1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Chesterfield, the only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:24,600 and king size, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,400 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:39,000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,400 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,600 You're assigned to narcotics detail. 8 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,280 A steady flow of heroin has been making its way into your city. 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,920 Most of it has fallen into the hands of teenagers. 10 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,640 You don't know the source or the head man in the operation. 11 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:57,680 Your job, stop it. 12 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,980 The modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 13 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:05,320 Premium quality in both regular and king size. 14 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:07,680 And we're the only one that gives it to you. 15 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:13,680 Premium quality in a cigarette means the world's best tobaccos, the best ingredients, the best 16 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,500 cigarette paper. 17 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:20,400 Only Chesterfield gives you this premium quality in both popular sizes. 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,240 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any 19 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,680 other king size cigarette. 20 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,560 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 21 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,480 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 22 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:40,280 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield gives you more than 23 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,880 a fifth longer smoke. 24 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:47,120 Yes, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 25 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,440 Premium quality, both regular and king size. 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,840 Chesterfield is much milder. 27 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:57,000 Chesterfield is best for you. 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:05,160 Dragnet, the document a drama of an actual crime. 29 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,040 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 30 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,640 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 31 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:16,360 police files. 32 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:21,560 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 33 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,080 in action. 34 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,200 It was Tuesday, April 6th. 35 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,200 It was warm in Los Angeles. 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,680 We were working the day watch out on narcotics detail. 37 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:32,880 My partner is Frank Smith. 38 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,480 The boss is Captain Kearney. 39 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:35,480 My name is Friday. 40 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,360 I had just gotten off work and I had gotten a call from a friend who wanted to see me. 41 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,320 It was 546 p.m. when I got to my apartment house. 42 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:43,640 Apartment 12. 43 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:45,040 Hi, Joe. 44 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,320 Oh, Ed. 45 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,320 Just getting ready to go in. 46 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:48,320 Come on in. 47 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,320 Got you. 48 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,320 Go ahead. 49 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Thanks. 50 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:52,320 Sit down. 51 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,320 You got a date or something? 52 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:54,320 No, no, it's all right. 53 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,320 I just thought I'd get something to eat and then maybe take in the show. 54 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,320 What did you want to see me about? 55 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,320 It's about Gary, Joe. 56 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:58,320 Your boy? 57 00:02:58,320 --> 00:02:59,320 Yeah, I don't know quite how to say it. 58 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:00,320 You know, you sounded pretty upset on the phone, Ed. 59 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:01,320 I was, Joe. 60 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,320 I still am. 61 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:03,320 I don't know what I'm gonna do. 62 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,320 Well, come on. 63 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,320 What's it all about? 64 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,320 It's all I could do to keep my hands off of him. 65 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:07,320 I never felt like that with anybody before, but I did with Gary. 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:08,320 I wanted to strangle him. 67 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:09,320 All right. 68 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,320 Now, what's he done, Ed? 69 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:11,320 He's gone. 70 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,320 He's gone. 71 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,320 He's gone. 72 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,320 He's gone. 73 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:21,320 He's gone. 74 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:26,320 He's gone. 75 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:35,320 He's gone. 76 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:44,320 His head is here. 77 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,320 Open it. 78 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,320 See? 79 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:47,320 Looks like a layout. 80 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,320 I couldn't find any drugs in it. 81 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,320 I know that he's using them, though. 82 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:52,320 Spoon, eye dropper, needle. 83 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:53,320 Yeah, everything's here. 84 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,040 Where'd you find this, Ed? 85 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,040 In his room. 86 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,280 He had it hidden up on the shelf in his closet. 87 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,280 I found it tonight. 88 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,720 I didn't know what to do, Joe. 89 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:02,880 Helen's been crying all day. 90 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,440 She's almost out of her mind. 91 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,440 You were the only one I could think of coming to. 92 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:10,240 Who do you talk to when you find out your son's an addict? 93 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,740 Well, now, you're sure this is his in the first place, that he's been using it? 94 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:17,740 I'm sure. I never would have believed it, Aunt Gary. 95 00:04:17,740 --> 00:04:20,440 There's no reason for it. We've given the kid everything he wanted. 96 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:21,940 There's nothing he didn't have. 97 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,040 At home, Helen and I have always tried to understand his problems. 98 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,440 Always looked at them like they were important. 99 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,240 Everything. We gave him everything. 100 00:04:30,940 --> 00:04:31,940 Now, this. 101 00:04:31,940 --> 00:04:33,940 I don't know what to do, Joe. 102 00:04:34,940 --> 00:04:37,940 I got no place to turn. There's nothing I can do. 103 00:04:38,940 --> 00:04:41,940 Maybe you can figure your way. Maybe you can't. 104 00:04:42,940 --> 00:04:46,940 I don't much care anymore. I just know that I can't see him again. 105 00:04:46,940 --> 00:04:47,940 Not for a while. 106 00:04:48,940 --> 00:04:50,940 I'm afraid, Joe. I'm real afraid. 107 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:53,940 All right, now, let's take it easy. We'll work this out some way. 108 00:04:53,940 --> 00:04:55,940 You don't know what it's like, Joe. You can't. 109 00:04:55,940 --> 00:04:58,940 To feel like this and to know you'll do it. 110 00:04:58,940 --> 00:04:59,940 What? 111 00:04:59,940 --> 00:05:01,940 I see him again, Joe. I'm gonna kill him. 112 00:05:05,940 --> 00:05:08,940 I'd known Ed Field for the past seven years. 113 00:05:08,940 --> 00:05:12,940 I'd met him when we were conducting an investigation while I was assigned to Bunko Division. 114 00:05:12,940 --> 00:05:16,940 His testimony had been instrumental in breaking up a gang of shoplifters. 115 00:05:16,940 --> 00:05:18,940 Since then, we've become very good friends. 116 00:05:18,940 --> 00:05:22,940 He lived just down the street from my apartment, and on occasion we got together for an evening. 117 00:05:22,940 --> 00:05:25,940 I knew his wife and I'd met his 18-year-old son, Gary. 118 00:05:25,940 --> 00:05:27,940 The boy was a senior in high school. 119 00:05:27,940 --> 00:05:31,940 And as Ed had told me many times, his grades were well above average. 120 00:05:31,940 --> 00:05:33,940 The Field family was moderately well-to-do. 121 00:05:33,940 --> 00:05:36,940 Their home wasn't luxurious, but it was good-sized. 122 00:05:36,940 --> 00:05:40,940 To look at the boy, there was nothing that would cause anybody to think that he might be a user. 123 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:43,940 Six twelve p.m. Field and I arrived at his home. 124 00:05:43,940 --> 00:05:47,940 Helen Field was waiting for us. She was a nice-looking woman in her early forties. 125 00:05:47,940 --> 00:05:49,940 She let us in the house and showed us to the living room. 126 00:05:49,940 --> 00:05:51,940 It was obvious that she'd been crying. 127 00:05:51,940 --> 00:05:53,940 I don't know how to thank you for coming over, Joe. 128 00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:55,940 I guess Ed told you what it's all about. 129 00:05:55,940 --> 00:05:56,940 Yes, Helen. 130 00:05:56,940 --> 00:05:57,940 Is Gary home yet? 131 00:05:57,940 --> 00:05:59,940 No, I haven't heard a word from him since he left. 132 00:05:59,940 --> 00:06:01,940 I didn't tell Joe what happened this afternoon. 133 00:06:01,940 --> 00:06:03,940 I thought it'd be better if he got it from you. 134 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:05,940 Oh, all right. 135 00:06:05,940 --> 00:06:07,940 You want to sit down, Joe? 136 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:08,940 Sure. 137 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:09,940 I'll tell you. 138 00:06:09,940 --> 00:06:10,940 Thank you. 139 00:06:10,940 --> 00:06:14,940 Well, Gary came home this afternoon about 2.30. 140 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:17,940 Walked into the house and went right to his room. 141 00:06:17,940 --> 00:06:19,940 He didn't say a thing to me. 142 00:06:19,940 --> 00:06:21,940 First I thought that maybe he might be sick. 143 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:23,940 I went to the room and he'd locked the door. 144 00:06:23,940 --> 00:06:24,940 I knocked. 145 00:06:24,940 --> 00:06:26,940 I asked him if he was all right. 146 00:06:26,940 --> 00:06:27,940 Yeah. 147 00:06:27,940 --> 00:06:29,940 He called through the door that he was okay 148 00:06:29,940 --> 00:06:31,940 and for me to leave him alone. 149 00:06:31,940 --> 00:06:33,940 I asked him if there was anything I could do. 150 00:06:33,940 --> 00:06:35,940 You know, if he was sick, he might need something. 151 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:37,940 I understand. What'd he say? 152 00:06:37,940 --> 00:06:39,940 Told me to get away. 153 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:42,940 To leave him alone and get off his back. 154 00:06:42,940 --> 00:06:44,940 Those were his exact words. 155 00:06:44,940 --> 00:06:47,940 Leave him alone and get off his back. 156 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:51,940 About 20 minutes later, 157 00:06:51,940 --> 00:06:53,940 he unlocked the door and came out. 158 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:55,940 He seemed to feel fine. 159 00:06:55,940 --> 00:06:57,940 He came over and kissed me 160 00:06:57,940 --> 00:06:59,940 and said he was sorry about what he'd said. 161 00:06:59,940 --> 00:07:01,940 He said that he hadn't been feeling well 162 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:04,940 and that he'd said those things without meaning them. 163 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:07,940 I told him he ought to wait until I could take his temperature. 164 00:07:07,940 --> 00:07:09,940 He said there was nothing wrong 165 00:07:09,940 --> 00:07:11,940 for me to get out of his way, 166 00:07:11,940 --> 00:07:13,940 that he had some business to take care of 167 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:15,940 and be home for dinner. 168 00:07:17,940 --> 00:07:20,940 I tried to stop him from leaving 169 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:23,940 and he pushed me aside. 170 00:07:23,940 --> 00:07:25,940 He knocked me down. 171 00:07:25,940 --> 00:07:27,940 Give me a hand. I'll teach him. 172 00:07:27,940 --> 00:07:29,940 He stood there for a minute 173 00:07:29,940 --> 00:07:31,940 and I thought he was going to cry. 174 00:07:31,940 --> 00:07:34,940 But he just turned around and walked out. 175 00:07:34,940 --> 00:07:36,940 Any idea where he might have gone? 176 00:07:36,940 --> 00:07:38,940 What this business was that he was going to take care of? 177 00:07:38,940 --> 00:07:40,940 No, not the slightest idea. 178 00:07:40,940 --> 00:07:42,940 You can see where we're up against you. 179 00:07:42,940 --> 00:07:44,940 I'm afraid to even see the boy. 180 00:07:44,940 --> 00:07:47,940 When did you first figure that he might be using narcotics? 181 00:07:47,940 --> 00:07:49,940 When I came home, Helen told me what had happened. 182 00:07:49,940 --> 00:07:52,940 I thought about what would make the kid do a thing like this. 183 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:55,940 The more I thought about it, the more there had to be only one reason. 184 00:07:55,940 --> 00:07:58,940 That's when Helen and I went through his room and found that kit. 185 00:07:58,940 --> 00:08:00,940 Has the boy been ill at all lately? 186 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:02,940 Under a doctor's care? Something that you might not know about? 187 00:08:02,940 --> 00:08:04,940 No, no. 188 00:08:04,940 --> 00:08:06,940 I'm sure that if he was, we'd know about it. 189 00:08:06,940 --> 00:08:08,940 I want to see you, Gary. 190 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:09,940 Yeah, I'll be right with him. 191 00:08:09,940 --> 00:08:10,940 I want to see you right now. 192 00:08:10,940 --> 00:08:12,940 We'll have to wait. 193 00:08:12,940 --> 00:08:14,940 Maybe there's something wrong with your ears, son. 194 00:08:14,940 --> 00:08:16,940 I'm not going to take that from you. 195 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:18,940 Please, Ed, don't do something you're going to regret. 196 00:08:18,940 --> 00:08:20,940 Now, listen, Helen, that boy's 18 years old. 197 00:08:20,940 --> 00:08:22,940 For all that time, we've done everything we could for him. 198 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:24,940 We've given him a lot more than most boys his age have. 199 00:08:24,940 --> 00:08:27,940 I'm not going to stand by and see it all blow up just because he's a kid. 200 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:28,940 That's no excuse. 201 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:29,940 I want an answer for all this. 202 00:08:29,940 --> 00:08:31,940 What he's been doing, what happened this afternoon. 203 00:08:31,940 --> 00:08:33,940 I want those answers and I want them now. 204 00:08:33,940 --> 00:08:34,940 Remember, he's only a boy. 205 00:08:34,940 --> 00:08:36,940 And I'm getting sick of that, too. 206 00:08:40,940 --> 00:08:41,940 Where is it? 207 00:08:41,940 --> 00:08:42,940 Now, listen, boy, I know what's been going on. 208 00:08:42,940 --> 00:08:44,940 I want to talk to you about it. 209 00:08:44,940 --> 00:08:46,940 I don't want you to lecture me. All I want to know is where's the kit. 210 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:48,940 Take it easy, son. 211 00:08:49,940 --> 00:08:50,940 What are you doing here? 212 00:08:50,940 --> 00:08:52,940 I asked him to come over. 213 00:08:52,940 --> 00:08:54,940 Then turn me in, huh? 214 00:08:54,940 --> 00:08:56,940 Your dad asked me to come over to see if I could help here. 215 00:08:56,940 --> 00:08:58,940 I don't need nothing from you, cop. 216 00:08:58,940 --> 00:08:59,940 I want the layout. Where is it? 217 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:01,940 You aren't going to use that anymore. 218 00:09:01,940 --> 00:09:03,940 I want the layout. I've got to have it. Where is it? 219 00:09:03,940 --> 00:09:06,940 Please, Gary, don't get your father any more mad than he is. 220 00:09:06,940 --> 00:09:08,940 I don't care how sore he is or how sore he gets. 221 00:09:08,940 --> 00:09:10,940 I want the layout. I want it now. 222 00:09:10,940 --> 00:09:12,940 I can't think of any more simple way to say it. 223 00:09:12,940 --> 00:09:14,940 If I have to take it away from you, then I'll do it your way. 224 00:09:14,940 --> 00:09:16,940 You lousy bum. I'll teach you to talk to your parents. 225 00:09:16,940 --> 00:09:18,940 All right, take it easy. This isn't going to get you anywhere. 226 00:09:18,940 --> 00:09:20,940 Now, come on. Settle down, both of you. 227 00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:22,940 Get out of here. 228 00:09:22,940 --> 00:09:24,940 Get him out of here. 229 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:26,940 Joe, I swear I'll break him in two. 230 00:09:26,940 --> 00:09:28,940 Please, Dad. I want Joe to do something. 231 00:09:28,940 --> 00:09:30,940 Let him go. Let him go. 232 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:32,940 It's about time he found out I'm old enough to call things my way. 233 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:34,940 Go on. Let him go. I'm not afraid of him. 234 00:09:34,940 --> 00:09:36,940 I'm not afraid of you either, cop. 235 00:09:36,940 --> 00:09:38,940 I'm not worried about anybody. 236 00:09:38,940 --> 00:09:40,940 All I want is that kit. I've got to have it. 237 00:09:40,940 --> 00:09:42,940 I've got it. I'll give it to me and we can talk then. 238 00:09:42,940 --> 00:09:44,940 I've got to have a fix. 239 00:09:44,940 --> 00:09:46,940 I've got it. 240 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:50,940 Joe. 241 00:09:50,940 --> 00:09:52,940 Do something, please. 242 00:09:52,940 --> 00:09:54,940 All right, come on. Sit down. Sit down, boy. 243 00:09:54,940 --> 00:09:56,940 This is going far enough here. 244 00:09:56,940 --> 00:09:58,940 Now, let's get a few things straight. 245 00:09:58,940 --> 00:10:00,940 You're not going to have any more of that. 246 00:10:00,940 --> 00:10:02,940 We'll see that a doctor looks at you. 247 00:10:02,940 --> 00:10:04,940 He'll do what he can, but you've had it. 248 00:10:04,940 --> 00:10:06,940 No more narcotics for you, and I'll face it. 249 00:10:08,940 --> 00:10:10,940 You want me to tell you where you stand? 250 00:10:10,940 --> 00:10:12,940 You're a user. 251 00:10:12,940 --> 00:10:14,940 Any way you slice it, this had to happen. 252 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:16,940 I don't want anything from you. Why don't you just leave me alone? 253 00:10:16,940 --> 00:10:18,940 I can't do that. Let me see your arm. 254 00:10:18,940 --> 00:10:20,940 Come on. Roll up your sleeve. 255 00:10:20,940 --> 00:10:22,940 Do what he says, Gary. 256 00:10:26,940 --> 00:10:28,940 Yeah. 257 00:10:28,940 --> 00:10:30,940 Both arms, huh? 258 00:10:30,940 --> 00:10:32,940 I'd take a Joy Pop once in a while. 259 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:34,940 Now, don't con me, Gary. You got it bad and it's going to get worse. 260 00:10:34,940 --> 00:10:36,940 You didn't get that arm from Chippie and with the stuff, the kit we found. 261 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:38,940 You don't need to lay out that big to Joy Pop. 262 00:10:38,940 --> 00:10:40,940 You've been mainlining it for quite a while. 263 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:42,940 I know it and so do you. 264 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:44,940 You holding now? 265 00:10:44,940 --> 00:10:46,940 Come on, boy. Answer me. You holding now? 266 00:10:46,940 --> 00:10:48,940 Yeah. Well, let's have it. 267 00:10:48,940 --> 00:10:50,940 I'm not going to give it to you. 268 00:10:50,940 --> 00:10:52,940 You've got no choice, son. Either you give it to me or I'll take it. 269 00:10:54,940 --> 00:10:56,940 All right. Here it is. 270 00:10:58,940 --> 00:11:00,940 How big a habit you got? Not big. 271 00:11:00,940 --> 00:11:02,940 How big? Couple of bucks. 272 00:11:02,940 --> 00:11:04,940 Now, come on, boy. Let's have a straight answer. 273 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:06,940 25 a day? 274 00:11:06,940 --> 00:11:08,940 $25 a day. 275 00:11:08,940 --> 00:11:10,940 That's a lot of narcotics, isn't it? 276 00:11:10,940 --> 00:11:12,940 That's what it takes. Where's it come from? 277 00:11:12,940 --> 00:11:14,940 Come on. Who's your connection? 278 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:16,940 You maybe got me, but I'm not going to be a fink. 279 00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:18,940 You got to let me go at that. 280 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:20,940 I can't do that. Now, where'd you get this stuff? 281 00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:22,940 How about that doctor? You going to do something about that? 282 00:11:22,940 --> 00:11:24,940 We'll talk to him. 283 00:11:24,940 --> 00:11:26,940 Talking to him ain't going to do any good. I got to have a fix. 284 00:11:26,940 --> 00:11:28,940 I'm going to fall apart. 285 00:11:28,940 --> 00:11:30,940 Come on now. Be a pal. Let me have a fix. I'll tell you all about it. 286 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:32,940 You got the kit. You got the stuff. 287 00:11:32,940 --> 00:11:34,940 Come on, be a sport. No, go. You can't do it. 288 00:11:36,940 --> 00:11:38,940 Come on. Let's go downtown. 289 00:11:38,940 --> 00:11:40,940 You going to take him to jail, Joe? 290 00:11:40,940 --> 00:11:42,940 I'll take him down to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 291 00:11:42,940 --> 00:11:44,940 The doctor can look at him there. We're going to have to hold him for a while in this field. 292 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:46,940 Why'd you do it, Gary? 293 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:48,940 Why? 294 00:11:48,940 --> 00:11:50,940 Can't you tell me? 295 00:11:50,940 --> 00:11:52,940 Is it something your father and I have done? 296 00:11:54,940 --> 00:11:56,940 There's got to be a reason. What is it? 297 00:11:56,940 --> 00:11:58,940 Oh, please, Gary. Tell me. 298 00:11:58,940 --> 00:12:00,940 Come on. Let's get out of here. 299 00:12:04,940 --> 00:12:06,940 Can we see him after he gets here, Joe? 300 00:12:06,940 --> 00:12:08,940 Yeah, I'll call the head. 301 00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:10,940 Don't you want to say goodbye to your mother, son? 302 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:12,940 Why? I wouldn't prove anything. 303 00:12:12,940 --> 00:12:14,940 Yeah, I guess that's the way you'd look at it. 304 00:12:14,940 --> 00:12:16,940 I broke the law. Now they're going to make a convict out of me. 305 00:12:16,940 --> 00:12:18,940 I didn't call him. You did. 306 00:12:18,940 --> 00:12:20,940 How are you going to explain that to her? 307 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:22,940 You turned your own son in. How are you going to tell her about it? 308 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:24,940 I hope you're real happy now. 309 00:12:24,940 --> 00:12:26,940 I'm not proud of it, son. 310 00:12:26,940 --> 00:12:28,940 There's one thing I'd like to ask. 311 00:12:28,940 --> 00:12:30,940 Yeah? What have you done to her? 312 00:12:34,940 --> 00:12:38,940 8.30 p.m. I called Frank Smith and filled him in on what had happened. 313 00:12:38,940 --> 00:12:40,940 He said that he'd meet me at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 314 00:12:40,940 --> 00:12:44,940 I took young Gary Field down with me and had a doctor check him over. 315 00:12:44,940 --> 00:12:48,940 After that, the boy was taken to the narcotics division and Frank and I talked to him. 316 00:12:48,940 --> 00:12:50,940 I don't know how to tell you any better. There's no other way to say it. 317 00:12:50,940 --> 00:12:52,940 I'm not going to give you any names. 318 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:54,940 That's not going to help you any, son. 319 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:56,940 I won't get any of my friends in trouble. 320 00:12:56,940 --> 00:12:58,940 You've got great friends, haven't you? 321 00:12:58,940 --> 00:13:00,940 Where did you get the money to take care of your habits? 322 00:13:00,940 --> 00:13:02,940 I earned it. 323 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:04,940 Where? 324 00:13:04,940 --> 00:13:06,940 I worked. 325 00:13:06,940 --> 00:13:08,940 It's getting late. I still need a fix. I'm getting sick. 326 00:13:08,940 --> 00:13:10,940 Do what you've got to do. Let's get this over with. 327 00:13:10,940 --> 00:13:12,940 This is going to be the same in the morning. 328 00:13:12,940 --> 00:13:14,940 We're going to keep asking questions until you come up with the right answers. 329 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:16,940 Look, cop, I don't want any favors from you. Now leave me alone. 330 00:13:16,940 --> 00:13:18,940 We're only trying to help you, boy. 331 00:13:18,940 --> 00:13:20,940 Get off my side. I need nothing from you. 332 00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:22,940 You saw your duty and you did it. That makes you a big man. 333 00:13:22,940 --> 00:13:24,940 All right, that's enough of that. Now there's a couple of things we'd like to set you straight on. 334 00:13:24,940 --> 00:13:26,940 Maybe help you to figure where you stand in this. 335 00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:28,940 Oh, here it comes. 336 00:13:28,940 --> 00:13:30,940 What do they do? Give you a license to preach when they hand you the badge? 337 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:32,940 That's enough of that, youngster. 338 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:34,940 Come on, get off my back, cop. If my old man hadn't turned thick, you'd never have got me. 339 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:36,940 Where are you going? 340 00:13:36,940 --> 00:13:38,940 I'm getting out of here. 341 00:13:38,940 --> 00:13:40,940 Now sit down. 342 00:13:40,940 --> 00:13:42,940 Sit down. 343 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:46,940 All right, young fellow, you want to be a big man? 344 00:13:46,940 --> 00:13:48,940 That's the way it's going to be. 345 00:13:48,940 --> 00:13:50,940 I'm going to tell you that you get no special treatment here because I know your parents. 346 00:13:50,940 --> 00:13:52,940 You'll be treated just like any other user. 347 00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:54,940 You're getting a little of the edge because you're a youngster. 348 00:13:54,940 --> 00:13:56,940 There's not a pound of honesty or integrity in your distorted mind. 349 00:13:56,940 --> 00:13:58,940 The simple way would be to drop you in a cell and let you sweat out the cure. 350 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:00,940 Let you fall apart if you had to. 351 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:02,940 Let me tell you this. 352 00:14:02,940 --> 00:14:04,940 We're going to get the connection that's been supplying you. 353 00:14:04,940 --> 00:14:06,940 Then we're going to get the man behind him. I don't much care about them. 354 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:08,940 But I do care about the kids around you. 355 00:14:08,940 --> 00:14:10,940 You've got a big habit. 356 00:14:10,940 --> 00:14:12,940 It takes a lot of money to keep up a habit like that. 357 00:14:12,940 --> 00:14:14,940 I've seen kids like you before and there's only so many ways to get that money. 358 00:14:14,940 --> 00:14:16,940 You steal it or you start pushing narcotics yourself. 359 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,940 I don't think you're stealing so you've got to be pushing it. 360 00:14:18,940 --> 00:14:20,940 That means you've probably got other kids hooked on it. 361 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:22,940 Other youngsters have got trouble because of you. 362 00:14:22,940 --> 00:14:24,940 Mules that are dragging your wagon for you. 363 00:14:24,940 --> 00:14:26,940 Your folks will maybe forgive you for what you've done to them. 364 00:14:26,940 --> 00:14:28,940 But they'll never be able to buy what you did to the other kids. 365 00:14:28,940 --> 00:14:30,940 You had a chance to help yourself and help the rest of them. 366 00:14:30,940 --> 00:14:32,940 You had a chance to do something good for somebody else and you wouldn't take it. 367 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:34,940 Well you're playing it smart big boy. 368 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:36,940 Keep playing it that way when you end up in a jail cell, will you? 369 00:14:38,940 --> 00:14:40,940 You through cop? Yeah I'm through. 370 00:14:40,940 --> 00:14:42,940 Fine, let me get some sleep, huh? 371 00:14:42,940 --> 00:14:48,940 Let's go Frank. 372 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:56,940 You are listening to Dragnet. 373 00:14:56,940 --> 00:14:58,940 The authentic story of your police force in action. 374 00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:02,940 Friends, you'll remember some months ago we read you our first report. 375 00:15:02,940 --> 00:15:04,940 The six months report on the effects of smoking. 376 00:15:04,940 --> 00:15:07,940 Then more recently we read you the eight months report. 377 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:09,940 Now here is the latest one. 378 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:12,940 The full ten months report confirms again. 379 00:15:12,940 --> 00:15:20,940 The group examined showed no adverse effects on the nose, throat and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 380 00:15:20,940 --> 00:15:26,940 This from a medical specialist who is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group of people from various walks of life. 381 00:15:26,940 --> 00:15:30,940 Forty-five percent of them have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over ten years. 382 00:15:30,940 --> 00:15:38,940 After ten full months, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat and sinuses of the group. 383 00:15:38,940 --> 00:15:40,940 From smoking Chesterfield. 384 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,940 That's the report. 385 00:15:42,940 --> 00:15:44,940 Buy much milder Chesterfield. 386 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:46,940 Regular or king size. 387 00:15:46,940 --> 00:15:49,940 The cigarette that's best for you. 388 00:15:59,940 --> 00:16:01,940 Gary Field was taken to the main jail and booked. 389 00:16:01,940 --> 00:16:04,940 Frank and I went back to the office to fill out the arrest reports. 390 00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:08,940 The next day, Wednesday, April 7th, we began to talk to Gary's friends and teachers. 391 00:16:08,940 --> 00:16:10,940 From all of them we got the same story. 392 00:16:10,940 --> 00:16:13,940 Until six months before, the boy had been a model student. 393 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:16,940 He was always at the top scholastically in each of his classes. 394 00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:21,940 He was a member of several honorary student organizations and had twice been nominated for president of his class. 395 00:16:21,940 --> 00:16:25,940 Then apparently without reason the boy's personality had changed. 396 00:16:25,940 --> 00:16:27,940 He stopped taking an interest in his schoolwork. 397 00:16:27,940 --> 00:16:31,940 Several of his teachers told us that he wouldn't have gotten passing grades at the end of the semester. 398 00:16:31,940 --> 00:16:33,940 He dropped out of the service organizations at school. 399 00:16:33,940 --> 00:16:36,940 From some of his teachers we got the names of his close friends. 400 00:16:36,940 --> 00:16:38,940 Talks with them netted us little. 401 00:16:38,940 --> 00:16:43,940 They told us that Gary had dropped out of the crowd of youngsters that he'd been running with and had taken up with new friends. 402 00:16:43,940 --> 00:16:45,940 They told us that they didn't see much of him after school. 403 00:16:45,940 --> 00:16:49,940 That he'd gotten into fights with other students on several occasions. 404 00:16:49,940 --> 00:16:52,940 And that after a period of time they'd stopped asking him to their functions. 405 00:16:52,940 --> 00:16:55,940 None of them were able to give us the names of his new friends. 406 00:16:55,940 --> 00:16:57,940 We checked with the neighborhood merchants. 407 00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:58,940 Most of them knew Gary. 408 00:16:58,940 --> 00:17:01,940 They said that he'd worked for them after school, but they hadn't seen him for several months. 409 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:04,940 We asked them if they could help us locate his friends. 410 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:09,940 They told us that they had seen him in the company of one particular man on several occasions, but they couldn't identify him for us. 411 00:17:09,940 --> 00:17:14,940 We got a description of the man, but it meant nothing to us or to the other members of the narcotics division. 412 00:17:14,940 --> 00:17:20,940 Photographs of known narcotics suspects were shown to the parents of Gary Field and to the storekeepers around the school. 413 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,940 They couldn't identify any of them. 414 00:17:22,940 --> 00:17:25,940 Two days passed. Friday, April 8th. 415 00:17:25,940 --> 00:17:27,940 We got a call from the Field Boy. 416 00:17:27,940 --> 00:17:28,940 Frank and I went over to see him. 417 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:30,940 What did you want to see us about, Gary? 418 00:17:30,940 --> 00:17:32,940 I wanted to tell you that I've had it. 419 00:17:32,940 --> 00:17:33,940 What's that mean? 420 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:35,940 That I want to tell you about it. 421 00:17:35,940 --> 00:17:37,940 What's the matter? You been sick? 422 00:17:37,940 --> 00:17:41,940 A little. That's not why I called you, though. They treated me all right here, but I got to think it. 423 00:17:41,940 --> 00:17:43,940 All right, go ahead. 424 00:17:43,940 --> 00:17:48,940 I used to read in the papers where the kids would turn themselves in or get caught and cop out. 425 00:17:48,940 --> 00:17:50,940 All about how they realized what they'd done. 426 00:17:50,940 --> 00:17:53,940 Always seemed like a lot of phony sob sister stuff. 427 00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:56,940 I know different now. I know what I've done. I know I've got to stand for it. 428 00:17:56,940 --> 00:18:00,940 I'm not asking any favors because I know that I've done nothing to call for. 429 00:18:00,940 --> 00:18:05,940 I'm not trying to be a hero or a martyr. I just want to help get this thing cleaned up. 430 00:18:05,940 --> 00:18:07,940 One thing I'd like to know, Gary. 431 00:18:07,940 --> 00:18:08,940 What's that? 432 00:18:08,940 --> 00:18:11,940 What made you get started on this stuff? You seem like a kid that has everything you want. 433 00:18:11,940 --> 00:18:13,940 You don't look like a kid who'd fall for it. 434 00:18:13,940 --> 00:18:17,940 Who knows? I'd give you a thousand reasons they still wouldn't add. 435 00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:19,940 I guess I just wanted to be top man all the way around. 436 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:21,940 How'd you get on it? 437 00:18:21,940 --> 00:18:25,940 Started lushing it up, then the tea, then the heroin. That's the way it runs, isn't it? 438 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:27,940 What was the cost at the time? 439 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,940 I didn't figure I'd ever be hooked. I thought it couldn't happen to me. 440 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:33,940 How wrong you can be. 441 00:18:33,940 --> 00:18:35,940 How long you had the big habit? 442 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:38,940 About six months. Chipped with it about the same time before then. 443 00:18:38,940 --> 00:18:40,940 Where'd you get the money? 444 00:18:40,940 --> 00:18:42,940 I guess we had to get to that. 445 00:18:42,940 --> 00:18:45,940 That's right. Where'd you get it? 446 00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:48,940 I got some kids pushing this stuff for me. 447 00:18:48,940 --> 00:18:52,940 Worked for a while. Wasn't enough. By that time, the kids were hooked themselves. 448 00:18:52,940 --> 00:18:55,940 They had to do business with me or do without it. 449 00:18:55,940 --> 00:18:58,940 I told them if they couldn't pay me in cash, I'd take merchandise. 450 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:00,940 They'd bring it. I'd sell it. 451 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:03,940 That way we both came out all right. They got their H. I got mine. 452 00:19:03,940 --> 00:19:05,940 You mean you got them to steal, didn't you? 453 00:19:05,940 --> 00:19:08,940 Yeah, I guess so. I never asked where they got the stuff. 454 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:12,940 I just took it and sold it. That and the stuff they sold for me. I made out. 455 00:19:12,940 --> 00:19:14,940 These kids pushing H for you? 456 00:19:14,940 --> 00:19:17,940 No. They're shoving tea. I sell it to them for four bits of stick. 457 00:19:17,940 --> 00:19:19,940 They get up to a buck and a half for it. 458 00:19:19,940 --> 00:19:20,940 Do you know where they peddle it? 459 00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:23,940 No, I never asked. All I was interested in was if I got mine. 460 00:19:23,940 --> 00:19:26,940 All right. Give us their names, will you? 461 00:19:26,940 --> 00:19:27,940 I guess that's the only way, huh? 462 00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:30,940 That's the only way. 463 00:19:30,940 --> 00:19:31,940 Okay, I'll give them to you. 464 00:19:31,940 --> 00:19:33,940 How about your connection? Who's he? 465 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:34,940 Guy named Jack. Jack who? 466 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:36,940 I don't know. Honest. I really don't. 467 00:19:36,940 --> 00:19:37,940 Where'd you meet him? 468 00:19:37,940 --> 00:19:38,940 Drive-in downtown. 469 00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:40,940 Where? 470 00:19:40,940 --> 00:19:42,940 Drive-in at the corner of Reno and Vernon. 471 00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:44,940 How do you set up the meet? 472 00:19:44,940 --> 00:19:47,940 I just go in there between 10 and midnight, park the car, and order coffee. 473 00:19:47,940 --> 00:19:48,940 He comes over to the car. 474 00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:50,940 You mean that he's always there at that time, huh? 475 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:51,940 Usually is. 476 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:52,940 Is he your only source? 477 00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:53,940 Yeah. 478 00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:55,940 Anyone else pushing it around there? 479 00:19:55,940 --> 00:19:57,940 No, as far as I know. I think he's the only one in the operation. 480 00:19:57,940 --> 00:20:01,940 All right. You'd be willing to arrange a meet with him so we can pick him up? 481 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:02,940 Yeah, I'll do it. 482 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:04,940 All right, fine. 483 00:20:04,940 --> 00:20:07,940 Sure want to see the folks. I've got so much to make up for. 484 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,940 That's right. You have. 485 00:20:09,940 --> 00:20:12,940 Don't think I'll live long enough to do it all. 486 00:20:12,940 --> 00:20:17,940 9.32 a.m. 487 00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:19,940 We got a description of the suspect known as Jack 488 00:20:19,940 --> 00:20:22,940 and also the names and addresses of the teenagers involved. 489 00:20:22,940 --> 00:20:26,940 Frank and I contacted the juvenile authorities and gave them the information. 490 00:20:26,940 --> 00:20:30,940 We went back to our office and had Gary Field check our files of known narcotic suspects. 491 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,940 He was unable to give us an identification on Jack. 492 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:35,940 11.56 a.m. 493 00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:37,940 We took the boy to his home and talked with his parents. 494 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:38,940 12.30 p.m. 495 00:20:38,940 --> 00:20:43,940 Frank, Gary Field and I drove to the corner of Vernon and Reno to check over the drive-in restaurant. 496 00:20:43,940 --> 00:20:47,940 It was set up in the usual way with a parking area around the main building for car service. 497 00:20:47,940 --> 00:20:50,940 In the rear of the lot was a building housing a cocktail bar 498 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:53,940 and there were parking spaces in front of that for the bar customers. 499 00:20:53,940 --> 00:20:58,940 As we drove past the place, Gary told us that he usually parked around the side of the main building 500 00:20:58,940 --> 00:21:00,940 and that this Jack came from the direction of the bar. 501 00:21:00,940 --> 00:21:04,940 He was unable to tell us whether the suspect drove a car or not. 502 00:21:04,940 --> 00:21:09,940 The plan was for Gary to introduce me as a narcotics buyer who was trying to get a local connection. 503 00:21:09,940 --> 00:21:12,940 It was agreed that because of the size of the buy I was to make, 504 00:21:12,940 --> 00:21:15,940 it would be necessary for me to deal with the head of the organization. 505 00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:17,940 11.05 p.m. 506 00:21:17,940 --> 00:21:20,940 Gary and I got into my car and we drove to the drive-in. 507 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:22,940 Frank followed us in a police unit. 508 00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:24,940 We arrived at the meet at 11.14 p.m. 509 00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:26,940 Frank stayed in the background and we waited. 510 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:28,940 The suspect failed to make an appearance. 511 00:21:28,940 --> 00:21:30,940 The next night the plan was repeated. 512 00:21:30,940 --> 00:21:32,940 Again, nothing. 513 00:21:32,940 --> 00:21:34,940 Sunday, April 10th, 10.05 p.m. 514 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:36,940 We arrived at the drive-in. We waited. 515 00:21:36,940 --> 00:21:38,940 11.05 p.m. 516 00:21:38,940 --> 00:21:40,940 11.15, 11.30. 517 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:42,940 No sign of the suspect. 518 00:21:42,940 --> 00:21:44,940 Midnight, 12.04 p.m. 519 00:21:45,940 --> 00:21:47,940 Looks like he isn't going to be here. 520 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,940 I thought you said he usually showed up, didn't you? 521 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:51,940 I don't know what happened. He was always here before. 522 00:21:51,940 --> 00:21:53,940 Are you sure you got the right drive-in? 523 00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:55,940 Look, Mr. Friday, I know what you're thinking, but I'm telling the truth. 524 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:57,940 You know all this is kind of tough to buy, don't you? 525 00:21:57,940 --> 00:21:59,940 Three nights and he isn't here? 526 00:21:59,940 --> 00:22:01,940 I don't understand. He was always here before. 527 00:22:01,940 --> 00:22:03,940 Yeah? 528 00:22:03,940 --> 00:22:05,940 Hold it. 529 00:22:05,940 --> 00:22:07,940 Yeah, that's him coming over from the bar. 530 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:09,940 All right, which one? There's a couple of people coming out there. 531 00:22:09,940 --> 00:22:11,940 The big one. You see him in the gray suit, the hat? 532 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:13,940 Yeah. Are you sure that's this Jack? 533 00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:15,940 Positive, Mr. Ferney. 534 00:22:15,940 --> 00:22:17,940 All right, now you look. You know what you're going to do. 535 00:22:17,940 --> 00:22:19,940 Don't let on that anything's wrong here. 536 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:21,940 Remember that nothing's going to happen to you. 537 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:23,940 I'll remember. 538 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:25,940 All right, now hold it. He's coming over. 539 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:27,940 Hi, kid. 540 00:22:27,940 --> 00:22:29,940 Hi, Jack. I've been looking for you. Where you been? 541 00:22:29,940 --> 00:22:31,940 Who's your friend? 542 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:33,940 Oh, yeah, I want to talk to you about him. He wants to do business with you. 543 00:22:33,940 --> 00:22:35,940 What are you talking about? What business? 544 00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:37,940 Look, Jack, he's all right. I know it. 545 00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:39,940 You think I'd have brought him here if I didn't know it? 546 00:22:39,940 --> 00:22:41,940 I know he's all right. He's a friend of yours. 547 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:43,940 You know, the bit, any friend of yours. 548 00:22:43,940 --> 00:22:45,940 I don't know what to talk about businesses. 549 00:22:45,940 --> 00:22:47,940 I don't know what you're doing here, but I'm here for a cup of coffee. 550 00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:57,940 Better let me talk to him alone. 551 00:22:57,940 --> 00:22:59,940 What are you trying to prove, bringing a guy here? Who is he? 552 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:01,940 Friend of mine? 553 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:03,940 I told you once, I told you a thousand times, don't ever bring nobody with you. 554 00:23:03,940 --> 00:23:05,940 Haven't I told you, huh? 555 00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:07,940 Oh, yeah, but he's okay. He wants to make a buy, a big one. 556 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:09,940 Crazy kid. You told him about it? 557 00:23:09,940 --> 00:23:11,940 Look, he's okay. I know it. 558 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:13,940 Look, Jack, we both stand to do all right from this. 559 00:23:13,940 --> 00:23:15,940 I kind of figured if he bought from me, he'd be okay. 560 00:23:15,940 --> 00:23:17,940 I kind of figured if he bought from you, you might give me a little piece of it. 561 00:23:17,940 --> 00:23:19,940 You know, sort of say thanks for the business. 562 00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:21,940 How long you known this guy? 563 00:23:21,940 --> 00:23:23,940 Long time. 564 00:23:23,940 --> 00:23:25,940 How long? 565 00:23:25,940 --> 00:23:27,940 A couple of years. 566 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,940 Come, I've never seen him before. 567 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:31,940 He doesn't hang around this part of town. 568 00:23:31,940 --> 00:23:33,940 What's he doing here now? 569 00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:35,940 Like I said, trying to make a buy. 570 00:23:35,940 --> 00:23:37,940 Where'd you meet him? 571 00:23:37,940 --> 00:23:39,940 Before I met you, I used to buy stuff from him. 572 00:23:39,940 --> 00:23:41,940 He moved out of town, went up north, does business up there. 573 00:23:41,940 --> 00:23:43,940 Last couple of days, I couldn't get in touch with you, I ran into him. 574 00:23:43,940 --> 00:23:45,940 He told me he wanted to buy it right away. I thought of you. 575 00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:47,940 All right, I'll talk to him. 576 00:23:47,940 --> 00:23:49,940 But I ain't making no deal. 577 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:51,940 You just talk to him. You'll find out everything's okay. 578 00:23:51,940 --> 00:23:53,940 All right. 579 00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:55,940 You let me do the talking. 580 00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:01,940 Joe, this is Jack. 581 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,940 The fellow I was telling you about. 582 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:05,940 Hi. 583 00:24:05,940 --> 00:24:07,940 Kidder tells me you're down on business, eh, right? 584 00:24:07,940 --> 00:24:09,940 Yeah, I'm looking around. 585 00:24:09,940 --> 00:24:11,940 Nice place, L.A. 586 00:24:11,940 --> 00:24:13,940 I've got a lot of business to do here. 587 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:15,940 What line you? Whatever pays me. 588 00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:17,940 Where you from? Up north. 589 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:19,940 Mm-hmm. 590 00:24:19,940 --> 00:24:21,940 How long you known Gary here? 591 00:24:21,940 --> 00:24:23,940 Now, you listen to me. I haven't got all night to stand around here 592 00:24:23,940 --> 00:24:25,940 and guzzle his stale coffee with you. 593 00:24:25,940 --> 00:24:27,940 The kid told you what I want. Now, it boils down to one simple question. 594 00:24:27,940 --> 00:24:29,940 You want to do business or don't you? 595 00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:31,940 You're going kind of fast, aren't you? 596 00:24:31,940 --> 00:24:33,940 I haven't got a lot of time. 597 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,940 I don't like to deal that way. 598 00:24:35,940 --> 00:24:37,940 All right, kid, let's get out of here. 599 00:24:37,940 --> 00:24:39,940 You should've known better than to figure out dealing with a small-time operator. 600 00:24:39,940 --> 00:24:41,940 I told you that before. 601 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:43,940 What do you mean by that? You read it any way you want. 602 00:24:43,940 --> 00:24:45,940 Now, let's go, son. See you around, mister. 603 00:24:45,940 --> 00:24:47,940 Hey, uh, hold on. 604 00:24:47,940 --> 00:24:49,940 No need to get sore about it. 605 00:24:49,940 --> 00:24:51,940 Just have to be careful. You know how it is. 606 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:53,940 Now, you listen. 607 00:24:53,940 --> 00:24:55,940 I was shoving horse when you were playing with marbles. 608 00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:57,940 I've outgrown the kid games. I thought I could make a buy. 609 00:24:57,940 --> 00:24:59,940 I see I was wrong. Maybe not. 610 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:01,940 What? I said maybe we could do business. 611 00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:03,940 I got to have it tonight. 612 00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:05,940 How much you need? I need an ounce. 613 00:25:05,940 --> 00:25:07,940 It's got to be good. Mm-hmm. 614 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,940 I haven't got that much with me. 615 00:25:09,940 --> 00:25:11,940 How much have you got? 616 00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:13,940 I only got 12 bindles with me. 617 00:25:13,940 --> 00:25:15,940 How much? 618 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:17,940 You got to understand this is good stuff. 619 00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:19,940 How much? Now, look, this is better and you can find any place else. 620 00:25:19,940 --> 00:25:21,940 All right, let's quit playing, huh? What's the tab on it? 621 00:25:21,940 --> 00:25:23,940 Ten bucks a bindle. 622 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:25,940 All right, I'll take the 12. 623 00:25:25,940 --> 00:25:27,940 How soon can you have the rest of it? 624 00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:29,940 When do you want it? I told you I was in a hurry. 625 00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:31,940 Don't you hear good? 626 00:25:31,940 --> 00:25:33,940 Yeah, maybe tomorrow night. 627 00:25:33,940 --> 00:25:35,940 All right, that'll have to do. If it's good quality, I may want some more. 628 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:37,940 How much can you supply? 629 00:25:37,940 --> 00:25:39,940 How much do you need? 630 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:41,940 Oh, I'll go maybe another ounce. 631 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:43,940 Mm-hmm. You got the cash for this? 632 00:25:43,940 --> 00:25:45,940 I don't do business any other way. 633 00:25:45,940 --> 00:25:47,940 Uh-huh. Wait here. I'll be back. 634 00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:55,940 It's all right, isn't it, Mr. Franny? 635 00:25:55,940 --> 00:25:57,940 Yeah, Gary, everything's fine. You see where he's going? 636 00:25:57,940 --> 00:25:59,940 No, it's too dark. Don't you worry about it. 637 00:25:59,940 --> 00:26:01,940 Frank will see where he goes. I'll be glad when this is over. 638 00:26:01,940 --> 00:26:05,940 All right, hold it. 639 00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:11,940 Okay, Mr., let's see the money. 640 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:13,940 I got it right here. Let's see the horse. 641 00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:15,940 You got it? 642 00:26:15,940 --> 00:26:17,940 All right, looks all right. Here. 643 00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:19,940 You don't mind if I count this? 644 00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:21,940 No, go right ahead. It's all there. 120 bucks. Isn't that what you said? 645 00:26:21,940 --> 00:26:23,940 Just to make sure. Yeah. 646 00:26:23,940 --> 00:26:29,940 50, 70, 90, 110, 120. 647 00:26:29,940 --> 00:26:31,940 Yeah, right. It's all here. 648 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:33,940 Mm-hmm. 649 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:35,940 Well, I'll see you tomorrow night, huh? Yeah, sure. 650 00:26:35,940 --> 00:26:37,940 I'll tell you, it's nice to do business with you. 651 00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:39,940 It's been a real pleasure, a real pleasure. 652 00:26:39,940 --> 00:26:41,940 Well, it works both ways, Mr. 653 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:43,940 Well, I hope to see a lot more of you. 654 00:26:43,940 --> 00:26:45,940 You will. You're under arrest. 655 00:26:51,940 --> 00:26:53,940 The story you have just heard was true. 656 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:55,940 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 657 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:57,940 On July 29th, trial was held in Department 8 658 00:26:57,940 --> 00:26:59,940 and 9, Superior Court of the State of California 659 00:26:59,940 --> 00:27:01,940 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 660 00:27:01,940 --> 00:27:03,940 In a moment, the results of that trial. 661 00:27:03,940 --> 00:27:05,940 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 662 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:07,940 Thank you, George Fenomen. 663 00:27:07,940 --> 00:27:10,940 In 1952, American smokers bought more Chesterfields 664 00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:12,940 than ever before in the history of the industry. 665 00:27:12,940 --> 00:27:15,940 Today, sales continue to mount for two big reasons. 666 00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:17,940 Chesterfield is the first and only cigarette 667 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:21,940 to give you premium quality in both regular and king size. 668 00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:23,940 Only Chesterfield gives you this scientific evidence 669 00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:25,940 on the effects of smoking. 670 00:27:25,940 --> 00:27:27,940 As we told you earlier, after 10 months, 671 00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:30,940 the group examined showed no adverse effects 672 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:33,940 on the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 673 00:27:33,940 --> 00:27:37,940 Change to Chesterfield yourself, regular or king size. 674 00:27:37,940 --> 00:27:39,940 Chesterfield is much milder. 675 00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:41,940 Chesterfield is best for you. 676 00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:52,940 Gary Richard Field, because of his cooperation, 677 00:27:52,940 --> 00:27:54,940 was placed in a hospital in the state 678 00:27:54,940 --> 00:27:56,940 where he was treated for rehabilitation. 679 00:27:56,940 --> 00:28:00,940 At the end of his treatment, he was placed on probation. 680 00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:03,940 The other juveniles were handled through the juvenile court 681 00:28:03,940 --> 00:28:05,940 and were sentenced as comparable to him. 682 00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:08,940 Jack Alexander Williams was found guilty 683 00:28:08,940 --> 00:28:11,940 of a felony violation of the State Narcotic Act 684 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:13,940 and sentenced to the state penitentiary 685 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:15,940 for the term misprescribed by law. 686 00:28:15,940 --> 00:28:17,940 Violation of the State Narcotic Act, a felony, 687 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:19,940 is punishable by imprisonment for a period 688 00:28:19,940 --> 00:28:24,940 of not more than six years in a state prison. 689 00:28:31,940 --> 00:28:34,940 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases 690 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:35,940 from official files. 691 00:28:35,940 --> 00:28:38,940 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 692 00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:40,940 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 693 00:28:40,940 --> 00:28:44,940 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 694 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:45,940 Sergeant Vance Brasher. 695 00:28:45,940 --> 00:28:48,940 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Harry Bartel, 696 00:28:48,940 --> 00:28:50,940 Virginia Gregg, Eddie Firestone. 697 00:28:50,940 --> 00:28:52,940 Script by John Robinson. 698 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:53,940 Music by Walter Schuman. 699 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:55,940 Hal Gibney speaking. 700 00:28:57,940 --> 00:29:00,940 For a million laughs, tune in to Chesterfield's Martin & Lewis show 701 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:03,940 Tuesday night on the same NBC station. 702 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:07,940 And sound off for Chesterfield, either regular or king size. 703 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:11,940 You'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 704 00:29:11,940 --> 00:29:14,940 Chesterfield is best for you. 705 00:29:14,940 --> 00:29:18,940 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 706 00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:28,940 Tonight it's Adventure with Barry Craig, 707 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:44,940 confidential investigator on NBC.