been in the vicinity, we'd miss them. 14:01.840 --> 14:05.120 Our only course now was to wait for them to contact Henry Wagner again. 14:05.120 --> 14:06.120 8.15 a.m. 14:06.120 --> 14:10.520 Frank and I checked out and went on home to take a shower and get something to eat. 14:10.520 --> 14:13.320 At 11.12 a.m. Thursday morning we checked back into the office. 14:13.320 --> 14:14.320 Rough night, huh? 14:14.320 --> 14:15.320 Yeah. 14:15.320 --> 14:16.320 There's nothing to show for it. 14:16.320 --> 14:17.320 Anything from Gorham and Senus? 14:17.320 --> 14:18.320 No, I don't see anything. 14:18.320 --> 14:19.320 There was one thing I found out. 14:19.320 --> 14:20.320 What's that? 14:20.320 --> 14:23.320 I need a heavier coat for nights. 14:23.320 --> 14:24.320 Yeah? 14:24.320 --> 14:27.320 So on ad in the magazine, advertise those English duffel coats. 14:27.320 --> 14:28.320 Look real good. 14:28.320 --> 14:29.320 What? 14:29.320 --> 14:30.320 Duffel coats. 14:30.320 --> 14:32.000 Warm in the North Atlantic during the war. 14:32.000 --> 14:33.000 You know, Joe, they're real heavy. 14:33.000 --> 14:35.120 Got a hood that comes up. 14:35.120 --> 14:36.120 It'd be real warm. 14:36.120 --> 14:37.120 A hood? 14:37.120 --> 14:38.720 Yeah, you know, like a monk wears. 14:38.720 --> 14:40.920 When you aren't wearing it, it looks just like a collar. 14:40.920 --> 14:44.440 When it gets cold, you raise up the little gimmick and there you are. 14:44.440 --> 14:45.440 Warm as anything. 14:45.440 --> 14:49.920 You know, Frank, somehow I just can't see you in there. 14:49.920 --> 14:50.920 Yeah? 14:50.920 --> 14:54.080 Well, I noticed you weren't any too warm last night. 14:54.080 --> 14:56.520 Next time we do duty like that, I'm going to be ready for it. 14:56.520 --> 14:58.200 Yeah, just like a monk. 14:58.200 --> 15:00.200 I'll get it. 15:00.200 --> 15:01.200 Homicide Friday. 15:01.200 --> 15:02.200 Yes. 15:02.200 --> 15:03.200 Oh, yes, mister. 15:03.200 --> 15:04.200 When was that? 15:04.200 --> 15:05.200 Uh-huh. 15:05.200 --> 15:06.200 Yes, sir, right away. 15:06.200 --> 15:07.200 Well, that's it. 15:07.200 --> 15:08.200 Huh? 15:08.200 --> 15:09.200 The Wagner woman. 15:09.200 --> 15:10.200 She's home. 15:10.200 --> 15:25.680 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 15:25.680 --> 15:30.120 Friends, you'll remember some months ago, we read you our first report, the six months 15:30.120 --> 15:32.280 report on the effects of smoking. 15:32.280 --> 15:34.680 Even more recently, we read you the eight months report. 15:34.680 --> 15:36.920 Now, here is the latest one. 15:36.920 --> 15:39.720 The full 10 months report confirms again. 15:39.720 --> 15:45.980 No adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfields. 15:45.980 --> 15:50.100 This from a medical specialist who is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group 15:50.100 --> 15:52.640 of people from various walks of life. 15:52.640 --> 15:56.640 Forty-five percent of them have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over 10 years. 15:56.640 --> 16:02.240 After 10 full months, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, 16:02.240 --> 16:06.560 throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 16:06.560 --> 16:07.920 That's the report. 16:07.920 --> 16:17.400 Buy much milder Chesterfield, regular or king-size, the cigarette that's best for you. 16:17.400 --> 16:25.600 Eleven-thirty a.m. 16:25.600 --> 16:27.200 Frank and I drove out to the Wagner home. 16:27.200 --> 16:30.440 The officers on stakeout told us that Mrs. Wagner had walked into the house at about 16:30.440 --> 16:32.080 11 o'clock that morning. 16:32.080 --> 16:34.520 As soon as she'd gotten inside the house, she collapsed. 16:34.520 --> 16:37.440 The family doctor had been called and she was treated for shock. 16:37.440 --> 16:41.080 Other than some scratches on her arms and around her face, she was unharmed. 16:41.080 --> 16:44.360 The officers told us that they'd been unable to interrogate her so far. 16:44.360 --> 16:47.160 We talked to the doctor and he told us that we could talk to her until the sedative took 16:47.160 --> 16:48.160 effect. 16:48.160 --> 16:49.160 Honey, these are policemen. 16:49.160 --> 16:50.160 They want to ask you a few questions. 16:50.160 --> 16:51.160 What? 16:51.160 --> 16:52.160 Police officers, honey. 16:52.160 --> 16:53.720 This is Mr. Friday and this is Mr. Smith. 16:53.720 --> 16:54.720 Oh, yes. 16:54.720 --> 16:57.160 They want to ask you some questions, dear, about the people who took you. 16:57.160 --> 16:58.160 Oh, all right. 16:58.160 --> 17:00.440 It won't take very long, Mrs. Wagner. 17:00.440 --> 17:01.440 That's all right. 17:01.440 --> 17:02.440 They want to help you get them. 17:02.440 --> 17:03.440 All right. 17:03.440 --> 17:04.440 Now, if you'd just tell us how it happened. 17:04.440 --> 17:05.440 How it happened? 17:05.440 --> 17:06.440 Yes, ma'am. 17:06.440 --> 17:08.200 Sergeant, do you have to do this now? 17:08.200 --> 17:09.200 Maybe later when she's rested. 17:09.200 --> 17:10.200 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Wagner. 17:10.200 --> 17:11.680 We haven't got much choice here. 17:11.680 --> 17:13.280 We'd like to get to the people who did this. 17:13.280 --> 17:15.480 If we wait until later, we might not be able to get them. 17:15.480 --> 17:16.480 Yes, I didn't think of that. 17:16.480 --> 17:19.040 Well, if the doctor says it's all right, go ahead. 17:19.040 --> 17:20.040 Mrs. Wagner. 17:20.040 --> 17:21.040 Yes? 17:21.040 --> 17:24.280 Do you know the people who did it, the people who took you? 17:24.280 --> 17:25.280 No. 17:25.280 --> 17:26.280 You've never seen them before? 17:26.280 --> 17:27.280 No, never. 17:27.280 --> 17:28.280 All right. 17:28.280 --> 17:29.880 Now, could you just tell us what happened? 17:29.880 --> 17:31.560 I guess so. 17:31.560 --> 17:32.840 They came to the door about 2.30. 17:32.840 --> 17:34.040 Who were they, ma'am? 17:34.040 --> 17:36.120 Well, I just saw a man. 17:36.120 --> 17:38.800 Later when we got into the car, there was a woman, too. 17:38.800 --> 17:39.800 All right. 17:39.800 --> 17:40.800 Go ahead. 17:40.800 --> 17:44.880 They told me that Henry had been in an accident, that he'd been hurt, that he was at the hospital. 17:44.880 --> 17:46.120 Said they wanted to take me to him. 17:46.120 --> 17:47.120 Yes, ma'am. 17:47.120 --> 17:48.400 I didn't know any different. 17:48.400 --> 17:49.400 I went with him. 17:49.400 --> 17:50.920 I thought that Henry was hurt. 17:50.920 --> 17:52.880 I didn't know any different. 17:52.880 --> 17:54.160 You have to do this, officers. 17:54.160 --> 17:55.160 She's home safe. 17:55.160 --> 17:56.160 That's all I care about. 17:56.160 --> 17:57.160 That's all that's important. 17:57.160 --> 17:58.600 Why don't you let her get some rest? 17:58.600 --> 17:59.600 Then you can talk to her. 17:59.600 --> 18:00.600 As much as you want to. 18:00.600 --> 18:03.240 But please, you can see what this is doing to her. 18:03.240 --> 18:04.240 Yes, sir. 18:04.240 --> 18:05.640 Now, look, this isn't an easier on us. 18:05.640 --> 18:08.040 We've got a job to do here, like we had when she was gone. 18:08.040 --> 18:10.240 We know how you feel, but we'd like to get to those people. 18:10.240 --> 18:11.640 It's all right, Henry. 18:11.640 --> 18:12.640 I'm all right, dear. 18:12.640 --> 18:13.640 Where'd they take you, ma'am? 18:13.640 --> 18:17.480 First, I think they were going to take me to a house near here. 18:17.480 --> 18:19.560 I didn't notice the street, but it was near here. 18:19.560 --> 18:20.560 I'm sure of that. 18:20.560 --> 18:25.640 Then when we got near there, I knew that something was wrong, that they weren't going to take 18:25.640 --> 18:27.000 me to Henry like they said. 18:27.000 --> 18:28.000 I knew it then. 18:28.000 --> 18:29.000 Go ahead. 18:29.000 --> 18:31.680 I told them to let me out of the car. 18:31.680 --> 18:33.560 Said that they'd better let me go. 18:33.560 --> 18:37.760 The woman, she was in the back seat with me, said for me to keep my mouth closed. 18:37.760 --> 18:40.040 I tried to get out the door and she hit me. 18:40.040 --> 18:42.320 And the two of them got into an argument. 18:42.320 --> 18:45.200 The man started to yell at the woman that it wasn't any good, that they'd better forget 18:45.200 --> 18:46.200 the whole thing. 18:46.200 --> 18:50.720 And the woman said that they'd gone too far for that now, that they had to go through 18:50.720 --> 18:51.720 with it. 18:51.720 --> 18:52.720 Uh-huh. 18:52.720 --> 18:57.240 Well, then they put a blindfold on me, tied my hands and blindfolded me, and then they 18:57.240 --> 18:58.240 started to drive. 18:58.240 --> 19:01.320 Did any time did either of them use a name, you know, and talking to each other? 19:01.320 --> 19:02.760 No, I don't think so. 19:02.760 --> 19:05.360 At least if they did, I don't remember it. 19:05.360 --> 19:06.360 Go ahead, Miss Waggon. 19:06.360 --> 19:09.000 Well, then they started to drive. 19:09.000 --> 19:12.900 I couldn't see where they were going, but I know that they headed out the Arroyo Seaco 19:12.900 --> 19:14.520 toward Pasadena. 19:14.520 --> 19:16.000 I could tell from the way we went. 19:16.000 --> 19:20.680 Then I heard the woman talk about the turnoff to get on the Seaco. 19:20.680 --> 19:22.520 Right then the man told her to shut up. 19:22.520 --> 19:23.520 Yes, ma'am. 19:23.520 --> 19:26.120 We drove for quite a while and then stopped. 19:26.120 --> 19:27.920 They made me get out and took me into a house. 19:27.920 --> 19:30.360 Did you have any idea where you were at the time, ma'am? 19:30.360 --> 19:31.360 No, I didn't. 19:31.360 --> 19:32.360 Go ahead, ma'am. 19:32.360 --> 19:37.080 Well, they took me into the house and put me in a room, tied me up. 19:37.080 --> 19:39.120 I couldn't move, couldn't do anything. 19:39.120 --> 19:42.400 They locked the door and I could hear them arguing in the next room. 19:42.400 --> 19:46.920 The man was really telling the woman off, said that she was a fool, that she'd really 19:46.920 --> 19:48.600 botched the whole thing up. 19:48.600 --> 19:50.040 I see. 19:50.040 --> 19:55.400 That night they brought in a plate of food, told me it was time to eat. 19:55.400 --> 19:57.720 All there was were some prunes. 19:57.720 --> 20:00.960 That's what they fed me all the time I was there, prunes. 20:00.960 --> 20:02.480 Never did take the blindfold off. 20:02.480 --> 20:05.640 Was there anything at all that would let you know where you were? 20:05.640 --> 20:08.960 Oh, a couple of things. 20:08.960 --> 20:12.400 Probably kind of silly, but maybe you can make something out of them. 20:12.400 --> 20:13.880 What's that, ma'am? 20:13.880 --> 20:18.080 Well, there was a clock that was in the room where they had me, one of those chime clocks 20:18.080 --> 20:21.200 told every 15 minutes like Westminster Chime. 20:21.200 --> 20:22.200 Yes, ma'am. 20:22.200 --> 20:24.560 I don't think it was a very big clock. 20:24.560 --> 20:25.560 Chime sounded small. 20:25.560 --> 20:26.560 Mm-hmm. 20:26.560 --> 20:27.960 Then there was a train. 20:27.960 --> 20:28.960 Trains? 20:28.960 --> 20:31.960 Yes, every once in a while I'd hear trains going past. 20:31.960 --> 20:35.040 Sounded like they were near, maybe a couple of blocks away, not much more than that. 20:35.040 --> 20:38.320 But do you think that you could give us a description of the man and woman, Miss Wagner? 20:38.320 --> 20:40.360 Yes, I think so. 20:40.360 --> 20:44.480 First I was so upset with thinking that Henry was hurt that I didn't notice, but I think 20:44.480 --> 20:45.840 I can describe them for you. 20:45.840 --> 20:47.320 All right, ma'am, that'll be fine. 20:47.320 --> 20:48.320 There's one thing, though. 20:48.320 --> 20:49.320 What's that? 20:49.320 --> 20:52.320 I'd be positive if I saw them. 20:52.320 --> 20:57.840 12 noon, we continued to talk to the Wagner woman. 20:57.840 --> 21:00.920 She gave us a description of the man and woman who had kidnapped her and a description of 21:00.920 --> 21:02.400 the car they'd used. 21:02.400 --> 21:06.160 We called the information into the office and a local and an APB were gotten out. 21:06.160 --> 21:09.120 We ran the description through R&I, but we got no make. 21:09.120 --> 21:10.120 2.45 p.m. 21:10.120 --> 21:14.520 As one of the possibilities for identifying the locality described by Mrs. Wagner, Frank 21:14.520 --> 21:18.080 and I left the house and drove to the office of one of the milk companies in the city. 21:18.080 --> 21:21.360 We talked to the driver that handled the area in which Mrs. Wagner said the kidnappers were 21:21.360 --> 21:22.360 going to stop. 21:22.360 --> 21:25.760 He couldn't identify the man and the woman from the description. 21:25.760 --> 21:29.680 We checked two more milk companies and on the third we got a tentative identification. 21:29.680 --> 21:33.320 The driver of the route told us that we could be asking about a Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harper, 21:33.320 --> 21:34.320 he thought. 21:34.320 --> 21:36.880 He gave us their address and Frank and I drove out there. 21:36.880 --> 21:40.800 On the way, we called the names into R&I and had them make a check for us. 21:40.800 --> 21:43.880 They said they had a record on a Thomas Harper who answered the description. 21:43.880 --> 21:46.240 He'd served time in San Quentin and in Folsom Penitentiary. 21:46.240 --> 21:48.920 He'd been sentenced both times for armed robbery and ADW. 21:48.920 --> 21:53.360 There was no record on Mrs. Harper and no wants at the present time for her husband. 21:53.360 --> 21:54.360 5.57 p.m. 21:54.360 --> 21:59.160 Well, we better try it again, man. 21:59.160 --> 22:01.000 All right. 22:01.000 --> 22:03.320 Probably aren't in. 22:03.320 --> 22:07.440 The car parked down the street here could be theirs. 22:07.440 --> 22:09.240 Checks on that description we got from the Wagner woman. 22:09.240 --> 22:10.240 I think somebody's coming. 22:10.240 --> 22:11.240 Yeah, what do you want? 22:11.240 --> 22:12.240 You Thomas Harper? 22:12.240 --> 22:13.240 Yeah, that's right. 22:13.240 --> 22:14.240 Police officers would like to talk to you. 22:14.240 --> 22:15.240 What about? 22:15.240 --> 22:16.240 Just like to talk to you. 22:16.240 --> 22:17.240 All right, come on. 22:17.240 --> 22:20.240 What is it, Tom? 22:20.240 --> 22:21.240 Cops. 22:21.240 --> 22:22.240 What do they want? 22:22.240 --> 22:23.240 They say they want to talk. 22:23.240 --> 22:24.240 I don't know what about. 22:24.240 --> 22:25.240 Just a routine investigation. 22:25.240 --> 22:26.240 Who are you trying to kid? 22:26.240 --> 22:27.240 What do you mean by that, Harper? 22:27.240 --> 22:28.240 Somebody's done something. 22:28.240 --> 22:29.240 You need a pigeon. 22:29.240 --> 22:30.240 I got a record, so I'm right for you guys to lean on. 22:30.240 --> 22:31.240 What's the matter? 22:31.240 --> 22:32.240 You got something to worry about? 22:32.240 --> 22:33.240 Not a thing in the world, but I know you guys, you're going to try. 22:33.240 --> 22:34.240 What do you want, anyway? 22:34.240 --> 22:35.240 Can you people tell us your activities for the past four days? 22:35.240 --> 22:36.240 What, four? 22:36.240 --> 22:37.240 Just tell us, will you? 22:37.240 --> 22:38.240 Yeah, tell us. 22:38.240 --> 22:39.240 You got an angle where you wouldn't be here. 22:39.240 --> 22:40.240 You're trying to pin something on us and you know it. 22:40.240 --> 22:41.240 You want to tell us what you've been doing? 22:41.240 --> 22:48.240 We haven't left the house at all. 22:48.240 --> 22:49.240 Can you prove that? 22:49.240 --> 22:50.240 Prove it to who? 22:50.240 --> 22:51.240 You? 22:51.240 --> 22:53.240 You've got no right to come in here and ask a lot of questions. 22:53.240 --> 22:54.240 She's right. 22:54.240 --> 22:55.240 You haven't got any right to do that. 22:55.240 --> 22:57.240 Now, either you pull us in or you get out of here. 22:57.240 --> 22:58.240 All right, Harper. 22:58.240 --> 22:59.240 I'm getting ready to leave anyway. 22:59.240 --> 23:00.240 We'll see you later. 23:00.240 --> 23:01.240 Yeah, let's go, Frank. 23:01.240 --> 23:02.240 All right. 23:02.240 --> 23:03.240 You better call the officer. 23:03.240 --> 23:12.240 You better call the officer and have the house staked. 23:12.240 --> 23:15.800 Soon as Ms. Wagner feels better, we'll have her see if she can make an identification 23:15.800 --> 23:16.800 here, huh? 23:16.800 --> 23:17.800 I don't think that'll be too hard, Joe. 23:17.800 --> 23:21.240 Found this bill from the gas company on the table in there. 23:21.240 --> 23:22.240 Yeah? 23:22.240 --> 23:23.240 House in Pasadena. 23:23.240 --> 23:31.240 Harper's mugshot had been pulled and sent to the Wagner home for identification. 23:31.240 --> 23:32.240 Mrs. Wagner was still under sedatives. 23:32.240 --> 23:35.240 7.15 p.m., Frank and I drove out to Pasadena. 23:35.240 --> 23:38.920 We got in touch with the police department out there and two officers were assigned to 23:38.920 --> 23:41.600 accompany us to the address on the gas bill. 23:41.600 --> 23:45.840 The house was unoccupied and there were advertising papers strewn all about on the lawn. 23:45.840 --> 23:48.240 With the officers, we entered the house and went through it. 23:48.240 --> 23:50.960 In some of the rooms, there were pieces of furniture, and in the living room of the house, 23:50.960 --> 23:54.380 we found a mantel clock that chimed on the quarter hour. 23:54.380 --> 23:57.360 On an end table, we found a ball of white string that looked like the same type that 23:57.360 --> 24:00.960 had been used to mark the meeting place up on Deer Canyon Drive. 24:00.960 --> 24:05.000 In one of the back bedrooms, we found prune seeds scattered around on the floor. 24:05.000 --> 24:06.620 A stakeout was arranged on the house. 24:06.620 --> 24:10.760 We contacted the men watching the Harper residence and found that the suspects were still there. 24:10.760 --> 24:14.120 9.56 p.m., Frank and I arrived back at the Harper home in Hollywood. 24:14.120 --> 24:16.520 The lights were out and the house was dark. 24:16.520 --> 24:18.520 Frank went around to the back of the house. 24:18.520 --> 24:19.520 Yeah? 24:19.520 --> 24:21.600 What do you want this time of the night? 24:21.600 --> 24:22.600 Did you guys ever give up? 24:22.600 --> 24:23.600 All right, Harper, let's get dressed. 24:23.600 --> 24:24.600 We want to talk to you downtown. 24:24.600 --> 24:25.780 You tying a pinch to me? 24:25.780 --> 24:26.780 You called it. 24:26.780 --> 24:27.780 For what? 24:27.780 --> 24:28.780 Kidnapping. 24:28.780 --> 24:29.780 Get out of your mind. 24:29.780 --> 24:30.780 Come on, get dressed. 24:30.780 --> 24:31.780 What do you want, Tony? 24:31.780 --> 24:32.780 Cops say we kidnapped somebody. 24:32.780 --> 24:33.780 What? 24:33.780 --> 24:35.280 As far as there's an idea, we kidnapped somebody. 24:35.280 --> 24:36.280 You're kidding. 24:36.280 --> 24:37.280 Afraid not, Ms. Harper. 24:37.280 --> 24:39.720 You better get dressed, too. 24:39.720 --> 24:40.720 Anybody else in the house? 24:40.720 --> 24:41.720 Yeah, we take in boarders. 24:41.720 --> 24:42.720 Don't get smart. 24:42.720 --> 24:43.720 Where does that door go? 24:43.720 --> 24:44.720 Bedroom. 24:44.720 --> 24:48.200 Just the one bedroom here? 24:48.200 --> 24:49.200 That's right. 24:49.200 --> 24:50.200 We're roughing it. 24:50.200 --> 24:51.200 There's the kitchen over here? 24:51.200 --> 24:52.200 Yeah. 24:52.200 --> 24:53.200 All right, come on. 24:53.200 --> 24:54.200 How about the bath? 24:54.200 --> 24:55.200 In there. 24:55.200 --> 24:56.200 All right, we'll all go. 24:56.200 --> 24:57.200 Come on. 24:57.200 --> 25:09.040 All right, let's go back to the kitchen. 25:09.040 --> 25:10.040 This door go out the backyard. 25:10.040 --> 25:13.040 You're a cop, you figure it out. 25:13.040 --> 25:14.040 Okay, Frank. 25:14.040 --> 25:15.040 Everything all right there, Joe? 25:15.040 --> 25:16.040 Yeah, fine. 25:16.040 --> 25:17.040 You ain't kidding about this kidnapping thing, are you? 25:17.040 --> 25:18.040 No, let's go. 25:18.040 --> 25:19.040 I bet you figure it might be us. 25:19.040 --> 25:20.040 You got a house in Pasadena? 25:20.040 --> 25:21.040 Why do you ask that? 25:21.040 --> 25:22.040 Have you got one? 25:22.040 --> 25:23.040 No. 25:23.040 --> 25:24.040 You're lying. 25:24.040 --> 25:25.040 Property records in Pasadena say you have. 25:25.040 --> 25:28.040 We checked the house, matches the one we're looking for. 25:28.040 --> 25:29.040 Am I right? 25:29.040 --> 25:30.040 That's right. 25:30.040 --> 25:31.040 We got the woman you kidnapped. 25:31.040 --> 25:32.040 She's identified your picture, you and your wife. 25:32.040 --> 25:33.040 She couldn't identify me. 25:33.040 --> 25:34.040 I haven't got a record. 25:34.040 --> 25:35.040 You ain't taking me no place. 25:35.040 --> 25:36.040 Frank, get out of my way. 25:36.040 --> 25:37.040 Hold it. 25:37.040 --> 25:38.040 Hold it right there. 25:38.040 --> 25:39.040 All right, come on. 25:39.040 --> 25:40.040 On your feet. 25:40.040 --> 25:41.040 Now shake it off. 25:41.040 --> 25:42.040 He's clean. 25:42.040 --> 25:43.040 Hands behind you. 25:43.040 --> 25:44.040 I told you what had happened. 25:44.040 --> 25:45.040 I told you we should let it go right away. 25:45.040 --> 25:46.040 I told you. 25:46.040 --> 25:47.040 Oh, shut up. 25:47.040 --> 25:48.040 You and your bright ideas. 25:48.040 --> 25:49.040 Take it. 25:49.040 --> 25:50.040 Take it. 25:50.040 --> 25:51.040 Take it. 25:51.040 --> 25:52.040 Take it. 25:52.040 --> 25:53.040 Take it. 25:53.040 --> 25:54.040 Take it. 25:54.040 --> 25:55.040 You and your bright ideas. 25:55.040 --> 25:56.040 Ten grand easy. 25:56.040 --> 25:57.040 You and your bright ideas. 25:57.040 --> 25:58.040 Well, look what I got us. 25:58.040 --> 25:59.040 Look, buster. 25:59.040 --> 26:01.280 You didn't yell when you thought of getting your hot little hands on that dough. 26:01.280 --> 26:02.280 You were all for it then. 26:02.280 --> 26:03.280 Well, we lost. 26:03.280 --> 26:04.280 What do you want me to do about it? 26:04.280 --> 26:05.280 Break down and ball? 26:05.280 --> 26:06.280 Should have known. 26:06.280 --> 26:07.280 Should have known from the beginning. 26:07.280 --> 26:08.280 I had nothing but trouble with you from the start. 26:08.280 --> 26:09.280 Always wanting something easy. 26:09.280 --> 26:10.280 Always wanting big money. 26:10.280 --> 26:11.280 Never satisfied. 26:11.280 --> 26:12.280 That's the trouble with kids. 26:12.280 --> 26:13.280 Bad losers. 26:13.280 --> 26:14.280 Great winners, but bad losers. 26:14.280 --> 26:15.280 Well, you're a big boy now. 26:15.280 --> 26:16.280 You lost. 26:16.280 --> 26:17.280 That's all there is to it. 26:17.280 --> 26:18.280 Stop whining. 26:18.280 --> 26:19.280 Easy for you to say. 26:19.280 --> 26:20.440 If you get through with me, I'll be in for life. 26:20.440 --> 26:29.920 You got no record. 26:29.920 --> 26:32.400 The story you have just heard was true. 26:32.400 --> 26:35.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:35.000 --> 26:39.800 On November 10th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California 26:39.800 --> 26:41.480 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:41.480 --> 26:43.920 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:43.920 --> 26:46.280 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:46.280 --> 26:47.280 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:47.280 --> 26:51.480 Friends, only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, gives you this scientific evidence on the 26:51.480 --> 26:53.040 effects of smoking. 26:53.040 --> 26:58.180 No adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfields. 26:58.180 --> 27:02.240 And only the modern cigarette, Chesterfield, gives you premium quality in both regular 27:02.240 --> 27:03.240 and king size. 27:03.240 --> 27:07.400 Now I know Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 27:07.400 --> 27:09.360 Buy them regular or king size. 27:09.360 --> 27:13.080 Either way, they're much milder to give you all the pleasure the modern cigarette can 27:13.080 --> 27:14.080 give. 27:14.080 --> 27:26.440 Thomas Fenton Harper was tried and found guilty of kidnapping. 27:26.440 --> 27:31.120 He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary Folsom, California, without 27:31.120 --> 27:33.080 possibility of parole. 27:33.080 --> 27:38.400 His wife, Alice Mabel Harper, received a like sentence and is now in the California Institution 27:38.400 --> 27:41.400 for Women, Corona, California. 27:41.400 --> 27:45.840 Ladies and gentlemen, would you give a few dimes to help a child out of the smallest 27:45.840 --> 27:48.080 prison in the world, an iron lung? 27:48.080 --> 27:52.720 Well, that's what you're doing when you join the 1953 March of Dimes. 27:52.720 --> 27:56.440 Remember, crippled children are depending on your help. 27:56.440 --> 28:16.520 So give your dimes and your dollars to the 1953 March of Dimes. 28:16.520 --> 28:21.440 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:21.440 --> 28:26.600 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police 28:26.600 --> 28:27.600 Department. 28:27.600 --> 28:32.600 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 28:32.600 --> 28:36.680 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Jonathan Hull. 28:36.680 --> 28:38.920 Script by John Robinson. 28:38.920 --> 28:40.480 Music by Walter Schuman. 28:40.480 --> 28:45.960 Hal Gibney speaking. 28:45.960 --> 28:48.120 Sound off for Chesterfield. 28:48.120 --> 28:51.280 Either way you like them, regular or king size. 28:51.280 --> 28:59.240 You'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 28:59.240 --> 29:22.520 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet Transcribe from Los Angeles.